Raidou 1 Posted October 21, 2020 #1 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Through the darkened catacombs of Blackwatch, walls that crumbled with age and turmoil feigned in actuality, Raidou had a chore to deal with. He was running low on the additive that kept his familiar satiated and at bay. He'd more from the walking pile of bones that held a crown, and with power coursing through him as the cardinal continued to oblige his request for growth it would not be an issue in the slightest. It was an interesting opportunity for others in the guild to benefit from the easy slay. Drawing his blade and running the bestowed light from Ariel down its length it would act as a light source without the need of a carried object. A message sent through the guild chat with relative haste, he had no time to dawdle for time was in fact of the essence. The taps of his heels echoed off the walls around him as he began to dive deeper. Raidou consumes: Queen's Honey (+3 Base), Well Done Steak (+2 Base/-30 Miti), Poached Egg (+2 Accuracy) Spoiler Raidou, The Red Wanderer Level: 80 HP: 1630/1630 EN: 160/160 Stats: Damage: 23 Mitigation: 121 Evasion: 4 Accuracy: 4 BH:81 TAUNT Equipped Gear: Weapon: Auric Sol - Corona [T3/Perfect/2HSS]: Damage 3 Armor: Red Wanderer's Robe [T1/Perfect/L.A] +3 Evasion Misc: Commander's Scrutiny - Duress [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +2 Accuracy, Taunt Skills: Gatherer [Obtained] Two Handed Straight Sword [Rank 5] Extended Mod Limit R3 [Obtained] Parry [Obtained] Howl [Obtained] Battle Healing [Rank 5] Fighting Spirit [Obtained] Light Armor [Rank 5] Searching [Rank 5] Charge [Rank 5] Extra Skills: Concentration Familiar Mastery: Protector Survival Mods: Vengeful Riposte Focused Howl Finesse Rank 3 Athletics Sprint and Acrobatics Emergency Recovery Detect Tracking Battle Ready Inventory: Teleport Crystal*1 Pillar Fragment [Unique/Nightvision Mod] Housing Buffs: Hard Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts. Col Stash: +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1] Guild Hall Buffs: Lucrative: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters receive +1 crafting attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters receive +2 crafting attempts per day. Col Deposit: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests. Scents of the Wild: Tanos Statue: +15 Mitigation for a thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 21, 2020 #2 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Freya takes the morning to do her meditation as she sees a message in guild chat. Still sitting she opens the message and it was from Raidou. It seemed like a rushed message which meant to her that it was urgent. She throws her thought away for now and rushes to the warp gate from floor 22. Arriving at the floor now she makes her way to the location that Raidou had mentioned in the message. She quickly gathers herself as she sees a light in the distance and with that a red robe... Raidou. Taking a breath as she quietly walks through the halls the echoed her footsteps. Walking behind Raidou now with the light he provided, she follows. "Anything I should know Raidou?" she says in almost a whisper not wanting to alert anything. This environment reminded her slightly of where she was found given how dark it was beyond his light. Freya kept close to him as she pulls her weapon out. Freya | HP:320/320 | EN:32/32 | DMG:8 | MIT:8 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 Spoiler Freya Level: 16 HP: 320/320 EN: 32/32 Stats: Damage: 8 Mitigation: 8 Evasion: 1 Accuracy: 3 Equipped Gear: Weapon: Life Taker (T1/Perfect/2HBA): Damage 3 Armor: Swifter (T1/Perfect/Light Armor): Mitigation 2, Evasion 1 Misc: Bringer (Tierless/Perfect/Trinket): Accuracy 3 Skills: Two-Handed Battle Axe [Rank 4] Extra Skills: Concentration Battle Ready Inventory: Teleport Crystal*1 Resistance Plate - Lily (T1/Perfect/HA): Mitigation 27 Link to post Share on other sites
Setsuna 0 Posted October 21, 2020 #3 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Blinking in having tailed the blond from the guildhall, in a bitter chill was Setsuna. Eager to prove the lessons she had been receiving was proving worthwhile. Lifting the mask over the lower half of her face. It appeared the girl was just in time to hear the sitrep, the environment was ideal to perform her brand of violence. This would be an easy affair, and she'd prove her place as a weapon with little resistance. Kneeling and bowing her head. "I have come to offer my assistance, my master. should you need it." the girl hoped that Raidou would not tell her to leave, eager to prove and to sharpen the edge she was still honing and working toward. How surgical and precise she had become under Freyd's tutelage remained to be battle-tested. But no better way to do so than to join the fray when the ability arose. Setsuna | HP:660/660 | EN:66/66 | DMG:12 | MIT:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 Spoiler Setsuna, The Creature in the Mist Level: 33 HP: 660/660 EN: 66/66 Stats: Damage: 12 Mitigation: 12 Evasion: 3 Accuracy: 3 Equipped Gear: Weapon: Demon's Gaze T1/Perfect/Katana [Damage 3] Armor: Cold Fabric Kunoichi Wear T1/Perfect/L.A [+3 Evasion] Misc: Kunoichi Wrapping's T1/Perfect/Trinket [+3 Accuracy] Skills: One-Handed Curved Sword [Rank 1] Katana [Rank 5] Hide [Rank 1] Light Armor [Rank 3] Extra Skills: Disguise Mods: Finesse Rank 3 Ferocity Battle Ready Inventory: Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)*3 Teleport Crystal*1 Housing Buffs: Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt Guild Hall Buffs: Lucrative: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters receive +1 crafting attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters receive +2 crafting attempts per day. Col Deposit: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests. Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 21, 2020 Author #4 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Looking to them both, a rather hasted response that was more than welcome. "5 Targets in full, only the king must fall. The others are well... Self Destructive. It will be straight forward and easy. Keep an eye on the chamber for anything out of the ordinary that I have not planned for. That is what I ask of you." Raidou comments looking to Setsuna in her prostrated position. He was no one's master, this girl seemed stuck on this principle however still. Beginning to beat a path down the halls toward the very chamber he had faced this boss prior with Dracul and Kiluia, it was a cakewalk then so now. Now he was much more powerful, so much that it was staggering to think about how it compared to his prior self. Drawing his blade and fixing his lenses, the game was about to begin as planned. Unfortunately for those that opposed it, it had been rigged from the start. Raidou activates Vengeful Riposte -6 EN Raidou | HP:1630/1630 | EN:154/160 | DMG:23 | MIT:121 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:81 Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 21, 2020 #5 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Given prior experience in more dangerous situations, Freya knew well not to stray from what he asked. With her at Raidou's toes, she kept pace. Another female who called him master...what was that about. She thought for a split second before focusing on her surrounding. Freya swears she sees something move in the distance but she wasn't for sure, another stubbled and clattered off around a corner. "Raidou, over there," she says in a small voice knowing that he could hear her. Freya takes a deep breath and she knew that with another guild member with them that she could definitely not lose control now. It would show weakness within her and she couldn't have any sort of judgment from her allies. Walking forward she keeps her breath steady, all those focus sessions were really paying off. She grins a bit as she watches more of the same creatures walk around and fumbling on objects around them. Freya glances back and gives the other girl a nod as she holds her scythe against her hip waiting. Link to post Share on other sites
Setsuna 0 Posted October 22, 2020 #6 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Lifting rather abruptly to her feet as mists build around her feet, a fog billowing out of her katana to the floor. With it, she spins and vanishes into concealment, a hunter on the prowl. She'd look for his targets as asked and act when beckoned to if need be. Dancing from crumbled wall to wall, the soft clatter of her heels at a rapid pace makes little to no sound making her much more difficult to detect. Setsuna does not seem to pay too much mind to Freya, focused solely on the orders she had been given. Scattering through the halls rather quickly she sets eyes on the chamber in question to a network of decayed bones that littered the floor, aged in a tinge of brown she was sure this was the place. Upon her perch, she takes the vantage coldly as per her usual with her weapon at the ready. ID# 174229 results: Loot: 17+1=18 Stealth Rating Edited October 22, 2020 by Setsuna Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 22, 2020 Author #7 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 The lantern light of his blade drew a glare around them as he walked away from Freya, Setsuna taking to vanishing and moving on ahead. The girl was aiming to get into a position which was ideal, providing overwatch of the field and get a finger to its pulse. "Keep close, they will spawn once I enter the chamber, it's important that you do not stray too far in and allow me the lead." Raidou warned before he breached the chamber. The rattle of bones played upon the walls as he did, forming amalgams of horror. Forming masses as the main crown in decayed black armor began to rise. Its eyes became kindled in blue, reaching with a fleshless hand to the greatsword leaned upon its throne. The player's weapon mirrors this advance, pulling his glowing two hander off to one side in a flare of yellow. Blazing straight forward before the boss could even respond, Raidou implants his blade into its chest and rips it off to one side. A scattering of bones and a hallowed exhale almost like a faint scream is heard. It expires long before it could act, as Raidou spins his weapon in self defense. It was already over. Galaxy Destroyer [x13] activated -10 EN, Concentration Activated (+1 Accuracy), Charge Activated (-1 Accuracy, +5 Base) ID# 174318 results: Battle: 2+4+1-1=6, Hit vs. Lich King dealing 28*13=364 DMG, Killing it! Players: Raidou | HP:1630/1630 | EN:150/160 | DMG:23 | MIT:121 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:81 Mobs: Lich King | HP: -14/350 | DMG:400 Skeletal Lich #1 | HP: 100/100 | DMG:140 Skeletal Lich #2 | HP: 100/100 | DMG:140 Lich King: Fatal Mending: When an allied Skeleton falters while he is still alive. He heals himself for the maximum amount of HP that skeleton had. Skeletal Lich: Dark Coil - Heals allied Undead for 20 health per turn. (Cannot attack enemies) Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 22, 2020 #8 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Raidou rushed in quickly, blade through and out, it was over before it began. Both Freya and Setsuna were told to keep a lookout for anything out of the ordinary. Glancing around quickly she sees that only two lonely skeletons remain not 4 as they start to scatter in what looked like fear. Freya darts in now, toward the first one slicing his boney arm clean off, grabs what would be his neck, and throws him at the other. Rushing herself to the second one now as they both fall to the ground from the impact, she cuts his leg clean off as it shatters beside the two of them. They both begin to scramble backwards from Freya trying to getaway. Freya wasn't going to let them do this, as she continues to walk slowly forward, dragging the tip of her scythe against the ground behind her. A large grin forms on her face, she was really enjoying herself even if it was just for a bit. Activates Concentration and Ordinal Cleave ID# 174337 results: Battle: 8+4=12, Hit! vs Skeletal Lich #1, Dealing 8*8=64 Damage ID# 174338 results: Battle: 5+4=9, Hit! vs Skeletal Lich #2, Dealing 8*8=64 Damage Players: Raidou | HP:1630/1630 | EN:150/160 | DMG:23 | MIT:121 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:81 Freya | HP:320/320 | EN:22/32 | DMG:8 | MIT:8 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 Mobs: Lich King | HP: -14/350 | DMG:400 Skeletal Lich #1 | HP: 36/100 | DMG:140 Skeletal Lich #2 | HP: 36/100 | DMG:140 Lich King: Fatal Mending: When an allied Skeleton falters while he is still alive. He heals himself for the maximum amount of HP that skeleton had. Skeletal Lich: Dark Coil - Heals allied Undead for 20 health per turn. (Cannot attack enemies) Edited October 22, 2020 by Freya Link to post Share on other sites
Setsuna 0 Posted October 22, 2020 #9 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) Leaping down from the pole and the mists follow her down, parading across the floor and painting the room the same. A glimmer of her blue steel follows in tandem with Freya's assault. A scattering line like a bolt of cyan lightning flutters through the air like a ricocheting bullet. The beasts fall and fade to nothing, their parts in this fight cut and removed clean like a cancer. They would not make an escape for they were no more. Setsuna's katana clicks shut as she flickers back into existence as her stealth is broken. "A simple kill. What remains my master?" she'd look to Raidou and offer that same moniker to him, for she considered him a teacher in the same fashion as she did Freyd. Her eyes change to looking at the chamber itself, keeping her vision peeled as she was asked. Stepping across some of the bones that managed to support her tiny weight. Amatsu no Homura [x8] -9 EN (8-3 [Finesse 3]+4 [2 Hits]) ID# 174341 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical (+1 Base)! vs. Skeletal Lich #1 dealing 13x8=104 DMG ID# 174342 results: Battle: 3+3=6, Hit! vs. Skeletal Lich #2 dealing 12x8=96 DMG Players: Raidou | HP:1630/1630 | EN:150/160 | DMG:23 | MIT:121 | EVA:4 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:81 Freya | HP:320/320 | EN:22/32 | DMG:8 | MIT:8 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 Setsuna | HP:660/660 | EN:57/66 | DMG:12 | MIT:12 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 Mobs: Lich King | HP: -14/350 | DMG:400 Skeletal Lich #1 | HP: 36/100 | DMG:140 Skeletal Lich #2 | HP: 36/100 | DMG:140 Edited October 22, 2020 by Setsuna Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 25, 2020 Author #10 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 The king fell with ease and its summoned army was blindsided and reduced to figments within seconds, a pleasantry that not even his back up could spawn in. "Adequate, please check the chamber for anything of note. Keep your wits about you should anything else spawn in." Raidou offered and warned the rest of the party as he moved to the back of the chamber and began to work on harvesting the king itself. It left a node of sorts to which his familiar could feed. Standing where it fell, beneath his feet it began to pour out and culminate where it dropped. Between the lines of the stone that composed it, Juiblex began to feed heartily upon it all. With the subtle hiss of it, Raidou fixes his lenses and takes a seat upon the decrepit throne for perspective, to see through the eyes of the fallen and see what it would see. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 25, 2020 #11 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) Freya glances at the young girl with a small smirk and with just a name spoken she says "Freya," she flips her large Scythe to her back putting it away. Doing what Raidou asked of them now she takes a look around the room for any movement. Seeing nothing she starts walking around, bones scatter the ground. Dark fluids stain the dirt they walk upon. The lighting was bearable for players who came without a form of light. Her hand moves across the walls that smelled like death had been laid upon it. For some people, this would scare them. This excites Freya for some ungodly reason. As she looks around for movement again, she stops walking and listens. Any feet patter besides their against the ground. Nothing... Freya became very curious. Raidou did say 4 others but only two were visible. Did he just die too fast so the others weren't able to spawn? Freya stands there with her back against the wall moving her eyes through the darkness. Edited October 25, 2020 by Freya Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 28, 2020 Author #12 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 The rattling of varied marrow as he looks through at the remaining of the chamber, the soft sound of lapping from his familiar draining the darkened sludge the lich let off. He'd need this magnifying strength for coming battles, and would be allowed to drink its fill. A flare of red steamed off of Raidou upon this beasts throne and he could not feel the irony. He had taken the same shape as this creature a number of times, it is only fair that he see the same perspective. Perhaps there was a power in feigning this things very presence and image, and curiosity would beckon to attempt such a feat. It could have its uses, and given Juiblex had a way of distorting his very frame perhaps it could be controlled. A mixture of red tinge swirls around the stone structure, his hatred pulled into a controlled focus with a tempering of a still wild weapon. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 28, 2020 #13 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 She glances at Raidou as he sits on the dead king's chair. Maybe to get a better look, very curious as to why he would choose that spot. Freya chose not to think too much into it though. She starts walking the perimeter, finding a deeper hallway. The length of it was too dark to see down, but with the little light she had from Raidou's glowing source, her vision focused in the darkness. Taking a step forward a wave of bats come flying toward Freya. Standing there, still, no movement as they rabidly pass her. Turning to follow them they flew out the way that the group originally came from. Her eyes shift back to the dark hall seeing nothing more than the wet ground. She was wondering what was down there but does not move from that point. Eye focus down in the dim light, "Have you been down this way Raidou." Eyes shift to Raidou as her voice flows out in almost a whisper but given what she knew about Raidou, she knew he could hear her Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 28, 2020 Author #14 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 An awful sucking hiss eventually fades, and with it, a slight chill upon his ankle shows that Juiblex had returned to its hearth. He had what he needed from this creature and a fix of his glasses as he stands from the seat. "I have, it only gets darker the further you dive into the depths of castle black reach. With that decrease in light comes an increase in enemy power." Raidou warned about the paths that lead deeper that bridged between floor 14 and 15, the labyrinths that lead to the floor above already claimed by those with the strength to traverse it. A fume of that crimson emanates off his frame as he takes a step forward from the altar, the very one that would give him just a slight edge for the coming fights. "Before you wander from what you know into what you do not, it is important you prepare for anything that may happen." Raidou spoke from experience and his own thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 28, 2020 #15 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Glancing back to Raidou with a small smile she says "Eruda told me the same thing. It's nice that she has someone like you to learn from." Looking into the darkness again she gives a small sigh and walks away from it. She knew that Raidou was right though. Darkness means danger, a larger danger than she was ready for at the moment. "You said there was going to be 4 but there was only 2. Was that information that you got from past experiences down here?" Walking around keeping her eyes to the ground she sees what looks like water at first glance. Crouching low, she touches it. It was not water but an almost tar texture, residue maybe from what was once alive here. It's black coloring sticky against the tips of her fingers as she rubs it between. Smelling it, it too smells fowl, like death. What happened down here to make it smell so bad. Getting to her feet, she rubs her hand against her clothing to get the ick from her fingers. ID# 175614 results: Loot: 6, Stealth Detection Failed! Edited October 28, 2020 by Freya Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 28, 2020 Author #16 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 While the girl struggled with a bit of liquid that had condensated upon the cavern floor, he'd speak but leave out what was not relevant. "There was only two this time, a curiosity that the number was lessor. I would assume that given time it took before, I beat the clock." and as she fiddles with her clothing, a faint tendril in black laps up and consumes what she had been fiddling in, the pool of ick and death was all but removed from its presence. These sort of tastes were to the fluid's standards, and was more than happy to accept. "No, my past experience within these depths were of a different caliber. It is not important just know that what lies within them are not something to trifle with until you are more than prepared for anything. Else you make those darkened halls your tomb." the warning was placed. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 28, 2020 #17 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Standing there for a moment and letting his words sink in. Looking to the darkened tunnel again, she takes a deep exhale out. "Stronger...I understand Raidou..." from everything she has come up against since she awoke, she really did understand. She was trying to get to that point with strength comes time and well time was a different story in this game. Anything could have at any point in time, taken away in an instance. She began to feel a bit uneasy but she stood tall still. "I do not plan on walking into any dark cave anytime soon," she says in a serious voice. After being here in this place for a while, nothing has spawned since the king had died. "As much as I want to stay in this death smelling place, I think its okay to head out now. If there was something left to kill in here, it would have shown its face already." Freya heads to the exit and turns back to Raidou. "You are the light, do you mind leading the way out?" Standing there waiting for Raidou to take the lead, she stares into the darkness...Maybe the dark did scare her just a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 28, 2020 Author #18 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Holding the Auric Sol aloft as a method of light, while the grim creature found hearth back within his clothing. It had eaten its fill and in its gluttony, an increase in strength was found. "Follow the course I have laid out on the table within the guild hall. What is there has been studied and carefully chosen to make things easier on you and those you work alongside. That is how you will find the strength you need, not a foolhardy journey into depths unknown." it was pleasing that her sporadic and morose behaviors had taken a turn for the better. He began toward this floor's settlement that would more than be empty, and a trigger of tracking placed a moniker on Setsuna. She was keeping tail from the shadows, knowing that as he started to leave that it was her time to do the same. He owed quite a bit for getting a bit more of a clear head on that girl. Link to post Share on other sites
Freya 0 Posted October 28, 2020 #19 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) Freya listens as he speaks of the trail of papers she only assumed and couldn't help but chuckle a bit as she remembers papers flying everywhere because of Gaius. Clearing her throat briefly, "I will take a look at those papers on... the ... table. I tied earlier to do so but then Gaius made a mess of them, thinking I was Eruda's Gemini or something." Freya walks behind Raidou as they return into the light she walks in front of Raidou and gives him a half bow as a sign of respect. She knew a few things she had to do but which to start with was the question. Slightly turning her head as she starts walking away she says "Let me know if you need anything else. Learning from you is always a treat." As she starts to walk to the warp gate on this floor now she starts to say to herself "I need to clean my clothes before..." looking down at her pants where she smeared the black goo she scratching her head..."What the..." Turning to Raidou in confusion...he was no longer there... Edited October 28, 2020 by Freya Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted October 28, 2020 Author #20 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Breaching the walls of the dormant settlement, keeping an eye peeled as Setsuna hops in from obscurity and her concealment fades. She was still awful quiet, but she was getting quite proficient as well. The gate activates with a murmur of her voice, more then likely moving on to task given by her captain. He was eager to see what Freyd had produced for the girl, cleverly refining her into a sharpened point. Switching his target to Freya, she was hanging loosely behind but was managing to find her way from within these depths the same albeit slower. It would only be a matter of time until she was up to speed and would prove herself to be what she sought. Once she'd take to the gate and the pair were free of the dangers of the place, Raidou would be the last to leave. "On to greater prospects, I suppose I should attend this meeting." he spoke in regards to an out of the blue message he had received. Quest Complete: Raidou: 2*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus) 3*Darkness Salve Freya: 5*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward) Setsuna: 5*SP (1 Thread Closure, 1 Event Bonus, 3 Quest Reward) Simmone: 400*Col (400 Thread Closure) Link to post Share on other sites
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