Lucidstuck III

>Derrick:Maybe just give a quick taste test on Dt. Does Dt still taste like cat?

>Reggie: Maybe you should have a private conversation with just only you, dt, and kalem. You can't discuss alot with the dreamers around. Try to distract Derrick by telling him to start gearing up for the upcoming fight.

Seconding.
Maybe we could actually make some new gear later if IP is up for it.

Probably shouldn't deleted it but yeah my response I'm self seconding? Or resubmiting

>Reggie: Maybe you should have a private conversation with just only you, dt, and kalem. You can't discuss alot with the dreamers around. Try to distract Derrick by telling him to start gearing up for the upcoming fight.

Seconding.
Maybe we could actually make some new gear later if IP is up for it.

Probably shouldn't deleted it but yeah my response I'm self seconding? Or resubmiting

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>Derrick: Tell Alice and DT about the monster as best you can. Mention how it made the others crazy and that a hole to the void opened up in its face when something started taking over.

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>Derrick:Maybe just give a quick taste test on Dt. Does Dt still taste like cat?

downvoting

>Reggie: Maybe you should have a private conversation with just only you, dt, and kalem. You can't discuss alot with the dreamers around. Try to distract Derrick by telling him to start gearing up for the upcoming fight.

Seconding.
Maybe we could actually make some new gear later if IP is up for it.

Probably shouldn't deleted it but yeah my response I'm self seconding? Or resubmiting

downvoting

Also unseconding. Crafting may be a good idea, but this talk will just get Reggie shouted at if he even agrees to it in the first place. DT will be more willing to give info to Alice than to us.

Derrick: Tell Alice and DT about the monster as best you can. Mention how it made the others crazy and that a hole to the void opened up in its face when something started taking over

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Derrick: I'd like to share something...
Derrick: This monster out there that made our friends crazy, we managed to kill it. But there seems to be more to it.
Derrick: Something within said it was looking for someone...
Derrick: Could it be you, Sis?
Alice: ....
Alice: What would that thing want with me? How would it even know about me??
Derrick: I'm not sure... It was quite tricky too. It could know all kinds of stuff.
Derrick: Come to think of it, Ira. I wonder if you can make yourself known on me.
Ira: Hm?
Derrick: Lucia mentioned you dying, but I honestly didn't notice. I would like to be able to see you to make sure I know you're near.
Ira: Ahh... That's easy.
Ira: Look! I can see you now too. If you don't see me looking at you, I'm probably dead. "eue
Derrick: Thank you.
Lucia: Oh, oh! I remember where I left the gun now, Ira!
Lucia: It's in Derrick's room!
Alice: .... Sounds like Lucia, but I do not see her.
Derrick: Oh, she's currently shape shifting.
Lucia: I'm Derrick's super cool outfit! Hehehe...
Alice: .....
Lucia: Jealous..?
Alice: Not at all.
Derrick: Let's go check my room.

A glowing eye opens up on your neck tie. Ira's pupil darts around vigorously, this will be much easier to tell her condition.



You enter Alice's version of your room. You spy Lucia's revolver on your desk.



You store it in Lucia's inventory.

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Lucia: Got it!
Derrick: Interesting. I can see what you have now.
Alice: Heh, me too.
Lucia: W-what?? How can you see??
Alice: I'm special.
Lucia: .......
Ira: Why don't you try shadow shaping now, Ms. Lucia?
Ira: Who knows what you'll come up with.

You draw Lucia's revolver out. It suddenly had a black sleek look to it.

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DT: Ooooooo, cool gun!
Lucia: Wow, I haven't seen this one before!
Ira: This is Derrick's unique shadow shaped gun. Secret keeper.
Ira: The gimmick to this weapon is it doesn't take an action to use.
Ira: You can add it onto actions for various ways of versatility.
Lucia: UNLIMITED SHOTS??!
Ira: No, hehe... The shots will match your attacks and use bullets from your bullet bag.  This will work well with Derrick's "funky arm".
Ira: Last I've seen it hits multiple times, up to 6. The secret keeper will match it. You can use it while healing, or while  your opponent is trying to strike you.
Ira: I can't wait to see the fun ways you use this!
Lucia: Awesome!!

>Derrick: Hold on. This gun is cool and all, but that monster could've taken Lucia out in a single attack without her armor. Maybe you should take this thing on as seperate people, with the benefits of your protective gear. You should craft upgrades while you're here.

>Derrick: Hold on. This gun is cool and all, but that monster could've taken Lucia out in a single attack without her armor. Maybe you should take this thing on as seperate people, with the benefits of your protective gear. You should craft upgrades while you're here.

Seconding

Oh also
>Derrick: Also grab the tales of the abyss, the locad entries might be useful.

Derrick: Hold on. This gun is cool and all, but that monster could've taken Lucia out in a single attack without her armor. Maybe you should take this thing on as separate people, with the benefits of your protective gear. You should craft upgrades while you're here. Also grab the tales of the abyss, the locad entries might be useful



You grab this land's version of Tales of the Abyss. Your inventory is full, so you store it in Lucia's instead.

