Mortambo

The plant hisses angrily as Mortambo slashes on of the vines. Unfortunately, this time when it retaliates Mortambo is not quite fast enough to dodge the vines as they whip out and slash him across the face with thorns. Mortambo stumbles back in shock for a moment, and then takes a wild swing at the vine that hit him.

Battle Result: Missed!

Mortambo: 10/11

Mortambo's wild swing misses the mark!

Little Nepent: 4/6

<> Battle Dice Roll

1-5, miss.

6-8, hit, 1 HP of Damage.

9, Critical. 2 HP of Damage.

10, Massive Crit. 3 HP of Damage.

Mortambo: 11/11

Little Nepent: 4/6

Mortambo manages to dodge the vines as they lash out at him. The plant makes a hissing sound after it misses him. "Well this is going well," Mortambo thinks to himself. He takes another swing at the main body of the plant, hoping to get a solid hit in this time.

Battle Result: Hit! 2 damage!

Mortambo: 11/11

Mortambo's swing hits the plant solidly and causes it to bleed!

Little Nepent takes

Little Nepent: 4/6

<> Battle Dice Roll

1-5, miss.

6-8, hit, 1 HP of Damage.

9, Critical. 2 HP of Damage.

10, Massive Crit. 3 HP of Damage.

Mortambo: 11/11

Little Nepent: 6/6

The vines writhe around in the air and the plant creature opens one of it's buds to reveal razor sharp teeth. "This must be the Little Nepent...I'd hate to see a big one!" Mortambo exclaims as he slashes at the vines. The vines dart and dance around trying to catch him but he manages to narrowly dodge them. Mortambo continues, "This quest might be a lot tougher than I expected!"

Combat Begins!

Mortambo (11/11)

Battle Dice: 3

Mortambo's slash at the vines misses!

Little Nepent (6/6)

As Mortambo begins searching the area for the flower he needs, he trips over a log and stumbles into a plant nearly falling. "Luckily, this plant was here to catch my fall," he thinks, but then the plant rears back and swipes at him. "What the--" Mortambo exclaims as he dodges the vine. As he draws his sword and faces the plant he thinks "I didn't expect them to be alive!"

"So you are on the Assault Team? Wow, I want to make it there some day. It was kind of my goal since day 1 to be a tank on the Assault Team, but I kind of got off track," he frowns, "I'm really bad about getting bored and distracted. In real life, I could always log off and go do something else, but being stuck here I just lose focus for a long time." He smiles across the table at her, "I have no idea what to order, I've never eaten here before and I haven't been very adventurous with my eating so far. What's your favorite dish?"

"Yeah that looks great!" Mortambo says as he starts heading towards the <>. "So do you usually just walk up to strangers who look lost and introduce yourself?" he says and grins at her, "And if it's not too rude of a question, what floor are you on anyway? You're obviously way past Floor 1." As they enter the Cafe he tells the waitress they will need a table for two, "Unless you have more friends coming?" he asks and looks back at Ruri.

"Well safe journey on your adventure..." the doctor trails off. "Mortambo" supplies Mort and the doctor "It's nice to meet you. I hope the reagent is fairly easy to find." The doctor shakes his hand and then heads back inside to see to his patient. Mortambo checks his gear and heads out of town to the forest to the northwest. Once he reaches the forest, he starts on the path that the doctor laid out for him, looking around warily for the Little Nepent's.

"Not really..." he looks down for a second trailing off, and then looks back up at Ruri, "Mostly I just buy the bread in the market. Do you know of any good places?" Mortambo inwardly winced a little bit as he thought of how much Col this would cost him, "I'm sure she's used to eating much better than that." He lifts his head to the breeze though, and savors it for a moment as he turns his attention back to her.

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"Friends and family...you are lucky. I don't know anyone here yet." Mortambo hesitates for a moment before going on "Except for you of course!" He smiles at the her. He starts to say "No I'm not real--" then his stomach growls loudly betraying him. He grins sheepishly "Actual I'm starving, and all I can afford is the basic bread and water. Hunting Boars doesn't pay all that well. They said back in the real world that bread and water is all you needed, but it gets really boring after a while."

Outside the doctor's smile is wiped away and he begins soberly "Listen, I need some a very rare ingredient from the forest to make this medicine. I'm sure you were just walking by, but...please. She will die without it." Mortambo nods as the quest accept box appears before him and he quickly hits the Yes button. "Of course, I will help. I can't stand by when someone is in need," he says. The doctor nods and gives him a quick smile saying "Excellent. I need a <>. The creatures are relatively easy to find, but not all of them have the right kind of Ovule. You will be able to recognize it by the Nepent having a particularly large blossom on it's head." Mortambo nods at the doctor knowingly but thinks to himself "I don't know one flower from another! Thank you game system!"

p.s. can you make me one of through things that in your signature?

