Krysta

Krysta still clung to Vigilon, but she stopped saying the name of the monstrous creature's kind, and her legs stopped trembling. His embrace and his words gave her feelings of security and comfort. Thus, rather than terrified clinging, this began to look like a tight embrace. "Th-th-thank you.... Th-thank you, Alex...." Krysta was happy to know that he cared deeply for her, despite this somewhat embarrassing revelation of her phobia of spiders she'd gone and openly revealed with her frantic actions. She continued to hold tightly for about a minute or more, then her grip lessened. Yolviinsil watched this from a short distance, letting Krysta have her little moment of reassurance. Krysta now felt much better, and wasn't worried about a spider anymore. Besides, it was too far to try and track her down. She gave him a light, short kiss on the cheek. Then she would listen to what Vigilon had to say.

@Vigilon

Krysta had actually done it. She had defeated XOXXie. Well, in a way, because she surrendered. XOXXie then began to speak. She was about to mention something, which sounded like XOXXie hadn't learned her lesson, since it sounded like she was about to say "to the death". XOXXie had noticed something, and when Krysta looked, she wished she hadn't... "Ahh....S-sss...Sp-....Spi-.....SPIDEEEEEERRR!!!!!!!!" She wasn't gonna stick around for one more second. A spider. It just HAD to be a spider. She screamed as she ran at top speed, as fast as her legs could carry her, throughout the maze in an attempt to get as far away as she could from the spider. Eventually, she would spot Vigilon walking. He couldn't possibly see the next thing coming for him. Almost instinctively believing he could protect her, she ran into him at the full force of her speed, and clung to him, her legs trembling. Literally. "S-s-s-s-spider.... S-s-s-s-spider...."

@Vigilon

XOXXie somehow found a way to turn the tide in her own favor with her words. After Krysta avoided her attack, she would consider taking this chance to strike. She would have to time it carefully so that she wouldn't miss, because if she did, she might actually end up losing. Avoiding that would be a good choice. As a result, she would need to evade her opponent's attacks as much as possible, as well as land as many as she could on her opponent. She would eventually win this, and she wouldn't let anything happen to her objective. She hoped Vigilon was alright, and that she could be able to handle envious XOXXie here. She managed to attack with the Sword Art known as Quadruple Pain, putting herself in the lead, probably for good. At this rate, victory was guaranteed. "You were saying?" With the damage she had managed to deal, there couldn't possibly be any way to lose now.

@Vigilon

ID# 100699 BD: 7(Hit)

Quadruple Pain: 7x4-18=10

Did Vigilon really need to send a message to check in now? She appreciated he cared to see if she was alright, but how could she respond in a situation like this? She would have to respond when she didn't have combat to worry about. XOXXie attacked while Krysta was busy trying to figure out what to do about the message. However, the damage was mitigated, so XOXXie had clearly ran out of energy. Even so, her opponent still aimed for victory. Krysta had enough energy for one Sword Art, so she would have to be precise in her aim and timing if she was to take and keep the lead in this duel. ...So she ended up missing. Big deal, she still had enough energy for one more Sword Art, since a miss doesn't consume much energy. She began to feel slight exhaustion. Clearly this fight would be likely to end by the timer, and not by someone's strike. "So be it. We won't bend to each other's demands, so I'll just have to hold you off!"

@Vigilon

ID# 100671 BD: 3(Miss)

XOXXie had taken the opportunity to strike while Krysta was busy trying to get her sword out of the wall. When XOXXie's smile had faded, Krysta guessed that it was something that could be seen on her interface, like the time, or her energy meter. Either way, This left an opening for Krysta to make an attempt to retaliate. She attacked using the Sword Art known as Crucifixion, thus making a successful retaliation while XOXXie's guard was down. "So what if our energy is running low? We can still choose to continue or end this however way we see fit! So will you continue to make your attempts to strike me down, or will you surrender to your coming defeat?" Krysta was feeling confident about this now, and she still had enough energy for one more Sword Art. She would try to win this now. Even though she would be unlikely to deplete her HP to the yellow, she could at least come close, and win by progress once the timer ended.

