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Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Kaitlyn and Zoe

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THUD!
THUD!
THUD!

From underneath a mound of pillows and blankets, something stirred. It tossed back and forth restlessly, obviously irritated at the obnoxious knocking. It seemed to debate checking on the sound, but soon all movement stopped once more.

THUD!
THUD!

BZZT!

A slender pink hand shot out from underneath the covers and grasped the buzzing cellphone off the night stand. It pulled the device back into it’s dark hiding spot. All was silent for a few moments...then a single voice moaned.

“Oh dear God, no…”

The covers were kicked off, revealing a rather disheveled looking girl in her pajamas. Her eyes were open wide in panic as she clambered to get out of bed. But she wasn’t the most graceful of girls, it would seem, as she managed to get tangled up in her covers and rather than find her feet, the girl slid and fell, tumbling off the bed just to faceplant her cold, hard floor. Her face was stinging, but there was no time to lose. This was life or death. She scrambled up to her feet and bolted out of her bedroom.

She shot down the hall as quick as she could, entering the living room and turning towards the front door just in time to see…

Gabbie. Standing in the doorway. Smirking.

Zoe stood gaping at her for a moment, her mouth flapping but forming no words. She was completely flabbergasted. Unable to find the words, the girl began gesturing towards the door, causing Kaitlyn’s grin to grow even wider.

“Calm yer tits, girl. I didn’t REALLY break the lock...yer folks leave a key under the mat. Bad place for it, really. You never know what kind of slimeball could get in.”

The tall brunette winked at Zoe as she slinked past her towards the kitchen. The girl let out a burp that lasted several seconds. “Damn...that was a good one, eh? Say, got any grub?” she asked, but as usual, proceeded to rummage through the cupboards without awaiting a response.

Zoe stared at the girl, then back to the door, then back to the girl, still speechless. It wasn’t the first time that Gabbie pulled something like this. She was constantly showing up but...but never this late. Zoe glanced at the clock on the wall. What was she doing here? She frowned. There was school in the morning, right? So…

A muffled voice cut into the girl’s inner monologue. “Yoo waist inna barn?”

Slightly startled, the girl gave a jump. She blinked twice as she glanced back at Gabbie who was now enjoying a sandwich. The guest nodded towards Zoe. It took a moment, but she finally got it, turning around and heading over to close the door.

“Wha...what are you doing here?” she asked as she double-(then triple)-checked the door was securely locked, deadbolt and all. She turned to see a wiiiide grin on Gabbie’s face.

The girl put down her sandwich and pulled her bookbag off her shoulders and placed it on the counter. She unzipped it and pulled out a laptop and a brown paper bag. “Elder Tale. New expansion. LAN party and liquor.”

For the second time that night, Zoe just stood gaping at Gabbie, but she did manage to find a response this time around. “LAN party an- are you crazy? We can’t do that! We’ve got class in the morning and…” the girl paused briefly and glanced at the brown paper bag before continuing, “...we’re not old enough to drink. My folks would kill us if they found out...”

And to that, Kaitlyn simply laughed a deep belly laugh before she slid the laptop to rest further on the counter and crossed the room with the bag in hand. Once in front of Zoe, the towering girl bent down and stared into the girl’s eyes from an uncomfortably close distance. Zoe felt the urge to run away, but she knew it wouldn’t do her any good. Gabbie could outrun her any day of the week. Easily. Instead she just gazed back into her delinquent friend’s big brown eyes.

The taller girl reached into the bag and pulled out a bottle filled with gold with an image of a turkey on the front. She twisted the cap and tilted up the bottle, taking a quick swig of the shit before pulling it away. Her face twisted up for a moment, but she exhaled and everything was good. Zoe’s mouth was flapping again, a useless tongue searching desperately for protest.

Katie pushed the bottle into Zoe, who instinctively reached around it to stop it from dropping.

“They ain’t gonna find out. C’mon, it’ll be fun. Just you and me, kicking back and kicking ass. You’ve got to live a little, Zo. Trust me.”

Zoe debated for a moment, but one look at the taller girl’s usual grin and she knew that she really didn’t have a choice in the matter. She couldn’t tell Gabbie no and the girl knew it. Her hands tightened around the bottle. She had never tasted alcohol before...but...well if Gabbie liked it, it couldn’t be ALL bad. Right? RIGHT?

She decided to throw caution to the wind and tilted the bottle back herself. But the girl was not expecting the liquid to pour out like it did. The taste didn’t sit well on her tongue, but she forced it down. One gulp. Then two. Then…

Zoe pushed the bottle into Gabbie’s hands and took on sprinting down the hall towards the bathroom. Katie stood in the living room holding the bottle mildly intrigued…

“Uh...Zoe? You okay?”

Then the vomiting echoed out.

And Katie laughed.

It was going to be a fun night.

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Uno Uno and ZeeThree

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It was cold. That’s the first thing to hit Katie as she stirred from her slumber. Slumber…? She didn’t even recall going to sleep. When did that-

The girl started to turn over, but something was off. Why was Zoe’s bed so hard? And...was there dirt in it? She opened her eyes to see…

Well…

Not Zoe’s room.

It was outside, somewhere…

So DEFINITELY not Zoe’s room...damn shut-in.

The girl got to her feet, but stumbled slightly. She looked down to see that she was wearing completely different shoes than what she had remembered having earlier. These were...well, a lot more open. She immediately disliked them. Katie shook her head disapprovingly but suddenly stopped. Her...head felt different. Something was off...her hair! It wasn’t in her face. The actual fuck happened…? Did she cut off her hair for some reas-

The girl had been feeling her head, but she stopped when she touched the back side. It was up in a ponytail but…

But her hair hadn’t been THIS long before. She was positive.

It was cold.

Why was it so cold?

The girl looked down again and noticed her rather insane outfit. She looked like a damn ninja. The hell kind of night did she just have? Did Zoe have a ton of costumes hidden away somewhere that she didn’t know about? ...maybe...but...but how did she get outside. And Zoe…

Wait! Where was Zoe?

Katie looked around her surroundings (some sort of field she didn’t recognize) and saw a shape curled up not to far away.

“Zoe?” she called out. For a moment, nothing happened, then the shape began to move. It rose up and threw out its arms. Stretching? It was a person, yeah, but not Zoe. It was MUCH too large to be the scrawnly little girl…

As if on que, the person got to their feet and stretched again before looking around. It turned around and saw Katie looking at it. Silence hung in the hair for a few, before the person spoke.

“...Gabbie…?”

It was Katie’s turn to gape now, as she stared at the towering...thingy that just called her by the pet name only her best friend used. It was a good two or three inches taller than her, ginger hair, odd pointy ears, creepy robes, and a spooky looking bow on its bac-

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Wait the fucking moment.

This...thing...it looked pretty similar to Zoe’s avatar in Elder Tale. REALLY SIMILAR. Like…

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Oh son of a bitch, it was identical. Katie covered her mouth with her hand. What even was this?

“Gabbie…? Is that you? You look...smaller…?”

