pt-op-f24 Crab Boil for the Homies

[Celeste 1]

*Totally not stealing this just to move the Assist template forward to the next page

Down the chain of her own airship finding the usage of the air space a rather interesting development, given getting hers between floors was a damn nightmare that took weeks of active development. It wasn't that unorthodox to assume that another player could in fact reach the same capability, moreover given that a fair portion of the designs were charted by NPC deckhands it wouldn't be that obtuse to assume that the conclusions were reached nearly the exact same way. The one off invitation did throw her for a bit, having barely scratched the paint near Oscar like one fucking time. But free food and drink? A little R&R. Best not overthink shit too deeply. Changing clothes into something she'd stolen like a month ago, and tailor fit about 10 days ago.

However given her 'no fucks' stance, enjoying what little break from an active warzone that she could muster. To which battles were nearly constant, and the bounty was plenty but so too was the exhaustion riddled nights. Her place on the beach within decent earshot as minute social discord flowed without barrier:

"So if you're cool, be cool. Get yourself a drink, eat some food. Don't make me have to come back over here again. This is your one. Everyone gets one, you just burned yours."

As if right on queue, the woman just couldn't contain her irritation or her interest in seeing a full send pit fight as a form of entertainment. Yelling without an ounce of fuck to be had, a full on fuck deficiency and a taste of a total lack of filter she'd respond to them both without even getting up. "Break your foot of in his ass, won't figure it out until he can taste sand." The woman barked tilting her head back, folding back up with her backhand comment stinking in the air like an overly pungent perfume.

@Oscar @Corvo @Mari

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 10

Final EXP reward: +165% Final EXP reward

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Celeste | HP: 470/470 | EN: 77/77 | DMG: 20 | MIT:66 | ACC:5 | PHASE | EVA:1 | BH:19 | REC: 6 | HLY: 12 | BRN: 42 | LD:1

Spoiler

Name: Celeste, Galtean Pirate Queen
True Tier: 10
Level: 22
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 470/470
EN: 77/77

Stats:
Damage: 20
Mitigation: 66
Accuracy: 5
Evasion: 1
Battle Healing: 19
Loot Die: 1
Stealth Rating: 3
PHASE
REC: 6
HLY: 12
BRN: 42

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Wash in Cardinal - Reaver [T4/Hammer/Demonic] - Holy 2, Burn 1, Phase
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Galtean Royal Attire - Father [T4/Light Armor/Demonic] - Mitigation 2, Recovery 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Platinum Buckle [Tierless/Trinket/Demonic]: Accuracy 3, Evasion 1

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R4
  - Charge
  - Energist
  - Hammer R5
  - Light Armor R5

Extra Skills:
  - Hiding R5
  - Meditation

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Precision
  - Resolve
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Meticulous
  - Surpise Attack: Assassin
  - Vanish

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light [201986d] x1
  - Rhino’s Horn | [224901d] 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.
  - 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
  - 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:

 

[Bistro 0]

they walked. oscar left them to declare the party started and give everyone the big welcome, but the pair had wandered into the chaos near the tail end of his speech. there were a lot more players than she had expected to be there so soon, and here they were, both fashionably late. for cool people, this would obviously mean they joined right on time.

night turned to bistro with a questioning look. "you didn't tell me it was going to be for leisure."

bistro shrugged. "no, i remember just telling you to show up. and you did."

"it's the twenty-fourth," night clarified. "i thought it was going to be a crab party."

the pot exploded, revealing the large lump of cooked crab meat within it, and players started to line up for the feast. bistro simply nodded towards it. "i didn't think you'd catch on so quickly! well, i see no problems here."

"hey--"

bistro scanned the beach, her guild's chat open in a small interface to the side.

[NIGHT 0]

"i'm going to sit with the trackers," said bistro, starting to walk off, leaving night behind.

night tilted her head to the side as she snapped, "trackers?"

"you can meander around on your own, right?"

"woah," she started, blinking fast. "wait," replied night, and she jogged behind bistro in an attempt to tail her, keeping close to hear their voices above the noise of the crowd. "trackers? who are the trackers? you hardly sit with anybody --- you don't even go to parties, bistro."

bistro but shot night a sly smile over her shoulder, adjusting the parasol on her shoulder.