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Derrick: I noticed that we didn't have access to our armour's advantages. Should we consider splitting up?
Reggie: Settlements and trade-offs, dude. You simply traded your armor's advantages for Goth chick's.
Reggie: Make sure you're well informed when switching so you know what you're getting and what you're losing.
Lucia: If you think we should split up, that's alright with me..!!
Derrick: Hmm...
Derrick: Maybe we should make some items that could help while we're at it.
DT: (Well? Now's your chance, Master.)
Alice: Uhm..!
Derrick: Yeah?
Alice: I can help you with that. DT says We have "synergy" while you are crafting.
Derrick: How so?
Alice: I can make illusion items with specific properties that can carry in a creation.
Alice: Because they're illusions they are classified as "ghost" items. So if you undo the creation you won't get the ghost item back.
Alice: But this way, we can save on drawing a ton! Cool, huh?
Derrick: Yeah, that's pretty neat. Let's try it.
Reggie: Keep in mind your inventory space. You'll have to leave something behind if you make too much stuff.

You decide you'll come up with some item ideas for the coming encounter. What will you make?

> Alice: Your set could use a bit of Thorn damage, use the item summon ability for a cactus and ask Derrick to combine it with her shirt.

> Alice: Your set could use a bit of Thorn damage, use the item summon ability for a cactus and ask Derrick to combine it with her shirt.

SECONDING!!!

>Derrick: Grab one of the moon shirts out of the Locad version of your closet.

>Craft, well, the following:

A whole lotta craftingShow

All of the purple names in the recipes indicate that the items are illusions.

For Veneri, using the medicine we have left over

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The superstar nurse set boosts the health of the wearer. The set bonus turns any excess healing from the wearer into bonus hitpoints.The doctor's bag's bonus to healing carries over.

For Lucia, using miander's might

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The stonepunk shennanigans set gives a big damage resistance bonus to the wearer and the set bonus allows the user to attack the ground to cause a shockwave. The gloves retain their elemental powers even if they've changed color schemes. Miander's mjonir is like mianders hammer but can stun enemies with electricity. Substituting Lucia's actual piramid eye necklace for the necklace in the recipe would be an option, if we wanted to.

For Alice, using the moon shirt:

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The moon shirt is recycled into being the red moon shirt, which is a moon shirt but red. The lunar set gives a slight DR bonus in the dark, which does not carry over to futher in the recipe. The lunar crown with bluetooth is a head piece that allows communication. This carries over to the other crowns. The luck scarf's luck bonus carries over to the neckpieces of the other sets, though the snake mistress' neckpiece isn't a scarf anymore. The leaded royalty set is gives DR, which carries over to the snake mistress set. The snake mistress set gives a set bonus, 'golden viper' which makes their attacks inflict a poison that deals damage equal to 50% of the damage of that attack.

For Derrick, using the red moon shirt from Alice's recipe:

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The blood moon shaman set gives a DR bonus in the dark, which again does not carry over. The omnious dove plush is a slightly scarier dove plush. The iron clad cultist set gives a hp bonus, which does carry over. The Cooing Cult's Commander set bonus gives a DR bonus when the wearer doesn't attack.

Alright, for the Alice snake mistress set, add a cactus to the shirt.

Alright, for the Alice snake mistress set, add a cactus to the shirt.

Sure? I guess? Call it Deadly Cobra Mistress Set

>Derrick: Grab one of the moon shirts out of the Locad version of your closet.

>Craft, well, the following:

A whole lotta craftingShow

All of the purple names in the recipes indicate that the items are illusions.

For Veneri, using the medicine we have left over

RecipeShow

The superstar nurse set boosts the health of the wearer. The set bonus turns any excess healing from the wearer into bonus hitpoints.The doctor's bag's bonus to healing carries over.

For Lucia, using miander's might

RecipeShow

The stonepunk shennanigans set gives a big damage resistance bonus to the wearer and the set bonus allows the user to attack the ground to cause a shockwave. The gloves retain their elemental powers even if they've changed color schemes. Miander's mjonir is like mianders hammer but can stun enemies with electricity. Substituting Lucia's actual piramid eye necklace for the necklace in the recipe would be an option, if we wanted to.

For Alice, using the moon shirt:

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The moon shirt is recycled into being the red moon shirt, which is a moon shirt but red. The lunar set gives a slight DR bonus in the dark, which does not carry over to futher in the recipe. The lunar crown with bluetooth is a head piece that allows communication. This carries over to the other crowns. The luck scarf's luck bonus carries over to the neckpieces of the other sets, though the snake mistress' neckpiece isn't a scarf anymore. The leaded royalty set is gives DR, which carries over to the snake mistress set. The snake mistress set gives a set bonus, 'golden viper' which makes their attacks inflict a poison that deals damage equal to 50% of the damage of that attack.

For Derrick, using the red moon shirt from Alice's recipe:

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The blood moon shaman set gives a DR bonus in the dark, which again does not carry over. The omnious dove plush is a slightly scarier dove plush. The iron clad cultist set gives a hp bonus, which does carry over. The Cooing Cult's Commander set bonus gives a DR bonus when the wearer doesn't attack.

