Grimm

Thanks, we are probably going to need it.

"Sound simple enough." Grimm said to himself, turning to the player request board immediately. He grabbed a blank piece of paper and hovered over it for around thirty seconds as he used the text box to fill in the request. "Alright, there we are." He began walking out of town after placing the paper on the board, admiring the sunny day on the way there by taking off his hood, though he decided to leave his face-mask on. Once out of town he sat down, his back against a lamp post with a few flyers on it for some various shops or quests in the area. 

The message he left read:

Hello everyone! Grimm here. I need some help with a quest, specifically one called "Secret Forest of Medicine". I'm too low level to take the quest alone. I'll be waiting outside of the town where you get the quest by the road. Thanks.

@Ghost

@Frank

@Zuekin

Alright, I guess that's the max amount I can have in a party. I'll start the thread tomorrow, see you then.

@Ghost

@Frank

@Zuekin

When we start the thread, your gonna need to tell me your level and stats.

I'm not exactly the master of battle die, and I would REALLY like some assistance with the quest "Secret Medicine of the Forest". I only really need one person to help but the more the merrier.

"Woah, there is so much stuff here..." Grimm said, looking around the market, it was dusk and the sun was about to fall, making everything the color orange, it still was a great sunset though. He continued down the market district looking for something effective and cheap, scythe wise. But unfortunately,  there was nothing in the line of weaponry available. "Ugh, so, many, stores..." He said, exhausted after around an hour of searching. He took a road leading off the main road, it was sparsely populated my players and NPC's. There was benches lined down the streets, a girl was sitting in one of them. He took a seat a few benches away from her. She must not have noticed him there, because she was talking to herself. "Um, are you ok?" Grimm said instinctively, turning his head to face her. He was currently wearing formal clothes, less the formal clothes. A black tee shirt and brown pants along with a pair of black gloves.

@Ghost

"Jeez, your being a bit harsh." Grimm said skeptically, judging the girl for what at least seemed like a threat. Grimm read her irrated tone and expression. He went silent after that, thinking. I've met people who were harsh and inconsiderate. He looked up at her for a moment. But this is just crazy. Well, my chances of getting possible information on- That'a right! That's why I'm here! Well, I just have to wait until she is in a good mood to ask. He took a deep breath, opened his menu and began messaging a friend for some conversation starters, yeah yeah, I know, it's sad, but nessacary in this situation. "Jeez, your being a bit harsh." Grimm said skeptically, judging the girl for what at least seemed like a threat. Grimm read her irrated tone and expression. He went silent after that, thinking. I've met people who were harsh and inconsiderate. He looked up at her for a moment. But this is just crazy. Well, my chances of getting possible information on- That'a right! That's why I'm here! Well, I just have to wait until she is in a good mood to ask. He took a deep breath, opened his menu and began messaging a friend for some conversation starters, yeah yeah, I know, it's sad, but nessacary in this situation. Afterward, he opened his menu and pulled out a coffee and a small bagel. He set the coffee down next to him and began eating the other. This was his considerably late breakfast. The sun was still behind storm clouds, which made the tension felt accepted.

@Mace

"No need to thank me. I probably wasn't going to eat it anyway, the place I got it from got my order wrong." He let out a quiet laugh. Grimm listened to what Mace had to say. After she finished he smiled. She trusted me enough to let me know that she doesn't trust people. I feel a punchline coming on. He readjusted were he was sitting and looked up at her. "Wait, so I'm considered different? Because I gave you a sandwich?" He said jokingly. "Haha... I get it completely,  I actually thought like that in the beginning of all this, at least until I realised how this game worked." He paused, pulling down his facemask. "Learning to cooperate might be one of the keys that gets us out of this game. I hope you will understand that sonner rather then later." He looked at her shield and warhammer. "Huh. So, are you are a Tank user? I'm a DPS, though I don't know how to swing my weapon."  He ended with a weak smile and a dry laugh. Grimm tried to predict how Mace was going to respond. "Let me guess, I'm an Idiot?"

