PP-22 | Sailing into the Milky Way

[Mishiro 0]

[quest: Night about the Galactic Lake]

Tanabata, night two.

Mishiro wanted to go on a fishing trip.

So Mishiro went on a fishing trip.

 

 

Look, there’s literally nothing to be poetic about–

Yesterday, she’d given this year’s Tanabata its due appreciation. Today, she left her yukata back home and slunk past crowds of fancier-dressed festivalgoers, taking the sidestreets wherever the rabble grew too thick. Her shadow faithfully trailed along every step of her way – or so the more oblivious of the pair would think. Though she’d kept a considerate pace, the girl didn’t look back until she completed a transaction for a rental at the docks. 

A rowboat, large enough to comfortably fit two, and the darksteel battleaxe which she laid behind her seat. 

Starry skies. She took a pair of oars and another one as a spare. The delighted smile painting the face of the one seated across her shone just as beautifully as the floating lanterns scattered about in the near distance. They weren’t too far from the shore when Mishiro decided to stop, pull back the oars, and cast out her lure.

–?

Whatever it had latched onto was heavy, but it didn’t put up too much of a fight. She turned her head to the side and thought to give her companion a little warning (“Move back a little.”) before a crate strewn with seaweed landed on the space between them with a solid thunk.

 

Mishiro (LEVEL 15: 38 SP)   | HP: 300/300 | EN: 30/30 | DMG: 9   | MIT: 27 | HM: 2 | Rec.: 1

Spoiler Tempest T1 Perfect Two-Handed Battle Axe -- Damage III "Close your eyes. Let me be the violence in the pouring rain. I'll leave only the cursed lands in ruins, annihilate this final sin... all to reach for your hand once again." | [❄] Tenebris Nix T1 Perfect Heavy Armor -- Mitigation III [reference] Interlocking black iron plates held together with cloth and mesh, and combat boots of the same color and material. The main armor piece covers the user's torso and is especially cold to the touch. Reduces the damage taken by the user. Ebonguard T1 Perfect Heavy Armor -- Heavy Momentum II | Recovery I [reference] Black thigh-high boots. Steel covers its exterior and its knee plates bear the twin facades of a dragon. Always polished to perfection; always a little cold to the touch. | [❄] [battle-ready inventory:] Spoiler Teleportation Crystal Use a post action to activate a teleport crystal. Teleports the player to the town or designated teleportation area they specify. [x3] Starter Healing Potions Heals 50 HP. [skills:] Spoiler [used sp: 33 | unused sp: 5] 01. Two-Handed Battle Axe -- 3/5 02. Fishing  [sword arts:] Spoiler [r1:] [x2] Whirlwind (2 Energy) - A single sweeping attack so powerful that it sends forth a shock wave to hit again. [x2 AoE] Smash (2 Energy + 2 per target hit) - An uppercut aimed at opponents head to send them reeling. [r2:] [x3 AoE] Lumberjack (3 Energy + 2 per target hit) - Three wide sweeping strokes aimed at multiple targets. [x3] Ultimate Breaker (3 Energy) - A pair of uppercuts that finish with a vertical slam to the target's head. [r3:] [x5] Torque Wave (5 Energy) - A sweeping strike that tears into the opponent. [x6] Crimson Blood (6 Energy) - Three sweeping spinning slices keeping the same momentum. [x6 AoE] Trample Act (6 Energy +2 per target hit) - An attack that starts with a shoulder barge, then does two large sweeping attacks.

 

Spoiler

Fishing: Gold Stars
ID: 160703 | CD: 12 | LD: 11 | [treasure chest; +11]

Gold Stars: 11

 

[Andromeda 0]

No one laugh, okay?

But she’d thought: maybe Mishiro would look pretty in a yukata. Maybe the quiet girl wanted to make use of this Tanabata as an opportunity to make up for the long silences they spent in their respective corners whenever one visited the other’s shop – an idea An was very much in agreement with. Maybe… since the rather formally-worded message she received in an ungodly hour in the morning that sent her over the moon with excitement anyway– mentioned taking a rental boat out to the Lake of Reflection–

Eeeeee!

