[F9-PP] Consuming Flames (Guardian of Fire)

[Eruda 0]

Eruda stands, staring at the quest board on floor 9. Some of the quests here she had yet to take and she needed to check another off her list. Raserei rubs against her leg as she gives a small coo. The wolf felt at home here. It was where she was born and raised by her fathers kiln. She was sure it wouldn't be the last time she was on this floor, but today she was here for strictly business. Raserei enjoying herself was just a plus. Eruda prepared for a long travel as she takes the Guardian of Fire quest. Eruda turns and leans her back against the pole of this board and opens the guild messaging system. She knew very well that she was not made of damage output and she needed the team to help her deal what she couldn't. Sending a message through the chat:
 

To: Firm Anima From Eruda I need a party to assist me on the Guadian of Fire quest. Floor 9, prepare for a travel. I will not wait long.

A chime of her HUD as she sends the message. She closes her menu and closes her eyes, taking a deep breath in. She was starting to get use to the hot environment. It started to feel nice against her skin. Although the floor was excruciatingly hot, her fire within and out burned hotter. It was almost enjoyable...

Eruda | HP:890/890 | EN:86/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Spoiler

Name: Eruda
Level: 43
HP: 890/890
EN: 86/86

Stats:
Damage: 3
Mitigation: 117
BH:26
BLD:24
TAUNT
THRNS:36
REC:1
EVA: -1

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Unforgiving Edge - Malice T2: (Bleed 2, Taunt)
Armor: Reinforced Plate - Lily T2: Damage Mitigation 3 (+54 Mitigation)
Misc: Stalwart Defender T2: (Thorns 2, Recovery 1)

Skills:
Heavy Armor [Rank 5]
One-Handed Curved Sword [Rank 2]
Fighting Spirit [Obtained]
Howl [Obtained]
Block [Rank 4]
Battle Healing [Rank 3]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Protector (Rank 1)

Mods:
Stonewall

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal
Ebon Tether - Beauty (+3 Loot Dice)

 

Edited March 21, 2021 by Eruda

[Setsuna 0]

Setsuna eyes the line intently as it spins, a glimmer on the cable as it whirs and the fish on the other end fights back. A twist of her wrist with small hands begins to peel it ashore, doing this strange hobby that she was doing purely out of curiosity. She was looking to fish up whatever it was that was sought. What her master sought, and once pulled free shows a medium sized trout floundering on the line. A single prompt that breaks her attentions, as the wind played softly through her hair on this wooden platform, feet dangling into the clear blue liquid. Dropping her catch off to her right, still wiggling desperate to escape. A jab of her hand as she slides the menu open. The fish enters her inventory as she begins to read. From Eruda.

A soft exhale for this meant that her break was over. Setsuna peels her feet from the lake, removing her thighs from the edge and offering the pole to the NPC that frequented this place. Another flash of light removes her katana from its stash, sliding it into the sash on her hip. An easy change from relaxing to combat ready, she makes motions to the city of Coral. To the warp gate and through the crowded streets, she pays passerby little acknowledgement. A murmur of floor 9's settlement forces the platform beneath her to swell with energy, glowing bright blue and bringing about a snap of power. She ends up in the heat, much to her dismay. Setsuna wasn't one for these conditions.

Mega Slime Farm Activated: +2 SP upon Thread Closure

Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:94/94 | DMG:16 | EVA:3 | ACC:3

Spoiler

Setsuna, Firm Anima Assassin
Level: 47
HP: 940/940
EN: 94/94

Stats:
Damage: 16
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 3

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]
Charge [Rank 2]

Extra Skills:
Disguise
Familiar (Fighter) R1

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity
Athletics
Vanish
Surprise Attack (Assassin)

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 [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.

 

Edited March 24, 2021 by Setsuna

[Kasumi 0]

In the fields of crossing taking in the sights, the lush green beneath her feet, making a soft crunch with each footfall. The brightly lit sun made the place come alive, and on the wind were a few dormant petals that dance through the air in curves. That very same current holds the girls' hair aloft in strands, she takes a hand and corrects what jumps behind her ear with a smile. A ding makes her pause. "Oh a message." She quips in earnest, looking to and tapping the flashing blue dot with an envelope painted on it. It opens and reveals not only the goal but the culprit.

