[F01 - SP] Lucky Angler? ≪EaL: Fisher≫

[Ariel - The Crowned Lion 0]

A new dawn shines over floor 22, NPCs and Players alike flock around the populated settlements minding their own businesses. Generally, the same could be said about the Shirajishi-ryū Valley although the first rays of sunlight have to scale up the east mountainside before welcoming the valley resident into a new day. Already awake for some time now, the sun greeted Ariel while she was finishing up her morning practice inside the dojo. She reflexively covered her eyes by raising her left hand up to her brow, as the light made its way around the training area. “Time for a break…” she muttered to herself as she placed the shinai back on its holding rack. Alone, the blonde decided to sit down on the floor edge leading to the outdoors and look over her domain. To her left (south-west) cherry blossoms started blooming, their pink flowers glittering in the morning light from the dew.

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Lvl. 31 +50 PA | 513503/532750 EXP
HP: 820/820 | EN: 100/100 | DMG: 23 (+16) | MIT: 12 | AA | ACC: 3(4) | EVA: 3 | +8 LD | Fallen (1) | Keen (1)

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Stats:

• 820 HP (620 +20*10)
• 100 Energy(80 +2*10)
• 12 Mitigation (12[skill])
• +1 Accuracy (1[weapon])
• +3 Evasion (3[armor])
• 23 Base Damage (1[base] +7[weapon skill] +1[athletics] +12[mastery] +1[ferocity])
• +8 Fallen Damage (Successful BD: 6-8 (before modifiers) add fallen damage to your total base damage.)
• +32 HP Holy Blessing (After taking damage, heal HP at the beginning of your next turn. Can only trigger once per round.)
• +41 HP Battle Healing (While in combat, recover 5% of your maximum HP (rounded down) at the beginning of your turn.)
• +5 LD ( +3 LD more when searching for sub-dungeons: 15 posts CD and labyrinths: 3 posts CD)
• Absolute Accuracy (Attack rolls of 1 no longer automatically miss. Gain +1 to the BD when attacking. Cannot be used to trigger a critical hit.)
• Keen (After a successful attack, gain +1 BD until your next successful attack, at which point this bonus is removed. Another successful attack will reactivate this)

Skills: Pic at 510x450 Downscaled to 385, right side alignment

  Equipment: 

≪Onimaru Shi#187508≫			≪Shirajishi-ryū Kendogi#156967≫			≪Guardian Cloak#187511≫
T4: Absolute Accuracy | Keen | Fallen (Katana)			T1: Evasion | Evasion | Evasion (LA)			T1: Loot Die | Loot Die | Loot Die (Cloth)
An odachi with it's saya made of polished maple, adorned with brilliant golden colour etchings and ceremonially decorated with tufts of white feathers. The long blade itself is black as the shadows and the flaming etchings on the steel seem to come alive at the wielder's will.			Initially designed as a uwagi, some liberties transformed into a long pristine white cape with red accents and silver trims, reaching down to ground level. Branded with 白獅子流 (white lion style) kanji on the back, it brings the item closer to the initial design.			A gray cloak with silver trims, on its backside lay four guild icons all crossed with a blood red X. pic.

  Inventory:  

• ≪Teleport [Crystal]≫
• ≪[T3] Blank Dungeon Map≫

• Spoiler ≪Leonidas' Strength#187509≫         T4: Holy Blessing | Holy Blessing | Risky | Risky (Cloth)         A blood red cape with a black inverted V design in the middle of the back, if worn as light armor; one of the trademark items worn by the Spartans that fought until the last man.

• Spoiler ≪Yamimaru#187510≫         T4: Accuracy | Fallen | Fallen (Katana)         One of the first weapons of it's kind, forged out of the blood of a corrupted angel and blessed by another. It grants the user control over the angel's corruption in form of black flames that can be summoned once it tastes flesh. The silver etched saya contains the (un)holy blade's influence while it's sheathed.

