Cordelia

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"Oh, wow," she murmured, her eyes wandering over to where the NPC was. "That was... unexpected. You've got a keen eye," she laugh out loud, turning her head back to Kobold. Though not the first time she took note of it, his orange crystal suddenly become just more apparent to her. Well, this was interesting. 

She let out a huff as her head snapped back to the guardian... who's massive arm was already swinging at her. Well, dang. 

"Stars!" She yelped, bolting towards her right as she narrowly avoided the attack. Like, literally a hair. Talking about hair, her own was whipping around in the air violently as the wind from the attack hit her like a brick. She grimaced as she spat out the hair in her face, narrowing her eyes at the guardian. That wasn't very nice. 

Payback was needed.

Cordelia charged up Over Radiation and charged after the hunk of steel-- or whatever metal it was really made out of. Bursts of energy erupted from her rapier, each tendril piercing through the armor of the guardian like a hot knife to butter. Yeah, that was a good way to put it.

"That's an interesting familiar," she commented, blinking as Zomekko retreated to the jar on his waist. How does that even work-

Bah, no time to think about that! He was right, the Guardian should be spawning soon-

Oh, there it is. Well, she could hear it, at least. These footsteps were louder than the knights'. Way louder. 

It wasn't long before the guardian came bursting into view. Well, it was certainly bigger than the knights that's for sure... but she still expected it to be bigger. Maybe she was growing too much on this game...

"Can you attack first?" She murmured, turning her head over to Pinball with a sheepish look. "That think can two-shot me if I'm unlucky enough," she chuckled, rubbing her neck with a small smile. I mean, she really did want to hit it, but at the moment, she currently valued her life more than a first hit on a hunk of metal.

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[0] Kobold: 1120/1120 HP | 112/112 EN | 15 DMG | 3 EVA | 4 ACC 
[0] Cordelia: HP: 440/440 | EN: 37/44 | 9 DMG | 3 EVA | 1 SAVVY | 2 KEEN

Iron Guardian: HP: 225/225 | 200 DMG | 12 Thorns | 9-10/12 Bleed 

SUMMARY:

Bahr:

-1 SP
-2,849 Col
-[2] T3 Mats
(1) T3 Perfect Trinket [124175A]
(1) T3 Perfect Armor/Shield [124175B]

Oscar:

-2 SP
-2,849 Col
-[2] T3 Mats
(1) T3 Perfect Trinket [124083A]
(1) T3 Perfect Armor/Shield [124083B]

Cordelia:

-2 SP
-2,849 Col
-[2] T3 Mats

Call it overkill, but really, she just wanted this thing dead. Blast it to oblivion! Send it to the deepest parts of heck! She just wanted it gone! Spiders. She shuddered. Stupid spiders and their stupid eight legs and their stupid eyes... yeesh. 

Over Radiation sent back a few meters back before it exploded in the air. That was easy!

"Well!" She huffed, sheathing her rapier rather quickly as she closed the loot window. "I think that's enough of creepy crawlies for me today," she shivered at the thought of those things. "It's good seeing you again, Oscar," she nodded towards Oscar with a small smile. And as for Bahr...

"I suppose it was good to see you too, Bahr," Cordelia said with a soft laugh. "And uh," she snapped her fingers at him as she started walking away with a taunting grin. "Try to get my name right next time!"

LOOTING:

"Wait, what does that mean..." she trailed off as the loud clang of heavy footsteps echoed through the air. Her eyes shifted from Kobold to the deathly looking trees. 

Three seconds felt like three hours and her patience was winding down every millisecond she was waiting. By the time the two large bodies entered her vision, her rapier was already unsheathed. They were smaller than she had expected, actually. She was really expecting these giant husks out of metal... but she guessed that she could get some thrill out of these instead. 

She turned her head slightly to meet Kobold's eyes for a few seconds before quirking up a brow. "What are you waiting for?" Cordelia asked with an exhilarated grin. 

Instead of waiting for his answer like a regular person, she bolted towards the first knight. It shouldn't be too hard to pierce the armor these hunks of metal! 

With Star Saber flying wildly beside her, Cordelia charged up right in front of the knight. Her rapier quickly drew back and forth as she made narrow and clean slices on the knight's chest. With one last burst of energy, she thrust her rapier smack dab in the middle of the triangle, which quite effectively, sent the knight flying back before it dissipated into the air.

Cordelia sniffed as she peered out from wherever she was. "Apologies, I didn't mean to frighten you," she giggled, bounding over to him with her usual happy-go-lucky grin. "That was the least of my intentions," the girl explained as she bowed apologetically to him. 

