((As of today, I'm implementing the Checkpoint system.
Every so often, there will be a Checkpoint. Any Machinauts that don't post after a Checkpoint are removed from battle until they do post. However, they will still gain Crowns and Heat, though the distribution of Heat may be deferred until their next move.
All you really need to do is post in the thread, even just saying "Checkpoint" or something along that line. And if you post during a battle, you can immediately enter the current fight as normal.
The next fight will most likely begin on Thursday, so I'll see you then!))
(OOC: While that's interesting, I have ulterior plans. Very interesting ones. For now, I'll say this: Under her left shoulder's armor is an insignia nobody can identify. I'll doodle it soon. Needless to say, what might happen next might just surprise you. Still, your art's pretty great. I should doodle Ignem more...haven't done so since March.)
{Bomb disarmed. Timer cancelled. Administering self-repair. Leave the area and head for extraction.}"Well, the Mega Mine is gone." I said, holstering my weapons. "The bad news is that security is compromised on that magnetic floor. Maybe we'll find another way into the city."
INTERMISSION
Ignem: "That insignia really perplexes me. I mean, it looks like a stylized hydra, but why is it there?"
Me: "You'll see."
Ignem: "What do you mean?"
Me: "If I told it now in an intermission, that would be spoilers."
Ignem: *sigh* "Always have to be secretive, don't you?"
Me: "Speaking of which, have you ever known that some unused save data parameters affects certain glitch creatures in a certain 1998 video game?
Ignem: "No. Today I learned. But why won't you tell me anything?"
Me: "Spoilers. And art. Can't forget the art."
Ignem: "What does that have to do with anything?"
Me: "I don't know. This must be the work of an enemy 「stand 」."