Okay folks, it's time once again for some more Gamer of Fate.
Now I really don't have much to say except I've got a lot of writing I'm planning on doing today so I'm gonna stop yappin' and start writtin'
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Well, we got to the Fire Tribe Village without hassle and Rinkah brought us to a hut that held little more than a bed that she laid Corrin in.
"How long do you think she'll out?" I asked.
"Normally I'd say she'd probably wake up soon." Kaze said, "However it was Rinkah who hit her so I'm not too sure."
"I don't hold back my swings." Rinkah said, pride clearly evident in her voice.
"I'll be waiting outside." Kaze said turning around and leaving the hut.
"I hope Corrin isn't out too long." I muttered to myself as I sat next to her bed... 'And now I'm wishing I had some reading material.'
Oh wait... I wonder what I can learn from my Gamer Abilities menu.
'Menu.' I thought.
[[Menu]]
[Stats]
[Inventory]
[Skills]
[Help]
I sat there thinking about what to check before deciding to check Skills, see if I can get hints from it like other Gamer's could from a 'Title' system.
[[Skills]]
[Here in the Skills menu you will find the skills that have use in Combat.]
[Rally Type Skills can be used once every minute]
[Unlike in the Fire Emblem series, you can activate Active Skills whenever you want, however the number of times you can use an Active skill is based on the Activation Rate of the Skill in conjunction with your Skill stat. Each time you attack and the Random Number Generator would activate the skill for any other character, you get one extra use of the skill for that battle.]
'Can I get an example?' I thought, 'I've always worked better on example.'
[EX- Sol: Activation Rate = (Skill)% / whenever RNG creates number Equal or lower than Skill = +1 Use of Sol for battle]
[RNG create's number with every attack]
'Okay I think I get it now.' I thought, 'So do I get any hints for skills?'
[[Current Skills]]
[None]
[[Skills to Unlock]]
[Lancefaire- Defeat 50 Enemies with Lances/Naginata's (6/50)]
[Swordbreaker- Defeat 15 Sword/Katana Users (1/15)]
[Axebreaker- Defeat 15 Axe/Club Users (1/15)]
[Lancebreaker- Defeat 15 Lance/Naginata Users (1/15)]
[Bowbreaker- Defeat 15 Bow/Yumi Users (1/15)]
[Shurikenbreaker- Defeat 15 Shuriken/Dagger Users (2/15)]
[Tomebreaker- Defeat 15 Tome/Scroll Users (0/15)]
'Okay this is all pretty helpful' I thought, 'But I don't exactly have a use for hit and avoidance rates, those are all on my reflexes. So what the heck would I get out of the 'Breaker' skills.'
Still, Skills like these will no doubt come in hand some day. Especially because I can just have them all on me at once and destroy everything... Well, everything that tries to kill me anyway.
"Ngh..." I heard Corrin groan.
"Hmm?" I hummed dismissing my menu screen and looking at Corrin, and saw she was waking up, "Hey Rinks, Corrin's waking up."
Rinkah glared at me, "Never call me that again." She growled.
"Huh?" Corrin said as she sat up and looked at Rinkah.
"Ah, you're awake. Sorry about that bump on your head." Rinkah said.
"Bump?" I asked, "We're lucky you didn't crack her skull."
That caused Corrin to look at me, "Irwin?" She asked.
"You feeling okay Corrin, No dizziness?" I asked.
"No, a little groggy, but fine." Corrin said before she looked at Rinkah, "And you... From the Flame Tribe, right? Where are we?"
"Yes, I am Rinkah." Rinkah said, still a little irritated about my nickname for her. "This is a Flame Tribe village within Hoshiso's territory and I'm going to hand you over to the Hoshidan authorities."
"I see." Corrin said sadly, gripping the sheet's of her bed tightly, "I suppose they'll want to hear an explanation for the unprovoked attack. And then they'll probably execute me."
"I don't think so." I said, causing Corrin, "Form what I've seen so far I doubt the Hoshidan's are going to execute you for a soldier going rouge."
"You mean you know that Hans wasn't following orders?" Corrin asked.
"Well I didn't hear any word exactly." I said, "But from the fact that your motions and moving mouth were seemingly indicating for the dumbass to stop I think it's safe to say he wasn't following orders."
"Anyway, it's time to go." Rinkah said making her way to the entrance of the hut.
"Gods... they're here already, aren't they?" Corrin asked scared as Rinkah left the tent.
"Not really." I said, "Just that Ninja that Rinkah and I left with."
"You mean... Kaze, right?" Corrin asked.
"Yep." I said, "By the way... I saw what happened to Gunter, I'm... sorry for your loss."
"He was the one who taught me everything I know about fighting..." Corrin said sadly, "I'm going to miss him."
"I know you will." I said putting a hand on her shoulder, "I just wish I had a chance to get to know the guy a little."
