Nari-Lanreth

As her spear tip slide between the scales of the beast, Nari twisted, forcing more of the defensive armour plating to fall from the creature, and causing it to roar in pain and surprise. She could see the health bar drop again – her own ticking off the single point she received in return. Everything seemed to be going well now, and she knew she could truly push the advantage. But first…first she wanted to try weakening it just a little bit more. Drawing the spear back towards herself, she pulled her shield up in front again, readying for the opening she knew was coming. As soon as the cre

The shattering of the creature’s hides was like a blessing to Nari, and she felt the difference her strike made. More importantly – it not only missed its next strike towards her, but also didn’t recover any of its health. Nodding to herself, she figured that it could only regenerate on successful attacks – much like a tech skill she had wanted to hunt down, allowing her to do the exact same thing. ‘Right, just need to dodge its attacks then, and slowly whittle it down – should be…easy.’ As her own health bar returned to a full gauge, Nari’s calmness was broken by a mere second of enthusi

Her second strike barely scratch the creature – and more so to Nari’s worry, she watched as some of the damage she’d originally done seemed to heal as the creature slammed its own attack into her. She barely felt it – her armour dulling the likely otherwise dangerous attack, but the fact that she would be fighting an uphill battle had her off put. Gritting her teeth, she pulled back a step, eyeing up her opponent and trying to figure out what she needed to do to truly hurt this thing. She knew that it’s ability to soften her blows wasn’t helping. Spear tip pulled down towards the creature

Her first strike caught the creature directly in the centre of its chest, the ice spreading across it as the freeze property activated. Nari smiled at her success, lavishing in such a capable first strike. Until she realised how little had been taken off the creature’s health bar. The sudden worry caught her as she side stepped around it, moving so as to leave its reach before it could break free of the ice and lash back at her in kind. Bracing herself, she eyed up her opponent, realising that her wish for a more challenging conflict had been answered – and suddenly wondering if she was

Nari waved as Astreya appeared, immediately calling out and introducing her to…someone. It took Nari a moment – and the momentum of being dragged towards the other two men in the square – to realise that she was gesturing to the seated man. She eyed Freyd up, not seeing the similarity to the Gardener in any avenue of the definition, but she assumed that there was more than met the eye here. Half bowing towards the man, she’ll give a slight smile, nodding to the other individual whom hadn’t been introduced yet. “Nari-Lanreth, Nari for short. It’s a pleasure to meet…both of you. Are you bot

Nari cocked her head listening to Astreya’s words. She was amazed again by the girl – she was able to convey so much in so little words – and yet somehow, she felt like someone who was just…welcoming. Her ears perked up at two sentences though, and she slowly responded, curiosity in her voice. “I…actually haven’t talked to Koga lately…I had no idea he had a shop on the first.” A bit of pain in her chest as she confessed, she still meant to fix that. “More importantly…did you say chess club? As in, you were apart of chess club?” Nari couldn’t help but let the amazement reach her voice

‘Easy. Far too easy…we’ve got this…’ Nari smiled to herself as the two skeletons froze in place, the stun affect prohibiting their movement. From behind her she heard, then saw Cleo rush forward to try and catch both creatures with her dagger. Nari watched as the girl rushed forward, swinging in a relatively controlled swing…and then tripped over one of the skeleton’s feet. ‘Well, that was…something.’ Seeing the two creatures beginning to move again, Nari realized she needed to step in – and quickly. Bringing her shield up in front of her, she levelled her spear, aiming for the weaker of

Skill(s) Being Dropped: Profession Familiar Mod(s)/Addon(s)/Shift(s) Being Dropped: N/A SP Incurred Towards Limit: 10 SP SP Refunded: 10 SP Cost: 10,000 col

