[SP-F01-F02] Performer? Who me? {Earning a Living}

[Xena 0]

Xena whistled a toon softly too herself, the cat had recently been giving a opportunity she couldn't exactly pass down. It was a chance to get a actual profession, which would help bring in Col and thus help her in general. Though her Info Broking side job has helped her a bit so far, she had her hood up as her tail swished below her cloak, she was clearly restless as she walked through a ally up too a door, specifically too a profession locations, the one for Performers, she had her own reasons for choosing this profession, namely she wanted to repay a debt of something special, to someone special. Placing a palm to the the door her clawed fingers closed against the turn bolt as she turned her wrist and walked in a bell sounded her arrival, the quest NPC had immediately noticed her, she was in fact the only one there, yeesh tough crowd apparently. "Heya, i was looking to be a performer, you think you could help?" Speaking those words the quest simply started. "Not the kind of request I was expecting, but yeah, I'll help. Problem is, I've got a few more orders to fill, and I'm getting low on recording crystals. If you go pick up the mats I need, I'll finish up my work, and we can meet in the middle. Deal?" The NPC responded with, Xena nodded, she happened to know a few good locations for material gathering. And with the spawn of her Info Journal she easily pinpointed the required components for Recording Crystals, those were the items she needed to begin with actually. "Got it, I'll be back soon."  With that the cat made a turn towards the door, and opened it right up running out of the ally bumping into someone though with little care she ran into the warp zone warping to Floor 2.

Xena | HP: 80/80 | EN: 26/26 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 6 | LD: 3 | BLD: 12 | REC: 2

 

Spoiler

Xena,
Level: 4
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 80/80
EN: 26/26

Stats:
Damage: 7
Mitigation: 6
Loot Dice: 3
BLD: 12
REC: 2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Panther Claw's
Armor: Panther Cloth Armor
Misc: The Fierceness of Grass

Custom Skill:


Skills:
Claws R3

Active Mods:

Inactive Mods:

Addons:

Active Extra Skills:

Inactive Extra Skills:

Battle Ready Inventory:
Starter Healing Potions (50 HP) x3

Housing Buffs:

Guild Hall Buffs:

Scents of the Wild:

Wedding Ring:

 

[Xena 0]

As the Tigress exited the warp pad she came to a halt opening her menu, looking at the map of the location she quickly made a waypoint where she needed to go, this should end relatively quickly, she had her ways to make sure of that. The difficult part would likely be learning how to play a instrument, she could sing just fine but, it embarrassed her to do so, then again it embarrassed her to wear a pair of ears and a tail so, things could change. She began her trek towards the location she needed to be continuing to whistle, the location was a safe place, with zero enemies to be mentioned, as she got there she kicked the ground with a iron boot, it was the kind of ground you'd gather on to find items. And the quest had a mention of this place meaning it was exactly where she was needed. 
"Let's see how this goes, hopefully this won't take more then a day."
Xena had begun to scrape the ground with her claws, they dug extremely well into the ground, the could tear into trees and stone as well, they were extremely useful for climbing. But for now she'd be looking for things. Ripping into the dirt she found something, pulling her hand out it was a material for Recording Crystal's, 1/5.


Xena Searched for a Material and found it. (203526 LD Nat 20)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

As Xena continued trudging through the mountainous terrain of the second floor for castle aincrad she sighed to herself. Was this really going to be worth it, the skills and items she got for this would probably be worth it, but she had her doubts. She had a head full of doubt's and yet she had no choice but to press onwards, after all, if she didn't she'd get left in the dust. And she wasn't ready to be lost and forgotten, not quite yet. She kicked the ground in a attempt to get said thoughts out of her head frowning to herself, scraping a large boulder she decided to check it for any materials. Who knows maybe she'd find something. But alas no luck, she couldn't find a thing interesting about the rock, she moved onwards looking elsewhere to find more materials. Maybe if she just tried a bit harder she could actually dig up something good, who knows, she surely didn't.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203527 LD 7+3=10)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Time had since passed quite a bit through the day, Xena had kept staying in the field for long enough to come up with a song, or at least the toon to one. She had whistled it and snapped her clawed fingers to add too it adding a satisfying metal sound to it, much like a drum. She wasn't the biggest fan of drums, or rock in general though, what with her appearance you'd assume she loved pop, she didn't, she actually preferred most songs with no lyrics, but then, what would a performer be without their lyrics? Seems she'd need to get herself out of not liking lyrics if she wanted to succeed, but that would be a difficult thing to do. And even she wasn't sure if she was ready for that. Walking over to a wall she peaked around it. And there was a glowing item there, walking over she picked it up, and found it was another thing to craft recording crystals. Smirking she had gotten some more progress, lovely. 2/5

