Londinium Under Fire - Windsor

[Neko Hiro]

Hastened feet, pounding against the ground, hurriedly making their way across the small grove in the outskirts of Londinium. After having escaped the city, the mission from here on out was to get away from all the danger that would be following them. Unable to tell if they're being followed or not, the perpetrator kept moving. Their breath heaved, as they weren't used to all this running. Having completed the first half of the mission, which was the incantation and the detonation of the bomb at the London Eye, the person in question felt good about themselves. They were doing their job, just as ordered. Now, all that remained was to high-tail it right out of here, before trouble catches up with them.

Into the treeline, they went, and hopped up into a nearby tree. Taking a quick look behind the tree, resting atop the largest branch they could find, the hood they wore was lowered. The girl, visibly tired, propped herself against the tree for a few moments, letting air into her lungs. Her body was heaving back and forth with each concurrent breath. The adrenaline in her body was finally starting to wear away, and the exhaustion caught up to her suddenly. Running through half the city, planting a bomb, shouting an incantation, detonating the bomb, and then running through the same half of the city again causes a girl to get tired. After taking a few more moments to let her breath catch up to her, the girl raised her hand up to her right ear, pressing on it lightly, then began talking.

"This is Sasha." The girl said, in a medium-pitch voice. "Mission successful. I have exited the city, and am now on the run back to the Windsor HQ." The Windsor HQ being, of course, Windsor Castle, in a part of the grounds that was hidden from the rest of the castle. Waiting for a reply, her face contorted to a smile. Maybe now she could relax a bit.

"Sasha, this is HQ. Be advised: You're being chased."

Too late. Sasha's eyes widened sharply, her breath catching in her throat. "What!?" She shouted.

"Reports of multiple Adventurers chasing you down have been confirmed. They're close to your location. Get moving! Hurry back to HQ!"

The voice was hurried, and the telepathic link was cut abruptly. Sasha, jumping to her feet, looked around quickly, before leaping down to the ground. Thanks to her Acrobat subclass, she was more than capable of surviving a small fall. The girl, now frantically trying to sort out where she was supposed to head now, just started running in one direction, unsure as to whether or not it was the right one. It wasn't long at all, afterwards, until she could hear the footsteps of other adventurers nearby her.

Sasha: Level 10 Adventurer.
Age: 15
Height: 5'0
Weight: 110 lbs.
Monk - 10/Acrobat - 13/Alchemist - 1
FC: Black Rock Shooter.

[Verin]

Jumping his way up the trees Verin chased after the perpetrator, Verin had been doing some shopping when a cloaked figure zoomed past him and right after an explosion happened, quickly putting two and two together he dropped his things and ran after the figure. After about twenty minutes the figure had given him the slip, still Verin did not give up and chased in the direction he thought the figure would be and bounded forward. It took him another ten minutes till he thought that the figure most of gotten away and stopped. It was then that he heard movement and after turning around looking up saw a girl wearing an identical cloak to the perpetrator holding a telepathic chat who then got up and looked around. Having the good sense to hide from the girls eyes the girl then lept down to the ground and started moving. After waiting for six minutes Verin then lept down himself and chased after the girl and caught up to her about five minutes later. Filled with rage Verin ran at full burst and yelled, "Get back here you son of a. Take this Orb of Lava!" Directly sticking his hand in front of him a pumpkin shot towards the girl at full speed while Verin slowed down due to Spellwalk and then used Blink and was luck enough to cover the distance apart from the girl. Taking out his katana he slashed at the girl with all of his might uncertain if it would hit or not.

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Neko Hiro

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cat and mousey girl

It was a fine day for a stroll. It was bright, the breeze was a bit gusty, and there was a loud noise somewhere not far off from his location, which brought a resounding pain to his ears as he clapped his furry black paws over them. Alright, so not quite the best day for a stroll, but if unbearable cacophany would shut up, then it probably would have been all hunky-dory.

Anyways, this werecat was on his way to a small tavern where he and a couple of the other usual patrons would gather to compete in a card-house competition. Yes, that's right, a competition revolving around the arcane art of stacking cards in such a manner that they would support each other in their efforts to create the most fantastical mini-architectural creations. But again I digress, let's get to the reason why this matters.

