Turn 22: Contestant Disqualified From ChallengeINIT:
OceanSoul/Blue(20)
NAV/Dave Blade(70)
PaPaj/Pondy(36)
zilzo/DOOMBOT-3000(13)
Person/Raphael(92)
flabort/Flabort(57)
Raphael liked the idea of getting a piece of Tier 2 loot.
"If anyone else is up to it, I'd definitely like to fight the boss. Show of hands?"
Raphael raises his left hand while walking towards the portal.
Walk towards the portal, keeping my scarf in shield mode just in case. Enter if at least one other player does, but otherwise search for a sharp looking stone to pass the time.
He walked over to the portal. If anybody else joined him, he would surely enter.
Rocks!(3)
There were no rocks around... that he could see. Or at least no sharp ones.
Dave Blade liked the idea as well, much more than killing somebody for no gain.
"I have nothing to gain by killing you. Farewell. You should join me in the boss fight, It's your best chance of gaining any loot."
Use my second magic wine ability and quickly break away from Pondy.
Throw the apple core and empty bottle into the big pit for a tier 2 loot.
Run through the portal to the boss fight.
((The bottle isn't actually empty, but oh well...))
Escape!(5+2=7) vs. NOO!(1)
Critical Escape!(1)
Dave Blade completely missed the chance to inflict a critical injury on Pondy as he broke away from the fight with extreme speed. If he had been sloppier, that failure might have been amplified...
Maybe Pondy might have had a chance to catch up, save two factors: Dave Blade had boosted speed, and he acted much before Pondy did.
Before entering the portal, Dave Blade took his bottle of wine and apple core, both of which didn't have much use to him compared to knives and a gem of excavation, and chucked them into the fusion pit.
A small bit of essence exploded out of the pit and landed at his feet. Dave Blade almost recoiled when he saw how ugly the pendant that appeared was, but he put it on anyway.
Once that was done, he entered the portal, followed by Raphael.
Flabort didn't like the idea of people running away.
Whistle to see if the axe does anything.
"Hello friend. Let's see if we can't kill someone."
Interrupt DOOMBOT and keep them from the portal. Smash their chest in using friend gauntlet.
His whistling produced no result, so he went to strike down DOOMBOT. The chalice was looking very desirable...
Pondy's anger was pointless.
Condense my anger into pure power and try to throw Dave into one of the pits again
Dave had already escaped.
Blue knew somebody who hadn't escaped, however.
Run forward, and slingshot the chalice-holder at close range!
Sling Shot!(3) vs. Dodge!(3)
The shot barely missed. At least Blue actually fired a shot this time.
wait boss fight?! When was that announced? Run to portal is time for a boss fight.
Run!!!(4) vs. Intercept!(6)
DOOMBOT ran to the portal... only to get punched by some lich with a metal gauntlet.
FIST!(6) vs. Resist!(4)
Flabort struck DOOMBOT, knocking him over and dealing a bit more damage besides. Then Flabort cursed as his gauntlet, suited for punching, disappeared and was replaced with a hooded metal cloak. He must have triggered something when he punched... accidentally.
~~~
Raphael and Dave Blade stood alone, portal behind them vanishing before their eyes. Except they weren't actually alone, they had each other.
And of course Null Nevermore.
"Excellent! In case you missed them, I'll go over the rules for this boss fight again. Friendly fire is disabled, if you kill the boss, you each get fully healed and a Tier 2 loot and Protocol C triggers, the more of you there are, the more powerful the boss is, et cetera. Ready? No? Well I'm summoning a boss anyway."Null vanished. So did the blank void, replaced by a giant flat span of colorless stone, punctuated by what looks like a ruined temple, all around them. Vibrations echo through the ground. Raphael and Dave turned to face...
the
Feathered Steak Golem, 9 feet high, slow, and deadly.
~~~
Statuses:
Health: Splitting Headache(-1 to willpower, -1 to head damage resistance), Lying Prone(-1 to dodge), Cracked Ribs(-1 to chest damage resistance)
Items: Dead Damaged Cloth/Leather Sling Dinosaur(can no longer move on its own), Mysterious Titanium Chalice(of acid and possibly other things)
Location: Center Circle
Health: Fine,
Items: Friend Cloak(unremovable, but why would you want to remove it?, can shift between cloak and gauntlet?), Music Note Engraved Hatchet
Location: Center Circle
Health: Fine, Dirty Bleeding Hand
Items: Damaged(-1 to damage resist) Wooden Radio Box(5/6 Throwing Knives), Mysterious Scroll, Gem of Excavation, Throwing Knife, Mysterious Ugly Pendant
Location: Ruined Temple Boss Dimension
Health: Fine, mildy burnt clothes, angry
Items: none(oh shame)
Location: Center Circle
Health: Cracked Rib(-1 to chest damage resistance)
Items: A Mysterious Slingshot, A Pouch of Lead Pellets
Location: Center Circle
Health: Fine
Items: Controllable Red Scarf
Location: Ruined Temple Boss Dimension
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