Xena Searched for a Material and found it. (203528, LD 18)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Xena had taken a smile upon her face, it had only been about a 3 hours, and she already found 2 materials, she honestly expected this to take even longer, knowing her luck. But for now she was content at the pace she was going, placing a single finger against a wall a long claw mark was left on it, the dust of the wall fizzling into broken particles that vanished afterwards, this area seemed to have materials galore in it, perhaps she could find more somewhere that or she'd find nothing, she wasn't entirely sure. It took her about 40 minutes of searching the area and finding nothing to have her decide this place was a dead end, perhaps on another side of the map there could be items for this quest, the question was was she willing to walk all the way across the map for that purpose, she wasn't quite sure of the answer herself.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203530 LD 6+3=9)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Xena had climbed up the side of a small mountain to gain a view point over the area, if anything shined she would probably go to check it, after all those usually meant items in the area, and if it shined a specific color then it was a quest item. As she gazed over the side of the cliff she decided if she hadn't found anything here and now she'd move spots on the map, maybe she'd have better luck doing that.
"C'mon, I need you to show yourself..." She mumbled to herself.
Alas she couldn't find anything, solemn she left the area, perhaps the next area would yearn greater results she wasn't entirely sure. She walked towards the more mountainy area of the map, this area was more flat so perhaps it was a beginner area and the materials would be found in more high level play area's this was only a guess.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203532 LD Nat 1)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

As Xena walked through the area she kicked a rock continuing to kick it as she walked, her hands in her cloth pockets thankfully the realism didn't have the gauntlets tear said pants apart, that would be completely annoying. Regardless she whistled the toon she had came up with attempting to also think of some lyrics, what would go well with it. 
"By your side, we are unity..."
The toon she had sung was a song she knew in the real word, maybe bringing some of those to SAO would give players a sense of home, she wasn't entire sure, she kicked the rock again this time a bit to hard sending it crashing hard into another rock, this shattered the smaller one into pieces. Frowning at the lost thing to kick she continued walking. Up the mountain towards the more high level area's that didn't have players nor monsters in them.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203534 LD 11 + 3 = 14)

Edited February 10, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Xena's trek through the mountains was a lonely one to be sure, but if anyone found out what she was doing who knows what might happen, she had a assortment of friends, being 3. It was upsetting to her that she could only make 3 friends in 2 years, maybe it was due to her recluse personality. Often only speaking when spoken too, how would that work when she sung she wondered. She wasn't entirely sure if she'd be able to do this, maybe the NPC knew how to cope with stage freight, maybe she might not even have any in this game. She never really tried, but around folks like Freyd, she would likely be far to embarrassed to sing, at least by herself, maybe if a group was in front of her. Walking up to what looked like a completely looted chest, who knows, maybe something got left there. Course that would of been to good to be true, brushing a hand on the chest it was of course completed looted, but what was strange was that it hadn't vanished yet. It was looted, recently.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203537 LD 3 + 3 = 6)
 

[Xena 0]

With a caution Xena proceeded into the next area, her claws no longer long in her pockets but held at her sides, the fact another player had been here recently was somewhat frightening her eyes grazed across the area, she held a close area against the wall, of the mountain, she just needed to find 3 more of the necessary materials and she should be fine. After all, there was supposedly no way to fail the crafting, according to what she was told. She'd find out if that was true soon enough should she survive long enough. Then she spotted something shining, dropping to all fours she practically dashed at it like a sprinter would, only she didn't jump back to her feet opting to use the momentum easily gained from running on all fours to reach it faster, the only issue with this method was it was a difficult process to stop, she'd need to practice it more before being able to use it in combat, but if she did, the style was so unorthodox it may become a viable attack format. Regardless upon reaching the item she slammed a hand into the ground pulling her body to a hard stop. Looking over it it was another of the items she needed in order to craft what the NPC needed. 3/5

Xena Searched for a Material and found it. (203539 LD 15)

[Xena 0]

Xena continued moving returning to her feet, she was honestly leaning into being cat like a tad too much even in her opinion, it was fun sure. But embarrassing, and could likely lead to her getting hurt if she didn't actually practice combat like that. Should she even practice combat like that was the big question, it's not like it'd be a illegal way of play, there wasn't many things that were illegal as much as looked down upon in this game. Continuing to search the area for the required materials she looked to her side, downwards was a cliff, which she immediately backed off from, fall damage wasn't something she wanted to mess with right yet. Continuing to walk spotting nothing for the time, she just needed to get 2 more materials and take them to the NPC, that should be no sweat, right. She had all but forgotten the possibility that players were among these mountains. Unlike her, she usually remembered almost everything she learned atleast for a small bit.