He had been walking down the usual path, but suddenly, a pumpkin projectile erupted from around the corner he was about to take, watching it explode against a building as a young girl and a young man dashed by, the latter wielding a sword, slashing at the girl as he chased her.

...Lover's quarrel?

Whatever their reasons for the chase were, Dusky's curiosity had been piqued and set off at a quick pace behind the two to see what the outcome would be. Sure, he could've used Astral Bind to halt the two in their tracks, or maybe done a simple Inversion to add a little fun to the chase. Well...there's still time for it in this post so maybe. Maaaaaaaybe.

As he followed the two, the trio found themselves at the edge of the Windsor Greatwood, Dusky alighting himself in a tree branch to go unnoticed for the time being. Getting rather bored with all this chasing, he decided to make himself known by going ahead and rooting the girl in place with an Astral Bind, then casting Inversion on the lad to make sure he didn't off her just yet (as he was still confused who was the antagonist in this whole scenario). As the sorcerer ran off in the opposite direction, he casted Inversion once again, putting him in the right direction this time as he neared the two.

"Alright, so I couldn't help but noticed the commontion in town," he remarked as he leaned against his wooden pole, staring at the dark-haired girl, then back at the red-haired youth. Neither of their faces were familiar to him. "So, somebody care to explain to me as to why someone found it necessary to detonate a large charge of explosives in this fine city?"

With a quick swipe of his paw, he looked at the time on the clock, his right ear twitching as he realized he might miss out on his important card-house tourney. "And if someone could explain now, that'd be just lovely. I've got an appointment I'd rather not miss."

Words: 491 | Tags: Verin
OOC Notes: If something's wrong, lemme know.

[Ein]

THERE IS A THIN LINE

between what is good and what is evil

I will tiptoe down that line but I will feel unstable

Londinium Under Fire
WINDSOR

What was I thought to be a fine day to train and level up and to hunt some beginner mobs turned out to be a peculiar scenario. A girl astral bound, an intervened lad, and a confused werecat, what more can an avid spectator could wish for?



Didn’t you know you scare the little mobs away?!



Tccht!! They just looked at my direction for a bit then turned away. What’s wrong with these guys? Okay, okay, cool down a bit Ein. I know you could just corrupt them right here right now with your spells and all, but you do know that you’re not here to PK, you’re here to train.



So what’s up?



From the looks of it, looks like the lad and the lass has a “happy” conversation then the cat was just “arranging matters in place”.



Bozos.



I was about to turn back and return to my training when I looked at the facade of the Windsor Castle.



Smoking?



Then I remebered the telephatic warning sent to me by my fellow heretic who’s in Londinium, the underground tunnels were “almost incinerated to ashes”. I suddenly knew...



F**K.

Verin Neko Hiro @dusk | 190 words | Enjoy RPing guys!

MADE BY VEL OF GS

[Solar]

It was an ordinary day in Londinium as Solar and his brother, Lunar are taking their walk together around the market area. Ever since the Catastrophe, they started to adapt to this new reality and since Lunar was still traumatized by his ex-father's abuse years ago, he knew this was the perfect place to continue living together since while they were in a city one day, they saw someone came out from the Cathedral. This meant that they will revive like in the game, but this doesn't meant that they shouldn't drop their guard. This world was still dangerous and he and Lunar needed to prepare for the worst. And unfortunately today, this was one of them as buildings started to explode at once, which caused the people to flee from them.

Thankfully, not only they successfully escaped the danger, but he managed to save his brother from the falling debris. It traumatized his little brother a little bit, but at least he thanked him for that. However, this was no time for Solar to smile about this as he saw a black-haired figure ran away from the city. Suspicious, he and Lunar chased her into the Windsor Greatwood, the forest where they first woke up during the Catastrophe. When they did, they saw the girl continued to run until Solar realized something. Lunar has a high level compared to his, but his mind was no condition to fight after what happened. And when he told him to stay in the city to help out the others who might caught in the bombings, Lunar surprisingly nodded his order. Turns out, he just saw his first Adventurer friend, Eniko ran out of the city with anger possessed him as if he saw someone died or something. Felt that someone was hurt, he decided to help out the citizens for Eniko's sake.

