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[IC][Ryke] Adventurer's Guild Posting: Dungeon Diving

Character Name: ASTRA {Sylvia Crest}
Gender: Female; Age: 19; Height: 5'9"; Weight: 155 lb.
Eyes: Shoulder-length Brown; Hair: Light Green
Description: A slender lean athletic young woman with shoulder-length brown hair and pale green eyes. Alien hybrid of Viltrimite and Human-Caucasian in ethnicity. Young Attractive post teen.



Titles: Prime, Prime-Mundane, Human
Features: Medium Size
Points At Start: 105
Points Spent: 105
Points Earned:
Perk:

Strength: E {7}
Precision: C {21}
Intelligence: F {0}
[i]Vitality: E {7}
Speed: F {0}
Character Grade: E
Standing Grade: F

Skills:
'Isakei' [Appraisal] F {0}
[Fighting Style: Viltrum Fists] F {Born for this}
'Fighting Style Discount'- Tech [Area] F
[Language: Common, Sylvan] F {0}

Flight F {21pts}
Superstrength F {14pts}
Full [Physical] Resilient F <Damage Resistance: 'B/P/S' 5> {21pts}

**Equipment:**
[Natural Weapons: Viltrum Fist] F <Damage: 4> {14pts}
ViltrimiteWeave Costume {woven from viltrimite hair 'near indestructable?'}
Cell Smartphone {no signal}
Digital Watch
Mobile Solar recharging pack 'for phone'
Blue-Tooth Ear buds
Assets:

Gear:
Adventuring Gear ~
???

Abilities:
[HAYMAKER] - [Fighting Style: Viltrum Fist] F, [Area] F {5'ft radius}, [Superstrength] F
- A powerful sweeping full swing PUNCH with all her strength shattering whatever was unfortunate enough to be targeted - Grade F 0 post cooldown

[EVERYTHING IS A CLUB]
[Fighting Style: Viltrum Fist] F, [Superstrength] F
- A frightening display of RAW Power and ferocity as she grabs a heavy object or available foe and wields them like a weapon in powerful sweeping blows with her superstrength damaging both target & club - Grade F 0 post cooldown

[FLYING PUNCH] - [Fighting Style: Viltrum Fist] F, [Area] F {5'ft radius}, [Flight] F {30'ft}, [Superstrength] F
- A full body double fisted flying punch into an enemy or a group of enemies using flight to boost impact, hopefully knock opponents flat or send flying from impact - Grade F 0 post cooldown

[FLYING WALL] - [Flight] F {30'ft}, [Full 'Physical' Resistance] F
- A Swift flight movement into the path of an attack meant for an ally 'taking the hit' - Grade F 0 post cooldown

Background: From an alternate Modern Earth. The Alien conquer's ~ The Viltrimite Empire feared throughout space for their titanic god-like abilities as a race of 'supermen' but their rule brutal and violent composed of a Vast interstellar Empire had come to Earth. Secretly ~ as they were indistinguishable from humans, they infiltrated members within the human populous to expand their conquest.. while an internal Civil war raged among themselves between the stars. Humans, of all species of the galaxy can breed true with Viltrimites bearing offspring with Viltrimite abilities though unremarkable humans have no such superhuman abilities themselves! It was a Miraculous discovery for Viltrum and a chance to swell their dwindling numbers!
However, the Hybrid children were loyal to their Earth Roots and rebelled! It did not go well for them and the Earth was laid waste to. In the final hours Sylvia's parents pushed her through an experimental LevyGate to 'save' her from their fate into hopefully a better Alternate Earth... that's when ASTRA / Sylvia Crest arrived in IH. Alone and lost.

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin picked himself up, dusting off his knees and briefly surveying the remains of the battle.

Smiling he gives Von Mackstein a thumbs up gesture ~ "Good shootin'!"

Sheathing his greatsword over his back he strode toward the revealed Sandstone treasure vault but regarded the still large overcharged crystal over head. But his goal was the sought after Jade Dragon-head Flute with the Topaz-like Gemstone eyes inlayed with gold. He moved to the artifact and picked it up from the pedestal hefting it in his hand for studying the details.

Then something occurred to him... a musical instrument needed music. He walked over to the scroll tube to see if it contained some sheet music...

