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[StormLord]

As Mar dumped nearly two dozen items and coins into the red bubbling vat the Newt gave a low clicking chirp, laughter or approval perhaps?
Either way it didn't take long for three items to come boiling out with some velocity, landing near Mar's feet.  One was a set of four spiraling black horns with dull green bands near their tips.  The next was a moderate sized Tesla coil with a black dome on top, it seemed to hum and glow a soft purple without even being powered.  The last was a crown of vulture skulls carved from fist sized teeth and chunks of bone.

The Newt then collected coins from each of the five who offered and once payment was made flicks his wrist towards the block of crystal, causing it to split and fracture until the cracks are too much to support the woman inside and the whole thing comes tumbling apart.
Aurora would notice her vital signs rising, but she'll still be unconscious for a few moments. While all would hear and see her suit whirr to life venting and intaking air as it went through life support checks.

[Devastator]

Newton's going to visit the tablet next, trading numerous things for coins.

Spoiler: Stuff (click to show/hide)

Last two AP for Harass, 4 coins.
Last AP for Yoink!, 2 coins.
Last AP for Dodge, 2 coins.
All three AP for Fast Flight, 6 coins.
The one AP for Undead Aura, 2 coins.
Six points in Synergy, 6 coins.
Five points in Intelligence, 5 coins.

Total, 27 coins.

Two for the NPC, 21 for three red items, two for a lunar bud, and two to keep as loot.

[nuclearwhale]

Utzi stares at the unconsious humanoid for a few moments, before deciding to give her some time. As he waits, he decides to look at the lunar buds, to see what is available for trade.

[AzyWng]

Seeing that the survivor seemed uninjured, Lyra looked over to the Lunar Buds.

She knew sacrificing too much could see her hurt again...

But the lesson Mitsurugi had taught her was not to fear. Simply to act.

Of course, acting without thought wasn't the right path. Lyra had to consider what it was she could get... And with that, she examined the Lunar Buds, seeing what they had to offer.

[Shadestyle]

Mar dons the new items, grinning at his reward.

"Delightful.  Like a chest of alchemy, almost."

He looked to the unconscious person and nodded with approval.

[StormLord]

Newton too pours coin after coin into the red pool, causing three more items to bubble to the surface and land on the ground at the pool's base.  The first is a rack of antler seemingly made of living wood and glowing moss, the life energy radiating off of them is unmistakable.  The second is a large advanced mining drill, diamond tipped, tungsten bit teeth, and laser emitters around the base rim.  The third is a lightweight gilded ivory shield with some kind of alien inscription.

Browsing the lunar buds you all find:
[Beads of Fealty: Draws the user towards a powerful foe with the time is right.]
[Corpse Bloom: Healing is increased and converted into Regen.]
[Essence of Heresy: Trick, Replace an action with a stacking follow up attack.]
[Gesture of the Drowned: Gain action slots, increase cooldown]
[Hooks of Heresy: Trick, Replace an action with a charging AoE.]
[Mercurial Rachis: Apply {Bone Ward} to a random Init range, offering buffs to all within.]
[Purity: Cooldowns are reduced, but so are dice rolls.]
[Shaped Glass: Increase damage dealt and received.]
[Strides of Heresy: Trick, Replace an action with a shadowy dodge.]
[Transcendence: Health is replaced with a recharging shield.]
[Visions of Heresy: Trick, Replace an action with a homing explosive projectile.]
[Effigy of Grief: Purge defenses from the user and enemies.]
[Glowing Meteorite: Pay life to summon Meteors.]
[Hellfire Tincture: Ignites the user and all characters within an Init range of them]
[Spinel Tonic: Boosts all stats, but suffer withdrawal.]

[nuclearwhale]

Utzi's eyes are drawn to the Mercurial Rachis, the simple pile of bones being all too familiar to Utzi's eye. The power emanating from it makes it clear that they are no ordinary bones, and Utzi buys it without so much as a second thought.

[AzyWng]

Something about the Beads of Fealty seemed... right to Lyra. It'd be a hit to her strength now, but the prospect of a powerful foe... Lyra knew she had to keep up with the others.

What better way to do so than to undertake a challenge?

As for the cauldrons... Lyra decided she may as well toss the gear she'd been lugging around. She'd shown her gear to Tim, but hadn't actually had it transformed into anything. With that, she dropped the handguns and lead pipes she'd been carrying into the Red Cauldron.

Lyra sacrifices 1 more Action Point to gain 2 Lunar Coins (Changes updated in her sheet. She also sacrifices her 3 Lead Pipes and 4 Handguns.

Lyra then buys the Beads of Fealty and purchases something from the Red Cauldron.

[StormLord]

Upon offering it the two coins the bud opens in front of Utzi and the shimmering blue-silver bones rest within.

Similarly the bud opens for Lyra revealing a set of glossy dark-blue beads.  The red cauldron proves useful once again and returns to Lyra a sealed glass canister full of clear liquid and pulsing slowly, beating even.  Floating within the liquid is a small reddish clump of flesh about the size of a silver dollar, eventually Lyra realizes she's looking at an embryo.

[Devastator]

(Several of these might have odd interactions.  Can I confirm the effects of Corpse Bloom, Transcendence, and Purity?  I also don't know what Ignition means.

Also, are these one-use items or permanent effects?)

[Sutoratosu Akira]

Aurora simply nodded in approval as the survivor was freed. She spared no attention to making sure she was alright though, for she knew already there was nothing biologically wrong. All there was left to do about the manner was give her a few minutes to come to and reorient herself with her present surroundings.

