[SP-F1] <<Nature's Treasure>> Overflow

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath stood on the first floor, breathing in the sweet winter air, he couldn't help but let out a sigh. The wind blew his coat and ruffled Mists' feathers, and he wondered just how many times he had been on this floor, only to never know that there was a bountiful garden full of materials nearby. How many times he had wandered the fields full of boars only to miss the gathering treasure trove nearby. He cursed himself for not exploring more sooner. Perhaps he could have had it all to himself for a time. Instead, he was going to go, and there would most likely be plenty of others raiding this area, even with what was reported to be a much quicker respawn time. It couldn't be helped though, hopefully he could at least walk away with a decent amount for a day's work. It was all he could ask for in the end.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109651
  • LD: 5 + 4 (Failure)
• Total Gathered:
  • 0 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath arrived, there were definitely plenty of people running around in the garden. It was a simple affair, but one that could be easily missed, as it sat in a ring of trees in the forest. But there was no doubting the bountiful nature of this place, at least as far as Alchemists and Cooks were concerned. The little grove was just as overflowing with vegetables, roots, and flowers as it was people, and Emerath was absolutely delighted by this. As Emerath moved his way further inward, it didn't even take that long for him to find his first harvest. There were vegetables everywhere, and Emerath moved to pull on a plant that he thought he recognized as a potato plant. As he pulled and tugged, eventually the dirt gave way, and out popped a root with four potatoes growing out of it. Emerath smiled, and pulled a leather backpack out of his inventory, before stuffing the potatoes inside.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109652
  • LD: 17 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 8 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 4 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath watched a few of the other people run around, he started to get an idea for just how quickly they meant when they said fast respawn. Another adventurer had watched Emerath pull the potatoes out of the ground, and as he stepped back, the player walked over and pulled their own potatoes from a plant right next to it. A plant that hadn't been there only moment before. Intrigued, Emreath stood and watched the spot. The player who had pulled after him hadn't gotten as many potatoes, but then, Emerath had the Gatherer skill, so he would expect as much. Backpack draped over one shoulder, Mist on the other, Emerath knelt down to the spot, and watched as another potato plant materialized into existence. "Fast respawn indeed," he muttered, as he pulled on the plant, this time receiving another five potatoes at the end of the root. Emerath could really learn to like this.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109653
  • LD: 11 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 11 (3 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 9 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath walked around the garden, he surveyed the bountiful options before him. Potatoes were all well and good, but they had a limited alchemical value. What he needed were the various flowers and herbs scattered throughout. There were a handful of ones that he recognized from his time previously gathering out on the plains of the first floor. So he moved to those, and he tried to dig through them to find the ones that looked the most healthy and ripe. They were flowers, so it was a bit more difficult to determine than with a vegetable or fruit, but Emerath was an experienced enough Alchemist to at least know the difference on a basic level. These thoughts in mind, he found a good set of the yellow flowers, taking care to pick them at the base of the stem and preserve them for optimal use. Not wanting to crush them under the potatoes, he went ahead and put these directly in his inventory for the time being.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109654
  • LD: 11 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 8 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 13 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath watched the patch of flowers he had gathered from for some time. But no matter how much he waited, it didn't seem like a fast respawn time affected them unless he picked them all. It was a case of all or nothing it seemed, even if the materials weren't of the greatest quality. Though he wasn't even sure why he was all that worried about it. As he crafted, it never seemed like materials of the same Tier actually changed the outcome or the result. It was the skill of the crafter themselves. So, rather than stress over it anymore, Emerath picked the two remaining flowers of the bunch, and stood to stretch his legs as he decided on what he should gather next, whether that be the same flowers or something different. He supposed he should find something else. Variety was the spice of life after all. How else was he supposed to make different things anyway with the same materials?

