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Are all of us together in an unseen but legit council area?

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Are all of us together in an unseen but legit council area?

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Separate planes of existence is my interpretation

>Perhaps if you taunt whatever is watching you, it might step out in the open. Maybe insult it's taste in decor? Worlds made of of newsprint is very last season, I must admit.

AUBREY
"That's literally the w̥̲͍̯o̺̫͞ŕ̠͍̦̯͉s̢͎̙̣t̙ idea I've heard today, sans clown head."

AUBREY
"Also, Council, would it kill you not to mispronounce my name every few minutes...?"

Welp. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

FIRE.

if you are to ATTACK that BEAST, be sure you attack in a BOLD, FEARLESS and BEAUTIFUL manner. we shan't FOLLOW a NAIVE LITTLE GIRL without a sense of FASHION.

~ BOLD

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SpoilerDearest Bold,
Please refrain from referring to our guest as a "girl". She is clearly a grown woman such as I, and your distasteful remarks about her attire and mannerisms are simply barbaric. You should learn to hold your tongue for a longer expanse of time. In fact, I humbly propose to you, Lord Underline, that Bold be chastised. A language restriction should do wonders. Hopefully he may eventually learn to behave.
For your consideration,
Lady Italic

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SpoilerYOU, AND YOU. SHUT. UP.
I'M TRYING. TO CONCENTRATE.
I'M PUTTING. A MUTE RESTRICTION. ON BOTH OF YOU.
PLAY.
NICE.

UNDERLINE

Oho! Now you're talking Aubrey's language!

She is filled with Determination Spiral Energy the WILL to fight—or at the very least, tell Ada to.



AUBREY
"Adaptive Combat Bracelet! I choose you!"

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LOADING. . .

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You engaged the [TIER 0 ACTION FIGURE]!
Battle In Progress....

[TIER 0 ACTION FIGURE] [HP: 15/15] [STATUS: None]
VS
[ADA] [HP: 10/10] [SP: 5/5] [STATUS: None]

The [T0-AF]'s monitor flickers on. A target appears at its center.

TUTORIAL
Congratulations on your first Enemy Encounter!
Welcome to the Obligatory Combat Tutorial.
To begin, select a course of action...

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.

AUBREY
"Ahahaha.... this is so weird, but so awesome."
"The last time I was here, 'battle mode' was shorthand for 'scrabble for your life'."
"I feel m͕̟͓̖͎ͅu҉̗c͇ḫ̷͇̻ ̧̝̪̦b̨̳̺e̤̫͙͕͕̭͇t̩̟̳͎t̩͉ȩ͎̯͔ṟ͔̠͓͕͟ about this. So, where do we start?"

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SpoilerBear with me through the obligatory tutorial, we won't cover everything so try not to get TOO bored while experimenting. I don't want us to get bogged down here, haha.

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.

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

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

UNDERLINE.

" 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!

(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)

> I agree for the with the fellow council memebers.

> specialthenattack

An open internal letter to the fellow members for the Council,

do you believe we should create a melee weapon for Aubrey, in case Ada fails?

Signed by your fellow council members,
wiltingMyosotis.

>Start with status affects. Poison, fire, confusion, anything will do. Maybe all at once.

Agreed. Perhaps each member of the council could contribute a component of this weapon?

In reply to fellow council member Arcanuse,

perhaps this time we should ask Aubery what she would like if you agree? It wouldn't be ideal to give a fighter something they can't fight with.

Signed by your fellow council members,
wiltingMyosotis.

>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.

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

>ADA USE TACKLE. AND then pew pew.

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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Spoilerthat 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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Spoiler(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.

Interesting. Let's see if that magic combo feature made it in to Ada here.
>Try using Shock and Ice.

" Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｉｓ ｃｕｒｒｅｎｔｌｙ ｔａｋｉｎｇ ｎｏｔｅｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｆｏｒ ｆｕｔｕｒｅ ｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ [Ｔ0-ＡＦ]. Ｗｅ ｓｅｃｏｎｄ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｈｏｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｅｓｔｉｎｇ. ＴＨＥＮ ｗｅ ｍｕｓｔ ｇｅｔ ｉｎｓｉｄｅ. "

>Maybe try out one of your doomsday level spells? Should be interesting fireworks at the very least.

"Aubrey pls murder the robo nicely i don't think burning up in flames is a very nice way to go."

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SpoilerTuesday can I put Helen in my signature, i jus' cANT

> Kill it.

Ms. Audrey, perhaps a separate function would be most advisable, such as guarding the foe's attack. That... abomination seems quite fragile, and now seems the best opportunity to experiment with our other options. If it should fall too soon, we cannot gain significant information on our- rather, your abilities. We most likely will not have many opportunities before facing a more difficult foe, after all.
Kind regards,
Lady Italic

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SpoilerCAN SOMEBODY. PLEASE. EXPLAIN. WHAT IS. HAPPENING.
HAS. ONE OF YOU. SIPHONED OFF. MY POWER?
THIS. SHOULD NOT. BE POSSIBLE.

