Minako

After getting the location, Minako skipped off to it. She was told that it was a special kind of garden of sorts. A garden in front of a large building that hosted fancy parties and the like. She was told that these people spent time and enjoyed that spent time, watching players come in and pick materials day in and day out. Something about the betterment of friendship and that every event brought people closer together, yadda-yadda. She didn't care about any of that, but she still listened to the people that spoke to her in fully out of politeness. She didn't want to be rude to them, especially since they took time out of their day to help answer her question. The garden was such a long way away, however, and would take the better part of a few hours to arrive there in a decent time to start gathering.

ID: 123726
LD: 13 +1 material | 3 Total

Quest Link
XXII Stats XXII

Another day, another doll hair! Or at least, that's what Minako thought the western saying went. Her western culture guide didn't get sucked into the game with her so she was starting to get a bit rusty on western customs and sayings. Minako rubbed her eyes as she stepped out into the morning sun. She wanted to get a few materials today as she wanted to buy some new gear. If her last quest was any indication of what was going to happen, she needed better gear to survive this world. A stronger weapon, better clothing or armor at that least, and maybe some trinkets or something. First, though, she wanted to get the weapon and possible armor out of the way and had swung around to a blacksmithy shop to check prices. After realizing that her initial funds were going to be nowhere near enough to what she'd need, she took a few notes in her mind and left. Players had made mention that there was a special kind of area that spawned a ton of materials, more so than normal. So, by asking around a few more NPC's and some friendly player characters she finally got a finalized location.

ID: 123725
LD: 15 +2 Materials | 2 total

~~Placeholder for Housing~~





Superscript To Copy-Pasta
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Inventory
Good - Uncommon - Rare - Perfect - Demonic

Weapons
- Naginata¹ (Two-handed Assault Spear+2 Base Damage)[Damage-Damage]
- Jack's Naginata¹ (Two-handed Assault Spear) [Burn - Blight - Cursed]
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Armor
- School Uniform¹ (Clothing)
- Wyrm's Calling Armor¹ (Heavy Armor) [Recovery - Heavy Momentum - Heavy Momentum]
- Wyvern's Circlet¹ (Heavy Armor) [Recovery - Mitigation - Mitigation]
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Trinkets
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Consumables
- (5) Healing Potions [Post Action to use; Heals 50HP on use]
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Other Items
- Ghost Treat (acquisition and effect)
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Level and Copy-Stats

Level: 8
[0] Minako: 160/160 HP | 16/16 EN | 5 DMG | 18 MIT | 0 ACC | 0 EVA | Recovery: 2| Burn: 1| Blight: 1. | Heavy Momentum: 2

Skill Point Investments

13 invested out of 17 total
Rank 1 - Rank 2 - Rank 3 - Rank 4 - Rank 5

Two-Handed Assault Spear - Gain +2 base damage per rank with Two-Handed Assault Spears
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*Extra Skill
**Rankless Skill

Minako nodded as she steeled herself to go toe to toe with yet another boar youngling. Minako walked up to the aggro range of the tiny boar and moved in to attack. Still new to her weapon she swung to high, and caught herself off balance. As the boar leapt at her, Minako squealed loudly and fell over causing the boar to miss her entirely, and crashing into the ground beside her. Both the boar and the clumsy girl lay face first in the grass. Both laid there for a few seconds, each one seeing stars and their respective rumps in the air. Minako was the first to her feet as she rubbed her knees clear of grass, and dirt. The boar got back to its own legs, and its head swivelled back and forth trying to find its prey. It lept about an inch into the air, spinning around to face Minako. It let out a mighty, high pitched squeal, and lowered its head, scratching the ground. "Darn it." Minako said. "I'm no good at this." She said, discouraged with her combat abilities.

ID: 116522
BD: 3
MD: 2

Boar Younging:
5/5 [     ]
3 damage on hit

Minako looked up at Jevi quizzically as she forgoed a portion of the reward. "You're sure?" She asked, not wanting to be greedy or perceived as stingy. She was happy to take the money however, she did need it. She kept the money, and readied her naginata again. "Alright, so that's what now. Only one tusk?" She opened her menu as quick as she could, fumbling through dropdown menu after dropdown menu. "And we need three. Cool." She said, disheartened.

