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Wulfrin had set out scouting the final location a few days prior. He and Ciela had settled on Raitoboru Bay as the destination of choice for their wedding. There was only one teensy problem left to solve. He had to get the last invites out. More importantly he needed to speak to one person in particular about a large part he wanted them to play. Quickly Wulfrin shuffled through menus to pull up his messages and sent out a message directly to Freyd.

To: Freyd
From: Wulfrin
Subj: A favor

Hey I was wondering if you could meet me in Raitoboro Bay. I have a massive favor to ask you. Well actually two favors, but they kind of go hand in hand. I'll be headed that way shortly.

With a sigh he hit send. He was nervous as hell about the upcoming event. Instead of his new norm of charcoal leathers and sword, Wulfrin was adorned in a finely tailored navy blue suit and red tie. His hair more well kept than it usually was. He was careful to leave the house without disturbing Ciela, who slept peacefully on his living room couch. She had made quite the little home out of his living room. Wulfrin then made his way out to the locations that he had included in his message to Freyd to await his mentor's arrival.

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Wulfrin | HP: 700/700 | EN: 104/104 | DMG: 23 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | AA | BH:15 | REC: 8 | FRB: 40 | FRZ: 64 | LD:3

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Name: Wulfrin
True Tier: 4
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 700/700
EN: 104/104

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 78
Accuracy: 5
Battle Healing: 15
Loot Die: 3
Stealth Rating: -2
AA REC: 8
FRB: 40 FRZ: 64
Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket:
- Icingdeath | T4 Demonic Straight Sword | Freeze 2 | Frostbite | AA
Armor/Trinket:
- Fallen Angel Garb | T4 Demonic LA | MIT 2 | REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket:
- Dioscuri | Perfect T1 Trinket | ACC 3

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
- Rending Familiar

Custom Skill:
-

Skills:
- Battle Healing R2
- Charge
- Energist
- Light Armor R5
- Searching R3
- Straight Sword R5

Extra Skills:
- Concentration
- Forgotten King's Authority
- Frozen Hide
- Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Ferocity
- Precision
- Resolve
- Stamina

Mods:
- Meticulous
- Night Vision

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Imugi's Inspiration | Mass Healing x5
- Popcorn | T4 Vitality 2 x5
- TP Crystals x5

Housing Buffs:
- Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
- Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
- Basic Workshop: +2 EXP per crafting attempt
- Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
- Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
- Dining Room: Turn 2 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 portions of the food items sacrificed. Lesser Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
- Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
- Attic (Storage): +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
- Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per fishing attempt
- Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll

Guild Hall Buffs:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
- Blacksmith[771exp] R7
Gathering Profession:
- Fishing[378exp] R4

 

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"IN Raitoboro Bay?!"  Freyd immediate reaction was less than stellar and unworthy of the message's author's intent.  But, in the absence of actual details, might be forgiven.  The Whisper's fortunes soured suspiciously often when it came to activities in open water.  If the pattern persisted, one of them would likely eventually prove lethal.  "Right before I make the switch to heavy armor," he grumbled.  "Maybe I should just attach lead weights to my ankles and get it done with."

Persi, lounging nearby comfy couch well lit by rays beaming in from the adjacent bay window, rolled her eyes at the aura of melodrama wafting off her lummox.  A half-empty bowl of ether sat abandoned nearby, its contents still swiriling from her last laps and the gentle breeze of Elora's last passing on her way to the greenhouse.  Exaggerating her dismissal was more than a little rich, but without a voice her gestures and brilliant azure eyes served as her only form of expression.  Shadows were curiously creative and quirky in this regard.

Despite his protests, Freyd was already setting things away, preferring not to leave Witherwind Rest a mess when he left.  That was his lovely partner's expertise, which brought a more cheerful smile to the man's lips, still somewhat unaccustomed to the gesture.  "Come on, Persi.  Maybe we'll get lucky and he just wants to kill Piasuhon again, or something."  It felt like he'd just done that.  Whatever.

