Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 #1 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) After much needed rest an early morning peers through the window of the room. Raidou comes to consciousness with a slight stretch and a rub of his eyes. It seemed he was exhausted enough to sleep with his glasses on. At the foot of the bed were the bags of goods from the prior day. Raidou left them where they were as they were safe here in the guild hall and collected the gear he had dropped the day before. Adjusting his glasses onto his face proper and heading down the stairs the table was still in disarray. Pulling some food from his inventory and starting into it, he planned that today he would do the gathering first thing as to avoid being so far from comfort with exhaustion this time around. Consumed Hazelnut Cookie Rounds (+2 Loot Dice Food) Collecting a few empty bags and taking to the warp gate in the nearby settlement Raidou returns to Floor 21's garden, curious if it would still be empty. Spoiler Raidou, The Red Wanderer: Level: 31 HP: 620/620 En: 62/62 Weapon: The Black Star - Genesis [1HSS] (T1/Perfect): Paralyze 1 (9-10), Taunt (+1 Hatred from Attacks/Howls, +2 on Focused), Vampiric [Offensive] 1 (Recover 10% of Total HP on 9-10) Misc: Onyx Spectacles [Trinket] (T1/Perfect): +3 Loot Dice Misc: Red Wanderer's Robe [Light] (T1/Perfect): +3 Evasion Skills: 1 Handed Straight Sword: Rank 3 Parry: Obtained Gatherer: Obtained Searching: Rank 5 (GM) (+5 Loot Dice on Non Combat Gathering) Concentration [Extra]: +1 Accuracy on next attack, 3 turn cool down Battle Ready Inventory: Auric Sol [1HSS] (T2/Perfect): +6 Base Damage Self-Heal Recovery Potion*4 Teleport Crystal*1 Swordsman's Gauntlet [Heavy] (T2/Perfect): +54 Damage Mitigation Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #2 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) With the food he ate in such a hurry slightly churning in his stomach as he lands, the discomfort would have to find its place as there was work to be done and he had no time to feel sickly. Quickly extracting himself from the perimeter around Tolbana past varied minecarts littered with pickaxes plenty. Raidou finds himself through the dense yellow fog and into the little alcove hidden away through a break under one of the walls of the path just out of sight except to those who were looking. Raidou was expecting it to be empty, he was here just eight or so hours ago. To his surprise however, the nodes were still rather filled and fruitful. He was convinced that maybe he had missed more than he thought. Getting to work Raidou undonned his robe and started to get his hands dirty starting with the plants which he was accustomed. ID# 140253 results: Craft: 1, Loot: 19+[2/3/5]=29, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Eggs Collected!] +2 Eggs 2*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 2 Total Eggs: 2 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) They were mostly the golden leaved roots that were known to him as golden thread, but there were a few different assortments between the vast yellow blanket of the latter. The break of these growths echoed softly on the damp and rough walls that encapsulated them, reverberating faintly to the silence. Raidou tossed them underhanded to his right upon each successful pull, building a small pile not focusing too much on pocketing them as getting them free quickly. He also could not help but notice that every pull was met with a small notification on his HUD that followed alerting him to a growing counter of eggs adding themselves to his inventory. Still not knowing the significance he paid it little mind but would have to take the time to find out what it meant and where to 'use' these out of place morsels that was flooding his HUD with words. ID# 140254 results: Craft: 10, Loot: 3+[2/3/5]=13, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +6 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 6 Total Eggs: 8 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) A few more but a bit more diversity Raidou needed a much larger variety to brew more than just pheromones and the like. Golden Thread was a staple that was to be sure, but it was useless without something to bond it to. The alchemist knew this, so if he hoped to make use of any of them, he would have to gather blood boosters or the like to actually do so. He was still in need of a metric ton of cold ivory as well, which would require another painful travel to floor 4 to be certain. Raidou cringed slightly at the thought, as every time he finds himself on floor 4 it ends in a painful memory and another failure. But it had to be done, and despite how much discomfort it caused, Raidou would return to the floor he was growing to despise with all but one or two good moments of the past. ID# 140255 results: Craft: 6, Loot: 6+[2/3/5]=16, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +3 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 10 Total Eggs: 11 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) A silent tear that rolls down his face at this fact, an emotion that hardly ever shows. Especially in the presence of another entity Raidou remained strong and hid all of his emotion under a barrier of rage, the only thing that saw his sadness was the plants that aided in such. Haine was gone, Ruri was gone and the monument of life seemed to have forgotten them as well. But he wouldn't forget, his absence from the game showed how much of an impact their disappearance had on the once frontline turned fishermen and gatherer. That was then, and this is now. Raidou's demeanor changes