Seconding heavily

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You begin to imagine some things to get crafting.



You tell Bambino to bring some items from the fort and call Pechal for her bag. There is no response.

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Derrick: Hey Pechal, I'm designing some things, I'll need your bag.
Wynter: Peachy is AWOL sir! We'll need her to come back to her senses first!
Derrick: Ahh... Alright then.

You begin to wonder...

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Derrick: Actually, we should go and craft in the forts. There's much more items to choose from there.
Alice: Alright, let's go.
Reggie: ...!
Kalem: ...!

You hear a loud booming voice coming from all directions. You pause before following your sister.

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Lucas: Hey guys, Lucas here.
Reggie: This isn't good.
Lucas: Listen, some things have happened... But it's not necessarily a bad thing!
Lucas: I've learned so much...
Lucas: I'd like to share it with you guys.
Lucas: I'll be waiting for you by the front door, don't drag your feet, alright?
Lucas: You won't win in a fight.

The crafting may have to be on hold, things may get risky.[/color]

>Derrick: Consult Reggie about what his plan is to deal with Lucas.

>Derrick : ask Reggie how Alice can help out in this situation

>Derrick : ask Reggie how Alice can help out in this situation

Seconded.
This is just an idea, but maybe a more powerful Alice could use illusions to close Lucas's mind to the truth?

Derrick : Ask Reggie how Alice can help out in this situation

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Derrick: Reggie, how can Alice help us?
Reggie: She is an illusion guardian, she can misdirect the truth to keep herself and others safe.
Reggie: Only it's not something you can explain, it's instinctual.
Reggie: Like how you can't explain how to breathe or walk, you just do it.
Reggie: Now the kicker is this does not mean she is immune to the truth.
Reggie: We just have to pray that something out of the ordinary doesn't mess her up.
Derrick: Hmm...
Kalem: Maybe she should be involved in this conversation then.
Lucas: Tick tock, guys!

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Derrick: Hey Sis, you haven't learned about anything pertaining to the truth, have you?
Alice: The... huh?
DT: No, master does not know anything pertaining to that.
Derrick: Reggie says you can mitigate its affects almost like breathing. But you're still able to be affected.
Alice: Uhh....
DT: That is true, Master is an illusion guardian, but it's hard to say what aspects the truth can take in order to affect her! OwO
DT: We best steer clear of it altogether.
Derrick: Not possible, our friend Lucas is here and I'm afraid he has been influenced by it.
DT: .......................
DT: HE--
DT: W-WHAT?!
Derrick: Was this not clear by now?
DT: H-how could this happen t-to the GUARDIAN OF DAWN?!
DT: This changes everything! We mustn't interact with him!
Derrick: He's calling us though.
Alice: I don't hear anything.
Lucia: You didn't hear him speaking loudly in all directions earlier??
DT: No!
Alice: Nothing.
DT: Hmm... Master's influence probably blocked it out from herself and me.
DT: Looks like her role is already being active.
DT: We must avoid interaction with him until he calms down, the affects of the truth are not permanent.
DT: What I'm afraid of is him pursuing us. We couldn't stop him.
Alice: What does he want?
Derrick: He just wants to talk, at least that's what I'm gathering.
Reggie: Ain't no shootin' the breeze with an enlightened dawn guardian.
Reggie: At least, not for us.
Derrick: Why's that?
Reggie: I can't really go into that. But if it's possible to reason with him using illusions...
Reggie: It's worth a shot.
DT: NO! No it's NOT!
DT: Master is not ready for this sort of skill!
Alice: Ahem! Says you!
Alice: I can do it.
DT: Master...!
Reggie: She says she can do it, she can do it.
Reggie: What do you think, kiddo?
Derrick: I want to believe in my sister's ability.
Alice: Hehe~
Reggie: Alright then. Lucia, stay at the ready too. If you have any doubts...
Lucia: Yeah, I'll speak up.
Reggie: Okay... Go on.

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Lucas: Good choice guys, come on out.
Alice: Oh, I can hear him now.
Lucia: Are you SURE you got this, Alice??
Alice: Shush, let the master work.
Derrick: ....
Lucia: Derrick?

The stakes are high for this encounter, you are not sure what Lucas is capable of but is it worth hearing him out? However if you fail to have things go your way you may have an even greater threat on your hands, what will you do?

1. Go out and listen to Lucas
2. Turn back

1.Derrick:Not Yet!!, But ask Lucas what exactly he wants to talk about right at the door.

Derrick: Look through the peephole, and if it's just Lucas talk to him. Otherwise politely decline and run away.

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Lets get this over with

>Lucia: Before you go out the door, make a bullet to help Alice think faster and shoot her with it.

Hyper concentrated adrenaline syringe:
Projectile: Syringe
Attribute 1: Allows an ally to think and move faster for three turns
Attribute 2: Gives an ally a chance to deflect attacks
Attribute 3: The ally gains temporary hit points based on their current max hp
Attribute 4: If the ally is hit, the effect increases and lasts three extra turns