Hirru

A slight smirk would grace the now straight face of the hunter before disappearing once more. NIGHT had answered his question, and he couldn't quite tell, but there was quite a bit going there. This entire conversation, after her own question seemed quite odd. She sought the hunter for a reason, and it all seemed to come to this. There is something in this world that she deems worthy of her protection. He took a step forward, but he staggered. Shifting his feet to catch himself, it would look like he was slowly loosing himself to exhaustion, and maybe he was. He had talked far too much

"Thanks for understanding." With that, the hunter took advantage of being hit to enact a counter attack. Bursting forward to meet the blade head on so he could absorb all of that damage, and deal back quite a bit of thorns damage against it, he was glad to be in his element. Where he could rip into his enemy without much fear for his partner. Although, that may not be partially true, as their health pools were not the most accurate tells of their strengths. He just didn't want Koga's health to fall any farther than half. Hirru wasn't a healer support, he was a scouting support. That

"Damn.." He watched as the other side of the raid team was dealt a heavily decisive hit. Nearly every single one of them were caught in the erupting blue flames, and by the way team 3 was looking, they probably wouldn't make it with another. He had to calm himself a bit before he rushed off someplace he shouldn't. Zandra and Simmone were there. They could handle the healing for their teams, he was sure. Zandra more so would be able to keep their people safe. However, the attack seemed like it wasn't done, and that they were all next. Raidou seemed to have stunned the boss, but how

"Well, I don't take this too bad, but try not to run in front of the boss when the hate is being set? Shield should be able to deal with the hate side, but don't go getting a fifth of your health reduced again." Hirru had to remind the boy about the little thing that happened not to long ago, back when they were taking out the Wicked Wood for his consumable item. Speaking of, where did he leave that thing? He looked around in his inventory, however, the bloody things weren't there. He must have forgotten them in his new room at Baldur's. He sighed just as Baldur was setting him up fo

"The difference? Mostly what you can do with them." The hunter responded to Yona's question. There wasn't much to say, as the differences were clear. "The main branch of professions are all the crafters, those that can take materials and make equipment or consumables out of them. Blacksmiths and Cooks are basic examples of those. Merchants, or as it's known now, Appraiser, is kind of an oddball. Instead of using materials and form something out of those, we use those unidentified items as essential material and a little col. Secondary branch is for the gatherers. There are onl

"Aaah!" Hirru awoke with a start. Where was he? Looking around, it looked like the final festivities were over, but there were some last minute sales coming out from the both of them. He shook his head. What was all of that? He thought that there was someone else here for a few minutes. How long was he out? Hirru checked the time, and it seemed he had conked out for a few hours. There wasn't much that he could do about it now. At least he could get in on the last minute sales. Looking upon the selection for the first time, the hunter was reminded of the last event with all of it

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Hirru could hear the sounds of steel against wood, and wondered what the heck was going on upon the hill side. A quick look back was akin to looking upon ones looming death, as the canopy of the tree that Yona had cut through was falling his way. There wasn't much time, and he didn't have that much speed for evasion versus some other players. He tried to get up from the river embankment, but he slipped. Foot splashed into the water as he fell to the ground. All he could do was watch as the trees limbs fell... 5 meters in front on him, shattering upon impact of the ground. What did he t

"Right when I'm getting to the good part.." The hunter sighed roughly as he got up while the crashing and rumbling seemed to cause a few of the rocks to skip away and ruin his diorama. He would have to redo it some other time, he thought. "Well, at least we can look into getting more stuff for the floor raid with this." Now, he drew Shelob's Fang from it's sheath and attacked the devilish treant, but not before Koga could speed along and get hit. That was bad, as the hunter saw a fifth of the boys health disappear in an instant. This guy wanted to go into the front lines? H

"It's either that, or kill mobs for it." Hirru shrugged it off. At least this quest seemed to be going in the right direction for the young woman, although she did seem to talk quite a bit about the oddest of things. Overpopulation of mobs? Players being name dropped like crazy, but the hunter couldn't make heads or tails of any of the names. Must be trying to get up to the front lines. He knew quite a few people were, but some liked more solitary lives. He tried both, and could reasonably say that the depression from falling out from the front hit harder. Although, that was all hi

"Unidentified items? I mean, I have a few myself, but if you're around here.." The hunter tried to remember what was around here that would require that kind of quest. If it needed unidentified items, it must be something to do with appraising. Was the new appraiser quest on this floor now? He remembered that he found the Merchant on the fifth floor, but it may just be a coincidence. In the end, Hirru figured that they had their own agenda, and didn't want to pry any further. "..Well, normally you can find them off of killing mobs, or finding chests. Not much you'll find out in

"Lizard.. folk?" The hunter looked from the girl to what she was looking at. His confusion became understanding as he saw that Elizabeth, a giant chameleon that had been the caravan's mount for as long as the hunter had known the Merchant, was now slightly visible, which only meant one thing. "Liz! You ate another ration, didn't you!? You know you can't be eating the Merchant's stock when he's gone." Hirru yelled out at the reptile, which scared Elizabeth and caused her to nearly disappear into the background. A quick eye could easily catch her outline moving, and she was st

In the absense of anything to do, Hirru had taken the rest of his time from the prepping for the front lines, to getting some long needed rest. He was still on the move for more preparations, but he didn't have much else to do while traveling. He could be appraising some weaponry and armor that he, Freyd, and Ariel had procured, but he didn't feel like it. Everyone was already heavily equipped and had their own builds going. It was only the hunter that didn't have what he wanted, and even then he had already made up his mind for the current raid. He would be the support that they all call

