Bhairyuu

Perhaps it was because Bhairyuu was rushing to gather the wood for the event quest before the deadline, but regardless the fact remained that he ended up not being as careful as he should have been while examining the tree. He had chopped it up as usual, laid the wood pieces on the floor in a pile. Then he had tapped on it and waited for the results window to pop up in the next second or so.

To his misfortune, the results window that had popped up showed that he failed to gather any wood at all this time around, so he threw the wood pile away and then moved on to the next tree reminding himself

"Note to self, check these trees more thoroughly before cutting them down...less hassle that way and way less effort spent too...

With that, he began to check the next tree much more carefully, going over every inch from top to bottom with all his senses on high alert for any disagreeable effects from any infestation or decadence.

[OOC: 7 <<Rare>> + 4 <<Noble>> + 2 <<Normal>>]

He had spent several minutes examining that tree by now, but he did not find anything too strange about it so he decided to take the risk and make an attempt to gather some wood from it. To that end, he started chopping the tree down to size like before, first felling it and then hacking it up into manageable parts so it would be easy to organize it into a pile. After he finished hacking it up to his satisfaction, Bhairyuu laid the lumber pieces on the forest floor stacked atop each other and then pushed his right index against the stack gently. Then he waited for the results window to show up as usual, while wondering what it would grant him this time around.

A second later, the window showed up and upon seeing that he had been granted average quality wood, Bhairyuu sighed, but put the wood away in the quest items section of his inventory anyway, muttering

"Hmm, just average wood this time eh? well I will take whatever I can get, I suppose...hopefully my attempts will reward me something better next time..."

With that, he moved over to the next tree in the cluster and began to look it over for any termites, rot, fungus and other such things, hoping he would not find any there.

[OOC: 7x <<Rare Wood>> + 4x <<Noble Wood>> + 2 <<Normal Wood>>]

After the break, Bhairyuu set off again, this time going deeper into the jungle in search for more tree clusters to use for wood. A few minutes into searching, he found one and took up his position before the first tree in the group. He then began to swing his axe at the branches, the trunk and other usable parts of the tree, converting them over the next several minutes into long sections. He arranged these sections into a heap on the forest floor and then pressed the top of the heap to bring up the results menu.

When the results came with the bad new that he had not gathered wood that could be of any use this time, Bhairyuu was anticipating that since he really had not spent enough time studying the tree for any undesirables ths time and so he was not shaken in the least. Instead, he firmly made his way to the next tree and began to examine it closely with the intention of discovering any devaluing things that may be using the trees fot shelter or sustenance.

[OOC: 7x <<Rare Wood>> + 4x <<Noble Wood>> + 1 <<Normal Wood>>, none added this post]

Bhairyuu had reached the last tree in the cluster so he spent some extra time examining the tree from top to bottom for any unwanted agents, but since he did not find any, he made himself busy in cutting down the tree into manageable pieces of lumber which he then laid on the forest floor like a pile. He then pressed on the pile lightly with his right index to bring up the results window

Once again, the results showed up in about a second, and Bhairyuu was relieved to see that his efforts had been rewarded with the acquisition of decent quality wood like last time. So he swiped his right index through the air to bring up his inventory menu, placed the wood inside under the quest items section, and after closing the menu, he sat down for another break after all that hard work he had just done.

[OOC: 7x <<Rare Wood>> + 4x <<Noble Wood>> + 1 <<Normal Wood>>]

Bhairyuu once again went through the motions, checking the tree all over and from root to branch for any abnormalities he could find, but since he did not spot any, he began to chop the tree down. Once it fell, he hacked it up some more into medium size, manageable pieces of lumber which he placed in a rough pile. After that, he tapped on the wood once, pulling up the results menu and waited to see what he would get this time.

Soon the results window showed up, displaying that Bhairyuu had managed to procure decent quality wood from this tre which he had just chopped down. Bhairyuu performed the same swiping motion to open his inventory and stored the wood in the quest items section. With that done, he moved to the next tree in the cluster, wondering how he was getting so lucky all of a sudden, but not really expecting it to last at all for the next tree.

[OOC: 6x <<Rare Wood>> + 4x <<Noble Wood>> + 1 <<Normal Wood>>]

Just as he had done with the previous tree, Bhairyuu checked this one out thoroughly, staying alert for any signs of any sort of disease or infestation. Then, he chopped it into several small sections which he placed on the ground in a loose pile and then he tapped on the pile to pull up the results menu. While he waited, he checked the event requirements for the one he and Khrys decided to do, the <<Rovian Wars>> to see how far he had come in reaching the wood goal for the event.

