[F9-PP] Heat Rising (Guardian of FIre)

[Freya 0]

Freya wakes from a long night, rolling around 8 am. Continuing her quest grinding as she feels strongly about making up for the time that she had stolen from her. From everything that has happened since she came back into reality, she feels like she has gained a bit more control of herself. She is still hearing that voice in her head but no one knows that factor of her problems. She thinks that if she shared that, it would deem her crazy to most people. She remembers a quest that she saw while going through papers in the guildhall that she wanted to do. Reading it and remembering that it was going to be a trip from start to end so she wanted to grab some food for the road, at the very least something to munch on and some water. She knew for sure that she didn't want to go alone so she sends a message through guild chat saying:

To: Guild Chat From: Freya Going on a 2 day trip for this Guardian of Fire quest. If anyone is interested in joining I will be leaving a 9 am sharp. Meet me on Floor 9 if you're willing.

Freya's HUD chimes, as the message was sent and she starts walking toward town. Gathering some snacks and some bottles of water to stay hydrated, she heads to the warp gate to wait for anyone to respond to the message.

Freya | HP:440/440 | EN:44/44 | DMG:11 | MIT:18 | EVA:1 | ACC:3

Spoiler

Freya
Level: 22
HP: 440/440
EN: 44/44

Stats:
Damage: 11
Mitigation: 18
Evasion: 1
Accuracy: 3

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Life Taker (T1/Perfect/2HBA): Damage 3
Armor: Swifter (T1/Perfect/Light Armor): Mitigation 2, Evasion 1
Misc: Bringer (Tierless/Perfect/Trinket): Accuracy 3

Skills:
Two-Handed Battle Axe [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Finesse

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Resistance Plate - Lily (T1/Perfect/HA): Mitigation 27
Silver Band - Farore's Wind: (T1/Perfect/Trinket) Loot Dice 3

 

[Raidou 1]

Wandering through the confines of floor 16, in its own owned sweltering heat. It did not phase him, he had been through worse but the ringing message caused him to pause. Reading its contents carefully, the swordsman opens it aloft and writes a response.

"I'll accompany you."

It was short and sweet, a simple reply. Through the superheated puddles and across precarious gaps, adding via a pen to a constantly expanding map to his black book. It folds and finds his pocket as it had numerous times before. A still dormant city: Zugaikotsushima lied in slumber, the early morning still taking their fired pathing. With a flash of the warp gate Raidou stirs into the equally hot floor, a tussle of the lenses on his face as he waits for Freya. Checking the board in comparison of his notes, a trivial fight in comparison to gatekeeper but it was a nice sized bite for the girl to take.

Kumatetsu Triggered: +1 Base Damage

Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:170/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86

Spoiler

Raidou, The Red Wanderer
Level: 85
HP: 1730/1730
EN: 170/170

Stats:
Damage: 11
Mitigation: 106
Evasion: 4
Accuracy: 4
BH:86
VAMP OFF:259
TAUNT

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Ebon Star - Vanguard Revenant [T2/Perfect/2HSS]: V.O 2, Taunt
Armor: Red Wanderer's Robe [T1/Perfect/L.A] +3 Evasion
Misc: Tactician's Gaze - Ogma [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Accuracy

Skills:
Gatherer [Obtained]
Two Handed Straight Sword [Rank 5]
Extended Mod Limit R3 [Obtained]
Parry [Obtained]
Howl [Obtained]
Battle Healing [Rank 5]
Fighting Spirit [Obtained]
Light Armor [Rank 5]
Searching [Rank 5]
Charge [Rank 5]
Extended Weight Limit [Obtained]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Mastery: Protector
Survival

Active Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Athletics
Sprint and Acrobatics
Emergency Recovery
Ferocity
Bull Rush
Stamina
Precision

Inactive Mods:
Vengeful Riposte
Focused Howl
Detect
Tracking
Justified Riposte
Reveal

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Pillar Fragment [Unique/Nightvision Mod]
Eternal Watch - Tenacity [T3/Perfect/Trinket]: Recovery 2, Accuracy 1
Mass Heal Crystal*5
Incarceration [T1/Perfect/Debuff Song] Double DoT*2
Hypnosis 2 [T1/Rare/Debuff Song/Instant] -2 Accuracy*3
Empty Slot
Eye of Midas - Larceny [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Prosperity
Obtained via Item Stash (Housing)
Obtained via Dimensional Backpack

Housing Buffs:
Hard Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot.
Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
Col Stash: +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1]

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.

