[SP: F6] Sand in Uncomfortable Places << The Traveler>> COMPLETE

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So long as Mai had teleport crystals, Life told her that she was allowed to join the smaller boss missions. The first one had scared her, she didn’t feel like she could handle it, but with Life’s admission of feeling like he was falling behind, Shay felt the need to push herself forward harder. She was going to hurry and catch him in levels so that she could support him properly on the battlefield. She didn’t like that the love of her life was ready to withdraw, it wasn’t like him and she needed to do her best to save her man from losing himself more than he had already. It was why Mai was on the sixth floor taking on the Traveler quest alone. She was going to have to start doing more for herself and rely less on her Life.

The Traveler quest was pretty simple: wander off into the desert and find a package. With the mission outlined in her player’s handbook, Mai felt even she couldn’t blow this one. She found the mysterious NPC within the town and accepted the mission. “According to the guide, the winds can suck here… So I suppose I ought to use it…” she told herself. “Mai removed the Blood from her inventory and powered up. She grinned as her health bar nearly doubled and she felt more powerful than before. It truly was an addictive feeling. Powered up and ready to go, Mai headed out into the arid dessert sands to try and complete her mission.

MAYURI USES BLOOD OF CHAMPIONS

MAYURI’S HEALTH RAISES 40 HP

MAYURI’S DAMAGE RAISES +2

 

 

NEW STATS

HP: 88

DMG: 5

 

 

Spoiler

 

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Blood of Champions used for this thread.

 

Edited August 1, 2016 by Mayuri

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Her walk had not even been long before Mai realized how much of a chore she’d taken on by trying to complete this quest. The surroundings were harsh.  The air was hot and dry, the sun beat down upon her dark head, and she was blasted by the sands that were swept up off the ground and tossed into her general direction. If she were not careful, the sands would cause her damage. It was probably why the reward for managing to survive such conditions was the Survival skill. It was kind of like a badge of honor to say that one could survive the terrible elements in such a place as this.

 

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Edited June 30, 2016 by Mayuri

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There was little around her for her to see on the floor; only sand and blue sky and sun. There was the occasional sand dune, and a tumbleweed or two. She’d yet to see any signs of life, and she was thankful for that. If she could avoid mobs while she was exploring, then it would make it easier for her to complete her task. Up ahead of her she spotted something on the ground and she hurried over to it. There she found some wild grasses that she could collect. When she got home she would research what they were for. The winds picked up again and whipped her long hair about, and Shay shielded her eyes to avoid getting sand in them.

 

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The winds got stronger and stronger as Mayuri walked. They were so strong that she struggled with every one she took, fighting the powerful force as she moved along. She shielded her eyes with her forearm and stared at her feet as walked, but it wasn’t going to do her any good. She could not see what was ahead of her, and for all she knew she could be walking into a mob or a pit or something else dangerous and lose her life. The girl was going to have to wait until the winds died down. Curling into a ball with her back to the wind, Mai huddled up and she waited. Hopefully she wouldn’t have to wait too long. Her time was limited and she needed to hurry if she was going to make it back on time.

 

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The winds eventually died down, and Shay uncurled from her little ball. She opened her HUD and looked at the map and the time. It seemed that her little adventure hadn’t taken her too off course, and because the windstorm hadn’t lasted long, she was still okay on time. The pink kimono clad girl stood once more and shook the sand from her skirt, but it was just a wasted gesture as she was covered in sand. Sand in her hair… in her ears, in her nostrils, she could even feel it in her socks. It was a terrible feeling. She would definitely need a bath when she returned home. It was a good thing there was a lovely one in Urbus .

 

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The winds were simply unbearable. They tore through her blasting rough sands against her soft skin, and lashed her lovely hair about. It was hard to move, and even harder to see. If she’d come across a mob, there would have been no way for her to fight in such condition as she had no accuracy. Shay felt smart to have put Evasion on her gear so she could at the very least, avoid danger. Beads a sweat poured down her pretty face, and she was thirsty, but she could not stop, not just yet. She would forgo sleep for as long as she could manage. There was still plenty of hours of sunlight left and she wanted to get as far as she could before nightfall.

 

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“Why did I come on my own?” Mayuri complained loudly.

The walk was terrible. There was nothing to do or see or talk to. Having Life come with her would have been pleasurable at least, she loved being beside him and talking to him and generally just being in his space. “No,” she said shaking that lovely vision from her head, “You rely on him too much. There are something you need to do for yourself….” She reminded herself. The girl supposed she could have gone with a party, but she really didn’t know many people, and being in possession of the Blood of Champions meant she could possibly become a target. It was actually a handy little boss drop, and if others much stronger than her knew she had it, she’d be killed for it; many players had been killed for less.

 

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Shay’s stomach turned as she thought of dying in the game. She’d heard of much stronger players falling easily to others, their lives over in an instant. While the news had been passed down and around by many who heard it before her, she was aware that they could not have been too far off from the truth of the matter. “If they can die in one hit… so can I,” she said aloud. Dying on this floor , alone in this place was not going to happen. She would make it home to her love in one piece today. She would worry about making it another day tomorrow. It was all she could do.

 

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“AHHH!” Mayuri screamed as the wind had kicked up again and shot sand right into both her eyes.

