[Floor ∆ - OP] Musings of a Madman

[Simmone 0]

This OP is intended to be a space to tell short narrative segments between characters that are not large enough to be a thread on their own, as such its easier to get the lead out mentally and just wrap them all up in the same space. The floor is variable based on need for the story being told and is why the number for the floor is 'delta'

Floor 8 - The Black Odyssey (No Mans Land)

The scampering and parading of Moro and Maru work like a fresh pot of coffee, a level of motions and sounds to personify a brand new morning. Simmone sat dreary eyed and listless, staring out the window of her moving store and taking in the lush green scenery that the place had chosen to find itself settled in. A questionable thing in the fact it was not entirely stationary, adding even more mystery to the store to which she held the key. Perhaps if it sat still, she'd have the pleasure of having a bit larger of a customer base or perhaps her deliveries could be made to it instead of having to pick them up every day. But instead of getting frustrated with that front like the past, she picked her battles to those she could change.

Wistfully steam dances from a white glass cup, sat upon a silver platter with a spoon at its side. A golden brown mixture settling into its bottom, as Felix slowly crawls from its own bed. Like its owner it was not ready to greet the morning. Moro scampers up as Simmone looks on, aimless and groggy. "What should I do with this, mistress?" The NPC asked in her usual cool tone, an entirely different demeanor then her partner. Simmone's eyes trace over and fixate what she held: A longer blade wide enough to almost be a paddle, black and a little mundane looking. "The cupboards full again?" Simmone asked to which Moro nods hurriedly, a couple times to cement it. "I suppose, we are really do for an expansion. Maybe something a little more.... stationary, try the shed outside." The Black cat overs her helper, to which responds in a militant salute and being whisked away of the droning of her little feet.

WC: 301

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final EXP/Col Reward
Mega Slime Farm {Because I'm Stupid and forgot to} | +10% Final EXP Reward

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Simmoné | HP: 1060/1060 | EN: 144/144 | DMG: 21 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | AA | EVA:1 | REC: 8 | LD:9 | PROSP:1 | QTY: 2                                                                                                                            

Spoiler

Name: Simmoné, The Black Lotus
True Tier: 13
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 90
HP: 1060/1060
EN: 144/144

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Loot Die: 9
AA
REC: 8
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:
  - Double or Nothing

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] x
  - Rhino’s Horn | [224901b] x5
  - Teleport Crystal x5
  - 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:

 

[Sam 0]

Wondering to the Odyssey, today what the day. It was eating her alive every time she say Simmone which was daily so even if she masked it, the little thought was always there. Simmone was the first that Sam had ever connected with in the game, worked under the woman and she even became her mentor. Always feeling like she had a connection with this woman, at one point even a crush that she never wanted to explore afraid of loosing what they had. Then fates interfered, showed her things and helped her with explaining the truth behind everything that she was feeling. Sometimes she wished that she never knew the truth but then where would that leave Sam? Would she still be broken and wallowing in tears that were never needed for a death that was just cause. It happened for a reason, if her brother never saved her that day then Sam would be dead and in the same vein Eruda would of lost her twin. The long passing days in Aincrad has taught her that it had to happen for better or worse, she just hoped that she would not loose the one person that she could truly call a friend by speaking up. 

A hand would begin to reach for the door before Moro rushes out with something in her hands. She was most likely heading to the shed, what the inventory already full? Washing the thought away with the shake of her head before catching to swinging door and walking through the threshold. Seeing Simmone messing with something she would give a smile but to anyone who knew how to read emotions, it looked forced, maybe even fake. "Hey" she would say as she walked past the woman with a breath that seemed crackled. "So you remember a couple months ago I told you I needed to talk to you about something?" A statement, a question, a topic starter, she would take it slow for the information was very sensitive to them both. She would get into a cabinet and pull out some wine, reach into another and grab two glasses. This was going to be rough and very much needed. "Its about your brother" she didn't look at the woman, only set the two cups on a small round table. Pulling out a chair for Simmone as she sat in the other. Popping the cork, she would pour the liquid into the glasses. "I need to tell you something but I want you to sit down before I do." Simmone would see Sam disgruntled, sad. It was going to be hard to talk about but she felt like Simmone needed to know even if she hated her after words. She would proceed on the edge of caution from this point forward.

WC: 467

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final EXP/Col Reward
Mega Slime Farm {Because I'm Stupid and also forgot to} | +10% Final EXP Reward

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Sam | HP: 1020/1020 | EN: 140/140 | DMG: 23 | MIT:20 | ACC:3 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:1 | REC: 8 | LD:9 | PROSP:1 | QTY: 2

Spoiler

Sam, The Raven
True Tier: 12
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 80
HP: 1020/1020
EN: 140/140

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 3
Evasion: 1
Loot Die: 9
Stealth Rating: 5
AA 
PHASEREC: 8

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

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
  - Teleport Crystal 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:

 

Edited Monday at 04:18 PM by Sam

[Simmone 0]

What started as a dreary day had become far more involved, as it seemed that her rather lax and absentee apprentice had actually decided to show up for work. For once. "Glad you could finally show up, Samantha." Simmone scorned with a small bite of irritation on her tone, given how aloof the girl was. "The twins can certainly use your help organizing. My bathtub is full of suits of armor." She remarked limply, reclining on her red sofa as she searched the girls expression. Something was off, obtuse about the way she was carrying herself. As if this wasn't to show up and pull her weight, a fact that didn't surprise Simmone in the slightest. A heavy sigh as she'd droop down to lay on the arm of that red velvet recliner. "I recall." She bloomed watching on as Sam started digging through the cupboards, swiping a pair of glasses and a bottle of wine. At 7:37 am, a fact checked by a slink of her eyes to check her digital clock on her peripheral. "Little early, don't you think?" But the next spoken phrase has Simmone walking on thorns, and clearly the raven haired apprentice knew she was walking a fine line. Greasing her up to prevent any sort of backlash, Simmone could easily pick out the parley.

