Rivieran Nights
[Chapter 1.0 New World]
A/N: Depending on how the last night ended will determine how this morning begins, which is how Summon "Nights" work. (You should read the part that matches with the "path" you chose or read them all and see how hectic Ein's life is could be...). As for verb tensing, after a certain point, I'll switch to the present tense. I'm experimenting with different tenses and after that point, will try to keep the story that way, except for flashbacks and possibly dreams.
Quick thing to remember is that this is my SECONDARY story in comparison to April Fool's Day in Riviera, which I want to finish. Much like the other chapter, this is getting WAY WAY longer than I excepted so I'm breaking them down into chapters. I'm also learning how to be less wordy, not that it will remove a lot of words in the long run.
(Note: Remember to read the notes since they explain quite of bit of what/why something is happening.)
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Ein was in Nelde Ruins with his group. They were climbing to the top of Nelde Ruins to take down the Accursed. Ein, Fia, Lina, Serene and Cierra came upon a chest in a small wooden room.
"Look! Lina sees a chest. "Lina said running up to the chest.
Ein walked up to the chest and tried to open it. Fia followed and watched Ein to see if there was anything she could do to help. Serene followed, trying to calm the overexcited Lina down. Cierra followed suit and everyone heard the wood crack.
"JUMP!" Ein yelled out jumping away from the chest. Serene picked up Cierra and flew here away from the chest. Fia jumped back and pulled Lina away. The chest and the nearby wooden planks broke. The five watched as the old, wooden chest fell to the ground below them.
Ein had a sigh of relief, as Fia and everyone else thanked him.
"Not a problem." Ein said accidentally taking a step forward and slipping. Unfortunately, he stepped on a broken plank and fell.
"EIN!" Fia yelled out.
Serene jumped through the hole, flipped her wings in the air and dove towards Ein.
"I'll save you Ein!" Serene yelled out, increasing her descent speed.
Ein looked down and realized that he was going to land on the same floor as the chest.
He put his feet and arms together and braced for impact. Instead of landing safely on a platform, he broke through another floor thanks to his small denser shape. Ein looked down and realized that he would fall and hit the ground a few hundred feet below, rather than landing on the floor below.
"SEERRREEEENNNNNEEEEEE!" Ein yelled out in despair.
"EEEEIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!" Serene yelled out, flying through the floor.
Ein extends his arms above his head knowing that Serene would be the only one that would save him now. He knew there was nothing he could do that could help himself. His bag was in Fia's hands and the only thing he had on him was his hammer. He watched and waited realizing that he had no choice but to accept fate, living or dead.
[ Continuing from ...The Elder's House or Chappi's House]
Ein kept on falling, as he realized that Serene wasn't going to catch up him. He looked down and hoped for the best. He closed his eyes and braced for impact. A few seconds later, the angel opened he eyes and realized that he "fell" through the surface and was still falling down in the dark cave. He was surprised and noticed that part of the " grass cover" was still stuck on him. He pulled the grass cover away, threw it and watched it fly from his perspective.
He watched the grass carpet fly away towards the light. Ein then noticed a large green spider falling down with a thread attached to its back. The creature quickly dove and captured the angel. His descent quickly stopped as the strong fiber picked up the slack. He saw the vicious eyes of the spider as he realized that no matter what happens he would die. From a bite from the spider or from a bottomless pit, his fate was sealed.
Ein's eyes fixed on the spiders jaw, which opened and closed as if it was saying something.
"Ein. Ein." Someone sand. The angel heard the voice, as his face was drawn closer to its teeth. He felt the teeth, squeeze himself as the voices became louder. Ein felt hotter and hotter as he left dizzy and went to sleep.
This must be the poison the creature... is... using. Ein though to himself as he eyes closed. This.... is how.. I die...?
His eyes opened to the real world, as he saw that he was alive and well. His face was a few inches away from Fia's face, who was holding onto the angel. He peered around and realized that if it wasn't for Fia, he would have fallen off of the bed. Ein felt her warm body pull Ein in with her soft arms peacefully holding Ein. He looked back at her face and her shiny hair which sat atop her shoulders. The angel touched her hand and felt the warmth of another person in bed. It was someone he would definitely never expect.
The angel wondered how and why Fia got into his bed but those thoughts left him and someone quietly swung open the door.