@Vigilon

ID# 100665 BD: 7(Hit)

Crucifixion: 7x6-18=24

The players introduced themselves to one another, as well as to Krysta. It was time she introduced herself as well. "My name is Krysta, it's so nice to meet you all! I think we have enough here to set out and enter the forest. I've heard that the enemies we shall be facing are not only plantlike, aggressive and territorial, but have been spreading out and gathering in numbers. Thus, I happen to believe that we might be doing more than just one favor regarding these creatures, as we may end up thinning their numbers in the process. Even if we somehow get swarmed, I'm sure we can pull through with our numbers! Our foes are sure to be outmatched, too! So, are you all ready?" Five players, one goal, and a whole lot of nepents. That was the situation. Thankfully, the enemies would be no match for this team of five. Two of them had even done the quest before! Once all the players were ready, Krysta would say "Then onward to the forest!" as she pulled out her rapier and point it towards the sky before heading over to the safe zone's exit.

@Reinholt @Arabelle @Fetu Lagi @Spangie

Krysta listened to what Macaroon said. "It's good to know that we still think of our families back in the real world. I sure do hope my father is alright, he must be devastated right now, knowing his only daughter is trapped, with the possibility of never returning... He's already lost my mother and my cousin, I couldn't bear the thought of letting him down now..." Krysta shook off the thoughts, and changed the subject to what was being talked about beforehand. "So, a French cuisine, you say? I guess it might be fitting for the shop to be in the settlement of Taft, over on the eleventh floor. To be honest, I wouldn't mind setting up shop in that city as well." She returned to looking for materials, and she let Macaroon's words encourage her as she searched. There didn't seem to be anything around that a tailor could use. "Maybe we should move forward a bit. Others might have cleaned out this area already."

@Macaroon

ID# 100605 LD: 5+3=8(Failed)

XOXXie made a successful attack, and then spoke of possibly adding a little risk to this fight. Why ever did Krysta recklessly just tell XOXXie that this fight changed nothing while she was riled up like this, and was completely against her for ridiculous reasons. However, she did have a way to avoid the possible consequences that might occur if she was to somehow be defeated. "But such risk cannot be added without consent, and you do not have mine! Nothing shall change!" Krysta readied her rapier and rushed in to attack. Not only was her attack dodged, but her rapier got stuck between the wall's stone bricks. This couldn't possibly be good. Hopefully, she would be able to deal with the issue, and at least win by progress once the timer ended. How would XOXXie respond to Krysta's words? Will she realize that these kinds of situations cannot be changed without others' consent?

@Vigilon

ID# 100603 BD: 1(Critical Fail!)

(OOC: I hope nobody minds if I use a D20 I have at home to determine whether or not Krysta does anything, for she has a 50% chance of doing anything while in a situation where she is facing a spider or spiderlike creature and cannot escape/escape without failing on important matter, otherwise she just runs.)

A voice came from behind. "Why, hello there, misssssss...." Krysta's eyes widened, she turned around to see an arachnid horror, and she let out a sudden shriek at the top of her lungs. The creature that was before her was primarily like that of a spider in appearance. But the monster also had a scorpion tail,  the bottom of it's lower half attached to the abdomen. It first looked like it had two sets of pedipalps, but the ones closer to the legs were raised, revealing them to actually be arms of sorts, and they even had bone-thin, sharp claws on what seemed to be hands. The horrible creature's eyes burned an unholy, violent blood-red shade as they practically pierced into Krysta's with a terrifying gaze. The eight eyes also seemed larger than the typical size for even one like this. The spider's height was 5'8", and it appeared similar to the Huahini Birdeater Tarantula. The mouth area appeared to be in a way that could actually allow human speech, and it even had a snake tongue. What a nightmarish creature... Krysta completely clung to the wall, heavily breathing from the frightening sight. "My sssssissssssstersssss....you have already ssssslain two of them, haven't you? Well, allow me to put a sssssstop to your asssssssault." The monster stung Krysta using a well aimed attack with it's scorpion stinger, and Krysta didn't even budge an inch! "Hehehehe...you haven't even drawn out your weapon...thissss will be all too eassssy..."

