DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
Ryusui: "And we're back, folks!"
Ryusui: EXCHANGE 5/12
Ryusui: "Hokay! Time to make the dramatic exit!" The Beryllium Chef strikes a pose like he's intending to swan-dive all the way down the steep mountain face, but...instead he trudges off through the snow.
Ryusui: !f 4 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+4 for 2 [4dF = [ ][ ][-][-]]
Vera: (What's the difficulty, again?)
Ryusui: Once more he vanishes under the blanket of slush; once more he emerges from the other side unscathed.
Ryusui: (i believe the climb was difficulty +1 at every step)
Vera: (Oh, he's going down the slow way. I see.)
Vera: Vera's on her feet (however unbalanced), and she's eyeing up the dragon.
"A-ah, okay. S-s-sure."
She decides to trundle towards the comet-tail... but she's making sure to only move when the cryo-dragon isn't looking directly at her.
(Does that count as using CLEVER to collect the ingredient? I'll accept SNEAKY if not.)
Vera: (I forget, is it "defend from Cryodragon if you approach the ingredient" followed by "roll to collect?")
Ryusui: (ah right, the Cryodragon should have his move, mb)
Ryusui: (i'll let you move anyway, since it's my fault for not having him act)
Vera: (So is it CLEVER, SNEAKY, or CAREFUL to defend, or- Hm?)
Ryusui: (but the difficulty is...i believe it's +3 with him in play)
Ryusui: (yeah, +3)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Mel rushes in towards the main ice shard, baseball sliding between Crystallexius's legs while the space dragon is distracted with Tako-San's persistant Pestering.
((Flashily Create an Advantage against Average (+1) difficulty))
As she stand up, Mel's just out of arm's reach of Vera. "You weren't kidding about this be dangerous!"
Margen: Having crossed the slush, Margen comes up to the mounted weapon and examines it
Margen: (is the shard still there?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][+]]
Margen: (I don't remember)
Ryusui: The machine beeps happily, <@!Margen>! (This might be slightly disconcerting, given it's a death-dealing weapon of destruction.) It seems like it will allow you to take the [Comet Tail Ice][!!] without issue.
Vera: (If you're Creating Advantage against the dragon, I believe that's Active Opposition.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((No; creating the advantage of having the ice.))
Ryusui: Furthermore, the machine seems willing to respond to your commands. (If you wish, you can use your action to have the gun emplacement open fire on a target!)
Vera: (Wait, so is the dragon not attacking at all, then?)
Ryusui: (since i'm a little slow rn, i'll wait till everyone else's moved to have the dragon attack)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Oh! I missed that part.))
Margen: hmm
(Would it be possible to shoot the spire and make it easier for people to get the crystals that way?)
Ryusui: (I'm going to say you could try it, but you'd be against +5 for a success)
Ryusui: (for no better reason than the gun is an imprecise weapon, and it's liable to simply end up sending shards of ice flying everywhere, or outright shatter the tail entirely)
Margen: (Oof. What about keeping the dragon off the others with suppressing fire?)
Ryusui: (that's kinda what i gave it to you for XD)
Vera: (Okay, I'm going to ask again; does my action count as CLEVER, or should I settle for SNEAKY?)
Ryusui: (you can use either)
Vera: (Okay, so CLEVER is fine. I still feel SNEAKY is closer to what I'm doing, but... Actually, if I consider it a test of whether she was right about the "can't see the motionless" bit rather than a test of her execution of it... Yeah, that works.)
Vera: (Er... But I'll let Margen go first, of course.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Does Vera respond to Me;'s comment?))
Vera: (Er, I think Vera already started heading off before Tako was thrown.)
Margen: Margen looks around, levels the turret at the open stretch between the dragon and the chefs, gulps hard, breathes slowly, and fires the autocannon right down the middle.
(Umm what should I roll, Careful?)
Ryusui: (to be clear, you're not aiming at the dragon, you're trying to create an advantage? or what are you attempting?)
