Army of Scouts [Scouting] [Closed] [No More People]

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi heard about the new town of Sarum. Tsukiyomi was part of a guild. He was here to find out a little about the new city of Sarum. Although this wasn't official, Apocrypha, was still planning on where to place their guildhome. The more options the better right? He learned that guildhomes gave crafting bonuses and was excited to buy one. He walked around the town, and paying close attention. He knew that he would need some man people, most of Sarum, was already scouted, so they had to go deeper, and who know's what they'll find. He knew that Sarum wasn't claimed yet, so he came here and posted on the bulletin board that he needed a party. He didn't know how many people would show up. He was currently setting up a giant tent, for the party. He used "Summon Shikigami!" This allowed him to work more efficiently. In the mean time, he decided to wait for them to show up, before he decided anything, or do anything big.

Tsukiyomi looked around the town, while waiting for the people to show up. He has the subclass farmer, so he was checking how the soil was around this area. He was really a green thumb in real life, so he was excited to one day run the guild farm. First they would need enough gold to buy a Level 2 guildhome, clocking in at a 20,000 gold upgrade from Level 1, or at a flat out rate of 30,000 gold. A guild start with a level 0, and had nothing, level 1 had only crafting rooms, so it wasn't much help to his farming subclass. And 30,000 this was quite the amount to pay. While pondering about this matter, he looked at the time, I think they should have all showed up by now, and walked back to the tent. He needed to stop talking about guildhomes, he was going on an dangerous adventure to uncharted territory.

[331 words]

Order:
Tsukuyomi
Castellan
Aurora
Inori

[Castellan]

So, let's see what was on this here bulletin board. Stuff, stuff, things, and more stuff. Nothing seemed particularly interesting, so- Wait a second. What was this one? The pink haired cleric's gauntlet wearing hand reached out to snatch at one of the notices, reading it over before pondering something mentally. Tsukiyomi... Castellan had heard that name somewhere. And recently, too. Was that the name of one of the members of Apocrypha? He needed a bit more time to remember all the names, but the womanly Cleric was sure that he'd be able to recall them all in time. For the time being though, Castellan headed off toward the location that was mentioned among the various details.

Sarum was a pretty neat place, Castellan had to say. It was quite different from Londinium, though also quite similar in the extreme danger that existed outside of city limits that was prominent in this post-apocalyptic styled realm. And from something he'd heard earlier, it sounded like Hirosame, the Guildmaster of Apocrypha, was considering Sarum for their Guildhome as well. The pink haired Cleric could certainly see why, as well. There was a natural beauty that dominated the area and the pristine state of Sarum compared to Londinium definitely made the place seem more welcoming in terms of general appearance.

Eventually, the feminine young man arrived at a large tent that had been setup at the meeting location that was mentioned in the notice he'd read. It didn't seem like anyone else was here at the moment, though he was likely just early as well.

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[Aurora]

The young girl let out a small yawn as she slowly trudged through the tall weeds from the nearby forest into the little town ahead. The blazing star in the sky relentlessly beat down onto the earth, it was going to be one of those days that seemed like it was going to drag on for forever. She figured she might as well go around and see if there was anything she could do to remedy her boredom and might provide the spark she needed to make it through the scorching heat. “Cripes…didn’t think I’d ever get this hot again, it’s almost like being back on the farm,” she complained, airing out her shirt to keep cool. Every step she took felt as if lead was in her shoes, her breathing became erratic and ragged, almost as if she was having an episode, “I don’t remember having asthma, ah neepin’ hell.”

After what seemed like an eternity of hell, she had reached the town just about ready to faint from relief. First chance she got, she steamrolled towards the nearest board in hopes of something to do as she had originally intended. Something cool and relaxing would have the highest priority on her list, but alas there was no such quest, only something about scouting. That being the only quest up, she reluctantly took it in hopes of it being a smooth ride.

About the time the she had arrived at the large tent that had been set up, people had already gathering. Well that’s one good thing, she didn't have to worry about arriving too early and having no idea how long it would take her party members to arrive. It seemed to be a male and a female? As she walked closer, she tilted her head in bewilderment. “A Trap?” she whispered in a shallow tone before actually touching base with her other party members. “Uh, hey guys? How’s it going?” she asked sheepishly raising her hand.

Count 'em:329
Jams:Killy Killy Joker
Ramblings:The Traps are real
Willing Victims:Tsukiyomi,Castellan, Inori

coded by benetnasch of ET

[Inori]

A loud thump and a whole lot of rustling was heard from a large bush in the green thick forest. More than a dozen of it's flying inhabitants took flight, startled by the sudden noise from the unknown perpetrator. The tall girl cursed her shorter self for this form and gently rubbed her own sore forhead. It was hardly the first time this had happened ever since she went of the road, aimlessly thinking about exploring her new surroundings. Anyone who has made a character with a different height than they have in real life now experience a hell lot of pain... The ones that overdid it with 8 inches like herself, just experience it a bit more. Or who was she kidding, she didn't care for the other people that were sharing her pain for the moment. All she wanted was to return back into some civilisation so that she could get something to eat. All that would await her there was sadly nothing else than disappointment, she had no money after all. Her stomach growled and she made another quiet curse just for the sake of it. She should really start to restrain herself when it came to that... If she was a priestess and "if" there really was some kind of god watching her, she doubt they'd appreciate such behaviour. She gave of a deep sigh, why didn't she take the seducer subclass?... That'd probably solve her food problem and at the same time, would suit the setting of being a kitsune.

