[F4-PP] One Frosti Boi (Essence of Steel) Yui's Grace #1

[Shiina 0]

She was looking for more material to use when writing songs, suffering from a form of composition block and was racking her brain on what to do next. Collecting her things and making her way to floor 22 and the guild hall she looks at the list of quests that Raidou was planning to undertake, presumably himself. She picks one at random and scratches it off the list. "I am sure book boi wont mind if I steal one of these." at her back a couple others parade in behind her, taking their own tasks for the day. Shiina spins on her heel and puts her hands up. "I wasn't doing nothin'!" she barks with a wave of her hands in front of her face, looking to see who it was. Kasumi and Simmone both on their own tasks, as Griswold leans in to see what the ruckus was from his workshop in the guild hall.

Shiina Consumes Yui's Grace 1/2

Shiina | HP:520/520 | EN:52/52 | DMG:1 | MIT:27 | EVA:1 | MENDING:1 | REC:2

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Shiina, The Resonant Valkyre
Level: 26
HP: 520/520
EN: 52/52

Stats:
Damage: 1
Mitigation: 27
Evasion: 1
MENDING:1
REC:2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Wings of the Valkyrie - Origin [Heavy Armor] (T1/Perfect) +27 Miti
Armor: Ancient Larissa Leaf Necklace [T2/Perfect/Trinket] Life Mending 1, Recovery 2
Misc: Resonant Blade - Tuning Fork [Trinket] (T1/Perfect) +1 Evasion, Recovery 2

Skills:
First Aid [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Sharpness
Field Medic

Battle Ready Inventory:
Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)*3
Hypnosis 2 (T1/Rare)*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.

 

Edited August 9, 2020 by Shiina

[Kasumi 0]

Having just finished a scouting of floor 16 she was making a stop at the guild hall to place down her mapping data when Kasumi notices little Shiina playing with the guild quest log that Raidou had kept. It was obvious that Shiina was trying to do something on her own, which would be a bad idea as she'd already seen what the girl had a habit of doing even in her dreams. "I will go with you if you really want to go." Kasumi remarks with a hand to her chest and a smile to the tiny songstress, the blossom would hardly discourage the girl from going entirely. She then looks to Simmone and Griswold to see what they thought, curious if any of them would step up and tell the girl it was a no go. "Let me get my gear." Griswold barks as he vanishes into the workshop.

Kasumi | HP:540/540 | EN:54/54 | DMG:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

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Kasumi, The Blossom
Level: 27
HP: 540/540
EN: 54/54

Stats:
Damage: 12
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 3

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Master White Hand-wraps [T1/Perfect] (3 Damage)
Armor: Mugen Tenshin Decree [T1/Perfect] (3 Accuracy)
Misc: White Red-trimmed Gee [T1/Perfect] (3 Evasion)

Skills:
Martial Arts [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity

Battle Ready Inventory:
Orange Hair Tie [T1/Perfect] (+3 Loot Dice)
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.

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by Kasumi

[Griswold 0]

Affixing the sections of armor to his person, spinning the mallet in his grasp as he pats Vulcan's side "Come on boy, we got work to do. Unsure what exactly but we cant well let two girls venture out on their own." the fire elemental stirs for a moment, peeling itself from the floor with a flicker of light and warmth as it rises from its slumber. The axe he was forging would have to wait just a little longer for his return, but it was damn near finished just needed a few more bobbles and a handle before it was ready. In full clad cobalt steel, donning his helmet last and picking up the massive slab of flattened steel that composed his shield. Taking his stature into the guild halls main chamber he looks to the girls and barks out "Count me in, what is it we are doing?" unsure of what they were after and hoping for some clarification.

Griswold | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1

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Griswold, The Forgemaster
Level: 23
HP: 460/460
EN: 46/46

Stats:
Damage: 5
Mitigation: 47
THRNS:18
PARA:1

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Horadric Malus [T1/Perfect/Warhammer] (+3 Base Damage)
Armor: Cobalt Rattlecage - Juggernaut [T1/Perfect/Heavy Armor] (Mitigation 3 [+27 Mitigation])
Misc: Plated Foundation - Impact[T1/Perfect/Shield] (Thorns 2 {18}, Paralyze 1 {9-10})

Skills:
One Handed Warhammer [Rank 1]
Block [Rank 3]
Heavy Armor [Rank 1]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Mark
Shield Bash

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1

Housing Buffs:
Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
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.

