[F24-PP] Family Vacation

[Freya 0]

(250 word count for each post for seed reasons)

That last get together with Griswold and Gaius was a bit too awkward for her liking. Gaius seems to be terrified of her father and Griswold doesn't like Gaius. In his words she could do better. This doubting and hatred had to stop. The were to wed soon, but she didn't want her father to just deal with her soon to be husband. Freyja wanted her father and Gaius to get along. This was only going to happen one way. Getting to know one another, and in the meantime, maybe she would get to know Gaius a bit better too. There was also the thing with Shiina. Eruda said that their sister's soul resided in Shiina and she wanted to see that for herself, it might help or break Griswold but at least he might have a chance to see her again. He would also have other family there to keep him upright. Freyja wanted to make this family work, and even though everyone was a little fucked up in their own way, they were all going to be a family. She wanted to fix what broke, and mend what was slightly there. Hopefully they would all want to at least try. Gathering a bathing suit and a few things around the house, they would catch their own food, like a bonding thing. Putting some food in her bag just in case, she gathers some smore content and heads out. There was a place that she had been eyeing for a while now, at it was time to utilized that area. Putting a few tents in her inventory, ones that she bought a while ago hoping that this day would come.

Arriving on Floor 24, looking out into those beautiful waters, the slight breeze felt warm on her skin. She would try to make this day/night, one to remember. Opening her HUD she composes a combined message. It was around 6 pm so all the deliveries should be done to the guild hall by now.

To: Eruda, Griswold, Gaius, Shiina From: Freya I have planned a family outing. Get over to floor 24 ASAP. It will be an all night thing. Bring bathing suits or something to swim in. That or something comfy. I have everything else. Gaius, bring your fishing pole, we are catching dinner. Pets are welcome to come. If you are not all here in a half hour I will hunt you down and drag you here myself in the worst way possible if I have to.

With the chime of her HUD the message was sent. She was tired of the arguing and disbanding of this family. She just wanted them to start acting like one. Sitting there now by the fountain, she waits with Ko laying at her feet.

Spoiler

Freya,
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 42
HP: 780/780
EN: 116/116

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 4
Battle Healing: 42
Loot Dice: 6
AA
BLD: 48
PHASE
REC: 4
V.O.: 85

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Final Calamity - Remorse (T4/Demonic/2HBA): Absolute Accuracy, Vampiric Offensive 1, Bleed 1, Phase
Armor: Dark Embrace - Sacrifice (T4/Perfect/Light Armor): Evasion 2, Recovery 1
Misc: Ebon Band - Truth (Tierless/Perfect/Trinket): Accuracy 3

Skills:
Axe R5
Cloth Armor R5
Charge
Energist
Searching R5
Battle Healing R5

Active Mods:
Athletics
Tracking
Night Vision

Addons:
Nimble
Stamina
Precision
Ferocity

Active Extra Skills:
Concentration
Survival

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal x1
Numbing Hymn - Falter [T1/Rare/Debuff/Instant] -2 Evasion x5
Numbing Hymn - Falter [T1/Rare/Debuff/Instant] -2 Evasion x5
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x5

Housing Buffs:
Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot.
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1]

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.

[Griswold 0]

An alert causes his tired old bones to swivel, as he sweeps the metal shavings from a tired old anvil that had seen a day of work. Vulcan perks up with the sound, huffing the air as he seemed to be searching for another stone to lap up. "It wasn't for you." Griswold chuckles, opening the message with a bit of difficulty. His muscles still ached from the day prior, but he was getting a bit better. "It's from Freya." Speaking out loud as if the familiar could even understand what that meant. It was more rhetorical than anything. Trailing left to right, as he works his way down the little pigeon.

"A beach trip, a bit odd, don't you think?" He lets out in the empty shop. "What about you boy, you up to a trip to the ocean?" Vulcan whines, knowing beach meant water. "You don't have to go anywhere near the water. Stop being a baby. I'm going, and I don't feel like leaving you alone in here overnight." Hanging his mallet and calipers, dabbing the black smudge on his face. He fat fingers his way through some semblance of a message letting the girl know he'd be there. Then he taps that furnaces lazy butt, convincing him to get up. A bit of heft as he begins to slide that large boulder back in place to hide his shop from view and lock it away from prying eyes. A few minutes later, he finds himself to the warp plaza of floor 9, and beckons "Floor 24, Somewhere?" Just realizing he didn't get a specific town. It definitely took him somewhere.