slightly, forcing himself toward a goal he had set for himself. He had to leave the past in its grave unless he wanted to be buried along with it. Slightly paused, his hands start a rhythm once again, determined to make the most of the day. ID# 140257 results: Craft: 7, Loot: 4+[2/3/5]=14, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 13 Total Eggs: 16 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Finished here Raidou stands and moves with no pause or hesitation, Unsheathing his sword and looking for somewhere to plant it. A rough back wall makes a good target, showing faint silver lines that are hard to make out to all but the keenest eye among the dark grey backdrop. Slamming his weapon into it like a pickaxe, such a blunt edge was good for such things as he didn't need to worry about dulling it. A quick flip of his grip to check for chips or bends in the blade show none, a flourish finds it to its hearth and sheathed. The impact knocks a good heap of shattered stone to the ground without causing a cave in, to which in Raidou's unstable mindset went completely unnoticed. Raidou was hiding in his work and trying to distract himself from his own feelings but to what end remained unclear to him. ID# 140258 results: Craft: 9, Loot: 12+[2/3/5]=22, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 17 Total Eggs: 21 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Tossing a few metal rich chunks away from the rubble in a frenzy, Raidou dug away with the bits of stone doing a fair number on his fingertips. This was quicksilver usable by both blacksmiths and artisans. Raidou had no idea what it was, but sure it was obviously useful in some regard and would leave it to Simmone to identify it and divvy it to the others, put her appraisal skill to work. The notion carried Raidou away to how the others were developing, more so after the proof they had provided during their first lessons questline. Raidou always hoped they would prove the ability to work in tandem, and such a trivial quest set should have been a cake walk as a group if they were actually acting as one. He was pleasantly surprised by the result, they had proven his planning correct and would be a force to be reckoned with at the fact. ID# 140259 results: Craft: 3, Loot: 10+[2/3/5]=20, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +2 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 20 Total Eggs: 23 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #8 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Emptying the node out and leaving nothing here but a fractured stone pile with a low metal content that would be unfit for turning to ingots or alloys, Raidou lifted himself and cleaned off his pants. It was a habit that was irrelevant given he would just kneel again, but it was one he could not help but perform or even realize he was doing such a thing. Withdrawing his sword from its scabbard and hopping up a lowered platform, Raidou sees a small nook of webbing and begins to peel away at it with a spin of his weapon. It was very hard to perform such a feat, given the weight being held overhead. The cord began to twine itself around his blade, forming clumps of the stuff. Extracting a cloth and enclosing it he tossed it to where he left the herbs and ore, his method outside his norm. ID# 140260 results: Craft: 10, Loot: 5+[2/3/5]=15, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +6 Eggs 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 25 Total Eggs: 29 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #9 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) The continued haphazard and difficult winding of spiderwebs around the blackened edge of an unwieldy black star Raidou's arm felt as though it would pop out of the socket. Fighting with gritted teeth, he found the sensation like a heat almost comforting in its ability to draw his mind from something that was actually painful. Twining a second batch and bagging it in a linen cloth, he heaves it back. It lands and rolls in an unshapely ball to the prior harvest. Relaxing his arm as its beginning to shake from the exertion, Raidou takes a moment before moving for the remaining bit still hidden up in this crevice. A few minutes pass given the struggle, Raidou manages the last of it with his blade dragging along the wall on his right in the process in an almost screeching grind creating some sparks as it falls from overhead in the attempt. ID# 140261 results: Craft: 12, Loot: 14+[2/3/5]=24, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +6 Eggs 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 30 Total Eggs: 35 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) But he had succeeded although how difficult it was, about two thirds down the blade was the last of the spooled up natural string in a sphere. Carefully removing it without touching it, given this would adhere quite harshly to anything it came in contact with except metals. Setsuna would be capable of doing more with it, but Raidou had no choice but to wrap it up carefully and bag it for her to deal with. Raidou wondered what kind of fabric or silk she could weave out of it, thinking maybe he should ask to watch a time to quench his curiosity. Raidou still could not help but be intrigued by the things he didn't understand, due to his scientific and philosophical mind being unable to be contained and always trying to learn more and store it for future use. The very same mind that had caused his alienation. ID# 140262 results: Craft: 7, Loot: 15+[2/3/5]=25, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 34 Total Eggs: 40 