Almost as if a sign from a god, the town of Sarum suddenly appeared in front of her. She stopped for a few seconds and tried to proccess what she's just seen... Sarum --> Town --> Civilisation --> Quests --> Money --> Food --> Satisfied stomach...
She got down on her knees on the thick grass, firmly grasping her hands together in a prayer with a tear of happines running down her cheek. "Ohh whatever god that you might be that follows me in this world... Be sure that I: Inori, your fox tail servant will repay this kindness to thee!!!" she wasn't even sure if she said the following for the sake of roleplay, or for the fact of her true joy in some luck out of the forest. Whatever the case, she felt a bit creeped out as she somehow was aware that something unknown happily had approved of her statement.

Even though Sarum was within her line of sight, fate had decided that she wasn't worthy enough of having a smooth time taking herself over there. Her furry (and beautiful) ears took up some pretty rappid sounds from behind, and suddenly five cackling goblins went out of their own little bush with their spears more than ready. The situation was obviously not in Inoris favour and she'd rather die than to be slain here and be revived at the cathedral of Londinium... Or rather scratch that, she'd rather not die at all. "Damage Interception!" Inori cried out as she ran towards the town, trusting energy shield in defence. Running wasn't something she was used to, much less something she managed to do gracefully.

In the end, she managed to get into town with much less than a scratch. Though her breath was pretty ragged after all the running. With much less than a moment of thought, she went to the quest board and looked up the first quest that entered her vision.The scouting quest was first, and even though she didn't really enjoy the thought of going back into the greenery, it was too much of a bother to search around for something more suiting. She looked up the location of where the partaking members of the quest would meet up, dusted of her clothes, checked that her breathing was calm and then took way towards its location with a smile and with her arms buried in her miko sleeves in an attemt to look a bit extra dignified.

[662 words]

[Tsukuyomi]

Tsukiyomi, looked at the sun, it should be about time now he thought. He started walking back to the tent. He sent a shikigami there to check out who was there a few moments ago. He connected his senses to the Shki. And saw a total of three people, in the tent. On one side, was a very attractive male trap, there was also a short redheaded assassin. He could tell because of the gear and figure. Then there was a shaman, she was in her miko robes and was trying to act dignified. He allowed the Shiki to keep watch. All of them seem to be silent. The tension in the air was pretty high. He finally arrived 3 minutes after the last member. He looked at each one of them and was starting to speak.
"Hello, nice to meet you all, I am Tsukiyomi. I am a level 9 shaman. I can use the skills, Heal, Summon Shikigami, and Divine Subjugation. I can also use these sub class skills, Transcribe and Harvest. I welcome and thank you all for coming. I am part of the guild Apocrypha. So is that "maiden" over there. She is our newest member. This is not a guild quest, as this is only a coincidence we are together. I hope that we can all get a long. The quest we are taking up is an important one. It is to scout the remaining parts of the Sarum Frontier. Much of the place had already been scouted, leaving some places needing exploration at the edge. We will run a party formation. Our objective is to scout and not to fight monster understand? We will try to avoid them at all costs. I will assume the position of leader, as that I am the highest level here. I will map out out way, allow me to get my quill pen out. So you guys have to be alert. First we will, try to learn about each other. Please tell what class you are, what skills you can use and we will go out after that." Tsukiyomi was a little nervous, this was the first time he was the leader for a mission, so he was working hard.
"Oh I forgot, please let us add each other to our friend lists." Tsukiyomi then sent out a friend request to all of them. He also sent a request for a party. Since he created it he was the leader. He then got ready some old paper and his quill pen. He looked at the other members of his new party and waited. He wanted to invite them to the guild, or at least the ones that weren't in one. He was scolded by his guildmaster Hirosame for being too much of a recruiter, but oh well. He felt he should leave that for another time. He looked at the miko. She sure seemed worn out. She must have had a hard time coming to Sarum. She looks starving too. Tsukiyomi noticed, but only had some stale bread in his bag. He looked at her and said. "You look hungry. This isn't much, but is all I have sorry. Don't be fooled by the look. It has no taste. Sorry I don't have anything else than stale bread." Tsukyomi looked at the other members after giving the miko some bread. He was waiting for some response

[568 words]
Notes: Crafted Quill Pen in another thread [ log-horizon.proboards.com/threads/recent/2280 ]. Haven't claimed it yet. Got permission from mod to use pen in the thread.
OOC:
Tsukuyomi
Castellan
Aurora
Inori

[Castellan]

The pink haired Cleric briefly greeted Tsukiyomi after he had returned and another pair of people had come in short order one after the other. He smiled and waved to them as well before the Shaman began to get right down to business for why he'd gathered the party and introduced himself to everyone proper, sparing no time in sending out friend requests, as well as the invitations to join his group. After having accepting both of them, Castellan began to speak up next.

