The Artist's Loft [Red Sun Heights]

[Chidori Tsukino]

Whilst modest looking in its size and original furnishings, Chidori's apartment has been turned into a full artist's loft, equipped with workstations for her different talents; a sewing bench lined with needles and even a small but efficient sewing machine, a drafting table with a smaller table beside it holding numerous utensils needed for drawing and the like & her electrical workstation that houses a custom-built desktop computer, backed up with a travelling laptop, a drawing tablet and the usual machines - a printer, scanner, fax etc. She even has a dark room for older film projects along with the rest of her photography gear in the adjoining room. 

Everything else is fairly plain - most of her money was spent on the equipment for work/her hobbies. That being said, everything is done up with colourful decorations - an artist can't live in a bland-looking apartment now can they?

Since her little trip into the outer circle, a section of each workstation is now being devoted to her investigation:

~Her drafting table that holds a recently finished drawing of her persona Lucia, accompanied by the elegant script detailing notes she would have to keep in mind, as well as similar sketches & notations for Shadows she runs across ~

Lucia (Original)

Juno (Awakened)
Weakness: Slash

Resist: Light
Null: Dark

Skills

Mediarama

Mahama
Mudo
Amrita

Investment: Mediarama (7200), Hamaon (2400), Mudo (600), Amrita (2000)
Total: 12200

Enemies & Known Weaknesses
(Due to the effort required to do this mechanically for every enemy, this is being left blank, but IC, it is still being carried out)

~Her computer holds a catalogue of her journeys into the outer circle, plus interesting little tidbits that do not fit elsewhere~

+Ventured into the outer circle for the first time and encountered strange creatures; subsequent failure to run led to a need for power, and my awakening - Lucia came into being and we dispatched the enemy before returning home.


+Not wanting to go back out into immediate danger so soon, I decided to try and poke about some of the closer ruins, looking for anything leftover that might help my investigation, or perhaps something I could later sell to help fund the aforementioned task; I ran into another person out there, who also knew of the faux military and the Shadowlands - Alisa. We communicated eventually, and after healing her injuries from something else, we parted ways for the time being.

+Hesitantly explored the sewers and started my investigation by attempting to explore and map out my path in the subterranean tunnels. Unfortunately ran into a shadow here, of the Mage kind. After dispatching it, I decided against risking further trouble and packed it in for the day, beginning the cartography and battle notes processes when I returned home.

+After searching around Alisa's information network, I managed to find out about a strange building near the outer circle, inhabited by a woman who would offer services to those in on the secret of the Shadows, one of which being a Pawn Shop of sorts for things we found in the outer circle ruins. Seeing her for myself, I couldn't help but respect her, and began the first of what would be many dealings with her, I am sure - I even managed to get a Wind Damage Mod!


+Gathering up my courage, I made my second foray into West Mosaic City, once again tackling the sewers with the intent to continue the mapping process. It started out well, as I managed to cover a lot more ground. Sadly however, I had the misfortune of running into two Tiara enemies, one of whom sported attacks that I both resisted (Darkness) and was weak to (Slash). After some mania and bad assumptions leading to sustaining injuries, I managed to take them both out, but had to retire for the time being, to heal up and chide myself for my hastiness.

+Even after my luck with the last attempt, was determined to explore the Sewers, and I did so, already marking off some dead-ends and beginning a new set of routes with the next fork. However, it seemed Lady Luck really didn't like me - I'd avoided any shadows for a couple hours, only to stumble onto two around from one fork, whilst a third came up behind me, trapping me. Thankfully, it used a Zio attack (which I dodged) that skirted off the conductive sewerage and gave me the upper hand I needed to finish them off. Tough, but managed it. Still, it's getting harder and harder to travel alone without new skills to back me up.

+On the night of a full moon, a strange sensation drew together persona users (and a couple of civilians) to the old cemetery, where a Giant Shadow awaited us - this Reaper thing that crawled out and onto the mausoleum. It took all of us to take it down, and it nearly took us out in the process. After imploding from its own attack and showering us in pretty sparkles, I waited by the injured, healing and keeping Alisa company. I also found a strange star-shaped hairpin amongst the lights display; I'll hang onto it for now I think.

+A new service opened up at that strange building near the terminals; quests of a sort. One of them seemed easy enough - hunt down a rare sparkling shadow and dispatch it. If anything, it would be something new to do, rather than exploring more of the dank sewers. Unfortunately, it seemed the area it was in is still highly infested - I ran into three shadows and had to use their own attacks against each other in order to make it out; I really need to increase the power of my magic soon.

After that, I managed to track the rare shadow down...only to find a large physical Shadow (one of those Gigas creatures) blocking my path. The rare shadow seemed pitifully weak, so I left it to cower in the corner while I took on the real threat. It was close, since it did a lot of damage when it did strike me, but I managed to pull through with a mix of taunting and well-timed dodges. Seriously, it's about all that kept me going that fight. With the threat dispatched, I took care of the sparkly shadow and collected my reward.

+After another scavenging run to offload items of little value to me (but still enough to get money from that strange blonde woman), I figured I'd leave more missions until a later point in time, when I'd gathered up a better retinue of skills. So, I returned to the sewers, only to find that a heavy presence flooded the area, putting me on guard as a stalked towards the source. I bumped into two others down there - Vice & Alisa, both civilians of course - just before the reason for the mysteriously oppressive force decided to make its entrance; a large crocodile shadow that could talk, like the Graveyard Reaper. It was very full of itself, taunting as it took on both civilians mundane weapons and my mediocre-level magic. It was a close call towards the end, as we all got poisoned by a wave of sludge, and the Crocodile began to chomp and gnaw on my arm. Thankfully we managed to take care of it before it could put one of us down for the count. Strangely enough, it seemed the intense stress I suffered helped further along my growth - I unlocked a new power that came very much in handy, as it could cleanse the poison we were afflicted with. Around this time, people started noticing Lucia's thought projection capabilities too. 

I also collected a small piece of leftover hide, which seems rather resistant to piercing devices.

+I ventured back into the sewers, discovering a second level in which to explore, after finishing the map of the first area. Ran into another trio of shadows, who I dispatched with some cunning, agility and friendly fire. It's getting harder to do this stuff without stronger skills, but I feel as if I'm getting there, so I will have to go back again soon.

+With free time on my hands, I decided to utilise it as an opportunity to expand my mapping of the second area of the Sewers, managing to continue the process with only minimal issues. The shadows I encountered went down with some co-ordinated attacks and getting used to electrical damage (seriously, I'm getting zapped a lot lately). After cleaning up, I continued mapping for some time before I returned home.

+Emboldened by my recent attempts, I ventured back into the deeper sewer area, only to stumble into something from my nightmares essentially - a giant blade wielding shadow. I...I beat it, somehow - I don't really remember much of the battle. In fact...I don't know if I'll ever go back out there and explore again....it's just too...

~Her photography studio doubles as an equipment room (barring armour), where she can store her things out of the way of prying eyes, as well as organise her photographic evidence~

+Started mapping the Sewer tunnel system; still in progress.
Stratum 1 Completed

Stock
Weapons
Level 1 Needles

Armour
Level 4 Armour (Light-Plated Shield-Robes)

Weapon Mods

Accessories
Light (25%) Star Hairpin

~Her sewing bench is currently being used to store armour and the like~

Armour Mods
Dark Resistance Mod