Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 #1 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Raidou eagerly donned his gear, setting aside the sheets of paper filled to the margin with calculations and plans. They lay strewn across the large wooden table of the Firm Anima guildhall, a guild that found little activity as of yet but soon. The cogs were in motion, each day a step toward the bigger picture with each footfall and quest completion. A flutter of the red cloth that usually found its place on the guild masters shoulders, it was time once again to fill up the vault and allow the rest of the guild to continue to sharpen their respective skills to a fine point. But this task required materials and resources to prosper, Raidou took this task in solidary without pause. This is what the others needed, a strong push forward and Raidou was content on doing so manually as to rig the odds in the player bases favor. Raidou consumes Lemon Berry Palmiers (+3 Loot Dice) Spoiler Raidou, The Red Wanderer: Level: 31 HP: 620/620 En: 62/62 Weapon: The Black Star - Genesis [1HSS] (T1/Perfect): Paralyze 1 (9-10), Taunt (+1 Hatred from Attacks/Howls, +2 on Focused), Vampiric [Offensive] 1 (Recover 10% of Total HP on 9-10) Misc: Onyx Spectacles [Trinket] (T1/Perfect): +3 Loot Dice Misc: Red Wanderer's Robe [Light] (T1/Perfect): +3 Evasion Skills: 1 Handed Straight Sword: Rank 3 Parry: Obtained Gatherer: Obtained Searching: Rank 5 (GM) Concentration [Extra]: +1 Accuracy on next attack, 3 turn cool down Battle Ready Inventory: Auric Sol [1HSS] (T2/Perfect): +6 Base Damage Self-Heal Recovery Potion*4 Teleport Crystal*1 Swordsman's Gauntlet [Heavy] (T2/Perfect): +54 Damage Mitigation Edited March 21, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #2 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Raidou proceeds to the closest city, using the warp gate to carry him to floor 21 with a quick shout of the number, glowing blue light tears reality around him before his feet find the familiar scenery of Tomoika. Still littered with varied carts of unearthed stone, pickaxes gracing the tops of each denoting the function of the village. Raidou, however, paid little mind to the area, other than a few darting glances to check for green players he would wish to avoid. Sliding in and around the enclosures, with back to the walls of the buildings that made a ring in this city Raidou makes his way subtly to the quest board. A sporadic motion rips the quest menu open on the front of the board, and shuffling it down with rapidly moving eyes finds his target and fires a stopping finger. [Quest Accepted!] Raidou checks his log to assure it was the correct one, then takes his leave as fast as he arrived. Back down the winding paths that comprised the cavernous ring of aincrad, hidden from the sun. Raidou finds the nook he frequents and slides himself into the small break in the wall and moves right to the familiar patch of herbs, assuming they've missed him since he's been gone. ID# 138427 results: Craft: 5, Loot: 14+(5/3/3)=22, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 3 Edited March 21, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #3 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) The plants seemed to respond to the wanderer as if speaking to him and saying hello, easily offering themself up to the swordsman that frequented the location. Raidou gladly received the bounty from the patch as it offered, the golden leaves of these units of golden thread would do nicely as potions at this level of maturity. Collecting the lot in a small pile to his side and keeping a mental tally of how many he was removing. The small grotto seemed fruitful today, more than likely left untapped in his absence. The place seemed relatively undisturbed and everything although replenished seemed to mirror when he was here prior, right where it was left barren. The plants seemed a little more varied this time around however as if the vacuum of growth allowed others to take their place. Staring back at him now was a rainbow of the color of reds blues greens instead of just gold. ID# 138428 results: Craft: 8, Loot: 14+(5/3/3)=22, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Material 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 7 Edited March 21, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #4 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) With a pause of the hand between each and a growing mass of gold leaved plants at his side, Raidou was making excellent headwind on his projected target amount. Shifting himself over and honing in some of the green to add to the gold, these plants being base heals useful in forming more drastic philters and brews out of richer herbs allowing the potency to improve multiplicatively. These to began to amass in quick removal as Raidou had little issue retrieving such given his experience and the sheer frequency at which he had performed such a task. The pile was starting to become quite daunting from a distance in the rainbow-colored light that emanated from protruding crystals that formed on the walls in shades of blue and red, but Raidou would have nothing less than everything contained in this small grotto lining the guild vault for his members to utilize. ID# 138429 results: Craft: 8, Loot: 1+(5/3/3)=12, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 10 Edited March 21, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #5 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) The patch begins to become bare leaving nothing behind than small patches of picked clean dirt littered among breaks in the rough stone floor with small rounded rocks now visible most likely worn smooth from age and moisture. Having spent what the node could offer, Raidou starts to claim his load