"i mean, you can tag along if you want."

so she did, even though something in her brain was telling her not to. and as she strolled past the masses, night thought she spotted an altercation brewing with a familiar red head involved, but thought the light was playing tricks on her eyes. that, or the bewilderment of the turn of events -- to think that bistro would have called her out for an event that wasn't based on combat. night definitely did not consider that a possibility, given the terms of their contract ages ago.

they strolled up to the trackers' table. night squinted upon laying her eyes on the attendees present, because there were still some familiar faces amongst them, even though most of them seemed otherwise.

"is that star?" she asked bistro, pointing towards him in the water, just past the trackers' table.

"yeah, he runs the guild."

night furrowed her brows.

"he runs the--"

then she turned to bistro, confused still. "i didn't know you were in a guild."

bistro shrugged again. "call it an extension of my business, i don't know."

"like for crafting, or..."

"but you do the same work they do," bistro continued, tilting her head over to the team. there was the familiar bride-and-groom pair she'd spotted on the front a floor fight or two ago -- wolfman? seyla? night couldn't quite remember their names. she couldn't quite remember on what basis they had joined the front, too, especially given she had heard no word of their becoming rising stars in the making prior to that. "figured it'd be a good opportunity for you to link up with them."

"the same work," night asked again, after a beat or two of idly watching over the party.

"rumor-hunting," bistro stated, before moving forward to join the group in earnest. night was left to the sidelines, in her quiet contemplation, as she watched bistro greet the rest of her guild with a wave and a "hello!".

[Lium 1]

Watching Celeste slide down the chain, Lium looks overboard curious as to where the woman had taken them today. A familiar scene, the place where the crap she fought with the others but it was a bit more craftier than he remembered. The large boss on display, he could smell the crispy variant from here. Someone finally figured out how to cook the dam thing without it just vanishing. The thought pierced through his mind as his clothes shifted into something more fitting.

With a jump, a grab and a swirl around the long chain, his feet hit the sands. Hearing Celeste be spicy as ever, he just shakes his head with a smile joining the large crowd of people. A few of his guild mates were scattered upon those players, watching Eruda hyperventilating with some girl he didn't recognize. A dude with a drink cart starts rolling on by, he would snatch one up. "Thanks dude," @Warrenseeing what was grabbed, a sprite. "Hmm cool" he hadn't had a soda in what felt like forever, nor did he ever see them being sold. Curious to how it was process here, maybe by a soda god. 

Multiple conversations being held, it was like a crowded restaurant where you could never hear yourself think. Seeing one dude walk up to everyone, one group at a time, that must be the host or someone that help make this huge thing possible. Walking up to the man while he was making his rounds, "This is a well thought out party, congrats for the turn out, the huge crab is a nice touch. I do have a question though, how his this possible," asking the man as he points at the canned soda in his hands. Opening it up with a hissss and taking a drink, it tasted so real. @Oscar

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 3

Final EXP reward: +170% Final EXP reward

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Lium | HP: 440/440 | EN: 62/62 | DMG: 20 | MIT:20 | ACC:1

Spoiler

Name: Lium
True Tier: 3
Level: 22
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 440/440
EN: 62/62

Stats:
Damage: 20
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 1

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - 
Armor/Trinket: 
  - 
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - 

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - 

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Martial Arts R5

Extra Skills:

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics

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.
  - 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
  - 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 Friday at 05:01 AM by Lium

[Setsuna 0]

The sharp tone and hotter environment didn't leave much for the girl to enjoy. Setsuna wasn't one for revelry or relaxation, and even with active encouragement to participate left her little beyond uneasy and on edge. Instead the girl reluctantly donned useless 'women' attire, with absolutely no real defensive qualities and even less coverage or protection. A major shift from all of her usual. Moreover, the cloth wrappings she normally sported to reduce the size of her shadow rewarded lumps of worthless fat were flat out denied. Mainly because the white bands of fabric appeared quite readily right across her chest. Glories of the damn boob window.

Every nearly pained step had her pegging faces and noting cursors, with a fair amount of subconscious encouragement to remove her blade from the digital box it was stored in. Mari was plucked out from the crowd, Celeste which she knew. Another that she was only faintly aware of. The orange players among them held strong her attention, and her skin tingled with passive refusal like a guttural response like a body rejecting poison. She wanted to cut them all down. Cleanse the cancer of Aincrad in one fell, hyper aggressive swoop. Nursing the thought as she pegs more and more familiar faces that she'd only met in passing, random conversation or peripheral glances. Like a catalog of identities waiting to be exploited and used for her own darker espionage.