‘A small flaming cat…interesting choice.’ Nari shook her head at the enquiry, her eyes still drifting about the area. “No, although I don’t think I’ll be the one to spot-“ Her words stopped as she saw the bone shift – something she would’ve completely overlooked if she hadn’t been specifically searching for signs of danger. Drawing her right foot back, her shield and spear came up almost instantly in reflex to the sign of danger. “Get behind me.” Her voice was suddenly devoid of any emotion as she entered her battle stance, her face stoic and focused. She watched as two skeletons ros

Nari nodded a slight getting to Nemo as they caught up to the NPC. She wasn’t sure that she would ever truly forgive him for what he had done to her upon their very first ever meeting, but Nari was feeling far less animosity towards the NPC. She knew in her mind that what he had done was simply what he was programed to do – he truly had no choice in it all, and yet… it still stung, enough that she still wasn’t able to smile at the NPC as they came together. Her thoughts were distracted as Bismuth talked about his love of the current floor, about why he had made it his home. Nari listened

The sands made her going slow, but she eventually found herself standing beneath a large wall that was clearly recently uncovered from the sands it had once been buried beneath. She could still see the piles of sand along the tops of the wall, and caught on outcroppings that stuck out along the various openings – openings that Nari thought might be windows. Glancing about, she saw an entrance a little ways away from her current position, and made her way towards it. Something about the entire structure reminded her of the colosseum in old Rome, as if this were a miniature version of it –

Yet another success, Nari deposited the new found items into her inventory. She was certainly having success finding the basic goods, but so far, her luck had struck out on the demonic shards. She figured she could continue her search as she made her way across the desert, her eyes casting across the sands as she went. Even if she wasn’t finding exactly what she wanted, she couldn’t deny that her searches were becoming profitable at this point. “Hey…Yuki…Do you see that…?” Nari felt herself squint against the sands as she tried to make out the building in the distance. She couldn’t quite

Her eyes immediately caught sight of the glow against the otherwise plain desert sands, and she wandered over to the area just off the beaten path. Making sure not to fall into any traps, she took some time digging out the metallic bars, finding a number of pieces of col as well. Content with the find, she returned to her walk along the dunes, still searching for anything of value to make an appearance. She giggled to herself as she realised how different she was now. When she had first started this death game – after the announcement – she had barely been able to hold her place in combat

The saltworm exploded, and Nari breathed a sigh of relief. The fight had lasted longer than she would’ve liked. She was starting to realise that as a tank, her ability to cause damage was truly hampered – she could certainly take a hit and barely notice it, but her ability to lash out wasn’t where she was strong. She pondered the concept as she continued her walk through the desert, her eyes naturally searching the sands for anything of interest – especially those materials she so loved to find. “Definitely something to keep in mind, Yuki. I need to rely on others to slam out the damage –

This time her strike connected with the beast, and she watched as the entire form froze up – the tech skill locking it in place and providing her some relief, if only for the moment. Taking a breath, she stabilised herself on the sands before levelling her spear once more. She could feel the fight coming to its end, and as she readied herself, she wondered when these instances had gotten so easy. Even with the slight frustrations of missed attacks, she felt no fear in combat now – it was almost too easy sometimes, and sometimes she found herself yearning for something more…challenging. A

She was ready for the strike from below this time, and as she felt the sands beneath her feet suddenly shift, she launched herself sideways – completely avoiding the upwards strike of the tail that had been buried beneath the sands. Giving out a small growl, she realised that she was in no position to strike out in retaliation, and found herself striding through the sands to rejoin the fight in earnest. ‘This thing is getting to be an annoyance. I need to finish it, now. Before it becomes an actual threat through simply tiring me out…’ Levelling her weapon and shield, she made her way int

Nari felt the sands give out beneath her feet suddenly as the creature began its forward lunge. It took her far longer than she would’ve liked to realise that her opponent was feinting her – the strike coming from below, not ahead, as she had expected. Her armour took the brunt of the hit as the tail erupted from beneath her, throwing her a few metres away to land in the sand rather roughly. Crawling to her feet, she cursed herself for letting her guard down, and while her health had taken almost no real damage – the health bar already returning to its full allotment thanks to her battle