adding it to a satchel used for carrying such nuggets of potion making. Unbuckling the holster on his leg and depositing them singularly with care as to not damage them upon entry. A tap of his hands to remove the deposits of gunk that found hearth in the layers of his skin with small puffs of it breaking free in its rather humid level, the nomad stands and takes to the back wall. The same wall that held gemstones prior, ones that Raidou aimed to collect once more. It spoke back to him with small glimmers in the rough, the light causing a reflection response. ID# 138430 results: Craft: 5, Loot: 8+(5/3/3)=19, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 13 Edited March 22, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #6 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Beneath the cracks and crags of the rough and pocked surface of this grotto back wall lay small shines of jewelry material. Retracting his blade and using it as a wedge, a small chisel with the dulled point begins to pup the gems free, each landing with a thud to the floor with a loose collection of pebbles in their wake. They scatter about clacking against the granite surface beneath the wall, the colored gemstones landing near them. Raidou paid no mind to them, letting them fall where they may as he kept his pace of extraction, moving from one to the next without pause. A ruby An emerald Sapphire Raidou assumed that was what these were and found them fitting: red blue and green is a more primary set of hues, assuming each would have their own use when cut and socketed into bands and necklaces or whatever else Kasumi chose to craft them into. ID# 138431 results: Craft: 4, Loot: 7+(5/3/3)=18, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 16 Edited March 22, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #7 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) A continued rhythm and pace that does not waver or falter as Raidou continues to extract that which would be of little use to him but prove invaluable to his cousin. Raidou can't help but focus on the point that Kasumi was here, and although he would not wish her to could not stop her from putting herself in harm's way. At the very least with her by his side instead of venturing alone, he could try to put a barricade between her and the hazard. But the first steps would have to be cleared first, they would need to be prepared and this small serene action played quite the part in the grand scheme of things. After all, a journey is nothing more than a myriad of steps. The sounds of the compressed minerals continue to fall free with each wedging and pull, creating a sizeable collection at his feet and with each the success of his goals. ID# 138432 results: Craft: 10, Loot: 2+(5/3/3)=13, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Material 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 20 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #8 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) With the final few breaking loose from their enclosures, leaving the waterlogged wall pocked from the moisture and age empty of all but cool grey stone. Raidou recovers a linen bag that has seen some use as of late, used for the same and begins to tag each of them and toss them in. "Quite a number." Raidou whispers to nothing more than an echo, without realizing it was spoken aloud. 10 and 10 The numbers scattered through his mind, before he deduced that he needed to change types. Luckily this garden hidden away in such a nook found all sorts for retrieval and a rounded boulder to his left but a few feet were laced with unrefined metal veins. What was blood red in color prior was now a dark blue, more than likely a different type of mineral. Having collected up all at which he had removed, Raidou ties the satchel to his belt. ID# 138433 results: Craft: 9, Loot: 20+(5/3/3)=31, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Material 4*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 24 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #9 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Unsheathing his blade with the intention of using it as a makeshift pickaxe, Raidou slams the blade against this node of colored lines. A resounding echo of the impact bounces around the cavern, reverberating off the small pocket until it falls silent having aged to a halt. What remained was hunks of jagged edged stone, in a small heap of fragments of what was once a complete sphere. A flourish of his sword and sheathing what was hefty, the black star returned to its home Raidou kneels and begins to pick through the wreckage. Quite a few become instantly apparent they will be useful, more metal than rock and Raidou shifts them out of the pile to his right. Then through processes of elimination begins to toss devoid pieces over the shoulder to allow a more fruitful comb through what remained, in attempts to make the task easier by reducing what he had to pick through. ID# 138434 results: Craft: 11, Loot: 15+(5/3/3)=26, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Material 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 29 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #10 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) It seemed as though this node was richer than the one prior given the fact that it yields 12 stones usable in refinement rather than the previous 10. Raidou was not going to argue the fact however, the more the merrier after all. Removing a small bag that mirrored the one he had set aside for Kasumi's gems, this one was for Griswold. Tossing the stones into its lining, the sense that the guilds blacksmith would more than appreciate receiving this small sum of metals from him as to continue to forge. Griswold seemed to have a similar drive