[F10-PP] Mysteries of Fishing! {Feeding the Enemy}

[Sam 0]

Sam finished the item liquidations and starts to look at the black book that Raidou gave her. Going through the pages slowly, her fingers fall upon a page that catches her eyes. Floor 10 was the main words on this page and scanning through the content she smiles. Deciding right there she wanted to see for herself the enlarged plants and the glowing mushrooms. She wanted to see how different it was from the cave that she usually gathered from with Raidou. Heading next door to the guildhall, she grabs a few things that she thinks she will need, not paying total attention to what she was grabbing exactly and starts eating/activating everything. She knew that it was a little reckless of her to do such a thing but she was really excited to see what floor 10 had to hold. Practically running out of the hall through the front doors she heading to the warp gate. Standing at the gate staring down she stops and thinks for a moment. -it could be dangerous-. Without another thought she sents a message through the guild chat saying:

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"I am going to floor 10 to see the wonderous environment it holds. Figure I would send this just in case..."

Sam

Her HUD chimes as the message were sent. She then heads to the floor with excitement in her eyes.

Sam consumes/ Activates
Pheromone (+1 CD for Familiar Taming)
Spyglass: -5 Post count when searching for Familiar (2/3)
Cheerful March - Allure: +2 LD when searching for Familiar
Lemon Berry Palmiers: +3 LD

Spoiler

Sam The Red Rose
Level: 23
HP: 460/460
EN: 46/46

Stats:
Damage: 11
Accuracy: 3
REC:2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Grand Cleaver - Stone: Damage 3 (3 Base)
Armor: Fire Brand - Din: Accuracy 3
Misc: Silver Band - Farore's Wind: Loot Dice 3

Skills:
Two-Handed Battle Ax [Rank 5]
Fishing [Obtained]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Battle Ready Inventory:
Sapphire Ring - Nayru: Prosperity 3
Assault Division Bracelet: Rec 2, Acc 1
Teleport Crystal*1

Housing Buffs:
Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot.
Angler: +1 material gained when fishing

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

A ringed notification bounces off the walls of the guildhall, she was still sitting in her chair trying to process what she was told having been left here by Raidou and the others. She wipes her face having not noticed Sam's entry. "I need to clear my head. I'll go with you." she remarks doing her best to correct her appearance and pulls out her combat sword forged for her by the Guilds smith and attaching it to her hip, her mind racing back to the destroyed one in her inventory. Her demeanor was shifted and off from her usual as thoughts raced through her head, opening the door and proceeding out into the light of floor 22's close sun. She would wait for Sam before she would head for the warp gate to accompany the girl on whatever she was after, simply along for the ride as a way to sort out what had transpired.

Setsuna | HP:440/440 | EN:44/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Spoiler

Setsuna, The Creature in the Mist
Level: 22
HP: 440/440
EN: 44/44

Stats:
Damage: 11
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 3

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Demon's Gaze T1/Perfect/Katana [+3 Base Damage]
Armor: Cold Fabric Kunoichi Wear T1/Perfect/L.A [+3 Evasion]
Misc: Kunoichi Wrapping's T1/Perfect/Trinket [+3 Accuracy]

Skills:
One-Handed Curved Sword [Rank 1]
Katana [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:
Disguise

Battle Ready Inventory:
Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)*3
Teleport Crystal*1

Housing Buffs:
Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt

Guild Hall Buffs:
Lucrative: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters receive +1 crafting attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters receive +2 crafting attempts per day.
Col Deposit: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

 

[Sam 0]

Sam sees Setsuna right before she teleports to floor 10. -Hmm was she going with me she wonders-. Not sure if this was the case, she sents a message to Setsuna directly saying:

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"So I saw you by the gate before I left. Did you want to come with me? I just appeared on floor 10."

Sam

Sam was curious as to why Setsuna would even want to come with her. Last time they were in a quest of sorts together, Sam was yelled at. Being ignored by Setsuna since then. It was hard to think that she wanted to come for fun because Sam hasn't seen anything fun about her. The only reason she could think of why Setsuna might want to go was if she wasn't in the right mind. That or she wanted to make up but Sam didn't see that happening anytime soon. Well, whatever the reason Sam would be fine with her coming. Being in her own head, Sam went to kneel down to gather something from the slick ground, and what she was reaching for vanished into the ground. Sam was taken back by this and shakes her head for a moment to get out of her own head to glance around.

