NIGHT 0 Posted July 12 #1 Share Posted July 12 | NIGHT | Lv. 154 >> P. 120, Lv. 34 | Status: // Notes: stats for tier 3 sync. PT: refunding all SP. PT: biting x9 -> +18 DMG Spoiler NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE equipped oathkeeper. HLY II, PHASE, AA regards. EVA II, HB II signet. ACC III, EVA battle-ready inventory Teleport Crystal (3) | TELEPORT imugi's inspiration. (5) | MASS HP RECOVERY skills Spoiler mod count: 0/5 STRAIGHT SWORD | RANK 5/5 ferocity, stamina, precision shift: st COMBAT MASTERY: DMG | RANK 3/3 BATTLE HEALING | RANK 5/5 UNHINDERED extra SURVIVAL CONCENTRATION buffs Spoiler statue KUMATETSU | +1 DMG consumables Liquor of Light | DMG III Breakfast Fry | PROTEIN III* filled. Crème Brûlée | ACC II tiger's balm. | ANTIDOTE III paragon Lv. 5 | Gain additional col equivalent to 15% of EXP earned in that thread. Lv. 10 | +1 LD to looting. sword arts Spoiler en cost matches multiplier unless stated otherwise. shift underlined. ST | x15 -> x18 | x23 AOE | x11 -> x14 TECH-A | x12 | STUN | 13EN TECH-B | x12 | DELAY TECH-D | x12 | SHATTER TECH-F | x8 | AOE STUN TECH-G | x12 | BURN misc. Spoiler housing Dimensional Backpack, Item Stash | +2 Battle-Ready Inventory Slots. Well Rested | -1 EN for the first three expenditures of each combat. Relaxed | +(5 * Tier) HP per out-of-combat post. Full energy restoration occurs after two turns out of combat. Squeaky Clean | -25% DoT damage taken from the first DoT applied to this player in a thread. Skylight: Searching | +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cooldown of 30 days to reassign. Multipurpose | +1 LD/Prosperity/Stealth/Detection to one post per thread. Can be applied after a roll. Filling | +1 T1 slot to a food consumed by this player in a thread. Can exceed Cook enhancement caps. Col Deposit | +5% col from loot-minimum mobs, +10% col from treasure chests. foraging | r2 | xp: 69/150 Greenhouse | +2 G.EXP, +1 CD&LD to gathering attempts. Familiar: Profession | +2 G.EXP Demeter's Cornucopia | +1 CD to gathering attempts. Spoiler field boss. NEMEAN LION | HP: 2090/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. drop. Neamean Fur (T3/Consumable/Single Use); For a single battle, provide the user with BLOODCLOT, as well as immunity to all action inhibiting conditions at the cost of 6*Tier MIT. they’re on the seventeenth. dappled orange light flickers amidst plains of grass, all gold. they wade against the tides, all shifting with the wind. ahead of them is mount olympus. none of them speak. there’s no point in the conversation, so either of them thought. they have their allegiances, their mutual alliance, a foundational trust built on a secret, the bond between them tentative and shallow. the wind nips at their faces, cold and chilly — the man amongst them doesn’t wince until the woman tailing behind him does. they pace the outskirts. each entity present is looking for something. the ones with green cursors over their head have a shared objective. their prey, predators of their own, share another. but only one amongst them rise to the challenge, once the scouts have deduced the positioning of their victims. the nemean’s pride, their leader, steps up amongst the brush. he remains unseen to the hunters. Link to post Share on other sites
Demian 0 Posted July 12 #2 Share Posted July 12 Demian | L32 | HP: 740/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | MIT: 204 | ACC: 7 | AA | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 5 | BH:37 Spoiler notes. stats for tier 3 sync. PT: utilizing 185 SP. PT: resolute x8 -> 168 MIT Spoiler equipped sword. ACC III, ABS. ACC armor. MIT III (36) phantom. EVA III br-inventory Teleport Crystal (1) Ordsea Crystal-B | FREE ACTION: +5 HATE/THREAD skills Spoiler mods: 2/5 STRAIGHT SWORD R5 st-shift. precision, ferocity COMBAT MASTERY DMG R3 BATTLE HEALING R5 extra skills: n/a. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== buffs Spoiler smores | EVA II Crème Brûlée | ACC II data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== sword arts Spoiler ST | x15 -> x18 | x23 AOE | x11 -> x14 TECH-A | x12 | STUN | 13EN TECH-B | x12 | DELAY TECH-F | x8 | AOE STUN data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw== suddenly, he strikes. through the exposed eye of the man, the world steeps in monochrome. hatched lines trace every nook, every cranny, over hills and valleys of the underbrush. on his fingertips, they trace the ground beneath them just as well. the sun burns white in his vision, and he sees the world in slow motion: there is a lion before them, of the nemean variety. beyond their pouncing predator, he sees traces of the others of its pack: lionesses, adolescent cubs, all hanging back with bated breath awaiting the outcome of their guardian. if he doesn’t see them, he knows yet still, feels it in his systems, a neurosis incurable. he deduces they’ve found their target, and calculates the most optimal set of instructions to follow to achieve their desired outcome — victory over the animal. so he calls forth to the void and prays. it answers in song, forging matter from thin air, and in his grasp forms the grip of a blade: standard-issue, unremarkable. he takes hold of it, and pull it forth. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 12 Author #3 Share Posted July 12 a slash that was meant to strike the lion emerges from the ether ahead of the man. but his target is stricken by something else, instead. behind him, weapon at the ready, the woman lunges early a second before him, and invisible forces pull her through spatially to snap her into position ahead of his blow. she is trained to intercept it from his perspective, from her position, until reflexes faster than he is willing to perceive lead her to conduct reality in her favour instead. she jabs the lion through and withdraws her arm before an impact properly registers — their realm believes otherwise. her arm clicks into place for a second blow, following the first, as she raises it high, sword edge posed diagonally across her face. she brings it down on the lion; it recoils in a stagger in mid-air. she drops the lion to the ground — she, the player, falls — her hair barely grazes the tip of the projectile of sunder created from pure energy and mechanics. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-I ID247611 | bd3+8-2 = 9 | cd9 | -> Nemean Lion | ST-B unlocked. 44 * 15 = 660 DMG 660 - 200 = 460 DMG 2090 - 460 = 1630 HP [0] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [0] Demian | HP: 740/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 1630/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
Demian 0 Posted July 12 #4 Share Posted July 12 their scene returns to a regular speed. the lions’ pride crashes to the ground. it roars at the provocation, found pinned to the ground, and picks itself up as the woman jumps back from her close proximity to him, the grip of her sword held up high, its tip facing downwards. her silhouette from his angle is undefinable, blocked out by most of the inorganic material her sword is firstly forged from. she shifts through the brush, sinking back into its obscurity, and rounds their challenger with careful footsteps. their mark trains in on her. here is their diversion, then: the man moves in one swift motion towards the lion’s hind quarters — he sticks a leg out, diving through as he brings himself low to the ground, then draws a wound across their contender’s back limbs. when the lion is quick to notice its aggression redirected, he blinds it with the pop of a crystal, creating a glaring flare mid-daylight. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-I FREE ACTION: Ordsea Crystal-B | +5 HATE ID247612 | bd6+7-2 = 11 | cd6 | -> Nemean Lion 19 * 15 = 285 DMG 285 - 200 = 85 DMG 1630 - 85 = 1545 HP ID247613 | bd9 | -> Demian 225 - 204 = 21 HP 740 - 21 = 719 HP [1] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [7] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 1545/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 12 Author #5 Share Posted July 12 the world suffers another cry of pain from the hunted. the lion jumps backwards as it sweeps around, abandoning its previous objective: by now, the woman has vanished into the golden stalks. surrounding them. it takes a second to reconsider its options, but flight is not one of them, especially when its pride is at stake. safety for their numbers comes first. so it bides its time as the man scrambles to his feet, having rolled away from a delicate swipe that razes the grass behind him — still no luck in exposing his companion, but it registers this not, burying the task at the bottom of its list of immediate threats. the man, demian, raises his blade with one hand, blade stretched across himself diagonally, and holds out his other above it. staring into the heart of the feral beast, he goads it with a gesture hither into another attack. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-B ID247611 | bd1+8-2 = 7 | cd9 | -> Nemean Lion | ST-B unlocked. 44 * 23 = 1012 DMG 1012 - 200 = 812 DMG 1545 - 812 = 733 HP [2] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [7] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 733/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
Demian 0 Posted July 12 #6 Share Posted July 12 it charges, pounces; the leap made with its hind legs powerful kick dirt off the ground and presses down golden stalks horizontal. demian watches it, feels time slow at the tips of his fingers. cardinal outlines the shine reflected in his eyes as the sun, radiant, hidden behind the shadow of the predator peeks through to greet him: the white light curves in his limbal. he drops his shoulder, blade arm set to the side as the nemean threat exposes its underbelly, its weakness. he knows, on instinct, how to best strike had the system not imposed rules upon itself. as grids take over his periphery, he sees it: the outline of a gash drawn diagonally, from the bottom right to top left, snakes up the hide of the beast. it is almost as though he were an artist, the blade his own brush, and he were to paint strokes into the world dulled grey, bringing forth the vivacity of scorching red to write the universe to life. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-II ID247615 | bd4+7-2 = 9 | cd7 | -> Nemean Lion 19 * 18 = 342 DMG 342 - 200 = 142 DMG 733 - 142 = 591 HP ID247616 | bd4+3-5 = 2 | cd7 | -> Demian [2] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [9] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 591/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 12 Author #7 Share Posted July 12 in a heartbeat, he shifts from his form stoic. demian gouges the lion apart. all he does is beckon, and his tool finishes it for him, first piercing through an emptiness beneath fur, before following through on the cut. he recounts the anatomy of an animal as he does, visualizes a projection in his mind: the most optimal way to avoid the instance of damage would be to dodge its oncoming attack, but he can’t if he dedicates himself to the drawn art. so he cheats. it is in milliseconds that he finds the core of the lion enroute his blade’s path, and he exerts an effort so great as to penalize him on his recovery. demian commits, holding no breaths, and spurs the world on as his sword tears past the pride’s center. in resumption, as the world moves on, he throws his threat overhead further than it had intended to jump, and takes a few steps backwards: a forced stagger. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-I ID247617 | bd5+8-2 = 11 | cd3 | -> Nemean Lion 44 * 15 = 660 DMG 660 - 200 = 460 DMG 591 - 460 = 131 HP [3] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [9] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 131/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
Demian 0 Posted July 12 #8 Share Posted July 12 he doesn’t need to turn and see what has happened to it. there are predictable outcomes to every decision made in this world: the lion will roll forward upon landing, headfirst, before coming to a halt as it slinks back into the brush, camouflaged in its habitat resplendent. demian will take one step forward in response, wrangling away from the system’s fight to his hold. with its eyes trained on him, it will circle the proximity of at least five meters, maximum ten, and within an interval of three to five seconds of buffer for a hypothetical player to reorient themselves within, it will signal its next attack with a lowering of its head and a wag of its tail. he takes another step forward, and his sword disappears from his hand. demian has already calculated how best to take down the lion had it decided to move that way. but there are predictable outcomes to every decision made in this world, and he knows he doesn’t have to be on his guard. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-I ID247618 | bd6+8-2 = 12 | cd9 | -> Nemean Lion 19 * 15 = 285 DMG 285 - 200 = 85 DMG 131 - 85 = 46 HP ID247620 | bd3+3-5 = 1 | cd4 | -> Demian [3] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [11] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 46/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 12 Author #9 Share Posted July 12 this was the thing with players, they had observed. variable, indeterministic, they themselves as elements were the sole arbiters of entropy within a universe of defined limitations. demian could falter when he guesses what to do come face to face with an enemy beyond his means, no pressure. but he knows all he does is follow in suit where others had gone, unable, viably, to carve a path out for himself alone. in day’s steps, he follows. he thinks he would trust her, just as she did, and night pulls up with a message upon his interface as their mark breaks into polygonal fractals behind him. cardinal tells him of a reward delivered to his inventory; he refuses. silent as ever, his finger taps on a trade request to send to night, beyond his vision, and she accepts. he thinks her confused. he deposits his item into his own depot. demian leaves, choosing absentmindedness, when the trade completes and its window snaps out of view. Spoiler POST ACTION: ST-II ID247619 | bd6+8-2 = 12 | cd3 | -> Nemean Lion 44 * 18 = 792 DMG 792 - 200 = 592 DMG 46 - 592 ~= 0 HP [4] NIGHT | HP: 1175/1175 | EN: 134/134 | DMG: 44 | ACC: 8 | EVA: 3 | BH: 74 | HB: 59 | HLY: 12 | DOTE: 3/3 | AA | PHASE [11] Demian | HP: 719/740 | EN: 92/92 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 7 | EVA: 5 | MIT: 204 | BH: 37 | AA | F-SPIRIT NEMEAN LION | HP: 0/2090 | MIT: 110 | DMG: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2 | TURN%3: +20 DMG, +5 MIT | BD9+: 250 DMG, [BLD: DMG (0/2)] | CD9+: 225 DMG, lowest hp. | FURRY MANE FURRY MANE | Any BURN damage to the Lion is doubled and will reduce the EVA to 1 for the duration of the status affliction. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted 2 hours ago Author #10 Share Posted 2 hours ago thread summary. NIGHT + 5156xp | (296 * 16) + 420 + 773col + nemean fur (2). Demian + 1604xp | (296 * 4) + 420 Spoiler thread progression. 1484 words | 296 sects | [paste.] combat. x2 Nemean Fur For a single battle, provide the user with BLOODCLOT, as well as immunity to all action inhibiting conditions at the cost of 6*Tier MIT. Link to post Share on other sites
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