[F04 - SP] Gotta Learn To Fight Now <<Training your Friend>>

[Noctua 0]

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Level: 16
Hit Points: 320
Energy: 32
DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Skills:
» Rapier - Rank 3
» First Aid - Rank 1

Familiar:
» Athena - Retraining from Healer to Fighter

Equipped:
» Jack's Graceful Repose [Demonic Rapier [Burn // Blight // Cursed // Burn]]
» Silver Wolf Necklace [Perfect Necklace [Accuracy // Accuracy // Accuracy]]
» Virtuous Ascendance [Perfect Light Armor [Mitigation // Mitigation // Regen]]

Battle Ready Inventory:
» Starter Healing Potions (3)
» Tier One Health Potions of Uncommon Quality (+40HP) (5)
» Tier One Damage Potion. (+1 Damage) (1)
» Tier One Over-Health Potion (+50 Temp. HP) (1)

Just like that, everything had gone wrong. Everything was gone. Destroyed. Probably never to be seen again. She didn't know what she had done to deserve any of this, but before she even knew it, Koga was far behind her and she was outside of the town's gates on the fourth floor. It had been a good day, really. Relaxation, no fighting, until they ran into Yukiro and Tala. Then everything went bad. Tala attacked them, and started to say things. Things that weren't true. The duel ended abruptly, just as abruptly as it had started. Then she and Koga were walking away. That was when everything shattered. She still had tears rolling down her face as she angrily walked through the wilds. Hoot. That brought her back. She looked at the snow white owl who was flying beside her head and Noctua immediately knew what needed to happen. "Athena, you are going to learn to fight. I don't need a healer at this point, but I do need more damage." Athena didn't say a thing for a moment before, Hoot. If that wasn't uncertain, Noctua didn't know what was. 

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

She didn't think that the owl was going to easily go along with this, but here Athena was, ready to go. At least that made one of them. Noctua was still trying to walk through the tears and pain. She really just wanted to beat something up at this point, but it was like all of the monsters could feel her hatred and pain, because there was nothing around her. This didn't seem to help the mood, but there was nothing that she could really do on it. She didn't want to think about what just happened. She just wanted to walk, to think. To make sure that she wasn't imagining everything that had happened in the short time since she started to actually do something for herself. She made a promise, and she didn't know if she was going to be able to keep that anymore. "Athena, I hate to say it, but I don't think we are keeping that promise." Another hoot, only this one seemed to sound sullen. Who knew that the NPC familiars were about to sounds as depressed as their master?

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

She walked and walked, being slowly followed by a flying white owl. This wasn't how things were supposed to go. She wasn't supposed to even fall for someone in this death game. She was just supposed to survive, but she had gotten the bright idea to go and try and level up, and now look at her situation. It seemed poetic in a way, but it also seemed like she wasn't meant to be happy. That wasn't programmed into the game though, was it? If it was, she was really going to be having a long talk with someone when this was finally over. But, when this was over, what was she going to do? There was no way that she was going to be able to stand being back home. At least she didn't know where Koga lived, she didn't have to worry about avoiding a certain place. She would just go somewhere isolated, find some place where he couldn't live. Perhaps just to a different place in Japan, yeah, that could work.

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

But wait, he could easily just go there, she was dumb enough to tell him that she lived there. A soft sigh came from her as she stopped walking. What kind of stupid game did she think that she had actually been playing? She was just going to have to go ahead and block herself off once more. Let no one in. Let no one get close enough to hurt her like this once more. Yeah, that was going to be a good idea. Wiping away the final tear that was on her face, she sucked in a deep breath before letting it go slowly. She nodded her head then and attempted a smile. It was fake for now, but she had plenty of time to learn how to put on a real fake smile right. The kind that won't let someone know that she was hurting on the inside. Yeah, she was going to have to practice on that.

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

ID: 131454
CD: 5 >>FAIL<<

Athena seemed to be on alert, for what, Noctua couldn't exactly tell. So, she opted to ignore it for now. That was probably just the owl trying to relearn things. As she thought on it, she was starting to wonder how she was actually going to be able to retrain the owl. Honestly, was Athena just supposed to try and attack the first thing that she saw? Because if that was the case, it was going to be a long time before they found something at this point. If something was to come this way, just the look that Noctua was giving off was probably going to scare it off. Wait, no, this is the fourth floor after all. Things here weren't like those dumb boars on the first floor.

