AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 20, 2024 10:19:02 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 20, 2024 10:19:02 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
The lifeguard held her ground in the tower. She was fighting off a series of little elementals climbing up its sides. A lifesaver she found inside was her weapon now, which she threw like a frisbee that ricocheted between enemies and kept them at bay. The entire beach below her was flooded with vicious waves as the ocean itself surged forward behind the march of the Big One.
She was starting to lose ground when the massive elemental roared. It had been surging further inland, but suddenly turned around and started trying to get back to the ocean. Panic was clear on its watery face, but the face soon collapsed in on itself. The monster collapsed into a giant tidal wave rushing back out to sea.
A figure emerged on top of the wave. The lifeguard grabbed her binoculars to take a look
Lucy's feet were damn near frozen, but they made it all the way to the top of the wave by using the frozen alien as a surfboard. The lifeguard's surfboard was gone, so this would have to work! The tidal wave crashed onto the beach and rushed back out to the ocean. Lucy had to grab onto their icicle surfboard to keep from being thrown off again, but as the remaining water drained from the beach, it looked like things were finally over.
Lucy started to paddle back to shore, only to be pulled back once more. The aliens were gone (except the frozen one!) and the elementals all returned to sea. Lucy couldn't see any other foes and was confused why they couldn't escape the tide, only to look down and realize what was happening. The Big One was still holding onto its form, and now was churning up the ocean and forming a whirlpool. It was struggling to keep its form and was small so far, but clearly it would be able to recover if given the chance.
"No you don't!" Lucy, still with adrenaline-filled veins, stood on the alien-surfboard once more and and leaned into the wave. They dove straight for the center of the whirlpool, where at its very center sat the elemental's core: a freakish altar formed of discarded sunglasses and beer bottles. Lucy knew what had to be done, and surfed the alien straight down into the core. Without [Haste] or [Elden Blast], all they had was a basic attack, so they had to make sure it counted!
Right before reaching the altar, Lucy bent down and tugged the alien-surfboard into the air, flipping it in way that looked totally sick, and that let Lucy stomp it down into the elemental's core. The bottles shattered from the impact with a resounding CRACK! Shockwaves through the water that carried The Big One's final roar with them. Now, the monster was nothing more than harmless sea foam.
Lucy was tossed from the alien's icy surface and thrown through the air. They beat The Big One, but the defeats were mutual. A splash on the beach marked where Lucy fell, and the lifeguard wasted no time rushing over to pull them to safety. Lucy's eyes fluttered awake as they coughed up sea water just in time to see the sun finally setting on the horizon.
[MISSION: COMPLETE!]
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: CD 1/3 Mass Haste: CD 2/5 Elden Blast: CD 1/2 -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Post by lucy on Aug 20, 2024 9:56:42 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
The lifeguard held her ground in the tower. She was fighting off a series of little elementals climbing up its sides. A lifesaver she found inside was her weapon now, which she threw like a frisbee that ricocheted between enemies and kept them at bay. The entire beach below her was flooded with vicious waves as the ocean itself surged forward behind the march of the Big One.
She was starting to lose ground when the massive elemental roared. It had been surging further inland, but suddenly turned around and started trying to get back to the ocean. Panic was clear on its watery face, but the face soon collapsed in on itself. The monster collapsed into a giant tidal wave rushing back out to sea.
A figure emerged on top of the wave. The lifeguard grabbed her binoculars to take a look
Lucy's feet were damn near frozen, but they made it all the way to the top of the wave by using the frozen alien as a surfboard. The lifeguard's surfboard was gone, but this had to work!
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: CD 1/3 Mass Haste: CD 2/5 Elden Blast: CD 1/2 -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Post by lucy on Aug 20, 2024 1:55:48 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
[Mass Haste] wore off at the worst possible time as a giant wave crashed down onto the Big One’s back. Lucy had to crouch down and hold on to the surfboard to prevent being thrown off. The board was fully submerged from the arm’s attack, but by hanging onto it, Lucy was able to pop back up to the surface. The head of the massive elemental was so close, they were almost there..!
Alas, right before reaching the top of the wave, the Big One’s second arm came crashing down. From the shore, it looked like the elemental swatted itself on the back of the head, but for Lucy, it meant full submersion. The force of the waves alone was enough to almost knock them out, and was more than enough to tear the surfboard away.