Katie’s eyes grew wide. The voice was different but the cadence, the hesitation...that was Zoe alright. “Zo...why do you look like ZeeThree?”

Zoe/ZeeThree didn’t answer immediately. Instead, she took a moment to give herself a once over. Katie could see the growing horror mounting on the girl’s face as she took everything in. She look like she was about to burst into tears. Katie took a couple steps towards her, hands held up, gesturing in a calming motion. “Whoa, whoa, hey, Zo! Don’t panic! Jus-just calm yer tits, alright? I’m sure there’s a good reason for this...just uh...just gimme a sec to think alright?”

The nearly weeping Zoe nodded, but her eyes still seemed to well up. The waterworks were about to begin. Katie swore under her breath and looked around. So Zoe now looked like ZeeThree. And she was wearing what she could only guess to be a similar outfit to Uno Uno...and they were outside...and…

Dream? Could it be a dream?
Possibly, but Katie didn’t dream often...and they were never so vivid. Nor so detailed. They were usually cheap horror movie knock-offs. If a creep in a mask showed up, she knew what was up though.

…

She was drawing a blank. Nothing seemed to really make much sense but…

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Oh hello. Something was floating by Zoe’s head. It was a...almost like a panel. A WAAAY too familiar panel. It had a portrait of ZeeThree, her name, and...bars. Two bars. HP and MP. And a level. And holy fuck she was dreaming she was in a video game.

Katie started to laugh, but when she saw Zoe, she stopped. The poor girl was silently crying. She reached out and gave Zoe a pat on the shoulder, startling the girl in doing so. “Hey...don’t worry. I’m here. I got this. Let’s uh...let’s just go, yeah? Maybe see what else is going on? Maybe we’ll find something.” she muttered, trying to calm down her now giant dream companion. It seemed to work. The two began to walk. To where, Katie had no clue. But hey, dreams tended to sort themselves out.

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But Katie couldn’t shake the feeling that this wasn’t a dream. There was just too much detail. And she was questioning it. Normally in dreams she just went with the flow, no matter how crazy it was. If...and the girl knew that she was crazy for even entertaining the notion, but IF this wasn’t a dream...then why did it look so much like Elder Tale?

Zoe was the first to hear the commotion up ahead. When Katie finally caught it, the two girls exchanged glances. Katie mouthed the words “Follow me” and Zoe nodded. They stuck to tree cover and bush cover but eventually found the source of the noise. Three people. Two seemed to be shaking hands, a woman in a fancy getup and a...a…

...Jesus jumping Christ on a pogo stick, was that John Cena?

Katie laughed. It was a loud, deep laugh. She just couldn’t take it anymore. What the hell even was all this bullshit? First everything looked like Elder Tale, and now knightly John Cena was shaking hands with discount Anne Bonney. What’s next? Billy the Kid riding a doom whale into tower made of Macho Man Randy Savage?

A hand flew over the girl’s mouth, muffling her. Zoe was staring at her with eyes wide with terror, shaking her head. But Katie couldn’t help it. Even Zoe’s fear was funny to her now. Didn’t she get it? It was all a dream! She wasn’t even real! She was just a damn dream! Hell, if she wanted to, she could stab Zoe right now and everything would be just fine!

Despite that fact that she was 99% convinced she was dreaming...she couldn’t bring herself to take the gamble.

The girl sobered up...but then she realized what she had just done. If her little fit had caught the attention of that little trio...then they surely knew where the girls were. And if they knew where they were...and they weren’t friendly...and this wasn’t just a dream then…

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Well, somebody royally fucked up.

Big time.

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Zoe/Z-03

IN REAL LIFE

Name: Zoe Bailey Thorne
Age: 16
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Zoe

Zoe...kind of just fits in with the crowd, y’know? She’s stands at about five foot six and has a rather average build. Not excessively skinny, not overly fat. Just average. She has light hair, lighter skin, and pale blue eyes. Needless to say, the sun is her mortal enemy, and the two are destined to fight to the bloody end. But the sun, what with it being an enormous ball of superheated gas burning in space, tends to win more often than not, leaving the girl a lovely shade of lobster red for her troubles.

She doesn’t go out of her way to dress any which way. Style is pretty much wasted on the lass. She’ll pick whatever is clean, more or less. Her closet is filled with a mishmash of whatever fits. Hoodies, button ups, t-shirts...she doesn’t really have anything she gravitates towards. Who needs clothes anyway? Pajamas are enough for an all-night gaming session...right?

Background:
Zoe was born the only child to a pair of physicians. Growing up, the girl spent a lot of time with baby-sitters or, as she got older, just downright alone. There were never any other children around so while the girl got very good at understanding herself, when it came to others she was a helpless mess. One of her only real life friends she would make would be the Kaitlyn girl that was the daughter of her mother’s friend. The two spent a decent amount of time together, and eventually just sort of melted into friendship. It was fine for Zoe, really. Kaitlyn was interesting. But more than that, Kaitlyn was bold. Kaitlyn didn’t care about anything. Zoe was jealous. She wasn’t to be like the girl but...well, it just wasn’t happening.

But it’s not like the girls could spend ALL of their time together, and being alone was something that Zoe did pretty well. If she wasn’t studying or reading, she was probably playing a video game of some sorts. It didn’t matter what kind, the girl was into just about anything. But as she grew up, she became more and more attracted to a certain kind: MMORPGs. She played through just about any that she could get her mitts upon. But it didn’t take long for her to find her way into Elder Tale. It had just about everything the girl could ask for. So she immersed herself in it. It was a sort of loop, really. The more and more she pushed herself into the game, the more awkward she would be outside of it, which would lead to uncomfortable encounters in the real world, which would in turn push her even further into the game. It wasn’t healthy, but she didn’t care. Hell, if she could, she would have loved to LIVE in that world…

Eventually, Zoe managed to convince her best friend Gabbie (or Katie or Kaitlyn, depending on who you asked), to give the game a spin. She fell for it instantly. It was a win-win for Zoe. She got her Elder Tale time AND her Gabbie time, now in one. It was like having her cake and eating it too. Gabbie rolled an Assassin, and to experience the game with her, Zoe rolled one as well. Honestly, it was even better than it was before.

For a while.

But eventually Gabbie got really into PK. Which was alright, but it wasn’t exactly Zoe’s cup o’ tea. But when her friend would ask her to lend her a hand, Zoe couldn’t help but agree. She even somehow found herself roped into the same PK guild as the violent girl. It was...jarring at first, but Zoe came to love the little community. Even if she wasn’t a fan of what they were doing, the company made it worth it, so...yeah.

Everything was smooth for a while, but about a week before the newest expansion, something happened and the guild disbanded. She refuses to talk about it though.

And then, when the day of Pioneers finally came to be, Zoe finally got her wish.

Catastrophe.