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109655
  • LD: 7 + 4 (1 Material Gathered)
  • CD: 5 (1 Bonus Material)
• Total Gathered:
  • 15 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As he stretched and let out a bit of a yawn, Emerath decided it best to try to find some herbs to gather. A part of him just really wanted some tea leaves, and he hoped this garden, bountiful as it was, could produce some of those. It did take some searching, but after a bit of scanning the perimeter of the garden, Emerath was able to find just what he was looking for. The good thing about this place was that not only were the materials plentiful, but they were fresh. Emerath grabbed some of the leaves, and his mind wandered off into the process of drying and then steeping the leaves for some delicious tea. Now he couldn't wait to finish his gathering trip. Not only did he have plenty of materials so far to make items, but also to make his most delicious drink. An incredibly pleasant day this was already turning out to be.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109658
  • LD: 19 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 8 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 19 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 29, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath chuckled as he stared at the ground, amused as the tea leaves he had just picked just spawned right back into existence. He didn't even have to try here. He had spent so much time growing his ability to find more and more materials over time, but now it just felt silly. But, he would be able to craft a ton, so he wasn't complaining. Snapping up some more of the tea leaves and storing them away in his inventory, he went in search of his next major hit. Would it be more vegetables, or perhaps some more herbs? At least if he kept grabbing food related items, it also meant that he had some basic stuff for dinner, despite that he wasn't actually a cook. One could argue that alchemy was a form of cooking, but unfortunately SAO's game systems didn't look at it that way. Oh well, he decided he should grab some carrots anyway.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109740
  • LD: 16 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 2 (1 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 22 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

No matter how much he searched, Emerath just could not, for the life of him, find a single carrot. Either that, or he had no idea what a carrot plant actually looked like. He had pulled a few things out of the ground, thinking they might have been carrots, but they were different plants. Or worse, more potatoes. He ended up discarding all of these. Everything was so plentiful anyway, it didn't matter if he threw out some of the junk to get what he wanted. He wished he had a computer so that he could look up what a carrot looked like. Or that Aincrad had some sort of search engine inside of it. A Wikipedia, something. But no, all he had to go off of what the memories he didn't even have of what a carrot plant looked like. He knew what the root looked like, but that didn't help him in the slightest. Stupid carrots.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109742
  • LD: 5 +4 (No Materials Gathered)
• Total Gathered:
  • 22 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

It took some more digging, but eventually Emerath was able to find some carrots in the bountiful garden. He had pulled out plenty of plants, and wasted them, much to the chagrin of many of the other adventurers. Emerath ignored them. If they really wanted it, then they could simply pick them up. Or, that's what Emerath would have said if they didn't immediately burst into pixels when they hit the ground. SAO was a strange game when it came to that. Perfectly good materials, but oops they touched the ground, and now it's dead. Even if it came from the ground in the first place. Go figure. Didn't matter though, Emerath now had three lovely looking carrots. That was what mattered. He quickly stuffed them into his backpack with the potatoes, and he could just imagine the stew he could make later. Or get a cook to make later, as it were. It was all the same in the end.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109743
  • LD: 13 +4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 3 (1 Bonus Material)
• Total Gathered:
  • 25 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath wandered the garden, he wondered what to even pick next. Sure, he could just grab any old thing and probably make it into at least a basic potion, but where was the fun in that? Perhaps it had just been his growling stomach that had led to him wanting to get a stew made later, but he still had his pockets and his health to think of as well. As well as his sanity. Boring potions were boring, after all. Honestly, it didn't help that there were quite a few other adventurers that insisted on him getting out of the way and to stop wasting the resources. Emerath thought it was adorable. Though, a part of him waited for one to get a big head and try attacking him. Wouldn't that be a trip? It would certainly make the day more interesting, that was for sure. But no such attack came, and Emerath still hadn't decided what to pick next.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109744
  • LD: 2 + 4 (No Materials Gathered)
• Total Gathered:
  • 25 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath was certain the thing that made him the most sad about this bountiful garden was the fact that he didn't really even have to try. He just had to sit in any spot in the middle of this area, reach out and pick some flowers, and BAM! he had materials. It was that simple. In fact, he did just that. He ended up with a handful of grass, but that was neither here nor there. The grass was yellow grass. That probably meant he could use it in a potion somehow, he was sure of it. Either that or someone just couldn't make it to a bathroom. Suddenly he wasn't sure if he wanted the grass anymore. But hey, perhaps urine could be used as an alchemy ingredient. Wait, he had never had to use the bathroom in SAO. Did anyone? It was really weird the sort of mental trips one goes on when they're bored in the middle of a bountiful garden.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109745
  • LD: 16 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 9 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 29 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath sat there, picking at the yellow grass, he began to wonder if there were other colors of grass. Was there pink grass? Purple grass? What about bluegrass? No, he supposed a Performer would have to help him with that one. In the meantime, there was some brown grass. He wondered if that was just dried or dead grass. Could something be dead in a bountiful garden like this? Hell, even if it was, it probably had some alchemical properties that Emerath could use, so he grabbed a bunch of it anyway. He'd figure it out one way or another. Or, the game would, he supposed. It always came back to that. The game would figure it out, even if he was the one that really wanted to. It was silly how that worked. The more he tried to immerse himself and feel like he was living in the real world again, the more he was limited.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109746
  • LD: 19 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 10 (3 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 34 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