• Spoiler ≪Keen Eye#151723≫         T1: Accuracy | Accuracy | Keen (Trinket) A obsidian ring with thin parallel silver linings, that is said to increase one's eyesight.

• Empty 
• Empty 

 Buffs: 

• +4 DMG: "Filling" -> ≪Liquor of Light#151942 [Drink]≫
• (Search IV -> V) "Skylight"
• -1 EN [3/3]: "Well Rested"
• -25% DoT [1/1]: "Squeaky Clean"
• +20 HP OOC regen: "Relaxed" 
• +1 LD/SR/SD/Prosperity [1/1]: "Multipurpose"
• +1 BRI slot: ≪Dimensional Backpack≫
• +1 BRI slot: "Item Stash"
• + 3%* EXP: Paragon lvl. 10
• + (10%* EXP) Col: Paragon lvl. 5
• +10% EXP: "Advanced Training" 

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion

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It was mostly this treeline that looked a lot like the one from her hometown, that highly influenced her decision in picking this place as the foundation for her school. That, the open space, the hidden waterfall to the west and the small Inari shrine on top of the hill in the north-west cemented her decision. The entrance to the domain, the estate itself with it’s white sand garden, the dojo and the thousand torii gates leading up the stairs up to the shrine came afterwards after she purchased the land. She also did a little ‘tera-forming’ and added a road through the middle of the land in the shape of 人 ‘hito’, the kanji for ‘person’, then placed the dojo in the center below the crossroads. A hope, that her school/dojo will be a place where people meet and connect with each other through martial arts, etched symbolically onto the land itself.

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scuffed map of the domain

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To her right (east), the white sands of her garden were gleaming similarly to the sakura flowers. Initially designed as a zen garden, the blonde found later on that it would be too troublesome to properly maintain it. She entrusted its care to Claudia and Darius who tend to it as a hobby when they have time off from their duties. She was fortunate that Dracul and his assistants accepted her offer to join her school and move at the school grounds. The blonde youth even opened his alchemy ‘laboratory/shop’ here close to her own Tailor shop. Next to the garden lays the estate itself with its ground and first floor. She was no architect, so the blonde copied the design of her home back in the real world; which was also modeled after the Tamozawa Imperial Villa but on a much smaller scale. The D’Sole household in the real world was 1/10th of the villa’s. 

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This resulted in a beautiful wooden building with ten rooms distributed over two storeys (ground lvl. +1F +attic) and a generous garden in the middle of the city, however Ariel more than doubled the number of rooms and significantly increased the size of the household. This increase was due to the fact that she expected most of her students to move in and live on the school grounds; as was traditionally done. Looking at it, it really felt like home and she decided to welcome and treat her future students and guests in kind. For a while now, she had three of them, Dracul and the siblings which installed with little to no effort thanks to Claudia’s excellent management skills. If Ariel were to squint her eyes towards the estate, she could see the maid keeping herself busy with various tasks around the house. Darius would most likely be either sleeping or working in the laboratory while Dracul would be joining him or in the study room.

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So in the mornings, for now, the blonde was the only one training inside the dojo; a routine she’d been diligently performing since little. It was the norm in a household that practiced martial arts. A routine she had mostly discontinued after her entrapment in this death game. Her training partner would be usually her father or one of the followers of his mixed JP-EU martial arts dojo; if any of them woke up early enough to catch her training. When she went on visits, her grandfather would test her skill and watch her train at the Tatsumi-ryu dojo. But here in Aincrad, she had none of them and there was no need to train your digital body to keep it in shape. It was only after the new update that she returned to her roots, picked up the Katana skill and started training again even if it meant that she would have to do it mostly by herself.

