Llyr heard many shouts of instruction around him from the other students, many of them saying that they'd take it upon themselves to take out the stems or the beast itself. The faunus merely chuckled to himself. He wasn't really sure if anyone was in a position to order others around. He found it funny when people would say anything to get all the glory, not that he cared about such a pointless prize. A sense of accomplishment is all people really needed.. Or a good snack. Fried chicken sounded good right around now.
As the veil on the Dionaea was lifted, the beast immediately attacked every student. The two heads of Llyr's Steel Cephalopod changed to graspers from blades as he realized in a split second that these stems were too thick to cut like flesh. The two Grimm appendages attempted to crush him from both sides, like a clap. The squid preferred an applause rather than a single golf clap. Without even moving a single step or making a gesture, his weapons moved as if they had a mind of their own, two out of the four tentacles catching the stems as they attempted to crush the Faunus. The Steel Cephalopod creaked as they fought against the struggling stems. "WHAT DID I TELL YOU, ROBBIE?! THE GRIMM ARE FRESH FOR THE 'PICKING'!! He laughed loudly in the chaos that unfolded. Get it? Picking? Flowers? No? Alright.
He glanced to the side to see Cian having some trouble with the tentacles that attacked her. Of course a ranged fighter would have troubles. The two free heads of his weapon changed to graspers, quickly extending to grapple two roots that bashed at the poor student. The graspers pulled the caught roots toward Llyr to secure a better grip. "Careful now, girlie. I'd hate to see a friend get turned into purée!!" He chuckled, giving her a cheeky smirk.
His gaze went back to the Grimm, his own tentacles still shaking slightly as they held the roots with an iron grip. He lifted his cane, aiming at the smaller heads of the plant. He fired a pre-loaded Fire dust shot. Maybe a little bit of a blaze will give me some nice roasted vegetables? Perhaps.
Name: Matsuda Yuuko Username: Matsuko "The Great Gourmand" Age: 19 Race: Human Class Level 87 Assassin Subclass Level 90 Food Fighter
Guild: <The Silver Spoon> The Silver Spoon guild is a craftsman guild that is mainly comprised of those with the subclass of <Chef>, <Fisherman>, and <Farmers>. Only a few <Food Fighters> are allowed into the guild after showing their knowledge in food within Elder Tale. Once part of the guild, players gain benefits such as free food.
Bio: Matsuda Yuuko was born into a fairly ordinary family. And by fairly ordinary, she was pressured from the beginning of middle-school to get rank one in all of her classes. As such, she had tutoring for the better part of her week and if she wasn't busy studying, she was asleep. Her lifestyle caused a rumor to spread around that she was cold and aloof. Yuuko wasn't about to try correct them as it would only lead to more misunderstandings, something she didn't have time to deal with. Thus her social life was non-existent. In the latter years of highschool, she began to binge eat due to stress which soon became a habit, leading to her huge appetite. By some miracle of genetics, her metabolism was able to keep up but her hunger for food merely increased. Many a time has Yuuko faked going to Cram school to cram a pile of hamburgers into her mouth. Disguised, of course.
After overhearing a conversation between her class' resident 'Otaku', she decided to look into this game they called "Elder Tale". The way they spoke about it intrigued her in a way she didn't expect. "Classes", "Freedom" and "Fantasy" were some buzz words she picked out of the conversation as she continued to quietly eavesdrop. Much to her surprise, her older brother was already playing the aforementioned game, thus she borrowed his laptop to try it out. It was unlike anything she had ever seen and it was much more fun than she expected. In this virtual world, she could express herself without the chains of expectation; She chose to play as a Assassin purely because of the aesthetic. She often found herself playing late into the night as she became very engrossed in the game, but she kept her interest hidden from everyone except her brother.
Unlike most of the other players, Yuuko was quite accepting, if not happy, that the Catastrophe happened. She was finally free of her family's binding chains of expectation and she was able to visit her guild whenever she felt like it without worrying about time.
Personality: Matsuko often exudes a cold 'aura', making her seem very unapproachable. Her lack of facial expression isn't very helpful in that regard. However the fastest way to her heart is through her stomach, thus making her quite naive sometimes should someone have the right amount of food... Which is almost never. Should someone come to understand her, she's quite honest and agreeable, if not somewhat cute. Her insatiable appetite can be quite off-putting at times, since she says things like "I'll devour you" during a fight. Matsuko is very confident in her abilities as a fighter, but when it comes to other things like being social, she tends to clam up a little. She's mostly a pragmatic person and sometimes lacks sentimentality when it comes to other people's things.
