[F01 - SP] Learning To Defend <<Training your Friend>>

[Nephthys 0]

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Level: 5
HP: 100/100
EN: 10/10
DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Skills:
» Two Handed Assault Spear - Rank 1

Equipped:
» <<Spartan>> [Perfect 2H Assault Spear[Accuracy // Damage // Damage]]
» <<Masochist's Plate>> [Perfect Heavy Armor [Mitigation // Thorns // Thorns]
»  Hawk Bracelet [Perfect Bracelet [Accuracy // Accuracy // Accuracy]]

Battle Ready Inventory:
» (5) Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)

Well, they both had rested and bonded for an entire day. Nephthys looked down at Bast and smiled, "You ready to learn to protect me Bast?" The panther looked up at the spear wielding woman and chirped a response. For those who don't know, panthers don't roar like other big cats, they are actually quiet stalkers. Cool right. Either way, Neph chuckled at the panther's enthusiasm to the idea of learning to protect her human friend. It was adorable, a giant cat like this feeling the need to protect a human. What kind of luck did Neph have when she ran into this beautiful creature?

"So Bast, besides meat, what other foods shall we try for you..." It was more of a question for Neph, but the panther did whistle, "Birds are meat my dear." Then came a low growl and Neph shook her head. "Well, you don't have to believe me, but it's the truth."

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

They were almost on their way out of town, but just before actually walking out of the gates, Nephthys stopped and knelt own in front of the panther. "Okay Bast, remember, you are going to help me out by learning to take some damage for me. That means you are going to have to jump in front of an attack okay." A rumbled growl that ended in a whistle came from the panther then and it made Nephthys smile before she gently rubbed the top of the panther's head. "You know that I am lucky to have found you right?" Three chirps and a peep came from the panther then as she rubbed her head into Neph's chest. This action early knocked the woman onto her butt, but she was able to catch herself with her spear. "Okay, okay, I get it! You were lucky too! Now let's get going before it gets too late." A playful growl came from the panther then. It was Bast's way of telling Neph that she was ready to fight and defend.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

With Bast understanding what it was that her job was to do today, Neph stood back up and turned to head out of town. She knew that she was going to be safe, no, she didn't have her new gear yet, but that was okay. She was going to give Koga, the blacksmith's name she figured out, enough time to create that. But she was also going to have to farm a lot of materials to be able to help the poor guy, because she had the feeling that it wasn't going to be easy making two perfects. But, that was going to be a job for next time. Right now, she looked down at the panther that was walking beside her and she smiled. "Let's go find something to beat up Bast." A chirp that turned into a growl, then swapped into a whistle. This panther had one crazy way of communicating, but it was pretty entertaining at the same time. It was just going to take some time to truly learn what it was that was being said.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

The walk out of town was simple, the moment that they were back in the wild, Bast seemed to go into an alert kind of mode. It might just be an automatic response, because Neph did the same thing. One could never know how often they would find a monster or something that was going to want to hit them. That was the part that sucked really, the not knowing. But, at least with Bast being willing to learn how to help protect Neph, that meant that Neph was going to be able to complete her goal of being able to protect others. It was going to be a long process, but it was something that she was going to do. She wanted to be able to help others, even if she didn't trust them completely. No one deserved to die because of a video game, that just wasn't fair was it.

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

ID: 132098
CD: 9 >>Successful<<

Successful Training Attempts: 1/3

Their walk was soon interrupted though when a wolf came running at them. Just by looking at it, it wasn't going to be a strong wolf, but Neph still got herself ready for anything. One could never be too sure when it came to monsters anymore anyways. Field bosses could come out of no where and just slap you right into a rock. She has heard stories. It sounded painful, a giant gorilla just slamming some small girl into a rock. Neph shuddered as she thought on that, and it was something that just made her want to protect others more. So as she got ready to take the first hit from the wolf, she watched as Bast jumped in front of Neph and the panther took the hit instead, leaving just a marginal of damage being done to Neph in the process. The woman smiled as she moved her spear diagonally to slash the wolf's chest, only to watch the one hit kill the wolf. Well, it was weak, so that explains why it look like Bast was perfectly fine.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Still, she wasn't about to go anywhere without giving the panther a full once over. She didn't know how to exactly care for a familiar in terms of injuries, but she was going to figure it out if she really needed to. For now though, she ran her hands along each of the panther's legs before she pet the giant cat, which earned her a purr in response. "Well, I'm glad that you are happy to have helped. I won't lie, I was a little scared, but seeing you fine afterwards, I know that we got this." A chirp of agreement came from the panther before she headbutted Neph, as if to tell her that it was time to continue on. It made the woman laugh as she stood up once more and she nodded, "Okay, I see you are an impatient one, or are you looking for this?" She held a chunk of meat out to Bast then, who happily gobbled it up.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