Instead of turning this little get together into a blood bath, she takes a deep breath and chooses to blend in. None of them needed to really know her, and any random nonchalant drop of information into a hat could prove useful down the line. Removing a fishing pole, the girl works to sate her irritation while working under the guise of rest. Convincing herself that this was all just clever info gathering was the way to leave it be for now.

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 10

Final EXP reward: +175% Final EXP reward

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Setsuna | HP: 440/440 | EN: 77/77 | DMG: 20 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | EVA:4 | BH:18 | RISK: 6 | FLN: 12 | FRB: 30 | FRZ: 48 | LD:1

Spoiler

Name: Setsuna, The Frigid End
True Tier: 10
Level: 22
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 440/440
EN: 77/77

Stats:
Damage: 20
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 4
Battle Healing: 18
Loot Die: 1
Stealth Rating: 5
RISK: 6 FLN: 12
FRB: 30 FRZ: 48
Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Shiva's Embrace - Skadi [T4/Demonic/Katana] Fallen 2, Freeze 1, Frostbite 1
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Azuresilk Kunoichi Wear - Ghost [T4/Demonic/Cloth] Evasion 2, Risky 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Kunoichi Wrapping's [T1/Demonic/Trinket] 3 Accuracy, Evasion 1

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - ST Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R4
  - Charge
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Katana R5

Extra Skills:
  - Hiding R5
  - Parry
  - Disguise
  - Frozen Hide

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Surpise Attack: Assassin
  - Untraceable
  - Vanish

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light [201986a] x1
  - Rhino’s Horn (T4/Reusable/Consumable) | [224373a] 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
  - Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
  - 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:

 

[Vex Vexxus 1]

 Khione told me to stay away but how could I? When there was the promise of pretty little players skittering about, the promise of food, and the promise of flesh, oh so much flesh. Not that I had any attraction toward such things. But ahhh the imagery one could ascertainrom it all! Glorious! utterly Glorious. 

I waited a few hours, as the lavender haired beauty told me to sit, and stay - and like the good little dog I was - I did just that. But I wasn't tamed enough to do that for too long. So toward the party I frolicked. Oh the hands I could shake, the people I could mesmerize. It excited me so. She thought I couldn't be good, couldn't contain my bloodlust - but silly little Khione.

I hadn't a single kill to my name upon that darling little monument. So clearly, I could be a very good boy indeed.

"Honeeyy!" I called out to no one in particular as I stepped foot into the main gathering. I paused just in front of a few players, some redheaded woman who was rather crass, a silver haired lass...and...ah, who am I kidding, I wasn't paying attention to the rest of them. Too hard. Too complicated. Too unimportant.

There was a sandcastle nearby, and oops my foot crashed it.

"I'm HOOOOMMMEEE~" A pirouette on a foot as I flashed some of the jazziest jazz hands you ever did see. Surely someone would entertain me here, right?

Right? If not I'd just have to go bother Khione!

I clapped my hands together and rubbed them in delight. "Now, I hear there's some grub here, where should I begin? where should I BEGIN?"

<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 3

Final EXP reward: +180% Final EXP reward

Vex | HP: 60/60 | EN: 24/24 | DMG: 1 | True Tier 1

Edited Saturday at 05:11 AM by Vex Vexxus

[Freya 0]

(Hair is a little shorter but everything else looks right)

Walking on the foundation of a party. A white haired dude yells at the top of his lungs right into her ear. "WOW what a voice, you yell in girls ears often?" Sticking a finger in her ear as it was now ringing. Taking a honey bun out of her inventory, freshly baking just an hour ago. "You can begin with a little less loudness, here let me help you." Standing in front of the man as she stuffs the sweet honey cinnamon pastry in his mouth. "Better, I"m Freya by the way." Seeing a cart roll by, she grabs two drinks. Dr.Pep. "Here, they were my favorite back home. See ya around dude, I'm gonna go mingle or something. Maybe make some commotion somewhere." @Vex Vexxus

If he chose to follow then cool. She wasn't really here to make friend, not yet at least. She was here because she was told food. To taste test for possible new idea's for her shop meal. She didn't want to steal any recipes, just idea's for what could possibly be good together. The party itself though was active, it sorta reminded her of back home. 