A short hike to Urbus, scrambling a few cliff faces along the way, and he soon emerged from the portal in Scalabis.  Roman-ish.. maybe just 'classical' in general style, the city always reminded him of his father's pedantic lectures, assuring the he'd not dally.  Finding a water taxi took no time and soon brought him to the small quay along the fringes of said bay.  Persi looked at him curiously as they traveled in this way.  

"What?  Sometimes it's nice to actually see the sights and smell the roses, yanno?"  The mongoose's skepticism remained.  Tracking resolved the last missing piece of this morning's puzzle, leading them both to am oddly dressed Wulfrin standing nervously on a wide open beach, looking like he'd just wandered into another Cave of Wonders.

"Please tell me that's not a new suit of armor," he began, joking half-heartedly, "because if it is, I'm taking mine back."

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Freyd | HP: 1180/1180 | EN: 156/156 | DMG: 21 | MIT:45 | ACC:4 | F-SPIRIT | EVA:1 | PARA-IM | BH:65 | VAMP-D: 130 | REC: 8 | FLN: 16 | HLY: 16 | LD:5                                                                                                                            

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Name: Freyd, The Whisper in Shadows
True Tier: 17
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 133
HP: 1180/1180
EN: 156/156

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 45
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Battle Healing: 65
Loot Die: 5
PARA-IM
VAMP-D: 130
REC: 8
FLN: 16
HLY: 16

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Samael's Pride | T4 MA | FLN 2 | HLY 2
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Black Cowled Traveling Garb | T4 CA | VD 2 | REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - The Shadowed Rose | ACC 3 | Para.Imm

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Grappling Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - Shades of the Gemini

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R5
  - Charge
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Extended Mod Limit
  - Extended Weight Limit
  - Fighting Spirit
  - Howl
  - Martial Arts R5
  - Quick Change
  - Searching R4

Extra Skills:
  - Disguise
  - Survival
  - Parry
  - Forgotten King's Authority

Inactive Extra Skills:
  - Meditation
  - Lady Luck
  - Photosynthesize
  - Brawler
  - Assault Mode
  - Frozen Hide
  - Hiding R2

Addons:
  - Focus
  - Focused Howl
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Reveal
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Detect
  - Emergency Recovery
  - Justified Riposte
  - Night Vision
  - Tracking

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light (Reusable 1/thread) x7
  - Fight O'er Flight (ACC 2 | EVA 2)  x7
  - Hope's Covenant - Resolve +4 (T4 Demonic Weapon (MA) - AA, Phase, Frostbite,,VO x1
  - Mass HP Rec [Inst] (+10% HP) x1
  - Meathook (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Ordsea Crystal-B (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Rhino's Horn (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Teleport Crystals x1
  - The Thing Behind All Lies (T4 Demonic MA, AA, Blight, Static, Para.Ven (Off))  x1

Housing Buffs:
  - Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
  - Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
  - Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  - Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
  - Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
  - Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
  - Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Guild Hall Buffs:
  - Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
  - Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:
  - Tanos

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
 - Appraising[3478exp] R5

Gathering Profession:
 - Fishing[576exp] R5                                                                                                                         

 

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Ciela was snuggled up on Wulfrin's couch, snoozing the day away. Perlita was laying on her chest, snuggling up to her. As the light began to pour in from the blinds she slowly opened her eyes. A soft grumble left her lips. Too... early. She rubbed her eyes and began slowly waking up. She had a morning routine and she stuck to it, even today which she was so excited for.

She sipped her coffee and sat in front of the little vanity mirror Wulfrin set up for her in his bedroom. 

To: Tricolor_Mina and Katoka

From: KnightessCiela

So. I have a proposition for you. I wanted some help getting ready and wanted my two closest girly friends to be at the wedding. Saying no isn't an option. Anyways come to Wulfrin's house on Floor 22. We're just outside of Coral, see you soon. xoxoxo <3

She sent the message off and relaxed in her chair. As she sipped her coffee she noticed that Perlita seemed to be more excited than usual. "I know Perlie, you're so excited. I am too." The day came so soon she almost couldn't believe it. She knew it was just a game, but she hoped to meet him one day outside of this death game. She fell deep in thought, and as she did, there was a knock at the door. She went downstairs to open the door.

