[F22-PP] Careless Whispers

[Freya 0]

Five quests done in one day, she was fucking exhausted. It had been a while since they had spent the entire day together. It felt rather nice to know that they could protect one other. Even though the quest line that they were going through was not done yet, she felt satisfied. It was more than that though. After the talk they had a while back she had been trying her best to be her more often than not. For that she has felt like they have gotten much closer than they were before. Walking through the doors of their, Gaius said that he needed to grab something then he would be home. All she wanted to do is go upstairs and fall into bed, but she knew that her tummy would not let that happen, not after the day they just had. The first thing she would do is open the bathroom door for the kids. They would both run out and trip on themselves while doing so. Next she would head to the kitchen, glancing through each pantry and freezer. Something easy but filling, that is what they needed. Grabbing two huge slabs of steaks, setting it in a pan and setting the oven. Sprinkling even amounts of different seasoning, it was becoming easier to cook faster and know exactly what she was doing thanks to Gaius. While the oven was heating up she would peel and slice a handful of potatoes into a pot with water. Prepare some mixed veggies to go with the meal as the oven would beep. Placing the stake in the oven after placing a little bit of water at the bottom of the glass pan and tin foil over it so that it would not get dry. Setting a timer, she would prepare some tea on another burn.

Sitting at the table with two cups of tea while she waited for everything to be cooked. She knew that there was an easier way to do all this but she rather enjoyed doing it the harder way, it also tasted better that way. As she waiting she started thinking about today. How long would it take Gaius to figure out that they were ready, would it be after this quest line or longer. Things have been going so well lately, there even wasn't that much yelling in the kitchen either. She loved him so why could she not say it. The little notes she would write every now again would have it written down but the words have never came out from hers nor Gaius's mouth. In a real way maybe she was scared to move forward but why? Why could she run head first into danger and give two shit about what happened but she couldn't say three words to the man that meant the world to her. Scared... She was scared... She didn't want to fuck a great thing up, say the wrong thing. Taking a sip of the tea sitting in front of her, she would walk into the kitchen to check on the food.

WC: 515

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Guild Rank 5: +5% Final EXP reward 

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Freya | HP: 880/880 | EN: 126/126 | DMG: 23 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:1 | BH:48 | VAMP-O: 145 | REC: 4 | LD:6

Spoiler

Freya, Twisted Sister
True Tier: 9
Level: 34
Paragon Level: 53
HP: 880/880
EN: 126/126

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Battle Healing: 48
Loot Die: 6
AA 
PHASE
VAMP-O: 145
REC: 4

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Final Calamity - Remorse (T4/Demonic/2HBA): Absolute Accuracy, Vampiric Offensive 1, Bleed 1, Phase
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Dark Embrace - Sacrifice (T4/Perfect/Light Armor): Evasion 2, Recovery 1 
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Ebon Band - Truth (Tierless/Perfect/Trinket): Accuracy 3 

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Axe R5
  - Battle Healing R5
  - Charge
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Searching R5

Extra Skills:
  - Concentration
  - Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Night Vision
  - Tracking

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:

Housing Buffs:
  - Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  - Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - 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.

Guild Hall Buffs:
  - Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
  - Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:

Gathering Profession:

 

Edited Sunday at 01:22 AM by Freya

[Gaius 0]

*ignoring PT tag, because nah

A heavy yawn passes through his lips, quite the interesting little set of encounters had pushed the day into night. With a brown paper bag filled with groceries, just one final errand before the day would come to a close. Inside? A couple things of seasonings and some pet food from Lhsari. Like a final bullet point that needed to be dealt with before he could actually rest. Long past were the days of him being irresponsible and allowing things to flounder off of his plate. Now the guy had really turned into a man, one ripe with accountability and responsibility. Floor 7, the rolling fields of golden wheat that sways and bends with every stoke of a breeze.  Up the small footpath between the paired fence lines, a winding path on a slight incline that seemed to ascend toward a star filled sky. A single eye of a full moon hung on that horizon, casting a dim glow on all that it set its gaze upon. Gaius inhales and exhales slowly, drinking in the view and shoring up his own courage to proceed on.