(OOC: House's D20: 9[Takes no action])

[Inner Demon 3 Spawned]

[Krysta is frozen with fear!]

ID# 100415 MD: 9(Critical, +1 DMG)

Krysta: HP 296/300, EN 30/30, | 7 DMG | 18 MIT

                         Enemies:

Couldn't all of this happen another time? Would there ever be a chance for petty fights like these to be settled in other ways? Krysta would refuse to lose, so she would do what she could to at least discourage XOXXie from the fight. So far, XOXXie seemed interested only in victory as far as this quarrel was concerned. "Victory is optional. For both of us. Even if there is victory for one of us, it won't change a thing in regards to which one of us will retrieve the pendant first! This whole fight is meaningless!" She would still do her part in the fight. She rushed for her opponent in hopes of discouraging her opponent at the very least. She managed to deal some damage to XOXXie, but what began to trouble Krysta's thoughts was that she might not be able to deplete XOXXie's HP enough with what little energy she had.

@Vigilon

ID# 100397 BD: 6(Hit)

Crucifixion: 7x6-18=24

Krysta appeared in a darkened room, but whatever was around must have been a fairly dark-ish color, for she couldn't make out much of the colors within her vision. However, some bunches of white and light grey positioned in several spots of the room began to worry Krysta. She heard something that sounded like a claw scraping along the wall, and she turned her head towards that direction. Then she heard the same noise come from the opposite direction, and turned her head towards it. She heard footsteps that could come only from something she'd never hoped to see. "No...no, please no...." She turned towards the window, hoping that the scenery might get it off her mind, eliminate the thought of what was possibly around, that she thought was her mind playing tricks on her. She heard more of the footsteps, and they were coming behind her. "I-it's nothing, a self created illusion, there's nothing there, there's nothing there..."

The unusual figure was lighter in color again. The figure used to appear dark, but now it seemed gray. "You're making great progress, the darkness is starting to recede, and the clouds have begun to dissipate. Two enemies remain, but I know you can vanquish them." The area was still shrouded in darkness, but surely that might change by winning the remaining two battles. She looked to where the previous doors stood. The one to the left had a crystal in it's place, like last time. The one to the middle left now had in it's place a painting containing...family. Yes, indeed, the painting portrayed Krysta's family. This...was unbelievably strange. The treasure room could be assumed as something, but the room with statues and portraits was confusing, and this...definitely brought questions. For now, she would walk to the third door. It depicted a crystal darkening, as it moved into the corner, because in the opposite corner, several red eyes opened... Krysta didn't like the looks of that. As a result, she hesitated before opening the door.

Dazia was here. Krysta knew this day would come, she just didn't know when. "Not everything in this floor begins in Urbus, murderer." She didn't know why this child traveled with such a terrible person, but she would find out in the end. "This just seems like the situation, you know. No one could possibly interfere. What exactly could stop our fight from taking place here? There is nothing that could prevent us from settling our quarrel!" She said as she drew out her rapier and took a justified stance. "Leif will not have died in vain, I shall avenge him!" Her eyes were locked towards Dazia, and they were already full of vengeful thoughts, soon to be ablaze. "You are the only one that benefits from the ceasefire that was decided between us. Granted, I should have known better that other time, but here, now, I have the chance to finish this before you can get stronger!"

@Dazia

XOXXie's response began with a stutter. She had been dealt an emotional blow. However, that only riled her up. Looks like a seemingly petty fight over a pendant was going to happen after all... XOXXie attacked swiftly, dealing damage to Krysta. Krysta had to even things out at the very least. Victory may be optional, but it was certainly preferred, and thus she wouldn't be holding back. She attacked with the sword art known as crucifixion, dealing a pretty good hit on her opponent. "You leave me no choice then. Prepare to lose, for I shall not be defeated easily!" This woman had a serious envy problem that would lead to not only her suffering, but possibly others, too, if left to worsen. If XOXXie refused to do it now, perhaps a good, sound defeat might be able to teach her a lesson. "I'm sure you know this already, but I refuse to hold back any longer."

