Ariel - The Crowned Lion

They we're more than holding their own against the new glorified ice statue. With negligible damage taken on their side, Avalanche HP was already in the red zone and the blonde was determined to wipe if off for good. Its predecessor gave a pretty nice consumable reward so she was wondering what would this one drop. Technically it qualified as a better version, stats wise so she wanted to confirm if the drop was of a similar nature. Unlike the last time they meet, ChaseR seemed to hold his own and some, which backed up his boasting from before.

"Don't be, a figure of speech." she replied in a teacher-like fashion as she prepared to finish the boss off. She could try the same attack and break its other knee, bring it down face first but that would be too dull for the blonde's taste. After half a second of mentally reviewing her available sword arts she pinpointed one and not a moment later went for the kill. As she ran, she started spinning her spear like an oversized cheerleader baton until, it caught ablaze then with one smooth upwards vertical slash she divided the massive titan in two equal halves than tumbled to their respective side.

"Hardly more challenging that the first Avalanche!" quipped the blonde with a snort.

ID#180202    BD:10 (Crit!!) x11(24 +2) -75 =211 DMG > Avalanche

[4]ChaseR: HP: 1513/1670 | EN: 147/164 (+1, -9) | DMG: 19 | MIT: 43 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 1 | HOLY: 12 | PARA: 9-10 | BH: 83 | V.(DEF): 83 | HBS: 16 | LD: 5
[6]Ariel | HP: 1590/1590 | EN: 127/156 | DMG: 24(+4) | ACC: 5(6) | AA | EVA: 1 | MIT: 25 | LD: 5 | TAUNT | KEEN:1 | RESTED [1/3] | DoT: -25%, 1 HIT | DoT -27 | BH: 79

Avalanche the Absolute Zero: HP: 180/850 (-185) | DMG: 200 | MIT: 75 | FREEZE: 24 | ACC: 3 | EVA: -2

The blonde was looking over the weaponry on display for them and as people started picking their favorites, she was reluctant to pick the item she put her eyes on. Yes the staff was a more exotic choice that she was interested in, maybe she could even try the warhammer. However, the self-introduction of a blue samurai delayed that choice as she watched him with a grin, making friends among the new people. She didn't pay much attention to the rest other than a summary overview but now she took the time watch then. Most noticeably a rather rude lady that she had to signal Kimba to behave as she passed through and almost stepped on her paw. 

Seeing someone else a weapon beside her brought the blonde back to her current task, pick a weapon from the rack. With a smirk, she extended her hand and felt a plain undecorated wooden mounting of a katana and gave it a gentle knock. With a surprised look, she grabbed it and unsheathed a obsidian black odachi long enough that she needed both hands to hold it in a firm grip. "This will do.." she muttered softly, hoping that she could remember how to wield a katana after so much time without training with one.

Ariel picked up a Sword.

Her eyebrows slightly raised in surprise of the guild name. True, she didn't know much about the guild itself but we was well acquainted with their leader. Overall she wouldn't see a group spearheaded by him as someone capable of eliciting such a reply. Then again, there was a black sheep in any family so she left it at that, as Chaser's wish seemed to be. They've seemed to reach their target location and the blonde threaded carefully. Not because of the boss but the frozen lake on which they walked on. Every crack her footstep made, gave gave chills down her spine. This fact however was pushed in the back of her mind as her companion announced their foe's presence.

It made a spectacular entrance, one that almost had her tumble as well if not for her quick reaction to jump as high as she could at the slightest sign of trouble. With the grace akin to felines, Ariel landed on some debris nearby and stomped on the ice. It seemed stable enough, good. She would completely cast that thought away and focus on the maintain of ice in front of them. As she heard chase, the blonde was materializing her weapon and grinned: "You don't have to tell me twice." 

The blonde closed her eyes and brought her weapon behind her. Locking in on the target's position she concentrated on finding its weak point from the fight with its predecessor. She then charged in, becoming a white blur reflected on the blue ice, reaching the titan in almost an instant and unleashing her most powerful sword art against its right knee. Four fast stabs shattered its icy kneecaps and a final jumping slam, from above, against its head brough the goliats kneeling before the blonde before it could even react.  

