Stryder

(Pulling out request)

Sky laughed at the name of the dog. Gluttony? He couldn't help but not love the irony in that name. He wished he had a dog with a name like that.... But his got a different name with a meaning of its own. He looked at the rock, and threw his fist at it again, but instead of damaging it like his companion had just managed to do, his arm bounced off again... His dog's name was not what he had.

"My dog was called Lucky.. Because we found him and took him in. Maybe you could call your shop something about your dog?" He suggested, trying to help her get inspiration for her shops name. And as he said that, he thought about what he would call his own when he got the change to. Maybe Lucky Cloth? No.. that sounded like a female.... cloth store... He sighed, staring at the Rock.

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 ID# 80868 results:

 Battle: 1

Rock - HP 38/50

Sky watched as the beast died brutally, and as Atzo fell down and changed back to normal. He was relieved to see him back to how he had met him, though he doubted he would see him the same way ever again....

"You changed... went into a skeletal blood lust... " He says back, before quickly noticing him looking like he was going to fall. He seemed like he was back to normal, so he guessed it was safe. He walked up to him, making sure that he wasn't about to fall over. He watched as he received col, shaking a little as he steadied the guy.

"Thanks.... It will help... If anything i can buy some gear..." He replies with, continuing to hold the guy in place. He took great care not to look into his sword, not wanting to see that again. He shook his head, snapping out of his fear. It was over now, he was back to normal, no need to be so scared.

"You going to be okay?"

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480 Col Recived From Atzo

Sky pulled his fist back quickly, punching the rock as hard as he could, but once again nothing had happened.... AT ALL... he did just no damage. He groaned audibly, wanting just to break this rock in two and get this over and done with.

"This.... is so frustrating!" He yelled as loud as he could, puffing for a moment before looking at Kath do the exact same thing he had.Punching, but doing no damage. He sighed, walking over to Kath.

"Even with help this is going to take forever... So what do you plan to call your shop?" He asked her. He wanted to open one himself, but he needed to break this rock first, so that he could actually go and find a location, till then, he was stuck here, punching a sitll rock, that he was somehow missing.... A still rock.... That he couldn't hit.... Somehow..... A rock....

ID# 80866 results:

 Battle: 3

Rock - HP 39/50

Sky smiled as he watched as she sized up to the rock, and punched it with both fists. He watched as not only did she not miss this time, but as both her fists hit it, they caused a dent and dealt some damage!!! The rock's hp seemed to have taken a actual hit, going down by a noticable amount for this time, but still had more then three quarters of its health.... This is going to take forever, im going to be an old piece of data by the time this thing is broken....

"Great job!!! Told you it doesn't hurt!" He says, getting up and going for a swing only to hit it, and nothing to happen. He quickly slumped down, he had just punched a rock and nothing had happened again.... He couldn't help but sigh as he completely messed up... this rock was bad... he hated it. It was evil, it was destroying his confidence to do anything.... It was breaking his will to actually do this!!!

"Why do rocks need to be so hard?" 

@Eatos

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 ID# 80863 results:

 Battle: 4

Rock - HP 39/50

Sky watched as she decided to help her, watching her take a run up and go for a punch, but he quickly saw how badly it was about to go when she tripped over. He couldn't help but let out a small giggle, but he was quick to walk over and help pull her up, getting her on her feet.

"Missing isn't as embarrassing as punching it, and your the one who gets launched back" He says, blushing a bit while trying to make her feel a bit better about it. He quickly realized he had said something wrong, and added "But that was your first try, i bet next time you would smash it!" 

He smiled, looking at the rock, running towards it and attemping to kick it, but once again only to push himself off the rock, rolling back a meter. Groaning in embarrassment, he rolled onto his stomach, pushing himself off. Once again he had launched off the rock onto his ass again....

 ID# 80858 results:

 Battle: 5

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 42/50

Sky was late!!! He had recived a message from Atzo requesting some members to come make a good impression down by the first floor town square, the place this whole game had started. The town of begginings. He felt rude not being there straight away, so he had come running towards the teleport gate. He teleported down to the first floor, before looking around. The town, as always, was packed, and somehow that made him feel even more anxious. Groaning, he ran towards the town square, but quickly spotted Atzo, surrounded by like, four people. He smiled, glad that some other guild members had made it here, meaning he wasn't necessarily late. Walking over, he put on a brave face. He was worried about letting the guild down, but he wasn't going to show it. Appearance meant everything, if they looked like they had weak, mean members, no one would join.. at least from his experiences.

"Hey, did i make it in time?"