ID# 161680 results: Loot: 3+6=9 Failure!

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

Paying the message no response for she should have no issue tracking Sam down, warping to her location as Sam took low to work to floor in failure in the distance. Such a strange girl, Setsuna thought to move to her side in silence. Being on escort duty in the low bluish hues of 10 in its illuminated floral appearance was a nice change from the volcanic floor 9, she wasn't sure what Sam's motives were but would accompany her none the less. It was graced with a large pool of liquid that reflected the lighting above it, it was stagnant and looked as a mirror would. Setsuna lifts a stone and drops it on the edge watching the ripples parade upon its surface proving it was not solid. Taking an extended finger to it, it begins to freeze around it in shards as her disguise skill was flickering around her.

[Sam 0]

Sam hears the ice crackle and pop as it begins to form from Setsuna's touch. Turning she sees her messing with the darker than normal blue water. "I had to come to see for myself what this place was about. It seemed fun written in the book but this, this is almost dreamlike." Sam sets a hand on one of the large mushrooms on the wall that looked like it should be a tree but wasn't. It was glowing in the darkness around them, and with another glance around Sam noticed that everything was glowing within the darkened area making light reflect off the walls. "I never would have imagined something like this could exist." Sam goes to pick a weird looking plant of the waterfront... The flower that barely looked ripe, blooms in her hand. Her eyes grew excited as she takes out her fishing pole and casts it into the water.

ID# 161711 results: Loot: 12+6=18 Success!

Sam's Gains:
1*T1 Material

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

She was lost in the swirling of her finger in the lake, lost deep in her own thoughts to which Sam's words fall on deaf ears. The small girl in light blue clothes was trying to sort herself out and where she stood with the guild. When had she become friends with them? she couldn't shake the feeling that she cared. She felt as though she had to prove herself somehow to them all that she belonged with them, but she didn't know where to begin. On her peripheral she notices Sam fiddling with a fishing pole and casting it into the surface, taking a soft inhale she folds her legs underneath her bottom and shuts her eyes focusing on the subtle draws and sounds of the water matched with the twisting spool. "What is it I am lacking?" Setsuna asks but was convinced the grey haired girl would offer no insight and the question would be left unanswered.

[Sam 0]

Excited to see what wonders this lake would hold given it environment it was placed upon she looks deep within the water as the spool bounces lightly just above the water. Sam was taken back by the question that Setsuna asked. Something like that coming from her lips and how calm she was...-What was she lacking...- The context of the question was a trap in itself. "What do you mean by that exactly. I want to help but I need you to clarify the question a bit better so I may give you an accurate answer Setsuna." Sam and she were not friends...at least she didn't think so. From the past experiences with her, there was always yelling or being talked down to. Sam wasn't stupid but she knew that she had issues. There was no yelling or insults from her this day...was she okay...Sams line tugged against her pole as she almost lost grip due to not focusing on that, but on what was going on with Setsuna and wondering if she could help.

Next thing she knew there was Frog like creature flying at her face. It didn't look normal either. It had an extra leg and its body looked almost moldy. The smell itself was agonizing in itself. Latching onto her face Sam mumbles "Get this smelly thing off me," as she drops her pole and takes out her weapon. before she could attack though, the frog tries to wrap it crazy long tongue around Sam's neck. Sam twirls her weapon around and disconnects the creature from her face as it plops back into the water. Sam backs away as it starts to come up from the lake again toward Sam.

Monster attacks first

ID# 161712 results: Craft: 2 Spawns a creature F***

ID# 161713 results: MOB: 1 Miss! vs Sam

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:440/440 | EN:44/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
Zombie Frog | HP:230/230 | DMG:69

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

Apparently her question was not clear enough for the girl, as expected it was too philosophical in origin for Sam to understand what she meant. She turned unsure if she would elaborate or insult her when Sam pulled some 'thing' from the water that wrapped around the girl's throat. "Seems I was right that you would end up getting yourself into trouble." Setsuna spat drawing her weapon from its sheathe slowly before a blinding drawing slashing tear the creature from the girl. With the Katana dangling in her hand to one side, the removed tongue flounders for a moment on the stonework before it shatters. "Do not run, I have some anger I would like to vent through your carcass." Setsuna smiles softly rather gruesomely, for a child so young it was eerie. The strange pale cyan blue creature that seemed bloated, flops to its feet as Setsuna twists the blade and places the dull end to the top of her arm.