Griswold | HP: 800/800 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 21 | MIT: 147 | ACC: 2 | BH: 8 | AA | FL. THRN: 16 | TAUNT | THRNS: 72

Spoiler

Griswold, Foundation of Firm Anima
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 34
HP: 800/800
EN: 92/92

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 147
Accuracy: 2
Battle Healing: 8
AA
FL. THRN: 16
TAUNT
THRNS: 72

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Fist of Gaia - Incline [T4/Demonic/Warhammer] Taunt, Accuracy 2, AA
Armor: Forgemaster's Rattlecage - Juggernaut [T4/Perfect/Heavy Armor] (Mitigation 3 [+72 Mitigation])
Misc: Titanic Wall - Foundation [T4/Demonic/Shield] Thorns 2 (72), Flame Thorns 2

Skills:
Hammer R5
Heavy Armor R5
Howl
Charge
Battle Healing R1
Fighting Spirit

Active Mods:
Steadfast
Shield Bash
Impetus
Elusive
Rally

Addons:
Iron Skin
Rampart
Stamina
Focus

Active Extra Skills:
Leadership R2
Block R5

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal x1

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
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.
Item Stash: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.
Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1]
Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
Decor []: This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.

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.

 

[Gaius 0]

The steam billowing out of a single cup of tea, reading through the guild chat message after message. Akin to a man reading a paper, as the constant talking made the words fly past at rapid pace even this late in the evening. "Never changes." Gaius remarks as he takes a sip of that hot brew. The small growl at his back, Gaius leans past his cup to see Boris. "What? I already fed you." As the bear points toward his mouth with a paw, always hungry. Shaking his head no. "Nope, I don't know if you can poop, but I ain't taking that chance." A message directed at him, a little flashing envelope blinking on the side of his view. "Great, here we go." Expecting to be dragged into another shit show, taking another swig of his teacup. Not what he was expecting, instead it was a birdie from Freya. "A beach trip, are you high?" Gaius begins to jab the keys with his teacup in hand, pecking away like a bird against bird feed:

To Freya From Gaius Why? Don't we have enough to do in the morning. Leave your dad alone, he's probably still tired as hell.

The message was sent off in an instant, hopefully it would discourage her from hanging out in the sand by herself like a weirdo. After all, she had a perfectly good bed here. Boris pulls on his pant leg, drawing his attention. "Don't look at me like that, she knows I am right." Another tug, and a point toward the inbox on his screen. Gaius's eyes narrow.

Spoiler

Gaius, Firm Anima Tank Buster
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 32
HP: 800/800
EN: 112/112

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 50
Battle Healing: 40
Loot Dice: 3
BLD: 48
FLN: 16
H.M.: 6

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Eye of the Gale - Brionac [T4/Demonic/2HAS] - Fallen 2, Bleed 2 (8-10)
Armor: Dragoon's Mantle - Fervor [Heavy] (T3/Perfect) 1 Recovery, 2 Heavy Momentum
Misc: Boar Hide Belt [Trinket] (T1/Perfect) [+3 Loot Dice]

Skills:
Polearm R5
Heavy Armor R5
Charge
Energist
Fighting Spirit
Battle Healing R5

Active Mods:
Impetus
Energize

Addons:
Ferocity
Stamina
Iron Skin
Hyperactive

Active Extra Skills:
First Aid R3

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal x1
Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2 x1
Crystal of Divine Light [201986a] x1

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
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.
Item Stash: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.
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
Angler: +1 material gained when fishing
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1]
Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
Decor []: This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.