ID# 179901  BD: 9 (Crit!)  x15*(24+1) -75 = 300 DMG > Avalanche 

[2]ChaseR: HP: 1513/1670 | EN: 155/164 (-9) | DMG: 19 | MIT: 43 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 1 | HOLY: 12 | PARA: 9-10 | BH: 83 | V.(DEF): 83 | HBS: 16 | LD: 5
[0]Ariel | HP: 1590/1590 | EN: 156/156 | DMG: 24(+4) | ACC: 5(6) | AA | EVA: 1 | MIT: 25 | LD: 5 | TAUNT | KEEN:1 | RESTED [3/3] | DoT: -25%, 1 HIT | DoT -27 | BH: 79

Avalanche the Absolute Zero: HP: 365/850 | DMG: 200 | MIT: 75 | FREEZE: 24 | ACC: 3 | EVA: -2

* You must roll for this boss on a separate roll.
<<Grand Slam>> : On a CD of 12, this boss will raise its arm and slam against everyone in your party, dealing damage to everyone and freezing them in place.
<<Zero Degree Weather>> : The boss radiates negative weather that forces the players to have -2 in their evasion, this cannot be avoided with Survival.
<<Harder Criticals>>: On an MD of 9, the boss will deal +50 DMG. On an MD of 10, the boss will deal +100 DMG.

It's been a while since the blonde even though about the past, even more since she spoke about it like this. In the present and recent past, all her attention and focus has been dedicated towards primarily opening the school and secondly, preparing for the incoming boss fight. Like an old person she seemed to be relating more about herself, more to her own benefit than for the other person beside her. She would note however the sudden change of tone and altered body language. Something she had mentioned didn't struck well and the only thing she could link it to was the three guild name. The most infamous being the Azure brigade.

With a soft sigh she cut her rambling and made a mental note to not bring that specific topic in mind, she knew he was against guilds some maybe something related to the brigade was at the root of that. "No it's ok, I apologize for bringing up such old names." she said with a smile.

She nodded, as she empathized with most of of his statements. However, one in particular she had stronger feeling towards and decided to voice them out. "It doesn't have to lonely. We're almost neighbours. My school is just a floor above yours, on the 22nd floor, next to the Firm Anima guild headquarters." With no hesitation she got closer and produced a map pointing it out. "Here's the Lake of Reflection." in the center of the map, then moved her hand towards a forest. Within a valley there were two icons: A small house icon and the firm anima guild logo. "Most of the valley belongs tot the school on paper. We share it with the guild as they're our friend... sponsors if you want. Their guild leader help me get the funds to open it."

As they walked, Chaser prompted a very important question. The blonde replied with little reluctance, happily reminiscing those days when she just started really playing this game. "The guild had to disband for various reasons but my guildmaster made sure not to help those of us who wanted to push forwards. She recommended us to the biggest and most powerful guild in Aincrad at the time. Needless we got in with little trouble thanks to that. We, her in particular, had a good reputation as The Guardians of Aincrad." this time, the blonde materializes a grey cloak and flipped it on the back. It had four logos, all crossed off with a red X. Pointing at the first one in top, she let a soft nostalgic smile escape: "That was us, Guardians of Aincrad and then the Azure Brigade."

logos:

"Fair enough, I guess that's why it's your familiar and not mine." she replied with a wave of her, dismissing the holographic notes. "The short time it was with me, something felt amiss. Can't imagine if that's what you constantly have to put up with. " she added with half a smile. She never though much of other familiars, other than enjoying the diversity of them. But know she come to appreciate her sometimes troublesome but straightforwards feline companion.

The blonde would spot with the corner of her eye, her health and energy bars fully recharged as well. "What a coincidence, mee too. Shall we?" she asked, with a flourish of her left hand towards a particular group of spiders nearby. While her weapon materialized in her other, behind her back. She was happy to have learned something new about her partner but it hardly changed anything in regards to what she thought about him. 

HP and EN fully regenerated!

The fact that, due to the familiarity of the place, she had let usually air-tight guard down and allowed him to get this close to her without her noticing, bothered her. Next time it might not be a friendly face and instead of a hand on her shoulder it would be a dagger or a sword through her back. Her inner 'scout' acted up and she decided to pick up the slack; her eyes briefly flared, turning from her unusual silver color to a cat-like green as she looked around them. She picked up signs of recent movement but thanks to her tracking mod and the affinity she had for the floor, having explored it in almost all of its entirety, she would see that it none was man-made so she would let out a relieved sigh and return her eye color to normal. "Looks like we're all good." she muttered, once again drawing her attention at Chase. Luckily she didn't miss much of what he said, seeming distracted only at the beginning before he asked if he could join her.

"Of course! I don't mind company..." her reply was cut off by a low growl from below them. "... more company." she corrected herself, after her familiar's on the nose interjection. The blonde took a moment to observe his weapon of choice, an 'upgrade'? from the one he previously used? she couldn't remember but a thing she knew for sure was that the appearance of an item would not equally reflect it's stats, so she brushed it off as either a personal preference on his part or it's stats we're so good that he'd put up with the exterior.