ID# 161714 results: Battle: 5+3=8, Hit vs. Zombie Frog dealing 165 damage

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:440/440 | EN:29/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,1) Zombie Frog | HP:65/230 | DMG:69

Edited July 27, 2020 by Setsuna

[Sam 0]

Sam seemed to be having super bad luck. She tries to run after the creature that was heading toward the young girl. Sam knew that she could take care of herself but the fact that she came for her protection, the least Sam could do was give the same to Setsuna. This rang through her mind up until she slipped on the very slick ground. She managed to keep her grip on her weapon but Sam calls out "Be careful Setsuna it's very slippery here." Sam slides on her butt and hits the cavern wall. Using the wall to help herself up she looks around for anything that could help. As she tries to find this the creature in its environment was able to run at Setsuna and head butt her with how fast it was going. It rams Setsuna against the other wall hard. Sam picks up a rock and throws it at the ugly frog. The moment of impact Sam calls out "NOW, kill it now." Sam didn't want it to attack again.

ID# 161715 results: MOB: 9-3=9 Minor Critical! Dealing 70 Damage vs Setsuna

ID# 161716 results: Battle: 2+3=5 Miss! vs Zombie Frog

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:44/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:370/440 | EN:29/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,1) Zombie Frog | HP:65/230 | DMG:69

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

The creature slams into Setsuna hard, it seemed as though her distraction had proved to take her off guard. This was further accented by a spoken word from Sam in her attempts to draw its attention and work with the girl bringing spite to the forefront of her head. "You should learn to act and prove your own worth before you call to control my actions. An invalid I have no respect for should not be trying to command me." she snapped with venom on her tongue as the charged weapons energy fell, losing all of its energy in the process as it entered cooldown. She darts back and draws away from the creature, waiting out the skill stasis and preparing for its advances for it seemed utterly locked on her alone. A silhouette of bluish mist pulls over her body with her break away, bringing her out of focus but unable to exit completely due to the lock on her skills.

ID# 161725 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss!

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:44/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:370/440 | EN:28/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,1) Zombie Frog | HP:65/230 | DMG:69

Edited July 27, 2020 by Setsuna

[Sam 0]

Sam was not taken back by what Setsuna had said before trying to vanish probably trying to cool off if she had to guess. The creature, however, was not going to let her getaway. With it's enlarged sloshed hand it finds her, grips her ankle, and slams Setsuna against the ground. Sam being right behind it sort of, slides behind it and cleaves downward at the arm that had Setsuna gripped, cutting it clean off. She kicks the creature backwards and cleaves aiming toward the head this time. Upon impact, it bursts into data and Sam turns to Setsuna saying "You asked me what you were lacking. Compassion is one thing. I did not mean to bark out the order because I knew that you hated it but I did it anyway not to order you around but for you to kill what I couldn't. It was instinct to bark out what I did because I used to be the leader of the friends that I sought out long ago in this game. They ditched me the moment we came here and the moment I joined Firm Anima I knew I had to change. You helped me and I was just trying to return the favor and I am so terribly sorry if that makes you mad Setsuna." Putting her weapon away she picks up her fishing pole and takes a deep breath. Casting the line out once more, she sits on the ground waiting with anger now flowing through her which really didn't happen that often.