All this discussion of grass, and Emerath decided that it was time to move on. There were plenty of other interesting herbs out there, and it seemed that the peanut gallery of other adventurers had quieted down and returned to their own gathering what with Emerath not throwing stuff away anymore. Idly, a part of him wondered if he could pick a meat plant in order to get some meat for his stew. But you know, that brought up an interesting point. A garden often had animals that ran around in it, and those animals had both alchemical and cooking potential. Quickly, Emerath dug around for more of those carrot plants, now that he had found them, and as he did he uncovered a rabbit hiding in the foliage. His hand shot out, but he wasn't fast enough. However, his owl was, as she shot after it, and grabbed it in her claws, bringing it back to Emerath to survey.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109747
  • LD: 9 + 4 (1 Material Gathered)
  • CD: 6 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 37 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath took the rabbit from his familiar, and he was pleased with the result. "You are a lovely creature, you know that Mist? I'm so glad I found you," Emerath admitted to the snowy owl, and she cooed with pleasure. Emerath took a knife to the creature's body, and the game's mechanics quickly took over, converting the raw animal into parts immediately. It was at least cleaner, but a part of Emerath, having to survive in this death game and living out in the wilderness for days on end, had wanted to learn how to properly clean and process the animal. But that wasn't how this worked. Instead, Emerath fed some of the meat to Mist, and then instructed her to go out on another hunt. This one ended just as quickly for a poor rabbit, as Mist brought it to him and he processed this one as well. Plenty of meat, safely tucked away in his inventory, for that stew later.

**Gathering Attempt**

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• ID: 109748
  • LD: 9 + 4 (1 Material Gathered)
  • CD: 2 (1 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 39 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Honestly, meat had a multitude of alchemical uses, as did bones and other animal parts. Emerath could see the merit in having his owl hunt for him out here in this bountiful garden, as he continued to feed pieces to the happy familiar, and sent it out. Unfortunately for Emerath, it didn't appear that animals followed the same rules as the rest of the garden. Mist flew around in a large radius, but she didn't seem to find anymore rabbits for Emerath. She did seem to find a mouse, that she picked up and swallowed all at once, but that didn't really help Emerath all that much. He was happy that Mist was getting some hunting and exercise in. Occasionally she would fly off on her own and search for food. She'd always come back of course, but this was a bit more of a joint hunting effort, and one that allowed for more bonding. Too bad there weren't anymore rabbits, at least for now.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109749
  • LD: 4 + 4 (No Materials Gathered)
• Total Gathered:
  • 39 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath watched the sun head down towards the trees, Emerath began to realize that he was tired. He had spent so much time gathering here in this garden, that it had taken an entire day. He chuckled to himself, as he sat back in the grass, and let himself just relax. He had gotten so engrossed in all this garden had to offer that he hadn't even noticed that the day had just flown by. Not that Emerath would mind some night gathering either, but it wasn't as effective. Although, Emerath would wager a guess to say that it was probably quieter. Less adventurers, all of them in their shops crafting after their bountiful day, or simply celebrating at a bar or sleeping at an inn. Some crazier ones would go to kill the night monsters for some extra loot and experience after a hard day of gathering. Emerath wondered what the night held for him this time, as he considered picking more herbs before it got dark.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109750
  • LD: 3 + 4 (No Materials Gathered)
• Total Gathered:
  • 39 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

