Private Ilmea's Lament Tricks of Trades

[Mio Ban]

It had been an exciting adventure for Mio, a small tip, a small treasure hunt, nothing she would bother her usual partner over though. It was going to be a small score she thought, a simple treasure left by pirates and bandits who were still very much alive as opposed to the usual treasure trove left behind by the legendary dead ones. If there was some decent equipment there, she'd hopefully be able to afford something nice for the coming week for food without relying on cheap junk. It was with such hopeful anticipation that Mio found herself hoping down from a small fishing ship with a wave and a thank you for a free ride to a small island that concealed a small disheveled ruin that was her target.

With her things organized, including her inks and exploration tools Mio began to set out with a measure of caution, pushing her way through bushes, over tree roots and overgrown paths. These small ruins surely had a history Mio wasn't that aware of, but she hadn't come for some kind of historical artifact or piece of art, instead brushing off the occasional fancy broken pillar or decorated wall as she proceeded further to try and find evidence of gatherings and parties pirates might have during a break. "Lets see... It was inside one of the ruins, deep down, a little dangerous but what're the odds pirates are still here huh?" She mused, but an occasional footprint only made her wearily laugh. Not wanting to attract any dangerous attention she began covering her tracks with her tail. The long fox tail brushing the soil and grasses to try and hide traces of her as she passed by.

Along the way she got more and more anxious as time passed, trying to make sure she was armed and ready she tensed and flexed her fingers, black shadow dripped down from her sleeves until black ink stained her hands and became thin delicate claws. Likewise the shadows form her tail's furs began to thicken and cover her tail tip until it was churned and pointed as a calligraphy brush giving it a quick sweep to make sure the tip was properly formed before continuing. Occasionally along the path she'd mark a tree, a wall a point with a mark to make sure she had an escape route, slapping some ink on them as she went with the tail. Her ink had always been her most useful weapon and tool, so as she continued onward she made sure it was prepped and ready. Just as she began to approach the entry point though, she paused by the door, peering inside the wide opening a few times, seeing it lead down. The torches were still lit, but Mio mused about how best to sneak in with only one entrance.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Getting into a lost island was a perfectly reasonable thing for a newbie to do. Yes, Ronja wasn't exactly in her right mind when she decided to take a flight toward the ocean, hoping to find places to explore that were beyond the visible sea.

She avoided most of the water danger that surrounded the region, and thankfully the weather was nice enough for her to not get hit by a lightning bolt.

Ronja, however, never tried to fly for too long. Using the magitech jets from her feet proved to be much more energy-consuming than she calculated, so when she found herself on the island, her energy was as short as 13%.

Worriedly, Ronja knew she couldn't try to fly back to the mainland, wandering around the island in the search for a power stone, only to eventually find some ruins. After analyzing the entrance for a moment, she judged that there could be some sort of magical source inside of the ruins that she could take advantage of.

Well, the only advantage she took of was to take a stroll, with her soon finding herself entirely lost in those ruins.

Her despair only grew, and after having to run away from some unexpected enemies, her energy dropped to zero.

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A few hours later.​

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Ronja, at that point, was already trying to struggle to move. Her quiet and frozen figure rested in the middle of one of the many corridors of the ruins. She could vaguely hear and feel her surroundings, after all, she was nearly waking up once again.

So far, she has been lucky to not be caught by any enemy, despite being there for hours, but soon... She heard a step, and another, and another. Approaching and making her panic internally while she couldn't even budge a movement. Her eyelids shook and her biomagitechnological breathing became erratic. She wanted to run away, but she couldn't.

What was going to happen? Just a few more seconds and she would have her 10% energy to flee!

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

"Lucky Lucky~" Mio thought, after entering the Pirate's secluded area in the ruin, Mio had been careful, stealthy, trying her best to move without drawing attention. The most important part was securing escape routes and distractions in emergencies. What she found after a short while of discreet exploration though was a Magia, a robot girl? Definitely something worth money right? It made Mio smile brightly as she approached Ronja, but her ears twitched at the sound of others coming as well. Pirates were a hassle to deal with, Mio could do a great amount of damage with sneak attacks and confusion but she still didn't wanna have to fight them if she could avoid it and just grab loot.