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]

*Bleep* Shiina shrieks "I'm AWAKE!" Sprinkles flips the f out and scatters for as far of a corner he can beat ass toward, scared the living crap out of the weasel. "Oh, a message." Shiina quips peeling a piece of paper that was adhered to her face via a trail of saliva. "Whatchu wan'" The songstress asks as she clicks the little icon with a tiny digit. It grows in size, revealing a big ol' wall of text. "Words, words, BEACH!" It sinks in once she gets that far, that was good enough for her. "SPRINKLES" The insistent scratching of desperation, hearing his name as he tries to outrun the girl "BEACH TRIP!" scooping the thing up as he grabs bits of paper and clothing trying to stay out of Shiina's grasp. "You don't need clothes Sprinkles." Wiggling him until he dropped them with a spit.

The door slams shut as she makes it out into the main mast of floor 23, firing herself upward toward floor 24 as if out of a cannon. She couldn't get there fast enough, man. Sunshine, crabs. Sand castles? What's not to love. That shrill high pitch squeal out of her gullet like a bird of prey "Freya, I am the here. BEACH TIME!" *puff* *puff* Puff* *PSSH* Shiina rushes down the beach and leaps into a belly flop, and her poor familiar was trying his best to resist to his horror. Floating to the top, that red weasel plastered to her chest and dripping. It was pretty clear why he always tried to get away.

Spoiler

Shiina, The Resonant Valkyre
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 34
HP: 800/800
EN: 92/92

Stats:
Damage: 1
Mitigation: 186
FL. AURA: 16
FR. AURA: 16
HLY BLS: 32
MENDING: 2
REC: 8
THRNS: 72

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Aegis of Ancients - Valkyrie [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] Frost Aura 1, Recovery 2, Thorns 1
Armor: Interwoven Celtic Band - Fervent Expression [T4/Demonic/Trinket] Life Mending 2, Holy Blessing 2
Misc: Valkyries Wings +4 [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] Flame Aura 2, Frost Aura 1, Thorns 1

Custom Skill:


Skills:
Heavy Armor R5
Extended Weight Limit

Active Mods:
Large Pockets
Energize
Press the Attack
Rally
Purify

Inactive Mods:
Barrier

Addons:
Field Medic
Hyperactive
Iron Skin

Active Extra Skills:
First Aid R5
Leadership R5

Inactive Extra Skills:

Battle Ready Inventory:
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x15

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
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.
Item Stash: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.
Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1]
Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
Decor []: This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.

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 November 30, 2021 by Shiina

[Eruda 0]

Just walking into her house with a yawn. Closing the door behind her as Raserei comes to greet her. A pat on the head, her HUD chimes. A raise of her brow, swiping her menu open. It was Freya, "Gaius and daddy in the same place with no fighting. Oh, this should be interesting." Closing her HUD glancing down to Raserei. "Do you want to come, your friends will be there." Her head rises as she does that weird jump circle twist around thing. Pointing her nose toward the door, Eruda just giggles, "Okay, just let me grab a few things." Getting a pen and paper she writes to Raidou that she won't be home tonight. Setting it on the table, she grabs a few other things in her room and heads out.

Raserei was jumping around in excitement as they near the warp gates. Hoping on the pad with her, they arrive at floor 24 were she sees dad and Shiina, as Freya speeds past her. "Ill be right back." a bit confused, she walks to Griswold as Raserei nearly pounces on the huge fire rock. A small giggle, "So a family get together. Do you know what this is about? Seems a bit sudden." Glancing around now, she realized that she had never been to this floor before. It was a beautiful layout. Eruda was wondering why Shiina was here, useless Freya was playing to do something stupid. -This isn't going to end well... - thinking to herself. She takes a seat on the ground and waits for Freya to come back.