It had only been a short time since he had been offered a position at the guild, and he had accepted almost immidiately. He hadn't spoken, or seen, anyone else in the guild, well, except for Atzo. He was the one who had given him a goal, and now, a safe place to learn, and grow. He opened his eyes, appearing on the second floor. Apparantly, he had a mansion about.... three hours away from the safezone. He was worried he had been a little late, and started to walk there quickly. The walk was peaceful, he found the third floor to actually be pretty beautiful, though his mind was taken mostly by the thought of the guild. He didn't know what job he would have, what postion would he hold? He didn't know, but he couldn't wait to find out.

After the walk, he saw the Mansion on the mountain. He couldn't believe the guy he had met had made this! Well, owned this! He was pretty impressed. Walking up to the door, he knocked on it a few times before sitting down next the door, watching the world around them.

He watched as the panther's health went straight down, hitting the red zone. He couldn't help but be in awe, if he had fought this thing on his own, he would have died. He knew one day, he would get to his level... but for now, he was weak. And as he said, he would pull out bigger creatures that would want to eat him alive, so what? He wasn't going to die yet... Not after everything. And he would get stronger!

"Il get there one day" He replies, running in to strike again. He only had three sword skills avalible to him, so he decided to use the same one again, he had enough energy. He ran in, striking three times in succession quickly, before manurering behind it as to stay out of its way, as it seemed his stun would wear off next round, and he didn't want to get hit.

 ID# 80851 results:

 Battle: 7

Sword art (Snake Bite) DMG= (2)*3 = 6

Stryder 60/60 Hp | Energy 3/6 | DMG 2 [H:1]

Atzo 240/240 Hp | Energy 17/26 | DMG 6 | Acc 2 | Eva 3 | LM 1 | Savvy 1 | Bleed 12 [H:3]

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Panther 22/130 Hp | DMG 39 [12 Bleed] (LE)

Sky smiled as she asked. It was kinda cute how worried she was about it hurting, though he did understand the sentiment. He was glad that they had made a plan, he was going to need some good gear to survive in the upper floors, and, even though she couldn't make it for him right now, she could later, once she ranks up enough. And a discount, as long as he can make deals, and provide her with Mat's.... Sounded like a good deal!

"I promise it doesn't hurt, here, il show you" He replies with, taking a few steps back before running up, jumping and delivering a spinning kick to the rock. His foot connected hard, smashing the rock and causing it to rock, and as he kicked it, he went back landing on his feet smiling as he looked at the crack he had just caused, however small it still was.

 ID# 80803 results:

 Battle: 10 (+ 2 dmg)

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 42/50

For the longest time, well.... since he had helped Eatos with becoming a blacksmith, he had been thinking about his own career. He had no idea on what he wanted to become before, but now he did. He had seen players walking around with clothing that looked cool, and light armor that looked protective, but not to... well, heavy. Whenever he played games he had always gone with a lightweight class, and if he got to a higher rank in tailoring, he could make himself that armor!!! He had a weaponsmith... he might be able to be useful!!

Looking around, he tried to find somewhere that he could accept the quest, just like Eatos had, and before long, he found a tailor. He smiled, walking over to him.

"Hey, can i learn?" He asked, his words triggering the quest.

"You want to become a tailor? Alright, well first things first is you need something you can use. Find some leather, cotton, wool, anything like that, and bring it here. Then il teach you"

With that, his quest log updated, and grinning, he left, heading out to find some cotton.

Sky smiled at her, nodding with her point, well, offer to. If he could gather her materials, in which she could make him and others weapons with, it would be worth it, for him, for her, and for everyone she managed to make a blade for. She would help keep them alive. He couldn't help but smile. 

"Sounds like a deal, until i have a profession i doubt i could make use of materials anyway, and as long as your making gear keeping people alive, im happy to help. We have plenty of time, we can work out an arrangement... i mean, this thing isn't breaking anytime soon"

He sighed, looking back at the rock. This thing had eluded him actually damaging it for to long, it was time to let some anger out. Sky pulled his fist back, and smashed the rock as hard as he could! And, for the first time in awhile, instead of bouncing back, the rock actually shook!!! He had dome some damage again!! He pumped his fist in the air in joy, glad he had started getting somewhere again... then remembered hte massive health bar.....

"This rock won't break... Would you be willing to help?" He asked, hoping she would reconsider, otherwise he would be here till he tied from hunger....

