[PP-21] A Clatter of Entropy <<Trouble in the Mines>>

[Freyd 0]

<<Trouble in the Mines>>

It was an odd request.  

"I need to improve my skills at hiding, and could think of no better or more challenging opponent than yourself.  These caves are infested by dragons that will be a nuisance to us both and complicate the test to an appropriate degree for practical application.  Save the skins if you find them, by the way, they have considerable value."

Freyd had asked Raidou to join him on floor 21 after a jaunt through the Cave Spider caverns.   Despite a natural affinity for sneaking about, Freyd was still unfamiliar with the mechanical formalities of the related skill and wanted to improve his performance.  

"It would also be good to know whether it is actually feasible to blind or defeat that tracking mod in any way - ideally before it becomes a life or death necessity to know for sure.  Here," he said, offering a small cache of supplies, "these should help.  It's the least I can do to help repay all of your assistance."

@Raidou

Freyd, The Whisper in Shadows | HP:1630/1630 | EN:175/175 | DMG:20 | MIT:79 | EVA:2 | ACC:4 | VAMP OFF:163 | HLY:6 | FLN:6 | LD:5 | BH:81

Mega-slime far activated (+2 SP)

Freyd offers to Raidou: Liquor of Light | Damage III - [172825] 

Spoiler

Name: Freyd, The Whisper in Shadows
Level: 80
HP: 1630/1630
EN: 175/175

Stats:
Damage: 20
Mitigation: 79
Evasion: 2
Accuracy: 4
BH:81
VAMP OFF:163
HLY:6
FLN:6
LD:5

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Samael's Pride (T3-2HSS, VO 1, HOLY 1, FLN 1)
Armor: Skirmisher's Garb (T3 LA, MIT 2, EVA 1)
Misc: Night Shades (T3-Trinket, ACC 3)

Skills:
2H Straight Sword [Rank 5]
Light Armor [Rank 5]
Searching [Rank 4]
Battle Healing [Rank 5]
Parry [Obtained]
Energist [Obtained]
Charge [Rank 5]
Extended Mod Limit R3 [Obtained]
Hiding [Rank 4]
Martial Arts [Rank 3]
Quick Change [Obtained]

Extra Skills:
Disguise
Familiar Mastery: Fighter 3
Survival
Meditation

Mods:
Precision
Finesse - Rank 3
LA Athletics
Ferocity
LA Sprint and Acrobatics
Night Vision
Vengeful Riposte


Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystals*5
Gungnir Shard: Haniel's Modesty (T3 Perfect HP Rec [Instant]*5
Flash of Rejuvenation (Mass HP Rec [Instant] (+30*Tier HP)*5
Fruit-Infused Tea (T3 HP Recovery)*5
Imugi's Inspiration (T3 Mass HP Recovery)*5
Mega-Duper... Sauce (Antidote 3)*5
Grave Injustice (T3-2HSS, ACC 1, Keen 1, Abs. ACC)*1
Requires Extended Weight Limit 1
Requires Extended Weight Limit 2
Requires Extended Weight Limit 3

Housing Buffs:
Rested: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
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.
Item Stash: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
Delicious: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed.
Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
Skylight (Searching): +1 Rank to the Searching skill.
Angler: +1 material gained when fishing
Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1] - USED IN THIS THREAD
Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
Decor [Potted Tanabata Bamboo Tree]: This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.

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:
Kumatetsu Statue: +1 Base Damage for a thread

Wedding Ring:

 

[Raidou 1]

Wandering as he did, the typical of the swordsman in red. Following the call of his ally, it obliges his request in a way that he desired. "Worth an investigation, and I would trust no other to press each other to upper limits." Taking the vials from his grasp, a welcome boon while his own fermented on his countertop. Allowed for a more rapid succession when he had not to wait for them to ripen. Opening a message box up and sending a more global message to a few others that could occupy him with the intention to have a distraction to make his challenge more accurate to the standard. Normally when he sought concealed targets he was with another or a group. Best to use the same equation and test for wiggle room between his scope. He was eager to see how one blinded his skill, from his memory only a select few were able. Hikoru came to mind.

