[F18-PP] Brain to Pick... (Just for the Halibut)

[Freya 0]

Freya wakes up early, maybe too early as the clock strikes 5 am. Sitting in her bed against the wall with Ko laying on her lap, blankets wrapped around her legs. She was trying to wrap her head around what happened yesterday. A deep contemplating sigh as she ushers Ko off her lap as gets out of bed. Finding herself in the kitchen, she makes 2 plates of eggs and bacon with cinnamon toast. A few bowls of kibble mixed with some various meats were prepared as well. Brewing some coffee for herself, she walks out the door and delivers the one plate and bowl of food for Gaius and Boris. She knew that she had to talk to Gaius eventually but for now Simmone was her first priority. Setting the meals on the table with a sigh she walks out back to her house. She sits at her table and begins a message through guild chat:

To: Guild Chat From: Freya Doing a quest on floor 18, if anyone is interested please be there in 30 Minutes. Simmone please come...

Sitting there eating her food after her HUD chimes and the message is sent, she drinks some of her coffee and some other various items that she got from the Vault yesterday. Only taking 15 minutes to do so she heads at with Ko at her feet. Arriving at the warp gate she vanishes, landing on Floor 18 and head straight for the quest board. Taking a quest she leans up against the pole of the board...In her own head now waiting for people to show hoping that Simmone was one of them...

Consumes: Thin Chocolate Covered Mints (+2 ACC), Well-Done Steak (Protein 2 Filled making it 3), Titan's Strength (+3 DMG)
Using Mega Slime Farm (+2 SP upon thread closure)

Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:74/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1

Spoiler

Freya
Level: 37
HP: 760/760
EN: 74/74

Stats:
Damage: 22
Evasion: 2
Accuracy: 5
BLD:24
REC:1

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Grim Reminder - Sorrow (T2/Perfect/2HBA): Damage 2, Bleed 1
Armor: Dark Embrace - Sacrifice (T2/Perfect/Light Armor): Evasion 2, Recovery 1
Misc: Bringer (Tierless/Perfect/Trinket): Accuracy 3

Skills:
Two-Handed Battle Axe [Rank 5]
Light Armor [Rank 3]
Charge [Rank 3]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Fighter (Rank 1)
Survival (No SP used yet)

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity
Athletics

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Resistance Plate - Lily (T1/Perfect/HA): Mitigation 27
Silver Band - Farore's Wind: (T1/Perfect/Trinket) Loot Dice 3

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.
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.

 

[Simmone 0]

An early message causes her to flutter awake, but the rest she had received was all too infrequent. It had been bothering her, those images of Tuatha. The boy shouldn't exist, couldn't exist, and was robbing her of much needed rest. A mill up from silk covers, a perk of the twins from their dualed beds in colors that matched their tiny heads. "Mistress?" They rubbed wary eyes as she lifted from her own bed. "Get some rest dears, I will be back after not too long. Tell Sam to keep the place in my absence." Simmone spoke to them softly, ushering them back beneath their comforters.

Behind the three screens, a shift of her attire to the combat ready one. To the rapier still in black scabbard, leaned against a long drawn sofa designed for a comfortable lean. Strapping it to her right hip. Simmone would respond to the blonde:

To Freya: From Simmone: I'll be there, give me a moment dear.

With reluctance, it is sent to the ether, as she breaches into the early morning light leaving the black odyssey at her back.

Mega Slime Farm Activated: +2 SP upon Thread Closure

Spoiler

Simmone, The Black Lotus
Level: 39
HP: 780/780
EN: 78/78

Stats:
Damage: 1
Evasion: 1
Accuracy: 3
BLD:12
LD:5
KEEN:1
REC:4

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Ornate Quicksilver Rapier [T1/Rare/Rapier] (Bleed 1 [9-10{12 Dmg over 2}], 1 Keen)
Armor: Cat's Gaze [T1/Perfect/Trinket] (3 Accuracy)
Misc: The Black Lotus - Expedition [T2/Perfect/Trinket] Recovery 2, Evasion 1

Skills:
Searching [Rank 5]
Picking [Obtained]
Energize [Obtained]
First Aid [Rank 3]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Mastery: Assistant

Mods:
Hyperactive
Dismantling

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Misperception [T1/Perfect/Debuff/Instant]*3
Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2*2
Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [T1/Perfect/Support/Instant] +60 HP*2
Gilded Lotus [T1/Perfect/Trinket] (+3 Loot Dice)

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (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.
Col Stash: +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1]
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 Plant]: 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.

