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>>38975987
Urist is crying. It's not the cutesy quiet crying you get here in Gamindustri, but it also isn't that ultra-dramatic sorrowful full-out bawling; she's absolutely furious, gritting her teeth and wiping her tears in quick, frustrated motions, like she's trying to get rid of them as fast as they trail down her cheeks. You've seen this sort of thing before- the more she cries, the more frustrated she'll get, and then it'll all keep looping and feeding into itself until she bursts like a dam and either starts bawling, brawling, or both.

Even so... it hurts to watch, and something in your chest tightens into a knot. There's always that little voice in your head, insisting that you messed up, that those tears are your fault somehow. And then, like almost all the other little sisters you've ever looked out for, you'll lose her either literally or figuratively.

But as always, you shut that voice up by leaping right into the midst of the action and causing some legendary action of your /own/.

"Hold tight, Urist!" you roar, swiping aside the spiders just as they start to recover. "Big sis's coming for you!"

>[X] [DQ: MONSTERS]

>Estelle calls out to her buddies!
ROLL d20! (dice+1d20 in the email field)
Taking the best of three!
DC: 15

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38976035

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>38976035
Nice to have you back Blorp

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>38976035
Failure is always an option.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>38976035

Okay! Well, at least she's not going to piffle and fail to summon anything at all, or accidentally summon an irate Zora or DracoLord, that would be the icing on the cake.

Writing!

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38976035
Too late but all dice must be rolled in solidarity.

>>38976035
>Urist has started throwing a tantrum!

>>38976183
And then Rokko would have summoned Wily

Man...where /are/ all of rokko's different 'modes'

We haven't seen her bust out more than the megabuster yet.

>>38976183
>Estelle has summoned sadness

>>38976183
So what we we summon instead? A hen to distract the legendary chicken of spidery doom?

>>38976380
Doogoos. Or just one doogoo.

>>38976460
. . .

I wonder what would happen if Urist used her powers on a doogoo. . .

>>38976504
Well if we rolled as well as we did last time we would have to deal with chthonic doogoo titan or some shit.

>>38976504
>Metal King Skelephant Slime

>>38976545
It turns to a giant sponge

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>>38976504
>>38976545
>>38976571
>>38976602
>dogoo in DF terms
>no skeleton to break
>no organs to destroy
>just [BODY]
>can't pass out from pain
>can't be slowed down
>can't be killed

It won't turn out well, I can promise you that.

>>38976504
A doogoo with a carp face and obligatory carp whiskers.

Then you make it worship a dark god.

>>38976622
Christ, it's the giant sponge all over again.

>>38976602
I've read his room carnage embark [screams externally]

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>>38976035
>13 - not a failure, but not quite a success!

Keeper's got a whole set of creepy crawly minions at her beck and call, and you can respect that- a good hero is nothing without a memorable villain to face off against.

In your case, you've got an entire menagerie of memorable beasties up your sleeve. Even as your boots pound against the ground, and even as you're beating back giant spiders with your legendary sword, pixels spiral up at the corners of your vision. You once again reach somewhere /inside/ you, unraveling your essence and letting part of it out to play- and you've been practicing! You've got that deadpan, electronic-sounding voice just right as you announce your actions!

"Estelle has summoned Hammerhood...!?"

You can't help that question mark, because the little beastie that coalesces in front of you barely reaches up to your knees: a roly-poly brown-furred creature in a coarse purple hood, wielding a simple wooden hammer roughly its own size. The moment it lays eyes on its surroundings, the Hammerhood squeaks and starts quivering worse than a dogoo surrounded by pudding enthusiasts, shuffling back behind you.

Right. Okay. You ignore the spiders' hissing noises (you don't speak Spiderese, but you're really sure there's a note of derision in there somewhere) and plant your legs firmly against the ground. You can work with this!

"Estelle has summoned Hammerhood B! Estelle has summoned Hammerhood C! Estelle has summoned Hammerhood D! Estelle has summoned Hammerhood E! Estelle has..."

Buoyed by their increasing numbers, the Hammerhoods waddle forward and start whacking away at the spiders with their oversized hammers. Sure, they miss more often than not, but they force the spiders to engage this new threat, however laughable. And when the Hammerheads DO connect-

(Cont.)

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>>38977018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb--ibjz688

You slam your shield in a spider's face and twirl away just in time- Hammerhood D follows up with an absolutely terrific blow that turns the arachnid into a loose collection of ichor and limbs.

One Hammerhood is a laughingstock, a sad little beastie that can barely lift its hammer and is scared of its own shadow. A /lot/ of Hammerhoods is a... okay, you can't say it's an /army/, but it's a distraction, and one that's prone to critical hits! And right now, a distraction is just what you need- and it's what Rokko needs, too; those spiders taking on the Blue Bomber either ignore the Hammerhoods and get thwomped in the heads, or are forced to turn away from Rokko and take buster shots up their abdomens.

A distraction is great, especially because you can't see Keeper's little lizard body anymore. You KNOW nothing good's going to happen when a boss-level opponent goes away for a little bit.