Seeing a few people she knew but most that she didn't, it was full of all different varieties of personalities and hair colors. If she was looking at a vanish point from above she would probably see a odd shaped rainbow. Off to the food table she went, taking a plate. She with filling it with all sorts of stuff. Most people would think that she was a fat person under all the thinness but frankly she didn't care. Breakfast was skipped and she was starving. When she was done gathering junk she would sit at the table near a orange haired girl and a red headed guy. Hair colors are weird, she started to wonder if that was their natural due, it was kinda cool. @Mari@Lancaster 

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 10

Final EXP reward: +185% Final EXP reward

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Freya | HP: 440/440 | EN: 77/77 | DMG: 20 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:1 | BH:24 | VAMP-O: 73 | REC: 3 | LD:6

Edited Friday at 06:59 AM by Freya

[Alinta 0]

Alinta blinked, still drinking from her cheap ass can of beer. Vaguely, she recalled someone mentioning a glitched event a few floors up. Something about getting drunk, or being able to get drunk? Maybe she should try and get a few people to help her with it. But... that meant talking to strangers- befriending them. Alinta wasn't really sure she was ready to do that. With all her confidence and bravado, she wasn't really great at the whole meet cute friendship or otherwise thing. Violet eyes shifted, silently watching Oscar as he berated the blonde man. She smirked, then laughed out loud at the situation.

It was amusing to see someone being berated - she held her half empty can out toward the two. "Cheers for a good show, boys." She would offer another lighthearted laugh, then a wink.

Her smile quickly faded as she saw a orange haired woman approach. Her cursor. Orange? Then another...and another... Alinta cleared her throat, clearly uncomfortable, as she tried to shuffle away from the player killers. Why were they here? Why would Oscar even allow them here? 

Confident veneer shattered as Alinta dropped the beer can, and stomped on it with a bare foot, crushing it. Eyes practically glaring at those with orange crystals.

[Acanthus 0]

“Ha! Four and a half. And that’s withgh a hurimacan. A, hurrincm,a. A drink in my ha nd.” Granted, the system did all the hard work for her, but why ruin the record? It was practice for the frontlines, after all. Never know when four-and-a-half seconds might save your life.

Acanthus now sported a light blue floral sarong with a matching bikini top. Fresh out of the digital box, too—she had shoved it back into her inventory in a blind panic when she realized it was half the coverage the merchant had led her to believe. In retrospect, the panic was a little silly. It was just a swimsuit. It looked nice.

@Ceres’ nickname tickled here. “I liak Accy. Accuracy is my favori te ehmancment. Enhan—fuck, the thin g y ou put on the sword too makem it hit really goofd. Wh at;s your favorite enhancment? Oop,  maybe we don’t tqalk nabout work. Um. Who was the guy you were tocughin on back there? Do you like thim? You can tell me! I’m a good secret keeper.”

Acanthus slung herself back into the nearest chair, beckoning for the girl to sit beside her. The hurricanes were all gone—who else was swiping them while she wasn’t looking?!—so she settled for the next thing within reach. It was hard to taste exactly what it was, but that was fine. 

[Jomei 0]

A jovial hum accompanied his smile. "Normally I'm the one rolling off on tangents and yapping. You've got nothing to be sorry for." His thumb would gently caress hers as he returned a quick hand squeeze. "And, you've got nothing to worry about. We'll always make this work." Flashing a quick wink as he turned his head to face her properly. "You're stuck with me, Less. No returns."

"I didn't realize you and Oscar were that close." Jomei would remark with a curious dip of his head. "Guess I'll have to thank the guy for convincing you to give me a chance." he would say through a small chuckle, "Even though I think I can count the amount of times I've spoken to him on one hand." First Baldur, now Oscar - probably plenty others that slipped his mind - but near strangers putting their trust in him. It was reassuring to know that maybe he was making more of a positive impact on Aincrad than he realized. "If I'm being honest.. when I was watching your fight with him, well.." Shoulders would shrug with a half smile on his face, "I thought I was going to have to throw in the towel." He would expel the image from his mind with a sigh. "But I didn't, and I'm glad I made the right choice in the end."

