Bone Father

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@Rabidporcupine

"Of course, I need to find work somehow, and besides, so long as I can keep the heads of the monsters I hunt, I'll be more than happy! And I believe White Stags are ice resistant."

Shinon spoke to the man as she stepped closer and prepared to be teleported. Upon arrival at their destination, Shinon looked around. She took a few steps forward before checking things out. She made sure not to wander to far away from the group, but she did walk around the room, exploring it slightly. Upon the arrival of the hulking monstrosity, Shinon reflexively went for her bow, but upon hearing it speak to her new acquaintance in such a respectful tone, she lowered her bow and set it on her back. She listened to the explanation of Danon excavating into an underground mushroom forest and nodded, she knew that it needed to be explored and probably cleared out of monsters. If there were any monsters in there, there were probably plant type monsters down there, but if she was lucky, Shinon might be able to find fairy types of monsters, she could probably make a killing by selling it's parts, the gear she could have made from those kinds of monsters wouldn't be bad either.. and with this hulking monstrosity's help, she was certain she could deal with this mini-dungeon no problem!

"Sounds great! I'll scout the place out and tell you what I find! I'll also bring back any parts of prey that I find! By the way, here's the pelt I got. If you wouldn't mind making it into a cloak for me to wear, I'd appreciate it."

Shinon took out the incredibly clean and pristine, pure white pelt of the White Stag. There wasn't any signs of damage to it and the pelt itself was devoid of dirt and blood, it was obvious it had been a quick and clean kill, along with an amazing amount of skill to skin the stag so easily. Shinon handed the pelt off to her newfound guildmate and looked over to Leidos and gave him a thumbs up

"You can call my Shinon! I look forward to working with you!"

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@Rabidporcupine @Anza@PKMNB0Y@DocRock@Saarebas

"I don't mind handing over pelts and heads I've already collected from monsters of the same species, but my goal is to collect at least one of each to keep as trophies. But sure, I'm definitely up for negotiations. Speaking of which, I have a pelt from a white stag if you're interested in it, not really a high level monster, but it is pretty rare so you could probably make some quality leather armor or a cloak from it, or you could just sell it. Either way, you can take a look at it if you're interested!"

Shinon found this arrangement to be more than acceptable, she had found a source of income for her hunting expenditures besides simply selling them to NPC's for market value. With actual players, she could negotiate prices... although now that this world had become real, was it possible that NPC's would accept haggling now? If that was the case, then Shinon would have to try it out at a later date, but for now she would focus on closing the business deal she had in front of here.

"Also, if we are sticking to character names, please call me Shinon. If we're splitting up to handle certain tasks, you can leave the scouting and gathering of food to me. I was a professional hunter back in the old world, so I know how to handle the wildnerness... well, forests and woods mostly, and mountains as well, but other than that I can't say for certain I'll be able to safely scout out more of the landscape. While I do scout, however, I'll make sure to hunt animals to gather for food and I'll be sure to take notes on what I see. I'll be sure to sell their pelts and heads to you as well!"

Shinon direct that last bit of information to hew newly established business partner. She was going to prove her usefulness to the group, that was certain. She just needed to stock up on arrows and rations and she would be all set to handle this world's wilderness... however, she needed to stay clear of areas with higher level monsters, while she could take down low level to medium level beasts without too much of a hassle, bigger and stronger monsters would prove to be more difficult on her own, thus she would need to be careful where she wandered.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

"Ah, I suppose I'll introduce myself as well! My name is... well, my player name is Shinon! I'm a level 48 archer, a hunter variant of the class. Anyway, thank you for trying to calm me down, I was just incredibly relieved that others are here too."

