[SP:F5] Long Way From Home <<The Traveler>>

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Lisa was sweltering on floor five. It was no wonder. She was in a full set of armor, and the sun was a blazer, heating the desert floor to bazillion degrees. But the young woman had been smart, she showed up to the floor in the later part of the day, when it was much cooler than it was at midday. Lisa had found the Traveler quest in her player guide. It was something that shouldn’t have taken too much effort to complete seeing as there wasn’t much around except sand and dunes. A quick walk into the wilderness and a stroll right back, and she would have an ability that would boost her health points and give her a slight chance of improving on her situation of dying. Lisa was trying to do everything she could to ensure she would survive the boss and come out of the fight a champ. She wanted to prove her skills as a battle medic were vital.

The young woman located the mysterious hooded figure that offered the quest and listened to the objective. She was supposed to go looking for a lost package, and bring it back to the sickly figure within two days or else she would fail the quest. “Sound simple enough… I accept this quest.” She said as she pressed the “accept” button.  A timer popped up next to her health bar. It seemed to be counting down from fourty-eight hours.

“Well…no time to lose. I’m off to find your package!” She said as she turned and began walking toward the edge of town to get the heck out of Dodge and on the road to finding the missing goods. 

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CD: 6      SAFE

Persephone began to head out of town and the hot winds began to blow her long curly brunette tresses in the wind. She shielded her eyes from the sand and whipping winds. The sane was large and coarse and under the right circumstances, could totally take off skin. “Now I see why this is a quest. “She was going to have to survive the arid conditions, plush the dangers that existed in the environment… the wind and sand being one of them. Good thing I still have bread and water,” she told herself. 

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CD: 5     SAFE

LD: 16    MATERIAL OBTAINED

As Lisa walked along, she turned around to see how far she’d gotten from the settlement. Only an hour into her journey, and the city upon the dunes was already nothing but a dot on the horizon. “My goodness I walk fast,” she said to herself in surprise. “But remember Lisa… this isn’t a sprint… this is a parathion. We go slow and steady and we find that package and get the hell out of here.” She reminded herself. The young woman often talked to herself when she was a lone, but she was wise and never answered herself back. Only crazy people answered back. Lisa spotted a flower that she could use to make dye from and she plucked it up easily adding it to her inventory and then kept moving along. She had somewhere she needed to be.

 

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Edited October 2, 2015 by Persephone

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CD: 2     OMG SO CLOSE RNGEEZUS

LD: 15     MATERIAL OBTAINED

Another hour went by and there was nothing out here but sun, sand, and the occasional flower. Speaking of the last, she spotted another one of the rare blooms just growing upon the desert floor as if it’d been waiting for her to show.  “Alright!” Lisa cheered as she collected her second blossom of the day. So far everything had been going well. She only hoped that her journey into the damn desert would continue to be as pleasant.

 

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CD: 2     SAFE

LD: 16     MATERIAL OBTAINED

Hours had passed and the young woman was getting hot and thirsty. She stopped for a few minutes, sitting herself down in the sand and unequipped everything to cool off a moment. She didn’t care who saw her sitting there in her underwear. She hadn’t seen anyone one or thing for miles and she was sure she was safe. She pulled a bottle of water and a bread roll from her inventory and had a small meal. The water was nice and cool, and it helped refresh her parched throat. As she dine, she spotted another flower, and easily added the damn thing to her inventory.

 

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CD:6     SAFE

LD: 16   MATERIAL OBTAINED

Fed and rested, it was time to move again. Lisa stood and redressed herself, feeling much cooler and a little less weary after the hours she’d been traveling.  She found another flower along the way and plucked it up. So far she’d great luck in finding materials for her crafting, but was still so far from her intended target. The winds picked up and the sands began to swirl. The woman shielded her eyes to keep herself safe from harm.