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin witnessed the results of the parties coordinated attacks with satisfaction.... their opponents badly injured! But the expanding rumbling radial wave of green energy rolling away from the Arena Champions Axe impact, there seemed no escape or cover available to take no way to avoid it.... and already the fatigue of so much lightning use was weighing on him!

There were two ... potential ways to survive the oncoming wave of damaging magic...

Instead of 'leaping into the air rolling with the impact' hopefully avoiding some of it by timing the leap to be in the air allowing the ground effect attack to roll past and under him... Alaerin chose to try to protect his comrades instead..

He quickly moved to step in front of AnoYi and Von Mackstein, switching his Greatsword to a reversed grip and Stabbed it into the flagstones to anchor it and try to counter the power of the onrushing wave with his Thunder Blade and the remains of his Lightning Ward to take the brunt of the attack ... maybe the partial plate armor he was wearing would save him and provide some cover for his companions to finish the fight... if he should fall?

"Get Behind Me!!!"

Actions -
1. Block/Counterstrike Against AoE Radial Green Wave w/Empowered Greatsword ['Thunder' Blade] - [Fighting Style-Swords] E, Blight Lightning F, F - 0 cooldown

2. [Lightning Ward] - [Fighting Style-'Greatsword'] F, [Lightning Blight] F, Barrier F

~ OOC: Regardless of the results of this, I think Alaerin has exhausted his ligthning 'Mojo' for a bit and will be not using its for several exhanges until he's had a chance to catch his breath.

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin makes no comment... save a expected tired expression, as he draws his Greatsword and charges into battle following Von Mackstein.

His Lightning Ward Springs to life arcing off his griped greatsword & partial metal plate armor ~ surrounding him in an arcing nimbus of warding lightning. He moves in on the Headless Axe & Shield wielding giant... moving around the giant to attack from the rear flank to 'hopefully' split its attention between him and Von Mackstein, intentionally if possible placing himself closer to Gutou within 30'ft.

He swings his greatsword invoking his Thunder Blade on the strike... but continuing with the stroke he spins to briefly face Gutou and unleashes his last lightning ability ~ his Lightning Aegis hurling a thunderous Lightning Bolt and a war Cry at the skeleton!

"AAARrrrrGGGHHHH!!!!"

~ ooc: Alaerin is really kinda like Lightning Warrior Raidy, just less sex thus far! 'Snort'

Actions -
1. [Lightning Ward] - [Fighting Style-'Greatsword'] F, [Lightning Blight] F, Barrier F

2. Strike with Empowered Greatsword ['Thunder' Blade] - [Fighting Style-Swords] E, Blight Lightning F, F - 0 cooldown

3. Hurl lightning at Gutou with [Lightning 'Aegis'] - [Fighting style swords] E, Range E, Blight Lightning F

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin paused, and perhaps annoyingly pulled out his journal... and began to sketch the scene of the door and orb locks. Then he moved closer and began to sketch the orange hued hieroglyphics of the bow firing line and beast people running and the depicted fighting circle.

He made sure to make his sketches as accurate as possible... but finally he paused noting the silence around him, "...Oh! Sorry... your waiting in me to open the door ... ah aheh. Ok sorry... got distracted."

He sighed putting his journal away, "... well I think the hieroglyphs might be a sort of warning ~ perhaps. Doesn't hurt to assume it is a warning of possible hostiles beyond the door. So all of you take cover behind some of the pillars or just drop prone. Von Mackstein, would you line up your fullisaders into two flanking firing positions of the door... not directly in front... one standing one kneeling ready to return fire? I'll manifest my Lightning Ward and open the door. I'll draw fire from the center... be ready for... well whatever... pickoff any snipers or charging threats. Here goes."

Alaerin crosses his arms and clangs the metal bracers together manifesting his Lightning Ward an arcing nimbus of lightning surrounding him and rippling across the metal partial armor pieces.

Then gesturing he invoked his Psychokinetic Force Mastery and seized a hold of all three orbs in his shoulder bag and they flew spiraling forth to simultaneously all set in the three 'key' slots for the door...!