Margen: (I'm trying to create an advantage for the other chefs)
Margen: (keeping the dragon off)
Ryusui: (okay, yeah, let's say it's gonna be a Careful roll, and...if you mess this up, everyone's gonna have to roll defense XD)
Margen: ( :y )
Margen: !f 3 (careful)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [ ][-][+][+]]
Margen: (nice? Ruh-roh? I'm not sure what I was going for)
Ryusui: (yeah i shoulda named a difficulty but let's call that a win~)
Vera: (Er, <@!;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾>, are you gonna resolve your roll? I believe the Opposition is +3, so you're at... regular Success, I think.)
Ryusui: (yeah, it's a success, my bad)
Ryusui: (flavor the win, <@!;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾>)
Margen: woo!
Margen lets out a startled noise as the cannon kicks, bucking up a little bit each shot and carving its way across the ice
Ryusui: <@&627978553669058562>, a hail of gunfire rings out from the gun emplacement at Margen's direction. The dragon veers out of the way. For now, the [Suppressive Fire][!] should keep him off your back.
Vera: (Alright, I'm going to make that roll now.)
Vera: !f 3 (CLEVER)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+3 for 3 [4dF = [+][ ][ ][-]]
Margen: Margen is absolutely terrified of the thing he's firing
Ryusui: (anything to boost it with?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Mel finds that the previous attempts to break off pieces leave a shard about as tall and wide as Mel, herself, to be easily pried out. With it, she bolts for the edge of the plateau, shouting "Tako-San! I've got the board! BAIL!"
Vera: (Tie. I'll use that free invoke to boost to a win.)
Ryusui: <@!Margen>: As well you should be! The occasional ricochet sends shards of ice flying through the air!
Ryusui: (flavor it, DC!)
Vera: (And what the hey, I'll use the free invoke on Ice-Cube Outfit [?] to knock it back down to a tie - with her upper arms immobilized, she's not going to pry off a particularly big piece. Take that out of play while we're at it. XD)
Vera: Vera's T-rex trick seems to work! Several times, the dragon looks directly at her, but as long as she didn't fidget about, she was invisible. The shots billowing up distracting puffs of snow and ice didn't hurt. Once she was finally at the comet tail, however, she found that since only her forearms were free from her Ice-Cube Outfit, she could only pry off *A Minor Hunk of Comet Tail Ice* (COOL)*.
Vera: (Dovelia has yet to go, I believe.)
Ryusui: Dovelia takes a more direct approach. She's positioned on the other side of the dragon at this point, and uses the position to her advantage, assaulting the ice with her cybernetic blade.
Ryusui: !f 3 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+3 for 7 [4dF = [+][+][+][+]]
Ryusui: (HOLY SHIT)
Ryusui: (i uh.)
Vera: (Well well well well well well well well well well well well well...)
Ryusui: (is it okay if i use a little bit of GM fiat to make something cool happen)
Ryusui: (it kind of benefits everyone~)
Vera: (You mean beyond just SWS and Eclipse aspect?)
Ryusui: (yeah XD)
Ryusui: Crack! goes the ice as Dovelia strikes. Crack, crack, crack, crack, CRACK-
Ryusui: That last crack is louder and deeper than all the rest. It's loud enough to silence the entire arena.
Vera: (Oh, come on - I was planning on gaining an advantage with my willingness to just dive off the mountain, stress be damned. XD)
Ryusui: Dovelia instinctively leaps to the side.
Ryusui: (just a moment XD)
Ryusui: The dragon is too distracted by Margen's fire to notice what's happening, but.
Ryusui: As everyone not too busy dodging the dragon's fury or trying to escape the mountain with their prize watches.
Ryusui: The entire tail topples over.
Ryusui: And with a mighty crunch
Ryusui: it smites Crystallexius into the frost-rimmed plateau.
Ryusui: Dovelia looks around, clearly shocked by this turn of events, but regains her composure and casually seizes a hefty chunk of [Comet Tail Ice][!!] as if she'd planned the whole thing.
Ryusui: EXCHANGE 6/12
Ryusui: The Beryllium Chef continues his leisurely descent, happily singing a nonsense song as he goes.
Ryusui: !f 4 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+4 for 2 [4dF = [ ][-][ ][-]]
Ryusui: He picks his way down the jagged spikes with cavalier ease.