Kumatetsu Triggered: +1 Base Damage

Raidou Consumes:
Liquor of Light (Damage +3) - [172825]
Poached Egg (Accuracy +2) - 175097
Lemon Lavender Bar (Evasion +2) - 175444
Well Done Steak (Protein +3/Filled) - 174825
Potion of Obsidian Flesh [Compound: 3] (Mitigation +3 (T3)) - 171421-2
Elixir of Vitality [Compound:3] (Overhealth +3 (T3)) - 170815-1

Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:170/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93

Spoiler

Raidou, Firm Anima Vanguard Captain
Level: 85
HP: 1865/1865
EN: 170/170

Stats:
Damage: 26
Mitigation: 111
Evasion: 6
Accuracy: 6
BH:93

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Auric Sol - Corona [T3/Perfect/2HSS]: Damage 3
Armor: Red Wanderer's Robe [T1/Perfect/L.A] +3 Evasion
Misc: Tactician's Gaze - Ogma [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Accuracy

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]
Extended Weight Limit [Obtained]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Mastery: Protector
Survival

Active Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Athletics
Sprint and Acrobatics
Detect
Tracking
Ferocity
Bull Rush
Precision

Inactive Mods:
Vengeful Riposte
Focused Howl
Emergency Recovery
Justified Riposte
Reveal
Stamina

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Pillar Fragment [Unique/Nightvision Mod]
Eternal Watch - Tenacity [T3/Perfect/Trinket]: Recovery 2, Accuracy 1
Mass Heal Crystal*5
Incarceration [T1/Perfect/Debuff Song] Double DoT*2
Hypnosis 2 [T1/Rare/Debuff Song/Instant] -2 Accuracy*3
Emissary Garb [T3/Perfect/L.A] Loot Dice 2, Recovery 1
Eye of Midas - Larceny [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Prosperity
Obtained via Item Stash (Housing)
Obtained via Dimensional Backpack

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:
Kumatetsu Statue: +1 Base Damage for a thread

 

[Shiina 0]

"All righty!~" the little storm and thunder exhumed popping into the floor with a jubilant screech that causes some of the NPC who took the floors settlement by surprise. Tomioka was active, and she was all ready to get this show on the road. What else would be more legit then rushing through these pretty and rainbow filled caves and watching an action movie unfold with the book boy! Hopping down and skipping a couple of times before her pace shifts into clattering feet. "Hi Hi, I am here. Thanks Rai man~ for the invite." She comments before noticing one of her shoes were twisted and dangling loosely around her shins. Latching open mitts to her flopping and floundering plate armor, she falls on her butt and starts to fix it like Griswold always did. "Gimme a moment, Don't leave me. I can do it honest." spoken with a bit of her tongue sticking out of her mouth.

Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:66/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3

Spoiler

Shiina, The Resonant Valkyre
Level: 33
HP: 660/660
EN: 66/66

Stats:
Damage: 1
Mitigation: 62
MENDING:1
REC:4
LD:3

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Wings of the Valkyre - Spring [Heavy Armor] (T2/Perfect) +54 Miti
Armor: Ancient Larissa Leaf Necklace [T2/Perfect/Trinket] Life Mending 1, Recovery 2
Misc: Sapphire Hair Clips [Trinket] (T1/Perfect) +3 LD

Skills:
First Aid [Rank 5]
Energize [Obtained]
Heavy Armor [Rank 1]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Sharpness
Field Medic
Hyperactive

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Lullaby 2 [T1/Rare/Debuff/Instant] -2 Evasion*2
Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [T1/Perfect/Support/Instant] +60 HP*3
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal*5
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal*5
Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal*3
Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [T2/Perfect/Support/Instant] +120 HP*4

Housing Buffs:
Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot.
Item Stash: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot

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.

 

[Gaius 0]

With a bit of tempered insecurity that had aged for a few days, Gaius felt like he owed Raidou something for saving he and Freya's ass from that Rhino. A step through the gold wheat fields and activation of the gate, he is thrown up 14 floors. He lands just in time to hear Shiina fall on her butt, a crash of metal. "Great, just perfect." The dragoon quips before looking to Raidou and Freyd. "Well fuck why am I even here?" he felt a little outmatched, a feeling that didn't happen often. "So I've got red and the wise guy, and some how I am relevant." he swallows his pride before looking to Raidou. "I don't know why you need me, but I am here now. So lead the way red, I don't really think I need to be here. So I don't get the game your playing." Spoken as he lifts his hand and rips a dormant glaive into existence in a flare of green.

Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Spoiler

Gaius, The Sweeping Typhoon
Level: 34
HP: 710/710
EN: 68/68

Stats:
Damage: 16
Mitigation: 36
Accuracy: 1
H.M.:4
REC:2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Dragoon's Journey [2HAS] (T2/Perfect) Damage 2, Bleed 1
Armor: Dragoon's Plate MK. II [Heavy] (T2/Perfect) Mitigation 1, Heavy Momentum 2
Misc: Assault Division Bracelet: [Trinket] (T1/Perfect) Accuracy 1, Recovery 2

Skills:
Two Handed Assault Spear [Rank 5]
Heavy Armor [Rank 3]
Charge [Rank 1]

Extra Skills:
Disguise
Familiar Fighter R1

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity
Athletics

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [T1/Perfect/Support/Instant] +60 HP*2
Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2*1
Boar Hide Belt [Trinket] (T1/Perfect) [+3 Loot Dice]
Requires Extended Weight Limit 1
Requires Extended Weight Limit 2
Requires Extended Weight Limit 3
Obtained via Item Stash (Housing)
Obtained via Dimensional Backpack

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.
Tasty: Turn 2 identical food items into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 portions of the food items sacrificed.

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.

 

[Freyd 0]

Three had been more than he'd expected, but an added challenge was never to be dissuaded.  Adding Shiina to the mix felt like mixing pure entropy and pop rocks in a blender and expecting nothing would go wrong.  The resulting calamity was sure to prove entertaining, and educational as he closely watched Raidou's influence over and handling of the tiny agent of chaos.

"Wise guy, huh?"  No verdict on the moniker was offered.  Freyd simply nodded his acknowledgement to Gaius and again wondered why Raidou might have summoned Firm Anima's greatest misfits to his aid.  Was he trying to rebalance the difficulty by sprinkling undue complexity upon it?  The idea didn't sound too far-fetched, actually.  

"Head due west and down about ten degrees.  You'll find the caverns there.  If I do my job right, you won't see me until we reach the other side.  Rest assured that I will be nearby in case," he looked at Shiina, "the drakes need a reprieve."

Turning and wandering off into the darkness, a clatter and cursing could be heard as the supposed 'Whisper' turned the corner and stubbed his toe on an inconveniently dropped pot-shaped helmet.  The chaos factor was already in full effect.

Spoiler

ID #179515 - Activates Hiding: LD 2+4= SHIT

 

[Raidou 1]

A few steps forward following Freyd's guide, before a trigger of detection magnifies the field. Freyd appears plain as day, as was expected of the skill in question. Twisting through the halls to which he was more than familiar, walking out the gates of Tomoika toward the little crevice to which he had met Ceres. The nomad looks back over his shoulder, toward the pair that were invited as if egging them to follow. The sway of his red robe offers light, the pillar fragment begins to illuminate the place. As he vanishes into the mustard colored mists, as a formality he lifts his robe to cover the lower half of his face to stave off the environmental damage.

Through the passage of the very chore, he had taken upon his shoulders, the scope of detection creating sonar like pulses on his map and keeping a bead on Freyd as well as his companions. He was awaiting that destined hit of hostiles, unknown to him that this section of the floor contained any.

[Shiina 0]

Finally clapping the thing together haphazardly, at least it was attached well enough. She then scatters off her keester and rushes up to meet Raidou as he moved forward. "So what we doing... IS IT SOMETHING FUN?" She extrudes in hyperactive waving about. Perhaps there was a candy filled hole here, and the dude was holding out on them. Maybe it was a surprise party and Gaius was just acting! "You butt!" she remarks looking to the dragoon and offering a stuck out tongue that shifts to a smile. Her anticipation was causing her blood to boil, she couldn't contain her excitement at what possibly waited on the horizon. "Assemble the Posse! GO TEAM, HIGH HO SILVER AWAY!" She yells at the top of her lungs as it echos off the walls around them. Out of the corner of her eye, she eyeballs Freyd slinking past. With a subtle flip of her flipper, it was clear she saw him plain as day.