 

[Simmone 0]

Checking her menu as she looks the girls and now Griswold over Simmone sighs sharply "I suppose." as she moves up the stairs and quickly makes the deposit into the vault as she planned, freeing herself up having taken care of what she had needed to. "Do tell dear." she offers in tandem with Griswold's quarry unsure if the girl may have just doomed them all with some superpowered quest with massive titanic enemies or if it was going to be a walk in the park. Moving the charter she had plucked the quest from, she looks to it intensely with a bat of her lashes. "It looks like its something called Essence of steel." she comments to the other three, assuming that one of them would look to the table and find some information regarding the job Shiina had selected at random in her eagerness. While they would do that, Simmone begins to change her clothes without a care to who may be watching.

Simmone | HP:500/500 | EN:50/50 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | KEEN | REC:2 | LD:2

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Simmone, The Black Lotus
Level: 25
HP: 500/500
EN: 50/50

Stats:
Damage: 1
Evasion: 1
Accuracy: 3
BLD:12
KEEN
REC:2
LD:2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Ornate Quicksilver Rapier [T1/Rare/Rapier] (Bleed 1 [9-10{12 Dmg over 2}], 1 Keen)
Armor: Embrace of the Lotus [T1/Perfect/LA] (2 Recovery, 1 Eva)
Misc: Cat's Gaze [T1/Perfect/Trinket] (3 Accuracy)

Skills:
Searching [Rank 2]
Picking [Obtained]
Energize [Obtained]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Hyperactive
Dismantling

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1

Housing Buffs:
Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt
Col Stash: +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests

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.

 

[Shiina 0]

Having received so many offerings for assistance in such a short time the girl looks to those who had come to her aid with a grin. "Right so, I dunno." she comments trying to do the book boi thing and describe the quest. She had no idea where to begin other than inviting them all to a party with a shuffle of her menus rather quickly. "We got and go do the thing, and uh it's on floor 4." Shiina gives her 'best explanation' she can which left much to the imagination. Kasumi moves to the table as Griswold moves to the girl's side, starting to fix the armor that was haphazardly slapped to her tiny frame and would defend her practically in no way. Being manhandled by the blacksmith, she worms around making the process more difficult than it needed to be which was typical for the girl. "Thanks big guy." she comments as he finally gets it settled.

[Kasumi 0]

Taking to the table while Griswold and Simmone did their best to prepare for the journey ahead, she listens to the others "Floor 4, Essence of steel got it." she looks down at the table and begins to dig through the leaflets upon it. It takes her a moment before she finds the quest description and breakdown upon it. Turning toward the rest of the group, she would read it aloud. "No defenses, moderate damage, and moderate health. Drops an item that needs to be collected repeatedly for the guild. The difficulty is minimal with preparation. Ice golem." the notes instantly sounded like a breakdown as spoken by Raidou. "I guess it should be doable." she comments to the others who seemed ready enough to proceed onward. Kasumi then tightens her decree around the palms of her hands, heading for the door and beginning to lead the others toward coral as she accepts Shiina's party invite.

[Griswold 0]

With Shiina's plate armor now on her body correctly, he pats the girl's shoulder while he stands and turns to face Kasumi. "Got it, then we shouldn't have any trouble." nudging Shiina and ushering her toward the door as Kasumi takes the helm. "We got to keep this one out of trouble." Griswold comments to Simmone, who nods while he points to Shiina. They head out into the lush greenery that composed floor 22, heading down the beaten path that attached the guild hall to the rest of the floor, eventually turning into a paved loose brick road as they broke through the treeline. The town was ripe with activity, as expected of such a tranquil and scenic place. "Floor 4 was it, then I am off." Griswold barks to the rest as they move one by one to the gate, his massive frame taking up most of its diameter.