So then where was everything? That was when she heard the loud screech come from Athena as she attempted to dive bomb a wolf. The monster easily moved, but just the irony of the fact that she was going to be fighting a wolf was..she didn't know. "Athena, come back, I'll take care of it. Good try though." She could still be supportive of her feathered friend.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 298(320-22)/320 || EN: 27(32-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Wolf: HP: 140(160-20)/160 || DMG: 40

ID: 131455
BD: 9 (6+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 6 (7-1) >>HIT<<
DMG vs Noctua: 40-18=22

She was hoping that the wolf was just going to pass them by, she really didn't want to have to fight it. That was going to hurt too much you know. But no, it's attention was now focused on Noctua. She sighed as she took her rapier from it's sheath. She sent a silent apology to whoever was listening to her at this point. She knew that it wasn't going to reach Koga, he hadn't been listening. At all. Just reliving that seemed to make her blood boil once more, which was hard to do in the ice box that was the floor. She was grateful for her jacket, but she knew that the fight was going to be well worth the warmth.

So she dashed at the wolf and the first thing that she saw was her rapier hitting it square in the chest, hard. Neutron, just a single strong piercing blow right to the chest, that was all she was able to do at the wolf bit her arm in return. She should have seen that coming right. Breaking her arm free, she moved away from the wolf. This was going to be a fun fight.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 303(298+5)/320 || EN: 22(27-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 2/3]

Wolf: HP: 86(140-30-12-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BLIGHT 1/2][BURN 1/2]

ID: 131456
BD: 13 (10+3) >>CRITICAL +2<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4+2*5=30

MD: 1 >>CRITICAL FAIL<<
DMG vs Noctua: >>MISS<<

All fear and thoughts about killing something that reminded her of her bo- ex-boyfriend was gone. Why should she care? He didn't. He didn't care to listen, didn't care to hear her out. Everything that she had said just went in one ear and out the other. Just like any other male she ever met. Just thinking on this made her grip tighten on the hilt of the rapier before she dashed to the wolf once more. Only, instead of the chest this time, she aimed her Neutron attack right at it's right shoulder. She hit, and jumped back in time to watch a decent chunk of health be taken from the wolf, then Burn and Blight showed up.

This was going to be over fast. She kept her eye on the wolf, and right as it went to attack her, her damage over times went off and it scared the wolf into tripping over it's own paws. That was depressingly sad, and slightly familiar. Nope, no thinking on the past anymore. It was just that, the past.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 284(303+5-24)/320 || EN: 17(22-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 3/3] - Refreshed

Wolf: HP: 42(86-20-12-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BLIGHT 0/2][BURN 1/2] - Burn Refreshed

ID: 131457
BD: 11 (8+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 9 (10-1) >>CRITICAL +2<<
DMG vs Noctua: 40+2-18=24

Forgetting the past, if only it was truly that easy. But, nothing was that easy right? She stared into the amber eyes of the wolf before her, it's black fur finally registering in her mind as well. Was this game really trying to mess with her mindset? Because it was working right now. She shook her head and dashed for the wolf. Her blade was turning a deep violet as she channeled Neutron once more, before she stabbed the wolf right in the rib cage. The amber eyes, just a shade lighter than Koga's actual red, looked back at her, anger showing in them this time.

She didn't have time to move away before she wolf tackled her to the ground and bit at her left shoulder. It took her a few moments of a tussle before she was able to shove the wolf off of herself and she rose back to her own feet then. Okay, the wolf was playing hard ball, Noctua could play hard ball.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 267(284+5-22)/320 || EN: 12(17-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 3/3] - Refreshed

Wolf: HP: 10(42-20-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BURN 0/2]

ID: 131458
BD: 8 (5+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 7 (8-1) >>HIT<<
DMG vs Noctua: 40-18=22

The wolf moved a few paces back before it seemed to start circling her. Well, this was certainly going to make things harder weren't they. Either way, she kept her grip on her rapier as she started to channel Neutron once more. She watched the wolf carefully, timing it. There. She dashed forward and thrust her rapier right into the wolf's flank. She watched as it's health dropped into the red soon after she moved back. Burn was gone now, but the wolf was nearly dead. But being focused on the fight was hard when the thought of her killing Koga right now popped into her mind.

She shook her head quickly, but not fast enough. The wolf lunged at her and bit her leg, only to be easily kicked off moments later. This wolf was playing dirty tricks, reminding her of Koga. Making her think that she was killing him instead of just a monster in the snowy wilds. This made her heart rate quicken, half in anger, half in fear.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

End Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 272(267+5)/320 || EN: 9(12-3)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 2/3]

Wolf: HP: 0(10-12)/160 || DMG: 40 >>DEAD<<

ID: 131459
BD: 6 (3+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Accel Stub
DMG: 4*3=12

ID: 131460
LD: 10
CD: 1

Obtained:
1360 Col
Tier 1 Material (2)
Uncommon Consumable (1)

She wasn't about to give the wolf another moment of torturing her mentally. She ran forward, changing her attack to this time use Accel Stub. The tip of her rapier's blade jabbed into the wolf's torso three times, and after the third, she watched as it turned into a cloud of fragments. It was gone, dead. The torture could stop not right? No, it wasn't going to stop. It was replying in her mind, the amber eyes had seemed to turn to the red that were Koga's when it died, only to make her fully believe that she just killed the man she loved.