Deciding to let the 'protecting others' remark slide and play the damsel in distress role if necessary, the blonde's curiosity peaked at the new subject of discussion. "I'm sorry to hear that." she replied with visible sympathy, relationships weren't her strong suit and her last one here in Aincrad didn't end amiably. Not wanting to press on that particular topic, she replied to his last question: "My first guildmaster had her blacksmith shop here and I wanted and in the end did, open my own tailor shop next to hers. That was only the start of it though, with time I became real fond of the scenery. And this one." the pointed downwards at her familiar. "enjoys lazing in front of the campfire with me. She would snuggle with me when she was smaller and continues to do so even now that she grew up this big." Ariel then affectionately rubs the lioness under her chin, eliciting a soft purr from the oversized feline.

She let out a low whistle after hearing him so proudly brandish his level and accomplishments. Flashbacks to one or two of the many time she ran and behaved in the same manner towards her parents. In the past, her initial reaction to something like this would be to find a way to turn it around and make light of that sort of childish attitude. But now, having hit one of the milestones she set for herself she would be more supportive, as she would with her own students. "I see you've been working hard towards your goal too since last time we meet." she replied with a kind smile, trying to estimate how much has past since their initial meeting. While failing to come up with an exact number, she felt like it was a very short timeframe and slightly chastised herself for being surpassed level-wise. This would manifest externally as a soft self-deprecating chuckle that would go unnoticed by anyone who wouldn't pay attention.

"You got me there." she added as she got up after tending to her familiar who was now by her side and shaking the wetness off her fur similar to a dog, grooming herself afterwards. "Unlike you, I still have a few quest that I didn't do, ones that I wasn't aware of until recently. So I'm here to put an extra notch on my belt with this new Avalanche quest. Even if it turns out to be a small fry like the original, the fact that I'm back on this floor again made the trip up to here well worth it either way." a nostalgic smile taking over her expression.

As his voice came back to normal, Ariel let out a soft sigh of relief. Not because she was somewhat worried about the familiar but because that she prefer Raidou's usual demeanour. " Can you really call that an answer to all life's problems? I wouldn't." there was a short break in which she cast her glance to the side before focusing on him again. "You shouldn't have to depend on other things or people for that." her tone hinted that the statement included something more personal then just giving out a friendly advice.

The blonde subconsciously realizing it too, shook her head and changed the subject as she brought up her HUD. After doing the total tally of their rewards so far. "We made quite a haul so far, not bad for a few spiders."  she claimed, a little more astute. Taking a look at their energy bar she briefly smirked before asking: "Looks like we can still go for one more round before a break."

The first one to notice the sound of heavy footsteps over the snow was, of course, the feline attendant behind her that instinctively leaped out of the way without looking. Inadvertently landing on top of a previously undisturbed mound of snow, ChaseR earning himself a disgruntled hiss from the lioness. Initially ignoring the noises behind her made by Kimba, the blonde turned around as she felt a hand on her shoulder. It took her a visible second or two to associate the name and current appearance with an old memory but nonetheless she recognized him as her expression slightly changed to a more friendly one. She normally wouldn't hesitate to floor anyone suspicious who would approach her in that manner.

Taking in the new looks, the events that transpired when she first meet him on the 1st floor we're slowly starting to resurface. Fact that was mirrored on her facial expression and body language. "Ah, the cheeky artisan that wanted to become a frontliner. I remember you." she said with a teasing smile. She then noticed her familiar struggling to ward off the snow from her fur so the blonde knelt and helped the lioness out. Knowing too well how cranky she is when her fur gets wet. "What bring you to this corner of the winter wonderland?" she followed up in the meanwhile.

The forth floor, a place packed with with sentimental value for this particular blonde that was effortlessly trudging through the snow. Having first opened shop some close but outside the main settlement's safe zone, she was quite used to these conditions having spend most all her free time on this floor in the past. The same could not be said about her familiar that was camouflaged in the snow. Kimba was doing her best to avoid it's cold touch, stepping in her master's footsteps and growling every time the path was not clear enough.

"You should've remained on the school grounds like I told you." came the annoyed response to the lioness' latest complain. "You've lived here for almost the same amount of time as me, you knew what you were getting into." she ended with a teasing note as she opened some notes on her HUD. She'd fought Avalanche before, several times even but it seemed that like the the bee queen, this boss also had some sort of reiteration. And from what the information brokers told her it would be much more powerful than the queen's. The blonde let out a snort as she reminisced her meeting with the broker, who seemed concerned for her well-being when she bought the info from him.