@Vigilon

ID# 100373 BD: 9(Critical, +1 Base DMG)

Crucifixion: 8x6-18=30

Vigilon claimed that nothing was wrong, and that it was a party, as if nothing could go wrong. "It's nice to be optimistic, but what seems to be nervousness just so happens to mislead me..." Nova got everyone's attention, and announced that there would be a karaoke competition, with six tier one materials being the reward for first place. Once again, Krysta was interested in singing, but she just didn't want to be the one who went first. She had quite the voice, but there were several reasons why going first would be a bad idea. "I'd be interested in singing, but I'd prefer not to go first..." Yolviinsil was on Krysta's shoulder, looking around, seeing the players near and far within the room. She curled up slightly, and if anyone was to make eye contact with the small ruby red feathered dragon, she'd stare at them timidly and shyly.

@Vigilon @Novafire

Krysta noticed how quickly players started to arrive. First was a player in dragon bone armor, asking if they could team up on the quest. "Sure! I might be in a fairly decent level, but my weapon of choice can only target a single enemy, so as a result I can easily be swarmed if too many arrive at once..." It wasn't long before a player with purple hair arrived, also interested in taking the quest. "Of course you can join in." Another player started walking towards them, and yet another player sprinted towards the group, initiating conversation with the violet haired player almost immediately. Krysta got up and spoke to the two players. "Hello, I'm currently hoping to take a quest involving fighting off a variant of a certain monster to acquire medicine to save the village from a disease that is growing worse and worse. Care to join us in the quest?"

@Reinholt @Arabelle @Fetu Lagi @Spangie

Stats and equipment:

From what XOXXie said, the reason this fight over a pendant happened was because she wanted to find favor with her Guild leader, and so that she could end her desperation born from loneliness. At least, that's what Krysta guessed from it. Either way, now that there were definite, but different reasons the two players were fighting, there would be less anger towards this player...hopefully. "So then, you are lonely. You haven't been able to experience once-in-a-lifetime moments like what Vigilon and I share... You became desperate, grasping on to anyone who caught your fancy as they walked by, but you could never reach them... Your loneliness brought fear and desperation, this particular fear, along with the desperation progressed to anger and jealousy towards women who already had what you so desired... and then that lead to hate and envy... You need to put a stop to the dark thoughts dwelling in your head, or your emotional condition may worsen to suffering! We both have reasons to fight, so I will continue my part in this duel. But you must at least think about where the road you're walking will lead!" Victory remained optional, but Krysta would still stand and fight. XOXXie and Krysta both rushed for each other, but had missed by an inch. Perhaps Krysta would be able to land another hit next time.

ID# 100156 BD: 3(Miss)

Krysta watched as Veriost reacted to the bell, responding to the situation in a similar manner to a cat, noticing the object, then freaking out and moving all over the place, then going on her back as she used her maw and forelegs to try and remove the bell from her tail. Afterward, Veriost blasted the bell with her frost breath, a bit of an overreaction, then she hid under Vigilon's cape, looking embarrassed, which was yet another thing cats did. "Heehee, seems to me like some of Veriost's behavior is similar to a cat's." Arabelle said that she thought Yolviinsil was the only well-behaved familiar here. "Well, I'm actually not sure about that. She's kind and empathetic, and possibly more, but she's a little shy, especially around players she doesn't know." Arabelle spoke of exploring the mansion. "That sounds great, we'd be glad to tag along!"

