[F01 PP] Secret of Medicine of The Forest Lonzo/Koga/Noctua/Nora

[Lonzo 0]

He waited, expecting someone to open up the door, but when there was nothing he pursed his lips. After Koga tried Lonzo tilted his head in confusion. What was going on? This was the place he could see a little arrow telling him they were close, and yet the arrow wasn't in a spot he used to see. It was up higher. He looked upwards at the building for a moment. It wasn't particularly big but it wasn't small either. He narrowed his eyes looking around, and then walked around the building for another door. As he passed a wall he saw something quickly flag up and he jolted. Lonzo took a step back and slowly looked up and saw a bell. "Huh." he pulled a cord that matched the building fairly well and the bell rang. Letting go slowly he heard the sounds of a wailing woman as she opened up the door. He took a few steps back so he'd be able to see her face better. Tears rolling down her face, her breathing filled with audible cries that could make most want to cry with the woman.

"Hey...We heard you had a problem with med-"
"My baby boy-" her inhale was shaking as her voice hitched higher on every word. "He's not WAKING UP." she got louder as she trembled from the balcony.

Lonzo felt his stomach twist seeing her agony. He paled and listened. Part of him so use to the cries and pleas of a person that made him transfixed, and another part of him he wasn't use to that wished he could do something in an instant.

"Wha- was he always....What do you..." his eyebrows knitted together unsure if he could actually help the woman.

She fell to her knees sobbing loudly.

"My baby boy! I wish I was stronger! Please, I need someone strong. Please!" She screamed begging the adventurers down below. "Please, I'll do anything! My boy is dying and I need Nepent's Ovule to make a potion for him please!"
"I...I have no idea what that even is." he slowly looked to the others wondering if they knew something about it.

[Nora 0]

Nepent's Ovule..?? Nora frowns, she didn't know what it was, but she does know that there are Nepent spawning just outside of the town, maybe it is something that the Nepent monster will drop.  "Hang in there madam! We will go get the Nepents and return back to you as soon as possible." She turns to the others. "It looks like this is pretty urgent, let's go out of the safezone as soon as possible. If we defeat enough Nepent, surely one of them will drop what she needs. Let's move quickly before something happens to the kid...!"

With that, Nora quickly darts for the forest outside of the Town of Horunka. She didn't have the time to check whether the others are following her, her mind was preoccupied by the urgency of the quest. In her mind she knows that they are just npc, and they are not real, just AI. The NPC will respawn if they are killed anyway, but still, she can't help but let her emotions get to her. She silently reminds herself that she needs to be more colder to this kind of things if she ever wants to get into the frontline, but for now, one step at the time. 

 

 

Nora exit thread here.

Edited November 11, 2019 by Nora

[Noctua 0]

Spoiler

Noctua

Level 1
HP: 20
Energy: 2

Skills

» Rapier - Rank 1 [DMG +1]

Equipment

» Jack's Graceful Repose [T1 Perfect Rapier [Burn - Blight - Cursed]]

• [x2] Rip Ravine (2 Energy) - Two quick slashes into a target

» Black and Tan outfit (Hat, Tank Top, Jacket, Pants, Boots) [Vanity]

Battle Ready Inventory

>> [50 HP] Healing Crystal (3)

Damn it Nora! Yes, Noct knew the issue with this quest was going to probably be time sensitive but also might hit nerves. But to dash off with the team was just reckless and stupid. She grumbled as she quickly followed behind the girl, but Nora had pulled some kind of magic disappearing trick. Noct didn't think that she had taken her eyes off of Nora, but now, Nora was gone. She hoped that Nora was okay, but stopped where she was, she waited for Lonzo and Koga to catch up. No way in heck was she about to go any further alone.

@Koga

Edited November 12, 2019 by Noctua

[Koga 0]

Spoiler

Koga: HP: 40 // Energy: 4 // DMG: 4 // EVA: 0 // MIT: 0 // ACC: 3

A wave of confusion washed over the party as they tried to figure out what the hell they were supposed to do next. It was Lonzo who figured it out though. The man pulled a cord and a bell rang ominously from somewhere inside. At first there was nothing, and Koga was about to ask if the quest was bugged, but then the door burst open, accompanied by the sound of shrill pleas.

"Please, I'll do anything! My boy is dying and I need Nepent's Ovule to make a potion for him please!"