Even with his reason, Solar nonetheless accepted it as he saw his little brother ran back into the city. With his brother's safety set, Solar was now focused on chasing down the culprit as ran straight through the forest. To his surprise, he was not the only one who was chasing her until they somehow surrounded her as the red-haired Sorcerer attempted to slash the girl with his sword and one who was a Werecat aided him despite his confusion. He also saw a Heratic, but he was somehow observing the action instead. Not wanted to let this girl escape, he joined the Sorcerer and Werecat Enchanter's side as he pulled out one of his swords from his back sheath and tried to point it towards the girl and said, "Me too. I got some questions as well for almost hurting my brother."

He disliked violence towards other Adventurers and especially the People of the Land, but he needed to make sure to use it in case the woman don't comply to their questions.

HP: 100%
MP: 100%

QUICKSLOT: Ante Up

SKILL ACTIVE: N/A

EQUIPMENT: 2x Windsor Antiqua Long Swords, Windsor Antiqua Clothing Armor

SKILLS: Ante Up, Shuffle Windmill, Mirage Dealer, Fencer Style, Tongue of Nature, Disassembly, Scout

MONSTERS: N/A

WORDS: 484

TAG: Verin, @dusk, Ein

GOALS:To bring the female culprit to justice.

[Sophia]

Various packets of meats, cheeses and vegetables swished around in each of the bags she held in both of her hands, as Emilia hurriedly made her way back home. She had a great big smile on her face, as she jotted through the street. But could you blame her? She had managed to scrounge up a great haul from her trip from market district, thanks to the very generous sales some of the vendors at the square. She had planned to create a feast for her friends over at the guild Aeryn. As a thank you, for accepting her as a part of their guild.

But then, she while she was lost in thought thinking of the great spread of food that she was going to prepare, she would be rudely snapped back into reality by the loud commotion that quickly came. Off in the distance, she could see a cloudy stream of ash and smoke drifting into the sky. Before she could ponder what was happening, a couple of people rushed out of the street corner."Hey wait!" she cried out, wanting to ask them what had transpired over at the direction where the smoke came. But however, they seemed to have ignored her. Still curious as to what was going on, she decided to follow them and towed her bags of groceries with her. 

Eventually she found them near entrance of the Windsor Greatwoods. Once she had gotten there, they were already in a middle of some sort of kerfuffle. She hesitated going near when the feline had spoken about someone bombing the town earlier. But still she drag up whatever courage she had and walked towards the group.

"Was anyone hurt!?" She asked black feline humanoid, worriedly.  

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Tags: Verin @dusk

[Neko Hiro]

Music for this post.: The Mission

"Dammit!" Sasha shouted, as she spotted one of the adventurers already on her tail. This one seemed to want a fight, and shot some magic almost immediately. A pumpkin? Strange. Nonetheless, Sasha vaulted herself backwards to avoid the flaming pumpkin, but didn't yet realize that she was being attacked from the other side. As her mind finally clicked to the situation, she silently activated Wyvern Kick to get herself further out of harm's way. She soared up and into the air, aiming to land a good distance away from the incoming attacker. Being a Monk/Acrobat combo had its perks, for sure. Standing back up on a fighting position she had learned from another Monk, she watched as more people showed up.

Soon enough, a werecat had shown up. This one didn't seem to entertain the thought of combat at first glance, but Sasha wouldn't let her guard down. Glaring at the two who had arrived, she noticed that another had shown up, but kept off to themselves, without trying to interfere with how things were going to go. And, soon enough, a human girl appeared, what looked to be a guardian of some sort. There's too many people here, but she had a mission to do. And, right now, that mission was to get the hell out of here. But, with this number of people, she didn't think she'd be able to, with her current level and skills. Seemingly out of options, Sasha remembered one thing that she had received before the mission began, and grinned.

