BETA QUEST: Δ Detestable Golden Sunny Demon

[Natsume]

[I'll be running the quest, as well as participating using my own character Ouka. The other two members of the party are Nightmare and Aralyn. This is just to test how the system goes, so don't expect too much difficulty, but it'll still be some kind of challenge.]

As the fur-covered Kick Boxer gated into the field, she wondered who these other two were. They had posted on the BBS saying they needed someone strong to accompany them through a field, and so she took them up, but for some reason they wanted to meet at the field rather than the chaos gate. It was kind of strange, but she didn't have anything better to do today, so she went along with it.

"Wish they'd hurry though, I'm already itching to punch these poor little suckers out," Ouka thought aloud as she looked over at a small group of monsters in the distance. Today had been pretty slow until now, so she was excited to finally get moving and stretch her legs.

[Nightmare Darklight]

The familiar golden rings would signal the arrival of one of the two that had asked for Ouka's help. Of the two, it was the higher level one. The purple suit of armor had a malevolent appearance about it, with its spikes, and its helmet, it gave the look of an evil knight. The being approached Ouka, appearing somewhat threatening, as if there was going to be some fight going on. Buuuuut... "Oh good, you really did come." Instead of something gruff, it was actually surprisingly thankful.

The armor's hands reached up and pulled off the helmet, revealing a surprisingly fair looking player, with a set of blond hair and blue eyes. "I'm Nightlight, or Nightmare Darklight, I'm the one that put up the thread. You're... Ouka, right? Thanks for showing up." He supposed that he needed to explain his talents. If they were going to be working as a team, then they needed to know each others skills if they were going to make it past the first floor of the dungeon.

A clawlike finger reached up to his chin, as he examined the girl before him. He didn't notice any real weapons. Was she a kickboxer? Or did she have yet to reveal her weapon. It didn't matter, he should explain himself. "Well, I don't know how much help I'll be, but I can try." He remarked. "I'm an Adept Rogue, I try to specialize in controlling the field, rather than straight up combat. I have skills and spells specializing in each element save Wood, so barring some freakishly bad luck, we should have the elemental advantage." Right, he still had one more thing. "I also have a Repth spell, so I can try to heal if it comes down to it."

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[Aralyn]

{ gate in }

"How cool!" The adept rogue exclaimed. Following right behind Nightmare, another set of golden rings would alert of another player entering the field. Aralyn was still going through what would be considered the 'newbie' phase. Although she did not intend for it to show as much, every now and then, she would unconsciously gawk at everything, and anything around her.

It almost felt real to be so involved in such an elaborate game such as this~ She had to keep in mind though that since this is an MMORPG, she had to keep her character up, and break out of the phase. Hopefully this quest would be the first steps to taking her out of her infantile mindset~

It would appear that the user who answered their request on the BBS had actually appeared. Carmine eyes flickered with delight~ Wonderful! Her dark lips formed a smile pleased to know that. "How do you do~" she greeted affably. "Aralyn here."

Ouka's avatar was surprisingly really cute. It took a lot of resistance to go up, and pet her just to see if her ears were real. Though with the way their companion held her stance, Aralyn got a pretty good idea that she didn't want to wait around any longer than necessary. "Now now, Night, darling," she mused softly, "She looks bored so let's not keep her waiting on idle prattle. I'm sure she'll get the idea of what we're capable of from this quest~"

[Natsume]

The first of the duo arrived, and Ouka gave him a quick once over. Dark, grim looking suit of armor, but not really...bulky like those Heavy Axemen tended to be. May be he was a Heavy Blade, or a Blade Master. A really grim looking Blade Master, but it was certainly a possibility. It was The World after all, so anybody could pop up in it. After all, not everybody was walking around like her either, so she really didn't have much room to talk in terms of standing out. When the man pulled his helmet off though, and spoke up, she was kind of surprised. He really wasn't a doom and gloom type.

The second of the duo arrived shortly after, during the first's explanation of his talents. The two introduced themselves, the knight being Nightmare Darklight, and the newly arrived woman being Aralyn. Based on what she said, it seemed like the two were a couple, at least in the game. If Ouka had to guess though, they were probably an actual couple as well. After all, the difference in their levels made it not too likely for them to randomly meet on a field, and she was still relatively new based on her level. If she was right, well....the two were cute, and she couldn't help but let out a small chuckle.

"She's certainly got a good eye, so send me an invite to the party and we'll get going. I'll let you lead, since I'm just hired muscle," Ouka had a small smirk on her face as she sent her Member Address to the both of them, giving another passing glance to the group of monsters in the distance. The field was a meadow, so they'd probably run into some standard monsters like goblins and such.

