UPSILON 5.

A B Y S S A L   ~~8~~   O D D I T Y
PLAY GAME / ACHIEVEMENTS / MODULES / MUSIC / SOLIDUS (11) / CREDITS / QUIT
[ R4-██ approved guidelines: http://pastebin.com/1if0B2jP ]
>MODULES
>wait, nvm. I know what those are.
>PLAY GAME
[OUTPUT: Loading...]
[OUTPUT: Loading...]
"[In any case, the remaining three gems left unshot or preoccupied by Vardiveig and company proceed to advance toward you, with destabilizers and psychic wards readied. You've but a moment to react.]"
[OUTPUT: Game loaded successfully.]
>psychic wards?
[OUTPUT: The thing the calcite is doing to prevent you from utilizing hydrokinetic abilities.]
>damn.
>do we have a shield of any kind?
[OUTPUT: If you want to try your luck with your own wings, sure.]
>well they have to go up the ramp...
>where are our allies located, again?
>we're not all in the same spot, right?
>what do we have that could conceivably be melee again
[OUTPUT: You're currently upon the ramp, after having swept the peridot off of it, which means you are directly next to FOMALHAUT. The closest ally to you is Charoite, then Cyan and Topaz. The other gems are advancing up the ramp to combat you, whilst Jade stares at you, silently, occasionally glaring at Vardiveig.]
[OUTPUT: Also, http://pastebin.com/sXngWA1X.]
>time to make the worst decision in my life:
>using a sniper rifle to whack gems off a cliff.
>hah.
>let's do it, why not.
>or a mildly steep ramp
>how steep is it anyways
[OUTPUT: Not particularly. It isn't quite that tall a ramp, in all honesty. It is long, however.]
>ah, i see
>snipe them instead then
>how gem are they
>like half or
[OUTPUT: All.]
>i see
>hm
>how good is our aim
>and is it getting better
[OUTPUT: Your AIM IS GETTING BETTER HAHAHAHAH - it's good enough to hit things in a straight line from you.]
>i see.
>accuracy?
>precision rather i suppose
[OUTPUT: Not particularly good. But not horrible, either.]
>alright then...
>uh, gem placement of dampener?
[OUTPUT: Collar area.]
>i see
>wielding it in one hand or both
[OUTPUT: They *are* the dampener.]
>oh, gotcha
>hm, seems unlikely that anything hitting their body would poof them...
>try to shoot their gem?
[OUTPUT: Are you ready for the responsibility of possibly murdering somebody for good?]
>"no"
>...
>probably?
>uh, go for the eyes then
[OUTPUT: You manage to fire in a straight line. However, Jade staring at you is so off-putting that you almost miss, *barely* avoiding hitting the calcite in the gem. They stumble backwards, not uttering a word.]
[OUTPUT: FOMALHAUT nods once. "Good."]
>...
[OUTPUT: "Now, take out those two, and I'll call everyone else off." She points to Vardiveig and Verda.]
>the only ones left are fomalhaut, jade, knife, and the destabilisers right
>I think so.
>hm
[OUTPUT: Yes. The calcite is still unpoofed, but mostly incapacitated, of course.]
>i somehow doubt the bristewater will work on gems...
>did they need conscious effort to stop us
[OUTPUT: It doesn't appear as if this is the case, given your current lack of hydrokinesis.]
>huh
>what's the resonator do again
>nvm
>i mean i guess i could *try* to do that but the others would get upset, not to mention reaction times...
>Then what do we do?
>FOMALHAUT's a god, probably.
>But I don't want to kill Vardeveig.
[*You can always shoot yourself, kiddo! That'll be hilarious.*]
>ha
>is topaz still trying to wake cyan up
[OUTPUT: Cyan is stirring. Right now, actually.]
>oh, alright
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
>why do we have artillery cannons
[OUTPUT: Because you stole them from a rooftop after you murdered about a hundred goblins with them.]
>oh, okay
>...how usable are they
[OUTPUT: Not functional enough to set up and shoot somebody with here, unless you can pin them to the ground somehow.]
>i see.
>if only we had a huge sword with which we could pin someone to the ground.
>(topaz.)
>yeah but then we could just stab them
>yeah, okay.
>hm, the calcite uses psychic powers to stop us?
>could we nullify their psychic power/cause it to rebound onto them, incapacitating them?
>like, do any of us have an item that can do that.
>cyan's awake now?
[OUTPUT: Somewhat.]
>"just toss fluchwater on them"
>"definitely a good idea and not murder"
>I was thinking cyan could throw a ball of electricity/plasma directly at their gem, short-circuiting them?