Spoiler

Eruda, The Blazing Lily
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 41
HP: 840/840
EN: 96/96

Stats:
Damage: 8
Mitigation: 179
Battle Healing: 46
BRN: 56
BRN IMMUNE
FL. AURA: 16
FL. THRN: 8
REC: 8
TAUNT
THRNS: 72

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Consuming Pyre - Surt T4: (Burn 2, Taunt)
Armor: Reinforced Plate - Lily T4 Demonic: Flame Aura 2, Flameproof, Recovery 1
Misc: Stalwart Defender T4 Demonic: (Thorns 2, Recovery 1, Flame Thorns 1)

Custom Skill:


Skills:
Curved Sword R5
Heavy Armor R5
Battle Healing R5
Fighting Spirit
Howl

Active Mods:

Inactive Mods:

Addons:
Iron Skin
Focus
Rampart
Stamina

Active Extra Skills:
Block R5
Concentration
Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal x1
Crippling Composition - Lullaby [T1/Rare/Debuff/Instant] -2 Accuracy x5
Crippling Composition - Lullaby [T1/Rare/Debuff/Instant] -2 Accuracy x5
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal x5

Housing Buffs:
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.

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 November 30, 2021 by Eruda

[Freya 0]

Rushing past Eruda as she uses that tracking skill. Her eyes flash yellow as she sees the location. Glaring at her map seeing that he was in the shop. Heading back to the shop, it seemed that Ko stood back with the others, that was fine. She knew that the last time they were all together, it wasn't very pretty. If they were not is battle with something, then the silence suck such a killer between the two of them. That or battling with each other. Something had to give, she was not going to allow them to hate one another. If she had to drag him by his ear out the door then she would. She really wanted this to work for so many reasons. Arriving at her home away from home, she opens the door with a glare. 

She wanted to be mad, but the moment she saw him all that grr feeling left her system. So much for brute force. "Gaius..." she pulls a chair to him and sits with her hand on his leg. "I really want you to come and work it out. Maybe if you spend time with him, get to know each other a little, he won't tell me that you're not good enough any more." Getting up from the chair, pushing it back. She gets on her knees now right next to him. "This is me begging, I want him to at least like you a little before the wedding comes. Plleeeaase," Placing her hands on his leg. "We will have our own tent, I just really want you there because you are my family too." This begging this was rather new to her, she rather just take what she wants through force but this was a very sensitive matter.

[Griswold 0]

Finding a place in the sand, Vulcan dropping with a thud like a loosely tossed stone at his side. Shiina was already up to her eyeballs in the water, flailing about like a lunatic and throwing things out and into it. His familiar groans, watching the lake carefully. Out of the blue Rasarei tackles the grump, making them both spiral sending a spray of sand. "Yeah it's pretty sudden, but at least she's excited by the idea of hanging out with us eh?" Griswold sprawls out a bit, taking up a fair bit of space. "Bit crazy this place we're trapped in, didn't really know what I was doing before I met the others. I was an invalid just bouncing off the walls." The smith admits with a chuckle, staring out into the waves as Shiina continued to freak the fuck out. "I wonder where I would have ended up if I never found the guild, have you ever thought about it?" Griswold twists to look at his daughter. "I mean, who knows, right? At least with them, I got something to look forward to, I ain't going to starve to death neither. It all really worked out for the best, didn't it." Twisting his frame a bit, sees something in his lower back give off a loud crack, before he sprawls out and twists back. "I still feel old from time to time though, turns out even the computer cannot erase that all the way." It had been quite some time since he just 'existed'

[Gaius 0]

The door being cast open by a total lunatic, Gaius was still only halfway down that cup. He slightly expected this, after all, Freya had a habit of being bonkers at times. "Freya." He twists to peer over his shoulder, still sat in front of that bar. "You know what we were doing the last time we went out, like a day or two ago. I watched your old man throw a fucking dragon by the tail. He wasn't exactly at full capacity, and tired people are irritable. Did you really drag him out there?" It was odd, it was almost like Gaius gave a crap. "Did you even bring one for him? I sure as hell hoped you weren't just expecting to shove him in one with Shiina. Otherwise, he isn't going to get an ounce of sleep. This is the crap you have got to think about before you just do these things." A bit huffed, an obvious bit of irritation on his tone. "Fine, but at least bring a separate tent for 'daddy dearest'. Maybe prepare some shit just in case we haven't managed to fish anything up. Sometimes I swear, Freya, I act like your...." He doesn't finish that sentence, for that epiphany was a bit too close to home. Sliding off the stool and bringing that now empty cup into the back kitchen.

