Mari 1 Posted 9 hours ago #1 Share Posted 9 hours ago (edited) Somewhere on the 4th floor…. “Fuck you!” Mari spat at the hooded figure, her leg swept underneath theirs in an attempt to knock him over but he stepped back, dodging her. His grip on her wrist tightened. “Such fun games you play…” The sinister tone laced with amusement as the man twisted Mari’s wrist back, forcing her to fall to a single knee. Mari immediately responded by headbutting him in his chest, and following suit with a dagger in his side. The weapon’s blade lit ablaze but fizzled out as it came into contact with his skin. Mari was met with a low rumble of chuckled laughter. “You think I didn’t come prepared?” He asked, lifting Mari up by her wrist and lifting her body so it dangled just above the floor. “It’d be foolish to step anywhere near the two of you without the proper enchantments.” Mari clicked the heel of her boots against each other, and the shink of a hidden blade flung out the toe of the shoe; Mari swung her body to gain momentum and let another strike of blade against digital flesh, once across his stomach and the other in the side of his leg. The man finally let her go and Mari rolled backward, wasting no time in quick practised motions she opened up her HUD and flicked Untraceable from active to disabled. If she were to go missing, surely someone would use the skill…Raidou used it consistently, if he saw her that it would set alarm bells right? Just in case…. Then - came the satchel at her side - materializing out of digital air. Mari pulled out her tranquilizer- and slid the needle beneath the glove on her right hand - then she pulled out a glass orb filled with a pale blue smoke. She ditched it at the man who simply tilted his head to the side. “Again. I came prepared.” Shit. Mari was doing her best to avoid killing but this was getting more and more dire - she pulled out her Halberd and charged - swinging wide to strike the man down - aiming for his exposed neck. Her hit landed, and his health bar dipped down a significant amount. He may be immune to her status ailments but not to pure damage. Good….She could do this. Even without her fire - and her tricks…she could do this. Mari was still one of the strongest in Aincrad. She’d decimate this man. He had the audacity to threaten HER Lancaster, her Vincent. Her world. Another flash and her familiar, appeared behind her - a large Koi fish swimming in the air around her. Kohaku - something that rarely made an appearance but needs must. “I will fucking eviscerate you!” She hissed between clenched teeth. Suddenly…death felt too kind to him, a hatred broiled within her chest and prickled her skin. She would capture him. Throw him into her cell in her workshop. She’d pump his body with ricin and bacteria and watch him wither and whimper till he begged for death - and even then. She’d not grant it to him. Perhaps….she could take a page out of Freyd’s book and throw him into a random dungeon. Forever trapped somewhere between life and death. Yes…. That seemed fitting. Mari went to pull the blade out, to strike him down, again and again, but with her large swing came her weakness. She felt it before she saw it. Mari glanced down at her stomach - a single small needle was wedged into it, shimmering with its own enhancements, and unlike the man…she didn’t have any immunity against it. Fuck. Her weapon clattered to the floor as she lost control of her fingers. Then, she fell to her knees. Crunch Crunch Crunch “I thought you were going to eviscerate me.” He knelt down in front of her, grabbing hold of her face with a firm grip beneath her chin. “Now. Nothing against you, really. But I gotta borrow you for a few days.” He stood and turned his back on her. Opening up his messaging system. It was this moment that Mari wriggled her wrist, till the tranquilizer fell out, silently landing in the snow. She wasn’t sure it would work. But she had to try. Two fingers wrapped around it and she tried to lift her arm. “Ah. Now, now. None of that.” Fuck He had pried it from her hand and in a quick motion he flipped it around and jammed it into her wrist. “Remind me to go through your inventory later. I’m curious to see what else you got.” He watched, to see what it would do. A grin formed on his face as he realized, seeing her extremities twitch. “Well. That’s more convenient than getting paralyse to work.” He gave her a pat on the head. “Good girl.” Then, he would throw a tarp over her and pick Mari up. Throwing her limp body over his shoulder. The man slowly trekked through the wet snow to Snowfrost. Mari’s