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KnightessCiela | Level 23 | HP: 505/505 | EN: 64/64 | DMG: 11 | MIT:117 | ACC:2 | TAUNT | THORNS:54 | REGEN: 22 | REC: 3

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"No it's not," Wulfrin said joking back. "I had it made for... a wedding... my wedding. Specifically with Ciela. I really wanted your opinion. I hope I don't look too weird."  

"I actually was trying to get in touch with you in person. I can't exactly track you down most days," Wulfrin sighed as he fumbled through his menus an withdrew a small neatly folded piece of paper and handed it over to Freyd.

He watched intently, still shifting nervously. 

"I know it's a teeny bit short notice, but I haven't exactly gotten some one on one time with you. Here is your official invite to the celebration." Wulfrin shifted a bit, becoming more calm and collected as the conversation continued. "Yours is a bit different from the others though. We'd like you to officiate the wedding if you could. I also have a request for both you and Star, which is another reason why I came all the way out here."

Wulfrin began to walk deeper into the resort towards Star's residence and before long there was a rapping at his door.

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For clarifications on sub plot participants: @Freyd | @Morningstar

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In a cozy corner of Raitoborou Bay, lived a swordsman who enjoyed song and serenity. The days he took off were spent by himself, and he quite liked it. He found comfort in the solemness of alone time, and he had trouble finding it during the week. He was always on—quest, after quest, after field boss, after quest. Some days, all he wanted was to sit around with nothing to do.

Today, he did just that. Sat on the couch, with his feet perched on the coffee table, he strummed John Mayer on a scratched-up old guitar. He picked at it lazily, and the chords rang out imperfectly because of it. He sang the first and second verses on loop; he'd long since forgotten the rest, and didn't much care for it anyway. It was the chorus he adored. He often thought back to his mother, and of the tunes she had taught him. Gravity was one of the first few, he thought. It was funny—she had chosen the song not knowing that someday, it would aptly describe his world. She could have made a killing as a fortune teller.

Abruptly, he stopped, midway through a progression. A knock at the door caught his attention. He waited for a moment. At first, he thought it had been his imagination. He never had visitors, unless they had specifically announced their coming beforehand. The second series of knocks concluded that he was, in fact, not hearing things. Gently, he placed the guitar on the soft couch cushions, and stumbled over to the door.

Wulfrin and Freyd were a surprise. He was pretty sure he hadn't missed a message, but he'd been wrong before. "Hi," said Morningstar. He was dressed in a grey sweatsuit, as comfortable as can be, with a pair of fluffy brown slippers on. Obviously, he wasn't expecting guests (not that they weren't welcome).

"What's up?"

 
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 | Lv. 64 >> P. 31, Lv. 33
 | Status: [ alexa play the roblox theme song ]

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Morningstar | HP: 780/780 | EN: 116/116 | DMG: 23 | MIT: 20 | EVA: 4 | ACC: 4 | BH: 42 | LD: 6 | REC: 8 | FLN: 16 | AA | PAR VEN


equipped

  • Dying Sun
    FLN II, AA, PAR VEN
  • Inner Focus
    EVA II, REC II
  • Sapphire
    ACC III, EVA I

battle-ready inventory

  • Magdalyn's Cuckoo
  • x1 teleport crystal

skills

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mod count: 4/5

  • 2HSS | RANK 5/5
    • precision, stamina, ferocity
    • shift: aoe
  • CLOTH ARMOR | RANK 5/5
    • athletics, nimble
  • COMBAT MASTERY: DMG | RANK 3/3
  • SEARCHING | RANK 4/5 (5)
    • night vision, detect, tracking, reveal
  • BATTLE HEALING | RANK 5/5
  • ENERGIST
  • CHARGE

extra (active)

  1. SURVIVAL
  2. FORGOTTEN KING'S AUTHORITY
  3. LADY LUCK
  4. DISGUISE
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paragon

  • Lv. 5 | Gain additional col equivalent to 15% of EXP earned in that thread.
  • Lv. 10 | +1 LD to looting.
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sword arts

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en cost matches multiplier unless stated otherwise. shift underlined.

