The twenty first trial: Senna

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You walk straight into the cockpit of some kind of space-faring vessel! It's legitimately impossible to tell how big said vessel is, or really, anything about it at all — even the decor is a bland, blank magnolia.

In the middle of the cockpit is a fancy sci-fi table-like console, surrounded by enough comfortable captain's chairs, in your team's color, for everyone to have a seat.

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~*~ PHASE ONE: DESIGN YOUR SHIP ~*~

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A 3D holographic version of photoshop pops up in the middle of the table. Grab a fancy digital smart pen and get drawing! Go hog wild — there are no limits on imagination! Your ship can be as big, small, fancy, rustic, or ridiculous as you want it to be. Do you want it to shoot rainbow lasers or actual live crabs? Sure. Do you want it to look like an old time-y pirate ship? Why not!

The only stipulation is that it needs at least one weapon system. A textbox will appear for you to describe (or draw) what your attack(s) will look like.

Once you're happy with your masterpiece, you can input a name. Any name.

Submit

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Re: Submit

[daydreamshimmer]

[SOMEONE IS GOING FULL TREASURE PLANET.]

[Name: Desperado Fire]

[So getting one of those kind of ships as a space, but getting some modified sails, less up and down, and more near half domes, with obvious tech netting on them. Good for catching solar wings and projecting shields! And instead of a rudder, the engines are at the back and bottom of the ship, with some smaller boosters along the sides and front of the ship for easier moving.]

[And of course it's got a paint job. The sails have rising suns at the bottom fix with the gold of the tech lines, and flame decals all along the bottom of the ship, flames flicking up as if making the stars that litter the hull with an aura of dark blues, purples, and blacks as a 'backdrop.']

[And she absolutely has rainbow lasers with cannons all along the sides of the ship. And a harpoon cannon at the very front.]

Re: ~*~ PHASE ONE: DESIGN YOUR SHIP ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

Rainbow lasers do sound awfully fun.

And we should definitely have flame decals.

Re: ~*~ PHASE ONE: DESIGN YOUR SHIP ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

[Listen, if you think she wont' go FULL TREASURE PLANET on this, but full of glitter and rainbow and fire, then you're wrong.]

Re: ~*~ PHASE ONE: DESIGN YOUR SHIP ~*~

[learnedfool]

I'm... just going to take your word for it.

[someone has been glued to the window for most of the game so far, because what is this even, nothing compares to this).

Re: ~*~ PHASE ONE: DESIGN YOUR SHIP ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

[See, this is why she just MLP'd it up, you gave her free reign.]

Let's see, Desdemona and Penric....des and pen, des and pen, desppen...

[Muttering to herself thoughtful.]

Desperado! That works for space battle ship. Desperado Fire.

[And submitted because what's asking.]

~*~ PHASE TWO: STAT SELECTION ~*~

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Now that you're happy with the name and the design of your ship, it's time to select your stats!

You start with a bank of 125 points to allocate however you like between the following stats:

HP:
Attack:
Defense:

Submit

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Re: Submit

[daydreamshimmer]

HP: 30
Attack: 50
Defense: 45

Re: ~*~ PHASE TWO: STAT SELECTION ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

A good attack is always good.

[What if you just set fire to everything, right?]

Re: ~*~ PHASE TWO: STAT SELECTION ~*~

[learnedfool]

What's the difference between 'HP' and 'Defense'?

[because what are RPGs?]

Re: ~*~ PHASE TWO: STAT SELECTION ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

HP is health points. That's how much damage you can take. Defense is how much damage you can avoid.

Like defense is a shield which deflects blows. HP means when you get stabbed, you can still keep fighting through that pain.

~*~ PHASE THREE: PEW PEW ~*~

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Somehow, between one blink and the next, your bland, somehow shapeless magnolia ship magically transformed into the exact likeness of whatever you had designed. There's now a row of buttons appears on your console, whatever it might look like now; there's one button for each of the other teams

A brief klaxon sounds, and then it's time to go, go, GO!

Your task? To choose ONE team to attack!

Submit

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Re: Submit

[daydreamshimmer]

Pressing Jasmine.

Re: ~*~ PHASE THREE: PEW PEW ~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

....okay, that explains number balance.

So we need to figure out who might have low defenses, or who might target us most.

Re: ~*~ PHASE THREE: PEW PEW ~*~

[learnedfool]

I don't think any team has a reason to target us. Which team would be likely to build in low defenses?

RESULT

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A sleek, elegant vessel with a blue body accented with purple, silver, and white accents turns its sights on you! A beautiful but deadly missile of pure ice slams into your ship—!

You have 15.6 HP remaining.

~*~ PHASE FOUR: PEW PEW TAKE 2~*~

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The klaxon sounds again!

Your task? To choose ONE team to attack!

… Oh? But the button for Jasmine has vanished.

SUBMIT

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Re: SUBMIT

[learnedfool]

Thyme

Re: ~*~ PHASE FOUR: PEW PEW TAKE 2~*~

[learnedfool]

We must have gotten them?

Re: ~*~ PHASE FOUR: PEW PEW TAKE 2~*~

[daydreamshimmer]

Heck yeah! Thought you could take us down, didn't you, 80H?

[Because blue and elegant matches her and this is good information to know in the future.]

FINAL RESULTS

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A huge robotic wolf ship, all in black save for the apple green running lights, turns its sights on you! A stream of razor-sharp feathers pelts your ship.

You have 10.1 HP remaining. All of the lights except for those around the exit dim.