Setsuna

A somber click of her heels, ever so faint in their delivery. "Again, do not dismiss action from words. Easy to say, but hard to do. I will not discourage you from assuming your death inevitable and yet, until that moment, it is nothing more than a boast. Every choice we in O&I make is nigh impossible, but we must make it, and we don't have time to weigh it. That is where Freyd comes in, his decision-making is as flawless as it is calculated. But to some it would seem gruesome." This is more than she'd ever spoken, curious that. Down the rocky path and into where it began to widen bac

"The truth is, orange players are brash imbeciles and have little to no ability to think. But, like animals, they cling to the smell of blood. Trapping them comes as simply as convincing them they can win, bait works well." Setsuna remarks as she starts to take shape off to Eruda's far left, that misdirection working well enough that the blonde tank had misappropriated where she actually was. "Raidou is making you stronger, at a much greater pace than any sole player could ever fathom. It's smart, and the O&I acknowledges it as useful. Freyd and I have our own separate world we work in, it

ID:203007 | Battle:2, Craft:9, Loot:10+6=16 (Stealth Rating) A violent tear from the slightest glimmer on the blonde tank's flank, sees it shred through her digital skin like paper. Flames trigger and scorch Setsuna as she passes through, flickering and blinking into view for but a brief instant. A small tidbit of damage returned, the large drop of the 'shields' health bar immediately concludes the duel. Still shapeless, a disembodied voice bouncing on her peripheral just outside where she could be perceived as if the mist itself was speaking. "One more swing and I could kill you, and you

1/12/22

Watching on as some weirdo spoke to a mannequin, assuming that within the darkened chamber, the first silhouette he saw must have been the shopkeeper. Something about the remote location always brought in weirdos. A simple peel of twine and a long slender slice down a length of fabric cleaves off two long strips. Tapering the edges and removing what little strings frayed, Setsuna bounds into the rafters above. "Idiot." she murmurs beneath her breath, pulling snug a strand of rope around a bundled parcel before dropping it on the patron's head. He got what he paid for, although the wooden puppe

ID:202987 | Battle:7, Craft:6, Loot:16 [Initiative/First Strike] A simple duel request, a first hit decree fires off that adorns Eruda's HUD. "Are you? A foolishness lingers behind the world that has been placed in front of you. You haven't the slightest idea what it really is, allow me to show you." A bitter chill washes along the stone beneath both parties feet as her blade begins to slowly draw out. It glimmers blue as what little light played upon that polished steel. Setsuna begins to become shapeless and formless, melding with the vapors produced. ID:202986 | Battle:1, Craft:6,

An instant reflex as Eruda removes that blindfold, a snap of her hand across the girl's wrist. That slip of cloth slides free to reveal a pair of effervescent cyan blue eyes. Setsuna did not like it when someone touched her without warning, if at all. "Wrong, I have everything to prove." Releasing the vice-like grip, as it would burn like ice on the flesh. As well as the heat in Setsuna's palm threatened to melt her. "My soul is no longer important, my life is forfeit. I don't have time for petty games, for this..." she gestures out against the crystalline structures blooming from the walls. "

A simple silence as she stood there, words find her ears as she struggles on that first term. Friend? That wasn't a good position to hold. "I don't have time for a good time." Setsuna mutters coldly, not aggressively, but it was spoken as a fact. Senses pour out, drawing in her surroundings as her eyesight is still concealed. "I have a lot to prove Eruda, to Aincrad." The truth was she was a young girl, and there were many that assumed her weak. That proof was that she was not. "Where you have seen me before?" Was the blonde tank that dim witted? The guild hall, and before that, first lessons

"If this is a test, then how can I succeed if I accept aid." The slide and grind of a katana back into its scabbard, an ode to trust, and yet Eruda failed to trust in her ability. "I operate in shadow, I am not blinded by it." The girl spoke as she returns that weapon to her back right hip. Guiding herself slowly, her hearing taking on overdrive. Every step painted a mental map, as it bounced off the walls. Akin to that of sonar, it gave her clear perspective even without her greatest 'crutch' The game that the blonde tank was playing wormed its way away from her. She'd been tried time and tim

