Niklaus

February 25- Attempt 9 & 10

Niklaus opened the doors to the French Quarter. Jazz music playing as usual. Grabbing 2 wooden blocks and his sculpting tool, Niklaus set to work on his two crafts for the day. The first sculpture went terribly wrong as he snapped the block in half again. I will never get this sculpting thing down. It's simply something that requires detail and patience. Traits I rarely display. But I will craft something today. Grabbing the second block, he sat and concentrated. Whittling away, he was finally able to create a wooden claymore miniature. It's not the fanciest, but it's something eh.. 

Attempt 9  [11152] Craft Die: 4

Fail

- 1 Material

+1 EXP

Attempt 10 [11153] Craft Die: 8

Succeed

-1 Material

+2 EXP

 Item-Type: Miniature

Name: Claymore Toy

Quality: Good

Description: This wooden miniature is a simple claymore toy. It has no special traits.

Wanted price: 100 Col

Leveled up to Rank 2- Apprentice Artisan

The man stammered out an introduction and confirmed this was the place Klaus was indeed looking for. They stood quietly as they sized each other up. Both coming to a conclusion that neither were in danger of the other. Suddenly what appeared to be a winged snake made itself visible in front of Klaus. Ignoring all instincts to slash the thing to bits, he was glad he didn't attack as the creature seemed to be Aaphi's familiar.

Turning to face the cavern, Nik spoke. "Were you just leaving? Have you already completed the quest here?"

(OOC: Your math is fine. You showed it how I normally would so I'd leave it. Technically since you were still removing your spear, you were in combat, At least that is what Oske said. So as it stands you still are at 4/5 HP.)

The little newbie is better than I thought. He actually dealt quite a bit of damage to the little piggy. I suppose I should finish it off then. Especially since he stole my last kill. Eyeing the pained boar, Nik flipped his dagger into a reverse grip and rushed it once more. However, he stopped when the boar targeted Atticus. "Oh no you don't" Niklaus said as he cut the boar off and used his dagger to deflect a stab attempt by the boar. "Take it down while I still have it's attention."

[11144] BD: 1 CD: 3 MD: 5

Niklaus: 9/11 

Atticus: 4/5

Frenzy Boar: 3/6

Niklaus had finally found the exit. Walking out of the town the figure from before passed him again. Following it, he was lead to a dungeon entrance not far from the main city. Seeing no signs of the figure, he quietly glanced at his surroundings. All was clear until he noticed a person pacing back and forth up ahead. He seemed to be lost in deep thought, much like Niklaus was when he paced. However the young mans frantic pacing came to a halt, as he turned on his heel and began to head back towards town. He briefly looked up in time to see Nik standing there.

Stopping, he gawked a moment seemingly lost for words. All he could manage out was "Oh." Niklaus eyed the player. Curly brown hair, decent armor, and pretty cool 2 handed spear. We can't differ much in level, but I fear he has more experience than I. Oh well. Placing his hand out, Nik spoke. "The names Niklaus. Niklaus Mikaelson. Pleasure to meet you. This wouldn't happen to be the cave for the wasp queen would it?"

Ahh the second floor. This is where Beks was last rumored to be seen. Oh dear sister where have you gone? Glancing about, Niklaus also kept a lookout for the exit gate. He had two reasons for being on this floor. To find his sister, and to kill the supposed Queen Respawn Boss. Rumor has it, that if you defeat a few of her underlings, she will appear and engage in a fight. I'v been dying ti kill something else besides boars and wolves. 

He had just found the entrance, when another figure caught his eye..

I don't have high hopes for her combat wise..She still seems so timid...little wolf...Ah well maybe she'll grow great at whatever profession she chooses. Then again she may just surprise me...He watched as the brunette flew by him, swinging at the boar. She missed by several inches causing the boar to do little more than flinch. "Ah love, at least hit the boar next time." Grinning, he turned his attention back to the boar. In a flash of rapid movement, Nik had the boar by the throat as he thrust his dagger across its neck. He flinched as grazed his arm along the tusk, inflicting some minute damage that was instantly healed by his life steal.