Terrible reality came crashing down on the daydreaming girl, however, when Mishiro showed up in an open-front hoodie and shorts. All black. Arms folded, a store-bought kitsune mask hanging from a loop in her belt in the laziest attempt of conforming to the theme that she had possibly ever seen, the girl met An– and her flower-printed yukata. and the bright red ribbon holding her fancy updo together – with an expression of disbelief. And she realized that they weren't out to play around and have fun like she'd expected.

“Do you want us to find somewhere you can change?”

Says the one dressed like a bloody hooligan in the middle of Tanabata–

As she followed, An tried not to look like she was visibly wilting.

(-_-);

But the lake was pretty. And very unexpectedly, Mishiro knew how to row a boat. Now dressed in combat-appropriate clothing, An gingerly leaned a little to the side so she could catch better sight of the lanterns the players on the other boats were floating out to join the rest already in the middle. 

“Oh, look! Now I know why this place isn’t littered with lanterns yet–”

THUNK.

Side to side. The boat rocked even harder than before and An squeaked, clinging onto the sides for dear life. She knew she came along to protect the cafe girl in case something jumped out at them from the waters, but maybe the GiRL WHO's prOBabLy neveR bEEn On a blOODY rOWboat BeFoRe CAN't last A MiNUtE wHEN thIngS STarT GeTtiNg fUnky.

“An.”

“Y-yes?!”

“Can you open it?”

It was only when the boat stopped rocking that she pried her eyes open to a concerned Mishiro and… a crate. Well, a treasure chest. Already?! And as the other disentangled glimmering gold fragments from the seaweed and tossed the litter back into the lake, she revealed a padlock. Gulp. An fished out one of five keys from her pocket and nearly flinched back as she threw the lid open.

Let’s just say that crates weren’t exactly waterproof.

Spoiler

> Golden Key [1] | +2 LD

Opening Treasure Chest:
ID: 160767 | LD: 12 + 2 = 14 | +14 gold stars

• [22 * 100]
  x2,200 | col
• x5     | T3 materials
• x1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
• x2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

Total Loot:

• x2,200 | col
• x14    | gold stars
• x5     | T3 materials
• x1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
• x2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

Andromeda (LEVEL 17: 45 SP)   | 340/340 HP | 34/34 EN | 5 DMG   | 15 MIT | 2 Blight | Burn | Frost Thorns   | Frost Aura | 3 LD