Ariel | HP: 1590/1590 | EN: 156/156 | DMG: 24(+4) | ACC: 5(6) | AA | EVA: 3 | MIT: 25 | LD: 5 | TAUNT | KEEN:1 | RESTED [3/3] | DoT: -25%, 1 HIT | DoT -27 | BH: 79

"Jubilex?" she muttered with a curious expression. She watched with interest the union between the player and his unusual familiar. The resulting appearance made the blonde briefly remember Shadow's form back from the scouting they did of the boss room. And ponder on the possibility that this black fluid was somehow related to it, which she as quickly dismissed with a headshake. Raidou's explanation about it trying to control could explain the unexpected reverie she had about her father after she was touched by it. She let out a snort as she commented pridefully, more to herself than as to make conversation: "It'll have to try harder than that next time."

However the last sentence spoken in a creepy way did prompt a reply, more specific, a inquiry from her as she tried to process what he said: "Answer? How so?" if anything, it looked like he was covering up in shell and letting the familiar control him. The blonde had a hard time seeing that as a viable answer to all lifes problems. She saw it more as an easy escape... which made sense giving how he acted in general... but still...

Seeing her partner taunt their last prey, the blonde took no time in launching herself forward and performed a vertical upwards slash that split it in two equal parts before exploding in its death animation. Taking a quick glance around, the blonde saw no immediate threats so she took their respite as an opportunity to cast him a raised eyebrow. "What exactly did you casually throw on me?" she asked in a light tone as she gathered the last pieces of the remaining loot. At first she thought it was some sort of new mob that managed to sneak on them while distracted. Now that the adrenaline rush started subduing, she could think more clearly and even coin that goo as possibly a slime familiar??? A unique type whatever the case was since she was sure she had never seen or even heard of a familiar like that, most of the ones known by her were some sort of animal variation.

Ariel activates Heft!

• (0,0,0,0) Ariel | HP:1515/1590 | EN:77/156 | DMG:24(+4) | MIT:0 | ACC:4(5) | AA | LD:11 | BH:79
• (0,0,0,0) Raidou | HP:1170/1170 | EN:54/114 | DMG:21 | MIT:144 | EVA:3 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:58 | VENGEFUL
• Spider 1 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 2 | HP: 33/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 3 | HP: 339/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 4 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
  Spoiler

  ID: 179629 | LD: 14 (3, +11) | CD: 7 
  11,550col, Tier 3 Materials (5), [T3E2] Unidentified Rare Weapon (1), [T3E1] Unidentified Uncommon Consumable (1)

   

Thanks to an admittedly sketchy information broker, Ariel found about a certain new NPC that was looking to mount an expedition in the forest. The details were of less importance for her than the opportunity to scout ahead and on a later date bring a couple of her students to a higher floor and see how they fare. With her white furred familiar leading not 'the' but 'a' way inside the 23rd floor's setlement, she cast a glance over their surroundings. For now it was just her, well actually a small team of two as the white lioness currently sniffing the ground would certainly dislike not being counted in any activity her owner took part. She wore .a long pristine white cape with red accents and silver trims, reaching down to ground level. The kanji "Shirajishi-ryū" on the back showed her association with the newly founded school.

When her familiar came to an abrupt stop and turned towards her, the blonde changed her focus from the beautiful scenery to the players and NPCs around them. There were several players around the NPC that Ariel recognized and she'd first wave at a more armored lady, offering her a smile if she looked her way. She would then sit on nearby bench and revise the note she had received previously: 'An NPC with a bow' her eyebrows slightly raising at the weapon choice 'and a hawk pet' then softly smile at the companion of choice 'on the 23rd's X setlement, is recruiting players for an expedition in the woods.'

"...more of Aincrad becomes... me." was the phrase that caught Ariel's attention. However she didn't have much time to rummage through its hidden meaning as the shadow seemed to target one its taunts at her. "Bring it!" she thought with a prideful and arrogant smirk. Taking advantage that she still maintained her parry stance, the blonde batted back at least half of the debris that came her way. "You seem to be yappin more than I do!" she stopped midway her intended reply as she heard a low chuckle.

Steeling herself to launch another attack, she nodded towards Oscar and offered a voiceless 'thanks' to the one who once again raised her health bar to a highly welcomed value. When she heard someone cry out that the teleport gates don't work, she pulled out her own crystal and saw that it was... unresponsive, no matter what she did. Their safety net had just been cut off but luckily the blonde took great pride in her abilities and had confidence in her team. Crystal still in hand, she turned towards the rest of her team and offered a cheeky sneer as she let it drop to the ground without a second thought.

