DragonHeir

Vall drops to the ground and looks at Aki @J. Magi. "Do we want to take these out, or should we let 'em go? I did find some other food..." @The Stormfather, here's my new character (unlike Vall, Nick actually needs some discovery writing) :

Pretend I said I'm not supposed to tell you what's going on, but making you a Sand Master might be helpful here... Continuing from that response (it'll say that to Astra too, I guess. @Lotus Blossom) :This sand here might be invested. The last person who was able to use it sold the ability to the Casino, but I'm able to make you control it... The power also would let you activate aether spores at range, and force people to activate their MoIs, if you touch them. You can also do some fuel conversions with it; would let you get ahold of stormlight from food or normal light. It's the hardest power for me to grant, though; requires being stabbed in the heart, and a specific part at that. Also @LightRinger, for context if you can fill in.

i (I was gonna say that in Spanish, but I was ninjaed) edit: twice!

These look pretty cool! Are you making a pair of each, or are you planning to wear the two together? Maybe I’ll try something like this if I have some free time…

My 8th grade Spanish teacher, who has done everything (not really, but kinda. He fought a bull one time, he was gonna be a pilot before he got his glasses. It’s crazy.)

@The Stormfather Still in Astra’s hands, the spike speaks in your mind again. It looks like you used to be a sand master. I think I can give you that back…

Everything

Yay! The thread’s still alive! Vall drops behind the ape and levels off at its back, trying to get somewhere it can’t reach. He then regrows his claws and holds on to the ape, digging them in. If he can stay there without being hit, he charges up his breath weapon again, then breathes a space warp through the ape’s head.

Nikola Tesla (I think I spelled that right)

Me being given some bagpipes (I don’t know how to use them, but I might as well try, right?)

Indecision

Bad manners (beats thanks)

Reality

Rabbits.

Economy collapse. (Which is the logical result of infinite money.)

Astra stared into the distance blankly for a moment. In a low voice, her monotone semi-conscious couldn't help but ask: Where would I stab myself? She couldn't tell if it was a question to Mark or the spike, but any answer was better than what she had. Hearing this coherent thought, the spike answers: It depends upon what power you want. You see, I’m a lot more invested than a normal spike. So I can grant a bunch of powers, but only one at a time. Most of them are Connection shenanigans, and I can fuel them by pulling in heat and light from around your body. It’s not dangerous, but it will look noticeable. Hearing this, the spike continues talking to you @Lotus Blossom. Maybe he’s smarter than I thought… he was listening at least. And he knows that this will be worth it, even if he’s for some reason not willing to take it for himself.

Intelligent business decisions and paid outsourcing.

@Lotus Blossom The spike speaks in your head, now: The first part is true. The second might be, but I don’t have anything to do with it. Do you want to win? Cause this guy doesn’t. It doesn’t even hurt that much. You feel slightly upset about this. Why doesn’t Mark want to stab himself with sapient metal? It’d help him win…

You feel slightly insulted. I control my powers, so I guess I could make people teleport back towards you if they try to run away, or something. You’d have to hit the right bind point, though.

Base 12

The Game Makers didn’t give me a name. They’re mean. I’m not mean, though. I’m here to help you! Don’t worry, I just Connected myself to you. You could walk away if you wanted, and then I couldn’t talk to you, but then I’d be sad. I’d move, and help someone else instead. The metal is a little cold to the touch, and as the voice in your mind speaks, it gets a little colder and the weird reflections and refractions become darker in color. It rolls backwards a bit when you poke it, but seemingly not supernaturally. (It’s just a round thing on a flat surface. You poke it, it moves.) The voice pipes up again. I’m a little like a Shardblade, a little like a Connection Fabriel, and a little like a Hemalurgic spike. I can give you a bunch of powers, but you’ll have to pick one. Like, if you just wanted to talk to people, like I’m doing with you, I could shrink down a little and go in your earlobe, and if you wanted to change that, you could take me out no problem. But if you wanted to teleport, like I can, you’d need to put me somewhere that was more important, and then you might die if you took me out. I get my power from the environment, mostly. That’s why I’m taking in light weirdly. But you can use other Investiture, if you need to do something big a couple times. So yeah, tell me what you want, and if I can give it, I’ll tell you which bind point to use. I can even make it hurt less! And don’t worry, after we win, they can take me out if you don’t want me.

Who wants a thing? I was gonna choose randomly, but I don’t know who’s still alive, so whoever’s paying attention and responds gets it. To whomever responds first:

Hey! *pings back by quoting* I explained the Game to a couple people last week.

I've finally stopped procrastinating, so I shall at least help solve this problem. By the way, can anyone tell me who's still alive?