ID# 179516 results: Battle: 9 (Banana), Loot: 10 (Stealth Detection)

Edited December 4, 2020 by Shiina

[Gaius 0]

Rubbing his face, the very thought of being trapped with the dude that does not talk and the fucking kool aid man was staggering. "So there goes our element of surprise, Suits me fine but they sure as shit are going to hear us coming with..." and he gestures to all of Shiina. "What, I didn't do anything this time? Don't go crying again." He is off-put by her comment, worried about getting punched again as a result. As Shiina leads the pack without a single semblance of caution, Raidou seemed unfazed by her bombastic insanity. "She really is completely bonkers, I cannot tell if I respect it or am terrified." and to Gaius, who was so wholeheartedly focused on what the hell they were getting themselves into it was only then he realized given he'd been paying so little attention to the exchange. "Wait where the hell is Wise Guy at?" His head shifts back and forth rather quickly. "He's a damn spook!?"

ID# 179517 results: Loot: 1 (Stealth Detection)

Edited December 4, 2020 by Gaius

[Freyd 0]

Scouting out ahead of the pack, Freyd did his best to watch his footing and keep up a steady pace to maintain his distance.  By all accounts, the drake warrens were not to be taken lightly.  The tell-tale scent of droppings was his first clue that they were near.  It was like an entire sniff-fest of guano had been deposited in a single place, probably as a deliberate marking of territory.  Keeping to high ground and away from anything the might leave a trace of his passing, Freyd still hadn't figured out how he was going to counteract Raidou's tracking, if it was even possible.  

"Start with the basics and worry about the advanced stuff later," he said, scolding himself.  

Squawking from above and ahead smothered him back into silence.  This place was probably crawling with as many mobs as those damned Chittering Caverns.  Plugging his nose, and watching his step, he pressed on.

Spoiler

ID #179519 | LD 5+4=9

 

[Raidou 1]

As he ushered on ahead in silence, allowing Gaius's argument to fall flat with an attempt to build one. A sudden trigger of his scope brought them instantly clear, but on his HUD alongside the 4 spawned hostile was still, 4 blue dots that were party members although one was faint. Freyd was still within his tracking. He'd be doing his best to try and break Raidou's skill, looking for whatever hole that it had and making it known. This would serve him in the future, but now he had a more glaring issue to focus upon. A few slithered hides in red, flames that caused some of the stink in the air to singe. The nomad enters a torrential vacuum and with it the chain destruction of all in his wake in one fell swoop like thunder. Dropped clean were three, of many. But a fair start to this endevour.

Calamity Disaster [x12], 9 EN [12 - 3 (Finesse 3)] + 8 (4 Targets Struck) = 17 EN, Bull Rush [Charge 5], Concentration CD [0/3]

ID# 179520 results: Battle: 7+6+1-1-1=12, Hit! vs. Drakeling #1 dealing 31x12=372-15=357 DMG
ID# 179521 results: Battle: 5+6+1-1-1=10, Hit! vs. Drakeling #2 dealing 31x12=372-15=357 DMG
ID# 179522 results: Battle: 10, Major Critical [+2 DMG]! vs. Drakeling #3 dealing 33x12=396-15=381 DMG
ID# 179523 results: Battle: 4+6+1-1-1=9, Hit! vs. Drakeling #4 dealing 31x12=372-15=357 DMG

Drakeling Skin Roll:
ID# 179524 results: Craft: 9 (+1 Hide)
ID# 179525 results: Craft: 1
ID# 179526 results: Craft: 10 (+1 Hide)
ID# 179527 results: Craft: 11 (+1 Hide)

Total Hides: [3/20]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:153/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:66/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

[Shiina 0]

On the horizon, as more and more potential hostiles riddled the waves, held to walls from pillars above. Shiina has a mixed feeling of fun times and trying to strut her stuff. A tone holds fast as she begins to hum. The very cavern begins to tremble at the sound she produces and with a wave of her hands as they latch together before her heart. The weapon held by those about her, both Raidou and Gaius receive her blessing in an amplification of the colors normally produced. With the song held aloft on her lips, unending she huddles close to Gaius as Raidou does his big ol' she wham of the little danger noodles. A pause with the sound produced, she takes a gander at the little hides and yelps out "Neat its the things!" and she clambers over to pick out one of her own. Thankfully this group had a tank.