>what, exactly, does Ylahrthuian Salt do?
[OUTPUT: It doesn't do anything you could comprehend by itself. However, you mixed it with salt water at the Manufactory to create bristewater, if you recall correctly.]
>And bristewater does?
[OUTPUT: Nothing that'll help you with these nonorganic gems.]
>damn.
>Fluchwater? Brinewater?
>(Just so I can have a refresher.)
>because water refreshes people get it hahhhshdaasdashdgsa'
>presumably useless as well
[OUTPUT: Fluchwater general spirals out of your control into a mass of writhing brined tentacles, and brinewater something that one might equate to the great 'searing and crystallization' of the works of early Valudrian poets you've never heard of.]
>i think you confused fluch and briste
[OUTPUT: No.]
[OUTPUT: They do similar things. Briste, however, creates spines, not tentacles.]
>...
[OUTPUT: Of course, briste mostly requires a water source from within the being to function.]
>...Could we use the Pen?
[OUTPUT: If you so wish.]
>doubt it'd be useful
[OUTPUT: Depends on what you write.]
>give them the cosmorod pack
[OUTPUT: "You all smoke some Abeniccis instead of fighting. You win the game."]
>kek.
>"amazing"
>what if we took a picture of them
>I'm being serious when I say this
[OUTPUT: You have a limited amount of film left.]
[OUTPUT: Eighteen photos, to be exact.]
>and by limited, you mean--ah.
>I'm just wondering if they'd react a certain way to it.
>or if taking a picture might reveal a way to beat them.
[OUTPUT: You might want to take up the Articersil blueprints, and make something of them. But, that's another story. You have five minutes until your turn is ceded.]
>oh, shit.
>uh.
>I'm an idiot.
>calcite is incapacitated.
>I didn't see that this whole time.
[OUTPUT: Hah.]
>still doesn't help
>immediately water grapple them off the platform with enough force as to attempt to poof them. really, the main goal is to disorient them further.
>could we do that?
>but we have one less person
>still nothing
>why?
[OUTPUT: You have no HYDROKINETIC ABILITIES, as the calcite is blocking them.]
>guess we have to murder them? poof rather
>or get out of range
>not quite sure
>aren't they incapicitated?
>shouldn't that nullify it somewhat? bluh.
[OUTPUT: It isn't conscious thought-based.]
>so we need to take them out.
>we've got the autumnal hand, I take it?
[OUTPUT: Or shoot Vardiveig.]
[OUTPUT: And yes.]
>wiat.
>how do we know that vardiveig is a good person
>and is someone we want escaping
>"You don't."
[OUTPUT: :/: O /|\ O :\:]
>fuck it, let's roll. immediately slice forwards with the autumnal hand against the calcite faster than FOMALHAUT can react. try to decapitate them or something, with the intent to poof. if they aren't poofed, try again, then reach for cover? because they'll probably engage in a direct shootout at that point.
>wait, fuck.
>we can't be faster than FOMALHAUT.
>whatever, it's not a direct attack against them, so.
>just aim for the calcite.
>any objections?
[OUTPUT: Your turn's up, anyhow. Time to see what it does.]
>uh, sure?
[OUTPUT: You poof the calcite. FOMALHAUT frowns, then gestures to Amarill and Verda. "You have one. Last. Shot."]
>ha
[OUTPUT: You can feel your hydrokinetic abilities returning.]
>hm
>what did the salt do again
>screw rngeus tbh the game has killed us nearly twice now with a bad flip and 1 roll
[OUTPUT: The Ylahrthuian Salt did nothing you can comprehend on its own.]
>first the giant guy and now this
>...
>how much normal water is around
>Alright, we need to end this. Aim the Autumnal Hand, pure but true, directly at FOMALHAUT. Encase it in a super-deudly stream of water, and launch it at extremely high speeds.
>That's my proposal.
[OUTPUT: None. You've got some water yourself, however.]
>yeah
>we have plenty of **special* * types
>just perfect for *friends* like FOOMALHAUT
[OUTPUT: Do you wish to launch the Autumnal Hand?]
>Generic, agree?
>wait what if they catch it or something
>...
>inb4 tails 1 again
>their reaction is like half a second...
>and
>uh, get charoite to cover for you and then do it
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>try to coordinate it better
>thoughts?
>lets start off by dumping as much bullet hell as possible before launching it
[OUTPUT: Agree on something quickly.]
[OUTPUT: As your turn will be forfeit in five minutes.]
>oh.
>hm.
>I say we try and fly as fast as we ever have and plunge the autumnal hand directly through them.
>**With the power of a blade that has killed a Diamond on our side,**
>**УЦОСЦО ХААКУ.**
>(I think.)