Fiddling with a gold key, and offering a very heavy sigh. An arm full of Boris who looked pretty damn close to a stuffed animal. "Guess we are going to the beach, stay on the sand." He motions the bear to look at him plainly.

[Shiina 0]

Flailing around in the water and throwing it left and right, the splashing was about as one could get to a kraken. The sound alone was just a white noise, followed by some insistent screaming and howling. Shiina dunks into the water, swimming as low as she could go. Her hair blooming out as it becomes weightless beneath the waves. Her eyes perk up, and beneath that surface a few bubbles escape her lips in a trail. Sprinkles however didn't want shit to do with the ocean, being slowly swept back and forth, trying not to be carried out with the tide. One can see his arms flinging about as he desperately clings to whatever scrap or object he could reach. It's not like he could drown, nope he would just drift forever into that large body of water. Cut back to Shiina, who had found a single item beneath them. Swimming lower, something taking on color and glowing gently in that bed. Her eyes lock with those of another. A simple exchange of a gaze, and Shiina giggles. Her legs kick off the sediment and bring her to the surface. A sharp inhale as she peaks, "Guys! Wanna meet my friend finally?" Scampering out of the lake and twisting on her heels, as she rocks her hands out in front of her like presenting the entire lake to the rest of the group. Breaching the surface without anything close to the same expression, the first thing is that long white hair.

Griswold looks like he's seen a ghost.

[Nisahime 0]

*psh* the soft clap of boots in that water, and strangely enough it is almost like she isn't wet. Shiina however, was dripping, insistently. The maiden offers but a single coy grin. "Such an extravagant display, little Shiina. Always the excitable one, Even now." Her eyes scan the others, those dull blue eyes without much in the way of a pupil. Walking up next to Shiina as she bounces up and down, before she claims a space on that sand in her own right. There was some semblance of space between her and the others, Shiina of course was stuck on her like glue. Brushing a long pair of black clad arms through her hair, she leans on a raised left knee. Peering out at a slowly dying sun, as if reading it carefully. She had been guided here, and pardon her surprise when she found this set was here to greet her. Lifting her hand up, and glancing at that single plucked object that her and Shiina both had found. The woman adds it to her hand, showing it to the songstress. "What do you think, does it fit?"

A small sphere, like a marble. This one in a deep red color, like a pearl tainted with blood. "Pretty." Shiina exerts. "Hold it up to the light, tell me what you see." Placing it in the smaller girl's hands, who presses it between her index and thumb, raising it to the burning ball in the sky. "Oh weird, it shows like a skull and cross bones. Like a pirate."

Spoiler

Morrighan, The Hand of Fate
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 5
HP: 640/640
EN: 82/82

Stats:
Damage: 1

Active Extra Skills:
Concentration

Housing Buffs:
Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1]

 

Edited November 30, 2021 by Nisahime

[Eruda 0]

Seeing that woman appear from the water with Shiina, not even an inch of water on her skin. "Morrighan, always a pleasure." It was only a matter of time before that curtain thing happened. Shiina was under contract as well. Was she able to show her true self here because of her and Shiina. It was weird seeing her come out of the water like that, but she gave up on trying to figure out all the weirdness in this world. Looking to her father and that almost blank stare at this woman. She makes an unsure face, "I take it you saw her in a weird dream work too." This was not what was needed right now, or maybe it was exactly what was needed. Anna was dead, and as much as it pained her to think about it, it was true and she amongst everyone else has to find out eventually. 

A deep sigh, as she walks to the two girls. "I am not sure why you might be here, but please don't allow her to be here just yet. I want to wait until Freya shows up first. I mean no disrespect, I just need our whole family to be here first. I think it would really help..." her face stays pained, knowing that Anna was here, it might make him happy, but knowing why Anna was here, that was a different story. Walking to her father now, sitting in front of him, taking his hand, it was twice as big as her own. "Are you okay dad," twisting her head slightly.