 ID# 80712 results:

 Battle: 7

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 45/50

Those words made him feel like he would survive more, if genuine people were out there fighting.... They actually might beat this death game and go home! Then the guild offer. He couldn't help but be shocked! He had been planning on joining a different guild, but last he had heard it got shut down and disbanded, and now he was getting an offer for a new one. Before he could even react outside though, the panther showed up. He was quick to draw his sword, reacting just like he had when he fought his first boar, but this was lethal, this was a panther. He nodded to Atzo as he said sit out a little, watching as he smashed into the Panther with a deadly strike, and he noticed it was on the ground, and it looked stunned. 

Now is as good a time as any to try out sword arts

He runs in, sword drawn, his arm moving to the flow of the sword art, striking three times in succession with angular movements, before quickly flipping back and holding his blade ready to defend himself. He couldn't help but wince as he saw the health bar go down such a small amount.... he was useless!!! How was he meant to protect people if this was all he could do!

@Atzo

(OOC, if i did the dmg calculating wrong sorry XD)

As sky listened, the better he actually felt. When he had met this guy ten minutes ago, he had been a mad man. Stuck in a trance, and now, here he was, giving him advice. His words genuinely helped him, as he was perfectly right. But then the real surprise. He had a goal now, this stranger, who had just showed him a scene from which he had always haunted him.... The stranger had just set him a goal, the goal to never let himself fall enough that he was unable to help others. Never to get forced to watch others die. He couldn't help but give a smile to him.

"The goal in simple terms is to help whoever i can.... and do my best to keep others alive" He said back to him, walking over to him. 

"Thanks Atzo, that actually helped more than i would have expected... And sounds good.... i actually hit level three not to long ago" He said, thanking him with a actual smile. He was really glad he had met this guy. "Also... the people who set you that goal sound like they are genuine players, its good to know people like that exist in this deathgame"

Sky had been going through the woods for a few minutes before he heard the sound of gushing water, and as he went towards it, he saw Mist.. picking flowers? What, was she making a bouquet or something? It was strange... he didn't know why she would be doing that, though he guessed that it must just be.... maybe a quest? He sighed, then noticed her walking towards the pool... and he was behind her. Grinning, he sneaks up towards her, and as he gets close, he moves his hands up behind her... And pushed her into the pool of water, taking a step back afterwards in case she swung a spear at him for it. Though he couldn't help but laugh a little as he watched her.

"Hey Mist"

An example? Sky was about to object when the sword was put to his face, and suddenly he felt himself bombarded by images. He saw the bullies at school, but not the ones that had tormented him. He watched as someone he knew, someone who had just stood up for him, getting beaten up, before he had learnt how to fight. Watching right from the sidelines as the random stranger was smashed, just for being kind. He wanted to help, so bad, he just wanted to help!! Sky suddenly felt himself sweating, panting, fearing the pain of being useless again, then the blade was taken away from him.

After the blade was lowered, he fell to the ground, a tear coming out his eye. That blade was something else...

"I saw a moment in which i was useless in..... and watched someone get hurt...." He says to him, wiping the tear out of his eye as he stood up and looked at him. He had actually had a pretty good life, but he was useless before he had decided to learn how to fight....

"Where did you get it?"

(Didn't fit character, edited a tiny bit)

"You should get a forge set up, and the 'statistics' would be pretty simple. Forge badass crystal blades, sell them, earn money, win win" He replies with, attempting to make some humor. He then thought for a moment, getting a idea that might work out for both of them.

"If the cost is an issue, i can help you pay. I don't have much, but whatever i have is yours" He says to her, smiling as he turned back to the rock, determined to at least hit it this time, WITHOUT bouncing off. But, just as always, his bad luck interviened. As he went to punch the rock, his foot tripped on a pebble, knocking him over, but he managed to turn it into a flip, landing on his feet roughly, before stumbling into the rock. He groaned, he hadn't even done much to this rock in the last five attemps!!! It was a rock, HOW WAS HE MISSING! IT WAS A STILL, ROCK, IT COULDN'T, MOVE, AT, ALL, HOW, WAS HE MISSING!

 ID# 80627 results:

 Battle: 2

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 46/50

"I promise it doesn't hurt, but i won't pressure you into helping if you don't want to. Change the subject, what brough you all the way here? Set up your forge yet?" He asks, looking at the rock, and punching it again, only for nothing at all to happen. Literally, nothing. The rock hadn't moved, he hadn't lost HP, nothing. It was like he tapped the rock... lightly.... His head immidiately went down in shame, just wanting this to be over....

"Why does this rock have to be so strong..." He mutters under his own breath. He knew he was going to be at this for hours, HOURS. He was not going to find this easy, he was in no danger, at all, but this was not going to be something he could just cut down with a sword, or just luckily find. He needed dedication, he needed to keep going, he needed to break this very, annoying, massive, rock, in, millions, of, pieces.