As the tip of her spear pierced the flesh of the first saltworm, Nari’s efforts were rewarded with a shower of sparks. The creature erupted into thousands of shards, which drifted down through the air before disappearing. Shifting her feet to face the second creatures, she smiled – mostly to herself – at her success. Although she had feared the weapon would be a downgrade from what she had been wielding before – especially the lack of bonus towards her accuracy – she was pleasantly surprised with its performance thus far. Eyeing the second saltworm, Nari waited once more for an opening, h

Her first strike was far more devastating than Nari had ever suspected it could be, and for the briefest of moments she found herself staring at her new weapon – absolutely overwhelmed with joy at what it could do. She knew that she would have to find a way to repay NIGHT and the other woman for it, somehow. ‘Focus on the fight for now, if you survive you can find a way to pay them back in kind. For now, let’s put this to good use and end this as quickly as we possibly can.’ Nodding to herself, she readied herself for another strike – bringing her shield up in front of her, and levelling

She hadn’t gotten far into the Badlands before she felt the rumbling in the ground beneath her. Carefully pacing her steps, she drew her shield in close, pulling her spear up into a ready position. Her eyes darting around, looking for any signs of creatures nearby – above, or below the sands. Her caution was rewarded when two large worm creatures erupted from the sands just mere steps away from her. Nari glanced between the two of them, wondering just how much danger she was in. Their health bars weren’t enormous, nor did they appear to be anything other than standard floor spawns.

Nari had received notification from one of her information broker friends about a sudden shifting of sands in the deserts of floor five. Normally, she wouldn’t have cared less about such a change in the weather – or the landscape – but, it had apparently unearthed some sort of ruins that were worth taking a deep dive into. She had put off following up with it until a secondary source had confirmed it. And so, Nari had found herself stepping off the teleporter pad on the fifth floor once more, her steps leading her out into the wilds in search of the colosseum. Her travels had brought he

Eyeing the shop, Nari will wander in, calling out as she goes. “Uhm…hello? I was sent to pick up an item…a…uh…spear? I think? A friend told me to come here to collect it. NIGHT. The friend. Said to come here. NIGHT said to come here.” Taking a breath, she’ll start fresh, realising she had been rambling inconsistently. “My friend NIGHT said to come to this shop to pick up a spear? I hope I’m in the right place…” Looking around again, she’ll eye up the shop. It did look like the place NIGHT had described, and the sign out front had matched the one described.

Although the fight had started well, Nari could only watch and ponder as Bismuth and the boar danced around one another – in some sort of deadly, comical performance. A few times she caught herself readying to launch into the conflict, before remembering that Bismuth had wanted to face this one alone. It took almost all of her concentration to remain on alert – to not step in, and she found that as the fight went longer and longer, her ability not to help her newfound friend was becoming more and more difficult. “Hey…uh…Bis…everything okay? Do…do you need me to…help? Or have you got this…

Nari cocked her head at Vigilon’s question, her eyes suddenly glancing about. “Now that you mention it…it did feel like something was watching us back at the teleporter. But…I figured it was just me being paranoid…” She glanced at Yuki, wondering if the woman had caught sight of something, and was just trying to confirm it. Nari knew her own ability to find anything or anyone with even a mediocre stealth score would be far subpar compared to many others – she’d been so focused on her combative statuses, that she hadn’t bothered on alternative skills. “I wouldn’t worry too much thoug

Nari flushed slightly at the girl’s surprise, and announcement that she was still at rank three in foraging. Nari had been there not too long ago, but she had been…pushing rather hard. The follow up questions were what Nari was expecting, and she shook her head slightly before speaking the words aloud. “I uhm…I’ve been pushing fairly hard. Trying to catch up with the front liners in earnest. And it’s been working – I think. At least, I feel like it’s been working.” A quick, beaming smile towards Astreya as she thought back on just how far she’d come. “Oh. Other friends…I mean, yeah…I’ve