UNDERLINE.

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SpoilerLord Underline, if I may be so bold. have you grown complacent? It has been several thousand years since I have been able to break through your commands, and Bold been unable before this moment.
Respectfully,
Lady Italic.

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Spoiler i RESENT that. you've merely EXISTED longer than i. it would HARDLY be a competition otherwise.

UNDERLINE. you MUST pass your TORCH to ME. i shall PROTECT the GIRL, do not worry.
~ BOLD

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SpoilerOh, hush. You are acting similarly to an infant. It would behoove you not to make everything into a competition. As I'm sure you are aware, Lord Underline grows weary. We must make ourselves useful.
Sincerely,
Lady Italic.

( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ Ｍｅｍｂｅｒ Ｍｙｅｔｈ, ｄｏ ｎｏｔ ｗｏｒｒｙ, ａ [Ｔ0-ＡＦ] ｉｓ ｎｏｔ ｂｕｉｌｔ ｔｏ ｆｅｅｌ ｐａｉｎ. Ａｄｄｉｔｉｏｎａｌｌｙ, ｉｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｐａｒｔｉｃｕｌａｒ [Ｔ0-ＡＦ] ｉｓ ｕｓｅｆｕｌ ｉｎ ｔｈａｔ Ａｕｂｒｅｙ ｌｅａｒｎｓ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｕｔｉｌｉｚｅ ｈｅｒ ｗｅａｐｏｎ ｔｏ ｉｔ'ｓ ｆｕｌｌｅｓｔ, ｔｈｉｓ [Ｔ0-ＡＦ] ｕｎｉｔ ｗｉｌｌ ｂｅ ｓｕｇｇｅｓｔｅｄ ｆｏｒ ｐｒｏｍｏｔｉｏｎ ｔｏ ａ ｎｅｗ ｔｉｅｒ, ｏｒ ｐｅｒｈａｐｓ ｅｖｅｎ ａ ｎｅｗ ｄｅｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔ. Ｅｖｅｒｙ ｐａｒｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｔａｋｅｓ ｐｒｉｄｅ ｉｎ ｉｔ'ｓ ｊｏｂ, ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ Ｌｏｗｌｙ ＣＲＴ'ｓ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｇｒａｎｄ Ｓｃｒｅｅｎｓ. )

( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｙｅｓ! Ｅｖｅｎ ｔｈｉｓ ｕｎｉｔ ｔａｋｅｓ ｐｒｉｄｅ ｉｎ ｉｔ'ｓ ｊｏｂ ａｓ ａ ｂｕｒｅａｕｃｒａｔｉｃ ｃｏｇ, ｈｅｌｐｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｗｏｒｋ ａ ｍａｃｈｉｎｅ ｂｉｇｇｅｒ ｔｈａｎ ｉｔ'ｓ ｃｏｎｓｔｉｔｕｅｎｔ ｃｏｍｐｏｎｅｎｔｓ! )

( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｖｅｒｙ ｇｏｏｄ, [ＮＯＴＡＢＥＡＲ]. Ｐｌｅａｓｅ ａｃｃｅｐｔ ｔｈｉｓ ｔｈｕｍｂｓ ｕｐ ｅｍｏｊｉ ｆｏｒ ｓｅｒｖｉｃｅ ｐｒｏｖｉｄｅｄ. )

( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: ' Ｃ' ｇａｓｐ ' ｕ' ｙａｓｓｓｓｓ )

Internal memo to kool kat NotABear,

This will be a great addition to the family, I'm calling him Heather. I love Heather very much and Helen will probably try and kill him but that's just sibling rivalry right there. Thanks 4 new bb.

Smell ya later aliigator,

~Radical Red

( ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ Ｍｅｍｂｅｒ Ｍｙｅｔｈ, ｐｌｅａｓｅ ｒｅｆｒａｉｎ ｆｒｏｍ ａｔｔｅｍｐｔｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｋｉｄｎａｐ ｕｎｉｔｓ ｂｅｌｏｎｇｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｍｅｍｂｅｒｓ. Ｉｆ ｙｏｕ ｗｉｓｈ ｔｏ ｔｒａｄｅ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ, ｗｅ ｃａｎ ａｒｒａｎｇｅ ｔｏ ｓｅｎｄ ｙｏｕ 'Ｈｅａｔｈｅｒ' ｌａｔｅｒ. )

Internal Memo to dude man NotABear,

I have like 3 sticks of gum and a shoe that is shaped like a very threatening banana, name your price for lil bebe.

Kool Regardz
~Radical Red

you can TAKE italic for FREE
~ BOLD