A soft nod from Kasumi, as she takes to a sprint through the flowers. Near the settlement she hops up and over the wall and a clatter of her feet finds purchase to the light tan stone path. Another tiny hop finds her slowed on the warp gate, and a mutter of a phrase forces it to activate. The whole place is washed blue in a flare, and she's immediately greeted by the smell of sulfur and a dull orange glow. The heat comes next and begins to cling to the back of her neck.

Kasumi | HP:860/860 | EN:86/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24

Spoiler

Kasumi, The Crashing Wave
Level: 43
HP: 860/860
EN: 86/86

Stats:
Damage: 14
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 3
BLD:24

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Mugen's Lineage - Growth [T2/Perfect] Damage 2, Bleed 1
Armor: Mugen Tenshin Decree [T1/Perfect] (3 Accuracy)
Misc: White Red-trimmed Gee [T1/Perfect] (3 Evasion)

Skills:
Martial Arts [Rank 5]
Light Armor [Rank 3]
Hiding [Rank 4] + 1

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity
Athletics
Vanish

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [T1/Perfect/Support/Instant] +60 HP*2
Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2*1
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:
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 [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.

 

[Shiina 0]

Taking a sip of a random potion of the shelf, it tastes bitter and Shiina on instinct drops it. To the shopkeeper's horror who notices her with the crash, a layer of glass and slowly stretching puddle beneath her feet. "What are you!?" He barks out in a way that makes the girl's head sink. "Whoops, My bad dawg" she yelps as she begins to sprint, as the guy reaches out for the back of her clothes frivolously. Shiina slips through his fingers and glides out the door with the pitter patter of her feet, turning on her heels and flashing an outstretched tongue in defiance. "Why you little!" The guy barks out and begins to pursue her once again, but the little tyrant was a bit too quick for him even in her armor. The glory of being a high level was all those reflexes were heightened.

A ding as she rushes through the settlement on floor 7, mere leagues from Freya & Gaius and causing mischief. "Noice." The girl extrudes finally finding a spot to check it out, and whisking the menu open she reads its context. "Sick, count me in dude." Tapping back a response rather quickly, before she starts to pink panther her way past the man searching for her. Shiina makes it maybe like 5 steps before the man yells "STOP!" which forces her to start running with a smile. Onto the gate, she barks out the destination followed by "Later succa!"

Mega Slime Farm Activated: +2 SP upon Thread Closure

Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3

Spoiler

Shiina, The Resonant Valkyre
Level: 41
HP: 820/820
EN: 82/82

Stats:
Damage: 1
Mitigation: 89
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 5]

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:
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]

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.

 

[Eruda 0]

Eruda watches the gate, one after another as 3 people from her guild appear. She smiles as each show through. Eruda gather her barring with a nod to each as they appear. Raserei runs up to the group greeting them in her own way. Eruda explains that is was going to be a travel and that she brought what was needed to service their hunger if i came down to that. 

They all start to walk through this heat that took there skin and at each nightfall they took to rest. This last night was rough as it was very hot and Eruda was getting used to the heat, but was not yet akeened to it. Eruda knew where she was heading after this... The shower...  After a long 3rd night of this journey they arrive in the area that this quest was to take place. Raserei jumps onto Eruda's chest to wake her from slumber. Eruda rubs her eyes and gets to her feet and she sees Setsuna polishing her sword and Kasumi and Shiina were still asleep. It was very early, but Eruda was used to only 4 hours of sleep. She gives a smile to Setsuna as she watches the young girl sharpen her sword.

[Setsuna 0]

A small bit of cloth drug down the length of the blade, like a ball of cotton in a pair of tweezers polishes the steel and protects it from damage. The soft bit of frost still oozing from its edge despite the heat. Eruda was the first to wake up, Setsuna simply does not sleep. She was used to the enforced penalty of exhaustion and it no longer looked to phase her, and she took small forms of meditation such as these to steel herself against them. "Raise the others, the cavern is close." Setsuna offers rather softly to the blonde tank, as her form would begin to flicker and change. A raise of that mask on her face, sliding over her nose and mouth. Within that brief instant she was gone, ready to begin the hunt once it would start. Into the pit of hades itself, no creature would stand against her might.

ID# 186169 results: Loot: 11+5=16, Successfully Hidden!