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NIGHTMARE DARKLIGHT Stats: 8 Class: Adept Rogue HP: 204/204 SP: 63/63 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]ARALYN
Stats: 2
Class: Adept Rogue
HP: 86/86
SP: 23/23
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

OUKA Stats: 11 Class: Kick Boxer HP: 300/300 SP: 150/150 Status: Fine

[Nightmare Darklight]

He was immediately followed by Aralyn, and noticing her, his face immediately brightened. "There's the love of my life." He greeted Aralyn, pulling her into a tight embrace, really refusing to let her go, complete with one of the stupidest looking grins plastered on his face. He was so glad that she had actually joined. Truth be told, his doom and gloom armor was on her suggestion, so there was no doubt that he was attached to her.

Though he was snapped back to the real... or was it virtual? He wasn't sure how to put it. It didn't matter though as Ouka asked for his Member Address. "Right right." he responded by sending her his address, he still wasn't letting Aralyn go though. Though it was nice to have another member address. Up until now, he had really been soloing in The World. A few hiccups here and there, though he had yet to actually die, but overall, he had been adjusting quite well.

But by noticing the enemies off in the distance, he nodded at Ouka, she seemed ready to go. But what about Aralyn? He looked back at the other Adept Rogue. "Ready to go?" He inquired, leaning in to rub his nose against hers. Yep, they were one of those couples, the kind that made everyone sick to their stomach. Of course, he was either oblivious to this fact, or he knew it and simply didn't care.

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[Aralyn]

She had to admit, she rather liked the tall, dark, and handsome avatar Nightmare adorned. It was quite suiting for the dark tones of her avatar as well~ Her brows furrowed slightly in annoyance of his clingy-ness revealing itself when he embraced her. She struggled a little finding it rather impolite to be all lovey-dovey in front of their companion. Really now~ He didn't change - no manners in front of their company. "Save it for later," she protested. However, let's not digress any further in the small details, and get onto what really mattered at the moment: Adventure!

Aarlyn followed up Nightmare in sending her Member Address to Ouka, and receiving hers in return. Now that they've formed a party together, it was time to get started on this quest~ The blue-skinned adept rogue was quite eager to get going as well. There was so many things she's yet to learn, and so little time to waste away just standing there. She didn't get very far on her own, barely making Level 2 before Nightmare decided to he wanted to quest together. Honestly, he's so needy~

"Eyes on the quest, love," she teased, "Not on me~" Not that she was complaining, but the whole point was, you know, to quest together - together as in all three of them. She broke free from Night's hold, and unsheathe her blade, Interloper, ready to head off~

[Natsume]

Ouka let out another chuckle as she was proven right about the two, with the knight in dark armor clinging to his princess and fawning over her. It was adorable, really, but funny when you looked at the two in question. Normally a woman would want a knight in shining armor, not the opposite, and well...she herself had a very interesting avatar, a scheme of blues and blacks. In a way, the two complimented each other by being dark colored.

The party having been officially formed, Ouka's smirk grew into an eager grin, cracking her knuckles as she began walking towards the first group of monsters with the others. The objective of the field was just to clear out the monsters and defeat the boss, so it made a good place for leveling up. That was probably why she was invited, as while the field was set to level eight, there was only one member of the party at that level, since she was above it, and the third was far below it.

As the party got closer, they saw the group to be a trio of goblins, wandering around the field with their swords in hand. The yellow question mark appeared above one of their heads as it caught a glimpse of the players. It said something in the small screech-like language of the goblins, and the other two looked as well. All three then gained a red exclamation point over their heads as they ran towards the group, signalling that they were aware of their presence and ready to fight. The words that brightened Ouka's day the most would appear on all three of their displays, as the blue flame-like barrier formed around them all.

BATTLE MODE ON

"Just the right way to start the day! Night, get the one on the left!" Ouka exclaimed as she rushed towards the other two Goblins in the group, her fist glowing white as she struck the ground between them.

"Aura Strike!"

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NIGHTMARE DARKLIGHT Stats: 8 Class: Adept Rogue HP: 204/204 SP: 63/63 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]ARALYN
Stats: 2
Class: Adept Rogue
HP: 86/86
SP: 23/23
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

OUKA Stats: 11 Class: Kick Boxer HP: 300/300 SP: 140/150 Status: Fine

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GOBLIN ROOKIE Stats: 6 Class: Ogre HP: 204/204 SP: 36/36 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]GOBLIN ROOKIE
Stats: 6
Class: Ogre
HP: 204/204
SP: 36/36
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

GOBLIN ROOKIE Stats: 6 Class: Ogre HP: 204/204 SP: 36/36 Status: Fine

[Nightmare Darklight]

Save it for later? He didn't want to save it for later. He had missed Aralyn, and that was all there was to it. If anything, as a result, he just held her tighter. He wasn't going to let go of his beloved. The monsters hadn't even arrived yet, the fight had yet to start. So he was just going to enjoy his time with her while he could. For all intents and purposes, Ouka had more or less ceased to exist to him. After all, why pay attention to her if he had Aralyn right here in front of him?

