[SP-F6] <<The Gemini>> Another Sister?! {Complete}

[Magda 0]

Spoiler

An NPC with no name appears before you when you are adventuring. He challenges you to a friendly duel and promises magnificent rewards if you win. However, once you begin the duel, you realize that it is a duel to the death! His name appears and he is revealed to be the Gemini, and then he transforms into you. He has the same HP and skills as you. If you win the duel and kill the Gemini, you gain the skill of <<Concentration>> if you roll a 1-17 on your loot die at the end of the battle. This adds a +1 to the attack it is used for, but has a 5 turn cooldown period. If you roll and 18-20, you can the <<Disguise>> skill. It temporarily transforms you into the other enemy, giving you a +1 on your combat die and them a -1 on their next action. It only during your and his turn, and can only be used once every twelve turns.

Good luck Players!

 

Requirements:

-RP must be at least [2]  (21 or more posts)
-This RP is SP only
-Must defeat Gemini

Gemini Information:

The Gemini has all your skill levels and your HP, but uses a vanity version of your equipment without the enhancements (though skill bonuses still apply). The Gemini uses sword arts too, so their base will be multiplied using your mid tier weapon rank multiplied. Use this table for an exact amount to use.

Your Weapon rank	Gemini Damage Multiplier
0	1
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5

Rewards: 

1. You will be gifted with the extra skill <<Concentration>> if your final post completing the battle has a loot die roll of 1-17, or <<Disguise>> if your loot die roll is 18-20.
2. You will gain 3 Skill Points

This RP is SP only
Recommended Level: 6

"Now this is more like," she exclaimed excitedly. Not only was the jungle on this floor warm but the village here was practically made for the one often referred to as the amazon. The fact that the town was named Amazon and was full of nothing but women was just more icing on the cake. Her grin spread ear to ear as she looked around at the various wooden structures and tents that comprised the town. Giant old stone columns encircled the small town like a protective barrier. Magda bounced in place as she looked around. "That settles it! I've found my favorite floor!" A few of the NPCs looked her way as they passed but she paid them little to no attention as she immediately run towards the village's exit. She was adorned in the very armor her brother had crafted for her. From neck all the way down to her feet her body was clad in titanium armor stained white. The trim was a similar shade of red as her hair. The large tower shield strapped to her left arm looked smaller than it should have considering her stature. Like her armor it was made form titanium and had been stained white. The shield was bordered in red and a cross fashioned from an allotment of rubies separated the white field into four. She was finally free to move about on her own. Well the truth was she sort of sneaked her way to freedom the first time her brother's attention drifted elsewhere.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Magda

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Magda quickly glanced back over her shoulder before she set off. She wanted to make sure Mack hadn't come tearing through the floors in his hunt for her. Once she was confident he wasn't hot on her heels she left the village and walked towards one of the large columns that circled it. It looked ancient and had long since started to decay to the passage of time. Tentatively she reached out a hand and was a little concerned the column would collapse to even a subtle amount of force being applied to it. It felt rough beneath her touch. It never ceased to amaze her how everything here was susceptible to her senses just like things were back in the real world. A great deal of care had gone into creating this place. In its own way Aincrad was just like a piece of art. With one last look she pulled away from the column and moved passed it out into the vast jungle that spread out from Amazon like a vast sea of leaves. That what she figured it must look like from above anyway. The tense canopy above didn't allow for much light to be filtered through.

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She didn't make it very far before she was encountered with a rather strange sight. A cloaked figure stepped out onto the path she'd been following. Its dark cloak's hood had been pulled forward so the person's face was shrouded beneath shadows. The strange thing was that there wasn't any name above its head. She stared at it for a few moments before the figure spoke and its voice was strikingly feminine. "Greetings fellow adventurer. Perhaps I could interest you in a duel?" The figure took a few steps to close the distance before she spoke again upon seeing the skeptical look on Magda's face. "Only for fun I assure you. No risk of personal injury or loss of items." The figure sent around a request for the duel. Magda frowned as she stared at it. The only reason she hesitated was that Mack had gone through great lengths to encourage her to stay safe and be smart about what she does while they were stuck in SAO. Eventually her interest outweighed her concerns and she quickly accepted the duel and quickly readied her gear. The woman suddenly started to laugh as a small countdown window appeared. Magda could only blink as she asked, "What's so funny?"