"Welp, first we gotta hide huh?~ Let's go~" Mio spoke trying to grab Ronja by the shoulders. Ronja would be able to see Mio's tail suddenly dart upwards and split, from one to two then two to three tails as they began drawing on the wall using the pointed brush-like tip. Once the door had been properly drawn, Mio's magic activated, the photo realistic door was pushed inward by Mio's foot as she began dragging Ronja into a small closet sized room carved out from the stone of the ruins. It was small, a little cramped perhaps, but for Mio who was used to moving between walls, floors and ceilings it was easy for loot.

Though she set Ronja up against a wall, the closed door resealing back into a wall once it was closed, she kept one ear pressed softly to the wall to listen to the other side while looking at Ronja. "Lets see now-- Eh? Are you a player?" She asked, when she finally got a minute to check the girl she had initially classified as 'loot' she used inspection mode only to find a player name making Mio frown. The robot girl was a player, she couldn't sell something like that, if Ronja confirmed, Mio would further deflate. "Ah... crud." Mio would sigh, thinking it was a bit of a loss.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja eventually managed to open her eyes, with her energy being about af 9,8%. It was nearly there, just a little more and she would be able to react.

Thankfully, the woman that appeared seemed to be just a player or some adventurer. Being held by the shoulders, Ronja could only stare at Mio silently and be moved away, struggling to try to muster any word while her 'savior' kidnapped her away.

Being placed by a wall as if she was a broom or whatever, Ronja once again watch helplessly, with her energy being at 9,9% for a while now, and the woman's words of realization making her try to nod along in confirmation, but not even her head budged--

At least until her energy finally reached 10%, and her body abruptly moved again.

"Aah-!" She gasped, as if she has been holding her breath until now. "R-Ronja is a player, yes! D-Don't sell her! She isn't valuable!" She pleaded, whispering-shouting while leaning closer to the stranger.

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Almost twitching, Mio would advance towards Ronja, reaching out to try and again trying to grab her shoulders. She wanted to shout, but shouting might alert the pirates, instead, the safer consequence was to just shake the poor girl who was low on energy to try and get out her frustration and sense of loss. While not necessarily shaking the shit out of her, Mio still gave her a heavy shake. "My moneyyyyy--" She murmured her distress so as to not attract attention.

She did however, calm down soon after letting it all out, seeming slightly deflated. Though for a moment she considered still trying to sell ronja, but she couldn't sell a fellow person from reality. "Okay... okay I won't sell you, it's fine." She spoke, almost pouting, even crossing her arms, after all it was her fault trying to count money that wasn't in her hands yet. There was still the pirate's loot though, and whatever drew them into the ruin in the first place. Though that didn't explain why Ronja was collapsed in the ruin though.

"Did you get beat up by the pirates and left for dead or something? You seemed pretty out of it, do you need me to heal you?" She offered bringing an inky hand closer. Though Ronja would be able to see it was covered in black ink, Ronja had no stains on her own body despite Mio touching her several times, as if the ink didn't paint anything Mio didn't want it to. "If you're that beat up you can stay here and heal for a while, but this closet won't be permanent, my traps don't last forever." She tried to advise, the hollow technically being a trap-- A Pitfall installed on a wall, it was a type of trick she learned trying to use her skills as creatively as possible.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Mio advancing toward Ronja made her stagger for a moment, with wide-open eyes. She was going to get murdered, she was really going to get murdered and have her body parts sold on the black market! What a cruel ending!

With the shaking occurring, Ronja clenched her lips shut to make sure she wouldn't let out any noise, screaming internally while she heard the 'moneyyyyy' like a lamenting phantom shrieking quietly its worst regret from its living moments. When Mio, pouting and dejected, revealed she wasn't going to be sold, Ronja just suddenly hugged her tightly. "Th-Thank you, thank you. Ronja wouldn't know what to do if she was sold-" She did her best to not be too loud about it. "Ronja will compensate you for it, she promises. You saved her from the pirates too." Ronja said, gently letting Mio go from the hug and looking at her, rubbing her neck.

