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[0player]

We just have the two abilities with no other applicable uses in combat? You know, like overcharging our driver

Eh... as is evident from the tool's description (perhaps I should've reiterated this), it's not actually a weapon. It's a thaumaturgical instrument for adjusting magic lines. That might give a mild shock when applied against bare skin or thin layer of cloth and switched to max.
In short, you need to be at least slightly mentaly unstable to wield that in Weapon slot. Which we of course are, not contradiction here.

[Kassire]

Well... uh
Create an EXTREMELY unstable (unstable?) source and run out of there before he can get to you

[0player]

You ward yourself with your driver, weaving an Unstable Source between you and target. It drains 5 - 1 = 4 Spirit from you.
1d10 → 2. It's not very effective!
In the haste of sudden strife, you only manage to whip up a source that is almost stable. What are you, a Primary Mage?
Your Unstable Source restores 2 SP to you.
You try to back off as the extremely distraught target approaches you for a second strike.
(1d20 → 1 (+4 position - Irrelevant!) Natural Mistake!)
However, your manipulations catch him off-guard. Going for a swing, he crashes his hand into an Unstable Source!
1d4-1 → 1 physical
His strike is not enough to disrupt a source completely, but it is about to explode. Touching a source of chaos magic strikes the target!
1d2 → 1 damage is converted to chaos. 1 magical, 1 chaos damage.
The target pulls back, burned by your incantation. Now's your time!
Combat Table
HP: 2/4 SP: 6/10
Weapon: Thauma Driver (+1 magic on hit)
Available abilities: Minor Chain, Unstable Source
Map
You are surrounded by confused people, slowly backing off. Target curses in the filthiest Mieta you've ever heard.

Spoiler: Notes (click to show/hide)

The RNJesus spared you... for now. Next time, try to prepare magic beforehand.

[Kassire]

Run out of there for the source to blow him kingdom come!

[GiglameshDespair]

Ruuun

[0player]

You try to abscond through all the people that had noticed your brawl and surrounded you.
(Absconding 1d20 → 5! Failure!)
Unfortunately, they will not let you go. You try to mumble something about explosion, but it's too late.
Unstable Source replenishes 2 SP to you.
Unstable Source increases in instability.
Unstable Source explodes!
1d2 → 2 damage is converted to chaos. Critical success! Chaos-Touched activates!
Unstable Source hits the target for 2 chaos damage. The target doesn't look good.
Unstable Source hits you for 2 chaos damage. You are reduced to 0 HP. You faint.
(Perception 1d20 → 3! Failure!)
Your vision goes black immediately.
(1d3 → 3)
Your name is Halpalo Chlaena, and you were trained for war your whole life.
Some parts of humanity, as it turns out, are very conservative when it comes to strange humanoids (with different skin color none less) emerging from nowhere and proposing an alliance.
You were secretly raised and secretly trained to kill and withstand. You were the first generation of Avantgarde to have access to the technology of the potential enemy called Blood Rites.
Yet, the peace agreement was signed an year and a half after you started your training. The secret city was leveled with the desert it stood in, and you were left with a lifelong pension and no greater purpose. At least they gave you that, you are thinking.
You figured you might as well visit some places you are going to conquer. After visitng the wonders of Siti and witnessing the remnants of Ruin that once ravaged the Mieta civilization, you went to Elins, the big strange planet with no day and no night, and immediately picked up several trips to mortal hazards of the past. Because you're edgy like that.
Upon visiting The Wall, your group was assaulted with a stranger in scholar robes, flailing his arms and casting magic so incoherently he knocked himself out. He now rests on the ground, surrounded by scowling people. It might not be too late to treat him.
The target of his assault looks like he's about to faint, to. Damn that shaved skull looks good.
You have received basic medical education in your training and are able to restore 1d3 HP to a wounded person of any humanoid kind.
What will you do?

[Kassire]

Hold him down, heal him, and then interrogate the bastard

[GiglameshDespair]

Heal the standing man.

[Kassire]

Heal the standing man.

That does make quite a bit more sense than my suggestion
Let's go with this I suppose

[0player]

You decide to help the one being assaulted, because common courtesy tells you to. After telling him to sit down, you do a couple of gestures touch him with your sword, then watch his bruises and wounds get better. "Ow", he says.
Who needs bandages when you make the blood clot at a whim.
"Are you alright with blood rites?" you ask, "you being a Mieta and all that?"
"Yeah," he responds. "I'm from Haven, revolution never caught up to us before it was over." He notices your incomprehension. "Haven is a southern part of the land, where Ruin didn't reach. So magic was never banned, and Blood Brotherhood didn't take interest in our villages."
He pauses. "Nice sword you have there, by the way." Fear and disgust show up on his face as he puts two and two together.
You sigh. "Don't look at me like that, I didn't pry it from dead hands of Resistance soldiers or something. That I know blood rites doesn't mean I fought for Brotherhood. I never fought in your war at all; it was won before my training ended."
"Oh, that's alright then." He seems relieved. "Name's Cogi. Yours?"
"Halpalo, but people usually stick with Alpa."
Cogi seems uncertain. After a pause, he says "You should probably help the misguided fella over there before something bad happens to him. Us Mieta are not of the strongest constitution, you know?"
You smile at him a bit bitterly. "More accurately than you imagine, yes."
Cogi has healed 2 HP! He's not quite alright, but back into shape.
Information recovered: Haven.
Connection established: Cogi.
What will you say?

[Pencil_Art]

I am sad. My character wasn't meant to assault random people.

[0player]

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Pencil_Art, I'm genuinely sorry. I actually wasn't expecting a heartfelt vote for assault and battery, which was kinda, eh, silly considering our class, our HP and our everything, but... what can I do? Hopefully something will ensue out of that.
Don't worry, he's still alive~

[Pencil_Art]

Don't worry about it. I wasn't actually too sad, I was just quite surprised my character was used in such a way .

[Kassire]

To be fair, outright saying that there's going to be some sort of trouble would make everyone inclined to make trouble possibly sooner than we should've. But hey, we made an explosion and progressed in lore and strategy, so all isn't lost.

[0player]

Hehe, yes, strategy. *cackles evily*