[Freya 0]

Anger started to build up in her chest as tears started to water in her eyes. "No," getting to her feet. Standing in front of Gaius, "You do not get to do that. You know that I haven't seen my father in over a decade." A tear drips down her face, "Do you really think that I am that simple minded, to not have a clue what you guys were doing just the other day." Wiping a tear off her cheek, "I pay attention because I have learned from you to actually care. The fact that you would think that low of me when I have been busting my ass out there just like you nearly every day." Walking to the kitchen, how could he... She began to brew coffee, turning with a sniffle.

"I have been prepping this trip for weeks now. Do you really think that I wouldn't have thought of everything possible to be prepared for it. Yeah, that was drilled into my brain by Raidou." Turning to grab a paper cup and a lid. Pouring that coffee, placing the lid on it, guess she was having black coffee. "I have been waiting for 15 years to have a day like this with my family. I finally made up with Eruda and oh yeah, some fucking how my dead sister is in Shiina." Walking past him toward the door now. "I have been going through some really weird shit and all I wanted is one day, one fucking day to relax and maybe have some fun with my family, which believe it or not, includes you Gaius." Opening the door, Freya just stands there for a moment with her eyes shut. Trying to calm herself, she didn't want to leave like that... In a calmer voice, "I brought 4 tents and extra food just in case we couldn't get lucky. Please come. Everyone is there waiting for us..." Taking a deep breath as she began to walk out the door, back to where she left the group and Ko.   

Edited November 30, 2021 by Freya

[Gaius 0]

"Good." Gaius huffs twisting the lock shut, just as smitten and annoyed. "If you've been planning this for this long, next time maybe let me in on the action. Springing this shit on me, last minute no shit I am going to assume crap. You keep trying to do all this shit on your own, hurrying off all the time to do whatever fleeting fancy you have bouncing around in that head of yours. We are supposed to be a team Freya, which means you need to include me in this shit. I am glad you planned this out, but maybe next time ask me first or yanno let me help out." The fact of the matter was, she was always rushing off to do her own thing, Gaius was usually the last to know.

Here he was worried sick that she was stuck on a pole somewhere, and he'd be the last to know. "You wanna fucking relax, let's relax. But don't pretend like I am not trying to. Also wtf, did Shiina eat her?" The anger got him so mixed up that that last bit sunk in a bit weird. He didn't know how to interpret that last bit at all. "Let's go feed your dad before he tries to eat a rock or something, he seems just tough enough to try it." The funny thing was, Gaius had, and he was speaking from experience. Into the town of Deepedge, Gaius hops in first and a flash of blue light tears him up to floor 25. He was going to have the world's angriest beach party.

[Griswold 0]

Shocked, in a bit of a stupor, recognizing the woman but fully able to place where. He found himself staring once Eruda says something break him out of it. "Huh, yeah. I guess I am just tired, is all. Dream?" He started to think back, trying to sort out the fog. It probably just the time of day, normally he laid down much earlier than this. The beauty of being an old man, early rise and early fall. It seemed as though his daughter and this woman were friends or something, that was alright by him. The smith couldn't really command that she hang out with her old man before friends her age. His gaze kinda fixates for a moment, an eyebrow perking up. Was this gal really her age though, it wasn't often you'd see someone grayed with a face that young. Either she aged extremely well, or maybe it was dyed that way.

But wait, didn't the game kinda reset everyone to factory appearance. That would mean that had to be her original hair color. A whole wave of questions with no answers, as Griswold shakes his head back and forth. "I'm Griswold." Yep that wasn't awkward, what a total dad way of introducing himself. Great, now he'd embarrass his daughter with the first friend she'd ever shown him outside the guild. That was just perfect. "I mean, I'm her dad." Not any better "I'm going to shut up now." Success, acknowledge the foot and try and spit it out.

[Shiina 0]

Watching Griswold babble like a weirdo, maybe he had a crush or something. Shiina snickers with a grin, fiddling with that little sphere in her hands. "What is this anyway?" Shiina shuts an eye as she tries to chew on it, her imagination telling her maybe it was like a jawbreaker. "What who?" the songstress's eyebrows perk up. Cupping her hand around her mouth, she leans in and murmurs toward Eruda "I think your dad has the hots for teacher." Giggling as she slides to her feet, catching the bit of a breeze dancing along the shore. Again she lifts that small marble up and scans through it, and sure as shit she could see a Jolly Rodger through it. It was like some black gunk that made an obvious shape inside the glass looking thing.