Personality:
Zoe...geez...she’s just weird. She very rarely seems to speak, but when she does, it’s very soft and very quick, and usually just to her closest friends (or friend. As in singular. As in only Kaitlyn.) and even then only when there’s not too many people around. Call it what you want, really. Selective mutism. Social anxiety. Snobbiness. The long and short of it is, the girl is basically a potato in public. Sure, she’ll laugh if something’s funny, but then she’ll hear her own laugh and think something is wrong with it and stop. Pity, that. Really, the girl just worries WAY WAY WAY too much about what other people think about her. Nearly obsesses, really.

When it comes to just about anything other than human interaction, Zoe’s a bona fide whiz kid. Most things she gets her grubby little paws upon, she understands. Computers, games, books, what have you. This has been excellent for her grades. Unfortunately, that still doesn’t transfer over to social encounters. Go figure.

The girl frequently gets lost in her own head, daydreaming something or other. She could spend hours lost up there, so the best remedy is usually a swift slap in the back of skull. Just to keep her on her toes, yeah?

In-game, the girl doesn’t really suffer from the usual social breakdown. Text communication? She can handle it. And well. She’s even actually rather well liked amongst her (former)guildmates. She’s a straight shooter, preferring not to lie or deceive people, much to her partners’ chagrin. She’s also pretty passive, letting things go as they may. This often leads to her being taken advantage of, but she doesn’t mind if it’s to help a friend if they ask her. Or a stranger if they ask her. Or an enemy if they ask her. Look, she doesn’t handle pressure well, alright?

Zoe’s knowledge of Elder Tale gives her a bit of confidence she doesn’t normally have in real life. But know that the game has changed, how will the fragile girl adapt?

Probably poorly.

IN GAME

In-Game Name: Z-03 (Called ‘Zee’ or ‘Three’ by her guildmates.)
In-Game Gender: Female
Race: Elf

In-Game Appearance:

Z-03

The awkward chica decided to roll an elf for this toon. And she decided to have a little fun with it, making the elf rather tall. Somewhere above six foot, easily. She has soft orange-red hair, with rather distant and vacant green eyes. Her resting face shows something more along the lines of boredom, sadness, or just general disinterest. While she does stand tall, she slouches, her neck bent and her head and eyes cast downward.

She wears cloth robes, not really for any statistical bonus, but just because she likes the look of it. Theme can be important, y’know.

Class: Assassin
Class Level: 85
Skills:

Rapid Shot

Continuous rapid fire shooting. A skill that has many practical uses, can give large damage by concentrating on one target, or can attack multiple targets by scattering the shots. Generic skill for ranged Assassins

Atrophy Break

An attack with arrow or throwing knife aimed at the opponents nerves. If it hits the target, the enemy is paralyzed for a few seconds, and it has the additional effect of reducing the targets movement speed afterwards. The paralysis duration is short compared to other skills, but the movement speed reduction effect suit ranged Assassins that repeatedly "shoot and run".

Silent Sniper

Skill that silently marks an enemy without notifying them. By marking an enemy as the target, hit rate, critical rate and damage towards them is increased for the duration of the effect. A powerful supplementary skill that can change the outcome of a fight, it cannot be performed while moving and evasion rate is reduced, so care must be taken when positioning. When in use there is a aiming target like the scope of a rifle locked onto the target.

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 lower than the Assassin's by 10 levels or more. 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. Against Player Characters, deals heavy damage instead.

Stealth Blade

Takes an enemy by surprise and launches an ambush. A strong attack technique that increases it's damage greatly if it hits the back of the enemy. The cooldown is short, and can be used aggressively if there is a chance. However, it must be used in combination with other skills to efficiently take advantage of the "attack from behind" condition in solo situations. It is suited for use in parties since the job of the warrior is the attract the attention of enemies, this basic form of cooperation leaves the enemy open to surprise attacks from the back, creating a pincer attack.

Fatal Ambush

Skill that does an ambush attack. After preparing the weapon and storing energy for a while, unleashes a powerful slash or shot using the power of the entire body. Because the storing time is long, one can easily be interrupted or separated from the target, so in order to use the skill without risks it is common to use in combination with stealth skills. As the skill rank increases, the storage time decreases and becomes easier to use. When in use the weapon or arrow glows a dark red and leaves a trail in the air.

Sweeper

Skill that delivers a coup de grâce with minimum movement. Enemies that are near death or is 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, it's often used to clean up mobs missed by other party members, and for eliminating mobs that surround the boss. Against Player Characters, this skill instead deals heavy damage to Players under 15% max health.

Subclass: n/a
Subclass Level: n/a
Sub Skills: n/a

Equipment

Head:
[Red Ahoge] - Production Class - Foolish hair…? Doesn’t do anything, but you look much more naive.

Body:
[Damned Acolyte’s Robes] - Magic Class - A set of robes worn by acolytes of the Damned. Offers little protection, but does increase movement speed slightly. Minor resistance to holy attacks.

Arms:

Left:

[Spectre’s Black Bow] - Artifact Class - A bow seemingly made of mist. Has a 5% chance of launching an additional shot per attack. Allows the user to fire ghostly arrows in exchange for mana, with every shot fired increasing the cost. Resets after twelve hours.

Right:

n/a

Accessories:
n/a

Title: n/a
Party: n/a
Guild: Former member of the now defunct PK Guild “Widow Squad”

Miscellaneous:

Despite not being a big fan of PK, Zoe is rather decent at it.

Hates crowds. Like, hates hates hates crowds. People are just ugh, man.

Tends to get too excited and mushes her words together into an unintelligible mess. Gabbie’s been around her long enough to usually know what she’s wanting though.

Her main toon is actually a cleric [Z-01], with her backup being a bard [Z-02]. Both are level 90 as well. She has...a number of other alts. What can she say? Girl likes variety.

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Kaitlyn/Uno Uno

IN REAL LIFE

Name: Kaitlyn Gabrielle Griffin [Friends call her Katie. Zoe calls her Gabbie]
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Katie

So this Katie chick...she’s pretty tall, eh? Six foot three...and she’s still the runt of the litter. Genetics, man. That’s some crazy shit. But there’s more to a person than just height! Even if they are pretty much just skin and bones. Don’t uh...don’t tell her we put that last part in here. Thanks. But yeah, tall and lanky, the chick’s got rather pale skin and hazel eyes. She’s rocking her dark brown hair in a short cut. We uh...we’re not sure if we’ve ever seen her with long hair. Huh. Oh well. Where were we?

Hmm…

Well, how about clothes? She doesn’t really change things up much, so that’s pretty simple. From the bottom up, it goes black converse, skinny jeans, and a thin top of some sort, be it a tee shirt, a-shirt, what have you. She dresses light. Well...until winter. But she always looks so pissed off in winter so...

Background:
Kaitlyn was born the second of three children, and the only girl of the lot. Growing up, she was often treated as just one of the boys, which was perfectly fine with her. Hell, for the longest time, she thought she was a boy herself, and got so very angry when told otherwise. Since then, Katie never fully grew out of her tomboy roots, remaining very much one to this very day.