Shiina casts Sharpness on Raidou (+3 Base DMG), Sharpness Duration [0/2], Sharpness CD [0/1], -12 EN

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:153/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:54/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

[Gaius 0]

As quickly as the fight begins Shiina starts to mutter something or another, and with it, his polearm screams with strength. With a smile, he lifts the weapon but within mere moments Red beats them into dust, right before he could act. "Holy fuckin'." Gaius barks as an instinctual response, it caught him a bit off guard at the speed to which it plays out. His posture shifts from raring to go to a more passive 'what the fuck just happened' stance. He should have expected as much from what he saw during the aforementioned quest with Raging Rhino but he was sure that it wasn't so large in its execution. Looking to the back of Raidou's head and then at Shiina he asks as the shock begins to fade "The hell am I even here for?" utterly convinced he was not necessary here. Very little in the way of strategy had been given to the man.

Gaius takes no action

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:153/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:54/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

[Raidou 1]

With another blast that rocked the cave with power threatening to bring the whole place down around him. With the sudden surge in his arts, it was clear Shiina need some direction as did Gaius. "Shiina keep my energy up to a fair level. Gaius, I need you to focus on taking them down. No arguments, you are my backup plan." He drops the words like a command. The goal here was to build cohesion between them, he was done with this inconsistent infighting and needed a surgical team. Not a shit storm that could not get their acts together. With the words placed in adamance, his weapon enrages again. Auric Sol would taste more flesh, Freyd lingered on the background and held a constant division of attention. As Freyd sharpened his skills he was doing the very same for the swordsman in red, more variables to control on the fly.

Calamity Disaster [x12], 9 EN [12 - 3 (Finesse 3)] + 8 (4 Targets Struck) = 17 EN, Bull Rush [Charge 5], Concentration CD [1/3], Sharpness Duration [1/2]

ID# 179598 results: Battle: 3+6-1-1=7, Hit! vs. Drakeling #1 dealing 34x12=408-15=393 DMG
ID# 179599 results: Battle: 10, Major Critical [+2 DMG]! vs. Drakeling #2 dealing 36x12=432-15=417 DMG
ID# 179600 results: Battle: 10, Major Critical [+2 DMG]! vs. Drakeling #3 dealing 36x12=432-15=417 DMG
ID# 179601 results: Battle: 3+6-1-1=7, Hit! vs. Drakeling #4 dealing 34x12=408-15=393 DMG

Drakeling Skin Roll:
ID# 179602 results: Craft: 3
ID# 179603 results: Craft: 1
ID# 179604 results: Craft: 12 (+1 Hide)
ID# 179605 results: Craft: 7

Total Hides: [4/20]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:137/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:54/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

 

[Shiina 0]

Sharpness Refreshed!

Taking a gander at the field as more of the flappy boi's explode into showers of digital confetti, she twists her head slightly and perks out her lips. "Weird but K!" Shiina exhumes in jubilant glee and the song twists and changes to something more chipper. The aura produced twists into a light blue, the color of augmentation holding the other party members' weapons falls. As a result though, Raidou's stamina bar shifts from green to a bluish shade to match. Flashing the dude in red a pair of thumbs up deuces. She'd keep his energy managed, directly linked to its consumption it would now be shared with her. Enter battle bard battery mode, Shiina was learning just how much of a cheat code she was. Flailing about with weird untimely glee, thankfully while she was performing she was rather anchored and could not act on her instincts no matter how much she wanted to.

