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[SP - F1] Coincidence <<EaL | Gatherer>>


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Kura found himself back on floor 1, though this time it was not for nostalgia sake. No, he was searching for Daemien's campsite, a cook that tended to travel from floor to floor. While he was acquaintances with a cook now, there something special about the food to Kura. What he didn't realize was that he actually liked bland food, and Daemien's cuisine excelled in that department. 

Putting aside the wandering cook's ability in cooking, Kura poked around the forests where he first met the other player, when he spotted a camp fire in the distance. Thinking it was Daemien, Kura began walking towards the encampment. To his surprise however, it was not the encampment, no it was location of the Gatherer quest line.

Walking out of her wagon, Giovanni regarded Kura with a curious look. It was bright and early in the morning, and it seemed to the NPC that Kura would be the first player to either barter for materials or ask for her wisdom. And so, she began her spiel...

Right on time to see Kura turn right back around and walk away.

(Player Stats)

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Kura | Lv. 11 | HP: 220/140 | EN: 40/40 | DMG: 9 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 3

Equipped Items:

  • | "Betsy” | Warhammer | 2 Handed Weapon | Tier 1 | Rare | Damage/Damage | 
  • "Small Peppermint Sack" | Trinket | Tier 1 | Perfect | Accuracy/Accuracy/Accuracy |
  • | "Gold Rings" | Trinket | Tier 1 | Perfect | Evasion/Evasion/Evasion |

Skills:

  • | “War Hammer“ | Rank 4 | Weapon Skill | Passive | 
  • | "Charge" | Combat Skill | Post Action |
  • | "Searching" | Rank 4 | Utility Skill | Passive |

Consumed Items:

  • N/A

Battle-Ready Inventory:

  • | 3x “Starter Healing Potions” | Potion | - | Heals 50 HP |
  • | 1x "Teleport Crystal" | Crystal | Use a post action to activate a teleport crystal. Teleports the player to the town or designated teleportation area they specify.
  • | 1x "Coffee" | Potion | Consumable | Tier 1 | Perfect | HP Recovery/HP Recovery/HP Recovery|

 

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"Wait."

It ticked Giovanni a little that after both seeing and hearing her, this player didn't hesitate to immediately backtrack. And so she had her hand on his shoulder, with a smile that held barely contained annoyance at Kura, who simply just had a raised eyebrow.

"You. Are you not here to purchase materials?"

"No, not particularly."

"... Not even to find how to gather materials yourself?"

"I was not, but now I'm interested."

Letting go of Kura's shoulder with a sigh, she rubbed her eyes as she struggled to contain her displeasure for other people. There was a reason why she preferred her herbs over others, even to the point of isolating themselves from her other fellow NPC's. Doubly so for players who would show up at the most strangest of times to interrupt her work.

Pushing down her inner thoughts, she handed Kura the compass and abbreviated her normal spiel.

"Use compass, find shard."

"Got it."

<<Quest Accepted>>

<<Obtained Cursed Compass>>

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After being sent off by Giovanni with those specific instructions, Kura made his way to the less beaten paths of the forests. There was still plenty of sunshine left in the day once he set off on his new found quest, so Kura was able to see the forest clearly enough, though when the canopy of the forest was dense enough to block out sunlight, he still could rely on the "Glow Stone" he received from the "Let There Be Light" quest.

Idly, he wondered about how the family was doing on floor two. Thoughts of whether NPC's were truly grateful after the quest had been completed wandered through his mind, and mobs had a sentience of there own wandered through his mind. He pushed those musings aside however as he brushed off another patch of foliage to reveal nothing of interest. Kura wasn't exactly sure what counted as a material or not, much less demonic shard. 

He reasoned to himself that he'll figure it out once he saw it.

(Searching for Materials, Fail)

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ID: 196234 | LD: 3 CD: 6 | Fail

 

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Now, for the reasons why Kura was interested in what was a task that took perception and patience, two things that Kura knew he lacked, was due to the fact that while yes while he may have had materials now, there was no guaranteeing that he would be able to gain resources at the same rate in the future. 

There was also the point where he thought perhaps he could grab something edible along the way, due to the fact that he forgot to pack lunch, which was another reason why he was seeking out Daemien's shop.