Shinon thanked the woman who was trying to calm her down before turning to look at the person who seemed most calm in this situation, the rather... short woman who looked like some sort of rogue or thief type of class. Shinon didn't really know how to approach her, back in the real world Shinon only interacted with others when she had to, and most of her time was spent either playing Emerald Odyssey or hunting out in the wilderness. However, now that she was here, she knew full well that she would have to learn how to interact with others. Thus, she took a deep breath, breathing in before breathing out and then speaking to the shorter woman, to answer her question

"Well, what I plan to do is, I plan to hunt monsters and other creatures and take them as trophies... It may seem a little weird, but I was a hunter in the real world, so I guess I'm a little excited to hunt fantasy creatures for real now. I already have a white stag head being taken care of by a taxidermist."

When Shinon heard about Kai's idea, she began jumping up and down

"And Mr. Kai, I'd be more than willing to join that guild! I can help hunt monsters, I'll keep their pelts and heads, and I can give you their meat, does that sound like a good deal?"

Shinon was very excited for this idea, she could hit two birds with one stone. She could hunt and collect monster trophies, and sell them to Kai's guild for some money. For her, it would be a good way to start a living in this world.

"As for lack of information... Well, we could go to local libraries and such to learn about this world, couldn't we?"

@Rabidporcupine @PKMNB0Y @Saarebas @DocRock

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Shinon

The first thing Shinon was going to do was find some of her friends, or at least someone to talk to.... was there a way to look at her friends list and see who was online?... well, that was something she would have to find out later, for now she stood up, her legs wobbling as she was still slightly nauseated from moving to one place to another instantaneously. After she found someone to talk to, what would her next goal be?... she supposed she would search for her house, she remembered purchasing a small cabin in a low level area where the only monsters were low leveled beasts. If her house was there, then that means all of her trophies would be to! Speaking of which, she needed to find a way to have the white stag's head given to a taxidermist, that way she could have it hung on the wall of her house. But after she did that, what then? There were just so many things to do and so many things to try out that she didn't know what she should do. Wait, where was she going with this? Ah, right, she wanted to search for a friend or someone to talk to. However, she REALLY wanted to have her White Stag's head given to a taxidermist..

"Nngghh...."

Deciding to give into her desires, she began heading into the town in search of someone willing to taxiderm her trophy. After, a few minutes of walking around town, she saw a shop that should do the trick. As she entered, she was impressed by all the tools and commissioned trophies that were there. However, she quickly set aside those thoughts and went to the counter of the shop, where the owner was. After a quick conversation, Shinon brought out the stag head. The owner of the shop seemed impressed with how intact the head was, as well as how beautiful the fur was. Shinon found it odd to be holding a conversation with an NPC, but went along with it nonetheless. After agreeing on a price for it, the man told her that he should be able to get the final product to her within a day or two and told her to drop by around noon either tomorrow or the day after. Shinon was a bit confused, usually in game you wouldn't have to wait that long for a commission from an NPC, but she simply shrugged it off and decided to head out after handing the owner of the shop payment up front.

"Huh... that was... odd. But, I guess it makes sense? Anyway..."

Shinon was getting more confused the longer she thought about it, but decided that it would be easier for her to just accept things and move on. Now, what should she do? Well, as she thought of what to do, she immediately went back to her original plan, which was to search for other players. At once, she made her way to the central plaza, that would most likely be where other players would gather, if there were any that is. Being the only player in this world scared her somewhat, what if she was all alone and would have to live out the rest of her days here with no one to talk to but NPC? Granted, it seemed the NPC's had been given intelligence equivalent to a normal human at the very least, so she supposed it wouldn't be all bad, but she shook the thought out of her head, she knew the plot of basic isekai light novels like this, if there was one person like her in the world, there were bound to be more... those suspicions were proven to be correct as she spotted a group of players gathered in the town. She immediately began running towards them, waving her hand in the air and calling out to them

"Hey, hey! You guys, over here!"

Shinon continued running towards the group, once she was within talking distance with them, she ground to a halt, picking up some dirt as she put on the breaks.

"ThankGodthankGodthankGod, thank God there are other people here! I was beginning to think I was the only one here!"