@Mace

"Easy, easy. It was just a question." Grimm said, trying to get the girl to calm herself. Grimm continued to stare into the fire, he felt the girls eyes burning through his skull. "Uh, is everything alright?" Grimm didn't look up up the girl, he kept looking into the fire. There was more silence, the only sound heard was the harsh wind and the crackling of the fire. Until he heard a growl, he looked up at the girl, who was trying to hide her face. "Hey, are you hungry? I think I've got something..." Grimm immediately opens his inventory and shuffles through the menus. Finally sandwich appeared in his hands, he got up and walked over to the girl holding out the sandwich for her. "Here, consider this a thank you for the potion." He walked back and sat down, begining to think. How do I start a conversation with someone who doesn't want to talk? He resumed warming his hands by the fire,  the wind kept sending cold chills down his spine. 

@Mace

The girl seemed disappointed, Grimm wasn't entirely sure why. "I do have to ask, why is your weapon out? Is there monsters around here or, are you just being safe?" Grimm asked sounding confused. He took of his hood, seeing as it started to snow lightly unlike before. "I see your point. Though I do disagree, you do need to address others somehow, even if it's not a real name it should catch their attention." He put his hands together. He looked into the fire, the embers rising out of the dancing flames. The girl started talking again. "Mace? Mace, it's nice to meet you." Sebastian put his hands up to the fire. Constantly moving them in a pattern to warm them. Things got pretty quiet after that, it seemed like the girl wasn't a very talkative person. Grimm stared into the flame, he could feel it's warmth in his face,  well part of his face. He began to contemplate.

@Mace

Sebastian was taking back by the sudden rudeness, or maybe, this was just her way of talking? He had no idea, but it was best not to trigger a negative response from the girl given his position. "Thanks. I appreciate it." Though his tone of voice sounded disapointed. He took a seat across from the girl letting out a sigh of relief as he put his hands near the fire. A few moments of awkward silence passed before the girl broke the quiet. Once again in a tone uncalled for. "Oh? And what's this?" He fumbled with the bottle untill he got a firm grip on it. "...Warmth potion..." He looked up at her. "You really don't need to. But if your offering..."  He drank the potion, immediately the effects kicked in. "Ah, much better. Thanks for the assistance. I'm Grimm, my friends call me Seb. Nice to meet you..." He paused. "Name?"

"Brr... It's freezing. Why am I h-here again?" Grimm said to himself. Rubbing his hands together trying to create heat, which he wasn't sure if it works seeing as it was a game and it wasn't real. He had his face mask and hood on to try to lose as little heat as possible. Unfortunately this left the top of his nose, his eyes, and a large portion of his face left to the elements. "Lost in. A snowstorm. Isn't this. How. M-Most of.  Those i-incredible survival s-story's start off?" He only now notice how badly he was shaking and shivering, it was effecting his speech. "I r-really need to get, get out of the cold." Grimm looked around, he couldn't see to far with the snow effectively acting as a fog. "Light!" He bursted out upon seeing a small flickering glow in the distance. He hastily moved towards it like a moth to a, well, to a light. He reached the light to discover a small fire and a girl who appeared to have wings, it was a video game after all. He figured she'd created the fire. He walked up to her, shivering. "Excuse me m-miss, do you mind out I stayed here for a few m-moments? Just to warm up at least, I really underestimated how cold this place gets." He crossed his arms, trying to get them to stop shaking, but it was no use. 

@Mace

[OOC: Sorry I killed the thread. :-( ]

Grimm watched as the two guys took turns in slashing at the boar. To be honest, it was kinda invigorating. Like watching a football match but with less football and more life and death. Sunnova said Grimm should show they what he can do. Panic immediately flooded him. "Wait! Thats the problem. I don't know how to fight." Grimm said, a frown forming on his face. "I was hoping I could watch, and possible some pointers pin hows to swing a scythe." He let out a shallow laugh. "So, by all means, ladies first." He opened his menu and equipped his scythe, appearing on his back before he drew it. Maybe he would learn to fight after all. He remembered the Spangie promised to teach him. He began wondering where her whereabouts were. Good people disappear all the time here, he had experienced it firsthand. 