The rattle of a set of keys find purchase within the tumbler of the rolling bite, causing the latch to click and the door to swing open. "I'm home." Gaius remarks moving deeper into the place, seeking out the kitchen as he is almost attacked by a duo of familiars. A chuckle as he's almost tackled, he removes the bag and shakes it lightly given it was clearly what they were after. They didn't love him nearly as much as food. Dropping the bag on a polished steel countertop, he'd open a cupboard and take out a dish. A thick allotment of pet food into the thing, he sets it on the floor for Ko and Boris to share. Tapping a quick peck on Freya's cheek, he'd start opening cabinets and putting away spices. "Long day, yeah? Smells good." looking at her dishes, even going as far to take a wooden spoon and taste test the potatoes. "A little more rosemary, running a little thin on robustness."

Gaius claims a set of plates from a cabinet, then slides open a drawer. Picking out silverware with pinched fingers, its added to a growing pile in his palm. He would set the table while she kept cooking, yeah meals weren't her strong suit but she was learning by the hour.

WC: 403

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Active:
Guild Rank 5: +5% Final EXP/Col reward 

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Gaius | HP: 1100/1100 | EN: 142/142 | DMG: 26 | MIT:67 | ACC:3 | F-SPIRIT | EVA:2 | PARA-IM | BH:55 | REC: 8 | HM: 8 | HLY: 16 | BLD: 48  | ENV-O: 32

Spoiler

Name: Gaius, The Sweeping Typhoon
True Tier: 13
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 86
HP: 1100/1100
EN: 142/142

Stats:
Damage: 26
Mitigation: 67
Accuracy: 3
Evasion: 2
Battle Healing: 55
Stealth Rating: -5
PARA-IM
REC: 8
HM: 8
HLY: 16
BLD: 48 
ENV-O: 32

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Epitome of War - Brionac [T4/Demonic/Polearm] | HLY 2, BLD 1, ENV-O 1
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Dragoon's Metallic Hide - Zeal [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] | HM 2, REC 1, PARA-IM
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Dragoon's Guise - Passions [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] | MIT 3, REC 1

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - ST Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - Pierce the Heavens

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R5
  - Charge
  - Energist
  - Fighting Spirit
  - Heavy Armor R5
  - Polearm R5

Extra Skills:
  - First Aid R3
  - Disguise
  - Leadership R2

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Hyperactive
  - Iron Skin
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Energize
  - Impetus
  - Rally

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2 [166403a] [166403b] [166403c] [166403d] x1
  - Bird Seed (T2/Rare/Snack) Vitality 2 [166651c] [166651d] [166651e] x5
  - Crystal of Divine Light [201986a] x3
  - Crystal of Divine Light [201986f] x1
  - Rhino’s Horn | [224901b] x1
  - Teleport Crystal x1

Housing Buffs:
  - Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  - Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
  - 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
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Master Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
  - Master Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
  - Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
  - Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
  - Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - 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.

Guild Hall Buffs:
  - Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
  - Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:

Gathering Profession:

 

[Freya 0]

Watching Gaius get ambushed by the familiars, she would give a small chuckle. He would walk over with a small peck to the cheek, she would take a deep breath at the warm of his lips. He would complement on the smell of her food before giving her a little tip on the potatoes. A simple nod as she grabs the rosemary and sprinkles some more in. Still learning how to cook properly, his advice was always wanted. She would watch him carefully as he set the table, jumping a little as the timer for the oven would go off. It usually happened when she was too close to the oven and not paying attention to the timer. Taking the steaks out with some mitts so that she didn't burn herself. The potatoes seemed to be done so she turned that off with the oven. The next time Gaius walks by she would grab him by the arm lightly and pull him slightly to the back where all the freezers were and away from the heat.

Without saying much of anything she would pin him against one of the walls. A hand laid flat against his chest as she stands on her tip toes to kiss him. After a little bit she would pull back just enough to locking eyes with him, "You told me once to take what I wanted, so I say no more pecks on the cheek." She knew that Gaius had never been good at the little signs, that she had to be direct to get a point across. "I think we both deserve a better greeting than that" her chest was pounding a million miles a second while being so close. Her voice was soft, the kids were occupied with their food. She knew it had been a long day but with everything that just happened today, she wanted to show him she was here to stay. They could take a second to themselves without everything getting in the way. If she was being honest she was expecting him just to mention the done food and that he was hungry and tired, that was fine too. 