But she hadn't, a quick check of her friends list proved that. Wait... why did she still have him there? That wasn't going to help her forget about the past. That wasn't going to make things better on herself. With a slow and shaky hand, she opened up her options with Koga's name highlighted. She was staring at them, until she heard a hoot from behind her. This snapped her out of that trance as she closed the menu and looked over to where Athena's hoot came from.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 282(272+10)/320 || EN: 10(9+1)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

ID: 131463
CD: 10 >>SUCCESS<<

Successful Training 1/3

She looked at Athena, to see that she was staring at a tree. Okay, there was nothing odd there, no, not at all. Noctua rose to her feet, shaking a little as she put her rapier back into it's sheath. There was nothing else around right now, so she wasn't going to have to worry about being attacked. But as she neared Athena, she noticed that the owl was attacking the tree, and actually doing damage to something? Could damage be done to the trees? But she got closer, she saw that Athena had a mouse in her beak, and she sighed and shook her head.

The mouse had damage done to it though, and that seemed to have counted toward retraining the owl. Well, that was working in their favor then wasn't it. She whistled lightly and Athena came over and landed on Noctua's shoulder, mouse still in her beak. "Eat your prize Athena. We can walk for a little bit." The owl made no sound, and instead munched down the mouse. Ew.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 292(282+10)/320 || EN: 11(10+1)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Obtained:
Vanity Dress [Silk red with Wine Red accents] (1)

Something rolled down her cheek as she walked, the snow white owl still sitting on her shoulder. She moved to wipe away the rogue tear. "Why am I still crying Athena? He obviously doesn't love me like he said." Hoot, hoot. Noctua sighed, wishing that she could translate what it was that the owl was actually saying. But it wasn't that easy, and well, it was making this conversation a little harder. Until, "I should just stop thinking about him. Yeah, that should be easy, but it's not." Wait.. what if she did that thing that one of her "friends" told her about in the real world.

"Close off your heart if it's been hurt, allow it to heal, without the chance to be harmed again." She whispered the words to herself as she nodded. That was when she noticed an item at her feet. It was a vanity dress, a silk red dress with wine red accents on it. This would do perfectly, when she wasn't in a place full of snow, she'll change her outfit.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 302(292+10)/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Close off your heart, how does one do that? She thought on this factor as she walked through the snow. She was glad that she was still in her pants, because she didn't want to be any colder than she already was. This was actually the moment that she missed having her mother around. She was missing the advice and, well, the chocolate ice cream. She sighed at the thought and tried to think about what her mother would say at a moment like this. She smiled softly at the thought of that happening.

She looked at Athena when the owl left her shoulder, only to watch the owl fly in front of her, doing nothing but basically floating. "What Athena?" The owl hooed softly before dive bombing into Noctua's chest. It made the woman yelp in surprise as she grabbed the owl ad hugged her close. Well, that was certainly something. "You know, what if I just show you my heart and love. That might help." Another hoot in response, that was apparently the right answer.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 312(302+10)/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

She cuddled the owl close to her heart as she walked over to a tree. She made sure that there was nothing there, and that the snow that was on it wasn't about to fall on her head. That would suck. The snow white owl buried herself into Noctua's arms though and it made the woman smile. "At least I still have you Athena." A soft hoot came from the buried owl and Noctua looked around. She knew that Athena still needed to train, but there was nothing here at the moment.

Something new crossed her mind, another person to be mad at. She already yelled at Yukiro at the end of the duel, but that didn't even extend to the anger that she felt. She suppressed their initial meeting, just because that is how she is, no was. She wasn't that woman anymore, and it was starting to show with how she was thinking. Koga, Yukiro, and Tala, the three people who have betrayed or hurt her in some way. Yeah, she was going to have to rethink a lot of things once she wasn't in the cold. Starting with who she considered to be her friends.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320(312+10)/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Yeah, rethinking things was going to be the first thing that she did. Along with possibly finding herself a new workshop. Or at least just finding a way to not have to talk to Koga while in the shop. Was it possible to move her store front? Was it possible to just stop being business partners with someone in this hell? She was going to have to find a way to figure that out. There was to be some kind of informant who would know the answers. So, she would just have to go and figure that out. But was it worth it?

Yes. She didn't think she was going to be friends with any of them ever again. Especially not Koga right now. It was going to be awkward enough to just be in the same shop, but to try and be friends after admitting feelings, that wasn't going to be possible. Speaking of those feelings, she tried to see how she felt, only to finally feel empty. Her anger finally wiped all of that clean, or at least buried it deep down enough to not let her care anymore.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

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Noctua: HP: 320/320 || EN: 32/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

ID: 131466
CD: 2 >>FAIL<<

Successful Training 1/3

Actually, the anger wasn't even there anymore, it was just pure empty. Well, that was a nice feeling when you think about it. She smiled at this fact, and it was a faked smile that looked like a true one. Good, she learned that which she wanted to know. Noctua pushed herself off of the tree and started to walk once more. Only to see a monster marker ahead of her. Athena was already wiggling free of Noctua's arms. But when the owl was free and went to attack, she missed again.

