Haley, Alex, Bjorn
The two zoroark attack, the first one aligning itself before slashing it's way through two different bots- Almost knocking out the hoppip bot outright, and badly injuring the voltorb bot... As it's brother decides to help out, dashing through both of them as well to end up giving his brother a high-five, knocking out two bots!
Tex meanwhile struggles to wake, writhing rather terribly in his sleep.
"...What exactly did you do..?"
"Oh, no big deal... The dark void just drags you into your worst nightmare, is all."
"And once you're in there, I'll just do this..!" Numa yells, hopping next to Tex, soon eating the nightmare- Tex going limp as he's knocked unconscious, and regaining a lot of vitality in the process!
grunt shoots an icicle at a nearby bot, but misses.
The remaining bots keep position, mostly, just a couple maneuvering- Shots are fired at Grunt, Haley, and twice at Numa- The shot against Haley missing, as Grunt takes 25(17) damage. Numa takes both hits, seeming to remove most of the health she just replenished.
Bjorn kicks his rhyhorn back awake as it jumps with a start, as Luna decides she doesn't exactly have qualms with hurting something that's technically not alive - Moving over to hit one of the bots with a dazzling gleam.
The two remaining voltorb bots are next to act, one smashing in Numa, while the other goes after Haley... The hit against Numa seems to be enough to bring her down to critical health, while Haley takes 43(36) damage!
"Stupid... Robots not being able to sleep..."
Luckily, Bellatrix is there to help- Quickly rushing over to Haley and, should she accept it, handing her a softboiled egg to gulp down quickly- Restoring her back to full, if injured HP.
Haley releases Willow, while turning to the voltorb bot next to her- Managing to make it vulnerable for one round as she kicks an important looking balancing part.
The jumpluff bot meanwhile, moves up, and takes aim at Numa, another shot knocking her out..!
... Or not- Something one party member has seen happen before, and can now even see from a new perspective, as the intensity of the girl's aura seemed to "crack"... And then
explode, pushing back the nearby robots- And Numa appears... Completely fine, if a bit winded.
"Zo... Zoro!"
"This keeps getting more... Interesting. Cat got your tongue?"
Alex meanwhile releases his duskull near Hopper as backup...
Hopper meanwhile takes aim at Willow, sending out an ice beam for 44(60) damage..! Which, however, isn't enough to knock it out as it it catches Hopper, the jumpluff bot, and a hoppip bot in one big rock blast- Also hitting the already unconscious Tex, although at that point it's just considered "tolerated collateral damage"...
Dusk hits hopper with an ice punch, dealing some more damage. He's looking rather resistant, though...
"You think you are so clever bringing your employer here?
Or is it more illegal robots?"
"I'd be very impressed if our employer could appear at such short notice. And I assure you the robots aren't illegal... But to answer your question- Like I said, my master is a man of a rather singular disposition..."
The crashing sounds continue- Like the sounds of tearing metal...
"When all you have is a hammer, every problem you come across is a nail... So when it turns out the current hammer you've got is simply not suited to the job..."
The crashing sound seems to come to an end, followed by a vague whooshing sound... And a loud crash as something impacts heavily with the ground nearby- Heads soon turning to face an absolutely
massive robot- Three heads soon beginning to poke out of it's shell as it recovers from impact, beginning it's scan for targets...
"You build a bigger robot."
BOSS BATTLE:
A BIGGER ROBOT.
Gwen(30/25) KO
Right head(25)
Middle head(20)
zoroark 1(20) lightly injured
zoroark 2(20) lightly injured
Tex(18/10) KO
Grunt(18/14) 60/77
Jackie(15)
Numa(15)
5 Hoppip-bots(15) #1 KO #2 injured, #3 injured
Bjorn(14) 34/52
Tank(14/10) 48/83
Luna(12) lightly injured
3 voltorb bots(11) #1 KO #2 levitating (5 turns remaining), vulnerable
Bellatrix(chansey)(11)
Haley(10) 82/82
Jumpluff-bot(6) lightly injured
Alex(6) 51/75
Hopper-bot(5/7) lightly injured, paralyzed
Left head(5)
Willow(4) 7/60
Dusk(3)
High-powered fan pad(S)
Volt-proofed tail(S)
Heatproofed wings(S)
Heavy-Duty plated armor(S)
Koa
Koa decides to backtrack to the room he found earlier, eventually managing to find his way back with little issue as he walks up to the animatronic... It stares rather coldly at him- To be expected given that it was, well, a robot. It guards the door progressing further into the maze, and, as if it can tell Koa is thinking about how he'd go about opening the door, soon lifts a finger to indicate a sign next to it:
"TO PROCEED, BREW THE DRINK OF THE DEAD."
Looking at the alchemy table nearby, he finds a heavy set book containing instructions for this apparent brew... The basics might seem simple, but more detailed inscriptions seem to be in a language he probably won't understand... But the base idea is there- He'll need to use the book to find which ingredients he'll need to put in which container for the brewing process- He'll also need to light a fire to actually initiate it all. It's easier said than done, of course...
(Occult edu to decrypt instructions, Medicine edu to identify ingredients, and finally Survival to light the fire, please.)
Izzy
Izzy hesitates, figuring it might very well be a trick... But not like she has much choice.
"Cheating? How?"
"Girl, don't even try me. I've been around the block plenty of times- Waaaay back me and Jack visited Unova, met this girl there... Skyla? You know that girl can fly? Some other cool stuff, too... Sorry girl- But it's a bit of a giveaway when there usually no draft in here."
"It's quite rude to be touching up a girl, by the way..."
"Now... The only question is, what do I with a cheater that ruins all the fun..?" the girl says- Taking a couple slow steps towards Izzy...
Irene
Irene ignores the potential TM, turning to the watchers on the ceiling... But her pleas seem to fall on deaf ears- Although to be fair, it's hard to tell, as she doesn't even manage to see the spiders in question half the time, and hence can't say if the spiders are just ignoring her or seem willing... Or if they're already trying to help, but she just can't tell in which direction she has to follow them.
So, back to random wandering it is, albeit with the occasional chittering of arthropod legs above... As soon it appears she's managed to find the "heart" of the spider infestation- A larger room absolutely covered in webs- Many striding along the floor, but it's mostly the ceilings and walls that'd worry her: For with the former, she can't even tell how high the room is, a web of... Well, webs, covering it completely, the occasional movements of spider seen clearly going across the threads... Many of the walls were covered, too, only a couple still revealing what seemed to be these runic symbols in this room... There are a lot of references to this "big spider", here...
Looking through the room, it seems that there's a clear, unblocked passage to the left... And a slightly larger one to the right, although it looks far less appeasing to use, being completely blocked by webs. It looks like there might be something behind it, though...
Phoenix
"So, where am I going Midas?"
"Your best bet would likely consist out of trying to sneak into the door towards your left, then head towards the stairwells... Nobody will use them in a place like this. You'll need to head to the 14th floor. Her room will likely be guarded, so unless you wish to try to talk your way in and hoping they'll let you see her so she'll allow it, your best bet will be to try and access her room from a nearby balcony. You could perhaps go to the 15th floor instead, and try to go down..?"