"What does anything you do have to do with my brother?" The phrase spoken in a cool bite, spoken like a compliment yet one could taste the contempt layered beneath it. Her brother was a very sore topic for her, and an even sorer scar. "I am already sitting, have you just woken up as well? Or are you blind, Sam?" Simmone was clearly already irritated to start this whole thing off. Her apprentice finally shows up, and instead of actually doing her job she had the gall to bring up someone very dear to her. Someone she had lost a long time ago, and she was only dealing with this simply because it was a bit too early to start yelling. That wine better be strong, or she was fixing to shove the girl out the door or worse.

WC: 360

[Sam 0]

Every word that came from Simmone's mouth was like a knife stabbing her in the chest. Not sure it was meant to feel that way but it did. After what happened with Katoka, the last thing she wanted to do was loose this friendship. If she was being honest, it was more valuable than anything that she has ever had in her entire life. "I promise this will explain why I have not been here" she would say first as she watched Simmone fold her arms waiting for something relevant to come out of this conversation being held. Having trouble trying to figure out where to start she would pour some wine into one of the cups and take a swing of it, this was harder than she thought. Setting the cup down slowly, "I might not seem like it now but I always felt like me and you had this weird connection, like I was meant to be with you. At first I thought I had a crush on you" a nervous chuckle as she felt foolish now for thinking that little tad bit. "It was your brother" she would pause and take another drink. Her chest starting feeling like it was going to explode, she hated this. She didn't want to fuck this up but it had to be done. It was part of her purging process, to get everything off her chest. If she ever wanted to come back and work with Simmone or even be able to look at her again, then she had to tell her why she was avoiding even if it hurt. 

"I am sure you remember the little black haired girl, the red ball" a pause to meet Simmone's eyes. Sam would reflect pain as her hands were shaking in fear of what was going to happen. "The white truck" another pause as she would take another drink. A tear would drip down her face "The grin on his face with that dead stare" her voice was now shaky and a bit more quieter than before. She would close her eyes and give them both a moment of silence. "I was that little girl" saying in a small voice as she stares into the cup.

"I held onto that day everyday since then and it fucked me up. When I got older I tried for years to gain the courage to find you and your family but I never could. It hurt too much knowing that a family lost a member not because of me but being the reason why. I blamed myself for the longest time." Placing one hand on her leg and the other on the opposite arm. At this point she couldn't even look up. "Tuatha actually yelled at me through Nisahime. Told me that I was wasting the life that he gave me, my second chance at living. Told me to let it go and that he regretted nothing from that day." She still couldn't believe that he had been watching her all this time or was that Nisa or maybe both. Freya had told her all about the mirror situation so she knew that what she was saying wouldn't sound completely crazy to Simmone. "When I found out he was your brother, I couldn't face you. How could I?" A sniffle as her chest felt so tight that is was almost hard to breath. 

"I can only imagine what you went through but god I am so sorry." At this moment she was thinking the worst. She would come back to work but if Simmone wanted her too she would not speak to her. That was the worst option, she wanted to stay friends with the woman but it was Simmone's decision. "I would understand if you hate me now, more so for not showing up for work." That last thing was said for the simple fact that she knew there was already resentment there for that specifically. Taking another drink she would wait for the outburst that she would both deserve and not deserve.

WC: 678

[Simmone 0]

Listening on to Sam's outline with a sour expression painted across her face, Simmone wasn't exactly elated at the drudge of her history so early in the morning. Swiping the wine glass from the table in front of her, she'd down in one go like chugging a cup of water. Clapping back down on the table, a whistle sees one of the twins scamper in and pour another glass out. She was half tempted to just grab the bottle at this point. "Sure." The black cat remarks running her tongue across her teeth, holding back her irritation. Then it clicks and she leans back in her chair, folding her legs and crossing her arms. Sam shouldn't know that, it wasn't something she's shared with her before. Or hell mostly anyone. A turn of her head allows her hair to cascade down off her shoulder in a trickle. As if she were trying to decipher exactly the logistics of this situation she'd found herself in.

Perking up she starts listening more intently, as Sam recounts more and more secret information as if the girl.... had... lived it. A wobble in her voice hadn't gone unnoticed, especially since Simmone was tethered to every word spoken. "Well Samantha." Simmone remarked like a mother taking another sip of her glass, but not nearly as hastily as before. "My brother, Tuatha as you all know him as. Isn't or wasn't his name when I knew him. It makes sense that he would yell at you, just like I do. You like to get sidetracked and fall into a lazy inaction. Someone has to break you out of it. My brother gave everything for you Samantha Rose. I knew I recognized you, but I didn't want to believe it. I let sleeping dogs lie. I tried to move on. Because clearly this is what my brother wanted when he did what he did. Leaving me all alone. The least I could do as his Nightingale is honor his wishes."

It stung greater then any wound she'd ever bore, both in game and out. Simmone expected it to come up sooner or later, and it had been a long time coming. "I don't blame you Sam. Gabriel. His name was Gabriel, and he was always looking after me. I still remember his smile, and his way of driving me nuts. To show me that he cared. I didn't know what I would do without him, and it took a long time for me to even get out of bed in the morning. Even some days in here I cannot find the strength to get up. He would want me to get over myself, and maybe you were here for a reason. I don't know, normally I'd consider that pure coincidence. But after Nisa, I started believing that maybe there is no such thing as chance. Ironic given my profession." Another sip of her wine, she'd continue. "Ask your questions, and I will do my best to tell you want you want to know." On her face a mix of sorrow and happiness, as if a burden she'd been bearing for way too damn long had finally been lifted from her shoulders.

WC: 534

[Sam 0]

It was her turn to fully empty the glass, taking it and drinking the rest of the liquid. It would be refilled damn near instantly. Simmone knew all this time, she knew and said nothing. She understood why, the woman was trying to move on like he wanted. "Gabriel" repeating the name with a very small smile on the corner of her lips. "He seemed nice." This conversation did not go how Sam expected it to. It would all make sense now, why Simmone was so nice and willing to take Sam under her wing. Through her eyes it was a completely random circumstance but for Simmone with the pure notion that she knew who Sam was, it was not. Another thing that would click was her last name. She had only told one person so how did Simmone know it unless...