A thousand red flags suddenly shot up in Koga's mind. 'Nepent's Ovule?' This wasn't good. Before Koga could open his mouth to speak, Nora shouted something about the quest before running off, Noct chasing after her. 'Damn it...' Koga turned to Lonzo, "Look man, I know what this quest is. And I can tell you that Nora, Noct and I aren't equipped to handle it. We'll die I can almost guarantee it. You should be fine though. I hate to leave you hanging like this, but I'm not willing to risk our lives for this. Not yet at least. Here's what I heard from the info brokers though, kill two Nepents, and a special variant should appear. After that it's just the luck of the draw if you get the Ovule. I also know the ladies just ran off in the wrong direction...I'm gonna try to catch up to the others and make sure they don't bite the dust." Koga clapped the other man's shoulder, "And you. Go get that Ovule and send me a message when you're done so I know you're not dead. Good luck out there." Without another word, Koga turned around and headed off after the two women...hopefully they haven't gotten themselves into too much trouble.

>>Koga has left the party<<

@Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

Being told to be careful and watch Koga go another way jarred him. Was what he wanted to do impossible?" He looked at who was now in his party and it seemed only Noct remained. He checked his friends list to make sure Nora hadn't died when she ran off. She hadn't. What did that mean exactly? Did she just run away without a word on him? He looked up and realized Koga was gone but that meant Noct was all alone. He sprinted back into the forest running to a party curser. He had to weave around trees and finally managed to find Noct alone. 

"Noctua, there you are. Koga and Nora bailed. Are you all right?" he asked worriedly. "You should probably get back to your husband." he winced after he said it like that. "Not how I meant it. What I mean is that he's likely worried about you a-" he heard rustling He turned seeing one of the large creatures step forward. Now he understood what Koga meant. "Great," he muttered. "Noct get behind me if you're not ready. I didn't realize it could get this bad." he thought he asked to make sure they were ready beforehand but maybe there was no possible way to be ready in this situation. "I didn't think it'd be this bad." He ran forwards.

With a quick spin attack, he quickly killed the Nepent that was in front of them. He sighed a little relieved it was easier to kill than he expected. He looked over at Noct.
"Now's your chance to escape. I'm not leaving though. Not until I'm done. I'll escort you out of if you want though." at this point he just accepted the idea he'd do this alone. It was something he used to and he couldn't fault them for looking out for themselves. At least Koga told him.

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Whirlwind (4) * 2 = 8dmg

HP: 7  - 8
Mitigation: 0
Damage: 3

Edited November 14, 2019 by Lonzo

[Noctua 0]

Spoiler

HP: 20 // EN: 2 // DMG: 2

Noct was still standing where she had been looking for Nora. That was when she noticed Koga drop from the party and soon enough Nora's name was gone as well. What in the world was going on?! "Noctua, there you are. Koga and Nora bailed. Are you all right?" She nearly jumped but managed to not do so. She turned to see just Lonzo and figured that Koga was probably headed back to town. Great. She was about to leave the party when Lonzo said that she should go and find her 'husband', but the timing of monsters got into the way. She hung back, just in case there were more. She didn't want to get stuck in a battle and not be able to leave. She wasn't about to die here, nope.

She watched as Lonzo dispatched of the Nepent and turned back to her. He was telling her to escape and she nodded lightly. "I-i'm sory Lonzo." She quickly took herself from the party and started to make her way back toward town, hopefully running into Koga along the way.

>>Noctua has left the party<<

@Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

He nodded and walked with her back to the small town and then went back out again to kill more of the Nepents. There was a part of him that felt relieved that they had left. If they couldn't handle it that was important to know. Could he handle it though? He wasn't sure. Maybe he'd get himself killed here, but it didn't bother him. He'd wake up if that was the case. He wanted to believe that. He wanted to believe that when he woke up he'd get to into his office and write up a court case about this whole thing, but then what? How would he let them know he was all right? How could he possibly wake them up? Surely someone's thought of something by now.  He walked back into the forest and looked around for the nepents specifically to kill them. He was a little tired and wondered if he should just wait for more to spawn in. Yet he didn't seem to see any at the moment.

"Hm....Well, this is strange..."

He looked off and saw one jumping around by itself. It was likely other players hand been through here already killing most of them. Yet it didn't have a flower. What was Koga so upset about before. "Well, I won't know unless I kill it." Lonzo went forwards to attack it.