Serene was standing at the entrance with a red face, wondering what Ein and Fia were doing. She quickly ran downstairs remembering that she should KNOCK before opening the door. Against his body wishes, Ein slowly freed himself from her embrace and fell. Once he landed, the angel quickly got up and found Serene, in the kitchen. He had no choice but to explain the details.
After listening to Ein, Serene nodded. Ein turned around and saw Fia.
"Umm...."
Ein said, realizing that Fia could misunderstand the situation.
"I
understand.... Ein explained it all to me." Serene said.
"Th-That's what I was going to do. [4ô]" Fia said, looking back at the angel.
"I- I'll go make some pancakes then." Ein said, as he left the two to don his "Sauce Master" apron. He made pancakes and applecot syrup and started the "important" conversation.
[Continuing from ...the Pixia Residence]
Ein landed on a warm log and felt the life sucked out of him. He felt some sharp pain as Ein was stabbed by the log. There was some blood on his back, dripping from the log. Ein looked around and realized that while he did get injured he was at least safe and living. Ein glanced at his surroundings. He fell roughly fifty feet, and realized that the place really isn't one hundred and fifty feet He looked up again and realized that he was hallucinating from the pain. He realized that his surroundings kept on changing. The trees seem to magically move themselves in front of his eyes. The only "real" thing perceived was the tree he was on.
Ein saw Lina who appeared from the log.
"Ein. Ein. Ein." Lina said to Ein face. The miserable angel wondered if this was some trippy dream or a living nightmare. His groggy mind attempted to contemplate on what to do next. He wasn't even able to hold himself onto the log.
"Ein." the sweet young voice said, closing her arms around her. Ein's eyes closed themselves as he tried to focus his mind. And then....
Ein opened his eyes and saw that he was close to Lina's face.
"Ein." the young sprite whispered.
The angel realized that she was clinging onto him like a shy child to a parent. He saw that there were tears flowing from her eyes, onto his bed.
"Ein don't leave me." the orange sprite said, with her closed eyes.
Don't worry. I won't. Ein said to himself, patting Lina's head. It seems that the simple act calmed her down as the trickle of tears stopped. The angel quickly left his pillow in his place. He quickly walked downstairs and decided to make some breakfast. He wore his "Skilled Chef Approaching" apron, picked up his tools of the trade and started making pancakes. He mixed in some fresh, sliced applecots into the batter and realized what was coming. The smell slowly shifted from the kitchen to the bedrooms. It wasn't long until that alarm when off.
"APPPPPPPLECOTTTTS!" Lina yelled from her sleep. Her voice echoed in everyone else's rooms as the chef was flipping his pancakes. The beauty sleep of the girls were cut short thanks to Lina's love of applecots. The grumpy girls started their daily routine at five but the smell drew them away from that series of tasks. Instead of cleaning themselves, they went straight to the table, just like Lina.
"So.... umm... why were you awake this early." a very sleepy Cierra said with her messy hair with stray loose ends.
"Oh, Lina sneaked into my bed and looking for a sleeping buddy." Ein said, passing the syrup to Lina.
"Wh-what?" Fia said in her wrinkled night gown, attempting to register what Ein was saying.
"You could have asked me if you wanted a sleeping buddy." Serene said, taking a sip of coffee. Everyone was in this semi-sleepy state but it wasn't long until they realized what they were saying.
"Lina likes applecots." the sprite said, pouring lots of golden syrup on her third helping.
"Why did you let Lina into your bed? [3╬]" an annoyed Fia said, drinking her second cup of coffee.
"Lina wanted to help Ein with his sleep." Lina said finishing her plate.
Serene sat there with an embarrassed look on her face because of what she said.
He realized that this situation was going to get ugly and that it could continue for sometime. Ein left them talk amongst themselves until they settled this problem by giving Lina a Teddie bear. After breakfast Ein started another conversation about another more personal issue.
[Continuing from The Grove of Repose...]
"EIN!" Serene yelled out as she came closer and closer to Ein. The angel looked up and watched as his savior would come. He looked down again and realized that he would be saved before he hit rock bottom. Seconds later, with Ein's hand out, he felt Serene's hand and they both descended slowly back onto the ground.
"Thanks." Ein said, looking right back up at the place. He fell at least fifty feet from the lowest level and probably one hundred feet from the girls. Ein remembered that he fell into a building which slowly down his descent, so even if he wasn't caught, he would have probably lived, with a large gash somewhere and a pool of blood around him.