 

Edited February 5, 2021 by Simmone

[Griswold 0]

Putting the final touches on the piece of gear that Simmone had given him to sharpen, repair, and prepare for the guild. A powerful ringing as he pounded heated fire into it, sparks spraying with each strike upon the cast iron anvil. To a quench and to oil, a parade of steam as it cools. Right to the grindstone, peeling the edge to a pure and refined razor. His HUD chimes. Removing the piece away and reading what it said, Freya was hungry it seemed. Griswold could appreciate her sudden burst and exploitation of the benefits of the guild. A sigh from a tired old man, he'd be there but hell if he still wasn't racked with exhaustion from the last encounter. Vulcan yawns and rises as he begins to pick his armor off of a wooden mannequin used to repair it. "Let's go boy." Griswold beckons as he aims for the stone slab door, shifting it off and out of the way before a grind of it back in place.

Mega Slime Farm Activated: +2 SP on Thread Closure

Griswold | HP:810/810 | EN:78/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Spoiler

Griswold, Fist of Anvil
Level: 39
HP: 810/810
EN: 78/78

Stats:
Damage: 9
Mitigation: 84
Accuracy: 2
THRNS:36
REC:2
TAUNT

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Fist of Gaia - Incline [T1/Perfect/Warhammer] Taunt, Accuracy 2
Armor: Forgemaster's Rattlecage - Juggernaut [T2/Perfect/Heavy Armor] (Mitigation 3 [+54 Mitigation])
Misc: Titanic Wall - Foundation [T2/Perfect/Shield] Thorns 2 (36), REC 1

Skills:
One Handed Warhammer [Rank 1]
Block [Rank 3]
Heavy Armor [Rank 3]
Howl [Obtained]
Charge [Rank 4]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Fighter R3
Survival

Mods:
Mark
Shield Bash
Athletics (Heavy)

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Reinforced Chisel Head [Tierless/Perfect/Trinket] (+3 Loot Dice)

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (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 (Extended Mod Limit): +1 Rank to the Extended Mod Limit skill.
Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [0/1]
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]: 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.

 

[Setsuna 0]

Through the fields and markers, and from rotten tree to another Setsuna bounced. A raised blue mask covering the lower half of her face when a very odd early morning request, assuming it to be Gaius with another flight of fancy. At her back a creature in the shape of a bird, keeping a preview of the field as she moved. She slows to a halt and slides it open, the familiar drops explode and reshapes into a hound in ice. A little glow in its chest. The girl eyes the message, offering a simple response.

To: Freya From: Setsuna I am already here, Coordinates (-71, 20, 5). I will be ready, do not take too long.

With it sent off, she performs another leap toward the location given. It was a clearing to which she would be easily visible and would have access to most quests the floor held. The mapping was going rather well. But these floors were truly huge, so most remained undiscovered. For fear of what may lie inside these places, most would not dare to travel them alone.

Mega Slime Farm Activated: +2 SP upon Thread Closure

Setsuna Consumes: Titan's Strength (+3 DMG), Well Done Steak [Filled] (+3 Protein [-30 Mit, +3 DMG), Poached Egg (+2 Accuracy)

Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5

Spoiler

Setsuna, The Frigid End
Level: 41
HP: 820/820
EN: 82/82

Stats:
Damage: 22
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 5

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Shiva's Embrace - Ancestry T2/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]
Hiding [Rank 4]+1
Light Armor [Rank 3]

Extra Skills:
Disguise

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

Housing Buffs:
Well Rested: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
Squeaky Clean: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (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
Tasty: Turn 2 identical food items into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 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 (Hiding): +1 Rank to the Hiding skill.
Advanced Training: +2 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month [1/1]
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]: 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.

