Kylissia

            Kylissia began to wonder if the black storm had anything to do with the destruction of Sotarou's quest item. There were quite a number of changes that had happened since then, it almost felt like starting over, with a revamped cast of NPCs, and a brave new world to boot.

          The Gypsy NPC approached Sotarou, most likely to refresh his quest. As Kylissia watched the interaction unfold, it seemed to be the case. A part of the NPCs words stuck within Kylissia's mind, "Find a Soul that pairs well with you." This could be applied in a number of ways, but due to the context, it was clearly involving animal friendship or animal partnership. It was interesting hearing the different relationships players had with their familiars, though she'd only heard of about a handful.

           "It really does sound simple." Kylissia remarked in response to Sotarou's words. "And I couldn't agree more, the best adventures are those shared with others." Her expression changed from her soft smile to a gaze and a grin filled with curiosity. "Say...do you have something in mind as to what you're looking for, or would you prefer to wait for an encounter that seems fated to you?" She asked, intrigued about the scenario once more.

                     It would seem that the boy was under the impression that it was possible for a party to find multiple familiars if they encountered the quest NPC even once. Kylissia shook her head. "The quest only triggers for those approached by the quest giver, from what I know. It's all up to whom the quest giver chooses, they're quite an enigma in that aspect, for this quest, it's not you who finds it, the quest finds you." She explained.
            "That being said, I don't mind if it is you finding the familiar, or the other way around. Since I have yet to see most of the floors and possibilities for myself, I would actually prefer it be you who finds one, seeing that you initially were going to set out for this quest particularly." She added, answering the boy's possibly implied question.

                 Sotarou noted that Kylissia could stop by if she ever changed her mind, that his shop was The Platinum Dragon. Odd, didn't she once hear rumors about a player whose title was the same name as what this boy's smithy was called? Better to not question rumors for the time being, and focus on the present for now. This player was rather intriguing so far, so it was time to prepare for the coming adventure and see if this boy could live up to Kylissia's hopes. "Let's get to it, then." She answered, nodding her head in agreement.

                   Kylissia noticed the change in the boy's expression when she mentioned her choice to not wear armor at all times. She could have easily told him how the safe zones make it literally impossible for players to die within them, how even duels, from what she'd heard, could never drop a player's HP to zero. She could have told him these things, and more...but that would surely be taken as brushing his thoughts, and his real life experiences, aside. Kylissia knew caution, and she knew to equip her armor before stepping out, but anywhere within town was fair game to dress casually.

                She also knew of a similar situation back in real life, where she'd gone out with a friend...the car was totaled in a crash by a careless driver, and while young, teenage Rebecca had survived, her friend did not. She knew this pain, she knew this loss, and she knew there were always risks in life. She knew today of how lucky she'd been. She was confident, but not absolutely foolish. Caution could take a person places, but one stricken with constant fear could go nowhere.

          Kylissia's expression showed sympathy, as she looked at the young man thoughtfully. "Oh...you poor thing..."
     She placed a hand on his shoulder, wanting to inspire hope and reassure him. "It's going to be all right...your friend may be gone, but you can keep living for his sake. Just because the past can't be changed doesn't mean that the future will always be a menace, you don't have to be on guard at all times..."
             She remembered the time when she spoke similar words to herself, out loud, to help herself accept the past and move forward to the future. There was nothing she could do about the past, but she could still live in the present. "It is impossible to live life without risk. Caution can protect, but there can be too much of a good thing, and that has consequences of its own." She added. There were people like her younger self, and people like this boy here... people who have lost people they knew, whether to carelessness of certain individuals, or to people whose inner selves were twisted to the point of being monsters themselves, and both existed within both worlds...
                              If Kylissia could grow stronger, then at least in this world, she may be able to protect others from those twisted enough to gain pleasure from giving harm to the innocent.

                   Thankfully, the topic changed. A party invite appeared in front of Kylissia. She grinned over this unexpected turn of events. Under the assumption that the invite indeed came from the young man she was speaking with, she chuckled again, then spoke. "How lucky that you'd manage to guess my username correctly...Sotarou."
                        After accepting the party invite, it was time to bring the topic to the quest itself. "If I remember correctly from what I've heard, the quest grants a player the opportunity to make a creature into their ally, yes? Though, I've heard that only one player can benefit from such opportunities at a time, so if we were to try that quest, one of us will only accompany the other." She noted.