She peered up from her menu to see a boar peeking from the tall grass. "Oh Jevi look out!" She said as she watched the boar leap from its position and slamming into Jevi's back. The boar exploded into pixels, dropping another tusk in the progress. Minako just stared at the toned form of Jevi. Everything Minako wanted to be, standing before her. Smart, brave, strong, tan, beautiful. How was it that Jevi didn't have a boyfriend again? She shook her head. "A boar leapt from the grass and slapped into your butt and died." She said, a bit giggly.

@Jevi

Minako slowly turned as she heard a woman's voice. Fear wracked her mind. Was it his girlfriend? Was it his ex? How would she react to seeing a girl holding hands with him? "Oh god," she thought. "I'm holding hands with a man." She looked back at the clasped hand around her own. Giant and strong. The man began to sputter his words out, akin to what Minako had been doing. "Ohmygod, coming here was a mistake. I'm not ready for this." Minako's eyes desperately looked around for an out, trying to find an out. Was there anyone she knew here at the event? No. Was there a message coming saying anything so she could excuse herself? No. There was no hope for her now, this was her life. A panic filled sweaty mess who was currently still holding hands with a man roughly an entire foot taller than her.

He then introduced the two woman to each other, and as he did Minako tried squeezing her hand out from his. If it were possible her face glew even redder as Baldur introduced her with sama. "Why'd he do that?" Her mind went. There was no reason. She was just another girl stuck in this game. A socially awkward, and now nervously sweaty, girl who made a living by trying on silly outfits and playing games. Minako shook her head and gave the woman a polite bow. "Konichiwa. It's nice to meet you." She said, her voice just above an audible whisper. Minako never returned from her bowing position, instead she insisted that this was her life now. Face down looking at the ground hoping no one would see her.

@Baldur @Lessa

Minako pouted to herself as the guy she was talking to was swiftly taken away. He must of been popular if he was being whisked away so soon. But then he appeared from seemingly nowhere. Tall, lean, and handsome. Minako's face stays flushed as he towered over her, seemingly staring intently on her face. Then his expression went from curious, to surprised. And from surprised, to excited. Oh no. Minako immediately put up her hands in self defence as she expected the slough of hate. But, instead he began to ramble about her videos. He face grew even redder with embarrassment as he brought up her cosplaying videos. A silly trend she did that she never expected to take off.

Nearly her entire arm moved as the man shook her hand. "It, it's nice to meet you too." She said, nervously. "I'm glad you e-enjoyed my videos." She said, giving a head nod to the man as he voice softened and trailed off. Why was she so nervous? It wasn't like he hated her, or else he wouldn't have shook her hand or greeted himself so politely. "Oh! You missed me at Comeiket?" She said, nervously. She had to think back to that specific convention. She remembered that she had the autograph session, and then she had a panel after that, and immediately after that she was hosting for the cosplay contest. "Y-yeah. It was Ki-kinda hectic." She said, still stuttering, unable to comprehend her own thoughts and how to approach the man in front of her as her hands fell to her lap. @Baldur

As the boy blushed and turned away so did Minako. The tips of her fingers touched each other again and again in nervousness. She took in a deep chilled breath through her nose as she tried to recollect her thoughts. He had only managed half a sentence, only a word or two. Progress. That's twice as many words as she normally got. Yeah, she had this. She could nail this. She turned again to face his shoulder. "S-Sorry!" She nearly exclaimed. "I'm just, new at this whole social interaction in person sort of thing." She said, trying to explain herself.

She was always a shut in, her parents fighting all the time and herself never really going outside too often. She always locked herself away in her room, her studio as she called it. But talking to usernames is one thing, talking to people? That was another thing. Perhaps that's what was making her so nervous. She let out a small cough. "I'm Minako." She said, introducing herself to the boy. "And you are? I mean, besides handsome." She said quickly. @Hikoru

Another day, another event it seemed like. How long had it been since the valentines dance, ball, thing? Who cared, it was a party here after all. And Minako was going to break out all the stops. Operation Get A Man was undergo, in a brand new christmas edition. A new santa outfit commissioned precisely for this event could lead only to success. Red base, with the white fur time lined her clothing. A garment that hugged her body tightly, that stretched down into a skirt that hung just above her knees. Below that were her leggings, just low enough to expose the right amount of thigh. Red gloves, with the white trim to match the ensemble, and a large hood that covered her shoulders complete with the fur ball at the end of it. Her outfit was, for a lack of better words, perfect.