Scents of the Wild:
Kumatetsu Statue: +1 Base Damage for a thread

 

[Freya 0]

Right before stepping onto the warp gate, a chime gets her attention. "Geeze that was fast..." as she opens her HUD finding a message from Raidou. "Oh that's why..." she says with a small chuckle and with that, she closed her HUD and steps onto the teleportation pad. "Floor 9" calling out as she vanishes and reappears on floor 9. Seeing Raidou right away she chuckles again saying "I sent the message just 5 minutes ago and you're already here. Somehow that doesn't surprise me." Freya walks past Raidou to get the quest from the board. Sharing the quest and sending an invite to Raidou, she has gotten so much better at dealing with the menus. "I have food and water and we can improvise with the sleeping arrangements when it comes time. Let's head out..." she says with a dramatic finger point toward the outside of the walls. She begins to march out of the already warm city, that she knew was only going to get hotter.

[Raidou 1]

The heat was building with each step deeper and deeper into the volcanic floor, the smells of sulfur clung to the air and with its small bits of ash. "It shouldn't" Raidou remarks as he proceeds at her heels, unconvinced in the difficulty of the quest. He had it plotted out and it wouldn't be too difficult for them to handle. With a press of the lenses on his nose, they cast a light across the floor through the blazing sun above. It casts his eyes to a bright orange flicker, shielding them behind the circles.

Raidou activates parry, -5 EN
Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:165/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

His eyes peeled on the horizon for anything that he would assume to attempt and slow their progress. Detection triggers and floods his minimap with a large ring, with it a color in blue mixing in his amber retina. The scope was prepared for a journey ahead, held fast against the heat as he imbibes a potion in pure white color, tossing another to Freya. "It will help with the heat."

[Freya 0]

Catching the white jarred liquid saying "Thanks," she pops it open and drinks it. As the liquid pours down her throat she can feel her temp drop from hot to cool. "Crazy shit," saying as she glances at the bottle. She tosses the empty bottle back to Raidou. "So how long do you think that will last before we have to drink another?" Asking out of curiosity as not feeling the blazing heat while traveling this long would make this that much easier. Eyes gaze into the nothingness ahead of them, with the crazy effect showing water that is not there. She didn't know if Raidou preferred not to talk but they had a very long journey ahead and she didn't know if she could keep her mouth shut for that long so she asks "Just to be clear, so that I don't drive you insane on this long road ahead would you prefer me not to talk..." The last thing she wanted was for the guy leading the pack to hate her...

[Raidou 1]

Relaxed [1/2] OOC full EN Regen!

Receiving the tossed glass vial, it's added back to his wears. "8 hours, so 3 a day each." Raidou comments as he proceeded onward through the smoldering floor, the orange glow bleeding out through breaks in the mountain and rough. "You are more than free to speak, Freya." the nomad responds unsure where her problem and insecurity could stem from. The heat lingered and cast refraction on the horizon, leaving waves that obscured and distorted the long of places. The very floor he fought an osmium titan long ago, the very place where Griswold held up. he was no stranger here, and it showed in every step he took. The fool that wandered, learned from every leg of his journey and it left a lasting impression him with every footfall. Gatekeeper, Eruda, Griswold, Seldentar. Ruri, Haine. Names and terms, memories that although aged still clung to his thoughts and fueled him forward. A path that was becoming shorter and shorter.