Spoiler Jack's Corrupted Legacy T1 Demonic Rapier -- Cursed | [x2] Blight | Burn [reference] "...and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth." A malicious, unstable weapon hidden beneath a plain semblance. Patterns of vines and fleur-de-lis are etched onto its black swept hilt and its blade is 38 in. long. It takes on a crimson red aura when a Sword Art is activated. At random, unpredictable occurrences, the weapon will burst into flames - sometimes red, sometimes a darker hue, and sometimes a pitch black in color - and inflict a strong damage-over-time effect on its enemy. | [✦] Svalinn T1 Demonic Shield -- Cursed | Frost Thorns | Frost Aura | Mitigation "The shield which once stood before the sun and kept the Earth from being set aflame." A small round shield perpetually encased in a thick layer of unyielding ice. Its surface is uneven, with sharp ice crystals jutting out and rising up, and any attack aimed at it would sure result in a nasty counter-effect. Attacks made from afar or otherwise aren't left without retribution either, as the opponent would feel themselves surrounded by an intense chill. When equipped alongside any item with a flame enhancement, the ice becomes dyed with an auburn hue but does not lose any of its intensity. | [✦] Dice of Blessing  T1 Perfect Trinket -- [x3] LD [reference] The modern adventurer's mark of providence or misfortune - depending on how much Lady Luck likes you. The trinket itself is an acrylic D20 painted brown with gold numbers and an attached chain that allows it to be clipped onto the user's clothing. When thrown, it often lands on '20'. | [✦] [battle-ready inventory:] Spoiler Vicious Dragon-Fang Potion  +3 DMG for a thread. | [✦] [x5] Tier One Health Potions of Rare quality Heals 40 HP. | [✦] [x4] Golden Key A single-use item that grants +2 LD when opening a Treasure Chest. | [4] [x1] Teleportation Crystal  Use a post action to activate a teleport crystal. Teleports the player to the town or designated teleportation area they specify. | [✦] [skills:] Spoiler [used sp: 35 | unused sp: 10] 01. Rapier -- Rank 4 [sword arts:] Spoiler [r1:] [x2] Rip Ravine (2 Energy) - Two quick slashes into a target. [r2:] [x3] Accel Stab - (3 Energy) - A chain of three nimble thrusts aimed at the target's torso. [x4] Quadruple Pain - (4 Energy) - Four thrusts are made, each aimed at the limbs of the opponent. [r3:] [x5] Neutron - (5 Energy) - A single high-powered thrust, that pierces the opponents body. [x6] Crucifixion - (6 Energy) - A six-hit thrusting sword art that traces the pattern of a cross into the target. [x5 MA Stun] Twilight Resurrection - (8 Energy) - Four high-speed thrusts, followed by striking the opponent in the head with the back of the fist. [r4:] [x7] Shooting Star - (7 Energy) - The user springs at the target at high speeds before making several quick thrusts into the opponent. [x8] Penetrate - (8 Energy) - Four high-speed thrusts that penetrate the opponents body and deal considerable damage.

Edited August 7, 2020 by Andromeda

[Mishiro 0]

Must she? As the merchant flung open the crate with gusto, Mishiro covered her nose and caught the lid — slamming it back down with her entire weight.

"Wait, wah—" Their little rowboat rocked dangerously (not really) from one side to the other. And probably against her will, An braced herself against the crate, a white-knuckled grip along its edges. "Mish!"

"We're not going to tip."

A bright red flush spread over the other girl's cheeks, and she glared. Which confounded her; Mishiro thought she'd done decently with her reassurance.

"...The water leaking from our haul might turn into a concern though."

And with that on their minds, the beginnings of an unpleasant exchange(?) dissipated. She looked expectantly at An, who chewed on her lip as she stared at the closed lid.

"U-um."

The air still carried the stench of rotten eggs. Whatever had been in there did not take to the stagnant waters very well, but wasn't so far gone that the system stopped considering it a material.

"You only need to undo the lock for the items to show up in your inventory," she supplied helpfully. "So you could just crack the next one open a little and have the same effect."

An blinked. For a moment, it looked like the other didn't believe her, but after a quick look through her interface, she was dutifully listing off their gains with a small glint in her eye. "Weapon. Fish, fish, some bolts of... cotton?" Two fingers scrolled down the window, her next words accompanied with a soft giggle. "...and a consumable. Do you think my customers can stomach something that came out of that?"

They sent the crate back into the depths, where it would hopefully never be fished up again.

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 160912 | CD: 11 | LD: 13 | +4 t3 materials; +13 gold stars.

24 | gold stars
4  | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

Holy carp. This girl is really fishing up materials like there's no tomorrow—

But of course there would be a tomorrow. The entire point of fishing up materials was to use them, right? Really, the point was, An couldn't think of a better analogy to express how she felt as she watched Mishiro plop four little fishes onto the floor of their boat. In comparison, she was feeling a bit inadequate, sitting silently with a damage potion in her hand.

How did you even manage to hook four?!

"Y-you aren't planning to turn them into coffee, right?" An asked, if only to fill in the silence.

She thought she would have rather taken a look of condescension over the vapid stare that met hers. Because then she would've explained that it was a bit of a joke, right? That it was a misunderstanding they could laugh at? But Mishiro's eyes were grey in every sense of the word, and An tried to ignore the way her insides twisted a little as she forced a polite smile.