Shiina casts Hyperactive on Raidou [+3 EN for 3 Turns], -5 EN, Hyperactive CD [0/3]
ID# 179683 results: Craft: 4 [No Proc]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:137/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:50/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

[Gaius 0]

A twist of his eyebrow up, he was contemplating arguing with Red. Sizing him up for a moment with his polearm docked behind his shoulder. "Fuck alright." Gaius admits recalling the few instances he worked with the guy, not wanting to fight with that shit. He remembered what dude did to Rhino, he saw what both him and Wise Guy did to the witch, to the big ass red dragon. They were operating on entirely different levels, and Gaius wasn't stupid enough to know that they were on different magnitudes. Reluctantly he swallows and follows direction. "I'll hold my ground and wait. Don't miss yeah? I am going to be watching." The dragoon barks out, sliding his menu open and pulling out a wrapped roll of bread. Placing his polearm on his right shoulder as he takes a hearty bite, he'd hope he would be able to finish it before he was necessary.

Gaius takes no action

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:137/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:660/660 | EN:50/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]

[Raidou 1]

Hyperactive Duration {+3 EN Regen} [1/3], Concentration CD [2/3], Sharpness Fades

A scattering above the beasts fall as quick as they recover, and with a simple flick of the sword in his grasp, they are reduced to digital ash. But one target manages to gain height and is only glanced. In rebuttal it breaths fire throughout the chamber, causing the yellow fog to detonate. Raidou shields himself, Gaius drops the roll in his hands rather quickly and dives behind a pillar. "Gaius it's on you, finish it!" Raidou barks to the guy, making note of his complacency. Shiina was not so lucky here, and with frazzled fuzzed hair that smoked at the ends, she looks up to the flying rat with distaste. She was fuming in a very adorable frown, her hair akin to that of a 70's afro. A look at her health bar from Raidou shows she was fine just a little burnt, somewhere along the way she had gained some strength.

Calamity Disaster [x12], 9 EN [12 - 3 (Finesse 3)] + 6 (3 Targets Struck) = 15 EN, Bull Rush [Charge 5]

ID# 179684 results: Battle: 10, Major Critical [+2 DMG]! vs. Drakeling #1 dealing 36x12=432-15=417 DMG
ID# 179685 results: Battle: 6+6-1-1=10, Hit! vs. Drakeling #2 dealing 34x12=408-15=393 DMG
ID# 179686 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG]! vs. Drakeling #3 dealing 35x12=420-15=405 DMG
ID# 179687 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss vs. Drakeling #4

ID# 179688 results: MOB: 3+2-6=-1, Missed vs. Raidou!
ID# 179689 results: MOB: 10, Major Critical vs. Shiina dealing 102 True Damage
ID# 179690 results: MOB: 4, Missed vs. Gaius!

Drakeling Skin Roll:
ID# 179691 results: Craft: 1
ID# 179692 results: Craft: 6
ID# 179693 results: Craft: 11 (+1 Hide)

Total Hides: [5/20]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:126/170 | DMG:26(+3) | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:558/660 | EN:50/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
(0,0,1) Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]

[Shiina 0]

"Yeouch what the total F*** dude!" Shiina yelps out to the cavern around her, patting her hair with her open palms to quench the smoking and tiny flames within her frizzed hair. It was instantly clear through the shrillness in her voice she was not amused in the slightest. A rub of her hands together and a gesture outward as she rips them from left to right like a golf club. Raidou's energy suddenly rockets up a fair portion, as if she was holding onto the slider and just used a figment mouse to turn up the brightness. With that she looks to Gaius and points in the general direction of the drakeling, ushering the dude to spank its face with his stick. With that the dragoon simply shrugs with a cocky smile, taking a look at Shiina's still destroyed hair with a bit of black claiming the ends of the strands.

Shiina casts Energize on Raidou!, -10 EN, +8 to Raidou!