"You're trying to silence me?! Crawl out of your damp hidey-hole and do it yourself, your minion here clearly can't." she claimed out loud derisively, still grinning as she pointed her weapon at Orgoth. Purification seemed to have failed and she would've plead to try it again when his HP drops in the red. but not anymore now that most, if not all the players were hellbent to kill the scout's saviour. She'll have to leave it to someone who is more influential to try to sway people into attempting it again. It tugged at her heart that she had to repay his sacrifice in this way and while it stirred some turmoil inside her, she was aware that the proud minotaur hero would probably prefer death over this kind of puppet existence... the lioness knew she would.

In that moment it clicked, this is what was going to happen if the minotaur wouldn't have tackled the shadow and she shuddered momentarily at the realization. "We came here well prepared to do something, the kiddy wheels are off now but we still need to accomplish our task. Whoever had some sort of change of heart, STAY OUT OF OUR WAY. Welcome to the frontlines everyone!" she claimed for all to hear before dashing towards the only visible target with a predatory smile on her expression. Passing by @Raidou and his familiar, she gave him a wink as they almost attacked in tandem. Her blade engulfed in black flames as she unleashed her most powerful sword art across the mob's chest, each of her stabs hitting vulnerable spots with pinpoint precision.

POST ACTION: ID# 179616  BD: 8 (8+6-3. FLN proc.)
Sword Art: Dimension Stampede x9*(22 +4) =390 -100 =290 DMG > Orgoth

+3 EN
-4 EN (5-1 Parry proc.)
-14 EN (17 -3 SA)
+1 ACC (KEEN proc.)

"What the..." came her immediate reaction. Her first instinct: to dodge whatever the black mass that has been thrown at her was. But after fighting alongside the alchemist for some time now, she decided to make a leap faith and mentally steeled for impact. First contact came a bit anticlimactic, she felt a small bump on her back which then, as it started to writhe around, she felt... ticklish. "Stop that..." she said with half a smile as she lightly contorted her own body in response. For some reason or other an old memory prompted during that time, one of her father from back when they were IRL. While the details are better left off for another time, a strong sense of pride related to that moment also resurfaced, spurring the blonde to finish off the two opponents that remained.

It seemed that whatever this alien substance was, it meant her no apparent harm as it parted away peacefully to rejoin its... kind and attack (and fail) alongside her tank duo. She continued to watch and gave Raidou a rather perplexed look. She wanted some answers but had to evade a quick attack from their multi legged friends. Being preoccupied with other... stuff she had almost forgotten about them. She showed a predatory smile as she locked on the spider that tried to attack her.

Unlike many times before she activated her most powerful single target sword art and launched an attack consisting of several stabs that she didn't even get to complete before the m ob disappeared in front of her.

Ariel activates Weeping Moon!

• (3,3,5,3) Ariel | HP:1436/1590 | EN:78/156 | DMG:24(+4) | MIT:0 | ACC:4(5) | AA | LD:11 | BH:79
• (6,4,3,6) Raidou | HP:1170/1170 | EN:53/114 | DMG:21 | MIT:144 | EVA:3 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:58 | VENGEFUL
• Spider 1 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 2 | HP: 33/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 3 | HP: 339/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 4 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
  Spoiler

  ID: 179615 | LD: 19 (8, +11) | CD: 3 
  13,650col, Tier 3 Materials (3), [T3E3] Unidentified Perfect Consumable (1), [T3E2] Unidentified Rare Trinket (1)

In the heat of battle, events passed in a blink of an eye but the blonde's mind still seemed to grasp a lull in which to think of totally unrelated things as her body's muscle memory kicked in. It wasn't until she felt something on her back that she realized she got ambushed from above. Mostly sure it was the same mob as before, she let her weapon dance once more, slashing every mob around them. She was particularly interested to finish off the mob that managed to touch her twice already.
Her weapon it seemed to respond to it's wielder's fiery passion as black flames manifested around the item as she once again made a wide swing that hit all four of the nearby. She was pleased to see that two of then continued to burn even after her strike connected until there was nothing left of them but that satisfaction didn't last long as the one she was initially aiming for still stood there. A low grunt hinted at her current state in case the frown wasn't already obvious.

Ariel activates Weeping Moon!