  • ST | x12 -> x15 | x20
  • AOE | x15 -> x18
  • TECH-A | x12 | STUN | 13EN
  • TECH-B | x12 | DELAY
  • TECH-D | x12 | SHATTER
  • TECH-F | x12 | AOE STUN
  • TECH-G | x12 | BURN
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  • Dimensional Backpack | +2 Battle-Ready Inventory Slots.
  • 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).
  • Filling | Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  • Tasty | Turn 2 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 portions of the food items sacrificed. Lesser Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  • Relaxed | Increases out-of-combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  • Multipurpose | Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll.
  • Skylight (Searching) | +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. 

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Wulfrin had to stop and turn after a dozen steps.  Freyd still hadn't moved, his usually stern blue eyes startlingly wide and staring back as if someone had just struck him dumb.  A few more seconds were needed to get his lips sufficiently rebooted to function, his tone lacking its usual confidence or edge.

"Me?!"  Attempts at blinking away his daze struggled to find traction.  "I... that's... very kind," he finally managed, sounding strangely solemn.  Sure, he'd helped them out in a number of ways, and with gear and advice, and... the penny finally dropped.  And you did what friends do, Freyd, just like you've done so many times before without ever realizing it. Elora, Katoka, Mina, Freya and so many others can see it.  Why can't you?

Like an old blanket laid upon frigid shoulders when they most required its comfort, Montjoy's quiet assurance cut through his frazzled sense of self to point out what would have been obvious to anyone else.  For all of Freyd's calculated scheming, he just never considered the impact of plain old-fashioned decency on people.  His was a world of schemes wrapped in enigmatic plans, swaddled into a Gordian knot of convoluted misdirection; a tangled web woven so tightly that even he could no longer tell whether he was still its arachnid host.

Sparing a glance down towards his own shadow, which oddly defied convention by sitting on the same side of him as the sun, the Whisper's brows failed to furrow as he still struggled to understand Wulfrin's request, hovering on the glimpse of personal epiphany.

"I'm honoured, Wulfrin."  The words came out hoarse, like the speaker had just dry heaved an entire sand storm while seeking them out.  Swallowing deeply, mouth closed and pursed, his worldview shaken once again by the simple task of forging human connection.  It was happening more and more often, these days, accelerating the fall of destiny's guillotine that would sever ties to a dark, dangerous path from which he'd been steered by similar outreach.  "Of course.  I'd be happy to accept.  And... thank you."

Freyd was still pensive by the time they reached Morningstar's home, vague and incomplete memories of a holiday party floundering before they could fully form.  A small, introspective and genuinely pleasant smile perched upon his lips, paired with diffusion of his traditionally hawkish features, signaled significant disarming of his common mood by the time the man opened the door.  Was this what Freyd looked like when he was actually happy?!

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"I have a proposition for you," Wulfrin said with a sheepish tone to The Lightbringer. He took a deep breath before continuing. "Would you be my best man at the wedding? I've kinda only got like two real good friends that fit the bill and both of them are right here."

Wulfrin let out a soft chuckle as his tension seemed to fade. Finally getting the words off his chest seemed to help out tremendously. He wasn't lying though, of all the people he had adventured with as of late, Freyd and Morningstar were always there when he needed them. From dungeons he shouldn't be in, to slime filled sewers, these two had become his closest friends. There was one more lingering problem he needed to sort out though. A second task that could likely only be filled by the two of them.

"This might be a bit bigger ask," Wulfrin said as his weight shifted again. "I need to reach the players on the frontline, but outside of the two of you and maybe a handful of others, I haven't really met up with any. Ciela and I had planned this wedding back before I was anywhere near ready to join the raid, so we had the bright idea to use the feast at the reception as a way for some of the frontliners to get a free buff if they wanted. It was our way of giving back since we didn't know if either of us were going to participate. I could really use y'alls help getting the word out. They don't have to come for the actual ceremony. Kat and Mina are already for sure coming. At least I think they are. Ciela said they were going to be her bridesmaids."

