[F28] I Really Want to Stay at Your House

[Jomei 0]

 

  

Jomei the emerald duelist

Spoiler notes Level: 34 | Paragon: 83 | Tier: 4(12)  Jomei | HP: 1000/1000 | EN: 138/138 | DMG: 21 | MIT:44 | ACC:3 | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA:4 | BH:55 | HB: 44 | VAMP-D: 110 | BLI: 32/-20  | LD:1  Equipment: Vicious Mockery : ACC II | Taunt | Blight  Fencer's Regalia - Trepidation: Vamp D II | HB | MIT  Token of Serenity: HB| EVA III   equipped Vicious Mockery Fencer's Regalia - Trepidation Token of Serenity battle-ready inventory skills Spoiler Skills Rapier R5 | TECH Spec. Combat Mastery DMG R3 Cloth Armor R5 Charge B Healing R5 Energist MA R2 Howl Fighting Spirit Quick Change Extra: Concentration Survival   Parry Forgotten King's Authority Assault Mode  Lady Luck Meditation Mods Athletics Emergency Recovery Vengeful Riposte Justified Riposte Addons Stamina  Focus Precision Nimble Focused Howl data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== buffs Spoiler 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)     Tasty: Turn 2 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Lesser Feast. Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts. Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps.  Multipurpose: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll Item Stash: +1 BRI slot Advanced Training: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==

 

Midnight, possibly, or close to it. The suns light had faded hours ago and the red canopy that made up the Fire Forest were a much less brilliant color in the dull moonlight. Branches swayed in the wind, the rustling of their leaves sounding very much like the pattering of rain - a sound that he had grown sick of after countless days fighting off wave after wave of monsters on the 29th floor. Jomei needed a break, even if just a day, just some time to rest and recuperate. None of them would be able to continue fighting if they continued like this.. and with all of the curveballs they had been pitched on that hellscape of a floor, who knows what tomorrow could bring. Nothing was ordinary about this floor, and the looming threat of the next floor boss was no different. The fight could be days away, it could be hours. They wouldn't know until the time came.

Despite how much his body wanted to give out, how every muscle and bone that made up his virtual form ached, he could not find sleep.

Jomei sat on the edge of his bed, staring down at the floorboards. With everything going on he needed something.. something real and concrete that he could anchor himself down to, before he was carried away by the stress and uncertainty of it all. Lower lip between his teeth, he would gently bite down as he hesitantly summoned his menus with a small flick of his finger. "I need to see her.." he would say to himself, his voice nearly a whisper. 

Hey, you up?  No, this wasn't some late night booty call.
Can we talk? Three of the most stressful words anyone could hear, definitely not.

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To: Lessa

Hey,

Sorry I hope this message doesn't wake you up if you're sleeping.  I've got a lot on my mind.. boss fight and all that. You know, usual stuff for frontliners like us.

((Humor doesn't carry over so well in text..))

I'm having one of those restless nights. Funny how life does that, huh? Work yourself to the bone, and when you finally hit your pillow, you can't find sleep. 

((Now he was just stalling and rambling..))

Can we meet up? If you're awake, that is. I need the distraction and well, if I'm being honest. I don't really want to be alone tonight. Not like that but I just..

I could really use my favorite person right now. 

Jomei

 

[Lessa 1]

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To: Jomei

Knock knock.

Lessa

It took a few minutes. Perhaps he was in the middle of something, or he didn't immediately understand the point of her message. But when he finally swung open his front door, he found her smiling up at him. "Special delivery!" she declared, wiggling her shoulders excitedly. "One order of your favorite person!" Then she lifted up a plastic bag in the space between them. "And also ice cream! Because shitty nights call for ice cream."

Without waiting for an invitation, she slipped under his arm and scooted to his kitchen. Though their relationship was still new, she had been over to his house enough times to remember where to find it. And what a gorgeous kitchen it was, all clean and practically shining beneath the artificial lights. She couldn't see it, but she knew that just beyond the big windows, the Fire Forest sprawled in all directions. It was, in a word, spectacular. He'd done a fantastic job with it, and the Château de Feu was an enormous step-up from his old apartment in Taft. Someone as impressive as Jomei deserved a home that matched his brilliance.

She ventured a glance over her shoulder at the man as she plopped the bag down on his counter. As the damp plastic landed, a half dozen pints clunked against each other, and one rolled free of its non-biodegradable bonds. "I didn't know what you liked," Lessa hurried to explain. "So I grabbed, uh, mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, rocky road, cookie dough, cookies and cream, and-" she lunged for the final pint, scooping it up before it could yeet itself of the counter, "-strawberry. Well, the cookie dough is for me. But the others are for you."