It wasn’t that it hurt, but she lost her vision and she couldn’t move for a moment as she gently tried to wipe her large babydoll eyes to remove what sand she could. If this had been the real world, she surely would have been blinded, and with a blast like that, it was likely that any damage done to her lovely eyes would be permanent.

“Stupid freaking…” the girl trailed off and mumbled a long line of obscenities that would rarely ever leave the lips of the sweet girl.

 

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Time was against wasted, but all of the obstructing sand was removed and Mai was able to see once more. The young woman sighed heavily and opened up her HUD once more. The sun was beginning to set, and Shay was starting to worry about whether or not her mission would get done in time. “You can’t fail yourself now…” she said aloud.  Out loud self talk might have been silly to some, but Shay needed to hear the words be said. It was the only way for things to get through to her sometimes.

 

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Hours past and the sun had long gone. The floor was no longer warm, the temperature began to drop the longer she was out there under the night sky. The moon overhead was full and buttery yellow, and she was greeted by millions of points of light in the darkness. If time weren’t a factor, Shay would have walked slower and enjoyed the view, but time was growing short and she still had a ways to go before she found what it was she was looking for. Her map indicated she was still a few miles off, and needed to hurry.

 

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Sometime later, Mai’s indicator began to beep. She was close. With every step the signal got stronger and stronger until she was on top of the item. The raven haired girl began to sift through the cool sand and eventually fund the wreckage she was told she would find. “It’s close!” she said and smiled as she bailed sand from her hole like a dog digging in its yard. Shay was covered in grit from head to toe, but she could hardly care; her small hands hit a small handle, and the girl tugged and tugged until she eventually fished up what she was looking for.

“YES!” She cheered as she quickly added the darned box into her inventory for safe keeping.

 

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It’d been eighteen hours since Mai had begun her quest. She was tired and too worn to try and make the long journey back this evening. She was unsafe in the open, but she had no choice, she needed to rest at least a while before going again, so she took shelter in the unburied part of the wreckage and curled up. It didn’t take her long before she’d fallen into a deep slumber, blissfully unaware of any dangers that might come across her while she did something as ridiculous as sleeping in the field.

 

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“Wake up sleep,” a gentle voice spoke as she felt soft kisses being applied to her face.

opened her eyes slowly to find Eric beside her, gently caressing her cheek. She sat up sleepily and looked around. The surroundings were entirely unfamiliar but it was somehow warm and inviting. The air hung with the smell of bacon and Shay gave a little stretch. Shay

“What time is it?” She asked her love as she rubbed her eyes.

“It’s still early, there’s no rush,” he replied.

“Then why’d you wake me up so soon?” Shay whined as she flopped back down and covered her head with her pillow.

“Because,” Eric replied as he took her pillow away, “ I want you to eat before you go.”

“Aren’t I always telling you that?”

“Perhaps,” he said with a smile.

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“You’re so silly,” Shay mumbled as the winds kicked up. A small branch was picked up and tossed into the small space beside her. In the morning when she’d awaken, she’d find that it was something for her to use in her potion making.

 

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Shay awoke.

The winds had died down once more causing things to get all too quiet for Shay’s liking. It was still dark out and Shay opened her HUD to see how long she’d rested. Only a few hours had gone by, not even quite twenty four hours had passed since she’d begun her quest. “Time to get up!” she told herself. The sun would be up in a few hours, but she could not wait. Shay figured if she took her time and didn’t put a real hurry on until sunrise, she’d finish this quest ahead of schedule, not problem.

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The winds during this part of her journey seemed to be a lot less intense than they were before. Her steps also seemed to be lighter than yesterday as she moved with a much quicker cadence than her previous day. The sun began to show over the horizon painting the floor in a soft orange sherbet glow and Mai turned her face toward the light much like a sunflower would, and let the warmth radiate over her fair skin. She was slowly closing in on her destination and her package was safely tucked away in her inventory. Only a little more until she reached the end and achieved her new skill.

 

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Despite the distance, Mai hardly fancied this quest as anything more than a very long walk through a hot desert. Now that she’d been traveling though it for so long she hardly noticed that the floor’s temperature was much high than some of the other ones. The young woman smiled and wondered if it was because she was building up the skills ability enough to level up in it. Her target wasn’t too far off now and once she turned in her quest she would have her survival skill.

 

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The sun was well over the horizon and she still had at least another hour to go ahead of her before she would reach civilization. This was more than enough time to finish the quest as her countdown showed that she had well over two hours to finish her task. “Imagine if I had been caught up in fights….” She said to herself aloud wondering how it was that she managed to skate through the desert without running into any living thing.  She supposed the system was in her favor today and she would just accept her good fortune.

 

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Civilization!

She saw the village she’d started from in clear site. The pink clad kimono girl jumped for joy and began racing toward the buildings in the distance as fast as she could pump her little legs. Mai couldn’t wait to get back to Life and show him what she’d done on her own again. She was sure he’d be terribly proud of what she’d done. She was terribly proud of what she'd done!

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She was back in the town. The air hung thick with the smellof the market stalls opening up. There was the scent of fruit in the air, aromatic spices, and the wafting scent of meat being roasted over an open flame. Shay’s stomach rumbled and she placed a hand over it to quite the beastly sounds that came from within.

“Not yet…” she told herself. “We need to finish this quest, then we can eat.”

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