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[Caellath]

Nikolai turned back to answer the golem, slightly itchy already.
: "I'll go with you if you want to, but we should check if the cube can be carried around. Just give me some time..."

He bit his lip, already trying to take a peek at what the rest of the team was up to. The youth really wanted to search for an enemy and just take it down as fast as possible, partly to make sure he was able to do it by himself, a desire only made stronger due to his most recent and extremely unsatisfactory experience and also because his mind was troubled by...worry?...nevermind.

Crossing his arms over his chest, Nikolai sighed and looked down. He had died in his original world...due to simple stupidity. He balled his right hand into a fist and stared at it. The time spent to learn martial arts so he would never once more feel weak...Nothing of that mattered anymore.

He had died, and none of his talents had saved him. Not only that, he had been ambushed by enemies and had to be saved by his enemies' weakness and cowardice. Nikolai wasn't satisfied. He needed to prove to himself he was able to do things alone, that he was competent.

Well. The answer to all doubts inside his mind? F*ck it. He would do things because he wanted to, and if he wanted to split open the skulls of the monsters who had attacked him, earth be damned if he wasn't going to get satisfaction from it.

[Dexexe1234]

Turn 9, Day 1, ???

The group regroups and moves appart again, the Captain and Queen moving southwards. Queen munches a fruit on the way. Meanwhile, Sadie and Aidan try moving northwestwards, circling around the cube to question Uniq.

As bowser scarfed down a pair of fruits, Uniq reactivated at the sound of a question and appeared.

"Hello Cube! Yahoo? Can you wake up? Explain to us what these strange Plates are!"

"Booting systems... Done. Analyzing question... Done. Activating memory core...Done. Loading custom explanation loadout #0084...Done. The plates you hold are very special! They are known as "Tones"! They belong to the sacred bells, which needs the Tones to be able to be "tolled". I am sure the Bell of Heroes is around here somewhere. I suggest you locate it! It's pretty important!"

Uniq looked tired. Very tired. It was odd to be able to see that in what was essentially a robot made out of light. It proceeded back into standby mode.


Bowser finished munching on the fruits and tossed one to Nikolai, who proceeded to rush northways in search of something to kick the shit out of. Bowser then deposited the final three fruits in the Cube by placing them on top of it. The Cube registered it and they disappeared in a quick flash. The Cube menu showed the fruits in the Cube inventory. Bowser then got an idea, grabbed the Cube and hefted the entire thing!


It placed itself firmly in a big spot in the inventory.

Meanwhile, the Captain and Queen had followed the road, but it lead to quite a dead end.


A several thousand drop into the universe dead end.

Spoiler: Athuors nose (click to show/hide)

Guess who spend a fuckton of sleep hours restoring the RP folder? If you guess FFS then I will kick you.

[Dwarmin]

Sadie didn't quit understand, so she put the tone in the cube, and sat down cross legged, to begin examining the odd root.

"Yahoo? What do you know about this root, Uniq? And why do you look sleepy? Do Uniq's have to sleep?" She enquired glumly.

Action: Store the tones in the cube for now.

Time to do some science on this odd root! Try to figure out it's properties in relation to Earth plants. Ask Uniq about the root, and why he seems so tired.

If the root is not edible or medicinal, ask the Shelled Fellow (Bowser) to provide a little fire, and a test how a piece of it reacts to being burned. Try not to burn the whole thing!

[Tiruin]

"The cube-thing is named Uniq?"

Aidan jogged up to catch with his not-'short' friend, deciding that exploring the fog would wait. Hearing a series of sounds that continued to be what a Uniq was, he decided to deposit his plates in the cube.

Seeing Sadie's busy-ness, he decided to pursue the next best course of action, "Hey Nik, you alright? We heard a scuffle down...there. Anything hit you?"

[Fortis]

"Oof. Heavy thing, aren't ya?" Bowser said, as he hefted the cube up onto one shoulder. But heavy or not, it was good that it was mobile to a degree. They wouldn't have to be tied to this area, and could move as a whole group. Useful in case that big monster was still lurking out there. "No need to leave anyone behind on guard duty now, Reggie. The king's got things covered. And I'm figuring we'll run into that big one sooner or later anyway. I say we face it all together. Anyway, let's get moving. Direction don't really matter. I say that way, since the human is already on it." He pointed his free hand in Nikolai's direction.

As Sadie came up to him, asking him for a little fire, Bowser just grimaced and rubbed the back of his neck with his free hand. "Er, right, about that... It's not that I couldn't, but... um... I couldn't. Doh! I mean, ugh." Bowser grumbled, annoyed at being unable to think up a good story. "I dunno...Someone's poisoned me or something. My fire isn't working." Bowser tried to exhale a flame, but all that came out was a puff of smoke. "Pathetic, huh? When I find out whoever did this to me, I'm gonna chew on them." Bowser said with a severely irritated look on his face. He just began lumbering after Nikolai.

[Tiruin]

"My kind of magic doesn't seem to work here, and by the looks of it, your method of fire-breathing doesn't work here either.

"Perhaps...conventional methods could be used?"

Aidan gazed around to find some...dry grass or roots, or perhaps just two rocks that seemed to be able to create a spark with each other - stones that looked like Flint or Granite...but perhaps he wouldn't find things like those in this strange world.

