[Coolshaymin]

A brief glimpse of light appeared in the Sunshine Meadow, causing a few Waddle Dees to panic and flee, there was then a square hole cut into the fabric of space before a hole was literally punched in the very air itself before Reimu jumped out. "Alright team, I got us as close to the interferance as I could.... Unfortunately, something is keeping me from getting us closer. Oh well, I guess we will just have to walk down into the cave and punch anything that gets in our way until it stops being in our way," Reimu stated as she waited for the others to come through the dimensional hole she just punched to skip flying or walking.... She is rather abusive with her Divine given powers, wasn't she? Eh, it will repair itself, it always did.

"Anyway.... Time to go take down whatever it causing this bad wind to stir up..." Reimu said, fruitlessly brushing the hair out of her eyes continuously. Harsh winds ran through the normally calm land like a ravaging tornado.... Except without the tornado.  Waddle Dees were being sent all over the place along with various other Dreamland Residents that... still stayed here for some reason. Reimu was not about to ask such a needless question. The girl walked towards the hole and looked down it into darkness.... ".... Yep, it is down there somewhere.... I can fly, so I will jump down there first. Fair warning though. I won't be able to get us out until we deal with the problem and I feel like teleporting magic won't be anymore useful than my power over the boundary. If you teleported down there.... Well, let's just say, you might find your head dislocated from your torso. And that's the best outcome," Reimu explained to the others and gave fair warning before they started their quest proper to fix this wind problem.

Reimu Hakurei

135/135 HP
40/40 Shield

Status: Normal

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Normally Ghor was more than happy to provide his own form of transportation on a mission, but he had to admit that his new-found ally’s method was faster and to the point. He had to wonder about the potential dangers to the fabric of reality to just punch a hole in it like that, but he supposed he should trust his ally enough to know what they were doing. Stepping onto Star Piece Meadows, he was a tab busy working away at his wrist mounted digital data pad, coordinating his mech suit to his location in case it was needed for combat purposes. It didn’t fit into the hole that Reimu punch through reality, but it shouldn’t take too long to reach its destination. He was hoping it wasn’t required anyways.

Before he could get too far into the mainland, he was nearly knocked back through the portal he arrived through. Forcibly closing his digital display, Ghor leapt forward, planting his stick figure legs further into the ground. Perhaps his smaller spry form wasn’t quite the right fit for the environment. Maybe the wind would die down as they entered the cave. “Sounds like standard procedure” the cyborg dryly snarked in regards to Reimu’s first statement. “I’m not familiar with this area, what type of opposition should we expect? Territorial organic life forms I presume?” he followed up with, slightly hoping to be corrected with synthetic enemies, those were more his specialty.

As he carefully inched closer to the cave’s entrance, more accurately described as a giant hole in the ground, Ghor gazed into the darkness, almost tempted to fire his Plasma Beam into the hole so that they had a better light source, but it wasn’t a wise decision to fire such a weapon blindly. Instead he nodded as he listened to the little girl. “I see. Now wouldn’t be a good time to test my magical proficiency” he added as he crouched a bit closer to the ground to prevent himself from blowing away. Perhaps it would have been a better idea to try and fit his armour suit through that portal… He supposed he was light weight enough for the fall to not injure him, depending on how deep the tunnel was. It would be a wise decision to let the flier go first in that case. “Right then, lead the way” he offered with an open hand.

HP: 120%
Shield: 35%
Status: N/A

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Maribel landed in the meadows thanks to her zoom ability and gave a bow to Ghor and Reimu. "How wonderful that this is my first mission, where i'm fortunately the one not being the damsel like that Toadstool or Zelda. I'm Mari---However Maribel was almost blown away by the strong winds in the area, if she didn't grab a nearby patch of grass, she would of been blown away from Ghor and Reimu and into the sky, which would give her a bad start to the mission.

Once the winds subsided, she let go of the patch of grass and ran over to Reimu, Ghor and the hole they were staring at. "Geez, I knew this place was high up but I didn't expect the altitude to be mad. I can't wait until we deal with it." Maribel then looked down at the hole, where the bird man is supposedly at somewhere. The shrine maiden insisted that she go first and warned the two to not teleport while they were in this portal, or else they'll be decapitated, or worse.

