Solei

"I guess it may seem that way to other people," Solei said with a small laugh, "I was the oldest of seven other siblings growing up, so I guessed that gave me a bit of experience as well as being a teacher," he said cheerfully. Oh yeah, he always loved talking about home. It really helped him not get all depressed and homesick.

"I taught American sign language back at home, so I really covered all age groups when it came to who I taught," he explained, beaming at the girl. "--but yes, I did teach many young kids. I haven't really taught many kids here though," he sighed, rubbing the back of his nape. "Most people here are Japanese, and I barely have any experience with Japanese sign language so it's a lot harder to teach them considering that I have to teach them a bunch of basic English first," he sighed, shaking his head. "I'm learning though, but yeah, I'm very happy where I am right now!"

ID: 133367
LD: 9+3=12, +1
Total Mats: 10

 "Do you run it, or were you involved in it?"

"Well, I sort of run it, with a couple of extra people, of course," he said brightly, his demeanor perking up. "Yeah, the caretakers have all pretty much known each other from day once, hence why we established the "orphanage" so early in the game," he explained, his smile faltering. "I don't really like calling it an orphanage. . . it makes it sound all gloomy and makes it sound like the kids there don't have parents," he said with a nervous laughed as he scratched his nape. "It's a hard name to change but I like to call it something along the lines of a temporary daycare."

"Oh, yeah, it really can be sometimes," he said with a deadpan. "All the caretakers including me really want to be there for the kids, but at the same time, we want to be contributing to the progression of the floors, which if you haven't guessed, is a pretty hectic schedule to take care of," he sighed, his shoulders slugging.

"I s'pose, I'm better fit for the job more than most people though. . . I was a teacher back in the real world, it gave me a bit of experience so that was a great perk."

Solei visibly sweated as she asked the question he was hoping she wouldn't ask. "I--uh, I was gathering materials for a shop I was opening but please don't tell anyone," he pleaded, clasping his hands together in front of each other. "If any of the kids found out that I had been sneaking to a higher floor, they're going to want to sneak to a higher floor and. . ." he exhaled, placing a hand on his forehead. "That would not be good."

"Oh God, Hydravion and Andromeda and Athena would give me so much [doo-doo] if they found out I had been sneaking to floor twenty-one of all places," he groaned, dragging his palms down his cheeks as he grimaced.

 ☀

"Oh yeah, the beach party, huh," he mumbled, scratching his chin. "Yeah, it's really been a while since the beach party, huh?" He sniffed.

He turned to Cordelia and nodded eagerly. "Yeah, it's going great! We've gotten a few more kids recently, actually!"

Solei chuckled nervously as he fiddled with his fingers in front of her. "N-No! I'm all good!" He exclaimed, shooting a nervous glance at the approaching Cordelia.

"A-Ah, sorry about that," he chuckled, sniffing. "I just wanted to see what was going on. You can't really expect me to stay there while I'm literally hearing the sound of fighting, do you?" He asked, his blue eyes holding amusement before he shrugged his shoulders. 

He looked over to the now named stranger and beamed. "Nice to meet you, NIGHT. I've never seen you around before, well, I don't really see new people on a daily basis anyway," he muttered, laughing softly to himself before he brightened up. 

"Right! Cordelia!" He said loudly, turning his head to Cordelia with a broad smile. "Please let me be useful and heal you!" He said meekly, clapping his hands together as he dipped his chin down. He looked slightly with a sheepish expression. "I haven't really used my one and only skill yet, so I was hoping I could try it with you?"

He knew that she probably wasn't going to care if he used it or not so he just went ahead and did it! 

"Alright, here it goes," he muttered, holding out his hand as a soft white glow emitted from it. "Oh my God, I'm magic," he whispered, stars practically forming in his eyes as he gazed at his own hand in awe.

Action Taken: First Aid to Cordelia [28 HP Recovered]
HP: 605/640 +28 HP

+1-1=0 EN Lost

Solei hugged his knees as he rocked himself back and forth and side to side. Maybe his inner child was coming out. No. It is coming out. 