Wulfrin swiped through his menus and swapped out of his tux back to his armor. Surprisingly his posture and entire demeanor changed, like he had shed some heavy training weights.

"I hope that suit looks good," Wulfrin sighed. "Never really liked wearing fancy clothes like that."

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For clarifications on sub plot participants: @Freyd | @Morningstar

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Katoka sat on the couch in her living room staring at the wall opposite of her. The past few weeks had been hectic for lack of a better term due to the impending raid and she had thought that the momentary silence would be good for her. She was wrong. Standing up and stretching, the blonde woman had decided she would tackle the over growing sink full of dishes she had been neglecting when the all to familiar ping of a message sounded in her ears. Tapping on the icon she quickly read the message and smiled softly.

Though their time together had been ever so brief, it warmed Kat's heart to hear that Ciela and Wulfrin would be getting married. Her heart throbbed at the fleeting thought of what had almost been her own wedding, but the too familiar pain quickly subsided. Now was not the time for her to pick at the scabs of her wounds, she had a friend who was in need of her. Looking to the the kitchen at the treacherous mound of plates and cutlery the samurai turned on her heel and walked towards the door. "That's a problem for future Kat."

Taking the teleport gate to floor 22 and sending Ciela a message had taken no time at all. After 20 minutes she was knocking on the home of her new friends while hoping she had something to wear stowed in her inventory. "Knock knock! It's hair and makeup o'clock!" She yelled through the closed door.

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Katoka | HP: 780/780 | EN: 112/112 | DMG: 23 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | EVA:1 | BH:43 | REC: 8 | FLN: 16 | HLY: 16

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Name: Katoka, The Cerulean Storm True Tier: 6
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 24
HP: 780/780
EN: 112/112

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 78
Accuracy: 5
Evasion: 1
Battle Healing:
Stealth Rating: -2
REC: 8
FLN: 16 HLY: 16
Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket:
- Muramasa's Legacy | T4/Demonic/Katana | Holy II, Fallen II
Armor/Trinket:
- Oni Haori | T4/Demonic/Light Armor | MIT 2, REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket:
- Aquamarine | T4 Demonic Trinket | ACC III, EVA I

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- ST Shift

Familiar Skill:
- Rending Familiar

Custom Skill:
-

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Energist
- Katana R5
- Light Armor R5

Extra Skills:
- Concentration
- Forgotten King's Authority
- Parry
- Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Ferocity
- Precision
- Resolve
- Stamina

Mods:
- Meticulous
- Vengeful Riposte

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Teleportation Crystal x
- Tincture of Recovery | HP Recovery x

Housing Buffs:
- Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
- Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
- Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
- Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
- Attic (Storage): +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
- Slime Farm: +5% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Guild Hall Buffs:
- Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
- Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
- Alchemist[1817exp] R8
Gathering Profession:

 

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Morningstar stared at Wulfrin, awestruck. Morningstar was aware that they planned on marrying, and he was aware that he was invited to the ceremony. He was not aware that he was a candidate for best man. They'd met each other less than a year prior, and Star felt he knew so little of the man. Even so, there wasn't a fiber in his body that would have rejected the request—not in a million years.

"It would be an absolute honor to be your best man."

When was the wedding? Was there time for a bachelor party? If he was best man, he expected nothing less than perfection from himself. A flaw, maybe, but one that always yielded results. He cleared his throat, realizing that he had forgotten his manners. "Thank you, by the way. For inviting me."

Wulfrin and Ciela's invitation list was short, which under normal circumstances was not a bad thing; however, he had prepared a banquet large enough to feed a pack of wild frontliners. A few names came to mind, and Star began drafting a short invite message to send out in bulk.

"Oh, yeah. Should we just copy your suit? Or, what's the dress code?"

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"Your suit looks great, Wulfrin.  Don't fret so much.  I'm sure Ciela will love it."  A grin was offered Morningstar's way, who could see him better from his vantage.  Wry smile perched and layered on a smirk, the casual ease resting on the Whisper's face was oddly disarming compared to the man's normally stern visage.

