[Mentor/Closed] Christmas was so last season?

[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Okay, it's an opening post and really, why was the little magician wandering around this area instead of writing posts for other waiting threads? It definitely had to be the AP. Two Coconia Charms along with a Mentor bonus meant that AP was soon to be raking in faster than she could have realized it. This was just yet another thread to potentially add to the backlog over time, however, judging by the speedy response of the recipient. But let's worry not about that and just get this opening post done with. Opening posts tend to be the worst. Everyone just judges you and goes to the first post of the thread in order to determine if they want to keep reading or not. Well, unlike my old RP forum where everyone read everyone's thread, no one was likely to be reading this thread. Want to prove me wrong? Go ahead and Like this post. You won't have any more than five other people reading this thread at the most generous. Maybe not even one other person. Nevertheless, Snowdonia even in early February was still a festive snow-topped mountain. It was rather chilly in Avon still as the trail she walked about still contained its fair amount of snow. A chill pulled at her ankles as her attire wasn't exactly very warm in appearance, but welcome The majority had melted away, seeping their way into the green grass on the side of the trail. The trail itself looked like it was very well-managed, come to think of it. She wondered why the road itself was so meticulously cleared of snow while the fields and grass were still covered in white powder. There were still a lot of mysteries with this world that she had attributed to simply an aftereffect from Elder Tale becoming real life. Perhaps those monsters she encountered during the Christmas expedition were still here? [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES Short but I'm not great at openers either~ WORDS 317 (459.65) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

Valerie was trekking along the trails on the snowy mountains in Snowdonia with a wide smile on her face. Winter was her favourite season in the year and she loved snow. Although the girl was in shorts, she had a long black jacket and long boots, leaving very little skin to the stinging cold. The swashbuckler bounded through the snow, following the path, but not quite walking on it since it was quite green and brown from the melted snow. Most adventurers and People of the Land walked on the paths, avoiding the snow except for Valerie who seemed to land on everything that was white. Snowdonia was not very active at the moment and few people were on the hills, which made the other girl on the path seem rather out of place to Valerie. The swashbuckler had spotting another player who was walking along path. Normally she would have simply avoided the person, but the snow had set the girl in a good mood. Bounding from the snow-laden forest, she jumped out and landed on the path. Valerie’s face scrunched up as the mud sucked at her boots when she tried to walk. She caught up to the other girl and fell into step with her. “Hello!” The swashbuckler greeted with a smile, feeling unusually festive but right now, she didn’t care anymore, she was having too much fun on the mountains.

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Midori took the moment to really take in the sights from everything around her. It was the late-winter weather and a transient moment when the otherwise gloomy cold weather started to change, bringing forward the spring season. Or well, it was gloomy to most other people, but there was just something about overcast grey skies that appealed to her. The thought that even though the clouds blocked out the sky, it would still be visibly daytime. It was a weather pattern where it was bright enough to feel content, yet mild enough that the sun didn't feel too harsh on her body. Midori in real life had rather below average stamina and often felt weak if she would have stood around too long. This time of day was such a phenomenon, an overcast day where the fresh snow on the mountainside stacked itself upon the melting slush from the past month. She really liked this time of the year very much, having associated the season with her own birthday among other things. Perhaps if her friends had any time, they probably could have explored the area and played around in the snow a little bit more. After becoming lost in her own mind for quite a while, it was just about the kind of moment when her temporary lack of attention to her surroundings became a little more obvious. Midori normally wasn't the type to lose focus on the things that happened around her as long as she was in the right mood. She thus had a tendency to drift off into her own mind after it had been quite some time since her last encounter with another person. She had thought she was alone on this trail at this time of day, which made her all the more surprised when an unfamiliar voice called out to her. The girl froze for a brief moment, her previously calm gait notably changing in rhythm for a second. She hadn't heard any footsteps behind her on the path, so this person must have come from maybe the forest or the other smaller pathways on the trail? The magician turned to her side and sighted the owner of the voice, a girl who was just a few inches shorter from her own height. This girl had dark brown hair and unusual yet intriguing violet-colored eyes. Midori sensed the aura of innocent happiness coming from her new acquaintance, a feeling that resembled her own interactions with her good friend Charuen. Although the context seemed a little different. She felt that it was a mood brought forth by seasonal cheer? Was it a mood similar to her own feelings about the season? Midori didn't really know for sure. She just had some sort of feeling along that line. "Hello!" Having not actually spoken to anyone in hours, she thought her voice sounded a little strange after being put on the spot for a sudden conversation. Her soft voice with two mixed influences betrayed the detail of her upbringing from the old world, as an Asian person who grew up and developed a British accent of her own since early childhood. Nevertheless, she pushed aside that thought and thought of something to continue the conversation. "I hadn't thought anyone else was up on the mountain at this time." Ever since Christmas, it had been a rare sight for her to see anyone up on the trails. Usually late-winter was in that awkward transition between the people going for winter adventures and people visiting to see the beauty of the spring season. "It's very peaceful, don't you think? Are you here for a quick stroll as well?" Come on Touko, think! You need to let someone answer, not to shoot them two questions in immediate succession! Why was starting up a conversation out of the blue such a difficult thing to do at times? Well, what's done was done. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES WORDS 652 (945.4) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

The girl beside turned to her greeting and her replied in a soft voice that was laced with a light British accent. Valerie smiled at the girl when she recognized the accent. Since she entered the game, she had not met many people who had an accent in their voice. The swashbuckler had heard some people in Londinium talking with an Asian accent but she didn’t know if they were simply imitating the accent or not. The girl beside her was part of the Heretic class, a new class that was introduced along with the new update. The swashbuckler had not known many people of that class but she had heard they had the same experience as the other players who found themselves in the game that day.

The heretic continued to talk in a soft voice, though it was easily heard in the quietness of the forest. She voiced her surprise at seeing Valerie at this time, though never telling the swashbuckler what she had meant. Taking initiative, she guessed the heretic was talking about the season considering the muddy path and heavy snow in the forest. The swashbuckler internally agreed with the other girl, knowing how awkward this time of year was. It usually was warm enough to wear lighter clothes but too much snow to not wear boots which were considered winter clothing. The girl beside her asked her a question that led to another, asking about her reason for being out on a day like this. “Well, I was originally out there…” Valerie started, pointing into the forest. “And was just talking a walk in the snow since it is a bit more preferable compared to the muddy paths.” She reasoned, looking down at her boots in distain before remembering the girl’s first question. “Oh yes, I do think it’s very peaceful and quiet. Some people have resumed their jobs and not as many people are around for sightseeing. But the mountains are beautiful at this time of year.” Valerie told the girl. Personally, the swashbuckler had always liked winter and the snow which was the only reason why she was even in Snowdonia at the moment, just to see the snow. The girl turned toward the heretic and asked her a question she was honestly curious about. "What's your name?"

