[SP:F1] Better Living Through Alchemy <<Earning a Living Quest>>

[Azrael 0]

16735

BD: 8 (+1 WS DMG)

MD: 5

 

It didn’t take long before Anna found another opening. She was able to trim part of one of the tendrils leaving the plant with less of a reach one side. “Yes!†She cheered and gave a fist pump. It was too soon to be celebrating however, there were still quite a few hit points she needed to whittle away from the creature before she could call this a success.

 

 

Zaz looked to the ground to make sure the Achiote was still in one piece. She spotted the red fruit by the Annatto. “Don’t you step on that you stupid plant!†she growled. If it was damaged she didn’t know if it would be of use to her.

 

 

Azazel:  17/33

Annatto2: 7/17

 

[Azrael 0]

16754

BD: 8 (+1 WS Dmg)

MD: 7

 

The fighting had gone awhile still. She and the plant mob were going toe to toe and were both equally matched, which is why it was taking her quite some time to finish the damned thing off. She hit it again but it also managed to slap her with its good tendril. “Oh you’ll pay for that!†She said as she rubbed her cheek and went back for more. 

 

 

Azazel:  16/33

Annatto2: 5/17

[Azrael 0]

16755

BD: 9 (+1 crit +1 ws dmg)

MD: 9 (+1 crit)

 

Zaz was starting to get lucky, but so was the darn plant. She went in to strike its wounded side and she managed to connect with it, but no sooner than she did, did she feel the other tendril whip her across the back. Anna felt completely stupid that she’d left herself so open to such an attack but she was wearing down. Her stamina was crappy and so was her strength. If the fight didn’t end soon she would be too worn out to go on. 

 

 

Azazel:  14/33

Annatto2: 2/17

[Azrael 0]

16757

BD: 3

MD: 1

 

The mob’s life was near empty, but for the life of her Anna couldn’t manage to get that last tiny bit down to nothing. Try as she might but all her swings were wild and she couldn’t even make them connect by chance. The Annatto was equally lame in its attacks as each failed to hit Azazel as well. She did not have all afternoon to dance with a mob in the woods; she needed to finish this quest and get a move on.  

 

 

Azazel:  14/33

Annatto2: 2/17

[Azrael 0]

16758

 

BD: 3

MD: 6

 

 

This was getting ridiculous! Try as she might, Zaz was getting nowhere with her attacks. The Annatto on the other hand smacked the back of her hands with the longer of its two vines. The tendril furled and unfurled taunting the woman into battle. “you bastard, you’ve got next to no life, I wouldn’t be so arrogant if I were you,†she warned the thing. 

 

 

 

Azazel:  13/33

Annatto2: 2/17

[Azrael 0]

16968

BD: 5

MD: 10 (+2 crit)

 

The Annatto moved in again and wrapped its tendril around her waist catching her like before. Again she was squeezed until she was being crushed. The life points in her bar dipped down quite a bit.†Damnit!†she struggled to get free but was having trouble. Things were not going well for the woman.  Even so, she still had more hit points than the plant mob did so she was sure that this battle would be hers. 

 

 

 

Azazel:  10/33

Annatto2: 2/17

 

[Azrael 0]

16972

BD: 2

MD: 4

 

Azazel was able to struggle free from the plants grip. She hit the ground and rolled away. Stumbling to her feet, she put some distance between herself and the mob. It sent its whipping tendrils at her but they missed every time. Once she got enough space between herself and the creature she spun about and readied to rush back in again. 

 

 

 

Azazel:  10/33

Annatto2: 2/17

[Azrael 0]

16973

BD : 10 (+2 Crit +1 ws Dmg)

MD: 8

LD: 16

 

This was it. Anna resolved this to being her last attack against the Annatto, as fun as the dance was, she wasn’t sure she could keep up the pace much longer. She had reached her limit. Turning her blade the woman ran at the Annatto full speed. Its tendrils landed upon her but she slashed through them both and landed a devastating blow to the stem of the plant mob. It shook violently like the last did and then exploded into a million tiny red shards that flittered away.

 

Anna knelt down on the ground using her rapier to keep herself upright. She panted and sunk down lower flopping into the grass. She had won! After a few moments Azazel sat up and crawled over to her spoils. She collected the two Achiote fruits and found the last mob had left her some Col. She eagerly collected all the goods and added them to her inventory.

 

 

Azazel:  9/33

Annatto2: 0/17 DEAD!

 

 

Material Count

 

Calendula: 1

Achiote: 2

 

 

Found: 2 Achiote and 85 Col

[Azrael 0]

16974

LD: 3

 

Anna got up off the ground and removed herself from the area in which she knew the Annatto lived. She was too weak to go another few rounds with anymore plant mobs for now and decided that she needed to go back to collecting Calendula. She’d only managed to find one before she headed in to take on mobs.

 

The woman walked back down the path she’d come from and began to search along the edges but so far here were no small orange flowers. Zaz would be patient for the time being, she needed to increase her life points and try and find at least another Calendula or two before taking on another Annatto.  

 

Azazel:  10/33

[Azrael 0]

16976

LD: 14

 

The trees began to break again and it was lighter in this area. More light meant more chances of finding flowers. She looked through the grass that grew on the sides of the pathway. She spotted something orange a bit further out and crossed into the field to get it. When she reached it however, she found that it was just an orange daisy. She plucked the pretty bloom and tucked it behind her ear.