He paused and slapped his cheeks. "No! You. Must. Be. Mature!" He exclaimed. . . to himself. . ?

He frowned and looked back at the fight. The two seemed to be clearing things up quite well, really, but he could tell that Cordelia had lost a tiny, tiny tiny bit of health from a round or two ago. He gasped.

Could he possibly be partly useful? He knew that she wouldn't be able to recover that much HP right away when she got out of combat. . . maybe this was his time to shine!

Plus, it'd make him slightly happier since the First Aid skill was literally the only skill he had at the moment. It was probably going to stay like that for quite a long time, too. . .

Solei shivered when he felt Cordelia's cold stare on him. 'Sorry,' he mouthed back, giving her an apologetic smile before he shuffled farther away from the battle, though not far enough to be out of sight from the other two.

Man, he kinda of wanted to go home. It was a tad bit too late for that, though. He just hoped that the other caretakers were there at the moment. Havoc would probably be everywhere if it weren't for him. . . he sighed. He loved them all to death but he wasn't sure how much longer he could take. He needed more help!

He pressed her elbow against his propped up knee and sighed. Cordelia probably wasn't a very child-friendly person per say, but maybe this other girl was? His blue eyes wondered to the stranger. She looked pretty strong. He guessed that he was just going to have to find out.

ID: 133138 [accidentally rolled as cordelia]
LD: 20, +2 Mats
Total Mats Found: 6

Defying orders was what Solei was good at. So here he was. Doing just that.

Solei followed after Cordelia, or at least, her general direction since she sped off like a little puppy that hasn't seen its owner in like, two months. Well, that was an odd analogy but it worked!

He sniffed, watching the fight. It really wasn't too exciting. Maybe it was because he wasn't really one to. . . fight? Or maybe it was because he knew that they were most likely going to use the same moves and over again. That was all part of the grinding experience after all. He experienced enough video games to know that much, at least. 

He looked at his palms and sighed. As much as he wanted to be helpful in battle, there really wasn't much he could do but watch.

Might as well gather while he still can, anyway. He looked below is feet and saw multiple blue and yellow crystals protrude from the ground, to which he optimally picked it up. Well, that wasn't too hard!

Solei nearly screamed out loud when he felt an arm hook over his shoulders. "C-Cordelia?" He squeaked, looking down at her with an awkward smile. "Yeah. . . it has been a while, I guess." He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish smile. "I'm just here to gather some materials. . . I plan to open a shop soon, so I was hoping to get a head start on collecting stuff."

Level ten?

He honestly wasn't sure if he should feel sad or complimented. He was level five. . . but the fact that she thought that he was level ten made him slightly happier. 

"Oh, thanks," he mumbled, pulling on the gloves. He had forgotten about these. He honestly thought that she would've forgotten these were his. Huh, weird.

By the time he looked up, Cordelia was already off attacking a mob with a stranger he didn't recognize. "Okay. . . Bye?"

Solei stretched his back as he hopped off of the platform. Gosh, when was the last time he even went out of his way to. . . go out? He's been so busy with the kids ever since Athena had disappeared, and Hydravion and Andromeda haven't been around as much as he would've like, too. . . He sighed. Now he felt like a single father of what-- twenty some kids? 

He clicked his tongue as he remembered the strange landscape of this floor. . . he had been here a while back with Kityuisa, right? He wondered where she had went. . . he hadn't seen her at all after the beach party. That day was still foggy to him.

He might as well start gathering now before he opened his shop. . . which will probably be never now that his schedule just got two times more hectic. He can dream, though. Plus, he was going to need some cash if he wanted to get some better gear! You can't be a good support without good gear, right?

spider cider x1 on cordelia

HP: 350/460

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uses 1x spider cider on cordelia

360+90=450/460 

consumes x13 energy drinks

Solei mumbled to himself as he appeared in front of Jack. Well, there may be a couple of battles going around and stuff, but that didn't stop him from getting what he wanted!

