Nari-Lanreth

Her target exploded into the thousands of shards that signified its passing from this world and return to Cardinal, helped in turn by the thorns hidden away within her armour. Able to turn her focus towards the other two, she barely saw as the third drove its claws into her side, causing her health to dip momentarily once more. ‘Two left, and then hopefully some peace and quiet so I can recover from this insanity.’ A novel idea, if she’d ever had one. But with the way that these two ambushes were going, how quickly they had occurred, she questioned where she’d have any peace and quiet the

Her health bar dropped. Then dropped again. As she glanced up at it, she saw for the first time as it shifted from the dangerous orange yellow colouring, to a blood red. Eyes going wide, Nari felt herself stepping backwards – the realisation of the danger suddenly present in her mind. She didn’t hear the scream of the other as the words of her promise raced through her mind, the fear of not upholding it hanging heavier on her heart than the fear of what that red bar promised should it continue to drop. Scrambling, she pulled up her menu, finding the item she was looking for before do

Stumbling slightly in her push forward, she felt the tip of her spear imbed itself into the ground – providing her attempted target the opportunity to leap at her and provide a retaliation of its own. As it, and its fellow launched themselves at her, Nari could do little but take the brunt of the assault, gritting her teeth against it before leaping backwards and putting space between her and them – somehow avoiding the claws of the third in the process. Eyeing up her opponents, she could see the further loss of health the second had succumbed to in response to its attacks against her. ‘A

Her spear slashed across her target, barely catching it as the thing tried to shift backwards out of the way of her assault. Unable to react fast enough, it missed its own ability to lash out towards her, forced to stumble away as its health bar drained further. The second of the creatures slashed towards Nari, the claws rattling harmlessly off the shield on her right arm. The final, however, was lucky in its placement – finding the opening on her left side and running its own claws along the side of her armour and pulling an entire point of health away from her, for a single breath. Her

Her attention focused on her target, she barely noticed as the two other targets moved around her in an attempt to flank her defences. Belatedly, she attempted to bring her shield up to block one of the two attacks, doing little more than directly the strike upwards into her face. As both landed their strikes – one that she was certain would’ve been far more dangerous were it not for her armour – her health bar ticked down briefly, before almost immediately returning to its original full position as her healing took effect. Knowing there was little to do beyond weather the minimal attacks

Sliding back away from the three frozen in place creatures, she considered her options. She knew that striking all three at once would be…less than ideal. She wasn’t built for the area of effect strikes like others – but striking each single target with her tech arts didn’t seem beneficial either. Cursing herself as she tried to wrack her brain around her next action, she watched as the three began to twitch – the stunned effect slowly wearing off. “Stay with what you know.” Shaking off the concepts of changing up her attack patterns, she brought her shield up and her spear level, taking

A deep breath released, Nari let herself lean onto her spear in relief as the fight came to an end. It hadn’t been difficult, but she still felt tired as the adrenaline slowly left her system – something that Cardinal had clearly managed to replicate from the real world, rather well. Sighing, she eyed the menu that contained what she had obtained from the fight itself – pitiful, at best. The sound of crackling rocks caused her head to snap around, her eyes cast over the area. She barely noticed the group at first, blending in so well with the rocky terrain. As her eyes fell upon them and

Whatever Nari had expected, the sudden movement of the creature wasn’t a part of it. Ducking beneath her spear tip with faster than anticipated reflexes, the lizard slashed upwards, catching the edge of Nari’s cheek with its blade before the thorns in her shield lashed out in retaliation. She gave a growl of annoyance before dropping back a step – realising that she had underestimated her opponent, and had paid the limited price for it. She glanced up towards her health bar, already refilling itself and leaving the single point she’d taken as little more than a memory. “Fine, you want to

The first of the two creatures exploded into shards, glittering on the air as they fell towards the ground before disappearing. The second seemed to hesitate – either surprised by the ease at which she destroyed its friend, or waiting for Cardinal to program its next action. Nari wasn’t quite sure which was the case, nor did she especially care. Turning her attention towards it, she brought her spear into an underhand grip, pulling her arm backwards as if to toss the spear. Letting her feet carry her forward, she quickly closed the distance between herself and her new target, thrusting fo

A light flush covered her features as Jomei returned the greeting, bowing slightly in a way that made Nari feel both uncomfortable, and somehow more inclined towards the ginger. She gave a return smile, before returning her gaze to the creatures in the distance. “Dea-labhartha, ansin.” Forcing herself back to the common language between the three of them, she gave a smile towards Koga before making her way across the field – casting an eye back to watch the man hurriedly stow his fishing gear and attempt to give chase. “Right, let’s see how easily we can clear this field then. Treoracha M

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The evening sunshine shone through the large windows as Nari led NIGHT into the recording studio. The day had been eventful, if nothing else. But as they were winding down, Nari had felt the itch to return to the studio one more time - if for no other reason than to enjoy the looks her companion gave her as she worked. She'd never considered her singing to be...spectacular, by any means - yet NIGHT seemed to enjoy listening. Or, at least pretended to enjoy listening. Either way, Nari was more than content to provide the evening entertainment as it was. Taking a few moments to set the cry