@Sunova

@Kiro

@Kuruyama

Grimm double checked the coords before finally arriving at the exact point. He then noticed a small group of players. Going under the assumption that they in fact were the people he was looking for, he greeted them. “Hello, I’m Grimm. Friend’s call me Seb. Anyway, it’s nice to meet you all.” He said cheerfully. He was greeted by one of the players, whom he recognized from somewhere. She asked the standard how have you been questions, but she seemed a little to, hyper, she reminded him of someone from long ago. “You’re Sunnova, correct? Sorry if I got it wrong, I’m not exactly the Isaac Newton of remembering names. Anyway, I’m doing good. Thanks for asking.” She then asked another question, about Hazado, he answered it to the best of his abilities. “Actually, I found him on floor sixteen, not the party, no, but I kinda ran into him on another beach a few days ago.“ Grimm said, Sunnova seemed to be super energetic at the moment, why he have no idea, maybe she got ahold of some caffeine tablets? Another player, how he figured out was Kiroo, or Kiro, told Grimm what they were doing. “Your, fighting monsters?” Grimm curiously, looking up at the boar, then having some of his posture disappear. “I n-never actually fought something in game before…” Sebastian said, sounding a little nervous.

As Grimm was munching down on a bagel and sipping some coffee he got from some shady looking concession stand. A small ringing sound came out of nowhere, startling him. Along with a small yellow-orange bell icon which appeared in front of him. “Huh?” He muttered, clicking it then swiping his hand down, revealing the new message. It was from Kiroo, or Kiro, something like that, the way the name was used confused him. Grimm honestly wasn’t expecting a reply so soon. He put what was left of his food in his menu and began typing back. 

He realized he could walk and eat since his meal choice was so small, but not until after he hit send. “Well, I guess I’ll surprise him with an early arrival.” Grimm mumbled to himself. He quickly located and left the towns entrance and began walking towards the coordinates he manually marked on his map. On his way, he reequipped his combat gear, including his mask and cloak. He eventually made it into a forest like area, looking around at all the scenery and hopefully materials, which he could not find. He eventually made it near the coordinates and shouted: “Hello? Anyone there?”
 

“Why’d I skip breakfast?” Grimm grumbled as he walked through the crowded streets, hands clenching his stomach. “Well… Better late than never…” He continued. Passing the player request board, and decided to give it a look. It was the usual: “Need assistance getting item” or “Help needed with monsters at…”. That was until something caught his eye, “Looking for people who are interested in helping each other. Contact me if you’re interested.” It wasn’t like the others so Grimm decided to give it a shot. He opened his menu and went to messages then typed “Kiroo” into the receiver.

From: Grimm

To: Kiroo

Subject: Your Message

Hey, my name’s Grimm, and I was kinda wondering what exactly you meant by “helping each other” in your message on the player request board. Is it that you need help with something specific or, what?

            Best regards, Grimm

Grimm then waited for a response while looking around for anything that might sell food.

@Kiroo

He sat there looking towards the ocean until he heard something. “Is that… croaking?” Grimm turned around to see a familiar player, though he did not remember her name, despite the fact she seemed to recognize him immediately. “Oh, hey, sorry, I'm about to make this a but embarrassing, but I sorta don't know your name…” Grimm said with a look on his face that only began to express his self-disappointment. The odd girl got on the rock with him. He was about to go back to relaxing, which was already going to be difficult with all the frogs jumping everywhere, when there was splashing followed by a familiar voice. “Wait, Hazado?” Grimm’s head perked up. He watched Hazado drained of energy, swim to the rock, pull himself up, and sit down. There was an odd silence for a few seconds, at least until Grimm tried to start a conversation. ”So, what are you two doing out here?”

[OOC: I don't know if I should but since its a social, should it be an open thread?]