As the players talked, Vigilon recalled two situations, one that Krysta was involved in, and one that Krysta wasn't there during the time it happened. "Oh, those two. I had some real trouble with that XOXXie woman, she seems to have a real envy problem...At least we were still able to retrieve the pendant." Vigilon spoke a bit about his encounter with April. "So you have another rival, and she's already tier two??" She suddenly heard a dragon's roar. She turned to see a golden dragon the size of a large dog cloaked in golden yellow flames, and then a voice announced the arrival of "Lady Auranika", a woman of beautiful form wearing a golden dress. The golden dragon landed by her side, so it must have been her familiar. Krysta saw the confidence emitting from her, and the entrance could easily make someone awestruck. "What an entrance..." Vigilon pointed to her, saying she was April, then he tried to change the subject and talk about the manor tour again. "...Are you alright, Alex? Is something wrong?"

@Arabelle @Novafire @Vigilon

Macaroon asked Krysta about why she chose to go with the tailor profession. "Well, I narrowed it down most of the way by thinking about which of the professions' crafts are closest to my real world skills. That had left two, Performer, from my ability to sing(my father once told me that I have my mother's voice), and Tailor, since I had actually sewn my own garments from time to time. Although I do sing, I just don't do it often enough to have it for a profession that I would make a living from. However, I have found multiple opportunities where tailoring would have come in handy, usually for some social event or the like. If I take up tailoring as a profession, I can be capable of enhanced clothing, light armor, handwraps...the list goes on, and I can see myself taking up tailoring for a profession." She then looked through a patch of tall grass, hoping to find something within. She found a cotton plant, and she harvested the cotton. "One down, four to go."

@Macaroon

ID# 100005 LD: 16+3=19(Success! +1 T1 Mat)

Materials found: 1/5

XOXXie's next choice of words would only upset Krysta further. Both players were clearly looking forward to victory, even though neither player had landed a single hit the entire duel. XOXXie then managed to actually deal damage to Krysta. What did this mean? No more mercy. She couldn't hold back now, especially since she had just been dropped to a position where she must successfully deal more damage and at least be in the lead to claim victory. Again, Victory was optional, but preferred, for the sake of teaching this woman a lesson. Krysta managed to deal her first successful blow in the duel as she retaliated with the Sword Art known as Crucifixion. "For the third, and hopefully the last time, what are your motives for retrieving the pendant? I won't stand for anything that you're doing at this moment. Why do you fight me over a pendant? Why?"

@Vigilon

ID# 100001 BD: 8(Hit)

Crucifixion: 7x6-18=24

Turns left: 10

Krysta: HP 276/300, EN 20/30 | 7 DMG | 18 MIT (24/150 HP depleted)

                        Opponent:

XOXXie: HP 256/280, EN 18/28 | 7 DMG | 18 MIT | 1 ACC (24/140 HP depleted)

Krysta had been wandering the second floor, trying to see if there was something she could do. She was slowly getting to the point where she might have to turn to other players or NPCs to find anything else on the floors she had been traveling through. Maybe she could ask her boyfriend? Vigilon did seem to know some things here and there. "I wonder what else there is to find around here..." She got up, and started walking forward. She walked for about half an hour, undisturbed, which was strange because that meant there weren't many aggressive monsters about. either that, or they weren't interested in fighting a battle they couldn't win. Krysta soon saw herself among rocks, loose, jagged stones, pebbles, and boulders. She also saw a little home not too far from her position. She guessed it belonged to an NPC or something. Soon, she spotted someone familiar, but it brought no good memories... "Oh, it's you..."

