Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 0:26:18 GMT
Back at the guild hall January sat among the wooden tables, and the large stone floors. It wasn’t shocking that this building held so many people. Even if it wasn’t so busy right now, January found himself walking across the stone humming to himself a familiar tune from his childhood. Each step reminding him of how grateful he was for his guild and his keys. Though had he made any super close friends in the guild? Mmmeehh maybe not. Though he did make one. Orion was pretty chill dude, and he was drinking a lot.
Maybe he had to find a way to be more of an adult? Perhaps that was what people thought was too much of him. He didn’t think his youthful charm was a turn off to people his own age, but sometimes it was clearer than bottled water. Looking around he noticed the drunkard in the back, enjoying himself, with what little free time they had these days. Running over to him like a puppy running for a treat, his hands slammed on the table, “oh my gosh are you okay!”
HP: 240/240
MP: 100/100
LEVEL: 01
ATK: 12
DEF: 6
AC: 6
HEAL: 0
STAM: 12
Level: 01
MAGIC.
Defense
Attack 1. Hit or miss.
Attack 2. Hit or miss.
Damage received: ??
Conditions: ??
Offense
Standard Action.
— Attack Roll: z3|j3q1W + 6
— Condition Roll:
Bonus Action.
— Effect: ??
Potential damage: 12
MP used: 0
MP regenerated: 10
Inventory
Basic Dagger rank 1.
Orion Prima
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 4:56:04 GMT
Orion still sported some bruises from the fight, but the biggest change was the ice pack now sitting in between his legs. It had been a brutal attack, almost k.o.'d the man, but he survived. The healer also said that he would still be able to spawn children, even though the healer was really unsympathetic about it. Apparently if his children were anything like him, they didn't need a single one of them running around Rhyolite.
The man sighed, then looked up as he saw the mage responsible for the ice bag. "Hey hey! Look who the cat dragged in, the nutcracker!" Orion laughed out loud as his joke, before waving the man to join him at his table. The whole guild was back for the night, and it was quite lively. "Go grab a drink!"
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 5:39:51 GMT
Well at least Orion remembered him, and even gave him a nickname of the nutcracker. Which made January laugh. Considering how the man worked, only made him enjoy this name that much more. “Hey! You deserved it,” he scolded back with puffed cheeks. Granted the people of the guild seemed to cheer him on for treating the man’s sac like a punching bag. Jan laughed when people made their comments, but was Orion really that deserving of it that people say he was?
“Okay!” the wolfman responded only to run and grab a beer for the man, and a rather...childish drink for himself, an apple juice. “Here Orion!” he passed it and sat down across from him with eyes purely innocent and juice being selfishly sucked up through a curly straw. “So is everything okay with your grundle!? Like I hit it pretty hard,” he mused.
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 5:45:09 GMT
Orion thought he deserved a lot of things. A lot of money. A nice house. Maybe a nice and easy job. He'd also like to think he deserved a woman who'd love and cherish him as he would her. But a crack at his nuts? He definitely deserved it.
"I mean...you didn't have to hit it so hard..." Orion grumbled, taking a sip at his drink. The man held the ice bag tighter to his nether region, the slight movement making him wince in pain. The healer said it would be okay in about a few hours. But Orion wanted it to be alright about an hour ago.
"It's all good though, it was a smart move." He had to admit, it was something he would have done as well if he were at a disadvantage. A bold and savage move. "But your fighting leaves much to be desired. Tell me, why do you rely on your spirit only?" It was a genuine question. Something he needed an answer to before he can make up his mind about the new member.
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 5:56:09 GMT
Oh well that was a decent question indeed. Why did he rely so much on his spirits to fight for him? Did he fear getting hurt? No… maybe? To be honest it wasn’t really something he thought about before. January’s eyes turned to a slow blank state as he absently drank the juice. This question proved to sting him a bit more now that he wasn’t in the heat of the moment of a battle. To be honest he wasn’t aggressive by nature, which was strange for his animal part to never be prevalent. He’s rather be a friendly guy and get along with people.
His eyes traced back up, and then down to his keys as he brought them up to the table, “I don’t know…..I don’t know how to fight I guess…..” January paused as he tangled the straw around his fingers like a vine. “I’m more of a hindrance in a fight, I have no real why to do anything, I’m small and was never raised to fight. I’m more of the sweet guy who’d sell you stuff! But i’m brave and want to help the guild for helping me!”
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 5:59:54 GMT
The man didn't know how to fight. Orion watched him. Orion felt his ball sack cry out with a slight movement. The man definitely knew how to fight, the evidence was giving him too much pain at the moment. From what Orion could see, January needed to learn how to fight properly. The man needed to channel his strength, or his wit, or even his speed. He cannot always rely on his spirit.
"See, I know you can fight, buddy." Orion pointed to his crotch, "I think what you lack is the confidence to fight. The confidence to stand-up. Sometimes its hard. Being peaceful is in everyone, but fighting is a different arena." Orion paused, "Plus, you can't always rely on your spirits right?" It might sting his ego, but it was true, spirits were not reliable at the end of the day when you're faced with a situation where you can't summon them.
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 6:21:48 GMT
He wasn’t wrong. January knew he couldn’t rely on his spirits forever. It would be impossible to make it work in his favor on the battlefield if something was to stop his keys from being summoned, or he ran out of magical power. In the back of his mind he always thought of turning tail and hiding until the situation was remedied, but then again if he was the only one there or he was the backup, then he’d be buried in the dirt. It made him bite his lip in anxiety.