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San leaps from the Crystallexiusas they're thrown to the "ground" by the comet-tail ice. He lands on the shard in Mel's grip just as she plops it down on the edge and hops on herself, their combined weight tipping it into a downward plummet down the mountain.
((Free movement into the "Deep Slush" zone, then Flashily Overcome Good (+3) difficulty to move directly into the "Ring of Stations" zone.))
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 2 [4dF = [-][+][ ][-]]
Vera: (I guess that's one way to look at re-jumping the hurdles you crossed on the way up.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Fate point to invoke Employs a Cadre of "Tank Girls".))
Vera: (Difficulty is +1 if you're going the long way down (i.e. re-jumping hurdles one at a time).)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Each time you cross a zone. It's not just one-and-done.))
Ryusui: (it can be one-and-done; i ruled it's a +1 for each extra zone you wanna cross at once)
Ryusui: (so you could, if you wanted, try to jump from the summit in a single +3 bound)
Vera: (Exactly. I'll show you what one-and-done looks like. XD)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((That's not what I was referring to.))
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((D.C. made it sound like a single Average (+1) difficulty for the entire trek if it's stretched out over the turns needed to move through the zones with free movement alone.))
Vera: (Incorrect - I was referring to the idea of "one segment at a time.")
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah.))
Vera: (Bottom line is; you don't need to invoke.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I do if I want them to make time.))
Vera: (Either you clear the hurdle or you don't.)
Margen: Margen, content with his ice and the relative safety of the others, plots a perfect path to slide back down the mountain in one gnarly go.
Vera: (The difficulty to move past the slush again is Average (+1).)
Margen: !f 3 (careful)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][ ][-]]
Vera: (The obstacles don't disappear on the return trip, RG.)
Vera: (What makes you think a result of 2 won't clear it?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I chose to spend a Fate point instead of an exchange. O.K.?))
Vera: (... I don't think that's how that works?)
Ryusui: (uh, what, what are we talking about here)
Ryusui: (also <@!Margen> were you planning on taking the whole slide down? 'cause that's a win if yes)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Failing to Overcome a number of zones and choosing to "not get what you want" means the movement doesn't happen, and I'd have to try again the next exchange.))
Margen: whEEEEEEHEHEHEEE
Margen takes off his trusty pot/helmet and uses it as a really sketchy toboggan to rocket down the mountainside.
Vera: (Where's the failure?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I got a Fair (+2) against Good (+3) difficulty.))
Vera: (Wait, okay. So apparently, you were trying to go the whole way this whole time, even though you worded it like you were going the slow way down.)
Vera: (If that's the case, I use the free invoke on SCRAMBLED [?] on you.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Ice shard surf board, "plummeting ", and I explicitly stated the mechanic in the same post.))
Vera: ("Stated the mechanic" in a confusingly worded way.)
Ryusui: (to be clear, the way i'm doing this, this is basically as much a defend roll as an overcome roll)
Ryusui: (if you fuck up the roll, you wipe out; you get to the bottom but you take shifts of stress equal to the fail)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I said where they started, and where they were aiming for. How is that confusing?))
Ryusui: (so if Dovelia decides to swan-dive and whiffs the roll for a total of -1, that's four shifts of stress)
Vera: (Speaking of swan-dives:)
Ryusui: (anyway i'm reading what happened and it all looks good; you spent a FATE Point for a clean win on the roll so away we go)
Vera: (Then I spent the free invoke on SCRAMBLED [?].)
Ryusui: (right, so, in that event <@!;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾> do you have anything else to invoke, or will you take the shift of stress?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I don't remember the modified decent rules being mentioned before, so I feel a little cheated. However, I'll take the removal of the antagonistic free invoke, so that being Drained after all this doesn't compound the odds against Tako-San.))
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Mel grabs Tako-San and bails herself. The camera follows the shard as it impacts the station and shatters, covering the counter top in countless smaller shardlets. Mel, with Tako-San cradled in her arms like a cat, slides down the slope into frame and quickly rushes to the counter, clears off some of the shardlets, and sets the now reeling Tako-San down.
