Let's go down the list! First off, Leshy. This dude is quiet, the "speaks mostly when spoken to" type, unless you ask him about his stories/sit down to play a game with him. This normally quiet dude can ramble for hours about things he's done, people he's met, or just ideas he has for characters and stories! Overall, rambly dude.

Leshy also does all the work on his maps himself! Hand made... You know it's made with care and love.

Leshy also cares for animals a lot. The rat that gives you the pack rat cards is just one of his many pets! He definitely would run an animal shelter, but would have no problem feeding huge hawks mice or other small creatures from his hands. Everything has to eat, sacrifices must be made.

Alright, Grimora! She is very much a grandmotherly type, and always has tea or snacks for anyone who might need to come to her for support. Though a bit ominous, she's caring and overall going to take you seriously and care about your problems.

Grimora would very much be the type to adopt old, dying dogs and be with them until they pass. It's a thing not a lot have the heart for, but as much as she cares, she understands death is a natural part of life and is more than happy to make death a happy and peaceful thing. It's a celebration of what you've done.

Despite all that, Grimora is a very sentimental person. She keeps all the trinkets and things given to her by others, cherishing them deeply. She has the same struggle as many with death - if she is too attached, it is hard to let go. Even if she's better at handling it than most, Grimora would grieve heavily for those she loves passing on, and keep anything they gave her close for a while.

Magnificus! Magnificus isn't cruel, however, the game has set him up to be an antagonist. There has been many times where he has attempted to save his students, but after a lot of time, he's been worn down. He cares about how they fare, but in the end, it doesn't matter - the game always resets. Nothing he can do about it.

Unlike the other scrybes, Magnificus has never once possesed data and used it to gain power for himself - though he has used it to attempt to save his students multiple times. This has left him weak, and he doesn't have nearly the strength of the others. It's hard to inscrybe cards when you are weak and exhausted, so a lot of his cards are older.

Magnificus, similar to Grimora, is very sentimental. For a long time, even if he couldn't free his students, he made sure to show off any gifts they had given him. As he's grown more exhausted and angry with the situation he's in, those gifts have been stashed away. He still appreciates them, but he's damaged a few in his madness, and would likely continue to do so. So they're buried, along with any memories of a past that was bright.

Alright, made you all wait long enough, P-03! First, some uberbot thoughts - G0lly is definitely the oldest out of this group, followed by the archivist, then P-03 itself, and finally the canvas (or unifinished, whatever ya wanna use). Out of all the uberbots, P-03 minds the company of the archivist the least, and G0lly the most. The other scrybes were frankly surprised to see her at all when Luke fought P-03.

P-03 has a bit of an issue with perfection, as it holds itself to an impossibly high standard. Cards need to be perfect, keep up an unfeeling persona, ect. This often leads to it overworking itself to a detriment, where it crashes and is usually powered off for a couple hours.

P-03 is the one counting misplays in Kaycee's mod - it needs something to do. Therefore, it can and will judge how you play Leshy's game.

Magnificus Mages speed round

- Pike is the most loyal out of the three, and likely would stick by Mag's side even if freed.

- Goobert keeps getting contained in jars and pipes by accident - he somehow always gets restored during a scrybe takeover, and Magnificus is pretty sure the dimension he's trapped in just overlaps with wherever the takeovers happen.

- Lone kept a small supply of other types of cards in his room - he really wanted to explore the world.

- Pike was skilled with many weapons! She liked to practice in her free time - it hurts her so much that she cannot pick up her weapons.

- Goobert generally was a very anxious student who always needed to know if he was doing things right. Magnificus did not like explaining things or giving validation, so he often looked to his other students for validation. This helped the three become very close.

- Lone loves the arts - singing, dancing, drawing, ect. However, he feels like he can't create properly in the void and it's killing him.

- Pike is surrounded by hot coals, so sometimes the stick she's on catches on fire. It usually goes out quickly, but it's a terrifying thought that one day it could burn up.

- Goobert is in a lot of pain as he keeps getting shoved into very small spaces - also phantom pain as he feels like he should definitely have limbs

- Lone is a very clingy person, which is only made 10x worse by being locked up for so long - he can and will grab onto others and not let go.

The four quickly headed out of the factory, Leshy looking as if the tech would jump out and bite him, which was quite amusing for P03. Grimora and Leshy stayed in front, chatting about cards as they walked, though Grimora world occasionally glance back at the two.

Luke walked at about the same pace P03 hovered, keeping his eyes on the ground, at least until the robot spoke. 

"And why are you tagging along?" P03 asked with a smug face, it's tone implying Luke probably wasn't 'worthy' to walk with the scrybes, or something like that.

Luke shrugged. "I was invited to come along, and what else was I going to do? Sit in Leshy's cabin alone?" 

