Hestia

n...no this wasn't like this it was the update that did this. Why though why. She would say in disbelief that slowly turns towards anger at what she can't even be certain herself but the complete disregard for a peaceful life that was led by the former inhabitants to crush it all in black waves and replace it with this is. Abhorrent. She would move to take the rations and the immolation with a certain force grabbing more than taking as her gaze burned with anger while gazing towards the sky trying to figure out the logic if any in turning so many floors into war grounds of race against race family against family. The eery feeling of the floor now looming and becoming a bit more palpable to her at least she would drink the immolation potion and eat the field rations. This place use to be so beautiful from what my memory tells me of when we i was last here with itzal. A mountainous village overlooking the vast plains that made up the floor with supposedly people talking about how animal totems housed great spirits to be revered i think. Now it's nothing like hundreds of years had passed with some great plague having swept through. She would gaze around her heart breaking the most for the children of this place that was now only called Home. The title alone making her wonder if that meant there was no other village within this floor since if this place could be called home that meant there was no other home to return to beside this last remaining vestige of society that clings to survival.

Why go out of their way to do this. Three floors i've been on and they have all been imbroiled within some kind of desolate wasteland of what could be called a war. Floor eight elf vs treant. Floor twenty three the dark elves are still racist against anything besides them with people still believing their queen is alive and fighting. Now floor 19 a barren wasteland where barely enough crops grow to feed these people it looks like. Her voice is filled with nothing but contempt and sorrow.

12% max hp buff, +30 thorns

Modified stat block

She would smile when seeing her old gear be equipped bringing back a sense of nostalgia back during when she had that shield and armor a dream to just keep her first set of armor but just constantly reforged to be a better version of what it once was. However, just like how one would change styles of clothes she had adjusted her style to lean heavier into her grecian naming conventions and with that as well the idea that she had to attack and be on the offensive. Becoming more reactionary then making the first move within a fight and even more so not that she didn't even have a weapon to count as a way to even defend herself anymore. She would follows Aru towards the location of the field boss not feeling much pressure to go any faster then he is since at the end of the day the mob would stand forever and they could get there in ten minutes or ten days and the only difference would be how fast they had gotten experience point sand what they had to kill on the way to face the mighty beats that lumbers within this floor. As soon as they leave the safety of the lights of the city she would open up her inventory and pull out a glowstone to serve as a flash light for the two players as hestia would hold it within one hand tightly and creating a small hole for the light to escape with her other hands.

Compared to her last visit outside of the city where she tested the capacities of her build being able to see brought a new light that at least the foliage had remained within this floor a small welcoming thought towards the vast differences that make up everything else about this game with the new changes that have been made. Hearing the sounds of clanging steel once she made it upon the scene she would shine her impromptu flash light around spotting the lumbering Uzgeke and then spotting the sight of both Dustin and much to her surprise and quick flash of anger seeing the killer known as Pinball having got here before her. As much as she would want nothing more then to walk over and grab him and take him towards the closest thing they have as a prison within this game she knows that she is on a equal playing field with him now, and she can't be certain everyone around her is willing to risk their necks for her either. Thus she holds her action and serves as nothing more then a flashlight to keep everyone able to see Uzgeke. We all can talk about this later, but for now you now have perfect vision on this creature enjoy it while this glowstone lasts. She calls out towards the other players not doing her tank thing, and not even trying to heal anybody since much to her surprise on top of seeing them here they are also perfectly uninjured in any capacity from facing off against the lumbering oaf of a mob.

@Dustin

Action: Using glowstone

[H:3] Pinball: 760/760 HP | 87/114 EN | 25 DMG | 5 ACC | 6 EVA | Holy/Fallen I | 30 BH  
  Cooldowns: Meteor Break (2/2) | Shadow Explosion (1/3) | Familiar Grapple (1/5) | Nova Ascension (0/1) 

[H:3] Dustin: 620/620 HP | 52/80 EN | 78 MIT | 22 DMG | 1 EVA | 2 ACC | 31 BH (All Might 1/3) (Falcon Jab 0/2)

[H:4] Hikoru: 760/760 HP | 88/88 EN |  132 MIT | 7 DMG | 0 EVA | 3 ACC | 1 RGN | 1 REC | 2 THRNS | 2 D. Paralyze

[H:0] Hestia: statspread here (they're super awesome and pin's the asshole >:( ) 