"Wou!" Tako-San says slowly, trying to keep his balance. "Ai hope Ai'm not getting too old for this."
Vera: Vera looks at the dragon, then to Dovelia.
"Eh, y-you can have it."
She holds her meager shard over her head, and does a hop off the sheer side of the comet, using her other hand to hook under her legs in a cannonball pose. Whether she lands in snow or no snow, this'll leave a mark!
(Does AGGRESSIVE work here? XD)
Ryusui: (sure XD)
Vera: (Vs. +3 to descend the whole comet, of course.)
Vera: !f 2 (AGGRESSIVE)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+2 for -1 [4dF = [-][-][ ][-]]
Ryusui: (holy fuck)
Vera: (OOF. Hmm...)
Ryusui: (that was only meant as an example earlier @_@)
Vera: (I'm going to spend a Fate point on... ooh, Ice-Cube Outfit to reroll; potentially have that take the brunt of the impact.)
Vera: !f 2 (AGGRESSIVE)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+2 for -1 [4dF = [-][ ][-][-]]
Vera: (*head-desk)
Vera: (AHAHAHAHAHAHA)
Margen: ( :E )
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Well, then!))
Vera: (I ACCEPT MY FATE AS BUTT OF THE MONKEY THIS EPISODE! 8D)
Ryusui: (gosh dangit, that's both your [2]s ain't it)
Vera: (Actually... Can you introduce the judges before I hit the bottom? Pretty please? XD)
Ryusui: (i have a specific plan for their grand entrance and it's going to happen at the exchange transition ^_^; )
Vera: (Ah, well. Doesn't mean my landing location can't be meaningful. XD)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((It doesn't have to bee both stickies; it could be a lasting, instead.))
Vera: And she lands directly on the empty judge's table with a *K-KRACK!*
"H- ... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF@%#&$%%^&^@!&@&$#&$*& WITH A %&*($^5^@%#%&@ SANNNNNNDWIIIIIICH!" It's a wonder she wasn't CHOPPED [?] in two on the table's edge!
Ryusui: Dovelia spares Vera a sympathetic shake of her head, then attempts her own dramatic dive.
Vera: (Also, needless to say her Ice-Cube Outfit is shattered. XD)
Ryusui: (obvs XD)
Ryusui: Planting both her hands into the frosty ground, she practically throws herself forward, over the slush, towards the jagged spikes, down the steep slope, and heaven help anything that gets in the way of her arm blade on her descent!
Ryusui: !f 3 (Aggressive)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+3 for 7 [4dF = [+][+][+][+]]
Ryusui: (how)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Uhh....))
Ryusui: (that's two +4 rolls in a row, just)
Ryusui: (how)
Vera: (Er, did you forget to name her first Eclipse popularity aspect, BTW?)
Ryusui: (i did. [Dragon Smiter], obviously XD)
Vera: (Okay, describe it, then beam me into my Confessional already. XD)
Ryusui: Dovelia finishes her dizzying descent with a perfect three-point landing. Several of the jagged ice spikes fall to pieces at the same time the second after she lands.
Ryusui: ([Dramatic Descent])
Vera: (I'll take that fate point, please-and-thank-you...)
Ryusui: (done XD)
Ryusui: As for you, Vera, Holly cuts into your reality just moments before your catastrophic impact with the judge's table.
Ryusui: "Serious question: how much did you think this one through?" Holly says, a look of amused concern (or concerned amusement?) on her face.
Vera: (Oh, crap, I don't get to answer her inane question with incoherent pain-rage? XD)
Ryusui: (whoop, sorry, i thought it'd be funnier if it was just before impact XD)
Ryusui: !f 2 (Holly's Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+2 for -1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][-]]
Vera: !f 2 (AGGRESSIVE)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [-][ ][ ][+]]
Vera: "... I have had the longest day today. If I'm about to put myself in a back-brace for the rest of it, then fine! BRING IT ONNNNNN, F*ER! I CAN TAKE IT!"
Ryusui: Holly returns you to reality in the middle of "I CAN TAKE IT!"