He threw the dissolving creature to the side and collected the loot drop. "Ah that was no fun. You hardly experienced any combat. Up for another?"

 

>Niklaus

 

Received 30 Col and 1 Material

[11088] BD: 10 HIT CD: 1 LD: 13 MD: 8 HIT

~Niklaus~

10/11 (-1)(+1)

~Miriko~

7/7

~Frenzy Boar~ DEAD

0/6 (-4)

Returning to his shop, Niklaus flicked on the lights and set up his crafting and sculpting table. He then spent a few minutes looking over his dagger. Well I guess it is better than that basic metal dagger. At least with this I can start to deal some real damage. Placing the dagger on his hip, Nik began his artisan crafts for the day. Hopefully he could make something that could help him against future MoBs.

Complete:

Col: 400

Loot: 1 Bone Dagger [+1 Damage]

Skill Points: 2

Nik said his thanks as he exited the store. He had gotten what he wanted and needed to pursue a blacksmith would could make a weapon strong than this Bone Dagger. Walking through the streets Niklaus arrived at his destination. The teleport gate. Standing on it he shouted "Teleport: Urbus." Bright light flashed and disappeared leaving a disoriented Klaus standing at the teleport gate in the middle of Urbus.

The girl excitedly took the material and went to the back room. Nik could here the sounds of a fire crackling to life and the sound of a hammer dropping repeatedly on what he assumed was the material. A couple minutes had passed, when Sai returned from the back. In her hand she gripped a dagger that instead of having metal for the blade, it was instead made of bone from the material. She dropped it in the players hand and skipped back around to her counter. "I won't charge you extra mats, as it seems you took quite the beating from that skeleton warrior. However, I do ask that you revisit sometime. I need more business at my shop." Nik nodded and  equipped the blade to his inventory.

 

Niklaus

 

>Received 1  Bone Dagger (weapon)

The shop quickly came into to view as Niklaus navigated the cobblestone roads leading to it. He shook his head to clear his mind of his earlier thoughts. Taking a deep breath he opened the door to the shop and was greeted once more by the girl. "You're back already?" Looking up, Nik scowled at the girl briefly before relaxing his expression and presenting the material need for his dagger. "One Resurrection Marrow for the lady" he said as he took a seat at a waiting table.

Once at the gate he could begin to feel the healing affect of being in a safe zone. It was comforting to must, but Niklaus just saw it as another reason for players to be so weak. Safe zones kept player from adventuring out and doing what they were suppose to be doing. Clearing the damn game. Safe zones are what one would call, a necessary evil. Without them, no one would be safe obviously, but they also give those not willing to fight an excuse to keep their rotten lazy bottoms here while we do all the work clearing the game. Ungrateful bastards...

Almost being killed by a measly skeleton. In what realm is that a possibility for a Mikaelson. That death is not fitting for someone of my status and I will make this world mine. One way or another...To do this I must find Beks first and recruit an army of players to be my underlings. i will start an empire. We will make the front lines and we will conquer the hundred floors of Aincrad. Gripping his dagger, he marched on through the fields of useless dandelions. 

Wiping away the tears he hadn't seen in years. Niklaus demeanor changed. One of ruthless, and murderous intent. He mentally vowed to kill anything or anyone that stood in his way. He will defeat Sword Art Online. And he will do it on his own terms. Collecting the orb, he began his weary walk back to the village. He took special care in making sure to steer clear of any MoB's or sketchy looking players.

Niklaus, although very weakened, used every ounce of his remaining strength to attack the warrior. Stumbling, he ran towards the MoB and traded blows with it. He dodged several lethal swipes and had all of his swings deflected by the bastards shield. Having struggled to land a hit, he backed up a little to give himself space. A surging feeling occurred as he regained another sliver of health. He then , through pure determination, exploded with pure speed as he sunk his dagger deep into the eye socket of the creature. Feeling another surge as he made contact, another point of health made it's way to his HP bar. This was short lived, however, as the bar dropped into the red zone once more as he looked down to see a blade dispersing from his stomach.