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Like a nearby white furred spoiled feline, Ariel yawned, arched her back and extended her hands above her head. As if reading her mind, Claudia drew closer to the dojo with a tray in her hands. “Good morning, Ariel-sama!” she greeted with a small bow and set the tray on the floor next to the blonde. Next she materialized a small towel and extended it towards the household master. “Domo!” replied Ariel with a small bow of her own and started whipping off the sweat. Next Claudia started pouring a cup of tea for each of them as she took a seat on the wooden floor across Ariel. “Finished up with your morning preparations?” asked the blonde as she picked up the ceramic cup with both hands and took a sip of tea afterwards. “Yes, it’s easier to clean and maintain since it’s a relatively smaller building than milord's residence.” The blonde took a look at the estate once again and wondered if Dracul and company lived in a freaking castle in the real world. She knew he was of somewhat noble birth in his home country but really nothing else. 

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Ariel simply nodded as she took another sip, deciding not to pry into their personal life before SAO, even if she knew the maid would reply to almost every question she’d pose. “And how was your morning training?” asked the redhead in return. Slightly taken aback by her interest, Ariel replied with a smile: “It’s coming back bit by bit.” she put the cup down then opened and closed her right palm while looking at it, pensive: “I can’t believe I stopped doing this. I feel a little bit tired but that’s to be expected. I’m happy I’m able to meditate again like this… even if I’m doing it alone.” The last part came a little dispirited and the vigilant maid took notice. 
“I can plan things out to join you this afternoon.” she replied with a smile. It wouldn’t be the first time she’d train with Ariel even if she was a dagger user. She sparred with the blonde when she first acquired the katana skill and continued to do a few additional times, even if she wasn’t a combat centered player. 

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“A kind offer.” replied the blonde with a soft smile as the wind slightly picked up, they both shielded their long hair with one hand to keep it from dishevelling. While adjusting the few blonde strings that got disturbed she added: “But I have a different plan for today.” Her smile broadened and she slapped her palms together: “I’m going fishing!” Initially, she earned a raised eyebrow from Claudia for half a second then a nod as she finally understood the meaning behind her words. “Curious how we get to pick another profession now.” added the crimson haired maid as she adjusted her glasses, a small smile escaping her lips. “Have you thought of what 2nd profession you want to pick?” asked the blonde in return as she resumed drinking tea but noticed that her cup was empty. But before she could even reach the kettle, the maid had it in her hand and offered to refill her cup “Allow me.”

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The young head of the Shirajishi-ryū nodded in appreciation and extended her cup to be served. It felt weird to be treated like this but she can’t brush it off as only Claudia being Claudia. She noticed a change in Dracul most of all, Darius too even if it was barely visible. She knew the two siblings were serviable by nature having, since little, grown as a noble’s maid and butler. But Dracul’s change shocked her the most. She attributed it to the difference in level and what happened outside the boss room during the floor raid but knowing him, those things would only change him by a small amount. But he even lowered himself off the pedestal when talking to her. Respect and something a little more than between two equals, that was what she’d see from him. So if he acted that way, others that are to come will most likely treat her similarly.

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The blonde shakes her head, she’ll act accordingly when the time comes, she trusted herself to do so. Her gut feeling (intuition) being one of the few loyal allies she had ever since the start of this death game. Taking a deep breath she listened to the maid’s reply as she poured: “I will probably pick up Gathering to help supply the laboratory. As you know alchemy is quite demanding when it comes to materials, on top of other things.” as she finished filling up her cup she gently yet effortlessly placed the pot on the tray before resuming drinking from her own cup. 'How commendable' though' she thought: “And Darius? Any idea what he plans to do?” she added, continuing her small interrogatory over her students’ future. It came to her as a surprise as she heard Claudia sigh: “ I really don’t know. While I recommended he should take the same 2nd profession as Dracul-sama, he seemed to be wavering.” 