UGZEKE: 2,121/3,100 HP | 300 DMG | 160 MIT | 2 ACC | -1 EVA [GRAPPLED]
  Skills:
<<Oblivious>>: Every turn, unless <<Ugzeke>> rolls CD 5+, he will remain oblivious to the enemy party and refuse to attack. This skill is disabled once <<Ugzeke>> becomes <<In Pain>>.
<<In Pain>>: Once <<Ugzeke’s>> health reaches 1200, he will become enraged as his skin turns red and he notices the party fully. His ACC is reduced to 1, but his EVA is increased to 2.
<<Smash>>: On an MD 9-10, his attack will hit the entire party for 225 DMG, lowering everyone’s ACC by 1 for two turns.
<<The Harder They Fall>>: Upon being hit with a Focus Sword Art, <<Ugzeke>> will falter and his next attack will have -2 ACC. This can only trigger every third turn.
<<Hard Hitter>>: <<Ugzeke’s>> attacks cannot be parried.
<<Tier Lock>>: For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.]
This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

After having defeated the monkey king upon the Eighth floor the duo of Hirru and Hestia had made their way towards the nineteenth floor  and when she arrives her eyes just widen in shock at what she sees what her memory once painted as a beautiful mountain town with animal like totem poles giving a native american vibe to it is now a desolate wasteland. What once was houses and a fine marketing area is just tents and a air of tension as if just making the wrong move could end the lives of all that is around you as recompense for your actions. What happened here? She would mutter out softly in disbelief as she takes one tentative step back towards the teleport gate as she begins to doubt that Ki-Raon is even on this floor anymore a beast that relies upon photosynthesis for its combative abilities would seem unlikely in a place that seems like it was stripped of life so long ago. Slowly she would steady herself and steel herself having to hype herself up and convince herself that after whatever caused that darkness places wouldn't always be improved from once she last left them like floor eight. That now apparently they could've fallen into complete disrepair like this floor is now her right hand clenched into a fist from anger at what feels like an injustice without explanation for this change to what was once a relatively peaceful floor.

@Hirru

Combat info:

That was a good question she hadn't put in any thought towards what would be a good idea for some place to go? She pauses and closes her eyes to just focus upon her thoughts and nothing else as she goes through the quests that she knows exists, or more accurately the quests that she knows exists during the last update of the game. Thinking through each option and what it took to beat it one catches her memory a quest that took three people to attempt, or was it two? Her memory is failing her if a person was missing when she did this last. Opening her eyes she gives the emerald hunter her answer. Well there is a quest on floor 19 if it's still around called Ki-Raon or something like that it either took me and itzal, me and Morgenstern, or all three of us together to defeat it. Maybe with this new update it might be possible to just duo it together while also being a decent challenge if you're up for trying it out alongside this new skill we got. She offers towards the hunter with a smile upon her face as she then turns her gaze towards where Sewallus was and he was already gone probably either having started on his way back towards the town assuming they would follow, or having teleported back due to how the game would function for the quest. Which is strange if he did just fade or teleport away considering how life like the rest of this quest series has been for the most part, but either inattentiveness or intended game design has left that hole wide open for her.

Hestia enters into the cave as she undoes the strap that holds her shield against her back holding the shield in her right hand the only guidance she gets when moving into that cave being the faint glow of her armor's flames. The flames dancing along her armor giving only a slight cocoon around her barely an inch of light emitting form her just only enough time to see the face of something that would attack as it appeared in front of her. Well depends how you view wasting items Fae since if you mean for healing not really at least in the past. Healer's like myself keeps them healthy, but it would help if people brought their own healing items since Leviathan proved to us that healers aren't enough sometimes though maybe floor twenty five changed that. However, the real item sink is all the buffs people buy for the raid damage, mitigation, overhealth, evasion, accurayc, protein. Then their is even quest drops that people farm to help give them an edge their is always more one could do it feels like to be slightly more prepared for the fight it's just how much time you're willing to spend doing it. She says honestly with a shrug of her shoulders knowing that truly their is always more work to be done that could give people more of an edge during boss fight. Debuffs that performers could craft, quest items that drop buffs to give more damage or mitigation, and with the addition of field bosses even those could give something worthwhile depending what they drop.The sound of a piercing screech echos off of the walls the enemy having found them seemingly, or if the quest has stayed the same trying to find them since it's just a giant bat. The tank gets ready bracing herself for an attack that will hit her once she activates howl.