"Got it, I only use zoom to get to places, such as here." Maribel beamed to Reimu as she prepared to jump in soon after, unless they were going to jump in together, which Maribel didn't want to as she didn't want to hold there hands. Reimu and Ghor's hands seemed weird, who knows what they were used for.

And unfortunately for Maribel, lighting up the dark portal wasn't going to do her any good either as she thought about it.

[Coolshaymin]

"If the plan ain't broke, don't fix it," Reimu commented back with her own bit of sass. "From what I know of Dreamland, most creatures here are organic, yeah. Can't say I am very familiar with machines or technology in general so does not really matter to me. Back in Gensokyo, only Kappas were really profecient with that kind of stuff," the Shrine Maiden answered as Maribel came in on Zoom. "Though, you may want to be prepared for unusual wildlife anyway. There is a huge interferance in the boundary so I have no idea what could pop up," she added.... somehow keeping her balance in the harsh winds. They were so strong, and Reimu was so light you'd think it'd throw her but he was just fine... But then again, this is the girl that just punched a hole in space.

"Yeah, the wind are why we are here after all. If we do not fix the hole that was created, then the entire land could be harrassed by this wind. So, best to deal with this quickly. Alright, I will now jump down. I will create a signal when I reach the bottom unless the bottom is too far down for safety. I have a back up plan for that," the Shrine Maiden elaborated before giving a hop down into the abyss, quickly disappearing into darkness..... It would be a few minutes and no sign of Reimu could be seen. Just how deep was that hole? Though, if they continued watching, they would see..... incredibly distant orbs of multicolored lights.... Yep, that hole sure looked pretty deep. Fortunately, Reimu decided to enact her backup plan and two golden see through platforms would materialize in the perfect size for both Maribel and Ghor respectively to be lifted down safely.

(Ghor and Maribel!.... You can either take the platforms or take your chances jumping. Jumping though will require a 17 in CON to endure and failure results in 28% damage and Paralysis so probably best to take the platforms.)

At the bottom, Reimu waited with several colored spheres surrounding her, providing light where there otherwise would be none. ".... Yep, this place is definitely not right.... I mean, unless it was always like this, but you know. Dreamland is kind of known for being more.... natural...." The Hakurei stated as she had a point as there was quite the strange combination. All the plants, vegetation, trees, and even stones, they were all enfused with Sheikah Technology similar to the school's. The signature accents of the tech ran rampant throughout the underground woods, though thankfully there was no harsh wind like on the surface.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

With their third and final party member zooming in, the mission was ready to commence. At the same time though, their would-be leader confirmed Ghor’s suspicions about the area. If there was going to be as much combat as she suggested there would be then he would very quickly become a fish out of water. He supposed he should have expected as much, but that didn’t deter him all that much. As Maribel’s gaze fell upon him, he had the sudden urge to look at his hands. He didn’t know what it was, but he felt somewhat embarrassed about them.

Once the girl took her dive into the hole, Ghor watched as she descended into darkness, but given the length of time she took to reach the bottom, his attention went elsewhere momentarily. Awkwardly kneeling on the rim of the tunnel, he turned to Maribel and attempted to engage in small talk to break the elongated moment of silence. “So… You’re a magic user as well? Or a mage, I think they call it. My universe doesn’t really have a term for that. I suppose that makes me the odd one out then. I look forward to seeing how our different styles of combat mesh on the battlefield, if it ever comes to that” the cyborg chatted away, extending a hand out to Maribel as a kind gesture.

Soon enough, series of orbs lit up at the bottom of the pit. Even with his state of the art optics he barely noticed them at first, which could only mean that the depth of the tunnel was a bit too great for even his light weight body to just dive right into. Before he could rethink his strategy, a series of platforms materialized right in front of him. He stepped onto the transparent, though he was a bit uneasy with the wind’s presence since he couldn’t dig his dagger-like feet into the energy-based platform, at least it didn’t seem like he could. He wasn’t so bold as to give it a try though.