Though unfortunately for him, Aralyn still broke free, causing him to pout slightly before focusing his attention back on their adventure. However, they came across three goblins and at once, the blue barriers cae up, signaling that this was going to be a fight, and that the monsters had no intention of letting them escape. Ouka gave her order to Night before charging off to handle two of them. Well, she was nearly twice their level, so he figured that he wouldn't complain about the idea.

That left the one on the left. Well, first off, he knew for a fact that the goblins weren't elemental, so any spells are upgraded skills would be worthless here. Really, he'd prefer to conserve his SP to give Aralyn any healing he needed. But with a fast enough regeneration, and trust in his beloved, he figured he could at least afford to skill up one of the goblins and give it some damage.

"I'll tank the one on the left." He told Aralyn, going from his lovey dovey self into the cold, calculator. Truth be told, he hated being the tank, but it was the best way to go right now. Stepping in between the left goblin and Aralyn, Nightmare approached it, blade in hand. As he closed the distance, he unleashed his skill, aiming to hopefully severely damage the creature, if not kill it.

"Revolver." He commanded, as he started to spin, hoping to bring this goblin down.

Movement | Revolver (10 SP) on Left Goblin

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[Aralyn]

Right away, Aralyn knew she was the weak link of the party by default, and had to play it carefully. Her carmine eyes narrowed noticing the flickering words popping onto her screen. The blue ring encircling around them signalling it was time to fight. Griping onto the Interloper, she was taken back by how quickly they responded to their tactic, but nobody told her what do at the moment.

An eyebrow twitched - not sure on how to take that - was she that terribly low a level that she wasn't going to be of use? Well, she wasn't going to stand around, and make herself an open target~

Aralyn decided to join her Beau, and attempt to help deal some damage alongside him on the left goblin. Any bit of contribution to help out the team, right? The femme adept rogue grunted slightly before commanding, "Calamity~" Following after Night's assault, Aralyn swung her blade above, and below the waist.

Actions. Movement | Calamity (10 SP) on Left Goblin

[Natsume]

The wave of energy launched from Ouka's Aura Strike struck both Goblins, hitting each of them for a solid 175 damage. Both were already near death, but they would retaliate against their attacker, each goblin striking for 47 against the Kick Boxer. Nightmare's Revolver would strike home on the Goblin, dealing 83

[/b] damage, while Aralyn's Calamity would hit for 28 damage. The goblin would then move to attack the now open Aralyn, dealing a total of 64 damage if she didn't react appropriately.[/color]

Ouka saw the attacks from the Goblins coming, but rather than avoid them, she decided to take them in order to allow herself to finish the two off. The blades of the Goblins struck, taking out a chunk of her health with their combined efforts, though it probably helped that Kick Boxers normally weren't meant to do this. The two were nearly dead, and there wasn't much point in wasting another Aura Strike to hit them, so she'd just beat them up until they fell over, which would be very shortly.

"Haaaaa!" roared Ouka as she threw a punch at one Goblin, spinning to then land an elbow on the second, hoping to take out both of them in one fell swoop.

Attack (Center Goblin) | Attack (Right Goblin)[/blockquote][/size]

NIGHTMARE DARKLIGHT Stats: 8 Class: Adept Rogue HP: 204/204 SP: 59/63 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]ARALYN
Stats: 2
Class: Adept Rogue
HP: 86/86
SP: 18/23
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

OUKA Stats: 11 Class: Kick Boxer HP: 206/300 SP: 148/150 Status: Fine

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GOBLIN ROOKIE Stats: 6 Class: Ogre HP: 93/204 SP: 36/36 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]GOBLIN ROOKIE
Stats: 6
Class: Ogre
HP: 29/204
SP: 36/36
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

GOBLIN ROOKIE Stats: 6 Class: Ogre HP: 29/204 SP: 36/36 Status: Fine

[Nightmare Darklight]

Right. He wasn't about to let Aralyn get herself killed this quickly into their little quest. These things had her beat by four levels, just one of them would have no trouble in actually killing her, so he figured he could step in and take the damage. Thanks to his close proximity to both the goblin and Aralyn, he was able to step in the way, Silversnake clashing with the goblin's blade. Of course, he was going to take damage from this, and probably enough to dent his HP, but better than Aralyn nearly dying.

Cold and tactical, but that didn't mean he didn't have a hero spot when around Aralyn. "You're doing really good." He complimented her. Granted, she wouldn't be the kind to actually feel down about something like this. If anything, she'd feel more competitive, but still, he would let her know that he thought she was doing just fine. After all, he wanted to continue questing with her in the future.