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #11 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) From his family and those, he may very well have been friends with if he wasn't so curious and awkward around. A self imposed isolation from reality for being too curious, or was it? It was true Raidou always asked the difficult questions, it is true that he always wanted to get to the bottom of a subject and it was also true he didn't understand people enough to process their words as more than numbers but was it truly his problem or theirs? The words seemed to echo through his mind as he almost passively moves to the next node in question, unknowingly harvesting gemstones while going through a mental argument of ideals in his cranium like a vocal audience with aspects of his personality trying to understand what he was doing wrong. The same question that now had an active set of 'rules' he had to force himself to adhere to. ID# 140263 results: Craft: 6, Loot: 16+[2/3/5]=26, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +3 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 38 Total Eggs: 43 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) To be normal To not cause all those he met to despise him, he had to change everything about himself through a list of 'Do's, Do Not's' given to him by those that stuck around enough to see past his outlandish behaviors. A subtle echo of falling jewels bouncing off the cavern floor to deaf ears, as Raidou's thoughts were ringing in his ears to violently to realize they were falling. Taking them up and dropping in the center of the grotto with the others as they communed away from the nodes from which they were pulled, in a good size array of bulked items starting to take quite the magnificent sight to the swordsman who was paying them little mind, lost in his own reality. An adjust of the mirrors filled with a light blue light that shielded his eyes from view, correcting them on the bridge of his nose that they were threatening to slip off of. ID# 140264 results: Craft: 5, Loot: 11+[2/3/5]=21, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +3 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 41 Total Eggs: 46 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #13 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) To the next in sequence, Raidou moved analog on auto pilot while his attentions were darting around aimlessly in a storm of emotionally fueled mental debate. Raidou took to the mushrooms and began to harvest the light tan red and white topped fungi that took to the trickle that bled from moisture above. A snap of the stems that adhered them to such, small green lizards darting off as an unaware and unfocused fingerless glove began to pull away at the foodstuff without a pilot. A soft hiss from them as they are disturbed before they clammer up the wall behind and out of sight, disappearing through small openings in the walls and ceilings in haste. Raidou starts to pool the harvest in his off hand with them all collecting in rich a rich color spectrum that would make who knows what of a meal, as cooking was not in his wheel house despite its importance. ID# 140265 results: Craft: 3, Loot: 16+[2/3/5]=26, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +2 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 44 Total Eggs: 48 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #14 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) His left hand was becoming rather full, he had to take a trip to the center and dump off the first batch before returning for the rest. I wonder what else I will have to forsake before I'll be able to understand Will I have to sacrifice my books? My alchemy? My name? How much am I willing to forfeit? As if spoken by himself to himself, Raidou was lost in his own head. Despite his lack of focus though he had no issue keeping his hands moving and experience made even absent minded harvesting fruitful. It showed in another resounding pile of the stuff in his grasp, his left full of another pack to be added to the vault for the guild to utilize, to prosper, to grow. This is what drove him and he took pleasure in seeing them succeed, especially on the lines he had drawn for them. ID# 140268 results: Craft: 7, Loot: 7+[2/3/5]=17, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 48 Total Eggs: 53 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #15 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) A pile was collecting heavily and Raidou had not noticed the fact yet, but he was creating quite the vacuum of materials in all but this center focal point he had moved everything to. Moving on to performer crystals that were flowing from the wall in a straightened wall of them he began to remove them deftly without damage to any and without cognitive care put in to do so either. It seemed his methods had become more routine or muscle memory enough that even when he was not paying attention to such he could do so almost blindfolded at this point. One at a time he would remove them, take them to the tapestry and lay it down before returning for another, given the length and fragileness it was the ideal way to do so. They lay in the low light with a glimmer of color, reacting with the shades like oil under sunlight. ID# 140269 results: Craft: 3, Loot: 11+[2/3/5]=21, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +2 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 51 Total Eggs: 55 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #16 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) The method did not slow or falter like a machine or a clock the procedure continued