Yet again, he was left to wait until his personal elevator got him to the bottom and based on the few minutes it took for Reimu to reach the last floor, it might take him even longer than that. He began to fiddle around with his wrist mounted data pad since Maribel wasn’t in present company to speak with, though ironically, he got stuck on a loading screen until he was in Reimu’s company.

As his tour guide pointed out, the area was filled with oddities, though they followed a strange pattern. She was right about that though; the alterations did not seem natural to the area. The symbols especially felt out of place. For the sake of trying, Ghor opened his data pad once more, adding a techy glow to the array of lights set up by his partner. Activating its scanner, the cyborg analyzed the markings. “Hm, it doesn’t match anything from my databases” he added as he turned away from the runes and marking and back to Reimu. “Perhaps there was a civilization camped down here to stave off the Starvia? Either that or a chunk of another universe was fused into this cavern. Might be stemming from the breach.”

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"Meh, I can come up with a better sassy comment like that." Maribel was going to give Reimu an example but alas, she wanted the mission to begin and so was about to be the first person to jump into the hole to check it out, promising to bring Maribel and Ghor down via a back up plan. "Well, good luck, we'll be waiting." Maribel put her emphasis on waiting as she watched Reimu jump into the hole.

While waiting she turned to Ghor, who started talking about magic. "Huh? Oh yeah, I developed magic one day during my adventure with my lackeys that I call friends back in Pilchard Bay. Honestly if you were with those two you would honestly wish you were off in a better place, because my two friend's were nothing but trouble back home. That Hero and that no good prince..." Maribel stopped, looking sad for a brief moment.

"Keifer." She finished, but she slightly smiled when Ghor expressed how he was looking forward with seeing the girl's different style of combat and so she shook his hand. "You too." She turned back towards the hole, noticing that Reimu hasn't sent a signal yet. "What is taking her so long, do you think she's stuck down here?" She asked Ghor, but she fortunately got her answer when Maribel noticed a ray of light at the bottom of the hole and soon two platforms appeared at the top of the hole.

Maribel walked onto her one as she didn't want to just jump down in the hole and watched as the platform moved downward towards Reimu. As she went deeper in the hole, she noticed the technology in this place looked very familiar, but she soon reached where Reimu was and walked off the platform.

"Nice to see that your ok, and that your limbs are still on together and not in pieces like hideous and disgusting distorted monster." Maribel was relieved that Reimu was alright, but then she pointed out the technology. "Actually now that you think about it, weren't these kinds of walls and machinery were previously seen at that school in the Life Sphere? You know that Hylia Grace one." Maribel questioned Reimu, before she came up with a theory.

"If that guy beside us is right, then maybe this place is a fused version of the a place in the world where those sort of things came from, and if so, do you think there might be people from that world stuck here, sort of like everyone else on this planet?" Maribel couldn't help but think about it. If they were people down here then she sure hoped that they got food, or else they might of had to use other means for food, which she didn't want to think about. 

[Coolshaymin]

"Well, of course I'm fine. I wouldn't of jumped down if I thought there'd be a problem. I slowed my descent after a while until I touched the ground so it took me a bit longer to land than if one of you jumped," Reimu explained as she began walking into the tech fused underground forest biome. They were close to the disturbance so their mission should not take that long. "Oh yeah, it does look a bit like the school, doesn't it? I don't think anyone could of made home down here, the fusion of tech and plant is too perfect. It's definitely due to the breach mixing together elements of someone else's world and Li's. The place should go back to normal after we deal with the interferance in the border," Reimu concluded and added, seeming rather sure in her observation, though one could question her validity.

However, before that, there was a bit of shake in the ground as something big and heavy was walking around. Reimu thought it was strange there was no wildlife here outside the plants, but this seemed to be the reason. Down the cave was a sensor looking for something. ".... Get into hiding. We don't know what that thing is or capable of," Reimu advised the others to hide and made a move towards a stump.