@PKMNB0Y @Rabidporcupine @Anza

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Shinon

Nanami had been sitting at her desk, vigorously clicking away with her mouse as she tapped on her keyboard, positioning her character with skill and precision. She was currently in the middle of a quest that required her to track down a rare creature, she had spent the last few real life hours attempting to find the creature, wanting to claim a trophy of it for herself, finally after several minutes of her character sneaking through the underbrush, her character came into a clearing... where she saw her quarry, a majestic pure white 20 point stag, it's pure white fur shimmering in the light as it drank from a pool of water. Nanami immediately used the Marking ability on the stag before taking careful aim with her next attack... just as she was about to launch an attack... she blinked, and when she opened her eyes, she was in the body of her avatar, Shinon, with bow in hand, aiming directly at the stag. Without even thinking, Shinon shot her arrow, landing just short of the stag, raising it's attention and causing it to immediately flee the area.

"Son of a-!"

Shinon felt a fit of rage coming on as she had missed her opportunity to snag a perfectly good prize... that was before she had remembered she had cast Marking on the stag for this exact purpose... however... now that she was here, how in the world was she supposed to use that ability? Shinon had come to realize that she had been brought to a new world, one that was similar, if not identical, to the MMORPG she loved to play. It was shocking at first, but she had read light novels and watched anime with similar plot developments, so getting used to it wasn't too hard... however, in this sort of situation, to activate an ability like Marking, she should just have to concentrate, right? With that, Shinon closed her eyes, and opened her senses to her surroundings, going into an almost meditative state. It was then that she sensed something, something guiding her. She decided to follow this feeling, moving at a slow pace to remain in stealth so as to not scare away her prey a second time... it took a good fifteen minutes, but she had finally rediscovered her quarry. Without any wasted time or effort, she brought up her bow, knocked an arrow, and shot it at the white stag, knowing that one arrow probably wouldn't be enough, she knocked a second one, aimed for the head, and fired. Both arrow hit their mark, additional damage being incurred due to the marking ability as well as additional damage from the Whittle Down ability she possessed, with the accumulative damage, the stag fell over, dead. Without any time to waste, Shinon hopped out of her hiding place and took out a knife, beginning to carefully skin the stag for it's beautiful pelt, she managed to get it off without issue due to her skill level for it being so high as well as due to her real life experience in hunting. Once she had the pelt carefully set to the side, she got to work on carving the head off of the body body, managing to get it off without too much of a hassle. She had gotten what she had come for... but now what? What should she do?... Deciding to do the obvious, she decided to return back to town. It took Shinon a bit to figure out how to access her inventory and how to store things, but once she got the hang of it, it was pretty easy! Deciding to use a scroll to teleport to town, she vanished into thin air before reappearing at the entrance of the port town. She fell to her knees as she almost threw up due to the nauseating disorientation she felt from moving instantaneously.

"That was awful... going to have to get used to that..."

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Shinon

Name (Former): Nanami Kusou

Name (Character): Shinon

Age: 26

Appearance:

Character Level: 48

Character Class: Archer (Hunter Variant)

Personality: Shinon named her character after one of her favorite archers in video games. Shinon enjoys hunting monsters in game and enjoys collecting their heads and body parts as trophies. In a house she bought, she has a room where she has some of her most impressive kills displayed. When denied of a hunting trophy, she get extraordinarily upset, feeling as though she’s been cheated out of a reward she deserves.

Abilities: As a human, Shinon does not have any inherent abilities, however due to her class she has superhuman eyesight and excellent hand eye coordination, allowing her to shoot from almost a kilometer away.

Skills: Shinon’s skills primarily focus on her hunter build for the archer class, having skills and some spells that allow her to track, trap, or take down her prey.

「Marking」: A skill that allows Shinon to magically mark a creature she can see, this allows Shinon to sense where that creature is up to 3 kilometers away. Furthermore, this skill also allows Shinon to deal extra damage to a marked creature.