A twist of her head, looking up from that katana being sharpened. "I wasn't attempting to hide." The girl admits loosely, implying that if she wanted to be unseen, she would have. A scarf? Her eyes dart up, drinking in the red color of the thing. "I have my own." Drawing from the inside of her own neck wrap a single band of light blue. The very same she wore when the sky began to blacken out during the event in shadow. Wrapping it around her eyes, she'd obligate this strange request. It didn't do anything to her ability to operate, as proven as she slaughtered hostiles in droves. "Trust is som

A sense of urgency came from a sudden, an unexpected message. Apparating like collecting smoke, it doesn't take the girl much effort to get around. It would seem that Eruda had yet to arrive, which meant that perhaps the girl had some pressing matter that had yet to be started. Collecting herself near a simple outcropping of glowing stones, sliding out of the wall and giving off a simple and distinguishable mixture of color. This floor should be more populated, but yet given its difficulty and its remote area, it didn't see much activity. Pressing her back into the rough wall and taking to a s

A bitter chill into the festivities, an earnest sense of bewilderment as she scanned the soft mixture of oranges and blacks. Various gourds carved out, this was the first time she was ever seeing something to this, seasonal flare. A ripe fist full of these strange flakes of white that had been collecting in her inventory for quite some time. They directed her here, but for what purpose? Presenting them to the first NPC to approach, Oni explains, albeit in abrupt shorthand. "So you wish to take them?" Setsuna remarks, her gaze having trouble fixating on Oni at all. She was enthralled by the ico

A shifting specter hard to trail, a line following it as it blinks back and forth. Like vapor, it leaves a wake as it moves. Without warning, as Ugzeke takes a swing at her after Kasumi, it passes through like smoke. That wasn't real. The one that was, cleaves a single shredding blade through the small of his back. The skin becomes engorged and bursts open as that line peels through with little resistance. Just as lethal as most would come to expect, a massive chunk falling away from that floating bar. Her eyes narrow, as she raises that mask back over her mouth. Clearly there was still one fi

Hyperactive Fades, Charge Refreshed! Setsuna looks to their foes, Griswold lording over one while another was slowly turning to dust. The job was done, and she'd not expend any more than she needed to. The hand floating above the handle of her sword moves away, as she reaches for the mask over her mouth. Pulling it down and breathing deeply, her sputtering and turbulent pounding in her chest starts to level out. There was still more to do, and she couldn't afford to burn all the oil she had. "This is over." Setsuna quips as her hand falls to her side, analyzing the field and choosing not

Hyperactive Duration [2/3], Charge CD [2/3] The biting toward Kasumi is rewarded by a horizontal arc of cyan, that immediately sees the target become a statue in ice. It's health takes a large dip, as through that newly formed glass, Setsuna is revealed in a puff of smoke. "That will hold it. Kill it before it escapes." Setsuna remarks to the rest of her party, sliding her katana away and taking a scan of the other foes that were still able to move about. Those would be her focus, while this other was frozen in time. The harshest among them was removed from the fight completely, and wasn'

Hyperactive Duration [1/3], Charge CD [1/3] Breaking the attention to Simmone, who had overstepped the girl's boundaries. Skill or not, it wasn't something she enjoyed. Winding back and ripping clean that blade, sees a violent line and a bit of its flesh begin to unfurl. Totally gruesome, totally bloodthirsty. Ugzeke couldn't even defend itself, now it was as if he was placed on a chopping block being carved apart. To some, it may have been capable of making them uneasy, but it didn't bother Setsuna in the slightest. More fuel spent, a slow inhale through the nose and out through the mout

Charge CD [1/3] Tearing through the slowly cascading beast of a man, a small frame mixed with a bitter chill. A spray of color as she passes through, as if she wasn't solid at all. That line drawn and yet, no damage shown. Not until that weapon clicks completely shut, and without warning, a sudden plummet of the entity's health confirms she had hit. Setsuna was still on overdrive, amped up from the fact she'd been struck earlier. Her temper was still a bit heightened. The girl was spiteful, and it came down to a point when it came to extermination. The massive thing had sustained far too