Grimm hadn’t visited floor 16 often, but know he understood why people enjoyed this place so much. He remembered making sand castles with his sister, the beach he was at he wasn’t so sure. “Wow, this is an impressive view.” Grimm said to himself. He was looking off the coast into the ocean. The sun above him was beaming down on him. There were palm trees and seashells dotting the beach. Grimm was currently wearing his combat gear, you never know what you might come across when your alone. “This place is familiar… Oh, wait a minute…” He thought to himself. “Have I been here before?” He began to look perplexed and confused, then he returned to his calm state. “I think I was here, with, right, Hazado and Arabelle. I wonder what they are up to now…” He began walking towards the water, and noticed that no one was around. “Alright, I have a whole beach to myself.” In his mind his, almost by instinct, he mentally responded to his own comment with “Don’t jinx yourself.” He went through his menu and took off his combat gear, fabric mask, and his scythe and replaced it with some swimming shorts and a T-shirt that he didn't mind getting wet. He then got in the water, and went up to a rock sticking out of the water. Where it was was very shallow. He laid against it and just looked into the ocean, thinking.

@Froppy @Kataware @Hazado

“Woah, Athena, calm down, it was just a simple conversation!” Axel said putting his hands up in surrender. Bolt nodded in agreement, which is something that doesn’t typically happen. “Alright Alright, just, try to be a little less, annoying.” Athena said calmly. Immediately, Axel started making noises that sounded similar to an enraged monkey. “Grrrrr…” Athena grumbled, scowling at him. “Alright, you got me! I’ll stop, just give me an honest answer, when will we get there-” Axel was swiftly cut off by another voice. “I’d give it around ten more minutes. I mean, we are walking after all.” Grimm said informatively.

Sebastian shook his head. “No matter how hard you try to forget, it just keeps on coming back…” Grimm murmured, finally making it to the gate of the town and letting out a sigh. He walked right out of town and would continue until he was surrounded by vegetation, the best areas to pick up materials, that and caves. He looked around, it was beginning to get difficult to see, the sun was no longer visible, but its rays could still be seen over the mountains. He began searching a bush. After a while of pointless and time-consuming searching, he came up with nothing. Grimm simply sighed. He remembered searching around with others for materials, it is so much easier then searching alone, especially if it was turning night.

Grimm can still remember that day, the day everything turned upside down, the day where chaos ensued this virtual plain. Needless to say, Sebastian’s introduction to the game was, easier to handle. He had his friends with him, at least for the first few weeks…

“Hey guys, wait up!” Axel cried out, falling behind in his heavy armor. The group snickered in response. Axel was a friend Grimm knew since high school, they got along well and we're pretty good to each other. “Maybe you should have gone light like me, having any regrets yet buddy?” Bolt said with a wide grin on his face, Bolt was kinda the… Jerk of the group. “Oh shut it. I have a bigger weapon, you can’t do anything with those tiny daggers!” Axel responded, sounding out of breath. Bolt’s smile only seemed to grow wider at his response. “It's what you can do with them that counts.” Athena facepalmed. “Try matching you in your light armor and daggers versus a colossal boss. I’d like to see you walk away from that…” Athena winced at Bolt, who scowled in response. The sun was beginning to dip down into the horizon, leaving a orange pink tint in the sky.

His memory seemed to get fuzzier as time went on. Grimm sighed as he sat up from the bench, looking up he noticed the sun was almost gone. He quickly noticed he was all alone in the street, no one to talk to, nothing to do. He figured he mind as well get himself some cash and gather materials to sell them. At least he’d make a profit. He began walking to the towns entrance. He didn’t think of this place much like a town, but instead like a medieval city, with walls, castles, and towers. In his opinion, this place wasn’t a very good city, sure, it's got everything you’d need from armor and weapons to food and drink. But, the reason he doesn’t come here often is due to Grimm having bad ties to the place. But more specifically, Bad Memories.
 

