Raidou 1 Posted July 3, 2020 #21 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) The thing flops around still damaged heavily as Ariel and Assassin tear away the debilitated creature causing its HP to enter the red. It struggles and wobbles to its feet, Raidou flourishes his blade, and as he enters a defensive posture a thick pulse of red bursts from him like a cloud. Aiming for around wily before it's eyes gloss over, becoming blind to his partners. "Right here." Raidou whispers to those around him its sounds, but in the creature's head it sounds like a booming shout in a long cavern. Rushing him down, Raidou shifts, and they slam together in a frenzy. Swiveling the guard, Raidou throws it off kilter and redirecting the weight, and with a quick pivot the blackened blade broadsides it causing it to slip and fall on one side. "Hardly difficult...Almost where I need to be." he comments having completely rebuked its attempts at offense. ID# 156998 results: MOB: 1-3=-2, Missed vs. Raidou! ID# 157000 results: Battle: 3+3=6, Hit dealing 104-20=84 damage! Players: Raidou | HP: 1040/1040 | EN: 79/104 | DMG:8 | MIT:86 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | TAUNT | BLD:24 | VAMP OFF:104 | BH:52 | Parry (Active) Ariel | HP:1570/1570 | EN:127/154 | DMG:19(+4) | MIT:79 | EVA:1 | ACC:4(5) | TAUNT | HB: 48 | BH:78 | +5 LD | Vengeful Riposte (Active) Assassin | HP:440/440 | EN:33/44 | DMG:9 | MIT:23 | EVA:2 | ACC:2 Mobs: [11,4,1] King of Lakes | HP: 205/1200 | DMG:125 | MIT:20 <<Body Slam>> On an MD of 9, the boss will jump high into the air and crash down in the center of the players, sending out a shock-wave dealing 120 AoE damage. <<Dive>> On an MD of 10, the King of Lakes will take the player with the highest hate in its teeth and drag it back into the lake. The player will take 150 unmitigable damage and need to swim back to the shore, missing their next attack. Edited July 3, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #22 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) Her eyes widened in surprise, seeing Assassin jump in front of her weapon, too late would she let go as the sword art already took control over her movements. It wouldn't allow her to do anything else until the system finished executing the maneuver. Her first instinct was to start giving her a lecture, similar to the one parent give their kids about crossing the street without holding their hand. She stifled the urge and simply let go of the massive spear, sending it back to her inventory. The action she intended to do before the sword art activated. She let out a soft sigh with her eyes closed then looked at Assassin after making sure Raidou was handling the oversized fish. His words, proving that she had no reason to doubt him. "There's no rush Sin-chan, Raidou has its attention so we can attack it one after another. We can practice joint attacks some other time, this guy, despite its appearance is quite tough!" she said in a partially scolding tone, more like a teacher telling a student why they failed instead of the discussing the consequences. With a mere thought, she materialized her weapon again and decided to put the fish king out of its misery with one last sword art. The last action of her five part sword art was skewering the fish with her spear through its mouth, having it explode into pixels when the pole pierced about 2/3rds of its lenght. Ariel activates Dimensional Stampede! Spoiler ID# 157053 BD: 1+5 (Hit!) x15(19) =285 -20 =265 DMG > King of Lakes Keen proc. Players: Raidou | HP: 1040/1040 | EN: 79/104 | DMG:8 | MIT:86 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | TAUNT | BLD:24 | VAMP OFF:104 | BH:52 | Parry (Active) Ariel | HP:1570/1570 | EN:114/154 | DMG:19(+4) | MIT:79 | EVA:1 | ACC:4(5) | TAUNT | HB: 48 | BH:78 | +5 LD | Vengeful Riposte (Active) Assassin | HP:440/440 | EN:33/44 | DMG:9 | MIT:23 | EVA:2 | ACC:2 Mobs: [11,4,1] King of Lakes | HP: 205/1200 | DMG:125 | MIT:20 <<Body Slam>> On an MD of 9, the boss will jump high into the air and crash down in the center of the players, sending out a shock-wave dealing 120 AoE damage. <<Dive>> On an MD of 10, the King of Lakes will take the player with the highest hate in its teeth and drag it back into the lake. The player will take 150 unmitigable damage and need to swim back to the shore, missing their next attack. Edited July 3, 2020 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion Link to post Share on other sites
Assassin 0 Posted July 4, 2020 #23 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Assassin returned her dagger back to it's rightful place when out of combat, thinking quietly on what Ariel had just told her. She pouted a little as the giant fish exploded into pixels and floated back into the ether of the Cardinal. Although Ariel showed no disdain with her words,the young girl still felt the words cut slightly deep. It wasn't her best maneuver, that much wasn't being questioned, but it had been some time since she was properly scolded like that. After the fight was over, Assassin merely walked up to Ariel, understanding what she may have done wrong and simply said, "I'm sorry." She realizes that her eagerness to help had nearly gotten her head taken off by the person she was trusting with her life. The strength that she had gained since she started partying with Ariel and Hidden was starting to show in combat now. She could keep up with them to a degree, but she was still sloppy. More practice would be needed... Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted July 16, 2020 #24 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Once the large fish scatters to the wind in shards of blue, Raidou turns to watch words unfold between Ariel and the small girl that acted with her. In silence Raidou had to agree, a very familiar feeling he had with Setsuna, the girl was reckless and too eager for strength that forethought was allowed to be forgotten. Flipping the grip of the sword in his hands and returning it to its scabbard. An older gentleman in a weather worn leather vest approaches the three. "Nicely done, He'll make a fine meal. Take a slab of it for your own." the man remarks moving to each player in sequence and offering them a cut of the flounder as if it could produce such a thing from the evaporated carcass. Outstretching his left hand, the other still attached to his hilt given how abrupt this sudden NPC had shown. In it, a small white cloth wrapped cut of the fillet to which the nomad accepts. Simply adding it to his inventory, he'd check if it was worth keeping at all at a later time. Link to post Share on other sites
Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0 Posted July 16, 2020 Author #25 Share Posted July 16, 2020 As they finished off 'their majesty', the blonde let her tall weapon return to her inventory, freeing her hands. She could see that Assassin felt a little under the weather so she got close and gave her a big bear hug: "It's ok, I just got a scared when the system assist didn't let me interrupt the sword art." she said while gently caressing her hair, her hand landing on her scarred cheek which the blonde brushed against with her thumb. The blonde glanced towards Raidou who was accepting the rewards from the fisherman NPC, her eyebrows slightly raised as she remember something, getting visibly excited as she adressed the party: "OH! Since we're here I want to show you guys something too!" she chimed as she started leading the way through the Forest of Memories. It was a short walk from the lake and the players could hear, alongside the wildlife, the sound of a waterfall in the distance. Once they've reached the intended place, the players could see a small valley extending in front of them with a small river arching along the clearing. Sakura trees covering the left area next to a small shrine, an odd looking abandoned building near the opposite end to where they stood. To the right, they could see the framework for a couple of new japanese style buildings, one near one of the banks of the river that looked like a player housing and another, smaller one, near the middle of the valley next to the crossroads. The blonde took a few steps ahead then turned around and opened her arms: "Welcome to the Shirajishi Valley! Home to the soon to be finished Shirajishi-ryu Estate." she grinned at Raidou: "I put the money we gathered to good use!" Scuffed Map for reference: Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites
Assassin 0 Posted July 17, 2020 #26 Share Posted July 17, 2020 The younger girl of the group blushed a little as Ariel brushed her finger over her face. She was worried that Ariel would actually be a little mad at her for it, but thankfully she was more tender to her than she expected. Assassin took a moment to think about what was going on before an NPC handed her a fish filet. It looked great, and although she wanted to eat it right now, Ariel had something she thought was important to show the both of them. A short walk through the woods brought them to the Shirajishi Valley, as Ariel called it. It looked like a really nice place to settle down with a beautiful scenery and a comfy feeling to it. "You're building a house here?" Assassin asked Ariel, looking ahead of the group to see take in the majesty of the Valley that Ariel had claimed for her home. "It looks really nice. I would like to live here if I ever got a house." Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted July 18, 2020 #27 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) In a serene glance about the place, it was humbling that she had picked such a place to lay down a structure. It was being developed into a grand building, Raidou was glad to see that perhaps even slightly he may have had a part in this. Outside of his normally rather plain expression, a small smile takes the corners of his mouth. "It suits you." Raidou comments taking a mental note of its proximity to the guild hall he had exited mere moments ago. Looks like we are neighbors Raidou thought barely seeing the roof of the hall off in the distance He moves and places an open hand to the base of one of the cherry blossom trees, his gatherer skill activating upon contact causing the tree to grow visibly in a soft glimmer of gold. "Such beauty." he remarks against the little slice of reality manifested in a projected facade. Quest Complete: Ariel: Filet of King: T3 Perfect Meal (Overhealth 3) 5*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward) 133*Col (Thread Closure) Assassin: Filet of King: T3 Perfect Meal (Overhealth 3) 5*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward) 133*Col (Thread Closure) Raidou: Filet of King: T3 Perfect Meal (Overhealth 3) 5*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward) Simmone (Guild Treasurer [Raidou]): 133*Col (Thread Closure) Edited August 6, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
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