11/28/21 (Demonic Merge) 164351, T3/Perfect/Handwraps (1 Gleaming Scale, 1 Demonic Fragment, 1 Rising Sun [Narrative]) Truestrike Bindings (T3 Perfect MA weapon - Keen 1, Acc 1, Abs. Acc) Acquisition ID [175430b] | Roll ID: 175701, 175702, 175703 Red cloth wrapping trimmed in black thread. The surface of the cloth is embroidered with intricate and incredibly precise patterns. Result: Slighted Aurora - Soar (T3 Demonic MA weapon | Abs.Acc. | ACC 3) A pair of hand wraps, the material seeming almost translucent. They emanate a soft warmth that will easily keep one's

An hour of passage sees that crate dusted with white frost, before the owner would find it. Raising a heavy hide and revealing it, she pops the lid, finding the contained note. Eyes dance the paper before it crinkles, firing past into the box of rather remote and rare materials. Then her gaze catches on something else entirely that didn't fit in with the others. As she'd pull it out, the girl almost recognized it immediately, as it was something her master didn't leave home without. Holding it close, she would start to smile uncontrollably without the inkling she was doing so. "Thank you,

The burns on her face painted red cuts upon, covering her hands as they slink near her blade. As if someone had struck a match, the girl's iris engulf in energy akin to that of floor 4. The weapon peeks out of its scabbard, revealing a supercharged blade. Billowing fog, mixed with anger that was usually saved for a special kind of foe. Kasumi screams past, her feet clacking as she does. The world twists into a long hallway, everything muffled and condensed. Her feet slide apart, right hand hovering that blade. Some believed, others did not, in the ghost of the tundra. The last thing you'd neve

ID:202326 | Battle:9, Craft:3, Loot:20+6=26 (Stealth Rating) To that call, a single silverish blue line scatters the field like a bullet. It slices in and across that exposed throat made bare from Kasumi's fist. White like smoke trails behind it, struggling to keep up. Standing at the end of that swing made visible as the smog coalesces into a solid shape. Skadi held high, hungering for blood, as the girl lifts the scabbard and starts to sheathe it closed. A soft grinding as the beast seemed trapped at a standstill, calculating its pain. *click* the weapon closed completely, sees a sudden

ID:202318 | Battle:3, Craft:3, Loot:17+6=23 (Stealth Rating) Darting from top to top, keeping a bird's eye view on the guilds tank. There didn't seem to be much in the way of hostilities yet. It was curiously absent, given the few times she'd been on this floor, the entire place was littered with mobs. Over the airwaves, a message directly sent to the group through a party chat. ~All clear, proceed forward. As her eyes leap to Kasumi, and that dork, Celeste. It had taken her by surprise that the woman could even remain quiet. From the few encounters she'd had with the red haired girl, she

The breeze on a midnight air plays through silver hair, it seemed she had dozed off. Her face felt a bit sticky, her eyes burned even still. Reaching toward her head and claiming a bit of cloth around her nose. Pulling it down with an index and thumb, glancing down to the weapon across her lap. "If I allow you to do anything, I am afraid there will be nothing left." There was a simple acknowledgement mixed with denial. How could this thing be so sure? But the idea clung on the forefront of her thoughts, albeit skeptical. "How did you invade my dreams, what right do you have to make demands of

A voice and once it hits the cold sets in deeper. Within her head, she reaches out and the words ring between her ears. "Leave me be, I belong here." Bones ached in this darkness, this prison of ice that would allow her no movement. It was her choice to be here, she had no reason to resist. She didn't own the right. Not until she had fulfilled her promise, not until she made that mistake rectified. The cold would grow deeper, as temperature dropped across the whole of this nightmare. Horrors played within her confinement, a reflex response simply to her confirmation. That cage grows just

LIfe is always changing, under a different set of stars Footsteps scamper in the streets below. Each one clear to the eardrum, finite and defined. Peaceful through force, as a brilliant moon stuck large in the black above. A night like most others, peering past a screen slightly opaque and covering a girl's face. Silver hair bleeding past the shoulders, and with it a slight glimmer on the air. It slams shut to reveal a single extended digit, pale white in its complexion. Cold, unfeeling as it curled back up. "I miss you..." The words an admittance only to herself, as the greyed out and in