[PP-F14] Black Ichor

[dusk 0]

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Hidden away at the northern limit of the floor of red skies rested a peculiar mechanism. A mechanism as to which there was yet no explanation. While the floor itself still continued to progress itself as Beelzebub continued to craft a story, the man would watch it progress. Simple as that. Beelzebub's actions may be known to him, but they didn't quite make much sense as of yet. For now, he would look on in wait as he attempted to discover the meaning to the madness. 

Footprints would remain left in the ash-covered ground as he stepped up to the unknown construct. The Shattered Orrery had recently undergone a change thanks to the works of his enemy. Long tied back black hair would wave with the wind and flick the air. A pair of solid silver eyes looked on at the tower. The change wasn't a difference in the structure but instead a beast lived here. Another one of Beelzebub's prized possessions. What did the creature add to the story Beelzebub was leaving behind? There was more than a good possibility that he was following a trail that led to nothing, but the chance that there was something would leave his search ongoing. Beelzebub was the only one of the three that never moved from his floor. 

 

[Sam 0]

Yet another floor traveled to, another vanishing of that damn ping she was following. Entering floor 14 as she pulls that weapon out once more. She was not here to fight with anything but if a monster of sorts came charging, she would put them down. There were a few floors that caused her to fight and even though it was starting to get annoying, she would not stop until she found what she was looking for. 

This was a floor that she had only read about, the misted red skies. It felt almost weary to be here, but this is where she followed the blip to. From what she had read, it was one of ghostly figures, undead, that walked the grounds of stone. This might have been a form of trap that she was walking into and she had taken no buffs to complement her stats. If something like this happened, she would most certainly vanish or sent a cry for help message. This was her thing though. This is what she did, all though right now she seemed to be awful at tracking, she wouldn't give up. She would keep trying until something gave in.

Rushing into a large tower, the inside was bare and the ceiling was very tall. Just a single platform the showed a seamlessly endless hole to what looked like nothing. Glancing to her map, that icon was still there. "Give it your best shot Morrighan," she says in a whisper before backing away from the hole. Sam's eyes slowly glance around the walls for a way down but nothing. "Okay," she says softly as she shifts her attentions to the walls, it had bits of rock poking out. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. Eyes flash open as she makes the leap, catching herself on those stone slabs. Watching her footing and where she placed her hands, she started to go down...

Sam | HP: 780/780 | EN: 96/96 | DMG: 23 | MIT: 20 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 4 | LD: 4 | AA | PHASE | REC: 8

Spoiler

Sam,
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 42
HP: 780/780
EN: 96/96

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 4
Loot Dice: 4
AA
PHASE
REC: 8

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Oracle's Watch - Inquiry (THBA-T4-Demonic): Absolute Accuracy, Accuracy 2, Phase
Armor: Acolyte's Light (T4-Perfect-Cloth Armor): Evasion 1, Recovery 2
Misc: Gold Promise - Din's Flame (T1/Perfect):Accuracy 1, Evasion 2

Skills:
Axe R5
Cloth Armor R5
Searching R4
Quick Change

Active Mods:
Vanish
Surprise Attack (Trickster)
Tracking
Athletics
Blindside

Addons:
Ferocity
Stamina
Precision

Active Extra Skills:
Hiding R5
Concentration

Battle Ready Inventory:
Analyst's Harvester - Lethargy (THBA-T4-Demonic): Envenom 1, Bleed 1, Frostbite 1, Static 1 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.
Skylight (-): +1 Rank to the - skill.
Angler: +1 material gained when fishing
Advanced Training: +10% Exp to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1]
Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
Decor [(Potted Tanabata)]: 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.

[dusk 0]

The wind picked up, blowing ash into there. This floor was difficult to breathe in, much less see in. Disgusting. He hated it here. The sound of the wind would not however drown out the sounds of the falling footsteps that drew ever so near. Turning his head ever so slightly, he would watch as a feminine figure raced past him. Silver eyes watched on as she entered the Shattered Orrery. A flare of annoyance would rise inside of him. Who was this girl and why was she carelessly getting in the way? Not to mention, her haste would surely alert the monster within should she not learn to tread lightly. 