The road's clear- keeping your sword and shield at the ready, you keep approaching Urist at something close to a run, the sheer novelty of the dwarf girl's tears lending wings to your steps. Ten steps away, five steps away, three st-

>Estelle senses danger!
ROLL d20! (dice+1d20 in the email field)
Taking the best TWO out of THREE!
DC: 17 to notice
DC: 15 to dodge

>>38977018
Man, those things hurt a surprising amount when they hit.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>38977050
I'm probably fucking this up

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>38977050
Rollan!

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>38977050

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38977050
Fuck

Rolled 9 (1d20)

May as well try

>inb4 I mess up dice since archivebro here doesn't know /tg/

>>38977081
>>38977087
>>38977097
Well, that worked out well.

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>>38977081
>>38977087
>>38977097
We're never going to pass a roll again are we

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38977050
high rolls!

>>38977130
Don't worry, It's fun!

>dem rolls
Anons please.

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Okay, fess up, who tinkered with the thread's dice and replaced all the d20s with d12s?

WRITING

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>>38977130
Not with my dice. I'll be good and uhh just not roll anymore.

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>38977184
OK, now I'm curious

I find it odd that a veteran adventurer like Estelle has the same high DCs that Urist usual gets

>>38977184
I hope at least Rokko is doing better than Estelle and Urist.

>>38977221
Strange circumstances, anon!

>>38977184
Blorp, we know you're not used to us rolling poorly.
We know you're used to threads going off the rails with awesome.

But sometimes, sometimes you need something more. Sometimes you need !!!FUN!!!

Failure is always an option.
Success? Not so much.

>>38977232
Wasn't she also getting dented last thread too? She just got fixed too.

Going through the mountains sure was a great idea.

>>38977272
Its because Estelle is used to turn based battles and this is real time insanity or something right?

>>38977331
Probably would have been fine if we didn't go exploring off the maps path.

>>38977343
I think it's also that Keeper isn't holding back, plus before we were some low level places.

>>38977378
Probably would've been fine if we hadn't turned our spider problem into a forgotten beast problem.

Don't worry, we can always make another eldritch horror, right? They cancel each other out, I'm sure.

>>38976035
>she's absolutely furious, gritting her teeth and wiping her tears in quick, frustrated motions, like she's trying to get rid of them as fast as they trail down her cheeks.
>the more she cries, the more frustrated she'll get, and then it'll all keep looping and feeding into itself until she bursts like a dam and either starts bawling, brawling, or both.
Cute

Is it time for Rokko to pull out the beam saber?

>>38978212
It's time for Rokko to pull out the "I win" button. We need it.

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>>38978259
Metal Blade!?

>>38978386
no, more like an IRON COG

>>38978460
Iron Cogs suck. Everything is weak to Metal Blade.

>>38978529
Even the guy who originally used it!

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>>38977050
>Failure to spot!
>Failure to react!

... one step away from Urist.

And you absolutely failed to see /her/ coming.

Maybe just this once, you let your guard down at the wrong time, or allowed yourself to be distracted by Urist's tears. Maybe you were too confident in your own veteran status, or spent too much time in Lowee recently- everyone there treats you like the legendary hero you once were, and you're usually good at not letting that go to your head. It's entirely possible that praise seeped in and made you complacent, like a save file subtly succumbing to corruption when you least expect it.

You absolutely don't want to contemplate the possibility that you're losing your edge. You don't want to consider that some outcast from the depths of hell, might just be stronger than you-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNAU-ccQBE4

- even as an absolutely gigantic scythe comes out of nowhere and rips through your armored back. Only your belated attempt at dodging prevents you from being sliced entirely in half, but it's REALLY hard to feel good about that as you stagger past Urist and collapse to the ground, your little sister's screams echoing as if from a distance.

Hard-won instincts kick in, forcing you to push past the pain and prop yourself up to your elbows before the killing blow arrives- but it never does. There's only the taste of copper in your mouth, and only then do you realize that you've bitten through your lip as you look up at Keeper, standing right here in the flesh.

"You're getting old, 'hero,'" Keeper sneers, spitting out the title like it'll foul her lips if she lets it linger. The expression twists into a fanged smile, almost too wide to fit her face, and in a disconcertingly coquettish motion, she tosses her flame-red ponytail back. "Come, now. I expected a LITTLE more of a fight from you."

(Cont.)

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>>38978575
You can barely make sense of her as she reaches down with heavily-armored gauntlets to pick a shell-shocked Urist up by a handful of her braids; you count at least six pairs of eyes before you realize that five of them belong to her /armor/.

Horned skulls adorn her shoulders, knees, and midriff- no, they ARE her armor, their eye sockets glowing a baleful yellow as they seem to snarl at you. Chains, spikes, and enough armor to protect a small village wrap around her shoulders, adding at least a foot to her height; whatever isn't metalclad is strapped tightly with black leather- spiked black leather, at that- and framing her cleavage.

That's no adventurer.If you didn't know any better, you'd have pegged her to be the last boss to a particularly nightmarish dungeon...! Heck, you half-expect to see stiletto heels, the type that would click against the exquisitely-tiled floor of some queenly throne room; instead, her legs end in coarse, twisted goat's hooves, unnatural in how /natural/ they look on her.

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>>38978593
You shift the point of your sword against the ground and lever yourself up to a half-kneeling position, ignoring your own blood pooling on the ground beneath you and the chilling weakness spreading through your body (oh, are those two things EVER related). Good thing you don't need your /blood/ to draw upon your /essence/, which you wind tightly around you- even those floating pixels seem tinged with red "Put her down," you growl. "She's not yours to take!"

