Lowenthal

Lowenthal thought for a moment. "Ramen, and butterfly watching? That sounds more relaxing than fun." He said, honestly. But then again, there wasn't anything in this world that simulated 'fun' as it did the other one. Here, there was no TV, to video games, hell there was barely any electricity. He shouldn't have been surprised that people found joy in different ways then just killing monsters and animals. And he was in no position to judge. "Actually, that sounds good. It'd be nice to relax after such a long week. Huh?" he said, still wearing a smile. It wasn't as strong as before, not as forced. It was a content smile, something he was happy to share. 

Lowenthal continiued to draw on the slit of paper. "He, was an old acquaintance of mine. Back when I was still orange." Lowenthal explained. "Anyway, I've noticed something weird. A lot of alchemists are disappearing, and Piera has been inactive since Zel's birthday." Lowenthal said, beginning to explain himself. "What he was telling me, was that he's found Piera and Lee. But there's bad news." Lowenthal said, his hand still drawing. "There's a group, that's forcing alchemists to make thier players potions. Free labor out of force, and fear. It's slavery at it's finest." Lowenthal said. "On the fourth floor, there's a compound. That is the headquarters of this gang. Which is what my friend had told me just now. And it would seem from his descriptions contains several floors." Lowenthal said, looking at his drawing before scribbling again."I needed a plan, but I needed someone else to help me. And I figured the most expendable would be a player killer." Lowenthal explained. He lied slightly about the identity of the man, but his message still bore the truth. "Hence, when he declined. I was going to message you." Lowenthal said, looking up. "What you want to talk about?" Lowenthal calmly asked.

Lowenthal stepped out of the back of his shop, with a grim look on his face. He looked up, only to see Jomei standing in his shop. How long had he been there, how much had he heard. Lowenthal coughed twice, to clear his throat. "Ah, Jomei. A pleasure. I was actually, just about to message you." He said, looking behind him. Lowenthal nodded. "I'll speak to you again soon. We'll get lunch sometime, chat it over." Lowenthal said, as a masked man came from around the corner. The man wore a black cloak, and was marked with an orange player crystal above his head. He gave a polite bow to Jomei, and walked past him leaving. Lowenthal let out a sigh. "Man, I always get nervous when player killers show up. So, what was it that you needed to talk to me about?" Lowenthal asked, pulling out a piece of paper and began to draw on it.

Lowenthal nodded as Oikawa lept back from his attack. Lowenthal dashed forward and managed to catch the falcon by surprise. Even though he no longer wielded shadowed path, Lowenthal was still as fast as darkness itself his first slash knocked the falcon back a few feet. His second slash met the falcon, and destroyed into into blue particles. "There we go, about damn time." Lowenthal turned to the rest of the party. "Hey, why isn't this damn bird thing dead yet?" He asked, quite perplexed at the team's performance.

ID: 50215 BD: 10 [18 Dmg=18 base - 4 falled(crit) + 2 Crit+2Charge] [ 18 x 8 = 144Dmg] CD: 3 (no recovery)

<Rohk, the Predatory Avian>
HP: 537/1,200 (+120)
Mitigation: 80
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 4
Immune to Stun and Paralysis.
Mitigates 50% of the damage from Critical Hits and Thorns (all variants)

Raptor Falcon: 0/300 | Mitigation: 0 | Evasion: 4 | Damage: 85
Raptor Falcon:-0/300 | Mitigation: 0 | Evasion: 4 | Damage: 85
Raptor Falcon: 0/300 | Mitigation: 0 | Evasion: 4 | Damage: 85 (-144)
Amber Egg: 274/300 | Mitigation: 100 
Amber Egg: 274/300 | Mitigation: 100 
Amber Egg: 274/300 | Mitigation: 100 
Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100
Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100
Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100
Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Turn Order:

Lowenthal smiled brightly as Shizuka somewhat cuddled up to him, and tugged on his arm. Seeing her smile, and get giddy over the stalls and the prizes. "Of course. I'll catch up with you later Himeko." Lowenthal politely said before walking away with Shizuka. When Shizuka suggested that they get maks, he obliged. He didn't really want a kitsune mask for himself, but if Shizuka wanted one. Well, he'd at least try to win her one should she fail. Lowenthal smiled, and watched her try to throw a ball, but she had gotten over zealous, and had fallen over. Lowenthal chuckled as he helped up the haired woman. "Here. Let me try." Lowenthal said, picking up a soft ball. He pulled his arm back, and the ball glowed a soft orange in his hand. He threw the ball, and was able to knock down the bottles with ease. He grinned, quite happy. He looked at Shizuka. "You pick one, beautiful." Lowenthal said absentmindedly as he smiled at Shizuka.

