Gambit

Gambit blinked, and Ariel was gone. Oh! Okay! He didn't really mind -- he was sure that she was close by, wherever she was. Gambit, for a second or three, thought about searching for her; but he figured that if he broke her stealth just because he wanted to see if he could, she wouldn't be very happy. He instead kept his eyes firmly locked on the road ahead of them. Unmoving. Acanthus spoke up and Gambit nearly jumped out of his skin. She was the grumpy one, from what he could tell, so he was surprised that she even thought about talking to him. Gambit knew that this was his one and only

A glittering topaz, gifted to the party for helping slay... the evil dragon? Or something? Right? Gambit wasn't entirely sure -- he was only one quest in, and he'd already lost the plot. Now the good(?) dragon was telling them about another dragon that needed to be killed(?) and Gambit, at this point, was at a complete loss. "Um, okay. Thank you," Gambit said, accepting the gem. Ariel seemed to be taking the lead, which he was pretty appreciative of. He still wasn't sure about Acanthus, though. Actually, he wasn't sure about either of them -- had any of them even introduced themselves? Maybe i

kms Action Taken: [Training Familiar] Yeff: ID#247920 CD: 1 (Jesus Christ) - Failure

ph Action Taken: {R3 LOCK} [RUN AWAY!] Yeff: ID#247919 LD: 17+2 (Success) -- Combat Ends Gambit | HP: 116/180 | EN: 11/36 | DMG: 15 | ACC:4 | EVA:3 Yeff, The Darkest Elf | HP: 131/400 | MIT: 30 | DMG: 30 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 0 [PARRY ACTIVE] Abilities: Elf’s Wit | On LD 15+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will attack the target with the lowest hate instead. Parry | On CD 6+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will prepare to parry the next attack, taking 50% less damage (rounded down). Weapon Lock | Only Sword Arts of Rank 3 or

ph Action Taken: {R3 LOCK} [RUN AWAY!] Yeff: ID#247918 LD: 9+1= 10 (Partial Success) MD: 9 CD: 8 Gambit | HP: 116/180 | EN: 10/36 | DMG: 15 | ACC:4 | EVA:3 Yeff, The Darkest Elf | HP: 131/400 | MIT: 30 | DMG: 30 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 0 [PARRY ACTIVE] Abilities: Elf’s Wit | On LD 15+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will attack the target with the lowest hate instead. Parry | On CD 6+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will prepare to parry the next attack, taking 50% less damage (rounded down). Weapon Lock | Only Sword Arts of R

ph Action Taken: {R3 LOCK} [ST-II][-9 EN] Yeff: ID#247917 BD: 7 (Hit) MD: 1 (Crit Miss) CD: 6 15*11= 165-30= 135/2= 67 DMG to Yeff // Yeff Misses, Parry activates Gambit | HP: 116/180 | EN: 9/36 | DMG: 15 | ACC:4 | EVA:3 Yeff, The Darkest Elf | HP: 131/400 | MIT: 30 | DMG: 30 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 0 [PARRY ACTIVE] Abilities: Elf’s Wit | On LD 15+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will attack the target with the lowest hate instead. Parry | On CD 6+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will prepare to parry the next attack, taking 50%

ph Action Taken: {R3 LOCK} [ST-I][-6 EN] Yeff: ID#247916 BD: 4+4 (Hit) MD: 10 (Crit) CD: 11 15*8= 120-30= 90/2 = 45 DMG to Yeff // 32 DMG to Gambit, Parry activates Gambit | HP: 116/180 | EN: 17/36 | DMG: 15 | ACC:4 | EVA:3 Yeff, The Darkest Elf | HP: 198/400 | MIT: 30 | DMG: 30 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 0 [PARRY ACTIVE] Abilities: Elf’s Wit | On LD 15+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will attack the target with the lowest hate instead. Parry | On CD 6+, Yeff, the Darkest Elf will prepare to parry the next attack, taking 5

But Yeff was prepared, now, and Gambit was unpleasantly surprised to find that the dark elf warrior's defenses would not be so easy to overcome a second time. Gambit didn't notice this until it was a little too late, however -- thinking he was striking an easy target quickly, Gambit rushed forward and unleashed another wild swing into the roaming boss of Floor Four. Expertly sliding his rapier across Gambit's thrust and sliding out of the way, Yeff managed to avoid the worst of the blow (most of it, actually). Then set off balance, Yeff stepped forward and elegantly stabbed Gambit through the

The dark elf had his rapier extended, a scowl plainly across his face as he charged -- and Gambit confidently stood his ground, grinning ear to ear. How many times had he defeated the Floor One Field Boss now? Had to have been dozens! And he was much stronger now than he was then. Gambit took his time to respond, but he was definitely quick enough to do so. In one swift motion, he drew his sword, swatted the elf's slim little rapier aside, and scored a powerful slash across Yeff's torso. The dark warrior spun around in a fit of rage, shouting something in a language that Gambit didn't understa

"Alright, Alela..." He slid the spyglass shut and the item turned to dust in his hands. "I think this is as good a spot as any." He hadn't actually gotten to take a great look through the spyglass, but then again, he didn't need to. Half these floors felt the same: yeah, yeah, this is the like... plains-slash-mountains-slash-forest floor. Right. And there's like, a bunch of woodland beasts, and maybe like elves and stuff. Sure. "Alright!" He grinned and clasped his hands together. Alela jumped a few inches higher into the air, surprised. "Let's get you trained, huh? And I think the best

