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It was kind of exciting to hear about all of the cool stuff that other people were doing if Summer was being honest. She knew already that people could fight and kill, that much was obvious but it was the simpler things that were far more appealing to her. Just the thought that people were actually starting to live instead of just survive, raising up shops and setting up fun moments and safe places. She didn't have much that would help with that but she could protect as many people as she could and to do that she might need to get some item upgrades.
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Compared to what some other people were carrying, she was definitely falling behind. So it was that she had heard through the grapevine about someone offering a way to help, either selling items or having a way to upgrade them apparently. She wondered if it was similar to that weird place she had found after she had defeated fake Santa, the place that gave her the fancy puffer jacket that she was wearing. Today she had coloured it purple to go with a crop top with a shooting star on it and a pair of black leggings covered in twinkling stars. She had some stuff on her she would love to be able to throw together, so now was the time.
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She cracked open the door to the shop and peeked in, it definitely seemed like it was open but she still didn't want to properly intrude. "Hello there! My name is Summer! I was hoping you could help me upgrade some of my items?" She called out before gingerly stepping in and closing the door behind her. Her hair had been pulled up into a ponytail and she looked pretty relaxed, more just doing her best not to bump into anything. She couldn't help but browse a little bit though. Some of the items were certainly interesting but there was nothing that really caught her eye.

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[attr="class","summertag"]nikolas

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The feeling of water in her boots had mostly faded now but wading through this much ocean still sucked. To help her along with it, she reached out for her class abilities and activated her rage. Pink light swam through her veins and her eyes turned red, increasing her speed and power just a little bit but a little bit is all she needed. Doubling down she began to charge forwards, spraying water all around herself as she ran up to the last bloody fishman that she had to kill for this mission and to get safely to shore!
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As she ran up to the monster she slammed her shield into its face causing it to hiss and stumble backwards but it seemed like that mostly broke it out of its fear. So as she swung in it managed to dodge her first strike by dipping under the water before leaping upwards out of the spray to try and claw her face. She brought her shield up and easily absorbed the attack before healing herself again. The Sea Guard landed on her shield and she flipped it over before slashing it in the air.
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She wasn't able to kill it but she did send it straight back into the water, spattering blood into the roil around her. The creature moved away a bit, watching her and waiting to see what she was going to do but she fell into a defensive stance, buckler out in front of her and sword back, ready to move and block another strike. These things hit hard but as long as she blocked the strikes she would be fine and already her wounds from earlier were closed up by her healing and natural regeneration.

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One last push, that's all that was needed now. A last surge of energy! Summer took a deep breath and shook her hair out of her face as the Lobster-monster started to try and climb to its feet, giving off horrific gurgles and spewing blood across the floor. Part of her mind wanted her to feel bad but the thing had tried to kill her and it seemed like it was in pain even before she had attacked it. It was best to put it out of its misery, it didn't need to suffer any longer.
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With a snarl she pushed herself off the ground and charged the creature. It looked up at her as she grabbed her sword in both hands and rammed it down and into the creature's throat, pushing it down into the ground. In one last spasm it tried to snap its claw around her left arm and with a thought she moved her shield in the way, causing it to take the brunt of the blow but causing the shield to explode in the process, the last energy biting into her arm anyway though with nowhere near as much force. She hissed out in pain and pulled her arm out, blood dripping down her bicep and forearm now.
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With a last twitch and groan, the creature died and shortly after she heard Styne die as well as Auriel finished her off. A large congratulations window appeared and a countdown to their escape began as she heard a door open nearby. There was absolutely no time for talking, she had to get out of here and now, she could talk with Auriel about stuff later. She remembered him anyway and would easily be able to send a message to him.
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With that decided she booked it out of that stupid hospital and away to freedom, having successfully completed her tutorial which was a hell of a relief. She was pretty sure she was going to find a bed, curl up on it and cry for a while, this much stress was not good for her body at all.