Equipment:
'To carve the light of the moon is to hunger for gentle beams that radiate from it. The Oni of the mountains long sought out ways to harvest the moon's light. Sought out ways to consume it's blessings. Yet it was their greed that consumed them. Fighting over the cursed blade that brought their own downfall. It has become a blade that is excited by both the moonlight and the blood of Oni.'
The Moonlight Carver is a Phantasmal Katana that looks slightly similar to a Carving knife and is often distinguished by it's crescent moon imprint on the scabbard and the small crescent moon shaped trinket that hangs from the pommel. This weapon is a rare drop acquired from a x1 rank Raid as a reward for defeating the 'Oni of the Moon Mountain'. It is a Phantasmal grade weapon.
This Katana is seen as more of an aesthetic weapon by Hardcore Raid parties, however it does have a few bonus stats specifically for the <Food Fighter> subclass. Aside from it's extra fanciful particle effects, the Carver increases a <Food Fighter>'s Offensive stats by 25% and gives them a passive cooldown reduction buff, reducing their cooldowns by 3% when under the influence of the moon's light. These buffs are halved in the daylight.
'The shadows dance as it's master does. Changing and forming to suit it's wielder's movements; some think the wielder is using more than one blade. It is a shadow that is hauntingly beautiful as is the Dancer that wields it.'
The Dancer's Shadow is a Katana that has a colour palette that consists mainly of black and purple, much like a shadow would. It's very hard to see at night due to it's lack of reflective sheen, as if the colour absorbs the light that attempts to reveal it. When swung, it leaves a trail of darkness that is pitch black. This is purely cosmetic. The Dancer's Shadow deals 5% bonus damage when the user combos two skills that have flowing animations. This required players to fully analyze their character's movements to make use of the DPS bonus. The blade pulses a deep purple when this bonus is activated. It has a 30 second cooldown.
'It is said that this armor came from a Famous Ronin, however he remained nameless for all of his years among the living. His wish to be forgotten was never granted. It is also said that his soul lives on within the armor he desired to rid himself of.'
A completion reward from a quest line: "The Nameless Legend". Increases evasion by 5%.
'To flow like water is to be formless. To adapt as the obstacles come forth.'
This Gi and Hakama set was a reward from a special event quest that required players to meditate for long periods of time in a river. Random objects would often flow down this river to interrupt those who were meditating. If they were hit by any objects, they needed to restart the quest. Due to the difficulty of this quest, there are very few sets in the game.
This set reduces skill cooldown by 10% and reduces cast delay by 50%, allowing players to seamlessly flow between skills, increasing overall DPS. Also increases evasion by 10%
'Crafted by ShrimpBoss'
An earring that hangs from Matsuko's right ear, crafted by The Silver Spoon guild leader. This earring is a symbol that represents the guild as well as giving her a buff to food effects. Increasing stats gained from food by 10%.
'May you drift as the clouds do. Smoothly in the storm that's slowly brewing.'
A pair of enchanted gauntlets that passively increase movement speed and creates a feather-fall effect on the wearer. 5% increased movement speed, immune to fall damage.
Spells/Skills list:
<Accel Fang> [Movement Skill] A blow that nimbly cuts open an enemy while running through them. It does standard damage (a little on the low end), but if the attack lands, there is a temporary increase in attack speed. The acceleration effect stacks whenever Accel Fang hits consecutively (maximum 50%). This skill is used by Assassins who focus on mobility and number of hits rather than the damage of a single blow. Also, with the movement of slipping through the enemy, they can use it to fine tune their positioning.
<Sweeper> Skill that delivers a coup-de-grâce with minimum movement. Enemies that are near death or are a considerably lower level than you are instantly killed. This is said to be a skill that makes an Assassin an Assassin, along with Assassinate. It has short motions, so it is easily used between other skills. Oftentimes, it is used to clean up mobs missed by other party members and to eliminate mobs that surround the boss.
<Venom Strike> Attack by using a blade or arrow coated with deadly poison. In addition to the increased damage during the duration of the effect, there is also a chance to poison the enemy, causing damage over time. The weapon takes on a malicious purple hue when in use and when the attack hits it adds a boiling bubbling poison effect.