eyes were half lidded - she was barely able to move. This was so bad. How did she let this happen? Mari had felled countless others before. She had been able to fight several people at once. So why….was this different? Her finger twitched and with the man distracted she’d open up her HUD- Mari→ Lancaster: Hrkp Darkness overtook her, so before she could type any more the woman pressed send. Her world grew dark, and cold. Arriving at the teleport gate the man would readjust Mari on his shoulder before calling out a single word.. “ Yomi.” —------- Two days later, a single recording crystal was sitting on Mari’s front porch. Left there by a smaller hooded figure. It’s contents; A blurry and grainy image sprang to life from the crystal. In the center of the frame stood Mari, with her hands high over her head, dangling from the ceiling. Every so often a flash of light would obscure the image and she would scream. Her voice raw and cracked. When the flash died down it’d show Mari. Half burnt. Screaming, crying and swearing at her captors. Then, a man stepped into view - one who looked almost identical to Lancaster. He’d turn to the camera and give it a wave as he grinned. The image stuttered, then looped. The same scene playing over and over again. Non combat thread; Mari | HP: 1160/1160 | EN: 148/148 | DMG: 21 | MIT:143 | ACC:4 | AA | FL.AURA: 8 | BH:64 | BRN: 56 | ENV-O: 32 | PARA-V | LD:5 | True Tier 15 Edited 9 hours ago by Mari Link to post Share on other sites
Raidou 1 Posted 1 hour ago #2 Share Posted 1 hour ago A tap of his fingers in a stagnant pool, kneeled at one of the many horrid looking puddles in that glow. The burning boil of his own skin as it enters and comes out, confirming his suspicions. The skin begins to regrow at rapid pace. "Vincent!" Raidou barked at the man to get his attention with a twist of irritation on his tone, paying little mind to his broiling temper and desperation at what to aim it at. "The crystal." A flick between the men sees the stone tossed to Raidou, from the tyrant. Tapping it the man begins the playback, which causes Lancaster to swell and catch ablaze. Slowing it down, allowing it to loop the man grows in a visible outrage but Raidou stood stoic and seemed to picking out bits and pieces. A tilt of his screen, and an adjustment. "Tartarus..." The phrase spoken limply, a whisper as the confirmation. "Midday, see the structures?" Raidou checked the shadow cast upon the cell floor, the math checking out as well as the underlying sounds. But knowing the man who was his unwilling travel companion, he knew the best way to deal with the all consuming tyrant. Some this wasn't a point for deep thought for it would fall to deaf ears. Instead, it was time to act. "Building 3, see the one on the north side. There." A glance toward Lancaster with a point with that fire in his eyes and temperatures rising. "Burn it down, Consuming Tyrant. Don't hold back" lifting a hand to his shoulder, the man would play defense once the siren bell rang. "Because I won't." Raidou rips free his sword and a wave of red starts to meld with the pools of the stygian river, as his own temper quelled in a resolute focus was becoming unchained. Raidou | HP: 1280/1280 | EN: 166/166 | DMG: 24 | MIT:44 | ACC:4 | AA | F-SPIRIT | EVA:4 | BH:70 | VAMP-D: 141 | LD:6 Spoiler Name: Raidou, The Red Wanderer True Tier: 19 Level: 35 Paragon Level: 146 HP: 1280/1280 EN: 166/166 Stats: Damage: 24 Mitigation: 44 Accuracy: 4 Evasion: 4 Battle Healing: 70 Loot Die: 6 AA VAMP-D: 141 Equipped Gear: Weapon/Armor/Trinket: - Auric Sunlight - Finality of Faith [T4/Demonic/2HSS] +3 Damage, AA Armor/Trinket: - Red Wanderer's Resolve - Sympathy [T1/Demonic/Cloth] 2 Evasion, 2 Vampiric Defensive Shield/Armor/Trinket: - Tactician's Gaze - Ogma [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Accuracy Combat Mastery: - Combat Mastery: Mitigation R1 Combat Shift: - TECH Shift Familiar Skill: - Custom Skill: - Ill Omen in Red Skills: - Battle Healing R5 - Charge - Cloth Armor R5 - Energist - Fighting Spirit - Howl - Quick Change - Searching R5 - Straight Sword R5 Extra Skills: - Survival - Parry - Forgotten King's Authority - Concentration - - - Inactive Extra Skills: PhotosynthesizeBrawlerFrozen Hide Addons: - Ferocity - Focused Howl - Nimble - Precision - Reveal - Stamina Mods: - Athletics - Detect - Justified Riposte - Tracking - Vengeful Riposte Inactive Mods: Battle Ready Inventory: - Crippling Composition - Lullaby [Tierless/Rare/Debuff/Instant] Hypnosis 2 | [224055] x1 - Ebon Star - Vanguard Revenant [T4/Demonic/Straight Sword]: V.O 2, Taunt, Blight 1 x1 - Flash of Rejuvenation [T1/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [200869-1][200876][200877][200878][200879] x5 - Random Dungeon Map | [229967b] x5 - Teleport Crystal x1 - Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [Tierless/Perfect/Support/Instant] +15% HP [160898][161641][161642][162018][162529] 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 - Greenhouse: +2 Gathering EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to gathering 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: - Kumatetsu Wedding Ring: - - Crafting Profession: Gathering Profession: Link to post Share on other sites