Spoiler

HP: 20, EP: 5; Mit: 18, Thorns: 14, Regen: 9, Dmg: 1, Acc: 1

 

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The woman's laughter started soft and melodic like a gentle breeze. However, it soon increased in pitch an intensity until she started to cackle. Her cloak was pulled from her body and cast aside and the sight that Magda beheld caused her eyes to grow wide. A name appeared over the woman's head that identified her as the Gemini. Magda lifted her hammer and pointed it at the woman. "Hey you look a lot," she started to say but she was cut off as Gemini finished her sentence. "Just like me." The woman charged forward and she looked identical to Magda right down to the grin that graced her face. Even her equipment looked the same. The hammer hit against Magda's shield. Her health started to drop but it immediately refilled as her armor's enchantment was activated. "Why you," Magda shouted as she slammed her hammer against the Gemini's side. She quickly winced though as she realized that her armor was the same so it likely had Thorns on it. When the damage never hit though Magda's eyes opened. Gemini had a twisted grin on her face as she started to circle around Magda. "Oh this might prove to be fun."

 

Spoiler

ID: 53970

Magda (Mit: 18, Dmg: 3, Acc: 1, Regen: 9[CD: 8 (+9HP)]; Thorns: 14)
HP: 20/20 [20 - (4-18) + 9]
EP: 4/5 [5-1]
BD: 7(6+1)

Enemy (Dmg: 2)
HP: 17/20 [20-3]
EP: 5/5
MD: 10 [+2 Dmg]

 

Edited March 29, 2016 by Magda

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Both women grinned at each other as they charged forward. Magda's hammer swept in but was knocked aside by the Gemini's shield. "Bah," she shouted and the momentary distraction prevented her from reacting in time as her opponent's hammer slammed into her right side. A curse slipped passed her lips and the Gemini smiled. When the Thorns enchantment kicked in though that smile quickly vanished along with the bulk of her opponent's HP gauge. "Not so confident now are you," Magda taunted. The expression on the Gemini's face contorted as anger flowed through her and she readied her hammer for another attack. "Careful or you just might kill yourself," Magda mused.

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ID:53976

Magda (Mit: 18, Dmg: 3, Acc: 1, Regen: 9[CD: 12 (+9HP)]; Thorns: 14)
HP: 20/20 [20 - (2-18) + 9]
EP: 4/5 [5-1]
BD: 4(3+1) [Miss]

Enemy (Dmg: 2)
HP: 3/20 [17-14]
EP: 5/5
MD: 7 [Hit: 2 Dmg] <<Thorns Activate>>

 

Edited March 29, 2016 by Magda

[Magda 0]

The two women circled each other as they kept a watchful eye for an opening. It was Gemini that made the first move. Her crimson hair flowed in the wind as she rushed forward and brought her hammer down in a short arc. It impacted against Magda's shield hard which sent a jarring sensation down her arm but didn't cause any damage. In fact her health hadn't dropped below full during the entire fight. She'd have to make sure she thanked Mack for it later. She stepped forward and brought her hammer around low but her foot snagged a root and caused the head of her hammer to hit the ground. The Gemini started cackling at that which made Magda leer at her opponent. "You won't be laughing for long." Gemini only grinned in response.

