[SP-F5] Defeated, but not Hopeless <<Blood in the Sand>>

[Vale 1]

[Yui's Grace Used 3 Remaining]

Vale cracked her knuckles and readied herself, there was still that deep wellness in her heart that just would not be shaken away. She had become afraid of being unable to get strong enough, she crunched all the numbers in her head based on the math she was provided and knew she could handle this quest with ease. But still, there was something gripping at her heart making her think that she was just in for a loss. She couldn't handle coming that close to death, and there was something she had started, that she couldn't stop pursuing for. Vale needed to face her fears and put trust in herself. It was time to take out the sand shark that slithered around the fifth floor. Certain times of the day randomized it's location. But again, there was a certain time of day the difficulty became raised and a more powerful version of the quest monster that is named wished to do combat. It was what she needed to push herself forward once again, she had a belief that she would overcome.Stats for Thread:

Spoiler

 

8(13) DMG
3 ACC
3 EVA
700 HP
70 EN
5 LD

Skills:
R5 Martial Arts
R5 Charge
R2 SnD
R1 Curved Sword

 

 

Edited September 24, 2017 by Vale

[Vale 1]

Vale readied herself mentally as best she could. Once again she would be venturing out into the wilds alone without anyone there to look over her back. What felt like a troubling thought had something else shrouded behind it, specifically a man who walked through the shadows as though it were apart of his essence. And the exact way she was using the memories of him to protect her in the same way. She stood up tall and gripped her claws tight, "I promise you Hikoru... I'll return to you shortly. I just have to quell this shark-like menace." She assured herself, finally opening her eyes the sandy barren of the fifth floor. She began her stride toward the mob spawning location for the quest, each step from the town had a stabbing like feeling to her heart, the exact feeling she was focused on trying to overcome.

[Vale 1]

ID: 88657 | LD: 10+5=15 (Material Found)

Trying to calm the storm that raged in her heart, she continued with her sight exercises to help improve the skill of her search and detected. She had just finished paying half the materials she possessed to Jomei for a few songs. She was almost ready to start chasing her familiar. There was still one thing she was after but was waiting to meet the right person to help her accomplish that material need. Despite not having met someone with the ability to forge food with benefits in this world just yet, she would increase her collection of materials for the day that she did come across that person. In the sand sat a small rock glinting in the sunlight while she walked, casually Vale picked it up with her claws and quickly inserted it into her inventory.

Materials Gathered: 1

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88659 | LD: 10+5=15 (Material Found)

As Vale pulled out the rock, moving the sand around it caused another rock to be unearthed that was nearly identical to the first one. Seeing it as her lucky day she collected both of the rocks, following the first one she inserted the second one into her inventory without another thought to cross her mind. With already a small amount stored up, Vale had good vibes for her material searching for this day. The thought of only fighting wasn't the only thing Vale needed to look forward too, the small victories hidden within the materials that she would use in order to improve her alchemy wasn't thought of enough. Deciding to take the thoughts to heart, the panther woman felt a small amount better within the glaring sun of the sandy wastes.

Materials Gathered: 2

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88660 | LD: 3+5=8 (No Material Found)

Vale continued to scavenge around the sand, pushing it aside looking for more rocks, herbs, anything really that would assist in alchemy. After a few minutes of searching around the area she found the first two rocks, there was nothing more than sand. Sighing, "Looks like this spot is tapped out. Lets keep going." She reassured herself. Standing back up and then continued the path that lead to the shark quest. The sun beat down on the dark-skinned gal covered in dark colored fur as well, it was impossible to not perspire on this walk. Every now and again the soft part of the fur that lead up to her claws was used in order to wipe the sweat that appeared on her brow. This was going to be an exhausting quest to say the least, she could just feel it.

Materials Gathered: 2

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88661 | LD: 5+5=10 (No Material Found)

The sweat often slid it's way into her eyes, making it difficult to see around her. The heat waves in the distance began to populate in her vision, the temperature in the area when the sun sat the highest overhead, was a struggle to deal with. The damage the sun would have normally provided was no longer a problem, but the heat itself was enough to bother the martial artist. She was more used to cooler environments, she loved being wrapped up in her cozy oversized clothing. And being in this environment on the fifth floor was the exact opposite of what she wanted. The panther-woman wanted to remove her attire and just walk in her sweating body, but she was out in public for one. And she needed the statistical bonuses the armor provided in order to combat the beast.

Materials Gathered: 2

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88663 | LD: 4+5=9 (No Material Found)

The beat down of the sun onto her body was problematic to say the least, the more she thought about the heat the more her eyes glazed over. There was only so much she could do to keep herself cooled off in the sandy wastes. Every direction seemed to look the same, the only difference was the footprints left in the sand that indicated from what direction she walked from. And knowing she in nearly a straight line, it made back tracking to town a breeze. Now all she had to do was keep searching to materials, which at the moment was proving to be more difficult then she first originally thought. And to fight the special shark that was summoned for the blood in the sand quest when the sun was at it's highest. Which that time was coming near.