Xena looked for materials and failed. (203540 LD 5 + 3 = 8)

[Xena 0]

Xena had moved from the mountainous area, she had been up there for about 6 hours, good god time flies, she had her book out writing lyrics that might work, other pages listed entire songs she could remember that were from real life. They weren't much but, cover's were never looked down upon to her eyes, a lot improved on the original, though she wasn't sure she could do so, humming the tune of Bad Apple, a theme from another game she liked a whole lot, a bullet hell, though she couldn't remember its name. She wondered if that games creator got caught in this death game as well, hopefully not. She enjoyed that game and its characters quite a bit. She wasn't much of a drawer though, maybe a person with a artist profession played the game as well, who knows. The book snapped shut, and Xena looked around the terrain, she felt like she had heard something. As she scanned the area she noticed a glowing material on the ground, conveinent but it could be a trap, she walked up to it slowly checking around the area picking it up. Seemed it wasn't, she didn't know why she felt a constant pair of eyes on her, perhaps stress, perhaps more. She wasn't aware if she had any enemies or not and she certainly didn't mean to make any.
4/5
Xena Searched for a Material and found it. (203563 LD Nat 20)

Edited February 11, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Xena had her ways of looking through the terrain, without skills, it was called hard effort and actually looking around. In truth she hadn't moved far from the warp pad now as she only needed one more material, it seemed they spawned randomly around you for a certain period of time, that's what she had guessed as actual searching didn't ever seem to matter. Crossing her arms she sat on the grass listening carefully, maybe the crystals made a pinging noise when they spawned, or any noise. She closed her eyes in attempting to listen closer but she just couldn't hear anything, until she heard the sound of something appear right infront of her, opening her eyes it was a material. Well that was convenient as hell, if not a tad frightening.
"Is, is that normal...?"
She asked herself picking it up she was now done with the gathering portion of this quest, and it was only now hitting the evening, she should have plenty of time to learn how to sing from the NPC, he would teach her. Right?
5/5
Xena Searched for a Material and found it. (203566 LD Nat 20)

[Xena 0]

As Xena held the material up to her eye a loud noise behind her that shook the earth spooked her looking behind her a large bug seemed to of spotted her, damn, and she was doing so well not getting aggro on enemies, she quickly scurried away towards the warp pad. Jumping onto it she teleported onto floor 1, landing on all fours she stood up placing the material in her bag, now she just needed to craft whatever the guitarist NPC wanted and he'd tech her how to be a songstress. Or at least she had hoped so, she may be on her own though as it seemed he was a musician more then a singer, though she only stayed about a minute, and never saw him perform. She sighed pulling her hood up, it had flied down during that jump into the warp pad, she had made her way back to the shop, it seemed it was still not that busy. Maybe hers would be when she became one, but who knows. Walking in with a wave she commented.
"Well I have the items you needed, anything else?"

"No sir ree little lady these should do just fine!"

Xena stared angrily at the comment of  'little lady' she didn't like being called small and here a NPC did it of all people, annoying as hell to say the absolute least. She was about to leave when he had stated.
"You're gonna need to craft this on your own though, It'll help ya in the future, promise."
Begrudgingly Xena had walked over picking of the bag of materials before holding it in her hand. A menu had popped up saying what she was about it craft which was, she honestly wasn't sure, she decided to leave it up to fate. Closing her hands around the bag so song softly, very softly, honestly it would be a surprise if even the guitarist who stood next to her heard her, but it was enough. The inside of her hands glowed as the item crafted when it was finished a brilliant green duel health recording crystal was left, held in between her thumb and index finger, seems she finally did it. She got herself a proper profession, and that would only be the beginning.

Xena crafted a Recording Crystal (HP Recovery 2) (203571 CD 11)

[Xena 0]

"Lovely work little lady!"
The guitarist said rather loudly which made her damn near drop the damn thing, catching it after fumbling for abut 8 whole seconds that was a very unneeded panic, she sighed angrily, she just needed him to teach her how to sing and she could leave. That was all, though she might not even need too learn how to sing, judging by the sound the crystal gave off she did a extremely good one with her soft song about 30 seconds ago. She sighed once more as the emerald green crystal vanished into her inventory for the time being, with a whistle Xena immediately looked at the man, and a set of keys was tossed too her. Oh right, this quest gave you a shop, she completely forgot, was she gonna quit Info broking for this though? She could probably merge the shops, hell recording crystals could be useful, a one time use of information to give to people. That could honestly work wonders for her. She nodded taking the keys and walking out of the shop which seemed to vanish behind her as the quest was finished. She smirked looking at the keys it seemed she could choose the floor to place the shop on, after about 3 minutes of thinking she choose floor 6, it was simply her element. And it was a important floor for her, a reunion occurred on it after all, and that reunion was the only reason she was even doing this quest, she had a score to settle. 