Following the girl in, he would watch as she made her descent down a set of broken stairs which had crumbled to the point that it had become a leap to get to the next. She had gotten lucky that the monster in question hadn't been lurking within the entrance. Most likely it was in one of the deeper recesses of the ancient unknown structure. If the girl was lucky, the monster wouldn't have any guests with it. Silently and seamlessly, dusk would bound down after her. 

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He would arrive several flights down the structure landing only a few feet behind the girl. Should she had heard his fall and turned to him he would greet her with a smile. If not, a quiet snap would be audible to gather her attention. Lifting a finger, he would place it over his lips in a shush motion. Taking a few steps forward, the man would pass the girl and take the least. From here on, there seemed to be a long winding corridor. Should the two get into the wrong battle here, there wouldn't be much room to make an escape from the attacks. Silently, dusk would creep forward. 

After another couple of minutes walking, the two would hear a voice beginning to carry through the stone corridor. The voice sounded much like that of an arrogant teenage man. "HUH!? I have to stay here? How is that going to be of any use to you at all my lord?"

dusk's silver eyes would narrow. It sounded as if the two had struck gold and not just any gold... the kind of gold that would kill you on the spot once you found it. 

[Sam 0]

Landing soft feet on the concrete, turning as she hears another. Her Ax had already out and ready. A twist of her head toward the man as he walks past her. Who the hell did he think he was. Voices, she rolls her eyes and silently walks past the man to see who the voiced characters around the corner were. Treasures lay on the table between the 2 figures. Sam intently gets down low and vanishes from all views. There was only one thing that she was after, this was not it. Glancing to her map now with a slight understanding of where she was supposed to be heading, she slides quickly against the wall to the other connecting corridor.

According to the map the blip she would be after was further in. She was not going to let the man that followed her down distracted her of why she was here. One the other note she wouldn't alert the undead in here either unless she needed to. Watching her step, staying low, who knows why this other person was down here. If he was on this floor, changes were, he could handle his own. That or he was just really stupid.

ID:203523 | Battle:10, Craft:8, Loot:16+6=(22 Stealth Rating)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Sam

[dusk 0]

Shuffling was heard behind the man as the girl moved in front of him. Foolish wasn't this little flower? Internally, he sighed but if the girl's life was lost it was of no consequence to him. People died every day, perhaps he would at least get some data out of the fight that ensued? Perhaps Beelzebub himself would join the fray? 

The girl would notice very odd things from the figured in front of her. One of them had been known to the public before while the other was completely new. The voice unknown to the girl would speak more, protruding from a man with sharp features and golden spectacles. His most prominent features however, were eyes that glittered like diamonds and a silver spiked tail. "Kruren, you are going to be the one to maintain my northern dominion. It's a very important job. You should be honored, its a position specifically designed for you. You may do as you please as long as you see your duties through." The man would take a few steps back from the table that stood between him and the other, the pin on Sam's map moving slightly with it. Suddenly, the little blip would vanish entirely from the girl's map. A sigh would escape the lips of the other creature. This other creature was an odd one, with wings of a griffin, snake for a tail, horns, claws, and the hooves of a goat. "If it is what you would want from me, of course I will do I do it but I really think I can use the abilities you gave me to help you more." A grin of sharp pearly whites came from Beelzebub. "I can assure you that your ability will be put to the absolute test. People will come: specifically for this place. It will be your duty to apprehend those that would come for the treasure within."

dusk's eyebrow raised from around the corner. A treasure? Had Beelzebub been designing some for of fetch quest in this strange world lore that he was shaping? The devil was truly the most odd out of all of the anomalies that had been sighted. To pay so much attention to a singular floor? 

 

 

Beelzebub

Kruren

 

[Sam 0]

Looking at her map with a very displeasing look on her face. It was clear that whom ever or what ever ruminated in here from Morrighan was gone. Beginning to push back, she stands next to this man that followed her down. Pretty sure this man was coming down here anyway, Sam had just beaten him to the punch. Sam was also sure that they were not after the same things. A deep breath, as she thinks about what would happen if she left right now. As an O&I agent and an info broker, it was her duty to figure out information about things that others couldn't possibly know about. Sam would begin to wonder if these were one of those things. Sam could not willingly ignore what was going on down here...

A faint sigh as she leans against the wall next to this man, staying low. She would listen and learn about this unscheduled event. Knowing was half the reason why she was in this mess to begin with. "Sam," she would say without looking at the man. It was said in a very low voice, she would be visible to him and him only... 

