[center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/ziR5Pse.png[/img] [b][color=Aquamarine]wordcount:[/color][/b] 2342 (+3 exp/rapport) [b][color=SpringGreen]Bowser Jr: Level 14 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=SpringGreen]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](275/140) [b][color=Aqua]Rika: Level 10 [/color][/b] EXP: [color=Aqua]///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////[/color](191/100) [/center] [hider=Rika boon] [url=https://i.imgur.com/xoYvDts.png]Spare drone parts[/url]: Rika gains access to [url=https://i.imgur.com/fr8qnon.png]Col. Droneman[/url], a [url=https://i.imgur.com/Feryc86.png]satellite shaped[/url] drone who boosts the capabilities of all of the ship girl’s mechanical minions (including himself) as long as he is in one piece. All of said minions gain 50% attack speed and cooldown reduction, as well as a bonus gimbal mounted automatic chain gun and mini missile launcher (both with infinite ammo). If it's both funny and practical, the mechanical minions may instead gain a robot arm holding a [url=https://i.imgur.com/77OL6Di.png]pistol[/url] instead of the chaingun (both have the same firepower, which is nine 10 mm rounds per second). If Col Droneman is destroyed, the boons are removed, but Rika’s gauntlets can rebuild the Col while she can get a good night’s rest. Currently this improves her scout planes, red baron drones and Moby Dick. [/hider] [hider=Jr boon] [url=https://i.imgur.com/NX73C7u.png]Magma Rush[/url]: Jr can quickly [url=https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/wizardoflegend_gamepedia_en/images/0/0c/Air_Burst.mp4]]dash[/url] in the direction he is moving, leaving a floating disk shaped magma mine in his wake. This mine lasts for 4 seconds, and can float towards foes at a slow pace, and will explode into a large burst of lava if it makes contact with one, damaging and igniting all foes in the radius. The mine has a 5.5 second cooldown, but the dash itself can still be used while it is on cooldown, it simply won’t spawn a mine. [/hider] [hider=crushing] Converted Drzyr zombie spirits x8 Possessed Drzyr spirit Crawler (deeprock galactic) spirits x 19 Skeleton Biker (Castlevania 64) spirit x 9 Skeletonised Grenadiers (march of war) x 11 Super Soldier (Return to Castle Wolfenstein) spirit x 7 Into [url=https://i.imgur.com/Zh0MqX3.png]Energy Diverter[/url]: an amulet made from the pried out of the inner workings of a security drone. While worn, and a shield is active, the wearer gains 10% Critical Chance and 15% to all damage dealt. [url=https://imgur.com/a/Utj4Pc4]Galvanized Iron[/url] x2: a sought-after material known for its flexibility and durability. Its value lies in its ability to withstand the harsh conditions of the ruined world and the relentless attacks from dangerous creatures. Longun ammo magazine X2: a universal ammo for two handed firearms [url=https://i.imgur.com/5Eyadj1.png]Scrap metal[/url] X4: recycled metal, usable as a low quality crafting material or as a currency Barrel of liquid morkite: a rather subpar fuel found in vast quantities on the planet Hoxxas IV [url=https://i.imgur.com/xzy0wjG.png]Lump of Croppa[/url] x8: a green-purple mineral useful for upgrading weapons [url=https://i.imgur.com/1Ds3pbo.png]Company Scrip[/url] x6: tokens that can be redeemed with the deep rock galactic corporation (and nowhere else) for minerals and item cosmetics [url=https://i.imgur.com/r33d2jO.png]Barley Bulb[/url] x4: an alien beer hops that can be used to brew a variety of buffing beverages [url=https://i.imgur.com/wVWbIM1.png]ww1 bike[/url] X1: a military motorcycle from the great war. Good for its time, pales in comparison to modern bikes [url=https://i.imgur.com/cinfmEP.png]ww1 sidecar[/url] X1: can be attached to any motorbike to bring a passenger along for the ride Spare tyre x2: spare wheels for motorcycles. Red gem x5: mildly valuable gem Diesel fuel canister x1: used to fuel diesel engines. Simple enough. Brodie helmet x1: a simple metal helmet that protects the wearer against shrapnel, though not much else. 80 Euros Zombie Soldier soul: if absorbed, allows the use of the [url=https://i.imgur.com/xpUOciI.gif]granade[/url] spell, which has rather poor range, but is also rather cheap mana cost wise. [url=https://i.imgur.com/6tvivug.jpeg]Small Health Pack[/url] x3: a satchel contains enough medical supplies to heal light wounds Panzerfaust x2: a one shot disposable rocket launcher [url=https://i.imgur.com/dA6mUlz.jpeg]Venom Gun Project Book[/url]: contains [url=https://wolfenstein.fandom.com/wiki/Venom_Gun_Project_Book]notes[/url] about the specs and design process of the Venom Gun, a handheld minigun. Super soldier cyberleg X1: the skull emblem kneecapped legs of a [url=https://i.imgur.com/AzyVyFJ.jpeg]supersoldier[/url] of the X-Creature program. Seems to be intended to fuse with a (horribly mutilated) human leg. [/hider] Rika removed the hat of avarice and beheld the pile of loot they’d generated. Which was perhaps the most polite way of describing the mess they’d just made, and given it contained a pair of spare wheels and a severed leg, a pile of junk might