It was a good thing that the healer used barrier when he did. The second scather.. cannon.. thing had exploded all over them, leaving them in a haze of white, while a slight screeching could be heard. The wave of heat would He could barely tell what was going on, as the battle seemed to get more intense. What was that about his loved ones? As the healer's vision started to gain a bit of headway, his eyes seemed to find that everything was blue for a second. What was now the boss looked quite different from his other counterpart. Much more menacing and less forgiving. What the hell

Hirru watched as the raven colored girl that had listened quietly to his tale nearly seem to vanish behind a palm tree, but it was only a trick of the light. Moving closer with his torch, the silhouette of her tracksuit would come into focus. Walking close by, he dug a little hole in the dirt to hold the torch in place. He didn't feel like holding the thing, and there weren't any low hanging branches on the palm trees. Too high up to reach and he wasn't going to climb for it. With the arrangement, if he brought a few more sticks and dry leaves, he could probably make a campfire. Though,

"That's a conflicting question still." The smile that graced his face still as he relived the entire story yet again would weaken a bit. The corners coming to a weak neutrality. 'How many times was he going to have to do this?,' the hunter thought. Though the answer was as plain as the final light of the day, as it turned to dusk upon them. He was damned to retell the tale of his own disaster until the end of Aincrad. He had to, if he wanted to keep the memories of those that died safe. Their stories were tied to his now, and he would have to speak of himself, if he wanted to talk a

There was a bit of a silence before he got a response, but it wasn't what the hunter expected. Was something wrong? Even Hestia had a kind of solemn understanding, but her response was loud and clear. Though, they were fighting a large plant lion creature that healed way too much. That wasn't the point here though, as NIGHT asked a simple question. "Simple. I tried using their relationships against them. Isaxi and Rori, for one, seemed to really get along well. When the swordsman died, Isaxi was having a really hard time getting Evahira and Durares to do anything. Though that was

"In more ways than one, but we'll get to that." The hunter pointed back to the rock that was to represent him, which was positioned near the shield and the card. "Now, here is where I messed everything up by doing something stupidly selfish. You see these two, Evahira and Durares?" As he made a circular motion to gesture around the shield and card portrayals, he would then mime a shield in his hand while throwing another hand back to mime keeping someone or something back. "Evahira, no matter what, was always keeping their support, Durares, safe. At least, as far as she c

After thanking both Baldur and Simmoné for their help, there was a little bit of wait as the rest of the front liners were on their way. It was taking quite a while for all of team three to get here, so it wasn't so strange to see something like this come out. Especially with a certain someone already seated on one of the few stumps. The healer was greatly appreciative that Freyd had joined them on this raid. His capabilities were a great asset for the front, but more so, the healer kept the Whisper in high regard. A good friend to have around to keep one on their toes, as well as, keepin

"Well, I don't think you'll learn much from my story except for one thing." The hunter's little grin fell as he would recall everything that happened on the 23rd floor, and the events that happened before and after. The amount of times that the hunter had to recount that thing. It was coming to the point of near insanity that he had to constantly go through repeating the story of his past, but there were those that would ask questions. They needed to know what happened, and what to expect. "No matter where your moral compass may point, do not let something lead you astray. In the

"Yes, exactly that much." The hunter responded back, although he didn't understand the event that she mentioned. It must have happened after the 24th floor raid, as the hunter was otherwise outside of any proper help back then. He was in a darker state of mind back then. He didn't want to do anything, outside of eating a little bread and laying in an inn for days on end. He had wanted to help out the front lines, but it was evident that he was only going to be a hinderance then. It was better for him to fade into the dark... Hirru snapped out as they stepped out of the city and

One by one, everyone seemed to come in. Jacob's Ladder, with Koga in tow had all came up first, which the healerr was glad for. The first team was there to represent the front. Baldur made sure that Hirru was stocked with an array of healing crystals before doing the same for everyone in the team. Koga was quite confused by Hirru's new look and how he addressed himself. The healer chuckled a bit before locking eyes with Koga. "Don't worry about it, it's just a joke. I've switched some things around, so I'll be your healer and support. So, if you get hit, just know that I'll be keep

When he finally saw the one called NIGHT for a third time, but for the first time alone, he thought to himself that she felt like a certain shadow. Inquisitive ones, the sneaky players were nearly all like that. Was that a particular pattern he should be looking out for himself? He didn't really know, to be honest. He had trusted enough of them to not really look into the details anyway, or was it that their goals didn't really coincide with his own? Now that he wasn't truly looking into the other side and his memories, the hunter was now free to look into everyone else. The world aroun

"Huh? What the heck is El ehm ay oh?" Hirru couldn't remember anyone that he knew using that term before. Though, he had learned a bit of message lingo as he was going along. El oh el (lol) meant laugh out loud, or something like that. He found it funny that they wanted to go to another floor though, and the hunter was tired of fishing up these pieces of clothing. He sighed as he looked over at the newly fished up shirt that came up. Was this river a trash pit for the ones living here? Didn't Freyd's guild live here too? What were they doing, letting this place get like this?

"Hmm?" The hunter's attention seemed to be pulled to the message that popped up in the middle of him pulling in yet another boot. This was the second pair that he had pulled out of this bloody river these past few hours. He sighed before opening the message. From the posted message, it occurred to the hunter that he had not messaged back until after he had left the dojo. A slap of shame to his forehead, would be all the fault he would perform upon himself. He would have to apologize for this, at least. "Damn.. This is why the Commander, Mack and Mac were better at arranging