Wanted! Demolitions Expert!

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Lineage: Gold Rush Passive #2 --> I gain +1x Strong Armour, as well as other job rewards.

It had been a usual day for Aether, working away in his lab with various experiments and researching a way to replicate the form changing ability of his Kakuhou in an attempt to create a weapon with more than one singular form but with a difference in weight and ability between both forms. He had finished work on his prototype which he had dubbed the Amorphous Combat Enhancement when his once dead, recently revived, childhood friend Anima had suddenly burst into his laboratory holding what appeared to be a contract. After attempting and failing to get a brief overview of what the contract stated from her Aether simply took the piece of paper from her grasp and read it over quickly. He could tell from how these siblings wrote that they had had a somewhat difficult past, it could be seen in their handwriting and in the end opted for taking on their request, making his way to his guildmaster to approve of the contract before making his way over to the specified meeting place along with Anima, dressed in his usual combat suit, mask and baggy overcoat, his newest prototype in his grasp in its suitcase form.

As Aether approached the area he spotted three people, one wearing a full suit of armour and the others wearing fairly regular clothes. These must be the siblings that requested us Aether thought to himself, sticking close to the buildings and out of sight and listening in to their conversation. "…According to what the keeper said, all the items were checked out for the day by people going to try and take on that lunatic in the shaft." He overheard. So we can’t count on any sort of extra equipment then. Well that is unfortunate but it doesn’t change anything, we can use the rocks on the ground if necessary, but I doubt it will come to that. he contemplated, remaining in his hiding spot up until the guard had decided to leave and had left out of his line of sight before making his move up towards his contractors, Anima beside him at all times. “Are you two the ones who hired us?” Anima shouted, one of her large, clawed gauntlet-like hands waving at them with a grin on her face.

Aether felt the womans eyes directed upon him and his childhood friend, most likely evaluating them both based upon their looks and their magic power, which even he could tell that the gap between them wasn’t that different in terms of magic power, but since they had been through some trauma Aether assumed that they could be useful in terms of skill, even if their only weapon was their magic and a small shield. "I'm Miyuki, this is my little brother Kaede. I'm sure you know the situation here in town so I'll skip the lecture.” The silver haired woman explained. “I’m Anima, and this quietly dull person is Aether. We already had some requests come in back at the guild for this so we know pretty much all there is to know about the situation up till now.” “We're grateful to you for taking up our request, even knowing we have nothing to give you." The small woman explained, her voice seemingly trailing off towards the end as if recalling an unwanted memory. “Aether might not look like it but he’s a giant softie when it comes to helping those who have gone through things like you both have.” Anima explained, patting Aether on the back softly with a smirk on her face. Shooting a quick annoyed look in Anima’s general direction he then grabbed her arm and pulled her along, following behind the siblings.

Aether kept a constant eye on his contractors, how they handled themselves as they walked, the weight of their steps, the state of their magical energy, along with what they payed attention to as they walked. The small woman, Miyuki he recalled, didn’t appear to have any sort of physical difference to how she handled herself when they first met, however her magic power gave away what she was thinking, no doubt she was uncomfortable having two people she barely knew following her and her younger sibling around. The young adult man however was a different story, he didn’t show any difference in how he handled himself, nor did Aether sense any sort of changes in his magic power, making him unreadable emotionally but gave rise to a guess that he most likely had a very logical mind. Aether’s estimations proved true of the man as he barely showed any sort of emotion as a child had crashed straight into his buckler and was on the verge of tears, yet still he helped the small child up, dusted her off and sent her on her way back to her friends. Nice kids Nathir commented within Aether’s mind Though they should really try laughing a bit more. Why not tell them a few of my rib tickling jokes ,eh Space Weaver? I’m sure it’ll hit their funny bones! Mutedly sighing beneath his lipless mask at the suggestion from the old god he continued to follow behind the siblings, with Anima in tow waving to the children.