have been even more accurate. Still, that was only at first glance. At second glance the pile contained all manner of baubles and trinkets, five of which the princess immediately made a grab for, namely the 5 red jewels glittering amid the metal. Jr meanwhile was pretty interested in all that metal as he needed to make repairs to his clown car. Again. The vehicle had survived a whole 3 encounters before Lilith had promptly, and repeatedly, exploded the thing into in-operability. [color=SpringGreen]”Yup, that, and that, and maybe that I dunno”[/color] he said as he checked bits out, only for Rika to sniff out the real prize in the pile which was the ring with a tiny sun glowing in the middle of it. Upon picking it up, her shield rippled, and then it and the device linked, causing her weapons to glow ever so slightly with a light the same color as the one of the minute sun. [color=Aqua]”neat”[/color] After helping, or being made to help, tidy up everything else (with plans to then untidy it afterwards by bringing it down to engineering) the duo set off to get started on repairs. Or rather to go and badger someone else into doing them for them. [color=SpringGreen]”Hey Tora, I need you to fix my car again!”[/color] Jr called as the two stepped into the Proving Grounds, while his sister gave a little (she had her gauntlets off) wave to both the mechanic and his mechanical companion Poppi. Tora looked up from his welding a bit more sharply this time. He didn’t mind interruptions every now and then, but this Nopon was definitely the type to get into the zone, so focused on whatever happened to interest him that he could even forget to eat. At the moment, the frameworks he’d been attempting to couple together weren’t fully attached, which left Poppi straining to hold the pieces in place with her new body’s diminished strength. “Again? Meh-meh!” Her masterpon quickly grabbed one of his last scraps of spare metal in order to prop the frameworks up and relieve his assistant from her duties. “Friend should seriously consider making clownmobile tougher. Or at least not overloading with so many features, meh. Tora still not get how it work.” The engineer waddled over with a resigned expression to see what he was working with. When he spotted all the junk that Junior and Rika arrived with, he gave an approving nod, which given his lack of neck was more like a full-body bounce. “Good thing that friend bring own materials. Tora running out of parts for own projects.” Of course, the sight of Bowser Jr’s clown car in a state that could only be called ‘advanced disrepair’ left him a lot less enthused. [color=SpringGreen]”But more weapons makes it more fun!”[/color] Jr replied, exactly a child talking about toys, but Tora very much had a point. Less complicated components would leave more space for armor. Not that that would have helped against Lilith where she’d done enough damage to kill them several times over had they not had 2 healers on the field, but the principle remained. [color=SpringGreen]”It’d have been fine if that Hat wearing Kid hadn’t run off with the fix everything hammer”[/color] he complained [color=Aqua]”Or if healing magic worked on it”[/color] Rika added as she sat down on one of the work benches next to Poppi, her now satellite shaped drone landing in her lap. [color=SpringGreen]”Yeah it, uh, definitely doesn’t”[/color] Jr replied, glazing at the wrecked car, and his paintbrush, and then casting [color=SpringGreen]”Cure!”[/color] to no effect. [color=SpringGreen]”See”[/color] he said, as if this outcome had been 100% guaranteed. [color=Aqua]”Yup. It's lame. Or. Not as cool as it could be I guess”[/color] his sister replied, having corrected her statement because [color=Aqua]”being alive is nice”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”Uh, yeah, anyway”[/color] Jr continued after that little segway, before asking Tora [color=SpringGreen]”So why haven't you got any parts?”[/color] Tora gestured at the corkboards full of tacked-on blueprints, various half-finished minor projects, and the big machine frame in his workshop’s center still in the early stages of assembly. “Because Tora use them all up! Half of time spent tinkering to figure out what even possible, which involve much pulling-apart, trial, and error. Power sources, wirings, servos, programs…technology from many worlds offer incredible potential, but very difficult to integrate in practice, meh. Half of time spent undoing what Tora just did! Already had three explosions this morning!” “Four,” Poppi corrected him. “Then there matter of Tora own inventions,” the Nopon continued, massaging his temples with both little hands. “Since there no such thing as ‘industry standard’ in World of Light, all machines need custom parts. Would be hard even with foundry, but without? Meh-meh! Tora wish we could collect entire junkyard near Bow-Bow’s castle. Really missing Vandelay workshops now.” Poppi eyed her masterpon, sensing that all of this was leading up toward the same sort of pitch that Tora gave to Geralt. [color=SpringGreen]”Yeah there was a whole load of stuff in there huh”[/color] Jr replied, his car had, after all, been pulled out of said scrapheap, but there where obviously a load of issues with doing [color=SpringGreen]”kinda be hard to balloon it all up though, and like, where’d we even put it?”