 

[Freya 0]

A chime of her HUD with not one but 2 messages. To her surprise, Setsuna with coordinates of where she would be or already was... Sending the same coordinates to Simmone the only other responding and asking her to make sure whoever showed up after her to meet her and Setsuna there. With the chime of her HUD, the message was sent. Freya starts to head that way to meet Setsuna. It was rare that she would come on the quest with her so she really didn't want to keep her waiting. While she walks through the swamp-like lands, she sends an invite for a party and quest to Simmone and Setsuna, if there were a third she would do the same for them. 

After some time of travel, she sees the silver-haired girl in the clearing. Hands in her front pockets as she approaches the female. The sun was barely breaking in the sky as Freya gives a small exhale. "We are waiting for maybe 2 other people. I have to meet a Fishman in a rundown shack near the lake..." Freya explains some detail of the quest not sure what they would be fighting yet... Obviously a fish if fishing was involved.

Edited February 5, 2021 by Freya

[Simmone 0]

With a silent nod of her head, Simmone accepts the invite from Freya having expedited her arrival to the floor. The place stunk like wet wood, stagnant water, and other decay. A moment later Griswold appears upon the gate, shortly after she had. Obviously, there would be no message from him, he could not use a menu to save his life. Keeping with him, she kept silent the whole part of the journey. She was doing her best to feign a typical demeanor, albeit with the lack of phrases spoken she'd appear no different. But inside the woman was torn up rather vigorously, old wounds made fresh. "Freya, Setsuna." She speaks their name shortly after showing in the clearing, a form of hello in short and sweet. A glance to her surroundings, a bit of fog lingered low on the various puddles in this grassland bog. Clouds of insects held to the top of the lake, this was going to be fun.

[Griswold 0]

The familiar whimpers as he hops from the pad, into a puddle that causes it to scream out at the temperature difference. It quickly evaporates into steam. "I know boy, water isn't really your thing." Griswold remarks with a smile through his helmet, patting the thing on the side to reassure it. He was kinda a wuss. Quickly found by Simmone, she leads them both to the other two girls, inviting him to the group as well. Griswold chuckles and then looks down at Setsuna. It was almost like a family portrait, strangely enough having that little one that looked like a hair dyed Anna at Freya's side. "So fishing, not much of a fishing man." He looks to Vulcan and then rubs the front of his helmet. The walking furnace and wooden vessels on top of bodies of water did not mix well. "You are going to have to wait on shore boy."

[Setsuna 0]

"The lake is just due north of here, about +25 on Z." Unsure if Freya would even understand her, Setsuna begins to walk on ahead. Accepting the invite, they would be able to see her on the map, so she would take the lead. A leap toward the shanty, the dock, and the murky green water. The whole thing was buried under algae, who knew what kind of fish dwelled in such filthy water. It was sure as hell wasn't freshwater. Her mind recalled the butcher on floor 5, and perhaps it would be a gator or some other beast such as it. A fold of her legs as she sat on top of the fisherman's cottage, eying the water for any chance at intel. In her lap was her blade, running a small piece of cotton on a rod along its edge for maintenance while she waited. They could have their conversation, as long as they didn't stall for too awful long. She had matters to attend. An amalgamation of ice lunges in breaks to pieces and forms a serpent before diving into the lake on its own.

[Freya 0]

Setsuna seemed to know where she was going so she followed her in silence. Ko shifts into her larger form with a burst of flames around them. She walks to Vulcan and rubs her head against his trying to give him some kind of comfort in this shitty environment. Arriving at the docks she walks into the cottage finding the fisherman. A very short conversation as Freya receives a special fishing pole just for the event. Walking out she glances at Ko saying "Stay onshore with Vulcan. The last thing I want to do is catch the boat on fire," with a small chuckle as she hops on the boat. The other three follow suit as Freya takes the paddles at the edge of the seeming medium-sized boat and starts pushing them out into the water. After a few minutes, she stops rowing taking the pole, and casts the line out into the deep dirty water.