as Raidou had for potions, and the nomad couldn't help but see the affinity. Perhaps the act of forging proved the same as Raidou brewing had, helping ground oneself and clear your head. One day maybe Raidou would ask the smith, for why his hammer never fell silent. For the reason, he kept making blades. ID# 138435 results: Craft: 6, Loot: 3+(5/3/3)=14, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 32 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #11 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) This would have to wait until the guilds footing was more solid, however, as there were more pressing matters at which to attend to. With 3 of the 6 types in his possession, Raidou moved on to another. This being tailoring goods which notably found hearth in either natural facets: webs, cotton, vine or in more man-made ones being produced bolts of the stuff in crates of old. Raidou returned and looked up to the crack and crevice in the upper most corner of this hidden cavern that webbing was found prior, and sure enough it seemed as though the pocket had regrown either through cardinal or the creature that had produced such. Either way, Raidou was thankful for the fact and retracting his sword and beginning to use it as a spool started to peel the cables from the grotto wall for weaving into some cloths that may serve the masses. ID# 138436 results: Craft: 4, Loot: 1+(5/3/3)=12, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 2*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 34 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #12 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Winding away at the webbing adhered to the surrounding stalactites with them tearing away with a surprising tearing noise as they pop free. Taking a folded cloth and balling the material up in the rag to keep it from sticking to everything in his inventory, adds it to a third bag for Firm Anima's tailor. The stuff seems to follow back in bunches, Raidou seeming to only scratch the surface of what was actually here. Without pause or hesitation continues to peel and pull away more and more and with each extraction proceeds to ball it up and bag it in technique and meticulous rhythm. Raidou steps up a bit precariously on a slightly slanted rock as to reach up higher, digging deeper into the crag as he further removes what lie laden within its receptacle. His blade was heavy, more so when held overhead but it was the tool he had on hand. ID# 138437 results: Loot: 16+(5/3/3)=27, Success! 2*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 36 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #13 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Unfit for such a task and despite how difficult and draining it was to use his sword to do so he would continue until the crevice was emptied completely out of webs, retracting another lump of netted up spheres of it from the tip of the black star. Finally being able to reach in deep enough to touch the back, as he connects the point with the stone hidden behind it all twirls his blade and removes the last of it. "There we go," Raidou whispers as he hops down and divides them into sandwiches of fabric with webbing enclosed within. That was four of the six, on to the next. Recording crystals in a flower of protruding glass of rainbowed hue fired out from an oval stone in a jagged outcropping. Raidou took to them while withdrawing an empty bag to keep the resources segregated to keep them from potentially damaging one another. ID# 138438 results: Craft: 11, Loot: 12+(5/3/3)=23, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Material 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 41 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #14 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) With a place of his index finger and thumb at the peak of where these objects found their way out of, Raidou presses down and wiggles them softly. Rocking them back and forth in subtle movements until a soft popping sensation rings through his hand, with it a few displaced fragments of stone. Wrapping more of his grip around it and carefully extracting it upward with both hands, not sure if it was fragile or not and wasn't about to test such a fact. Wrapping a bit of the same fabric to create a buffer Raidou adds it to his bag. With a repeat of this method Raidou manages to remove quite a few more, leaving none to harm with his devoted caution. Quite a few remained behind, Raidou wiped some sweat from his brow to stop such a base function from distracting him when it mattered most before he chose to continue. ID# 138439 results: Craft: 3, Loot: 2+(5/3/3)=14, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 2*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 43 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #15 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) With the liquid removed from his head, he adjusts his glasses on his nose and pulls his robe tighter to not have it restrict his movement. Recurring method and grace of his experiences with doing so, Raidou keeps pulling more and more from this small node. The wanderer was eager to take all it was willing to offer and hoped that there wasn't some flaw in these pieces that he was not aware of. He had not thought before now, that given his lack of knowledge in these pieces may have begged they were unfit for utilization. Surely if this was the case the guild would bring such to his attentions, however, or so he would hope they would as he was always listening to those that would offer guidance. But it mattered little now, Raidou chose to drop the notion from his mind and focus on what he knew and how best to use his time. ID# 138440 results: Craft: 4, Loot: 13+(5/3/3)=24, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 