Spoiler

ID:53979

Magda (Mit: 18, Dmg: 3, Acc: 1, Regen: 9[CD: 9 (+9HP)]; Thorns: 14)
HP: 20/20 [20 - (-18) + 9]
EP: 4/5 [5-1]
BD: 2(1+1) [Crit Miss]

Enemy (Dmg: 2)
HP: 3/20 [3]
EP: 4/5 [5-1]
MD: 3 [Miss]

 

Edited March 29, 2016 by Magda

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The Gemini's hammer started to radiate a crimson light which caused Magda's eyes to grow wide. "Crap," she muttered as her opponent rushed in and unleashed a Sword Art. Whether by a twist of fate or just skill that blossomed late Magda's shield arm rose and intercepted both strikes aimed at the side of her head. "Ha," she quickly shouted and thrust her hammer out and slammed it into her opponent's stomach. The Gemini reeled back as its eyes opened. It was a surreal experience for Magda as she watched her own body fall away and shatter into shards of data. The last traces of Gemini faded from existence. The final shard landed on Magda's arm and she had just enough time to watch it before it too faded. This wasn't nearly as fun as she thought it would be. Watching herself die dampened her mood and left her standing there wondering what had just happened. Did this make her a murderer? At the moment she still didn't know that was just a NPC.

Spoiler

ID: 53985; LD: 9 [Concentration Skill]

Magda (Mit: 18, Dmg: 3, Acc: 1, Regen: 9[CD:  (+9HP)]; Thorns: 14)
HP: 20/20 [20 - (-18)]
EP: 4/5 [5-1]
BD: 6(5+1) [Hit; 3 Dmg]

Enemy (Dmg: 2)
HP: /20 [3-3]
EP: 3/5 [5-2] [Upper Swing]
MD: 3 [Miss]

 

Edited March 29, 2016 by Magda

[Magda 0]

"Wait what?" Magda took a step forward. Even when she closed her eyes it was like the image of her clone was seared into them so she couldn't seem to escape that gruesome image. Who was that? Why did she look like her? These questions and many more plagued the redhead's mind as she stumbled to the right and leaned heavily against a tree. Magda visibly shook as she stood there. For a long while she remained silent. She'd killed plenty of the Mobs in this place but to have killed one that looked so real and not to mention it had her face. Her mind had finally registered that it must have been some form of Mob. There wasn't anyway for another player to take on her appearance was there? She just couldn't believe that it was a player. Her hammer slipped form her grasp and she lifted her empty hand up towards her face as she looked at it. She almost expected it to be stained with blood. Like any fight she'd ever taken part of she simply acted and allowed her adrenaline carry her. She didn't stop to think that Gemini might have been another player. She just didn't know how to process it. It was then that a small grey window popped up n front of her and made her fall back on her rump.

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Her heart raced as she leaned back and cursed. "I'll never get used to that!" It wasn't the first time she'd been scared by the sudden appearance of a grey window in her line of sight and it probably wouldn't be the last time. Once more the fiery redhead let out a series of low curses before her gaze settled anywhere near that menu. When she finally looked at it though her expression went blank and became extremely difficult to read. "A quest," she muttered under her breath. Magda suddenly fell back flat on her back. Her eyes focused on the green expanse of the canopy that rested high above her. "It was just a quest." This time her voice was more audible and possessed a bit more life in it. At first she felt relief wash through her like a torrent when she'd realized that the look alike that she'd killed was in fact not another player. She wasn't a murderer because that thing was no different than one of Queen Bee she'd killed alongside her brother. Slowly her eyes closed though as that relief was subdued by the remnants of the grief that plagued her only a few moments ago.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Magda

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She remained there like that prone against the jungle floor. Magda kept her eyes closed even though she knew it wasn't exactly safe out in the wild like that. Robbed of her sight her other senses started to pick up on the local ambience. Earlier she'd been marveling over just how much detail had been put into the world she'd found herself in. Now that she'd actually slowed down enough to actually listen she realized that held more truth than even she knew. All of the noises she attributed to such a locale as a jungle was present. It wasn't quite like most might assume. The chirping of insects created a constant symphony on sounds that served as a constant back drop. At certain intervals the call of some animal or bird would rise up above the chirping only to die back down. The leaves that clung to the leaves desperately as a steady breeze flowed over the jungle's canopy added a rough sound into the mix which only served to enhance the overall effect that Magda was greeted with now that she'd taken the time to admire her surroundings.