ID: 50213 LD: 11 Kitsune Mask of Shizuka's description

Lowenthal smiled and followed Shizuka. He was just glad that he didn't witness someone killing themselves. It was a sight that he never wanted to see, that or a great number of people in the nude. "You pick the place. I'll cover your part. It's the least I can do." Lowenthal said, his hands behind his head. Lowenthal let his mind wander, as the two walked and conversed. Shizuka was, cute in a sense. She looked young, but then again so was Clarence. Why did he just make the connection between those two? And in what sense? He wrinkled his nose in thought. It didn't matter. He'd spend the day with her, make sure that she was alright, and continue on his way. "So, what kind of things do you do for fun?" Lowenthal asked, making small talk.

Lowenthal rolled his eyes as Dom offered breakfast. "You guys know you don't need to eat right? Saves you a lot of Col in the long run." He said, leaning against the wall. "And when was the last time I needed saving?" Lowenthal asked. He felt it to be true. Lowenthal had never been in a situation that required sudden assistance. Help on quests were one thing, but no one had swooped in and save his neck. And he planned on keeping it that way. "Anyways, since you guys are here. And Zelrius is back my job here is done. I thought I was going to take his spot, and keep it nice and warm. Bastard never left, and well. I don't like being lied to." He said. "So, this was well, is my last night here." Lowenthal admitted. He was tied of the games that Zelrius had been playing. First he learned the reasoning behind Manta cancelling her deal last minute, Then Zel is just suddenly back, and Lowenthal was demoted without even a single word spoken to him. 

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Sadly unique enhancements lack that certain appeal. Most of them look and feel like cutouts and carbon copies of other enhancements. So I sat down with other staff members to make all of the current unique enhancements that are found on the enhancement guide, more unique. Each effect, is proposed to have an immediate effect, and a side effect. Much like status ailments in Pokemon. Many effects have been changed, a few effects have been nerfed.

Firstly, since Buffs vastly outweigh De-Buffs. I propose that a few new De-Buffs to be added in.

(If you have an idea for a De-Buff, message Lowenthal at sao-rpg.com, or Lemonthal on skype)

Phew, now that those are out of the way let's get to what everyone wants to see. The suggested changes to the unique enhancements! Yay!

These work the same way as other enhancements, but slightly different.

Any comments, or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. Lowenthal.

Lowenthal turned, and placed a hand kn top of the pink haored girl. "She died, bravely. She gave her life, to save yours." Lowenthal said, trying to console her. "She gave you enough time to run, and fate would so have it that youve ran into us." Lowenthal said, his hair and cost jacket fluttering in the wind. "So, im going to make sure they pay. Every. Last. One of them. So go with Calrex. Hell keep you safe, till youre in a safezone." Lowenthal said, feeling quite heroic.

(#phone post)

(FIXED IT, STOP LAUGHING)

Lowenthal smiled as Himeko, very happily, gripped Shizuka in a hug. He had met the girl before, and had saved from a group of orange players with the help of Calrex. Lowenthal could only grin as Shizuka talked about her modeling career back in the real world. Much better occupation then his own, working in a lemonade stand in a mall. But perhaps it was better. From her description it sounded like Shizuka was a doll, a plaything to be dressed up and paraded around just so the company can make money. He blinked once as Shizuka introduced him. "Nice to see you again Himeko, I'm glad you're well. You're staying out of trouble I hope?" Lowenthal asked the girl. "I'm sure Calrex is around here, he'd be happy to see you as well." Lowenthal said, remembering that he had ditched Calrex from earlier. Lowenthal looked at Shizuka, and gave her a smile. He laughed at himself slightly, after he had just noticed that both of the girls had pink hair. Maybe he should get pink hair himself, be part of the in crew. Which made him chuckle some more.

Lowenthal looked at Calrex. "Better idea. You're faster, and you have more energy then me. You take her to the nearest safe zone. I'll stay here, and fend them off." Lowenthal said, looking at Calrex. "I got a teleport crystal just in case, so I'll be fine. Take her, and go." Lowenthal said, turning around and drawing his dagger. Lowenthal had no idea what he was doing. This was some random girl, who he knew nothing about and here he was willing to die for her. Hell, and he knew Calrex felt the same. Besides, some of the bastards saw his face. Lowe had to take care of them or they might pay a visit to him at his shop later. "What are you waiting for? Go." Lowenthal said, seeing that Calrex was still here.

