HikariZX

August 4, 2014

Combat Dice - 6 - Success! - 1 Damage

Though the attack connected, it took only a slight bit of health from the monster, though what it did succeed in was dislodging it from the shield and giving it an opportunity to pounce again, though what it did was unexpected, it howled, meaning it summoned another wolf to fight alongside it, though it'd take a while to appear. Hikari decided to waste no time and promptly slashed the wolf's snout.

Hikari - 5/5

Wolf - 2/3 -1HP = 1/3

August 4, 2014

Combat Dice - 6 - Success! - 1 Damage

The moves hit the wolf, though they did not cause very much damage. Hikari, still disappointed, decided to try and fake out the enemy with a shield bash, to which the wolf replied with a bite on her shield's cold steel, reducing its durability. Fangs stuck deep in the shield, the wolf struggled to detach himself, Hikari saw the prime opportunity and charged and fired "Linear" in record speed.

Hikari - 5/5

Wolf - 3/3 -1HP = 2/3

August 4, 2014

Combat Dice - 4 - Fail! - No damage.

The hastily fired move missed the wolf entirely, instead hitting the base of a tree, which shook, but did not drop any fruit. The wolf stood still where it landed while Hikari tried to pick herself up from the ground. "Alright... This time... no skill."

The wolf yet again attempted to pounce her, though this time she successfully dodged and initiated her trademark random slashes.

Hikari - 5/5

Wolf - 3/3

August 4, 2014

As she journeyed to the east, Hikari came across a lake region, complete with a beach all around it, no doubt this the one she read about in the leaflet, that made her sure she was on the right way, though she'd need some training first. Around the area were some wolf-type enemies, seemed easy enough, they had as much health as the boars she previously encountered. She knew wolves traveled in packs, so finding one away from a group was quite exhausting. She found one after a good ten minutes of searching, appraising it and judging its power. Wolves tend to be faster and like to bite their prey, causing them to bleed profusely from the wound, she instantly knew this was a higher leveled enemy and that she had to be careful. While trying to be inconspicuous, Hikari approached the wolf very slowly while charging her "Linear", that was for naught though, as the wolf sensed her immediately and pounced on her. Surprised, Hikari fired "Linear" while quickly dodging to the side.

Hikari - 5/5

Wolf - 3/3

August 4, 2014

Battle dice - 7 - Success! - 1 Damage

Loot Dice - 11 - Item get! - Good quality

Hikari watched as the monster shattered into polygons again, inspecting the items she got from both. Two average looking pieces of equipment sat in her inventory, a shield and a dagger. Though she couldn't care less for the dagger, as it was just as powerful as a starter one, or even worse, the shield interested her greatly, as she was planning on using one in the first place. She equipped the shield, gaining a small boost in defense, though it had no special traits. The dagger she stashed away, hoping it could be sold for Col. Her inventory was getting full, she had three pieces of equipment on, so that gave her just three spaces to work with, the others being filled up by bread and water, as well as the Dagger she just acquired. She needed to save at least two spots, one for the iron scraps, which would be replaced later by bars and subsequently by either the anvil or the hammer. She could use one more, so she decided to just move for the Kobolds in the far east of the map.

Hikari - 5/5

Boar 1 - 0/3

Boar 2 - 1/3 -1HP = 0/3

August 4, 2014

Battle Dice - 1 - Auto Fail! - 0 Damage

As soon as she tried thrusting the tip of her sword into the enemy, it simply dodged out of the way, avoiding damage. Hikari was visibly irritated as the monster was clearly taunting her, swinging it tusks up and down as if saying "Come at me!". Then suddenly, the boar started charging towards her again, though she knew she could handle this perfectly, she swiped around the boar and quickly struck it's back.

Hikari - 5/5

Boar 1 - 0/3

Boar 2 - 1/3

August 4, 2014

Combat Dice: 9 - Crit! +1 Damage

Loot dice: 18 - Good Quality Item

Her strikes had dealt quite a bit of damage on the monster, but it was not yet defeated. Disappointed a System aided simple skill would do more damage than her own style she was accustomed to, she prepared for the upcoming attack from the boar.

The monster charged up, it was a very simple attack to dodge, Hikari simply dashed aside and faced the boar yet again, her practice with her brother up until she started playing had done her well, as she could very easily predict and avoid such telegraphed attacks. She started getting into position again, charging up her "Linear" and thrusting it into the boar with a roar. "Wraaaaaaah!"