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HP 100
Energy 6/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0

 

>>Whilrwind SA<<  (4) 2 = 8

HP 8

Mitigation: 0
Damage: 3

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

Seeing that one die as well he looked over the shards and didn't see any loot. He sighed and looked around. Lonzo jolted hearing a loud that resembled an alarm clock. The area flagged up with a warning for the area. Lonzo looked up to the heavens wondering what in God's name it was even doing. The sky was normal but he felt a shift in the air as the wind kicked up around him. As he turned he could see it closing in on him. A field boss. His eyes widened at it. What was that doing here? Was it always on this floor? He did a quick scan of the area realizing that the other smaller mobs were gone. This is what Koga was likely worried about. His eyes darted around the creature and eyed the flower on it's head. He gripped his axe as the monster got closer to him. As he prepared whirlwind he was hit by a long vine stopping in before he could even run-up to the boss. He winced and glared at the creature. "you'll regret it you know."

"Yeah, bet you don't want to do that again do you?" 

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HP 99/100  (Hit by vine whip for 10-18 = 1dmg taken)
Energy 4/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0


Nepent Variant
HP: 15/15 (Sword arts missed)
Mitigation: 5
Damage: 10
Nepent Variant ignores armor mitigation on a natural roll of 10

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

The vines crashed down upon Lonzo and he rolled out of the way. He stood up and jumped onto one of the vines and ran up towards the flower.

There's no way I can kill this thing from the ground. So let's see if I can behead it and take that flower this way.

He jumped off the vine, his axe glowing blue ready to do another sword art. He spun around in a circle like a helicopter and struck the Nepent variant in the forehead just under the flower. It let out a whine and Lonzo saw a deep red gash on it. The Nepent sent out its vines at him and Lonzo quickly used them as a stepping tool to descend to the ground without a scratch. His axe now coated red. He looked over his shoulder at the monstrosity and turned to face it.

"That did it. You shouldn't have hit me like that. I don't mind people's kinks but you didn't even give me a safe word. That's a bit rude of you darling." he winked at the Nepent feeling the tides had turned in his favor. He swung his axe and readied himself for another go.

"But seeing as you're into that kind of thing, I guess I won't give you a safe word either." he said under his breath with a dark undertone in his voice.

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>>Whirlwind<< (4)2 = 8, boss has 10mit takes 1dmg 14/15hp
Boss attack misses with 99/100 hp for lonzo
Bleed goes off for 12 unmitagated dmg 2/15hp 

HP 99/100 
Energy 2/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0


Nepent Variant
HP: 2/15 
Mitigation: 5
Damage: 10
Nepent Variant ignores armor mitigation on a natural roll of 10

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

Lonzo ran forwards. He was too tired to strike it again with whirlwind, and by his calculations, it would haven't mattered any, somehow the enemy didn't take the damage. So the boss must have had some sort of mitigation. Like a thick skin similar to an aloe plant. Raised his axe and struck where it's roots connected loosening it so the monster toppled over. It flailed its vines at him and Lonzo stepped aside.

"That child is suffering and you are the cure. Sorry about this but I'll wait for you to pass on, at least you won't be alone when you die. Sorry for murdering your brothers and sister too, but know that you've helped sustain a life." Lonzo stated as he glared at the fallen plant. It let out an agonizing scream as it died from bleeding to death in front of him. He sighed as he watched it explode into a blue light the flower still visible. He took in a deep breath and reached for it. If he failed at procuring this he'd likely have to hunt them all down again. At least now he knew he could do it but he didn't feel like doing it again.

 

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Basic attack 4 - 10 mit = 1dmg
Nepent Variant misses
Bleed goes over final time 2 - 12 = dead

HP 99/100 
Energy 2/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0


Nepent Variant
HP: 2/15 
Mitigation: 5
Damage: 10
Nepent Variant ignores armor mitigation on a natural roll of 10

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

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As Lonzo touched the flower it shattered and his eyes narrowed. All that work. Wasted. He looked at his hand. He could cook and he could kill, bother required a steady calm hand and he failed to get what he needed for that child. He walked deeper into the forest hearing noises of monsters spawning in. He punched a nearby tree in frustration. He'd have to do this all again and he hated it. He sighed and tried to steel himself. He was still on a time limit and knew he would have to kill the smaller ones quickly.