[Freya 0]

A sigh a small relief as Raidou comments. Freya starts thinking about her father and Eruda, she can't help but smile. Her thoughts tumble to Rin as confusing as ever, the to Gaius. Freya chuckles as she remembers saving him from getting his ass handed to him by Griswold. Freya then thought about why she came into this game, for the fun of being with friends? If she never put the nerve Gear on, she would have never met her father or made up with Eruda.

Another thought pops into her mind as she says "I know that Eruda was keeping you posted with how I am doing, but lately she seems really inclined not to speak to you or about you right now. I am not sure I care to know why but I wanted you to know that I am doing fine now. It has been a rough few weeks but I am getting better control of my situation." Freya said all this without really thinking but she needed to keep Raidou updated...

[Raidou 1]

Relaxed triggered] OOC full EN Regen!

Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:170/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

Walking on in silence as Freya seemed to dwell on her own ringing thoughts, it was a bit odd. They shared the same face but the two's very essence was different to the extent that Raidou could not get them confused. Where Eruda was calm and practiced, Freya left this aura of brash and reckless. The sounds of them stepping over loose segments of ebony and brittle stone assault the ears. The girl then speaks up, a random turn he'd not expected to show. "It's complicated, but that bodes well. Keep striving forward with a foot ready to retreat. No sense in biting off more than you can chew. Follow the chain, get strong enough to hold your own without risk." a simple truth, that he shared with everyone. There were plenty of methods to increase one's stability in safety. He was glad that the girl finally saw this, and would be better for it.

[Freya 0]

Complicated...She knows that word very well..."That is all I have been doing and I actually feel like I am getting somewhere which is a relief. As instructed by Eruda and you previously, I go nowhere without a teleport crystal." Freya chuckles a bit realizing just how alike Eruda and Raidou sound when giving the simplest of orders and suggestions. Not really sure how long they were walking, the sun starts to set in the sky. 

They spend the next few days walking with little conversation as they both wanted to get to the destination. Drinking the cold drinks and sharing the food and water that Freya brought to keep themselves at full strength. With each night, they took turns watching for anything dangerous that would have attacked them. Freya wakes up the 3rd morning as their traveling was nearing an end for the destination was close.

Time Skip 2 Days and 3 Nights

Standing up and dusting herself off from the sands that made her bed. She looks to Raidou as he had taken the last watch of the night and was already awake. It was early and the sun was just rising in the sky as smoke filled the air with each breath they took. "You ready to walk into the unknown?" Holding a hand to the sitting Raidou, as to help him up to his feet.  

[Raidou 1]

Nights play by in a blink of an eye, with resources shared between. Freya gets much-needed shut-eye while Raidou has a few almost sleepless nights. He was no stranger to fatigue and kept a watchful gaze over the floor. The first was uneventful and barren. The second night he finds what looks to be a green flame variant of a small hound. Interesting and rather friendly, it was male and scatters into the floor after a small offering of lozenge keeping it out of mischief. On the third night, Raidou finds a single beast huffing around the site at which they were camped.

It was searching for food, and an offering of a morsel to the creature does not stop its ire. Drawing ebon star from its scabbard in one rapid impact it's scattered to the wind, with enough force to shatter the stone it connects with. A shower and a hit that took the sounds of thunder, nothing he could not handle. The third morning rolls around, and Freya was ready for the final leg of the journey. Lifting himself up and fixing his glasses "I try to always be ready for anything."

ID# 179337 results: Craft: 12, Loot: 2+7=9, Not much to see!
ID# 179338 results: Craft: 8, Loot: 19+7=26, Nothing but a duplicate of Rasarei found.
ID# 179339 results: Craft: 5, Loot: 12+7=19, Potential attack but dealt with swiftly.