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Until now she looked at the tea cup while gently stroking the edges but then she turned to Ariel and looked her in the eyes. Again, it came to a surprise to see this made so flustered as she continued: “You see? He often went fishing with milord and other servants, on their day off.”
“So it was his hobby? I don’t see nothing wrong with that.” replied Ariel matter-of-factly. “Besides he’d be bringing something new to the table.” she added with a smile, trusting that the maid knew exactly what she was talking about. “I suppose you’re right…” she muttered, making the connections.
They spent a little more time chatting, until the sun wasn’t just peeking over the eastern edge of the valley. After they finished breakfast, the blonde thought about changing out of her training attire but decided to wear her spartan cape on top of it instead.

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Her left hand firmly grabbed the saya at her left side… before the update, she used to keep her spear out of sight, in her inventory, and bring it out only in case of combat since it was too impractical to have it out all the time. But now, she felt her bosom swelling with pride as she donned the katana at her side. She felt like she participated once again at a formal event at the Tatsumi-ryu dojo. Balling her right hand in a fist she once more vows to go back to the real world and attend many more events like that. For now, she would visit Noob town as there was something she needed to do there. Luckily she made her way easily through the crowds, as always, with the help of her menacing familiar. Her appearance alone was enough to sway people out of her way.

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She met with the quest NPC, a charming fellow named Gill, even made Ariel crack a smile. She finally accepted the bait and took one of the fishing rods nearby. It didn’t look like much and she made a mental note to buy a better one from the merchant or have a smith make one for her if it was worth it. Not too far from the shack, she went to the nearby river to cast her line. “And now we play the waiting game…” muttered the blonde. It was the first time she went fishing.. ever. So with no experience to her name in this department, she was unsure of what to do. She took some of the bait and kind of mashed it against the hook but it never stuck to it and kept falling off. Was she supposed to throw the bait first then follow up with the hook in the same area?

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ID# 187642  LD: 6+8 CD:1

Demonic Scale: 0/1
Materials: 0

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Nothing happened, she had half a mind to pick her stuff and go back to Gill and demand more instructions. She however noticed that the tip of her fishing rod bended towards the water. She half gave up and assumed it was some debris or a boot that got stuck in the line. The lioness grabbed it with both hands and pulled with all her strength pushing every body altering mod to use. Her annoyed state only served as fuel to increase her power and she almost threw the tool like a in a Scottish log competition. 

A gentle 'plop' announced the success of her attempt and to her amazement, the success of her mission. She picked up the glowing item and her face lit up as she read it's description. It was the Rainbow fish she needed, now she only had to.. harvest the scale. Problem is she had no idea how to do it so her first though went to the cooking profession. She started to probe the fish from all angles, luckily it was already lifeless or else this treatment would've been too cruel for the poor living thing. It was by dumb luck that after a swipe towards the eye that the fish started to glow and it transformed into a single scale, significantly lager than the ones the fish had.

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ID# 187646  LD: 17+8 CD: 6 (Demonic Scale Found!)

Demonic Scale: 1/1
Materials: 0

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She couldn't help but smile like an idiot at the sight but a couple of fake coughs quickly forced her to return to her usual demeanour. "Woah you actually got one, Ariel-sama!" came a voice from behind her. In all her excitement she failed to pay attention to her surroundings. It was by pure instinct that she balled the hand that was holding the scale into a fist and drew her katana with the other. In one smooth motion her black blade let out a cursed half arc before stopping in front of the person behind her.

She let out an audible sigh and instantly dropped her guard when she recognized Darius in front of her. His arms, at chest level, holding a fishing tool and a similar small tin that she received from Gil. "Only one in the world he said." she scuffed and sheathed her weapon. "Osoi darō I thought you'd be here before me!"

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Relaxing a little himself, his shoulder slightly dropped. "I.. I overslept..." He muttered as she took a few steps closer and raised his eyebrows. The blonde opened her palm and showed him the Gleaming Scale she had found. "So this is the quest item, should be easy enough getting one for myself." he claimed proudly. She frowned and shook her head, closed her palm and sent the item into her inventory. Then she tucked on her kendogi and started walking away. "Do what you must! I'll be seeing you back home!" and with a wave she disappeared through the shrubbery.