@Fae

Hestia lets out a whistle when seeing the damage that is caused by the elven captain as sturdy fur and muscles of the monkey king got injured weakening the beast for HIrru to finish it off with one more strike with his blade.  That was really cool how did you get that strong Sewallus? She asks the captain of the guard while taking the scroll that was given to her as she unfurls it and sees the extra skill name and seeing how the technique is performed and how it applies to the game itself. Looking at the skill she would swipe open her menu and see that the skill is listed as extra skills meaning that for her this is outside of her use be it as tank or healer.  Looking towards Sewallus when being thanked Hetsia would give a smile and extend her hand towards the npc for a handshake. For myself i am glad to have been able to help you all out in keeping that peace you so desire, and thank you for teaching us your technique we'll be certain to use it to keep the peace in this land and far off ones. She says towards the captain of the guard as her gaze would then turn towards Hirru with a excited gleam within her blue colored gaze. So, what is your plan now that this is kinda over unless it points us elsewhere. Want to see if we can find something a bit more challenging, or you calling it a day and making your way elsewhere? She asks curiously as she fastens the leather strap around her shield's handle before wearing the self made holder for her shield hoping that she'd be able to spend some time more with him since it's nice to have a partner.

dungeon roll: #188301 LD:14[nothing]

She just looks at Pinball when he gives his response one that she couldn't really understand as a just motivation for murdering someone if all they did was hurting someone that he loved. To maybe beat him within a inch of his life depending on the severity of the actions, but to go as far as murdering? Okay what about Kirbs why did you kill her. She asks not questioning or verbally condoning or reprimanding him for his actions a small hope within her that maybe at least one of these would pop off with a just reason that might domino towards further reasoning to tie them all together. She walks deeper into the dungeon keeping her senses aware of her surroundings making sure to avoid stepping upon any traps while having to be mindful a monster could jump from any corner of this place. Making a right down the dungeon and going further in she spots two red colored kobolds holding bastard swords within their grip that turn to her with glowing red eyes.

With a loud warcry the fight had begun once more as shes tares down her foes with shield raised to fight and her familair at her side as the two creatures ran towards her one aiming high and the other aiming low with their blades. Forced to make a choice she blocked the one aiming to decapitate her pushing back against the blade and slamming her shield against the creature to force it away as the other kobold got a solid uninterrupted hit against her armored legs before it scurried back away from her. The other kobold joining its brother as it retreats away from the raven haired tank and the sword user ever so slightly behind a few feet away from its kobold comrade.

Action: Howl
#188302 MD:2+4=6  1 damage 110thorns
#188303 MD:10 1 damage   CD:11 (+4 energy)

[4/4]Hestia: HP:1033/1035 EN:102/102  Mit:208[FA:16] Thorns:110[FA:8]  BH:51  emergency:103 when 258 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+
]0/0]Pinball: 851/851 HP | 97/114 EN | 25 DMG | 5 ACC | 6 EVA | Holy/Fallen I 

Kobold 1: 510/620 DMG:186  ACC:4
Kobold 2: 620/620  DMG:186   ACC:4

Then for her the biggest surprise that she has seen was watching as a single sword that is one handed tears through the opponent as that lets her know right away that the way that dps is calculated is now vastly different since it use to be nowhere near close enough to be doing such damage in the first place. The surprise is in her eyes as she would hear the roar of the orc once more as it tries to capitalize on her surprise fro seeing the weapon that is being used and what it's capable of. Quickly turning her head she raises her shield matching the cudgel that descends upon her as she slides back a few inches from the strike of the orc as she shakes her head a bit to shake off the surprise of what this new system is capable of. Okay uhm people sugutsuya lets start with that. She says towards pinball with the orc roaring in response towards her question since the beast is being ignored in favor of this conversation as it raises the cudgel over its head preparing for a double handed strike to try and break her shield.

Action: Energize[10 en]  #188293 MD:5+3=8 1 damage   thorns:80   CD:6

[4]Hestia: HP:1034/1035 EN:91/102  Mit:208[FA:16] Thorns:110[FA:8]  BH:51  emergency:103 when 258 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+
[0]Pinball: 851/851 HP | 107/114 EN | 25 DMG | 5 ACC | 6 EVA | Holy/Fallen I 

Centaur: 0/620 DMG:186  ACC:3
Orc: 430/620  DMG:186   ACC:3

She would be rather happy when seeing the captain agree to serve as their help, or possibly diverting the work towards a lesser guard to guide them towards the location. However, her surprise was written upon her face when seeing the third health bar something she had never seen before from a quest in all of her time during Aincrad which possibly means this is special towards some quests or a general thing in all quest from here on out. Making that a mental note to write down alter into her Aincrad journal to keep things updated with all these changes that have come to this world that the npcs have a will to fight for the land that they live on now and willing to fight during quests and maybe even events possibly. You don't have to fight with us sir, but if you wish to do so i guess we can't stop you feel free to lead the way. Her tone of voice showing the surprise on her face as surprise would be replaced with a bit of excitement to see where this is going a grin upon her face as she would follow along keeping pace with both Hirru and the captain gazing at the captain's axe and figuring he must be some kind of DPS based on how that weapon looks. Though from what she knows of how Zandra fights it's more suited towards AoE most likely if things had stayed the same sine 2.6.