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Eventually she had to recourse other than to open her eyes no matter how much she didn't want to face reality. For as long as she could remember she'd never been shaken quite so bad as she'd been only a short while ago. It didn't take her eyes long to readjust to the dim illumination beneath the heavy canopy. Gradually she lifted her body up until she was in a seated position and she focused on that small grey window. "The Gemini," she said as she read the name of the quest. Her dark eyes flowed over one line of text to the next until she'd read the notification in its entirety. A small section of the text contained something she hadn't expected to be there. "Well... huh," she mumbled and leaned in to get a better look. She read over that small section several times just to make sure he hadn't imagined it all. She'd earned herself a new skill for the completion of that quest.

[Magda 0]

"Concentration?" The word was barely a whisper when it rolled off her lips and Magda placed heavy stress on each syllable. To the casual observer it might have looked like she had tried to sound out the word. To those who know here though knew that she had no trouble at all with reading comprehension. When she was heavily focused Magda had a tendency to speak slower as she considered the different possibilities present in a situation. More often than naught this occurred when she was in the middle of a fight and she was focused on analyzing the movements of her opponent. In that instance she read over the description for the <<Concentration>> skill and pondered over the various ways it would assist her in combat. From the looks of it it'd increase her likelihood of hitting. While that wasn't necessarily a bad thing it wasn't what she required in order to be a true Tank.

[Magda 0]

As she'd been instructed a Tank's job wasn't to hit the enemy and it most certainly wasn't to deal enough damage to kill it. The role a Tank fulfilled was a simple one actually. A Tank was meant to take hits. Any hit that might have killed an ally in one fell swoop it is the Tank's responsibility to intercept that strike and shrug it off. That role was simply one piece of the puzzle though. Magda wasn't fully aware of all the ins and outs of what made a true party but she was getting there. The Tank wouldn't always be able to intercept every single blow. Especially when faced against multiple threats. Did this mean that those party members that were caught by the extra enemies were just out of luck? That wasn't true at all. Magda sighed as she relayed all of the information she'd learned so far. If she remembered it correctly the way she kept the attention of the Mobs was by drawing their hate. The easiest way to do that was with a skill called Howl.

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"Howl," she muttered under her breath as an amused expression appeared on her face. Idly she thought back to what that big oaf of a brother had called that skill. "A tank's mating call." When she thought about the time she spent with both Mack and Xion she couldn't help but chuckle. Xion was her self proclaimed rival in the guild and she was intent on closing the distance that separated them in terms of strength. It wasn't as skill she'd managed to get yet but when she opened her menu with a simple flick of her hand she quickly navigated through it until she was in the skills menu. She tapped on the skill name and it brought up a secondary window that asked if she wanted to invest some SP in the skill. She almost had enough. Her brow furrowed as she compared the SP she had listed on her SP window and then the SP the quest notice listed that she'd earn. Her eyes grew exponentially wider with each passing moment as she realized that this quest had given her the SP required to unlock the Howl Skill. "Well then," she mused.

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She felt rather proud of herself at having achieved this last bit on her own without the need of having her brother there to hold her hand. Magda's eyes closed as she let out a low soft fit of laughter. The amusement that formed as she reflected back on everything that had happened to her since she arrived had gone a long way towards dimming the grief she felt over her belief that she'd just killed someone. Even with the revelation that it had just been an NPC hadn't totally alleviated that grief but it had subdued it considerably. The next time she saw her brother and Samriel she'd be able to better protect them with this skill. All of the beasties' eyes would be on her from here on out and all she could do was smile despite the inherent danger of having multiple opponents attacking her at once. That was the most basic job description for her chosen path though. To take as many hits as she could, smile, and simply ask for more.