After about a second, the results window showed up, floating over the pile of wood and showing that Bhairyuu had managed to snag a good quality pile of wood this time around. Bhairyuu nodded to himself, put away the wood into the quest items section of his inventory menu that he had displayed in his HUD. With that done, he moved on to the next tree wondering but not if his lucky streak will end anytime soon.

[OOC: 5x <<Rare Wood>> + 4x <<Noble Wood>> + 1 <<Normal Wood>>]

Bhairyuu got to work almost immediately on the next tree in the cluster after examining it as he did with the previous ones and after finding no evidence of unsatisfactory quality, he began chopping it down. After that, he laid the wood sections from the tree in a loose pile on the ground and then tapped it, beginning the wait for the results to show up. While he was waiting he wondered how Khrysaor was doing and whether he had gotten down to business with his end of the workload.

Soon, the results window popped up, hovering over the wood pile and Bhairyuu sighed as he saw that the wood was atleast usable this time around instead of being completely worthless as he had seen plenty of times before. So he tapped the "Accept" button and the wood was turned into a quest item, causing a new entry altogether in the quest items section of his inventory menu that he just pulled up, the entry being a small regular wood icon with a small red "1" on it. After checking once more, Bhairyuu went over to the next tree to check it out as well.

[OOC: 5x <<Rare Wood>> + 3x <<Noble Wood>> + 1 <<Normal Wood>>]

After having rested for a whole hour, Bhairyuu awoke refreshed and ready to go. So he arose, swiped downward in mid-air to pull up his inventory menu and took out a <<Water Bottle>>, using the water therein to wash his face and the back of his neck to thoroughly wake himself up and get all his systems online for the next round of wood gathering. After that, he dismissed the inventory menu after materializing his axe as well and then went over to the tree cluster closest to him. Once there, he got down to work immediately, hacking up the tree into smaller sections and letting them fall into a pile on the forest floor. He then tapped the wood pile and waited to see what fate had in store for him.

After about a second, an alert sounded and the results window popped up, showing that he had gathered high quality wood this time, but Bhairyuu simply allowed himself a smile, reminding himself

"Well that's good, but I have to be on my guard...this could just be beginner's luck striking again...Anyway, on to the next one..."

With that, he swiped his finger across the "Accept" button, causing the wood to vanish and in the inventory menu he just pulled up, there appeared a small red "1" icon next to the quest items showing the count of the <<Noble>> wood had risen by one yet again. Putting this away, he got up and moved to face the next tree in line.

[OOC: 5x <<Rare Wood>> + 3x <<Noble Wood>>]

How about this Sword Art for the Throwing Knives. I got it from Naruto the anime, but it's called <<Shadow Shuriken Strike>>. I will leave it up to you guys to decide the final version of this but the basic idea is that one projectile is thrown with the second flying forth under cover of the first, meaning that it would be harder for the target to detect the second one coming even if the first can be seen and evaded. It would give some more dynamics to the RP i think.

Hey Oikawa,

I know we didnt cross paths whilst on here, but all the same, I do know what you've done for the site and I appreciate how easy you've made life for me on here. I wish you luck with the next phase of your life, my friend.

300 Col for the <<Corrupted Crystal>> if you dont mind, please.

Bhairyuu had been on his way to explore the streets of the <<Town of Beginnings>> when he noticed that familiar new announcements icon pop up in his HUD, so he paused in his sojourn, sat down and began to read the content of the announcement, muttering to himself

"Hmm, so a new boss meeting already eh? Sounds interesting...and I need the experience anyways for later so why not?"

With that, he set off for the <<Grasslands>> area mentioned in the announcement. Once there, he spotted Baldur, his blue haori making him stand out from the others, so Bhairyuu headed over to him, walking at a leisurely, long stride and his hand up in the air doing a lazy wave to @Baldur. Upon getting within earshot, Bhairyuu called out, his rich baritone but melodious voice drifting through the air easily

"Ohayo Baldur, long time no see, my friend. How're you doing?"