Making their way through the forest that might be more close towards a jungle of some kind she would keep her focus upon her surroundings taking things in with each step that would be taken as if trying to find any difference within this world. Many little rivers flowing through this side of the forest with her catching sight of some wildlife here and there taking some sips from those rivers, and then within the distance a land torn apart appears as they get stopped once they were within this area. Before she could question what the elf is talking about the idea of letting the ape come towards them did the rumbling of the ground and the sound of toppling trees echo throughout the forest as she would alongside Sewallus let out her very own howl to draw the hate towards her. She would raise her shield towards the large Ape as the hate would go towards her winning out by only a slim margin the ape would reel back a hand and slam into her shield the impact causing her to stagger slightly, but in the end hold her ground against that assault. Not trying to push back the beast as it would pull its hand back with a howl of pain from the attack it had taken followed by piercing his own hand on the jagged metal of her shield. Finish him off Hirru! She shouts over towards her quest partner with a grin upon her face as she gazes towards the monkey king and awaits for the next attack if hirru somehow missed.

Action: focused howl #188292 MD:5+2=7 80  200-163=37dmg  THORNS: 80 dmg  @

There is a term that she hadn't heard of as she glances back towards the uzgeke paper and then back towards Aru as understanding follows with what that means for the quest and some other quests that had disappeared that she was looking for on other floors. That a new type of either mob category or subquest or something got labeled as a field boss and made them the new thing that players could do to get a bit more exp to help themselves further towards the frontline. Then their was the knowledge that Hikoru had decided to stop being a frontliner and just retire from the world of Aincrad something she hadn't heard of the idea before. Just stopping and going to live peacefully to just in her eyes seemingly give up and do his own thing whatever in the world that could be, and not really knowing about his information broker job he had taken up to do his part. Okay well if you need help with gear i could provide if you can equip tier three stuff if you don't mind the grecian theme of the gear. She says and opens up a trade menu with Aru as she selects two pieces of gear since she doesn't know what weapon he would want or would work for him once tapping those two options the trade request would go through as she looks towards him with a polite smile.

After the request would be sent she would look towards the Uzgeke sign and look for the general direction of the creature, and once it listed a vague general direction of the northwestern part of the cavern deeper towards the darkness. She would then make her way towards the northern gate of the elven village and out towards the cavern system and along the path equipping her armor, shield, and snowglobe. Take your time to get to the top and  along the way make friends, and don't feel the need to be the next anybody just be you. She says towards Aru giving her piece of advice from what she had learned during her time within Aincrad.

Items trades to Aru

The names are those that she would never be able to hope or know besides one that took towards her that she knew of the name of a female player that she think she had either heard of or talked to directly once the memory of it vague. It could've been the girl with Dustin who was there when pinball ran away she glances at him and writes down the names that get listed into her notebook under a section of Pinball putting lots of concentration in having to do so to avoid causing the book to fall or the handwriting to be sloppy. Once finishing up Hestia looks towards him and asks the only question that would follow the one that came before. Why did you kill each individual. There is a motive to all actions that are taken. To fight, to kill, self-defense, cold blood murder, vengeance? She throws out ideas as the sound of footfalls echo off the walls forcing her to put the journal back and raise her shield forward readying for a fight with a determined and steely gaze bracing her nerves for what could appear. You'll answer as we fight i won't stop even for combat. She says bluntly while rushing towards the enemy who reveals itself to be a centaur holding onto a glaive accompanied by a orc holding a cudgel.

She lets out a war cry towards the enemy activating howl drawing the attention of the two enemies who were once passing glances towards Pinball with weapons raised who now focus upon the tank. The centaur rushes towards her with its glaive swinging it around slamming towards her left as she shifts herself for the blade to hit her shoulder letting it hit the heavily armored area as she can hear the grating of metal against metal as the flames of her armor burns along the centaur as it passes by her to try and go for another drive by of attacks to continue its assault. The orc at the sametime had let out a war cry of its own slamming its cudgel against the wall before charging forward going for a overhead strike as she raises her shield catching the weapon with her shield as her knees buckle a bit as she slowly forces the bat like weapon away. Following up on the opening she slams the shield into the armor letting the jagged metal of the front of her shield dig into the enemy as it lets out a cry of pain backing away from the dangerous tank giving her breathing room at the cost of being flanked on either side by these foes.

Action: Howl
#188216 MD:4+3=7 1 damage to hestia. 110 thorns to centaur
#188217 MD:6+3=9 1 damage to Hestia. 110 thorns to Orc

[4/4]Hestia: HP:1033/1035 EN:100/102  Mit:208[FA:16] Thorns:110[FA:8]  BH:51  emergency:103 when 258 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+
]0/0]Pinball: ?/?