"I just couldn't help- uh," she scratched the side of her cheek meekly as she gave him an awkward smile, "- I couldn't help but notice your familiar. He or she is very adorable..." she trailed off, her eyes glassing over for a few heartbeats before snapping back to reality. "I'm not used to seeing familiars that cute in a world like this. but it is a nice reminder that we can still have nice things."

"It's rude of me to so suddenly start to talking like that," she exclaimed, her expression drooping a little bit as she offered her hand to him. "My name is Cordelia. I'm deeply sorry if I made you uncomfortable in any way."

ID: 124077

LD: 11, +1 Materials

Total Materials: 1

"Yep! Why? Do I look not strong enough to be doing this quest?" She joked, well, kind of. She was actually quite curious to know his answer to that. Now for him-- she wasn't sure. He certainly seemed like he knew how things worked, but didn't everyone? They've been stuck here for more than two years, so of course people have already adjusted! She couldn't base everything off of looks, though. She just felt wrong when she did that. 

"Kobold?" She echoed, tilting her head. "Lizard demons?" Cordelia let out an awkward laugh as she nodded her head. Weird name for a weird kid.

"Odd name, but I'm not going to judge," she added, stifling another small laugh as she stuffed her hands into her pockets. "Nice to meet you, Kobold."

"Yes, I know," she sniffed, taking out her right hand and tapping the side of her head with a childish grin. "I'm not that dumb. Or I least I hope I'm not."

"That's good," she murmured, smiling softly at him before turning her head to look at her feet. "There's too many of those kinds of kids in Aincrad. Frankly, all of that is getting on my nerves a bit." 

Maybe he wasn't going through a phase, but there was definitely something up with this kid. Maybe something happened to him? Maybe he had seen something tragic? There was a lot of maybes that came with him, huh? 

Cordelia squinted at him for his sudden change in interest but didn't pay too much mind to it, yet. 

She relaxed and gave him a bright grin. "What? Is it bad to be alone these days?" Cordelia chuckled, her hands fumbling together as she thought of a more legitimate reason. "I was just going to do this quest by myself. It seemed easy enough to do alone, so why not?" 

She was just about to continue when realization slapped her in the cheek. "Right!" She gave him an apologetic bow before smiling sheepishly. "It's rude of me not to introduce myself. My username is Cordelia," she beamed, stretching out her hand to him. 

Cordelia picked away at the tufts of grass that rested next to her. She was feeling emptier than usual today, and she didn't know why. Why? She sighed and placed her hands in her laps with a small frown. She thought she could get some alone time in the courtyard but maybe that wasn't the best action to do when she was currently feeling like this. "It's just a mood," she muttered dully to herself. "It'll go away before the end of the day."

The fell back on to the grass with a muffle thud. It was too early to be feeling like crap. Way too early. 

A soft laugh made her bolt straight up. Why was she so startled? She was in a courtyard for Pete's sake! She shouldn't feel afraid here, right? 

Cordelia twisted her head to where she had heard the laugh come from. She visibly relaxed when she saw that it was just a regular player with a... penguin? Hypothetical hearts appeared in her eyes as she watched the two quietly.

Wait- that was weird. 

"Hello," she greeted, nodding her head to both of them with a cheery smile. 

"Apologies," she chuckled, rubbing her neck sheepishly. "My username is Cordelia," she beamed, outstretching her hand to Spencer. "Nice to meet you!" Great! Another person added to her list of future friends! 

"Of course," she placed her hands in her lap and grinned. "I haven't gotten out in quite a while. I don't know what I've been doing for the past few days..." she trailed off before hopping to her feet. "It sounds fun! I'd love to join." 

She was quiet for a bit. Why was that? She didn't know, why were you asking her?! It was... odd. Well, it's not like she could help it, anyway. 

"Anyway, we should go before we waste any more time! Let's go!" She chirped. Without waiting for a response from the other two, she bounded over to the meeting place.

“You’re tense,” she observed, scratching her chin as she peered at his not-so-relaxed form.

“Do you think I’m trying to start something?” She said in disbelief, shaking her head at him. “I’m a tad bit offended, really.”

Man, people in this game were so darn paranoid! Why was it so weird for people to just spark up a conversation nowadays? People always assumed you wanted to kill them if you were to try to talk to them, yeesh... but she guessed that it was a completely reasonable reaction to being stuck in a game where death was a flick of a sword away.

It was still rude, though!

“You’re not much of a talker, are you?” She said flatly, tilting her head curiously at the unnamed stranger. “You just have that whole...” She took a moment to come up with a good word for his description, “... depressed teenage kid vibe about you.” Cordelia gasped and covered her face with a small snicker. “Are you going through a phase?”

