Baldur

Baldur watched as Acanthus showed him something she was obviously very proud of. It seemed she was trying out a new build. Probably heavy with thorns if she was going to use the RAW sword art. He had seen some people become pretty incredible at leveraging defensive builds to take advantage of that, and she seemed no different. The niche she was able to accomplish with her build was incredible. With a single strike she took the horn off of the piasuhon. When she turned to continue her explanations of the technique to Baldur he was beaming a smile at her, showing obvious pride and excitement at

"I'm on it!" Baldur called out as he immediately followed up Wulfrin's with a swift attack of his own, the katana Zanshin striking as if it cut open the sky and revealed the stars and nebula hidden by the rainy clouds. As his blow landed, cracks once again appeared on the boss, saving the stack of debuffs they had worked to apply. "Got it!" He called out with relief, before cracking open a healing crystal, though only he and Wulfrin were still hurt. "Way to go everyone, back up to full!" He turned his keen eyes back to the boss, willing the HP bar to go lower. "We've almos

"On it!" Baldur called out as Wulfrin relayed his plan. He tried his best to charge up Zanshin, they needed the freeze enhancement to proc for this, but the gaijin samurai had been having terrible luck with getting anything to happen this fight. He needed to time it, but it was always unreliable. As Wulfrin charge, Baldur crossed with him, making an X tech attack with the other swordsman. Throwing himelf into the attack, he was blown back by the double shields. His blow still struck hard, but nowhere near what he needed. "Kuso!" He cursed, and sheathed Zanshin, quickly grabbing both it an

They were slipping into a rhythm. Wulfrin was able to live up to his tracker status and continue to clear the status effects the boss imposed on them. He and Ciela worked perfectly as a team, allowing the rest of the team to focus on what they did best. Putting the floor boss into the ground. "Keep it up!" Mari scored a critical hit, all the enhancements activating from her weapon as she struck, but once again there was blow back from the boss. Baldur was a second too fast, not giving him time to react to the situation before he was thrown by the explosion of reflected force. But he

The gaijin samurai was unconcerned with the new weapon that the floor boss summoned, mostly because Wulfrin almost immediately cast it aside and disarmed him. While he would quickly summon it back to his hand, this opened up a number of opportunities for them. Baldur rushed in, his sword flicking in the light of the thunderstorm above, salt spray of the sea continuing to drench them. Would the storm break and the NPCs return once they defeated the boss? The knight raised his arms, attempting to deflect the blow, but Baldur's form flickered as he adjusted, moving to duck through the guard

► Zettai Ryoiki Cost: 10 SP Passive Requirements: Tech Shift __Effect:__ - Each time the user successfully hit an enemy, All players in the users party gain +1 ACC (up to the maximum of +2), this effect fades when combat ends. This effect stacks with any other existing ACC enhancements/skills (I.E. ACC/KEEN/Rally etc.) - In addition, whenever the user rolls an LD: 20 on an attack that slays an enemy they perform a 'perfect sheathe' allowing this effect to persists until **the next encounter** instead of fading immediately when combat ends. Through a combination of zone cont

Baldur was surprised when Mari suddenly got close, and then embraced him, placing her face against his chest and holding him, and after a moment, he held her back, giving her a light squeeze. When she pulled back and continued, Baldur still tried to make sense of what could make some do that to themselves. Most people stepped off the edge to make it end. He wasn't sure if what Mari did was better or worse, but at least she was here. One foot in front of the last. He wanted to tell her she was crazy for doing that, that she could have come to him. He could have locked her up somewhere private,

Baldur closed his eyes to hold back tears. I would have to come to visit you. But he didn't say the words He couldn't say the words; they would just be more knives. In his minds eye, he could imagine her situation, the horrors of it. She had chosen to do this to herself? He felt furious with Raidou. The man should have known better; should have talked her out of this torture. When he opened his eyes again to look at her, a small tear trailed down his face. "It's called the rule of three." He croaked out, wiping the small tear away with sleeve of his yukata. "Three minutes without air

So many little nuggets dropped in what she had to say. He didn't know about Oikawa confessing to her. He thought Oikawa had confessed to Kiru too. It seemed more like the man was trying to find someone to latch onto, and he could see why he chose the two of them. Though Mari and Kiru had similarities, they were also two wildly different people. If he guessed it, he probably felt that Oikawa saw a kindred spirit in Mari, and someone whose pain and past was similar enough to his own that he felt he could confide in her, and that she would understand what he was going through. Still, Baldur shook

It seemed she was ready to speak her feelings now. He shifted a quarter turn, to show her that she had his full attention without her having to sit there under the full weight of his gaze. They could both still look out at the garden, but his body language was inviting towards what she wanted to share with him. He filled up his little cup, and then raised to his lips, this time sipping it slowly. "Of course." He tried to keep his tone and mannerisms open and welcoming. He wanted her to feel free to speak as much or as little as she wanted. "You don't owe me anything, but I would

Baldur picked up the small cup of shochu and gave Mari a pleased smile, holding it up. "Kampai." He said, then took a sip, savoring the flavors and forming his opinion on the matter, but he finish the small glass quickly. "It's Ume-zing" His eyes sparkled with a little bit of mirth, before he set the cup back down. Supposedly it was bad luck to pour your own sake, but Baldur was never one to buy into superstition, especially in a video game. But he would pace himself. "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, and made time for some girls day out. Connection is important to us in here." There h