Turning slightly cocky, the female Monk lowered her stance, and put her hand on her hip. "Oh, you have an appointment?" Arrogantly, she pulled out a device from her back pocket. "Well, let me make sure you miss it entirely!" Pressing the button on the device itself, a white flash appeared for a moment, and a mechanical humming could be heard from the object. Laughing maniacally, Sasha readied her stance once again.

The device itself was called a Level Nullification Device, or a Lind for short. What it does is it lowers everybody's levels to a specified number, and lowers their stats along with it, in a rather wide range. However, normally, this would effect the one who uses the device in the first place. Unbeknownst to the Adventurers, though, Sasha had also been given another device, which would nullify the effects of the Lind. This other object, placed securely on Sasha's person, was already active from the moment she left the HQ. Having this ace up her sleeve was more than helpful.

Sasha's arrogance was only an act, since she knew that even though levels were lowered, nobody can remove skill. In that regard, she may or may not still be in trouble. Which is why her next move was simple. Sasha dropped her stance, gave a salute to the adventurers, turned tail, and ran away once again. She wasn't going to be any quicker than the others, but she would absolutely not get caught in this kind of a situation, where she could still possible lose. With that in mind, Sasha's feet carried her away from her pursuers.

[PARTY DEBUFF: LEVELS AUTOMATICALLY SET TO 5]

Information Gathered:
 - Lind (Level Nullification Device). Object used by this organization to deal with multiple pursuers.
 - Sasha holds a device that nullifies the effects of a Lind.
 - Sasha avoids combat when she feels as though she could lose.

[Verin]

LEVEL TO LOW TO USE CURRENTLY EQUIPPED ITEMS, PLEASE REMOVE! 

 This big blocky text suddenly appeared before Verin right after the girl had teleported and then caused the big flash of light. Verin quickly opened his to display screen to see what the hell the message was talking about and saw that the impossible had happened, "What the hell is this thing talking about the only two ways for your levels to go down is using the "Teacher Method" or you switch a class, so why the hell is it telling me that I'm level five now?" Verin had his head screaming at him like a banshee to do something and then he figured out what he should do, "No, you know what it doesn't matter I have this covered." Verin quickly placed his swords in his satchel bag then undressed down to his boxers while also pulling something out of his inventory. What Verin had pulled out was an old Windsor Antiqua Longsword and a set of Windsor Cloth Armor, "It's a good thing I'm the sentimental otherwise I would be wrecked right now." After quickly redressing himself and placing everything into his inventory what was left was Verin in old worn out armor, no shoes are socks mind you, with an old worn out sword ready to go. "Studying your last few movements I can see you are a monk and acrobat that likes Fabian Strategy, well then I can still definitely beat you." Verin quickly bounded forward and propelled himself up the tree and used his dexterity as an Acrobat to bounce of the tree to the one behind then bounced off that one onto a tree branch of the first tree. Looking down towards the group he yelled, "Get after her magots," and with that he bounded after the girl all the while preparing a spell.

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Neko Hiro,@dusk,Ein,Solar,Sophia

[Solar]

Solar knew she was surrounded, but he felt that this was too easy. This was unfortunately came true when the girl suddenly activated some kind of device, which gave out a bright white flash of light, caused him to be blinded by it. He thought it to be a flash bomb, but when he recovered from it as he saw the girl ran away, he was horrified when he saw his interface. Instead of his level to be 8, it instead showed him that he was Level 5, which he widened his eyes to this. "Wait, hang on! I just leveled up after my first battles! What the heck's going on?!" To put salt into his wounds, he realized that his deleveled state caused him to lose one of his skills, which was the recently learned Fencer Style passive skill. However, he kept his equipment on due to their level being 5, much to his relief.

But the new question on his mind was how in a world did he got his levels lowered. It was impossible to do so in the game version even if you lost your experience points when you die. But this girl, who was she? Nevertheless, he returned his focus to the fight as he saw the red-haired Sorcerer angrily chased down the girl after he re-equipped himself after what happened before he called out to him and the others. Being called "maggot" really irritated Solar, but he had no time to argue with that guy. For now, he followed his order as he jumped to the trees and prepared a skill he kept. "Do you even have to yell?! Ante Up!" With this skill, he turned his Starter Long Swords into AI. He didn't have any ranged weapons, so this was the only thing he could come up with. As he waved his hand, he used his swords as a levitating makeshift Huuma shuriken and tried to threw it to the girl's direction to block her path.

