NIGHT

a few stragglers cleared, before she skipped into the safe zone. she was lucky cardinal thought her obedient to its whims, the way it registered loot to her inventory, though she ignored the influx of what materials were going into cache. sword still held at the ready by her side, as koga fell into position before her, night glanced to the bodies dissipating. floating fragments, an obnoxious white in monochrome, were what was left after their forms had exploded when she wasn't looking. "no reason," night decided, "except for gear and seclusion from everybody else." her gaze turned back on

first, there came the crashing waves. the hulking figure rose from the waters, throwing the shell of its confinement across the world, shattering its pieces upon the slopes of rocks around it. as though it hadn't been fragile to begin with, zero's two feet found purchase on slippery ground. it kept it steady, still, as the players chased it from the distance, swarming at his feet like ants. then, through the blizzard, the storm raging in the players ears, came a melody. of keys from ivory on black. of a world once known, a fantasy, one unlike the realm they found themselves trapped in. a

'here' was such a decisive statement. when night had sent the message, she hadn't expected him to be not-'here'. night: @ the laby? it didn't matter too much where he was. the blackwatch bastion was only a short walk away from the settlement, if that was where the man had appeared at. and though night had set out as soon as she could, even she wasn't at the labyrinth's entrance just yet. night: 1mo night: dont move night: tptr? the fallen cloaks around her were obedient enough to have fallen to her input. like a quick snap of her fingers, if abstracted enough, yet the

"didn't wanna get stung," night objected. and there was a beating where her lungs should've been, had it not been for their digital reality. though the duo had made it out safely, what mattered more was the state of their herbs; she wasn't going to risk entering the grove once more if only to gather more of it at a later time. a brief glance at her inventory, and she knew they would be fine. day appeared unhindered by the chase, but that was no surprise to the players by this point. the spear gone from her hand, she nodded to koga's suggestion. "if by next place you mean yvlon. i'm s

deep in the act enough to distract her from her thoughts. not enough to forget to keep an ear out to her surroundings, the player picking up on that shout amid the lyrical singing of frost. monster? at least she could draw herself from her own chiding, invitation torn and discarded away. from afar, night couldn't make out who the party was. neither did she care. but just as equal to how they'd given her a heads up about the frost beast about to break through the ice, so too would she lend her own strength in tandem. if the system would collaborate with the player on her own eff

"what if we never beat the game? just kept on living here? it's... better... in here. right?" the thought haunted her eves in the days to come. it wasn't so much the question. night had contemplated on the idea multiple times. it called to her endlessly, like a siren, a preacher cloaked in white garb and held her gold hair back in a pony tail. hell, night still had that scrunchie she was gifted one time. sometimes she would keep it on her wrist, as protective ward as she watched her companion prepare cooking ingredients. the forced drumming, the sharpness of the knife's edge in

laughter. "well i'm glad to know at least you're having fun," she snapped back, though her heart was still hammering in her chest. and the thought of being rescued by her other in the same way as before -- "n-no! i can do this on my own--" the condition under her status effects for negating weapon summons was apparently disregarded in night's vision. and she struggled with the vines until the slash from her friend tore her captors apart. with the amount of time koga took to wind up his stunt, day was already upon the party after a brief leap and sprint. "on it!" oh, heaven

had she been more aware, she would've felt the eyes upon her figure. instead, night paid more attention to the lake. ice thick enough to skate on freely; she searched beneath it for some lost traces of a forgotten memory. it would be nice to go ice skating, at least once, back in reality. why'd she decided to come up here all on her own? with a flick of her heel, the woman was off. simple loops, the act of trying to keep stable already taking up more of her thoughts than she'd wanted it to occupy. night thought about taking a vacation, getting away from her contacts for a bit.

[link] | crafting 8 of the following: crystal.| TIER 1 TRINKET | LD III [desc.]: a blue crystal. scraps of a larger crafting component. [ids.]: #205221, #205220, #205219, #205218, #205217, #205216, #205224, #205223 [link] | crafting 3 of the following: amber. | TIER 1 TRINKET | ACC III [desc.]: a chunk of amber. scraps of a larger crafting component. [ids.]: #205222, #205238, #205237, #ID205228 [link] | crafting 3 of the following: feather. | TIER 1 TRINKET | EVA III [desc.]: a small feather. remnants of a long-forgotten entity. [ids.]: #205226, #205227