Centaur: 510/620 DMG:186  ACC:3
Orc: 510/620  DMG:186   ACC:3

A half response is what she would call what she had heard from pinball answering the question just enough and then trying to force her into agreeing to go along with doing this dungeon with him since it would be obvious from the times they had met and talked she desired more than anything to understand why he did what he did. She smirks a bit finding this rather clever and being more than willing to go along with this as she then follows after the spear user towards the location of the black iron prison with her familiar at her side the entire while.  I'm willing to bite to see where this is going, and i'm going to enjoy asking you all the questions i could think of during this Pinball so get ready to tell me everything. She says rather excitedly as she follows after him entering into the black palace what feels like should've been the throne room, but in reality was a even more twisted feeling a place that was meant to serve as the room where players would resurrect if they did die. With it being now a place where many deaths will possibly occur if people went in half cocked not prepared for the damage that will occur from the mobs and traps. This is some kinda sick joke that Kayaba had fun with making. She says softly while making her way towards the stairs that would take them towards the dephs of the dungeon. 

When they would enter the dungeon she would turn her gaze towards the lancer user and start with her questions. Lets start with the obvious question pinball who was or were the player or players you had killed to earn that crystal. She asks as Pinball would see Hestia get out a journal from her inventory and open towards a purple marked page with a longer strip of colored paper then some of the other ones. The journal looking color coded based on some system she had made for it.

She rested and just enjoyed the atmosphere of the first floor taking time to just spend time between adventures relaxing away from the floor that the action took place since it would mean time for her to rest and recuperate and just to take in the beauty of the small things that are sweeping through Aincrad. The players walking along in their rushes to get to where they are going the buzz of new strength and the excitement of changes still creating a livelier Aincrad then what she had ever expected to see again. 'Though how long before i fade to the background like others or others return to there little crevices within Aincrad to hide from it all.' She thinks to herself with a pessimism creeping in along that subject the worry of things just fading away she then casts her gaze in the direction of the black iron prison debating if she should go since it could bea  trap. It could be the way that she dies if she gets weak and assassinated from behind. 'You haven't even heard from anything regarding him in forever.' The small voice in her head pesters her as she just sighs writing up the last of the general information that people have gathered about the black iron dungeon of various difficulties based upon floor, and seemingly their being traps that are utilized and would need someone with sharp eyes to spot them and avoid them.

She carries herself towards the meeting location that Pinball had set for them as she equips her heavy armor, shield, and life mending trinket preparing for the worst of what could happen her familiar at her side trusting that if things did go wrong guards could come and break things apart since she could stall for as long as would be needed. Passing through hordes of players and past various shops things slowly started parting the player amount dwindling, the guard patrols getting more spread apart as she then arrives where pinball asked her to be. So then one on one. Want to let me know what's up? She asks getting straight to the point and from her posture it would be obvious from any analysis she was expecting something to jump at her.

Combat info:

Stopping when hearing her name called out she turns to the person that calls out to her and looks at the player and gives a warm smile towards the person that comes forward as she waves towards him and electing to ignore the slight stumble of his words. I've been doing good with these new system changes i kinda explored a few floors and getting back into the whole swing. She cuts herself off as another person approaches and greets her in a very what she could only describe as straight to the point professional sort of manner seemingly choosing his words carefully at least from her perspective of this man. When hearing mention of Hikoru she slowly nods as she can really only one time she met Hikoru that wasn't on frontline business which was when she went to his house and saw his protegee. When hearing mention of in her mind a quest she glances towards the side at Uzgeke and nods her head remembering him to be easy, but things are never really certain with changes that 3.0 had brought. Sure i wouldn't mind coming along to do that quest with you. Though if you don't mind me asking how has Hikoru been since we talked that was kinda the last time i had a chance to talk to him? She asks curiously wondering how the master of shadows had been since she last saw him on the floor twenty four fight.

Would you want to join us Dustin? I am kinda lacking on damage and it's better safe then sorry. Oh and top of that as i said doing good exploring the castle has gotten a lot more fun since everything feels more alive in a sense, and i'm curious where all these quests are like now. She says offering rather quickly after she asked her question towards Aru feeling a bit awkward since she just stopped what she was saying halfway, and not really knowing a good way to transition back towards that. If she would get a yes from Dustin she would then look towards Aru and gesture for him to lead the way.