Nisa raises a hand, and Shiina places it into the woman's palm. It flashes with light for a single moment, so short that it was easy to convince yourself that it hadn't at all. But Shiina always believed in those weird little obtuse events, that popped up and no one would believe her if she told them. "Shall I tell you?" *puff* Shiina hits the sand like a stone. Right onto her belly, a pair of legs start to sway behind her keister. It was freaking story time, and teacher had the best freakin' stories. "Listen Eruda, it's a good time." Her eyes dilated and wide like she just downed a pile of sugar, or was a deer about to meet 80mph the hard way.

[Nisahime 0]

It rolls as the maiden raises it toward the dwindling sun, glowing in that bright orange as it crests the lake. "There was a time, long before now. Where I traveled via the sea." Looking down to Shiina, who was listening earnestly. Waving a hand near that marble sees a small shape project out of its top. "On the horizon, just like that sun. Lingered a dark force, something that threatened all the world as we knew it. It was my job to set things right, but I could not do it alone. I offered a vision to those that I required, as well as my own daughter to guide them." The image produced shifts to a single woman sporting a rapier in her hand. "The touched, the guardian, The one who could feel the pulse of the world: The beacon." Shiina seemed entrapped and enthralled with the recount.

"A man with a sword that could cut through all, and one who believed through it all." With each recollection, like a movie screen, that little gemstone shifts through silhouettes that were hard to distinguish. But they looked like people. "The guardian, was convinced that he could become strong by giving up his family. But he was wrong, for it was his family that made him strong." Her hand waves over the top of that little sphere, and it twists into a green, a dark green shade. "Eventually he discovered this, and became so great that he could hold up the sky." Another wave of her hand, and it twists into a silverish purple. "The devoted found the touched, and he was riddled with nightmares that made his skin burn. He thought that he was alone in this world and had nowhere to belong. But he was also wrong, for it took only a single light to guide him home."

That gem starts to distort, and the color begins to fade back to red. "They had the entire world to save, as it was dying. An evil witch wished to steal it away. They felt so defeated, like they couldn't win. Reading everything they could, running across the land searching for people with hearts just like yours. People with the courage to stand with them when everything was going wrong." Shiina smiles as Morrighan touches her with a single silver poke of the nose. "One by one they found what they needed and made each other stronger, trying to stop this fate they had been dealt. But they never could have won, because destiny said that they wouldn't" Morrighan looks at Eruda, who was captured the same. "As the sky turned a sickly green, and all life hung in the balance. Those warriors, and people just like you, defied fate and called its name. The ground shook, and it broke. Time itself unraveled, but at the end of that war. Those with pure hearts, those heralds that willfully defied the cards they had been given. They sealed that witch away for good."

Edited November 30, 2021 by Nisahime

[Eruda 0]

Eruda was so fascinated by this story, but somehow it seemed weirdly what they were going through right now. Freya and Freyd not trusting in fate, but Shiina and herself we contracted. They chose to believe in Morrighan. You can't make people believe in something that they didn't want to. Taking a small breath with a frown. They have to take that leap of Faith for themselves and hope that is all worked out for the best. "How can I help them believe in something that they think is a total scam..." Saying this in almost a whisper.

Right then she saw Freya and Gaius storm by to the watering hole and just start fishing. It was clear that something went on between the two. Some family night... "I am going to gather some firewood." Getting to her feet and brushing the sand off her behind. A glance to Morrighan, locking eyes with her for only a split second before she walks toward an area with small trees. Picking up some branches, it was beginning to get dark. Oddly enough, even though the moon was rising, the area was full of wondrous colors. A rainbow of sorts, Eruda holds that stick and glances around... "Wow Freya, where did you bring us..." It was clear that she picked this place with thought to it. How else would she had known... Her mood became just a bit better. Smiling, she gathers a hand full of sticks and brings them back to the group. Raserei was helping by rolling some stones in the middle of this site. Eruda began to create a campfire, something similar to what was done during the last girls night out. 

