Morningstar

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# SEARCHING ARMORY 244779 CD2 -> Four Skyrat Marines Discovered

# SEARCHING ARMORY 244778 CD8 -> Plague-Fever -1 DOTE -> No DMG taken.

# SEARCHING LIVING QUARTERS 244777 CD3 -> Four Skyrat Marines discovered. Free Action | Disguise -> Bypass the marines.

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His quest log updated with a new prompt. Strange. Failing to stop the airship from exploding hadn't ended his quest. Even stranger, the game had split him from his party and moved him to the mountains while he was incapacitated. Explore the Skyrat Lair, the log told him, assuring him that it was the same line of quests as before. This time, he would be going at it alone. He tip-toed through the living quarters, mostly because it was disgusting and he was nervous about stepping in a plot of mold, but also because he didn't wish to be caught by the room's owner. No luck. While he crept

The mountains were not as they seemed. At the peak of one in particular, Morningstar glimpsed a pair of cloaked figures working--carrying boxes, or something of the sort, downstairs. The base was well camouflaged. He didn't think he would have noticed it if the ship was taking him straight to it. It drove low, parking next to an unattended slope. He expected it to leave as he dismounted, but the skiff continued to float there, engine running. Where ever they were, the system expected him to come back alive. The slope, he discovered, led to directly into a dormitory. There was a large, dir

His vision faltered, hazy, unable to make out any of the faces around him. His ears rang. His head hurt. He shut his eyes to escape the ache. He reawoke some place else. A gentle breeze tugged him to consciousness, and everything was clear again. He drifted through an overcast sky on a skiff he didn't recognize. There was no one else aboard, players or otherwise. It was quiet--peaceful even. A low rumble came from the engine, but he was far from the busyness of the city now and the hilly outskirts of Floor 26 were largely uninhabited. He looked over the ship's edge. At such a large

Morningstar was positive they could take out another quest boss before days end. According to his notes, part three was located on Floor 10. Admittedly, he had never made it this far. Everything from there on was new to him. In Yomi, he checked his map. The Stygian River was a bit of a walk, but they would have to manage; Floor 10 was notorious for having no modes of transportation besides foot travel. They were trackers, though. Walking was part of the job. "I don't come here much," Morningstar eyed the twin dragons that towered over the front gates. "It's very... grim. I like the s

thread summary Morningstar 2316 EXP | (823/5)*8 + 1000 2347 col | 2000 [quest] + 347 [laurel wreath] Kumatetsu Key Pollux 1495 EXP | (823/5)*3 + 1000 2000 col | 2000 [quest] Kumatetsu Key

Morningstar didn't even need to direct Yue Hua--she was on the ball. She dove in first, entering with a clean display of sword-work. She completed it with a stun, creating an ideal state for Morningstar to swoop in after her. He followed her lead. Star procced Charge--a bit overkill considering its immovable state, but the chance to show off to his trackers came irregularly and he was a bit of a showoff at heart. The air boomed like a drum and Morningstar flashed forward. The tip of his blade touched the sky. When he drove it down, the birds abandoned their trees. The sleeping bear's

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Morningstar cursed the person who decided duplicating mobs was a brilliant idea. A knight (that hadn't existed moments ago) slammed into him from behind, knocking him to the ground. This one's health was already dipping into the yellow. Winnable. He groaned, ineffectually wiping mud and grime from his once-red jacket. He bit back, pushing himself up with the momentum gained by Charge and jetting his blade outward. At some point--maybe when the knight had begun to rewrite itself onto the surrounding Shamblers--he had separated from his group. The chaos was immeasurable, only amplified by t

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He flickered to life. Smoke plumed high into the air, dark and wispy. On-lookers gathered round, worried eyes and parted lips on every face he could see. Everything ached. He remembered the ship coming apart, fire and explosions all around, and then the fall. It should have killed him, but the last minute activation of a Blessing of the Wood shieled him just enough to stop his health bar from hitting zero. It couldn't stop the rest of the damage, though. How the system planned on rebuilding Ladonia, Morningstar couldn't fathom. The ship had ripped to pieces in the sky, leaving e

The last time he faced Kumatetsu, his partner had gotten scared and teleported out. He hadn't managed a single hit before he begrudgingly followed after her. This was fine, of course, because tracking a monster you've seen before was much easier than searching for it blindly. Before, he had trekked through the forest all night before he finally found the giant bear. This time, it didn't take long at all. "Just imagine it's an evil bear," he said, listening to his guildmate ramble. He liked bears too. It stood tall in the thicket, scratching against a colossal tree. Claw marks sc

thread summary Gulab Jamun used to complete Bitter Winds: Mid Air Madness. Morningstar: 2240 EXP | (150/5)*8 + 2000 [Quest] Sordid Sea Chanty | When applied, the first critical hit made against the user in a thread becomes a normal hit. Additional effects that would trigger as a result of the mob’s dice rolls also do not trigger. Lasts for one thread. Consumed when applied. <<Bitter Winds: Den of the Skyrats>> Quest

From the wreckage, wings spread, he fell. Flames singed his skin, but he didn't feel a thing. Metal shrieked and splintered, raining on the city below. The wind drowned the screams. The sky burned. Not a star in sight. His lungs squeezed. Knives hailed upon him—sticking, stabbing, shredding. He couldn't breathe. A ball fell fast. He tracked it until he no longer could, and then back to the ship. Rumbling. Rumbling, and cracking, and splitting, and fire—so much fire. He dipped in and out. Flames, and then nothing. Flames, and then nothing. He remembered fireworks, arci

Quest Failed thread summary Morningstar: 6547 EXP | (5456/5)*6 11882 col | 400 col [1 page] + 982 [laurel wreath] + 10500 [loot] T4 Rare Weapon 223582a T4 Uncommon Consumable 223582b T4 Rare Consumable 223583a T4 Rare Armor/Shield 223583b T4 Rare Trinket 221463 T4 Uncommon Consumable 224831a Nari-Lanreth: 10,912 EXP | (5456/5)*10 1636 col | 1636 [laurel wreath]

The Skyrat Raider chased him to the back of the hull, where the escape pods were located. He could see Nari at the far end, waiting for Star before she set off in her pod. A single one remained. The rest had been taken by the surviving crew members, and perhaps some of the pirates who wished not to go down with someone else's ship. Another explosion. The airship groaned, and Morningstar swore he heard a cracking sound from above. He spun, digging his blade through the final pirate's torso and watching as he crumbled to blue dust. Nari called for him to hurry, but before he could tak

note: Nari-Lanreth has exited the thread due to inactivity; I will solo from here on. The creaking of the ship signaled them to evacuate. Regardless, the pirates fought on. Morningstar swayed from one end of the room to the other, wobbling like a child learning to skate. Flames erupted from the room next door, led by an explosion that shook the hull. He shouted at Nari to go on ahead; he would catch up to her when he could. In the meantime, he stayed behind and fended off the Skyrat Raiders. Their attention was stuck to Nari-Lanreth until a wide sword art from Morningstar stole it aw