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Why did she accept this mission? That was certainly an interesting thought but luckily the answer came to her pretty quickly. She smiled as she stepped over and took the girl from Emir, holding her close and supporting her with mostly Summer's own right arm so that her shield arm was free and to give her some of the benefit from the warmth that her coat gave her. Even up here the cold wasn't really getting to her at all thanks to the puffy jacket that she wore. She accepted the party request before nodding and starting to move, she was full of energy and had been for some time now, the system giveth and the system taketh away.
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"I like helping people. I don't really have any other motives, you seemed like you needed help and it was for a good purpose. Someone was in need it would be cruel of me to ignore that. I like to think I'm pretty good at what I do, so if I want it done right it has to be me, y'know?" She grinned and turned away for a moment to survey their surroundings. Seems like she had turned away at the exact wrong moment though as she missed the attack aimed at Emir but managed to catch the two firing at herself. She turned and threw her shield up, the first ice arrow slamming into the pink buckler and exploding. Wisps of energy like rose petals fluttered over and landed on Emir, healing the wound that the first arrow had inflicted.
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Summer then turned her back, letting the second arrow slam into her back and her coat, shattering harmlessly against her and letting her shield the girl's body that she was carrying. With that successfully done she immediately slid over and put her body up against Emir's so that she could cover him with her shield. It didn't seem like it was exactly needed at the moment however as shadow filled the area around them and the bodies of the ice Elves were torn apart. She immediately frowned and glanced over her shoulder to make sure Emir was okay but went back to being on guard. "I am so sorry, I should've caught that. Stick closer to me this time and use me as a shield. If we get into another fight I've got a protective ability I can use on you to keep you safe." She pursed her lips, keeping her shield up but everything was quiet for now.
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She let out a soft sigh and started to move forwards, though she made damn sure to stick near Emir this time. She wasn't about to let them get ambushed like that a second time.[break][break]
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Second Arrow struck Rainbow Heart Puffer Jacket which can soak up to A+ attacks from cold/snow/ice. No damage taken.

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For all she had tried to be aware of her surroundings, especially due to how dangerous the place they were in was, Summer still found herself too engrossed in her art. When the voice sounded from nearby she jumped slightly and snapped her head up, blue eyes wide as she looked at Emir before letting out a soft sigh. She put her art supplies back into her inventory and stood up, smoothly sliding her arms back into the sleeves of her jacket before flicking her hand. The sword and shield planted nearby floated up and over to her, the sword hovering against her back as though sheathed and the shield floating onto her left forearm.
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The person talking certainly was a little odd, they were carrying some very strange things. She did remember the ad saying something about taking someone to a mystical healing spring. She was pretty sure it wasn't the conscious person they needed the spring for. Immediately she gave Emir a bright smile and a wave before stepping over to him. "Yep that's me! I'll protect both of you so don't you worry about it!" She gave a thumbs up and a wink before resting her hands on the back of her head. "I uh... I don't do very much damage though, so I hope you can kill stuff!"
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With that she turned and looked up the mountain. It was certainly going to be a difficult climb and it was going to be hard for this guy to kill stuff if he was weighed down. "My name's Summer by the way! Squire of Hearts if the class stuff matters to ya!" She looked over her shoulder at him, still smiling. "If you want, I can carry your friend for you. I'm pretty slow so it won't slow me down any more than usual and I don't need my hands to use my weapons, so it keeps yours freed up to fight with. Also makes it easier for me to protect 'em." She would understand if he didn't want to do that but she had absolutely no ulterior motives, she just wanted to make sure everyone was safe.

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It took a few moments before Summer actually recalled that she had indeed fought undead. She blinked a few times and then gave a nod. "I mean yeah I guess the mummies were undead weren't they? They didn't stink that bad or like float through walls so I just didn't really think about it. I wonder if they were real mummies though or just like weird statues brought to life? Like those soldiers afterwards?" She gave a bit of a shrug, it was a bit of semantics or something like that. She certainly hadn't fought any ghosts or zombies, those were the two she really didn't want to meet. Skeletons would be fine though she didn't want to get called a meatbag.
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"Yep we're out for a little scavenger hunt too! Always safer to be in a group these days! I'm just happy to be out and about I'm not looking for much in particular. Except maybe some new art supplies, my sketchbook is starting to run out and I need some new paints. Might get lucky and find exactly what I'm looking for." She grinned brightly and nodded to the little party screen once it had been sent out. She did make sure to have a look around again to make sure there was nothing lurking but everything was still calm which was completely fine by her.
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"I do miss just being able to hop on youtube to get music though, I hope Earth-Chan at least brings that back. Or if we find a working boombox we should set up a picnic and listen to some tunes in a park, that would be great fun!" She gave a bright grin before starting to slowly meander off and down the street. If someone didn't get a move on they'd be stuck there talking for hours instead of searching for cool stuff, so it was time to get a shift on!

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