Keeper rolls her eyes, her fanged grin fading. "Oh, /please/. I know it's always 'oh, don't do this, don't do that' with you types, but would it kill you to come up with a more interesting way to phrase it? Don't make me come over there and dOOF."

Hah! Good old Urist. Even now, when she's dangling above the ground and has to really reach for it, she doesn't miss a chance to punch someone in the gut, even if she IS... screaming incoherently with tears in her eyes. That's... probably entirely your fault, huh?

Right. Keeper's wrestling with Urist, trying to restrain her wildly flailing arms- this's your chance! You start chanting under your breath even as you ready your essence for one last strike against Keeper- one spell, one ability that'll bend Gamindustri's rules out of the way, even if it's just for a few seconds. As a bonus, you'll definitely live through it! Probably! Well, mayb-

That's when Rokko just sort of shoots Keeper in the head.

(Cont.)

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>>38978616
You are Rokko. Aliases include "Blue Bomber," "Rockman," occasionally "Super Fighting Robot." You are the moe personification of the Mega Man series. Currently suffering 28.6% damage, most of it superficial. This is within expected parameters. Quinte's repairs are appreciated, but rarely last longer than 48 hours of low-stress activity.

Today's events have not been low-stress activity.

You have seen Urist incapacitated. You have seen Estelle rendered largely inoperable. Where you used to feel nothing, you now feel your veins burning as if they were filled with gasoline. Irrelevant. You are the only one who is left, the only one with enough juice in her to complete the mission before you.

No problems detected. You will finish what was started. Sometimes, hope rides alone.

The charged shot should have rendered Keeper's head inoperable. It does not. That was anticipated, and you immediately follow up with constant pellet shots. Running forward to engage, as Keeper is most likely enraged- yes. She runs forward also, roaring irrelevant taunts and readying her scythe. This is also anticipated. Forestalling magic retaliation is of high priority, after witnessing the transformative effects on Urist's monster.

QUERY.
>_

[ ] [BEAM SABER] Engage in melee combat. Activate different mode. Side effects annoying, but entirely within operational parameters. Uncertain if beam saber can trump scythe.
[ ] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.
[ ] [SOS SIGNAL] Stall for time. Activate emergency signal in attempt to attract nearby adventurers. Uncertain if adventurers are nearby or willing to help.
[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.
[ ] [WRITE-IN]

>>38978616
Good old Rokko! Taking the simple approach to problems.

>>38978634
>[ ] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.
>[ ] [SOS SIGNAL] Stall for time. Activate emergency signal in attempt to attract nearby adventurers. Uncertain if adventurers are nearby or willing to help.

>>38978634
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.

This can only end well

>>38978634
[X] [BEAM SABER] Engage in melee combat. Activate different mode. Side effects annoying, but entirely within operational parameters. Uncertain if beam saber can trump scythe.

>>38978634
[ ] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.
[ ] [SOS SIGNAL] Stall for time. Activate emergency signal in attempt to attract nearby adventurers. Uncertain if adventurers are nearby or willing to help.
Probably the best option for now.

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>>38978634
>[ ] [WRITE-IN]
METAL
FUCKING
BLADE

>>38978634
>veins burning as if they were filled with gasoline.
Don't do this to me Blorp

>[ ] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.
>not making things worse
What are we, some other quest?

>>38978634
>[x] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.

>>38978634
>[X] [KITE]
>[X] [WRITE-IN]
Anything in Rokko's repertoire that turns things against each other? Might be nice to use on the CHICKEN OF DOOM.

>>38978634
>[ ] [KITE]
with perhaps
>[ ] [SOS SIGNAL]

>>38978713
No, we could always stop time though.

>>38978634
>[ ] [KITE] Cycle through available weapons. Attempt to find weak point. Use to keep out of Keeper's range. Business as usual. Uncertain if Keeper carries higher evasive parameters.
FALL. DOWN.

>Prepare timestop for suckerpunch

>>38978634
I'm sad at everyone. Rokko has every broken weapon in the Megaman History in her weapon list and you guys want to kite.

Just pick from Metal Blade, Thunder Beam, Break Dash, or Flash Stopper and call it good.

Speaking of, Blorp can Rokko do the Pause Trick with her Thunder Beam, or should she just rely on infinite invincibility with Break Dash?

>>38978634
>[X] [BUGSTOP.EXE]
Ehh... our lucks been terrible, but if it keeps up, maybe everyone, even the Keeper, can join in the !!FUN!!

>>38978529
>Metal Blade
still dies to removal

>>38978806
I'll admit, I'm not the best at Rokko's history. Legends and Legends 2 were the last real games I played, and that was... a while ago, of course.

>>38978806
That's more up [BUGSTOP'S] alley, actually!

>>38978806
you forgot HADOKEN and GIGA CRUSH

Shining Hands might be too OP.

>>38978634
>[X] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.

I've heard Urist whisper about you.
I've heard the mobs in the dungeons,
I've seen the boss lock their dungeon at night. (Lock your dungeons tonight.)
They say your eyes are on fire.
They say you chicken a minion for poor pathfinding. Poor pathfinding.
But monsters, they say a lot of foolish things.
In the end, the only words I can believe in are mine.