Actions -
1. Lightning Ward - [Lightning Blight] F, Barrier F
- Manifested by contact with metal armor
2. Psychokinetic Force Mastery - [Telekinesis] F, Gear[Shuriken] F
- place all three orbs in key slots simultaneously

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alearin tucks the Orb into his shoulderbag with the original orb collected from the Desert Octopus Pit to free both his hands when he notes to sliding crushing walls begin to move.

He grimaces and reverses direction dashing back across the room to go for the last orb... but he does gesture with a wave of his hand using his Psychokinetic Force Mastery and a selection of four heavy steel shuriken fly from his coat to fly to the seam in the floor between the sliding wall and the stone floor to wedge the 'this time' not spinning metal weapons to angle in and wedge into the seam to force/slow the walls progress as the two stone surfaces much deform the hardened metal blades into paper thin sheet metal to progress "Hopefully" ~ even if one or two snap from the weight/stress the effect to be slowing the wall progress.

Definitely going to need more shuriken and or other metal impliment/tools for any future adventures...

Growling in his efforts replying to AnoYi, "...I'm on it furry...keep your pelt on."

Again Alaerin moves through the obstacle course to get close to the last orb... then lash out with his Psychokinetic Force Mastery and snatch the orb into his grasp...!

Actions:
1. Use [Psychokinetic Force Mastery] - [Telekinesis] F, Gear[Shuriken] F
- To wedge heavy Steel shuriken into wall seam and floor to slow crushing wall progress
2. Moving through obstacle course... running as fast as safely possible with his Speed F and Precision F
3. Use [Psychokinetic Force Mastery] - [Telekinesis] F, Gear[Shuriken] F
- Use to snatch the last orb into his grasp

OOC: Sorry about that last use I did attempt too much in one action with Telekinesis. I'll be more mindful to slow my roll in future posts. My Bad!

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Now clad in partial metal armor... Alaerin had more 'options'.

He nodded to AnoYi and moved to attempt the 'obstacle' course... "Thanks for the covering fire Von Mackstein... but I think those Gemstones are not going to fire physical projectiles ... but energy beams!"

Alaerin moved... normally he'd need to have his sword in hand to manifest his Lightning Ward... metal in hand... but now he as partially clad in metal.. he had no need for a sword in hand... pulling on his lightning powers he emitted his Lightning Ward as a surrounding 'Aura' of arcing lightning from the metal plate armor on his limbs as he dashed into the fray... skipping through the obstacle course... and employing bursts of his Psychokinetic Forcemastery to pick up bits of the destroyed turrets to intercept some of the energy beams along with his arcing force field as he made his way to the left Orb first!
If possible he will get within 30'ft of the orb then use his Telekinesis to draw the orb to his hand like a football...

Actions -
1. [Lightning Ward] - [Fighting Style-'Greatsword'] F, [Lightning Blight] F, Barrier F
- Emitted from partial plate armor, leaving hands free to grab orb. Hwe will make use of the Bracers, boulstered by his Barrier to actively parry and deflect incoming beam attacks
2. [Psychokinetic Forcemastery] - [Telekinesis] F, Gear[Shuriken] F
- Use to pick up rubble to help intercept incoming beam attacks and or in the end snatch the orb into his grasp
3. Moving through obstacle course... running as fast as safely possible with his Speed F and Precision F

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin takes the time to add the greaves, bracers, and vambraces to his current armor. Hefting one of the best preserved Bronze Khopeshi curved weapons and he slings it from his waist in a makeshift hanger or with a scabbard retrieved from the corpse remains in the pit...



Following along to the revealed hallway... Alaerin is silent... taking in all he sees. At the Hall of Trails... he will immediately retrieve his journal and begin furiously sketching... the vista... then starts some smaller sketches of the more individual hieroglyphs and the Emperor procession scenes separate from the sketch of the hall...

Eventually, still furiously working on his sketches he comments, "...Y'know we CAN 'Cheat' possibly? I could just pluck the Orbs from their pedestals to retrieve them with my Psychokinetic Forcemastery... BUT I'd rather NOT attempt that. I'm more of a 'In-the-Spirit' of a successfully completing a trail then looking for a cheap win. I can't perceive magic... but I KNOW its real... cheating might trigger a 'magical' trap."

"But I'm not going to make any of you PAY for my stubbornness... give me a few moments... and I'll try to retrieve the orbs the way the Trails are supposed to be completed..."