(Roll Dex to try and hide from the oncoming threat to try and get the jump on it. Rolling a 12 or higher will allow you to hide successfully, failure will result in getting spotted. However, if you can hide, your next attack is guarenteed to hit and crit.)

PFmnNFuqp_1d20+4(Reimu's hide roll)

Unfortunately, despite her speed was not enough as the red sensor beam landed on her and the blue advanced circuitry and eye of a large 5 legged robotic creature noticed her and it flashed rapidly before changing to red in color, activating attack mode immediately. It's light focused on Reimu as the first target it saw, and rapidly flashed as it gave a clear sign to the girl that it was about to try and blast her into oblivion.

p_1d20+4(Reimu's dodge)

The Ancient Guardian's beam fired off at the girl and it would appear it hit it's mark.... if the beam did not keep going and explode in the distant. Reimu, using the fact she was in the air to make sure the beam did not cause indirect harm, used an instant dimensional rift to create a copy just in time. The shrine maiden reappeared in front of the guardian with a Yin-Yang Orb in her palm, thrusting it violently in the mechanical creature's eye before flying back with a twirl and throwing out several seals out at the giant creature.

p_1d20+4 (Yin-Yang Orb on the Ancient Guardian. Deals 22% damage)
p_1d20+5(Ofuda on the Ancient Guardian, 20% damage as it repels the evil that has corrupted it)

"It would be very bad if that laser hits one of us directly, heck, even an indirect shot will probably cause major damage. We should try to get it to aim away from the ground or walls," Reimu advised as the Guardian was successfully blown back and heavily disoriented by Reimu's attack. It's eye span around as it tried to get it's bearings and reaim at it's targets for anhilation.

Ancient Guardian
HP:258%
Shield HP: None
Status: Retargeting

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[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor continued to analyze the markings inscribed all around the environment just in case there was anything that closely resembled any languages in his database. If he got lucky he might be able to find a symbol that he can translate and get the ball rolling from that point onward. Unfortunately, he was no linguist, so he couldn’t get far unless his translation tool found something. In the meantime, Reimu and Maribel continued their discussion, though Ghor politely interjected from the background once he heard himself being referred to. “Ghor” he corrected as his face disconnected from his screen briefly. Perhaps they should have gotten a rundown on each others’ names before hand…

His head perked up once again, though for far more lethal reasons than before. A rumbling entered the tunnel, causing Ghor to quickly turn his device off. What came next was some sort of spider tank scuttling towards their location, causing the cyborg to reel back. Perhaps he was too quick to assume that he would be out of his element, though on initial inspection he wasn’t quite sure on the origins of the construct.

[Ghor’s Hide Roll: ypjNW8VWp_1d20+2] <4>

Unfortunately, his previous investigations left him out in the open, so much so that he was almost directly in front of the Ancient Guardian as it busted in. If it was a car, he would be drenched in its highlights. While it put him at a major disadvantage, the machine didn’t fire at him first. Not wanting to be its second pick, Ghor quickly dived out of the line of fire and scurried atop a nearby rock structure. With Reimu’s advice, the bounty hunter hatched a little plan of his own. “Or perhaps disable it completely” Ghor advised as he leapt from his elevated spot and onto the Ancient Guardian’s ‘head’ piece. Being the source of the blasts, it would be the best spot for the technician to overload its circuitry. Activating his wrist mounted device and placing it against the machine, bolts of electricity began to radiate from it.

[Ghor’s Overload: p_1d20+4 / Deals 12% + targets INT, if successful it will render the red sensor beam useless for 2 turns] <12>

With the deed done, Ghor immediately hopped off the machine in case it did manage to ward off his attempts at deactivating its main cannon. His frail body would not take too kindly from a point blank shot like that. Running for cover, Ghor hastily activated his Plasma Beam and turned to the titan once more. While he was unsure about the material that the golem was made of, most metals melted under the heat of his Plasma Beam, thus eliminating one of its many legs might give them an advantage in this fight.