“Wow, you look like death,” she commented bluntly, laughing to herself under her breath. “Like, literally. You look like you just rose from the grave. I can’t tell.” She cocked her head to the side as she stared into his very soul. “All that lack of sleep is going to catch up to you. Next thing you know... bam! Someone kidnaps you when you’re sleeping and holds you for ransom!” The blonde scratched her cheek as she paused in realization. “Things like that don’t really happen in here, do they?” 

She beamed and clapped her hands together, not failing to notice that teeny weeny smile that flickered in his face. “That’s more like it!”

”Now, uh,” she paused, making a full lap around the boulder before frowning, “why don’t you get off of that thing before you hurt yourself or something. Seeing a stranger’s head get cracked open wasn’t on my list of things to do today, thank you.”

Cordelia was just about to get on going- well, that was until she saw something sitting on a literal boulder. How crazy was that? 

"Heck," she muttered, placing her hands on her hips as she gave him a crossed look. "You're going to attract some unwanted attention like that," she called, tilting her head at the player confusingly. "Also, why the heck are you on that thing anyway? Didn't you parents tell you not to do that kind of stuff, because I'm pretty sure you could probably crack your skull open like a literal egg if this were real life," she huffed, crossing her arms.

"Also, this whole scene-" she gestured to whatever was going on in front of her, "is going to make me depressed. Your face is literally making me depressed," she said with a deadpan. "It wouldn't kill you to put a smile on or something," she sighed, shaking her head. 

"Everyone looks so sad these days, it's spreading like the plague!" Cordelia exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger at the stranger. "You, sir, are a spreader of this horrible disease!"

Cordelia grudgingly threw her hair over her shoulders as she groaned inwardly. It was too early to be in the desert.

 "Gain some levels, he said," she mimicked, frowning. "It'd be fun, he said," she narrowed her eyes as she kicked a small pebble away from her. "Floor five is perfect, he said!" 

Why did she listen to that broker? 

Cordelia blinked as another mop of familiar blonde hair entered her vision. Great, now she could suffer with someone else! Cordelia threw herself onto the bench and pouted. "Awe, are you dying here, too? Don't worry, buddy, we'll make it through this heck together!" She beamed just as Pacco squawked in agreement... on her head. She hoped that he wasn't building some type of nest on her hair... that would not be okay. For some reason, he's taken an unusual likeness to that particular spot, and she had no idea why.

Cordelia scratched the side of her cheek as she looked at the vast expanse of floor nine. "Holy moly, that's going to be a far walk," she muttered, already glad that she didn't bring Pacco along. The headaches wouldn't have ever stopped if she had brought him along, thank the stars. 

"Well, I guess it's just me, then!" She said to no one, already starting to get the move on. "I hope I don't crazy doing this alone," the blonde mumbled, scratching her chin with an unsure expression. Maybe she should've invited someone she knew to help her? Oscar? Bahr? Alec? She didn't really want to bother Oscar with all of this. They've done enough quests together as is. And Bahr... she didn't know if she wanted to even spend an hour with him. The only reason why she didn't smack the heck out of him last time they saw each other is because she didn't want to look like a crazy man in front of Oscar.

@Pinball

Cordelia almost shrieked as a body fell in front of her. 

"Wh-" she started, taking a step back from the odd sight in front of her. "Er-"

It seemed like someone else was here, too. She turned her head and faced a familiar shade of distinct blue hair. "Solei?" She mumbled, furrowing her brows. What was he doing here? "Are you not a healer?" She asked flatly, a small smile gracing her lips as she turned to give him a small smile. "It's good to see you again." She hadn't seen him since the beach party. That felt like ages ago to her.

Cordelia let out another yelp as someone came stumbling over to them. Were they drunk? You can't even get drunk in this game, right? "Uh, I think there''s someone over there behind you Solei-"

Why were all of her sentences getting cut off? And why was it raining bodies?

Cordelia lurched forward towards the first cave spider she could set her sights on. Her rapier charged forwards, making repeated slashes in the air all while sending bursts of bright blue energy to the spider. A chill went down her spine as the spider let out a very high shriek of pain before finally dying. "That hurt my ears a tad bit," she murmured with a frown before retreating back. 

Cordelia yelped as one of the spiders came lunging at her. She had ducked just before its body had collided with hers... but she couldn't really say the same for Bahr. He had evaded the other two but this one seemed to have targeted him pretty hard. The girl almost winced when she watched his health bar drop a considerable amount, which was probably a lot considering how much more health he had compared to both her and Oscar. "Sorry!"

COMBAT:

LOOTING:

Cordelia coughed into her arm as she watched the sky grow brighter. It was a lovely day to be out and about! 