[/color] He said this while looking up at the Nopon’s cork board with great interest, the mechanically minded child speed reading through all the various designs, before pointing to exactly the one Tora had been about to make a pitch about, asking [color=SpringGreen]”Hey what’s that one? Some kind of tidying robot?”[/color] Rika leaned in as he said so, also interested for the exact same reason her brother was: if such a thing was made they would not have to personally deal with the mess their room was in. Their interest seemed to perk Tora right up. “Yep yep! After seeing original prototype online, Tora decide put own spin on, meh. Because it not made for combat, can pack in as many useful features as want! It can even cook yummy pancakes!” He then made a big show of looking woebegone, staring sadly at the huge vacuum’s blueprint in his hands. Though young himself, the Nopon was clever enough to know how to push the younger child’s buttons. “Sadly, Tora not have enough moolah to finish development. So if friends make more money out there than friends need, would appreciate generous donation, meh! Once prototype working, biggest investors get service first!” [color=SpringGreen]”Just money? How much? Also wait, where are you buying stuff from anyway?”[/color] Jr asked, bombarding the mechanic with question. [color=Aqua]”Also what kind of money, coz we have a bunch of different kinds of money right? Buncha Geo from the under, those coppery triangles, gold coins, those paper dollars, plus now these Euro things”[/color] Rika said, picking through her pockets and then showing Tora a fabric slip with bronze coloration, sorting the depiction of an arch and the number 10 on them. As Tora scratched his head, wondering not how much he might need but how much he could get away with asking for, Poppi lent him a hand. “We requisition parts from inter-knot, then schedule pick up. Current plan is for Poppi to go down with extra Fulton and extract that way, same as with foodstuffs and other supplies for Lost Numbers.” “Three hundred thousand zenny!” Tora piped up at last. “That not just for vacuum either, meh, but to kickstart whole production pipeline. With that, Tora Industries officially up and running!” He peered over at Rika. “Oh, and not to worry. All money exchangeable for zenny if you know right people.” The ship girl in question’s jaw dropped open at the number, joining Jr’s in the same state, collectively signaling their shared thought that, dang, that was a lot of money. Then they rallied, regrouped at one of the tables and worked together to work out how much they even had, which was, as it turned out, a fair amount and yet also not anywhere close to Tora’s requirement: 3505 Geo 70 Euros 50 Gold 882 Copper Reeves And 1000$ [color=Aqua]”There’s also these but I dunno how much they are worth”[/color] Rika added, putting her five red gems on the pile, prompting Jr added a pair of rubies on it as well. [color=SpringGreen]”Guess we could sell stuff as well if people are buying on the internet”[/color] Jr supposed, before he asked [color=SpringGreen]”you sure you can’t use any of our junk? Or I could, like, make you some of the bits?”[/color] before holding out his right hand and producing a small handful of iron screws using his ferromancy. Tora’s eyes widened at the metal Junior produced. “[i]Iron[/i]? That your idea of quality material? Meh-meh!” [color=SpringGreen]”I mean, it's like, Magic iron or. Urgh fine”[/color] Jr tried and failed. Meanwhile, Poppi had been looking over the kids’ savings and come to an important realization. “Hmm. Gold piece definitely much more valuable than zenny. And…Poppi seen currency like this before,” she announced, holding up one of the dollar bills. “These have great exchange rate with zenny, one hundred to one. So if this actually thousand, it really one hundred thousand zenny, so we already one-third of way there!” “Brilliant!” Tora bounced up and down, flapping his wings, before rushing over to scoop up the cash. “Tora, Poppi, and all future generations thank koopas for generosity!” And just like that, the kids were left without a penny to their name. They really should have thought this through. [color=SpringGreen]”Ah. Well. Uh.”[/color] said while now having those thoughts too late, while Rika had none and suggested it was [color=Aqua]”Stuff fixing time?”[/color] [color=SpringGreen]”Sure, right, uh, lets see”[/color] he replied, before pulling out the possibly actually useful materials they had, namely the Croppa chunks and galvanised steel, along with the scrap. Plus the cyborg leg for good measure. [color=SpringGreen]”Well it's something. Maybe stripping stuff out would be a good idea after all”[/color] Jr mused, before asking [color=SpringGreen]”we got anything in here that can make the ore into useful stuff or?”[/color] Tora raised an eyebrow, which in practice looked more like widening one eye. “This not smeltery, but Tora see what can do, meh. Let’s get started!”