They say, "This series. . .
This series she's been dead for years now."
So Death is not something that scares.
There's worse than Death here.
They tell me. . . "Keep Quiet."

I will not be told where to stand!
I will not be told what to say!
Not by Adventurer or Goddess,
Not by You, not by anyone tonight!

>>38978634
>[ ] [SOS SIGNAL] Stall for time. Activate emergency signal in attempt to attract nearby adventurers. Uncertain if adventurers are nearby or willing to help.

>>38978634
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.
while charging in for
>[ ] [BEAM SABER] Engage in melee combat. Activate different mode. Side effects annoying, but entirely within operational parameters. Uncertain if beam saber can trump scythe.

>>38978806
>>38978833
We know what the answer is, then. If everything goes down in flames, the only response is to make sure everything else catches on fire, too.
>[X] [BUGSTOP.EXE]

>>38978841
Hadoken and Shoryuken are pretty good, but Break Dash is better then Giga Crush (Outside of the Infinite Use version on the Ult Armor, which is pretty much the same as Break Dash.) Break Dash has 19 Shots, boosts speed, does enough damage to one shot most shit, has a huge invincibility period, and the charge for it can be finished before the dash ends allowing you to chain it until you run out of ammo. It's really really broken.

>>38978634
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.
I see a mystery box. A MYSTERY BOX

>>38978634
>[ ] [SOS SIGNAL] Stall for time. Activate emergency signal in attempt to attract nearby adventurers. Uncertain if adventurers are nearby or willing to help.
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.

Maybe doom girl is down here?

Maybe rogue girl is here?

>>38978946
Maybe Nethack or ADOM have representations here?

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>>38978851
holy fuck


ON THAT NOTE, [X] [BUGSTOP] and [X] [KITE] are the top choices. Given this decision's reliance on glitches, you know the drill-

>Rokko digs into her glitches and tries to fuck everything up even worse!
ROLL d20! (dice+1d20 in the email field)
Taking the best of three!
DC: 15
+2 WHY bonus

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>38978979
Because FUN

>>38978634
>[ ] [BUGSTOP.EXE] High density of Urist's glitches in recent memory allows use of this. May cause an array of effects. Uncertain if this will not actually make everything worse.

BATTLE ROUTINE SET!

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>38978979
We're fucked

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>38978979
Come on something good. Maybe Bass.EXE or Judgement PA.

>>38979009
....
did we not lose

>>38978946
Knowing our luck Xcom-girl is out enemy and only gave us the ghost grenade because her opinion of us is a less psychotic version of Keeper's.

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38978979

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>38978979
I know it's too late, but I wonder if I'll roll a nat 1 anyway?

>>38978979
>>38979009

Success, it seems, is indeed an option.
Because Dr. Light cannot be a Father of Death.

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>>38979009
Thank god, we finally passed.

Thank you based Rokko. You really our our bestest friend ever.

>>38979009
And here we go! WRITING

>>38979009
Rokko savin' the day

>>38979009
Do you all realize that the only roll we have succeeded at all day is a roll to fuck everything up?

>>38979181
Such is the proper dorf way. We'll make converts out of Estelle and Rokko yet.

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>>38979195

>>38979073
>inb4 Rokko fails
>incapacitates herself
>we switch to Keeper again
>promptly roll a 1
>she knocks herself out too
>switch to Moruz
>1
>Nepnep
>Blanc
>1
>out of usable characters
>FUCK
>FUCK IT
>ARFOIRE
>FUCKING 1
>world saves itself
>Blorp posts many humorous reaction images

>>38979342
>goes back to Urist
>rolls a 1
>brings carp to Gamindustri
>world ends, flooded with lava by Urist

>>38979384
>and thus began the age of the lava carp

>>38979384
...Is there supposed to be some sort of problem here?

>>38979342
>Rokko activates BUGSTOP!
>Rokko cancels attack: Cannot find path.
>Keeper cancels attack: Interrupted by glitch.
>Urist cancels drink: Interrupted by glitch.
>Interrupted by deadly dust.
>Estelle has bled to death.
>Urist goes berserk!
>Urist has thirsted to death.
>Keeper has bled to death.
>Rokko has bled to death.
>Nepnep cancels Eat pudding: Interrupted by Sperm Whale Left Floating Rib!
>Nepnep has bled to death.
>Blanc cancels conversation: Interrupted by [ARM_OK].
>Blanc passes out from pain.
>Blanc has bled to death.
> ...
>[OVERARCHING_VILLAIN] cancels world domination: Cannot find path.

And that's how you'd know you're in a Dwarf Fortress quest.

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>>38979433
I think I would find this funnier if my last fortress hadn't dehydrated to death.

Dwarf Fortress is hard.

>>38979433

At least Urist did not accidentally tweak his cats internal temperature(to absolute zero or flaming hot) and reproduction rate (cranked way up).

>>38979393
>next thread

>lava carp quest

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>>38979433
Well at least it could be worse.

Oh, wait, no it can't.

>>38979497
>You are a lava carp, what do?
>Whatever the fuck we want
>Fair enough, quest end.

>>38979467
Desert embarks are hardcore.