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. The girl confirmed that she had been walking off the main trails, which explained why she hadn't noticed anyone walking up from behind her till just a moment ago. If the raven-haired magician should have focused enough on the snow, she would have noticed light footprints coming from the direction of the small grove she had just passed. She mentioned how walking in the snow had been preferable to walking along the cleared trails where parts of it were susceptible to mud coming from melted snow. Midori did notice that some parts of the trail were like that, but generally the weather was still cool enough that it was too cold for a substantial amount to melt and seep into most of the trail. She typically stuck to walking along the middle of the road for that very reason. The brown-haired girl gave her commentary on the relative scarcity of people walking the trails, attributing it to people getting busier. Well, it wouldn't have been a surprising remark to give if they were in the real world, but she hadn't really thought most people were really busy after finding themselves stuck in an MMO for a year now. Maybe people were preparing for Valentine's Day. She knew that holiday was coming and unless there was some sort of party between Aeryn-Apocrypha, chances were that the little magician was going to hide somewhere for the day. It was difficult enough not having any romantic partners ever, but now combine that with couples going all crazy about their public affection and other single people becoming a little more desperate than usual... Yes, she would definitely need to find something to do. The girl asked her for her name and so the Heretic responded. She hoped that the other girl wasn't asking about her name in real life as she was going to use her IGN instead. The girl didn't have too many qualms about saying her real name, but it was just that she had gotten very used to using her persona in place of it. "My name is Midori. May I have the pleasure of knowing yours?" One could note that it was also quite easy to open up the interface to investigate a person's IGN for themselves (yet another reason she hoped that she was using the right name) without even having to exchange pleasantries. "And I also like winter myself. It makes the land look very peaceful and it just makes you want to play around in the snow and then warm up once you're all done." Come to think of it, now that she was no longer alone, she wondered what there was to really do. Midori's plan had been to originally walk back toward Stratford for lunch, but now that she had a fellow traveler with her, maybe a nice talk would have been great. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES WORDS 478 (693.1) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

Midori…A Japanese name that suits her appearance. The swashbuckler thought to herself with a small smile. “I’m Valerie, but you can just call me Val. It’s a pleasure meeting you, Midori.” The girl answered the Heretic’s polite question. Midori began to talk about her love for winter as Valerie’s mind wandered lightly. Everything Midori did was incredibly polite. Her words, the way she walked, her aura, everything about the girl made the swashbuckler feel as if she was in the presence of a royal, or someone of a higher status. This made the brown haired girl tone down her own excitement to match the Heretic’s calm nature, slightly afraid of doing something that may offend the other. “So…” Valerie started awkwardly, still not quite used to talking with people, though she was getting better, just slightly. “Where are you heading? If you don’t mind me asking.” She asked, keeping her voice easy but polite.

The swashbuckler didn’t have any plans for the day besides enjoying the rest of winter, but she was always ready for a nice fight with monsters in the area. She knew she needed the training to level up but was always cautious about her surroundings to avoid stumbling upon strong monsters. The girl never enjoyed the idea of being killed by monsters and had always avoided situations where her odds of surviving was about 10 percent. The girl hated gambling and disliked meeting new people because it risked her own security. At the moment, Valerie’s mind had just been cleared of its previous blind excitement of the snow and internally panicked when the swashbuckler realized she had approached another person and had already started a conversation without being completely being aware of it. She couldn’t run away now, afraid to offend the other, so the girl simply kept walking awkwardly, trying to avoid looking at the other too intently.

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. "Nice to meet you as well, Val." she turned toward the brown-haired girl and smiled back. It was at this time that she needed to confirm just in case she was really introducing herself correctly. The Heretic focused her eyes upon her companion for a moment, long enough for the system interface to show up in her vision. As soon as it had appeared, Midori took her eye contact off of the girl and back toward the road as they walked. Indeed, she confirmed the other girl's IGN as Valerie. Chances were, however, that with an IGN of a proper name like that, it might actually have been the other girl's real name. Midori was not in fact Midori's own name; rather, it was Touko, translating directly to 'winter child'. A rather appropriate name, in fact. In any case, Valerie had not said that it was her real name, as indicated by the lack of a surname, so the girl supposed that it would be a little while after before she would need to reveal her real name. Only a handful of other people in this world knew, particularly because people generally disliked talking about their pasts outside of Elder Tale. In thinking this, the magician found herself wondering whether her name was enough of a secret to really keep from people. Midori had always had a slight disconnect between her actual feelings and the way she typically portrayed herself ever since she had left primary school. As she grew up, the girl gradually built a wall between her true self and her surroundings as a sort of passive defense against other people. In this manner, she usually kept up a rather polite and somewhat distant atmosphere when meeting new people. After she was able to get a good understanding of another person's demeanor, then the girl would have been able to warm up to them. Understandably so, this had placed her in a sort of feedback loop for quite a while, unsure of who to really trust enough to become friends with. Thankfully she was overcoming that problem slowly but surely, focusing first on making strong friendships with her guild and alliance members. It was thanks to the bonds they had recently made that she was now brave enough to start venturing out into the world, rather than stay holed up and thinking about concepts instead. The magatama necklace on her neck glinted a dull green color for a moment, as though reacting to the other girl's withdrawal of excitement. It was a brief and minor enough change that one practically had to be staring directly at the jewel in order to notice the change. Midori herself was wearing it around her neck and thus she hadn't noticed it either. "Where am I heading? That's a good question." she put a finger to her chin as she continued walking. The girl continued a few steps before she was actually able to answer the question. "I was actually looking to find a house for sale up in this side of the mountain. I had heard that people in Avon were saying that you can purchase some of the buildings up here now, if you brought enough money. I figured that it would be a good place to have a second home, especially since I can't stay up at the castle forever..." Without realizing it, she had dropped the words "home" and "castle" in the same sentence in a context that would have made anyone's head turn. Yet, in her exploration, she hadn't noticed the oddness of that statement just now. "I suppose if I can't find where these houses are supposed to be, I might just walk down to Avon and have some lunch. Would you care to join me?" Midori turned her eyes toward the other girl, whose glance was facing away from the magician for some reason. Curiously, Midori turned her eyes toward what the girl may have been looking at. Perhaps by coincidence, a small creature made of eye had just spawned on the snowy grass in the distance just then. It was one of the native monsters of the area, a Level 5 Jolly Snowman. The creature was non-hostile, so it had been a rather popular target for training among newbie Adventurers during the Christmas season. "Oh, I see! Do you want to fight a snowman~?" she sang the last line of her statement to the tune of a popular song from a few years back. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES WORDS 750 (1087.5) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

The swashbuckler kept walking silently until Midori repeated Valerie’s question, questioning herself. The Heretic talked about searching for a building to purchase in Avon. The magician clearly had a large amount of money considering land is not exactly cheap in Avon. As Midori mentioned living in a castle, Valerie’s brows rose slightly in amazement but not too surprised considering she was talking about getting a second home, not her first, but second. The swashbuckler simply sighed softly to herself, not bother imagining living in a castle. The girl simply wanted a place to rest at night instead of a place to sleep in the forest or unoccupied buildings. At the moment, Valerie was saving up to find a small place to only rest, she was about halfway there.