[Simmone 0]

Having changed attire and a bit sad that she had not drawn Griswold's attention, for she enjoyed the ogling of men. Simmone took to accepting Shiina's party invite as the others and after hearing the description she inhales before offering a small phrase "Right, well then leads go." the tone seemed lacking enthusiasm. She'd much rather have used this time to peruse the stalls in settlements hoping to catch something interesting in the net she frequently cast. With the others as Griswold vanishes in a flash of blue upon the warp gate, she would wait to go last. This was the best solution as to never let Shiina operate of her own accord in these places for the girl was concentrated mayhem and she'd like not to sour her reputation. Surely if the girl was seen with her, then proceeded to destroy a bunch of things in town it would not bode well.

[Shiina 0]

The next to travel through the gate directly after the large dude in blue armor, Shiina looks back to Kasumi and Simmone and remarks "See you on the flip side, Floor 4 Snowfrost!" in mimicry of the smith that went before her. With a flash of light she descends the floor into the bitter chills of the winter ridden location, a plain sea of white that looked rather boring and blank. "Brr.." Shiina instantly shutters out, the temperature majorly less than Coral it makes her skin prickle. "Sup big guy." Spoken as she hops down from the pad into the snow beneath it, seeming to always be deep given the unceasing fall of sleet. She taps the backside of his armor a couple of times, his familiar seeming to snort the snow as it sizzled under it. "Grab the quest girl." Griswold keeps the journey on track, ushering the small songstress to the board with a raised index. "Right!" she barks as she begins to wade through the snow.

[Kasumi 0]

Now that Shiina had traveled down the floor, Kasumi looks to Simmone and asks of her "You think this is a good idea? Shiina can be a little...strange." staring into Simmone looking for an answer. "Well, she will never be different if we assume she won't be." The black cat with long black locks explains, shifting her hair into a tie off her shoulders. "Duty calls dear, best not fret on the small details and look at it with some optimism." the woman speaks with a waved hand showing that Kasumi should proceed on. "I suppose your right." Kasumi remarks as she hops onto the gate "Everyone deserves a chance to become better." but the words she speaks don't seem to point to only Shiina. Calling out the floor as a destination the same flash of energy takes her to the others, leaving Simmone the last to take the plunge.

[Griswold 0]

Moments later Kasumi arrives asking Griswold as soon as she steps off the platform where Shiina had gone. Without a word, Griswold adverts her attention to the quest board, where Shiina was scrolling through the listing with a rather perplexed look on her face. She shrieks "Eureka!~" and taps one from it. The quests on the two players HUD immediately update to Essence of Steel. A few heavy steps through the snow, with Kasumi at his back he makes for the girl "Well done, looks like its north from here. Lead the way lass." He allows Shiina to take control of the journey, it should have been an excellent experience for her to lead the charge for once. "Neat, Hi Ho Silver!" she exudes as she begins to rather difficultly push through the snow that threatened to consume her knees. A shift of his head charades 'come on' to Kasumi as he begins to follow suit.

[Simmone 0]

Removing the rapier from her hip she was the last to take upon the podium, speaking her destination with a twist to the phrase. The proceeding bend of reality, Simmone lands to look on to the group conjoining around the quest board when her quest updates on the side of her HUD as Shiina moves on with Griswold behind her. She starts to weigh the options, it appeared as though Griswold may have allowed the girl to take the lead. She sighs softly at the notion "I suppose this isn't the worst idea possible." she mutters as she enters the frost of the floor in her black platforms. She would move to Kasumi's side and keep pace with the girl as they were setting out, and she would help take up the back and keep an eye peeled for any issues that may arise while the smith keeps a tab on little Shiina.

[Shiina 0]

The travel was rather long and for Shiina: Tedious. The snow was not making it any easier for Shiina to move and it was clearly due to her stature the rest of the group had no trouble keeping up with her. Eventually, the group makes it to the wreckage of ice in segments, Shiina slides a bit as the snow becomes thinner in this parameter. "K, Let's do this." Shiina comments righting herself on the ice before flashing a peace sign to the distance as if projecting it to an entity that only she could see. Scooching herself on the slick surface with her feet planted she makes it to the first of many large chunks of ice. Latching on for dear life, she slides herself around before pushing off toward the next in the chain. Slowly she was making her way to the starting point for the quest albeit at a reduced pace.