[Ghor’s Plasma Beam: p_1d20+4 / Deals 18% + 30% chance to Burn] <23>

Flicking his wrist to deactivate the beam, Ghor raced the rest of the way to cover and properly launched a counter assault with a vast array of Power Beam bolts. It was the essential pea-shooter in any bounty hunter’s arsenal.

[Ghor’s Power Beam 1: p_1d20+4 / Deals 8%] <19>
[Ghor’s Power Beam 2: p_1d20+4 / Deals 8%] <9>
[Ghor’s Power Beam 3: p_1d20+4 / Deals 12%] <24>

HP: 120%
Shield: 35%
Status: Overload: Active
Plasma Beam: 1 turn

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Maribel gave a slight wave to Ghor, letting him know that he was also in on the conversation as well and that she now knows his name. "I hope so." Maribel agreed with Reimu's reassurance that there was nobody else in this hole with them, well except for a giant machine that was coming towards the three. Maribel jumped back and tried to do as Reimu said and hide away from that thing, as she feels like the trio will be in for a long battle with that giant robot if they get spotted by it.


iUL5_OoPp_1d20+2(But she was spotted)

Unfortunately, Maribel, like Reimu and Ghor before her, didn't find a place to hide on time and so were spotted by the Guardian, who fired a laser towards Reimu. Maribel raced towards her, taking out her spear as she prepared for battle. "Are you ok?" She asked Reimu before looking at the Guardian. "So we stop it from firing at all?" Maribel summoned a fireball and shot it towards the Guardian, three times as she didn't want to get close to that thing, at least for now.


p_1d20+5(Frizz > Guardian: If hit, the Guardian will gain 15% damage with a 10% chance of getting the burn status.)

p_1d20+5(^)

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[Coolshaymin]

Reimu watched as Ghor nimbly jumped onto the large machine and try to shut down it's targeting system. "... Do you really think shutting down a targeting mechanism is a good idea?" the Shrine Maiden though she guessed she just had to go with it. Still, lack of aim makes patterns much harder to deal with. The overload seemed to work as there was a spark near the large monster's eye and it stumbled around, unable to see anything and it looked like the plan worked as there was some fine pea shooter shots on the giant ancient guardian. It's leg was broken off and sparked from the plasma before the leg dissipated into blue light. The fire too hit it's mark flawlessly.

However, the missing leg caused the machine to panic even further before it just started firing shots off haphazrdly! Looks like Reimu's question was not unfounded as everyone was assaulted by a barrage of franctic lasers that exploded all across the cave walls and floor. Thankfully the francitc nature made it less accurate but still deadly if not evaded.

(Everyone! The Guardian has panicked! It has fired a shot at everyone but it is not too accurate. Roll a 11 or higher to dodge. A failure results in 100% damage and burn. That laser is no joke.)

SNOTqmN6p_1d20+4(Reimu's dodge)

Thankfully Reimu was used to dodging wild shots all over the place and quickly flew out of the way, her multicolored orbs following her and reflecting light all over. The Shrine Maiden then took the opening of the still panicking Guardian and slammed an Ofuda into it's eye directly to ward off the evil that was possessing it once and for all.

p_1d20+4

Reimu landed her mark and a bright blue light came out of the spot she inserted the seal. However, instead of exploding, it's colors changed from red to blue and it deactivated. "Alright, I cured the corruption that had control over it. It should not be a threat now. Are you two okay?" Reimu asked, not really having time to see if anyone else made it away from the explosion.
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[Mr. Game & Watch]

It appeared his strategy was successful, the light on the titan’s headpiece dissipated and it began to move erratically, probably due to its main cannon being the only weapon that it was programmed to use. Ghor supposed it was old technology, so it didn’t have a failsafe lined up if its circuitry was fried. As Reimu spoke up though, the cyborg looked quite puzzled. “Targeting mechanism? I shut down its main cannon completely” he corrected the maiden. She specialized in the mystic arts so naturally she probably didn’t understand how his advanced mechanics worked, much in the same way he couldn’t comprehend her ability to punch holes through the fabric of space.

As time would soon have it, Reimu proved to be right. He supposed that she must have been an expert on how these Ancient Guardians worked if she could tell the difference between it being blind and its main artillery being shut down. On Ghor’s end, he could only conclude that his unfamiliarity with the technology resulted in him shutting down the wrong apparatus, which meant that they had a blind gun-bot on the loose and for whatever reason its emergency programming was set to wildly blast its surroundings indefinitely. Almost immediately, a bolt of the machine’s beam swerved directly towards Ghor’s location, but keeping himself alert, he elegantly dove out of harm’s way, though the rock that he was hiding behind was completely vaporized. Ghor went bug-eyed for a moment. What was that machine hunting to justify its weapon’s frequency being so high?

[Ghor’s DODGE!: sCE3XtI0p_1d20+2] <22>

It mattered little as his partner swooped in and deactivated the machine with a simple touch, letting the party breathe a sigh of relief. It was good that at least one of them could cure corruption, it made Ghor feel a little less like a liability should he be too reckless on the battlefield. Regardless of that, Ghor sprung up from the ground and began to dust himself off as he approached Reimu once more. “No injuries to report as of yet” he formally addressed as he slowly paced toward her, gazing at the mechanical beast.

“Hrm, if it was corrupted do you think it was being controlled directly?” Ghor quizzed as he opened his wrist mounted data pad once more. “If so, I could trace its frequency back to the puppet master, assuming it was being remotely controlled” he added as he began to type as fast as two fingers could allow him to. It was an interesting piece of technology, one that he would be curious to study, especially if they were going to encounter more beings like it, however, there were bigger problems to attend to. For the time being, they just needed the basest amount of information to continue forward.1d20+2

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Maribel prepared to fire more fireballs at the machine again. Fortunately for her they didn't seem to make the machine crazy just like she was worried about and breathed a sigh of relief, but soon had to snap out of it if she didn't want to be vaporised by the incoming laser. "I'm not turning to ash today!" Maribel pouted as she tried to get out of the way of the Guardian's laser.

aq7xINV4p_1d20+2(Thank you dice, I know were not in the best of terms, but thank you for sparing Maribel from the lasers wrath.)

Maribel jumped out of the way and landed on the ground, just as Reimu managed to stop the Guardian's rampage. She stood up and smiled. "Thank god that battle was short, or else we would of turned to toast. Thank you for saving us shrine maiden." Maribel thanked Reimu, she turned to Ghor shortly after. "It's possible, but who would be so cruel enough to try and kill the three of us, were not hateable enough for someone to try and kill us." Maribel was angry, she wished she could punch someone that hate's her.

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[Coolshaymin]

"It was no problem. I noticed when Ghor went to hack it that it was being controlled by some incredibly powerful dark magic. I purified it using my seal so it should no longer see us targets. It's firepower is really something else though. What was it designed to take down? Either way whoever took it over has some insanely powerful magic, we should be on our guard," Reimu pondered and replied to Maribel after a moment. It was true, to corrupt something like this, she was surprised she was actually able to purify it so easily. Maybe their corruption was not nearly as apparent on Li. Well, whatever the case, they were not done yet.

"I doubt it was being controlled beyond the simple order of, 'destroy all intruders' to be honest. Still, give it a shot. If that does not work we can just continue following the trail of the disturbance. I think they may be the same thing anyway. In that case it is not that far actually," the Shrine Maiden replied before heading a bit forward but not straying too far from their robotic ally. What Ghor's check would lead him to would be.... hardly any records of a hack or takeover. The magic seemed to be untraceable by his tech from the appearance like Reimu thought.

However, that was not to say his search was fruitless. There was one data log remaining on the system that was still in tact. However, it was written in one of the many Hylians so it may be hard to check what it means. However, if he messed around with trying to decode it, he may find some useful information. "Found something? Either way, we should keep moving. Can you code and walk?" Reimu asked before walking further into the cave.

(Ghor! You can attempt to decode the Data Log once per turn by using an action to try and decode the language. You must roll a 14 or higher to be able to decode it first try, but the threshold gets easier as you go.)

As the team continued their treck through the tech ridden forest, there was definitely even more change as there was more and more appearance of dark goop with eyes in places that watched them but did not attack them. It was like they were being watched from every corner by some unseen presence. "The corruption is spreading through this cave as well.... And it looks like it has formed a literal wall..." Reimu noted upon walking towards a giant wall of dark corruption that blocked an area of the cave from outsiders. "Alright, I think I can purify this, but it'll take some time with this much of it. Our goal is right past here too. This will take my full concentration, so make sure nothing interupts me, okay?" the girl explained before closing her eyes and holding her hands together.

"Goddess of the Hakurei Shrine, if you can hear me in this foresaken planet, hear my call...." Reimu started.... fairly sure that was not the actual chant but if she thinks it'll work.

(Everyone, while Reimu works, you can scout out the area with a perception roll. Alternitively, if Ghor has not successfully decoded the log, he can use this time to try once more on the same turn.)

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Ghor nodded along with the conversation as he put his hacking skills to the test. While the data was encoded in a foreign language, that wasn’t a new prospect for him to deal with. There were only so many ways that code could operate, so his systems just needed to replicate the information it was given and try to run it in a simulated software, one that operated like it did in its native programming. From there he could translate it, albeit roughly considering that the technology was vastly different and possibly more error prone than the futuristic systems he was used to.

“I imagine it’s nothing personal” Ghor replied to Maribel, momentarily taking his optics off the screen. “If it has anything to do with the breach, then the puppet master intends to keep us from fixing it. Judging by their messenger though, they don’t seem like the polite type. So, you’re right about that” he added as his gaze wandered on the ancient machine for a bit longer. His light-based device beeped as it completed its task, though to no avail to their progress. As it would seem, the corruption was completely magic based, so it left no useful evidence to follow up on. There was a Data Log though. Perhaps it held some important information. It was encrypted, which leant some evidence to his theory. Unless the encrypted file was left to mess with him and it had nothing important contained in it.

As his data pad began to unencrypt the file, the party became mobile. “Of course. If I was capable of sleeping, I would say that I could code in my sleep” Ghor affirmed as he followed the group, though not incredibly mindful of where he was stepping. While he was fighting to convert the file into a usable format, the team inched further into the forest. Ghor didn’t take much notice of the surroundings due to his focus, but it seemed like much of the same based on what his optics picked up on through brief glances. Before he could deem it as more of the ordinary, he nearly walked directly into the wall of corruption. He took a moment to be in awe of the construct, so much so that his small side mouth pieces dangled.

With another beep from his device, Ghor tapped on his tiny screen. “Ah! Got it!” he announced as he began to play with his screen settings so that he could observe the data log.

[Ghor’s Hacking Skillz: mcYtLMRCp_1d20+4 / Right on the money] <14>1d20+4

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"Hacking?" Maribel was confused by this code talk to say the least and it was greatly annoying her. She continued to follow Reimu further into the cave while leaving Ghor to try and get the logs from the Guardian. "Well we don't know what were dealing with Shrine Maiden for all we know it was probably programmed to target some royal family or some sort." They soon reached a wall, which due to the corruption, prevented them from going any further, fortunately with Reimu's purifying ability, she can fix the problem.

"Corruption, don't you mean starvia?" She raised her brow, correcting Reimu before sighing, loud, so loud in fact that it echoed in the hole. "Not one of these escort missions. Never the less, i'll make sure no paranoid wizard will try to target you and you only Shrine Maiden." Maribel turned and began to look around. She sarcastically clapped when Ghor managed to get the logs. "Good job, you deserve a badly made trophy, now help us protect the Shrine Maiden." She then pouted. "Also, I don't think you can do this hacking while your asleep, that sounds impossible." She began to look around again.

"Then again, if I lived here, I wouldn't want anyone walking around here either, not that I sympathise with whoever lives here." Maribel informed Ghor and Reimu.

ToAj7jJzp_1d20+5(Maribel's perception)

"I think I see something, that way!" Marubel dramatically pointed forward for Ghor to see, as Reimu would be busy purifying the wall.1d20+5