>(I hope I said that right.)
[OUTPUT: 'Is God' is truly the last phrase you will ever need to say.]
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>Anyway should we do it?
>get charoite to distract fomalhaut first then do it
[OUTPUT: Very well.]
[OUTPUT: Charoite fires a blast or two from her wand at FOMALHAUT.]
>"Three hit."
[OUTPUT: You proceed to soar at her at damn well near lightspeed, the blade stained with the dust of a diamond at your side.]
>itshappening.mtt
[OUTPUT: Suddenly, you feel a jerking in your neck. Looking down, form burning with the heat of your ungodly acceleration, you note that your neck is in fact caught in a fist, one gemstone of two on the top of it. You stare into the eyes of Jade fearfully.]
[OUTPUT: “ʋʋ̥θʑɟςɣ ɮɕ ʑॡѦअɣѦɣ.”]
>rest in rip
>Ah shit. Forgot about them.
>:)
>:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
>Pause game, translate above phrase/
[OUTPUT: You forgot about the person you were attempting to attack.]
>Wait what
>I thought
>There were
>Nvm I'm dumb
[OUTPUT: Jade is FOMALHAUT.]
>Yeah
>Remember that now
[OUTPUT: GAME PAUSED.]
[INPUT: ʋʋ̥θʑɟςɣ ɮɕ ʑॡѦअɣѦɣ.]
>...
[OUTPUT: "Feel me, Over-Flame.”]
[OUTPUT: GAME UNPAUSED.]
>"keep trying to murder them anyways"
[OUTPUT: Do you wish to do so.]
>rip us
[OUTPUT: What do you do?]
>keep trying to murder her
[OUTPUT: Are you sure you want to do that.]
>Try to awaken the blade's hidden power:
>It has to have one.
>we are getting killed by some jade scrub but this slew a diamond
[OUTPUT: You attempt to unlock the hidden secrets of the Autumnal Hand of ИММЕ-ДРАХИС.]
>it obviously has a hidden power, or the wielder slew a fracking diamond because he rolled a 999,999,999 on the 1,000,000,000 sided die and had extreme skills
>wow, we're dead now
[OUTPUT: Complete this phrase: Тхе ендинг оф тхе wордс ис...]
>shit
>oh no
>What does that translate to!
>the ending of the words is...
>uh
>twin
>???
>that's what it says
>Okay
>Probably talking about the syllables we don't know
>In which case let's forget it and not waste a turn
>:/
>What? We don't know it.
[OUTPUT: Turn ceded via indecision.]
>what do we know again
**ɮoअʑɣ पॢॡѦЊ ɕΦѦҒѮʑɟ पॢѦЊ-- · --- ----.**
>i think we :kerpranked: oursleves witht his
>eh
[OUTPUT: FOMALHAUT examines you closely.]
>our high drenovian translations?
>the previous ones
>that is
>Shit I specifically wanted to NOT WASTE A TURN
>ha
[OUTPUT: "You should have just listened when I said shoot, you know. Killed the traitors."]
>Translate the High devo, the last might be moorse
>it isn't
>oh right
>kekle my stupidity lobe
[OUTPUT: "I suppose that's it for this *test*, then."]
[OUTPUT: FOMALHAUT raises her other hand. You have a moment to react. To do something.]
>current state?
>The... The traitors?
[OUTPUT: You're being held by the neck in FOMALHAUT's other hand, of course.]
[OUTPUT: "Traitors. Rebels. Yes."]
>Can Charoite fire quickly to distract FOMALHAUT?
>How far restored is our kinesis.
[OUTPUT: Wholly. It isn't a gradual affair.]
>Ah.
>Then in that case, what water shall we use?
[OUTPUT: You want to take the chance with Charoite, right after FOMALHAUT caught you at nigh-upon lightspeed?]
>They'll be busy with Charoite and then we'll have an opening?
>no they won't
>nope
>the strikes from before while chargign did nothing
>Fuck, we need light speed.
>We need MUSIC.
>we need water you fool
>Do we have an instrument anywhere? Does ANYONE?
[OUTPUT: No. You've nothing but your voice.]
>And that... Wouldn't really work.
>I'd bet that was a special effect for that room only.
>Ugh, what could go fast enough??
>...I have a stupid idea but do void shards have offensive properties
>Like, if we hit someone with it would it release energy or something
[OUTPUT: That's probably the worst possible idea you could have.]
>Hah.
[OUTPUT: Turn will be forfeit in four minutes.]
>Oh god
>So they're holding us by the neck right
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
>Are we still holding the sword
[OUTPUT: It's a scythe, and yes.]