• (3,3,4,3) Ariel | HP:1357/1590 | EN:91/156 | DMG:24(+4) | MIT:0 | ACC:4(5) | AA | LD:11 | BH:79
• (6,4,2,6) Raidou | HP:1170/1170 | EN:54/114 | DMG:21 | MIT:144 | EVA:3 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:58 | VENGEFUL
• Spider 1 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 2 | HP: 33/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 3 | HP: 339/1050 | DMG: 234
• Spider 4 | HP: 69/1050 | DMG: 234
  Spoiler

  ID: 179556 | LD: 26 (15, +11) | CD: 2 |
  13,650col, Tier 3 Materials (3), [T3E3] Unidentified Perfect Consumable (2), [T3E3] Unidentified Perfect Armor (2)

  ID: 179557 | LD: 18 (7, +11) | CD: 12 |
  16,800col, Tier 3 Materials (3), [T3E2] Unidentified Rare Trinket (1)

   

A cry of help was aimed at the two and though she never heard that desperate tone before, she instantly recognize the owner. Something inside the blonde snapped as she saw Assassin's distressed appearance. She closed the distance between them in a instant, leaving a small red blur behind and affectionately guided the small girl behind her as she pointed her spear towards her pursuers. A few questions went through her mind but she decided to postpone them until after they finished dealing with the humanoid bats. It seems the addition of a couple more humans was enough to put their chase to a halt as they started studying the new potential prey via short high frequency clicking and screeches.
"Everything is ok now Sin-chan." muttered the blonde with confidence as she tried to calm her down "take time to recover while we deal with these bullies."

She then slightly turned towards Mari and with a light nod, she marked the bats as their targets. Her expression was not one of somehow comfort knowing that the child was safe but hinting towards a inner churning that she wanted to painfully release upon the mobs. After receiving some sort of confirmation from them, she would stroke Assassin's head one last time before letting go and charging forwards with beast-like ferociousness. Dark flames emate from her weapon and passed onto her prey as she ruthlessly cleaved through the first four bats that were unfortunate enough to meet her weapon's path. It was pretty clear that she wasn't going to hold back this fight.

Ariel activates Weeping Moon!

[2/3/2/3/0/0] Ariel | HP:1590/1590 | EN:143/156 | DMG:23 | MIT:79 | ACC:4(5) | AA | FLN:+4 | KEEN:1 | LD:5 | HB:48  | BH:79 | Taunt | -1 EN [2/3] 
[0/0/0/0/0/0] Mari | ???
[0/0/0/0/0/0] Sin | HP:620/620 | EN:62/62 | DMG:12 | MIT:30 | ACC:2 | EVA:2 | PARA VEN (OFF) | PHASE | BLD: 12

<<Cave Bat#1>> | HP:823/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)
<<Cave Bat#2>> | HP:814/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)
<<Cave Bat#3>> | HP:787/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)
<<Cave Bat#4>> | HP:805/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)
<<Cave Bat#5>> | HP:1000/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)
<<Cave Bat#6>> | HP:1000/1000 | MIT:75 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 | DMG: 175 ([225/275] + Paralyze)

"Worse time to swap off the tank gear.." the blonde mocked herself as she pulled out one of the crystals she got from Baldur and crushed it in her left hand. She pondered about using a potion as well but seeing that the rest of the party was supporting her, she decided to stand tall and continue tanking. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she saw the blue knight not follow up on his attack to take some pressure off her.

"I'll parry the next blow and continue tanking, I'm gonna kick your arse after this raid if you hesitate again Cal!!!" she shouted, hoping her message got through. Grabbing her spear, she took a look at her health bar. Seeing that it was yellow with tinges of green make the blonde let out a relaxed sigh before taking a sharp breath and entering a defensive stance. This time she had her longspear ready to parry the massive weapon that would surely try to punish her again. "Is that all you got? Even a spider bites harder than this." she taunted the shadows around them, hin ting at the spiders farm spot on F22.

+3 EN
FREE ACTION: Using ≪Flash of Rejuvenation#144486 [Crystal]≫ 
+30*Tier HP to all Party II members (+90 HP Ariel)
+15 HP Blood vial

POST ACTION: Using [Parry: Vengeful Riposte].

Seeing @Calrex pull of more hate than her and taking a blow from the boss, without taking any dmg, made the blonde rethink her stance in the party. Lucky her build became more versatile as of late and she could try something else instead of trying to take the agro away. With a gentle hand gesture in front of her, her 'tank' gear shone bright and was replaced by a white feathered spear which she wielded with both her hands and a long pristine white cape with blue accents and silver trims, reaching down to ground level; the 白獅子流 (white lion style) kanji on the back visible for all those who stood behind her.

"Let me know when you want to get the heat off ya Cal. We'll Switch too." she shouted to the now, (to her knowledge) only remaining tank in the team. Slightly nodding towards the first party's tanks. After seeing some form of acknowledgement that her words reached him, she directed her focus towards Orgoth and tightened the grip on her weapon. He was constantly getting battered by the frontliners and verbally abused by the shadow. After a silent prayer for forgiveness she lunged towards him and activated her most powerful sword art. Thanks to the damage buff from Zandra's banner, the blonde should be able to dash out a significant amount of damage, hasting the titan's fall. It was after her critical hit displayed that she mentally braced herself for the incoming attack that might come her way.