Hikari - 5/5

Boar 1 - 0/3

Boar 2 - 3/3 -2HP = 1/3

August 4, 2014

Combat Dice- 10 -Crit! +2 damage

Hikari stood there in awe as she unleashed a skill that tore the boar in half with but one hit, immediately shattering it into little blue polygons. She was amazed at how her body knew the exact motion of what to do in using that skill, as that technique was never a favorite of hers. "W-wow... this power... it feels amazing..." Though she realized it was a system aid, made to help players execute their attacks. "Honestly, though... I kinda prefer my fighting style instead, just a thrust into the enemy is boring... Let's spice things up, shall we?" She picked out another boar from the group, again, making sure to stay relatively far away from the rest. As soon as she was ready, she grunted: "Show time." At that moment, she started swinging her weapon into the boar from seemingly random directions, hitting the boar on each slash.

Hikari - 5/5 HP

Boar 1 - 3/3 -3HP = 0/3

Boar 2 - 3/3

August 4, 2014

The area around the city was just as Hikari had expected from reading her leaflet, a grassy field infested with boar and wolf-type monsters. She needed to level up quickly, as well as gain more Col so she could pay the shopkeeper to make her an anvil and hammer, so she decided to target a boar she found relatively far away from the group. The health meter below the red tag the monster sported read: "HP 3/3", Hikari knew these were the most basic of enemies, just a few basic attacks should kill it. She approached the monster and got into a stance; she learned through the tutorial system in the menu about "Sword Skills", so she mimicked what it said there and her blade shone a dark purple, a contrast to the previously white blade, and she unleashed the attack "Linear", the most basic of attacks, with a growl.

"Hyaa-aaaaaa!"

Boar- 3/3

August 4, 2014

EDIT: (Disregard this thread, it is made of complete misunderstanding of the combat system, I will be making a new one later. Also, sorry for the cheap leveling, I really should have checked out some other threads first...)

The first thing that came to her mind was being a blacksmith; she had always had a fondness for weaponry, so this suited her perfectly. She turned her head to the leaflet that was handed out on the first day, it contained information on the first floor, including points of interest and monster fields. She figured the first thing a smith needed was either an anvil or a hammer, and both could be constructed of iron. She was reminded of the weapon shop in the City of Beginnings, which could make iron bars from just a few iron scraps. While traveling through the city and accepting the quest from an old NPC named only "The Forger", she stumbled upon some rumors that Kobolds near the edge of the map would drop some iron scraps when killed. Though just a rumor, it was the only chance she had. She equipped her blade, a normal, basic weapon, by no means great but that didn't matter, she planned on getting herself a new one as soon as she completed this quest; and also a Leather Coat, just a simple, black, medium-length coat which covered her top half, ending just above the waist. Again, this coat was simple, but it was the best she had and Light Iron Armor suited her best anyway, though she'd need to find a speed-type mat to create an item that she could integrate into her build. Alas, both equipped, Hikari headed out to the field.

August 2, 2014

Â«NameÂ»

Hikari

Profile

Â» Usename: HikariZX

Â» Real name: Rita Arisato

Â» Age: 23 years old

Â» Gender: Female

Â» Height: 1.72 meters

Â» Face Claim: Fujiwara no Mokou

Â»History:

Hikari works as a freelance graphic designer and artist in Kyoto, sharing an apartment with her brother. In terms of personality, Hikari is a very introverted girl who always preferred to be alone, playing on her laptop, though she opens up and is very friendly to those she considers actual â€œfriendsâ€ and she does have a soft spot for family members, especially her brother and sister-in-law; Hikari tends to be cold to strangers, more often than not, preferring to end a conversation quickly than to waste time, though she is always polite to everyone. Hikari has a tendency to like monochromatic objects and her favorite attires consist of only black and white, though mostly black. She is a self proclaimed "nerd" and enjoys playing MMORPGs, which is what led her to Sword Art Online in the first place. While she can be considered of above-average height for her age, Hikari is actually very petite and has a pretty pale complexion, leading to people misjudging her actual strength. In real life, the color of her waist-length hair used to be black, but she dyed it silver in SAO; she also changed her eye color, which used to be a very dark brown, into crimson red. She enjoys eating snacks, mainly crisps or cereal, and doesn't have a very particular "favorite" taste, though she is a very picky eater. Her favorite food is Chips and Steak. Ever since her childhood, Hikari has loved swords and knights and even in kindergarten, she enjoyed pretending to be someone else, mainly a swordsman or archer; she was never truly "girly" until her adolescence, acting tomboyish even now, though she usually keeps to herself, making others think she's very shy.