>Oh
>Where does their Solidus energy come from?
[ http://pastebin.com/7xT9fpvS ]
>.
>So, the low middle.
>What does their gem look like?
[OUTPUT: Two gems.]
>Does it have a specific low middle point
>Er
>Shit
>Fuck aim for their other gem
>The low middle
>Try to aim for the Solidus point? If that's an actual thing
>Welp
>inb4 "jade snaps your neck before you even move a tenth of a one hundred thoasndth of a milimeter"
[OUTPUT: You attempt to murder Jade valiantly, but are silenced by the feel of an unbearable heat in a diagonal streak across your chest, burning through your back, even around the area of your gem.]
[OUTPUT: You are blasted across the battleground, a solidus sliced straight through your gem.]
>WE'RE DEAD
[OUTPUT: You collapse to the ground, mind foggy and drifting, blood pooling around you. You hear shouts from the others.]
>WE. ARE. ***DEAD.***
[OUTPUT: Then, you hear somebody else speak, a shout fading into a mumble you can't quite hear.]
[OUTPUT: “ɮoअʑɣ पॢॡѦЊ ɕΦѦҒѮʑɟ पॢѦЊѮ-“]
[OUTPUT: You suddenly feel another warmth in your gem, this one much more comfortable.]
>can we translate that now or
[OUTPUT: I am a silent change of mind, ВИЛИ-]
>huh
>VILI-
>hm
[OUTPUT: A glowing envelops your form, a heat throughout your body. You feel the slice reforming, somehow.]
[OUTPUT: Your vision returns wholly, flesh knitted back together. You are lying on the ground in a pool of your own blood.]
>B u t   i t   r e f u s e d .
>Do we have the element of surprise?
[OUTPUT: You hear Vardiveig shout across the area. "You owe me one, lazuli!"]
[OUTPUT: Everyone is looking at you right now, so.]
>Huh.
>oof
>we've distanced ourselves, i assume?
[OUTPUT: You're about sixteen meters away from the end of the ramp, closest to Vardiveig and Verda.]
[OUTPUT: You should be dead. But you aren't.]
>i see
[OUTPUT: Please enter command.]
>Get up, first off. Let's get that important detail out of the way.
[OUTPUT: You rise. Amarill looks significantly paler than she did when you went down in the first place.]
>"open our eyes" nah
>Can she guide us the power to stop FOMALHAUT?
[OUTPUT: Can she?]
>Some kind of hyper light drift would be nice.
[OUTPUT: Your turn will be forfeit in three minutes. Deliberate swiftly, and try not to die again.]
>ask whether she understands music?
>Ask her if she KNOWS how to defeat them.
>...and then ask her how we do it
[OUTPUT: "I... I haven't exactly been around for whatever this new program was, you know."]
>Bluh. Right.
>What about generics question
[OUTPUT: "Music, or MUSIC?"]
>"MUSIC."
[OUTPUT: "Do you have a culinth on you? Maybe an orbalar?"]
>Don't think so??
>Do you have one you could give us??
[OUTPUT: "I literally just broke out of your ship."]
>Why am I dumb
>Anyway check inventory personally to see if we have one. Pretty sure we don't do any other way to make MUSIC?
[OUTPUT: You don't have a culinth or an orbalar. Whatever they are.]
>Alright.
>((The absolute madman. You actually made up instruments.))
>Anyway ask for other ways to make MUSIC. And quickly.
[OUTPUT: "I've only ever played those two! Now, hurry up, and dod-" She is cut off as Verda pulls her out of the way of a sweeping wave of pure light coming from FOMALHAUT's direction, further away from you.]
>Dodge.
[OUTPUT: You dodge the blast.]
[OUTPUT: When the light and smoke clears, you can see the two stepping onto the spherical second ship.]
>Try to make MUSIC through your voice. This is all I've got. Idk, do it to the tune of like a comet. Then we'll be.... Like a comet. If that doesn't work use it as a distaction (that also probably won't work) and slice through FOMALHAUT. If THAT doesn't work, dodge the next light beam and also see if you can reflect it.
[OUTPUT: Some... say you have no direction, that you're a lightspeed distaction; that's a knee-jerk reaction.]
>WILL THIS WORK
[OUTPUT: Quietly, you sing the opening parts of Mr. Universe's hit single Like A Comet. Energy floods your veins. Charoite, Cyan, and Topaz look shocked, Amarill and Verda amused. FOMALHAUT scowls.]
>YES
[OUTPUT: You can hear the choir invisible chanting about within your veins again.]