Arriving at the event she could already see that it was in full swing. So many people in cute outfits, some not in cute outfits, but everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. The snow stuck to the roofs of buildings and stalls and everything was beautiful. Minako's mouth dropped in wonder and happiness as the scene reminded her of home. She quickly made her way from stall to stall looking at items, special themes gear, but most importantly the food.

After grabbing a few of the croquettes of grilled meat, Minako wandered around the place her keen eyes trying to train on any guy who was by himself. Hopefully, they wouldn't recognize her from the real world as a ViewTuber. Then, she spied a target. He wore a dark red cloak, and from her angle she could catch the glimpse of goggles. It was part festive, part inconspicuous. It was like he was practically begging for attention. The snow crunched beneath her feet as she gathered the courage to approach the man.

When she did manage to make her way to him, her cheeks were a bright red, partial from the cold the other part being flustered and embarrassed. She spoke to herself, "You got this Mini. You got him. You're cool. You're awesome. You're cute. You can do this." She said, quietly trying to bolster her own confidence. With wide strides she finally placed herself next to the man. "H-Hi!" She quickly sputtered out as she wore a nervous smile. "What's a cutie like you doing all alone here?" She said, trying her best to flirt with the man. @Hikoru
 

Minako x Any Boy willing to sleep with her :'c

The boar turned to Jevi as she taunted it by calling it a name. Instead of standing upright, and attacking normally, Minako rolled forward leaning in with her Naginata and stabbing at the distracted boarling. The blade hit, and the baby boar shattered into pieces of light that dance softly in the air. Minako's face of frustration turned into that of pure happiness, as an innocent smile appeared on her face. her giggling fit reached an all-new high as she cheered out. "YES! I finally MURDERED one!" She said, laughing out right now. Minako looked at the screen that appeared in front of her, awarding her a small lump sum of Col. She frowned a small bit, but closed the window. "Jevi, I only got a little bit of Col from that one, but I'll still share it with you." She said, happily.

ID: 96506 BD: 6 HIT
ID: 115290 LD: 1(nothing extra. +15 col)

[0] Minako | 17/20 | 0/2 | 6 DMG 
[0] Jevi | 480/480 | 38/40 | 7 dmg | 36 Mit | 7 thorns | 12 Bleed 

Boar Youngling 0/5 | 3 damage [-5 hp]

The super boar dodged another one of the flawless Minako's attacks. At least in her mind. The boar took a small sidestep and Minako clumsily whacked at the ground with her weapon. Why was this entire thing about fighting a tiny boar so damned troubling? Minako stood up, only to get slapped back down by the baby boar youngling and its tusks. Her knees in the air, Minako planted her rear onto the ground starting to get fed up with the interaction entirely. "This is getting to be some bullshit," Minako said, rubbing her rear as she stood up. "I swear to, UGH, I'm gonna go feckin mental on this thing!" She screeched, ready to do more attacks against it. She started to have second thoughts on the whole, skipping the tutorial part of the game, just so she could get to the game portion of the game faster. 

Minako clapped her hands as they entered the desert. Today was going off to a good start. Someone recognized her from her real-life job, and she didn't have a panic attack from it all. Today was a good day. Minako raised her eyebrows at the two women. "Like boys, and girls?" She asked, somewhat confused. "Like, like-like girls?" She asked, scratching her head, unable to grasp the thought of it. Boys and video games were her two favorite subjects. If they started talking about girls, or something she wouldn't have a clue on how to respond. "How does that, work?" Minako asked, wanting to know more about how a girl would interact with a girl, in the same way, that she liked boys. Then Kimi said the magic word. "Spencer huh?" She said, repeating the name over and committing the name to memory. "So, he's tall? Like, how tall is he?" She asked, concerned about her own height.