Valerie turned back to the other girl when she asked if the swashbuckler would mind joining her for lunch. The corners of her lips quirked up into a smile as she nodded at Midori. “Sure, I don’t really have any plans for today…” The swashbuckler trailed off as the Heretic’s eyes seemed to travel to the spot where Valerie had been staring at while daydreaming. A level five Jolly Snowman had appeared, apparently it had just spawning in the area. Midori sang a verse of a song from an older popular song, changing the words to fit the current situation. Normally, the swashbuckler was someone that would cringe when someone sang the song because one of her tone deaf friends had spoiled the song by singing it when they watched it one Christmas. But in the current context, Valerie laughed lightly and nodded. “C’mon, let’s go and fight.” The swashbuckler chimed after, her hands dropping down to the daggers at her hip and pulled them out.

The girl jumped off the path and onto the snow, her body slightly tense since it was her first time facing a level 5 monster. Though the snowman looked more like the cheerful snowman in the popular movie, the swashbuckler was quite sure it was not someone who liked warm hugs. Valerie carefully walked toward the creature, rather wary about it. She liked watching people fight but ever since she had arrived in Avon, the girl had never seen anyone fighting a snowcreature. Her mind wandered slightly while she walked, wondering how solid the Jolly Snowman was. It was probably not ice considering it was a snowman, but not fragile enough to explode into a cloud of snow when kicked. Maybe it was made of ice, or maybe it did like warm hugs. But honestly, Valerie had no idea, but she was excited to find out, maybe even give it a hug before killing it.

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Come to think of it, she had enough money that she probably could have bought a small district. It wasn't as though gold was in scarcity and the higher-leveled players were practically swimming in money. She received her high amount of gold from a donation by one of those players themselves. In any case, living expenses here in the Unfounded Kingdom were a bargain compared to real life. A single night's stay back in Londinium was merely achieved through killing a couple of low-level monsters. Avon might be a different story, however. She noticed a good sense of luxury behind the city's facade and so loitering around or camping in the streets seemed to be frowned upon whereas it was a way of life in Londinium for those who wanted to save a little bit more on money. Then again, what did she need more than one house for? Maybe the little magician could start up some kind of apartment complex. In any case, it was time to focus on the battle at hand. The monster was a Level 5 Jolly Snowman, a creature that was hardly a challenge for her in her current state. She started off by sending the other girl a party invite so that the two would receive experience from collaborating rather than unintentionally kill-stealing each other. Her finger traced the cursor and moved next to downgrade her own level to Level 4. This would prevent her from taking most of the experience, as she really didn't need it herself. She just mostly wanted to see how the other girl performed in battle. The level downgrade was underway, causing her equipment to change back into a crystal ball and a puppet, both basic counterparts of her normal equipment. Her Tier II skills were disabled for the time being as she watched the respective skills' icons grey out. In any case, it was back to the basics in a sense. For a Level 4 Heretic, she still had all her lower-leveled skills. But well, it would have been a greater challenge. Maybe she should consider reducing her level as much as possible while fighting a higher-leveled monster. The Heretic was rather cautious and even if it would take a while to dispatch an enemy, she would gain some combat experience doing so. Valerie was getting herself ready to attack the small snowman. From what she remembered, Jolly Snowmen were initially easy to dispatch as monsters. They wouldn't attack unless one would decide to land the first hit on them and their only noteworthy skill was a rapid snowball throwing attack. In that regard, they could spend as long as they wanted doing battle preparations if needed. However, it was nearly time to attack. "Oblivion Claw, delay animation." she pointed her crystal ball forward, causing it to change color from a dull blue glass color to a vivid glowing purple. However, instead of pointing toward the monster, it was directed toward her teammate. Or in particular, she had toggled one of the girl's daggers as the target. The purple glow intensified, releasing a strong flash and then just as suddenly disappearing. A second later, the orb was now back to its original appearance. By contrast, Valerie's right-handed dagger would appear to emanate dark energy as a result of the attack. "I've buffed your weapon for the time being. Once you attack, it'll activate." The little magician stood ready to perform additional support as needed. She gripped the control bars and caused the wooden pierrot to stand up, ready to activate a Puppeteer skill. For the time being, the girl chose to initiate a taunting gesture that would be timed as soon as the other girl launched her attack. It would draw away some of the aggro toward the wooden mannequin despite her being the primary aggressor. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES WORDS 638 (925.1) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

A party invite popped up in front of her, from the Heretic, which she promptly accepted without another thought, focusing on the snow white monster in front of her. Valerie noticed Midori fiddling with her controls before her equipment disappeared, leaving a crystal ball, a puppet, and simple equipment. The girl simply nodded at the change of gear and simply refocused her attention back to the happy looking snow creature that slide around. Her violet eyes locked onto the smiling monster that seemed to roll around without a care in the world. The level 5 Jolly Snowman didn’t seem to be a slow monster but simply by watching its movements, she couldn’t see any possible weapons it could wield at the moment unless it wanted to throw its coal eyes or use its other stick arm as a weapon to hit people with. Both were highly unlikely and had created a rather funny image, making the girl to shake her head at her own silly thoughts.

The Heretic was nearby and pointed her crystal ball forward, speaking a few words that seemed to be a skill, but was unknown to Valerie, and caused the ball to glow a purple color. It flashed, and then disappeared, but the swashbuckler’s right-handed dagger seemed to radiate a dark aura. Valerie stared at it curiously before turning to Midori when she explained what she had done. The other girl explained that she had buffed the dagger and it would activate once she attacks. “Thank you.” She said softly and smiled, nodding her head at the magician before creeping closer toward the monster.

The snow was rather deep and ended right below the top of her boots, making it a tedious project to silently attempt to get close. Valerie’s mind spun, trying to think of a way to ambush the monster. She stopped behind a tree and looked around to only find snow and bare trees, but smiled as an idea popped into her head. She sheathed her left dagger and picked up some snow, forming a small snowball, and packed it tightly. Her hands worked quickly as it was getting a tad colder from the snow, and when it was finished, she popped out from behind the tree and threw it past into the trunk of the tree beside the snowy monster. The snowman seemed to jump a little, if it was capable of jumping, and spun around toward the snow covered tree trunk. Smiling at the opening, she drew her sheathed weapon and sprang out from behind the tree, not bothering to remain silent and dashed toward the monster.

Valerie slashed both her daggers down on its back, and swiped across with her right blade before jumping back. The monster whirled around, its happy expression looking not so happy anymore and slide toward the swashbuckler. The girl’s violet eyes flashed dangerously as her expression changed as well, becoming cold and almost completely emotionless. She sashayed left as the snowman slide toward her, and cut across its side and dug her foot into the bottom of the monster, pushing it away, but the snowman only moved a bit and sharply hit its thin stick arm into Valerie’s shoulder, causing her left arm to falter a bit. The swashbuckler bit her lip and bent her knees slightly, widening her base to steady herself.