Lancaster 1 Posted 1 hour ago #3 Share Posted 1 hour ago Minutes to hours to days, Lancaster was more then accustomed to Amari being gone for stints out on her own affairs. The last thing the man ever would be led to believe is she couldn't handle herself, and it wasn't until an odd message and a little recording crystal had really woken him up to the state of affairs. Attempts to try and point himself in the right direction had led him nowhere, any tries to ask about where the woman was last seen only brought about him to be ran out of towns. Aincrad was a big place, and Lancaster couldn't really start using connections he didn't have to locate her. The man only really had one option, the guy that tried to inject him with some mystery serum and fry his brains. That alliance was strained to say the least, but it was his only option. "Is this necessary?" Lancaster spat as Raidou touched the pools of cyan juice, after what seemed like hours of wanderlust and aimless walking. The consuming tyrant was already dialed up to 11, so this need for patience was condemning him to an ever rising temper. Again the man demands the little stone from him and calls him by his real name, leaving the thought of just leaving to bubble to the surface. "Am this close, mio amico. We are lost, you have no idea what you're doing. What Amari sees in such a 4 eyed ass clown...." Holding his finger and thumb the smallest bit apart, he fishes a out from his pocket and tosses the stone to Raidou and as it begins to play he begins to pace back and forth, lighting up a cigarette and desperately pressing his hands into his ears. "ENOUGH, COGLIONE!" The consuming tyrant rages with flames sparking in both hands, the cigarette in his mouth immediately bursting to ash and then a puff of smoke. His own health bar appearing as it takes a small tick of damage despite his immunity to flame, refilling on its own in a constant back and forth. A point from Raidou sees his attentions lock in and shift to meet the directions. "There? You're sure? Grazie a Dio! A lead..." The flames rage and begin to flash fry the stone to glass, his own clothing starting to smolder and become pecked with damage. "Finally, Il percorso per il paradiso comincia dall inferno." Lancaster | HP: 760/760 | EN: 114/114 | DMG: 22 | MIT:56 | ACC:4 | BRN-IM | FL.AURA: 16 | FL.THORNS: 16/32 | BH:38 | BLI: 32/-20 | BRN: 56 Spoiler Name: Lancaster, The Consuming Tyrant True Tier: 6 Level: 35 Paragon Level: 16 HP: 760/760 EN: 114/114 Stats: Damage: 22 Mitigation: 56 Accuracy: 4 Battle Healing: 38 Stealth Rating: -3 BRN-IM FL.AURA: 16 FL.THORNS: 16/32 BLI: 32/-20 BRN: 56 Equipped Gear: Weapon/Armor/Trinket: - All Consuming Pyre - Hades [T4/Demonic/Throwing/200384n] | BRN 2, BLI 2 Armor/Trinket: - Hydra Hide Jacket - Erebus [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] Flame Aura 2, Flame Thorns 2 Shield/Armor/Trinket: - Inset Etching Tongue Piercing - Cerberus [Tierless/Demonic/Trinket] Accuracy 3, Fireproof Combat Mastery: - Combat Mastery: Damage R3 Combat Shift: - AOE Shift Familiar Skill: - Custom Skill: - Skills: - Battle Healing R5 - Energist - Heavy Armor R3 - Thrown Weaponry R5 Extra Skills: Inactive Extra Skills: Addons: - Focus - Precision - Stamina Mods: - Impetus Inactive Mods: Battle Ready Inventory: - Anthem of Finality - Destruction [Tierless/Perfect/Debuff/Instant] Catalyst | 230758, 230778, 230779, 230780, 230781 x1 - Anthem of Finality - Destruction [Tierless/Perfect/Debuff/Instant] Catalyst | 230782, 230783, 230784, 230785 x5 - Resonance of the Grave [Tierless/Perfect/Debuff/Instant] Incarceration | 186790, 191009, 191013, 198351, 181560, x5 - Teleport Crystal x4 Housing Buffs: - 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. Guild Hall Buffs: Scents of the Wild Totem: Wedding Ring: - Strong Will Crafting Profession: Gathering Profession: Link to post Share on other sites
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