With a groan and a stretch, Emerath stood up. An involuntary yawn escaped his lips, as he looked around at the other few remaining adventurers in the area. The sun was still peeking above the trees, and it was time Emerath got up and wrapped up his day, or else he was liable to fall asleep in the grass. He hadn't picked a few of the different herbs that lay around the area, and so he decided to finish out his variety tour of things that might make better things with those. He walked around and hand picked some of the more colorful herbs that Emerath didn't readily recognize. He hoped that he could make something out of it all. He had gathered quite a bit of stuff, even not including all the vegetables and meat that he had gotten. Though, that was important too. The man did have to eat, and Col didn't grow on trees.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109751
  • LD: 14 + 4 (2 Materials Gathered)
  • CD: 12 (3 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 44 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

As Emerath moved through the garden, his eyes grew more and more heavy, and his movements more sluggish. The game was dragging him down, making him feel the simulated tiredness that he tried so hard to ignore most times. But today had been busy. Full of plenty of people, encounters, vegetables, and herbs. So much to see, so much to pick. And it all just kept respawning, it never failed. Emerath grabbed for a nearby plant, and nearly fell over, and gave himself a light chuckle. Mist hopped along behind him, giving a concerned hoot, and Emerath looked down at the bird with his tired eyes. "Am I pushing myself too hard? I suppose I do just keep going and going. I went home, I started crafting again, and yet I still just keep going," he explained to the owl, and she just cocked her head, before fluttering up to his shoulder.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109759
  • LD: 4 + 4 (No Materials Gathered)
• Total Gathered:
  • 44 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath knelt down, and ran his hand through the dirt, and he managed to shake off some of the tiredness. He saw a paw print, a wolf print. His mind wandered a bit as he looked at it, knowing that there were wolves in this area. But that wasn't what his mind focused on. There was a specific wolf that he kept thinking about, another familiar. Why did he keep going? Why is it that despite him going home, despite him reaffirming everything he had ever wanted in life, and his desire to live, he kept going? Maybe he had just wanted to see the world through her eyes. He wondered if he could say he had, but he had never asked her what she saw. Maybe that was why he kept going. It wasn't enough to think he had seen enough. He had to know.

With a blink, he snapped out of it, and brushed away the paw print from the dirt, before grabbing some more herbs for the road.

**Gathering Attempt**

Spoiler

• ID: 109764
  • LD: 7 + 4 (1 Material Gathered)
  • CD: 6 (2 Bonus Materials)
• Total Gathered:
  • 47 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath

[Emerath 0]

Emerath had felt like he had done enough for the day. His mind was beginning to wander too much, and it was about time he went home and got some proper rest. Even if it was just a nap in his cozy arm chair by the fire, it was better than nothing. But as he turned to leave, something odd caught his eye. It appeared that a large bit of the foliage had begun to grow in an odd pattern. It was overgrown and seemed to crisscross itself in ways that plants didn't do, unless they were hiding something. Emerath cocked his head, and made his way over to the mess of plants, and slowly pulled them apart, some needing more forceful pulling than others, until he uncovered a small footlocker dug into the dirt. It seemed that his long day hadn't been without its own rewards, besides that of the materials gathered. His heart beating faster, Emerath reached out to open the chest.

**Treasure Chest Location Attempt**

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• ID: 109765
  • LD: 14 + 4 (Treasure Chest Found)
• Total Gathered:
  • 47 Materials
  • 0 Col
  • 0 Items

Edited November 30, 2018 by Emerath