ID: 96338 CD: 3

Minako let out a cheerful laugh as jevi eaisilly brought down the boar youngling. "Amazing Jevi! You're super strong!" She said, as she finally managed to pry her own weapon from the ground. "I'm gonna try and kill one now." Ahe said, skipping up to another boar youngling. Minako raised her naginata again. "Now, just hold still little bacon." She said, holding up the blade high above her head, hoping to bring it down on top of the boar youngling. The boar squeaked, before rushing at Minako, not taking any of her threat seriously. Minako yipped backward, her naginata throwing her off balance as the youngling boar ran up and gored her shins with its tusks. "Why you!" Minako grunted, picking herself up.

ID 95985  | BD 1  | MD 9

[0] Minako | 17/20 | 0/2 | 6 DMG +1 Natural Regen -1 from basic attack | -3 HP from boar youngling
[0] Jevi | 480/480 | 39/40 | 7 dmg | 2 Acc | 36 Mit | 7 thorns | 12 Bleed

Boar Youngling 5/5 | 3 damage

Minako wiped away her tears, and opened her menu and equipped his naginata with blinding speed. "Right, no point in dwelling who did what. Let's get to murdering things!" She said, almost a bit too excited about the action. The naginata was almost as was short as she was. If not for the massive hunk of curled metal at the end, it would've been as tall as her if not so by an inch or two. Minako with her weapon and Jevi in tow reached the area where the young boars were located. Minako drew her weapon and gave a mighty yell as she rushed at one of the boarlings. The young boar heard Minako approaching, as well as could anything and it ducked out of the way. The tip of her naginata dug into the ground, causing her momentum to carry her forward some. She shot her head to the side, catching the eye of the baby boar which flinched in fear from her. "I'mma get that bacon." Minako yelled out, pulling her weapon from the earth.

Minako's Stats
HP: 20
Energy: 2
Damage: 6 (1 base + 2 two-handed + 1 Skill + 2 enhancement)

Combat Stats

Minako stood there, dazed and confused at Hestia who had never heard of her before. It wasn't uncommon, but people normally just left it be. If they didn't know her, she just gave her job description and they'd shrug their shoulders and scoff it off. Calling her job 'worthless' or 'not a real job'. They didn't know what she had to do. She had a set schedule every day for this sort of thing. Then she had to pick the game she was going to play, and it was always a risk with it. Either run the risk and play a game no one wanted to see or a game that everyone has seen and didn't want to anymore. Or she'd have to sit comfortably and pretend to be invested in a game she didn't enjoy playing but played it because the audience demanded it. And after recording, she'd have to edit the video down, add any effects that she wants to make, adjust volume, mix the audio right, make sure it was all synced properly then wait a few hours for everything to render, then more hours of waiting as she uploaded it. Streaming was even more difficult. Several hours of preparation, and talking to her moderators online to make sure that everything was fine and dandy in the chat. She rubbed her temple trying to circumvent a headache that would eventually come from all of it. Fortunately, Kimi summed it all up for her and even said that her brothers were big fans of hers.

"I'd rather not talk about my job," Minako said. "At least, not now. We can talk about other stuff though." She took in a deep breath. "Like clothing, or boys." She said, excited as she took a few steps out into the desert. "Do you girls have your eyes set on any cute boys? Or, have you seen any? I could use like one, or two." She said, touching her lip in thought.

<From here out, those without survival will roll the CD, a CD of 1 will result in 10 damage.>

Minako looked up from the tear stained shirt. "You *sniffle* you really mean it?" She asked, wiping her eyes and nose with her own sleeve. Although Jevi's words were a bit on the vulgar side they made sense. How was she to know they would be trapped in this game? And if they did come to her saying that it was her fault, they were wrong. Just like Jevi said, none of this was her fault. Minako sniffled again, managing to pull herself away from Jevi. "I'm sorry. I don't know where this came from." She said, her arms slumping to her sides. "But, I do feel a bit better for at least talking about it." She said, dusting off her skirt. She turned on her heels, feeling much better now that she got that off of her chest. "Now, that my self-pity party is out of the way, let's go hunting those mobs like we said we were gonna!" She said, her demeanor changing significantly.