Corrin then looked at her arm, the one she turned into that massive lance-like appendage, "I'm guessing you saw what came after that right?"
"I did." I said, "It was rather unusual I have to admit, never before have I seen a partial transformation like that... I wonder what is is that makes you different from your siblings... what it is that has your Dragon Blood so much more potent."
"You think it has something to do with the blood of the First Dragons?" Corrin asked.
"I do." I said with a nod. Well I already know, it's the blood of Anankos, direct lineage to a dragon, unlike the other Royals of Nohr and Hoshido.
"Hurry up in there!" Rinkah shouted from outside.
"We'll finish this later I guess." I said.
"Hopefully we can figure this out." Corrin said as she got out of bed, grabbing Ganglari from beside the bed and attached it to her hip.
'I loathe that damn piece of metal...' I thought.
We stepped outside and saw an irritated Rinkah and a much calmer Kaze waiting for us.
"We meet again, Kaze." Corrin asked.
"Yes." Kaze said with a nod, "I'm glad we found you, Princess Corrin."
At that moment, Kaze kneeled in front of Corrin.
"You are? Wait, am I missing something?" Corrin asked.
"Yeah, you guys never really explained to me... then again I never asked." I mused.
"Please come with me. All will be explained." Kaze said.
"To where?" I asked.
"Castle Shirasagi." Kaze said.
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About two hours into our walk to Shirasagi I turned to look left to ask Corrin something that has always bugged me.
"So Corrin, do you mind if I ask you something?" I asked.
"Sure, what is it?" Corrin asked looking at me.
"Well, why is it that you don't wear any shoes?" I asked, "I've met dozens of the Beast, bird, and wyrmfolk in my travels, but they always at the least worn footwrap, why do you chose to walk barefoot?"
Corrin simply giggled, "I've always found shoes uncomfortable, no matter what I wear on my feet they just never felt right."
"Fair enough." I said shrugging, simple question simple answer I suppose.
However at that moment I felt my boot stick to the ground ever so slightly, causing me to stop and look down.
"Huh? What wrong Irwin?" Corrin asked, causing Kaze and Rinkah to stop as well.
I was standing on the right most side of the road, while Corrin and the others were a bit closer to the middle of said road, when they saw what I was looking at Corrin gasped.
I had stepped on a dying puddle of blood.
Kaze quickly stepped over and put his fingers on it, "It's recent, someone must have been dragged into the forest." Kaze said pointing to several other spots of blood that led off into a small wooded forest.
"We need to help them." Corrin said drawing Ganglari.
"You think it could be any of those?" Rinkah asked.
"No this is the work of bandit's." Kaze said, "Those things don't drag off their victims."
"What are you talking about?" Corrin asked.
"I think we should focus more on survivors right now." I said.
"He's right." Rinkah said, let's go.
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Not too deep into the forest we found the bandit's a small group that consisted of a Spear Fighter, an Archer, and an Oni Savage, all of which were using brass weapons.
On the ground was a young girl, in her late teens I think, on the ground next to her was a snapped yumi. She had several cut's on her body, nothing too severe but they did look like they hurt.
At that moment another figure stepped out of the forest, this one female, and she walked in between the group of bandits, however that wasn't the most notable thing about her. Rather, it was the fact this woman seemed to be a Kitsune, dressed in a red robe and hood.
"You pathetic hunters." The Kitusne woman spat as she kicked the young girl, "Thinking you can just come around and hunt my kind."
"I-I didn't even know you were here.." The woman sniffed, "I just came to get some food for my family."
"Well then next time you should probably keep a better ear out little girl." The Kitsune said, "If there is going to be a next time."
"Hey, Sub-Human!" I shouted as Corrin and I stepped out of the tree's, Rinkah and Kaze right behind.
Now, the term 'Sub-Human' may not have the same effect on other Beastfolk as it does on the Laguz, but it's sure one damn good way to piss them off.
This was evidenced by the fact that the Kitsune went ridged before she spun to me, "What did you just call me?" She snarled.
"What are you doing to that girl?" Corrin demanded as she held Ganglari out, pointing it at the Kitsune.
The Kitsune smirked, "I'm just teaching her a lesson to not go hunting all alone." She said slyly, "After all you never know what kind of monsters you might find out here."
"Your pathetic." Rinkah said.
"What do you have against her anyway?" Kaze demanded.
The Kitsune's eyes narrowed, "It's human hunters like her that have caused my kind so much strife over the years!" She shouted, "They've hunted my kind and out pelts just for money!"
"So you're just attacking any hunter you find?" Corrin asked.
"Yeah, plus these guys here get whatever they want from teh people we kill off so it's a win for all of us." The Kitsune said with a shrug, "Well, except for the hunters."