Video games were, quite frankly, not very high on her radar. The family wasn’t exactly rolling in money and there were plenty of children in the area, so she mainly spent her childhood outside playing. Elder Tale didn’t come until much later, at the behest of Kaitlyn’s best friend, Zoe.

Zoe was always a bit of an introvert, so it wasn’t likely that the girls would ever really meet naturally. But as fate would have it, their mothers were very close friends and the girls didn’t have much choice. It all worked out swimmingly though. Zoe idolized Katie, and Katie was glad to have a little henchmen.

It was sometime during high school that Zoe finally convinces Katie to give Elder Tale, the former’s current favorite game, a go. Katie takes to it like a fish takes to water. She quickly became enamored with the world, perhaps bordering obsession. It didn’t take long for her to discover PVP and her knack at the task. Once she was discovered by Widow Squad, well, that’s all she wrote. Kaitlyn was basically an addict by that point. The guild just encouraged and improved her already rapidly increasing talent.

About a week before the launch of Pioneers, Widow Squad disbanded. It’s unclear what caused it, really. And Katie and Zoe seem to be unwilling to discuss it for some reason.

At launch, the girls happened to be logged in, playing on their Assassin toons...and then well…

Catastrophe.

Personality:
Ask anybody who knows her what Katie’s like and they’ll pretty much scratch their heads and shrug their shoulders. She seems pretty laid back at a glance, what with her soft voice, carefree attitude, and rather subdued body language...but the chick’s got a surprising temper. It’s like a hair trigger, really. Just like a damn snake, poised and calm up until it’s ready to strike…The point is, it’s incredibly hard to tell what she’s thinking. Maybe she’s happy, maybe she’s pissed. All one can do is roll the die and pray that they hadn’t done anything recently to piss her off, because when this chica gets going...yeouch. The kiddie gloves come off. The “sweet girl” turns into a monster, cursing left and right, a rough voice and rougher mannerisms. If she’s not trying to play somebody, she’ll be as blunt as possible.

In short, Katie don’t give a fuck.

In that vein, it’s not surprising to know that Katie’s a thrillseeker. She likes trying new things, consequences be damned. If she or somebody else could potentially be hurt...well, fuck it. #yolo, amirite? It’s not like the girl is looking to die or anything...but one never knows if one will wake up the next morning. So live life to the fullest. Have fun. Take risks. Get hurt. Move on. Live in the moment. All that jazz.

With temper and overall aversion for safety, it’s rather surprising to know that the girl is actually pretty damn smart. She consistently scored high on exams and would likely be in the top percentile for her class. But she’s not a genius, just really good at figuring out how things works. Patterns, numbers, etc, her mind picks those things up quickly. Coupled with a rather decent memory and quick reading speed and it makes school more or less child’s play. While the real world may be different, at the moment she’s soaring high.

But her intellect isn’t exactly something used purely for good. As analytical as Katie is, it’s easy for her to get a read on people. And with that comes the darker side of Katie. She’s manipulative. She gets a bit of a sick pleasure out of getting others to do what she wants. It’s not always to her benefit either, sometimes she just messes with people for shits and giggles. Almost worse than that manipulative side, the girl can be downright cruel. And at times, she may not know exactly when to let things go.

In-game, the girl puts on a mask. She acts rather innocent and ditzy despite being neither. She’s also much friendlier, putting up with things much more than she otherwise would. Why, she might even seem shy at times. Quite frankly, she’s an airheaded, absent-minded, scatterbrain. Of course, it’s all just a ploy, just something to win the trust of those around her. Right before she puts a blade between their shoulder blades. But it’s nothing personal, really. PKers just gotta PK, y’know? It’s fun and profitable...but more importantly than that, she’s good at it.

But you can trust her.

Unless she’s grinning...

IN GAME

In-Game Name: Uno Uno
In-Game Gender: Female
Race: Human

In-Game Appearance:

Uno Uno

Uno Uno, much like Katie herself, is very tall and lanky. Honestly, just swap the hair and eye color and you’ll have a pretty close match. Uno Uno does wear her hair slightly differently, pulled up into a high ponytail and out of her face. Clothing-wise, Uno Uno goes light. REAL light. She prefers cloth over leather just for the extra evasion. After all, with her HP, all the leather in the world ain’t gonna stop one good hit from sending her to Respawn City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

Class: Assassin
Class Level: 90
Skills:

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.

Shake Off

Throws something at the ground, creating a smoke screen to completely block the enemies line of sight for a short time. No matter how much hate was accumulated before that, the line of sight is obstructed during the duration of the effect, so by using it with movement skills right after, it is possible to use skills that raises damage with special attacks. This is a very powerful skill, so it comes with a 12 hour cooldown, it is necessary to think about what to do after using it before actually using it.

Hide Walk

Runs into the blind spot of the enemy, a skill that raises the hit and critical rate of the next attack.

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 lower than the Assassin's by 10 levels or more. 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. Against Player Characters, this skill instead simply deals heavy damage.

Stealth Blade

Takes an enemy by surprise and launches an ambush. A strong attack technique that increases it's damage greatly if it hits the back of the enemy. The cooldown is short, and can be used aggressively if there is a chance. However, it must be used in combination with other skills to efficiently take advantage of the "attack from behind" condition in solo situations. It is suited for use in parties since the job of the warrior is the attract the attention of enemies, this basic form of cooperation leaves the enemy open to surprise attacks from the back, creating a pincer attack.

Fatal Ambush

Skill that does an ambush attack. After preparing the weapon and storing energy for a while, unleashes a powerful slash or shot using the power of the entire body. Because the storing time is long, one can easily be interrupted or separated from the target, so in order to use the skill without risks it is common to use in combination with stealth skills. As the skill rank increases, the storage time decreases and becomes easier to use. When in use the weapon or arrow glows a dark red and leaves a trail in the air.

Sweeper

Skill that delivers a coup de grâce with minimum movement. Enemies that are near death or is 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, it's often used to clean up mobs missed by other party members, and for eliminating mobs that surround the boss. Against Player Characters, this skill instead deals heavy damage to Players under 15% max health.

Subclass: Hitman
Subclass Level: 45
Sub Skills:

Manslayer+

Gain a 2% damage increase against enemy monsters of the Humanoid-subtype. Does not apply effect against Player Characters.

Sizing Up+

Grants access to more detailed information of targets, including stats.

Equipment

Head:
[Bad Man’s Facemask] - Production Class - For when you want others to know that you’re up to no good. Minor increase to evasion.

Body:
[Blizzard Sash] - Production Class - WARNING: Not suitable for frigid conditions. Provides minor resistance to ICE elemental attacks. Don’t ask us how.

Arms:

Left:

[Bad Man’s Icepick] - Production Class - For when you want people to DEFINITELY know that you’re up to no good. Major increase to attack speed.

Right:

[Rin’s Icicle] - Artifact Class - An icicle on a hilt. It’s very sharp. Why hasn’t it melted yet? Carries a 10% chance of inflicting Slow upon each hit. Also has 1% chance of inflicting Frozen.