The angel thanked the brave arc and realized that, she has probably exhausted and used up most of her energy. So the two decided to explore, on foot, the darker side of Nelde. He two walked, talked and bonded during their trip. They found some shrooms and other non-poisonous, editable fruit and herbs. The sun was falling as they set camp.
"Can you fly us up again?" Ein asked the tired winged arc.
She gave him a nod and a smile.
Ein packed up and wore his fanny pack, a smaller bag that he always carried with him just like his hammer, in reverse, the bag was in front of him, rather than a back. Serene got behind the wingless angel, hugged him and flew. Due to his large bag, their ascent was going to take more time but she was determined.
Umm. Ein though to himself as he felt here breasts push onto his back. Ein was silent during the whole trip wondering if he should tell her or not.
The angel and arc flew upward back to the others, as the day slowly changed to night. Their love flight was short lived as arrows rang into the air. The arc heard the shot and moved out of the way. Ein felt more of this jiggling motion as he watched, like a child on a scary roller coaster. Serene moved left and right and thanks to her flying skills, they were able to survive the onslaught of sharp pointy objects or so they though. A few moments later, a spell shot the two down.
A slimy shot, came from someone's staff. The goo was on Serene's wings and slowly changed her constantly flapping into a standstill. The arc and her "package" fell from the sky like a bomb. Ein watched in horror as the awesome ride became a date with death.
"Serene what are you doing?" Ein said watching the horrible flight. He turned his head back saw that Serene was hit with some goo that seems to somehow disabled her body. The "sleeping" Serene was still holding onto Ein as he fell. Before she completely lost consciousness, she did a half turn so she would take the brunt of the impact.
"Ein, save yourself." Serene murmured from behind Ein. "I.... always loved.... you." Serene said with the last of her energy. Ein could only do one thing and that was watch. The ground became larger and larger as he approached the surface. Ein closed his eyes a few seconds before impact.
He opened his eyes, a few seconds later, and saw that he was on his bed.
It was just a nightmare. Ein though to himself as he soon realized he was covered in sweat. He looked down and saw someone holding onto him. The person's skin was fair and smooth but it wasn't really soft. The angel placed his hand atop the other person's and moved from the hand back up to the shoulder to see where the person was.
"Ein don't leave me....I want..... to be.. with you."a voice said. Ein pondered if he was just half asleep. As he was tracing he felt something move right behind his back. It became apparent that it was Serene who was holding onto Ein, for some strange reason.
"I ....love....you." Serenegently whispered in his eye. Ein though about it and though that she was dreaming and somehow sleep talking. Ein moved his hand on top of hers and slowly freed himself. Before the hands went off of him, someone came into his room.
Fia opened the door and wanted to check in on the angel. He was an a strange position, with Serene "hugging" Ein again, who was trying to free himself.
Her face grew redder and redder as she came to the conclusion that she should KNOCK before entering.
Tears started to appear on her face and she ran away screaming, from the pain of love, or so she though.
Serene awoke from her slumber and soon realized what she was doing.
"What happened?" a semi-sleepy and shocked Serene said in a quiet tone.
"You were sleep walking and you ...... went into my bed [4ô]." Ein explained in a gentle yet annoyed tone.
"Did I .....do anything else besides hug you." Serene said holding onto Ein's pillow.
"Well.... you confessed your love to me [4ô]." Ein said in a disappointing tone, since he assumed it was a joke.
Serene blushed and turned away from the ignorant angel. She assumed the worst and thousands of different thoughts came into her mind.
Should I follow through with the confession? Should I leave it at that? Should I just sleep in his bed every night? Should I act more feminine? Gahhh, what should I do after I confessed.
"You were sleep talking right?" Ein said, breaking her train of though.
"Yes I do too." Serene said, turning and revealing her tomato red face to Ein and bowing to him. One second later, she realized what the angel was asking. "A ha ha ha. Yes I was." Serene said sticking her tongue out.
Why can't I say anything right. [4ô] said to herself.
"At right, I'll make breakfast. What would you like?" Ein asked the arc.
"Pancakes." Serene said, getting up from the bed.
So the angel went downstairs to the homely kitchen, attempting to explain, to Fia, what happened. Afterwards picked up his cooking tools, and stared making breakfast for everyone. He still wasn't use to the idea of someone sleeping and watching over him in his sleep.
[Continuing from The Magical Guild...]