Spoiler

> [used:] Vicious Dragon-Fang Potion [✦] | +3 DMG

Andromeda | 340/340 HP | 34/34 EN | 8 DMG | 15 MIT | 2 Blight | Burn | Frost Thorns | Frost Aura | 3 LD

 

Edited August 7, 2020 by Andromeda

[Mishiro 0]

"No. I'm planning to exchange them for ingredients I can actually use. If not with my guild, then there are always some players looking to trade their materials in Floor 1." Her words were followed with a satisfying splash as the hook landed a little ways off from where she'd aimed. "Some things just don't go together."

"Mn, I could've sworn I once heard about someone who made ice cream out of fish though."

"You might be thinking of taiyaki. Regular ice cream in fish-shaped bread."

"I think I know my sweets well enough," huffed her companion. Then there was a pause, and the boat rocked a little as An suddenly seemed to shift about for a more comfortable way to sit without bumping her knees against Mishiro's side. Before she attended to the light tug on her line, Mishiro swung her leg over her own seat to afford An some more space and caught the flamboyant girl staring off in the distance. Pouting. "In the real world. I know I've heard it at least once." Now her voice was clearer. "Think someone's tried it in here? I don't know how crafting works for you, but I doubt you and all the other cooks are just choosing from some small set of recipes. There should be room for experimentation."

She reeled in her line and looked at her still-wriggling catch. Its mouth opened and closed in panic. And as soon as she removed it from her hook, the carp slipped out of her grasp, flailed gracelessly onto the floor of the boat, then gave a couple more wet flops before the system mercifully turned it into materials. 

"Perhaps. ...But I don't think I'm that adventurous."

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164024 | CD: 9 | LD: 3 | +3 t3 materials; +3 gold stars

27 | gold stars
7  | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

And then, it was quiet.

Maybe she could have talked more about sweets. Last night, she'd bought some confectioneries she, admittedly, didn't know the name of, and had thought that the cafe girl might be a good person to ask.

But An didn't speak. She cupped her cheeks with her palms, sitting with her knees together. Her silence was a 'I feel like I've talked too much already, so it's your turn to say something now and I'll just keep quiet and wait for it' kind of deal, but as time passed — as moments spent in their rental boat near the shore of the galactic lake turned into little eternities, An's smile started to feel more and more strained.

She felt like an idiot. Peering at the girl whose expression looked like it was made from stone out of the corner of her eye, she mentally bopped herself on the head for expecting an event to change someone's demeanor so much. But, hey, festivals did put everyone in a happy, festive mood, right? It wasn't just her who had been so excited. All around town — in her bright crimson eyes — there had been nothing but smiles.

Spoiler

Gathering
ID: 164026 | LD: 8 + 3 = 11 | +11 gold stars

2,200 | col
25    | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

[Mishiro 0]

And the silence just continued.

She thought the girl at her side would have talked her ear off for as long as she could, but An's enthusiasm for horrendous food combinations appeared to have fizzled out as suddenly as it had emerged. This was fine; she treasured her own moments of quiet, especially when her primary objective required some level of focus.

Mishiro fished out another bait from her inventory.

The waters shimmered where her hook landed.

At first, she thought it was just another trick of the light: that Coral's lake just reflected the night sky so perfectly that the stars mirrored on its surface appeared so vivid — as if she could reel them in if she just tried. Then Mishiro gave her line a gentle tug and the tiny flecks of gold moved along with the ripples in the water. They were beautiful, twinkling icosahedrons trailing after the float like dust to a passing comet, and for every disturbance and every fingerbreadth it crossed as she wound back the string, countless more revealed themselves.

She pried a fish covered in [Gold Stars] from her hook moments later and put off her usual ritual of counting up her gains to admire the glimmering lake, breathless.

