Amira

Or she could start investing in Search and Detect, or the sneak skill... That sounded like a good idea. If she grandmastered the sneak skill she could get autohits and extra damage on her attacks. She sighes to herself, debating whether or not to invest these skill points right now or if she should wait and go ahead and get Ferocity before she started to try to get sneak and hide.

Well, now she had six extra skill points. She frowned, wondering what she should invest them in or if she should wait and save up for the Ferocity mod. Now that she had athletics, Ferocity was the last piece to her getting maximum damage. After that she couldnt go any further with damage... She wasnt sure what else to do once she got that. Would she go after modifications for her charge? Or start getting more mitigation?

Scarlet frowned at the shadow version of herself. The final boss. She aimed her rapier and activated Over Radiation, dancing and stabbing at the dark version of herself. Her blade hit the creature 14 times, killing it almost instantly. She had thought that this would be so much harder. She slowly opened her eyes and she was back at the waterfall, sitting on that stone. She could tell that her memories were back, but she didnt feel any different.

 ID# 57998 results:

 Battle: 8 18x14= 252-10= 242 DMG

Manta: 169/169 EN: 33/41

<<Final Inner Demon>> is a single time spawning Quest Mob.
HP: Dead/127
Damage per Attack: 137
Mitigation: 10

She sighed. The last one. She wasnt an idiot, so she could guess that she would probably end up fighting herself in some form or another. She stepped forward and placed her hand on the door, gently starting to push. The door slowly started to open, and she could already tell that something was very different about this. She shoved the door hard enough that it opened the rest of the way on it's own. Behind the door wasnt a void, but the same black grass and white sky. She stepped through and glanced back to see her shadows self approaching, it's darkened rapier drawn.

Scarlet was very creeped out and nervous about this whole thing, so she tentatively entered the third door. Just like before the shadows in the void shifted and swirled around to forma shadow copy of Zelrius. She didn't hesitate, sprinting forward to stab into him five times. She had already come to the conclusion that he had never realy loved her and had only been leading her on. She blinked again and stood outside of the fourth door.

 ID# 57996 results:

 Battle: 10 Neutron: 20x5=100-7= 93

Manta: 169/169 EN: 31/41

<<Third Inner Demon>> is a single time spawning Quest Mob.
HP: -8/85
Damage per Attack: 91
Mitigation: 7

Scarlet blinked again and she was back in front of the doors, the previous two now crumbled stone wreckage. She wasnt sure this was healthy, going through her mind and destroying parts. Probably not the best idea, but she was just doing what the quest had said. She glanced over at her shadow self before quickly glancing back away, to the third door. Third time's the charm.

Scarlet stepped into the dark void, her rapier already unsheathed and held ready. The shifting shadows swirled around to form a tall, broad shouldered man with a gigantic sword. Dom. She rushed forwards and thrust her sword into the shadow Dom five times, destroying it. She supposed in a symbolic sense she this was her letting go of Dom's death.

 ID# 57995 results:

 Battle: 7 Hit! Neutron: 18x5= 90-4= 86

Manta: 169/169 EN: 34/41

<<Second Inner Demon>> is a single time spawning Quest Mob.
HP: -30/56
Damage per Attack: 61
Mitigation: 4

Manta entered Ariels shop and picked up the vest, putting down ten materials in it's place. Now she could fight with even more style than before. Her wardrobe was changing so often that she might as well just get an item from an artisan instead, and just use vanity clothing. It was a bit too late at the moment though, with her having already ordered this. She equipped it and walked out of the shop.

+ Dress Vest

-10 Mats

There was nothing to it other than to continue on. That last one had been creepy and frightening, to be sure, but she wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible and get those skill points. She walked forwards slowly to the second door, pushing it open and looking in on the void contained inside. She wondered what would show up this time, that she would have to stab. 

Scarlets eyes widened as she saw Vyce, no, Erin, appear in front of her in this void, tears rushing down her face. "Why did you leave me Manta?" She screamed out, rushing at her, clawing with her fingernails. Scarlet quickly unsheathed her rapier and activated Accel Stub, stabbing the ghostly apparition three times until it burst into smoke. She blink and she was standing back in front of the doors and her shadow self, who was grinning more widely than before, if that was even possible. 

 ID# 57993 results:

 Battle: 4+4=8 Hit <<Accel Stub>> 18x3= 54-3= 51 DMG

Manta: 169/169 EN: 38/41

<<First Inner Demon>> is a single time spawning Quest Mob.
HP: -9/42
Damage per Attack: 46
Mitigation: 3

So far everything was going just like she had heard, except much, much creepier than she had expected. She stepped forwards, through the tall black grass and through the first door, wondering what sort of terrible thing would await her on the other side. According to the stories it would be personalized, and generally traumatic in some way. Her hand fell to the pommel of her rapier as she pushed the door open and stepped into the black void inside.