[Kasumi 0]

Joining the young songstress on the ice, much more stable footed then she was she easily keeps up with Shiina as she makes for the activation object in the form of a skull. "Keep it up your doing great!~" Kasumi offers to the girl as she slides upon the surface, with a slow and steady walk upon the same. She could not help but wonder if perhaps the girl may have been making it more difficult by treating the ice as unstable footing. However, she would not correct the girl but instead support her endeavors as an attempt at bolstering her resolve. Placing her hand to the skull as Simmone and Griswold made their own respective ways to it, she would have Shiina wait until they were all in position before activating the trigger. They had some vague statistical analysis from Raidou but it still left much to the imagination and they would not take any chances, as the virtues, the swordsman had imbued within them held ever strong.

[Griswold 0]

Griswold follows along the ring of the ice, instead of proceeding directly across it. Vulcan however sniffs heavily at it before offering a guttural howl. "What's the matter boy?" he comments to his elemental who proceeds to put one foot upon its surface. Instantly there was steam as the familiar recoils, under his wake was boiling water that quickly began to change in temperature. "I get it, you cant as well walk on this, can you? Just wait over there and if I need to I'll move to you." Griswold orders the flaming shell, not wanting it to collapse through the surface and sink would be ideal. Pulling his mallet from its place on his hip, Griswold tightens his grip upon the straps of the shield latched to his left. "Ready." Griswold barks banging the shield against his left shoulder as a show of solidarity. He had not seen action in some time, so there would be some lead to get out but he was more than willing to handle a good tussle.

[Simmone 0]

Directly behind Griswold, Simmone keeps her wits about her as they all commune around the skull. She had the only speculation at what may rise from this almost graveyard of ice, the only sounds being from the words exchanged and the breathing by her and the rest of her party. "It's now or never." Simmone responds as Shiina was clutching to the object for support, looking to Griswold and Kasumi who both offer her a nod. "Let's do this." She comments looking to Shiina, who upon the declaration begins to pat her open hands upon its surface. Eventually, she stops with an almost mechanical clank, as the skull's eyes begin to glow red. What sounded like rolling stones catch the entire group off guard, and as they turned they would see the shards of jagged ice beginning to commune upon the center of the arena. A construct of pure ice began to take shape as a humanoid construct, eager to repay their intrusion with death.

[Shiina 0]

As it recoils and shifts as Shiina finds where it seems slotted, it activates and begins to glow red with it powering up. At the groups back a big ice dude begins to form from the pieces skewed across the place. Slamming together and building a man out of the pieces like some kind of lego, Shiina looks to Kasumi. "Kick his butt, I gotchu." Shiina begins to hum as Kasumi's hands begin to glow pink. The energy flares in rhythm with each note that parades from the small songstress's anthem, offering power to the blossoms fists before she would take an action. Shiina had found her abilities in bolstering others and was coming more to terms with it each passing moment. She would maintain the sound as Kasumi began to charge, hoping to play her part in the battle as book boi would wish her to. This wouldn't be a repeat of the boar quest where she held everyone back.

Shiina casts Sharpness (+2 Base) on Kasumi!, -12 EN, CD: [0/1]

Players:
Shiina | HP:520/520 | EN:40/52 | DMG:1 | MIT:27 | EVA:1 | MENDING:1 | REC:2
Kasumi | HP:540/540 | EN:54/54 | DMG:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Griswold | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
Simmone | HP:500/500 | EN:50/50 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | KEEN | REC:2 | LD:2

Mobs:
(0,0,0,0) Frost Beast | HP: 250/250 | DMG:160 (Phase: 24)

Edited August 11, 2020 by Shiina

[Kasumi 0]