@Dazia

Nova exclaimed over Yolviinsil's cuteness, and asked whether she liked to be petted, or if dragons were different from cats and dogs. "Well, they usually have their own distinct personalities and such, but the smaller ones usually tend to have personality traits similar to the animals we know in our world as well as some refined personality. It's a bit confusing at first, but it's possible to wrap your head around it. Yolviinsil is fine with attention, but she's usually a bit shy around new people, so you'll have to let her warm up to you first. Reaching your hand out to her slowly seems to do the trick often." Krysta turned to look at the small ruby red feathered dragon which was slowly climbing back up to her shoulder. "Heehee, it's alright, Yolviinsil, you can come out and meet the hostess!" Yolviinsil looked at Nova shyly. Veriost had flown up to the chandelier, following the purple haired girl's crow, and Vigilon essentially told her to calm down and come back down. When he would speak to the purple haired girl, who he addressed as Arabelle, Veriost blasted some freezing cold frost breath at his face. Krysta giggled. "Oh, Veriost, what ever brought you to do that?" Krysta turned to Nova. "Well, I'll just see if a certain trait of common animals is within that riled up frost dragon real quick..." Krysta pulled out a ribbon and a small bell from her inventory, and with the ribbon, she tied the bell onto Veriost's tail. Krysta was actually curious as to what the little white frost dragon would do about it.

Krysta was interested in singing once or twice, but she just didn't want to be the first or only one to sing. Karaoke was an option of something to do, but for now, she would speak with the players around, starting with this Arabelle girl. "Hello, Arabelle, was it? I'm Krysta, it's a pleasure to meet you."

@Novafire @Vigilon @Arabelle

Pretty soon, the room started to fill with players, and she soon heard a familiar voice. She turned to see Vigilon, who had just complimented her on her appearance. "Aww, thank you, Alex... You look quite dashing in that getup, it's so regal, and a bit lordly, I might add." Yolviinsil poked her head out in the open to see if Veriost was around. Nova came to the two players, and said,

7 hours ago, Novafire said:

“@Krysta, @Vigilon, how nice to see you both again! Hope you have fun! I hear you a couple now, Is that true?”

"Heehee, yes it is!" Krysta said as she wrapped her arms around her boyfriend and gave him a peck on the cheek. Yolviinsil then noticed Nova as well, but, of course, she had never known Nova, so she retreated and pulled her head back down, and hid on Krysta's back. Krysta giggled. "Aww, I'm sure you're fine, Yolviinsil, there's no need to be shy, Nova is a very nice person!" Yolvinsil slowly poked her head above Krysta's shoulder, looking at Nova shyly. Nova greeted the players coming in, and spoke of what was available to do.

@Novafire

XOXXie didn't answer Krysta's question. Instead, while the two players had their blades in lock, XOXXie noticed the fires beginning to burn within Krysta's eyes. She then remarked about snuffing it out. "First, you didn't answer my question. Second, I take that as a threat, and your threat shall have a response in which the truly justified can wield; I will defeat you, and quash your assault! You will not win this battle, as long as I have breath! Even if you were to somehow win this duel, I WILL find the pendant!" Krysta broke the lock, but her next attempt to attack was avoided. From how things were going, this would end in a draw. Hopefully, she would find out how she could be able to strike her opponent, and still be able to avoid and block her opponent's attacks. She would find the pendant, victory in the duel was merely optional. Of course, XOXXie did need to be taught a lesson.

@Vigilon

ID# 99810 BD: 5(Miss)

Turns left: 11

Krysta: HP 300/300, EN 25/30 | 7 DMG | 18 MIT (0/150 HP depleted)

                        Opponent:

XOXXie: HP 280/280, EN 23/28 | 7 DMG | 18 MIT | 1 ACC (0/140 HP depleted)

Krysta giggled as the player gave Yolviinsil some attention. "If you ever need help on the quest, you can always message me, I'll be glad to help!" The player then retracted her arm, and realized that she too, had forgotten to introduce herself. The player introduced herself as Macaroon, but also said that Krysta could call her Mack if it was easier for her, and then she outstretched her arm in greeting. Krysta shook Macaroon's hand. "Pleasure to meet you too, Mack!" Macaroon said to lead the way, and the two players would be off to the fields of the first floor. The safe zone's exit wasn't that far, and thus the players would be able to gather materials sooner than Krysta originally thought. Once she had passed the gates, she would see if there was anything that a tailor could use that was within her sight. There didn't seem to be anything around within the first few yards(in terms of distance, of course), but Krysta was certain that she would find the five materials she would need.

@Macaroon

ID# 99809 LD: 1=3=4(Failed)