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164974 | CD: 6 | LD: 14 | +1 t3 material; +14 gold stars

41 | gold stars
8  | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

She had been growing fidgety — a ridiculously productive fidgety. It was only when she, bored out of her mind from her self-imposed silence, went to idly swipe her fingers down for a pointless scroll through her menu that she realized that she'd spent the past minute or so picking off the small crystal-like fragments from the... "treasure chest" fiasco putting them away. Their agreement hadn't exactly factored in who got which [Gold Star] if the material ended up neglected on the floor of their boat, but it wasn't like Mishiro would mind, right? 

Mishiro really did not mind.

This silence was awkward. This was pathetic. She shouldn't have stopped talking earlier. But wouldn't that make everything worse since the other's disinterest in her was so evident? Did Mishiro just... not like her enough to start a conversation? But then—

"Oh!!" she exclaimed. Involuntarily. Then An remembered and slapped her hands over her mouth. Then she realized it was the strangest of strange gestures to someone who couldn't read her mind and turned red. Maybe she should just give in and keep talking? Teeth chewing on her bottom lip out of frustration, she immediately fixed her gaze to the spread of gold before her eyes.

The "treasure chest" Mishiro had fished up was covered in the same shiny material. 

And apparently, all the regular fish her... companion had caught too.

So of course the lake itself would have a couple just floating around. Unable to accept her own inadequacy, the background prop to Mishiro's one-man show stuck her hand in the water.

Spoiler

Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 164976 | LD: 18 + 3 = 21 | +21 gold stars

2,200 | col
46    | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

[Mishiro 0]

"'Oh'?" Mishiro echoed curiously.

And for a while, nothing followed. There was a small splash! as An dipped her hand beneath the water and drew it back to reveal a fistful of [Gold Stars], and the ripples from the disturbance awakened a faint glow from the crystals nearby. Her escort chewed on her lip, counting the stars she'd gathered. "Pretty..." she finally mumbled in a small voice. Then An glanced up, furtively -- as if she just wanted to take a slight peek -- and immediately ducked her head down when their gazes met.

Mishiro withheld comment. Instead, she set down her fishing rod and swung her leg over the seat, bringing her face-to-face with An as she bent down to retrieve her oars. Around their vessel, the waters had begun to calm and the light from the mysterious fragments waned. She dipped one oar into the water, reigniting a cluster of tiny fallen stars, and the other followed shortly after.

She rowed forward, and they sailed out into the liquid cosmos.

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164977 | CD: 4 | LD: 15 | +15 gold stars

56 | gold stars
8  | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

They didn't go too far. Their little rowboat faithfully clung to the edges of the lake where the precious stones were farther and fewer in between. Even so— An thought the view was beautiful.

Her edginess around her current company wasn't so much of a concern now. Had the colors of the strange materials varied, she would've thought she was floating at the edge of the galaxy! Gingerly, she inched closer to the side. She felt their warmth as she let her hand glide into the water, gathering another handful into her cupped palm until Mishiro's rowing slowed to a stop.

The stars were still twinkling around them when An pulled back her hand and picked one from the small pile.

"What were you saying about the lanterns earlier?"

She nearly dropped the stone. 

"W-what."

The victory she thought she would've felt was just dampened by confusion and then a second anxiety of: oh my god, she knows you're talkative but you kept your mouth shut for so long, wasn't that just much weirder than annoying her with your talking? wait, but you don't want to annoy her either and you're better than forcing your opinion on someone who literally doesn't care--

"The lanterns," Mishiro said. Like it was the most obvious thing in the world. In front of her, the girl had pulled her oars onto her lap, folding her hands over them. The perfect posture, An acknowledged, and she would've thought a little more about it if she wasn't currently trying to unscramble exactly what the other thought she already knew. After another eternity of staring, the girl in question finally thought to add a little more. "How the lake isn't already littered with them."

Oh.

Ooooh.

After a quarter of an hour displaying zero interest?! Her current impulse was somewhere between barking out a laugh or screaming at the other, but since she was... An... she kind of just gaped. Like an idiot. How would she know? That was literally forever ago!

Spoiler

Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 164982 | LD: 16 + 3 = 19 | +19 gold stars

2,200 | col
65    | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

[Mishiro 0]

"Ah! Um..." 