One heavy blow from the crashing wave as she almost teleports forward, her momentum being halted dead as she impacts the creature. The sound is titanic as a spray of shards of ice pulse out of its back with her elongated palm. She could feel the power behind the blow being fueled by the girl, as she pivots and pirouettes around a reciprocated attack in attempts to follow hers. It was painfully clear the focus of the beast was now upon her and her alone, and to those who would look on could immediately draw comparisons to her style with that of her cousins as she coldly seems to watch every attempt and proceed to wiggle between them. Her hands still ablaze with energy as Shiina was continuing to amplify their output into obscene levels. Sliding to a halt as like a skater she turns herself to keep from moving without the input as her hand's parade about the front of her in sweeping circles to a trail of pink.

ID# 164723 results: Battle: 3+3+1=7, Hit! dealing 210 damage to Frost Beast!

Players:
Shiina | HP:520/520 | EN:40/52 | DMG:1 | MIT:27 | EVA:1 | MENDING:1 | REC:2
Kasumi | HP:540/540 | EN:40/54 | DMG:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Griswold | HP:460/460 | EN:46/46 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
Simmone | HP:500/500 | EN:50/50 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | KEEN | REC:2 | LD:2

Mobs:
(0,1,0,0) Frost Beast | HP: 40/250 | DMG:160 (Phase: 24)

Edited August 11, 2020 by Kasumi

[Griswold 0]

Griswold rushes in attempts to aid Kasumi, and with his shield held high he collides with the beast. To his surprise however he was not expecting it to be so solid, the sounds of his wall making an impact are almost deafening. His ears ringing he has to catch himself as the creature moves away at inhuman levels, further cementing that this was his domain. They were in his arena and as such would be fighting at a disadvantage, but it would not deter the guild smith. Moving his jaw under the cobalt steel helmet on his dome, he tries to recover his hearing as he rushes toward the monster once again keeping as close as he can to it to draw at the very least its attention if he could not halt its movements. Spinning his hammer in his hands, the next blow ripe in his mind as he charges it down.

ID# 164724 results: Battle: 4+1=5, Missed vs. Frost Beast! Shield Bash CD [0/2]

Players:
Shiina | HP:520/520 | EN:40/52 | DMG:1 | MIT:27 | EVA:1 | MENDING:1 | REC:2
Kasumi | HP:540/540 | EN:40/54 | DMG:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Griswold | HP:460/460 | EN:44/46 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
Simmone | HP:500/500 | EN:50/50 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | KEEN | REC:2 | LD:2

Mobs:
(0,1,0,0) Frost Beast | HP: 40/250 | DMG:160 (Phase: 24)

Edited August 11, 2020 by Griswold

[Simmone 0]

Kasumi and Griswold engaged with the creature as it paraded around the ice with ease, seemingly bonded to the surface at which the players in question had no such luck. Simmone rubs her index and thumb together with her right hand causing it to glow gold, staying the rapier in her left. With a snap of said fingers, a coil of gold in a helix fires from it, heading for Kasumi and taking hearth in her back. "Keep going dear, give it hell!" Simmone barks out as she was going to keep the girl's available stamina front loaded as she could get the sense that Griswold's size may be betraying him on the slick surface. Taking the same effects as Shiina, the two would keep Kasumi moving and on the creature, for it seemed as though the girl really packed a punch and as such was the group's best bet at ending this quickly and decisively.

Simmone casts Hyperactive on Kasumi! +3 EN regen per round over 3 rounds, -9 EN, CD [0/3]

ID# 164728 results: MOB: 6-3=3, Missed vs. Kasumi!

Players:
Shiina | HP:520/520 | EN:40/52 | DMG:1 | MIT:27 | EVA:1 | MENDING:1 | REC:2
Kasumi | HP:540/540 | EN:40/54 | DMG:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Griswold | HP:460/460 | EN:44/46 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
Simmone | HP:500/500 | EN:41/50 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | KEEN | REC:2 | LD:2

Mobs:
(0,1,0,0) Frost Beast | HP: 40/250 | DMG:160 (Phase: 24)

Edited August 11, 2020 by Simmone