Ein fell and fell until he saw a forest down below. He flew past a tree and got stuck on some branches. He looked up and realized that it was going to take a while for Serene to find him fifty feet above the ground and five feet from the tree tops. So the angel attempted to free himself by pulling his shirt from the sharp "hands" of the tree. He tugged and heard a loud, sharp cracking sound. The angel looked down and saw that the tree was going to fall.
Before he could even pull out his hammer, the tree tilted off of its base and slammed Ein into another tree.
The wingless angel fell back in the strange and bizarre reality. His eyes opened to something black. He turned around and came up face to face with Cierra. Like a hangover, everything was coming back to him. He remembered how he had issues trying to get the mages to believe that there are no such thing as ghosts. He reasoned and rationalized what was supposedly true.
The witches didn't accept that and continued to cling onto Ein until the three came to the light in Lina's and Fia's house. They then parted ways as an exhausted, tired, sore Ein jumped into bed without a second though.
Ein studied her face and notice its mature, "aged" look. The scarlet witch looked much different without her usual hat and she looked a lot cuter. He then noticed that it was Soala who "pushed" Ein onto Cierra. In her dreaming state, she looked much different. She looked more like a normal girl, without her mage outfit, with her hair freely flowing to each side of her face and her black pajamas revealing her midriff.
Knowing that it would be very bad if he was caught in bed, with the two troublemakers, Ein carefully got out of the bed but not before having though of Cierra and Soala as maids. The image of the two in maid outfits lingered, as he quietly left the two and looked at the clock. He stopped the alarm, at 5:55AM, and decided to make some breakfast.
Five minutes later he heard the two scream. Fia, Lina, and Serene quickly got up and went into Ein's room, without knocking.
"EIN!" Fia and Serene yelled out, feeling as if they were cheated.
"Yes?" Ein said, appeared from behind the girls in his "I'm the chef." apron with a spatula in one hand.
The angel came upon a strange and bizarre scene. It seems that Cierra and Soala were kissing on his bed. The girls would probably say they were making out, without Ein strangely, but the angel would say that it was an accident. They assumed that Ein was in the black shirt with a skirt but why would Ein wear a frilly, feather skirt?
Regardless he had to ask a more person question to the group later on.
[Continuing from … the Undine Spring]
Ein landed on something very soft and very smooth. He looked down and saw that he landed on some air contraception that inflated itself to save him, aka a large shroom. He played around with this device, which he never saw before, pushing up and down on it and wondering how it worked. It was a large air bag that somehow appeared underneath him. The safety device was mostly uniform until Ein noticed two lumps on the surface. He felt the strange semi-sphere like shape and smiled. Thee jiggly shape intrigued him, as he continued to play with the shape.
He heard a strange shape sound and realized that the air bag was deflating. The sides rose up as Ein sunk in the center. He panicked and looked around, trying to climb up the walls but it was useless. The sides were dry and ungrippable. The angel fell into the black hole that would be called the center of a leaking air bag. Fate has sealed Ein's dream and pulled him back into reality.
Ein's eyes quickly opened as he fell back into reality. He awakened to Lina sleeping on his stomach. The angel wondered why someone was trying to sleep on his stomach but realized that answered when someone else turned next to him. Cierra turned and her face was a few inches away from Ein's. Slowly he became aware of what happened yesterday. Ein went to his secret spot atom the hill overlooking Elendia. He watched himself knowing that this would be the last time he would see Elendia. The girls revealed themselves wondering what Ein was doing and was, quite frankly, wondering if the angel was even sane. Ein realized that they had reason to worry , due to his strange mishaps... but he believed they were going to far..... Especially when they decided to "watch over him" in his sleep.
The angel turned his head away from Cierra to look at the clock . He came close to the gentle arc, who was peacefully sleeping next to him. He attempted and successfully ignored her young, pure face and turned a bit to face the clock. It was around 6:05 AM, the time Ein usually wakes up when he's starting his trip. The angel returned his face to Lina and carefully picked her up and left her on Serene. He got of his bed and Cierra roll next to Serene. Ein had a feeling of what was going to happen and quickly left. Before he did though, he looked at his right hand, that was feeling the strange semi-spheres and realized what he was touching. He left that sinful world as he started to make breakfast.
"AHHH!" an arc screamed from Ein's room.
Ein ran upstairs with his "Master Chef" Apron and a fire extinguisher, a stone that sprayed water.