Lucy was sinking, falling through the water of the Big One’s body. The surfboard was gone, and air was running out. Lucy activated [Reorder the Line] to switch places with themself- the ability has no effect on its own, but thanks to Raid Leader’s [TANK] buff, it gave Lucy a small heal. Even so, they wouldn't last long in the water. The currents inside the monster's body were sloshing and tugging in every direction.
As Lucy sank, a figure came into view. It was small, and green, and surrounded by calm water… the alien! Lucy viciously swam through the elemental’s body to reach it, and held a hand out to try to grab onto it.
The Big One knew what was happening. The water inside of it surged, pushing Lucy deeper, forcing them to sink and lose the alien. But… that wasn't going to be enough! Lucy continued to fight and try to reach the alien. An idea popped into their mind based on the previous fights. As a last ditch effort, Lucy raised a finger gun to the alien in the water above. Another black laser fired, one surrounded by bubbles thanks to the heat.
The heated water was exactly what Lucy needed! All the bubbles let the alien sink to them, frozen in a block of ice just like the elementals from earlier. It was cold, but Lucy clung onto it. It was weird to hear from the inside, but the monster ROARRED again. Calm water continued to surround the alien as it began to rise with Lucy hanging onto it- the elemental couldn't attack the alien; its sacrifice was giving it power!
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: USED Mass Haste: CD 1/3 Elden Blast: USED -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 21:53:19 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 21:53:19 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
As Lucy ran towards the now towering elemental in the ocean, the swarm of little green aliens fully gave up on their fight. Those that hadn't yet been defeated, retreated, running back to their UFO. The UFO began buzzing off into the sky, but was shot down by a massive water cannon from the giant elemental.
”OH SHIT!” Still, Lucy ran to the ocean. They tossed down the surfboard and hopped onto it. The water that made up the elemental dragged behind it in such a way that formed the perfect surfing conditions! Lucy had only ever surfer a couple of times in the past, but never any wave so big, or in such disastrous conditions. “Kick that dude's ass, goth!”
Lucy caught the wave and stood on the board. On shore, the lifeguard hobbled up onto a lookout tower. All of the other elementals converged on and merged with the big one. Lucy hadn't noticed at first, but the water levels on the beach kept rising and rising; it was almost entirely submerged now!
The “Big One” was surfing further onto land. Was it going to flood the whole zone?! Lucy dragged their fingers through the water and twisted to start surf onto the elemental‘s back. A couple of small elementals popped up from the water, made clear by their shitty wigs and sunglasses. ”I’ve had it with all these dude bros!”
Lucy hopped and spun the surfboard, like a maneuver from a skating game! Its edges whacked the wigs off both elementals and they collapsed back into the big one. If it didn't know Lucy was there before, it definitely did now! The Big One roared, and twisted two massive, watery arms around to try and knock Lucy off its back.
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) +20% = 14 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: ACTIVE (3/3) Elden Blast: CD 2/2 -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN----- Laser to torso
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 20:06:56 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 20:06:56 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
The more they fought, the bigger the pile of little green guys and puddles of water with cheap wigs in them got. Lucy and the lifeguard were standing their ground alright, partially thanks to the aliens and the elementals actually fighting each other too! Another alien pounced at Lucy, but they side-stepped and let it fall to the ground, where they finished it with a stomp.
Up until this point, the aliens were mostly gargling and speaking gibberish, however Lucy noticed they started sounding panicked. The two humans had been the center of the brawl up until now, but the aliens were starting to focus more on the ocean. Lucy was confused, though wouldn’t complain if this was their chance to escape.
Unfortunately, they saw the source of the alien’s worry at the shore. Dudebro elementals were starting to merge together and combine into a bigger and bigger wave. Inside that wave, they captured an alien, just like they were trying to do to the lifeguard earlier! Both Lucy and the lifeguard let out an ”Ah, hell.” at the same time.