As he moved towards Baldur, Bhairyuu took off his medium sized black Chinese hat and the gentle breeze blowing through the area flowed through his coal-black hair tied up in a hgh spiky pony tail causing it to swish about softly and his karusan-hakama fluttered gently due to the same breeze during his motion. As he came within sight range, Bhairyuu put on a polite smile and a respectful expression in his keen jade green eyes as he regarded Baldur while waiting for his response.

Bhairyuu had given a polite smile to @Lessa and responded to her

"Ah well, that's alright then. Anyway, you guys looked intriguing so I thought I would come and see if I could hang out with you three...if that's okay with all of you, I mean..."

He then turned to the younger girl named @Row who had addressed him as well, trying to call her attention back for a few moments

"Nice to meet you, Row. My name is Bhairyuu, but you can call me Ryuu for short if you prefer. I look forward to gettng to know you three."

After that, he sat down on the ground and leaned back a little, using his arms for support and as he waited for the girls to reply, he enjoyed the nice view he had of the scenery  from that vantage point and silently studied the three new people who were now keeping him company. As he did, he wondered if he should address the only other male in the group or whether he should wait for the male to address him first.

Having taken his earlier failure into account, this time around, Bhairyuu was much more careful and thorough in checking the tree out for any signs of rot, fungus, termites and other such agents. However, he did not find any conclusive evidence for damage to the tree from any of these agents, so he set his energies to chopping down the tree and was much more efficient and streamlined in gathering the wood into a neat little pile. After he had done that, he knelt down like before and tapped on the pile to pull up the results window and while waiting he closed his eyes and took a breather while looking about to identify the next cluster of trees he would be using for gathering the wood needed for the event quest.

Once the results window showed up with an alert sound, he turned his attentions back to it, reading the content carefully. As he noticed the decent quality wood that he had managed to obtain, Bhairyuu smiled and tapped once more, making the wood pile disappear and in his open Inventory menu, under the quest items section, the count of <<Rare Wood>> increased by one more. He got up and before he went over to the next tree cluster, he decided to take a short break, so he sat on one of the fallen logs and rested for about a hour or so.

[OOC: 5x <<Rare Wood>> + 2x <<Noble Wood>>]

Perhaps it was because he was running low on energy or perhaps he had just zoned out in the midst of examining the tree, but he could not deny that he had made a major faux-pas in doing his precautionary scan of the tree for any offending agents. Of course he didn't know it at the time and so he had gone through the trouble of cutting down the tree and making the wood into a neat pile. However, once he tapped on the pile to bring up the results window, he realized his error as he saw the returns for his efforts

Bhairyuu let out an exasperated sigh as he saw that he had failed in getting any wood of usable quality this time, but he did not let it depress him. He merely threw the wood away and then continued on to the last tree in the cluster he was working on, wondering what sort of wood the tree would yield to him.

[OOC: 4x <<Rare Wood>> + 2x <<Noble Wood>>]

Again, like before, Bhairyuu examined the tree before him closely for any signs of agents that would depreciate its worth in terms of ship-building material. After several mnutes, he didn't find any signs of such agents, so he stepped back a little to give himself some more room and proceed to hack away at the tree with powerful swings from his hand-axe, slowly but surely working away at the branches, the trunk and whatever other parts of the tree that he could see as being valuable to his cause. After he was done fellng the tree, he divided the trunk into sections once again and trimmed the branches as well to uniform lengths, placing them in a neat pile on the ground. He then knelt down and tapped on the pile, causing the results window to pop up, showing the fruits of his labor

Bhairyuu smiled as he saw that he had gotten decent quality wood and then accepted the wood, making it appear in his inventory under the quest items section, increasing the count of the <<Rare Wood>> by one yet again. Then, he moved on to the second to last tree in the lot, hoping it would yield the same decent or even higher quality wood than its predecessor.

[OOC: 4x <<Rare Wood>> + 2x <<Noble Wood>>]

Bhairyuu repeated the same process again of checking every inche of the tree for any signs of rot, termites, fungus, and the like for several minutes. Luckily, he did not detect any signs of agents that could prove to be de-valuing to the quality to wood, so he set about chopping the tree down. Once it was down, he knelt beside it and then chopped up the fallen trunk into several smaller, more manageable sections and then collected the chopped up branches as well, laying all of that in a neat pile which he then tapped gently in order to bring up the results window once more

As he saw his efforts and precaution from several minutes back pay off in giving him decent quality wood this time as well, Bhairyuu smiled, thinking to himself

"Hmm, this is looking promising so far...I just hope I don't blow it on the next tree..."

