[IC] Log Horizon: Elder Tale "The Kyoto Expanse"

[Lunar Templar]

After accepting the party invite, and pondering why it took that long for them to party up to begin with, 'she' set off with the others, and after an hour or so of walking, found their target.

Light was quick to come up with a basic plan, and one that was not lacking in terms of being a solid plan that would work in most cases with the level gap at play. Dante looked over the mob for a few moments longer "It could be one of those bosses that drop a Banner that buffs it self and near by adds of it's type." 'she' started. "So we should pull the adds away from the boss, and AoE DPS burn them down then roll over the boss, with the only thing we'd need to deal with is the Banners, assuming this one has that ability, which given it's level, it probably does." 'She' continued as she dug through 'her' menu, for what turned out to be a second sword, a Nodachi, that a fixed it self to 'her' right shoulder. "If we get the boss in the pull, I'll get it's attention and pull it away so you guys can handle the adds."

[mcpop9]

"sounds like a solid plan. I'll be off tank with playboy over here if we need to take out the adds, otherwise, i'll be dps and emergency tank." She said walking along. These were strange words coming from a magician. However, when they noticed a mere 2000 hp "hiding" behind a whopping 45k in mp. she was easily four people's worth of mana running around.

However, walking to the front of the group, stopping the group in the middle of the path. "does any have any skeletons they want to air? secrets they hold of who or what they are or were? or what they did? if we want to work together, hold nothing back." she said staring at them. "I'll go last, so i'll insist the one actual female of the group go first. Kagame, take the lead." The mage said, gesturing to the cleric. "Hold nothing back you lot. i want to know i can trust you and i know you want to know you can trust me. So before running into a high level quest, let's make sure that is settle." She explained stepping back to let them form a circle of sorts around one focal point.

[Suku]

"Well to be honest I am having trouble keeping my personality stable since last week when in extreme duress and it is really out of character it worries me. Beyond that I been talking with friends in Akiba and have come to a few conclusions that I will share later on" Kagami said it was odd though about some things but she was sure that once this was over and some time spent in research she can come to a suitable conclusion. Perhaps even talk to some of people of the land scholars that was holed up in the city they would be able to shed light on a lot of her questions. "As a cleric my job is simple and straight forward but the plan for now is sound. We do need to worry about monsters with banners at this high of a level they are bound to have some."

[Mystic Writer]

Hayakura Agasume

@Suku@mcpop9@Lunar Templar

Hayakura gave his attention to Chiziru while the fox girl, he was glad to know that they would have a plan going into combat and that 'she' seemed to also be invested in the idea. As far as he was concerned going in blind was only the cause of death. He chuckled as he said, "Seems like you know your way with strategy too, Chiziru. I'm glad to hear your input on what you think about all this. I guess I don't mind mopping up the weaker guys with my weapons, that shouldn't be too much of an issue. Just keep your end of the bargain, got it? If I catch you slacking on dealing damage I might just have to give you a little help."

Playboy.. baka, I'm more than 'just' a playboy! Pssshhh, you don't have to single me out like that just because I'm the only guy in the group. Is this going to be a nickname.. 'playboy'? Hayakura couldn't wrap his mind about it because he wasn't sure whether to be okay with it or to complain about it. It WAS a girl that was calling him that soo.. maybe things could be worse? Oddly enough, that was exactly what happened. Hayakura glanced toward Titania as 'she' mentioned the concept of revealing any secrets before going into battle. It made perfect sense to try to unite the group further by binding them together, and on that point he would commend her for bringing the topic of discussion over there. He spoke out, "Ehhhh?! You . . . you're not a girl? The one actual female.."

Confused his questioning eyes turned from Chiziru to Titania before muttering, "She's definitely a girl.. Chiziru, a guy? She hasn't ever talked about sticking dicks into things."

Because of the fact the scythe wielder didn't want to interrupt the cleric while she spoke he pressed his hand firmly over his mouth, as if sealing it away so that it wouldn't mutter another word. From what he heard the male felt bad that the 'actual girl' happened to have personality issues starting from last week, the timing couldn't have been more.. off. Last week.. that reminds me of something. Hayakura glanced down towards the amulet that he kept around his neck and grasped it with one hand, remembering that it had also acted 'different' than he expected. For some reason on certain random times it would become clouded by some dark mist which immediately led to some sort of danger afterwards. He had no idea if his luck was just sour sometimes or if there was a deeper meaning relating to how his amulet acted, but regardless with his experience he knew that there had to be some truth behind her reasoning.