“I have confidence!” he retorted with a more exasperated tone. It stung, but it was true. There was a lack of spine in to actually go in and fight. Maybe he’d have more confidence if he’d defend himself, but he never could feel confident with skills. “I know it’s different. but….I don’t feel….like I’m good at it thought. It's soo...All I got is a stabby and the rest of my body. It’s not enough to protect me.”
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 6:26:00 GMT
Orion just watched the man, and took another sip from his Stein. The beer was decent, but the conversation was more interesting. Usually Orion would have gone through at least five mugs of beer already, but he was distracted. The man in front of him needed more experience. He might have confidence as he said, but it wasn't showing. Still, he would give January the benefit of the doubt.
"Nobody is ever good at it, bud," Orion shook his head, "Fighting is not something you're born skilled, it's something you learn to do as you go along. How much fighting have you done so far anyway?" The Celestial Mage was a newbie, a green mage, but he had potential, "And what do you mean stabby? Is that...a weapon?" He couldn't remember the man using a weapon. Maybe he had just blanked it out during the fight.
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 6:45:42 GMT
“Yeah I haven’t done a lot of fighting! That’s why Daji is helping me and Set too!” he cheered a bit, trying to be optimistic. Which was true. The two spirits were trying to make their master stronger, as their friendship was strong. Though in the end January was always the one that tethered them to the mortal realms. That being said though, the trade off was that they took the brunt of his fighting. Yet he had failed to learn anything from the clearly suprior being.
“I always thought fighting...would come in my blood at some point….It’s normal for beastskin! They have the animal and instinct to survive, claws and all…. But I’m only half...so I struggle with the animal,” he tried to make an excuse before pulling out the rather stumpy dagger. “This is my stabby. It’s just a small dagger...not really enough to do anything with it,” he paused once more frowning some. “What about you! How did you learn to fight?”
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 6:56:34 GMT
"I see, Orion nodded. Having spirits fight for you was fine, and was a sign of a Celestial Mage. But those mages were the weakest of the weak. Orion wanted the guild to breed strong mages, and that kind of Celestial Mage did not belong in this environment. "I think we'll need to get you to start working together with your spirit, instead of letting them do all the work." It would be difficult, but it'll help the man improve leaps and bounds.
As he continued to listen to January's explanation, he couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic. He himself thought that fighting was in his blood, being the son of two mages. Yet he learned the hard way that fighting was more than just being born into it, rather it was acquired knowledge through experience, "I like the blade, close combat style. And to be honest, I learned to fight by fighting other people, by going on missions, by just putting myself out there." He looked sideways at the man, "Have you gone on a mission yet?"
January Mayberry |
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 7:10:29 GMT
It was true most celestial spirit users, who just popped their key virginity were among the weakest. Mainly because they originate from a kind place of friendship. They were more about the bond then the combat. Then again bond was strengthened through hardship. So it was sad. He needed more friends, or at least prove to Daji and Set that he deserved them in some way. Perhaps that’s why Medusa refused to allow herself to be summoned by such a man.
“I don’t try to make them do all the work…..just also happens,” he tried redirecting everything. Though the next question made him pause, and at least become awkward around the other man. “Well uuhhh I did the nice missions! Like uuhh? Helping little old sick people!” he nodded. “Anything with fights….no not yet” he shrugged, “I haven’t had any real danger to my life,” he listened deeply sliding his cup to the side, “So you learned from doing it a lot. I guess all those scars make sense,” January proceeded to stare into space, “I don’t know...how I can do it without getting killed,”
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 22, 2019 7:19:15 GMT
Orion watched the man. He had a plan in place already, and it involved taking the newbie out for a spin with a mission in hand. Something simple, maybe just a n extermination quest. Then he'll have him do all the work. It was a brilliant plan, gave January the needed experience, and gave him the needed money for booze. It was a win-win situation. But he'll save that bit for later.
"Well, you'll need to stop letting it happen. You have a weapon, you've gotta use it." Orion replied, looking for another pint of beer. He had ordered a few more, and was anxiously waiting for it, "And yeah, it's all in the hands-on experience, you know? If getting killed is what scares you, then you need to stop thinking about that. This life? This mage business? It's always life or death. Out there, we're all food to something that's stronger than us. So, what do we do?" Orion paused, waiting for the man to give him the answer.
January Mayberry |
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Cait Shelter
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 25, 2019 1:07:42 GMT
Well Orion was an interesting man, and he was wise, like an older brother that had been through hell and back. That and January was a fresh mage that couldn’t fathom being good at a fight. Maybe the man was needed to awaken the soul inside of him to fight back. To learn how to battle like some kind of badass though could just slash a mountain in two. “Yeah. I don’t know how useful it is,” he paused biting his lip again.
“I don’t know if I’m afraid to die,” he paused thinking again, “But I wanna be strong to! Friends are nice to have and I like the guild a lot.” he mentioned thinking, “So uuhh will you help me,” he leaned closer to the man giving a giant smile, “PPLLEEEAAASSEEE”
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BEER! [social/closed]
Sept 25, 2019 1:52:34 GMT
"Any weapon is useful. All weapon can kill." Orion looked towards his own katana. The blade had been with him through thick and thin. It had killed enemies, been used as a skinning knife, and had also been used as a walking stick at some point. But it is a weapon first and foremost. It was made to hurt and to kill. "Your dagger, what do you think you can do with it?"
Orion was taken aback by the man's exuberance. Instead, he turned towards his beer and drank it in one gulp, before ordering more. "This guild is built upon friendship." Orion's tone was tense, as though holding something back, "I would help you, but then you can't just rely on other people. See the cycle? You have to rely on yourself too. Your spirits. Your guild mates. One day they might rely on you as well, and the relationship is not a one-way street." He looked at the young man, hoping his point was put across.
January Mayberry
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