[Freya 0]

Sitting there a few feet away from him, they were both fishing now. He was right, she had been so obsessed with trying to figure out what has been going on that she didn't even stop to focus on the one person that she loved most in this world, besides her Eruda. She was unsure how to love Griswold, but she knew that it would be a working progress for obvious reasons. The silence was almost literally killing her. This fight was different, and she knew that it was her fault. She has always had communication issues, besides apparently with Freyd... -God I am so stupid...- 

Another tear down her cheek, her chest was heavy and there was no one to blame but herself. "Gaius, I'm sorry. I know that I can't justify my actions. I guess for some reason I just thought if you heard all the crazy shit about what was going on with me, you would have just left and saw me as bat shit crazy. I can see now that I was very wrong," Freya scoots closer to Gaius now. "I am also sorry that I have not been home enough to know that you were going through something too. I just..." She looks to the large open water with a sigh. "I just wish there was a manual or something for this, maybe then I wouldn't fuck up so bad." Biting her bottom lip, she knew she fucked up... Looking to him now, "You mean everything, to me and I will include you in everything I do from here on out, I promise. I will tell you everything tonight, if you tell me what's going on with you too. I will listen..." getting to her feet and dropping the pole. She takes off her shorts and t-shirt, she had a black bikini swim wear on. She did not care if the others were watching, "I am going to start doing this relationship the right way, the way that it should have been from the start." Holding her hand out toward him, "Let's go catch those fish the old fashion way." Turning her head slightly with a smile with her brow narrow and pleading, She was trying, she didn't know how to do this serious relationship thing. This was her first real one, she would start trying harder. "If at first we don't succeed, get our ass up and try again. Learn from our past and put it behind us. Redue??"

[Shiina 0]

Listening to the story pretty intently, Shiina looks at Eruda and shrugs. "Maybe they'll figure it out on their own." Her eyes still locked to that little orb, waiting for it to produce more pictures. "Just yanno, do what I do. If they come to their own conclusions, and listen to what you've got to say, then that's all you need. It's hard to force someone to share your beliefs, but that doesn't mean that you can't help each other out." Finding her way to her feet, before handing Morrighan back her little TV crystal thing. Shiina had been quietly supporting the group in the sidelines for a while, and where that skill had come from had never really come up. Why would it? It wasn't really important in the big picture, what was, was how she used it.

Without warning, Shiina starts to run toward the ocean, scooping some sickly looking napkin out of the waves. "Sprinkles, did you have fun?" She gives that thing a squeeze and a stream of liquid sprays out of its mouth, dripping as the moisture ran off his fur. Like a living squirt gun. Wiggling the beast sees it start to move much more frenetically, its arms flailing around as it starts to clamber on the skin on her hands. Even now, after she'd pulled him up, he was trying to escape. Yeah, she saved him, but she also was the whole reason he was out here in the first place. "That's good, Comon lets go get some marshmallows or somethin'." The thing spits a few times, trying to offer a warning that wasn't heard in the slightest.

[Nisahime 0]

Watching this smattering of players, the fate touched, begin to take up spaces. All to their own devices, all with their own ambitions. Such were the ways of the heart. Lifting that little red marble up, sees it vanish. Finding its way away into a place where she and she alone could retrieve it. "Rest well, heart of the sea." The sky takes to a vibrant spectrum of color, mixed and yet defined. Where multiple hues could meld together and yet were still themselves.

Eyes flare in white, matching a myriad of stars that began to find their way through that blackness. Her hands slide back to support her as she leans, long white hair pooling past her shoulders, as it dances overtop of them. Tilting her head straight up, as if she was sunbathing. That story was almost as old as time itself, one that none of them had ever heard. It was a lesson, one that had stood the test of time. A proof that all wars could be won. That even when all hope is lost, there was always a way to turn that tide. "I wonder just how far you'll go." Her vision moving back as every one of them had left her be. They were beside fate itself, and she could no longer foresee the path they would take. "Reach for the stars, heralds. Survive this, and follow me to another lifetime." Morrighan's view twisting back into those tiny sparks of silver flickering. "Become eternal."