46 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #16 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) The day was moving forward, and the nomad decided he shouldn't spend it deliberating on theory and instead on action. The crystals seemed more held in their containment as he pressed on, each becoming more difficult than the last to remove. Taking a gambit and applying a bit more force, it pays off and allows the routine to continue. Raidou does, however, take a special survey of these removed few, checking their surfaces for any damage that may have transpired to the increase in pressure he had to exert to remove them from the oval stone upon which they found hearth. They seemed no different visually, so if the extra force had caused them damage it was minor enough for him to miss and he was convinced his eyesight was keen. Again with an active press forward, Raidou tried to keep himself from trailing off into a quizzical mind that he was so often trapped within. ID# 138441 results: Craft: 1, Loot: 8+(5/3/3)=19, Success! 2*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 48 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #17 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) Gathering a final two leaving nothing more than a barren stone in the harvests wake, Raidou taps his hands in response pleased with how it turned out despite turbulence upon their removal. Standing and dusting the soot from his kneecaps, patting away in clouds of the stuff with each strike. Wrapped up in the bag they were contained in Raidou ties the twine about its opening before tying the thing under his robe to his belt. This node was now empty, finalizing the collection of this type of resource leaving just one remaining: Foods. This type Raidou was at least somewhat familiar if it was plants he was harvesting. Last time he claimed brownish mushrooms from atop a stone being berated by a trickle of water, and still present in this cavern with new overgrowth was this very material. Taking to it and shooing away the small cave lizards that used it as a food source, Raidou starts the process. ID# 138442 results: Craft: 4, Loot: 19+(5/3/3)=30, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +1 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 51 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #18 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) They scatter in a fray with some of them adorably hissing at the intrusion of the player, before running away up the wall out of sight. A couple have small nibbles on their stocks before the bloom, Raidou makes a note of this and leaves these where they sit. The small fauna could have at the ones they have already taken a bite out of as although they could be of use, Raidou didn't want to claim their food source and damage the cycle. The others however the nomad began to remove at the base, each with a subtle snap as they break away. Tossing them into his last empty container with small tosses given they were a heartier sort then the glass appearing crystals Raidou was sure, they cause the bag to stretch a bit with each halting momentum. With deft hands and quick removal, four enter the satchel rather rapidly. ID# 138443 results: Craft: 7, Loot: 3+(5/3/3)=14, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +2 Bonus Material 3*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 54 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #19 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) For the man that took to gathering above all else and it showed in his actions, his experience unmatched it seemed except by Ceres who seemed to emulate his skill in such an affair that most deemed trivial or unnecessary. However, it was this very affair that helped center his thoughts, process himself and maintain a sharp and calm state of mind. Although it was useless to others to the wanderer clad in red it was invaluable not only in material gain or wealth accrual but keeping a sense of humanity ever-present in his head. It grounded him and kept his feet planted in reality rather than flights of fancy, and the off effect of having a surplus that would be of use to others was a more than welcome addition. The final few lines the bag he ties up and adheres to his frame, this was the last segment. ID# 138444 results: Craft: 10, Loot: 20+(5/3/3)=31, Success! [Gatherer Activated!] +3 Bonus Material 5*T3 Materials Obtained! Total T3 Materials: 59 Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted March 21, 2020 Author #20 Report Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) The red wanderer had more pressing matters upon which to attend. After all, Lyle was waiting and Second Lessons would need to be completed, for which he was a part of the affair to prove his own capability and improvement as well. The guild would be tested to show that they could work together, and what better than trivial tasks where the pairings changed. That was his plan, to swap the members until they all became familiar with one another with the occasional inclusion of rogue elements to also stress outward interaction alongside it. After all, Aincrad was a large place and they were not alone in this world like a cage created by a mad man. Raidou found his way out, back to the mining town of Tomoika where a rising amount of green players started to collect given the passage of time allowing the day to ripen. Raidou was still not comfortable around them, but perhaps soon he could rid himself of his own discrepancies and find a place where he didn't have to hide from them. But today was not that day... Looking for Chest: ID# 138445 results: Loot: 1+(5/3/3)=14, Failure! Edited March 23, 2020 by Raidou Link to post Share on other sites
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