P03 snickered. "Invited? What, by the insane duo at the front?"

Luke gave a nod. "yeeep. Got a problem with it?" He asked, trying to stop himself from letting a smile creep into his expression. 

P03's display flicked, it's face now annoying, but it didn't respond.

Luke studied the robot for a second. For the entire time he played this game, P03 was incredibly self-centered. Why would it play along with Grimora? There had to be an ulterior motive, but what would P03 have to gain by coming? The whole situation boggled Luke's mind, for the short time he got to think about it.

It didn't take long for the group to reach the outer edges of Magnificus' domain, the air around them seeming to glow with a magical hint. The rocks on the ground shined and shimmered, though nothing was as bright as the factory reflected in the sunlight. The dirt under their feet was coarse, rocks and other things seeming to be uniformly mixed in. 

The tower itself wasn't far away, though they had to cross a couple more bridges, much to Luke's dismay, though they soon approached the entrance to the tower itself. It loomed over the party, with what Luke would guess to be about 4 or 5 stories, all in worn brick. Moss and vines had taken over a large majority of the tower, which only enhanced the feeling of age. There were few windows, to be fair Magnificus didn't seem to be the type of person to longingly gaze out a window. 

As Luke was looking the building up and down, a strange sort of crackling and whizzing noise came from beyond the main door. He pulled his gaze from the tower, staring at the door for only a moment before, 

"HEY, LOOK OUT!"

A large stream of magic poured out of the door, Luke not even having a second to process it before something grabbed the back of his shirt, pulling him off his feet and away from the stream. 

Luke felt his heart beating out of his chest, taking a moment to calm down before realizing his feet weren't on the ground. Glancing over, a very startled looking P03 held him up. Holy shit, P03 had just saved him, what the fuck.

Before Luke had time to process what just happened, P03's expression turned to anger, and it dropped Luke to the ground. P03 might as well have marched in the tower, yelling a loud, "You almost killed me, what the fuck was-" before cutting itself off

Luke got quickly to his feet, running inside to see what the hell had just happened. 

P03 stood in front of Magnificus, who seemed quite pleased with the anger of his fellow scrybe. Beside Magnificus were his three students, the lonely wizard bouncing a bit in place. 

"Good shot," Magnificus commented. "Try to hit them next time, though."

"Okay!! Thank you master Magnificus!" The small wizard commented, seeming quite excited with the praise. 

There was silence in the room as the other two scrybes made their way inside, clear surprise on their faces. 

"Is there something I can help you with?" Magnificus asked, examining the group that now stood on the bottom floor of his tower. 

P03 looked annoyed. "Are we just getting no explanation for this??" It practically shouted, gesturing around the room.

"Is there one needed?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at P03. 

"For once I do agree with it." Luke commented, looking around with confusion. "there's a lot here that doesn't quite add up." 

Last Luke had seen, Magnificus' students were locked up in essentially torture chambers, unable to escape and in a lot of pain. And from everyone else's reactions, that was the last they had hurt of it either. 

Magnificus sighed, seeming to realize that he had to explain. "I suppose Luke opened my eyes. He knew how to play his cards and used my wizards against your creations." He gave a slight glare to P03.

"And Lone was going to leave if you didn't." The pike wizard commentated. 

Magnificus seemed to be annoyed at that being revealed. Luke secretly felt a bit liberated - Lone deserved freedom, and here he was. Well, and the fact that.. hey wait. 

"Did you just say that I helped you see their worth? Wait, you were watching in act 3??" 

The words escaped Luke's mouth as soon as he thought them, He was glad, of course, but surprised to hear that he helped free the magicians. 

The four scrybes in the room stared at Luke. Leshy and Magnificus just looked confused, while P03 seemed shocked and Grimora appeared.. not just surprised, but also a bit happy?

P03 turned to Grimora, seeming exasperated. 

"Grimora! You *inscrybed* Luke?? What the fuck?!"

"I didn't mean to!" She countered. "I didn't think he was dead! I was just going to make a momento of everything!"

"Well, kind of hard to miss the recovery process, I don't think he had the ability to do that on his own, do you??" It countered. 

Grimora growled. "I still couldn't have known he was dead!"

"You knew fine well there was a possibility! You did it on purpose. Admit it Grimora."

Luke took a moment to step in. "I'm sorry, can we please go back to the part where someone said I was dead?"

Luke could barely keep his footing, his heart beating loudly in his ringing ears. He held a hand to his head, trying to process anything that had just been said. 

"Oh, and you didn't even tell him he was dead, just lovely! Grimora, I can't believe-"

Luke couldn't hear any more of what was being said. His vision was blurring at its edges, and he felt his entire body collapsing under him. The last thing he could remember was Lone cry out in alarm as his knees buckled