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Who ❄ Michel, various
What ❄ memshare and assorted overflow
When ❄ ~August
Where ❄ Lumina Cloth carnival
Content Warnings ❄ child abuse and violence, captivity, torture, gore, pet death, transphobia, misogyny, TBA. Specific warnings in headers.


[ Plotting post here! ]

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[ Is he disappointed he missed the chance to say something? No, it's nothing. ]

Neither have I. Perhaps it would be worth making another forum post to compare findings.

[insinning]

Mm. Mithrun probably has a lot of information to share too.

[Akatsuki hasn't been around in awhile. He wonders if she got bored of the game.]

[userunfriendly]

He seems... methodical about his research.

[ Somewhat mechanical, if he's honest. Not that Michel is one to talk. Anyway, into the dungeon they go! ]

[insinning]

He's very dedicated...

[If there's one way to distract Sinclair, it's worrying about other people!

Into the dungeon they go and then rip their overthinking brains tbh]

[userunfriendly]

[ And this is how they manage to get a non-plot area to give them a migraine... ]

Do you run many dungeons with him?

[ Michel blinks at the desert stretching out around them, making the smear of green of a forest in the distance look more than a little out of place. But it's not a volcano. ]

[insinning]

A few times. He likes to go more often than I do though.

[Ah. Peaceful green. No burn effects here!!]

[userunfriendly]

Does he? He didn't seem to be very familiar with games.

[ Mithrun might make a good distraction for Sinclair as they make their way across the desert. And Michel does wonder about the man, conveniently enough. ]

[insinning]

It might be why he's so dedicated to it.

[Oh Michel, you sweet summer...adult?]</small.

[userunfriendly]

[ Please Sinclair, don't rob him of his last hopes in the world. ]

Because he's learning? ...Understandable. [ Kind of. ]

[insinning]

Mm... even if he takes it too far sometimes.

[ Never forgetting finding Mithrun baked in the sun tbh. Into the forest dungeon they go, what monsters will they find first???]

[userunfriendly]

"Too far"? Pulling allnighters already?

[ Or rather: he's a little concerned just what counts as "too far" to Sinclair.

As they step into the woods they're greeted by more deadly presents, looking even more out of place here than a volcano. ]

[insinning]

...have you run a mission with him?

[ Smashing those deadly presents well out of here. He's getting a bit sick of these, but that's okay!! he wont set this area on fire at least]

[userunfriendly]

Not yet. He was looking around the cathedral. Why?

[ And poking where the dangerous statue was, which should probably be enough of a clue.

Michel stabs a present to dispatch it briskly, one eye on Sinclair. At least it looks like the presents aren't going to set him off again... ]

[insinning]

[a pause as he tries to explain what has happened]

He used to get really reckless with testing the limits of everything. Even if it didn't suit his class.

[ONWARDS to the next part of the dungeon]

[userunfriendly]

That's logical, for a beta...

[ It doesn't sound so concerning when Sinclair puts it like that? Michel pauses at the sound of approaching clanking before several Goblin Knights march through the underbrush towards them. ]

[insinning]

Yeah, but it's...mm.

[Cutting that thought off as Goblin Knights come marching in. Time to fight? Time to fight. There's a little more gratification in running a Goblin Knight through than a deadly present]

[userunfriendly]

That can wait—

[ Time to fight! From the look on Michel's face, he preferred the presents. Blade Brandier shines more against solo opponents, and an entire pack of little goblins...

It's also somewhat disconcerting fighting more humanoid NPCs. He's trying not to think about it as he aims for two with an Ogre Sword, focusing on keeping Sinclair from getting surrounded. ]

[insinning]

What are these--

[None of them are really equipped for crowd control!

But that's okay. Sinclair is a tank, and he's also a tiny bit vicious sometimes with how he fights. He uses a brandish to draw the aggro to help Michel pick off the stragglers and then focuses on normal attacks to pick off the goblins one by one]

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[ Hopefully not too much aggro. Michel settles into a divide-and-conquer, targeting one after another. Though they're more strategic than most...

One goblin lands a hit on his upper arm while he's tangling with another, and he startles, almost dropping his own weapon as he lets out a hiss of surprise. It's not that such a weak hit hurts all that much. But he'd forgotten -- he always has that disabled. ]

[insinning]

[That has Sinclair moving in automatically to drive through a goblin with a critical hit from a Thorn Dance. He has pain sensors on too. But it doesn't seem to phase him as the Goblins basically plink off his armor]

Are you okay?

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[ Michel gives a quiet grunt of embarrassment and shakes his arm minutely, renewing the attack and spamming Sword Flash to cover his lapse. ]

It's nothing. I forgot that I adjusted my settings.

[insinning]

...ah.

[Checking his settings, which can't be adjusted mid-run. He'll just keep sweeping through all these goblins, one by one]

We'll have to be careful then.

[But they're almost to the end point of the dungeon, what other monsters will they be hit by?]

[userunfriendly]

At this level, they won't be a problem...

[ Actually. Maybe it wouldn't be terrible to let Sinclair focus on being careful. As long as he doesn't go overboard tanking.

To Michel's relief, the last wave of enemies on the roster are distinctly less humanoid. ]

[insinning]

[Humanoid or not, Sinclair has no qualms about fighting any monsters. Drawing out a brandish again--time to smash his way through some rocks!!]

--it seems like that.

[userunfriendly]

That doesn't mean you need to pull all of the aggro!

[ But from the pattern of dungeons so far, there's no reason for Michel not to exhaust his SP here. He launches into a flurry of attacks, not particularly concerned about drawing attention back from Sinclair. ]