Vera: And that is what you call an object lesson in comedic pain. You Gotta Feel Sorry at This Point [!]... (After the fact: "The sht we do to ourselves to make people laugh these days...")
Vera: (Assuming you didn't spend CHOPPED [?] to undo the SWS, of course.)
Ryusui: (i'm going to let you have this one XD)
Vera: (Blowing up, landing ass-first out of a free-fall - Vera kinda wants this day to end already before she finds out what else it has in store for her. XD)
Ryusui: (okay, <@!;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾>, double-checking here - you wanna compel a confessional visit?)
Margen: Margen's winding trail of icy adventure finally finds its way to the bottom. He breathes into a paper bag for a bit
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah. Continuing the trend of just Tako-San being brought in without his Tank Girls.))
Vera: (<@!Ryusui>? RG's waiting on you.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((^))
Ryusui: -VWORP-
Ryusui: "Did that hurt?" Holly says, chuckling a bit. "I thought octopi don't have bones..."
Ryusui: !f 2 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+2 for 2 [4dF = [+][+][-][-]]
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Tako-San makes a scene of collapsing into a putty and mildly flailing a couple tentacles as he replies, "Not hurt; just exhausted."
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3 (Flashy)
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [+][+][ ][ ]]
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Success with style!))
Ryusui: (so, free invoke on the Popularity Aspect, then?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah; Not Hurt; Just Exhausted* [!].))
Ryusui: And Holly returns you to reality just in time for the midway point of the competition...
Ryusui: The Beryllium Chef is still clambering down the slope when a red glow from high above catches his attention. "Oh, look! Is the sunshine! :D" he chirps happily.
Ryusui: Without further warning, a satellite laser engulfs the entire comet, transforming the entire mountainous mass of ice and snow into a colossal flash of steam.
Ryusui: (everybody gimme a roll against...let's say +1 to dodge the steam blast)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: "Ah!" Mel screams, "Talk about whiplash!"
Margen: !f 2 (quickly dodge)
DiscoDude: <@Margen> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][ ][+][-]]
Ryusui: (good enough)
Vera: (Is it added difficulty for Beryllium, being the only one still part-way up the comet?)
Margen: Margen faceplants over a counter but manages to not get steam-cleaned
Margen: (he's marginally dizzy from the wild ride in a pan xD )
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: Like Steve Rogers on a Llive grenade, Mel leaps to cover Tako-San from the brunt of the blast.
((Flashily Overcome Average (+1) dificulty))
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: !f 3
DiscoDude: <@;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾> rolled 4dF+3 for 5 [4dF = [+][+][ ][ ]]
Ryusui: ( <@!Vera> yes)
Ryusui: (he'll be rolling against +3)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Boost! Boost!))
Ryusui: (yes you can have a boost XD)
Vera: (Would Margen receive a boost against him, having tied against an Attack?)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Just realized what I did there. 😆))
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I thought it was passive, not active.))
Vera: "F*ck'n'... Oh sh*t-" Vera accidentally starts to fall off the outer side of the judges' table.
(What would that be...? CLEVER for turning out to be smart about her point of landing? (Really don't want to roll QUICK here. XD))
Ryusui: (sure XD)
Vera: !f 3 (CLEVER)
DiscoDude: <@Vera> rolled 4dF+3 for 0 [4dF = [-][ ][-][-]]
Vera: (*head-desk)
Ryusui: (this is not Vera's episode)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((I think you jinx'd yourself/Vera.))
Ryusui: (that'll be 1 stress ^_^;)
Ryusui: Dovelia loses her entire cool as the comet turns into steam. There's no room for fancy moves or violence here - just desperate adrenaline.
Ryusui: !f 0 (Quick)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+0 for 0 [4dF = [-][-][+][+]]
Vera: She technically dodges the laser beam... but not the floor.
"@#^$@^#&@#%^@&$%@$!!!!"
Oof. Right on the sensitive spot - that's gonna leave her STRAINED [?].
Ryusui: Likewise, the concussion wave of steam lifts Dovelia as she runs and upends her over the kitchen counter, leaving her singed and completely without dignity.
Ryusui: She's definitely looking a bit SCRAMBLED [?] after that experience.