Lucy immediately started to run towards them, but stopped when they noticed the lifeguard didn’t. She couldn’t; her ankle was hurt by one of the aliens to the point that she couldn’t run. If they needed to surf, she wouldn’t be able to. The lifeguard met Lucy’s eyes, and silently they both knew this. She tossed Lucy the surfboard. “Go!” Lucy used it to smash another alien as they ran to the shore.
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) +20% = 14 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: ACTIVE (1/3) Elden Blast: CD (1/2) -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN----- Laser to torso
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 19:53:51 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 19:53:51 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
Thankfully the guard was ACTUALLY a lifeguard. She pulled Lucy onto her board and paddled them back to the shore. Both of them were already pretty exhausted from fighting against water elementals in the LITERAL OCEAN, but looking over their shoulders, an even bigger number of them were coming. Worse, the elementals themselves were getting bigger with each new wave!
“Oh, c’mon, what the hell is that?!” Lucy had been focused on the ocean, but turned to look in front of them again only to see a UFO with flashing green lights descending in front of them. The duo stopped in their tracks as a series of little green men started marching down the beach. ”Talk about timing.”
With a battalion of aliens in front of them and an army of elementals at the rear, there was truly nowhere to run here. “Ready for this, goth?” The lifeguard tightened her ponytail and put her whistle to her lips. She raised her surfboard to wield like a massive club again. ”Always.” Lucy raised both fits, each covered in a faint blue light thanks to their [basic] attack and Haste. The duo stood back to back as both armies charged.
The aliens were tiny, allowing Lucy to simply put a boot to their chest to knock them over in a fight- but right now, the flip flops they were wearing earlier were still missing! A few aliens were firing lasers at the elementals, but one of them shot Lucy with a thin green bolt of energy. It burnt through the torso of Lucy’s tee, leaving them basically wearing a crop top.
Wrong move! Lucy darted forward with fists raised and slapped that alien across its little green face, sending it to the ground. It dropped its ray gun, which another alien dived for. Lucy hopped up and fell on that alien, delivering a wicked elbow attack with her second [basic] attack. The less aliens that had space guns, the better!
From on the ground, another elemental was surging up from behind Lucy. “6 o'clock!” Lucy turned to see the lifeguard bash it with her surfboard, but the elemental kept coming. Lucy flipped around and clasped both hands together in the form of a finger gun, this time shooting a laser of their own at the elementals. It was all black and aimed right at its sun-glasses.
The cheap plastic of the monster’s shades melted from the laser, and shortly after froze into a solid icecube. That fell to the ground. [Elden Blast] was a life saver, Lucy really needed to put some more points in [SPD]!
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) +20% = 14 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: ACTIVE (1/3) Elden Blast: USED! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN----- Laser to torso
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 19:34:15 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 19:34:15 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
Ocean water splashed into the air as Lucy fell next to the lifeguard. She was quickly being dragged away to sea, stopped only as Lucy grabbed onto her shins. A flash of green light washed over Lucy as they activated [Mass Haste], granting themselves further [SPD] and an extra attack.
The dudebro elemental responsible had merged almost entirely with the water at this point, making it hard to tell his position. Lucy tugged and scanned the water for its sunglasses, but just couldn’t find it! The lifeguard went entirely underwater, her ponytail just barely floating to the surface. This was getting dire!
The lifeguard’s surfboard floated nearby through the waves, but just out of reach from Lucy. with a deep inhale, they held their breath and ducked below water, stretching their feet out to grab the board. From under the waves, Lucy met the lifeguard’s eyes. She was motioning to the left, where Lucy saw it- the sunglasses!
Knowing where to attack, Lucy unloaded on the elemental. They used the grip they had on the lifeguard to pivot around, scrunch up their knees, and bring the surfboard back to the lifeguard. The woman grabbed it, using its buoyancy to lift her back to the surface.
Then, Lucy finally had a chance to attack. Fully letting go of the woman, Lucy dove through the waves, delivering a solid One-Two punch thanks to the Haste buff. The sunglasses broke, and finally the water stopped tugging them away. Lucy resurfaced exasperated, gasping for air. ”We need to get away from the beach! They’ll keep coming!”
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: USED! Elden Blast: CD 2/2 -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 10:26:24 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 10:26:24 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
The duo started to get into the groove of fending off this LITERAL new wave of frat boy water elementals. They didn’t have a moment to sit down and talk about it beforehand of course, but based on the way she was fighting, Lucy could tell that the lifeguard was some kind of bruiser class. The way she wielded her surfboard was crazy scary!