WC: 358

[Gaius 0]

A thrumming in his chest confirms his excitement, his hands go almost numb with the rise in blood pressure. A sudden burst of wind sees all manner of cutlery and plates get tossed from the steel countertops. Even the steel shelving seems to shutter and the doors slide open, as if that unseen force was looking for something along the storage. A little shocked and trying to process what had happened, it had to been the first time such a breeze rushed from him outside of combat. Normally just a little boon or accent to his combat style, now it seemed that it was invading his home life. "Yeah, I... guess we do." Gaius spoke in a softer tone, scanning the details of her eyes as he'd process how he had returned to the rolling bite. It was run of the mill, normal for them both. Something simplistic, rhythmic and standard. A chore, returning with groceries to keep the place stocked up.

The thoughts mixed as he'd lay his hand over hers on his chest, studying her features as promptly as he would his own myriad of thoughts. As if sorting through his own memories and looking for the last time he'd done anything different. "We need a change." Gaius remarked before he wrapped her lower back with his left arm, and pressing his lips into her like a starving animal into a fresh meal. He dwarfed her, so she'd end up cradled low like a dance partner. A couple of things from that shelving are forced off their spaces by unseen hands, causing them to break open and leave fresh mounds of refuse littered across the white polished floor. A change in his footing brings Freya to her feet, a spin up as to not drop her. The food could say where it lay, the click of an oven as he'd turn the dial to close the burner. If they had to throw it out, so be it. But clearly they needed a new perspective and a new evening. To break the monotone rut they had fallen in, to live life a little fuller then they had. A hand reaches to the whole bag of pet food, opening the top and pouring it across the ground causing the familiars to chase strands of loose kibble that skitter around like ants.

The guy saunters toward the kitchen door, holding the threshold by the knob. "You coming or are you just going to stare at me?" He goads with a grin, following up with where his thoughts had focused. "I want a do over, lets do this better."

WC: 437

[Freya 0]

At first he locks his gaze to hers, like he was unsure what he wanted. Then he reacts and kisses her back, her mind goes blank as she closes her eyes. Getting dipped as he engulfs her in passion. Heart is pounding faster than ever as every emotion that she never thought she would feel again comes to light. Nervousness, excitement, warmth, the craving of thirst of wanting more than what was being gave. He would raise her up in a twirl, she couldn't figure out whether or not to be happy and cry. When he scatters the kibble on the floor, she would stand there in almost shock trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Then he spoke and her mind comes back to reality. Swallowing hard, as she would give the best smile she could at the moment.

At first she would slowly walk past him nearly hold her breath. Standing at the foot of the stairs, turning to look at his as he follows. She would slip her shirt off and let it fall lightly to the steps, giving out a small breath. As he got closer she would freeze for a moment, wonder if this was really happening. At that nervousness and fear was getting in the way and in the back of her head she just kept saying -DO IT-. Giving out a huff of air she would just jump up on Gaius, lips pressed against his a bit rough as her legs wrapped around his waist. One hand gripped the back of his neck for support and the all skimmed through his hair. Being carried up the stairs and onto a bed, she was unsure what bed, that was not her concern at the moment. He gently place her down on the softness, and as he pulls a way a bit she would grab the front of his shirt with both hand and tear it open. His wardrobe was already destroyed so there was not real harm to this action. Breathing was heavy as she would give a small chuckle to his reaction. She didn't want gentle, she wanted extreme. 

WC: 358

[Gaius 0]

Where the blondes head had rushed to had not been something that Gaius had considered at all, but like any man he could hardly not oblige such an obvious request. All sparked by a shirt being flopped gingerly on the stairs. A cloth bound invitation with all the meaning of a largely written letter of excruciating detail, one that the man sat in a stupor as he read the situation for a bit longer then you'd expect a bit shocked. 

PH