Accessories:

[Getaway Shoes] For when the jig is up! Grants 50% increase to movement speed. Lasts 10 sec, but may be interrupted early by combat. Six hour cooldown.

Title: n/a
Party: n/a
Guild: Former member of the now defunct PK Guild “Widow Squad”

Miscellaneous:

Despite being at level cap before the launch of the newest expansion, Kaitlyn is actually rather new to Elder Tale.

Terrified of cats. Doesn’t matter the size. Creepy little furry freaks…

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Okie dokie ^-^
I'll have something up after work today.

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Welp...I couldn't really decide what to go with, so I split the character in two? I dunno. I'm tired. And cold. Why is it so damn cold? YER DROPPIN' THE BALL, GLOBAL WARMING!

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Kaitlyn/Uno Uno

IN REAL LIFE

Name: Kaitlyn Gabrielle Griffin [Friends call her Katie. Zoe calls her Gabbie]
Age: 17
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Katie

So this Katie chick...she’s pretty tall, eh? Six foot three...and she’s still the runt of the litter. Genetics, man. That’s some crazy shit. But there’s more to a person than just height! Even if they are pretty much just skin and bones. Don’t uh...don’t tell her we put that last part in here. Thanks. But yeah, tall and lanky, the chick’s got rather pale skin and hazel eyes. She’s rocking her dark brown hair in a short cut. We uh...we’re not sure if we’ve ever seen her with long hair. Huh. Oh well. Where were we?

Hmm…

Well, how about clothes? She doesn’t really change things up much, so that’s pretty simple. From the bottom up, it goes black converse, skinny jeans, and a thin top of some sort, be it a tee shirt, a-shirt, what have you. She dresses light. Well...until winter. But she always looks so pissed off in winter so...

Background:
Kaitlyn was born the second of three children, and the only girl of the lot. Growing up, she was often treated as just one of the boys, which was perfectly fine with her. Hell, for the longest time, she thought she was a boy herself, and got so very angry when told otherwise. Since then, Katie never fully grew out of her tomboy roots, remaining very much one to this very day.

Video games were, quite frankly, not very high on her radar. The family wasn’t exactly rolling in money and there were plenty of children in the area, so she mainly spent her childhood outside playing. Elder Tale didn’t come until much later, at the behest of Kaitlyn’s best friend, Zoe.

Zoe was always a bit of an introvert, so it wasn’t likely that the girls would ever really meet naturally. But as fate would have it, their mothers were very close friends and the girls didn’t have much choice. It all worked out swimmingly though. Zoe idolized Katie, and Katie was glad to have a little henchmen.

It was sometime during high school that Zoe finally convinces Katie to give Elder Tale, the former’s current favorite game, a go. Katie takes to it like a fish takes to water. She quickly became enamored with the world, perhaps bordering obsession. It didn’t take long for her to discover PVP and her knack at the task. Once she was discovered by Widow Squad, well, that’s all she wrote. Kaitlyn was basically an addict by that point. The guild just encouraged and improved her already rapidly increasing talent.

About a week before the launch of Pioneers, Widow Squad disbanded. It’s unclear what caused it, really. And Katie and Zoe seem to be unwilling to discuss it for some reason.

At launch, the girls happened to be logged in, playing on their Assassin toons...and then well…

Catastrophe.

Personality:
Ask anybody who knows her what Katie’s like and they’ll pretty much scratch their heads and shrug their shoulders. She seems pretty laid back at a glance, what with her soft voice, carefree attitude, and rather subdued body language...but the chick’s got a surprising temper. It’s like a hair trigger, really. Just like a damn snake, poised and calm up until it’s ready to strike…The point is, it’s incredibly hard to tell what she’s thinking. Maybe she’s happy, maybe she’s pissed. All one can do is roll the die and pray that they hadn’t done anything recently to piss her off, because when this chica gets going...yeouch. The kiddie gloves come off. The “sweet girl” turns into a monster, cursing left and right, a rough voice and rougher mannerisms. If she’s not trying to play somebody, she’ll be as blunt as possible.

In short, Katie don’t give a fuck.

In that vein, it’s not surprising to know that Katie’s a thrillseeker. She likes trying new things, consequences be damned. If she or somebody else could potentially be hurt...well, fuck it. #yolo, amirite? It’s not like the girl is looking to die or anything...but one never knows if one will wake up the next morning. So live life to the fullest. Have fun. Take risks. Get hurt. Move on. Live in the moment. All that jazz.

With temper and overall aversion for safety, it’s rather surprising to know that the girl is actually pretty damn smart. She consistently scored high on exams and would likely be in the top percentile for her class. But she’s not a genius, just really good at figuring out how things works. Patterns, numbers, etc, her mind picks those things up quickly. Coupled with a rather decent memory and quick reading speed and it makes school more or less child’s play. While the real world may be different, at the moment she’s soaring high.

But her intellect isn’t exactly something used purely for good. As analytical as Katie is, it’s easy for her to get a read on people. And with that comes the darker side of Katie. She’s manipulative. She gets a bit of a sick pleasure out of getting others to do what she wants. It’s not always to her benefit either, sometimes she just messes with people for shits and giggles. Almost worse than that manipulative side, the girl can be downright cruel. And at times, she may not know exactly when to let things go.

In-game, the girl puts on a mask. She acts rather innocent and ditzy despite being neither. She’s also much friendlier, putting up with things much more than she otherwise would. Why, she might even seem shy at times. Quite frankly, she’s an airheaded, absent-minded, scatterbrain. Of course, it’s all just a ploy, just something to win the trust of those around her. Right before she puts a blade between their shoulder blades. But it’s nothing personal, really. PKers just gotta PK, y’know? It’s fun and profitable...but more importantly than that, she’s good at it.

But you can trust her.

Unless she’s grinning...

IN GAME

In-Game Name: Uno Uno
In-Game Gender: Female
Race: Human

In-Game Appearance:

Uno Uno

Uno Uno, much like Katie herself, is very tall and lanky. Honestly, just swap the hair and eye color and you’ll have a pretty close match. Uno Uno does wear her hair slightly differently, pulled up into a high ponytail and out of her face. Clothing-wise, Uno Uno goes light. REAL light. She prefers cloth over leather just for the extra evasion. After all, with her HP, all the leather in the world ain’t gonna stop one good hit from sending her to Respawn City where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

Class: Assassin
Class Level: 90
Skills:

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.

Shake Off

Throws something at the ground, creating a smoke screen to completely block the enemies line of sight for a short time. No matter how much hate was accumulated before that, the line of sight is obstructed during the duration of the effect, so by using it with movement skills right after, it is possible to use skills that raises damage with special attacks. This is a very powerful skill, so it comes with a 12 hour cooldown, it is necessary to think about what to do after using it before actually using it.

Hide Walk

Runs into the blind spot of the enemy, a skill that raises the hit and critical rate of the next attack.

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 lower than the Assassin's by 10 levels or more. 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. Against Player Characters, this skill instead simply deals heavy damage.