"What are you two doing [3╬]?"an extremely annoyed Fia said, in her green sleeping gown that went a feet below her waist. The green sprite loved her beauty slept and hated it when other people were interrupting it.
"Uhhh." Ein started to stay when he appeared right next to Fia. He saw, what would be, one of the strange scenes. Serene was trying to push Lina away who was apparently kissing Cierra in her sleep.
"Why do you have a fire extinguisher?" Fia asked, wondering how Ein got dressed and how he left his "love nest."
"Oh I though there was going to be a fire." Ein said, showing Fia the rock. Before Fia could respond, there was indeed a fire. There was some magical powder left on Cierra when she started reaching for Serene's face. The scarlet witch push Lina aside came closer to a embarrassed Serene as she started whispering in her sleep. Serene's face slowly matched the color of a tomato as she attempted to free himself from this "prison". Cierra started to move her fingers and starting to bring up the heat. Her words and the powder, which started to set in Serene's shirt, started to burn.
"Spoke too soon." Ein said as he started spraying an icy substance towards the three.
The ice rock sprayed slimy ice out of its small nozzle. It was a strange contraption Claude give to Ein in case of a fire, such as this. The trio awoke from their cold slumber and realized that Fia and Ein were watching them.
Lina was chasing them and swinging her arm senseless while Serene was throwing pillows at them. The mature Cierra conserved her energy and though about how she would attempt to not be caught in this type of strange position with other people again.
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The five, after that situation, has breakfast as if nothing happened, but the thoughts still lived in their minds.
"Just because your my guardian beast do not mean you sleep in my bed." Ein tries to explain to the others. They frown at his response because of what happened the last time.
"But didn't you roll out of your bed because you had a nightmare the last time we prepared for a trip?" Fia asks Ein.
"Didn't someone try to attack you by throwing a stone through your window?" Cierra says.
"Didn't you almost fall four stories when you were sleeping in Nelde?" Serene say, concerned that Ein could very well be injured by his unconscious mind.
"Look, just because some bad things happen when I'm asleep doesn't mean, it will ALWAYS happen." Ein says attempting to explain himself once more. He soon realizes how futile his attempt would be. They ARE his GUARDIAN beasts and will attempt to guard and save him, apparently from dreams and strange events that happen to him, in the night, as well.
He sighs and the six, counting Rose, leaves Elendia before 7:00AM. As one could guess, there would a clash between man and a stray moments after they exited the town.
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Ein quickly sees some slime creatures appear from the ground. These gelatinous green colored, red eyed monster looks like they are hungry. The green being, formed a mouth with a large blank cavity and starts to growl.
Without saying anything else, he pulls out his sword and charges ahead with his blade in front of him. The girls notices Ein's strange reaction and followed suit, knowing that the enemies are nearby. Before, they could even see the red eyes green gel, Ein vanquishes the stray beasts. In one fluid motion, with his large backpack pf assorted and materials weapons on his back, the angel swipes and destroys the slime. The liquid-based created moaned in displeasure as they faded from reality.
The girl's are unphased by Ein's quicker reaction because he is after all a grim angel that has prepared himself countless times. Because of that, the angel is much more skilled in combat and skills relating to combat. The girls have practiced many times but are unable to fully match Ein's instinct, reaction time, and fluidity. Fia and Lina are faster that Ein, but their attacks aren't always the stronger. Serene and Cierra have stronger attacks but lacks the speed. Ein himself isn't a specialist but because of his versatile nature, he is able to adapt and fight in strange situations.
"Well that was easy." the angel says storing his blade back into his holster. The surprised girls watch as Ein continues as if nothing has happened.
Ein and his crew continue on their journey heading towards Tetyth. Once noon struck, their stomachs start to growl as they start to set up lunch. Ein decides to make their lunch site on a hill with a beautiful view of their goal, Tetyth City. The sun is high up in the cloudy day, as Ein left his group with a bucket. He set off down the hill, since the group forgot about filling their canteens. Serene surreptitiously follows him to make sure that he isn't attacked. Cierra and Fia are setting up their lunch of fried dragon's meat and pinekuat, a bizarre fruit mixture of a pineapple shaped fruit, with a pineapple outer core with a kumquat filled inner core and seeds bordering both parts.