[dusk 0]

Beelzebub would adjust the spectacles that rested on the ridge of his nose before turning away from Kruren. "I hate to cut our conversation short, but I do have other matters to attend to. Try to lighten up, you will do nicely in your new position. I am counting on you." No words would respond from the other. Light would flare from the room as flame consumed the Devil, leaving ashes to litter the air. dusk's sigh would match Sam's, revealing his distaste. Beelzebub's lackeys were much less interesting than the anomaly himself. All of the minions were just creations of their master, trying to paint a story as he saw fit. They would serve no help in discovering why the anomalies had come to exist or... subjecting them to his will.

"Sam," the voice whispered to him and Silver eyes would peer in the direction the girl was hiding. Was this the sort of place to be exchanging pleasantries? What would it serve her? "Kage,"  he would reply, his voice sounding cool and calm. Although she hadn't heard it before, the voice would be reminiscent of something she had heard before. "Come," he would tell her before moving into the room, his footsteps making no sound as he moved forward. His eyes would train on this 'Kruren'. 

A flash of silver light would fling through the air before returning to dusk's hand, a cry of pain from the creature before the pair. "What the hell!?" The anger from the beast was obvious. The monster would turn on them, his eyes falling to the object that had hurt him. A pair of silver chakrams rested in dusk's hands. "Should you answer my questions, I will let you free without pain. Should you struggle..." The calm and emotionless voice was somehow threatening. 

Baring fangs, Kruren would stare at the pair with ill-intent. "Who do you think you are?" The arm of the beast would suddenly twist, growing back from where dusk had cut it off. 

[Sam 0]

Staring at Kage, that voice... It sounded so familiar, but not because of the voice itself. The way it was spoken, that tone. Sam had only heard it once before by only one person and ONLY in her dream that was not a just a night time scene. This confused her so much... Samantha stayed silent, though, taking out a black book that had a golden star right in the middle. Her book of notes, things that she thought were important or relevant to keep. Walking around this character with fangs, a tail, horns, the color, unlike anything that she had seen before. Unique, to say the least. Draughting down the name and description of this insane looking creature, what he was doing down here. Scratching down who was with this individual and what they spoke of, before Kage began to speak to what looked like an interrogation. 

Sam held back watching both of their every move. Writing down anything that would seem important enough, something that might be needed to come back to if given a reason. Listening intently, holding her book and a pen.

[dusk 0]

"Who do you think you are?"

The question would fall flat in the air for a moment as dusk mused the question. A smile began to form his face. "I'm just a man that enjoys knowing things. When I want to know something I simply can't resist seeking it out." Those silver eyes bore into the Chimera although took note of the woman scribbling in a dark notebook behind him. "Like the falling of an apple from the tree, you sprout from the whims of Beelzebub. As the most recent of his offspring, it is you that carry the most relevant information. Tell me, what is he trying to do?" 

The chimera would grit his fangs, a glare to contest dusk's cool stare. "Like hell I'm going to tell you anyt-" His voice would suddenly become a shout of pain as a silver disk severed Kruren's leg from his body. Grasping the weapon on its return, a dark glare would look down on the mob. "You'd think twice about refusing me. What is Beelzebub doing?" The monster's health would slowly regenerate along with its leg once again. Curiously, this one seemed to have natural healing. It was something it shared with its sister, Lilith, although her healing related to the bleed effect. "I honestly don't know." the mob would reply, fire in its eyes. It seemed that it had grown weary of him but should he push it too far it would react just like the other 3 had. 

"Why are you protecting this place? Where is Beelzebub's lair?" The second question was more than likely not going to be able to be answered. None of the others had the slightest clue. While Beelzebub had been the easiest to track, wherever he went to hide on the fourteenth floor was a complete mystery. Chances were it was a place in which players could not inhabit. "I'm protecting this place because my Master informed me to. I don't know where he goes." 

Same things he had heard from the others before they were filled out. Lilith wouldn't even begin to answer such questions now. "Has it ever occurred to you that you are simply a tool created for Beelzebub's purpose? You'll be used and discarded here." The man already knew the monster wouldn't be able to tell him a thing he didn't know already. Now, all that remained was to see what kind of abilities Beelzebub had created for it. It seemed his taunt was already becoming effective. Kruren looked enraged.

"Sam, A forewarning that he is going to pounce."