Â» Virtues:

Swordswoman:

Ever since childhood, Hikari has been good with a sword (though she didn't use a sword then); when she turned fifteen, she decided to hone her skills and started taking kendo.

Righteous:

Hikari places justice above all else and when she does something wrong, she never hesitates to take the blame, although, when she is blamed for something she didn't do, she will go to lengths most people wouldn't dare to go just to clear her name.

Friendly:

Although it's hard to earn her trust, once you do, she's a friend for life and won't hesitate to help you or motivate you.

Perfectionist:

Due to her OCD, everything she does must be perfect, though her definition of "perfect" is quite different than most people's, consisting of her own kind of organization, which most people define as "weird" or "nonsensical".

Strategist:

She loves coming up with a plan to get through a dungeon or a field, though most tactics involve ranged attackers firing from behind tanks to minimize damage and that makes her very predictable.

Unique fighting style:

While her tactics are predictable, her fighting style is exactly the opposite: in the real world, she used to fight weilding a shinai in one hand and using her fist to either counter or even parry the opponent, so when she heard about an extra skill that let you use your limbs for combat, she tried desperately to find it. Until she gets the skill, she fights using only her sword, while blocking with her shield instead of her arm, like she used to, and executing sword skills at a rapid pace, firing them from random directions while she moves around the enemy using quicksteps.

Politeness:

Though it takes a lot to earn her trust, she's very polite to everyone she feel like they're not an enemy, including strangers, though close friends are excluded from this rule, as she talks normally and casually with them.

Â» Flaws:

OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:

Though a minor case, Hikari keeps her room in a way that would seem very disorganized to other people, while she fails to see why. The reason is she has a very particular way of arrangement and, while not really as bad as serious OCD, it is counted as a minor case; the way she arranges things is unknown even to her as no one can notice a clear pattern, therefore, it can only be described as "random".

Anti-Social:

Hikari mainly keeps to herself, preferring to go solo, she almost never agrees to party with others, save for her close friends. This goes farther beyond to complete distrust of strangers, often her having to have known the person, or at least observed him or her enough to create a favorable image of him/her in her mind to even be driven to having an actual conversation.

Idealist:

While valuing justice above all else, her idea of "justice" is extremely twisted, making her seem more like an anti-hero in nature, it consists of a kind of vigilante-like attitude, she feels she needs to bring people to justice at all times. She hates equality, believing it does not equal justice and values individuality and coexistence, despite her anti-social nature.

Perfectionist:

While trying to be perfect, she sometimes over-thinks things and that gives her headache, in the real world, she used to take anti-depressives to help with this and her OCD, but now that she doesn't, she's much more prone to headaches and emotional breakdowns.

Emotional:

While she's mostly cool and composed, she has a short temper and tends to let her emotions run wild when provoked, but in the same fashion as her perfectionism, this too tends to cause her a headache, though this is a lot more serious and can cause her to have an emotional breakdown; the way the former happens is she tends to over-think the same way as when she's trying to be perfect, while the latter results either from extreme anger and unknowing of what to do, or from blaming herself so much, she doesn't feel adequate to be even a human.

Berserker-like Attitude:

When in combat her personality changes completely from quiet to borderline insane, she enjoys fighting tremendously and is always eager for the next battle; this attitude makes her disregard the damage she's taken and completely wipe out the enemy before she's killed, leading to many potential dangerous situations.