Her shoulder stung, wanting to give out, but the girl only smiled grimly in response to the pain and continued to slide behind the snowman. She carved her blades deep into its snowy body while dancing around the monster, keeping her eyes trained on its movements, tracking it and moving accordingly, keeping herself behind the snowman. The creature’s back began to look like a scratchboard as Valerie kept this up. The monster seemed to have enough of being on the sharp end of the swashbuckler’s blades and started to move backward, towards the girl. Automatically, she backed away, keeping a safe distance away to avoid being squashed by a stack of packed snowballs. It suddenly spun around, lashing out at the girl who only managed to lift an arm to hit one of its stick arms away as the other missed the girl entirely. Her mouth pulled into a thin line as her eyes analyzed her surroundings. She was rather close to the trees and remembered being told to avoid being cornered into a tree. She nodded to herself and sprinted past the snowman and slashed her daggers into it as she passed by, leading it into a bigger clearing.

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Generally speaking, as she was already at a sufficient level to where fighting this kind of monster wouldn't help with leveling up quite as much, the little magician took the opportunity to watch her new partner's combat style. She noted that Valerie seemed to act quite differently in battle. The air of cheerfulness and slight timidness subsided in place of a calculating and focused personality. It was not uncommon for this kind of occurrence to happen, as it involved a sort of roleplaying. Whereas one would normally press buttons to fight monsters, many of which were not very sympathetic to fight against, the process of combat in this world was getting to be a little automated as well. People were putting aside their inhibitions in order to hunt and defeat if it would result in their own power increasing in the long run. Valerie was doing fairly well with her attacks as she continued to slash at the creature with her twin daggers. Obviously, due to the limited range of the two weapons, her combat required very close combat and allowed for the snow creature to land a couple counterattacks in the process. After setting up the puppet into its animation, the Puppeteer toggled the Act Two: Inciting Event skill. Whereas the monster was about to raise its wooden twig arm in order to attack again, it paused and turned direction toward the wooden mannequin. The active skill worked by drawing aggro toward it, giving it a secondary tank role. Of course, the mannequin itself was rather weak due to its status as a beginner item, so it wouldn't have been best to focus aggro on it forever. Hopefully though, this brief lapse in the monster's attack pattern would give the other girl a chance to deliver a targeted strike now that its attention was taken away from her. And if that wasn't enough, she would give her party member a little more time. "I don't suppose it really gave much thought into this plan." Muttering to herself, the raven-haired girl pointed her arm forward to command the puppet to move. With a pull of the control bar, Act One: Exposition was activated. The strings of the Control Bar extended as the wooden object quickly ran toward the approaching snowman and then grabbing its body in a sort of bear hug. The grip of the puppet was fairly absolute due to this skill, preventing the snowman from lifting its limbs any further to attack. This, however, was only temporary and would probably only buy her partner about two extra seconds before the struggling snowman would break free from this grip. Of course, two seconds was often enough in a fast-paced battle such as this one. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/dataholder-2/100-orange-juice-aru-theme NOTES WORDS 455 (568.75) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

The snowman had spun around and slid toward the girl, raising its wooden arm to strike Valerie’s back. The Swashbuckler was far enough that the twig would only graze her, but it would still do damage to the level one adventurer. Suddenly, the monster stopped and turned toward the Heretic and her three foot puppet. The monster began to slide toward the duo, its attention diverted by Midori, who Valerie assumed had drawn the Jolly Snowman’s attention. The Swashbuckler nodded a smile to the magician before focusing back onto the snowman. She eyed the monster’s white back and took a step forward, right behind the snowman, into a crouch and stretched both arms out to the side, activating Shuffle Windmill. The Swashbuckler spun clockwise and rose up into a standing position, leaving eight horizontal marks on the Jolly Snowman’s back, but jumped back as soon as she was released from the skill since she had no idea if the Heretic’s puppet still held the monster’s attention after her attack. Thankfully, the snowman seemed to ignore the low level Adventurer and kept sliding toward the puppet and the puppeteer.

Midori muttered quietly to herself, but Valerie had no idea what she had said and her brows rose slightly, wondering what the Heretic had said. The thought disappeared the moment the puppeteer pulled the piece of wood that was connected to the puppet, causing it to move quickly toward the Jolly Snowman, wrapping the monster in a hug, pulling the monster’s arms down against its round body. The snowman struggled against the puppet’s tight grip, trying to break free. The swashbuckler saw the opening that Midori had given her and darted back to the monster. She tensed slightly, worried about accidentally cutting into the puppet, but pushed it aside, chiding herself for precious time. Valerie bent one knee and swung her left arm down toward the monster’s lower body, gripping the handle tightly, activating Straights, and cut through the largest snowball in the monster’s body, and her right dagger imitating the other, making a horizontal cut above the other one. Once both blades were free, she stabbed both into the top of the monster’s head, or rather top snowball and twisted them slightly, digging the blades in deeper before dragging them out sideways, leaving two almost identical twin valleys on the top of the monster’s head.

The puppet’s tight grip on the struggling monster didn’t seemed like it was going to last much longer. Valerie took a step back and steadied herself before lifting her leg high and slammed her heel down onto the Jolly Snowman’s head and turned her leg to step down onto the monster as if the snowman was a very high stool. At the same time, she brought both weapons down onto its head beside her foot and dug them deep into the monster head. The snowman finally broke free from the puppet’s grasp and its thin twig arms flailed around weakly, as the monster’s health bar began to drain. Its arms were lashing dangerously close to the girl’s leg, grazing it twice before the Swashbuckler did something about it. She pulled the daggers out and pulled herself on top of the monster then jumping down, turning on her way down. Valerie landed in a crouch in front of the monster, whose arm came down on top of the girl. The Swashbuckler caught the twig with her dagger and pushed it aside as she stood up to her full height which wasn’t much but she, thankfully, still towered over the snowman. She slashed her daggers onto the snowman’s wooden arms and activated Viper Raise, which was supposed to cut into an enemy’s arm tendons, though the girl wondered if the snowman had tendons at all. However, after the skill was finished, the monster’s wooden arms seemed to replicate some sort of odd bleeding effect, slowing the monster down, as the skill was supposed to do.

Valerie coughed, trying to mask a laugh at the strange animation. She glanced at her own health bar, which had about sixty five percent, maybe seventy percent remaining from her carelessly letting the monster attack her. The Adventurer eyed the monster’s health bar which was slowly decreasing from her previous attack and readied herself for one more attack, which should finally empty the monster’s health bar. She stepped back with her right leg and used it to spring herself back toward the snowman, ramming her shoulder into the monster and plunged both weapons into the monster’s snowy body. The level five Jolly Snowman’s health bar emptied and the snowman monster disappeared into colorful bubbles and floated into the sky like it was reverse snowing. As her opponent disappeared, she turned around to face the Heretic with a smile, happy that the fight seemed to have ended well aside from having losing some health.