Although he was a courtesan and a diplomat of sorts he did his best to live his life in honestly, shrugging away from the abuse his position could cause for the sake of being just and right. This is what a diplomat should do anyways, keep the people in mind and serve their interests. I know that when it comes to a battle not everyone can win but it's up to diplomats to try to settle everything in the easiest way possible. He spoke, "I don't know if I have much to say when it comes to me and secrets, despite my job description I happen to be well-off and have a small fortune hidden away. I don't use lying or deceive people for the sake of personal benefit, I'm not like that... I just want to do whatever I can to protect as many people as I can."

Hayakura glanced toward the catapult once more and reached for the scythe with a scroll through his inventory as he spoke, "Now, I don't know much about Kyoto. I don't know anything about the people in charge here nor do I know where I would even start. But I know certainly that these people need our protection, just give me the signal and I'll make sure to get the first hit on all of those pathetic ogre minions." Seeming to be ready for combat at a moment's notice Hayakura kept his scythe slung over his shoulder, with one arm bracing it close to him while the blade hung over his back.

(Visual for how the scythe is positioned ^^)

[Lunar Templar]

Dante gave the mage a look of 'really ...' and sighed internally as the other two replied to the request to 'share their feelings'. "I got nothing." It was a lie, naturally. "Even if I did, I just meet you all. I'm not about to talk about my 'baggage' to a bunch of strangers." 'She' said as another boulder sailed over their heads toward Kyoto "Besides, we have more important matters to tend to."

[mcpop9]

Titania rolled her eyes as her staff came up, the boulder slamming into a shield which stopped it. "Right, One of you didn't get the question. I was talking personal baggage if it isn't clear from the cleric and samurai." She said as the robe disappeared. (see appearance photo for clothing) They were certainly ambiguous gender wise. However, the stat card displayed lvl 90 sorcerer, lvl 90 magic craftsman, female. "Before i came here i was a male. At this point, i honestly don't care what or who i showed up as. i'm happy to exist here in this world in this body. i'm happy to be so free and have so much movement. As to who i was before this whole thing happened, Tirpitz is a name some of you may recognize, i changed it because as a personal name Tirpitz is a bit.. eh. username was fine, but if this is what people shall know me as, i'd prefer something with an actual name." She said. The female stood pretty proud of her accomplishments, but it wasn't a sense of arrogance, it was an air that said she had paid her dues as almost if she was retired.

"MY name isn't big in raiding circles outside of being legendary history. Only person to ever solo a raid, Ascendant Mage of the Astral Clock tower. As to why i said that we should all come clean about ourselves is trust. Trust is something i refuse to work without when it comes to raids of anylevel. If i can't stare at someone and have faith they'll do their job, i can't focus completely on doing my job. Sharing whatever you have got in your closet of skeletons shows that you're willing to trust the rest of the group with those secrets." Titania said, her staff having changed to the phantasmal one, tomoe and the apparitions around her back showing up. "Look, i beat cancer, i'm not about to look over my shoulder and worry about the healer doing their job, or either of you two up front doing yours and then lose focus and miss something. I'm not dieing in this virtual game to some pathetic ogres after beating something usually unwinnable in real life. Besides, you never get off scott free when dieing in a game, i'm not about to risk any of myself right now." She said and stomped her staff on the ground, issuing a final ultimatum.

"So we have two paths, we do this as a team, as a group that we can trust in, or we aren't doing this as a team at all. I won't lie, with my build i could solo this, but i want a group of people i can look towards and trust in this now familiar, but at the same time, completely and undeniably unknown world. I'm sure the rest of you would be comforted by such a thing. So make the wise decision here." Titania explained, letting them take the floor now.

[Suku]

"A team is best" Kagami said as she tried to keep people on track and not seperate from eachother "In case people forget while I can take care of myself to a point I will like to remind people that I AM A CLERIC As such seperating form eachohter is just not going to work. SO please try keep that in mind when the fighting starts. Kagami added once more this was probably a bad idea no one wanted to keep in mind and despite trying to set a strategy. "You may have beat cancer so good for you but in case you forget we are in a party you want us to work together yet you dont want to aid in a team? Im sorry the world doesnt revolve around helping you." Kagami said her tone bitter and straight forward the way she spoke pissed her off not doing her job the tone she used was not going to invite many friends with the way she was speaking.

[Lunar Templar]

Dante visibly became more agitated as Titania spoke about 'trust', and how it should just be given instead earned.