"Athena come on, I'll take care of it." It being a bear as she finally started to get closer to the area. Of course, she waited to see what the bear was going to do. At first, it seemed like the monster hadn't noticed the owl fail to hit him. That might work in her favor, she remembers the last fight she had against a bear. She looked at the trees and cringed from the memory.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 298(320-22)/320 || EN: 27(32-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1

Bear: HP: 140(160-20)/160 || DMG: 40
[BURN 2/2]

ID: 131481
BD: 11 (8+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 6 (7-1) >>HIT<<
DMG vs Noctua: 40-18=22

Just as she thought that the bear was going to leave them be and walk right on by, it instead charged Noctua, slamming her into the tree that was right behind her. Queue the PTSD from the misty forest. She even grumbled something as she worked on freeing herself from the bear. But when it decided that it didn't want to budge, she channeled Neutron while being pinned and hit the bear with it. The bear roared as it let her go and backed away. She fell to the ground before rising back to her feet.

Stupid bear. She watched though as Burn showed up on it's health bar and she sighed in a small bit of relief. That was going to help her out, a lot. She watched as the bear backed up some more and she quickly moved away from the tree line. No, no more trees in her back for her please.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 279(298+5-24)/320 || EN: 22(27-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 2/3] - Refreshed

Bear: HP: 108(140-20-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BURN 2/2] - Refreshed

ID: 131482
BD: 11 (8+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 9 (10-1) >>CRITICAL +2<<
DMG vs Noctua: 40+2-18=24

She was now staring down this bear, it's brown fur speckled with white snow. She felt some snow land on her head and she did nothing but shake it off. She wasn't about to let some frozen water bug her for this fight. The bear was soon charging her once more, and even though she tried to move out of the way, the bear still side swiped her with one of it's large paws. You know the funny part, even though she moved away from the tree line, the bears hit threw her right into a tree. At this point, she should just marry a tree and maybe things would stop throwing her into them.

Yeah, that wasn't going to happen. Her heart wasn't being opened up to anything, least of all marriage. Just the thought on this made her rise to her feet and charge the bear in return. Her attack landed right in it's side and she moved back and out of the way. She was not in the mood for tree throwing or feelings thinking.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 284(279+5)/320 || EN: 17(22-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 1/3]

Bear: HP: 76(140-20-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BURN 1/2]

ID: 131483
BD: 7 (4+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 2 (3-1) >>FAIL<<
DMG vs Noctua: >>MISS<<

Both the bear and Noct were on their feet and staring each other down. This would look interesting to anyone passing by, but then, who was dumb enough to pass by in the snow. She watched and waited. She was going to calculate this attack ad figure out how to make her own better. She was going to kill this bear and go about her business of training her owl. That was the plan. The second part, go home, grab Athena's Perch from the shop and not go back. She would find a way to do her craft, or just not do it at all. Either way worked for her right now if it meant being far away from Koga.

The bear was moving and right for her. She managed to see the attack coming in time though and was able to dodge it, her own rapier's purple blade stabbing into the bear's side as she did so. Her own attack almost missed with how fast the bear had been moving, but she didn't, and that was another chunk of health gone for the bear.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua

[Noctua 0]

In Combat:

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Noctua: HP: 289(284+5)/320 || EN: 12(17-5)/32 || DMG: 4 || EVA: 1 || ACC: 3 || MIT: 18 || BURN: 12 || BLIGHT: 12 || REGEN: 1
[REGEN 0/3]

Bear: HP: 44(76-20-12)/160 || DMG: 40
[BURN 0/2]

ID: 131484
BD: 8 (5+3) >>HIT<<
Sword Art: Neutron
DMG: 4*5=20

MD: 1 >>CRITICAL FAIL<<
DMG vs Noctua: >>MISS<<

But the bear didn't like that fact and attempted to turn around quickly, only for him to go skidding into a tree himself. Oof, that had to hurt. Noctua was going to take that advantage though and she started to charge Neutron once more. She waited and waited. The bear was starting to try and stand up and that was when she dashed for the bear. One strong hit to the rib cage and the bear was back on the ground in pain. Good, that was working to her advantage then.

She moved back and away from the tree line once more as she watched the bear slowly rise to it's feet. The bear was not liking her, and that was okay, the feeling was basically mutual at this point. She didn't like to be thrown into multiple trees and here they were. She had splinters in the back of her wrist and she was staring down a bear. How she wouldn't change things at this point.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Noctua