He had to have read the message about sixteen times to make sure it was what he thought it was. Free at 1 p.m.? Boy, am I! Once he'd confirmed the validity of the message (how exciting!) he hurriedly typed up a response. GAMBIT: SIR YES SIR! O7 It was only after he'd clicked send that he began to worry that maybe emoticons didn't reflect well on his maturity. Oh, no. Had he made a grave mistake? For the next two or three hours, Gambit went back and forth on whether he should send a follow-up message (stupid, stupid, stupid) or if he should make up an excuse (his dog died?) and

"Hehe... yeah..." It was hard for him to hide the fact he was positively beaming at the praise, so he just didn't. But they were on the trail, now, and Gambit fell into line quickly. The two of them took the lead and Gambit took the rear, and he took his job as the party's caboose quite seriously. The terrain narrowed into a natural funnel of stone outcroppings and sloped ground. The path beneath them was beaten down through repeated use, and the creature responsible for the well packed earth at their feet laid wounded in the center of the clearing. Gambit immediately noticed some signs

wowza! Familiar for evaluation:

"Young man? I'm like... fully an adult. And also," Gambit scoffed, buffing his nails on his shoulder, "I'd be more worried about the dragon, eh?" Ariel chimed in too. Something about a leash made him frown. He was in too deep now. He had to fight back! These ladies were questioning his capabilities! His super confident strong buff guy capabilities! "Uh, I think I'm leaning towards the former." Fearless definitely had a nice ring to it. Two things were for sure, though: he wasn't an adult, regardless of how much time he might have perceived to pass here in Aincrad, and he hadn't read

"Aw man, what? That's so lame..." No fight? Gambit was crestfallen... but he recovered quickly. Not five seconds after the news, he was back with a fresh bounce in his step. There was no way there was a dragon quest without there being a requirement to slay a dragon. Not in a fantasy game like this. He had to give himself a mental pat on the back for piecing that together, though -- but he was careful not to come off as too smug. Gambit would keep it to himself for the meantime. They'd catch on sooner or later. He couldn't help but pick up on the weird vibes the two girls were givi

Thread Summary: 510/5 = 102 * 1 = 102 + 300 (Quest Reward) = 402 EXP Familiar submitted for evaluation here

Music? Bells? A small pleasant chime, and light. Flying into view was a perfectly spherical winged sprite. It seemed... happy to see him? It flew around him in circles, leaving evanescent globules of light in a trail behind it. Gambit snorted. "I guess you're my familiar, huh?" He cupped his hands and the sprite landed gently in them. It hardly weighed a thing. "Well, I can't imagine you'll be doing much in combat, but..." It was kind of cute, wasn't it? Gambit smiled. "That's fine, though. Alright!" He pulled away and the sprite flew up beside him, hovering around his shoulders. Gambit

Deep in the elven wilderness, Gambit couldn't help but feel a little bit out of his element. There was a primal fear that had rooted itself firmly in the pit of the brave warrior's stomach, and he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. "Well, here I come!" He announced it to the empty space between the trees, and only an echo was the forest's response. Still, it made him feel a little bit better. He sat there and waited. He wasn't sure whether or not the consumable was actually going to work, though. The light had already faded, and still there wasn't any sign of any animals in

"Whoops, totally forgot!" He transferred the money and slid the ring into his pocket in one smooth motion. "Need this. Thanks!" He was out the door in a flash. purchasing elden ring.: LD III [231522] -500 Col to @NIGHT

"Scouting a dragon's lair, eh?" Gambit smirked. "Nothing I can't handle." Ever since he'd killed that Floor One Field Boss, Gambit had been on a roll. When a seemingly helpless fighter handily dispatches the terror of an entire floor, said fighter would obviously earn a well-deserved boost in confidence. And a well-deserved boost in confidence Gambit had, and then some. Nothing could stop him. He had a new sword, a flashy little plushie dangling from the pommel of aforementioned sword, and a bad attitude to match. This Ariel fella needed help dispatching a few winged lizards? Leave it to

Thanks!!

Suffice to say that Gambit did not find any crystals. Well, he hadn't really been looking for them, either. Despite what he'd told the lady who'd (uninvited) joined him in digging his hole, Gambit wasn't in it for the rewards in the slightest. He was in it for the love of the game. The lady had left him alone for the most part, and that was just fine for him. He didn't know or even wish to know about the treasure hunt the others were embroiled in. He had greater plans. But greater plans would have to wait. After wordlessly toiling away at his hole's excavation, Gambit had struck ro

"Crystals?" Gambit asked. Was there something going on at the beach that he didn't know about? "What crystals?" He looked up from his digging and cast a cursory glance at the people gathered at the beach. They all seemed like they were scouring the sand for something. His mind immediately went to seashells -- but the nice lady (@Acanthus) who'd approached him had mentioned something about crystals. He looked down into the hole he'd been digging, now quite a bit more than ankle deep. The only thing in it that he could see were his own sand-covered feet. "Uh, no crystals." When she a

<<THREAD SUMMARY>> Gambit Receives: Gambit | [Word Count: 3539/10 = 353.9] * [True Tier: 1] * [Group Factor: 1] = 354 + 100 (Field Boss) + 1,500 (Quest Reward) = 1,954 EXP 1,000 Col x2 Materials <<Concentration>> Extra Skill x1 Nepent Ovule

There was a small, quickly forgotten moment during his thinking that Gambit realized he actually felt sorry for the Gemini. He couldn't be sure of it, of course; but were its eyes not shockingly human? He wondered if the frontliners thought about stuff like that. Gambit realized that there might be a difference in NPCs, and for the first time, the idea of NPC consciousness occurred to him. The very thought seemed preposterous. How could that be? Well, he reasoned, Cardinal (he believed it was called) was supposed to be some self-sustaining system, constantly adjusting game balance, adding new