 

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CD: 10     SAFE

The winds died down after a few hours and Lisa wiped her face and spit sand from her mouth. She opened her HUD and retrieved another bottle of water. Opening it, she took a swig in her mouth and swished it around before spitting it and the rest of the sand from her mouth. The rest of it she consumed and saved the bottle to refill when she could. She stopped to check to see if she’d been pushed off course by the bad weather, but the woman was inline with her target. Nearly two thirds of the way there, and she was making great time. 

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CD: 9

“This isn’t a sprint… it’s a marathon.” Persephone reminded herself. Already twelve hours in, and the woman was starting to get tired. “Keep moving Lisa…” she told herself. If she got to the item in enough time she could have a rest for awhile there in the darkest hours of night. There was no point in her wandering around in the dark. Sleep was soon to be hers. She just had to get where she was going. 

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CD: 9     SAFE

LD 17      MATERIAL OBTAINED

 

“Nearly there!” The young woman huffed as she marched along still making her way to find the damn item lost in the wilderness of the desert floor. Upon her way she was able to gather yet another flower for her collection. At this point her writer wasn’t even trying very hard as she was in a rush to make her post line count as well as her thread count number high enough to close this damn thing out with time to spare before she had to post in the boss fight. Sifficed to say, nothing exciting happened in this post either. 

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CD: 11     SAFE

LD: 19     MATERIAL OBTAINED

 

It was nightfall before she finally made it to her target. She made good time, but now she had to dig, and dig she did. Lisa got on her hands and knees and began to scoop out the sand but it kept falling back in the hole. Slowly but sure and after several hours of hard work, the young woman found the package she was looking for. “Yes!” she cheered as she tucked it away. Her digging had also produced a piece of desert glass. Unsure of anything more than what it appeared to be, the young woman tucked it in her inventory as well.

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CD: 9     SAFE

Sleep. Lisa needed all of it and even though it wasn’t a terribly bright idea, The young woman lay down in the sand and passed out like she’d been knocked out in a championship prize fight by a heavyweight boxer. Two hours after she’d fallen asleep however she was woken up by a tickling sensation on the back of her neck. When her hand went to reach for what it was that was bothering her, she found a scorpion on her hand. Screaming the young woman flung the thing as far as she could throw it and began to run away from the area. Naptime was over!

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CD: 12     SAFE

Many, many miles later, Lisa stopped running. She was tired, out of breath, and just plain ready to get this quest over with. Daybreak had happened hours ago, and she was only a quarter of the way into her return trip. With at least 60% of the quest over, the young woman had no trouble with completing the quest thus far. She’d been warned the winds were dangerous, but there were only easy breezes so far in her journey. Lisa figured it was just because she’d caught the system on a lucky day.

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CD: 4     SAFE

Twelve posts in and so far the journey was cake. Writing this damn thing with the boss fight looming over the writer’s head was not. Still Lisa would have preferred this over the other quests on harder floors with more serious bosses. The young woman sang to herself to pass the time. Her voice was starting to wear however as she was singing a bit too loudly and making herself hoarse. Still she sang anyway as she’d nothing else better to do. 

Edited October 3, 2015 by Persephone

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CD: 9     SAFE

Fortune had been very kind to the young woman. The sun didn’t seem so harsh, and the devil winds that were supposed to travel the floor were nonexistent. She figured a t some point she was going to have to face some peril, but so far there was none. Instead what she had was a walking pony express journey to fetch some package for some weirdo in robes. All in all it wasn’t a bad deal for some experience points and the ability to withstand harsh climates. 

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CD: 12

Lisa was nearing the end of her journey. This was great because her writer had little want to continue to keep writing blurb after blurb of useless fluff. The young woman’s mind was now focused on the boss fight. Her writer had to power her through these last posts so that Lisa could earn her Survival skill, it was imperative that she did. The skill would help boost her health which in turn would give her a slight chance of not dying. Not dying sounded like an amazing idea. It was much too soon and she was much too pretty to die this young.