ID# 182072 results: Craft: 5+1=6, Fished up a Fossil Fish [1/4]

Edited February 5, 2021 by Freya

[Setsuna 0]

As soon as Freya reels back, a single flounder tied to the end of her pole. The girl rips clean a katana missing by mere fractions of an inch. It clatters to the boat beneath them both, the line falling free. Setsuna glares and adjusts the weapon back to its sheathe, darting around the loose collection of players toward where it was heading. It was slippery and gliding beneath their feet. Such was a small fish on a raft of four people. Without a word at her failure, she ushers to Griswold as it seems that was where it was sliding toward, beneath Freya's feet it begins to glide as if swimming on the wood. The girl was irritated finding the swell in numbers was doing more harm than good, reducing her room to maneuver aboard the vessel they had taken out on the filth ridden lake. A tighten around her weapons handle.

San Ge [x15], -12 EN (15 - [Finesse 3]), Missed -2 EN

ID# 182089 results: Battle: 2+5-2=5, Missed vs. Fossil Fish 1

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:80/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:74/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:78/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:810/810 | EN:78/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 1 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Setsuna

[Freya 0]

"I've got it," Freya says as her concentration skill activated, black mist starts to form around them but the fates quickly as her attack lands against the boat edge carving a hole on its side. The fish flaps against Freya's Scythe jumping off her blade and to another area of the boat. Its path seemed to be set and wasn't going to let anything get in its way. " Well shit..." she glances at the hole that she created. "That is gonna cost us..." she fossil fish was dripping water everywhere on the boat and if Freya wasn't careful then she was going to do more damage to the boat itself than the actual fish. She would need to focus better as she watches the fish hop from side to side making his way toward Griswold. She was holding in a laugh, it was all very comical in a sense but she wanted to get this quest done...She needed to chat with Simmone about a certain someone...

Using Concentration, Explode Catapult -13 EN [14-3 (Finesse) + 2 (Hits 1)], Concentration CD [0/3]

ID# 182090 results: Battle: 1, Critical Miss! vs Fossil Fish 1

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:80/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:72/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:78/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:810/810 | EN:78/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 1 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Freya

[Simmone 0]

A sigh in disappointment, figures that like Sam somehow Freya had an equal issue with fishing. Recalling the Tanabata event the woman knew there was one skill she'd never purchase. With a tap of her right hand to her chest, she had a feeling as though she'd need to be fighting against endurance in this quest. If this was an ode to what was to come. Her bar shifts from green to a light blue shade, showing increased recovery, she was all too ready to sustain these fighters who would surely be dumping all their energy at wild amounts at this rate. It would be on the black cat to play battery and keep them going, but it was no different than in Val Halla. Fitting given the location. A brandish of her rapier in her left hand, drawn and held low just in case she may need it in the following moments to come. 

Simmone Casts Hyperactive on herself (+3 EN over 3 rounds), -5 EN, Hyperactive CD [0/3]

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:80/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:72/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:810/810 | EN:78/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 1 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Simmone

[Griswold 0]

Watching the fish just slide beneath everyone's feet, Freya doing a fair job of beating up the boat instead. It was a wormy little bugger. Griswold barks out "I got it!" and dumps a hammer toward it in an attempt to swat it and stop it in its tracks. It dodges off to one side as he does, the hammer dumping into the boat causing it to shift from the impact. It rattles in his grasp and he is forced to stomp out some little bit of newly kindled wood. As a rebuttal the fish leaps and begins to swat Griswold across the shoulder with a flipper. Like a cartoon the thing smacks him a good few times, cutting away a decent section of health from the smith. It was comical, it was annoying and it was random. Welcome to dice rolls. It barely hurts Griswold despite the fact, more of nescience than anything else.

Powerstrike [x2], -2 EN, Missed!