"You remember the music box I gave you? When I saw the look in your eyes after you opened it.. I think that's when I knew how I felt." A hand hovered over his heart for a moment before gently pressing against his chest. "And then you hugged me, and it could have been the warmest hug I've ever gotten. Fingers would curl against the skin of his chest into a loose fist, "I've been holding onto those feelings ever since. Baldur's tournament, the airship.." he'd interject with a laugh, ".. getting our asses handed to us on Floor Twenty Eight.. Twice." 

"And.. for the record. Technically we did fight for this." he'd playfully jab an elbow into her side. 

Stacking his plate with an assortment of meat, vegetables, and, of course, giant crab, Jomei returned with Lessa to the table they had procured. But not before stopping to grab a drink for the two of them. "Hey, just because I'm not a fan of the heat doesn't mean I don't enjoy the beach from time to time. Its not as brutal as Floor Nine. And not having to worry about sunburn is definitely a plus." Pulling the shell back, he would take out a chunk of the meat and eat it. "Food is definitely good." Picking up one of the two bottles he had brought back, he examined the label, "Found these ciders in the wagon. Looked pretty good.. and it looks like they've got some alcohol in them."

He'd let a beat pass for a moment before leaning towards Lessa with a furrowed brow.

"We.. we finished that quest, right? I don't remember finishing it.."

Sitting back in his seat once more, he would take a nice, long sip of the refreshing drink. The tang of the apple with hints of cinnamon and spices, paired with the burn of some alcohol- maybe whiskey. "Either way.. a swim after this sounds lovely."

Edited Saturday at 03:17 AM by Jomei

[Lessa 1]

PH

[Ceres 0]

Ceres shifted the towel, forgetting she was supposed to be holdign the towel up for  Acanthus. She pulled it away to wipe down her face and torso. Still slightly sticky from the drink. She glanced at the woman. Oh. Oops." At least she seemed to have finished changing, right? Ceres wasn't sure...she wasn't exactly paying attention.

"Flowers." She commented as her eyes travelled down Arcanthus body, it was differerent to what she was wearing before. But Ceres wasn't sure what hurricanes had to do with it.

"Are you...okay?" Ceres asked. "You're slurring words." She blinked slowly, once, then twice. Oh. The woman was drunk. Ceres didn't realize that was possible in this game. "How did you...do that?" Ceres asked as she pointed at the other womans drink. "Feel that way. I mean."

The other woman was talking fast, and was much more happy than before. Accy asked about the blonde man that had thrown the drink at Ceres.

"Him?" Ceres asked as she glanced at @Corvo "I don't know him. Just wiped hair on him. I don't think I like people that way." Ceres followed Acanthus and sat down on a chair beside her. "I can't picture it anyway."

Ceres picked up a meat skewer from the nearby table, handing one to Arcanthus then placing one in her mouth. Chewing, then talking with her mouth full, spitting bits of meat out onto her own thighs. "Enchantment...I don't know...I don't have any skills. I haven't bothered...I used to like collecting things though."

@Acanthus

[Pollux 0]

Oscar’s menu was so loaded that even Firefly’s diverse choices didn’t appear so esoteric to Yue Hua’s eyes. Or perhaps that only spoke to how well-traveled she was.

Her overfilled plate was the next subject of Firefly’s curiosity. The big helping of crab and the hamburger she couldn’t easily slice in small aside, it appeared as though Yue Hua had availed herself of every item she had passed. “I’m going to eat everything,” she said confidently. She generally had the stomach to back it up. Ladling some soup from the seafood cauldron, Yue Hua tested its temperature with a cautious sip. “Oh, so do you also want to try the sauce I picked? Szechuan chili — it burns different from other spices. Only drawback I might add, I chose the highest spice level.”

If Firefly partook and struggled to cool off… Yue Hua figured there was an entire ocean to conveniently dunk her in.

The tip of her tail stood at the shy mention of her name.

“Yes?” she startled, their shared time looming over her. A best friend? Kind of—? Yue Hua was visibly thrown by Firefly’s advances, then resistant to it, the ease between them shaping into something else. It tasted like rejection, the blow softened into a feigned misunderstanding. “Oh, forget the ‘Yee Haw’ thing. I’m not offended by mispronunciations, deliberate or unintentional, and you’ve been saying it fine on your own. ‘Tis only when I sense that something is being done to…” Her eyes dropped to her plate, searching for the appropriate end to her alibi as she swirled a small cut of crab in the dipping sauce. She didn’t believe there was any malice held towards her but Corvo had certainly looked smug. “...Get a strong reaction out of me? That I flail for a pleasant response.”