"Talk to me of trust only after you've been given several reasons to not trust people." Dante snapped. "And from the way your talking you clearly haven't yet. You do not demand Trust of others, nor do you get it by threatening them, you have to earn it, by actions, not pretty words, or talking about personal shit, that is frankly none of your god damned business in the first place." The Fox-tail said, her tone starting off fairly hostile, but as she spoke reigned it in to one much less hostile, but still stern and defensive.

"I'm here to do a job, and I will do it, with or with out you, and even alone if need be, and if you don't think you can do it with out first prying something out of us that you have no business even asking for in the first place, then just stay out of the way." With that, Dante, done with the conversation, turned, and started toward the Ogres.

[Mystic Writer]

Hayakura Agasume

@Suku@mcpop9@Lunar Templar

When the boulder sailed over to Kyoto he felt that playtime was over, they couldn't just waste time arguing with lives on the line. How many people died with that boulder that went up in the air? They're going to hold us accountable if there is any more loss of life. Get your acts together! Of course once Titania raised up a magic shield like she was in control of the situation there wasn't as much to worry about but clearly he could tell that there was friction in the air.

Helplessly he looked between the two 'girls', wondering what it would take to get them all working together as a team. Of course, Titania's talk about her achievement was impressive but at the same time it just made him seem a bit more arrogant. Like 'because he had this great achievement he would try to boss everyone else around'. Unfortunately, this is where he felt there was a lack of communication. Oh, you need to get it through your thick mage-headed skull not everyone works like that. And YOU, Ms. Runaway, you need to not cause a hissey fit. What are you doing?! You'll get yourself killed at this rate!

Hayakura wanted to go to Chiziru since he felt that, as the cleric mentioned, a team was best. sighed before saying, "I need to make sure she doesn't get killed, may as well come along. Arrogant Mage, the question is are you going to save the people that need saving or are you going to keep making a fuss over it."

Since he had already said his part and didn't want to talk anymore the male rushed to join Titania, his scythe spinning in his hand until it rested comfortably in his hand. Hayaura spoke as they advanced, "These ogres here are high leveled, baka. If you face them alone you may as well get yourself killed. So you operate on action rather than trust?-"

As he talked some of the weaker ogres caught their attention, in particular a long-distance fighter that seemed to be aiming right at Dante. As soon as the minion fired off a shot Hayakura was quick to both notice and swing his scythe in front to intercept the attack, the force of the stronger blade attack being more powerful than the shot that was almost perfectly concealed to injure Dante. Hayakura then sighed before speaking, "Listen. I know you probably want to charge at the boss and just destroy him but as much as you may want to it might be easier to wipe all the smaller mobs out first. Let's build our teamwork in a united strike against the boss rather then separating and bringing ourselves to our own deaths. Alright? Save the distrust and disagreeing fits for when you can actually afford it."

[mcpop9]

"Everyone gets hurt and everyone has people that break their trust, so how about you stop acting like a special snowflake and get the bug out of your ass." Titania responded to Chizaru before growling a bit. "Some people are just not friendly..." the 'girl' said before charging off after them. Seeing the two charging Ogres, she cast fleetfoot on herself, charging and jumping over the samurai girl and our guardian.

Standing before them, the mage prepared a cast. "Tempest of flash sword!" she cried out and engulfed one of the charging ogres in a storm of flash swords, causing it to stop and start attacking at the air whever it was hit most recently; dropping its hp at a rather slow but steady rate. Charging forwards, the mage met the other ogre as it swang its axe with an off hand spell, holding up infront of herself, the axe rebounded off of the shield and with the staff, she pointed it at the ogres face. "Mage light!" she called out, placing the ghostly and rather bright light upon the ogres face, blinding it. "Take care of these. i'm pulling aggro on as much of the camp as i can and leading them away. I can sustain myself against them. You guys take on whatever is left in camp, if i need help, you'll see it. but try to stop that fucking catapult as quickly as possible." She said and dashed off, leaving one blinded ogre and one stuck in a damaging whirlwind.

Titania moved quickly and made sure to hit the two corner guards she could see with several mana bolts to draw their attention. The girl did the same with the four forwards guards. Once they all began to charge, she slammed her staff into the ground and used Mana wave, making sure to aggro the shit out of them all before dashing off towards the other side of camp with them in tow, firing mana bolts and mana balls to make sure that they stayed aggro and the six ogres followed her out to the boundries of camp. Using fleetfoot, the mage danced around the ogres and caused more frustration and rage as she chipped their health down, occasionally hitting chunks out of the health of them with soul greatsword.