HP: 100%
MP: 100%

QUICKSLOT: Ante Up

SKILL ACTIVE: N/A

EQUIPMENT: 2x Windsor Antiqua Long Swords, Windsor Antiqua Clothing Armor

SKILLS: Ante Up, Shuffle Windmill, Mirage Dealer, Fencer Style (Disabled due to a mysterious level debuff), Tongue of Nature, Disassembly, Scout

MONSTERS: N/A

WORDS: 333

TAG: Verin, @dusk, Ein, Sophia

GOALS:To bring the female culprit to justice. (Current Status: Deleveled to Level 5)

[Deleted]

the road less traveled by

It seemed that as soon as the trio entered the woods, more and more adventurers seemed to pop out from various areas to join them. Seriously, if they all had matching green tunics and decent singing voices, they probably could have passed for Robin Hood and his merry men. Instead of singing, everybody seemed to have questions for one person or another, a couple directed at the bipedal feline and the others who made up the original entourage.

One was some random guy skulking around in the branches hunting lesser mobs or something. Another adventurer suddenly appeared beside him when asking about what certain parties' actions were. And then finally a female player showed up with a basket, asking him if anyone was injured. The sudden appearance of the newcomers and all the discussions and questions that arose because of it were enough to distract anyone from reacting to the dark-haired girl's device. With a bright white flash of light, a wave of weakness fell over him and the others. As he watched the girl run off, with the hot-headed red-head and the golden haired youth taking off after her, he turned back to the guardian to answer her question.

"The only thing wounded here is their pride, by the looks of it," he said, motioning to the two quickly receding figures with his staff. Brushing off the debris that stained his cloak, he walked slowly behind on the same path that the two eager pursuers took, tapping the ground lightly with his staff as he walked. Sometimes he'd stop to pick up a rock and chuck it at a nearby tree to see if he could hit it, or he'd cast Astral Bind on a nearby passive animal to see how they would react to the momentary constraint. If asked why he wasn't chasing after them like the others, the reply would be simple: "The most common strategy in losing someone is for them to double back."

And with a twitch of his whiskers and a playful glint in his eye, he would add: "Besides, she was a cutie. Maybe I could add her to my friends list." After letting out a laugh, Dusky would continue his mindless ambling until he felt his services were needed elsewhere.

Can't believe I'm putting off card-tower night for this, though...

Words: 388 | Tags: Verin Solar Sophia Ein
OOC Notes: --

[Ein]

THERE IS A THIN LINE

between what is good and what is evil

I will tiptoe down that line but I will feel unstable

Londinium Under Fire
WINDSOR

Then there was this blinding light.

Arrgh!! What the hell is going on!

Even I had my mask on the light is still unbearable to one's naked eyes.  I don't care anymore what's with these goofballs but whoever let this light on will have an issue with me!

After the flashbomb subsided, I heard footsteps quickly fading in the distance.

What in the world?!

Everyone had their levels reduced by three.

Must be a side effect of whatever hullabaloo she used.  But your mistake m'lady, guess what?  I am still level 1.  Your trick has no effect on me.

I began to run after her.

Oh no you won't get away from me!  Now you have your second problem:  making me participate from what I have been watching!!

I knew she used at least 45% of her skills before she was caught, but I can't be so sure.  What's more, even if she had any more of those device she used, she couldn't use it for now, it would be on cooldown, but then again, I can't be so sure of that.

TEMPTING HYSTERIA!!

There we go.  All your skills and items cooldown will initiate with additional penalty of seconds, thank you very much.

I know that tempting hysteria will also affect others, but I must be the one who must catch her first, I've got a score to settle with with her blinding me at all.

First one to get to her can do whatever with her!

With that, I ran after her!

Verin Neko Hiro @dusk Solar Sophia | 254 words | Enjoy RPing guys!