Stealth Blade

Takes an enemy by surprise and launches an ambush. A strong attack technique that increases it's damage greatly if it hits the back of the enemy. The cooldown is short, and can be used aggressively if there is a chance. However, it must be used in combination with other skills to efficiently take advantage of the "attack from behind" condition in solo situations. It is suited for use in parties since the job of the warrior is the attract the attention of enemies, this basic form of cooperation leaves the enemy open to surprise attacks from the back, creating a pincer attack.

Fatal Ambush

Skill that does an ambush attack. After preparing the weapon and storing energy for a while, unleashes a powerful slash or shot using the power of the entire body. Because the storing time is long, one can easily be interrupted or separated from the target, so in order to use the skill without risks it is common to use in combination with stealth skills. As the skill rank increases, the storage time decreases and becomes easier to use. When in use the weapon or arrow glows a dark red and leaves a trail in the air.

Sweeper

Skill that delivers a coup de grâce with minimum movement. Enemies that are near death or is 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, it's often used to clean up mobs missed by other party members, and for eliminating mobs that surround the boss. Against Player Characters, this skill instead deals heavy damage to Players under 15% max health.

Subclass: Hitman
Subclass Level: 45
Sub Skills:

Manslayer+

Gain a 2% damage increase against enemy monsters of the Humanoid-subtype. Does not apply effect against Player Characters.

Sizing Up+

Grants access to more detailed information of targets, including stats.

Equipment

Head:
[Bad Man’s Facemask] - Production Class - For when you want others to know that you’re up to no good. Minor increase to evasion.

Body:
[Blizzard Sash] - Production Class - WARNING: Not suitable for frigid conditions. Provides minor resistance to ICE elemental attacks. Don’t ask us how.

Arms:

Left:

[Bad Man’s Icepick] - Production Class - For when you want people to DEFINITELY know that you’re up to no good. Major increase to attack speed.

Right:

[Rin’s Icicle] - Artifact Class - An icicle on a hilt. It’s very sharp. Why hasn’t it melted yet? Carries a 10% chance of inflicting Slow upon each hit. Also has 1% chance of inflicting Frozen.

Accessories:

[Getaway Shoes] For when the jig is up! Grants 50% increase to movement speed. Lasts 10 sec, but may be interrupted early by combat. Six hour cooldown.

Title: n/a
Party: n/a
Guild: Former member of the now defunct PK Guild “Widow Squad”

Miscellaneous:

Despite being at level cap before the launch of the newest expansion, Kaitlyn is actually rather new to Elder Tale.

Terrified of cats. Doesn’t matter the size. Creepy little furry freaks…

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Zoe/Z-03

IN REAL LIFE

Name: Zoe Bailey Thorne
Age: 16
Gender: Female

Appearance:

Zoe

Zoe...kind of just fits in with the crowd, y’know? She’s stands at about five foot six and has a rather average build. Not excessively skinny, not overly fat. Just average. She has light hair, lighter skin, and pale blue eyes. Needless to say, the sun is her mortal enemy, and the two are destined to fight to the bloody end. But the sun, what with it being an enormous ball of superheated gas burning in space, tends to win more often than not, leaving the girl a lovely shade of lobster red for her troubles.

She doesn’t go out of her way to dress any which way. Style is pretty much wasted on the lass. She’ll pick whatever is clean, more or less. Her closet is filled with a mishmash of whatever fits. Hoodies, button ups, t-shirts...she doesn’t really have anything she gravitates towards. Who needs clothes anyway? Pajamas are enough for an all-night gaming session...right?

Background:
Zoe was born the only child to a pair of physicians. Growing up, the girl spent a lot of time with baby-sitters or, as she got older, just downright alone. There were never any other children around so while the girl got very good at understanding herself, when it came to others she was a helpless mess. One of her only real life friends she would make would be the Kaitlyn girl that was the daughter of her mother’s friend. The two spent a decent amount of time together, and eventually just sort of melted into friendship. It was fine for Zoe, really. Kaitlyn was interesting. But more than that, Kaitlyn was bold. Kaitlyn didn’t care about anything. Zoe was jealous. She wasn’t to be like the girl but...well, it just wasn’t happening.

But it’s not like the girls could spend ALL of their time together, and being alone was something that Zoe did pretty well. If she wasn’t studying or reading, she was probably playing a video game of some sorts. It didn’t matter what kind, the girl was into just about anything. But as she grew up, she became more and more attracted to a certain kind: MMORPGs. She played through just about any that she could get her mitts upon. But it didn’t take long for her to find her way into Elder Tale. It had just about everything the girl could ask for. So she immersed herself in it. It was a sort of loop, really. The more and more she pushed herself into the game, the more awkward she would be outside of it, which would lead to uncomfortable encounters in the real world, which would in turn push her even further into the game. It wasn’t healthy, but she didn’t care. Hell, if she could, she would have loved to LIVE in that world…

Eventually, Zoe managed to convince her best friend Gabbie (or Katie or Kaitlyn, depending on who you asked), to give the game a spin. She fell for it instantly. It was a win-win for Zoe. She got her Elder Tale time AND her Gabbie time, now in one. It was like having her cake and eating it too. Gabbie rolled an Assassin, and to experience the game with her, Zoe rolled one as well. Honestly, it was even better than it was before.

For a while.

But eventually Gabbie got really into PK. Which was alright, but it wasn’t exactly Zoe’s cup o’ tea. But when her friend would ask her to lend her a hand, Zoe couldn’t help but agree. She even somehow found herself roped into the same PK guild as the violent girl. It was...jarring at first, but Zoe came to love the little community. Even if she wasn’t a fan of what they were doing, the company made it worth it, so...yeah.

Everything was smooth for a while, but about a week before the newest expansion, something happened and the guild disbanded. She refuses to talk about it though.

And then, when the day of Pioneers finally came to be, Zoe finally got her wish.

Catastrophe.

Personality:
Zoe...geez...she’s just weird. She very rarely seems to speak, but when she does, it’s very soft and very quick, and usually just to her closest friends (or friend. As in singular. As in only Kaitlyn.) and even then only when there’s not too many people around. Call it what you want, really. Selective mutism. Social anxiety. Snobbiness. The long and short of it is, the girl is basically a potato in public. Sure, she’ll laugh if something’s funny, but then she’ll hear her own laugh and think something is wrong with it and stop. Pity, that. Really, the girl just worries WAY WAY WAY too much about what other people think about her. Nearly obsesses, really.

When it comes to just about anything other than human interaction, Zoe’s a bona fide whiz kid. Most things she gets her grubby little paws upon, she understands. Computers, games, books, what have you. This has been excellent for her grades. Unfortunately, that still doesn’t transfer over to social encounters. Go figure.

The girl frequently gets lost in her own head, daydreaming something or other. She could spend hours lost up there, so the best remedy is usually a swift slap in the back of skull. Just to keep her on her toes, yeah?