She swore she hadn’t intentionally singled Firefly out. She didn’t like letting her down this way.

“Aren’t you close with anyone else in the guild? Oh, Wulfrin offered to teach you to swim, didn’t he? He’s nice and competent. I quested with him once.”

Oscar’s voice, reprimanding, rose above the chatter of the crowd. What was going on over there? Yue Hua was a little occupied. She tried to spy on the situation from her seat but the most she could glean was the people involved and that it was wrapped up neatly on both ends. And she spotted Bistro at the edge of the party with NIGHT from the PvP tournament.

What a small world Aincrad was. Yue Hua waved her guildmate over, lifting her tail from the reserved chair. “Hello! Why don’t you invite your friend over here?”

[Simmone 0]

*More random EXP boon for the homies

Sitting in a reclining chair under a large parasol, the woman all but leaped at the chance of a day away. To the promise of free food, free drink only sweetened the pot. A soft breeze across the shore sends the water stirring into a frenzy. Like the leaves players were already flailing about angrily and becoming a lot more vocal. Strange to think, as she'd sip something tropical from a glass through a straw. Why was it whenever enough of Aincrad got together, it always seemed to devolve into absolute chaos. Simmone presses a long and slender finger into the base of her chin.

Its probably because the game is filled with a whole bunch of 'gamer' types with under developed social skills or etiquette. That had to be it, most of them probably haven't had any sort of social obligation or inclination to manners. A glance toward the gaggle as her thoughts stirred in a metaphorical mental melting pot, her drink strong keeping her mood light. Eyes on muffled conversations, raising tempers sitting under a great ball of fire that offered little to quell it. Some part motherly part of her wanted her to intervene, clip all this pointless high tension bantering with a sharp scolding like dealing with toddlers. But the fatigue in her legs begged her to ignore it.

Instead, she'd lean into her purse and pull out a single piece of col. Squaring up her hand would cause her iris to flash gold, muttering a mental wish as she'd flip it into the sea like a fountain. Who knew, maybe it would come true?

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 10

Final EXP reward: +190% Final EXP reward

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Simmoné | HP: 440/440 | EN: 77/77 | DMG: 18 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | AA  | EVA:1 | REC: 6 | LD:9 | PROSP:1 | QTY: 2

Spoiler

Name: Simmoné, The Black Lotus
True Tier: 10
Level: 22
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 440/440
EN: 77/77

Stats:
Damage: 18
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Loot Die: 9
AA
REC: 6
QTY: 2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Lady Luck's Hand - Atropos [Tierless/Demonic/Rapier] AA, ACC 3
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Eloquent Black Serpent - Oshun [T4/Demonic/Cloth] LD 2, REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - The Black Lotus - Jurojin [Tierless/Demonic/Trinket] QTY 2, LD 1, PROSP 1

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Profession Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Charge
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Lock Picking R3
  - Rapier R5
  - Searching R5

Extra Skills:
  - First Aid R3
  - 
Concentration
Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Dismantling
  - Focus
  - Hyperactive
  - Nimble
  - Precision

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Energize

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light | [232246a] x1
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [200851][200851-1][200851-2][200870][200871] x4
  - Resonance of the Grave [T1/Perfect (Instant)/Debuff/Incarceration] [186601][186605][186607][186610] x5
  - Rhino’s Horn | [224901b] x5
  - Teleport Crystal x1
  - Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [Tierless/Perfect/Support/Instant] +15% HP [163578][163582][163583][163743][164301] 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
  - Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
  - 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
  - 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:
 - Appraising[20000exp] R5
Gathering Profession:

 

[Lysette 0]

Well Oscar was on his shit.

Not surprising. A group this big was bound to have some crossed wires here or there. Of course the host would need to actively regulate. She felt bad though. He'd put on all this effort and couldn't even enjoy his own party. She thought back to a brief conversation she'd had with Warren before they moved everything here and the silent pact they'd made while they made the preparations. It just wasn't right that he had to basically be on bouncer duty. Especially when there were the three of them who could just as easily do it for him.

Lydia, naturally, could put her real world skills to use. She'd never played the part of the DJ before, but she'd give it her best effort. Especially considering the dance floor was empty.