Letting go of Anima’s arm he continued to follow behind the silver siblings, continuing to run various simulations within his head whilst looking around at the city of Crocus as they walked. He had only been here once before, roughly several years after he had escaped the lab, and before he joined the bounty hunting guild of Black Rose. It was here where he had actually heard of the Black Rose guild from a couple of Rune Knights on patrol around the outskirts of the city and decided to check out the island nation for himself, eventually coming to find the first place he could feel comfortable and could call home. In fact if he hadn’t found Black Rose he would never have found his old friend, or witness her death. If he hadn’t found Black Rose he wouldn’t have the resources to bring her back, yet here she was, her soul residing within a prototype golem which has been modified to look more like her original body if you disregarded the large clawed gauntlet-like hands she possesses.

Eventually he was knocked out of his simulations and recollections of his time within Black Rose with Anima by a light nudge his shoulder from Anima in order to get him to notice that the younger brother was holding a tuft of cotton candy out towards him. Blinking a couple times at the gesture he took the sugar cloud and held it towards Anima who promptly ripped it in half once again to share between them both. Grinning at the sweet fluff Anima promptly shoved the entirety of what she had into her mouth, even though in her current body she was unable to gain anything from it Aether made sure that she was capable of taste. Waiting for Anima to finish her cotton candy Aether unzipped his lipless mask and began to consume his own cotton ball, making sure not to seem rude towards the somewhat kind gesture of the younger sibling before zipping his mask back up.

As they approached the gateway to the mine Aether made a small detour after noticing the scorch marks on a few walls that had collapsed after an explosion in hopes of finding remnants of the explosive that was used so he could have a better knowledge on the explosives the miner might have at his disposal. Hmm, strange. I don’t see any sort of fragments of the casing from the explosives that were used here. Aether thought to himself, fully aware that the old god could most likely hear his thoughts. No physical fragments could mean that the casing could have been made from flammable material or the explosives were magical in nature he considered, before being knocked out of his train of thought by Anima picking him up and dragging him over to the doorway to the mine, where the siblings now stood.

Before Aether could get any sort of interaction with the siblings they had begun to politely knock on the door, blowing it off its hinges and into the depths of the mineshaft, no doubt notifying the man they were after that they had arrived. After all was said and done they gestured him to move forward, sighing beneath his mask as to what they had done without mentioning it to either of them he removed his overcoat to reveal his battlesuit, dropping the overcoat into a portal that connected to his pocket dimension before walking into the actually decently lit mineshaft, its lighting system seemingly still intact.

After walking for a few minutes into the shaft he noticed a faint glint coming from roughly 20 meters up ahead, and considering that they were going up against an explosives expert Aether assumed that he had a whole manor of explosives in his arsenal, no doubt that there would be mines among that list and so he thrust his arm out to the side to signal the others to stop. Returning his arm to his side he crouched down, picking up a small pebble and tossing it into the shaft ahead of them where it would strike one of the mines and cause them all to explode in a chain reaction. As the dust settled something came rushing towards the group, vaguely spider shaped.

Before Aether or anima could object the younger sibling had planted his shield into the ground, allowing the spider creature to attach to his shield. Before the thing exploded Aether managed to take a glance at its form as the dust from the mine field exploding had obscured all but a shadow of the creature, but now in the light he could see it for what it really was, an eight legged machination with a lacrima fused to its shell, most likely where it drew its power to run but also its destructive capability as demonstrated when it suddenly exploded only a few seconds after contacting the buckler, sending the blast out to either side of the shield and all the force of the explosion back down the tunnel.