Materials Gathered: 2

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88664 | LD: 17+5=22 (Material Found)

Vale wasn't going to give up, despite the sand was not showing anything that she could use for materials. She wasn't going to just walk to the boss without having more in her bags to show for it. With the conviction to continue finding materials upheld within her heart, she tripped over a rock while not paying attention to where she was going. Looking back at the rock, she noticed it was the same kind as she found earlier. She pulled the rock out of the sand and put it into her inventory. Remembering the last time she found this rock, she dug her claws around in the ground trying to unveil any more materials. It made the most sense to her, to follow up on patterns when they arose, she just hoped they would prove true like they did in her head.

Materials Gathered: 3

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88669 | LD: 20+5=25 (Material Found)

And with just that, Vale was able to find another material hidden slightly deeper from the surface than the other three. But it looked as though the notion stayed true, these sand-covered rocks were usually found in pairs not far from each other. Happy the woman smiled, standing back up looking off into the distance in the direction of the quest. The quest zone was in sight, it was indicated with sand pools drenched in the color of blood. This was a quest known for taking many lives during it's time being around. Vale wasn't going to be apart of the bodies that littered the area, despite players not actually leaving behind blood splats due to the mechanics of the game. The only thing Vale could surmise is that those bloodstains were just coded in that way. Regardless, the woman continued forward affixing the cat-like claw gauntlets tighter on her arms.

Materials Gathered: 4

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88670 | BD: 5+3=8 | MD: 3-3=0

There was a small cliff drop, short enough that there would be no damage caused to the woman by hopping into the blood smeared pit. Vale nodded to herself, and jumped down into the pit, immediately she could feel as though there were eyes on her. Looking toward the middle of sand pit, a large fin peaked out from the sand and was rushing at her at fast speeds. Vale activated her charge skill and began to run in a large semi-circle baiting the Shark to attack her. As it launched out of the ground toward her, she saw the name of the beast, "Bloodseeker. You'll be my pray today!" Vale shouted as her charge skill allowed her to easily dodge the attack and reverse for a powerful punch into the beasts stomach, launching it against the rocky wall.

Materials Gathered: 4

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 53/70 (-17 EN: All Might) / Charge Activated
Sand Shark, Bloodseeker: 155/350 HP | 105 DMG (-195 hp)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88671 | BD: 4+3=7  | MD: 4-3=1 

Vale kept up her high speed movement from Charge, all though the highest part of her speed burst was used up. The skill still had a secondary passive when it was activated, her speed was damn near impossible to keep up with. Vale spent the better part of the money months she was isolated improving on not just her physical strength with the martial arts skill, but improved on her speed by constantly adapting to the changes of the Charge Skill. Now having it completely mastered, utilizing the skill in new a innovative ways gave the martial artists a massive advantage over the shark. The beast couldn't even swing it's tail to attempt to hit her before he unleashed another mighty attack upon the cranium of the beast whittling it's health down to fragments left.

Materials Gathered: 4

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 37/70 (-17 EN: All Might / +1 EN: Regeneration)
Sand Shark, Bloodseeker: 35/350 HP | 105 DMG (-120 HP)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88673 | BD: 3+3=6 | MD: 3-3=0 | LD: 4+5=9
ID: 88675 | CD : 4 (350*5 = 1750 Col)

The Bloodseeker seemed to be disorientated, the beast was getting outmaneuvered in it's own field of play. The beast looked around and located Vale once more, charging forth as fast as it can. Vale grinned from ear to ear, this match was over before it even began. She had everything necessary to stand leagues taller than the beast that rushed at her. Bloodseeker dove under the sand, but it's motives had been predicted. The creature flew from under the sand, into the air lunging at the girl as a last ditch effort to attempt to gnaw on her flesh, "I'm sorry Bloodseeker." She said kindly. Once she finished her statement, she completely vanished from her position causing the beast to freak out looking around. After a moment the creature could feel the fish of Vale plunge into it's stomach, with that it exploded into thousands and data particles.

Materials Gathered: 4

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 22/70 (-16 EN)
Sand Shark, Bloodseeker: -85/350 HP | 105 DMG (-120 HP)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88676 | LD: 20+5=25 (Material Found)

Vale looked around after having defeated the quest enemy, somewhat shocked that it was such an easy fight. Albeit the Minotaurs didn't feel a lick harder than the Shark, the isolation of her being while being trapped inside the bandit dungeon shrouded her belief in her own strength. This was exactly what she needed in order to prove to herself that she did have the power in order to beat the enemies that exist in this world. As she sifted through the bloody sand she was able to find that the sand was of a different consistency, possibly useful for alchemical purposes. She funneled some of the sand into a vial and closed then sealed the top of it before shoving the vial into her inventory for later use.