"Ronja's HP is full, after all this time it increased to maximum. The problem is that Ronja is at a very low energy, she got to zero while exploring this place, and she got stuck. Ronja was very luck you found her." She said with a worried voice, rubbing her neck.

"What Ronja really needs is some magic energy source so she can recharge." She admitted, pursing her lips and then looking back at the woman. "What's your name, by the way? Ronja is Ronja Bubblyfoot."

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Shaking her head, Mio was disappointed by the loss, something that mechanical like an android or robot would make her a good tidy sum, specially if cute someone would buy it, and she'd have a nice stretch of cash in reality to be comfortable with. Pushing her sense of loss away the best she could though she glanced down at Ronja curiously. "Mmm, compensate me how? How much?" She asked, a bit more excited and animated. Her tail swishing back and forth behind her as she waited for a number hoping it was big.

When she said her problem was low energy though, Mio tilted her head in confusion. "Eh? Energy huh? What do you use huh? Fire? Electricity? Mana?" Mio couldn't help asking while tilting her head. She wasn't sure what might be able to help the girl, but she seemed worried about her situation whatever it was that she needed. "Eh, if you can show me I might be able to help." Mio offered blankly since Ronja was so troubled there was an opportunity to try and see if she could help at least if Ronja was going to compensate her.

If Ronja managed to show her one, Mio wouldn't hesitate to try and touch whatever the girl was using to charge with her inky hands, even if it was a little invasive. She would try and poke, prod, to try and understand before tilting her head. "Want me to just make more?" She offered a blindly bizarre alternative as if it were a simple thing to do.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

How much-

That girl just thought of money, that was the only explanation.

Ronja cleared her throat, raising her finger. "R-Ronja doesn't have money, but Ronja is an inventor, or at least she is working really hard to become a great inventor. She can enchant items and everything, she has a wide arsenal for that, despite her low level... So maybe she could help you whenever you want? Be it for business or just for personal use." She said, nodding to try and convince the woman that she wasn't trying to bullshit her (and she really wasn't).

When being told to elaborate, Ronja was quite straightforward: "Magic sources, so mana would work." She nodded eagerly, knowing that the 10% of energy she had would only last a few hours, so she had to recover as much as possible as fast as possible.

"What it is... Hmmm-" Ronja reached for her inventory, quickly pulling out a small mana crystal and showing it to Mio. "Ronja uses that. This one is opaque because it is already fully spent. But it can be anything else, a fountain of mana, other magitech machines, enchanted items, all sort of things." She explained, letting Mio touch the crystal as much as she wanted.

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Mio pouted, not having a monetary solution was difficult for her, she counted on in game money to survive in reality after all. Instead of panicking like before though, this time it was a bit more understandable, she didn't mind stealing, but she didn't want to fleece someone who seemed as innocent as Ronja. Though a bit bitter, Mio shook her head with a musing expression. "Mm, I make a lot of my own equipment usually. I'm sort of a special case I guess, unless you can make me some kind of fancy special ink with unique properties?" She asked tilting her head. When mentioning ink, Mio would elaborate on packed ink stones or dust in particular as opposed to liquid ink. That would be a suitable enough upgrade for Mio if that was the case.

Holding the crystal and hearing Ronja talk though, Mio frowned, looking at it from one side to another. After a few circles around it, Mio's tail would swing upward, the pointed tip resembling a calligraphy brush would briefly touch one of the stone walls behind her, slowly trying to imitate the appearance little by little. Drawing it on the cave wall. After a series of strokes of her tail though, the ink would gradually elevate from the rock when the line art was done before she began trying to ad shading and glossiness if there was any. Though she said the full ones weren't supposed to be opaque, since she didn't have a full one on hand, she ended up drawing an imitation of an empty one. By the time she finished, it would slide down the wall, like a wet sticky octopus rolling down before her tail trued to catch it and bring it around.