As they sat back down, Baldur let Mari's thoughts wander as they wanted. He could see that coming here and talking to him was an undertaking, no doubt she felt guilt and would try to punish herself as she often had before. But she also seemed at ease here, like she could finally let her hair down and breath for a moment. "It sounds like you have had some fun adventures, I'm glad to hear that. You have always been so hard on yourself, it's good to hear that you've made some connections that are truly yours rather than just your pasts'" He fiddled with the flute, not nervously, but mor

Baldur was sitting on the engawa behind the opened shoji panel walls that made up the living room of his main house. During the day when he was home, the panels were always moved open, allowing a nice breeze to permeate the home. It also opened up to beautiful landscapes on either side. The front of the house opened up to the massive pond that his home was built around, and he would often sit there and dangle his toes into the water. Hirru often fished in that lack, and he could see Cal and the others practicing in the dojo from there. But for music, he sought solitude. Not to be alone, b

Thread Summary Word Count: 8,153 Base XP: 8,153 / 5 = 1,630 Baldur Tier 9: x9=14,675 Snow Tier 3: x3=4,890 Quest Rewards 1000 Experience Points ((Snow only, Baldur has completed the quest)) Each player receives: Monkey Agility (Uncommon Consumable [potion]) A strange potion that boosts the user's Evasion by 1. Lasts for one thread. REWARD ACHIEVED | If Sewallus accompanies the party and survives Unlock <<TECH-D>> collected sword art.

The path from the red torii gate to the dock by boat, from the dock to the Coliseum by foot, and down memory lane by heart went quietly. He wasn't sure if he would ever hear from Acanthus again. He liked her. He had hoped they could have spent more time together, and she had seemed enamored with his garden. He had hoped, like many wounded souls before her, they could keep each other company and fend off the darkness together. But she didn't reach back out to him, and he didn't push. Perhaps she felt like he was too broken to be worth the time, but Baldur knew that was fragile perspective.

Baldur watched with baited breath, unable to move from his sword art, as the boss turned its first attack on Ciela. When the strike didn't even move her health bar, he let out another breath. If that was the fight, then they had nothing to worry about. And then something changed. In the chaos of battle, the target was unselected by the system, and he lost sight of the boss. Quickly glancing around, he realized he could see two of Hirru. He selected one, but it showed the cursor of an enemy. He glanced over, selecting the other wise his eyes, but both Hirru were shown as attackable targets

Skill(s) Being Dropped: None Mod(s)/Addon(s)/Shift(s) Being Dropped: Night Vision SP Incurred Towards Limit: 3/50 SP Refunded: 3 Cost: 3000

Baldur looked over his shoulder at Jomei as they made their way to the tavern called "The Red Fox." They were going to help out Wulfrin and Morningstar. They were both very talented fighters, their style very technical, and they were both very considerate about their actions, Wulfrin a single instance of exception anyways. "Have you worked with Morningstar or Wulfrin before?" Baldur couldn't remember who was in Jomei's party in the last raid, or whom he might have fought with in the previous one that Baldur had missed. "They've both managed to impress me. Star wanted to invite u

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Baldur ran in side by side with Wulrin, but unlike a giant bear, they could only get so close together. Baldur slowed his gait and went a little wide. Suddenly, Wulfrin managed to disarm the boss. Shock crossed Baldur's eyes, but the steel grey never lost focus. With the sword gone from the boss' hand, the shape of the battlefield changed. When Wulfrin cleared the space for Baldur, he was immediately coming in from the now empty handed side, using the boss' own momentum against it and crashing the kisera of his katana into the chest plate of the dark knight. Luminous cracks spread over th

Given to @Raidou 4 gleaming scales, 1x Witch's Brew (243240a), and 1x <<Warden's Fury>> | Boss Drop | AA|Para|Para

"Macradon!" a voice shouted out. Geronimo just didn't feel right. Another form was shortly behind Macradon, though Baldur leapt from the top of the changing room instead of the rock garden he so carefully tended. Well, the plants wouldn't die without watering, but he spent months with the base editor interface trying to get this onsen to look just the way he wanted it. But the more pressing concern was the belly flop he was about to have right next to Mac and Mari. He didn't want a cannon ball like Macradon had attempted. He had stood, for a moment, on the other side of the shoj

@Morningstar You're getting the Advanced Map | Last Hit Reward | +5,000 Col and (600*Tier) Bonus EXP for each player. I have one more if you don't feel like it was enough of a good trade.

Thread Complete Word Count: 9,050 words 9050/5 = 1,810 base exp Baldur Tier 11: 19,910 EXP, 3119 col, Cerberus Etching, 1 guild tokens Hirru Tier 11: 19,910 EXP, 3119 col, Cerberus Etching, 2 guild tokens Jomei Tier 12: 21,720 EXP, 3391 col, Cerberus Etching, 1 guild tokens +Unlocked Sword Art: Tech-G +Guild Reward (all 3 are members, Hirru is the treasurer)

Thread Summary: Word Count: 1,950 Baldur Tier 11: 1,950/5 =390x11 = 4,290 EXP 1 mon laurel wreath = 5790 exp * 0.15 Quest Rewards: 1500 Experience Points 2000 col REWARD UNLOCKED post #10| If <<Auron, Coliseum Champion>>, used Stunning Strike at least once during the quest Unlock <<TECH-F>> collected sword art. Ability to participate in 'Defend the Title' and 'Reclaim the Title' follow up quests.