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Huh, I thought the other person would strategize... Oh well. We'll wanna save Sarah's energy I think, so...
> Miriam: Use observation on the red puni!
> Dave: Move to G2, perform Slice and Dice on the red puni and throw a hatchet at the blue puni.
> Sarah: If possible, ether light on the blue puni.

Miriam adjusts her glasses, taking a moment to closely examine the Red Puni.

Miriam's analysis: "Red Puni. A tougher, physically stronger variant of the more common Blue Puni. Slightly weaker to bashing attacks than other physical attacks; no elemental weaknesses to speak of, or more accurately no strengths. Like the common Puni, basically anything will kill it in a few hits, it's just that this 'few' is between two and three times as many as that 'few'."

Meanwhile, Dave takes a step forward to make sure he's the target. He chops at the Red Puni in front of him, letting one of the hatchet's he's using fly off to the side and hit the blue Puni in the face in the process.

The blue Puni melts; Dave manages 7 swings total on the red one, all of which hit. It looks pretty bad off, but is still moving; it thrusts itself at his leg and catches him still a panting slightly from the rapid attacks, making a loud slapping noise when it hits.

You (Sarah) haven't done anything yet. You could shoot it with another Ether Light, or just run up and try bashing with your staff. Or just choose to do nothing, of course.

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Date: 1/13
Time: About three quarters

Status & Inventory:

3716 Cole

Location: Nearby Forest - Forest Entrance

Character Status:

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Sarah Kennigan: Uninjured, Just Okay
Weapon: Basic Staff
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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Ether Light: A self-defense technique from Master. Non-elemental magic attack, any 1 square.

Dave Barrett: Slightly Injured, Just Okay
Weapon: Hatchets
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Hatchet Throw: Throw a hatchet in any of 8 directions. Does physical damage to whatever it hits first.
  
• Slice & Dice: Chop-chop-chop-chop! Attempts 5-10 normal attacks, all on the same target, at reduced accuracy.
  
• Quick Feet (passive): Go go go! Instead of the usual 1 move, 1 attack/skill, Dave can choose any 3 actions to perform on each of his turns, each of which can be either kind.

Fee: 0 Cole

Miranda (???): Uninjured, Fine
Weapon: Knight's Sword
Armor: Knight's Armor
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Zero Motivation (passive): Eh. Miranda has less energy states than normal (Exhausted, Okay, Fine). It costs energy to perform regular move and attack actions in battle. Active skills require a large percentage of her maximum energy.
  
• Chill (passive): Whatever, it's fine. Miranda regains a small amount of energy anytime she isn't doing anything, regardless of if it's out of town or even in the middle of a battle.
  
• Spin Slash: Gotta respect the classics. Slashes everything in the 8 tiles surrounding Miranda for physical damage.
  
• Lazy Combo: Way too much effort. Performs six normal attacks in a row (which can have distinct targets), and then lacks the motivation to do anything at all for the next two turns (Chill is disabled during these turns).
  
• Slack Off (3/3): Miranda's favorite activity. Doesn't accomplish anything immediate, but restores a moderate amount of energy instead of spending it. Has a 2-turn cooldown and only works 3 times per battle.

Fee: 500 Cole

Miriam Kovich: Uninjured, 10/10 Bombs
Weapon: Crossbow
Armor: Lab Coat

Skills:

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• SCIENCE! (passive): Nothing can be allowed to deter the march of progress! Miriam's determination to discover the unknown gives her seemingly boundless energy. Instead her skills use up her limited supply of bombs, which can only be replenished back at town or by Sarah giving her items of the category [Bomb Supply] out of the basket and a night to turn them into more bombs. The quality and type of item affects how many bombs it can produce.
  
• Keen Eye (passive): A scientist must always be paying attention! To everything. Miriam's presence in the party increases the probability of finding more items, and of finding a wider variety of items. Some items can only be initially discovered with Miriam in the party.
  
• Observation: Let's see what makes you tick... Miriam can spend an entire turn (both the move and act portions) on observing an enemy and provide tactical data about that enemy type's behaviors, weaknesses, strengths, etc. This data remains available indefinitely after being obtained once.
  
• CrossBomb (1): The obvious combination. Miriam attaches a small bomb to a crossbow bolt. Hits any enemy in normal attack range for normal attack damage, then causes explosive fire damage to the 3x3 square centered on the target. This can also be aimed at empty squares for tactical effect.

Fee: FREE TRAIL x 1 (100 Cole after)

Dual Techs:

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Sarah & Dave:
Ether Hatchet (Hatchet Throw + Ether Light): Do the thing! Targets any enemy on a straight line from Dave which he could hit with Hatchet Throw. Deals physical damage to the target and then magical damage to anything in the 3x3 square centered on the target.

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A/N:

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Yes, I hope I or "we" haven't scared them off.