ID# 182091 results: Battle: 2+2=4, Missed vs. Fossil Fish 1

ID# 182092 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical vs. Griswold 125-84=41

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:80/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:72/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:769/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 1 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1 

[Setsuna 0]

A blink near Griswold, she hops onto his shoulders and rips clean the katana against the still risen beast. It connects and cuts it clean in twain, leaving two sections to drop to the wood below. It flops about for a second or two before exploding into pieces. A bit of ire from the girl, she missed but didn't kill the boat as the other had. A lift of her hand freezes solid the holes made. The water that was coming through stops, keeping the whole vessel from sinking. "I suggest you both take heed on where you swing from now on." Setsuna offers bluntly, placing her hand to her scabbard and moving near Freya who still held the pole. Fishing really did suck, and Setsuna was not enthused at their odds. She would be ready for when Freya inevitably drew up another target, she wouldn't miss the next one now that she was prepared.

San Ge [x15], -12 EN (15 - [Finesse 3])

ID# 182093 results: Battle: 4+5-2=7, Hit vs. Fossil Fish 1 (Fuck you) dealing 22x15=330-50=280 DMG

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:69/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:72/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:769/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 1 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1

Edited February 6, 2021 by Setsuna

[Freya 0]

Concentration CD [1/3]

Taking a deep slow breath now she really knew now that she hated fishing. Casting the line back into the water her eyes turn to her fathers beneath his helmet. A glance to Simmone with questioning eyes from what she so desperately wanted to ask her. A tug of the line as Freya's focus was on the fishing pole again. After a moment of struggling to get the thing out, she pulls hard as she felt like the line was going to break right there but a fish pops out of the water. Looking like the last one that Setsuna split in two she pulls the fish toward the small silvered head girl hoping that she wouldn't miss this time. She really just wanted this quest over and after this fishing trip, she probably would never fish again. She rather just kills the simple things for ingredients. (The fish is heading toward Setsuna)...

ID# 182094 results: Craft: 9+1=10, Fished up a Fossil Fish [2/4]

Edited February 6, 2021 by Freya

[Setsuna 0]

A blinding swing dissects the beast long before it could escape, drawing it to pieces in the blink of an eye. Setsuna was not about to allow a repeat of the prior, and with that vorpal swing, it expires. A metallic click of her katana into its scabbard, slinking the saya back into her sash with a soft exhale. The girl's odds seemed abysmal, unconvinced that these small fries were what they were truly after. Setsuna maintains her perch, her familiar surfaces from the lake with a slightly smaller version. A snap and a twist of its jaw cause it to break before it dives again. It was hunting the larger for them all, and once it found it should be pretty obvious. It would likely lead it to the surface rather abruptly, not capable of fighting it on its own. But unknown to the players, they'd thinned out his pack and it would be easier now.

San Ge [x15], -12 EN (15 - [Finesse 3])

ID# 182095 results: Battle: 8+5-2=11, Hit vs. Fossil Fish 2 (and you) dealing 22x15=330-50=280 DMG

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:58/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:73/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:769/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
Fossil Fish 2 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1

Edited February 6, 2021 by Setsuna

[Freya 0]

Concentration CD [2/3]

Freya looks to the others to make sure that they were ready for whatever came up next. Being sure that they were, she casts the line into the lake again... She was hoping that this would be over soon because she couldn't seem to shake the questions she so desperately wanted to ask Simmone. Her mind was not focused on the quest itself but she was trying. A sudden tug of the line, it was stronger than the last two she fished up. This had to be what they were looking for. Holding tight to the line as she reels the strong thing in. With some trouble and some time, she manages to eventually pull up hard enough to cause a larger fish out of the water. With it, two more of the fossil fish jump out of the water with it. "Now this is more of my speed," Freya says with a grin dropping the pole as the three fish jump rapidly around the boat. Pulling her weapon back up she watches the creature's movement before attacking.

ID# 182110 results: Craft: 10+1=11, Fishing up last 2 Fossil Fish and The Lurker

Edited February 7, 2021 by Freya

[Setsuna 0]

A much larger fish, the obvious target. Setsuna draws quickly in a sudden scattering bullet of cyan light in a zigzag pattern. A click of her steel shut for but a moment, before those lines transform into huge section cuts like a scalpel. It leaves red trails where it passed, as she lunges and pivots to a puff of white mist. The girl appears out of the way, a quick glance to the others who began to charge in. A single breath escapes her lips, as she corrects her stance and leans low. The inch of steel peeled from the saya billows out cold, a little squeal of a charging art coloring a little vibrant light on that sparkle. Another was on the brink of being unleashed, and Setsuna was in her element. A tool for destruction, that was what she was. This boss didn't stand any chance of surviving, and that was her oath.