Monster attacks first

ID# 161726 results: MOB: 9-3=9 Minor Critical! Dealing 70 Damage vs Setsuna

ID# 161727 results: Battle: 5+3=8 Hits! Dealing 7*11=77 Damage vs Zombie Frog Killing it!
ID# 161733 results: Loot: 8+3=11 CD: 1

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:37/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:300/440 | EN:28/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,1) Zombie Frog | HP:-12/230 | DMG:69 DEAD

Sam's Gains:
3*T1 Material
460*Col
T1 Rare Trinket

Edited July 27, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

OOC Regeneration, +10 HP, +1 EN. Full restore [1/3]

Setsuna picks herself from the stone, flipping her katana and drawing the dull side against its sheathe before applying into it. "Compassion will get you killed, You may be convinced that because you were matched with idiots that all may need your guidance. Your struggles stem from your inability to work your own weapon before attempting to guide anothers, perhaps it would be wise for you to learn to swing it first before you tell me when to swing my own." Setsuna spat with the toxin in her voice "But it seems that the anger that I use you find stability in, the first time I've ever seen you perform effectively." she returns to a cool rage and folds her legs again taking her place around the side of the lake as Sam returns to fishing, finding that the girl she was tasked with protecting may, in fact, be an idiot.

Setsuna | HP:310/440 | EN:29/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

[Sam 0]

ID# 161808 results: Craft: 9 (Gains 2 Energy)

Sam had to agree with Setsuna on the friend thing. Some of the ideas that they came up with were so terrible that she could help but facepalm in their direction. "I do not want to guide others. I learned that long ago that apparently I am bad at leading. I will leave that to Eruda and Raidou." Sam feels a slight tug on her line but before she could pull it up, the line snapped. "Dam..." Sam ties a knot at the end with something attached to it and casts the line out again. "I know that I have to learn to use my weapon but I chose this for the simple fact that I was supposed to be the carry of my group of friends. Them not being here, it has made me take a step backward and look at the bigger picture. Raidou specifically is putting his life on the line and getting huge results. I seem to piss off everyone I talk to in the godforsaken game and I can't seem to make actual friends. So yes I have a weapon I need to learn to use and a mouth that I need to not get me in trouble. You may think that compassion makes you weak but for some, it makes them stronger. That isn't the case for me either, I have failed time and time again and I have not a clue how to correct it." Sam was getting a bit headstrong about this and at this point, she was thinking out loud not knowing if Setsuna was even listening anymore. "I need to find where I belong," saying in a smaller voice than before.  

ID# 161809 results: Loot: 5+8=13 Failed!

Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:40/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2

Sam's Gains:
3*T1 Material
460*Col
T1 Rare Trinket

Edited July 28, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

OOC Regeneration, +10 HP, +1 EN. Full restore [2/3]

Setsuna was relaxing attempting to take her nerves into a more collected sense, Sam however continued to babble and the girl was doing her best to tune her out. It may have been brash to assume that a journey with this particular member would help her clear her head, given how talkative she always seemed to be. "You belong with them more than I do, your problem is you are trying too hard to fit in with them that you trip yourself." she snaps before shifting her head and contemplating her rather quickly shouted answer. More than I do the phrase rung through her head on repeat, she had not thought about it until now. Returning a finger into the water as she stared into it deeply, playing with the crystals that formed upon the surface in splintering vines she looked like a memory of a little girl who used to enjoy this. Now only fury frozen in time was left behind.

Setsuna | HP:320/440 | EN:30/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

[Sam 0]

Looking at the girl who seemed to be lost in the words that were just said aloud. For once Sam was speechless. What made Sam belong more that she did. "I..." Sam shakes her head and changes her words now going through her head saying "What happened to you?" Sam had a hard time believing that Setsuna was always this. Setsuna was so young yet so angry all the time. Since Sam has known her that has not been one time that there wasn't an outburst. She knew that this game had a way of putting a toll on others, changing people but how did it change her she, couldn't help but wonder...

Her line pulled and Sam quickly fished out a pouch from the water. With a small smile, she cast her line back out and sticks the materials in her satchel. Sam really wanted to help but she didn't know how...

ID# 161811 results: Craft: 9 Succeed! +4*T1 Materials added

Sam's Gains:
7*T1 Material
460*Col
T1 Rare Trinket

Edited July 28, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

OOC Regeneration, HP/EN fully restored!

With a swirl of her fingers and the sound of Sam's reel continuing to keep her latched in reality as it continued, a question from the girl she had not expected her to ask. A turned glance as a flood of faces jumped through her eyes. "You have no right no know." she barked and forced herself to look back to the water trying to avoid breaking again, taking a deep breath, and fighting through the rising memory of those being dissected in front of her. She died that day on floor 2, all that remained was her anger and the thought of the vengeance she would extract from the culprit. A day like all the others on a quest that shouldn't have been difficult in the slightest had robbed her of everything. She mutters as unintentional tears roll down her face, which burned her chilled skin with the warmth. "You have no right..."