What? Don't judge her. She is training a panther to protect, she is going to give the giant cat a treat with a successful training moment. That was only fair. It was like training a dog, you want them to know that they did good, praise, love and a treat. At least, that's how Neph always helped train her friends dogs. It seemed to work then, so why shouldn't it now? Bast was happily purring though as she walked beside Neph, the panther seemed to be enjoying this, and might even end up liking her roll as being Neph's feline protector. Wasn't that a funny thing to see. One would think that a panther would be trained to fight, but nope, here Neph was, breaking the mold and teaching the giant cat to protect and take damage. Breaking the mold, it was what Neph was good at. Like when she critically failed attacking a boar four times in a row the other day. Breaking the mold.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

The walk was peaceful, even when Bast decided to be a needy cat and beg for head rubs. It was cute in a way, instead of whining or anything, she would just shove her head into the palm of Neph's hand. 'Pet me now' is all that action ever said to Neph and the woman was fast to comply. She almost got eaten by this giant cat once, she wasn't about to with hold the pets and get almost eaten again. That sounded like a bad day. Besides, she still needed to show Bast off to her brother. That would be an interesting day. "On that thought, Bast, when you do meet Issac, you are not allowed to bite him. Unless he does something stupid, then you can bite him." Knowing her brother though, he might do something stupid just to see if the giant cat did have a bite with her hiss. Which, Neph can happily say, she has not experienced if that is true or not, and she doesn't want to. Not first hand anyways.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Bast hasn't bit her yet, but there is still the entire time that she will have the panther during this game. Either way though, Neph didn't seem to mind putting her life into the panther's paws. They have only been together for maybe two days, and Neph already trusted the panther with her life. Funny how that works out isn't it? Besides, the panther was basically just an overgrown cat with how she acts sometimes. It was adorable and funny. The panther sat down for a moment though and chirped at Neph, breaking the woman from her thoughts. "What's wrong Bast?" Nothing, nothing was wrong, it was a ploy. Because the moment that Neph turned around to look at Bast, the panther was pouncing on her and purring. Neph fell back to the ground and grunted from the impact. "Ouch Bast..." The panther whistled her apology before rubbing her face on Neph's.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

ID: 132100
CD: 10 >>Successful<<

Successful Training Attempts: 2/3

But the loves and cuddles were soon ended when Bast growled before she jumped off of Neph. Right as Neph rolled to her feet, she watched as Bast jumped in front of a boar and took the headbutt that was meant for the woman. Neph cringed as she grabbed her spear and quickly slashed the tip of her spear through the boar. It took two hits for her to get it to die, but once the boar was gone, her attention quickly turned to look at Bast. "Bast, are you only darlin'?" She looked the panther over, who was just eyeing Neph's pocket. "Alright alright, I know what you want." The woman smiled as she grabbed a chunk of meat from her pocket and gave it to the panther. "Thank you Bast, you did perfectly well once again." Praise and love, that is everything that she was going to give the panther, especially if she kept taking hits like that.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Bast made a soft chirping sound as she laid down and it instantly worried Neph. "Bast.." The panther looked up though and purred before she started to roll on the ground. Wait, did the panther just have an itch that she needed to take care of? The sight of this made Neph laugh softly as she shook her head, "You have so much personality, it's unreal." Especially for something that was just an AI system. But that AI system was something that Neph was loving and calling a family member, and there was going to be no fighting on that subject matter. Even if Issac tried to say anything against it, Neph would put her brother in his place on that. She wasn't going to stand for Bast to get any kind of disrespect put upon the panther. But then, Bast could probably care for herself, which was easily seen as the panther quickly chased down a rabbit and ate it.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

"Were you seriously still hungry?" If that was the case, Neph might have to find a way to start carrying larger meat chunks for the panther. At least Bast was happy though, and having her hunt for her own food was probably going to be a big help too. Would mean less things for Neph to have to carry with her at least. But she would still have treats on hand, because she loved the panther. "You know, we are going to have to find actual treats that you like. I don't think I can keep carrying raw meat." Bast looked at Neph and hissed before she chirped. The panther apparently didn't like that thought process of Neph's, but it was the truth, the woman probably couldn't just keep carrying raw meat, it might freak others out. Then how was she supposed to make friends? Eh, she could always find a way, but wouldn't the raw meat start to stink anyways?