Pulling out the platinum mirror she got from Nisa, with Simmone explaining a little bit of how it had effected her Sam would do the same in a different way. Pulling the chair closer so that she could see the reflective memory. It would show the a glimpse of the funeral with the two families and the coliseum with the plaque that Gabriel was placed in. It would skip a bit and show Sam getting into a fight that knocked a kid out at age five. Another skip as is would show Sam on a computer a little bigger in height. A few more skips but each would show the same thing, same girl, different heights as she grew older. Closing the memory down, taking another sip. "I glued myself to video games and the knowledge of computers. Figured that if I never went outside then I couldn't hurt anyone else. Lost all sense of human contact, of the real world." Taking a deep breath, all that fear was gone and out of her system. It was like something constricting was lifted off of her and she could finally breath for the first time in a very long time. "Might be why I am so difficult to handle, why I can't keep a relationship." Another sip it was becoming a bit easier to talk about this. "You did what I could not. You looked me up, I have only ever told my full name to one other." 

Thinking about all the questions that didn't really matter. Most were already answered just from having this conversation. "I guess the one question I have is this. Why did you chose me to be your apprentice. I was stubborn, a bit rude and unknowing. Was it because you recognized me and wanted to get to know me or..." the sentence would fall. It could be several things but the only answer the the real one, the one that Simmone would give. "I guess one other, by happenstance that you did look me up, why did you never come find me when I got older?" Those were the only two questions that were eating at her and ones that she couldn't piece meal together like a puzzle. Leaning back in her chair looking up at Simmone now, when before she could not. Taking another sip, everything was starting to be better. Simmone did not seem mad and it was even said that she was not to blame which made her happy just knowing this little point.

WC: 564

Edited Monday at 06:40 PM by Sam

[Miki 0]

Wondering aimlessly trying to find the mysterious person that she had no name to. This was the 22nd floor that she had been on, every other floor never felt right. This one felt different, it was like when she was following that music the other day. Everything about that day was stuck in her head and questions were constantly coming. 

"I know our time together might be shorter then we hoped."
"I know our time together might be shorter then we hoped."
     "But I want you to keep hope, stay happy Miki. Don't give up your dreams, and know that no matter what..."
     "But I want you to keep hope, stay happy Miki. Don't give up your dreams, and know that no matter what..."
          "When you play, I'll be there listening. Forever"
          "When you play, I'll be there listening. Forever"

That girl, no not just any girl, Shiina Mochi. She spoke in two tones, that other voice was her mothers. How was that even possible, she was gone but somehow Miki could still feel that she was still here. Her mother wanted her to play again so that she could listen, again how. Who was this girl and this mystery person. 

"Where a spire of time was lost but is a stage, where tired memories and old instruments have been reduced to ruin from age. Under a myriad of prancing petals in the lands between, where all truths are made real and no lie can be seen. That is where the strings of silver have been renewed."

What did this even mean, she had not a clue where this place described. The only thing that she had was a feeling, was it enough? Finding herself next to a large building, it looked like there was other smaller building linked to it. Behind it she could see nothing but fog illuminating the place. She wanted to try something, instead of trying to wrap her head around what everything should mean she was going to start relying on that feeling to guide her way. Taking a deep breath she would close her eyes and focus on her surrounding and that strong intense feeling that she was having. Still unsure what it was but somehow she knew that this was the right floor to be on. She would begin to walk with her eyes closed so see where it would lead her.

Small chirping of birds, she would look in the direction, it would get louder, she would follow. After a few minutes the chirping would stop, she would hold out her hands and listen. Another second and she would feel some winds push her in a direction, she would allow nature to lead the way. After a time of walking the winds would suddenly stop as would she. Taking a deep breath, eyes still shut tight. Hearing what sounded like a woodpecker hitting a tree, she would turn her head and begin to walk again, it would become louder then completely stop. Another minute goes by and she would hear what sounded like foot steps. Her heart begins to race, that could be so many things. Another person, a critter, a monster waiting to pounce, to eat or worse kill her. Closing her eyes tighter, she had gone this far. Regardless of what would happen, she had to continue to have faith that she was going to right way, that she was doing the right thing. Taking another slow deep breath, she was scared, even shaking a bit but she would continue moving forward. Suddenly it would all stop, the foot steps the winds, the birds everything. There was nothing but pure silence. Miki was left standing there with nothing more to follow, her eyes were still closed. It was then that she would start to hum, a song that her mother sang to her every night sense she was a baby. The song that got her starting on the path of being a musician. It was her mother that allowed her to thrive, to grow, to follow her destined path. The humming echoes in the empty area around her, eyes still closed. "I love you mommy" is all she would say when the song was over. One last tear would drip down her cheek, the very last that she would ever shed.

WC: 721

Miki | HP: 220/220 | EN: 40/40 | DMG: 1

Spoiler

Miki, Harmonious
True Tier: 2
Level: 11
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 220/220
EN: 40/40

Stats:
Damage: 1

 

Edited yesterday at 04:06 AM by Miki

[Nisahime 0]

Drifting from one place to another, that little green marker of hers sat squarely above her white haired head. A stark attire of red on her back and from just a cursory whisper a voice catches her ear. From such a simple phrase the woman wearing the appearance of something much younger would round the corner. A simple point of being at the right place at the right time it would appear. "Is a peculiar place to start declaring your love for your mother don't you think?" Nisa dropped simply breaking the newly formed silence, with a slight twist of nonchalant excitement. A tilt of her head allows her ivory hair to drift from her shoulder, despite the orange hair she sure as hell looked quite a bit like Shiina didn't she. "Miki was it?" she asks folding her arms behind her back near her waist and a little pouch that hung there, leaning to kick a stone out of her path. "Interesting little song you have there. Bet its pretty special, at least I think so." Tracing a circle in the air with her finger in a twirl, as if gesturing to all of Miki with it.