MADE BY VEL OF GS

[Sophia]

"I actually meant the people back at town. But I am glad you're all alright." she replied back to the anthropomorphic feline. How strange. That explosion that girl had set off didn't seem to do any harm to them. From looking at her own health bar in the corner of her vision, she could tell there wasn't any damage done, not even a status debuff. That is, until she gave it a closer look. The numbers for her total health were lower. Whatever that explosion did, it made her stats drop all across the board. Since when did they develop that sort of technology? She  wondered to herself. She certainly hoped it wasn't permanent, and prayed that it would be at most temporary. But enough about that. Their foe was escaping! 

While the others were racing to capture the mad bomber, the feline on the other hand seemed to have different ideas. For whatever reason, he didn't seem motivated to assist them. Noticing this, Emilia confronted him about it. "You can't be serious, mister cat!" Emilia pleaded, "We have to take her to justice and have her repent for her crimes against the innocents of our town!" If that wasn't enough to persuade the feline, "And if you really are serious about wanting her to be on your friends list, then maybe you should chase after her too. It's very likely you may get another chance to otherwise." she then quietly, waited for his answer as she walked with him towards the direction the others took. She hoped by playing on his desires, that he voice so openly, that maybe she could get him to help in some way with capturing this villainous woman.

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Word Count: 284
Tags: Verin @dusk Ein Solar

[Neko Hiro]

The girl clicked her tongue as she turned around, noticing that she was, indeed, being followed. Sasha turned her attention back to the path ahead of her, keeping an eye open for any and all obstacles that would make her escape even tougher. She had a long way to go, if she wanted to get back to the Windsor HQ, and with people following her making it increasingly more difficult. Luckily enough, though, she had another few cards up her sleeves. A higher-leveled Monk once told her: Always keep some back-up plans. One can never tell when they'll come in handy! She recalled the words from so long ago now, and decided that the necessity of keeping a few things hidden would be more than enough to have the edge in a fight.

Thankfully enough, though, this was very quickly turning into a fight. Looking back for just a second, she saw what looked to be a giant shuriken flying her way. Her eyes widened, shock filled her voice, as she gasped in surprise. Sasha leaped out of the way of the shuriken, but lost a bit of her momentum in doing so. Having to speed back up to her full running speed would be a problem, for sure. Having to regain her max speed costed her a few seconds of running time, but then a voice started to scratch at her head. A very eerie one.

"Why run? They will catch you soon enough. And once they do..."

She put a hand up to her head, cringing slightly. A voice? Who or what was that? She didn't have time to figure it out, because a few moments after that voice, another began to ring in her ears.

"Sasha, come in. This is HQ. The rendezvous site has been confirmed. Proceed to the designated area."

Her mind clicked back to reality, and looked at her mini-map to see a location being pinged just up ahead. A smirk appeared on her face, as she continued to dash towards the target location. The spell that one of the adventurers had cast on her was taking its effect, though, as the voice rang up every so often. It was a little disorienting, but nothing bad enough to cause her to lose her mind. It was just a little whisper every so often, and it was mostly dulled down, due to the blood flowing through her body, or what felt like blood flowing.

A minute later, and she reached the location where she was meant to group up. But, what she found wasn't anything she would have imagined. She reached down and picked up what looked to be a new set of cloth armor, as well as a few accessories to accompany that with. She chuckled, and began equipping all the reforged armor and accessories, to match the current clothing she was wearing. Now that she was fully suited up in this new set of armor and gear, she felt that she could very easily fight the group of adventurers that followed her. However, she knew that she was still outnumbered. So long as the adventurers didn't fight together, she could defeat them all.

Items Equipped:
Cultist Monk Robes: Level 10. Reforge: +2.5% HP
Cultist Monk Ring: Level 10. Effect: +2.5% Physical Damage Reduction
Cultist Monk Symbol (Necklace): Level 10. Effect: +2.5% Movement Speed
Cultist Monk Symbol (Brooch): Level 10. Effect: +2.5% Magical Damage Reduction
Cultist Monk Chain: Level 10. Effect: +.5 Meter AoE [Tiger Echo Fist]

Information Gathered:
 - Unknown Organization has available armor and equippment: Possibly a manufacturer?