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Okay, those disgusting thoughts to the side, she focused back on her pretty panther. The giant cat seemed ready to start moving once more as she rolled to her paws, Neph soon standing up with her. "So, what do you think we will run into this time Bast?" So far, they have fought a wolf and a boar, what next was the floor going to throw at them? That was the golden question that both of them seemed to be thinking on. Heck, if she knew, she would know which ones to avoid right? But, life wasn't that fair right now, not in this game at least. Just look at how long it even took her to be able to find Bast. It took forever, and that is something that seemed to bug her slightly. But, there was nothing that she could do about the quest, and hey, she had Bast now so no need to stress on it. Until her brother was to want to do this, oh boy.

Edited December 16, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

She would suffer this torture to help her brother, but probably no one else unless she felt that they weren't going to turn around and try to stab her in the back, literally. For now though, she looked at Bast and smiled as the panther seemed to be actively looking and watching out for any signs of problems or monsters. That was a good thing really, it meant that the panther was going to do perfectly well in her new found job description. Well, the second one. The first job is just to be the bestest friend that Neph could ask for, and right now, the panther was already succeeding at the job. The panther seemed to notice that Neph was looking at her, because she looked up and chirped. "Yes, I'm fine. Just admiring my best friend." That made the panther purr before they both started to focus back on their walk and hunt for something new to fight.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 100/100 || EN: 10/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

ID: 132101
CD: 12 >>Successful<<

Successful Training Attempts: 3/3

It didn't seem to take too long, there was a bear up ahead. But Neph didn't want to chance fighting the bear, because that could spell for some trouble for herself and Bast. So, as she went to give the bear a wide arc or room, to hope that the bear wasn't about to notice her, she heard something walking towards her that wasn't Bast's paw steps. Then the steps got faster ad heavier, as if it was running toward her. That was when she saw Bast's body fly into a tree. That made Neph whip around and she stared at the bear. She was now mad, Neph had been doing so well, and even did well just now, but there was no way in hell she was going to let that hit go. Channeling her sword art, she quickly dashed for the bear, hitting it once in each knee.

Not only did this stun the bear, but it also manged to take a decent amount of damage from it. She was going to take a moment to think, but she didn't know how long the stun was going to last. So instead, she channeled Heft and she slashed the bear across the stomach. The bear's stun went away and she backed off, the bear looked like it was ready to strike, so Neph got ready to eat the hit. But it never came, instead, she saw Bast take it and once more the panther was down. "Damn it Bast, enough! Don't get yourself killed!" The panther hissed but reluctantly stayed where she was. This gave Neph the moment to channel heft once more as she slashed it through the bear, watching as the last of it's health drained away and it turned to fragments. There was nothing else in the world that mattered to her as she dropped her spear and ran to her friend.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

In Combat:

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Nephthys: HP: 93 (100-7)/100 || EN: 8(10-2)/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Boar: HP: 50/50 || DMG: 15

ID: 132102
BD: 5 (2+3) >>Fail<<
Sword Art: Heft
DMG: >>Miss<<

MD: 9 >>Critical +1<<
DMG: 15+1-9=7

She checked on the panther only to see that she was okay. This made Neph sigh in relief. It looked like everything more just knocked the wind out of the poor panther. But their time fighting wasn't done. No, she had a lot more work to do. Why you ask? Because there was a boar that was staring at the pair, and it was huffing as if it was ready to attack. Neph wasn't going to have any of that though as she charged right for the boar channeling heft. She wasn't in the mood for a fight right now, but shew as going to give the boar one if it really wanted one. So the moment her spear slashed diagonally over the boars chest, she saw her attack miss. The boar had managed to jump backwards just in time to evade the attack. Perfect. The boar though, it managed to rush her and headbutted her right in the stomach, making her move back a few paces.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