Shifting her weight on her heels, she'd spin around on the ball of her foot in a quick about face. "Something I think you'd like to see, but this place wont really do will it?" Pressing her index into her chin as she stared up toward the sky as if asking the forest that question. Lowering her arms, the girl would start to walk before tilting to look over her shoulder at the shocked and confused Miki. "You coming? I got places to be, like a lot of places." Nisahime chirped with a chipper child like tone. Walking through the trees with Miki at her back, the path would seem to wind into the darker and more dangerous coverage where horrid monsters hid. All the while she walked on as the leader with moxie and determination, as if she knew precisely where she was going.

Eventually they seem to lead into some clearing, where a large field of emerald green grass stared back almost in a glare. Sunlight made it glisten with morning dew, as pink petals danced harmlessly through the air like snow. If one were to turn around to leave, the forest of memories seemed to disappear entirely replaced by an endless empty field of green. Across that field all manner of instruments and tables that look weather worn and ancient sat quietly, but would be obvious that they had been renewed and repaired. On their surfaces all manner of new objects, bits and bobs littering every inch. By a girl who knew way too much, and had way too much experience doing everything. A fated chance encounter to see the precipice of all creation, where she'd be able to rediscover herself and be forged anew. From a girl who held all the cards, all for her one hand to play.

WC: 501

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final Col/EXP reward
Mega Slime Farm | +10% Final EXP reward

Nisahime | HP: 1140/1140 | EN: 126/126 | DMG: 23 | MIT:203 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | EVA:1 | FL.AURA: 16 | FR.AURA: 16 | HB: 23 | REC: 8
 

Spoiler

Name: Nisahime, The Hand of Fate
True Tier: 14
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 96
HP: 1140/1140
EN: 126/126

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 203
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Stealth Rating: -5
TAUNT
FL.AURA: 16
FR.AURA: 16
HB: 23
REC: 8

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Vengeance of Avon - Elsinore [Artifact] | DMG 3, Cursed
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Alban Royal Crusader - Bran Fendigaidd | Frost Aura 2, Flame Aura 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Avalon Rebis Aegis - Anam Cara | Recovery 2, Holy Blessing 1, Taunt

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Evasion R1
  - Combat Mastery: Mitigation R3
  - Combat Mastery: Accuracy R3

Combat Shift:
  - ST Shift
  - AOE Shift
  - TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - All for One

Skills:
  - Curved Sword R5
  - Heavy Armor R5
  - Howl
  - Rapier R5
  - Straight Sword R5

Extra Skills:
  - Concentration
  - Forgotten King's Authority
  - Block R3

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Focus
  - Focused Howl
  - Iron Skin
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Impetus

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light [201986f] 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.
  - 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.
  - Greenhouse: +2 Gathering EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to gathering attempts.
  - 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:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:

Gathering Profession:

 

 

[Miki 0]

Eyes would spring open from hearing a voice so calm and vibrant yet young. In pure confusion glancing around to find a white haired woman or was it girl. She barely looked older than her. Yet again, like Shiina she would mention her mother and her name. A huff of breath as she folds her arms "How is it that I say nothing and you already know about my mother and my name. Why does everyone know my name yet I have not actually said it out loud" throwing her hands out into the air as she would follow this person without really realizing it. In a real way she felt something safe and trusting with them, why was beyond her knowledge but that was the thing with blind faith. You never knew really what you were getting into just that you knew it had to happen. "Something you think I would like to see, how do you know what I would like or not..." her world fall off into oblivion as her eyes would widen seeing the environment completely shift into something entirely new and reformed. "Oh my" taking a few steps into this place.

"Where a spire of time was lost but is a stage, where tired memories and old instruments have been reduced to ruin from age. Under a myriad of prancing petals in the lands between, where all truths are made real and no lie can be seen. That is where the strings of silver have been renewed."

A huge grass clearing, glancing back the place they just came from, it was like it didn't exist. "The lands between" as her eyes would shift back to a large cherry blossom tree, pink petals filled the blue skies above them floating slowly down around them. She would hold out her hand to catch one, "Under a myriad of prancing petals" turning her hand slightly allowing to petal to slide off her palm. As she was looking more carefully around what would seem like old junk held by a hoarder, she knew better than to think such things. Observing the figurative wall of instruments, "Where tired memories and old instruments have been reduced to ruin from age" all words that are repeated from the phrase that came from Shiina's mouth but was it really her saying them. A hand would rub against the top of a piano, as her vision would skim over a few string pieces. "I learned a few pieces but they one I found myself being best at was the Violin, but I guess you knew that already." Glancing at the girl, "Shiina seems to think that you have my Special Violin but it is not here. On the other hand a piece so fragile wouldn't be placed in just any location." That is what her thoughts were, when she stored her Violin back home it was in a glass case where it could be seen by all but never touched by her friends. It was that important and such care was needed in order to keep it secured. Tracing her eyes against the tables that were spattered with all kinds of new and old things, some of which she had never seen before. It was not overwhelming to be here, it was more curiosity covered with intrigue and surprise that all of this stuff would fit so neatly in a place like this.

WC: 569

[Nisahime 0]

Allowing Miki to really get lost in all the regurgitation of ambiguous phrasing and dissect the riddle, which when it was allotted it was meant to grease the wheels by giving an ambience of mystery. An old trick of the divine is to give ominous omens to encourage a level of serious and respect of those that hold them close. Whereas just telling someone plainly 'Yo its on the mountain.' It shatters the expectation of prophecy to have a certain level of obscurity and mysticism. Not necessarily a trick or being difficult for the sake of being difficult. Just fulfilling the expectations of those that would hear it. "Yep, its called the World that Never Was. Because it was supposed to be a floor but was scrapped mid design. Its why it only goes so far, and if you walk too far you just end up on the stairs in Mario 64." Nisa drops plainly with a smile, the reference probably a bit too old for Miki to understand.