+3 EN
FREE ACTION: Using [Quick Change] to swap to the items from the BRI: ≪Shi’s Talon# 134787≫ / ≪Shirajishi-ryū Kendogi#156967≫ / ≪Finger Claw Filigree#151884-1≫

Updated Stats:
[H:3] Ariel | HP: 1770/1770 | EN: 152/156 | DMG: 22+3 | ACC: 6 | AA | EVA: 5 | MIT: 75 | LD: 8 | TAUNT | TXV: 24| KEEN:1 | RESTED [2/3] | DoT: -25%, 1 HIT | DoT -27 | Dote: 3 | THRNS: 30 | BH: 103 | EN REGEN: 3 | [Quick Change: 0/3]

POST ACTION: Using [Charge] on the following attack.

ID# 177963  BD: 9 (Crit. Hit, Keen, Toxic Venom, Rhino's Horn proc.)
Sword Art: Dimension Stampede - x15*(25+5+1) =465 -60 =405 DMG @Orgoth
T3 Toxic Venom: 24/3

-17 -16 EN

Little after teams were formed, the impenetrable vail dissipated as in response to the raiders' burning passion. With a slight gesture she confirmed the nametags of her teammates, smirking at the blue knight and the dragoness with whom she was more intimately acquainted. As they entered, she started scanning the room around them for any changes. None so far as she could tell with her Night Vision but she felt that even her mod wasn't enough to pierce through all the darkness around. 
"Of course he won't show his face again..." she muttered, gripping hard onto the sheathed blade she had in hand. Shadow's taunts did little to affect the blonde, instead she directed her attention towards Orgoth. His appearance almost nothing like the hero statue she passed by on her way here.

With a long sigh, she brought forth her weapon and started walking towards the minotaur. Already team 1and a pair from her's, started swinging with little retaliation from the 'boss'. 'Guess we ditched the purification attempt, they all seemed hellbent to put him down.' The lioness stood in front of the minotaur and looked him right in the eye as her familiar made its way next to her. With a loud metallic 'schwing' she drew her sword and brought the saya in a reverse grip. The sound effect would hurt the ears any who had trained with such a weapon, knowing how fake it was, added just for the sake of dramatic effect. She eyed the sheath, the corner of her mouth turning slightly upwards as she knew that it was the best items that allowed her to use a altered form of nitojutsu.

"Face me with all you got Orgoth!" she challenged the giant before her, Kimba's Howl amplifying the intensity as her voice boomed inside the room. "I'll grant you a warrior's death!" she felt it was the least she could do for him. After all, he ended in that state because he held the shadow back and allowed all the scouts to escape. Reminiscing to that day, Ariel's eye narrowed and flashed green as she glanced around for their cowardly foe. "Then I'm coming after you, bug!"

Howl: +3 Hate [-7 EN]

Ariel | HP: 1770/1770 | EN: 149/156 | DMG: 15 | ACC: 5 | EVA: 2 | MIT: 156 | HB: 48 | LD: 8 | TAUNT | TXV: 24 | FRTHRNS: 21, 6 DOT | PHASE: 40%, 1 HIT | RESTED [2/3] | VO: 265 | DoT: -25%, 1 HIT | DoT -27 | Dote: 3 | THRNS: 30 | BH: 103
@Calrex | HP: 2030/2030 | EN: 171/176 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 4 | MIT: 141 | TAUNT | LD: 3 | ACHILLES: 0.5 | SAFEGUARD | Dote: 3 | DoT: -27 | DoT: -25% | Oxidant | VENGEFUL | BH: 101
@Zandra | HP: 2030/2030 | EN: 191/191 | DMG: 24 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 1 | MIT: 150 | FLAURA: 30 | THRNS: 30 | VO: 203 | KEEN: 1 | LD: 8 | TXV: 24 | Dote: 3 | DoT: -27 | Oxidant | ABS ACC | DoT: -50%, 1 HIT, -25% AFTER | BH: 101
Itzal | HP: 1950/1950 | EN: 168/168 | DMG: 22 | ACC: 5 | EVA: 6 | MIT: 35 | BLD: 36 | PARA | TXCVNM: 24 | Dote 3 | Oxidant | DoT -27 | DoT -25% [1/1] | -1 EN [3/3] | IMM: 30 | LD: 11 | BH: 97
Oscar | HP: 1710/1710 | EN: 165/165 | DMG: 25 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 121 | FLN: 12 | BRN: 36 | BH: 100
@Freyd - The Whisper in Shadows | HP: 1710/1710 | EN: 162/165 | DMG: 26 | ACC: 6 | EVA: 4 | MIT: 79 | THRNS: 20 | FLN: 6 | HLY: 6 | VO: 171 | BRN: 12 | TXV: 24 | EN REGEN: 3 | DoT: -20%, 1 HIT | VENGEFUL | Oxidant | Dote: 3 | Dot: -27 | LD: 8 | BH: 100