In-game, the girl doesn’t really suffer from the usual social breakdown. Text communication? She can handle it. And well. She’s even actually rather well liked amongst her (former)guildmates. She’s a straight shooter, preferring not to lie or deceive people, much to her partners’ chagrin. She’s also pretty passive, letting things go as they may. This often leads to her being taken advantage of, but she doesn’t mind if it’s to help a friend if they ask her. Or a stranger if they ask her. Or an enemy if they ask her. Look, she doesn’t handle pressure well, alright?

Zoe’s knowledge of Elder Tale gives her a bit of confidence she doesn’t normally have in real life. But know that the game has changed, how will the fragile girl adapt?

Probably poorly.

IN GAME

In-Game Name: Z-03 (Called ‘Zee’ or ‘Three’ by her guildmates.)
In-Game Gender: Female
Race: Elf

In-Game Appearance:

Z-03

The awkward chica decided to roll an elf for this toon. And she decided to have a little fun with it, making the elf rather tall. Somewhere above six foot, easily. She has soft orange-red hair, with rather distant and vacant green eyes. Her resting face shows something more along the lines of boredom, sadness, or just general disinterest. While she does stand tall, she slouches, her neck bent and her head and eyes cast downward.

She wears cloth robes, not really for any statistical bonus, but just because she likes the look of it. Theme can be important, y’know.

Class: Assassin
Class Level: 85
Skills:

Rapid Shot

Continuous rapid fire shooting. A skill that has many practical uses, can give large damage by concentrating on one target, or can attack multiple targets by scattering the shots. Generic skill for ranged Assassins

Atrophy Break

An attack with arrow or throwing knife aimed at the opponents nerves. If it hits the target, the enemy is paralyzed for a few seconds, and it has the additional effect of reducing the targets movement speed afterwards. The paralysis duration is short compared to other skills, but the movement speed reduction effect suit ranged Assassins that repeatedly "shoot and run".

Silent Sniper

Skill that silently marks an enemy without notifying them. By marking an enemy as the target, hit rate, critical rate and damage towards them is increased for the duration of the effect. A powerful supplementary skill that can change the outcome of a fight, it cannot be performed while moving and evasion rate is reduced, so care must be taken when positioning. When in use there is a aiming target like the scope of a rifle locked onto the target.

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 lower than the Assassin's by 10 levels or more. 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. Against Player Characters, deals heavy damage instead.

Stealth Blade

Takes an enemy by surprise and launches an ambush. A strong attack technique that increases it's damage greatly if it hits the back of the enemy. The cooldown is short, and can be used aggressively if there is a chance. However, it must be used in combination with other skills to efficiently take advantage of the "attack from behind" condition in solo situations. It is suited for use in parties since the job of the warrior is the attract the attention of enemies, this basic form of cooperation leaves the enemy open to surprise attacks from the back, creating a pincer attack.

Fatal Ambush

Skill that does an ambush attack. After preparing the weapon and storing energy for a while, unleashes a powerful slash or shot using the power of the entire body. Because the storing time is long, one can easily be interrupted or separated from the target, so in order to use the skill without risks it is common to use in combination with stealth skills. As the skill rank increases, the storage time decreases and becomes easier to use. When in use the weapon or arrow glows a dark red and leaves a trail in the air.

Sweeper

Skill that delivers a coup de grâce with minimum movement. Enemies that are near death or is 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, it's often used to clean up mobs missed by other party members, and for eliminating mobs that surround the boss. Against Player Characters, this skill instead deals heavy damage to Players under 15% max health.

Subclass: n/a
Subclass Level: n/a
Sub Skills: n/a

Equipment

Head:
[Red Ahoge] - Production Class - Foolish hair…? Doesn’t do anything, but you look much more naive.

Body:
[Damned Acolyte’s Robes] - Magic Class - A set of robes worn by acolytes of the Damned. Offers little protection, but does increase movement speed slightly. Minor resistance to holy attacks.

Arms:

Left:

[Spectre’s Black Bow] - Artifact Class - A bow seemingly made of mist. Has a 5% chance of launching an additional shot per attack. Allows the user to fire ghostly arrows in exchange for mana, with every shot fired increasing the cost. Resets after twelve hours.

Right:

n/a

Accessories:
n/a

Title: n/a
Party: n/a
Guild: Former member of the now defunct PK Guild “Widow Squad”

Miscellaneous:

Despite not being a big fan of PK, Zoe is rather decent at it.

Hates crowds. Like, hates hates hates crowds. People are just ugh, man.

Tends to get too excited and mushes her words together into an unintelligible mess. Gabbie’s been around her long enough to usually know what she’s wanting though.

Her main toon is actually a cleric [Z-01], with her backup being a bard [Z-02]. Both are level 90 as well. She has...a number of other alts. What can she say? Girl likes variety.

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Hmmm, I'm not usually keen on playing multiple characters. I'll think about it.

Speaking of characters, @Ogobrogo@caliban22, what news from you guys?

@Ozerath

Haha, yeah, I'm still about, just making slow progress on this charrie.
I keep flipflopping on how I want to take her xD

...but I think I've decided now, so I SHOULD have her up shortly.

Elder Tales: Chroincles of the West; A Log Horizon AU Role-Play

Oh! I had been looking at this one, but I was afraid it had died.
Siiiince that's not the case, I do believe I'll go ahead and write up a sheet, if that's alright?

edit:
Tomorrow. I will work on it tomorrow. How the hell is it already 11:30pm?

Naruto: Shinobi reborn

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Training Ground 11

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Despite her best attempts to focus on the attack, Kiyoko couldn’t resist the temptation of checking her shot. After the last arrow left her bow, her eyes floated back to sensei, just in time to see him stagger. One of the clones had dissipated due to her arrow but...if it hadn’t been a clone…

Kiyoko’s free hand jerked up to her mouth when she saw what happened next.

One arrow lodged deep into the man’s back. She...she hadn’t expected him to actually get hit. Just...just DODGE or something! She silently hoped that it was just a clone, but when the second arrow pierced the back of his head, it was all Kiyoko could do not to squeak. He hadn’t disappeared yet. Was that really Hideo-sensei? Did...did she just…

Nausea flooded the girl.

As if becoming a human pincushion wasn’t enough, one of Rima’s rocks collided with him, right before the giant genin came in with a slash, sending Hideo-sensei onto the ground and presumably deeper into the bowels of hell.

...

What…

...What had they done?

Kiyoko waited in the tree, not moving, barely breathing, too stunned for action. They had just murdered their sensei. In less than an hour of meeting him. That wasn’t the mission. There was no need for him to die but…

...but…

Smoke covered the corpse for just a few moments, only for it to dissipate and reveal a...log.

Full of arrows.

…

A whistle shot through the silence followed by a familiar voice. Kiyoko turned her gaze to the risen shinobi, a spectre from beyond beckoning to join him on his pitiful quest to the grave. He woul - Kiyoko slapped herself. She was being ridiculous. He wasn’t an undead abomination, just your average shinobi with their average replacement technique. How she even let herself get dumped by such a textbook maneuver, Kiyoko didn’t want to know.

“Wow! That was a close one! You all did a pretty good job, I must say. Quite better than I had expected.”