Lowenthal smiled back as Shizuka smiled at him. He could tell that she was surprised that he had brought her a croquette. But it seemed that it wasn't her favorite thing in the world. "Well, it was nothing." Lowenthal said, as Shiz thanked him for the treat. Lowenthal laughed. "It looked like you were waiting for me to show up. Which I will say. That I'm glad I did." He said, as Shizuka took his hand. He blushed, as she began to drag him away. Lowenthal laughed, as caught up to Shizuka's speed. She wanted to get a traditional kimono, which made sense. Girls always wanted to look pretty, well most of them at least. "Was there any you had in mind? Or maybe a colour?" Lowenthal asked, as Shizuka returned to a walking speed.

Lowenthal entered the festival grounds. It reminded him so much of home. His neighborhood would get together like this every year when the weather got nice, and celebrate the coming solstice. Lowenthal had caught wind of the event, and had prepared ahead of time. As did a few other people it seemed. Lowenthal was wearing a more, traditional attire rather than his normal black jacket, and leather vest. Instead, he wore a grey hakama, with white lines that created a grid pattern. And to complete the look, it was tied with a white sash around the waist. Not wanting to waste anytime, Lowe went into the Festival.

As he entered smells bombarded his senses. The scents were only made stronger by the warm colours that were cast from the various shops. And to counter act all of those, there was a large bustling of players and NPC's alike. There was someone eye goggling over sweets and other various candies. Lowenthal smiled, and kept walking, only to overhear a poorly tasted joke about ravens, and crows. He chuckled, as the NPC's and by-standing players groaned in unison and rolled thier eyes as they walked away.

Lowenthal stepped into a small shop, and quickly purchased two grilled steak croquettes. He couldn't believe that they actually had them inside of SAO, but then again he guessed everything else was possible. As he exited, he noticed Calrex. With croquettes in hand, Lowenthal stepped up. "Hey Calrex, you've been good?" Lowenthal asked, noting the warrior was in more relaxed uniform then armor. It was odd to see the man without his signature full plate. Looking over Calrex's shoulder, Lowenthal jumped slightly. "Sorry, I'll talk later, gotta go." Lowenthal said, with a massive grin on his face as he walked over to a tuft of pink hair.

Behind Shizuka, Lowenthal tapped her on the shoulder. "Hey there. You look like you're waiting for someone, mind if I wait with you?" Lowenthal asked, sitting beside her. He held out one of his croquettes. "Here. Got this for ya." Lowenthal said giving the pink haired woman a smile.

Accepted. Welcome to Aincrad.

1 minute ago, Hikoru said:

Appraised for +1 Damage

 

Approved

1 hour ago, Hikoru said:

Appraised for +1 Keen

 

Approved.

Lowenthal stood up. "Oh my god, Cal. Just kill it already!" Lowenthal called out to the bluenette warrior. Lowenthal could literally think of a million better things to do, that did not include staring at a monster being toyed with. Lowenthal scoffed at his inability to do anything worthwhile. He was such a low level, and had a low energy count because of that. Being a dps user sucked.

"Of course someone's here. We live here you goob." Lowenthal, said stepping into the room. "I was just about to head out and do some early morning stuff." Lowenthal said, noting that he was the only one fully dressed, while everyone else seemed to be in pajamas. Lowenthal wanted to get stronger, and the only way to do that was to go outside and do something. Of course, he didn't expect people to be awake at this time, and had investigated the noise, which apparently was Kiru flailing over her chair.

1 minute ago, Jevi said:

Name: Super Kunai
Profession: Blacksmith
Rank: 4
ID: 49623
Roll: 12
Quality: Perfect
Item Type: Weapon [tier 2]
Enhancements: 2 Slots Damage, 1 slot Accuracy [+4 Damage, +1 Acc]
Description: An oversized kunai with two slicing edges. With a red leather wrapped handle, it spins perfectly on a singular finger.

Approved.

Denied.

Please elaborate on your Flaws and Virtues.

Missing 1 additional flaw

Please, DO NOT, reply to journal topics.