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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabB"] [attr="class","gifB"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Now then, after collecting a lot of advertisement threads and regaining a Coconia Charm replica, now I'm writing a post where it's been a month since the last post and I'm totally a neglectful mentor. Really, you can't blame me because everyone else pretty much stopped due to odd circumstances and backstage drama and you know what let's just continue. You see, this is why I'm only Level 40 and my 'apprentice' has pretty much passed me in the time you took this posting hiatus. Yes, well. Not to mention that longer hiatus before then, which is why Hiro is past Level 75. Weren't you supposed to be one of the top RPers on your old sites? You know what. Those characters cooperated a little better. Oh, I'm suuure they did. But I'm different! Let me show you a way to make you cooperate though! You'll see what I mean soon enough. You wouldn't. I would. Anyway, it's time for dinner. What!? Get back here- And we're back. You should fix this template too... Later. Midori nodded as she watched the other girl take down the snowman as if it came naturally to her. It was probably not her first time engaging in combat with monsters, as the area around Avon was quite a distance away from Londinium. Pretty much all the Adventurers who would have ventured out of the main starting city would have had to face at least one or two monsters along the way, even if they had stayed on the safer roads. Sometimes monsters would have gone out onto those roads as well. While villages' local militia and Adventurer mercenaries would often take care of them, sometimes it was just something you didn't expect. Regardless, Valerie was able to take down this otherwise cute-looking monster without much difficulty. Midori wondered to herself whether the other girl had any friends here in this game. She had a feeling that she wanted to at least get to know her fellow party member, as her adventures in this world had been mostly embarked by herself. It would have been nice to get to know more people as a result. "That was great!" Midori gave a wave as she approached the girl. "I wonder if you'd like to fight any more, or-" In the midst of thinking about these things, another monster spawned right behind Valerie. Midori's eyes looked at the glowing mass of light materialize and then her heart nearly shuddered when she saw how big it was. This wasn't the cute little snowman that the other girl had just fought. This was a Level 45 Malicious Snowman. Really, is this what you meant!? We're lucky we're not in SAO RP because of this! Not yet, actually. "Val, behind you!" She was done with level-syncing. With the tap of a button, her level changed back from its single digit amount back to a respectable level of 43. A protective aura surged over the raven-haired girl as she readied her main weapons. With a switch of her inventory around, the Heretic's main weapons were revealed. She held a floating crystal ball of jade in her left hand while a more sturdy-looking mannequin was controlled in her right hand. "Stay close to me." Standing in between the lower-leveled Swashbuckler, she thought to herself. Do I use Abyssal Contract? It'll be effective for sure, but it's not enough of a pinch and it'll last for the entire day... At this moment, the snowman turned and aggroed onto her. Without much time to think, Midori tossed her Control Bar into the air as she casted a spell. "Rise and break free from the string of fate that binds you, Shadow Puppetry!" The Control Bar, which was beginning its downward descent, was caught in midair by a cold black cloud that had just materialized as though it were a ghost of the snowfield. As the cloud controlled the puppet, Midori pulled out her Grand Chariot sword as her new right-handed weapon. It was quite possible to just run away from this battle, but there was the risk that the monster would encounter some other person who would decide to take a walk on this path. It was very close to the main pathway, so there was no doubt that the next person to come by would've been in a few hours at the latest. Midori pointed the sword at the angry snowman's face as a signal to her summoned partner to attack. The wooden mannequin, bathed in a violet light, complied as its body shook and rose up. The ice creature made the first attack. It casted a spell and summoned a giant icicle that shaped itself into a sword. The large snowman gripped the blade with a menacing grin as the pebbles on its face moved. Probably her best strategy was to keep the would-be snowman from actually using the sword. She triggered Fateful Encounter as an attempt to gain a little bit of distance. The puppet started to move at high speed, spinning around the magician and her partner in a full circle before finally smacking into the snow monster and knocking it backward a few feet. It was pretty big, so it didn't get knocked down as most other monsters should. [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/eric-tannenbaum-4/zanza-xenoblade-chronicles-music-extended NOTES No color tags because I lost this post earlier and I don't feel like editing them in. WORDS 880 (1276) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

The Swashbuckler saw the small Heretic wave as approached and was about to ask her something about fighting, but Midori never finished, her words cutting off half way. The Swashbuckler stared at the other female, wide eyed and slightly confused as she waited for the other to continue her sentence, but it never came. Instead, the Heretic called her name, telling her to check her back. Furrowing her brows, she whirled around and spotted a gigantic snowman behind her. Though it was also a snowman, like the one she had just fought, but the new snowman bore a cruel smile and instead of thin stick arms, it had arms shaped from snow. The panel above the snowman showed that it was a level 45 Malicious Snowman. A name that suited its appearance. How nice. The girl thought sarcastically, glaring up at the smiling snowman, but her face was pale, worried about the fight.

When the other girl told Valerie to stay close, she backed up and settled next to the Heretic who had changed her equipment back to normal, holding a jade crystal ball and a higher quality mannequin. The panel above Midori stated that she was currently a level 43 Heretic. It was clear that the monster had taken notice of the duo and begun to head toward the Heretic, who seemed to automatically toss the control bar for her puppet into the air and cast a spell. Meanwhile, the Dancer quickly drew her weapons and readied herself for a fight, one that would definitely be a difficult one to finish without dying, but hopefully, she wouldn’t have to see the cathedral.

From her spot, the level one Adventurer watched the Heretic fight, ready to jump in when she spots an opening to attack. The girl’s deep violet eyes widened when she saw a dark cloud catch the falling control bar, and then begun to control the puppet. With one hand free, Midori pulled out a sword and faced the snowman. Her puppet seemed to glow slightly, a purplish hue, as it rose up. Then the monster started its attacks, summoning a giant sword made of ice. It gripped the blade and grinned darkly at the higher level player, who used another skill that caused her puppet to spin around the two female Adventurers before heading into the snowman, knocking the large monster back a few feet.

Valerie glanced warily at the Malicious Snowman’s giant sword, which randomly brought the word ice pick into her mind. It was rather silly, thinking of such queer things in the middle of a dangerous fight and she scolded herself silently as she refocused her mind on the fight. She would have to try and attack the snowman at a close range, due to the lack of range that her weapons had. Of course, she could always throw them, but she wasn’t too keen on losing her only weapons in a fight and being left unarmed. A problem with fighting the Malicious Snowman in close range would be that she had no idea what it might do.