In Combat:

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Nephthys: HP: 93/100 || EN: 7(8+1-2)/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Boar: HP: 38(50-12)/50 || DMG: 15

ID: 132103
BD: 7 (4+3)>>Hit<<
Sword Art: Heft
DMG: 6*2=12

MD: 1 >>Critical Fail<<
DMG: >>Miss<<

Well, that was a horrible start to this fight. So, the next thing that she did was waste no time at all. She rushed forward, channeling heft once more. Only this time, she managed to hit the boar even though it tried to move. She still managed to slip it enough to be able to deal some decent damage to the boar. This was for Bast, the panther was still down, but seemed to at least be alive. Just...sleeping? Eh, let the panther sleep, the bear did some good hits upon her. Neph looked back at the boar to see what it's move was going to be, only to see it stumbling until it ran itself into rock. She winced for the boar. What? The boar wasn't the one who harmed Bast, that was the dead bear. The boar, well, it just happened to be a poor monster who decided it wanted to pick a fight.

Edited December 17, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

In Combat:

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Nephthys: HP: 87(93-6)/100 || EN: 6(7+1-2)/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Boar: HP: 8(38-12-18)/50 || DMG: 15

ID: 132104
BD: 6 >>Hit<<
Sword Art: Heft
DMG: 6*2=12

MD: 6 >>Hit<<
DMG: 15-9=6

Thorns activated, Boar takes 18 damage

She looked at the boar, and waited for it to right itself. She wasn't about to charge a boar to hit it while it was skidding around. That was a sure fire way to miss her mark. Once she was certain that the chances of missing her mark was lessened, she charged forward. Her spear's tip did a diagonal slash across the boar's body once more. Awesome, half health. It was in the yellow now. This was going to work perfectly. She started to back away from the boar, to try and get distance between the two of them. It worked for a few steps, before the boar charged her, quickly closing that distance once more.

She took yet another headbutt to the stomach as she took a few steps back, until her back hit a tree. Oh hell no, she wasn't about to be pinned to a tree, nope. She took the moment to dash to the side as she watched the boar still.

Edited December 18, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

End Combat:

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Nephthys: HP: 87/100 || EN: 5(6+1-2)/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

Boar: HP: 0(8-12)/50 || DMG: 15 >>Dead<<

ID: 132105
BD: 7 (4+3) >>Hit<<
Sword Art: Heft
DMG: 6*2=12

ID: 132106
LD: 20
CD: 3

Obtained:
435 Col
Tier 1 Material (2)
Perfect Consumable (1)
Rare Trinket (1)

The boar was trying to figure out what her angle was, and that was when she charged forward, another diagonal slash going through the center of the boar. Only this one managed to kill it instantly. She smiled as she watched it turn to fragments, and she quickly dismissed the loot window as she turned and walked over to the sleeping panther. Yes, she was sleeping. Neph smiled as she knelt down beside the giant cat, "Hey Bast, how about we head back home? I think we did enough training for today, and you could use some rest." The panther purred which ended in a whistle then. "Nope, I am not carrying you! You have four legs darn it, you can carry yourself." A whine came from the panther then and it made Neph groan. "How about, we sit here for a moment for you to gather more strength?" With that, she pulled another chunk of meat from her inventory and gave it to the panther.

Edited December 18, 2019 by Nephthys

[Nephthys 0]

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Nephthys: HP: 97/100 || EN: 6/10 || DMG: 6 || MIT: 9 || ACC: 3 || THORNS 18

"Okay Bast, I think it's time we head back. It will be dark soon." She watched as the panther slowly lifted herself to her paws and was soon standing. The moment that Bast was on all four paws, she stretched, back arching and all that stuff that you normally see a house cat do when they stretch. On a giant cat like Bast, it was kind of adorable. Honestly, watching as a giant cat literally acts like a house cat, who wouldn't find that adorable? Either way though, Neph waited long enough for the stretch to be over before she rose to her own feet and started to head back to town. "Steak for dinner?" A whistling purr came from the cat and it made Neph nod, "Alright, steak and bird. The second might be a little harder to find, but I'm sure we can find something." If a panther could prance, Bast would have done so with that promise from Nephthys.

Edited December 18, 2019 by Nephthys