The light of teleporting to the floor fades away as she lets out a soft sigh arriving upon the main settlement of the floor of Kalanaes and she wastes no time making her way towards her home and she makes her way down the path towards the middle of the town having bought a grecian style house within a place that was just full of elven designs so it was not really a challenge for anybody to notice the place that stands out like a sore thumb. She swaps out of her heavy armor and puts away her sword and snowglobe leaving only her crescent moon necklace hanging around her neck wearing a simple black t-shirt and pants not a need to be battle ready within what is basically her home is what she has come to know this floor as. She makes her way past various npcs and ignoring the stares that come from them passing by various shops and picking on little pieces of gossip here and there if weird people they've seen or how the people that come through is ruining their perfect capital. She rolls her eyes passing by a local tavern with a bulletin board with a picture of Uzgeke which was once a quest turned field boss, but her attention doesn't draw towards it just viewing it as quest information having not learned of the change or even the existence of these mobs that are known as field bosses. Though taking note that within this tavern and around it are players that stick out due to just being human rather then racist drows that permeate the underdark of this floor.

@Aru@Dustin@Pinball

Combat info:

It's hard to tell what they thought of making that the first boss of all things since it certainly has changed overtime with each boss since each is meant to have its own flavor but it never reached the state of mind control again from what i know at least. That seemed like a one off thing, but maybe there was some mobs who could do that as well or some kind of effect that was there that just got patched out due to some abuse of it or something since in the past as well. Something we don't have currently is the ability to teleport other people to specified location. Their use to be the idea of prison teleport crystals that supposedly stopped working at some point from what i got told. She offers with a shrug of her shoulders and a nod of understanding since it is worrying be it for future bosses and enemies that could lurk and use that ancient skill again, or for the sake of knowing at one point people could be manipulated to such a heavy extent by just AI. Making their way through the forest the cave slowly comes into view of the duo of players as hestia slowly takes out her shield just encase anything comes charging out of the cave or if they get ready to walk into it. In regards to current floor bosses they are long and hard to get through in terms of weathering the storm. They each have had their own little flare of uniqueness a unicorn that could control lightning and put the healers to the test with aoes and i think even paralysis being frequent. Then their was the dark elf council that was like an anti player party having their own versions of rogues, healers, tanks, dps all those kind of people. Then their was Leviathan a giant serpent that required coordination and torrential rain that hampered our ability to fight and a ability that summoned a tsunami to try and drown us out.

@Fae

Funding this guy 11K for the sake of black iron dungeon split loot, and doing a thread. +1T3 field ration

She nods her head gently with a smile as she would swipe open her menu and flick her finger down through the list slowly making sure to avoid skipping over the item in question softly muttering to herself under her breathe all the while. I know it was somewhere here. I hope i didn't leave it home..no it's here i wouldn't be that forgetful. Then her face brightens up and clicks upon her screen as a journal appears in the her hand as she would then open it up the book being a simple leather bound journal with little strips of colored paper. One being red, one being blue, one being green, and one being purple with those four colors having various lengths based upon distance within this journal of hers with the raven haired player opening up towards a short blue strip of paper. Well lets start with what i was told by an old player whose name is not even legend it's that faded from what players do know, though his name was Ryujin.  The first ever floor boss sounded quite terrifying the name was Puppet Master Hanzo instead of controlling dolls as you might expect he controlled players instead death followed in the wake of that frontline fight, and seemingly the penchant from mind games started there by having the boss give promises of being free to players it captured. She starts off reading through the information that was given to her towards the younger player not feeling the need to hold back any details since if one survived this long in SAO in her mind they had a stomach for the chaos that comes with the fights and could handle the concept of death in their own way. You could say the bosses brought chaos wherever they went both towards players and to the floor itself with the actions they could do, for the next boss it brought an idea of weak points to these creatures since it was a completely armored bug whose only weak point was a soft underbelly where you had to strike with your sword arts to deal damage to it. This boss was basically a big beetle and i don't wish to try and pronounce it's name. She says reading her notes and realizing she would probably butcher the pronunciation to the high heavens if she attempted to even do so.

While explaining all of this Hestia would be noticeably a bit more animated in her movements and gestures as if trying to explain visually while also audibly what these bosses information was. Having raised her hand into a pupperteering motion when speaking of Hanzo, and rubbing her abdominal area when talking about the second boss.

She shrugs slightly at Hirru's words not finding much to put forward after that since their was not a lot to go forward with since they were both in the dark with about what they will find out during this quest. When reaching the guard's hut she looks at the captain and takes a moment to process the armor since it certainly was out there in terms of appearance not being anything she would ever come up with in a million years by herself, and certainly doesn't feel like it's based on another player's armor. Based on the visual asthetic it definitely feels like it's meant to blend into the foliage around here while with all the light spiked ends along it has this feel of being like a porcupine maybe as a defensive measure if they were to be hit. Tuning back into the conversation she would hear about a lack of information and seemingly the beast was faster compared to the last quest's lack of details at the very least but that might just be due to stature and how much ground it could cover.  Okay so something is in the forest possibly that could serve as bait then if it was valued more than you two possibly, maybe if we go back to where you saw the monkey king divert towards we could try and spot what it left behind if anything. Either it'll find us or we'll lure it out and attack it while it's distracted with what we used to bring it towards us. She offers as a possible plan as she looks towards the captain of the guard with a curious look upon her face wondering what he would respond to with this. Me and Hirru could handle it ourselves in terms of fighting, but if you want we wouldn't mind a guide to its territory or more accurately where it disappeared off to if it wouldn't be too much trouble. I can understand if you say no though since being the captain of this town i imagine you got more important things to do then survey an area with two outsiders. She offers politely as possible keeping in mind the possible responsibilities a person of his rank would have if they were real and the time that would need to be dedicated to keeping track of things and keeping things stable if something would occur. Though more terrifyingly the prospect of the king coming to this village instead of herself and hirru.