Sarcastic:

Her form of sarcasm borderlines on condescension, she hates being asked the same questions repeatedly or being asked a stupid question, she replies with a sarcastic answer. (ex: When her brother asks if she's home when she clearly stated it when entering, she usually replies: "Of course not, I'm still stuck in traffic")

Profession:

Â» Hikari works as a blacksmith in her shop, "Lighting Darkness", where she forges gear for either Col or mats at a reasonable price. Hikari is available to help you get materials to pay her but at least a third of the materials earned in the RP go to her (forging fee must always be paid). Rank 3 - 66/80 EXP

Skills

Skill Points: 0/15 (+1 for every level and completed RP)

Points Spent: 15/15

(Unless stated, all skill points were spent outside of a thread)

Non-combat:

Â» Familiar Communication - 2 (Points Invested: 2, +2 DMG on familiar)

Passive:

Â» Extended Weight Limit - 0 (Points invested: 0, +0 extra inventory slots)

Combat:

Â» Light Metal Armor - 1 (Points Invested: 4, Rank 1, -1 to incoming damage)

Â» Howl - MAX (points invested: 1, generates 3 Hate)

Weapon skills :

Â» One-Handed Straight Sword - 2 (Points invested: 8, Rank 2, +2 damage using a One-Handed Straight Sword)

Original Skills:

Explanation: Skills performed through a sequence of normal attacks, not aided by the system. Usually of power in-between a normal attack and a sword skill.

Â» Brilliant Storm: A sequence of 10 slashes coming from random directions, the basic move of Hikari's special style

Â» Triangle Slash: Three slashes executed in a triangle pattern, taught to Hikari by her brother.

Â» Sword Rain: A flurry of 10 thrusts into the enemy, followed by a more powerful stab to knock it back, learned through a book about European Sword Fighting and Chivalry, this move is better used with a rapier, though Hikari was determined to perform it with a normal blade.

Â» Demonic Wolf's Fang: A combination of "Brilliant Storm" and "Skull Cracker", a move mimicked from "Kobold Miners" in the mountain biome of the first floor. Identical to "Brilliant Storm" at first, the move is finished off with Hikari jumping up and crashing her sword into the enemy's skull.

Â« Fujiwara Volcano: Starting off like the end of Demonic Wolf's Fang, the user swings around the enemy in a circle, slashing the enemy eight times while doing so and finishes it off with an uppercut using the sword.

Inventory

Weapons/Tools:

Â» Basic One-handed Straight Sword (starter) [stored]

Â» Cloth Jacket (starter) [stored]

Â» Light Iron Chest Guard [stored] (viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3950)

Â» Spiked Iron Shield [stored] (viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3950) (+1 damage on a successful BD10 crit.)

Â» 1x Adult Fire Dragon Scales

Â» 6x Healing Potions

Â» Rage [Equipped] (+2 Damage, can't crit)

Â» Helel [Equipped when crafting] (viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3950) (+1 to crafting dice)

Â» Wolf King's Aegis [Equipped] (viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3950) (+2 DST)

Â» 1X Boar Meat (food, does nothing but being food, can be used to cook, though)

Â» Wings of Terca Lumireis [Equipped] (viewtopic.php?f=63&t=3950) (+2 DST; +DR on EBD6-8)

RP Items (used only as plot points):

Â» Sleeveless Black Trench Coat: A part of Light Iron Chest Guard, first trench coat

Â» Winter Black Trench Coat: Gotten by Miaki and gifted to her, second trench coat

Â» World's Eye: The Wings of Terca Lumireis' trench coat, third trench coat

Col: 1200

Transactions:

Â» Bought 2 Healing Crystals from General Store - -1000 Col

Â» Bought "Rage" From http://www.sao-rpg.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=2843The Feather Forge - -400 Col

Â» Sold "Death Blade" to Felicia_raptor - +700 Col; -Death Blade

Â» Bought 4 Healing Crystals from General Store - -2000 Col

Â» Sold "White Knight's Sword" and "Light Metal Chestquard Mk.3" to Primrose - +900 Col; -White Knight's Sword; -Light Metal Chestguard Mk. 3

Â» Gave "Golden Millennium Sword" to Yami - -"Golden Millennium Sword"

Roleplays (Unless stated, all RPs are in progress):

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3862 [Completed and locked, despite accidental breakage of the rules] (only part 1 of the quest, the profession hasn't been accepted yet)

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3942 [Completed and locked, part 2 of quest, profession added: Blacksmith]

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3988

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4163 [incomplete]

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4120 [Completed]

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4153 [Completed]

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4473 [Completed]

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4324

Â» viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4424

Relationships (optional)

Â» Miaki (Friend; Guild Leader)

Story Thus Far (optional)

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