<Deadly Dance> An attack from a low stance where the waist is lowered and the attack is unleashed, a melee only skill. Although it doesn't have much power, it has a cooldown of 1 second and has the ability to increase it's power if used consecutively(up to 8 stacks), so it is possible to kill the opponent in a flurry of hits. When it use it takes on a pale glow and leaves trails in the air, the glow strengthens with each hit. Because the use of Deadly Dance is extremely hurried, other actions tend to become careless due to the focus. There have been cases where players have spilled their drink on their desks while playing, this skill is known to produce various tragicomedies.
<Assassinate> Assassin's key and last-resort skill, it is the strongest instantaneous damage ability among weapon-based attacking classes. Deals large damage to an enemy's body; furthermore, enemies usually are killed instantly if their levels are at least ten levels lower than the Assassin's. Since the strength of this skill increases with higher ranks, the Assassin can potentially outclass the firepower of others. If the attack lands, a white glow appears on screen surrounding the enemy, showing their silhouette falling if it is instant death.
<Trinket Walk> Dazzles the enemy with movements, Hate gained by your own actions are greatly reduced during the duration of the effect. If the warriors are doing a good job of holding the enemy and you use this skill, it is possible to use large damage moves like Assassinate without attracting the enemies attention. When this skill is activated an effect that looks like "a hand motioning to look over there" is shown above your head.
<Pincer Strike> A high speed attack that attacks the enemy from the front and the back simultaneously. This can only be executed when dual wielding. From the perspective of others; they will see an after-image of the user attacking from the front or behind, depending on which way they attacked from. The user can leave one or both blade(s) stuck in the enemy for 10 seconds before the blade is automatically ejected from the target's body. Within this time, the user may choose to use the combo skill: <Dancer's Dive> or <Blade Road>.
<Dancer's Dive> An attack performed from mid-air; the assassin will drive their heel into the enemy, stunning it for 1 second. If combo-ed with <Pincer Strike>, <Dancer's Dive> will push the stuck blade further into the target, dealing 50% bonus weapon damage. If both blades are stuck, the user will perform an additional palm strike onto the pommel of the other blade, dealing a further 50% bonus weapon damage. This will also trip medium to small enemies. As of the Apocalypse, Assassin's have used this to drive the sword into a wall, pinning the enemy there for awhile.
<Blade Road> Leaping into the air, the assassin will spin like a wheel; falling onto the target like circular saw. If the target is long (Like a snake), the user will move along their body, cutting it all the way down it's length. This works the same way with taller targets. The damage increases over distance traveled. This skill can only be used if the user has at least one blade in hand. When used with <Pincer Strike>, the user will strike down on the target, pulling the blade out of them during the strike in a somersault-like action, striking them with the re-obtained blade. This will deal 75% bonus weapon damage, and cause Bleed.
<Carving the Moonlight> A skill that is only available when wielding the Moonlight Carver. The wielder strikes the target 3 times consecutively, reducing it's defense rating by 10% for 20 seconds.
<Blade Accelerando> Decreases cooldown by 10% and increases attack and movement speed by 15% for 20 seconds
<TBA> Will be discovered.
Other: - Matsuko plays as a Sword Dancer Assassin, specializing in continuous DPS - Matsuko is the same height as Yuuko, around 5'6". However Yuuko had long black hair, while Matsuko has blonde hair. - She has the potential to be a talented dancer
"The Great Gourmand" was a title that Matsuko earned from a special quest that she received after consuming 200 items of food within 2 minutes, which required a lot of spamming and animation cancelling. This quest required her to look (And consume) at different foods within the game before answering a quiz on the food's lore and ingredients. This quest was a 'one chance' only, meaning if the player failed to answer one part of the quiz, they would not be able to acquire the title and the quest would disappear.
Effects: This title allows Matsuko to eat anything and discern the ingredients or materials that make up the item. It also makes her immune to poison. She is able to consume food items during combat to gain regeneration effects and any additional buffs the item may provide.
Mount: Chubby Chocobo
Matsuko's mount is a fat, yellow chocobo that, interestingly, moves 1.5x faster than a regular horse. It can fly for a short duration at a time. This is purely due to it's gluttonous nature, much like it's owner. The rider must dangle a piece of food in front of it's face for the duration of the journey or else it won't move. This mount was rewarded as first prize in an Eating contest held by her guild, The Silver Spoon. The fat chocobo is an event exclusive item from a collaboration between Elder Tale and Final Fantasy.