The howl from Cerberus sent a shiver down Nari’s spine – so much louder than her own calls, and yet somehow not at all terrifying to her. Instead, she felt…encouraged, driven to end this beast once and for all. The lack of her shield forgotten, she gave a responding howl, before kicking off the ground and racing the small distance between herself and the giant beast. The hounds appeared in her vision, attempting to cut off her sudden launch towards their master – if that was the role it played in comparison to these newcomers. Nari let her feet guide her, her body shifting in movement as

“I think this is the first time I've ever been told I'm better suited for dealing damage…” She forced herself to leave the joke aside, realising this wasn't the time no place for it. Stopping herself from turning towards NIGHT, she instead brought her attention back to the giant beast, knowing they were on the verge of having finished it off. A few different steps to avoid half crazed attacks from the three heads as Nari watched for the opening she knew she would need to land. She knew they were getting closer to the finish off this would quest, and although it was proving easier in a se

The hand on her shoulder pulled her attention for a moment, somehow both comforting and distracting. The words – which tooka moment to register – spoke of concern. Nodding in answer, she turned her gaze back to the beast before them. “We’re almost there, I think. Let’s just bring these down a bit. I'll focus on the third head, you go for the second, okay? Just…don’t outright destroy it. Yet. If nothing happens after its next reaction, then we end this thing and move on.” She spoke quickly, levelling out her spear as she spoke. Her right arm naturally fell into a guard pose, before realis

She had definitely drawn the attention of the large humanoid three headed dog towards herself. Staring up at the three heads, she smiled to herself, pleased with how well she had been doing this round. The howl skill had definitely made a difference on the situation, making her much more effective at drawing the attention to herself – something she felt relatively pleased with. “Looks like we’re doing this! I’ll hit the third head, and hopefully soon it’ll begin to…” Her words dropped off as she ducked underneath another failed strike from the creature. Eyeing up the thing, she knew that

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Already humming a tune that had been stuck in her head the entire morning, Nari wandered into the recording studio with a smile on her face. Although her success had been...limited, she had come to enjoy her time within the studio. It reminded her of the time she had spent back in high school, and the year after. She found her companion seated at the piano, gently struggling with a few of the keys. Smiling to herself, she crossed to the piano, catching the sudden jerk movement as NIGHT realised she wasn't alone. “I could teach you, if you wanted...” She tossed a beaming smile towards NIGH

The two creatures had begun to lift their heads as Nari sailed through the air, her spin bringing her to land just before them, the spear lashing out and slicing through the chests of both before they could even raise their arms in defence. Frozen in place by the stun and paralysis effects, Nari was given the chance to jump back, putting some space between herself and the two creatures. Levelling her spear along the top edge of her shield, she waiting for the twitches that would signify the two were overcoming their ailments. She’d learnt long ago not to rush in, but instead give herself

The pathway beyond the settlement wound its way through the underground tunnels of the mountain that Nimbus was hidden within, eventually bringing Nari beyond and back into the open air. Sighing a breath of relief to be outside once more, she continued along the winding path, heading down towards an open valley area that the mayor had described. She could see the destination in the distance – likely an hours’ walk from where she was currently, if she kept pace. Knowing that she could take her time, she decided to distract herself with a bit of mobbing, focusing on the few creatures she fo

“That’s why we’ve found ourselves here, in Nimbus. We were…well, I was hoping we could get some help from the local militia, but it seems they’re unable to assist at this time.” Nari almost sighed as she knew what was coming next. Typical, so typical. “Perhaps you could assist us? I could compensate you, a bit. It won’t be a ton, but it’ll be appropriate for the work that needs to be done!” Almost in time with his final syllable, the quest notification popped up, asking her if she wanted to accept the request. Barely even glancing at it, she hit the accept button. The mayor beamed a smil

Closing the distance between herself and the NPC group, she spent a moment listening to the voices that sprung from within. Chatter focused on words tilted towards a hint of running, speaking of refugees. Although she didn’t catch any sort of verbiage that linked it directly with the village she was supposed to assist, Nari had a good feeling that this was likely the group she was looking for to activate the quest. Eyes cast over the group, she found a well dressed individual who seemed to carry an air of authority. Pushing her way through the small throng, she approached the individual,

Her saunter to the teleporter pad had been calm, the blowing winds had died down a few minutes into the walk, and she’d found that she was able to enjoy the crystalline air. Snow crunching under her boots as she made her way across the small settlement, she’d relished the feel of the crisp air on her lungs, somehow invigorating in a way. A quick bound up the steps and she’d hopped onto the pad itself, activating it with a single spoken command before disappearing in the shimmering light. A few seconds later she had reappeared, returning to existence on the pad found within Nimbus. The sud

Content with the attention being entirely focused on her, Nari considered her options. She knew that her own attacks would be relatively useless in their current situation, that NIGHT could handle the offensive side on her own. Instead, Nari fell back onto the ideology of what her role was meant to do; to pull the attention to herself and focus on taking the hits. Pulling her shield in front of her, she set her right leg forward, dropping her weight slightly and locking the knee into the back of the shield for further strength against the strikes she knew were coming her way. A shift in h

Nari watched as NIGHT – almost belatedly – rushed forward and swung at one of the heads, causing the health bar of it to drop significantly. She could feel the heat rushing off the body of the creature, slowly causing her health bar to dip and regenerate. Casting aside concerns about the effect it was having on her – it truly wasn’t doing as much harm as she would’ve expected, from an environmental attack – she instead focused on doing what she did best; tanking her way through a fight. Drawing her shield up in front of her, she began her call again, activating the enhanced skills that wo