Edited March 23, 2021 by Setsuna

[Kasumi 0]

The next to rouse, it was a bit difficult to come to an alert state. Kasumi wasn't quite as frugal in her rest, needing a fair 6 to 8 to be fully aware. The night spent out on this super heated floor hadn't made it any easier either, and it was the bitter chill of Setsuna moving that had woken her up. Sliding up in her given bed roll, she eyes Eruda sheepishly reaching for her handwraps and beginning to wind them around her hands tightly. "Is it morning?" She grumbles out softly, glancing to the sky for some indicator under all that ash. It was impossible to tell. Slinking to her feet with a slight wobble, she tends to the bedroll. A push of her hands sees it rolled up and added to her inventory. A heavy yawn and a rub of her eyes with her wrist. It was time to get this finished.

[Shiina 0]

Completely still dead to the world, her arms crossed and covering her face as a soft snore played from her gullet. Shiina was going to be much harder to raise from her slumber, it would be up to the others to get her up and motivated. The girl slept like a stone, needing quite the amount of time to come back to reality. Unaware of what was going on around her, with strange dreams in festive pinks and blues tearing through her head. The girl would be muttering out the remnants of a song while she slept. Her party members would more then be aware on these last few days of travel that she was the hardest to wake up when it was time to move on, they were so close and all that was left was to rouse the tyrant from her slumber and point her at the mess she was supposed to make.

[Eruda 0]

A simple response to Setsuna saying "I will," as Kasumi comes to wakes looking a bit groggy. Shiina however, like the nights before this one was taken over by the sandman. Raserei rubs against Eruda's legs as she readjusts her equipment. She bends slightly while she looks to Shiina saying to Raserei, "Go get her..." and with that being said, she gives a small playful growl with a wag of her tail. She runs and pounces on the sleeping girl and starts to lick her face. Setsuna was out of sight, but she knew that she was waiting. After a moment, Shiina wakes with a giggle as Raserei was just making a mess of the girl with her licks.

Eventually, everyone wakes enough to continue on. They walk to the destination, and before walking in Eruda turns, "Work as a team, pay attention to one another and put these creatures down quickly. Shiina, you do what you know best. Lets move!" She gives a stern look to Kasumi and Shiina, Setsuna might of heard but Eruda already knew that she knew what to do. Eruda turns and starts to walk as she pulls her sword and shield out. Raserei by Shiina's side, keeping her awake. The environment started to become hotter, signifying that they were getting closer to their destination. With every step it burned but Eruda takes it as a positive knowing that she could handle it.

ID# 186314 results: Craft: 3, Takes 10 Damage from the environment

Eruda | HP:880/890 | EN:86/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Edited March 23, 2021 by Eruda

[Shiina 0]

ID# 186319 results: Craft: 9 [No Damage]

A sudden lump of fur and heat, a hot and rough tongue ripping across her cheek. "Five more minutes." Shiina exclaims before the thing just lays on her chest. One eye peels open, showing it was the doggo. "YOU!" Shiina extrudes wrapping her mitts around the thing rather excitedly. "Ok, Ok, I'm up." She comments to get the thing off, chunki boi. A twist of dreary eyes to look at the others who looked just as pooped. Setsuna was missing, chick never slept like ever she could swear. A puff of her cheeks, still a bit grump from just woke.

Hopping up to the flats of her feet, she glances to Eruda "K. We do the thing now." Spoken kind of like a question, but not quite. A sudden sonate bleeds from the girl as they walked, the ground shutters beneath its presence. There was power in the angelic outcry, a strange twist to the girls demeanor from chaos to harmony.

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:860/860 | EN:86/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:94/94 | DMG:19 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:880/890 | EN:86/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
Hell Hound #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #4 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50

Edited March 24, 2021 by Shiina

[Kasumi 0]

ID# 186328 results: Craft: 3 [-10 HP]

A shift of her entire outward aura, as she tore through the cavern of fire. The heat trickled some damage through, as canine creatures of ash rose from the magma littered about. A single fist obliterates the first, to a pink flash and a shower of petals. It forces her position above another, as she twirls dropping another overhead axe kick through the next. It drives it hard into the rock below, causing it to detonate. She continues to disappear and slam into the next with fist and foot, the battlefield all but clear in an instant. A twist of her body as more rose from the liquid stone like graves, A jump toward her causes her to vanish. An after image, goading it toward a freshly drawn katana in a cyan blue flash. The set up and opening created, Kasumi was chaining with Setsuna to a rather weird synchronization that did not match their opposed personalities.