His eyes wandered the forest, but there wasn't anything that stood out amongst the normal foliage. Kura, while he may now have the searching skill, had also never been the most detail oriented of people, causing him to overlook most of what could be considered materials that he just simply dismissed as normal plants. There was also the fact that his main objective was the "Demonic Shard", an item that he had no description for.

(Searching for Materials, Fail)

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ID: 196235 | LD: 10 CD: 11 | Fail

 

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Quietly, he noted that this was turning into a wild goose chase. While a "Demonic Shard" sounded like something that would stick out amongst the non demonic surroundings, he couldn't exactly be too sure of such a thing. His only lead was the compass, however, even if he followed it and led him to the area, there was also no explained method of harvesting the shard nor whether or not such a thing was dangerous.

Kura noted all of these things down in his head, internally nodded, and threw it all away.

There wasn't much of a point of overthinking it from Kura's viewpoint, he would simply just grab whatever the shady compass pointed with his bare hands, hope it looked devilish and creepy enough to pass as a. "Demonic Shard", and chuck it at the quest NPC. Not the most complex of plans, but Kura has never been one of thinking things through. 

Which is why he stepped over another material.

(Searching for Materials, Fail)

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ID: 196236 | LD: 2 CD: 7 | Fail

 

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His thoughts quietly turned back to the NPC's, mostly about that one specific one. The quest NPC from "The Gemini". It was a strange topic for him to broach, as it was the first time he felt he was intimate with someone other than family. Not in the romantic sense, but simply relaxing with a fellow that he felt comfortable with.

It was weird to him that there was someone else, even if they were an NPC, actually enjoyed his company enough to stay with him for a whole entire night. Even going so far as to allow him to rest and stand vigil against any stray mobs that would do him harm. Oddly touched by this kind gesture, he wondered whether or not he should just stick with NPC's and ditch interacting with players entirely.

He sighed though as he buried the thought. Kura remembered that he promised himself that he would at least try to interact with others, when he was on the outside world, and he's procrastinated on that for long enough.

(Searching for Materials, Fail)

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ID: 196237 | LD: 10 CD: 7 | Fail

 

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Eventually, he came to a compromise with himself, saying that he could have the best of both worlds by remaining friends with the NPC's along the way so long as he continued talking to the other folk. Strangely enough, as bad as their first interaction was, Giovanni and Kura shared many similarities, a fact that Giovanni herself would shudder at.

That said, Kura had been getting wrapped up with more players as of late. There was the adventure with Blueberry and Nian, the boss hunting with Blueberry, hunting the Hoya with Yuurei, Ice cream with DAY, and punching rocks with NIGHT. He wasn't averse to the fact that he suddenly became more social, but it was strange to him that it was easier to interact with others in a virtual reality rather than a real one, considering the fact that one for the most part spent majority of their lives in the said real one.

Speaking of real, Kura brushed off some foliage and found a real cool mushroom.

(Searching for Materials, +1 Material)

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ID: 196238 | LD: 20 CD: 2 | +1 Material

 

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Kura himself had no such thoughts about why it is easier to interact with a inanimate screen rather than fellow human beings face to face, no, he was still searching for that "Demonic Shard". And then suddenly, he heard whispering from the direction that the compass was pointing towards.

Raising an eyebrow, he slowly got closer to the source of the noise with curiosity. As he drew closer, the sound of faint crying within the chorus of whispers was picked up by Kura. Soon, the volume grew defeaning as the compass in hand spun wildly with enough force to physically vibrate in his hands. 

Realizing that he was right on top of his quest objective, Kura kneeled and brushed away the foliage underneath him to reveal a pitch black crystal with blood seemingly dripping from it's crevices.. As soon as he unveiled it, the voices suddenly went quiet, leaving an eerie silence. However, as soon as Kura reached down and grabbed the crystal, a low, guttural voice whispered in the back of his mind.

"F̴̢̆̏r̴̰̔e̸͓̝͗e̷͈̊ ̵̲͝m̵̪̬̔ë̸͙̻́"

"No."

Kura then promptly put the creepy gem in his inventory and began to make his way back to Giovanni.

(Searching for Material, +1 Demonic Shard)

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ID: 196239 | LD: 16 CD: 10 | +1 Demonic Shard

 

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