Finally, An snapped to attention. "They disappear!" The boat pitched a little to the side at the girl's sudden movement, but unlike prior instances, she didn't appear to notice it. "The lanterns— when two lanterns touch, I mean. They turn to dust. Like poof."

She lightly clapped her hands together in demonstration.

"And I think that's disappointing! What if you were standing by the shore with— with—" and the rhythm she'd regained was interrupted: a faint hue of pink rose to the girl's cheeks and her crimson eyes quickly darted to the side "—a friend or something and you wanted to watch your lanterns sail down the middle? Side-by-side, even the smallest ripple could send them bumping into each other, you know?"

"I'd think..." Another toss. Mishiro's lure was now somewhere deep in the calming waters. "That as long as they know what they're in for, the sentiment should still be there."

She waited.

She turned her head to find the merchant staring at her strangely, surprise palpable in her features for a reason she didn't understand.

"What if they don't."

"I said, assume they do."

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164983 | CD: 11 | LD: 8 | +4 t3 materials; +8 gold stars

64 | gold stars
12 | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

Because it hadn't ended at another 'perhaps.'

Progress! Bond level up! For a moment, victory trumpets played in her ears. An wouldn't say they were now as buddy-buddy as she'd... kind of... hoped they were, but they were now kind of buddy-buddy.

Look, your prose suffers when you're rushing too.

Well, okay. At least they were functional enough to not spend the next hour in total awkward silence. In a boat that was only large enough to accommodate two. She hoped.

--"Even so, different people want different things!"--
--"And that's what makes it completely possible for one person to disrupt the experience of another."--

 ...But this was progress, right?

--"W-well, maybe."--

It had taken An a record two seconds to go back on her feeling of triumph. Because it wasn't a huge step forward; Mishiro was just responding to her. Like what she probably did to every stranger to be polite, whilst hiding her own annoyance? Could anyone ever look at that girl's face and say confidently that they could tell what was going on in her head? Was it better to make an assumption or be pessimistic? She'd already fumbled once when Mishiro's PM dropped the Biggest Hint Ever, who's to say she wouldn't do it again?

She cringed.

She cleared her throat, and in the growing pause, began again. "I just thought since it's a festival, everyone would be in good spirits, so maybe it would be nice to totally loosen up or something..."

She stared down at her stars.

And then no one talked.

For. Five. Whole. Seconds.

Anxiety on a scale of ten: 11.

"I-I-I mean, it's not that, I, ah, don't think we shouldn't have any sort of order or anything, I just think banishing lanterns into existence without prior notice is a bit... you know?"

No, she wouldn't know! 

Spoiler

Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 164988 | LD: 16 + 3 = 19 | +19 gold stars

2,200 | col
84    | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

[Mishiro 0]

"Like!" An straightened. The sailboat bobbed with her sudden movement. In the waters, the stars were alight with a faint glow. She pumped her fists for no apparent reason. Motivation, perhaps? "That's maybe--"

Mishiro didn't break her contemplative silence.

"--A thousand col and a walk to the shore, all for..." Her voice wavered, "Um, the entire thing to just..."

 She made a vague gesture just out of the corner of Mishiro's eye.

And she gave up -- for no apparent reason.

This new silence was unwelcome. It began mid-sentence; and if Mishiro turned her head slightly in the other's direction, she could just barely catch An startle and immediately twist around to face the lake side. She shouldn't have stopped talking when she did, and Mishiro did not have the discernment crack the code the other had thrown up all around herself. Subtleties would get nowhere with her.

She took a moment to free her hook of its catch and toss it back into the water again.

"I've just been thinking," Mishiro said. "That 'lanterns disappearing when two of them touch' being all there is to it was a bit of a hasty assumption. Don't you think so, too?"

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164989 | CD: 8 | LD: 4 | +2 t3 materials; +4 gold stars

68 | gold stars
14 | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

Oh.