She raises a hand to her chest deciding to spare her familiar and mostly due to her own want to avoid seeing her precious kuro get hurt from this and really starting to wonder to herself if she should invest in something else. Not wanting to see her pet and companion get hurt like that ever if she could help it. Biting her lower lip slightly she hears the cackling stop suddenly as a sudden increase in movement is heard as she raises her shield and once more shield against the creatures chest with the kukris against her arm as the creature's hp drops to zero and shatters into just crystal shards. Defeated at her hands as a breathe of relief escapes her lips as she checks her hp. Barely touched for the most part, but she wasn't against multiple targets and not fully buffed in terms of being raid tier quality. Then their was her energy which was the most telling of what she could expect from this game. It's going to be a lot harder to manage and buying energy recovery food might be imperative to survive a frontline fight. At the very least heal isn't on a cooldown like other things in this game. She says rather happily to herself content with the work that was put into what was done for the day and calling it there for now. One step was made in understanding what was to come and the next day could wait for her to explore some quests to test the waters a bit deeper.

BH:45 en:1

Action: heal, enemy attacks  225 heal[counting bh] #187998 300-163=137   thorns:80

Hestia: HP729/900 EN:67/102  Mit:163[FA:16] Thorns:80[FA:8]  BH:45  emergency:90 when 225 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+

Dark Elf extremist: 0/230 DMG: 300 ACC:3

Word total for all posts=5,470 words 29,070 characters
5470/50=109*12[3*tier]=1347EXP+534 col

The dark elf is quick to strike back not slinking to the shadows catching her off guard as the ai seemingly adapted to hwo well she was taking the hits for the most part and trying to press its advantage. The drow lunges forward slashing its kukri along her neck before jumping back faster then she could ever have reacted at least in her mind as she just can hear the cackling from the creature's success. Taking steadying breathes to calm herself and to not act rashly she focuses as much as she can upon the surroundings not wanting to take another hit as she glances towards her familiar not feeling particularly okay with the idea of using that skill. However, at the sametime it was put into the game and even seemingly being a good idea to do it that way she can shrug off any big attacks that could occur as long as she could prepare for it happening. 'Kinda like the leviathan wave.' She thinks to herself remembering how the tsunami left most having to retreat or be wiped out.

BH:45 en:1

Action: vibe, enemy attacks  #187997 MD:10 360-163=197-45=152

Hestia: HP641/900 EN:81/102  Mit:163[FA:16] Thorns:80[FA:8]  BH:45  emergency:90 when 225 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+

Dark Elf extremist: 70/230 DMG: 300 ACC:3

Her focus remains resolute as she scans the room for the threat that is lurking within the shadow and she finds a certain confidence returning to her and what she can expect from this new system and what her capabilities are reaching towards. She can't farm by herself anymore she might need to talk to Zandra about such ideas for her own safety and for the expediency of such tactics. That or try to find another aoe person but the likelihood of finding someone was rather low in her eyes unless she managed to find a fresh face with such capacities to help her out. The sound of footfalls against stone breaks her from the thoughts of future endeavors and grounds her back into the present the light growl of her familiar sounding off against the cavern walls. Then quick like lightning the elf makes himself known once more as she raises her shield catching him in the chest with it as the kukris also find their mark slashing against her arms her health taking a minor hit but not enough to even worry the raven haired tank. Back down your death is inevitable if you continue to pursue this vain pursuit of murdering me just for not being one of your kind. She says in a stern voice as only a venomous glare and more drow words are flung at her with an equal amount of hatred and what she could probably assume is vengeful prejudice or something of the like about their queen giving the command. She just accepts the resolute hatred of the opponent in front of her and raises her shield with a steeled gaze forward.