[Deleted]

give 'em the ol' razzle dazzle

Not much happened as Dusky heard the sounds of fighting deep within the woods, slowly fading into the distance. With a grunt, he sat down on the ground, resting his chin in his paw as he waited for...I dunno, something. The footsteps of the four who ran on ahead had long fallen silent in the forest air. All that could be heard were the chittering of birds and the occasional rustle of leaves, as well as other forest noises that came from sources that couldn't be discerned.

As he sat there, he felt something within him settle over. A feeling that he hated so much that it made his fur stand on edge: boredom.

What am I even doing here, I've got an appointment to keep.

Nimbly jumping to his feet, he dusted himself off and turned around, the town gate not too far off in the distance. Even though no one else was around, he gave a small wave of his paw to bless the other adventurers' efforts.

Heh, a black cat wishing them good luck. How sickeningly ironic.

Words: 180 | Tags: Verin Ein Solar Sophia
OOC Notes: gl;hf

[Solar]

Solar growled in anger as his makeshift Huuma shuriken was dodged as he recovered his sword back to him and charged onto her. "I'll go on ahead and make sure to disable her until you and the others arrive." He shouted to the red-haired boy before he returned his focus to the suspicious girl. She was rather fast, but he has worked on his speed for his fighting style lately, so catching her might not be a problem for him. But during the chase, he noticed the movements of the girl as he remembered what the boy said to her when he arrived. He said that she was a Monk and Acrobat who liked using the Fabian Strategy, a war tactic that involved breaking the opponent's will by running away to wear him down and harassing them. If that was true, then that might explained his deleveled situation.

Regardless, he started to lose the girl and realized that he might fight her alone, he needed to check who was behind him. If no one arrived behind him, he knew he could be in big trouble with her. But not wanted to lose her completely, he continued jumped from branch to branch to chase her. "I'm not letting you escape so easily. Not after what happened that almost sent Lunar to the Cathedral!" When he did finally caught up to her, he was shocked to saw the culprit was now wearing different kind of equipment. Not wanted to let his guard down, he braced himself and asked, "Alright, a few seconds from now, you're surrounded!" He then used Ante Up once more to control one of his swords to flank her as he let it pointed it's blade to her in an attempt to prevent her escape. "Now put your hands behind your head and answer my questions. Who are you working for and why did you attacked London?" He knew she was not the only one who bombed most of the city, so she must have an accomplice or two.

HP: 100%
MP: 92%

QUICKSLOT: Ante Up

SKILL ACTIVE: Ante Up (One Starter Sword)

EQUIPMENT: 2x Windsor Antiqua Long Swords, Windsor Antiqua Clothing Armor

SKILLS: Ante Up, Shuffle Windmill, Mirage Dealer, Fencer Style (Disabled due to a mysterious level debuff), Tongue of Nature, Disassembly, Scout

MONSTERS: N/A

WORDS: 340

TAG: Verin, @dusk, Ein, Sophia

GOALS:To bring the female culprit to justice. (Current Status: Deleveled to Level 5)

[Neko Hiro]

Sasha began to look around herself, raising her eyebrow at the adventurer that had decided it would be a good idea to confront her directly. After spouting something about being surrounded soon enough, the adventurer threw one of their weapons nearby her, to which she sidestepped. Sasha had no intention of running away, if it was just one person. As much as she would love to kick this person's ass as handily as can be, she had a job to do. But, getting away from here right now didn't seem like a possibility for the moment. So, in response to the situation, Sasha ended up getting a little cocky. Resting her hand on her hip, she pivoted to one side, and tapped her ear to turn off the telepathic link.

"Alright, kid." She said, a smirk on her face. "I'll throw you a little bone. I'll give you one little piece of information." Standing back up straight, Sasha addressed the adventurer. "I'm not alone here, as there were multiple bombs having been planted. So, I'm not alone in this regard. As for who I'm working for, that's still kind of a secret." Sasha crouched down for a second, then rocketed off towards the adventurer, her fist drawn back. "If you can land a hit on me, I'll tell you more!" Making this deal by herself, without letting the adventurer even a moment to react properly. Sasha's fist, after having gotten closer to the target, began to thrust forward in the strike, aiming directly for the Swashbuckler's chest area.