There is only one thing Grimm knew for sure to do when around Hazado and Arabelle, don’t let your guard down around them. Unfortunately for him, this was exceptionally difficult to do, especially since they way they act is playful and happy. Grimm heard a strange noise and couldn’t place it, it sounded like someone went underwater. “Hazado. Be my eyes, what just happened?”  There was no response from him. Nothing but bubbles. “Hazado?” It was at this moment that someone grabbed his legs. “No! No! No! N-” Sebastian was suddenly yanked underwater, fortunately, he took a deep breath before submerging. He resurfaced to Hazado saying how he is “probably dead”. “Your lucky I can’t see that well. Besides, I was kinda expecting this.” Sebastian said with a grin on his face. He looked around, his vision was coming back. He noticed something immediately. “Wait a minute, where is Arabelle?” Just then, he felt something brush against his legs for a moment. “No not agia-” He was once again yanked under the water, this time by Arabelle, he turned while underwater to face her, his eyes were open. He saw a blurry shape which he figured was Arabelle. Then scowled, which is his way of saying "That was uncalled for." Then something occurred to him, felt like he was forgetting something, something important, oh yeah, breathing. He erratically swam up to get a breath of air as Arabelle resurfaced. “Well played… Well played…” Grimm said, his facial expression looked like he was brainstorming ways to get her back. “Well, now that I can see at least a little better than before, I’m gonna grab a snack from the barbeque, you two want anything?” Sebastian looked between the two players.

“Yeah, I suppose you could yank me underwater stronger the Arabelle could, but she is stealthy. I can’t prepare or brace for something I can’t see!” Sebastian said, responding to Hazado’s comment. After he appeared next to Hazado. Who splashed him in the face in reaction. “Ugh! My eyes! Why me!” Sebastian yelled towards the sky. Then looked back into the water and started rubbing his eyes, trying to swim without using his hands. Which caused him to start kicking pretty fast. Afterwards he looked into the water rubbing his closed eyes, trying to forcefully subdue the irritation in his eyes. He then remembered Hazado’s threat to yank him underwater. “Did you do this on purpose?” He asked calmly, using his hands to swim again. His vision now blurry and his eyes bloodshot. Then he heard Arabelle call out to them. “Hello Arabelle. Wherever you may be.” He said, obviously referring to the fact that his vision was temporarily impaired. That when Arabelle said they were weak for being bullied by a girl. “Bullied by a girl? No, I’m being bullied by everyone!” He corrected. “At this rate, I will be blind in no time.”

“Yeah, I wonder what happened to Spangie.” Grimm said curiously. “Disappearances are more common than you’d expect in this place.” He said solemnly. “Sorry, if that came out wrong. I honestly think shes just too busy.” When Arabelle mentioned the time she pulled him underwater, he tried to make it into a joke. “I still have nightmares…” He said, purposely getting his eyes to widen. THen he laughed a bit. “Alright, I’ll see you in the water. If not being puleed under it.”

(OOC: Lines below happen after he got in the water)

As soon as all the water was away from Grimm’s face, making sure it didn’t get in his eyes. He opened them, and saw, water coming his way due to the splash a girl made. The water splashed his face, blinding him a second time. “Ahh, I can’t see! I’m blind! Man down!” Sebastian said, trying to be over dramatic as possible, cupping his hands over his eyes and splashing back down under the water. Swimming out of sight behind a rock and resurfaced. After losing sight of the group, he became paranoid that Arabelle was going to attempt to yank him underwater. At least if there were other players they might get her back, just then a great idea popped into his head to get Arabelle, he never did get a well earned revenge against Arabelle. Unfortunately, his prank involved something that he didn’t think existed in game. “I could really use some water balloons.” He murmured to himself. He then went underwater and reemerged with Hazado and the other player. “I think, I’m okay now.” He said blinking his eyes rapidly, they were irritated, and looked a little bloodshot.