[Xena 0]

Time had passed somewhat, about a hour as Xena had walked through the floors from floor, floor 6 hadn't changed much at all, it was after all a jungle, and sadly her claw marks didn't stay. They vanished on a regular timer, it was more annoying to her then the world most likely. Leaving a single scratch mark on a tree she followed to way point the Key's led with, she wasn't sure what to expect, whether a ruined building or a fully fledged studio, what she got, was in between, a moderate looking building, it looked like a cabin. Walking up too the door the key vanished and the door opened, inside was a chest. And walking up too that chest. She opened it, it was a chest that didn't require a loot roll it was a quest chest. And opening it finished that quest, in front of her the following text appeared.
 

300 Experience Points

<<Performer>> Profession

Successfully Crafted Item

Standard <<Performer>> Shop

(5) Tier 1 Crafting Materials

"Hmph, well i already had 2 of those. Some EXP is always nice though."
As she stated that she opened her inventory to find a bag much like the first one she got for the quest NPC, she looked at the shop, it could likely be heavily customized but she probably shouldn't worry about that, it's not like she was about to get any customers any time soon, though she did send a message to a friend simply titled. 
'Guess who got a profession finally!' - (Sent to Freyd)


Xena obtained (5) Tier 1 Crafting Materials
Xena obtained a Profession
Xena obtained a Performer Shop
Xena Obtained 300 EXP

Edited February 11, 2022 by Xena

[Xena 0]

Xena looked through the shop to see if she could find any other goodies but alas it seemed the chest was all she got out of that. She didn't mind that much though, placing the bag on the table she simply thought about instantly using it. But, that wouldn't end well, likely she'd just lose the materials. Leaving them at the desk she went over to the door closing it, and a notification appears saying she got the key back, interesting. She simply sighed removing her vanity cat items and pulling her hood down, that was a exhausting day, she was about ready to just flop on the floor and pass out. This building was a safe zone thankfully. Laying on the floor she simply thought about how to decorate this place, it could be made into a pretty place, a more dull place, or it could just stay the same, this cabin design. She wasn't entirely sure, but she did notice it had a back room for singing. And she'd likely be doing a whole lot of that in the future, she just hoped she couldn't break her voice in this game.
"Was this really worth it?... Meh probably, I needed a profession anyway."

[Xena 0]

Rolling on the floor at this point it was night. The jungle had grown quiet, as did she, the quest was effectively over. She just needed to really make this shop hers, but she wasn't entirely sure how. She didn't honestly know of any other performers either, everyone was either a black smith or a tailor, or a appraiser. She didn't entirely know, what to do with the place. Sitting up off the ground she came to a stand, the building was dark. Looking around she saw a cozy fire place in the corner, somewhat crawling over to it there was a fire starter above it, using said thing she started a fire in it, and just sat there pondering the future. This place was rather out of the way, perhaps she wouldn't need to worry about even having a shop. Though she had a info broker one down on floor 1. She might just sell that place, this place simply was much nicer, and in a better location.

[Xena 0]

Having a bit of time Xena pulled out a small blue book that she had picked up from her Info Shop it was empty, she didn't really have any plans for it until she decided to become a performer, now she had plans to turn it into a lyric book, though lyrics were hard to come up with, even harder to have ones that really stuck. Jotting down a few idea's she came to the conclusion that, she needed practice, and lots of it. But she wasn't about to start singing at what, 2 in the morning, she couldn't even tell. All she knew was it was night. And that she wanted to hit the sack coming to a stand she stretched, she'd likely just sleep in the building for the night, she gazed around it looking for a place that could be cozy, but it was likely exactly where she was standing that would be best, it was nice and warm thanks to the fire place and there a was a small rug there.

[Xena 0]

Laying on the floor once again he cloak was used as a pillow, it was thankfully soft enough to do so. She simply pondered the future some more, maybe being a songstress wouldn't be that bad, it had its benefits like she'd surely find out. It also had its disadvantages being most of the items you craft weren't permanent if they gave buffs or debuffs, though. Actual songs, or messages, were allowed to be kept forever. Maybe she'd write one, for someone, when a special time comes. But for now she just laid against the ground, the soft sound of wing against the cabin like shop being heard through the night, before the sound of a soft rain began, not like water as she might, the sound of rain was incredibly soothing too her, and it rather easily helped her drift off too sleep, the rain itself went on throughout the night. And it likely wouldn't stop till morning.

[Xena 0]

Coming to a wake up, Xena found herself yawning looking around, she didn't remember much about yesterday, or anything quite yet, it was that feeling where you were so sleepy you just forget everything around you. It wasn't until the crackle of the fire place that she snapped out of it coming to a rise, her hair was a mess, she wasn't even aware bed head was a thing in SAO, then again too be fair she had managed to always have a bed too sleep in before this, picking up her hood she just covered her hair for the time being and looked out the window, the sun was already in the sky by a ways how long was she out she simply had no idea, it seemed like the start of a new day was upon her though. Who knows what it would bring, for she surely had no idea, and maybe it was best that way.