"Morningstar and I happen to have defeated the Labyrinth Guardian together, along with Mina and Hirru.  I've also been at the last few floor raids and know most of those who might attend.  One or two extra also always seem to pull themselves out of the woodwork at the last minute.  I can assemble a list and contact them. Leave that task and planning meeting with me. It'll need to organized as a side meeting, anyway, for those who want info before choosing to participate.  And, we wouldn't want to detract from the main attraction." 

Doubts remained unvoiced, but they'd had trouble filling out the ranks at first, for the last raid.  Would the same thing happen again?  They were nowhere near far enough along in their progress up the castle for people to be tiring out this badly, and frontliners weren't exactly easily replaced.  His own constant efforts went into boosting up anyone willing to join the fray, but numbers were irreplaceably dwindling, as the Monument of Life glaringly reminded.

"I hope you'll forgive me if I need to step away for a short while to deal with that business during the reception, but it can't be helped given your generous offering." 

Turning his attention back to Star, the Whisper's voice fell to a conspiratorial tone.  "Aren't we supposed to throw him some sort of embarrassing party or something?  I'm not really good at this sort of thing, but have stumbled into you in enough bars and taverns to suspect you may have some insight in this sort of thing."

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"Red and Black is the color scheme," Wulfrin replied to star's question. "We'd prefer if you were in a suit, but understand if you cant get one. Location will be in the resort area."

Wulfrin then sat back and observed his two closest friends in the floating castle enter into a discussion. He let out a sigh. Wulfrin felt bad putting invitations off on the two of them, but at this point it was either that or he would have just dumped a whole bunch of col on way too many spots. Wulfrin's interest was peaked at the mention of the meeting. He knew that Freyd had been scouting the labyrinth, but he wasn't aware that Freyd was in the party that beat the boss.

"I fully expected you to have to step away," Wulfrin said in response. "Honestly the closer both events get, the more it feels like one of those weddings soldiers in the states have before they get shipped off to war. Like get me wrong. I love her, and I'm sure everyone knows it. I'm just getting more and more nervous. These next handful of days are going to have to be spent grinding or in the forge. I'm going to have to keep my mind off it."

The conversation shifted to a possible party. Wulfrin hadn't even considered they would come up with the idea. He figured they would be too busy to set up something like that. Wulfrin wasn't exactly the partying type.

"I haven't heard anything from Ciela on how planning is going on her end with Mina and Kat," Wulfrin said scrolling through his messages. "Maybe we could go and grab a bite while we wait? Unless y'all'd rather go mob hunting?"

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 *side note: mina has a  on underneath her dress shirt uwu*

Violet carefully adjusted her coat, a frown on her face as she checked how she looked in the mirror. Her hair had been styled in a shorter cut that curled just above her shoulders, and dyed back to a more natural black color. She had made sure to dress relatively plain, opting for a simple charcoal black suit with a tawny and gold trim. Weddings were fairly rare here in aincrad, most people simply opting to do just a ceremony and just get on with their lives, but some people did want to have an entire party.

not only that, but they wanted to turn this into an impromptu raid meeting.

"There, I think this will work." she mused, gently hanging her mask on the side of her head. "We're supposed to meet just outside of Coral, right? At this rate, I'm probably late... ugh. Akame, lets go!" She held out her arm, her familiar fluttering over to her with a chirp. She made her way out of the inn she'd been staying at, before heading towards the destination that she'd been told to meet the others at.

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Violet made her way to Wulfrin's house, a smile on her face as she took in the sight. "Not bad, honestly... Those two have really outdone themselves here." she smiled as she made her way to the front door, taking note of a familiar blonde swordswoman waiting by the door to be let in. "She called you here too, huh?" she said dryly, her smile widening. "I thought you'd wear something that wasn't your combat armor, though... Aren't we supposed to be preparing for a wedding?"