"Ironic that it was an attempt to use my original homestead as a base, coin the tree." With a point toward the large landmark at its center, Nisahime would make movements toward one of the benches. "Yeah, I don't do fragile. Consider it an upgrade." The girl spoke as she started ruffling through a box after hoisting it up to the top of the carpentry bench. "Oh damn it, of course I forgot string it." Wasn't entirely true, she didn't forget but she would allow herself that white lie. From the box she'd pull the thing out, turning it over to reveal the inscription etched by her mother word for word, the embossed butterfly like a stamp carved into the silver. But there was something new, an odd little gemstone pressed into its back just below where the handle connects. Like a pearl. Noticing Miki's expression and confusion, she'd tap next to it twice. "That's the Upgrade~" Setting it down on the bench, she'd pull out a little kit of tools in a small bag and fish out strands of silver wire that were once spider webs from floor 21. The very same she had showed Reytac and commented about using it as trip wire. Good thing he gave it back, but that was always going to happen. Right?

Unspooling the wire, she uses a pair of metal clippers to cut them loose. 7 long strands, showing just how unique that the instrument was. As if she knew personally exactly how to reconstruct it.

"You gonna help me, Miki? I can't do this all on my own."
"You gonna help me, Miki? I can't do this all on my own."

The undertone has a memory rip through Miki's head, when she first got the instrument from her mother. Who had her help string it when she was very young. That moment recreated right here in the World that never was. As Nisahime smiled wide and extended the first circle of silver string for Miki to take and start with.

WC: 508

[Miki 0]

A sudden flash back of a memory was triggered by this moment.

"Miki, come here dear. I have something for you." Small pattering of feet on the hard wood floor. "You have been practicing on mine long enough" Miki jumps in excitement as her mother would pat the chair next to her. As she was handed the Violin her head would twist in confusion. "But Mama it doesn't have any strings" as she would glance back up her mother would be holding small packs of strings in her hands. "You gonna help me, Miki? I can't do this all on my own." Practically hopping in her seat she would nod rapidly as they would spend the better part of two hours of Miki's 6th birthday learning how to string her very own 7 string Violin.

When her vision comes back everything in the immediate area was nothing more than background noise. Taking a seat next to this woman as she would pat her seat like her mother had. As she would sit, the woman would hand her the instrument that looked exactly like the one her mother gave to her on her 6th birthday. Tracing her finger tips upon the silver sparkled butterfly then over the inscription -I give you my world, embrace your talent, be great! I love you- "How do you know this" words piece-milled together and she would think that this woman would be smart enough to know that Miki was not talking about the stringing of the Violin. Taking each silver strand attaching it tightly to the frame as if it were muscle memory. Her chest felt tight like with each string she would pull tight was pulling on her heart and the memory with it. Stopping on the 7th string, it was unique and the most difficult. Her mother was the one to help with the last part, she would hesitantly look at the woman and offer her the opportunity to complete the memory. Holding the Violin out to the woman.

"What can I do for you to help repay this" moving her eyes around gesturing to everything they were doing. She didn't want to know how she could channel her mother, just that she could. She didn't want to know how this place was possible, just that it did. She didn't want to know who this person was, just a name. Miki did not need much, she had the feeling of comfort, being safe and for some reason already trusting this woman with every bone in her body. Connected by blind faith alone through her mother that she could feel was still with her more than ever. That warm in her chest grew as she would sit next to this woman. "Can I have your name, you have given me a gift from beyond the grave and I want to know who gave me this special moment." 

WC: 483

[Nisahime 0]

Leaning down and grabbing the center section of the violin, showing off a pair of fingerless black gloves that escape blood red sleeves in the process. She'd take the spooled up string in her other, pressing the end into her lips and allowing it to drop and unwind. "Always the toughest one, the thinnest one. But its also the most important string." Nisahime mumbled through her lips, as if recounting that memory word for word. "It's the highest string, G and it allows your songs to be much lighter and brighter. Without it, all of your music will sound sad. Can't have that can we, Miki?" Winding the peg carefully in quarter turns, allowing it to come to tension and settle before tightening it further else risk it snapping. Holding the instrument limply in her left hand, she'd move back to the box and shuffle inside for a moment before returning.

"Shh, still needs to be tuned." The white haired girl remarks with haste, pressing the bow into her nose like an extended finger. Turning the dials and raking the rod across the strings, an earring in her right ear dangling from her earlobe seeming to move slightly every so often with a mind of its own. All the way up the bridge, she checks each one by ear it seemed pulling it into proper standard tuning. "There we go, let's see here." Turning it around and pressing her cheek into the chinrest, she tilts her head and pinches it between her jaw and shoulder. Finger's somewhat small seem to take specific spaces across the fingerboard. Nisahime's eyes shut limply as if in silent prayer, and the bow drags once across the lowest B-flat with an exhale. A shadow overcast steals the light from the world that never was as if the clouds had swallowed the sun. Those same eyes spring open and reveal shining white that glow off the sheen and polish of the instrument. Without warning her hand suddenly springs to life, targeting spaces across the board like arrow to an archery target with the fever of a master. The song that resonates from it screams loudly and proud, in a powerful pride and happiness that it hadn't seen in this life.

(♫)

When the song concludes, Nisahime smiles in a genuine bout of joy. Her eyes fading from their shine, returning to that sharp red. "It's your turn, come on. Let me show you how to place your fingers." Not a second of regret or personal space, as if her own memories were on blast. Even the scent that wafts through the air would remind Miki of her mother. Nisahime scrambles taking the girls arms and thrusting and contorting the girls body despite any denial straight into the proper posture for playing it. With the instrument in her hands, Miki finds herself in the Forest of Memories all on her own barely a few steps into the tree line from Coral. A whisper in her ear.

"That is a question that you are not ready to hear the answer to, as fate would have it you have some growing to do before we meet again. Miki, Vestige of Mirth. Time to rediscover how to play the highest string and spread joy."