To that end she began to browse the wares along with several of the others. Some of them, such as the corpse bloom and transcendence felt like they'd be particularly useful, but substantially more for some of her allies than herself. As easily as she recovered from harm these days she felt secure enough to move on in her browsing. Something drew her to the glowing meteorite, however. And the visions of heresy, ironically. Perhaps it was her own experiences with the god, or the fact that she had come to understand that she'd spent her whole existence as a pawn the games of entities greater than herself. Acts of heresy, of rebellion and defiance, tend to be sweet anodyne for such bitter realizations. She smiled at the mere thought of turning such dark power against Minerva, who would no doubt resist her spears anyway. For she had forged it's basis in the first place, and as unfortunate as it was, they both shared a domain over positive energy. Perhaps she felt an affinity for the meteor for similar reasons. Or perhaps it was because she had plenty of life to spare.

Either way, she approached the tablet and let it drain a bit more of her essence. She immediately felt her hands go a little numb, and her robes weighing a bit more heavily on her shoulders. But it was a worthy trade if it would help her slay a goddess. Perhaps something from that bubbling red cauldron over yonder could do the same.

Aurora Drains 2 points from her Str and 3 Points from her Dex for 5 Lunar Coins. She drained 3 AP Levels from her Mass Infusion action, and 1 AP level from her Cleanse action, acquiring 8 Lunar Coins for a total of 13, down to 11 after pitching in to save the survivor.

She then buys the Glowing Meteorite and the Visions of Heresy for 4 coins altogether. She spends her final 7 coins at the red cauldron.

[StormLord]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The descriptions for the lunar items are just that, descriptions.  I decided to not fully flesh out every item so as to not swamp Chav and Dragon with things to review.  Corpsebloom to the original iteration will increase the total health you receive from healing, but spreads it out over a longer period.  Transcendence "replaces" your health with regenerating shields, making you effectively immune to heal effects, but regenerate very rapidly every so often.  Purity does what it says on the tin.

Opening her two buds Aurora can feel a gentle warmth from the meteor as she takes it and a piercing cold stare from the eye as it floats up to meet her, and indeed she can sense a few faint motes of life still floating around in the disembodied bird-like eye.  She feels it peer through her essence in a manner not-unlike the way she does so often, eventually it decides its place to latch on and concedes to simply float beside her.
The red cauldron accepts her coins as eagerly as it had any others, producing a large block of ice.  Instantly a chill passes over the room and even Utzi might take notice.  Aurora can see a point at the center of the cube nearly devoid of any energy she can detect, something very close to absolute zero in more ways than one.

[Sutoratosu Akira]

It was a peculiar feeling, the eye's gaze. She didn't fight it though, simply waited for it to finish it's evaluation. Just as she had hoped for, it seemed to take the place of her lance. The feeling was more mixed than she'd liked; that armament had served her well over the years, and it had been the key to her freedom way back when, when both she and it still occupied more mundane forms. It had been corrupted to hell and back alongside her soul, had been the symbol which her children rallied behind since the beginning. But it was also a holy artefact and blessing tied to Minerva, and that combined with the fact that it currently existed as a construct of radiant life force meant it could do nothing to her, if it had ever been able to in the first place.

Something gave her the feeling it wouldn't be gone forever, though. Perhaps once she got a bit used to this power, she could wield them in tandem. A great, and terrible thought to be sure, one that brought a wicked smile to her face.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Visions of Heresy will replace Aurora's Radiant Lance action until her next level up, at which point Radiant Lance will return and VoH will remain as a permanent trick.

Visions of Heresy(Trick): Fire a rapid burst of void energy darts.
Fire 12 projectiles that each deal [Level]+2 Void damage.

Level 4: Fire 3 projectiles that each deal [Level] Void damage.
Level 5: Increase projectile count by 3.
Level 6: Increase damage by 1.
Level 7: Increase projectile count by 3.
Level 8: Increase damage by 1.
Level 9: Increase projectile count by 3.

She turned her attention to the meteor and the large block of ice, inspecting each carefully. Just like the eye, they two would be indispensable in her plot against the goddess of the sun. Ice to help chill her fires into submission, and meteors to be rained down upon any peons she may have left in the apocalyptic hellscape she and her priests have created. Magnificent. She shuffled both items into the folds of her sleeves. One might question how she could fit such a large block away so easily, but when you were a few thousand years old and had spent most of that time as a god, you figured out a trick or two to make inventory management a non-issue. Personal realms, even incredibly small ones, were as wonderful as they could be tricky.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Glowing Meteorite: Comforting warmth.
The user pays 2*[Level] HP any number of times and summons as many meteorites targeting any combination of enemies(multiple targeting allowed). In two rounds the meteorites land dealing 3d10+[Int or Syn] damage each.  Cooldown of 3.
Level 4.

Permafrost: A cube of more than ice.
The user's first attack each round reduces the target's Init by 4 and deals an extra 2d4+[Level] cold damage.

With her purchases squared away and herself quite satisfied with the deal, she returned to the Survivors side to check if the woman had awakened yet.

[Devastator]

Newton doesn't really know what to make of these items, so he just strikes out more or less at random, taking the one containing the Hellfire Tincture.

[nuclearwhale]

Utzi stares at the bones for a few moments longer, before carefully and respectfully tucking it into his cloak, deciding that there were other things to worry about just in time to see Aurora doing the exact same thing he was going to do. He briefly considers explaining how much things have changed in the time the woman had been frozen, before taking another look at her armor and deciding she would probably know far better than him what had actually changed. Instead, the caveman leans against the counter, as he waits for the mysterious woman to awaken.