Materials Gathered: 5

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 23/70 

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88677 | LD: 1+5=6 (No Material Found)

Vale attempted to funnel more of the sand into another vial, but something in the system prevented her from gathering more, "I guess there is a limit on the amount of red sand you can collect." She shrugged and stood back up, it was time to start making her way back to town. She was oddly excited to see Hikoru once again, smiling happily the Martial Artist made her way quickly through the sand pit. Hopping up to get out and back onto the path towards town, she returned to the usual strut/stride so the heat would overwhelm her. Vale pulled up the rewards she had gathered since leaving town, she made it a habit of figuring out what her collections were each and every adventure to help track her progress in this world. A different way of training since she didn't have a true teacher unlike the real world.

Materials Gathered: 5

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 24/70 

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88678 | LD: 11+5=16

Vale's body became enveloped in a slightly blue light, that caused her to look up at her energy bar and noticed that it had it's full refresh that is initiated when out of a combat for a brief period of time. The blue light slowly fading caused another rock to glint in her peripheral, looking at the spot that was glinting she hurried over in a paced manner. Once she reached the stone she quickly used the razor sharp claws of her gauntlets to shovel the sand fast and withdraw the rock that resided there just covered under the sand. With another material located, she put the item in her inventory and did the required finger movements in order to update the information on her journey here in the fifth floor.

Materials Gathered: 6

Vale: 700/700 HP | EN 70/70 (3/3 turns out of combat regen)

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88679 | LD: 6+5=11 (No Material Found)

Vale dug around trying to look around for a second rock, as it had held up so far that they sat in pairs. But the more sand she shoveled around the more fruitless it became. After having moved a fair amount in the core span of a few minutes, it wasn't worth digging more and more into the sand looking for a material. Vale stood up tall and continued walking to town, the path still visible as there was no wind in the air to cause the footprints in the sand to disappear. She strolled her way forward thinking about what she would do next, "To be honest... A night in would be wonderful, I need a shower after all this sweating. Only reason I don't stay at my home on the eighth floor is it is always humid there. Sweating is a constant." She spoke to herself thinking about what she would do.

Materials Gathered: 6

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88680 | LD: 11+5=16 (Material Found)

While Vale spoke to herself about what she wanted to do after the quest, she felt her foot land on top of one of the many rocks she had found earlier. Smiling she pulled it out of the ground and placed it into her inventory as she had done every time up until now. After the inventory disappeared along with the material she thought about home once more, "It was nice having Hikki there." She said to herself with a smile. Her heart began thumping faster and faster the more she thought about Hikoru, "I've never been attracted to a man before... He is pretty effeminate for one. So I guess that helps." She giggled and began laughing, she realized what was going on in her heart. And her mind was in stride with her heart, there was more to everything.

Materials Gathered: 7

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88681 | LD: 16+5=21 (Material Found)

After Vale laughed the smile and the laugh slowly dissipated, looking down at the ground she saw another material just sitting there waiting to be picked up by some random passerby. She knelt down and grabbed the material, slowly putting it into her inventory, thoughts of Yukino began to surge to the surface. This had occurred a fair number of times since the Gemini almost killed her, it was the creature that proved to her that she was not strong enough to protect Yukino, and give her a reason to stay. She remembered the abandoning feelings she got from her lover, and questioned if moving onto Hikoru was the right thing. Vale wanted the best for herself, she felt as though she deserved as such. Thus the man cloaked in shadow was the first person she was having such feelings for.

Materials Gathered: 8

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88682 | LD: 5+5=10 (No Material Found)

Her heart was torn between Yukino and Hikoru. The first being the person she spent the many years of her life with, the one who helped her realize her potential. The one who let her cry her eyes out, the one who gave mutual feelings to her when she had the guts to reach out for. The Latter being the one who was honest to her from the beginning, the one who had showed her things that no one else would be able to. The one who could teach her what she really needed. With Yukino abandoning her in this world, she felt bad for Hikoru as though she was using him. But, somewhere deep down, she was starting to build honest feelings toward the man. He still hadn't shared his past with her, it was here that she knew and realized to move on with Hikoru is to tell him everything.

Materials Gathered: 8

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[Vale 1]

ID: 88683 | LD: 15+5=20

The entrance to the town that lead to the Teleportation gate was within a few minutes walk from where she was, it was the last chance she would have to peer around for anything she could use for her crafting needs. Quickly seeing a flower that rested up against the side of the town's outer wall, caused her to smile. Walking up she picked the flower from the ground and watched it dissipate into her inventory, "Hikoru... I'm going to tell you everything, and apologize for why I need to do to you what I need to first." She looked up at the sky with the shade of the wall keeping the sunlight from hitting her eyes, "But I hope you will understand, and this can become something greater than either of us ever imagined. And, that you feel honestly the same way about me." She bit her lip after she finished say, praying the last part would ultimately be true.

Materials Gathered: 9

Edited September 24, 2017 by Vale