Once the second wave appeared and it became obvious these guys were going to be persistent, Lucy used their core to give themselves the [TANK] role. They pulled their [Chitin Armor] from their inventory, a sleek blue chestplate made from some kind of bug. Raid Leader was not a tanky class, especially with the stat choices Lucy made thus far, but for a persistent “wave fighter” kind of battle like this was starting to look like? Its ability to heal made it worth it.
Lucy closed the umbrella and spun it as they hopped away from a poorly-thrown punch from a dudebro elemental. There were a lot more of them than before, but they all seemed as weak as the first three. Still, if they were being powered by the OCEAN, no human was going to win a game of attrition even with the [TANK]’s healing!
Retreating further inland was likely the safest choice here. Lucy turned to the lifeguard to share the plan, only to see the surfboard slapped out of her hand! She was facing an even larger elemental, one that sank down low to the ground before shooting up as a full wave of water to crash down over the lifeguard. Lucy slapped an elemental aside and darted for the lifeguard to help.
Another elemental grabbed at Lucy’s feet, so they kicked off their flip-flops and tried to shake them free. Calling it difficult would be an understatement; their feet were literally submerged, and being on a beach meant they were basically fighting against the ocean here! Not seeing much other choice here, Lucy dived for the lifeguard, throwing all of their body weight forward to rip them away from the sea at their ankles
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: CD 1/2 -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 19, 2024 10:11:47 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 10:11:47 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
Lucy flipped the closed-umbrella around and swung it like a bat at the elemental with its arm around the lifeguard. They aimed STRAIGHT at the sunglasses on its face, and the hit collided with a splash that sent them flying. The water from its body fell to the ground after that, releasing the lifeguard.
“These “dudebros” just won’t stop! Now they’re possessing the ocean too?!” Lucy sympathized with the woman. ”I know! On your right!” Lucy turned and opened the umbrella as one of the elementals released a torrent of water at it. The lifeguard was in a similar predicament, but stuck her surfboard in the sand to act as a shield. Nice!
As soon as the stream of water let up from the monsters, Lucy slung the umbrella over their shoulder and pointed a finger gun at it. A blast of black energy shot forward, slamming into the elemental’s watery chest. It froze as ice expanded from the impact, which quickly superheated and turned to steam. The elemental reached its hand toward Lucy but was fully disintegrated before it could reach them.
The surfer, meanwhile, pulled her board from the sand, did a twirl, and slammed the surfboard down right on her elemental’s head. It sounded like someone belly flopping off a diving board! Lucy wasn’t sure if these monsters were weak in general or if they found the weak spot, but any time they attacked the sunglasses, the elementals went down for good.
Or at least, that’s what it seemed like at first. With all three of the elementals defeated, Lucy and the lifeguard highfived. In the ocean around them, however, more dudebros began to rise. “Like, c’mon bro, let’s surf! Shhaa dude, gnarly cruisin’ weather out there!’
”Cringe.” “Agreed.”
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +5% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: READY! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Post by lucy on Aug 19, 2024 9:51:58 GMT
[ B Rank Mission: Ritual at the Surficial Altar ]
[Nadir Beach] was the first place Lucy appeared in this strange new world, likely due to living nearby to its old-world equivalent. Talking to others quickly let them realize, however, that this zone was weird. It was as though some sort of invasion was going on; this zone didn’t usually have so many aliens showing up.
Regardless, the beach was cozy when dudebros and aliens weren’t causing trouble. It was near sunset, with a pretty orange sky as the vaporwave-sun sat on the horizon. Lucy had been reading on the beach, but was now packing their things to return to a safe house.
Per usual, they were dressed in all black, with just a bit of blue eyeliner. Boots didn’t mesh with the sand very well; today Lucy wore a simple tee and shorts, and a comfy pair of flip flops. A purple umbrella with bats on it had been giving them shade, but now it was all packed up and ready to go.