"You're despicable, I hope all Laguz of Hoshido aren't so pathetic." I said pulling out my Naginata.
"I'll show you who's pathetic." The Kitsune said as she pulled out a Beaststone and transformed into a giant fox with blue flames rising about her.
"I'll that the Oni Savage." Corrin said, "Kaze you handle the Archer, and Rinkah can you deal with the Spear Fighter?"
"With pleasure." Rinkah said.
"I guess that leaves me with the... What kind of Laguz is that?" I said, playing dumb once again.
"Kitsune." Kaze said.
"Thanks." I said nodding, "Wish I had a Beastlance now..."
At that moment the Kitsune woman leapt at me with intent to bite my head off.
[[BGM begin: Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn-Battle of Pride]]
[Kitsune Lvl 4]
[HP: 19/19 STR:7 DEF:2 (-2)]
[Weapon: Beaststone- MT: 6]
Yeah the thing about Kitsune, they aren't exactly melee proof, best if they fight a mage.
So as of right now I'm basically getting suicide attacked, and a moment too late I saw the flash that signified a Critical hit, and a deep bite bit into my shoulder before I threw her off.
[Irwin Lvl 3]
[HP: 22/22, STR: 9, DEF: 8+1]
[Weapon: Iron Naginata- MT: 6]
[Critical -12 HP]
'Shit that hurt.' I thought, 'Can't afford another thing like that.'
So while the Kitsune was in the air I slashed at her with my Naginata, knocking her back and dealing 15 Damage.
The Kitsune landed on the ground and leapt toward me once again, attempting to bite me. I did not plan on letting that happen so I decided to let her do the work for me, I held out my Naginata and in turn the Kitsune's eyes widened moment's before she was impaled on my Naginata, taking out the last of her health.
The Kitsune woman then shift's back to her humanoid form and looked into my eyes, blood starting to drip from her mouth, "You... you're not human, I... can smell it..."
She went limp on my Naginata soon after.
[[OST End]]
[+110 EXP]
[Level up!]
[+1 HP]
[+1 Skl]
[+1 Def]
[ +1 Res]
'Nice.' I thought with a smirk.
I looked around to see that the rest of the bandit's had been taken care of Corrin had also reached Lvl 4... Probably going to need to check her stats soon aren't I? Maybe later... once we get to Shirasagi for sure.
I pulled my Naginata out of the Kitsune as Kaze went over to the young woman hile Corrin walked over to me.
"Are you okay?" Corrin asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, she got a good hit on me but other than that I'm fine." I said rubbing my shoulder, which did have blood on it, but no wound.
"Where? I don't see any injuries?" Corrin asked.
"My little Branded trait." I said, "My injuries can heal, but it's only skin deep so in all actuality I'm still pretty hurt."
"Do you have any Vulnerary's?" Corrin asked.
"Yeah." I said pulling the small bag out of my pouch.
Corrin took the Vulnerary from my hand and opened it us, "Here, drink." Corrin said handing it back to me.
Looking inside the pouch I realized it was more of a waterskin than a sloth sack, so I swallowed a mouthful of the liquid before closing the sack, "That actually tastes pretty sweet." I mused.
[+10 HP Restored]
Not a full heal, but I'm sure I'll have recovered by the time we get to Shirasagi.
"Thanks." I said re-sealing the waterskin, "Though I could have done that myself."
"Well you never know, it might have been too painful for you to open it with an injured shoulder." Corrin said.
"Um... excuse me." A young female voice said, I turned around to see it was the voice of the girl we helped.
"Yes?" Corrin asked.
"I... wanted to thank you for helping me." The girl said as she held out a small red crystal drop, "I know it's not much but... here."
Corrin took the item, and in the background I noticed Kaze had one as well. A Strength Drop, something to permanently boost the users Strength by 1.
"Thank you." Corrin said, "Can you make it back home on your own?"
The young woman nodded, "I hope we can meet again someday." she sad before she ran off.
Corrin looked at the strength drop in her hand before putting it away in her pouch as Rinkah and Kaze approached.
"We should continue onto Shirasagi now." Kaze said, "f we hurry there will be plenty of time left in the day."
"Alright." Corrin said as she sheathed Ganglari and followed the two out of the woods.
I however stuck around just a tiny bit longer, taking the Beaststone from the Kitsune's hands, "You may not need this anymore, but I'll see if I can find someone who will." I said, mostly to myself, before following the group.
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Alright folks, that's the chapter.
My original plan was to have the group go straight to Castle Shirasagi, but after getting delayed by two days on writing this I had the idea to put the group in another fight on the way there.
Anyway I'll see you all next time, there's going to be a team tournament thing going on in Fire Emblem Heroes so I've got to start training my unit's extensively. I've got a chance to get 30 Orbs out of all this so I'm gonna to try my best to get those orbs.