"Uh, I'll take that familiar treat and the light armor please," he said with a broad smile on his face. Jack beamed at him before handing him the armor. Solei yelped as he nearly got sent to the ground. "Gosh this stuff is heavy!" He exclaimed, clasping the items together with his right hand as he looked over at Jack again.

"And. . . I wanted a couple of those energy drinks and spider ciders, too," he wheezed, giving Jack a small grin of appreciation as he watched him hand the items to him. 

"Oh, thank you!" He chimed, nodding to Jack before stumbling his way out of the tent. He was going to get something out of this event whether he liked it or not!

-Jack's Protection: FLM AURA, EVA, Cursed

-Ghost Treat

+13 Offbrand Energy drinks

+5 spider ciders

-1,550 Col

totally not a total-

i mean thank u

Solei entered the shop with a sheepish grin.

It felt like it had been forever since he had left the orphanage and. . . y'know, felt like a person. He swore that he was getting years and years older when he was around those kids. . . he loved them to death, though.

"A-ah, right," he mumbled, looking around for the shopkeeper, his eyes trailing from the walls to the ceiling to the floor before he finally locked eyes with-- at least he hoped-- was the shopkeeper. 

"Hello!" He said cheerfully, offering her a small wave as he walked up to her. "I wanted to request an item. . . is that okay?" Solei fretted, his expression turning nervous. "I-I mean, yeah! Here's the order!" He said sheepishly, handing her the order before bolting out of the shop with a red face. 

-550 Col to @Noctua 

"Oh," he blinked, taking the items reluctantly. "You really didn't have to. I could've bought these myself,' Solei mumbled, taking out the funnel cake with a small smile. Well damn, that took him back to the 'good old days'. Funnel cake was the shi-

Solei sweat dropped and mumbled a small 'yeah' before he started to dig in. 

Let's just say nostalgia kicked him the ass. Hard.

The bluenette wiped his mouth and sighed. That was some pretty good funnel cake. Probably not the best he's ever had, but it was still pretty good.

"So uh," he paused, scratching the back of his neck with a sweat drop. "How do you suppose we do this? I think you can tell that I'm not really much a fighter . . . heck, I'm not even much of a healer at the moment. I'm too low leveled to be really doing anything." He sighed, shaking his head with a sheepish smile. "I've been too busy taking care of those kids, man, they can be a pain in the butt sometimes."

Solei almost screamed like a little bi-

"Holy smokes!" He yelped, jumping back a solid foot away from the stranger, holding his hands up in some kind of martial arts position-- he didn't know! "Back off, mister!" He screamed with his eyes wide open. Good lord, he needed sleep. The kids get . . . hyper this time of year. Pure terror flashed through his eyes when he thought about that one time he gave them candy.

Never.

Again.

Solei sighed to himself as his stance relaxed. "Heh, sorry about that. I just don't think I'm really fit to be living in the apocalypse yet," he mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. 

Solei sweat-dropped as he held his hands in front of him, "Are you sure? I'm not-- I don't-- I'm definetly not a damage dealer. I'm a healer . . . but I'm not even that at this level," the blue haired player muttered, his face falling for a few seconds before he pumped his fists up in front of him. "But I'll do my best to help you out!"

Well, this was certainly-- er . . . well, it looks fun! 

He was expecting some kind of big Halloween party, not some . . .  whatever this is! He wanted candy! And food! Not to be fighting-- what, a couple hundred zombies! Sounds fun! Fun, fun, fun! Oh God, he was so going to die during this. 

This is fine. This is fine! Fine! Fine! Fine! Everything around him was slowly crumbling and burning to the ground but this is so fine! 

Solei giggled nervously as he shuffled over to where they were selling the tickets. Stupid him, right! He heals for absolutely nothing, but here he is, his mouth already moving before he can really think about it! 

"I'd like one ticket, please!"

God! He was an idiot. An utter idiot! The kids were going to kill him! Kill him! He was going to be dead both ways!

Well, off he was to go play the Walking Dead or something! 

-500 Col

If it was possible for Solei to spit out more lemonade, then he did. 

"N-not at all!" He exclaimed, shaking his head as he offered Aoelus a large grin. "You're fine to join this conversation." Or whatever it really was, anyway. 

"My name is Solei, by the way!" He outstretched his hand for a handshake. "Are you enjoying yourself at this party?" He asked, tilting his head to give the white haired player a sheepish grin. "I've just been eating a bunch of food... and spitting out drinks," he rubbed his neck sheepishly as his eyes averted to the sandy ground. "That w-was fun... anyway!" He pipped, turning his attention back to Aoelus with a smile as bright as the sun. "I hope you're having fun here, though! I know the girl who organized it, she seemed very nice when I first met her," he mumbled, taking another bite of the lemon cake.

Solei sweat dropped as a body fell right in front of him. "I... I can see that," he stated with a confused expression. Was it suddenly raining people now? Was this some sort of event? 

"Kayaba wouldn't do that," he mumbled, scratching his chin. Kayaba may be a psychopath but he certainly wasn't a crackhead-- or at least he hoped he wasn't. How was he supposed to know? Do you think he has tea and sandwiches with Kayaba every Sunday brunch or something?

"O-oh, right!" He crouched down and poked the man's arm with his finger. "Are you alright, sir?" He poked his arm again with a small smile. "Do you need any help? I can try go calling a healer or something if you need it."

Maybe Kayaba wasn't a crackhead but this guy certainly might be one... was there even such thing as crack in here? He... wasn't sure.

"O-oh, right!" He exclaimed with a mouthful of food. He swallowed the tight ball in his throat and started to explain, "no, no. I'm pretty sure you've got it all wrong!" He said with a small sweat-dropped. He was too young to have any kids, plus, he's never even dated in his life! "I run a small orphanage on floor one with a couple of colleagues-"

Speak of the devil!

He nearly shrieked when someone else pulled up next to him. His hands flew into the air as he stared at a familiar face. He visibly relaxed when he just realized it was one of his friends. "J-Jesus, Hydravion!" He exclaimed, covering part of his face which had already started to flush with embarrassment. "You shouldn't sneak up on me like that! You know how I am with people suddenly showing up," he deadpanned, his mind going blank for a few seconds before coming back to reality.

"Wait a minute, that's a definite no," he exclaimed, making a big 'x' with his arms. "I don't want them to see... this!" He whispered loudly, motioning to the multiple adults in... their swimwear. "It's too much for their tiny little minds!" He muttered hotly, grabbing a glass of... lemonade? 

"Are you perhaps Solei's girlfriend?"

The bluenette coughed for a few seconds before lemonade spewed out of his mouth and onto the ground below. "N-no, no! We work together!" Solei sputtered, his face turning a bright red. "That's it. We're just colleagues!" 

Solei blinked as the three ran off, his expression deadpanning. 

"I'm... not sure, but I'm scared to find out," he laughed nervously, hoping that whatever they were doing wouldn't make him have to bail them out of something. 

"O-oh, wait up for me!" He stumbled, chasing after Cordelia with a sheepish look on his face. 

"W-wow. Would you look at this?!" He exclaimed, gesturing to the loads of snacks displayed on the table. "Maybe I should've invited the kids here... they would've really liked all of this." As he said it out loud, he quickly regretted it. He wasn't going to let his poor little children watch a swimsuit contest! Their poor little eyes weren't ready for that, yet! He wasn't even sure if he was ready for it, yet! 

His face flushed the more he thought about it. "A-ah, frick," he mumbled hotly, grabbing a lemon cake and stuffing it into his mouth.

I graciously give cordelia mah gloves of stupidness 

-gloves of caerus to cordelia