[Freya 0]

Another phrase that came very often from Eruda as well. She smiles and shakes her head as she glances into the distance. Taking a breath with a small cough inhaling some of the smoke, she begins to walk toward the flames that filled the ground ahead. The cold drinks that they were using were not going to help much from here on out. Walking into the ashed ground as the heat around her started to get hotter with every step. The flames around her hissed and sizzled as she walked past them. Freya glances at the map now trying to pinpoint a location but all it showed was a green circle of a possible location. "Hmmm..." saying as she looks out into the distance of charred broken trees and bushes with no leaves. Closing her eyes now so she could listen with more focus she stands there for a moment. After a minute or so, she hears howling and footfall that was not hers in the distance. Seeing movement after opening her eyes where the green circle lied, she starts walking in that direction as she pulls her Scythe out preparing herself for the danger to come. She waits for them to gather for a better targeting point. 

ID# 179340 results: Craft: 6, Safe! (No Damage Taken)

Edited December 1, 2020 by Freya

[Raidou 1]

Raidou is immune to environmental damage via Survival

Stepping in behind Freya with little issues, the heat seemed to bother him none. Perhaps it was the robe upon his back, having dealt with the fires before it lingered its safety. Upon his mini-map was the given scope. Typical for quests was a general area at which you'd need to hunt down the creatures inside the ring. Raidou opens his HUD and triggers a single pulse, detection producing a ring centered on him and echoes outward. In a blue wave it trickles, before a pulse shows 4 dots appear back in red with tiny rings of their own. "Your culprits." Raidou comments as he starts to take the helm. She was finding her own independence, and he was pleased she had made it this far without his direct input. Drawing the black steel blade from his back, it thums with red for a moment before it fades away and looks rather plain. 

[Freya 0]

With all the targets in view now she races against the heat toward the pile of hounds. With a charge of her weapon, she swings at just one of the hounds. Upon impact, the hell hound goes flying toward the pack and collides with all but one causing an explosion within the surface area. Three of them burst into nothing instantly as the last jumps away and runs to the other side of Freya. Turning toward the hound that made it out she can't help but give a small chuckle. It growls at her and Freya just grins saying "I am not the one you be focusing on," as she points her Scythe now toward Raidou. The Hell Hound out of pure curiosity looks back and sees the other figure... A small chuckle as she was enjoying this says "Bang Bang," as she jumps backward seeing some other hounds running toward them. Little did she know she jumps back into a flame and then out saying "Bitch." 

Activating Concentration and Explode Catapult

ID# 179341 results: Craft: 3, Fail! (10 Burn Damage Taken) Due to Environment

ID# 179342 results: Battle: 8+4=12, Hit! Dealing 11*14=154 vs Hell Hound #1
ID# 179343 results: Battle: 8+4=12, Hit! Dealing 11*14=154 vs Hell Hound #2
ID# 179345 results: Battle: 8+4=12, Hit! Dealing 11*14=154 vs Hell Hound #3
ID# 179346 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss! vs Hell Hound #4

Players:
Freya | HP:430/440 | EN:27/44 | DMG:11 | MIT:18 | EVA:1 | ACC:3
Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:170/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

Enemy:
Hell Hound #1 | HP:-124/30 | DMG:50 | (BD 9) DMG:75 | (BD 10) DMG:100
Hell Hound #2 | HP:-124/30 | DMG:50 | (BD 9) DMG:75 | (BD 10) DMG:100
Hell Hound #3 | HP:-124/30 | DMG:50 | (BD 9) DMG:75 | (BD 10) DMG:100
Hell Hound #4 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50 | (BD 9) DMG:75 | (BD 10) DMG:100

Edited December 1, 2020 by Freya

[Raidou 1]

The blackened blade in his grasp begins to burn bright in red, drawing his hand down its blunt and smooth edge draws the stamina into it. Without warning the weapon as its driven down to his side becomes surcharged with electricity, FTK's presence racking the weapon aggressively. A single lunge and punch from the cavern in orange glow below throw him airborne at a rate that creates a vacuum. The following impact causes the ground to echo and shatter beneath him, once the liquid fire and dust fall to reveal the playing field. It shows that only Raidou remained. The others were long gone and forgotten with only a glimmer of red on the wind and his weapon greedily sucking up their lifeforce that lingered on the air. "One left." Raidou remarks to the blonde, his intentions clear given the phrase. This was why he was here and was leveling the playing field.