As she tucked the runaway container back in the bag, she gave him a devilish grin. It softened, along with her eyes, the longer she looked at him. Finally, she added, "I'd be willing to share my cookie dough with you, I guess."

꧁༺Lessa༻꧂   Lessa, Guardian of Aincrad True Tier: 10 Level: 34 Paragon Level: 60 HP: 980/980 EN: 130/130 Stats: Damage: 18 Mitigation: 127 Battle Healing: 29 Stealth Rating: -5 HB: 39 MENDING: 2 REC: 8 HLY: 8 Equipped Gear: Weapon/Armor/Trinket:    - Arcael's Might (T4 THSS - DMG DMG DMG HLY)                                                                                                         Armor/Trinket:    - Vega's Panoply (T4 HA - THNS THNS HB HB)                                                                                                              Shield/Armor/Trinket:    - Red Tide Beacon - Venus (T4 TRINKET - LM LM REC REC) Combat Mastery:   - Combat Mastery: Mitigation R3 Combat Shift:   - ST Shift Familiar Skill:   - Rending Familiar Skills:   - Battle Healing R3   - Energist   - Extended Weight Limit   - Heavy Armor R5   - Straight Sword R3 Extra Skills:   - First Aid R5   - Leadership R5 Addons:   - Field Medic   - Hyperactive   - Iron Skin Mods:   - Barrier   - Energize   - Inspiring Speech   - Large Pockets   - Press the Attack Battle Ready Inventory:   - Blessing of the Wood x4   - Chocolate Truffles (T4 Vitality II Desserts) x13   - Congealing Ale (Tierless Antidote Salves) x4   - March to the Dawn (Instant HP Recovery 3) x14   - Rumbling Rum Party Favor (Tierless Mass HP Recovery Crystals) x13   - Teleportation Crystal x14   - Tiger's Balm (Tierless Antidote Salves) x1 Housing Buffs:   - Master Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat   - Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)   - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.   - Attic (Storage): +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests   - Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.   - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll Crafting Profession:  - Blacksmith[465exp] R6 Gathering Profession:  - Forager[0exp] R1

[Jomei 0]

Fwoosh

Small flames ignited in a ring around the burner just under the cast iron grates. Over time, the heat from the wood burning stove would bring the water within the lavender kettle to a boil. But as all good things, it required some time and patience. He wanted to wait to see if he would get a message back anyway.. although he held his doubts. Sighing heavily, he would lean his rear end against the table across the kitchen and just.. stare. The orange of the fire reflected off of his olive green eyes as the ginger watched the flames dance within their black iron cell. Perhaps the tea would help calm his racing mind or help him find sleep at last. 

Steam began to pour from kettle, the whistle at the mouth pulling him from his trance. Good thing too, for he would have missed the notification for an incoming message to his inbox. "Knock knock?" Jomei would repeat, tilting his head curiously. Had she gotten his message and actually... showed up at his house? Lessa was one of the few that actually knew of his new home on the twenty eighth floor, so it wasn't out of the question. But to traverse through the dark forest at this hour. The growing flutter in his chest picked him up from his lean to move towards the door.. doubling back to remove the kettle from the stove and snuffing out the fire within.

Opening the door, wearing an unbuttoned, charcoal henley and some black joggers he smiled down at the unexpected blonde. "Express shipping and everything. How much is this going to cost me?" Something about the way she entered his home, passing through the genkan (one of the few aspects of Japanese culture that he mixed into his home) and into the kitchen.. How she moved with such a familiarity and comfort being in his space, without waiting for Jomei was a comfort in itself. So with a bright smile, he followed her into the kitchen to get a glimpse of her haul. 

Various flavors of ice cream nearly rolled out of a bag as she set it down on the counter, claiming one for herself. Jomei narrowed his eyes at Lessa before taking small steps towards her, "And.. what if I said that cookie dough was my favorite?" his tone playfully threatening. Using his height to his advantage, he looked down at her for a moment before reaching into the bag and snatching the pint of mint chocolate chip for himself. "I guess I'll settle for my second favorite." That was a lie, mint chocolate was his favorite. Taking the other containers of ice cream Lessa had brought, he would place them into a freezer box, "I ever tell you that you're the best?" he'd say over his shoulder. After taking out a spoon for Lessa, and another for himself, he opened another cupboard over his stove. "Tea?" he asked, placing two mugs on the counter. "I've got plenty of different flavors."