So she set herself up, bringing her mixing deck from home and a collection of crystals she'd had on reserve. Symphonics and harmonics. She could make some magic happen with those. The music started up again, smooth summertime jams that would put a damper on any foul moods. Fingers danced over the deck, changing pitches and tones until she found something that she was particularly happy with. Then a crystal was in her hand, her voice amplified and ringing out over the beach.

"Hey, hey! It's Lysette from STY/L here! Mood's starting to get a little off, so let's do a little course correction, yeah? Don't be shy, come on out and dance. I do take requests!"

Edited Sunday at 08:23 PM by Oscar

[Oscar 0]

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[Sam 0]

PH

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<<Assist System Engaged: Assisting Warren>>
Level: 22
Paragon: 0
Tier: 3
True Tier: 10

Final EXP reward: +200% Final EXP reward

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Sam | HP: 240/240 | EN: 52/52 | DMG: 17 | MIT:20 | ACC:3 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:1 | REC: 4 | LD:9 | PROSP:1 | QTY: 2

Spoiler

Name: Sam, The Raven
True Tier: 10
Level: 12
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 240/240
EN: 52/52

Stats:
Damage: 17
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 3
Evasion: 1
Loot Die: 9
Stealth Rating: 5
AA 
PHASE
REC: 4
QTY: 2

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Bhafel, Decree of War (PROJ-T4-Demonic): Absolute Accuracy, Accuracy 2, Phase
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Raven's Fickle Fortune - Solera:Loot Dice 2, Recovery 2 
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Anathema's Merit:Quality 2, Loot Dice 1, Prosperity 1

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - 

Skills:
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Projectile Weaponry R5
  - Quick Change
  - Searching R5

Extra Skills:
  - Hiding R5
  - Concentration
  - 
First Aid R3
Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Surpise Attack: Trickster
  - Tracking
  - Vanish

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Acolyte's Light (T4-Perfect-Cloth Armor): Evasion 1, Recovery 2 x1
  - Bhafel, Strand of Vengeance (PROJ-T4-Demonic): Envenom 1, Bleed 1, Frostbite 1, Static 1 x
  - Gold Promise - Din's Flame (T1/Perfect):Accuracy 1, Evasion 2  x

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
  - Dining Room: Turn 2 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 portions of the food items sacrificed. Lesser Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
  - Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per fishing attempt
  - Herbalist Hut: +2 Gathering EXP per gathering attempt
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
  - 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
  - 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:

 

[Vex Vexxus 1]

I tilted my head with a grin as the blonde asked if I'd yell in girls ears often, "Ah. Non Non ma chérie! I whisper into them." I placed a palm against my bare chest, splaying out my fingers. "Professional hypnotist, and all that." I said with a cheeky grin. No use in hiding my expertise. Most just assumed hypnotism was all about clocks and counting backwards but being a mentalist...it was far more than that. Most these little players would never, ever know.

What a firecracker, she shoved a bun straight into my mouth before walking off, I took a big bite from the bun, letting the rest of it fall to the floor as I gave her the ol' double finger guns, bang bang. As the half chewed bread roll landed on the soft sand I gave it a little kick, it went sailing in the air - where it landed, I don't know. Not my business. Maybe it'd land in someone elses mouth, and they'd have a sand wich. I chuckled at my own joke as I chewed. The bread was sweet, overly so. Not sure how I felt about it, but hey, free food is free food. As I chewed the bread I danced around a nearby table, picking up a meat skewer and quickly demolishing it, among several others.

Food. Yes, good! 

I now had several empty skewers, shifting my gaze around I found @Khione I darted behind her with a grin. "Honeybunnnss.....Emilia...."  I crooned as I started sticking them into her ponytail. "I've been a good boy! Look! here I am! Everyone is safe! Aren't you proud of me?" Before she could answer I took two big steps back. Lest she grab my ankle and pull me to the floor to punch me.

There was already enough angry people here. I gave a tut tut toward the blonde who threw his drink. @Corvo so utterly uncouth. He wasn't a good boy. Not in the slightest. He was like a powder keg, ready to explode. I was oh so tempted to light it up and watch some fireworks but I wasn't in the mood to be yelled at by the party host.

Suddenly, music started - some woman who called herself Lysette? She wanted to correct people? Ohoho~ My eyes sparkled at the connotations of that. How hilarious. Not that I was interested in those sort of extra curricular activities, but the implication still amused me. I clapped very very loudly in time to her music. Cheering the woman on. Let the people dance!

 

@Freya @Lysette