Tempest [x8] 4 (8- 3 (Finesse 3) - 1 (Stamina)) + 6 (3 hits) = 10 EN

ID# 179347 results: Battle: 4+4=8, Hit! vs. Hell Hound #1 dealing 11x8=88 DMG
ID# 179348 results: Battle: 3+4=7, Hit! vs. Hell Hound #2 dealing 11x8=88 DMG
ID# 179349 results: Battle: 5+4=9, Hit! vs. Hell Hound #3 dealing 11x8=88 DMG

Players:
Freya | HP:430/440 | EN:27/44 | DMG:11 | MIT:18 | EVA:1 | ACC:3
Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:160/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

Enemy:
Hell Hound #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50 | (BD:9) DMG:75 | (BD:10) DMG:100
Hell Hound #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50 | (BD:9) DMG:75 | (BD:10) DMG:100
Hell Hound #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50 | (BD:9) DMG:75 | (BD:10) DMG:100

[Freya 0]

Freya just gives Raidou a nod and begins to look around. It doesn't take long before a large burst of flames column up into the sky, and it dissipates to just the flaming feet of a large creature, Freya smirks and runs at this large 3 headed dog looking thing. It was intently hostile as she became aware that one of the heads was lunging at her as she was it. Freya ducks out of the way and slices upward cutting it clean off from where it was held. Another tries to bite at her face and her weapon glows brightly as she knocks the head away with the end of her hilt. It cringed upward with a yelp and Freya pivots herself and quickly slices downward against the back of a second neck, as the head drops sporadically against the ground. The third head, as Freya moves slightly the large creature jumps backwards with a yelp as two of its head were gone and dusted to data. "What you don't want to play no more, sad I was having fun. Raidou!" She says to the large hound with a large grin painted against her face and then a quick call out to Raidou behind her. 

Activating Trample Act

ID# 179350 results: Craft: 8, Safe (No Damage Taken)

ID# 179351 results: Battle: 4+3=7, Hit! Dealing 11*6=66 Damage vs Cerberus Head #1
ID# 179352 results: Battle: 9+3=12, Minor Critical! Dealing 12*6=72 Damage vs Cerberus Head #2
ID# 179353 results: Battle: 2+3=5, Miss! vs Cerberus Head #3

Players:
Freya | HP:430/440 | EN:21/44 | DMG:11 | MIT:18 | EVA:1 | ACC:3
Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:160/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

Enemy:
Cerberus Head #1 | HP:-36/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)
Cerberus Head #2 | HP:-42/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)
Cerberus Head #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)

Edited December 1, 2020 by Freya

[Raidou 1]

As soon as Freya calls to him, Raidou blinds past with an impact hearty enough to cleave a mountain with enough speed to become nearly invisible. Charge triggers and does sprint. As with her sister before her, Freya feels the pressure as Raidou slides past and impacts the beast mid breast. It buckles inward from the blunt bastard sword, the sound of the impact racks the chamber like a stroke of thunder or a bomb in a tiny room. It is thrown and scatters and bounces before it connects with a cavern wall and explodes in a spray of data. "Well done." Raidou remarks ripping the blade down and spinning it up to the sheath behind his right shoulder, which was typical of him. Extreme shows of prowess and then a substandard response afterward. With the boss killed, Raidou moves for the exit, not wanting to press Freya's luck within its confines.

