Acanthus

For the first time in a long time, Acanthus felt like she was home. Not in a good way, though. The desk in front of her loomed, built of spite and comically tall stacks of paper. Acanthus had surely thought most of them to be blank, but was beside herself to learn that was not the case. Guild token invoices, evaluation reports, guild member feedback forms and construction requests… She had spent two nights fully awake just trying to put things in order. It probably wasn’t even necessary. Baldur ran Jacob’s Ladder, and he seemed far too calm to be going through this much bureaucracy.

Guild Name: Tracker's Alliance Guild Quest Rank: 1 Guild Quest Creator: Acanthus Guild Quest Details:

The great combine-ining part 2 Crafting Hyperlinks for Reference: 11/1 11/4 11/5 (I swear I did mats for everything.) Evaluating Perfect Masterpieces (Details at bottom of post) 256572 Perfect (Mast) 11/4 25657

November 5 Crafts (Up to 14 because I've been sleeping on Guild Buffs) Roll: ID# CD: LD: Quality Count Experience Ambition Mod 1 256637 CD: 6 +1 LD: 6 Rare - 12 (+7 Ambition) 2 256636 CD: 5 +1 LD: 10 Uncommon

Another Japanese style house greeted Acanthus as they made the rounds. It was less traditional than the last, but still pleasing to look at. The owner had gone all out on the decorations, but Acanthus was thankful she had not opted to go for the super scary route like Jomei had. The estate felt appropriately festive, from the carved pumpkins to the large bowl of candy. 3ulogy went feral the moment he smelled the sugar. He tore away from Acanthus so quickly that his mask flew off and into the air. She shrugged—it was rare to see him so eager, so she would try not to chastise him. “Try

November 4 Crafts Roll: ID# CD: LD: Quality Count Experience Ambition Mod 1 256577 CD: 7 +1 LD: 12 Rare (Mast) - 10 (+5 Ambition) 2 256576 CD: 4 +1 LD: 13 Uncommon (Mast) - 8 (+5 Ambi

Link to Quest ph NOTE: Custom Skill (Disabuse System) is active. The skill will be considered inactive once any player requests in a subsequent post. Acanthus | True Tier 11 | Lvl 101 (34/67) | HP: 1000/1000 | EN: 132/132 | DMG: 23 | MIT:160 | ACC:7 | AA | THORNS:532 | BH:53 | LD:6

ph NOTE: Custom Skill (Disabuse System) is active. The skill will be considered inactive once any player requests in a subsequent post. Acanthus | True Tier 11 | Lvl 101 (34/67) | HP: 1000/1000 | EN: 132/132 | DMG: 23 | MIT:160 | ACC:7 | AA | EVA 2 | FL.AURA: 16 | THORNS:532 | BH:53 | HB: 42 | LD:6

Link to Quest ph NOTE: Custom Skill (Disabuse System) is active. The skill will be considered inactive once any player requests in a subsequent post. Acanthus | True Tier 11 | Lvl 101 (34/67) | HP: 1000/1000 | EN: 132/132 | DMG: 23 | MIT:160 | ACC:7 | AA | EVA 2 | FL.AURA: 16 | THORNS:532 | BH:53 | HB: 42 | LD:6

Boop! Another cheerful reminder from her menu that she was not home, and would not be for some time. Acanthus rolled over in bed, her head pounding from an evening swapping information with Argent on floor 22. Kayaba could have at least blotted out the side effects. Groaning, she pushed through two missed system alarms and three unread notifications to glimpse the new message. Reytac again. Her mind caught up slowly. They had already completed the first leg… Was he really so keen on finishing this questline? It was only natural for his excitement to stay fresh for this long.

Boop! Her system menu chirped as she studied the latest batch of crystals from Floor 8. Her last order from the vendor in Ellesmera had somehow been substandard. The concept floored her—the entire purpose of NPC vendors was to have some measure of consistency. But from that last batch, she’s barely made any masterpieces. Each crystal was brittle, and refused to house all but the lowest of enhancements. This new box seemed to have a brighter glow—she could only hope it was her pessimism warning her away from the crafts, and not a sense of intuition. That’s right. The message.

“Honestly, that’s good enough for me.” Acanthus relaxed, sheathing her sword once again. Anything that could form words wasn’t a monster. “We’re going to need all the help we can get looking for this sword. How do you feel about search and rescue for inanimate objects?" Acanthus stiffened up. “I.. wouldn’t call it a drunken romp, exactly. We were questing. The quest just happened to involve getting drunk. And I certainly do not *romp*. Although the time in the carriage might have qualified as cavorting… And then the bathhouse later…” Acanthus cleared her throat. “None of it was a romp.

The great combine-ining (This works better if you say it in a Doofenshmirtz voice) Crafting Hyperlinks for Reference: 6/25 6/26 7/29 7/31 8/1 8/11 8/12 8/18 8/22 9/2 11/1 (I did a bad job keeping track of when I sent materials over to banker. I've added a table below for each of the crafting days above that should make confirming each transaction a little easier.) Evaluating P

November 1 Crafts Roll: ID# CD: LD: Quality Count Experience Ambition Mod 1 256277 CD: 8 +1 LD: 12 Rare (Mast) - 10 (+5 Ambition) 2 256276 CD: 1 +1 LD: 9 Critical Failure - 6 (+

3ulogy’s face scrunched in pure annoyance the moment his shop door chimed. It’s Acanthus, and that means more work. “I’m assuming you heard about the recent profession changes.” She responded by dropping a treasure chest onto the counter. The wood underneath strained with the weight. 3ulogy opened his menu to accept the trade, and his mouth dropped. “Nope. No way. You’re insane.” “It’s just col.” “Just a million col. Right.” 3ulogy counted the money with a shaky finger. “You’d never have to grind again.” “Well, Cardinal thinks otherwise. The appraisals got more expensi