Crescent Moon [x3/AoE], -9 EN (3 - [Finesse 3] + 8 (4 Targets Struck))

ID# 186324 results: Battle: 3+3=6, Hit vs. Hell Hound #1 dealing 14x3=42 DMG
ID# 186325 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG] vs. Hell Hound #2 dealing 15x3=45 DMG
ID# 186326 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG] vs. Hell Hound #3 dealing 15x3=45 DMG
ID# 186327 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG] vs. Hell Hound #4 dealing 15x3=45 DMG

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:77/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:94/94 | DMG:16 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:880/890 | EN:86/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
Hell Hound #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #4 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50

Edited March 24, 2021 by Kasumi

[Setsuna 0]

ID# 186331 results: Loot: 17+5=22, Stealth Maintained!
ID# 186332 results: Craft: 6 [No Damage]

A jagged darting of a single blue line like a ricocheting bullet, sliding through the bodies of the newly formed hostiles. Right as Kasumi's skill would enter stasis, Setsuna struck. Blinding past leaving a wake of that same dry ice like mist, that once it finds the pool of magma it causes it to cool and harden. Cracked and broken squelching the heat for but an instant. There were duplicates of the girl on the field, that fade like phantoms as she lifts her scabbard. This leaves trails of white fog that raise and disperse, as she slides the katana away with a slow slide. "Fatal Edge: Mass Hysteria." Setsuna mutters softly, a new art used and abused. The weapon clicks shut, and immediately as it does the hounds freeze over and crumble into piles. A smile hidden beneath her mask, as she turns on her heels and jumps making her turn to a cloud and simply cease to exist.

Amatsu no Homura [x8/AoE] -13 EN (8 - [Finesse 3] + 8 (4 Targets Struck)

ID# 186333 results: Battle: 3, Auto Hit vs. Hell Hound #5 dealing 18x8=144 DMG
ID# 186334 results: Battle: 8, Auto Hit vs. Hell Hound #6 dealing 18x8=144 DMG
ID# 186335 results: Battle: 8, Auto Hit vs. Hell Hound #7 dealing 18x8=144 DMG
ID# 186336 results: Battle: 2, Auto Hit vs. Hell Hound #8 dealing 18x8=144 DMG

Lethal Activation: If used next turn, the next Cast of Vanish is Free Action

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:77/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:81/94 | DMG:16 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:880/890 | EN:86/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
Hell Hound #5 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #6 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #7 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
Hell Hound #8 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50

Edited March 24, 2021 by Setsuna

[Eruda 0]

Battle Healing Activates Giving 10 HP
ID# 186348 results: Craft: 10 [No Damage]

One by one the hounds burst into data and some shatter into ice chunks before data takes the smokey air. More hounds in the distance start to approach the group as Setsuna and Kasumi vanish from her view. They were both doing their part but Eruda was amazed at how far they have both come. Glancing to Raserei who was still next to Shiina, blue flames begin to heat beneath both Eruda's and the flame wolf's feet. Raserei began to howl that gradually got louder almost mimicking Shiina's music and with that Eruda turns toward the creatures and gives out a large drawn out battle cry as a large burst of flame exit outward around her. This instantly get the hounds attention as they jump and bite into Eruda's armor. One gets bashes against the face with a shield, making data from the remains. Another, Eruda shifts slighly causing it to coast past her. The other two, one attached to her leg and the other holding a tight grip to her arm. Looking closely at her health as it didn't seem to move much at all. "NOW" Eruda call out to the others that were out of view as the hounds full attentions were on Eruda now.