San Ge [x15], -12 EN (15 - [Finesse 3]) vs. The Lurker

ID# 182111 results: Battle: 5+5+1=11, Hit vs. The Lurker dealing 22x15=330-150=180 DMG

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:47/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:74/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:769/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
(0,0,0,0) Fossil Fish 3 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1
(0,0,0,0) Fossil Fish 4 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1
(1,0,0,0) The Lurker | HP:320/500 | DMG:250 [+50, +100 on 9/10] | MIT:150 | EVA:-1 | ACC:2

Edited February 7, 2021 by Setsuna

[Freya 0]

Concentration Refreshed

She heard not a peep from the large fish... Did fish even have a cry out pain she wondered as she watches all three fish jump in unison above their heads just once before Freya strikes her weapon carefully away from her other teammates toward the fish trio. The two smaller fish burst into data instantly with impact but the other creates an explosion as the Scythe connects from the art. She watches as the Lurker's health plummets and she glances at Setsuna with a nod. She tries her best to keep her focus on the Lurker while it flops there limp from the damage that she and Setsuna had caused. In a quick instant, though it recovers its stamina again and jumps at Freya, she shifts out of the way as it hits the side of the boat causing it to wobble a bit. Freya stands by waiting to make another attack if she had to. 

Using Explode Catapult -17 EN [14-3 (Finesse) + 6 (Hits 3)]

ID# 182112 results: Battle: 3+5-2=6, Hit! vs Fossil Fish 3 Dealing 22*14=308-50=258, Killing It
ID# 182113 results: Battle: 7+5-2=10, Hit! vs Fossil Fish 4 Dealing 22*14=308-50=258, Killing It
ID# 182114 results: Battle: 7+5+1=13, Hit! vs The Lurker Dealing 22*14=308-150=158

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:47/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:57/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:73/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:810/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
(0,0,0,0) Fossil Fish 3 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1
(0,0,0,0) Fossil Fish 4 | HP:250/250 | DMG:100 [+25, +50 on 9/10] | MIT:50 | EVA:2 | ACC:1
(1,1,0,0) The Lurker | HP:162/500 | DMG:250 [+50, +100 on 9/10] | MIT:150 | EVA:-1 | ACC:2

Edited February 7, 2021 by Freya

[Simmone 0]

Hyperactive Duration [1/3], Hyperactive CD [1/3]

A slide of her hand pressed toward Setsuna, a snap of her fingers. A glimmer of golden dust, a small helix seeks the girl out. It worms it's way to her back, washing her in the same shade. A sudden skip of the girl's stamina corrects some of what she had used. Simmone knew the child would be essential to ending this quickly, she recalled what the girl had done in instances prior and was a fair bet to make. A burn of her own bar which still held that soft blue, showing that she was still augmenting its regeneration. A smile on her lips as she eyes the girl building another swing in that nasty weapon of hers, eager to place something more lethal in her grasp. If this is what she could do with something produceable anywhere. A glance to Freya the same as a chain detonation of small fry. That would be something to see.

Simmone casts Energize on Setsuna (+8 EN), -10 EN, ID# 182115 results: Craft: 5 [No Proc]

Players:
Setsuna | HP:820/820 | EN:55/82 | DMG:22 | EVA:3 | ACC:5
Freya | HP:760/760 | EN:57/74 | DMG:22 | EVA:2 | ACC:5 | BLD:24 | REC:1
Simmone | HP:780/780 | EN:67/78 | DMG:1 | EVA:1 | ACC:3 | BLD:12 | LD:5 | KEEN:1 | REC:4
Griswold | HP:769/810 | EN:76/78 | DMG:9 | MIT:84 | ACC:2 | THRNS:36 | REC:2 | TAUNT

Enemy:
(1,1,0,0) The Lurker | HP:162/500 | DMG:250 [+50, +100 on 9/10] | MIT:150 | EVA:-1 | ACC:2