What started as a small gathering turned into a veritable feast in a blink of an eye. There were not only plentiful buff consumables to to go around for everyone at least twice but also a impressive amount of players partaking in them. Retreating in the foyer, then blonde went on to check  on the invisible barrier that had prevented her from entering earlier. With a small kick, she would feel resistance but this time it's power appeared to have diminished; she allowed her self a grin before turning 180º and going towards the mass of people that were discussing various strategies or having heartwarming moments that she cared little about. 

Her eyes squinted at the various feasts and picked the one that she lacked on preparing for herself, overlooking their aspect or taste. Her head cooled to freezing point, calculated... she would feel now in the same manner she would before a important match or event, focused only on getting the job done. There would be time for celebration afterwards. 
As she partook on the consumables the blonde would lend one ear towards Baldur's direction waiting to hear the team compositions and a starting strategy. "New" weapon and "shield" on hand, she lightly popped her shoulder and neck muscles before letting out a large breath she didn't realized she kept.

 Buffs+: 

• Negate 1st status condition: ≪ Antioxidant (feast) #152498 ≫
• -27 DoT: ≪ Probiotic 3 (feast) #176298 ≫
• +3 LD: ≪  Loot Die (feast): #176251 ≫
• +180 Overhealth: ≪ The Ultimate Peep (feast): #176190 ≫
• Antidote [3/3]: ≪ Raidou 149538-2 ≫
• +30 Thorns : ≪  Immolation Potion +2 ≫

Updated:

Ariel || HP:1770/1770 | EN:156/156 | DMG:22 | MIT:156 | ACC:5 | EVA:2 | HB:48 | BH:88+15 | V.O:265 | T.V. DoT: [24/3] | 51[+6/2] Frost Thorns | Taunt | +8 LD | -27 DoT | Antidote [3/3] | -25% DoT [1/1] | Antioxidant [1/1] | -1 EN [3/3] | Vengeful Riposte (Parry) | First Crit ignores 40% Mitigation

She hadn't arrived much earlier than the rest, the Tracking mod helping her find her way back here without getting lost in the floor's layout. She was, to say the least, unleased when she couldn't follow the tracks as she came face first against an invisible force. A few more cautious touches with her gloved hand in different places made the blonde give up her hunt and take a rest near a more shaded pillar. It seems she had some time to mentally prepare for the fight before them; if blood was a feature in this 'game', whatever she felt around watching would see a small red streak at the side of her mouth as she bit her lower lip and closed her eyes...  Footsteps and chatter brought her back to her senses, looks like other players were arriving.

"Just wait until you see the inside. That is, if we can get in anytime soon.." came a half amused reply to Shield's initial muse. Stone rustled at her feet as she checked again with her boot if the barrier was still active; a displeased 'tsk' escaping her lips, as her footwear let out a dull metallic sound. She then turned around and made her way towards the newcomers, her eyes glowing in the dark like a feline's before the rest of her form was visible. While her attire was a little different, her demeanor seemed unchanged as she eyed them and then pointed towards the invisible barrier. "Try it yourself." she added with a grin.

Ariel || HP:1590/1590 | EN:156/156 | DMG:23 | MIT:109 | ACC:5 | EVA:2 | HB:48 | BH:79+15 | V.O:238 | DoT: [24/3] | -1 EN [3/3] | -25% DoT [1/1] /

Her eyes trailed at the other player's figure: "No need to say more, we each have our own cross to bear." she replied with a faint smile, her gestures giving the impression that there was more to her reply than just a response to Mari's words. The conversation moved towards Baldur and the mood seemed to lighten up: "Hmm I'm not sure... I'm aiming towards something more... traditional!" ending that sentence with a elongated sigh, she started tapping on her weapon after manifesting it. Something piqued her attention, a sound in the distance which made the blonde instinctively summon her white feathered two handed assault spear.

Squinting her eyes, she looked in the same direction as Mari, coincidentally it was the same direction she picked up the sound from. "I think we're close." she added with a twirl of her weapon. Looks like they've encountered some of the cave's residents and they didn't seem that welcoming to outsiders.

Item Name: Textile Squares
Profession: Weaver
Quantity: 5
Craft IDs: 160381, 160382, 160383, 160384, 160385
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