Using Howl -8 EN

ID# 186339 results: MOB: 1, Miss! Hell Hound #9 vs Eruda
ID# 186340 results: MOB: 10, Major Critical! Hell Hound #10 vs Eruda, Dealing 100-117=1 Damage
ID# 186341 results: MOB: 8, Hits! Hell Hound #11 vs Eruda, Dealing 50-117=1 Damage, Taking 36 Thorns, Killing It!
ID# 186342 results: MOB: 9, Minor Critical! Hell Hound #12 vs Eruda, Dealing 75-117=1 Damage

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:82/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:77/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:81/94 | DMG:16 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:887/890 | EN:78/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #9 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #10 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #11 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #12 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50

Edited March 24, 2021 by Eruda

[Shiina 0]

ID# 186344 results: Craft: 7 [No Damage]

"Guys, It's hot. I hate it." Shiina extrudes between the notes, finding the outcry from Eruda forces a swell of power as she gains intensity. The surface below them begins to form cracks, the sound sucking away the energy from the targets and softening them up. On the horizon forms the leader, the alpha, the big kahuna. He too begins to feel the effects of her anthem, drawing slightly its strength and forcing it to slow and feel as though Shiina was draining out its soul. Her sonata was truly chaos, when focused worked to destroy everything the creatures had for defense and offense in an instant. That voice was just becoming more and more terrifying as the songstress continued to gain strength. Even though she was completely oblivious to it at all. A staggered foot from the largest, heavy panting as the others begin to release their hold on the tank.

Shiina casts Sharpness on Setsuna (+2 DMG for two rounds), -12 EN, Sharpness CD [0/2]

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:70/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:77/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:81/94 | DMG:16 | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:877/890 | EN:78/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #9 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #10 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #12 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)

Edited March 24, 2021 by Shiina

[Kasumi 0]

Next to Eruda Kasumi appears, folding her right arm around one's neck and a solid jerk up sees it broken. The thing falls, as the blossom pirroettes around the blonde tank's shield bash destroys a lunging culprit. Her heel drags across and slams it across the jaw, causing it to twist with a crunch. Eruda readjusts and takes a step forward, as Kasumi slips beneath her and shoves a bladed set of fingertips through the flanking one's skull. Like a beautiful waltz between the two girls, the two dance their opponents to oblivion in a spray of flames and petals. A soft exhale as they stop, a shared smile broken by a large howl in the distance. The boss had spawned, and was filled with ire to his fallen kin. A glance to the blonde tank as they would make a move against it, catching only a glimmer of cyan. Setsuna had already started the hunt.

Crescent Moon [x3/AoE], -7 EN (3 - [Finesse 3] + 6 (3 Targets Struck)), Concentration Activated (+1 Accuracy), Concentration CD [0/3]

ID# 186345 results: Battle: 8+3=11, Hit vs. Hell Hound #9 dealing 14x3=42 DMG
ID# 186346 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG] vs. Hell Hound #10 dealing 15x3=45 DMG
ID# 186347 results: Battle: 9, Minor Critical [+1 DMG] vs. Hell Hound #12 dealing 15x3=45 DMG

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:70/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:71/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:940/940 | EN:81/94 | DMG:16(+2) | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:877/890 | EN:78/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #9 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #10 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,3] Hell Hound #12 | HP:30/30 | DMG:50
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)

Edited March 24, 2021 by Kasumi

[Setsuna 0]

Vanish Activated, -6 EN, ID# 186349 results: Loot: 1, Failure!, Sharpness Duration [1/2]
ID# 186353 results: Craft: 5 [-10 HP]

A howl cut short before it could continue. The thing begins to pant heavily, taking more troubled and faltering steps toward the tank and the orange haired girl. It staggers, its front left leg caving beneath it. Once it does, you could just faintly see Setsuna behind it. The vision was slightly muggy through the heats grip, but clear was that blueish hue in that distortion. "And so it ends, Mortal Draw: Erasure." Setsuna murmurs beneath her breath, drawing the trigger to take hold with the word and a closed weapon. Forming around the creature was a solid block of ice, that begins to condensate slowly from the fires around it. The thing trapped in that glass was long dead, it had yet to fall in twain. But it was dead, and once it thawed out that would become clear. Until then it would remain a statue like taxidermy locked in that state of horror as it knew it was dying.