If you actually care about FFXIV Stormblood spoilers, then just listen to the music and ignore the video. Theme:
Llyr couldn't help but chuckle after Robbie's magnificent job as Trad's Hypeman. He could tell that the two were close friends, but the squid thought that telling another person about their semblance wasn't exactly the smartest thing to do. Not that he was going to think much of it, they were all friends here, right? Possibly~ "I'm like a surprise party, you never know what you'll see nor will you know why. Ever~!" He responded with a smirk. He turned to Cian who had recently recovered from their fantastic dance number. She was a good dance partner, or at least that's what he surmised. "Now now, my fair lady. It's not a fun surprise if I tell you every time~", he laughed, giving her another pat on the head.
By this time, a rather plump old man walked into the classroom. Definitely the teacher.. What was his name again? Dock? Pier? Jetty..? Harbour. It must be Harbour. This Chatsworth fellow must be a great friend to help create such an extension for a classroom. The Dionaea looked rather menacing. Llyr could distinctly remember the last time he saw one of these things. Unfortunately he was a small cephalopod at the time so he couldn't do anything other than hide and then run away. Well, now was a better time than any to see if his tentacles were stronger than theirs. His gaze moved back to Trad as he came back with a plan. Llyr's eyes quickly flit around the room before they came back to Trad. "We have many friends here, drawing attention will be troublesome for you~", he replied ominously as the Steel Cephalopod slowly crept out of his back like a stalking predator. The heads of each appendage changed form from grapples to blades in a very erratic fashion as he turned away again.
"Mother always said to eat your vegetables. Does a plant Grimm count~?" he wondered in a tone that anyone would attribute to a melodic madman. He licked his lips in anticipation as he faced the Grimm in the box. Llyr's cane was planted into the ground in front of him, both hands resting on it's head. Some could liken his stance to be similar to the Headmaster's, except with a more cocky expression. His appendages shifting and moving like they were going to malfunction or something. He felt the excitement building up among his peers.
'How would you like it?' 'Frenched is fine. Frenched is very fine.' 'Really? I'd prefer it dead.'
Matsuko's blade shuddered in excitement as the 'False Deity - Kibahime' appeared before her. After she had ingested another food pill, similar to the last one, the two of them eyed one another for a moment, waiting for the other to make the first move. The Samurai would've engaged immediately had she not been waiting for some of her cooldowns to finish. 3..2..1..
Planting her foot into the ground, she launched herself forward. In a quick flash of silver, she unsheathed her blade; <Iaijutsu>. Kibahime, despite wielding such a seemingly unruly weapon, managed to parry the skill much to Matsuko's disdain. However this was only the first of many strikes. In another quick flash, akin to moonlight, the Samurai executed <Moonlight Slash> putting a defense debuff on the Oni. Matsuko hadn't forgotten about the two lesser Oni that stood beside the Kibahime. Her eyes flashed red as she bellowed, "I'll feed you to my blade!" All three Oni screeched in anger at her words, striking out at her. She wondered if the glitch still worked..
CLANG! All three weapons stopped on top of her blade as she executed <Kaeshi>. She smirked, striking all three of her foes in a single counterattack. The glitch involved blocking more than one strike simultaneously within the small window of <Kaeshi>, something that was never really known or fixed since the timing window was so narrow that it was thought to be impossible to achieve. Matsuko, among a few other Samurai in the server knew about this exploit, but had always kept it under wraps for obvious reasons.
Tokyo-to was indeed an interesting place to be. It seemed to be the most peaceful place on the planet, although Hanako had never seen the rest of the world. An escaped military experiment couldn't randomly travel the world without being targeted.. Also money was also a problem. She could technically use a missile to fly to another country, however such things would bring even more attention to herself. This place was nice to live in anyway. The locals were kind enough to help her and she always made sure to repay them. It had been quite a long time since she last used her powers since she didn't want to destroy anything. The sights that she had seen were more than amazing to her. They may have appeared mundane to those who had lived here all their lives, but to her, there was something wonderfully moving about seeing untouched nature. Hanako had grown so used to seeing craters upon craters, destroyed buildings, body parts scattered around the blast zone.