After that, he tapped the Confirm button, converting the wood into an item which he then took into his inventory menu under the quest items section causing the <<Rare Wood>> count to increase by 1 this time. After that, he moved to the second to third to last tree in the cluster.

[OOC: 3x <<Rare Wood>> + 2x <<Noble Wood>>]

[OOC: @Harry Otai, I hope you don't mine me barging in unannounced, but if I am interrupting, my apologies in advance]

Bhairyuu was once again doing some more exploration of the <<Town of Beginnings>>, this time choosing to wander through the outskirts of the safezone near the grasslands outside. Just then, he noticed a trio of players, a male and two females gathered there and so, since he was curious as to what the trio was up to, he decided on a whim that he would go and greet them, and maybe introduce himself if they proved friendly enough. So with that in mind, he headed over to their location, calling out in a semi-loud voice while taking off the medium-sized black Chinese hat that he had on his head at the moment so they could see his face

"Hey you guys, what's going on? Anything interesting happening there?"

He asked, keeping his voice polite in tone and a matching polite smile on his thin lips as he strode over to them and finally once he was within a few feet, he stopped and waited to see what they would say and do in response. In the meantime, he enjoyed the feel of the breeze blowing through his jet black hair tied into a high spiky ponytail and the sensation of the wind causing his outfit to gently rustle against his dark complexioned, leanly muscular body while regarding the trio with a curious expression in his narrow jade green eyes.

Bhairyuu just barely managed to catch the <<Emerald Ring>> and <<Shroud of Winter>> that Teayre had chucked at him without warning and then turned to Morgenstern as the man addressed him and spoke with a nod

"Sure, I will try my hand once more at striking @Opal, wish me luck, I guess...though even if I do hit, it probably won't leave so much as a scratch on her...oh well..."

With that said, Bhairyuu focused all his energies on striking Opal and charged towards her. Once within range, he took a leap and brought his sword down onto her shoulder, this time successfully getting a hit on her, albeit not one that would make a lot of difference in the long run. After that, not wanting to stay within Opal's strike zone, he immediately retreated, going back to where Morgen and Teayre were standing and took his post next to Morgen once more, addressing him

"Finally I got a shot in, good luck to you on your turn, Morgen."

He then turned to Teayre and thanked her with a polite smile on his lips

"Thanks for the assist with that Stun effect from earlier. That helped greatly, Teayre."

After that he fell silent and waited to see what Opal would do in her turn that was coming shortly and hoped she wouldn't thrash him too badly

Bhairyuu watched silently as Morgenstern charged at Opal only to be rebuffed by her skill at dodging all his attacks and when Morgen landed next to him again, he gave Morgen a nervous smile saying

"That was a good effort indeed. It's my turn now I guess, so here I go...hopefully I don't end up looking like a fool..."

With that, Bhairyuu swung his <<Embodiment of Apophis>> around a few times in order to warm up properly for the exertion he would undoubtedly be experiencing when he went in to attack Opal. After a few minutes of warming up, he rushed at Opal, trying to slash at her with his sword and hoping he could land even one solid hit on her, not that he expected to do so successfully

Unfortunately for him, but just as he expected, not a single one of his slashes had even come close to touching Opal, let alone damage her. So, with a sigh, he went back and took up his original position next to Morgenstern, giving him an apologetic look.

Bhairyuu had been waiting to see how Khrys would respond when Khrys surprised him by standing up and shouting at the top of his lungs into his sensitive ears, which of course temporarily deafened him to a partial degree. So when Khrys explained his plan, Bhairyuu had to strain his hearing in order to be able to catch Khrys's words. After several minutes of gleaning all he could from Khrys's narrative, he replied in the affirmative

"That sounds good enough to me, so let's go with that plan...after all, we want to finish this gathering part as quickly and efficiently as possible so that we can move ahead with the event itself, don't we?"

With that, he paused and then brought up his inventory menu and materialized five potions, each of a different color as well as one of the Trinkets he had been given by Khrys earlier and handed them off to him, saying

"Here, you can take these potions since you'll probably need them more than I do. Oh and here's one of your trinkets back, I will keep the other one till this event is over if that's alright with you. Well then, I will see you when we meet up again after gathering our respective quest items, Khrys. Don't die on me, okay? That will make doing this event successfully even more of a royal pain."