                           Kylissia was not surprised with how the young man appeared to carry himself during the conversation. The clearing of his throat before he began, his darting gaze that kept shifting...ah, perhaps he was nervous? Kylissia proceeded to look at him up and down, a quick once over in attempt to see if she could glean anything from the boy's body language.
                                Then came his question to her. Kylissia chuckled. "I'm not that high enough level just yet, though if I was, I certainly wouldn't mind carrying a Samurai in training like yourself." She answered. Placing a hand on her hip and letting out a slight sigh, she'd continue. "Honestly, I'm just growing tired of seeing the same city day after day. I've been in my fair share of battles as well, but they were mainly against the weakest creatures in the game, which I've proven myself more than capable of handling. If I'm going to rise in level and expand my horizons, I'm going to need to do something more." She explained. She then turned her eyes towards the boy's, a glimmer of intrigue showing through her gaze while a slight smirk formed on her lips. "I then noticed you walking towards this teleport gate on your lonesome, and wondered if you could use some company."

        The boy asked Kylissia if she needed any armor, and offered his services as a blacksmith who made custom order equipment. "I'm fine for the time being, I already have a set, I just prefer to wear something other than armor when in the safety of the safe zones. Thank you for offering, though." She answered with a warm smile.                          

                  The training session with that young woman had yet to bear much fruit, Kylissia's level was still problematically low before she'd ran out of time. She got up from her rented bed in the local inn. She'd need to start training and grinding soon if she wanted better living for herself, that takes col, and she wasn't earning as much as she needed as of the moment. She looked into the mirror, no more than a minute or two, then she began to change into her usual outfit for being in the safe zone.

                        She first put on her dress, which was carnation pink in color, with a Scoop neckline and butterfly sleeves, and a short ruffled skirt, with the hem being at the waist. She then put on her white leather jacket, which she believed complimented the outfit well. She also now wore carnation pink wedges with a pair of white thigh high stockings. She then put on the necklace she'd bought from a local artisan, crafted from fine silver, with clear gemstones dangling along the center in a semicircle, the exact center having a gemstone that matched her aquamarine eyes.
          Kylissia would then check her hair and face to make sure she was ready. She was the kind of woman who saw nothing wrong with always wanting to look her best, after all.

       While she wouldn't mind it just being another day, she began to wonder if there should be something more in store for her today. Walking towards the teleport plaza, her eyes scanned the surrounding area as she kept an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. She noticed a young man heading towards the teleport gate, but he seemed to have no one accompanying him. It was dangerous to go alone, and the boy could possibly be near her level...hopefully.
        So she would see if she couldn't catch his attention for a moment. She made her way to the teleport gate, so she could speak to the player when he began to approach the teleport gate. 
               "It's dangerous to go alone, you know." She began. "Is there anyone you'll be meeting up with outside this floor?"

Stats and Equipment:

 Oh, this redhead was just too easy, teasing him was a cinch.

    Sorun seemed to then have some trouble with his attempt to fight. He dispatched one of the three boars, so he had that going for him. That little stumble at the end, in Kylissia's opinion, was just par for the course, seeing that he may have been new, though she didn't know how the brunette would think of it. Kylissia proceeded to make a sweeping attack against the two remaining Boars. One of them was finished off, while the other seemed to be more clever than Kylissia had anticipated, using its tusks to deflect and disarm her. "Well now," Kylissia remarked. "I didn't think that the common boar would be able to use such tactics. Suffice to say, you're impressive in comparison to your peers."

  Kylissia smirked. "But that changes nothing, however, you still don't stand any chances. Go ahead, try to win, it's better for you to die in zeal than as a coward."

ID# 212438 BD: 1(Critical fail)

ID# 212439 BD: 9(Critical, +1 Base DMG)

AoE-I: 8x3=24 Damage to Boar 3!

ID# 212440 CD: 5, LD: 12+3=15(210 Col, 2 Materials, <<Unidentified T1 Rare Weapon 212440a>>, and <<Unidentified T1 Rare Consumable 212440b>>)

[2]Kylissia: HP 19/20, EN 11/20 | 7 DMG | 12 MIT | 9 THRN | 3 LD

[0]Sorun: HP 20/20, EN 17/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 2 EVA | 3 ACC 

         Enemies:

Boar 1: HP 18/42, 8 DMG

Boar 3: HP 0/42, 8 DMG

The boy seemed to be both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time as Kylissia was looking him up and down. Now she wanted to see if she could get a reaction out of him for the fun of it, so she decided to see if a wink would tease him.