Was it all a dream, had she dreamed the day away? The silver violin and bow in her hands being the only thing to confirm it actually happened at all.

WC: 574

 

[Freya 0]

Eyes shifting from left to right as she was dreaming. Finding herself back in her old pool room, a sudden whistle blowing as she dives into the pool. Swimming as fast as she could, head tilts up to the right to gain enough breath to continue for a few more meters. A tap of her hand against the inner wall of the pool before a quickly pull of her knees to her chest, shifting her body and pushing off that same wall going the direction she just came from. A straight lined swim practice to get ready for the finals. Hearing two clicks one right after the other as her hand would touch the other side. Large exhale of breath as she would come up for air. Glancing over to who was right there with her. Eyes quickly shifting up to the coach, "Well who won" placing both arms on the cool white concrete. "You Freya by a literal second." A sigh of relief that turns into a laughter. Turning to the girl, "God if I have one off day Sumi you would win" lifting herself from the water and sitting on the edge. Pulling off the cap allowing her hair to fall against her shoulders. Kasumi does the same as she would reveal that long orange hair. A hand held out with a smile that never left as she would hear a few more clicks in the background. Shaking hands with the girl as she reciprocates the smile back, "Same time tomorrow yea?" Releasing her hand as she get up to get changed.

Eye lids flutter open, she was staring at the ceiling of her room on the floor with the blanket half way between her and the bed. Vision shifts to the clock as it was noon "SHIT" scrambling up and rushing downstairs seeing a note on the table with breakfast that was most likely cold. The note read - I did not want to wake you. I left to go do a few things. Love you- Breathing hard but relieved, taking a piece of bacon off the plate she would here the kids clawing against the bathroom door. "Sorry guys gotta go" announcing as she realized now where she knew Kasumi from. The last time they just simply hung out it was like watching a mystery novels and not one of the exciting ones. It was actually really painful to watch and she was the one living it. Sending a message to her sister with a favorite food request for Kasumi. She knew that her sister and Kasumi saw each other every so often so maybe she would have the answer. While waiting she would stuff another bacon piece in her mouth, letting the taste soak as she would take the pen and write a response on the paper under Gaius message. With the chime of her HUD a message from Eruda would come through and she would nod slowly. "I can do this, easy to make and delicious" was all she said before gathering a few ingredients from the kitchen. Shoving the eggs on the plate in mouth not wanting to waste the food made for her. Even though it was cold she would give Gaius an A++, it was her fault to it was not to temp.

Spending a few hours in the guild hall kitchen creating her masterpiece, she knew that Eruda said strawberry parfait but banana's were a great additive blend. Setting the master piece on the guild hall table. Opening her HUD she would construct a message to Kasumi:

Quote

To: Kasumi
From: Freya

I need to you, meet me in the guild hall. Hope your hungry, made you something yummy.

Hoping that she would respond back, she really thought that this time would go better that last. This in her opinion was a way to break the ice between them, at least that was the hopes. She would sit at the table in one of the chairs with a honey bun that she grabbed from her case that seemed to never empty.

WC: 685

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final Col/EXP reward
Mega Slime Farm | +10% Final EXP reward

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Freya | HP: 1020/1020 | EN: 140/140 | DMG: 23 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:1 | BH:56 | VAMP-O: 168 | REC: 4 | BLD: 48  | LD:6

Spoiler

Freya, Twisted Sister
True Tier: 12
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 81
HP: 1020/1020
EN: 140/140

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 1
Battle Healing: 56
Loot Die: 6
Stealth Rating: 2
AA 
PHASEVAMP-O: 168
REC: 4
BLD: 48 

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
  - Hiding R2

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Night Vision
  - Tracking
  - Untraceable

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Teleportation 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.
  - 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:
 - Cooking[exp] R1
Gathering Profession:
 - Fishing[exp] R1

 

[Kasumi 0]

The city of Taft was just as ripe as always, with the streets riddled with all manner of players and NPC alike. Some sporting more standard city faring clothing, whereas others wore actual suits of armor likely planning to strike the Quest Board and pick something out. It was early enough that routine party forming for grinding was underway like it was every morning, akin to working a job to earn a paycheck to afford a place to stay. The analog was almost one to one with the real world, as if old habits were hard to break. Kasumi was enjoying a small little something to help sate an early appetite all her own, in the cafe she frequented at least 3 times a week. The waitress even knew her by name. Still filled with a bit of pride as a little NPC girl wanders past with her mother paying the girl a wave in greeting. A little white flower tucked in her hair behind her ear. One of the many little trinkets she distributed among the populous helping bring a little sunshine to dreary days.

A spoon sliding into a cup of yogurt, and to moment she tucks it into her face a ping almost forces her to swallow said utensil. Tapping the message after fishing the silverware out of her gullet, she tucks it back into the yogurt to figure out what was up. This wasn't through the guild chat, a fact which surprised her. No, this message was aimed at her directly... From Freya.... A faint obtuse memory of wedding cake in an onsen, and the weird follow-up that came later. The girl had a very strange idea of what girls did, and that was putting it lightly. It called into question just how her friends acted. Then it clicked, Lanna. That girl she met in the middle of a swamp, turned around, completely lost and the IQ lower then of a bowl of clam chowder. Cold clam chowder. Reluctantly Kasumi did weigh pretending that she didn't see it, but knowing Freya and the fact they'd bump into one another again eventually she decides to face the problem head on and direct.

Even if it got weird like last time.

Tapping out with hesitation a reply to the message she had received, her fingers struggling to tap the keys as if it was going to bite her on every stroke. "I need to you? who talks like that?" Kasumi asked the screen quizzically as if it could pay her a response. Choosing her words carefully, her response is returned. Placing a small bag of col on the table, she'd pay for her low calorie meal and sigh heavily. The reason? She was heading to the guild hall, but was ready to end up wearing some animal costume and ending up providing cotton candy to wolves in the middle of a volcano. Freya was that weird.