BH:45 EN:1

Action: vibe, enemy attacks #187996 MD:7+3=10 300-163=137-45=92dmg THNS=80dmg   CD:5

Hestia: HP793/900 EN:79/102  Mit:163[FA:16] Thorns:80[FA:8]  BH:45  emergency:90 when 225 hp or lower  Recovery: +4 eng CD: 7+

Dark Elf extremist: 70/230 DMG: 300 ACC:3

Making their way through the forest she doesn't pay much mind to her surroundings confident that whatever could and would occur would be dealt with swiftly by herself through the use of howl if it came within her peripheral vision. Thus, she just strolls forward without much of a care in the world having long sense not felt threatened by much beyond the floor bosses that she would participate in and the event bosses that would follow in their wake during certain times of the year. Well i've mainly just been taking a break from the frontlines lately, but since we met there is quite a lot i have done. It would be hard to talk about where to begin if i'm going to be honest since i could talk about floor bosses, event bosses, a few tales of me hanging out with some friends be it casual or questing if you would want to hear of some quests that were around before the system change. Could even talk about a few players that have long since past, or tales of the old days of what the old frontlines were like back when they were clearing floor two and three. She offers honestly with a smile having learned a lot when she is scouring the floors for knowledge for trying to grasp anything and everything that she could try to understand why things came to the way they are right now. A history was certainly there, but pieces still felt like they were missing for her to understand most events that had occurred beyond just the bosses themselves.

She nods her head gently while listening to the man speaking as she takes the documents that get handed towards her while gazing down at them with a curious gaze looking at what is just a foreign language for her that would take time to get right to even a marginal degree what each little symbol could possibly mean.  Though knowing that the man keeps tracks of the various wildlife's behaviors and mannerisms does spark a bit of curiosity within herself wondering what type of things he has gathered from the various mobs, or maybe even the monkey king himself if he has had the opportunity to observe the beats itself.  However, gazing at the image itself she can see that to the average person the beast itself looks like it dwarfs most combatants by a large margin looking like it's at least five to eight times her size maybe even more if it stands up upon its legs. However, based on her memory it seems for the most part the beast has stayed the same in appearance with its rather large face and seemingly rather bulky looking arms that could crush a building.

Upon hearing the woods of Hirru and the response from the zoologist she hands the document back with a polite smile having learned enough for herself at the very least visually that their will be no surprises from this enemy. Her eyes widen a bit when hearing what the man says about this as her mind recollects as much as she could about the previous quest which seemingly just made it sound like a very big and aggressive ape that was just encroaching on their home, but not it seems to be the opposite humans coming in and taking residence in its territory. 'Though as far as we might know, maybe the territory of the monkey king might just be an excessive amount to start with.' She thinks herself. Well i thank you for your time sir and don't worry before the end of the day we will have dealt with your monkey problem we are more than just capable in dealing with this. She just gives a polite wave and would make her way out of the hut doing a short but quick whistle to call her familiar over towards her, and as soon as she leaves the hut she takes a deep breathe of the fresh air with a happy sigh glad to be out of the smokey hut.  Herself not finding much issue with the quest and based on what she heard the only thing that might be different is the strength of the creature since nothing else sounds that different at first glance with the zoologist.

Welp guess we got to go now towards this Sewallus guy we should try asking him about the ape's combat capabilities if he is the captain of the guard makes it sound like he would be more knowledgeable on what it can and can't do. She offers with a shrug putting her thoughts out there when hirru would come out of the hut as well. She then makes her way towards the hut that Remington pointed them towards gazing at the various npcs with a content look upon her face enjoying the peaceful vibe that this town has. I'm glad these people are able to find their peace within this area.

She nods her head understanding what he had said since it is something she feels close to understanding quite a lot as well from her own experiences within this world that has become her home and prison. Her glaze looks towards her own health bar, and energy and subsequently just all her stats that she knows like the back of her hand, and then with how hard it was to get uniques from other individuals. Though she can't help but wonder what he meant by the idea of being consumed by information of what he was learning and how such information could bring pain. I get that. She says the only words she is able to get out before the voice of a man comes from inside as she just offers a smile towards Hirru with a quick nod of her head. We can talk about this on the way when we go to fight the king or afterwards if you want, but for now seems like it's time for business. She says in a gentle tone of voice of understanding before opening the door and entering into the hut that is the home of the zoologist with the room looking rather orderly with the sole exception of the man's work area which has papers that he is working on from what she can see as she offers the elf a polite smile. The scent of smoke hitting her nose as she tries to find a fireplace around, but there being none that her eyes could spot then as if to confirm it she sees a puff of smoke leave his lips a few seconds after. Sorry for the wait sir the name is Hestia, and sorry for taking up your time more then what was needed. We are here to defeat the monkey king and i'm curious if you can provide any information. She says as politely as she can waving away any smoke that gets close to her face as her kind eyes would slowly grow to annoyed the longer she stayed in front of this smoking elf. Her familiar staying next to one of the windows of the hut making sure to enjoy the pure air.