No problem, what picture do you want? The one on your journal?

Mortambo couldn't help but smile at the younger girl as he replied "I was just...bored." He sighs deeply before continuing, "Just spending my days doing nothing but hunting mobs has killed my motivation to do...well anything." He smiles again and asks "How do you stay so cheery stuck in this game? I didn't realize how good my real life was until I got stuck here." He seems to sober up again, "I miss it sometimes."

One day as Mortambo was walking through Starting City he sees a doctor rushing into one of the houses. "Hmm, well that is interesting, maybe I should see what is going on," he thinks to himself as he crosses the street and heads inside the house. Inside he sees a lot of people standing around a small bed that has an obviously sick woman moaning. Her husband, young daughter, and son watch somberly as the doctor looks the patient over, and when he stands the little girl asks "Doctor, is my mommy going to be okay?" He smiles and nods, "Of course, dear." The doctor then looks up to see Mortambo standing in the doorway. "And here is the adventurer I called for, right on time, to get the medicine I need. Just let me talk to him outside."

((OOC: Loot Dice 19-20 or the required page length to find the rare spawn.))

Doing this quest solo.

Mortambo kind of snaps out of his daze and looks at the young girl in front of him as she introduces herself. He manages to stammer out "Um...yeah, I'm new." He quickly stands and takes the offered hand and bows to her. "I'm Mortambo. I haven't really met many people yet. Mostly, I've just spent my time out on the plains killing boars. It's very nice to meet you, Ruri." He smiles and straightens to a standing position.

After the first few weeks or so of being stuck in SAO, Mortambo was so bored and tired of killing Boars he was just wandering aimlessly around Starting City.

He finally came to rest in the main plaza and slumps onto the ground pulling out some bread to eat. He watches all of the people passing by and thinks to himself "It's been weeks and I still haven't even made a friend. It's just been the constant grind to try and level so I can be on the Assault Team. And since I wasn't a beta tester, even that much is rather useless." He takes a bite of his bread and a sip of his water, and then sighs very deeply, continuing his internal monologue "I need to find something to get me out of this funk, and get me motivated again."

So, in my Earning a Living quest, I created a follow up story line of saving some people from kobolds who have taken over the mine.

I'm looking for 3 or 4 people to join me in taking back the mine from the kobolds. If you are interested, let me know!

Party So Far:

Mortambo

Argrumail

Mayonaka

Echo

Oliver

Primrose

Mortambo quickly relays the events of the day, and Mac looks very worried. "Well you definitely need to do something about it. I'm glad you're going back to help them. But first I need to teach you a thing or two about being a Blacksmith!"

Mortambo spends the next few days learning from Mac, but he finds no joy in it with his mind occupied by the men being held prisoner in the mines. The one bright point about his time spent learning is that now he can give back to the community with his new skill.

END OF RP

Blacksmith (Rank 1)

+2 Skill point (1 for RP, 1 for quest)

+400 Col (1 page completed)

+Blacksmith's Tools

+0 mats (did not actually beat anything in the whole rp...grr)

"Run."

Mortambo immediately dashes out of the clearing and towards the path back to the main road. Once he reaches it he slows down, and listens for signs of pursuit. Not hearing anything he sighs deeply thinking "I didn't even look back. I was too scared. Not much of a hero am I?" He trudges slowly back to Starting City weighed down by the events of the day.

When he trails in through the gates, he makes his way to Mac's shop. "Here you go," he says as he deposits the ore in the corner of the workshop.

Mac looks at him very concerned and says "You look like you're carrying a heavy burden. What happened out there?"

As they get outside Mortambo hears the harsh guttural language of the kobolds. Seth leans down and whispers to him "They are about to execute Jon as an example. He must have helped you fight?" Mortambo whispers back "Yes. I can't let him die!" Seth shakes his head and replies "It's the perfect cover for you to slip away. Just...don't forget about us." Knowing that it was true, Mortambo replied with "Never. I' vow to free all of you as soon as I can." Seth helps him out of the cart, and warily watches the kobolds as they herd the humans outside to see the execution. "I'll tell you when, and then just run."

The man sighs "Mac is a good man. I used to be the head of this mining operation and Mac was one of the few guys who always made his payments on time. I'm Seth." Mortambo smiles "I guess I've found myself a good teacher then. It's good to meet you Seth, I'm Mortambo." The man nods as they make another turn in the tunnel and finally come to a lone mining cart. The man looks inside the cart and says "Actually, there you go. It's all there for Mac, just take it, and then get inside. I'll cover you up, and you can make a break for it once we make it outside. Especially since they probably haven't posted guards yet due to looking for you." Mortambo nods and adds the ore he needs for his quest to his inventory. Then he climbs into the rusted old mine cart and lets the guy slowly wheel him outside.