Quote

From: Kasumi
To: Freya

I don't know what you mean, But alright. I already ate though, but I guess I got room for more? >.<

WC: 513

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final Col/EXP reward
Mega Slime Farm | +10% Final EXP reward
CS | Like Water

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Kasumi | HP: 1080/1080 | EN: 146/146 | DMG: 23 | MIT:20 | ACC:4 | KEEN: 1 | PHASE | EVA:4 | BH:32 | STC: 40 | PARA-V | LD:1

Spoiler

Name: Kasumi, The Pure Tide
True Tier: 14
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 96
HP: 1080/1080
EN: 146/146

Stats:
Damage: 23
Mitigation: 20
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 4
Battle Healing: 32
Loot Die: 1
Stealth Rating: 5
KEEN: 1
PHASE
STC: 40
PARA-V

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Mugen Tenshin Perversion - Citadel [T4/Demonic/Handwraps] Phase, Keen 1, Paralytic Venom 1, Static 1
Armor/Trinket: 
  - White Red-trimmed Gee [Tierless/Perfect/Cloth Armor] (3 Evasion)
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Mugen Tenshin Decree [Tierless/Demonic/Trinket] (3 Accuracy, Evasion 1)

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - Like Water

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R3
  - Charge
  - Cloth Armor R5
  - Energist
  - Extended Weight Limit
  - Martial Arts R5

Extra Skills:
  - Hiding R5
  - Parry
  - Concentration
  - Brawler

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Nimble
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Athletics
  - Surprise Attack: Trickster
  - Untraceable
  - Vanish

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light | [232246b] 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 combat HP 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
  - 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:

 

[Freya 0]

Elbow's set on the table while her fingers tapped together. Staring the dessert that she had made, her stomach would start to rumble again although she had just eaten before coming her. The HUD would chime and she would sit up straight and open the message. Reading it her lips would turn into a frown as she swiped the screen away. Glancing back at the parfait and then the single spoon, the gesture was meant as a form of apology. That time they met up with each other it was so freakin awkward. If she was being honest the girl kept staring at her like she was an alien from a completely different planet. What made it worst is that when Lanna had randomly showed up again she would tell her all about the day that she had with this girl names Kasumi. All Freya could do at that point was stay away and hope to god that she didn't run into Kasumi again cause she knew dam well how annoying Lanna could be. Knowing that she would have to deal with this weirdness eventually, why not do it with a peace offering. Getting up from her seat, she would walk into the kitchen to grab another spoon. If both of them already ate then maybe if they both worked on it they could concur it together.

As she walked out of the kitchen she would see the door open, watching Kasumi reluctantly coming through the threshold. Putting her hands up in the air like the girl was going to open fire with her fist, "I know last time was super awkward and go am I sorry about Lanna." Slowly sitting back in that chair, pushing the other spoon toward another place holder. "I really don't know how the hell Lanna is still breathing" pure honesty. That girl was by far the luckiest person she ever knew and it didn't mean in loot terms either. "It's peace offering from last time. A Strawberry Banana Pudding Parfait, I took my time with it for perfection. Eruda told me you liked stuff like this." Still nothing from the girl, Freya would take a deep breath, set the other spoon down for a moment and rub her face with both hands. "Okay how about we eat this and then work it off. See if you have gotten fast enough to beat me yet" a pause as she would take the spoon and scoop some yummieness up "Sumi." That expression from the girls face said it all. Holding out a spoon toward Sumi before taking the first bite.

WC: 434

[Kasumi 0]

Sliding into the guild hall like a mouse, gently shutting the door behind her. On the tip of her toes, the girls stealth albeit with a much lighter motive on full swing. As Freya came out of the guild kitchen, sporting a pair of spoons like dual weapons. Kasumi had been caught as the girls shared a very estranged and confused look across the larger room. Kasumi nervously salutes like this was some sort of guild affair, not really sure what to do in this situation or what to do with her hands. Freya lifts her hands as a reflex, as if surrendering so she wouldn't get pummeled or see her silverware mistaken for some odd request. Kasumi remains stationary as the blond slinks back into one of the many seats surrounding the war room table. The moment she starts speaking, Kasumi interprets that as an obligation to take a seat of her own, and a spoon as the flag of where to sit. "Lanna was about to end up eaten, she went out there without any way to defend herself. For the life of me I don't know how she got out that far. Beginner's luck I guess."

That's it Kasumi, pretend this is fine. Everything's fine right? Normal people conversation with the weirdo. Like talking about the weather.

As Freya gestures down to a giant bowl filled with dessert, Kasumi hesitates.

"It's peace offering from last time. A Strawberry Banana Pudding Parfait, I took my time with it for perfection. Eruda told me you liked stuff like this."

The girl really weighs her options heavily, debating just exactly how to approach this topic. Freya put a lot of thought into this, that part was obvious. But there was quite a bit of misinterpretation and screwy assumptions mixed in in a very Freya way of doing things. This was the part that made Kasumi so on edge around her, she really had a way of projecting what was good for her onto others no matter how strange they were. Case and point, a giant bowl of pudding with fruit to somehow make it ok at 7:30 am made as a peace offering to a girl that avoids anything heavy or greasy. To Kasumi it was akin to a giant vat of lard, what's worse is she didn't even like bananas at all. Freya just assumed that she did or she must.

Staring daggers at the thing, she trembles reaching for the spoon. Really troubled by the fact this was about to obliterate any attempts at maintaining her diet.

"Sumi."

That had her train of thought snap like a twig, tilting her head and staring square at Freya. Perplexed, she flipped through the pages of her memories trying to recall where she heard that before. "Huh." Kasumi expresses once the final piece of the puzzle finally slots into place. Before Aincrad, which felt like damn near eons ago, Freya was that blond on her swim team. The reason it hadn't dawned on her yet is she didn't get all wrapped up in the competition like the other members of the team did. She just liked swimming and needed to join a club, gardening and swimming were an easy fit. "Small world. No.... I'm not eating this, Sorry, it will go straight to my butt and the roof of my mouth will end up slimy." The girl finally let it rip as she felt bad but enough was enough.