"Something like this? Does this work?" Though it still looked a little wet, Mio was able to hold it in her hand, though it had clearly been a drawing Mio just made, it had become a physical object with her abilities. The ink still solidifying. There was a touch of prana in it from Mio's own magical abilities, but she wasn't sure how much was good, so she casually exerted a moderate amount of effort to create it rather then trying to exhaust herself producing a tool that might not even work. "Could you use fake one?" Mio asked offering it to her when it was dry enough to, the ink feeling like rough sand paper, not particularly solid, but strong enough to not break if dropped.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Ronja... Ronja can duplicate items, the more powerful she gets, she will be able to go and duplicate special items you may have. Yes!" Ronja said, raising her finger, trying to quickly think of things that could be benefitial for Mio. Maybe the duplicated item wouldn't have as much quality, but it was still some profit to be made.

When Mio mentioned a special ink, Ronja blinked curious and tilted her head, leaning in to try and understand what she meant.

"Fancy ink? Do you mean you make runes or something?" Ronja wondered, watching intently while Mio did her work.

When the magic solidified, Ronja perked up surprised, holding Mio's offer gently before holding on it. "Maybe it does." She wondered, closing her eyes and holding the magic close to her chest.

After a moment, the tips of her blue hair brimmed, with her hair billowing gently as if a soft wind brushed it away.

She could feel her Energy raising, albeit slow, but faster than before. The regeneration went through until she had about a quarter of her max energy.

After blinking, Ronja looked at Mio, smiling warmly. "Ronja thinks it worked! Ronja's energy has 26% now." She looked at Mio cheerfully. "Thank you so much!"

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Mio tilted her head at item duplication, it seemed like a nice way to earn money but when it came to duplications Mio was pretty skilled in that field as well. The fancy ink though was more alluring a deal for Mio who couldn't copy things without some artistic medium. "Mm, Something like that, I use it as a weapon, as a medium and resource, I also like painting." She explained even as she finished the creation of the fake ink mana stone for Ronja.

When Ronja was testing it, Mio explained while leaning against a stone wall. "I can make anything out of Ink, even fantastical things, like this hole in the wall isn't real, I drew it with ink-- I can make traps too, pitfalls, springboards, arrow walls, rolling boulder traps. Some equipment too like goggles or lights. I need ink to do it though, the quality of the ink changes the quality of the work." Mio explained with a small shrug. She created things through painting them, some were merely functional, like drawing a lightbulb and causing it to suddenly spark brightly and illuminate a space. Other times it could be more real, like drawing a trap door and causing it to fall dozens of feet onto a collection of spikes that weren't real but would kill something all the same. Whether it was making doors in walls or becoming a 2D being herself on a wall, Mio's skills almost entirely revolved around art.

When she cheerfully thanked her though, Mio panicked, reaching out her hands to try and cover her mouth almost frantically. "Sssshh!!" She'd pause, glancing to the false wall. For a moment it seemed quiet, but they'd be able to hear muffled voices through it. "Ey, you 'ear that?" "we got rats again?" "Fucken rats men, always botherin us free folk." You could even hear them spitting as they walked. Mio was tense for a little while, but as long as nobody forcefully pushed a hand through the wall they wouldn't find out it was made of ink. "Haaaa... Thank god they're stupid... Hehe, I'm glad it helped thouogh. I don't think I have enough magic to fully charge you though." She spoke, leaning her head to one side wondering what to do. If a moderate effort only gave the girl 15% even if she tried her hardest she might only squeeze out 30% maybe 40% more. Mio was unfortunately a rogue before she was a mage. She wanted to help, but couldn't think of a better plan.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Woah, that sounds very flexible. Ronja is still learning how to craft all sort of things too, but she works with Magitech and Arcanamancy. This ink thing... sounds more practical." She crossed her arms, wondering if she should have gone to this path. Being an artist in real life would help her to-

Wait.