 

Azazel found herself in a clearing and decided that this place might be more ideal to search for flowers. Calendula needed plenty of sunlight to grow, and she figured this was a better location to look.

 

Azazel:  11/33

[Azrael 0]

17059

LD: 7

 

So far the field had produced nothing more than some dandelions. Azazel found herself plucking them up and blowing their seed pods into the breeze. While now wasn’t really the best time to be playing around she found that she couldn’t help herself. She watched as the white fluffs danced in the breeze and were carried away to other parts of the field she crossed. Eventually she would find what she needed so she wasn’t too terribly worried about it.  

 

Azazel:  12/33

[Azrael 0]

17060

LD: 4

 

Azazel found herself getting too deep into the field and found that she’d been caught up in a briar patch.  â€œOh [censored]!†she cursed as she tried to carefully free her clothing from the thorns that she was now caught on. It took a few minutes but she was able to free herself. The bad thing was that now her pants had a rip in them at her leg. “Awww,†the woman groaned. Now she really was going to have to go to the Queen of the Damned for some new gear. Ariel was one of the finest tailor’s in the game, but asking the woman for a favor was something that Azazel did not want to do, even if she was offering the guild counsel free gear. 

 

Azazel:  13/40

[Azrael 0]

17061

LD: 14

 

Azazel moved away from the briar patch and began to walk across the field. A few faces ahead of her she spotted something that looked like a Calendula so she rushed over. “You’ve got to be kidding me!†The woman spat as she knelt down to examine the flower. It was indeed a Calendula, but it was cut in half. She looked at this thinking it was weird that the flower would be damaged in such a way. She looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. She didn’t have any detection skills, so she couldn’t be sure, but she was pretty sure she was alone.

 

 Azazel finished the job and tore the flower in two. She sighed and then went back to searching.  

 

Azazel:  14/33

[Azrael 0]

17063

LD: 20

 

Jackpot!

 

About twenty paces further than where she’d come from she found a perfect Calendula. She quickly picked the specimen and examined it. All the petals were uniform and the coloring was a rich shade of bright orange. “Lovely,†Anna grinned and placed the item carefully in her inventory. She was now two of five of both items she was searching for. So far this was proving much easier than her original task. 

 

 

Azazel:  15/33

 

 

Material Count

 

Calendula: 2

Achiote: 2

[Azrael 0]

17064

LD:12

 

True to form, once you found something you were looking for; it’d be a while until you’d find another again. Gathering was truly one of the more difficult tasks one could do in Aincrad.  There were plenty of other orange flowers, mainly daisies like the ones she’d found. Anna plucked the daisies as she came upon them and began to weave them into a chain. She remembered that she used to love making flower chains when she was a girl and decided that it would give her something to do while she gathered Calendula and waited for her health bar to climb. 

 

 

Azazel:  16/33

 

[Azrael 0]

17067

LD: 12

 

Azazel still had no luck finding Calendula, but she was finding plenty of daisies. She picked each one she could find and added them to the chain. It had grown long enough, but now she was filing in the spaces with more flowers so it would make a full circle once she was done with it. She continued to walk along occasionally looking down to check for more flowers she could use for either purpose. 

 

 

Azazel:  17/33

[Azrael 0]

17068

LD: 13

 

Still no Calendula.

 

Azazel wasn’t worried about it though. This task was already far more fun than that stupid tailoring quest was. The weather was nice, the sun was out, and there was a breeze that kept her cool under the sun’s warming rays. For a computer generated environment it was near as perfect as anything could ever get. Anna found another daisy and added it to her chain; it was filling in rather nicely. 

 

 

Azazel:  18/33

[Azrael 0]

17069

LD: 12

 

For the moment Anna decided to stop looking. Her aimless wandering wasn’t doing anything productive. She sat in the middle of an area that happened to be covered in the daisies she was playing with. She took to collecting several more of the prettiest ones and wove them into the chain she’d been so diligently working on for the better part of half an hour. Zaz checked her health bar; it wasn’t even quite half yet. She wasn’t worried about that either. For now, she was just going to play.

 

 

Azazel:  19/33

[Azrael 0]

17072

LD: 3

 

Azazel finished off her orange circlet and placed the thing upon her head crowning herself queen of the empty field. She sighed and lay back in the grass trying to figure out what the hell she was doing exactly. She really ought to be looking for Calendula, but instead she was screwing around, playing with flowers and crowning herself Queen of Nothing. It was a fitting title, but that was beyond the point. She placed her arms behind her head and stared up into the bright blue sky thoughtlessly. The wind blew and the grass around her rustled in the breeze.

 

“Come on Anna, this damn quest isn’t going to finish itself. You’ve just got to suck it up and get it over with.† The woman sighed and sat back up. “ All right,†she told herself adjusting her  daisy crown upon her head, “ Let’s do this.†She cheered and got back up to do some more searching.

 

Azazel:  20/33

[Azrael 0]

17258

LD: 4

 

Azazel got up and started walking out of the field. She figured she wasn’t going to find anymore flowers at the moment and her health bar was two-thirds at this point. She was ready for more. The woman plucked up a blade of grass and tore it apart with her fingers as she moved through the tall grass. It was a shame she couldn’t stay longer. It was very pretty and she just wanted to stay lying in the grass enjoying her afternoon.  She promised herself she’d come back another day when she’d nothing to do.

 

Azazel:  21/33