Today was the day! Today was the day she was going to be fighting a land shark! Maybe she should've asked Oscar to come... he was the one who told her about this quest, too... Gah. Maybe not. She feels like such a pest around him sometimes. Sure, she liked the guy but she wouldn't want to spend everyday and hour with him! A girl needs her personal space sometimes! 

She left Pacco at home today. He wasn't fully trained just yet so she didn't really want him to scare away NPC children and get caught in other people's hair... a lot of Col was lost that day. Until he's fully trained, she doesn't intend for him to leave her inn room, but who knows, maybe he'll attack her when she comes back-

Cordelia nodded her head as she charged after the Cerberus again, her thin and narrow rapier flowing neatly beside her as she prepared to give the killing blow. Just as she was about to charge up her sword art, the heel of her boot caught on something from below and she was left nearly falling on to her face. "Sugar honey iced tea-" she hissed, her free leg outstretching in front of her as it propped her up. She growled in annoyance under her breath as she stood up straighter.

There goes her concentration. And here comes the frustration!

"You're going to have to finish it off," she mumbled dully, her eyes casting into narrow slits as she gave the Cerberus a glare that could probably burn right through its thick skull. Maybe if she just stared at it long enough, she would be able to kill it... yeah, that could totally work out in her own favor.

Cordelia clicked her tongue as she dashed in after the first Cerberus head. Hopefully Leeroy and Jenkins won't hold a grudge against her for this... Her rapier swung back before pushing forward four times, landing four solid hits on the first head. The poor thing let out a small yelp of pain before stumbling back a few meters. 

"Sorry," she squeaked, running back to where Oscar was. 

Both of them could one-shot each head if they both wanted to, she just hoped that Oscar manages to kill this one head so that they could finally get this darn quest done. She might not feel the heat but she would rather not stay in a cave that was constantly burning with fire and running with molten lava. It's really not her ideal spot to hang around. Heck, she'd rather be on floor four than this place. Can you really blame her?

"Got it!"

Both Cordelia's long hair and flowing coat whirled violently in the air as she dashed towards the last hound with almost unimaginable speed. Her rapier flew right through the dog, leaving a somewhat small gaping hole right through it's abdomen. The mob let out a small howl of pain before it too, exploded into the air. 

"The Cerberus should be coming soon, stay alert," she called over to her Oscar while her eyes searched for the large beast that they were supposed to be fighting. It wasn't supposed to be even that much tougher than the hounds. Sure, it has more damage and burn attacks but each of the heads had the same amount of HP as a regular hell hound.

The problem wasn't even getting their HP down, it was just managing to land their hits each at a time since she didn't have any AOE moves and Oscar's was weak. 

Cordelia grinned almost menacingly as she placed her two hands on her rapier and dashed into the battle. 

Fwip!

Her rapier slashed right through the first hound, leaving its body sliced right in half for a few seconds before it vaporized into the air. "Alright," she exclaimed, tossing her hair over her shoulders as she turned to look over at Oscar. "Kill off one of those two and then I'll take care of the remaining one!" 

Two more. Two more and then they could face the big bad boss. Oh, it's been so long since she's been this exhilarated. Sure, this fight was no problem but there was so much thrill to it! Maybe it was the cackling fire in the background, or maybe it was because she was doing it with someone else, or heck, it could even be because she's had no action for two days straight! It could be all three! 

"Your lack of remembrance for my name is getting on my nerves," she muttered bluntly, narrowing her eyes at him for a quick second before shrugging her shoulders. "You're all good. If I die, I'd consider it more of my fault for being stupid and following you."

She stretched her back and sighed. It would kind of suck a lot if she died, especially to just some loot monsters. That would be pretty pathetic. She could really just picture it in her head. 'Cordelia: Killed by Giant Spider' or something stupid like that. Hell it could be a flying pig, because literally anything can happen in this stupid game!

"I don't really need anything right now, so you guys can take some of the loot if you want. If it's a pretty good unidentified item, I'll take it, but other than that, that's really all I need. I'm pretty good on Col and I don't need any materials, anyway."

"Maybe!" She bit out, delivering the final blow to the last hell hound. 

"There's still three more," she muttered, shaking her head. Why didn't rapiers have any AOE? Sure, it might not look like it would, but if they made a sword art fast enough to do multiple hits on multiple opponents, that would be great! 

She sniffed again as she rubbed her eyes tiredly. It was too early to deal with this kind of stuff. Okay, she had the right to complain. She's been sleeping on a bed of rocks for the past two days, okay?! She couldn't help but feel grumpy! She'd bet you'd be grumpy if you had to sleep on magma rocks for two days!

Her left eye twitched and her left cheek rose a bit as she struggled to keep a yawn in. Was that healthy? She was pretty sure that was normal, right?

Right?