Under excitement, she rose her tone and, "You are an artist too-?!"

"Mmmph-?" Ronja's words were suddenly interrupted by Mio, and she side glanced with wide open eyes at the 'door' when the bandit spoke, dropping her stiff shoulders when it seemed like they didn't really notice their presence, thinking they were rats.

At Mio's words, Ronja tried to hold back a giggle, feeling warm at the kindness. "It is fine, Ronja thinks with 26% she can manage about three hours, it is plenty." She said, confidently despite getting herself stuck exactly for not understanding how energy spending worked properly.

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Mio tilted her head nodding along. Ronja seemed to understand the nature of her ability or at least the value in it, but she shook her head in answer to the girl's thoughts about her masteries. "It's just because I use more Masteries to do it. Rogue Arts mix the ink dust and stones turning it into a shadow-y liquid to paint with. Illusion magic creates the appearance of my drawings being physical and Evoke super imposes them onto reality making them real. Magitech allows me to create functional traps and designs, someday Arcanamancy would allow me to paint physical weaponry as well." She explained with a bright smile. "It's only because I use all of my masteries to do it that it's so good~ If you want, I can help you with your masteries too~" Mio offered, suggesting that Ronja should think of how she could also fuse and combine all of her masteries into a single skill or technique.

After the panic of the potential pirate encounter though, Mio exhaled a breath of relief, and smiled brightly. "Mm, I'm an artist, a starving artist-- But an artist." She commented bitterly, it was why she was so desperate for money and cash in Terrasphere, there was a market for gold and items in ever game, usually illegally, when the game was also illegal, that made the prices more favorable. Considering one couldn't set up bot farms for Terrasphere to corner a market either, it meant that some normal person like Mio could earn her way as a struggling college student.

The part about 3 hours was good news though, nodding her head, she would stand upright, brushing any stone dirt from her butt before turning towards the 'false wall' that was the door they used. "If it's 3 hours, we might be able to clear out most of the bandits by then. Maybe they'll have some stuff that can get you going too... And I can get the coin~" She spoke, as bright and sunny about loot as ever.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Oooh, that explains everything." Ronja nodded eagerly, taking mental notes of the very creative uses of Mio and her masteries. "This must be tough to organize though." She crossed her arms, considering it for a moment until an offer snatched all of her attention.

"Wait, you would really help Ronja with this?" Ronja perked up, excited about the potential help she could receive. Honestly, she was in a huge necessity of help regarding how to use her build, something that so far she has picked up just anything that sounded fun enough to go with. "Ronja would love to, and once again she would be very grateful and owe you one. Something that... Ronja is starting to owe a lot." She frowned, but decided to ignore it.

Ronja then tilted her head at Mio's bitterness at admitting she was an artist. In another hand, the Magia was cheerful about it. "That's great! You and Ronja should paint something together someday. She is an artist herself." She said, pausing for another moment and listening to Mio's strategy with a nod.

"As long as you can guarantee we can defeat them, Ronja is ready to fight." Ronja nodded.

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Mio nodded along, glad that Ronja seemed to understand, after all it took Mio a lot of work to set up her character and choose her masteries. She really put a lot of time into thinking how best she could be the greatest rogue with her skill set. Since she wasn't a thief or rogue in reality, she needed a way to bring her skills from reality into the game and she did that through art and ink. Being asked if it was hard to organize though, Mio shrugged, not finding it particularly difficult. "I don't think so, maybe if you used the UI and had to push a bunch of buttons to use your skills, but I've always sorta had a good imagination. If I can draw it, I can usually do something with it." She offered tilting her head to one side. She was a skilled painter after all, though she rarely got a chance to use that in reality, here she at least could use her skills to be strong.