This wasnt the pure black space that she had expected from the stories that she had heard, but it was similar. Supposedly this place represented the inner recesses of her own mind. It looked like there was a lot more dark in her subconscious than she'd known. She turned around to see a dark figure approaching, her height and shape, some sort of shadow copy of her. It smiled and motioned with it's hand as four doors appeared behind it, grey instead of the pure black and white contrast of the sky and grass.

She sat there for a few minutes, her eyes heavy from boredom. She was literally sitting on a hard rock in front of a waterfall. The sound of rushing was still surprisingly peaceful, and she felt her eyes closing of their own accord. As they closed completely, she forced them open again, except now she wasnt sitting in front of a water fall, she was sitting in the middle of a field of black grass, with a pure white sky above. 

Scarlet walked to the center of the pool of water that the waterfall emptied into,  a bit nervous about this whole affair. She had heard that this quest could drive people crazy, and sometimes not even work. She could be sitting there for hours, waiting for something to happen, and then be disappointed. She took a seat on the rock in the center, crossing her legs like she had seen monks do in movies. Hopefully this would work. 

Scarlet frowned as she approached the Waterfall of the Sage. She knew that she had told Crimsa that she wasn’t going to go seeking out her memories, but she was actually quite curious and this seemed the best way to accomplish her goals. This way she had an excuse to regain her memories. Just that she was doing a quest and happened to get them back at the same time, along with getting a good number of skill points as well.

Dress Vest: +3 EVA

Ring Thing: +3 ACC

Rapier Thing: +6 DMG

Crusher: Heavy Armor, vanity

Scarlet walked into the tavern on the eleventh floor, having recently regained her memories during her taking of the <<Calming the Soul>> quest. Still, she was a different person now, even with those memories having been restored. In fact, she had condemned her old self as being a bit of an idiot. Why would she go into hiding? It wasnt like there was any threat to her just because a boy she had known had died. She glanced around, her eyes focusing on Takao, who was dressed casually. She glanced down at herself, taking note of the dressy black vest and white collared shirt that she was wearing, along with the black skirt. Compared to him it seemed as though she had overdressed.... She didn't introduce herself, even though her appearance was different, and instead found a seat at a table towards the back. 

 ID# 59237 results:

 Craft: 5

 ID# 59238 results:

 Craft: 8

 ID# 59239 results:

 Craft: 4

 ID# 59240 results:

 Craft: 9

 ID# 59241 results:

 Craft: 6

Ill take this for the SP.

Complete!

Manta: 3 SP, 1400 Col, 1 Mat

As Manta leaned back, the entire wall behind her collapsed, and she fell over, out right next to the entrance. It seemed as though the exit had only been a few rooms over. The big boss bandit approached her, and she scrambled to her feet. She unsheathed her rapier and charged at him, activating Over Radiation. Her rapier stabbed and she twirled, killing the boss easily. She smiled gently. Too easy.

 ID# 57921 results:

 Battle: 10 19x14= 244

 Craft: 12

 Loot: 20

 MOB: 10

Bandit Warden: 0/200 Hes dead Jim.

Manta continued to look around, thinking back on her times with Erin and how they had met. The girl was shy, submissive, and likely traumatized. She sighed, her thoughts turning back to finding her way out of this place. She frowned, sheathing her rapier and leaning up against the wall to think. This was just taking way too long.

 ID# 57917 results:

 Loot: 9

Manta actually felt really really bad for that. She sighed, glancing around and wondering where she was in this place. Was she underground or something? Did she need to find a ladder or some stairs? She had no idea where the exit was, and she'd been wandering forever. She made a promise to herself to give Erin plenty of loving and hugs when she got out of here to make up for all of the time that she spent away from her.

 ID# 57914 results:

 Loot: 11

She walked for another two minutes, still not finding the exit. Her mind drifted by to the beautiful young woman that was her girlfriend, hopefully soon to be her wife. She felt bad for leaving Erin alone so often and so long. She supposed that whenever she did see Erin she did her best to make her happy from some sort of guilt that she felt for leaving her by herself.

 ID# 57911 results:

 Loot: 1

She heard footsteps coming from behind her and unsheathed her rapier once again. She had quite a bit of energy still, but she was starting to worry that she might run out before she got out of this place. As the bandits approached she activated sweep once again, killing them both quickly and easily before heading in the direction that they had come form in hopes that it would lead her to the exit.

 ID# 57909 results:

 Battle: 4+4=2=6 Hit! 17x2=34-20= 14

 Loot: 8 Fail

Manta: 160/160 EN: 33/40 

<<Bandit Guard>> 0/14HP Damage: 16, +1 Acc, +2 Eva, +20 Mitigation

<<Bandit Guard>> 0/14HP Damage: 16, +1 Acc, +2 Eva, +20 Mitigation

Manta's frown turned to a scowl as she once again ended up in the exact same place. It looked like she needed to backtrack and take a different turn somewhere further back. She was starting to wonder if Erin was worried about her yet. Probably not. Manta had left Erin by herself in their room in that inn multiple times, not even worrying about her. She felt pretty terrible about that now.

 ID# 57907 results:

 Loot: 1  Fail...