The creature managed to get in one final attack before exploding into thousands of pixels. Niklaus dropped to his knees. He sat there and he weeped. He realized that this is truly a death game and nothing in this world is guaranteed. Not even for the great Niklaus. 

[10984] BD: 9 CD:11 LD: 1 MD: 7

~Niklaus~ 

1/11 (-2) (+2)

~Skeleton Warrior~ DEAD

0/6 (-3)

 

Niklaus

 

>Received 1 Resurrection Marrow (material)

Niklaus tackled the skeleton once more. Grabbing the figure, he stood up and snapped the neck of the skeleton. This dealt quite a bit of damage and Nik thought he had finally bested the creature, However. he was tragically mistaken. Proving once again that normal means don't affect this MoB, the skeleton warrior rose and unsnapped it's neck. Grabbing its sword and shield, the creature rushed Niklaus. Using its shield it parried a vicious swing from Nik's dagger and plunged its sword into his chest. Niklaus yelled in agony as he saw his health drop to the fatal zone. "I..have..o-one...da-a-amn HP l-e-eft.." Struggling to stand, Klaus gripped his dagger harder than ever. All this for some lousy dagger that at this point I may never get to use.

[10982] BD: 6 CD: 5 MD: 9

~Niklaus~ 

1/11 (-3)

~Skeleton Warrior~

2/6 (-2)

Niklaus had let his anger best. Attacking in a blind rage, he swung sporadically. Attempting to outright murder the digital opponent in front of him. His swings never connected and in fact opened him up to several blows for the enemy. Staggering Niklaus was close to his limit. The MoB rattled with laughter as it assuredly dealt more damage to Nik. Am I to die such a regretful meaningless death. A Mikaelson, falling to a lowly skeleton. How absurd? Yet it couldn't be closer to the truth. Is this a sign? Should I have faced my demons and owned up to the mistakes of my life? How should I know? I'm just a man warped by his upbringing and damaged beyond repair. That is also why I refuse to die here.

Pushing himself of the ground, Nik grit his teeth and prepared for the worse.

[10971] BD: 4 CD: 1 MD: 8

~Niklaus~ 

4/11 (-2)

~Skeleton Warrior~

4/6 (-0)

Setting Floor 2: The French Quarter (Niklaus' Shop)

The day had just begun, when Niklaus decided to work on his latest masterpiece. Wrenching the easel from its tightly fastened grip behind the wall of his display case, Nik setup the painter's station, as he called it, and dipped his brush in couple of the paints. Stroking the brush lightly across the canvas, he couldn't help but feel he had little inspiration on what to paint. While he considered himself a great or even magnificent painter, He had nothing to draw inspiration from.

Setting his brush down, he paced back in forth. Searching his mind for something that would make for a wonderful work of art. Nothing immediately came to mind. He exhausted himself thinking and thinking. Finally he decided he need to recollect his thoughts outside. Maybe something around Aincrad would inspire him.

Grabbing his keys, he locked the door to the shop and set out for floor 3. 

Niklaus moved with flickering speed, however he was still just a beginner with his dagger. As such, it was no surprise that the MoB deflected the attacks from the player. The clashed back and forth. Metal against Metal. Neither giving an inch. Niklaus was growing increasingly frustrated at the fact that a lowly MoB such as this could keep up with him. Disengaging the combat, Niklaus jumped back as he felt the a surge of sudden health. His battle healing had kicked in finally.

[10958] BD: 3 CD: 10 MD: 1 

~Niklaus~ 

6/11 (+1)

~Skeleton Warrior~

4/6 (-0)

February 24-

[10955] CD: 12

Item-Type: Miniature

February 24- Attempt 7 & 8

Niklaus had opened the doors to the French Quarter once more. Jazz music always seemed to put him in a great mood. Grabbing a wooden block, a metal ore, his crafting hammer, and his sculpting tool. Niklaus set to work on his two projects for the day. First I'll try to make a Moonlight Ring. After, I'll sculpt a miniature replica of the floating Aincrad. Grabbing his crafting hammer, he tapped three quick times on the material. At first nothing happened. Then suddenly, the ore glowed a bright red and smoldered into ash. sweeping the mess of his table and into the waste bin, Niklaus grabbed the wooden block. Setting the wooden block down, Nik began to chip and craft away a decent model of the castle. Suddenly the castle glowed a bright blue and finished itself. Grabbing it, Niklaus documented the creation and placed it in his drawer for approval.