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She could have easily gone for something like a two-handed sword. Magda would have loved to simply sweep across the battlefield like a hurricane and drop her opponents by the dozens but alas when it came down to it she was concerned that if she went that route then she'd simply lose herself in the heat of battle and in the end to more harm than good. So she decided to go down the path that would allow her more control over her actions and ensure that she could survive almost anything. That was the true reason she'd eventually jumped at the idea of becoming a Tank after Mack had explained to her what it the various roles were. At first her eyes lit up at the idea of dishing out massive amounts of damage that there was a dangerous light dancing within her dark eyes. She'd lost control before in a fight and had actually injured her opponent while she was in the throes of that battle high. It was something she couldn't afford to do here. Since she knew if she lost control it would eventually get someone killed. Either herself or someone she considered a friend or to be family.

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Her thoughts drifted back over the past few days that she'd gone on quests alongside Samriel and Mack. The Queen Bee that was really a wasp was the first taste of combat in SAO that she had. The battle had ended quickly from the combined might of a series of attacks from her hammer and the Thorns enchantment her gear possessed that caused anything that attacked her to be damaged in the process. Magda couldn't deny that it made for a potent combination. Draw an opponent in to attack you and let it damage itself against your armor? She certainly wouldn't complain over that. She idly thought of an old saying that went something like "To defeat a strong opponents you should use their strength against them." She wasn't really certain on how it really went but the basic fundamental of it was present none the less. She let out a soft sigh as she shifted her focus on the quest completion window once more.

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It wasn't that she hesitated she just felt like sitting back for a moment. Her mind continued to flood back over everything that had happened to her since she logged into SAO with her sister in their attempt to rescue their brother. Michiko was the youngest of the three and Mack was Magda's twin. While they heavily favored each other both Mack and Magda had their subtle differences. For one Mack a few inches taller than Magda and their personalities were on completely different levels. Magda rarely took things too seriously and was always ready for the next challenge that life placed before her. In this world though it was the Cardinal System that placed those challenges there but she wasn't any slightly aware of that fact. Her gaze shifted form the grey window and looked back at her menu which was still open. Based on the information on Howl there wasn't any ranks in it so it'd only cost the amount of SP that was required to unlock it. "What should I concentrate on next," she pondered while she swiped her finger across the menu to open the selection of skills again.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Magda

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She cycled through the various skills as she tried to get a better idea of what sort of build she wanted. This was the first time she actually took time to think through what she wanted to do. Her inaction was due more to a lack of true knowledge on the matter but now she felt she'd asked enough questions and received enough answers to make the final decisions on her own. She'd been told that mitigation was the heart of a true tank. In order to shrug off those powerful attacks mitigation would be necessary to ensure her survival. She cycled through the list until she identified the two skills that would bolster her mitigation. Those two were the Heavy Armor and Block skills. She quickly noted that she didn't have ranks in either of the skills but as she examined Heavy Armor more closely she realized that it had options to be modified. Her eyes grew wide as she took notice of the modification that would increase her health in comparison to her maximum mitigation score. She let out a low whistle and decided on the spot that she'd focus on maxing out that skill in order to truly increase her odds of survival.

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After that she'd be left with one of two choices. She could invest in the block skill to gain both more mitigation and health or she could invest in another skill. She flipped down the menu and opened up a skill called Battle Healing. At a low rank it wasn't really impressive but as she did some math it looked like it held the potential of healing up to twenty percent of her health upon being activated. That wasn't much at lower levels but at higher levels it could make the difference between life and death. Her mind reeled over the thought of that being used in tandem with the Regen enhancements Mack had put on her armor. She'd definitely survive the tougher battles that way. It was a difficult choice to make though. On one hand she'd gain a set amount of mitigation and health from the Block skill and on the other she'd have the chance of being healed periodically through battle with the Battle Healing skill. Magda sighed as she reached out and finally pressed accept on the confirmation window. She saw not only her level increase but the SP she had available which would now let her learn the Howl skill.