Four.

BOLD. CANNOT TALK. RIGHT NOW.
BUT. I BELIEVE. HE WOULD BE. IMPRESSED. WITH YOUR. "STYLE".
REGARDLESS. I BELIEVE. WE SHOULD. START. WITH A. BASIC ATTACK. TO GET. THE HANG. OF THINGS.

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that was VERY IMPRESSIVE girl. you should be my PROTEGE.
~ BOLD

HOW. DID HE. SURPASS. THE MUTE. FUNCTION.
WHY. IS THIS. HAPPENING.
HELP.

UNDERLINE.

AUBREY
"Heheh..."

" Ｓｔａｎｄａｒｄ Ｃｏｍｂａｔ Ｔｕｔｏｒｉａｌ Ｄｉａｌｏｇｕｅ. Ｔｈｉｓ ｉｓ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ ｗｅ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ. Ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｌｉｋｅｌｙ ｗａｎｔ ｔｏ ｓｔａｒｔ ｂｙ ｕｓｉｎｇ ＡＴＴＡＣＫ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｐｒｏｍｐｔｅｄ ｔｏ ｆｏｌｌｏｗ ｉｔ ｕｐ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ＳＰＥＣＩＡＬ. "

3.5/5 stars, alright for someone new to dramatic poses.
Anyways, give it a good smack upside the noggin.
Or whatever happens with ATTACK.

REND IT WITH YOUR (admittedly somewhat pitiful) FANGS AND CLAWS. Inform your Minion it should attack the action figure. If you absoluetly insist on being involved with the battle. Ideally, you should leave all Battle up to your Battle minion and stand to one side, pointedly ignoring the combat. Perhaps drinking a soothing cup of Boiled Leaf Juice. Statistics show that Non Combatants enjoy up to an ∞% increase in longevity!

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(internal Memo to Council Member Underline. Have you tried retroactively redacting his outbursts? We Have found doing so Utterly Useless Incredibly effacious in curtailing some of the Old Management's more disruptive behaviour)

AUBREY
"3.5/5? I can live with that."
"I thought I looked pretty cool, myself."

If we start big we might not get a chance to start small.

>ADA USE TACKLE. AND then pew pew.

Aubrey points at the Action Figure.

AUBREY
"Ada! Use Tackle!"

--- BATTLE LOG ---



(Rolling in the background...)

Ada treats the Action Figure to a FLYING TACKLE, speeding forward with an audible 'nyoom'.

AUBREY
"Are... are you saying 'nyoom'?"
"Oh my god, that's adorable."

The Action Figure raises an arm to defend itself, with minimal success. The automatons collide. Screen tearing, the T0-AF stumbles back a few steps while Ada zips away.

**[T0-AF] took 2 Damage!!**

The [T0-AF] cannot retaliate. The [T0-AF] rights itself and skips its turn.

---/BATTLE LOG---

TUTORIAL
As you can see, the Adaptive Combat Bracelet wasn't built for physical attacks.
This deficiency may come in handy when you only want to weaken your opponent.

Let's try a SPECIAL next. Right now, the Adaptive Combat Bracelet is in RANGED mode.
Depending on the situation, you might want to switch her to MELEE or GUARD mode.
RANGED will do for now, however.

>Use Special. Burn this action figure to a crisp. Paint the floor black with its ashes. Make it suffer. Show whoever is watching that they should fear you.

AUBREY
"Hey, new voice. You sound like you're e̸̺̘̜̖̼nj̖͉͢o̡̠̰͚ͅy̙̣̞͔̫̮̖i̪̜̤̖̬̠͍͝n̟͉͞g̪̥̺͚̫̕ ̣t̮͔͕͖͇͢h̫̰̻̺̰is͎͖̘̬̰̞͖ wa~y too much."
"...I like you."

Aubrey points with a flourish.

AUBREY
"Ada! Kill it with Fire!"

---BATTLE LOG---

(Rolling in the background...)

Ada makes an enthusiastic chiming sound. Through your link with Aubrey's consciousness, you hear... music forthcoming. Seems she enjoys this immensely.



Ada used FIREBOLT! The [T0-AF] lights up like a pyre!

**Ada lost 1 SP!!**

**[T0-AF] took 6 Damage!**
**[T0-AF] is BURNing!!**

The [T0-AF] still cannot retaliate, and is presently on fire.

**[T0-AF] took 1 Burn Damage!!**

---/BATTLE LOG---

TUTORIAL
When used against enemies with low elemental defense,
Ada's SPECIAL techniques stand a chance of inflicting a status effect.
BURN inflicts continuous damage on the target.
STUN may cause the target to harm itself, its allies, or misfire.
FREEZE renders the target immobile for a number of turns.
Status effects do not stack.

AUBREY
"The Action Figure'll burn to nothing even if
we leave it alone, I think, but if you want to
e̞͚͔̰̳ͅx̻̩͕̥̩̻̦́p͏̠̠͔͍e̢͖̝͎̼r̰̪̹̼͎im̩͕̳͓e̡̯n̢̦͔ț̵͎ͅ with the other elements, I'm game."

AUBREY
"I'm enjoying myself a̹̠̳̣̲ ͍͚̥͠l͕̹̳o̝̼̤͝ṭ̡̠̝͓."


[[T0-AF]] [HP: 7/15] [STATUS: Burn]
VS
[ADA] [HP: 10/10] [SP: 4/5] [STATUS: None]

ATTACK: Ada's default attack, a standard flying tackle.
GUARD: Defends for one turn, allowing for non-combat actions (such as conversation) to ensue.
SPECIAL: Access Ada's elemental magics. These cost 1 SP per use.
AUTO: Leave Ada to her own devices. Combat will resolve on its own with an unpredictable outcome.