A whistle caught Lucy’s attention. The on-duty lifeguard was blowing it and waving at the water. She grabbed a red surfboard and ran toward the water. Lucy scanned the sea but couldn’t tell what caught the woman’s attention… until her eyes settled on a weird formation in the waves. Most people stopped swimming at this hour, but three watery-figures emerged from the ocean. Elementals.
They were LITERALLY made of water, yet somehow managed to have wavy blonde hair and wear sunglasses. The lifeguard must’ve thought they were humans swimming around…
”Hey!” Lucy jumped to their feet when one of the elementals grabbed the lifeguard’s hand and started pulling her deeper into the water. They grabbed the umbrella and bolted towards the action.
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +10% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) +5% = 12 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: READY! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +5% [DEF] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 17, 2024 10:30:35 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 17, 2024 10:30:35 GMT
As the two walked through the eerie ruins, Lucy explained more about the way Raid Leader worked ”The first time we met, I believe I had you in another role? I forget.” Lucy touched a light they passed, curious at the way it seemed to be lighting up for them, but continued walking.
”Anyway, this time I gave you the [TANK] role. It’ll buff your [DEF], but mainly it allows my other abilities to heal you. Hopefully, we don’t need much of that, but hey- rather safe than sorry.” Thanks to the Chitin Armor, Lucy should be okay in terms of [DEF], though they weren’t really sure what sort of abilities to expect from a monster here.
It didn’t take too long for the two to find a library in the ruins. Ygdra whistled at its marvelance, and Lucy nodded in agreement. There was no sign of a monster yet, so Lucy moved to the closest bookshelf and began running their fingers over the labels ”Wow, I might just have to stick around for the books.”
Lucy pulled out one of the books labeled “Astral Pathways”. It was a hefty tome and covered in dust, but sounded on brand for something in the [Devil’s Triangle]. They set it on a table and went back to looking through bookshelves, though this time looking more for signs of magical beings than fancy books. ”Yeah, let’s start searching.”
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [SUPPORT], Ygdra Elder - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +10% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). Support: +10% [WIL] Role buff: All healing or buff/debuff abilities/skills are strengthened by +10% or +5%, respectively. -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) +10% = 20 (D) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: READY! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +10% [WIL] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Aug 15, 2024 10:30:48 GMT
Post by lucy on Aug 15, 2024 10:30:48 GMT
Lucy nodded along to Seiko; she seemed like a more stats and logistical kinda person, and although that didn’t exactly scream sportslike, Seiko and her team were absolutely carrying their weight.
The sudden serve from the beach-bros made Lucy scoff, but hey- at least they were actually trying now! Seiko’s bikers saved the ball and kept them in the game, giving Lucy the chance to bop it back over the net. The men fumbled with it but managed to send it across again. Lucy really, truly wasn’t the kind of person to taunt, but these guys were making it so hard not to!
Playing the ball back and forth for a few rounds was probably safer, but Lucy wanted this game over as soon as possible, and it looked like most of everyone else on the beach felt the same. Since they had the lead, they could even afford to lose a round or two and still ultimately win the game. Lucy noticed a new win condition being formed already, however, and was absolutely planning to use it as soon as possible.
Since Lucy was the one always sending the ball across the net, the beach-bros started watching for that, tensing up in preparation whenever the ball left the biker’s hands. When the ball came to Lucy, the beach-bros were ready- so instead, Lucy passed the ball to Seiko.
The beach-bro’s demeanor slightly laxed, just as expected! Before the ball fell to Seiko, Lucy activated their [Reorder The Line!] ability. They switched places with Seiko and immediately hopped up to spike the ball. By the time the beach-bros realized it, the ball was already in the sand.
”That’s game. Now leave.” Lucy brushed off some sand but stood cross-armed waiting for the dudes to leave.
Core: Lucy and Seiko both given the [Scout] role
Scout: +5% SPD
Role Buff: Stealth and movement abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
seiko
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Post by lucy on Aug 15, 2024 9:40:39 GMT
”Yeah, something with magic should fit my class.” While there wasn’t much telling exactly what would happen from Yggy’s soul shenanigans, all of the abilities Lucy received so far fit into the [Mage] Role pretty well. Once they were a bit stronger, [Mage] would probably be the best fit for the Raid Leader class, but that was still a while down the line. Regardless, the versatility of its assignable roles should make the upcoming fight against whatever they find easy enough.