I need to rest for now and then go after two at a time and spawn this thing faster. There aren't enough Nepents here needed to spawn the big guy in so it should be all right. As long as I don't miss and keep this up I'll be able to kill the boss again quickly. At least I hope so.

He felt more confident because he had done it once already and wondered would the game learn and get smart on how it would deal with him. He wasn't a fan to testing these sorts of things on his own but he had little choice in the matter. He sat under a tree and tried to collect his thoughts.

HP 99/100 
Energy 3/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

He closed his eyes listening to his surroundings. He took a deep breath through his nose and held it for a moment then exhaled quietly through his mouth. He felt a little refreshed as he took it easy under the tree. He opened his eyes and had hoped that after all of this he'd pick up his thorns armor and show these plants just how ruthless he could be. Yet he knew he didn't have time to go pick that up and run all the way back. He'd be leaving the quest area and that'd likely stop everything right there. He wasn't about to lose unless it got too dangerous for him in this area. So far so good. As he relaxed he glanced at his health that went up along with his energy. That was a good sign. A nepent bounced past him not noticing him. His eyes were locked with it but he didn't move just yet. He needed the other one closer to it. He'd wait for his prime time to strike. Lonzo licked his lips. Combat took a lot out of him but he'd keep going he had to. He needed to prove to himself he could survive this world.

HP 100/100 
Energy 4/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0

[Lonzo 0]

His heart raced once he spotted the other nepent getting closer to the other one. It was then he heard his energy bar fill up. Feeling refreshed he slowly stood up and tried to make as little sound as he possibly could. He took another deep breath as he gauged the distance between the two mobs that he knew he'd have to get in between. This time he'd take them both down as quickly as possible and fight the flower again. Was it a queen? As he thought about it flowers usually had both parts so it was both perhaps. Did it even understand how a flower worked? He cracked his neck as he waited for his opening. Lonzo was always an opportunist when it came to these things and he wanted to make sure he had enough time to reach them without them noticing him. If he could manage that he'd be able to vanquish them quickly. "Okay, here goes nothing again."

HP 100/100 
Energy 10/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0

[Lonzo 0]

He was focused and ran forwards activating his smash sword art. He felt as if they both had a target on their heads and it was his job to take them both out. As he reached the first one it didn't even have time to raise it's vines in defense as Lonzo struck it on the forehead. He threw his body against it. His feet landing on the Nepents body. After he slashed he looked to the next one and gripped his axe as it lunched itself and him towards the next one cutting along it's head. He heard a loud bang behind him as the first one exploded and then the second soon followed in a brilliant blue cacophony of shattered glass. he rested his axe over both his shoulders and heard the noise there it was being summoned already. 

"That certainly didn't take very long. Its it's own fault for not rewarding me the first time. A typical flower I suppose." he shrugged and smiled looking up at it.


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Sash vs Nepent 1 - (4)2 = 8dmg - 8 hp dead
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Smash vs Nepent 2 - (4)2 = 8dmg - 8hp = dead

HP 100/100 
Energy 10/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0

HP8
Mit 0
Dmg 3

HP8
Mit 0
Dmg 3

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

The area seemed to have a slight red flash that Lonzo just noticed down. The irritating sound of the field boss warning broke above in the skies warning players of its arrival. Lonzo looked down to see it once more. He moved his axe to point it at the creature and ran forwards knowing to only use normal attacks from here on out on the beast. 
I have to get lucky and bleed it again which seems to be the best course of action in this situation. Still, will it seem me coming this time?
He wasn't sure if not doing fancy footwork would be the best or not just yet but he'd have to try it anyway. He managed to jump past the variant's root system and cut it down but as he smiled he felt a whip smack him on the side throwing him off to the side.

"Tch, doesn't matter my aim was true you worthless piece of rotten veg."

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basic attack 4 - 10mit= 1dmg with 12bleed
Nepent normal attack = 10 - 18 mit = 1dmg against Lonzo 
Nepent bleeds for 12unmitigated dmg 14 -12 = 2hp left

HP 99/100 
Energy 6/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0


Nepent Variant
HP: 2/15 
Mitigation: 5
Damage: 10
Nepent Variant ignores armor mitigation on a natural roll of 10

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

He ran for it again to strike it dead but stumbled as it rose it's roots to hold him in place pulling his legs down Lonzo winced. He looked up and felt a sharp sting across his chest as it tried to assault him. He growled in pain but saw there was sap coming from the plant. It wouldn't survive after it attacks and sure enough it exploded in that moment after it's a strike. Lonzo sighed and stood up a little shaken from how it did seem to learn from it's past mistake. So it could use its roots to plant itself on the ground and then pull him down. A clever monster indeed. He moved closer looking for the flower and would reach out for it once more hoping this time he had more luck than last time. His hands shook slightly as they wrapped around the item that seemed to float in front of him. So much that he swore he may have destroyed it yet again. He opened his hand to look.