with an almost dull zombie like swordsman who may have still had some form of exhaustion exasperating how much his mind was wandering off into a gridlock. The crystals were all the same rainbow reflection of colored light and of the same size, and more still completely unharmed by the nomad's extraction of each placing them all where they were with little effort or attention paid to any of the lot. The wall kept giving it seemed however, and Raidou subconsciously kept on working lost in his own inner monologue like a prison. A few lay higher up and Raidou perched himself on a stone to reach higher, placing his right foot against the rough terrain wall for support as he sort of vaulted up to grab at the higher raised ones to reach. ID# 140271 results: Craft: 4, Loot: 18+[2/3/5]=28, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +3 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 54 Total Eggs: 58 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #17 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) The final few that were almost at the ceiling that he had to almost leap up to reach and grab, a crash of small stones with each yank of them from the sockets they found themselves stuck in, which bounced off the stone floor with small clacks against the much tougher rock that composed it. Taking to the cloak that acted like a tarp or blanket Raidou began to bag a lot of it up as it was starting to bleed out from the spot given the yield he had attained. A few tied linen bags that started to take positions around his waist in dangling sacks wrapped with string in a slight semi circle creating a belt loop to slide on to metal clasps on the very same he had used before. A quick flip of his HUD open revealed the time, and there was still quite a bit of time left in the day. ID# 140272 results: Craft: 11, Loot: 10+[2/3/5]=20, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +6 Eggs 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 59 Total Eggs: 64 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #18 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Raidou was not yet required to be finished, and he chose to spend the time he had left breaking out of the funk he was now trapped within. This was herbs, and moving to the golden thread that remained and although it would serve little use without something to compose it with Raidou did not care. He was gathering them to cleanse himself of the overwhelming burning in his cranium, the very same that caused his withdrawal from society and his turn to books to fulfill what people could not. Peeling roots with complimentary snapping noises that echo out in a soothing sound like a lullaby from a friend, Raidou was nursing a mental hang over with a method that worked for him to find peace. Each break moved him away from the insanity, each snap bringing him closer to calm and collected, back to the image he had painted of himself. ID# 140273 results: Craft: 8, Loot: 15+[2/3/5]=25, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 63 Total Eggs: 69 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #19 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) The very image that was what the others saw him as now, at least some that have seen him after but not before 'the change'. Raidou could feel the shift that caused him to don a mask, a facade that changed himself and compartmentalized himself from his guild self. As a guild leader he could not afford to be weak or wavering, he needed to make calls and actions, orders and command and it was no place for hesitation or the turmoil he had found in the grotto today alongside the materials he was harvesting. This is what he needed, and what Firm Anima and those he stood in front of needed: A strong mind that remained calm until the end, whatever instance that may take he would make that stand. The stand that everyone would need to make if they ever wished to escape back to reality, the very one he hated. ID# 140274 results: Craft: 7, Loot: 1+[2/3/5]=11, Success! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Materials [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 66 Total Eggs: 74 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author #20 Share Posted April 9, 2020 (edited) Raidou found his peace and with an adjustment of his glasses bagged the rest of what he had and retrieved his cloak with a flutter, after doing a quick burst of movement to clear the grime he could from its surface. Function, after all, was more important than beauty to the nomad, and despite its outlandish color, it was for the function he chose it. It is hard to ignore a vibrant red color and Raidou hoped this stood true for the cardinal's soldiers as true to real ones. Draw the attention, block the damage from those it would harm. A simple notion and the reason his sword was forged in the first place. Taking his exit Raidou made his way home, more focused than ever. A warp gate leads him to the guild hall, Raidou dumps off the materials he had alongside the ones from the prior morning. It was quite a sight such a yield, making a good headwind in the guild vault for Simmone to deal with. Raidou takes to the table, retrieving a quill and begins to scratch notes on sheets of white that ricochet off a quiet interior met with the shifting of paper. Looking for Chest: ID# 140275 results: Craft: 9, Loot: 4+[2/3/5]=14, Failure! Gathering with Full Energy: CD1-3: 2 Eggs CD4-6: 3 Eggs CD7-9: 5 Eggs CD10-12: 6 Eggs [Eggs Collected!] +5 Eggs Total Eggs: 79 Edited April 9, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
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