"I'd be coming with you Nik, whether you share the same opinions as the rest or not, but I'll stick around here first. Reggie, could you try your healing graces on Sadie, here? A wound to the arm being the most apparent, I'd like to see if any of our...powers could be used here."

Find any material nearby that could be used for creating fire on a stick.

If found, test on Sadie's wooden stick, and if fire has started - do not let it consume said stick. Begin mentally mapping the areas where I've found such.

And try to keep an eye out for a potable water source.

[Caellath]

Nikolai turned his head to the elf with a expression tinged by confusion, as if slightly unsure about what the elf meant by the "team's opinion".
: "What? I'm trying to track those little monsters, and yes, I believe it should be a good idea to take their leader down first." He took a peek at the group near the pedestals, scanning each one and noting Sadie's injuries before turning his head back to Aidan. "So...What happened there? It seems she is hurt."

Keep looking for the monsters. If they are found, charge them as specified before.

[freeformschooler]

Queen looked down off the side of the cliff and, for the first time in months, her heart jumped a beat. What was this place? What were all those lights below? Stars like the one at home? She'd seen nothing like this before.

: "Oh my. This realm is smaller than we thought."

Queen turned to the captain and tilted her head.

: "You seem... trustworthy, dear. Can't tell why. Regardless, this hood is stuffy."

Out of nowhere, Queen pulled back her hood, revealing... a relatively normal-looking blonde woman's face. Her hair was messy. Queen smiled at Seuche.

: "Where to next? I'll follow you, dear."

[Burkhart]

"WELL, THISUN MAKEUNS OURS JOBS EASIER."

Reggie patted the massive koopa on the shoulder then lumbered after Nikolai. With the cube safely stowed away, there was no need to leave anyone behind. Hopefully, the other members of the group would have enough sense to split into just two groups. Safety in numbers and all that. The team of Bowser, Nikolai, and himself would surely be enough to handle most threats, so REGIS hoped that the others stuck together in heading the other direction. Maybe they'd even find something interesting.

"OI! NIKOLAISUN! KEEPUNS YOUSE PANTS ON! WE'S HEADS OUT TOGETHERS."

REGIS headed northwest, ready to fight.

[Digital Hellhound]

Seuche nodded absentmindedly.

: 'Damn fog. I wonder if this is just one island of many,' she said. 'Well, I suppose we could try that way next.'

She pointed at the south-east path with the red soil.

Head east to the woods and red-stuff-on-ground

[Dexexe1234]

((Wait, do you mean east? I see no red to the west. Remember, top right is north, top left is west, bottom left is south and bottom right is east!))

[Digital Hellhound]

((Err, sorry, yes. My mind works in mysterious ways. Good thing you didn't have us jump off into nothingness.))

[Dexexe1234]

Turn 10, Day 1, ???

The Lump of people moving north east crowded together as Uniq sprang forth from the cube again because of questions asked.

"Yahoo? What do you know about this root, Uniq? And why do you look sleepy? Do Uniq's have to sleep?"

"Booting systems... Done. Analyzing questions... Done. Activating memory core... Done. Loading custom explanation loadouts #0368 and Object explanation #0043...Done. That root is a Terranome Root. It is a plant that doesn't grow a stalk or leaves to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis. It instead burns off nutrients inside much like a creature. It has a high level of ignition though, so outside the ground it dies instantly. This doesn't mean it isn't good though, no no, this root actually has latent healing properties! Often when eating it, one can replenish some HP after about 30 seconds of chewing! The root has a ghastly taste, but its effect is still worth braving the horrid bitterness. Also, I am sleepy because I lack sunlight, which powers my processors. Going into standby mode helps the Cube's internal motors work and generate some power, but else I need the blessed sun to function. In a way, yes, Uniqs need sleep, but only when the sun isn't around."

Uniq decided to stick around instead of going back into standby mode for now. While Sadie and Uniq was talking, Aidan was looking for flammables. Sadly, the ground he searched on seemed bare of anything useful for that. It was as if his wake and aware self was cheating him. What did catch his, and everyone elses eyes though were the random large gray chest sitting there in the clearing. Uniq suddenly perked up a bit while looking at it, exclaiming: "The Grim Chest! You found it!"

Further southeast, Seuche and Queen were wandering into an oddly red and brown dirted area. It was swampy, mushy and kinda wet. Like a lake had been here, but drained recently. More creatures lurked in the distant fog...

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

[freeformschooler]

Head east to the woods and red-stuff-on-ground

: "My, Captain, more creatures. Wish to progress further, we may have to combat them. Should we not look for something to fight with? A rock, perhaps?"

Queen looked around in the swampy area for anything sharp or hard like a stick or a rock.

[Caellath]

Upon not receiving an answer, Nikolai shrugged. Elves were almost always stuck-up bastards in both games and books according to his knowledge. Maybe that elf also considered himself superior. Well, Nikolai couldn't punch his computer's screen to harm programs and was limited to creating lava traps to fry them, but an elvish face right in front of him was way easier to break, if it came to that.
: "Now, what is this grim chest for?" he asked to Uniq, his eyes shifting to the stuck-up elf (Aidan) and the fishwoman (Sadie) once again. "Are you leaving Queen and Seuche by themselves? We should stay divided in two groups to cover ground faster."

Ask Uniq as above. Also, keep looking for the monsters.