Ein went down the grass hill towards a nearby hill. His roughly five gallon sized bucket slowly fills with water as he watches the surroundings. Ein set his filled pail down and starts to fill his metallic silver bottle with water. He lowers himself on the ground and starts drinking directly from the stream. The soothing cool water fills Ein's mouth, cooling him down. Serene watches, from a nearby tree and pulls her scythe. She dashes forward, ready to swing.
"Die." Serene said, swinging the weapon in an arc. A nearby kobold, who was curious about Ein's bucket, is struck, perishes and fell on the ground.
Ein quickly got up and looked at Serene, wary of a sharp scythe.
"You weren't trying to sneak up behind me and hit me with the blunt end for no reason right? [3╬]" Ein said, with his annoyed eyes meeting Serene's.
"Oh haha I.... was taking out Kobold." Serene said pointing with her weapon.
The dead body, drew the attention of its kin, as more appears from the distance. They approach for the sole purpose of revenge.
"Last I checked, kobolds aren't demons or creatures consumed by them. [4ô]" Ein says, watching its relatives. "I think you did a bad thing." Ein said, pointing to the creatures who are revealing themselves.
"Err..." Serene said, in a sad tone. She slowly understands her grave mistake.
"And that's why you don't attack everything you see. " Ein says running down the hill with his bucket in one hand and Serene in the other. The speedy angel lures the kobolds and led them on a stray path down the hill. As the lizards fades in the distance, the angel dashes into the woods, and watches as the ruffled creatures went down the mountain path.
Ein gives a heavy sigh, since it would take them sometime to get back up to the vista, even without their bags. He turns his head and sees Serene with a red face. He curiously ponders and then lets go of her hand.
"Sorry." Ein says, with a joyful smile.
"Th-that's ok." Serene says, losing her tomatoish color.
"The coast is clear then. Let's go." Ein says, leading Serene back up the hill. During this short trek, Serene is somewhat silent, responding to Ein's questions and sometimes nodding. Ein asks about her battle techniques and the general affair.
"So have you been to Tetyth before?" Ein asks as they approach the picnic zone.
"No, but I've heard of it before. My friends say its a really large place where people could exercise all they want. Its in a large cavern with its own sea. The city was originally built atop the cliffs to protect itself from intruders. Very few people know of that place actually." Serene explains to Ein.
"So where have you two been?" Cierra says, taking a few bites out of her sandwich.
"Lina didn't see you guys after you both ran away." Lina says, munching on some applecots.
"Did you two just run away to some place, after you got some water Ein?" Fia asks. She is bewildered but very curious with their actions.
"Well.... apparently I....."Ein starts to say
"Ein got attacked by a kobold." Serene said interrupting Ein. "So I attacked it and we got chased by them. Ein managed to get us out of the situation and that's what happened." Serene explains to the others in a non-conspicuous way.
"Ye-yeah that's what happened. Ein says, handing Fia the bucket of water.
"I see." Fia warmly says, heading the bucket off to Cierra, who promptly fills her bottle. "Here." Fia said, handing him her green handkerchief. Ein sits down and brushes the water drops off head. He hands the wet towel back and receives his dragon meat sandwich. The hungry angel, violently eats his sandwich and consumes it much like a monster. His crude, manners surprises the girls, as he devoured a three pound, eight inch tall slices of loaf with dragon's carcass, Swiss cheese, lettuce and bacon, in just five minutes.
He licks his fingers, cleaning it all off, when he notices the girls curiously watching him. Even Rose, who knew her master, never saw this side of him before. He looks around and then behind him, but there is nothing but a serene, peaceful, azure sky.
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A/N: This is quite a bit longer than I had expected it to be, hence why the update takes a lot longer. Will it take the same amount of length for the next update? Only time will tell.
If your wondering why Ein is sick.... its because you never EVER see an ill hero save the world in a story.
Combining both fighting aspects of Riviera and Summon Night, fights are in real time with the craft knight, Ein, always leading the group into the fight. The exception is when Ein isn't with his Guardian Beasts or when he orders someone else to initiate the first strike. Fights happen in real-time with each person acting independently, unless directed otherwise by Ein.
Ein's strength/stats- overall he isn't the strongest but he is the most versatile. Serene can do mostly more damage, except for Disaresta and the god weapons, Longinus and Fanelia. He is slower than mostly everyone and has weaknesses, except for the WSC version. In short, Ein is a bit strong but the characters are balanced. However, that isn't the case in Summon Night. In Summon Night, the main character, gains more stats and eventually IS a god that can do whatever he/she wants. While, at the point, the character can rely on Guardian Beasts (they too also level and become godly with magical powers), the main character is strong enough to take down mostly everything faster, except for hidden ultimate bosses . This is why Ein, in this story, is a bit stronger than the girls from the start and will only get stronger. The girls will also get more magical powers/ techniques but remember the whole point of Summon Night is to be self-sufficient and independent until that fails....