After handing Khrys those items, Bhairyuu bade farewell to Khrys and then headed deeper into the woods that populated the shore of the lake where they had just met the NPC, leaving Khrys to his own device.

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OOC: Transferred the following items to @Khrysaor:

Once he finished examining the tree, Bhairyuu set about chopping it down, this time mainly focusing on the trunk where the wood seemed to be experiencing the best growth. After several minutes of diligently hacking away at the thick trunk, he finally made enough of a dent which then caused the tree to crash to the ground with a loud thud. In the process, fortunately for Bhairyuu, the branches also broke off, thus saving him the troublesome task of cutting them by himself. Bhairyuu gathered the branches of the tree, set them in a neat pile and then turned his attention back to the fallen trunk, cutting it into long pieces of roughly hewn lumber. Then, like before, he tapped on the wood to pull up the gathering results window and then waited to see what his efforts would yield him this time

Bhairyuu allowed himself a small smile at the sight of his lucky streak continuing and hoped that it would continue for a long time to come. He clicked the "Confirm" button, causing the wood to disappear from view and the number of the <<Noble Wood>> in his Inventory menu's quest items section to increase by 1. Then he moved on to the next tree in the cluster, hoping he would get just as lucky as he did with the previous one.

[OOC: 2x <<Rare Wood>> + 2x <<Noble Wood>> added]

After finishing his meager rations of bread and water and considering all that he had gleaned from his experiences with gathering wood from the trees in the forest around him, Bhairyuu stood up, stretched to iron out any kinks in his joints, and materialzed his axe from his inventory menu while heading over to the next tree that he had decided was his target. As he did before, he spent a few minutes examining the tree for any termites, rot, or any other agent that could possibly make it unusable, but since he didnt find anything in particular, he went on to chop it to pieces wth some effort and after the wood fell to the ground, he tapped on the pile to pull up the gathering results window with a relatively calm frame of mind

This time, since he was more thorough, he was able to acquire a high quality boundle of wood as per the results shown in the screen hovering over the wood pile, so he smiled and tapped it once more to confirm the receipt, causing the wood bundle to register in his inventory menu under the same quest items section. After that, he started working on the tree right next to it, examining every inch before taking the trouble of cutting it down.

[OOC: 2x <<Rare Wood>> + 1x <<Noble Wood>> added]

After he had checked the trees to try to see if he could determine what sort of wood they would give, he had begun to work away at the first of the trees in the new cluster, first hacking at the branches, and after they had fallen, he cleaved the tree trunk into several smaller pieces of lumber. He arranged these pieces of lumber in a loose pile at his feet and then sat down, gently touching the pile and then waiting for the pop-up menu to show up with the results of his efforts

Alas, to his dismay, he found that luck had deserted him yet again as she had before, but he did not become depressed like before. Instead, he simply pushed away the useless wood pile which was full of rot on the inside and went over to the next tree. Sadly, his previous series of exertions had tired him out, so he was forced to sit down to rest on one of the large, relatively flat rocks lying nearby. While he sat, he took out a loaf of bread and a bottle of waterfrom his inventory menu and proceeded to have a quick meal while considering his options for the road ahead.

[OOC: 2x <<Rare Wood>> + 0 added]

Bhairyuu was watching the surreal scene of the <<Lady of the Lake>> bringing out the plain axe, return it to Khrysaor and then admonish him for secretly desiring the gold and silver axes even though they were not his and the even more surprising decision she had made in giving him the gold and silver axes instead of to Khrys. Not knowing what exactly to say, Bhairyuu chose to stay silent through thr whole affair and only spoke up when the <<Lady of the Lake>> had gone back into the waters of the lake that was her home

"Well now...that was...truly strange..."

After that, he looked at the gold and silver axes in his hands and then without warning, he chucked them back into the lake since they were of no use to him whatsoever, even as decorative pieces while saying

"Those would have been absolutely useless in terms of utility..not to mention a royal pain to lug around...and they would have cluttered up my inventory...so good riddance..."

 He then turned to Khrys and tapped him on the shoulder, saying in a tone that clearly indicated his exasperation  with his eyes having a rather bored expression

"Hey Khrys...how long are you going to kneel there crying like a big baby?...Come on, let's finish making our plans for getting the materials needed to build our ship."