[Lunar Templar]

"High level doesn't mean they can't be killed solo." 'she' corrected as 'she' drew her Nodachi, revealing it to be a Phantsmal class weapon now that it was 'equipped', as well as recasting her buffs. "and yes, I prefer actions over words for earning trust, leave that for later, we have Ogres to kill." 'She' said before attacking the Ogre trapped in the whirl wind, the damage of her sword and Soul Weapon taking chunks out of the Ogres life bar with each swing.

[Suku]

Seeing as it began Kagami once more began her process keeping up peoples health and so forth. It was something that was tedious in the long run often the main reason why people tend to shy away from cleric classes due to the long process and how out of the standard process they were in battles and the like. Sure she had multiple attack spells but right now there was little reasons to tap into them as she began keeping track of the enemies and their locations along with the hp of her party. The life of the party is often reliant upon the cleric that was what she learned from playing this game it was important for the cleric to know and understand this as well as being aware of their own limits in the process. "Enemies approaching from 3 and six o'clock along with others approaching towards twelve o'clock" Kagami said as she took in her current environment sure she couldn't control the whole battlefield but this was something she could do easily making sure the tanks was prepared for the coming assaults.

[Mystic Writer]

Hayakura Agasume

@Suku@mcpop9@Lunar Templar

Hayakura let out a small sigh after 'she' tried to correct his words, only then moving to try to kill the ogre that was in the storm. Oh, you're going to be a handful. You and Arro, you both need to get along sooner rather than later. The goof thing was that the mage seemed to take his hint and immediately went to work, if anything he would argue the arrogant mage set everything up for him and Chiziru. Now all they had to do was make sure that each of the brawlers got their fare share.. and oh he was ready to give them a piece of something.

He kept the 'girl's' words in the back of his mind as he glanced at his new opponent, knowing that handling the disarmed creature wouldn't be much of an issue. Feeling grateful Hayakura called out, "That catapult is as good as dead! As soon as I treat this ogre to the best death of its life of course."

The male then grinned as he charged at the blinded ogre, knowing full well it would only take a matter of moments to deal significant damage to the opponent. He wasted no time as he charged at the creature and then slashed it over and over again, confidently handling it in a way so that the creature would be finished in a matter of moments.

[mcpop9]

Titania kept kiting the ogres around a small area. Round and round as she finally had an astral cannon ready. Running them all into a line, the female then cast it. "ASTRAL CANNON!" she cried out and it periced them all, Bringing one leading down to very low health and the rest to about half health now, inflicting a burn status on the rest of the Ogres, but mana burn so it couldn't easily be resolved. A few more flash swords and the lead ogre went down, one of the sentries from the perimeter. So thus would the female return to kiting and chipping away at the rest of their health as she ran, mana seeming to recharge pretty quickly.

[Lunar Templar]

"I'll get the ones at 12 and 3, get the one at our 6 then come help me." Dante said, as 'she' moved to intercept the incoming Ogres before the one she'd just finished killing hit the ground.

'2 axes, 1 spear, attack and speed buffs on the axes, effectively nothing on the spear' 'she' thought as 'she' let the close in a little closer just to get the status of the Ogres. With that knowledge in hand 'she' lead into the two axe wielders with Whirlwind Vacuum Slash before needing to parry the spear user before delivering a solid strike to the Ogre's gut.

A couple seconds later the Paralysis effect wore off and the two with the axes came at 'her',and 'she' started leading them, getting them to bunch up a bit. From there a few things would be noticeable. First; 'she' was doing damage to all three with every swing, second; despite the defensive buff, the spear user wasn't really taking any less damage then the two with the axes, and lastly; the Ogres where taking damage as Dante did.

[Suku]

There wasnt really much point in worrying beyond others the rest of the ogres was staying where they were watching it seems. Beyond that most of the ones that was trying to flank the other two was suitably dealt with. Still she had a job as she cast yet another low heal on her team it wasn't much point in casting anything beyond a low heal since most was able to take the damage. "Careful movement from the boss small steps forward it seeming to take a wait and see approach." She mentioned since beyond that most was pretty much doing nothing even the mage ogre wasn't casting its normal mid damage lightning spell.

[Mystic Writer]

Hayakura Agasume

@Suku@mcpop9@Lunar Templar

Thump. Thesound of the scythe cutting through the creature's skull was the final blow that he had to deal to the creature, leaving him with a new problem. Where should I go next? For a moment all he did was watch Dante deal go to distract the ogres but then 'she' gave him a small task to handle. Handle the one at their six, something which seemed very easy for him to do considering he had just finished one now. The male called out, "Okay, better not die over there."