When Ronja asked her about helping though Mio nodded, slipping her hands into her kimono like pockets as mused. "Mm! I don't mind, it's not a big deal." Though when she said she was starting to owe a lot it made Mio grin brightly. "Hehehe~ Well, if you wanna make it up to me, you could always supply me with fancy ink~ Or maybe some snacks or drinks~" Mio offered brightly, clearly liking that people owed her but getting more serious at the girl's frown she tried to bap the girl gently on the head. As if playfully punishing her for her frown, if Ronja seemed confused, Mio would try to push the girl's lips into a smile instead. "Hey hey, it's not as cute if it's not a smile-- c'mon, it's not such a big deal right? Friends can help friends sometimes, no pouting okay?" She protested with a huff. She could fleece and exploit people sure, but not real people, she didn't like real people being sad even if she did like bullying them a little.

Though the talk about painting something together made Mio smile and even puff her chest out with pride. "Mm, I can make something with you if you want. For now though, what masteries do you have? What ones are you planning to get next?" She asked tilting her head, but when asked about guaranteeing that they could beat them, Mio frowned, that kind of guarantee was difficult. Instead, she tried to answer firmly and strongly. "I can't guarantee we'll beat them, but I can promise they won't beat us at least." Mio offered. She didn't know how many or how strong they were, but Mio could always escape with Ronja easily with her paint and skills as a rogue.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Yeah, in this game Ronja noticed that just selecting skills isn't really a thing, you have to use your mastery instead. It is kind of intriguing, but it gives more freedom at least." Ronja said. Pretty much like in real life, where you didn't have a set of abilities that you could just go ahead and cast, the mastery simply allowed you to do what you wished as long as you had EN to cover its actions.

"Ronja can sure cook you some snacks, she isn't the best at the kitchen, but she has good skills on it!" She said, happy about the idea of going and trying to feed someone with her food. "Ronja would want to supply you with inks too, as long as you tell her how she can make it." Ronja nodded, then blinked surprised when her head was bapped.

"H-Huh? Ghueh-" Ronja's cheeks grew rosy when Mio started playing with her lips, but Ronja's heart warmed quickly at the words. "Fr-Friends? Yes!" She perked up, being quick to open her UI and send a friend request, just like Fiora did in her first day.

"Yes, Ronja can make something to you too- And well, Ronja works with Magitech, Arcanamancy, Ranged Weapons and Summon... She plans to get alchemy as last one." She nodded, then musing about how they would defeat the bandits being so much outnumbered.

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Mio nodded along, it was an interesting system, but Mio certainly felt bad for some, so many people just used their masteries separately unaware of how one might blend one. A few people might blend one or two for a nice theme, but even fewer managed to find a way to properly incorporate all of them. If it wasn't for her need for flexibility and desperation for means of making money she probably would have relaxed and taken things easily like everyone else. "Mm, I guess it's just cause this's more of a job for me I take it seriously, feel out my options and try to get as much as I can right? My proficiencies might not be great, but I sorta got a little bit of everything I need." She spoke hanging her head to one side, as if doubting her own choices. Perhaps it would've been better to horde those stats instead, but she tried to shake it off. Wasting worries on it was needless at this point.

She would describe the means of making a simple ink stone though Mio herself didn't envy the process of creation. "It's made with Soot and Animal Glue. Basically you gotta kill something, cut it up, and boil things like bones, the intestines, hooves, stuff like that until you get the glue, and you mix it with soot from a fire. You then gotta sorta knead all that together in the right amounts and mold or cut it." Mio walked her through the whole process. Even now, Mio stroked her chin with her inky hands in thought about the process, it was fun finding her own materials and pigments after all so she'd made a hobby of making them herself, but if Ronja would help her she could be less greedy. "Mm, in the end it turns into almost a rock-- I tried a bunch of stuff already, like goblins, or slimes, or wolves. It kinda feels like the better stuff comes from better bad guys." She explained, at least something normal like cows wasn't as good as monsters.

Hearing her masteries though, Mio frowned, sitting down and crossing her legs in thought. They seemed disjointed at least as a glance, but most usually did. The summoning one in particular made Mio furrow her brow. "Do you like Vehicles? Would you be able to fight mounted?" Mio tilted her head, if Ronja's style didn't conflict with that, Mio could give her a good idea at least.