It didn't take long before she reached Gill and handed him back the tin with the 'unique' bait. Replying positively and producing the scale prompted a congratulations message alongside the fishing skill details. "Oh now you tell me how it works..." she muttered but got completely ignored by Gill that only bid her farewell. 

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She was halfway to the teleport plaza when she remembered that Gill didn't actually take the scale. She looked through her inventory and pulled it out: "So this is mine now?" she asked with a little disbelief, then tapped on it and read it's description again. It didn't say quest item anymore, that meant she could combine it with 2 others into a Rainbow Scale or trade it... Right? Her mind started working on the possibilities and she almost tripped and dropped the scale. Letting out a relieved sigh she pushed that thought for another time and sent the item back into the absolute safety of the inventory system. Kimba gave her a confused look but nonetheless continued to diligently guide the blonde. The person in question looked at her familiar with squinted eyes and remembered something that popped up during her redistribution of skill points. “So what do you do now?”

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It was a legitimate concern to which Kimba simply yawned at and continued to make her way. Ariel in return, opened her HUD and checked out all the information available on familiar. It was only after the two returned to their home on the 22nd floor that the blonde closed the info. window and said: “We need to train you in a new familiar skill!” However her familiar seemed less interested in her long term future and more on what’s for dinner. Her nose up high, she could smell Claudia’s cooking all the way from the entrance to the valley. After a couple of whiffs, the blonde too could also feel her stomach’s protest in the form of a low rumbling noise. “But first, let’s get some dinner…” she muttered, her familiar letting out a small chuff in approval and once more taking the lead towards the estate. They were greeted by the hardworking maid who had almost finished preparing a meal for four.

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With a smirk, as she sat at the table, Ariel said: “You should probably save Darius’ share for later. When I finished the quest he was barely starting it. I know it’s a random chance activity but I doubt he’ll have the same stroke of luck I did. I believe that karma will not be so generous with him.” 
“I’ll take your word for it…” muttered Claudia as she sat down at the table, of course not before setting a separate plate for the white lioness that was next to them. “Itadakimasu!”added the blonde, giving her gratitude with a small nod and joining her palms in front of her. Claudia simply waited and started eating after the blonde. Coming from a different part of the world, she didn’t have this specific custom before eating but nonetheless she showed the proper respect to those that held it. It was the least a maid like her could do.

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“So I take it your plans came to fruition?” came the unexpected question from the maid after they finished eating. Usually she wasn’t one to make small talk but Ariel was nonetheless happy to see her being less... rigid. “Indeed” she confirmed with a smile and fiddled with her HUD again then extended her palm. As the scale materialized, she passed it to the maid for inspections. The redhead adjusted her glasses with raised eyebrows as she laid her eyes for the first time on such an item. She read the description and took a better look at it from different angles before returning it to its rightful owner. “Congratulations on your finding!” she added afterwards and similarly with the blonde, materialized a small item of her own. At first sight, it appeared to be a normal herb that she had probably seen before inside their alchemy lab. However the description of the item was very similar to her scale. “So this is the gatherer’s counterpart? When did you even have the time to do the quest?”
“I have my ways.” replied the redhead sheepishly. It seemed that Ariel’s prediction came true, Darius had come home only after the sunrise of the next day. The blonde greeted him with a grin and patted him on the back as he showed her the results of his labor.

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+ 1075 EXP | WORD COUNT | [doc] 
+ 507 Col 
+ 1x Gleaming Scale

≪Fisher≫ Profession Acquired

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+ EXP | WORD COUNT | [doc] 
   | 3100 / 50 = 62 | 62 * 3 * [T4] = 744 EXP 
   | Quest Reward: 300 EXP 
   | Paragon: 1044 * 1.03 = 1075 EXP 
+ COL | 1 PAGE 
   | 400 * 1 = 400col
   | Paragon: 1075 * 0.1 = 107col
   | Total: 400 + 107 = 507col

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by Ariel - The Crowned Lion