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[ What a silly little group they've formed, and all thanks to Kara's network post. She had messaged all three to gather them for an area exploration session, and their keywords wound up being Paling Fortune's Night Moon. Well, that can't go so poorly, can it? Seems innocuous enough.

They find themselves situated in a murky forest that seems to be...endless. There's no exit in sight. Cool, it adds to the adventure. Kara's equipped with her beginner armor and her fishticuffs, which she seems to be trying very hard to wear with pride. ]

Alright, how are we feeling? Ready to go forth?

[He can't believe he's here with all these children...]

Let's just get this over with.

[This forest looks haunted as hell.]

Try not to get lost, because I'm not going to look for you.

[General you.]

I'll be fine. Let's check this out.

[cuteangel77 wanders forward slowly into the forest.]

So it generated a misty forest at night this time. It kind of makes you think of stuff like the Battle of Minatogawa, right? Which makes me wonder if there's a beach at the end of it.

Battle of what?

[ idly spinning his scythe around, cyno clicks his tongue. this is certainly more his speed; he'll take a forest any day over some kind of hellishly hot landscape. as he takes a few steps forward, he's sizing up each one of his party members. ]

I wouldn't mind a beach though, so if it's something you're familiar with... I'll hope for the best.

[ little does cyno know, the following week won’t be so kind-

Anyway, Kara’s a shortie, standing at 5’0”, but she doesn’t seem worried or self-conscious about her performance at all. She walks forward, just behind Nana, trying to stay aware in case anything decides to leap out at them. ]

Okay, let’s be careful-

[ In the near distance, something shuffles. Then, there’s the sound of something flapping. ]

…Yeah. Definitely be careful.

[Somehow, he thinks this isn’t leading to a beach…]

Sounds like danger.

[He pulls out his fans, waving them in a vague gesture.]

I can only buff one of you at a time, so I hope you don’t get jealous.

[And with that said, he waves his fan and buff’s Kara’s strength.]

Like I would. I should be strong enough anyway, I put, like, a ton of points into defence.

[She wanders forward with a frown, her weapon -- uh, sign -- in front of her.]

What do you think it is?

[ he squints, raising a hand up to his brow. more of a 'looks cool' kind of gesture than anything else. ]

Bugs.

[ at least to him, that's what they look like? cyno grunts. ]

They've got... they're kinda thick.

[ what is with their butts ]

Yuck.

[ She nods at Owen — thanks for the buff — but she grimaces at the bugs. Why their butts like that tho ]

Alright, let’s clear a path. I’m going in!

[ Kara rushes at one of them and winds up for a powerful punch. The buff certainly helps! ]

They look like peacocks…

[Sort… of…

Anyways! Owen’s not about to get killed by some low level bugs, so he’s just going to stay out of the way and keep the buffs up!! You can do it!!

(He feels a bit like a babysitter…)]

They look hideous is what.

[Nana swings her sign at one to knock it hard into a tree.]

That hanging thing looks like abstract art.

[ he puts himself in front of owen. if he's the one offering them all support through some way, then he's the one that needs to be protected.

as one of the bugs catches on and flaps itself over, getting into range... cyno doesn't hesitate. the scythe slices the thing clean in half, causing it to poof into dust. ]

I guess if the point of a creative team is to be creative, they're doing their job the right way.

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They sure are.

[ Kara uses her fists to punch another one out of the way, and then a second that comes flying towards Nana. At least they're pretty easy to get rid of! ]

Hmph! These things are nothing. Let's keep going and take care of any more that pop out at us along the way.

[Well, it's nice to have confidence.]

Be careful that doesn't end up famous last words.

[Though the likelihood of there being any issues with their team composition is incredibly slim... You never know...!]

But I agree. We shouldn't just waste time waiting for the mobs to come to us.

They'll show up anyway, so we might as well press on, right?

[She knocks away the bug that Kara punched toward her, and she starts marching forward, turning her head one way or the other to check for more monsters.]

What kind of stuff do you even think we'll find in here?

Loot, hopefully. Usable loot.

[ the idea of letting anything get wasted is annoying! inefficient! ]

We'll probably find a majority of it in the dungeon proper. I feel like the field is just a way to gauge whether we can deal with the real enemies.

[ sorry bugs, you're not worthy of their time. at least that's what it feels like. ]

There'd better be loot, or this was all in vain...

[ Which, you know. She's not a fan of. She can't imagine any of them would be, too. She keeps moving with the group, keeping her eyes out for any enemies --

and at the corner of her eye, she spots a group of skulls, skittering towards them. Ectoplasm. They seem to be targeting Cyno, first. ]

Look out!

It’d be a bad dungeon if there was absolutely nothing.

[But maybe, just maybe, this is a bad game? Who knows. It’s only been like a week. (At least in the timeline of this thread…)

Anyways, moving well out of the range. Good luck Cyno…! Take a free strength buff for the trouble.]

[Nana steps in front and tries to block, skidding back with a grunt. She swings her sign at one of the skulls.]

Good thing you saw those!

If there's no loot, I'm gonna write a pretty mean email.

[ strength buff? nice. ectoplasm that's going for his butt? not nice. at least kara and nana provide a little bit of time for him to react according, sweeping his scythe around him to knock back a cluster of them. ]

Yeesh! Kinda gross, huh?

[ who would actually like skulls??? ]

Eugh, super gross!

[ She's going to swing at another cluster honing in on Cyno, though she doesn't kill it just yet. Still, it's at least knocked back and open for another attack. There's a final one that diverts its attention towards Owen, and she tries to spin on her heel to knock that one back, too, but alas...she's a little too slow. Good luck, Owen.

Behind the last cluster is one of those Living Dead creatures that also appears to be on the offensive. This one seems to launch itself at Nana. GOOD LUCK x2!! ]

[Ah, shit. This isn’t good. Owen tries his best to dodge, but he doesn’t manage to avoid the hit. It’s not enough to take him out, but it hurts like hell.

He smacks it with his fan, jumping backwards. His damage numbers are low, but hey! Maybe someone could handle this!]

Fuckin’ hell.

[And now there’s zombies. Great.]

Of course nothing can be simple.

[Everybody gets a buff but he only has so much SP!!]

[Nana tries to shield, but the Living Dead strikes her and she winces and skids back. She swings her sign at it wildly.]

Get lost!

[ he's not sure who to help first, but it makes sense to keep the dancer alive? owen seems the most fragile (sorry), so. he should definitely try to get that living dead away so he can supply support in whatever form... ]

Ha!

[ at the very least, a swing of his scythe and the living dead is repelled (14). ]

Come on, we got this!

Just die already!

[ She shouts as she packs a powerful AoE punch that blows a good number of the Living Dead back. That, in tandem with Nana's swing, seem to eliminate that threat...and once Cyno swings his scythe, the rest of them go down. Is this an area clear...?

Phew. That was a doozy. Kara looks around, scans the area -- ]

Looks like the worst is over. Good shit, guys!

[ Time for l o o t. ]

> owen, cyno, nana

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nobody saw the mod journal here

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looks at my dice rolls and despairs

same

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i am ALSO despairing. but we must persist...