>>38979545
I wish I had an excuse, I'm just not very good, also I'm just starting out so I'm bumbling through a lot of the stuff

>>38979545
Evil glacier embark with reanimationproperty and foul fog zeds on tthe surface.

I didn't do it but some enterprising soul on reddit has

Maybe nice things will happen if we build a fort and get some minions.

>>38979591
You can avoid complete dehydration by making sure your embark zone has a river or a brook. If booze runs out before you can get an industry running, they will turn to drinking water from river or constructed well. Note that dwarves will not drink milk even if available, it is only used for cooking or cheesemaking.

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>>38979711

>>38979711
No it'll just be more familiar bad things, I wonder if we an get like something for building a fortress in a troublesome area of Lowee, like a kinda of "I'll take over this bad area for a fee or a discount" deal

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>>38979827

Blorp is KILL

>>38979860
this would be awesome until we get some cats.....then all of gamindustrii will fear/love/hate us all at once

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>>38978634
>>38979009
>[X] [KITE]
>[X] [BUGSTOP.EXE]
>14 (+2 circumstance bonus): Success!

Impossible to maintain distance from Keeper. Simply running and jumping as you often do is insufficient. Activating slide protocol. Scythe attack incurs 0.01% superficial damage. Keeper damaged your ponytail. Reassigning tags: [KEEPER] successfully renamed [BITCH].

"Hold still and let me /cut/ you to death!" [Bitch] shrieks, hurtling toward you again. Her hair is singed. Face is burnt. Satisfaction obtained even as you slide past her again, conflicts with misgivings regarding [Bitch's] damage reduction. Mega Buster clearly insufficient.

You may never have another chance to repay Urist.

Style Change activated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvB_YB9Myf0

"Hah. Lighting yourself up won't work," [Bitch] sneers, shouldering her scythe. Equipment changed: Whip. You try to gain distance; [Bitch] leisurely uncoils whip and lashes it against the floor experimentally. "NOTHING will change what you are- just a broken toy. But I'm sure you know that already, hmm?"

...

Hypothesis confirmed. [Bitch] knows who tore out your heart. Indelibly burned in your memory: [Unknown?] destroyed your working parts. Left you a broken machine. Left you unable to regenerate, unable to teleport, slowly deteriorating no matter how many times you were fixed, slowly losing your powers. Stranded you in the night.

Until Urist gave you a beacon.

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>>38980241
[Bitch's] whip snaps at your feet, shattering the rock, and the next lash- [SKULL SHIELD ACTIVATED]- intercepted by barrier. [METAL BLADE ACTIVATED], buzzing sound is music to your audio receptors; [Bitch's] shoulder armor intercepted blade, dealing superficial damage. Reminder: largely ineffective against organic beings.

"Playtime's over. Now stop /running/!"

ERROR: Stupid fucking suggestion. Immediately discarded, [Bitch] reminded to not be so stupi-

[SKULL SHIELD] depleted. Sliding protocol reactiv- ALERT: damage taken. ALERT: damage taken. ALERT: damage taken. ALERT-

"Couldn't build a better mousetrap," [Bitch] snarls, lashing your upper body hard enough to flay flesh from bones. Unable to counterattack: shielding with arms. "Couldn't build a better 'hero.' Couldn't even program better lines for her- what the hell!?"

Currently suffering: -1588768787173% damage. T-This is within, e-expected parameters, i-invincibili-ty.

It's t-time.

"What are-"

>PAUSE

"- you do-"

>PAUSE

"-in-"

>PAUSE
>PAUSE
>PAUSE

[THUNDER BEAM] activated.

>PAUSE
>PAUSE

Firi-

>PAUSE

-ng [THUNDER BEAM]-

>PAUSE
>PAUSE
>PAUSE
>PAUSE

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>>38980257
... you are Urist Twelfthbeard. You are a short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry. You're also the moe personification of Dwarf Fortress and all that entails in this stupid fucking world of Gamindustri. Right now, you have a chunk of Sharicite, although that really pales to the fact that you're elbows-deep in Estelle's blood and have used up about ten units of cloth trying to bandage that huge fucking slash across her back, because you're not very good at first aid. At least it was enough to keep her stable until she could heal it shut, although she's not up for much after /that/, aside from mumbling apologies to you until you threatened to gut-punch her.

You're not sure HOW that threat worked, since you can barely see through all these Armok-cursed water coverings over your eyes and crying usually doesn't make threats even more badass, but really, the important thing is that Estelle isn't dying and she isn't trying to apologize again.

... you're also not sure how to describe what you just saw, other than "Rokko may have just fucking instantaneously vaporized Keeper and most of her army with thunderbolts." Insomuch as you can /vaporize/ someone who can possess bodies and pop around like a cockroach who just won't stay down. You're not optimistic, but at least-

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>>38980279
Aaaaand Rokko goes down, too, except she's smoking like she's been subjected to some good old fashioned dragonfire. Great. You- you can't carry TWO bodies at the same time. You just can't. She's not actually /unconscious/, but moving might be beyond her for a little while.

...

The chicken is staring at you with venom dripping from its beak. You're not sure how much longer that status effect's going to last.

[ ] [DRAGGING] Take turns dragging Estelle and Rokko into one of the side caverns. You've got enough material on you to brick up a wall until you've all recovered enough to keep going.
[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
[ ] [SOS] You... you really hate to do this, but you could always call in a goddess. Except that goddess is Neptune, and you really don't think she's got much going for her outside of her HDD form (and you don't need craters right now).
[ ] [SOS-II] Rokko can connect to the, uh, internets, right? See if she can't send out a signal for help or something. Asking strangers for help probably isn't the BEST idea, but it might be better than 1) the Forgotten Beast eating you before you can fort up or 2) Neptune.
[ ] [WRITE-IN]

>>38980294
[X] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.

>>38980294
[X] [MINI-FORT]
We're good at forts, right?

>>38980294
>[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.

>>389802.94
What if we build a small fort around the chicken? A prison, rather

>>38980294
>[X] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
We're underground, and dwarfs do best underground for a reason.

Also, Rokko best girl.

>>38980294
>[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
Don't forget to do the floors this time too

>Hypothesis confirmed. [Bitch] knows who tore out your heart. Indelibly burned in your memory: [Unknown?] destroyed your working parts. Left you a broken machine. Left you unable to regenerate, unable to teleport, slowly deteriorating no matter how many times you were fixed, slowly losing your powers. Stranded you in the night.
Blorp pls
pls

>>38980294

[ x] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.

We get one of them awake and we can carry/drag the other out.

>>38980294
>[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.

>>38980294
>[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
>[ ] [SOS-II] Rokko can connect to the, uh, internets, right? See if she can't send out a signal for help or something. Asking strangers for help probably isn't the BEST idea, but it might be better than 1) the Forgotten Beast eating you before you can fort up or 2) Neptune.
>[ ] [WRITE-IN]
Urist. Urist, I know it's short notice. But we need to build a drawbridge.

>>38980381
I think we still have that log for before

So what gimmick did Rokko pull off? I do not into megaman well.

>>38980294
>[X] [WRITE-IN] No. You know what? You're done with this shit. That Legendary Beast is YOUR creation. Pull out your bughunter and tool, see what you did wrong, and FIX IT.

>>38980294
>[x] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
Urist really needs to train up her Diagnosis and Wound Dresser skills. And sadly climbing IS a thing. Unless your walls are smoothed natural stone, not constructed. But making an all-smoothed natural wall means you need to be outside to smooth it, and someone needs to lower that drawbridge if you want to get back to the safety of those walls...

>>38980257

I remember that, the old NES-slow motion on games.

Spam pause enough that some animatiosn work and others do not.

Almost as bad as holding left on the second controller in MM3 and jumping into a pit, dying and then being invincable.

>>38980294
[X] [BOOZE] Get the Forgotten Beast drunk so it won't kill everyone. Well, hopefully.

>>38980449
Urist could also use some combat skills as well. Using unarmed and throwing enemies around is !!fun!!

>>38980294
>[ ] [MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.

Buy us some time.

>>38980294
>[MINI-FORT] If you really stretch it, you can huddle into a corner of this cavern and build enough walls to keep you unmolested by the Forgotten Beast-slash-chicken. It... shouldn't be able to climb.
The only answer is to BUILD.
also, how are we doing on our skills? Can't we check our dwarf therapist to check ours and others's skill levels?

>>38980528
Oh, that's true. I'll work that into the next set of choices!

Also, Rokko SDC when?

>>38980294
>[X] [MINI-FORT]

With Estelle basically unconscious and Rokko rendered unable to move, your options are REALLY limited. Triply so since you're working on a timer that's a closed book to you.

... thankfully, this isn't the first time you've needed to jury-rig a protective safe zone in the middle of dangerous territory, so you've got a couple ideas. You COULD drag everyone into a side-corridor and wall it off, but that requires you to not fuck up and, say, seal yourselves into a cavern filled with even more monsters.

Frankly, you just haven't explored this place enough yet. More importantly, you're not exactly confident in your ability to not fuck things up. Maybe it's a miracle that this is only the FIRST time you've actively turned something into a Forgotten Beast.

So it seems like your best choice is to work yourself into a corner and build up from there. Thankfully, there aren't any hills or multiple z-levels in this particular cavern, so all you need would be two walls; the corner will supply the other two, and then it's just a matter of making floors and maybe a ceiling if you can scrounge up the supplies.

(Cont.)

>>38980786
Estelle is surprisingly light; makes it easier to sling the unconscious Dragon Warrior over your shoulder and carry her to the corner. She's frowning in her sleep when you put her back down, which is weird since you made damn sure to be careful and gentle and not cause anymore horrific injuries to her, but...

Well, no time to think about /that/, you'll just have to talk to Estelle later. You've got to go back for RokkooHOLY ARMOK.

"I-I am heavy," she grates out matter-of-factly as you just about pop all your muscles just to lift her. The Blue Bomber can't even turn her head to look at you; only her eyes are moving, tracking your movement. "Do not bother, lifting me. D-Dragging will suffice."

... drag her? Like a sack of rocks? She /just/ got her goddamn armor looking pretty and not- not horrible, for crying out loud.

Rokko doesn't give her opinion either way, although her eyes flick over to take in as much of the cavern as she can see; her neck turns incrementally, too. Her expression's as unreadable as always, though

ROKKO: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
[R1] [DRAG ROKKO] Time is of the essence- you'll all just go get Rokko's armor fixed once you're out. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.
[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.

MINI-FORT: CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
[F1] [WALLS] Really, time's of the essence. Focus on beefing your walls up as much as you can, maybe even work a drawbridge in there.
[F2] [WALLS & FLOORS] After last time, you don't want anyone digging up from under you again, not with Keeper so close.
[F3] [WALLS & CEILING] You've got a giant Forgotten Beast spider out there. On the off-chance that it can climb walls, you don't want it getting in.
[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

>>38980528
>>38980559
... or rather, I'll work in Dwarf Therapist-ing once they get themselves settled in!

>>38980819
>[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.

>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

>>38980819
>[R1] [DRAG ROKKO] Time is of the essence- you'll all just go get Rokko's armor fixed once you're out. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.

>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

Do we still have that Wheelbarrow from before, the one we used to carry her last time?
>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.
But prioritize, walls and ceilings for the soon to be spider and then floor for Keeper.

>>38980819
>[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.
We have our PRIDE.

>[F2] [WALLS & FLOORS] After last time, you don't want anyone digging up from under you again, not with Keeper so close.
But we also have pragmatism.

>>38980819
>[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.

>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

All out mode is go! Please don't make us roll anything

>>38980907
>not rolling
Get your sacrifices ready and start praying

>>38980819
>[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.
I now have the image of Urist princess carrying Rokko, her face all strained trying not to look like she's struggling, while Rokko still looks blank faced, but a mental bubble showing her embarrased and covering her face up.

>[F3] [WALLS & CEILING] You've got a giant Forgotten Beast spider out there. On the off-chance that it can climb walls, you don't want it getting in.
I say we build a tunnel after that and GTFO

>>38980891
This, don't let the order we do things screw us over.

>>38980819
[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.
[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

If everything's going to fail anyway, may as well shoot for the stars.

>>38980927
>I say we build a tunnel after that and GTFO
I'd love to but neither Rokko and Estelle are movable just yet

>>38980819
>[R2] [CARRY ROKKO] You are a /dwarf/. Like hell you're going to let a simple matter of weight keep you from hauling items! Or allies, in this case.
>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

Even here it is not safe.
Even this stone has been defaced.
Someone has written on this stone.
In some angry hand: Hope Rides Alone.

Do not say this is how it has to be!
You know me better, than the fools of that bitch, Keeper.
But as I live, there is no evil that will stand. (I'm in control.)
And I will finish what you started Rokko. (I'll keep your safe. I have to hope.)

Just checking, we can dig out even if it's totally sealed, eight? And dorf engineering assumes just enough ventilation for breathing?

>>38980819
>[R1] [DRAG ROKKO] Time is of the essence- you'll all just go get Rokko's armor fixed once you're out. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.
>[F3] [WALLS & CEILING] You've got a giant Forgotten Beast spider out there. On the off-chance that it can climb walls, you don't want it getting in.

>>38980819
We need to get rokko like five more treasure cubes stat. Its just so sad ;-;

>>38980891
>Wheelbarrow

While wheelbarrows are pretty tough, this one WAS made out of snow, which already sort of pushed the limits of what's possible both in DF and Gamindustri. And it sort of crashed, so I'm gonna rule a no on that one!

Also, yes, an 'ALL' choice will have Urist building stuff in a reasonable order due to the order of threats- walls, ceiling, floor.

>>38981037
Armok willing, one will allow some system recovery

>>38981052
>>38981071
That's a question, are Rokko problems something a treasure cube can fix? Or at least multiple ones?

>>38981037
We also need to find out who ripped out her guts.

Is our whole party filled with broken moe games?
Urist is Urist
Rokko got torn apart
Estelle has whatever her deal is with Ascension and little sister's in general.

>>38980819

>[R1] [DRAG ROKKO] Time is of the essence- you'll all just go get Rokko's armor fixed once you're out. We'll be lucky to get out of this alive.

>[F4] ALL OF THE ABOVE] Walls. Floors. Ceiling. You are Urist Twelfthbay, and you will build ALL of that shit because you are a fucking dwarf.

>>38981110
I mean, DF is *not* a moe game. It's anthromorphic personification is, though.

>>38981110
i though games were disc equips, people are either consoles or game industry companies/NPCs. What have I been reading!?

>>38981052
So when are we gonna start ranking up armorsmith to legendary so we can help out with poor rokkos plating?

>>38981143
> not a moe game
I'm sure there's a mod for that.

>>38981143
The characters are moe and broken.

>>38981167
And if not, someone will make it.

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Okay, it's getting pretty late and I still have to get up reasonably early tomorrow, so this is as good a place as any to end the thread!

The winning choices are
[X] [CARRY ROKKO] and
[X] [ALL OF THE ABOVE]

... so we'll kick off with that next time! (And perhaps we'll have better luck with the dice, tohoho).

Next thread is... /probably/ going to be on Monday, 3/30, at 9-ish pm EST, although my schedule's uncertain next week. Updates to scheduling will be at https://twitter.com/BlorpQuest, and questions can either go here or ask.fm/BlorpQuest.

Thanks a lot for participating, you guys, and I'll see you next time!

>>38981100
Multiple ones will definitely help, yeah! Whether or not they alone will be enough to patch over Rokko's issues is an open question, though.