Leaving it at that the male then sprinted to face the Ogre that he had to deal with, noticing immediately that the creature seemed to be a magic caster itself. The creature itself was rather confident in its ability, and as soon as Hyakura went to try to face it fireballs were immediately shot his way. Although he had deflected the other attack with ease what the creature did was suddenly change up the attack, firing rapid ball after ball almost as if it was a 'magic machine gun'. In his defense Hyakura yanked his shield off of his back to defend himself, but even then the attack was definitely something not to be trifled with. Hyakura's feet slid back a bit in the dirt from the initial contact of metal and flame, and part of the fire damage seemed to go through as if it was a piercing attack. He called out, "You could make this easier on me Mr. Ogre, you know?"

With as much as he could muster the bodyguard then took a single step forward, a single step which he believed was a good achievement. Against the firepower he was facing all he could do was take step after careful step, making sure that he was not thrown off balance so that he could get close enough to kill. The Ogre has to run out of mana eventually.. unless it has items too. Regardless of how much the enemy might have had Hyakura didn't let himself stay phased, and eventually he got close enough that the ogre couldn't afford to shoot more fireballs against him. Instead the creature used the last of its mana to summon a sword for itself, but Hyakura knew that it wouldn't be enough to save the creature. Hyakura started to chain blow after blow as much as he could, and although his HP bar dropped a fair amount at the end of the day the creature was dead. With a small grin he called out, "Looks like you're going to need some help, huh?"

Hyakura knew that the next thing he would have to do was help Chiziru deal with her little party, part of him wondered why she would go so far as to try to take them all on but he knew that at least he would be there to help even out the tide. As he ran he noticed that his HP bar seemed to go up from a regen effect, and he couldn't have been more grateful for it. He called out, "You're a hero of mine, Crazy Healer! Hehehe, I think that's a good little nickname. Don't mean anything bad by it, just.. talk later."

Hyakura quickly changed back to his scythe and then charged at them, swinging his scythe at all of them so that maybe they wouldn't focus on Dante as much. As one of the axe wielders and the spear fighter turned to face him a smirk snuck onto his face looking at his new opponents with confidence in his eyes. He apologized, "Sorry I may have been a bit late to the party, I was having fun with the last one. Finish off that one, I'll steal the others from you."

From there his blade became less of a.. blade, but more like a part of him as he used his various skills to take on both of the opponents at once. Thanks to the fact that Chiziru had already worked with them their HP was already lowered, and it was lowered to the point where his swinging chain of deadly attacks was enough to finish the spearman with little difficulty. Leaving it up to him to finish the job with the axe-wilder. (Image representation down below caus I like the images ^^)

[Lunar Templar]

"Kill Stealer" 'she' snarked as 'she' shifted from a defensive combat style to an offensive one, now that 'she' only had one target to worry about no sense in playing it as safe.

One on One the Orc stood no chance, Dante, having been in battle for the battle part of the two weeks they'd been trapped in this new word had long since figured out that things like 'block and parry chance' aren't half as effective as just physically doing it your self. Stats and ability's still governed things like HP, whether or not you could dual wield and damage/healing output, but it was odd parts of the game weren't and were enforced.

The Orc had barely started to fall down dead when Dante turned 'her' attention from it to Light, to see if he needed help with the last of them.

[mcpop9]

The kiting had been continuous and effective. the more nimble mage was dancing around the orcs with little issue. A few close calls here and there, but nothing outside the realm of dodgability. Most of the Orcs were down to a sixth of their health. Smiling, the mage launched themselves into the air over the group. "Mana Pulse!" the called out and swung their staff. The normally player originating AOE attack was launched as a disc that landed in the center of the group, the aoe killing most of them and the burn damage finishing off the rest of the attackers. Dashing away from the enemies, the mage rushed towards her group and to see if she could help them out.

[Suku]

Keeping up health while dodging the badly aimed attacks that the mage type ogre was using was simple work in fact if one was to walk in and not know the details she would look as if she was dancing. "Holy Arrow" she intoned as she slammed the butt of her staff on the ground. As she did the motion a large white magical circle appeared before before arrows appeared above the mage orc and started to rain down on him and the ones that got to close. "Saints cradle" she intoned once more spinning her staff in circles around her a clear fashion of competence in what she was doing. Before she healed the entire party as it boosted their defense seeing no reason to stop she continued spinning her staff as yet another magic circle appeared. "Judgement" She intoned once more as rays of light slammed down on the enemy orcs.