Minako's face lit up bright red as Kimi recognized her. Minako didn't know how to react. Panic set in. Was she mad at her? or disappointed? No, she was smiling, maybe she had a different emotion? One that she couldn't process just yet. She struggled to find an answer in her panicked state, her emotions swirling around her. She snapped back to reality as Kimi asked her a question. "Oh me? I've been not up to much. Mostly sticking to the lower floors." She said, giving Kimi a dismissive wave. "And I wouldn't consider myself famous by any means. Not like some other streamers. I mean, I think at my peak I had a few hundred thousand. It's not like I almost a million at one time, or anything." She said, her voice trailing off. She was feeling, bashful all of a sudden.

Another pair of players who didn't recognize her. Did, no one know who she was? Minako was thankful for that. She had yet to run into anyone who did watch her in the real world, and she didn't know how she would react to meeting someone who had seen her. She shook her head free of those thoughts before speaking back to the pair. "So Kimi, does your cute friend have a name?" She asked innocently, still not knowing the other woman's name. But if she was about to go into the desert with some random strangers, the least she could ask for was a name. "And thank you for doing this quest with me. I hate doing things alone." Minako admitted. It was true for her in this world and real life. She had plenty of internet friends who played games with her. And even when she was by herself, she had thousands of people watching her live streams and videos. So, she was never really alone in a sense. Not like the world here.

Minako's heart skipped a bit as she was approached by a boy. He was lean and tall. Silver hair, and behind that kitsune mask he must have been handsome. Was this it? Was this her chance to finally get a boy all to her own? Was she finally not going to spend this event alone? She couldn't find the words to speak, thoughts clouded her mind and she just stood there silent. A few moments pass and Minako gathered her courage to speak up again. But, before she could another woman came in and stanched him away. The color from the world faded, as the hope was lost within Minako. But, a single sentence brought color back. She jumped in the conversation. "I-I don't have a date either!" She blurted out. "S-Sorry. I was just nervous when you approached, I kinda lost my cool for a moment. I'm not used to this kind of crowd." She admitted, fiddling with her fingers. If they weren't interested in dating one another, then she would have her man.

@Steel @Reinka

Minako thanked the two before her with a bow. "Thanks! It's a pleasure to meet you both as well." She said, sending the two a friend request before skipping away, dreams of hot men keeping her going. There were several other men that entered Minako's night. The first was an accident and an NPC. The second was a French waiter, that was also an NPC but he didn't have the NPC tag over him like the rest did. She didn't care, he wasn't interested and so, neither was she. She found another cute boy, wearing gold. And good lord was he tall. Tall, and handsome. Minako could tell that, even though his mask. She licked her lips and rolled up her sleeves, determined to make a difference tonight. But she took three steps before he was intercepted by another girl. "Blue-haired sl-" Minako about said, before clapping her hand over her mouth. How rude of her to even think of such a thing, but it was still frustrating. Several more tries led to dead ends. Do only single girls show up to this sort of thing? Minako let out a frustrated yell, in the middle of the ballroom. "Grrrraaaah!" She yelled in a high pitch. "Where are all of the hot, single, men this event promised!?" She yelled out, running her hands through her hair.

Minako crossed her hands in front of herself when she spoke with the man in front of her. He said that he was alone-ish, which raised a feeling of discontent within Minako's chest. Another woman stepped up, much prettier than herself step up beside the mystery man. She felt her heart take a small twinge of guilt, jealousy, anger, and sadness all at the same time. She played the feelings off and chuckled. "Oh, it figures." She joked. "It was either you were already taken, or gay." She joked, still fighting the urge to sniffle. "Oh! But you're like, really cute!" She said, noting the woman who had joined up with her intended target. She found herself a man already,  but he was already taken. She wanted a man she at least had a shot with. She turned quickly, trying to find another man. She turned back to the pair in front of her. "Hey, you think you two could help me? I want to at least get a dance in with a cute boy, but I keep ending up short." She said, giggling at her own height pun.

@Lee @Piera