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Elsewhere in the Greatwood, a number of grunts were making their way through the area, and spotted the other adventurers. Luckily enough, it looked like one of them was heading back to the city. As a bunch of level 1 grunts, they thought that taking on a level 5 as a group would be more than enough to earn them a level or two, as well as recognition in the group. The group of 3 brandished their various swords and knives, and charged the Werecat.

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So, here's how combat will take place for now. I will allot you all 5 dodges each to whatever attacks Sasha will throw at you. Consider a normal attack, without any kind of enhancement from other skills, to be about 5% of your total HP. Skills and enhanced attacks will count for higher damage, which will be provided in the after-post notes. I will also keep track of your total dodge count in the after-post notes, as well. I hope this works for everybody, as I imagine this not taking too long for the fights.

As for Sasha, I will allot her a total of 10 dodges, given that more people will show up at some point. If not, she will be held to the same 5 dodge rule, which I will keep track of as well. Grunts will have no dodges or skills, and will be treated as regular mobs.

Sasha: 0/(Number TBD) Dodges Used
Solar: 0/5 Dodges Used
@dusk: 0/5 Dodges Used
Verin: 0/5 Dodges Used
Ein: 0/5 Dodges Used
Sophia: 0/5 Dodges Used

[Solar]

Usually, Solar tried to dodge very quickly when it came to quick strikes. Unfortunately, he was distracted by the girl's challenge and her information that he was unable to dodge, which cause him to flew a few feet away from the terrorist. This also caused him to deactivate his Ante Up as his controlled sword dropped on the guard. "W-Why you?! Fine, if that's what you want, then I won't hold back!" He already knew that she was not alone as she confirmed herself about it. Yet the fact about multiple bombs in the city made him very angry as it almost cost many to sent to the Cathedral, including his own brother.

Now wanted answers, Solar drew his Windsor Antiqua Long Swords and charged onto the girl as he attempted two slashes to her. "I won't forgive her for hurting anybody! I won't forgive her for almost putting Lunar's life in danger. AND I WON'T LET HER ESCAPE MY GRASP!" He then attempt to make another two slashes with his swords before he shouted, "Mirage Dealer!" He then attempt to hit it with that skill, but if it didn't worked, the skill's after-effect moved him a meter forward from the girl, which he then attempt to attack her with a single slash. But despite the anger flared inside of him, he tried his best to calm himself down as he needed answers from the bombings with his hopes of the others behind him arrived in time. Not only that, he hoped that his brother was still safe back in London.

HP: 95%
MP: 92%

QUICKSLOT: Ante Up

SKILL ACTIVE: N/A

EQUIPMENT: 2x Windsor Antiqua Long Swords, Windsor Antiqua Clothing Armor

SKILLS: Ante Up, Shuffle Windmill, Mirage Dealer, Fencer Style (Disabled due to a mysterious level debuff), Tongue of Nature, Disassembly, Scout

MONSTERS: N/A

WORDS: 261

TAG: Verin, @dusk, Ein, Sophia

GOALS: To bring the female culprit to justice. (Current Status: Deleveled to Level 5)

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turn tail or fail

Dusky's original plan of heading back to town went awry when he found himself dealing with not one, not two, but THREE bumbling grunts. Had they not had been brandishing their various weapons, he would've gladly ignored the trio and continue on his merry way. However, the fact that they were moving steadily toward him now alerted him that they were out for blood. Or his gold. Or items. One of the three. Maybe all.

Not wanting to get his fur cut into uneven lengths, the first thing he did was cast an [Astral Bind] on the one closest to him, then hit the next closest one with an [Inversion] and sent him headed back to town. That is, until the effect wore off.

The third one, well, Dusky didn't do anything. Electrical Fuzz wasn't on hand and the effects on the other two would last for much longer, so for now, he turned tail and retreated back into the forest. The sounds of fighting inside guided him as he made his way to the others, hoping that their numbers would be enough to wipe out these stragglers. Or they'd get stupid lost and be out of their hair for the remainder of the conflict. Probably not.

He arrived in time to see the others gathered around, just as the monk lass began to launch her offensive.

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