Paragon Level 5 - Laurel Wreath (Earn Col equivalent to 15% of player’s EXP earned in thread) Paragon Level 10 - (1) Gleaming Scale, (1) Demonic Shard, +1 LD to Looting* Paragon Level 25 - (1) Gleaming Scale, (1) Demonic Shard, Free Skill Respec Paragon Level 50 - (1) Gleaming Scale, (1) Demonic Shard, x3 Paragon Tier Up Tickets** Paragon Level 75 - (1) Gleaming Scale, (1) Demonic Shard, Custom SA Paragon Level 100 - (2) Gleaming Scales, (2) Demonic Shards, Access to ‘Champion’s Hall’***

| 08/03/22 | item fusions. | total: 16 perfects.

"I--" It took her a moment to realize what Koga was talking about. Then it struck her. Hard. Though this was no time for squabble, in Koga's defense, the man had a good point. Almost to which NIGHT did feel personally offended upon, because not only was it true that her priorities were incredibly obvious, but the sanctity of their friendship deserved an answer. So the player thought about it, painfully so, as she shuffled backwards towards her original herb spot. "... Look. Star was a newbie, so a fall like that would've killed her. Whereas you just dropped like maybe three

Movements barely perceptible to the human eye. And yet, at Koga's call, there was a sudden shift in the environment. It was in that moment that DAY did spring to action, and NIGHT took off running towards her friend. "How'd you get up there?!" A flash of light from the altar. Strikes -- not just one, but two blinded the beast as the construct attempted to jam her spear into its form. Nothing but spectacle came of it, with the similar message players were oft given for their jabs at a sedentary object. So there was nothing to be done about the beast. It reared backwards, alm

A single plant decimated in a matter of seconds through quick finger work. If the individual leaves mattered more than the plant, perhaps the medicine would've saw more common use. Alas, that was not the case -- and what she did collect had to maintain its quality, too. Broken or dented parts of a plant could cause it to rot quicker, NIGHT recalled from her studies. Once the first bundle was stored in her inventory, her next was found by a rock round a corner where she'd started. The player focused on it, trying to keep quiet, though she knew from the sear upon her back her presence was n

Blue leaves tinged with the colours of sunset. The description of the herbs was likely much better conveyed through sight than words, and so NIGHT turned to the plants, hoping with what little she could discern about their appearance in the dark would bear fruit, if she were to be careful. Though she stayed quiet, as though keeping the information to herself, her eyes were frantic in scanning the foliage around them. Sections in her vision were crossed out. A few steps in one direction, before she turned. When she could spot the fade of yellow to orange, she picked one of its leaves

"Safe zone," DAY responded, immediately to Koga's query about Ylvon. Similarly, to his prompt about preparations, the construct only tilted her head. "Was there something I should've been picking up on? For the record, I know only just as much as you two do. But--" A shared glance between the two women, and NIGHT nodded after a pause. "--Yeah. There's obviously going to be complications somewhere. Not that either of us happen to be familiar with the floor to say what it is, at least." "That's too bad..." Even with her words despondent, the entity carried a beam. From the ether a

"Yeah," NIGHT replied, turning to the combatants as they were destroying the last boar. Hushed as secrets should be. "There was a system update and everything. The message should've been sent out to everybody." She pulled herself back from the fields, leaning against the wall, arms folded. There was no need for the party to figure she was watching -- rather, it felt like NIGHT needed the privacy more than the newbies. "NIGHT, I think I asked you this once a long time ago. You didn't answer then but...what if we never beat the game? Just kept on living in here?" The player though

Oh. So she hadn't been hallucinating yet, despite being brought to wits end. There actually was a cat -- to whom her attentiveness peaked towards. NIGHT almost melted upon sight of it, tension in corners of her face released as her body worked to close the door behind the new entrant. Most likely someone not here for the party, she soon realized; the familiar, if it could be called one, was more important. (And adorable!!! mewww~) The woman kept a squeal in as its tiny paws were held up by the stranger. Almost bursting with energy. Then the question of responsibility was fired her w

Small pieces of information scattered since their arrival. All she had to do was put them together, looking over the ingredients at the far table, the mess disorganized, and DAY knew of what was to come. "Well, we were here for our mission, but aside from that. Tiberius wanted a courier sent back to Dagan with some medicine for the injured miners, right?" The construct bowed her head towards her original, as NIGHT left, making sure that the man would catch her hint. Once that was conveyed, she turned to examine the path to the village. Though they were only stopped in a valley, the