Riviera/Swordcraft Story [DATA]
Riviera [DATA]
Arc(Race) -Arcs are creatures who have wings and can fly. Their non-feather wings are permanently attached onto their backs and so arcs must wear special clothing, with holes to accommodate the wings. This makes it much harder for them to change upper body clothing ,torso, and armor. From the story, players learn that Arc's live in Lacrima Castle and their race is mostly destroyed, when Ein arrives at the Castle.
Combat- The "Player" first selects the combat formation and characters to place in each position. Then he/she selects the weapons and tools to use in the fight, a total of four items maybe brought in at any one time. The team, consisting of three selected characters, MUST share the four items and use them when needed. Combat is turn based with faster characters/enemies (greater SPD) going first and slower characters/enemies going later. The move/attack that character's use will also determine when they will go again.
Max amount of items- the group can hold a total of 15 items, including weapons and other tools. Most all items have finite usages (denoted by x#) and are considered to be, one unit. Basically put Sword x5 is one sword that can be used five more times.
[Location]
Lacrima Castle, in Chapter 2 of the story, is the location where Ein, Fia and Lina teleport to ,via a magic circle which is a basic teleportation device powered by magic. There they investigate the site and why the search party went missing.
Summon Night [DATA]
Combat in Summon Night Swordcraft Story - Unlike Riviera, the "Player" is instantly put into combat with his/her last weapon equipped. With few exceptions, all fights start with the craft knight/lord and can switch to the Guardian Beast. The guardian beast can: fly in to cast and sometimes maintain an offensive spell, fly in and cast a defensive spell and leave, use an item on the craft knight OR switch out with the character. The main character can hold three weapons in combat;his/her hammer, in combat, to switch when needed; and four additional support slots for Guardian Beast spells or items to be used. Each weapon can have one special attribute (Note: In some cases the player has to charge it to use it, which is why Ein chanted a spell BEFORE he used the special.) and one special attack. Guardian Beasts can only be summoned five times (six in SNSC3) before he/she is left alone for the rest of the fight. (Note: Guardian Beasts do not use weapons that are created by the Craft Knight. They only a few use weapons, primarily in their special attacks but that's it. They rely solely on magic and mana.)
Craftknight holding everything- One of the more stranger unexplained details of Summon Night, it seems that Craft knights and hold an inhumanly large amount of weapons, materials, tools and reference material. In SNSC1, the main character can hold over 150 weapons, and a few hundred different materials with different quantities. In SNSC2 and SNSC3, the number of weapons has decreased, but the number of items has increased.
[Definition]
Craft Knight Ranking System- There are craft knight ranking systems, within the Summon Night Swordcraft Story Series, that I forgot to mention. While the system itself doesn't influence combat, it does determine how powerful of a weapon one can make. However, for the purpose of this story, its assumed that Ein is a skilled enough to make any weapon.
CraftLord- From SNSC1, this title implies that the person is rather skilled at making weapons and is one of the seven elite. There are unique perks that come with the title, like free usage of any of the meeting rooms and halls, for personal purposes, and access to the secret passages in the official buildings, just to name a few. CraftLords are bestowed with a special title like the CraftLord of jade and one can only obtain the title to replace the existing person, if he/she is ill, dead or chooses to leave the position. Because of that, very few people get to become CraftLords since people generally don't leave their position, think Supreme Court Justices. (Note:CraftLord and Craft Lord are both syntactically correct.)
CraftKnight- From SNSC1, mainly, this title implies that you are knight. There are at least thousands of CraftKnights in the major towns. To become a Craft Knight, one must become an apprentice under a Craft Knight guild and learn the arts. Once he/she passes a certain point, he/she is given a Guardian Beast to work with, rather than their master. Economics-wise, they can make a decent amount of money, selling finely crafted weapons to armies and such. Furthermore, they can explore at their leisure, provided that have a way to get to a place. So long as the place isn't guarded, they can explore it and fight the enemies. (Note:CraftKnight and Craft Knight are both syntactically correct but I prefer Craft Knight, since you would say it two separate words.)