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Tricolor Mina | HP: 780/780 | EN: 112/112 | DMG: 21 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | AA | PHASE | HLY: 16 | LD:3

Spoiler

 

Name: Tricolor Mina, The Guiding Light True Tier: 6
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 23
HP: 780/780
EN: 112/112

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 78
Accuracy: 5
Loot Die: 4
Stealth Rating: -2
AA PHASEHLY: 16
Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket:
- Everlasting Ember (T4 Demonic War Fan: Phase/Holy II/A.A.
Armor/Trinket:
- Queen's Gambit (T4 Demonic Light Armor: Vamp. Def. II, MIT II)
Shield/Armor/Trinket:
- Mask of Rose (T1 Perfect Trinket: ACC III)

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- ST Shift

Familiar Skill:
- Hunting Familiar

Custom Skill:
-

Skills:
- Charge
- Energist
- Light Armor R5
- Lock Picking R3
- Quick Change
- Searching R3
- Thrown Weaponry R5

Extra Skills:
- Assault Mode
- Frozen Hide

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Dismantling
- Focus
- Precision
- Resolve
- Stamina

Mods:
- Meticulous
- Night Vision
- Tracking

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Briar's Lost Lament (Cursed/Blight/Burn/Frostbite) x
- Imugi's Inspiration (Mass Healing Crystal) x
- Popcorn (T4 VIT) x
- Popcorn (T4 VIT) x
- TP Crystal x
- Truffles (T3 VIT) x

Housing Buffs:
- Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
- Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
- Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
- Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per fishing attempt
- Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
- Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Guild Hall Buffs:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:

Gathering Profession:

 

 

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Couldn't get a suit? Morningstar didn't dare show them his closet. "Red and black should work," he ensured, mentally planning each piece in advance.

"Admittedly, I've had enough mob hunting for a while. The grind takes its toll. Food sounds good, though," he said, swishing his hand a few times and changing into something more appropriate for company. Jeans and a t-shirt were all he could manage today. Still, they beat his loungewear.

He snuck in a hushed reply to Freyd. "You make a guest list, I'll plan a party, and then we'll reconvene."

"Want to go out or eat in? I'll cook, if you want," Morningstar offered. It wasn't his trade, but after years of being doated on, he'd eventually had enough and learned to cook for himself. His meals wouldn't buff his party, but they tasted pretty good. "I've also been meaning to try this new place in Tolbana, though. I've heard it's... exotic."

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Ciela greeted both Katoka and Mina with a hug. "I'm so glad you two could make it!" Ciela showed them inside. "Please snack and everything. Last night I may not have been able to sleep." She laughed nervously and gestured to their dining table that was just covered in trays upon trays of baked goods, from cupcakes to croissants to a whole three tiered cake. "I also may have prepared a charcuterie board for us to munch on while we get ready." She leaned in and whispered, "I also picked up some wine." 

Leading them up to the bedroom where she was getting ready, there was the charcuterie board and three glasses of wine already prepared and ready for the three of them. Hanging up on the back of the closet door was a beautiful cathedral length gown. The dress was low cut and had beautiful gold detailing on the hips. Ciela grabbed a piece of cheese and her glass of wine, holding the glass up for the three of them to toast. "To new beginnings." Ciela took a swig and ate her cheese cube. "Well ladies, shall we go ahead and get ready? I'm sure Wulfrin is already up to no good with Freyd and Star."

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Subplot specifications: @Katoka| @tricolor_mina

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bb4c54c8d8e308740dc91b5738c50e41.thumb.jpg.28427ad16e2d75d821623c726f284ec6.jpg"I panicked and ran over ok? I have something in my inventory though just give me sec!" Kat stuck her tongue out at Mina playfully before she slipped away to swap out her clothes. "Just going to pop into your bathroom real quick!"

After shutting the door behind her the blonde scrolled through her clothing list frantically before she stopped on something that she thought might work. With a tap her clothes flashed and changed into a black dress that she had picked up on a whim while shopping. "Perfect. I'm glad I grabbed these heels to." Stepping back out to join the others her eyes lit up at the sight of wine and cheese.

"It's a damn shame that it's taste only." she grumbled as she picked up a glass while stuffing a quick piece of cheese in her mouth. "To new beginnings!" she toasted the two before taking a sip. "Let's get you all dolled up Ciela. We have to make Wulfrin cry at the alter." she flashed them both a grin.

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