Galaxy Destroyer [x13] 9 EN (13 - 3 (Finesse 3) - 1 (Stamina)), Bull Rush [Charge 5], Concentration CD [0/3]

ID# 179354 results: Battle: 7+4+1-1=11, Hit! vs. Cerberus Head #3 dealing 16x13=208 DMG

Players:
Freya | HP:430/440 | EN:21/44 | DMG:11 | MIT:18 | EVA:1 | ACC:3
Raidou | HP:1730/1730 | EN:152/170 | DMG:11 | MIT:106 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:259 | TAUNT | BH:86 | PARRY

Enemy:
Cerberus Head #1 | HP:-36/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)
Cerberus Head #2 | HP:-42/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)
Cerberus Head #3 | HP:-178/30 | DMG:80+10 Burn Damage Next Turn | BD 9-10 (Ignores Mitigation)

[Freya 0]

Feeling the winded impact from Raidou burst blow. A compliment given, it meant a lot. She kept control and had fun doing so. Twirling her weapon and placing it against her back she runs to catch up to Raidou. "You know we could just use a teleport crystal to get back. I know that you have other things on your mental list to check off. After I get done here I was going to find myself a small friend, familiar if you prefer that term. I am not sure what I am getting yet but I am sure I will figure it out soon enough." At this point, she pulls out a crystal after. To be honest she rather just walk but she didn't want to be stranded out here in the sand dooms alone so if Raidou would prefer the quick exit then that is what they would do. She stops talking for a moment and thinks saying "Thank you for coming with me Raidou. I know you probably had reasons of your own but I really do appreciate it." She stands there waiting for Raidou's answer holding out her arm.    

[Raidou 1]

"No reason to waste the crystal, they are finite in production. I'd much rather walk." Raidou offered as he began to walk toward the major settlement, a few days back would give him time to culture what he had learned along the trip. "They are useful in their own regards, just don't bite off more than you can chew." Raidou remarks as he begins to work his way from the infernal cavern and the sweltering heat. Removing a black book from his pocket and scratching a line through the page, erasing guardian of fire from the list, and with it he adds a few more notes.

Hell Hound
HP: Less than 88
Mitigation: Presumed none
DMG: Undetermined

Cerberus:
Three Health Bars
HP: Less than 66
Mitigation: Presumed none
DMG: Undetermined

Clapping it shut, he starts to walk further and further way. But not at a rate that was difficult to keep up with.

[Freya 0]

Again, it was over before it began. Everything was dead and a 3-day journey for a 5-minute quest seemed not really worth it. Either way, though Freya did have fun beating the ever-living shit out of everything. They walked through the heat as it blasted them in the face. Another 3 days travel back to any civilization but she got what she wanted. To walk back and take in the scenery. She wasn't going to stray off the path but on the way home, she saw things that she didn't find the first time around. It was certainly a sight to see. They spend the days walking with little chatter and spend the nights sleeping as well as they possibly could. When she gets home she would ask Gaius to come with her on that familiar quest, to find a tiny friend. This would be after she got a good night's rest because she found herself tossing and turning a lot on the hard ground.

Time Skip 2 Days and 3 Nights back home

[Raidou 1]

Looking through his menu in the sleepless overwatch in the days between, he could not help but linger on the past in the dead of night. His detection kept allowing reads on his surroundings, nothing would have an easy time sneaking up on the campsite. Raidou's thoughts held on to everything he was starting to hold dear, him weighing what he was told by Freyd. What he was told by Hidden.

He could still hear their voices, their intentions. An image of a small girl in a room lingered in his head, to which no draught cured her illness despite constant attempts. "Perhaps I was mistaken, was I wrong?" Raidou quipped quietly to the dead of night, looking to the stars subtly obscured by volcanic plumes. "I don't think..." and for the first time he was at a loss for words, processing what he was saying. "I was right, wasn't I? they've been given every chance and despite the possibility, they simply cannot take what I can only give once."

And for the first time in a very long while, the boy was confused.

Quest Complete:
Freya:
5*SP (1 Thread Length, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward)
Raidou:
5*SP (1 Thread Length, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward)
Simmone:
2*Cerberus Soul
400*Col (Thread Closure)