After Kylissia gave her username to the redhead and Yona, the redhead would introduce himself as Sorun. Yona would then send party invites to Sorun and Kylissia. Once the invites were accepted, boars emerged from the overgrowth, and they didn't look very friendly. Yona would rush towards the larger one, as another lesser boar would emerge and join up with the other smaller ones. Kylissia raised an eyebrow. "Ara, these little ones want to play, don't they?" She remarked. "I wouldn't dare go easy on them, Sorun, so neither should you. Yona's right. We should deal with them, but don't forget that this is a real battlefield." She noted to Sorun, before drawing her own weapon, and moving in to fight the lesser Boars.

The three boars squealed as they were all left badly wounded from Kylissia's Area of Effect attack. "Mm, you critters aren't as tough as you look, it seems..." Kylissia remarked, possibly maybe taunting the creatures in the process.

This will be easy.

ID# 210024 BD: 9(Critical, +1 Base DMG)

ID# 210025 BD: 9(Critical, +1 Base DMG)

ID# 210026 BD: 8(hit)

AoE-I:

8x3=24 Damage to Boars 1 and 2!

7x3=21 Damage to Boar 3!

[2-2-1]Kylissia: HP 20/20, EN 13/20 | 7 DMG | 12 MIT | 9 THRN | 3 LD

[0-0-0]Sorun: HP 20/20, EN 20/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 2 EVA | 3 ACC 

         Enemies:

Boar 1: HP 18/42, 8 DMG

Boar 2: HP 18/42, 8 DMG

Boar 3: HP 21/42, 8 DMG

The redhead accepted the Amber and pulled out an axe that turned out to have ran out of durability. The brunette girl would then give him some equipment to replace his lost item and current gear. He should be ready soon. The brunette girl pointed out that Kylissia and the young man would need to reveal their usernames if she was to send them party invites. Which, Kylissia was fine with, but before she could speak, the brunette girl sighed and asked to be excused for a moment, and would proceed to run off, leaving Kylissia and the young redhead alone for a short moment.

Kylissia looked back to the young redhead, giving him a once over as she began sizing him up in her mind. She didn't know enough about him to make a definitive guess as to whether or not she'd become good friends with him...or even, something more. A smirk began forming on her face as she began to think of all the possibilities, positive ones, of course.

The brunette girl returned, and requested for usernames, revealing her own after doing so.

"Kylissia. It's a pleasure." Kylissia responded.

       All three of the players seemed to be in agreement that for this young man to have been out for a year wasn't the most plausible, but the evidence seemed to suggest it for the time being. For now, it would be best to simply help him out, perhaps even invite him to join the party.

Kylissia looked over towards the brunette girl, as she was the highest level player of the three. "We should set up a party and have him join in, we'd be able to accomplish more by working together." She suggested. Sure, the Brunette girl was of a higher level, but they might be able to handle themselves...hopefully. Kylissia was sure that her equipment would carry her through, but she didn't know about the redhead. She would access her inventory, and pull out a trinket from her inventory; an Amber.

Holding it out to the young male player, she said, "You look pretty light on equipment. I think this will fit in your third slot." As she essentially offered to give the item to this other player.

-Offering to give to Sorun: Amber(3 ACC)

The young man would proceed to speak of what he remembered, though he seemed to have some mild difficulty at first. Whatever he'd been through, it must have been harsh. Only one thing seemed familiar enough to recognize, though...

The brunette girl believed he was merely speaking only of dreams, which may have partially been the case. "...But there actually was a storm, wasn't there?" Kylissia pointed out. The brunette looked over to Kylissia with a confused expression on her face, before claiming that no such thing happened. "That's what I'd thought, too, but when I spoke to others about it, they also recalled a storm with a black flood. Even the NPCs confirmed the storm's presence, though they seemed to have spoken about rebuilding, which is something I didn't remember seeing or experiencing." Kylissia explained. "It's not impossible... But it's been months, maybe even a year, since the storm. If the storm was the last thing he remembered...no, it's not likely that someone would be asleep or unconscious for a year." She continued, beginning to think aloud as she did so.

My, things have been getting pretty interesting lately.