@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"So you play this game completely serious?" Ronja asked in innocent curiosity, not being judgemental about it, because honestly- "Ronja has been thinking about doing the same. So she wondered what do you mean by that." She admitted. At first, Terrasphere had just caught her attention for its rumors, but after playing it for a few weeks, Ronja felt like she was more alive than ever. It was even unfair to compare this game to the others VRMMOs, this one was so real it felt like a second life.

When Mio started explaining the ink creation process, Ronja pulled out a small notepad and started taking note of everything, glancing up at Mio, with her artificial eyes flickering and nodding a few times at the instructions. "When Ronja acquire her Alchemy Mastery, this will be easily achieved. Leave it for Ronja." She beamed, excited about it, but still trying to keep her tone down.

Mio's question then caught her by surprise.

"Ronja never really got to ride any vehicle, but Ronja would love to try." She admitted, resting her back against the wall and tilting her head. "What this has to do with Ronja's masteries though?"

@Mio Ban

 

[Mio Ban]

Glancing to one side, Mio sat down and got really close, close enough for Ronja to feel her breath on her ear as she tried to whisper. As if worried someone else like an administrator or corporate fat cat somewhere in charge of things might over hear. "I use a lot of the stuff in here to survive in reality, the money I make here I can sell to people over there at least." She offered. Organizing meat ups to trade gold when cash was transferred, it was how Mio was able to support herself as a college student. She didn't want to be too obvious about it though which was why she whispered. Sitting back down though, Mio craned her neck in thought, Ronja's thinking was a bit different from her own though it seemed, at least just a little.

"If you're thinking about taking it more more seriously though, you should talk to the witch in Brisshal. She was the one who sort of helped me with Masteries and some of this stuff. If you wanna know more about this place, she'll be the one to ask, she was here since the beginning." She offered with a shrug. The strange witch was the one who warned Mio about possibly dying in game, it was why Mio was always cautious and prioritized escaping while others might have been flippant about their own lives. Mio couldn't think of any other thing that might help Ronja understand the dangers and benefits of the game world.

She nodded, happy about the inkstone creation, but at the same time, thinking about a vehicle for Ronja, Mio smiled brightly. "You have a bunch of Masteries that would be good for it. Summoning to summon your mount or partner, they could be a magia mount like you with magitech. Ranged for shooting like a mounted archer, maybe with lasers or bullets? Arcanamancy can be used to fabricate different armors or add ons like ram-jet boosters or a vibrating blade horns or other interchangeable parts to change what they do. And Alchemy lastly could be used for things like missiles, for hurting bad guys with explosions or acids or poison gases or tear gases, or even healing spray or gas missiles to heal with." She spoke, musing about the possibilities. All the while her tail painted designs on the wall one by one, simple art pieces of possibilities.

Spoiler

Reference
Ram-Jet Reference
Arcane Upgrade Reference
Ranged Reference
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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Mio's approach made Ronja's cheek grow warm, but she managed to not lean away as she waited patiently to hear what she had to say. The reveal made Ronja's eyes grow wide. Usually in games it wasn't allowed to do such a thing, but Terrasphere... didn't really have a Terms of Condition. It didn't really have rules either, so it was free for all. However, Ronja's face grew in concern, with the embarrassment of the woman's closeness being pushed to the background. "You... Do you have trouble with money?" She asked, sheepish.

Honestly, Ronja knew it was an invasive question, but if Mio had to push herself to do this sort of thing, that would be one of the explanations.

"Witch in Brisshal... hmmm" Ronja tilted her head, not remembering any of that when she was there, but nodding while taking a mental note of it.

Ronja then stopped to listen to all the possibilities, nodding along and noticing that plenty of that she could already do in a way or another, though in a lesser scale due to her mastery levels.

"A mounted magitech though-" Ronja paused, thinking deeply before beaming. "Ronja wants an unicorn. A robot unicorn." She clasped her hands.

@Mio Ban