Lowenthal looked at Shizuka as she furrowed her brow as she thought. He listened as she spoke again, making a very nice joke about Lowenthal being her healer. Lowenthal gave a big grin, before laughing. "I can try." He said, throwing his arms behind his head, and watching the sun's rays break through the clouds of rain. The clouds had shifted away, giving the illusion that the sky has been cracked open. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "It's a beautiful sight." He said, now looking at Shizuka. "Well, as all good roads to recovery start the same. With Hot chocolate. My treat." Lowenthal offered, looking back to the sunset. "That is, if you can manage to not spill it on yourself." He teased, glancing a look over to the pink haired healer. But there was one problem. Lowenthal had no idea who Shizuka was before. He had only meet, and seen the Super Serious Shizuka since replacing Zel in Azure. But he didn't care. He'd find out, and he was sure that any Shizuka was better then this one. 

Lowenthal flipped his dagger in his hand, and watched as the Azure Brigade began to make the avian bosses, look like wee chicks. Zelrius of course almost single handedly defeated the boss in a single move. The smartest thing the boss could do was retreat, and summon a small mob. Which, Manta then easily dispatched of. The boss in classic RPG style, came back to repeat the pattern. Oikawa hit the bird boss, and told Lowenthal that it was his go. "Alright!" Lowenthal said, dashing forward. "I'm going to make this feathered saccaberd look like one of those cartoon turkeys!" The bird apparently found him funny, as it easily sidestepped Lowenthal's attack. Instead of making a counter attack, it instead let Lowe try to hit it. If a bird could look bored, Rohk looked dead bored. "Yeah, you like that!?" Lowenthal shouted, making himself a bigger embarrassment then he already was. Rohk let out a sigh, and let Lowenthal slunk back to the group of Azure front liners.

ID:49486 BD:0 (or a one, whatever I missed) [2+2-4] CD: 10 [+2 energy]

<Rohk, the Predatory Avian>

HP: 661/1,200

Mitigation: 80

Accuracy: 4

Evasion: 4

Immune to Stun and Paralysis.

Mitigates 50% of the damage from Critical Hits and Thorns (all variants)

Raptor Falcon: 0/300 | Mitigation: 0 | Evasion: 4 | Damage: 85 (+2 Materials and 1,500 Col to Oikawa)

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Amber Egg: 300/300 | Mitigation: 100

Battle Order:

(OoC: If possible dear Himeko. I'd like it to be just the three of us. No harm will come to your character if we can prevent it. All of the bandits will be orange. So that You, Calrex, and myself retain our Green status and do not become Orange ourselves. And If possible, with your permission Himeko, I would like to assume control of the bandits, as these are players and not mobs. So they won't follow Hate.)

Lowenthal tried to catch his breath as he stopped running. He looked behind him, seeing no one following him he relaxed. Not to long ago, he had witnessed a group of players murder an innocent girl. There was a second who had dashed off this way. Lowenthal opened his menu and check his status, he was down to about half his HP and his energy was missing a full 16 points. And better news was that his status was still marked as 'Green'. He activated the game's stealth mechanic and began looking for the girl. He exited stealth when he saw a familiar face. "Thank Christ, a friendly face." Lowenthal said, looking down at the girl. "Hey, you're that girl from earlier." Lowenthal said, recognizing her.

He looked behind him, and spoke again. "There's not a lot of time to explain, but I'll do my best. Shortly after you ran off, they began to chase you. I stepped in and managed to get at least one of them. But when I stepped in, they called for back-up. There was four before, but now. I don't know how many there are. It's probably one of those damn player killer guilds that have been starting to pop up." Lowenthal explained, he looked up at Calrex. "She was with a friend of hers, before that group jumped her. He friend didn't make it." Lowenthal looked down and gritted his teeth in frustration.

[Ambush in 7 posts. 4 PKer's increased to 10]

Lowenthal:
HP: 67/128 HP [+3 Nat Regen]
EP: 17/32 [+1 Nat regen]
Dmg: 12
Mit: 30

Lowenthal gave a soft smile.He placed an arm around Shizuka, and spoke. "Go ahead and cry it out. I'm here for you." Lowenthal said. He didn't know why he said it, he just did. Just the other day he got into a heated argument with Zelrius. And now, he's consoling a person that he barely knew. He felt like he should say something. He gathered his words before speaking to her. He couldn't think of anything to say, so instead he opted to be silent. Perhaps it was the better option. Hell, who knew? Good only knew how hard it was for Lowenthal to keep his mouth shut, but he would. If it would that Shizuka would be better, h would do it.