A player who carried herself with confidence was higher level than Kylissia, and didn't seem to mind carrying. Fear had gripped most of the playerbase, but the time was coming for the masses to do more than just sit around the starting city, afraid of being killed by the weakest possible foe. Kylissia knew this, and how could she enjoy what was around if all she did was stay in one settlement?

It wasn't long before the two came across a male player, lying down on the ground. At first glance, just anyone might simply assume he was napping and move on, but this player...he didn't seem to be relaxed enough to simply be asleep...or maybe he was asleep now, but was initially out for a different reason. Time passed as observation continued. Then the young man began to stir, though it was barely noticeable. Kylissia got up from sitting down, and the player would open his eyes, the first thing he'd see were Kylyssia and the other girl.

"Hey, you. You're finally awake." The girl spoke.

"There are better places to take a nap than on the ground, you know." Kylissia said with a warm smile. The young man wasn't making an attempt to get back up, so either he was somewhat tired, or was in mild surprise. Either way, he might need assistance for the moment. "Here, give me your hand." Kylissia offered, extending her hand for the boy to grasp. The redheaded male placed his hand in Kylissia's, and she would help him onto his feet.

The boy would ask how long he was out, and the other girl came out absolutely empty. "Sorry, but I don't have a clue either. What's the last thing you remember?"

Stats and Equipment:

Kylissia had been needing to get more items before setting out, and she'd heard of just the place to do so. There was an Artisan shop within the starting city, but since it was within one of the shadier locales of the settlement, Kylissia decided it was best to equip her new armor before going in.

Once she reached the shop and entered it, she would look around to see what was around or if anyone was there. There wasn't anyone at the counter, maybe the shopkeeper was busy? Kylissia would continue to look around for the time being, eventually finding an amber and a crystal, both having some helpful enhancements.

It was then that she noticed the shopkeeper. Based on said shopkeeper's current activity, she seemed to be a quiet and reserved sort of person at first glance. Kylissia was looking at two of the items just before spotting the young woman, and thus she asked Kylissia if there was anything she was looking for.

Kylissia put on a gentle, warm smile. "Yes, actually. I'm looking for something that can benefit me outside the safe zone...and these two trinkets you have here should do the trick." She answered. "I have enough col to pay for one, but I'll have to supply materials instead for the other. Is that alright with you?" She asked.

Once the trade was complete, Kylissia would leave the shop and begin making her way to the safe zone's exit. The time had come to get out there at long last.

-Purchasing the following:

amber. | TIER 1 TRINKET | ACC III
[desc.]: a chunk of amber. scraps of a larger crafting component.
[ids.]: #205222

crystal. | TIER 1 TRINKET | LD III
[desc.]: a blue crystal. scraps of a larger crafting component.
[ids.]: #205220

-Paid 500 Col and 5 Materials to @NIGHT

Kylissia had been needing to get outside the starting zone for some time now, but she would need some equipment first. Problem was, however, she couldn't find many available Blacksmiths within the Town of Beginnings, leaving her to seek out other ways to get some gear for herself. She was able to convince someone to escort her to a rumored blacksmith said to be on the seventh floor, so she at least had that going for her.

Upon arrival, she would take a look around, before being greeted by the shopkeep. There were plenty of players who had become blacksmiths, but she'd never seen a male blacksmith as short as this one seemed to be. He must be young, but judging by the way he carried himself, he seemed to be experienced enough, and probably an adult at this point in time.

Upon the question the shopkeeper would ask, Kylissia would respond with, "Both, of course."

She would then place two of the items that were in stock onto the counter, along with the required payment. She kept her gaze towards the young man, as though she was sizing him up in a subtle manner. Not that she was, of course, though she could have started sizing him up while leaving variables within the thought process due to a lack of knowledge on him.

Once the transaction was complete, it was time to leave. "Thanks for the quality equipment, it'll be a great help. Take care, now."

Now, how to handle returning to the Town of Beginnings...

-Purchasing White Blade(3 Damage) and Radiant Armor(2 Mit, 1 Thorns)

-Total cost of 1400 col sent to Vigilon

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Stats and Skills:

Is Charm a stat? Lol jk

Inventory:

<<Kylissia>>

Profile:

Username: Kylissia
Real name: Rebecca Lenoir
Age: 25-27
Gender: Female
Height: 6’3”
Birthday: October 28

Background:

Personality:

Virtues:

“The Flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all”

Flaws:

“You fell in love with my flowers but not my roots, so when Autumn came you didn’t know what to do.”