Kiyoko hopped down from her tree and began walking over towards Rima and to an extent, Hideo himself. She was frowning at the smug sounding jounin. He continued. “Welp, you all managed to get me out of the circle, so I guess I owe one of you 21 ryō, right?" Kiyoko glanced over to Rima. He was the one who made the final contact. And he had placed himself in the most danger by entering the ring in the first place. By all rights, the cash should go to him.

“Ya’ know what! Forget the money.”

The girl crossed her arms, glaring daggers at Cheapeo-sensei. Rima pretty much gave voice to her own thoughts.

“No amount of money could express how proud I am of each of you. You all combined your skills and proved to me that you all are very capable ninja.” the elder ninja spoke. Kiyoko loosened up a little bit. Maybe, just maybe, this Hideo guy wasn’t such a gaping colossal assho-

Hideo, after crossing the distance to the genin, who had been joined by the sharpshooter Nakahara, proceeded to violently knee the youngest genin. Needless to say, Kiyoko was still a bit thrown off by yet ANOTHER change in the man’s temperament.

“Essentially this test was to see how you all would react to an enemy in realistic combat.” he spoke before attacking the boy and sending him on a one-way trip to Pain City. “And like realistic combat, your enemy will not always follow simple rules they or you may put in place.”

A chill went down Kiyoko’s spine. What was he getting at?

“I guess what I’m trying to say is: the test still continues. Except this time...no boundaries.”

Fuck.

Kiyoko scowled. Well, she was wrong. Cheapeo-sensei was every bit the asshat that she had thought. Joyous day. But...if their were no boundaries now...then what the hell kind of test was this? What was their goal? Was it just beat the shit out of Hideo? Because quite frankly?

She could get down with that.

Rima turned back at her before charging their so-called teacher. The look in his eyes...desperation? Perhaps. She could sympathize. But to just charge in so careles-

The girl glanced over at the fallen genin. Was...was THAT what he wanted? To buy time to get the little one to safety? The girl didn’t waste a moment in second-guessing herself. Even if that wasn’t the case, even if he had just gone off in a blind fury, she could use the distraction.

She moved over towards Nakara and sort of half-scooped/half-jerked the boy up. In an awkward sort of shambling run, Kiyoko drove the boy over towards the wooded area once more. It wasn’t too far from melee combat going on now. Nor as safe, now that the circle was abolished. But it was better than just leaving the poor kid out in the open. She wasn’t exactly the gentlest chick around, evident from her simply shoving the boy towards the trees once they got near. If he was all banged up and broken, he was useless. It would be better for him to simply remove himself.

Kiyoko turned once more in time to see Rima swing towards Hideo who moved swiftly to disarm the genin. But…

But that’s not what happened. Instead, shortly after making contact, the jounin disenganged. And the way his arm was just...flopping and now hanging there...what the hell just happened?

…

Opportunity.

Kiyoko rose her bow towards the sky and pulled out one more arrow. She nocked it, drew her thumb around the string, and pulled back. Gathering all the force she could to her diaphragm, she yelled at the top of her voice.

“HEY FUCKFACE! CATCH!”

She then launched the arrow in an extremely high arc.

She let the arrow rise for a moment, and just about the moment it hit the peak, Kiyoko quickly moved her draw hand down to her thigh where she pulled loose two kunai. Without speaking another word, the girl launched one kunai followed by the other directly towards Hideo. Due to his slight repositioning, Kiyoko felt relatively positive that Rima was clear of the kunai’s path but…

She hoped against hope that he didn’t make any sudden movements.

For his sake.

Final Fantasy X *Still Accepting*

Oops, sorry for not being around. Work has been...long, to say the least. ANYWAY...

@Pudding NEW PARTY MEMBERS! WOO-HOO! GET IN!

But seriously, I do very much like your charrie. Can't wait to see her in action ^-^

@OneStoryToMany
Here's hoping you're still looking to join! ONE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH PARTY MEMBERS!

@Leodiensian
Your ronso...I love him already xD
Mogryo may view him as just an overgrown wingless, pom-pomless moogle, and it shall be glorious.

@Daxam
I'm not sure if it really helps, but I know that fireworks were a usable ability by the samurai class (not sure if they were called something else or not.)

If nothing else, fireworks are technically a thing. I wouldn't think it would be a stretch to think that they were made of real life elements or incredibly similar parallels. But I suppose at the end of the day, Bass is the one to ask.

@Bassummoner
So the whole summoner thing, how long would they have been around as of the start of the rp? Would their return be known by the common peeps yet?

Naruto: Shinobi reborn

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Training Ground 11

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Kiyoko started to stumble, but caught herself. She had caught something out of the corner of her eye. Miya-err, Rima was it? Rima had ripped a chunk of the ground itself and hurled it at Sensei. The girl had to admit, she was impressed. That couldn’t have been an easy technique. Simple, yes, but far from easy. And from the looks of it, effective to boot. She would not want to be on the receiving end of that one. She was a good shot, but uh...rock beats arrow.

Hideo was having none of that. The jounin blocked the fury of the earth using a vicious ball of flames. Seeing an opportunity to put an end to the nonsense, Kiyoko pulled loose an arrow and readied herself. Yet before she was able to turn their leader into a pincushion, the man was enveloped in a smokescreen. The girl cursed under her breath. To take a shot now would be a waste of her time, energy, and resources. Instead, the girl took the opportunity to make like Nakahara and enter the woods. Hopefully the smoke would last long enough to cover her repositioning.

The girl had gotten up into a tree before the smoke dissipated. With the advantage of height and surprise, Kiyoko would feel more comfortable taking a touch longer on her shots. Take smarter shots and the shots will smart. But her small hopes were dashed once the circle became clear once more. Inside stood not one, not two, but THREE smug looking bastards. Kiyoko frowned and shook her head slowly. That...complicated things. Just a bit.

But not too much.

Kiyoko drew a bead on one of the three Hideo. She took a deep breath, drew back fully, then-

WHOOSH

-released. Straight and true. As before, she didn’t waste any time soaking in the shot. She quickly drew another arrow and almost launched it...but a sudden loud crack threw her off. The bow hadn’t been fully drawn, but when Kiyoko flinched, her grip on the string slipped. Whoops. The arrow sailed out half-heartedly, doing little more than just tumbling to the ground. It took her a moment to put two and two together, but...that sound...it was something from Nakahara, perhaps? What the hell was the kid capable of…?

She didn’t have time to dwell on it. Nor was she going to just wait around to see if anything worked. Both of her squadmates were giving their all, it seemed. In that, at least, they had passed her test. She would have to give more if she didn’t want to be left behind. Two hundred percent. She had to strike now. Hard and swiftly.

Nonstop attack.

Relentless assault.

Victory.

Kiyoko aimed towards the sky and launched an arrow. Then another. Then a third. She would strike the heavens, blighting out the sun in a rain of arrows if need be. Well, maybe that’s a bit much for just three arrows. A vicious shower then? A destructive drizzle? ...three missed shots?

Only time would tell.