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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabC"] [attr="class","gifC"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. She pointed the tip of her mana-enhanced blade forward, shooting out a basic beam as a default normal attack. In addition to this, the Heretic quickly casted a single Miasma Bullet shot and fired the black-violet mass into the snowman's face. It caused the monster's HP to drop by about 10%, a decent amount had she been alone and fighting this monster by herself, but now she had someone she needed to protect. Val had taken a fair amount of damage from the Level 5 snowman, so she didn't even want to imagine what a level difference of 40 would have done to her in a single hit. Come now, writer, what was the point of this sudden turn of events!? Well, I figured that a life or death experience for the both of you would probably help develop your friendship. You could've suggested for us to stop by a cafe or make snow angels like any normal RPer would! Consider that your reward, perhaps. Midori gave the other girl a glance to confirm that she was still by her side. It was a bit strange. Despite that the two of them were now in a fairly dangerous position, neither of them were feeling very panicked by the circumstances. Perhaps it was their status as Adventurers and that even if a mistake should have been made, they were likely to just respawn back at the nearest city. Of course, it was better not to die if possible. Since she had came into this world, Midori had not actually died before and she would have preferred to keep it that way. Nevertheless, she needed to give the other girl a warning first. "Just to be safe, Val... leave this to me. I don't want you to rush into fighting this thing without knowing what we're up against." After all, while the game world had become real life, it was still a game at its core. Attacking a monster with such a huge level difference was very unlikely to do anything to affect it in the long run. Aggro mechanics meant that at least the monster would likely be drawing its focus on either her or the puppet, but she didn't know if there were any other catches to this whole fight. Maybe the monster possessed some sort of passive skill effects or possibly an area-of-effect attack to make the fight even more precarious. "Let's just do this, then..." she reached into her inventory and pulled out three spray-like potions with her free hand, due to the crystal ball being able to float on its own. "Use these on me if I start acting weird, okay? I've never done this before." she made a bit of a wry smile. The snow monster was charging up an attack as it seemed to inhale a lot of air into its mouth. Midori motioned the puppet to stand in the way and tank the attack. "I call upon the shadows of the abyss." At that moment, she was charging up a new spell as a heavy amount of negative energy started to erupt from the ground. "And offer myself up to gain absolute victory." Midori's body started to flicker as her physical appearance was beginning to change. "Rise, light of the dark sun." The dark aura was now being channeled from the surrounding area and started to absorb within her own body. At the same time, the snowman launched a number of snowballs forward as they struck the wooden puppet and caused the air to become engulfed in a white haze from the dissipating snow. The world seemed to almost completely white out for a moment for the two. "Abyssal Contract." She spoke in a whisper, her normally clear and calm voice distorted by some outside force to give it a menacing tone. Her hair had turned completely white from the transformation and she gripped her blade with newfound resolution. The transition into this form was not completely seemless as she felt as though there was a great amount of pressure in her head, as though the Miasma was trying to whisper things into her mind. Yet, Midori felt a different phenomenon coursing through her body. It was as though her hesitation was gone now. She was calm, ready to down this monster to protect her party member. It was a clear if slightly cold thought process. Nevertheless, as soon as the monster had finished its attack, she changed position with the wooden mannequin, withdrawing it into the backrow to keep her party member safe. Midori dashed forward with sword in hand, activating a second skill. Shackles of the Sentenced caused violet chains to rise up from the ground, keeping her opponent from attempting to move in the meantime. She jumped forward and plunged the blade into the center of the snowman's body, then jabbed her foot into its chest and pulled out the weapon immediately afterward in a backward somersault. There was a loud and indignant shout that bellowed from the snow beast as she performed this attack. This placed her right beside the controlled wooden puppet, which was bracing itself for the monster's counterattack. "Remaining HP, 50%. May you enjoy the remaining ten seconds of your life." [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/eric-tannenbaum-4/zanza-xenoblade-chronicles-music-extended NOTES WORDS 874 (1267.3) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

From the side, the Swashbuckler saw Midori refocus the tip of her sword before shooting out a beam into the monster. Quickly following up the beam attack, the Heretic shot a black-violet blob right into the Malicious Snowman’s face, giving Valerie a slight degree of satisfaction from the sight. After the fight with the smaller level 5 Jolly Snowman, the Dancer was a bit tired and annoyed that the monster had landed a few hits on her and was more than happy to see a blob smack into the snowman’s evil looking face. With her attention focused on the monster, Valerie barely noticed Midori glancing back at her and the Swashbuckler jumped slightly when she heard the other girl speak. Midori had told the level one player to leave the fight to her, clearly showing concern for the Swashbuckler. Valerie nodded in response, straightening her posture from her fighting position, but she sheathed one dagger and kept one out at her side.

Midori began to rumble through her inventory and pulled out some spray potions things with her remaining hand, the one not holding the sword. The Heretic rather mysteriously told Valerie to use them on her, gaining a confused expression from the Swashbuckler. The girl was supposed to spray the Heretic if she starts acting “weird” which was rather strange in itself. Why would she randomly act oddly? Valerie thought, pondering on the other girl’s words. Still rather confused, the girl held the potions gently in one hand and continued to watch the fight.

When the Heretic begun to emit a strange aura, the Swashbuckler’s stomach twisting into knots, becoming rather uneasy. Seconds later, the surrounding area began to make her skin crawl, it was strange and dangerous. It was almost like the surrounding area had become darker, perhaps it did, or maybe it was her eyes playing trick on her, she didn’t know. The moment Midori began to chant a spell, her body flickered slightly and the shadows of the area began to sink into her, absorbing into her body. Meanwhile, the Malicious Snowman aimed multiple snowballs at the puppet, causing the area to lighten up as the snow poofed when it hit the mannequin, making a large snow cloud, covering the surrounding area, including Midori and Valerie. As the cloud began to fade a bit, the Swashbuckler heard a whisper coming from the Heretic’s direction. She couldn’t make out the words and furrowed her brow in confusion as she turned to look at the Heretic. The Swashbuckler’s mouth dropped open slightly at the sight of Midori. The other girl’s hair had gone from a luscious dark blue-black to pale white color. Her eyes and complexion was also very pale. For Valerie, it was almost like looking at a different person, someone she had never seen before, but wearing Midori’s clothes. The panel above the Heretic had told Valerie that the girl in front of her was indeed Midori.

The white haired girl held her blade tightly, before she flashed and was replaced by her wooden puppet and the girl reappeared where her puppet was previously, doing a position swap. With her sword, Midori darted toward the snow monster as dark chains rose from the ground, locking onto the monster, and sank the weapon into the center of the snowman’s body, then sank her foot into its chest, pulling the sword out from its icy sheath and flipped over. The Malicious Snowman cried out in anger from the attack the Heretic had used on it. Midori landed beside her puppet as the monster readied itself to attack its previous attacker.

“Remaining HP, 50%. May you enjoy the remaining ten seconds of your life.” The white haired girl had said, causing a shiver run through the Swashbuckler’s spine. Though she shivered, it was not from fear, partially knowing that it wasn’t directed to her. At Midori’s words, an impish grin appeared on Valerie’s face as a dark chuckle rumbled at the back of her throat. The girl had unconsciously mimicked her party member’s aura, the one that would say “May you enjoy the remaining ten seconds of your life.” She had a habit of copying the expressions for the people surrounding her. If she was in a group of happy children, she would become a child. If there was a person projecting a dark aura, she would do the same, matching the other. At the moment, the Swashbuckler was mimicking Midori and glared sharply at the Malicious Snowman, as if her dark violet orbs could shoot daggers out of them.