 

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Lonzo loses energy on his roll of 1 -2 energy 
Nepent strikes for 10 - 18mit = 1 dmg
Nepent takes 12 bleed dmg = dead
 

HP 98/100 
Energy 4/10
DMG 4
Mit 18
Acc 0
Eva 0
Luck 0


Nepent Variant
HP: 2/15 
Mitigation: 5
Damage: 10
Nepent Variant ignores armor mitigation on a natural roll of 10

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

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Lonzo sighed as he touched the flower. Again it shattered in front of him. He swore in Spanish under his breath. "Maybe I'm going about it wrong." he looked at his axe and then looked through his inventory. "Is there a way I can harvest the flower easier? Hm, left the cooking supplies at home." He looked at his axe and wondered if he could try to harvest it with his axe. "No it's too delicate. I'd have to just get better and be more gentle." he told himself. He went back to his tree and sat down wondering how long it would take of them all to respawn again. He felt pressed for time but closed his eyes anyway. It'd be dangerous to fall asleep here so he crossed his ankle over the other. It wasn't comfortable enough to sleep like that. He felt as if his body was refreshing itself again. The sweat was being cleaned off him it seemed. He opened his eyes and looked at his energy bar as it went up a tick. 

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

As he stayed there he wasn't sure were Koga even went, or if he was okay. He pulled open his HUD and scrolled through it. "I'm sure she's messaged him already, but still." he sighed and started to write up a letter.
>>To: Koga<<
Hey I just wanted to tell you I walked your wifie to the town we got the quest at. Wasn't sure if everyone met up already or not but I wanted to just put that out there. Covering my bases. 
So far I'm doing pretty well against these things. They're just taking awhile to drop the material. Thanks again for showing me the way.
>>Lonzo<<

He sighed as he sent it. He felt pretty pissed off with the man. Even if he went to look for Nora and Noct he felt that the man ran away from his duties to protect them both. Then of course there was Nora who seemed to just run away on him. He rubbed his temples. He didn't want to get angry over the whole ordeal it'd be a silly farse if he let it eat him. If anything he could battle them in a PVP to show them his emotion and stand on everything. he sighed thinking about that. It wouldn't make anything better and he knew it. It might actually scare people if they saw his true nature. No one liked a lawyer and no one liked self righteous petty jerks either. He'd hold the grudge but he'd have to be quiet about it for now.

[Lonzo 0]

He got up and started to look around. "might as well do something productive while I wait there." he said to himself as he looked around for anything to gather in the area while he waited for the plants to spawn back in. Lonzo was patient thanks to having to deal with a lot of paperwork for the city. In truth there were many parts of his job he didn't like to the point that this game made up for everything. He was gathering around the tree he was leaning up against and felt even after he got out, and secured his job again, he'd come back here just to do something so silly as this. it was something that felt relaxing to him even if he failed or succeeded it didn't matter, he had his hands in the dirt and he loved it. He smiled thinking that he'd have a lot in common with an alchemist that was for sure. Maybe he'd find one to see if they could make him some cologne or soap. He wanted to take a bath so badly it was silly. He hummed a bit as he looked around for a material.

 

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+1 material <3

Edited November 18, 2019 by Lonzo

[Lonzo 0]

Lonzo got up. It wasn't too normal but he also was told that there were chests that could spawn in. he wondered if it was possible to be in this forest as well, hidden away. Would it look like a treasure chest or something else? As he got deeper in the forest he felt very lost. Was his sense of direction that bad or did the forest shift like it did in some of the horror films he had seen. It was then he heard a strange rustling like sound. He stopped dead in his tracks and closed his eyes. it couldn't be could it? Did they spawn already and he hadn't noticed. His eyes darted around the wooded area and he didn't see any of the spawns he was meant to be fighting. He avoided some wolves, boars, and small insects but he didn't see the large plants. He sighed and carried on not worrying about it.

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Edited November 19, 2019 by Lonzo