@Arabelle @Hazado @Vigilon

After getting replies, one of the other girls, who introduced herself as Sunnova, it was odd that he seemed to know quite a few Novas. She wanted to know how him and Hazado had met, after he have his explaination and moved far enough away, Grimm spoke. “Well, I met him at a volleyball beach party like he said, yes, buckets of water were involved. Unfortunately the volleyball was girls only, I was promptly disappointed. Anyway, I met both Hazado, and the other girl, Arabelle, at this event. The best part was Hazado tried to “woo” one of the girls there. It, was pretty funny to watch, he isn't very good at it .” The last two sentences were quieter, trying to make sure Hazado didn’t hear him.  He then smiled afterward. Then he went down to the water, it was warm. It was like being in an indoor pool, but much larger and with a thriving ecosystem that doesn’t involve chlorine. “Hey, this isn’t so bad. Now I just need something to jump off of.” He looked around the beach, and noticed a small sea stack. He shrugged, and unequipped his shirt from his inventory, and slowly walked into the water. Once it got deep enough, he went underwater, and began swimming around for a bit. He could hold his breath far longer in game then he could in the real world. He then tried to see if he could open his eyes underwater, usually this would be disastrous and painful depending on what kind of water you dove into. But nothing happened, it was crystal clear, It reminded him of when his family went on a business trip to southern California. He resurfaced, wiping water from his eyes and face, all he heard was “I can't hear you” followed by water splashing. Hazado had also entered the water, then edged the others to join him. Though Grimm was still wiping water from his eyes.

Zandra didn’t respond to Grimms comment, and he assumed she had better things to do then talk to him. But he had really be looking forward to something to snack on. He saw a hammock in the trees that meet with the soft sandy beach. It looked like a comfortable waiting place. He walked up and laid down in the hammock. Remembering his first lake trip, the lake was surprisingly warm for a body of water in Germany, usually it would be could, or he was told it would be by friends. He remember them playing around in the water, it was just Sebastian and his friends who he would never see again. This though almost made him shed a tear had his eyes been open, he had been searching so long, far and wide that he hadn’t gotten proper time to grief. He quickly snapped out of his trance when he heard a familiar voice. Opening his eyes, he saw Hazado. He formed a weak smile. Grimm then got out of the hammock and walked over when he arrived he could tell Hazado saw him, mainly because he spoke his name. When Hazado said “Long time no see”. Grimm smiled and said: “I was just about to say that.” , he then replied to him with: “Travelling mostly, a little bit here and there. I figured I could use a day to talk to people. Socialize. The only other person I had talked to until now was a strange girl on floor, twenty? I think, I can’t remember, come to think of it, I still don’t know how I got there.” He said with a perplexed look on his face. Then he heard another familiar voice. He turned around to see Arabelle. Who then greeted everyone, at this point Grimm tried to sneak back to the hammock without anyone noticing. But Arabelle changed that. “Nice to see you to Arabelle.” He said cheerfully. “We aren’t gonna have a water bucket standoff again right?” He said in a joking manner. “Yeah, I don’t know, I just like social events, they make me feel, normal. I’m use to socializing, and lately I missed it. Which is why I’m here currently, also, I was told there would be food.” Just then his stomach growled, which pretty much summed it up. Grimm then noticed something odd about her appearance. "Um, Arabelle? What's with the jacket? Isn't it like ninty degrees? I mean, I'm wearing shorts and a tee shirt and I think I'm overheating." Grimm said both sounding and looking a bit confused. 

@Hazado @Arabelle

Grimm was wandering floor sixteen looking for something to do that was worthwhile. He was bored and, to put it simply, tired. He ended up getting lost, finding the way back to society, losing the way back to society, falling asleep, and finding the way back to society. When he made it back to town, he went to the notice board to see if there was anything to occupy his time. One of the messages caught his eye:

His stomach growled as he looked through the messages contents. “This doesn’t seem so bad.” Grimm said. “I even have trunks this time. Fool me once…” He then chuckled a bit at his own joke. He changed from his cloak and light armor to a more suitable white tee shirt, black swimming shorts, and black sandals. He then set off to the shoreline. Sebastian eventually made it to the location, seeing two players. Neither of them he recognized. When he approached, he overheard one of the girls say her friends Hazado would be coming. Grimm thought to himself: “Hazado? I haven’t heard that name in a long while.” Sebastian finally made it to his destination. “Hello, I got your message. Nice to, um, I don’t know which one of you is Zandra. I’m Grimm, though friends of mine call me Sebastian. Uh, oh yeah, one more thing, you mentioned food in your message?” He said with wide grin. 

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