「Whittle Down」: This is a passive skill that kicks in when Shinon attacks a damaged enemy. If Shinon hits an enemy with an attack, and that enemy is below it’s hit point maximum, Neia deals additional damage.

「Hail of Thorns」: The user expends some of their MP, the next ranged attack they make with a bow is enchanted with magic. When the arrow is fired, it divides into several smaller arrows that deal the same amount of damage as the parent arrow. These arrows can hit multiple enemies that are tightly packed together, useful for crowd control.

「Ensnare」: The user expends some MP, the next time they hit a creature with a ranged attack, a magical rope binds around them, immobilizing them for a short moment, useful to get off some damage or to make an escape. Has a long cooldown.

Backstory: Shinon adored archery, and participated in the Archery Club in highschool, her team managed to make it pretty far in the national competition, but they fell short. Nonetheless, her passion for archery didn’t diminish, she even began taking up bow hunting, this is where her passion for hunting animals and collect their trophies originates from. Just like in the game, she would throw a fit when and if she felt like she had been robbed of a trophy she deserved.

Other: After being transported to this world, Her ultimate goal is to hunt all monsters and get trophies of at least one of each species.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@PKMNB0Y Yes, it is indeed Neia, the best girl. And indeeed it is a FE/910 reference. I shall change the spelling error as well. Thank you very much!

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

Shinon

Name (Former): Nanami Kusou

Name (Character): Shinon

Age: 26

Appearance:

Character Level: 48

Character Class: Archer (Hunter Variant)

Personality: Shinon named her character after one of her favorite archers in video games. Shinon enjoys hunting monsters in game and enjoys collecting their heads and body parts as trophies. In a house she bought, she has a room where she has some of her most impressive kills displayed. When denied of a hunting trophy, she get extraordinarily upset, feeling as though she’s been cheated out of a reward she deserves.

Abilities: As a human, Shinon does not have any inherent abilities, however due to her class she has superhuman eyesight and excellent hand eye coordination, allowing her to shoot from almost a kilometer away.

Skills: Shinon’s skills primarily focus on her hunter build for the archer class, having skills and some spells that allow her to track, trap, or take down her prey.

「Marking」: A skill that allows Shinon to magically mark a creature she can see, this allows Shinon to sense where that creature is up to 3 kilometers away. Furthermore, this skill also allows Shinon to deal extra damage to a marked creature.

「Whittle Down」: This is a passive skill that kicks in when Shinon attacks a damaged enemy. If Shinon hits an enemy with an attack, and that enemy is below it’s hit point maximum, Neia deals additional damage.

「Hail of Thorns」: The user expends some of their MP, the next ranged attack they make with a bow is enchanted with magic. When the arrow is fired, it divides into several smaller arrows that deal the same amount of damage as the parent arrow. These arrows can hit multiple enemies that are tightly packed together, useful for crowd control.

「Ensnare」: The user expends some MP, the next time they hit a creature with a ranged attack, a magical rope binds around them, immobilizing them for a short moment, useful to get off some damage or to make an escape. Has a long cooldown.

Backstory: Shinon adored archery, and participated in the Archery Club in highschool, her team managed to make it pretty far in the national competition, but they fell short. Nonetheless, her passion for archery didn’t diminish, she even began taking up bow hunting, this is where her passion for hunting animals and collect their trophies originates from. Just like in the game, she would throw a fit when and if she felt like she had been robbed of a trophy she deserved.

Other: After being transported to this world, Her ultimate goal is to hunt all monsters and get trophies of at least one of each species.

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP

@PKMNB0Y I'd like to ask for clarification, what is the different between skills and abilities?

Suddenly, My Favorite MMORPG has Become Real?! — A Log Horizon-inspired RP (Interest Check)

Yooooo, I am totally in for this. Not only do I love Log Horizon, as you might be able to tell from my Icon, I absolutely love Overlord. If you'd have me, I'd love to participate in this.