Ryusui: !f 3 (Quick)
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 4dF+3 for 4 [4dF = [+][+][ ][-]]
Ryusui: There's nothing left of the comet now except a small pile of miraculously un-melted snow. Or...is it just a miracle?
Vera: (Gonna go out on a limb and assume 2 Confessionals in one Exchange is not kosher, no matter the circumstances? XD)
Ryusui: (yeah i'm gonna call that a bit of a stretch XD)
Ryusui: "HEY-HEY!!!" the Beryllium Chef yelps happily, bursting forth from the remaining snow. "I still alive!"
Ryusui: A cheer goes up from the crowd at the Beryllium Chef's impromptu performance.
Ryusui: (gonna give him the boost -Miraculous Escape- XD)
Vera: (Not a SWS - his was vs. +3.)
Vera: (Not a SWS - his was vs. +3.)
Margen: Margen yells something at the cloud about unregulated shipkiller lasers in the kitchen, but it's rather noisy in there.
Ryusui: (oh right, mb!)
Ryusui: "And with the matter of the comet resolved - or should I say, dissolved," the Chairwoman chuckles, appearing in the center of the arena quite out of nowhere, "it's time to introduce...our judges for this competition!"
Ryusui: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 1d6 for 2 [1d6 = 2]
Ryusui: "My own illustrious self..."
Ryusui: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 1d6 for 6 [1d6 = 6]
Ryusui: "Ziziphus 7..."
Ryusui: The spotlight shines on the judge's table. Vera, there is no way he could've gotten there without you noticing, but there the robot musician sits, waving to the audience, somehow looking a bit smugger than usual.
Ryusui: !r 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui> rolled 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3]
Ryusui: "...and Hapax Legomenon!"
Margen: Margen mutters something about blatant disregard for the safety of the competitors and direct actions crossing ethicsl lines
Margen: Then claps politely
Ryusui: The spotlight moves a few feet to the right. Again, Vera, you have no idea how he got there, but Hapax is sitting right next to Ziziphus 7, idly munching on the roasted leg of some alien fowl.
Vera: "Asgddhsfghdsfghghfghdjdhd," mutters Vera, lying prone about four feet below Ziziphus's smiling, waving visage.
(That's my last line for this session. XD)
Ryusui: "Is a great day!" the Beryllium Chef cheers. "Now time to make the food out of the ice!" It's not clear where he was hiding the enormous chunk of ice he produces, but the snowbank he leapt out of was barely deep enough to conceal him.
Ryusui: "Indeed. You've all completed the ascent and descent with aplomb, but how will you fare once the cooking starts?" The Chairwoman smirks.
Ryusui: "That's right, folks, things are about to heat up for real in this icy competition!" Holly cuts in. "We're only halfway through and the tension is already putting a strain on my processors!"
Ryusui: (last lines, everyone else?)
Ryusui: The Beryllium Chef continues to do a silly jig in place, holding the Comet's Tail Ice over his head like a trophy.
Ryusui: "If I never see another piece of ice again, it will be too soon,*" Dovelia groans.
Vera: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." says a barely-offscreen Vera while the camera's still on the chairwoman.
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: "Thank yu, darling;" Tako-San says, "Ai Wouldn't Know What Ai'd do Without Yu."
Margen: Margen is a little shaken, he's actually read the manual on that laser and nobody is supposed to be anywhere near the operational end of the device like they were.
"That ride was something"
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((That's the boost.))
Vera: (Oh, goodness me, think of the space that will take up! XP)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((The aspect?))
Vera: (The boost.)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Yeah? I don't see the problem; short quotes like that make Great (+4) aspects.))
Ryusui: (lemme know when everyone's good~)
Vera: (Emphasis on short. Ah well, I'll still paste it, but still...)
;}"÷™+╎®^★█¬ˇ¾: ((Straight word-count alone is not what makes an aspect "too long".))
Ryusui: (everyone good?)
Vera: (Yeah.)
Margen: (y ep)
Ryusui: "Don't go away, folks - the real challenge is about to start...right after these messages!"
Ryusui: !end