Amatsu no Homura [x8/AoE] -11 EN (8 - [Finesse 3] + 6 (3 Targets Struck)

ID# 186350 results: Battle: 4+3=7, Hit vs. Ceberus Head #1 dealing 18x8=144 DMG
ID# 186351 results: Battle: 7+3=7, Hit vs. Ceberus Head #2 dealing 18x8=144 DMG
ID# 186352 results: Battle: 10, Major Critical [+2 DMG] vs. Ceberus Head #3 dealing 20x8=160 DMG

Players:
Shiina | HP:820/820 | EN:70/82 | DMG:1 | MIT:89 | MENDING:1 | REC:4 | LD:3
Kasumi | HP:850/860 | EN:71/86 | DMG:14 | EVA:3 | ACC:3 | BLD:24
Setsuna | HP:930/940 | EN:65/94 | DMG:16(+2) | EVA:3 | ACC:3
Eruda | HP:877/890 | EN:78/86 | DMG:3 | MIT:117 | EVA:-1 | BLD:24 | TAUNT | THRNS:36 | REC:1 | BH:26 | DoT -25%

Mobs:
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #1 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #2 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)
[0,0,0,0] Cerberus Head #3 | HP:30/30 | DMG:80 | BRN:10 | FULL PHASE (9-10)

Edited March 24, 2021 by Setsuna

[Eruda 0]

Before they could act, a glance to the ice sculpture provided by Setsuna. Fear filled each eye that laid upon these heads. The ice shatters into pieces and soon after turns to data as Eruda's blue flames fade. It was most definitely over. Nothing here stood a chance. It was a scary thought of what Setsuna was becoming but hopefully it was for the greater good. "Today was a major success, I am very proud of everyone." Eruda came to realize that every team she worked with was getting better at working together. She didn't exactly know when it started happening, but was grateful that it was the case. The more she worked with everyone, in every instance, they have shifted in one way or another. She was excited to see how Firm Anima would turn out. "Let's get out of this heat," she says, pulling a crystal from her pouch and a hand outstretched to little Shiina as she looks to Setsuna and Kasumi. Raserei runs to Eruda's side rubbing her warm frame against her legs.

Edited March 24, 2021 by Eruda

[Shiina 0]

The popsicle exploded, leaving nothing left of their little quest as it disappeared in a flash. "Noice." Shiina expressed as she honed up with Eruda leaving the mouth of the cavern. Outside Eruda begins to produce crystals for them and prepare a sitrep. "Ooh gimme." Shiina reaches out with both hands. remembering what this thingy was. As its handed into her mitts, she turns it sharp side toward her face. "Me first, last one there is a rotten egg! Floor 22, Forest of Memories." She exclaims jamming the stone against her forehead like a beer can, it shatters as it leaves a red line on her forehead from the impact. A blue glow in a jerk and she rides that roller coaster to her destination. Landing just outside the treeline near Coral. "Those things are the bomb, I wanna do it again!" Scaring the little shit out of someone on the road heading out, with her outburst.

[Kasumi 0]

"Agreed" Kasumi says to Eruda as Shiina almost immediately disappears, rushing off to that next shot of adrenaline. "We did well, there were no issues." As Setsuna walks past them both, that smile persists and there was a twist of her body. "Thank you Setsuna." Kasumi murmured, she knew full well what it was the girl had done. The boss was charging them down in that last instant, while both were stuck in skill stasis. It would have a lot worse if Setsuna didn't end it while they were trapped. A step toward her and an offer of a hand toward the yin, her opposite in everything except but the single shared method. A gesture of good will as the girl was finally understanding her tutelage enough to see that Setsuna, in her serious albeit brash mentality and approach. No matter how much she didn't like it, the direct shove right into lethality on all fronts. Like slaying baby hornets, that Setsuna...

Was not wrong

[Setsuna 0]

It was almost odd, this sudden shift. Normally the girl could not stand her in the slightest, assuming her methods barbaric despite their necessity, yet here she was praising them after all this time. What changed? This slight swap in how she approached her at all?

No two people agree in all things over all of time.

A glance down to her hand, reaching for the mask on her lips and pulling it down to reveal her chin and cheeks. Sliding her katana into the cloth sash on her hip, and looking to Kasumi with her smile with an intense stare heavy enough to punch a hole clean through her although she seemed unfazed. Reaching forward and clutching a hand with her own, offering a burn to her skin that was much colder than the blossom. The yang, the opposite that saw the best of any situation and found a solution that wasn't so immediately obvious. "You finally understand what it is I am trying to accomplish?" Setsuna muttered with almost a semblance of embarrassment audible under it, if you listened to that tiny waver in the tone. Like Freyd, she'd learn to accept the ideals that differed from her own. "Then we can finally work together."

Vanity Tag: @Freyd

Edited March 24, 2021 by Setsuna