Lucy nodded at Ygdra’s description of the zone. ”That sounds right. Let’s gamble.” There was probably a right way to go about walking up to and entering an old ruin. Scouting it out with drones, camping to see what sort of creatures came and went, researching its history, blah blah blah. For Lucy, the right way to go about walking up to and entering an old ruin was simply walking up to and entering an old ruin.
Thanks to Raid Leader’s core ability, Lucy could copy the [basic] attacks from other classes. It didn’t work on Ygdra, so instead Lucy’s fist glowed with a faint blue aura. ”Time to see what’s inside." Ready as could be for this, Lucy entered the ruin.
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [SUPPORT], Ygdra Elder - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +10% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). Support: +10% [WIL] Role buff: All healing or buff/debuff abilities/skills are strengthened by +10% or +5%, respectively. -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) +10% = 20 (D) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: READY! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +10% [WIL] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Post by lucy on Aug 9, 2024 23:13:57 GMT
The iridescent blue of the Chitin Armor matched well with Lucy’s eye shadow, as it turned out. It was probably from some sort of massive beetle, but honestly was pretty cool. Part of it sat as a shoulder pad, though the majority of its protection came from the Chitinous chestplate. Lucy had a black coat overtop, and black boots of course, and felt comfortable that a goth look had still been attained.
”This looks like somewhere we’d find a monster.” Yggy was one of the first people Lucy met after the world changed. The crazy scenery of this [Devil’s Triangle] zone was kind of reminiscent of [Nadir Beach], but it had much more mystique to it. They were here today looking for a monster to gain more power.
Already, Lucy discovered that even though leveling up was the “main” way to grow, there were seemingly endless ways to gain power in this world. Ygdra here was a prime example, someone who could enhance others by defeating monsters. Lucy didn’t fully understand it yet, but could already tell how useful something like that would be. ”So essentially, we find a monster, kill it, and you get the soul, is that right?”
{STATS ETC}PARTY SYNERGY: N/A Core: lucy - [SUPPORT], Ygdra Elder - [TANK] You have the following added effects based on your assigned roles: TANK: +10% [DEF] Defensive abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 post (to a minimum of 1). Support: +10% [WIL] Role buff: All healing or buff/debuff abilities/skills are strengthened by +10% or +5%, respectively. -----STATS----- LEVEL: 06 PWR: 17 (E) DEF: 11 (E) SPD: 11 (E) MAG: 15 (E) VIT: 13 (E) WIL: 18 (E) +10% = 20 (D) LUK: 0 -----ITEMS & SKILLS----- Chitin Armor -----CLASS----- Reorder The Line: READY! Mass Haste: READY! Elden Blast: READY! -----BUFF/DEBUFF/STATUS----- [Raid Leader’s Coordination] +10% [WIL] -----DAMAGE TAKEN-----
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AGE
25
PRONOUNS
they/it/any
SEXUALITY
aro
CLASS
Raid Leader
Melody
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Jul 23, 2024 21:08:01 GMT
Post by lucy on Jul 23, 2024 21:08:01 GMT
Lucy nodded to Seiko’s plan. These jerks were NOT winning this. The men focused up and served, trying to pull Lucy’s move and spike the ball, but thanks to Alpha that didn’t work. Waiting by the net, Lucy immediately swiped the ball over when Alpha passed it.
The men saved and tossed it around their team twice before finally getting it over the net again. The ball passed sides a few times with Seiko and her boys playing defense and Lucy striking it over the net. As soon as the opportunity appeared for another spike, Lucy took it, knocking into the sand next to one of those jerk’s feet.
”2 - 0” Adjusting their sunglasses and getting back into position, Lucy was ready for this last round. It WAS going to be the last. Before serving, one of the “possessed” guys spoke up.
”So, um, like, we never set the ground rules, dude, what if we like, played to five, bros?” The other guys echoed a chorus of “Yeah, bro!” and “Five, dude!”
Lucy scoffed. ”Mmm no, you started playing; we’re going to three.”
Core: Lucy and Seiko both given the [Scout] role
Scout: +5% SPD
Role Buff: Stealth and movement abilities/skills cooldown reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
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