ID# 179715 results: Craft: 5 [No Proc]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:134/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:558/660 | EN:41/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:68/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
(0,0,1) Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]

[Gaius 0]

Dimension Stampede [x15] 14 EN (17-3 [Finesse 3])

In a fuss, Shiina begins to flail about rather angry as her hair on her steamed. "Well would you look at that, you took it like a champ." Gaius goaded the girl while she freaked out and gestured like a lunatic playing charades. Wind building upon his weapon he was more than enjoying the thought of a fair fight he barks to the little songstress "Yeah yeah keep your panties on, ya little goober." As his polearm flared brighter and brighter, the typhoon building about his frame in excess. He wasn't the first to act, but he was the last to. Trying to aim for the true punch was really the name of the game for this dude. Go big or go home, enough wasn't enough. Gaius really did enjoy the nursed thought of hitting a guy so hard they end up on a different floor afterward, with a person sized hole that dug all the way through the plate.

ID# 179718 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss!
Heavy Momentum Triggers: +4 Base Damage

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:134/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:558/660 | EN:41/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:66/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
(0,0,1) Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]

[Raidou 1]

Hyperactive Duration {+3 EN Regen} [2/3], Concentration Refreshed

Shiina is freaking out in the corner, Gaius cannot stop laughing about it as a result. This was exactly the sort of distraction he expected, they were playing the part he needed them for properly. Swatting two more of the remaining beasts and keeping tabs on the three members of the party easily. The whisper had yet to break tracking, the others were manageable albeit in a bit of controlled chaos. His glance shifts to Shiina as another parade of fire kicks her health bar just a bit lower then it was prior. "Get your health back up." His gaze shifts quickly to the dragoon. "On me, before they can build ranks." A lift of Auric Sol in his clutches causes another high pitch whine to claim the edge of his steel. It burns bright in yellow with the obvious motive to continue the assault as it builds further and further.

Calamity Disaster [x12], 9 EN [12 - 3 (Finesse 3)] + 4 (2 Targets Struck) = 13 EN, Bull Rush [Charge 5]

ID# 179719 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss vs. Drakeling #1
ID# 179720 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical vs. Drakeling #2 dealing 32x12=384-15=369 DMG
ID# 179721 results: Battle: 5+6-1-1=9, Hit! vs. Drakeling #3 dealing 31x12=372-15=357 DMG

ID# 179722 results: MOB: 2-6=-4, Missed vs. Raidou!
ID# 179723 results: MOB: 6, Hit! vs. Shiina dealing 100 True Damage
ID# 179724 results: MOB: 1, Critical Miss vs. Gaius!

Drakeling Skin Roll:
ID# 179725 results: Craft: 4
ID# 179726 results: Craft: 7

Total Hides: [5/20]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:125/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:458/660 | EN:41/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:66/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
(0,0,1) Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
(0,0,1) Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]

[Shiina 0]

Hyperactive CD [2/3]

As if on queue with a nod, a burst of white light claims the interior of the chamber. Shiina offers a small twirl as a result, and with it her health skyrockets back to almost full. Tapping her hair to quench the still kindled flames, she does her best to slick it back down and manages to but one stubborn strand. "Didn't think that would work now did ja ya dork." She comments placing an index finger to her right eye and peeling the lid down as she ticks out her tongue. It was a goad to those beasts that persisted on lighting her aflame. She'd be fine and with her own skillset damn near impenetrable for a while. Shiina was durable, she had to be given her escapades brought her time and time again to things that would surely kill others. With a glance shifting toward the rest of the group, she'd play her part as walking charger to the rest of the party.

Shiina casts Field Medic on Party 12 + 3 EN = 15 EN ( 1 Applicable Target), Shiina recovers 145 HP (132*1.1=145.2)

ID# 179791 results: Craft: 7 [+4 EN]

Drakeling Skin Roll:

Total Hides: [5/20]

Players:
Raidou | HP:1865/1865 | EN:125/170 | DMG:26 | MIT:111 | EVA:6 | ACC:6 | BH:93
Shiina | HP:603/660 | EN:31/66 | DMG:1 | MIT:62 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Gaius | HP:710/710 | EN:66/68 | DMG:16 | MIT:36 | ACC:1 | H.M.:4 | REC:2

Mobs:
(0,0,1) Drakeling #1 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]
Drakeling #2 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
Drakeling #3 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [4/4]
(0,0,1) Drakeling #4 | HP: 350/350 | DMG:200 | MIT:15 | EVA:1 | ACC:2 | Breath [0/4]

Edited December 12, 2020 by Shiina