"I'm Castellan and it's nice to meet you all. Tsukiyomi and I are in the same Guild as he mentioned, but it is indeed a coincidence we're both here." The feminine faced Cleric rubbed the back of his head slightly with a hand. "Saw an opportunity to look more around here and decided to take it. At any rate, I'm a Cleric, but I've only just started recently. I've got my Healing Light of course, so I can contribute in with healing. If we see any Golems, I can also do additional damage to them with Carving from my Artisan class!" He grinned a bit, glad to be of use. "So, there's my bit of info. I'll try to be as helpful as I can with this quest of ours'!"

The Cleric finished speaking, now sending out some Friend List requests of his own to the newly forming group.  "I hope we'll all get along!" At least Castellan was exuberant and looking forward to the scouting if nothing else.

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[Aurora]

You can’t…be serious. Why go through all of this just for scouting expedition? Aurora never was the type to get along with over friendly. It just seemed like one big chore to go into detail about her character if they didn’t plan to fight any monsters, begrudgingly she decided against her original proclaims. After accepting the requests and party invites, her golden optics fleeted from side to side since no one else was going to speak up she had might as well needlessly state her information. The heat must have had angered her quite a bit to get peeved at the simplest little thing.

She was never one to speak out in groups, something to do with her early childhood saw to that. After gritting her fangs and mentally griping to herself, her face started to flush red as the thoughts of her introvert lifestyle flooded back into her head. Her little body started to tremble with burning rage and embarrassment, she got out of one hell and back into another. She looked around the little camp they were based at and spotted a rather large boulder, without a second thought she rushed right over and planted the palms the rough yet cool surface of the large rock.

“Please! Make this hurt!” she blurted out just before she bashed her head against the defenseless obelisk until its gray surface was dyed in red. A warm liquid ran down from her forehead down her face and fell onto the ground as she started to strut back over to her team with her small chest puffed out. A short grin creased her face, “Howdy, y’all!” Her accent had reverted back to her southern drawl, “My name is Aurora, nice to meet’cha! I’m an Assassin and wield the crossbow and prefer to stick to the back and deal damage…unless provoked,” her country tone had changed for a split second to an annoyed tone of voice.

After pondering over a second, she forgot she hadn’t said her skills. “Oh! My skills, right! I know I said I use the crossbow, but it’s only temporary until I get the materials to engineer a gun with my Mechanic skill. The only offensive I got is Spark shot and my last skill is Animal Trainer, so if we pass by any critters, I’d be happier than a tick in a blood bank if you pointed it out to me.” And thus ended her introduction, she exhaled so that she could calm down, returning to her seemingly docile demeanor, blood still running down her face.

Count 'em:427
Jams:Keep Holding On
Ramblings:This Chick is Cray
Willing Victims:Tsukiyomi, Castellan, Inori

coded by benetnasch of ET

[Inori]

"What the hell." Inori thought. She had tried her hardest to enter their group as graceful as possible, and this shaman ruined that act in just one single action! Apparently the other shaman got the impression that she was desperate enough to ask others for food, due to not being able to afford food of her own. Well... Half of it was true, but the thought was vexing! And it would be to any other person too! "Where has the world come to?" Inori began. "After all my efforts, I look like a beggar huh?" She said sourly and gave the shaman a quick glare. That was obviously not how someone gave thanks to another person, and Inori knew that.
She gave off a deep sigh out of sheer frustration. Maybe it was the hunger that caused her this attitude... "But thanks I guess..." She said, softening her tone a bit.

Well, Inori guess that she could forgive the shaman for his action, he probably wanted to help in some unknown way, not noticing how she had tried to conceal her suffering. There was something else she didn't quite get though... Why the hell (sorry god!) were they supposed to add each other on their friend lists? It was practicaly like asking for someones phone number, and they hadn't even talked for more than two minutes! The only one Inori actually considered herself willing to add was the Cleric Castellan, she seemed quite nice after all. The leader, Tsukuyomi had in her opinion obviously started on the wrong foot, which could probably be fixed later. And frankly, the assassin Aurora kind of scared her... By willingly bashing her head into a wall until she bleed and stuff. But hey, at least she could just erase them from the friend list if they were to pester her too much later.

Inori put the bread she had got from Tsukuyomi, into a pocket inside one of her miko sleeves. She gave off a mild smile, in an attempt to reedem herself from her earler quite hostile reaction, and started her own introduction. "Hello, my name is Inori and I am a fox tail. I'm sorry for my rude comment earlier, I kind of lost it. But I hope it won't bother you too much and hinder our mission here. I am a shaman, one of the healing classes, and I prefer to stay behind my teammates to shield them from any damage. I know that shamans also can go a more offensive path in close combat, but I have not planned to play this class to bash monsters with my staff. Unless during an emergency ofcourse." She was level one, like two others in the group. So there was not much more that she could do with her class... "Right, I'm a priestess too. Which means that I can make mind spells and curses to disappear much faster." And with that, Inori was done with her own introduction, and sent everyone a friend request like Tsukuyomi had requested.

[507 words]
Tsukuyomi
Castellan
Aurora