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Minor addition for post #417, add plasma and sound to: I blasted them with a variety of elements in tandem with my metal attacks, with fire, lasers, electricity, and wind.

 

I'd imagine that if Mithril was in the top room with the Earth Seraphim, she would attempt to wake them up by bashing them in their faces, or whatever they have as face equivalents, with ringing alarm clocks while shouting "WAKEY-WAKEY SLEEPYHEADS! :U". Hah, perhaps I'll do that if/when main timeline Hero Squad finds this hidden Earth bastion on the main timeline elemental spirit planet.

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i-[[Candle]]-i

 

"An experiment... perhaps these Earth Seraphim are attempting to gain a second element?" Magnus the Red pondered.

 

"Hmm... a second element sounds like it would be useful," Xenon noted.

 

"These Earth Seraphim seemed like they were down here for a long time though. Would it really "move the needle" for us if say, Xenon, got her second element?" Vika asked doubtfully.

 

"Very much so," insisted Bloodriver.

 

"I'm doubtful as to how practical this would be to us though, simply due to the implied high time costs," said Vika skeptically, adding: "Would this really benefit us if the cost of this was that we had to have Xenon go inactive for a long period of time?

 

"This does seem fascinating, however," Magnus the Red mused.

 

From what I could tell of the conversation so far, Magnus the Red is in favor of fighting their way in right now, while Vika is in favor of passing on this and exploring the rest of the bastion.

 

"It would be useful to have a multi-elemental seraphim on our side... " Mars noted.

 

"Yes, but I question how much hell we'd catch in trying to grab one... and whether they'd be willing to join us in the first place," Phi replied.

 

"Yeah I'm not sure if we can force one to join up... though if we could get a close enough look to figure out the secret, and maybe how to replicate it..." said Sigma.

 

"Is that really feasible though?" asked Mars, adding: "The time scale might be an issue, we can't exactly wait several thousand years for this."

 

"True... " admitted Sigma.

 

Bloodriver pondered for a bit before asking: "Phi, how feasible is it for you to explore the rest of the bastion before we make a decision on whether or not to break into this room?"

 

"I can go further, I just thought it prudent to catch up with you all here. The guards posted aren't quite as dense after this point," Phi noted.

 

"We could go deeper and maybe check back on this on our way out... you know, after we inevitably set off the alarms," Sigma suggested.

 

"If the density of guards beyond this point is lower, it is likely that there isn't anything as potentially "needle-moving" as the heavily guarded room we see now. This room is likely our best lead at the moment, even if it's probable that we may need a time-accelerating artifact or something else to utilize this. Believe me, I do, in fact, wish to search every nook and cranny of this bastion with my psychometry, but we currently don't have enough power for such a luxury," Magnus mused.

 

"I'm still wondering if they have a weapons-cache or something else elsewhere in the bastion. Would there also be a power supply for these guards or something somewhere?" Vika pondered.

 

"It's possible... do I have enough time to scout ahead?" Phi asked.

 

"Currently I don't detect any sign that we've been discovered," Vika noted.

 

With the knowledge that we're probably undetected for the moment, Phi stealthily ventured further into the bastion. It was at this point that Magnus the Red brought out a tarot deck for aid in precognition. I won't get into much detail with that since Magnus the Red would be better at explaining the individual cards and their meanings, but depending on what tarot card he draws and whether its upright or reversed, the tarot precognition gives a vague hint as to what comes ahead.

 

Magnus the Red drew the Wheel of Fortune upright for the room with the Earth Seraphim, also showing Phi the Tarot reading as the Purple Pikmin returned.

 

Phi told us what he saw, stating: "I found another large, heavily guarded area like this a fair bit below, but I was unable to ascertain what exactly they were guarding. I was only able to see part of some kind of complex engraving."

 

"So either way we're smashing and grabbing. We know what's up here, while we have no idea what's below," said Mars.

 

"Could be even more valuable down below... or it could be worthless to us," Sigma noted.

 

With the existence of a mysterious bottom room reveal, Magnus the Red did another Tarot reading, drawing the The Magician, upright for the aforementioned room with the complex engraving.

 

"Considering what we're up against in the future, how about we hit both rooms at once?" I suggested. After some short deliberation, we agreed on this course of action. Bloodriver and Xenon plan to hit the top room with the Earth Seraphim. Sigma and Mars will go with Bloodriver to the top room.

 

Magnus the Red will go to the bottom room, since the Major Arcana he drew showed The Magician, upright, and that suits him. Vika will go to the bottom room probably since she was kinda doubtful as to how much the top room with the Earth Seraphim would help Overlord verse Hero Squad. Phi picked the bottom room as well perhaps because he seemed a tad skeptical of the top room as well.

 

As for me, I picked the top room, since the Wheel of Fortune upright means good luck, and I like being lucky (that, and the fact that Bloodriver, Xenon, Sigma, and Mars might appreciate the defense I can provide, and Magnus, Vika, and Phi can handle themselves). My gut was also telling me that the top room was easier to handle combat/diplomacy/searching-wise, so there was that as well.

 

As the bottom team left, I could overhear Magnus inquiring about a virtual screenshot of the complex engraving of the bottom room to Phi. Our Hero Bands record videos, audio, and visuals, so that we can rewatch and review fights later, for example.

 

Right on time too, since shortly after we began moving into the rooms we got a message from the topside team, Helix, Stormwalker, and Dimetrodon, that we've got a <i>lot</i> of incoming. (Though it was Helix who sent the message; Dimetrodon was shouting "Dimetrodon fight!" and was, along with Stormwalker, most likely rushing towards the enemies that were headed our way. While I am somewhat concerned about the two battle maniacs moving out of position, it's fortunate that Helix can warp around to corral them if needed, and even could warp in to any room down here later on as backup if necessary.