>LV. 99 SCYTHETECH: TURNTECH GODHEAD
>DO IT.
>ENGAGE THE FOMALHAUT MOTHERFUCKER.
>HAHAHAHAHA
>"nice"
>PEPES BURGERS
[OUTPUT: You rush at FOMALHAUT with a melody in your mind. She is barely able to react, and slashes a hand through the air, blasting a burning solidus of light at you, which you manage to strike through. You're standing right before her now.]
>Slice clean through her. I guess don't shatter? But DO IT.
>if the MUSIC's still going then yeah
[OUTPUT: You attempt to bisect FOMALHAUT.]
[OUTPUT: She calls her weapons forth.]
>RRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE
[OUTPUT: With some effort, she *catches* your blade in what are now two gauntleted hands.]
[OUTPUT: A stalemate is reached. What do you do?]
>Ah crap
>well her limbs are occupied
>shoot her
>Water gauntlet punch her in the face?
>charoite do it rather
>Or shoot her, yeah. Have Charoite do it. MAKE SURE WERE NOT IN THE WAY.
>unless we're still going too fast
[OUTPUT: All of your party is too stunned by this sudden display to do anything.]
>in which case, uh,
>attempt to trip them???
[OUTPUT: You kick at one of her legs ineffectually, with the rhythm.]
>dang
[OUTPUT: Jade slides her gauntlets down the blade, grasping at the handle of the scythe.]
>"headbutt them"
[OUTPUT: She's like a foot taller than you.]
>oh
>uh, try to get them with your wings?
[OUTPUT: Mere moments from pulling the Autumnal Hand from your grasp, a sudden harsh light blares on both of you from the air.]
>Use the rhythm to turn the blade into light so it passes through her and the--
>What
[OUTPUT: Both of you freeze.]
[OUTPUT: The door to the now-active second ship is still open. Tapping at some controls near the entrance, Verda calls over to you. "We'll see you at the safe haven. *Earth*."]
>Oh okay then
>NOW WHILE SHES DISTACTED
[OUTPUT: Two massive bolts of plasma spear the side of this ship from theirs, rocking the ramp before you can do anything.]
>huh
[OUTPUT: FOMALHAUT takes the opportunity to throw you over by the Autumnal Hand itself.]
>rip
>Damnit
>There goes the flow
[OUTPUT: You land on the ground below, MUSIC fading in the chaos.]
>DAMNIT
>I worked so hard for that ;-;
>oh well
>are the others recovered yet
[OUTPUT: The last thing you see before the door to the red spherical ship closes is Vardiveig flipping FOMALHAUT off, and then pulling Verda into a kiss of some form. FOMALHAUT begins to shout at herself as the ship leaves. Everyone else has mostly recovered from the shock.]
>i see
[OUTPUT: Before long, Jade splits up into two gems.]
>oh hey
>shoulda expected that
>so currently there's the gem destabilisers, knife, and fomalhaut's halves?
[OUTPUT: Yes.]
>i see
[OUTPUT: At the rate everything's going, the two halves will likely self-destruct the entire assault team. You don't think you'll even have to do anything.]
>oh okay
>where's the hand?
[OUTPUT: Fortunately, it fell onto the ground beside you.]
>pick it up and run back to the others while you have time
[OUTPUT: You do so, catching a snippet of the conversation between the two FOMALHAUT-halves. The taller one, Tsavorite, appears to wish to stay, whereas Emerald, the shorter one, is currently dragging Tsavorite into the smoking ship, saying something to the tune of "You know I love you, but we are *not* just going to sit around while they get away."]
[OUTPUT: The remaining soldiers seem confused for a second, and then just sort of quickly grab their fallen comrades and enter the ship before Emerald shuts the door on them. You were right. You didn't have to do anything.]
[OUTPUT: The remaining ИММЕЦОН ship exits the area in a flash of light, in the same direction Vardiveig and Verda went.]
[OUTPUT: What do you do?]
>well that went relatively well
>let's just collect everyone and set off if there's nothing else that needed doing.
>...
>colon?
>what was that about again
[OUTPUT: Colon is gone.]
[OUTPUT: For now.]
[OUTPUT: Do you wish to plot a course to the *Chi Sector*?]
>sure
[OUTPUT: You do so, loading everyone onto the ship without answering any questions whatsoever. Do you wish to save and quit?]
>yeah
[OUTPUT: Saving...]
[OUTPUT: Saving...]
[OUTPUT: Game saved successfully. Quitting.]
[OUTPUT: END OF CHAPTER ONE.]
[OUTPUT: Тхе ендинг оф тхе wордс ис МАЛАФИМ-АЗСОЛТОЧ.]