She thought she would have said that out loud, but no words escaped past her parted lips. ‘I already knew that.’ It was simple. Mishiro would probably just nod and take it as neutrally as she did her. It was so simple. But something tightened around her throat, choking out all the other usual apologies and stammerings her mind might have cooked up – like a small oversight was somehow one of her greatest failings. Like a typo in an important paper. Like a function failing to execute because of a single undefined variable.

It was weird and a bit terrible.

An dipped her hand back into the water to keep herself occupied. Her fingers were still in the shallow blue, and she let the stars drift naturally to her open palm.

Perhaps she’d always been a bit on the weird side.

Perhaps it was just the stars in the air.

Perhaps it was just Mishiro.

“I wouldn’t have noticed anything from this distance,” added the girl's voice. “You’re very observant.”

It was, indeed, Mishiro.

Spoiler

Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 164990 | LD: 20 + 3 = 23 | +23 gold stars

2,200 | col
107   | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

[Mishiro 0]

An’s fingers curled into her palm.

And she twisted her hand back from the water, sending droplets and the occasional [Gold Star] flying into the air in a wide arc. A large portion ended up running in rivulets down one side of Mishiro’s hair.

Bewilderment took precedence over the tugging at the end of her line. 

What just happened?

“Aah! I’m so sorry!” An shrunk back in guilt as soon as their eyes met. She clapped both hands together. If sending a couple of them flying wasn’t already enough, the remaining stars fell out of her grasp and onto the floor – scattering, like the frantic words that spilled from the girl’s mouth. “Sorry, sorry, I’m… I felt a fish pass under my hand and ah, I thought if I caught it by the tail we could add another material to our count. Geez, I… I guess I shouldn’t’ve been so confident, ahahaha…”

She considered it for a moment. Then An and her tight sheepish smile vanished into the far corner of her eye as she turned and began to wind back the reel.

“It’s alright,” Mishiro said quietly. “I think, after a couple more materials, we can head back to the shore.”

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 164997 | CD: 9 | LD: 6 | +3 t3 materials; +6 gold stars

74 | gold stars
17 | T3 materials

 

[Andromeda 0]

//gathering.

Spoiler

Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 164999 | LD: 13 + 3 = 16 | +16 gold stars

2,200 | col
123   | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Andromeda

[Mishiro 0]

//fishing.

Spoiler

Fishing
ID: 165003 | CD: 5 | LD: 16 | +1 t3 material; +16 gold stars

90 | gold stars
18 | T3 materials

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Mishiro

[Andromeda 0]

//gathering.

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Gathering: Gold Stars
ID: 165005 | LD: 10 + 3 = 13 | +13 gold stars

2,200 | col
136   | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Andromeda

[Mishiro 0]

//fishing.

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Fishing
ID: 165012 | CD: 3 | LD: 4 | +4 gold stars

Astral Construct's Attack
ID: 165031 | MD: 2

Astral Construct | HP: 160/160 | DMG: 44

Mishiro | HP: 300/300 | EN: 30/30 | DMG: 9 | MIT: 27 | HM: 2 | Rec.: 1
Andromeda | HP: 340/340 | EN: 34/34 | DMG: 8 | MIT: 15 | 2 Blight | Burn | Frost Thorns | Frost Aura | 3 LD

94 | gold stars
18 | T3 materials

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Mishiro

[Andromeda 0]

//you just had to fish up a mob on your last post. :v

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Penetrate (2 EN)
ID: 165032 | BD: 1 

Astral Construct | HP: 160/160 | DMG: 44

Mishiro | HP: 300/300 | EN: 30/30 | DMG: 9 | MIT: 27 | HM: 2 | Rec.: 1
Andromeda | HP: 340/340 | EN: 32/34 | DMG: 8 | MIT: 15 | 2 Blight | Burn | Frost Thorns | Frost Aura | 3 LD

2,200 | col
136   | gold stars
5     | T3 materials
1     | T3 rare weapon [160767]
2     | T3 rare consumables [160767-a] [160767-b]

 

Edited August 14, 2020 by Andromeda