WC: 578

[Freya 0]

Taking a single bite of the bite of the pudding a bit awed by Sumi's reaction. "That, that right there" is all she said as she pushed her seat out and stood up. Taking another bite, before starting to rush off to the kitchen. Stopping half way there realizing that communication needed to be had. She did not want Sumi to think that she had just insulted her food cause that was no where near the case. The honestly came so much easier than sitting there and trying to guess, plus she was use to Nisahime and Gaius being her own personal critic. Turning and clapping her hands together with a bow toward Sumi "I appreciate your honest and am not mad by any means. Please wait while I fix this." Now knowing Sumi's origin she knew that the bowing was a symbol of respect. Leaning back up as she would rush into the kitchen. This new recipe was simple, the last time she was trying to impress and was trying too hard to do so. Now knowing that Sumi was a health nut, it actually made it easier to work with. Getting into the fridge, "Yus yogurt" she would pull it out and set it on the counter. Cutting some left over strawberry into fourth's and pulling the granola back out. Good thing she had left overs. 

Coming out just a few minutes later she would be holding a wide glass with perfect layers of yogurt, granola, and strawberries. Four half cut lined the top layer of yogurt, the craziest thing was that something so simple was easy to create. She was use to the more advance stuff so this was nothing but perfection as well. Setting the glass in front of Sumi with the spoon sitting next to it. Taking a seat of her own with a huff of breath, "You Sumi only saw my competitive side on the swim team. The crazy and weird comes with the bundle. I am not sorry about it either." Thinking about her words before they came out, she would take another bite of the large parfait. "I have been trying to figure out how to be your friend and if that means just swimming with you so you don't have to deal with my crazy then I am more than willing to do that if you want." They had got along just fine on swim team, even had a few simple conversations here or there. The fact was she needed more girl friends. "Please, if I have to spend a whole day with Lanna I might actually kill her myself. That was a joke... Sorta..." Thinking about that statement, was it a joke? At this point she really did not know. "I will even be your own personal Chef and make anything thing you want on the fly." Not sure if bribery would work but she was definitely begging at this point. Shiina was fine but to wild for even her. Lanna, she would shutter at the thought and Eruda had her own thing going most of the time. Gaius was amazing while they were together but again girl, she needed a friend and at this point she would do anything.

[Kasumi 0]

PH

[Shiina 0]

FREE EARLY MORNING PUDDING

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Active:
Guild Rank 5 | +5% Final Col/EXP reward
Mega Slime Farm | +10% Final EXP reward

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Shiina | HP: 1100/1100 | EN: 142/142 | DMG: 1 | MIT:191 | FL.AURA: 16 | FR.AURA: 16 | THORNS:72 | BH:33 | HB: 44 | MENDING: 2 | REC: 8

Spoiler

Name: Shiina, The Resonant Valkyrie
True Tier: 13
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 88
HP: 1100/1100
EN: 142/142

Stats:
Damage: 1
Mitigation: 191
Battle Healing: 33
Stealth Rating: -5
FL.AURA: 16
FR.AURA: 16
HB: 44
MENDING: 2 REC: 8

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Aegis of Ancients - Valkyrie [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] Frost Aura 1, Recovery 2, Thorns 1
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Valkyries Wings +4 [T4/Demonic/Heavy Armor] Flame Aura 2, Frost Aura 1, Thorns 1
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Interwoven Celtic Band - Fervent Expression [T4/Demonic/Trinket] Life Mending 2, Holy Blessing 2

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Mitigation R3

Combat Shift:
  - 

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - Phantasmal Chorus: Cry of the Ancients

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R3
  - Energist
  - Extended Weight Limit
  - Heavy Armor R5

Extra Skills:
  - First Aid R5
  - 
Leadership R5
Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Field Medic
  - Hyperactive
  - Iron Skin

Mods:
  - Barrier
  - Elusive
  - Energize
  - Inspiring Speech
  - Large Pockets

Inactive Mods:
  - Press the Attack
  - Purify
  - Rally
  - Steadfast

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crippling Composition - Lullaby [Tierless/Rare/Debuff/Instant] Hypnosis 2 | [224057][224063] x16
  - Dagan Crystal-B [224210] | (Tierless/Consumable - Instant (during healing effect)/Re-usable) | Once per thread, as a free action: Add an additional +5% to any post action healing effect. This value exceeds normal maximum HP, and will become temporary HP. This effect is applied before Life Mending is calculated and benefits from it. (This item must be present in battle ready inventory to be used.) x17
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [142198][142199][142199-1][142199-2][142202][142391][142404][142406][142419][143706][143711][143735][143735-1][143737][148083-1][148083-2] x17
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [143737-1][143737-2][143739][143740][143740-1][143740-2][143956][143961][143961-1][143971][143971-1][143971-2][143974][143975][144137][145414-2][148083] x17
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [144137-1][144142][144142-1][144157][144157-1][144157-2][144464][144471][144471-1][144472][144472-1][144479][144479-1][144483][144483-1][145414][145414-1] x17
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [144483-2][144486][144486-1][144486-2][144486-3][144770][144779][144779-1][144780][144785][144785-1][144786][144789][144790][144790-1][145409-2][145412] x17
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [144790-2][144790-3][145147][145150][145150-1][145150-2][145151][145151-1][145155][145155-1][145155-2][145160][145162][145162-1][145162-2][145409][145409-1] x1
  - Flash of Rejuvenation [Tierless/Perfect/Crystal] Mass Heal [145330][145330-1][145331][145331-1][145331-2][145341][145342][145343][145343-1][145351][145351-1][145349][145349-1][145349-2][145349-3][145408][145408-1] x5
  - Resonance of the Grave [Tierless/Perfect/Debuff/Instant] Incarceration | [224080][224083] x3
  - Vocal Augmentation - Resonation [Tierless/Perfect/Support/Instant] HP Recovery 3 | [201594][201618][201619][201620][201621][201611][201617][201622][201623] x9

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.
  - 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: