Four.

>Hm. Seems our connection got a tad fuzzy there.
>Let me check what we have in stock.

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Oh dear. This won't do at all...
I had planned on picking out a nice easy enemy for practice with oh, a nice frowning slime. Unfortunately, Barnabas our Bonobo in charge of shipping these things sent the wrong package.
bad Barnabas, no bananas for you tonight
Regardless, we managed to find the file on what monster we shipped in.
The good news is it's a rather easy monster. A few tricks, but nothing special.
The bad news is we, that is to say, Barnabas input the wrong coordinates. So it should show up at some point in the future, but not right now.
The worse news is it's a tricky critter outside combat, generally making a creepy nuisance of itself. Running off with keys, sneaking up behind you and making loud honking noises before running away, that sort of thing.

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Honkit

Trivia
Vaguely modeled after a certain clown, the Honkit is a relatively weak target suitable for early-intermediate adventurers who know combat 101, and are ready for combat 102.
Strength/Weaknesses
Honkit's are fairly fragile, with no particular weakness.
Honkit's tend to travel in packs, if you see one Honkit you can expect several more to be in the area.
Despite their goofy appearance, and waddling motions, they can move with surprising speed.
Grace on the other hand, is not their strong suit. It's rather easy to trip them up, and neutralize them that way. They can't get up without assistance.

Techniques
Headbutt - Little to no damage, good odds of knocking targets over.
Honk - Other than being a particularly creepy honk, no effect.
Head Shake - Starts shaking it's head, flinging miscellaneous objects out of its hair. Such as banana peels, bicycle horns, circus snacks, and whatever else it may have picked up.

Additionally, Barnabas offers their formal apology and will ensure that this won't happen again. Won't you Barnabas? "ook."

You unleashed the HONKIT!
Oh god why.


HONKIT (Enemy)
This disembodied clown head monstrosity is roaming loose somewhere in the In-Between.
Aubrey wonders what the [BLEEP] Barnabas' problem is, releasing something like that.
Seriously!

" Ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌｌｙ, ｏｕｒ ｉｄｅａｓ ａｒｅ ｓｔｒｏｎｇ. Ｃｏｍｂｉｎｅｄ, ｏｕｒ ｉｄｅａｓ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｕｎｓｔｏｐｐａｂｌｅ. Ｂｕｔ ｙｅｓ, ｔｅｓｔｉｎｇ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｒｅｑｕｉｒｅｄ. Ｎｅｖｅｒ ｇｏ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｆｉｅｌｄ ｗｉｔｈ ｕｎｔｅｓｔｅｄ ｅｑｕｉｐｍｅｎｔ. Ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｍｕｓｔ, ｆｉｎｄ ａ ｃｏｎｖｅｎｉｅｎｔ ｔｉｍｅ ｔｏ ｔｅｓｔ ｉｔ ａｓ ｓｏｏｎ ａｓ ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ. Ｉｆ ｎｅｃｅｓｓａｒｙ, ｗｅ ｃａｎ ａｔｔｅｍｐｔ ｔｏ ｄｅｐｌｏｙ ｓｏｍｅ ｔａｒｇｅｔ ｄｒｏｎｅｓ ｔｏ ｙｏｕｒ ｌｏｃａｔｉｏｎ. "

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( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｏｕｒ ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ ｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎ ｉｓ ｃａｕｔｉｏｎｉｎｇ ｕｓ ａｇａｉｎｓｔ ｄｅｐｌｏｙｉｎｇ ｓｏ ｍａｎｙ ｒａｎｄｏｍ ｉｄｅａｓ ａｔ ｏｎｃｅ. Ｉｔ ｓｅｅｍｓ ｏｕｒ Ｖｉｓｉｔｏｒ ｈａｓ ａ ｎａｓｔｙ ｈａｂｉｔ ｏｆ ｊｕｓｔ ｃｒａｍｍｉｎｇ ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ ｉｄｅａｓ ｔｏｇｅｔｈｅｒ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｃｏｕｌｄ ｌｅａｄ ｔｏ ｓｏｍｅ ｖｅｒｙ ｄａｎｇｅｒｏｕｓ ｄｅｓｉｇｎｓ, ｉｆ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｎｏｔ ｃａｒｅｆｕｌ. Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ, ｈｏｗ ｄｏ ｙｏｕ ｆｅｅｌ ａｂｏｕｔ ｔｈｉｓ? Ａｌｓｏ ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｒｅｑｕｅｓｔｉｎｇ ｐｅｒｍｉｓｓｉｏｎ ｔｏ ｄｅｐｌｏｙ [ＴＩＥＲ 0 ＡＣＴＩＯＮ ＦＩＧＵＲＥＳ] ｆｏｒ ｔａｒｇｅｔ ｐｒａｃｔｉｃｅ. Ｔｈｅｙ ａｒｅ Ｕｎａｒｍｅｄ, Ｕｎａｒｍｏｒｅｄ Ｓｏｆｔ Ｔａｒｇｅｔｓ ｔｈａｔ ｒｅｓｅｍｂｌｅ ｈｕｍａｎｏｉｄｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｍｏｎｉｔｏｒｓ ｆｏｒ ｈｅａｄｓ. Ｗｅ ｄｏ ｎｏｔ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｍｏｂｉｌｉｚｅ ａｎｙ ｓｏｒｔ ｏｆ ｎｏｎ-ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｕｎｉｔｓ ｗｉｔｈｏｕｔ ｐｅｒｍｉｓｓｉｏｎ. )

Internal letter adressed in reply to the letter of the Not-A-Bear.

I think I find ourselves in favor of deplpoying them! However, I feel as if maybe deploying items may be the cause of the brief static in Audrey's words. Perhaps we should lay low for a while? In any case, it would still be favorable to have decoys.

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And perhaps before submitting anything to be brought in the world, do you believe we should hold a discussion first? Less danger would be wise. Similar to something like this discussion would be good.

Signed, wiltingMyosotis.

I also agree to the action figures. Should be nice, safe target practice.

Plus, agreeing on one thing should let us see what happens when, well. we agree.

Let's light up some toys.

The management agrees that ACTION FIGURE BLOOD SHALL FLOW All new Merchandise should be thoroughly vetted before being released to the public. It would be HilariousTerrible if something should happen to our consumers or, indeed, The AUBREY our Dear Patron when we'd be blamed for it

You created the TIER 0 ACTION FIGURE!
Your consensus produces a new item!
The In-Between s̞͈͕̦̠̤h̼͇̹̣̬u̦d̛̞̻̩͍d̮̹̱͈̮̘ͅe̢̻̣r͖̺̥̱̕s͓̮̬̜͇̻̀ͅ from the force of your unified WILL.



TIER 0 ACTION FIGURE (Prop)
The Tier 0 Action Figure is a Council-standard training dummy for combat newbies.
This life-sized dummy is inanimate, but durable enough to survive a training session with beginning adventurers.
Some people think they're cute, in an unsettling sort of way.

>Fire out in random directions with reckless abandon. Set the world on fire.

Ada refuses. Defending Aubrey is her purpose; actions which might endanger her go against her principles.

AUBREY
"Is evę͇̣͍ͅr̹y̺̼̭͖ͅṱ̥̳͚̠͢h̤͖̰̰̘̀i҉n̗̝͕̳͙̺g̢̯̦͈ you guys make this creepy...?"

Ada's wings droop, dejected.

AUBREY
"Except you, of course!"
"Who's a pretty flying bracelet?"
"It's you~!"

Ada hums in delight and nuzzles Aubrey's hand.



AUBREY
"I think that went well, minus the creepy clown head thing."
"Though... that feeling we're being watched..."

She looks about uneasily.

AUBREY
"I can't be the only one who senses it. Feels like whatever's watching
i̻̳̜͈͙s̙͇̱͓̹̺ ̨̦̝̲̣̙ͅͅl͎̘̮o̸̦̺o͇̹͔ki̝̤̫n̴̳g̢̖ ̜̗͢ͅc̨̠̙̟͚̺ͅl̡͎͙̮̫͕̳o̫͘s͉̖̥e̶r̶͔͙̮, now. I don't know. Maybe we shouldn't train here?"

Another pause.

AUBREY
"Though if you think we should, I trust your judgement."

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This update was fun to make, I love you guys <3