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin will use his Psychokinetic Force Mastery to recover the bits of armor and primative weapons from the deep sandstone pit. He will also retrieve the oddly round metallic orb.

He will sketch the most intact of the primative weapons and claim that as a trophy... stowing the others in the loot bag. The scraps of armor he is curious as to the type of armor... especially if it is metal plate or scale armor ~ likely the ONLY type of armor to survive mostly intact if a bit rusted being underwater for any length of time... as leather would rot away.

Of course, he will sketch the most intact piece and annotate an extrapolation in notes upon what the rest of a complete set of the recovered armor might have been to the best of his artistic ability.

If any piece of the metallic armor ... specifically bracers {forearms}, vambrace {upper arms}, rarebreace {thieghs}, or greaves {shin-gurads} can be utilized still he will don the servicible pieces. He does not expect any breastplate or cuirass {chestpiece} to be wearable by a non-beastman it was likely forged to fit.

He will examine the oddly shaped orb... but will stow it in the loot bag... though he will allow ANY party member to examine or appraise the artifacts he retrieved.

Turning to the party, "The depths below seem to contain another level of the ruins... but it would be foolish to search that leaving unexplored regions on this level and we might not have enough rope to make the descent safely. The passage on the other side of the pit is caved in an impractical to excavate as we are equipped... you are correct AnoYi... we are NOT an archaeology expedition."

He smiled in jest but continued,"Let's got through the wall opening and see if these 'trials' Gutou keep harping over are more then just another series of traps...!"

[West Empire-Kingdom of Rotia Border] Beneath The Sands

Alaerin is, of course, 'pleased' his ploy worked preserving the party members as he climbed back down to the muddy floor... but was at least mentally chiding himself for not being better prepared. He gestured employing his Psychokinetic Forcemastery to recover his shuriken... and grimaced at some of the mangled and dulled ranged weapons... he should have packed iron climbing pitons, spikes, and rope... much better for such measures if he would have thought with more insight and preparation.

He would have to replace or at least resharpen many of throwing his blades. Also, he realized he would need to upgrade his Journal book protection... a cork-lined hard book cover waterproofed for future explorations to keep the pages and charcoal rubbings protected from water destruction.

He immediately pulled out his journal and began with chalk sketching a quick picture of the Beastly Octopus... absolutely perplexed the HOW and WHY such a deep sea creature capable of surviving ocean depths was 'living' and laired in what was little more then a surface lake ~ to a human that would be like living near the peak of Mount Evererst for countless years... the Octopus could not have been in the best of health ~ Could It?!? The impossibility of it boggled his mind... also science demanded to know what quality of if 'blood' to cause the waters to rise and rush so violently... answers his fantasy adventurer's min told him he'd like NEVER get... in this new Fantastic reality he found himself 'trapped' in.

He nodded to Von Mackstein as he wanders briefly about the chamber sketching a picture of the octopus beast and the surrounding chamber looking for any other exits from the chamber careful at the edge of the vast once water-filled pit trying to see if there were other cave or chamber passages at the bottom or in the walls of the depths... again wondering WHERE all the water went? Water almost always 'flowed to the lowest point'... not rushed up without titanic pressure or forces involved... but nothing seemed evident.. and his mind was reeling at the notion.. but dutifully focused on trying to faithfully record a sketch of the locale as accurately as possible.

He tried to find if there were any more of the Anamalistic hieroglyphs on any of the now revealed damp surfaces or pillars...

He comments, "This whole series of events defies logical saneness.... does anyone see any other passages leading past or in any alternate ways than this chamber?"

Lastly Alaerin looked to see if there are any artifacts valuable or otherwise to be recovered in the depths of the now miraculously empty previously watery pit... any past victims remains or possessions down below? Again his mind reeled thinking ~ 'What did this HUGE creature eat all this time?!?'

If he notices anything loot-worthy in the pit below he will use his Psychokinetic Forcemastery - [Telekinesis] F, to recover anything spotted for closer examination...

Replying to the prissy and effete-like Gutou, "Hold on, keep your cartilage connected 'Skull-3PO'.. we're here to explore AND retrieve the Flute. 'Nothing worth doing is done in haste'...!"