ID:805545

Battle: 5

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 46/50

Sky got up, looking at her. Did she not realize that in VR you didn't actually feel pain? When he had been run through by the boar when they had met, he hadn't actually felt pain, which was where he had fully realized this fact. He laughed a little as he looked at the rock, and then her.

"Actually believe it or not, it doesn't... physically.... getting knocked on your ass by a rock is pretty embarrassing though" He said, before kicking the rock as hard as he could, but once again just pushing himself off it and landing on his back again, blushing with embarrassment. This was how a experianced gamer was.... DEFEATED BY A ROCK! He was mad, he was a professional gamer. He had played dozens of games and come out on top in most, none nessassarily againt pro players, or in the full dive area, but otherwise he had been pretty good, and he was getting beaten up, by, a, ROCK!!

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 46/50

 ID# 80554 results:

 Battle: 5

Sky couldn't help but jump as he heard the voice behind him. It was familiar.... like.... 

"Eatos?" He said after she asked why he was punching the rock, turning to see her there. He then quickly, and actually a little rudely, ran and gave her a hug, glad that something sane was now near him. He put her down, giving a few awkward laughs before apologizing and responding to her.

"Its not as crazy as it looks... but its for a quest, that gives me the martial arts skill.... I just need to break it in half" He responds to her with, before running back up to the rock, punching it again only to once again knock himself back down on his ass. He groaned as he lifted himself up, dusting off his butt before looking over towards her, sighing as he asked a question he didn't think he'd ask.

"Care to help...."

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 ID# 80550 results:

 Battle: 5

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 46/50

After that hit, Sky felt proud of himself. He had put a crack in the dam thing, and he planned to make it bigger. Sky went to take another punch, but instead of cracking the rock more, his fist hit the stone and bounced back, his elbow going into his own gut, knocking him back a little. He hated this whole quest already. 

Can i PLEASE JUST PUSH THIS THING OFF A CLIFF

He yelled internally, just wanting for this to be done. But, then he remembered why he was doing this. He wanted part of his old life back... and was going to get it, no matter how mad he got, no matter what kind of cr@p this rock put him through mentally, he was going to get a piece of his old life back. He wasn't going to let anything stop him, he was determined to get this skill, he was determined to win.

 ID# 80533 results:

 Battle: 3 ( miss)

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 46/50

Is this worth it... this rock is invincible! Im barely even scratching it! 

Sky grunts loudly in anger, shouting at the rock, wanting it to break. This thing... he... just.. didn't know what to do... He needed this, more than anything right now, he needed this. He needed this to help keep people alive, and he wanted to keep people alive!!! He wanted to let his anger loose, so he pulled his fist back, reared it back, and....

Smack

The rock took a smashing hit, rocking a bit as he landed a cracking blow, literally.... though it was so small it was barely even noticeable. He grunted in anger, leaning against the rock. He wanted help.... he wanted help breaking this thing... at this rate it seemed like he would have no sanity left by the time he broke it!!! He had damaged it, but so far.... it wasn't loooking good. He aws going to go insane!!!!

 ID# 80532 results:

 Battle: 9 (Critical Hit + 1 damage)

Sky was angry, he had just gotten knocked on his ass by a rock. Getting up, he went back for a little, going back a bit, before turning around, sprinting towards the rock, punching it as hard as he could. He felt the impact right on his hand, but instead of bouncing off, the rock shook, showing he had managed to damage it again. This rock had a lot of Hp, he could see the bar... He hadn't even done anything to it yet, it had just... taken the hit.... again....

I mean, it is a rock.... i can't expect to break it that easily.... but come on.... break.... He thought, sighing as he thought about life. He knew this was going to be a long day, just like the days he had to do in the real world when he had nothing to do except laze around. He missed those days....

 ID# 80443 results:

 Battle: 6 (Hit)

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 48/50

 Sky was suprised, his fist didn't hurt at all. He managed to actually hit the rock, and there was a light dent in it, not to big, but he had actually damaged it! In his excitement, he ran towards it, putting his foot out to kick it, moving as fast as he could, wanting just to smash this rock, only to bounce right off and land on his back. Groaning as he got up, he stares at the rock. That dam thing... he had to be more careful, otherwise this was going to be the end of his sanity, AND HE JUST STARTED...

Wonder how people have done this! He thought as he looked at the dam bolder, wishing he could do this with a sword. This was so embarrassing.... he had just got knocked on his ass by a rock... how.... Just... He didn't know what to think... the rock.... was just.... why.....

ID# 80442 results:

 Battle: 1

Stryder - HP 60/ Energy 6

Rock - HP 49/50