Edited July 28, 2020 by Setsuna

[Sam 0]

-I have no right- Sam thinks to herself. Looking to Setsuna she sees a small tear escape as she says it again in a smaller voice. It was obvious that something with great importance happened to cause her to shed a tear. "I don't hate you...I can't imagine what you went through but you need to know...regarless of how terrifying you come off to others Setsuna. If I have a place in Firm Anima, you do too. You deserve just as much as I do." Before she could speak any more something tugs on her line again. The tug seemed to stop as soon as it started. Sam frowns at her line and looks at Setsuna and back at the water. "I really hope that someday we can be friends or at the very least...someone you can count on." Sam sat there in silence for the moment. It was clear that she didn't want Sam to know something and it was obvious that Eruda was better at the words thing. "You don't have to burden everything by yourself..." Sam says in a smaller voice than before.

ID# 161812 results: Craft: 4 NOTHING!

Sam's Gains:
7*T1 Material
460*Col
T1 Rare Trinket 

Edited July 28, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

Setsuna feels the moisture on her face and using her sleeves wipes it as it continues to flow. "If I come off as terrifying then good, I am succeeding. If I fit in so well then I wouldn't be fighting with the others so often. Do not patronize me. I doubt I will ever see eye to eye with a single member of this guild, I am here for a debt I owe not for friendship and the only one I can count on is myself." Setsuna barks trying to hide her face from the girl, a mixture of sorrow and hatred in her voice as she stands having had her fill with this conversation and proceeds away and takes to hiding herself from Sam. She would look on and watch over the girl, but she was done with trading words with the girl who continued to pry into her motives.

[Sam 0]

"Your only terrifying because you're unpredictable. You don't get along with the others because...Well, do you even want to? It seems like you push people away because it's easier. Most of us don't see eye to eye with you because we don't have the same mindset. Everyone is different and for this unique. Whether or not you are here for just a debt to be paid, you are here. We are all going to be here for you no matter what you think or say Setsuna." Sam says this knowing that anything she says now will most likely be taken the wrong way anyway. Sam has seen more than her share with Setsuna and the others and this is why she came to this conclusion. Setsuna was most likely going to yell again and possibly stab her but given what Sam has said to Setsuna today...She probably deserved it.

Her line gave a tug and as Sam quickly pulls upward, another smelly rotted frog flies at her face. Sam was sorta ready this time and she moves out of the way so it didn't latch to her face again. It lands on the ground and whips at Sam with its tongue. Sam quickly jumps with a "NOPE" and lands on its slimy mouthpiece. Sam says nothing this time. If Setsuna wanted to attack or not it would be on her own terms, not Sams. Taking out her axe after dropping the pole, she gets ready to attack.

Creature attacks first!

ID# 161818 results: Craft: 2 Spawns another creature

ID# 161823 results: MOB: 4 Miss! vs Sam

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:440/440 | EN:44/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,0) Zombie Frog | HP:230/230 | DMG:69 

Edited July 28, 2020 by Sam

[Setsuna 0]

Ripping down and blindsiding the beast just as Sam retracts from its attempts at attacking her, she was still keeping a vigilant watch over the girl despite how irritating she was being. A sudden shift and quick two cycled sweep of her blade shreds the spawned mobs HP down into the red, slicing it down too hard to stand as it staggers and falls to the floor. "Pathetic creature, It will all be over soon." she mutters at the squirming and almost mortally wounded creature, a bit of shade covering the top half of her face. She then looks to Sam before she a sudden build of her mist as she seems to vanish taking steps back into it. She would see how this thing's targeting may operate now that she had a moment to detract from the conflict and its focus was adverted before she attempted to do so prior.

ID# 161824 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical (+1 Base) dealing 180 damage to Zombie Frog

Players:
Sam | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:11 | ACC:3 | REC:2
Setsuna | HP:440/440 | EN:29/44 | DMG:11 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Enemy:
(0,2) Zombie Frog | HP:50/230 | DMG:69 

Edited July 28, 2020 by Setsuna