>>38981164
That... would probably take a while! I'm not even sure when she'll have the chance to start working on her crafting skills before she gets her own actual permanent Gamindustri fortress.

>>38981218
Thanks for the thread as always Blorp.

> (And perhaps we'll have better luck with the dice, tohoho)
We can only pray

Rolled 7, 15, 3, 1, 13, 18, 8, 10, 10, 3 = 88 (10d20)

>>38981218
Let's see how we'd do.

>>38981218
Thanks for the thread. See you Monday

Otherwise another dwarf loses their beard, eh?

>>38981245
If we can achieve regeneration and no stutter I'll be happy. Teleport and such can wait.

>>38981218
Nice new art by the way, were both of those by the same guy as before?

why didn't we try to [B]utcher or [T]ame the chicken?

With DFHack we could probably change it's stats to do that.

>>38981251
>1

>>38981266
... shit, maybe that's what happened to Urist.

>>38981276
Yup, Eahn_the_Weird over at Twitter supplied the art! Pretty much of his own volition, actually. He's a really cool guy.

>>38981281
Because Urist really, really doesn't want to risk it turning back midway through trying either of those things!

>>38981272
I wonder if we could figure out what's wrong with her if we level up our Diagnostics some.

Didn't Blorp mention that would be useful for something else too?

>>38981343
Oh come on.

It'll be !!FUN!!

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>>38981143
Moe Megaman

>>38981110
Wasn't big sis getting a new game recently?

>>38981343
Is the multiple choice results of treasure cubes an actual thing, or a meta device on our part?

>>38981392
Oh god. I forgot about that. Why do you remind me so!

>>38981343
>1
It's okay, it was the fourth roll, that totally doesn't count

>>38981218
Thanks for running!

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>>38981351
Probably! Although I may have been referring to something else. You know, [V]iew.

>>38981392
>pic related

>>38981417
The multiple choice bit is a thing for all adventurers! (Which is convenient for us because hey presto, meta thing too).

>>38981407
She will soon, until then she's still got her sad backstory.

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>>38981418
How can you forget when he even made it to a title!
Rememberrrrr! Rememberrrrrrrrrr

(He was actually pretty cool in game tho)

>>38981464
What are Samus and Rokko, friends?
Or has she Ascended?

>>38981464
That improves Rokko's odds of getting helpful system improvements, then. As opposed to a new weapon or something.

>>38981503
She couldn't handle Other M, and Ascended to escape the shame.

>>38981464
So what were Rokko's choice's when she chose hope, then?

>>38981503
Wow, i dunno how i missed this, but if you turn them both into moe personifications theyre basically the same person arent they

>>38981608
On the surface a bit yeah, but I mean Samus has power armor and Rokko is full robot.

>>38981608
Maybe Samus is replaced with a moefied Metroid, because she's not moe enough to be in Gamindustri.

>>38981681
>Moe Ridley as the Metroid Mascot

>>38981643
Of course, as a chozo biological experiment, samus isnt exactly a non artificial being either, even if she was born unaltered.
And the personalities are way way different too.

Im just saying, from like, a gameplay point of view though. If you look back at metroid and megaman uno, they could be siblings.

>>38981708
>>Moe Ridley as the Metroid Mascot

Now all I can hear is the Retsuprae Ridley voice coming out of a gangly bird-monster in a school uniform.

>>38981760
Man, I should probably watch more Retsuprae stuff. I'm rewatching the pokecapn Sonic 2006 LP right now, just because of how hard it broke the players.

>>38981760
>HEY GUYS, WHY CAN'T I GO TO THE SMASH FEST WITH YOU?

>>38981503
Metroid-chan did Ascend! Although that hasn't put a damper on her friendship with Rokko.

... oh god, she WOULD look just like Rokko. Or she probably did back in the day, until more realistic graphics/Zero Suit Samus became a thing.

>>38981528
>>38981545
... I think in Rokko's case, most of her current upgrades are system improvements.

She already has just about all the weapons she could ever need, even if she's slowly losing them, bit by bit.

>>38981978
She's still got internet access?

Blorp why are our party members so sad, is this because of Lowee or do other nations also have sad girls wandering the land?

>>38981978
Slowly losing weapons? Not a problem once we fix her up a bit and get her a robit or 20 to kill. Bam, 1500 new stolen abilities.

>>38982015
Most other nations dont have the same kind of deep, far raching history. I dont think they have many champions that have had the time to fall so low in the publics eyes.

We'd find all the ones that had anyways though.

>>38981978
Stopping the deterioration takes priority, I think. Even if it involves deleting the weapons she has now, if she can pick up new ones again she'll be back on track.

I know! Let's give Rokko one of the Holistic Detective's Spawn Hearts. They work pretty well.

>>38981343
or we could... ya know re roll in the next thread?

>>38978616
>"Put her down," you growl. "She's not yours to take!"
Estelle wants Urist all to herself

>>38981978
>Ultimate Armor....gone
>Support Unit....gone
>Phase Dash....gone
>Dash....20% functionality, unusable in combat.
>Double Jump....70% broken, unusable.
>Shield Boomerang, Spear, Knuckle, Fans......irrepairable
>Charge Shot.....90% functionality, and falling
>Duck function.....I'll never do it, you can't make me.

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>>38983661