Although there was something odd about this place at the same time. Whenever monsters appeared, monsters she had never seen before.. Someone would appear out of nowhere, bearing powers that she had never seen before, and destroy the monster in an instant. At first she thought it was extremely odd, she always asked them about their powers whenever she got the chance. None of them were experiments like her. "Oh, I just woke up with powers one day" or "These are god given!" were responses she would usually hear. She never once spoke of her own powers. She felt that if she showed them, they'd be horrified.
However, life moves on and things change. For better or for worse. Today was a time of change for her. The city of Tokyo-to was suddenly being overrun by black sludge-like creatures. The sheer number of them was quite suffocating already, however they didn't seem very intelligent. They just acted like a wave of mindless drones. Hanako stood still as the city went to hell. People screaming, fleeing, crying. It's just like back then, except they weren't running from her. She took a deep breath and whispered to herself, "Izmeneniye." Which was Russian for 'change'. She had heard many heroes say something like "Henshin!", but such words don't work for her as her powers were programmed to activate using Russian. Although her body didn't change as dramatically, her hair became blond and she gained a few plates of armor. Such things were cosmetic as the scientists wanted to differentiate between transformed and normal states of being so she wasn't constantly in battle mode.
A manic grin spread across her face as she looked around herself. "It's been awhile! HAHAHA!!" She laughed hysterically as a single missile launched from under her feet. As if her feet were stuck to the missile, she flew into the air, the missile almost immediately detaching from her feet when she had become airborne. Numerous RPG-7's phased into existence creating a ring of rocket launchers below her feet. With a snap of her finger the launchers fired simultaneously, obliterating everything below her in a spectacular fashion. Again, she laughed hysterically as she summoned another missile under her feet. Riding it like a surfboard into the sky to get an even better view of the carnage.
Llyr turned to see a new face. So many people to talk to, all showing up at random! Good ol' Robbie, such a people magnet. The Faunus gave the newcomer a quick look-over before making an overly gracious bow before the two whom had just introduced themselves. "New friends indeed! Well met, Trad, Cian! I am Llyr. Llyr of the Seven Imaginary Seas! Llyr the Cephalopod of Destiny! Llyr the Faunus that'sreallygoodatcheeringpeopleup!" He let out a sharp bark of laughter, his hands on his hips in some proud, triumphant pose. He had introduced himself twice to Cian. Not that it bothered him.
"Should you forget the name of this Squid, he will remind you! TEN FOLD!" he exclaimed as he grabbed Cian's hand, putting his other on her waist like they were about to dance, moving her slightly away from the other two. And dance they did. He suddenly twirled her on the spot before leaning her back, his hand supporting her, their faces coming quite close to each other as he did this. He gave her a cheeky smirk before he brought the both of them back upright, letting her go as if nothing happened at all. How he managed to pull this off in such a small space would remain a mystery. Even to himself.
He looked back over at Trad, his grin still as warm as ever, "I assume you're Robbie's partner? Friend? Spouse? Hypeman?" He questioned in a joking manner.
As Alya moved through the crowd, her shared vision with Akash spotted most, if not all the archers. While she acknowledged that it wasn't the best idea to split from the group, she knew that she could easily get back to them if need be. Given that one or two of the enemies had been killed or incapacitated by the other knights, it should be a lot easier on herself to hunt them down. It seemed that they didn't realize her position. The huntress was already onto them.
Alya had swiftly climbed onto a roof, her foot steps as silent as a feather. The closest archer was still focused on the other knights down below, which was very much in her favor. The concept of bait was often not something that amateurs like these thought about, although calling the others 'bait' might be a little extreme. She waited a moment before putting the blowpipe to her lips, 'fft..' The dart flew true, piercing the neck of one of the archers. He slumped over and rolled off the roof, his body flopping onto the stone below. Staying out of sight behind the tiles of the peaking roof, she unsheathed her boomerang, letting it fly immediately. The weapon curved as it made it's journey back to it's owner; however Alya had thrown it at a wider angle, the blunt weapon crashing into another ambusher's skull with a loud 'THUNK', knocking him out.. She'll need to pick that up later. Four down so far.
She glanced back at the wagon in the distance; they hadn't moved all that much, which was concerning. It's not like she would've been that helpful if she was there.
Her shared vision kept view of a few more enemies, but they looked a little uncertain now that their numbers had been cut down.
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