"Today wasn't a total waste it seems"

Attempt 7  [10954] Craft Die: 1

Fail

- 1 Material

+1 EXP

Attempt 8 [10955] Craft Die: 12

Succeed

-1 Material

+8 EXP

Item-Type: Miniature

Name: Aincrad Castle

Quality: Perfect

Description: A small wooden replica of the floating castle of Aincrad. An elegant yet simple design. The miniature grants the holder an accuracy boost and heightens their sense of blood lust. Traits: +2 Bleed + 1 Accuracy.

Wanted price: Not for sale.

The undead warrior didn't take to kindly to Niklaus' threats. Jumping back, it lunged forward and stabbed Niklaus right in the gut. "You bastard! You have the nerve to stab the great Niklaus Mikaelson?" Ripping the blade from his stomach Niklaus eyes glowed with rage as he began to charge at the MoB once more.

[10952] BD: 4 MISS CD: 4 MD: 10 HIT

~Niklaus~ 

5/11 (-4)

~Skeleton Warrior~

4/6 (-0)

Gesturing for her to follow, he lead her to the gate leading to the grassy fields that surrounded the starting city. "Just outside the walls, you relinquish any right to a safe zone. Meaning once you step foot into the fields, you are fair game to creatures and players alike. Knowing this are you ready to proceed?" Niklaus eyed the girl. He looked for any signs a fear or regret. Noticing none aside from maybe a thought flash in her head, he lead her outside the safe zone.

Looking around he pointed to a frenzy boar that happened to spawn a few feet away. "That is a MoB. Defeat them to receive materials, loot and experience." Brandishing his dagger, Nik lunged forward and slid his dagger along the boar's side. Enraged the boar attacked Niklaus from behind, stabbing him with it's tusk. "Don't be afraid to hop in there Miriko."

<<Frenzy Boar>> 6 HP and 1 Base Damage

[10951] BD: 6 HIT MD: 6 HIT

~Niklaus~

10/11 (-1)

~Miriko~

7/7

~Frenzy Boar~

4/6 (-2)

(OOC: Don't worry about the boar's actions. I will control who it attacks since I spawned it for us to fight. Any other questions PM Me!) 

Continuing his attack, Niklaus lunged forward and grabbed the MoB by it's neck. The warrior took advantage of this and slashed Niklaus' arm. The attack left a crimson streak along Niklaus' right arm. Enraged Niklaus' eyes turned a yellowish tint resulting in an orange hazel iris. "That my friend was a fatal mistake." Releasing his grip on the creature, Nik spun his dagger around in the palm of his. Eyeing the skeleton, he slowly walked to it and loomed over the MoB. "Prepare to die."

[10934] BD: 4 MISS CD: 1 MD: 8 HIT

~Niklaus~ 

9/11 (-2)

~Skeleton Warrior~

4/6 (-0)

Gesturing with wide open arms, he taunted the skeletal warrior. "Is that the best you got?" Laughing maniacally he darted forwards and raised his blade. Holding it with blade pointing outward, Niklaus rushed in for another attack. He suddenly stopped however when the Warrior ran over to its shattered arm and reattached it like nothing happened. "Oh so you can reattach bones to yourself. Cheeky. To bad it won't be enough mate."

[10933] BD: 2 MISS MD: 5 MISS

~Niklaus~ 

11/11

~Skeleton Warrior~

4/6 

Niklaus placed both hands on her shoulders and stared her in the eyes. "Being scared is no reason to shy away from battle. It is natural to be scared for ones safety. We can guide each other through this." Releasing his grip, he turned to equip his boots and dagger. "Miriko will you accompany me to my first fight in SAO?" What am I doing? Why am I allowing myself to be bothered with her? Though I've never been in combat I'm sure I can handle my own...What are you doing Niklaus...what are you doing... Letting his thoughts pass, he waited for a reply from the girl before him.