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[Midori]

[attr="class","polarisB"] [attr="class","girtabC"] [attr="class","gifC"] [attr="class","backgroundsinisterB"] [attr="class","stardustB"] [attr="class","starduskB"] [attr="class","lockedroomB"] [attr="class","psychelockB"] [attr="class","murasakB"] Pay the price of karma and let's go together. Midori's eyes were now glowing with an unnatural white shine, making their overall appearance that of a lavender color. As opposed to the girl's usual relaxed expression where her eyes were typically calm and half-open at times, the Midori standing here right now had an intense glare that was all business. She counted the seconds that passed through the course of the battle meticulously, as though she had a clock right in front of her. Ten seconds was ten seconds and she would have fulfilled this time limit without any question. The girl took to a run just as she started to count. Her movement speed would appear to slow down just as she would start to perform her spell casts due to the effects of Spellwalk, but her movement patterns seemed erratic enough that the perceived slowdown would actually have worked in her favor to throw the opponent off even more. Ten. Through the activation of her transformation skill, generation of the skills she needed to use was expedited. It wasn't only Miasma Bullet that was possible to charge up in a second, but perhaps the entirety of her lower-end skill list. Grand Chariot's blade generated a spell that appeared vaguely brown in color, as though representing the color of rot. At this moment, the puppet had been launching a few punches toward the snowman, which it attempted to counter with a parry. As she charged this skill, Midori dashed forward and lunged to the side of the frozen juggernaut. Corrosion Corruption was activated, making its way toward the monster's icicle weapon. The spell directly struck the ice brand just as the wooden mannequin's first punch landed, causing its crystalline thickness to appear just that much more fragile. Nine. Prana Leech was activated next. She had set the jade crystal ball to attack the adversary whenever it was within range, so the hand that was officially equipped with this item was free as a result. Her hand was now flashing with a murky energy that connected between her fingertips and the monster's body. From observation, it would have appeared that the snowman's body was thinly emitting a black aura as this skill was taking place. This was due to the presence of Miasma assaulting the target's body from all over, siphoning its life energy and feeding it directly into the stream of energy that was being sucked into Midori's body. It was a skill that was very much representative of her new appearance, a vampire who was draining away the Anima from an otherwise corrupted form of nature itself. For the remainder of these nine seconds, she would continue to hold her palm forward at the monster to contribute to a good amount of DPS as she performed her other techniques. Eight. This was where the crystal ball set to automatic function would come into place, as her next casted spell generated forth two additional crystal balls from the one she had already equipped. One would have recognized this skill activation as Centripetal Buffer, one of the few skills that specifically utilized the crystal orb as an avatar for its casting. The two copies were created out of Miasma itself as they appeared a deep violet color, as though embodying the true nature of Miasma itself. This was in contrast to the smoothly carved green stone that merely served as a vessel of this power. Nevertheless, the three spheres floated around Midori in a slow yet maddening rotation as her zigzag steps made the skill appear as though there were actually an optical illusion of sorts. She jumped toward the monster at this time. Seven. A swing of the sword and a cloud of purple haze swept forward, as though transforming into a jagged blade that cut in a horizontal arc about 180 degrees forward from her casted direction. The Miasma Curtain skill, which had been sped up by the contract, only had enough time within its now 1-second casting duration to appear and subsequently whip into the monster's body before fading away. The sharp slash of dark energy left an impression upon the target's body with a dull puncture wound that appeared as though someone had jabbed a stick into snow and removed it afterward. This puncture wound was ripped right open as the midnight blue blade inserted itself into the depression like a key, only to slash open the lock with a horizontal movement that severed a large chunk of snow from the monster's body. Six. With that same horizontal slashing movement, Midori spun her body like a ballet dancer through a single revolution as the sword transformed once again. Her close position to the snow monster's body caused the revolving crystal balls to hit the monster a couple of times before her next spell came into play. This would have been a somewhat familiar technique from Valerie's perspective, as it was the same skill she had used to possess the brown-haired girl's daggers during her skirmish with the smaller snowman. Oblivion Claw rended the katana-like magical weapon with an additional aura as though the blade itself was burning with flames of darkness. She imagined her curse in an instant as the spell finalized its form and a loud dragon-like roar emanated from its surface. Increasing animation and casting time by 1 second. She would not allow her adversary to get in a significant attack by the end of this nearly expiring time limit. Five. Whereas the six-second mark was in preparation for the coup de grace, the five-second mark was possibly an attempt to turn a deadly attack into overkill. The stream of pure energy pulled forward by Prana Leech was interrupted for a second as an additional debuff struck the monster, causing it to shout even before any significant damage had actually set in. Pain Affliction appeared merely in the form of a brief flash followed by a terrible sensation that no one otherwise would have been able to see directly. Instead, the monster's yell was indication that the creature had been affected by a reduction in attack speed as Miasma was creeping its way into the creature's wood-snow arm limbs and causing intense pain even from a light movement. It was at this moment that aggro had temporarily shifted off her puppet, which had then been the tank, and now the angry snowman was preparing its own attack against her. Four. It was a poor decision indeed. The puppet had been pounding at the snowman's blade for a few tries up until that moment. Where the blade had been parrying against the construct's attacks, it was created to serve as a melee weapon and not as a defensive tool. Thus, after repeated strikes, the snowman momentarily raised its blade in an attempt to smite it upon Midori. It had merely taken the possessed mannequin a single controlled blow in combination with the snowman's weakened arm gesture to deliver a careful attack right between the blade and hilt of the icicle sword. With a direct punch, the puppet shattered the connection between the stout blade and its handle, causing the sword blade to fly off into the distance. Even as the snowman lowered its weapon to strike at Midori, it was cut and a sword that otherwise would have hit her in the shoulder fell short about half a meter. Three. The monster had a brief lapse at which target it should have focused on, as the current tank and DPS member of this offensive duo was competing for control of aggro. This was settled merely with a gesture. The puppet made a provocation gesture that seized much of the aggro, causing the snowman to once again focus its attention on the mannequin. This time around, it seemed to have a desperate reaction in mind. The Malicious Snowman prepared an attack, making the surrounding atmosphere appear as though it had dropped several degrees over a matter of seconds. This was the beginning of the monster's cast time for what appeared to be one of its strongest techniques. Midori took appropriate measures by casting another buff skill in the process. This next spell was Gluttonous Haze, a technique that would take two seconds to activate due to the reduced casting time, but it would serve as an additional safety buffer as needed. Two. No additional spells were taken during this moment, for the little magician was simply putting herself into the right position so that she would have been able to deal the most amount of damage. As with many monsters, the snowman was bound to have its own weak area. It was a safe guess that the weak point would have either been the chest or the head. Given that the monster had a head to begin with, she had settled upon striking the back of the head and had positioned herself accordingly. After placing herself into the right position where she would land the one decisive blow to finish it off, Midori lunged forward. One. Many things took place within this one second. First, Gluttonous Haze had activated, filling her mind with even more delusional messages as she was soaring up to strike the head. The sword had made contact with the back of the monster's head just as it seemed ready to perform its spell. She was already feeling the experience of subzero temperatures in the form of a generated diamond dust attack. However, just as the blade inserted itself into the monster's body, it stopped for a moment. The curse had taken effect. The monster would have to spend an additional one second to complete its spell. The cold sensation subsided for a second, but she knew that it wasn't yet over. A brief glance of the monster's HP bar showed that it had about 10% HP left. Even the puppet's punching was still being deflected by the pitiful excuse of an ice brand the monster was wielding to defend itself. In that case, she would need to deliver a final attack in order to stop winter from arriving once again. It was reminiscent of her earlier attack against the snowman. Only this time, she had pulled out the blade cleanly to result in a greater jumping distance that she would have once the sword was pulled out from the wound. The snowstorm's casting was complete and the skill was just about ready to take effect. The casting of Gluttonous Haze fought off the damage she was starting to sustain from the cold as a direct result of her attack. A crystal ball slammed into the monster at the moment she jumped, nearly in a diving horizontal movement as her palm grasped the final traces of Anima from its body. The Heretic's signature weapon, which had bathed itself in a number of auras, generated one final attack. A single sphere of dark energy was formed right at its tip, just as falling snow started to envelop her body. It was a single bolt of a Miasma Bullet, and it had only one mission. "Zero." The final attack smashed against the snowman's herculean body which had, up until that very moment, withstood an onslaught that otherwise would have taken the magician half a minute to perform. However, now that its HP had completely depleted, it was starting to look flimsy and the compacted snow crashed away from its body. As the falling snow dissipated, all that was left behind was a single Jolly Snowman, perhaps the same one that Valerie had fought a little while prior. It made eye contact with the falling Heretic as its face changed to that of a smile, perhaps now that its anger had been lifted away. As the snowstorm's visibility whited out her vision, the small creature vanished. In the aftermath of that attack, Midori had suffered a decent amount of damage from the monster's area of effect skill, but not as much as she would have had she suffered a direct hit while at the epicenter. She was lying down face-up on the snow about a meter from where Valerie was, her white eyes blinking for a moment, as she began to sit up. Her head was aching very much, possibly from all the exposure to Miasma she had sustained as a result from the battle. But the voices were not at all malicious as they spoke to her. It was as though they too were celebrating as well. And she too would like to celebrate as her eyes, now appearing like orbs of gentle snow, looked to Valerie. "Are you all right, Val? Let's finish our training session here and head into the nearby village for a bit." [attr="class","notesbg"]https%3A//soundcloud.com/user698475614/20-golden-nocturne NOTES WORDS 2113 (3063.85) TAGS Valerie ATTIRE CREDIT BY jumpstart! of btn and ote [attr="class","borderradius"] 皐月 冬子