After things had settled Aether continued his march down the shaft with the group up until a shadowy human-like figure in the distance, a stick of dynamite in his hand that was tossed up repeatedly as though it were a baseball before striking a match across its rough surface. Aethers one exposed eye widened as he noticed some small particles floating around the man and a nearby exposed vein of coal, having only just enough time to swipe his arm across horizontally and shout. “Bone Gods Ribcage!” causing a wall of bones to appear and block off the rest of the tunnel as the coal ignited, causing a sudden explosion that caused a chain reaction with the dynamite the figure had with him and the carefully placed mines around him, along with the mines he had failed to notice before stepping into their kill zone. The wall of black bone however had managed to spare them from the sudden explosion and the mines, the only hint of it happening being the bright glow the bones made as they absorbed the brunt of the blast before they sunk back into the earth. The man hadn't likely guessed that there was a coal vein there but was more or less waiting for them to step close enough so that he could trigger the mines with an explosion of his own, but having backfired with the explosions going off earlier than he expected.

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橘ナミネ と 橘楓 carried out 2 launched of one Monster Dice :

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橘ナミネ と 橘楓 carried out 1 launched of one Monster Dice :

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Nodding to the elder sibling Aether stepped forth to face the number of enemies that were now in front of them, two of the same dynamite bombers and one of the exploding spiders that they had run in to before surrounded their target, the crazed miner who had been causing havoc within the city for the past week and killing many innocent lives in the process. Taking a stance Aether held the briefcase he had brought with him out to the side and with a thought the black box clicked open, shifting itself as though it were made of some sort of liquid, growing and shifting itself into a long, thorned lance shape, coated in a golden glow before dissipating from the grip down to reveal the details in the golden lance. Lowering it down towards the ground Aether took his first step towards the grunts, provoking the spider to rush towards him. From what he could tell from their previous encounter the spider had a lacrima embedded in it which was primed to explode when it got close, knowing this Aether allowed the creature to get close enough to explode before quickly reaching forward, grabbing the creature and pressing the exposed lacrima up against the chamber in the lance, infusing the explosive capabilities of the lacrima now within the 6 shells held within as he tossed the now useless creature to the ground and stabbing it with the spiked hilt, ending it then and there.

“Stay with them.” Aether instructed Anima, pulling the golden lance from the spider and beginning a full sprint towards the ringleader of this destruction, knocking away two sticks of dynamite that were thrown at him into a wall with his lance as he performed a spin kick directly into the man’s stomach, pushing him further into the bowels of the mine and where he couldn’t harm his contractors.

Aether quickly made his way down the chamber to follow after the mad miner he had launched, only to be met with an explosion behind him that would cause a minor cave in, sealing him in the section of the tunnel with his target. “I must say I was a little disappointed at first when I first saw you, I mean this scrawny little guy was the one who managed to get past the traps I set up? As if, I was expecting someone taller, a bit wider in the chest.” The miner stated. “But I must say you met my expectations as soon as you kicked me.” He grinned as he cracked his knuckles. “The others weren’t much fun to play with, they broke too easily. But I have a feeling you’ll be much more entertaining.”

Readying his weapon Aether pointed the tip of the lance at his target. “You will pay in full for all that you have taken.” Pulling the weapon back so that the tip aimed straight at his feet, Aether fired off the first shot from his lance, surprising the target as an explosion rippled at his feet and caused the ground beneath him to disperse, causing a small crater to form and for the man to be thrust up into the air as the lance picked up on Aether’s thoughts, aiming itself at the man to fire off the remaining 5 shots, each shell exploding on contact with the man’s body and disintegrating his clothes. Rushing up to continue his attacks at close range Aether began to thrust his golden lance into the chest of the man as he fell from being kept up in the air because of the explosive rounds only to be met with the tip of his lance exploding on contact with his flesh, knocking Aether back far enough before impaling the spikes around the grip of his lance into the ground to bring him to a gradual stop near the rubble of the cave in, giving the miner enough time to get up and laugh at his attempts. “You must’ve forgotten who you’re going up against here! There’s no way explosives like that will ever harm someone like me!” Cracking his neck the miner walked closer towards the masked mercenary. “I’ll show you what a real explosion feels like!” He shouted before rushing towards Aether with an outstretched palm.