With that out of the way, he looked at the weakened goblin. He was sure Ouka could handle the other two. Raising his sword arm, he made two quick swipes at the creature, aiming to take it down this turn. Of course, Aralyn was more than welcome to help out, especially if she was needed to deliver the final blow.

Class Slot: Guard Aralyn

Attack Left Goblin | Attack Left Goblin

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[Aralyn]

Aralyn saw that one coming~ It was almost predictable, but it couldn't be helped. The monster went off to pick on the weak link of the two attacking it. She was going to prepare herself to defend, fully aware that it'd hurt like hell even if she did defend. However that didn't seem to be the case. Her dark knight in black armor came to her rescue, and defended the attack against her. Her carmine eyes brightened a bit with concern at first, but quickly reverted to joy. "You're a darling, darling~" she gushed for a split second. "Thank you, dearest! ♥"

Right. Fighting. Aralyn was quickly contradicting her own words at the moment. Back to the game now~ Aralyn did feel good about hearing the compliment, doing pretty well and all. She could only hope that her luck will prevail on her through this quest. Guard back up, and blade in both hands, she followed yet again behind Night's assaults with her own slice, and dice at the monster that attempted to attack her.

Actions. Attack Left Goblin | Attack Left Goblin

[Natsume]

Ouka's two melee attacks would hit for 87 and 88 damage, taking out the two goblins with ease as their bodies grayed and dissolved into data. The strike against Aralyn, which had been intercepted by Nightmare, would hit against his guard for 15

[/color] damage, while his retaliatory strikes would each hit for 37[/color] damage, totalling 74 damage. The following attacks from Aralyn would add up to 22[/color] damage, making it enough to kill the third and final goblin.

The blue walls would fade as the words BATTLE MODE OFF appeared on their displays, the spoils of the match following soon after.

Ouka earned 30 EXP and 600 Gold!
Nightmare Darklight earned 120 EXP and 90 Gold!
Aralyn earned 300 EXP and 270 Gold![/color]

"Swords on those little suckers sting. Ul Repth!" Ouka commented as her hand glowed white for a moment, before the a small green aura covered her body for a moment as the healing magic did it's work, restoring her HP to full. She looked over at the other two, noticing they managed to deal with the third goblin with minimal damage, and gave an approving nod to the two.

"Alright, that's one group down, time for the next one. We gotta get the princess leveled up quick, don't we?" She suggested to the other two, chuckling a bit at the nickname for the other female in the party, which really made sense. She had her own personal knight to protect her, after all.[/size][/blockquote]

NIGHTMARE DARKLIGHT Stats: 8 Class: Adept Rogue HP: 189/204 SP: 63/63 Status: Fine

[/color][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]ARALYN
Stats: 2
Class: Adept Rogue
HP: 86/86
SP: 23/23
Status: Fine[/td][/tr][/table][/center]

OUKA Stats: 11 Class: Kick Boxer HP: 300/300 SP: 136/150 Status: Fine

[Nightmare Darklight]

Through the power of love and teamwork, their goblin ended up getting killed off. For a moment, Nightmare felt pretty good, and then he turned and noticed that Ouka had gone and killed off the other two with no trouble whatsoever. Though that was quickly undermined by the fact that he had worked with Aralyn to take the thing down. Which once again reminded him that Aralyn was there, working with him. ... And Ouka too, I guess.

Reaching over, he pulled the other Adept Rogue into an embrace. 'You did great, love~" He kept heaping praise on her. Ah well, it didn't really matter. Looping his arm with hers, they continued their little adventure. Honestly, it was a good idea to bring Ouka along, Nightmare didn't have to worry about screwing up and Aralyn possibly dying throughout this little quest. He briefly turned his attention to the kickboxer that had agreed to help them through the whole ordeal. "Shall we carry on?"

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[Aralyn]

Success! It would seem that all went well in the end, and the battle was over before they knew it. She had to resist the urge to jump up, and down with glee - what with having a triumphant victory over their first group of monsters. Aralyn had to be mindful not to let beginner's luck not get to her head so much.

Unfortunately, Nightmare didn't make things easier with that when he went up to embrace her. The praise was comforting, but she needed to be mindful for the time being. Soon enough she'll be at a level where she had take it easy. For now, it was time to focus on giving her a jump on her level. "It's only the beginning, dearest," she proudly exclaimed.

The Adept Rogue was undeniably grateful for them to take their time to help her out~ Nodding her head, she turned her attention back over to the Kickboxer, and tugged on Night a little. It was quite clear to see that she was eager to continue on with their adventures!

"Let's go," she chimed in excitedly.