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[Valerie]

From the sidelines, Valerie watched the fight carefully, observing the Heretic as well as the monster, a level 40 Malicious snowman. From the moment Midori’s appearance had changed, the Swashbuckler realized it was not the typical fight and was going to be something she would not see often in an everyday fight. She had briefly heard quiet and short comments about Heretics going crazy and how they had a bad reputation for turning toward the “Dark Side”. Midori was the first Heretic Valerie had ever met, and was also a human who had previously lived in the world and played the game they were currently living it.


The Swashbuckler watched Midori run toward the monster, slowly compared to how the Heretic had moved earlier with her sword. Her levitating puppet had punched the monster a few times as its puppeteer came closer. Her blade began to take on a rotting brown color as the girl approached the Malicious Snowman and dashed past it, the strange brown glow leaving the weapon and reattaching to the icicle sword that the Snowman wielded, as the puppet hit the blade at the same time, shattering the blade of the weapon into a jagged outline of the icicle sword.


From the side of the monster, the Heretic’s free hand was held out toward the Snowman, her fingertips outward as the monster glowed a dark black aura. The Swashbuckler noted how the level 45 monster’s health bar was steadily decreasing. In the next second, two other crystal balls appeared floating around the magician, the new crystal balls made of deep purple substance. Midori kept moving in a strangely slow speed, but with the three spheres floating around her made the girl appear like an extremely unsteady image of the girl she knew, and jumped toward the monster. Swinging her sword, a purple cloud came forward and flew into the monster’s body with incredible speed, faster that Valerie’s dark violet eyes could take in the scene in front of her, giving her little time to process everything. The cloud left an empty puncture in the Snowman, which the Heretic quickly filled with her sword and pulled it through the monster’s body, removing a piece of the Snowman’s snowy body. The white haired girl spun around along with movement of her weapon, her crystal balls hitting the Snowman a few times. Midori’s weapon took on the same dark aura, one that was identical to the flames that had engulfed her dagger previously in the fight with the Jolly Snowman. The girl’s weapons roared, startling Valerie who jumped slightly, almost dropping the spray potions that rested in her hands. She gulped slightly, knowing that she would not like to be on the other end of Midori’s weapon at the moment.


Everything was moving extremely fast, her skill passing by at an extraordinary pace, though her movements were slightly slowed. Rather suddenly, the Malicious Snowman cried out loudly before its health bar began to drop and turned its attention from the puppet to the small magician. The snowman raised the sword, ready to lay it down onto the Adventurer, but the puppet attacked once again, hitting right between the blade and hilt of the icicle weapon, causing the broken blade to fly away, landing a distance away. Unaware of its damaged weapon, it swung the remaining part of the sword down and missed the Heretic as the part which was supposed to slash the girl was gone and in a pile of snow far away from the fight.


Valerie glanced at the Heretic, slightly worried as the Malicious Snowman had switched its attention from the supposed tank toward the magician, but the feeling disappeared after the puppet reacted to something Midori did, drawing the monster’s attention back toward the puppet. The Snowman readied itself for an attack and the temperature in the area suddenly dropped, going from an nice early springtime weather, to a cold winter day. Midori had carefully moved around the monster, settling behind the monster and readier herself for her own attack onto the monster and lunged forward. The female’s sword pieced the Snowman’s head from the back as the temperature continued to drop, but it stopped and almost seemed to disappear for a second when its head was impaled by the Adventurer’s weapon. The Malicious Snowman’s health bar was almost all gone, going red with a tiny bit remaining. The girl pulled out her weapon from the Snowman’s head and one of the girl’s crystal balls flew into the monster as Midori jumped toward the monster, her sword glowing with mysteriously, bearing many different auras with a dark ball of energy at the tip of the weapon.


In the last second of the fight, the bolt of dark energy flew into the monster’s body, emptying its health bar fully, with no red remaining. Slowly, the Snowman seemed to slow deteriorate, falling apart into snow that faded, revealing a Jolly Snowman that smiled at Midori, a drastic difference from the Malicious Snowman’s cruel expression. Then the monster vanished and Valerie turned her attention to the other girl was lying with her back in the snow about a meter away, before she sat up and turned to face the Swashbuckler, her strange pale white eyes stared into Valerie. She asked if the Swashbuckler was alright, which Valerie promptly nodded and smiled slightly, her eyes looked over the Heretic, worried about her wellbeing. “Are you alright?” She asked, walking over and offering the other girl a hand to help her up.


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(OOC: Most of the post is simply what Val saw from the fight...)