Smashing her oversized fist into her other oversized palm with a sound similar to two concrete blocks smashing against each other, Anima stepped up to stand in front of Kaede, legs spread in a defensive manor. “I’m never one for violence, so if you stand down now and come quietly I promise to-” She began but was cut off by a stick of dynamite exploding directly in front of her, enshrouding her within the smoke that followed a powerful explosion that would usually kill any normal person. Thanks to Aether however, she wasn’t exactly normal. The two men grinned and prepared another few sticks to light and throw as the smoke cleared, but as it did they were only met with a soot-faced, angry golem. “They always choose the violent route.” Was all she said as a small glowing green circle formed in the centre of her chest, spreading lines of a similar color over her skin which connected to her hair, eyes, gauntlets and boots causing them to cast a similarly glowing aura. “Overdrive.” She whispered as her legs launched her at speeds of 30 metres per second, quickly closing the gap on the one who threw the dynamite at her mid-sentence before easily grasping his torso with one hand, bringing him with her extra momentum before slamming him into the wall of the hallway, spinning him around and smashing him into the ground, easily immobilizing him before his partner could even turn around to see what she had done. “It’s not polite to explode a ladies face whilst she’s talking.” She said to the man currently in the palm of her hand. “But you won’t be around much longer to learn from your mistakes.” She continued with a smile on her face as her grip tightened before glancing up at his partner. “Don’t think you’re getting out of this just because you weren’t the one who threw the stick. Besides, you have a slightly bigger problem than me to worry about right now.” She told the man, hoping that her contractors used her assault to take out the man whilst she had him distracted.

Anima wasted no time after being told to assist her best friend, quickly drawing the anger and bloodlust that had begun to fill her mind away from assaulting those around her and focusing it on the rubble that blocked her from reaching Aether. Tossing the man in her grasp over her shoulder she stumbled over to the and stood there for a moment, letting the anger build up before thrusting both hands into cracks between the rocks and shovelling the large boulders out of the way as she tunnelled her way towards her saviour.

Pulling his lance out from the ground Aether prepared himself to take an explosive assault, remaining at his low crouching height he waited for the time the man to get close enough to strike him with his palm before pushing himself into the air with all four limbs, avoiding the strike barely as the ground he was once on exploded beneath him. Quickly drawing a canister of shelling rounds from his pocket dimension out of the sight of the miner Aether clicked open the chamber in his gunlance, reloading his weapon midair as he planted his feet on the miner and kicked him into the freshly made crater whilst at the same time allowing him to propel himself further into the shaft before landing on his feet, lance still in hand as he positioned it once again to release the large shells at the mad miner, however he hesitated when he saw the rubble behind his target begin to move slightly. “What’s the matter? Afraid of a few little explo-” The madman began as he climbed out of the hole only to be cut off by the rubble exploding and a decently sized rock hitting him in the back of his head, knocking him back into the crater as Anima burst through the wall he had created and stood on his back, placing most of her massive weight down upon the miner so that he couldn’t stand up again.

“Well, this was a little easier than I thought.” She spoke aloud, placing more pressure on his back as she raised her hands and repeatedly punched the madman until he fell unconscious. “Now what?” She asked Aether, placing one pointed tip at the back of the man’s head. “Do we bring him in or do we end him here?” “Ending him here would be too merciful after all he has done.” Aether responded, walking closer and knocking away her hand and motioning her to step off him. “Let him live the rest of his days behind bars.” He spoke as he opened a portal, dropping a pair of anti-magic cuffs into his grasp which he quickly put on the unconscious miner before picking him up and bringing him to the proper authorities and to redeem the bounty.

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Per request of the siblings I am posting here to make sure that whoever reads this, and was involved in this topic, knows I'm removing 50 exp from both players as the initial live/die roll for the boss was that he was to die. Sorry for the inconvenience.