*-~Custos Morum~-* Ch: 1

Author's Note: I'm picking up writing again (or attempting to) rofl


Custos Morum: Chatper 1


"Ah, it seems we have a guest," chimed a voice from just around the corner, its tone playful and pleasing to the ear, "I hope you have the money to stay here if that's what you're here for."


A man walked into the room from an open door and stood behind the counter. He had a simple white shirt, stained with juice. His belly stuck out a little bit from the bottom of the shirt he worse, muffin-topping a little past the waist of his blue jeans. He was balding, and the jolly face of his appeared to mark him in his mid-30s.


"Why yes, the name is Donovan Archer Summers," introduced the man who had entered this building. He wore a long coat that was buttoned closed, black slacks, and loafers. A rolling luggage bag sat beside him. It was a dull gray, thick, wide, and as tall as his leg.


From behind the counter, the other man wiped his hands on his shirt, staining it with oil. "My name's Ralf with an f. I don't want none of that Ral-p-huu with a P and a H." He laughed raucously, and Donovan leaned to the side to avoid a flying ball of spit. "I'm the owner of this establishment. I see myself as a pretty hip guy, down to earth, so don't mess with me and you'll be fine." He extended a hand out to his guest.


"It's a pleasure to meet you Ralf." Donovan said, exchanging handshakes with the jolly man with hidden disgust behind his face. "I think I can keep out of your way as long as you keep out of mine." He said jokingly, hoping he wouldn't have to interact with Ralf at any other time aside from checking out.


Ralf pulled out a clipboard that was missing the clip. To remedy this problem, he had previously stuck a tack through the papers in an attempt to safely secure them to the clipboard. He slid the clipboard to Donovan, dropping a pen almost daintily on top of the papers.


"There go fill that out." Ralf said


Donovan reached for the pen, his fingers feeling the oil on the handle.He scanned the sheets, filling out the pieces of information in a very professional manner. Within a few minutes, he finished the documents and slid the clipboard and pen back toward Ralf.


"Alright let's see what we have here." Ralf moved his finger down each line, leaving a faint trail of grease. "You're staying here for an indefinite amount of days?" He quirked a brow, almost cautious of Donovan. "What business you got here?"


"My wife's been on my ass the past month or so. I need to hide out and cool down " Donovan said coolly, putting up a very casual front. He had his own agenda he wanted to keep private. Ralf laughed at his response, nodding in agreement. He sloppily placed the clipboard back where he got it without even bothering to remove the papers.


Ralf took a set of keys hanging from the wall and tossed them toward Donovan. "Yer room's over on the third floor. Room 311."


Donovan nodded and began walking up the stairs.

Win. Epic Win.

So I opened up the tradelist in Megaten today and clicked on an item. I got this epic 5 slotted item!

Summon Speed -25%?!

Almighty RESIST -20%?!

The rest is unimportant. <3

<3 Laggy Glitches.

A Real Updatez?

Fucks you too Snakeman. Fucks you too.

So I've been working on my alt, Spring`Amaryllis. I have fairly high hopes for her -- If she disappoints me then I'll just Q_Q pretty hard. At the same time, I won't  be too surprised if it fails because I'm used to testing out different super quirky builds that aren't too reliable. Chances are I'll have to modify a few things relating to it. Either way, it's a fairly slow grind. I'm planning on picking up Lord of Armor first by way of Survival Techniques and Weapon Knowledge then raising attack. Following that, I'm planning on Raising attack, then rush, yadda yadda yadda.

K.

So.

Here's a kicker.

After a series of events, the likes of which sound like they came straight from a movie/K-Drama/Fairy Tale... Indi's found himself engaged irl. It's a little bit crazy, but it's something interesting to think about it.

<3

Pro Expertise

So...

This is my character's expertise history~

Robo Mage!

Class 1 - Bless
Class 1 - Gun Knowledge
Class 2 - Curse Magic
Class 7 - Shot
Class 5 - Magic Control
Class 10 - Destruction Magic


So...


This would get you...

Class 3, Rank 5 - Magic Bullet
Class 3, Rank 2 - Curse of the Wretched


You would have just enough for spell hex/bullet hex. Not to mention the primary status-dealing shots from the Magic Bullet chain.


 The point of this build is essentially cursing the hell out of enemy mobs while using Magic Bullet shots and Destruction Magic as your primary means of damage. I think it'd be a fun build you could use to solo with that doesn't rely on enhance.

Cooldown Test

So today I finished my mot project. Here's the Cooldown rundown on what I have.


Equipment
Academy Shoes II (-10%)
Mysterious Slacks (-15%)
Fighting Maid Dress (-25%)
Unnatural Pipe (-30%)


Tarots
10 Mots (-20%)


Stats
80 Vitality (-20%)


JP: General Cooldown * Affinity * Other * Stats
Mine: Equip General Cooldown * Stones General Cooldown * Stats * Affinity


I'd want to know what classifies as 'other' exactly in the JP Formula.


I tested this out and technically Mots are, as far as I know, General Cooldown. I have -80% from equips and -20% from the Mots. I should have -100% Cooldown from that.


Mots =/= General Cooldown


Soooo Mots should be regarded as Other if anything. As far as I can tell, my own formula still holds some ground for now~

Tee Hee~

So this is a few days old but~

Indi got married in Megaten~

Beni Beni Beni~

So I've been running around Babel doing nothing but poking, laughing, and running with a "TEE HEE~"


That's not important.


I've been working on a few things and going on runs for once (omg I might be 91?!). Been working on a few demons for funsies~ Seeeekrit.

So...


The other day I got a Nyarlathotep plugin. Then I went on a Nyarlathotep spazzy phase where I ended up making two Nyarlathoteps.


One is magic-based.
One is for general-use.


I'll probably end up using the Magic-Based one a bit more. However, I honestly have no idea as to why I even made these in the first place haha. I should have stuck cannons as opposed to dynes but I was lazy and Sh1k1 already had the dynes. It's still fun to use but the cooldown on the dynes is just unbearable for me. I'd rather spam cannons because their cooldown wasn't too bad for me.


Nyar is overrated, he really is. He has exploitable weaknesses and dies fairly fast. 


Oh well, his propeller tail was all the more worth it.

Game Sage of February

So... I decided to apply for the whole Game Sage position in February.


It's kind of interesting considering how things are playing out. There's been a drop in Game Sages lately and I'm expecting them to absorb more than two people from the applicants. I've already voiced my feedback in the forums so I don't need to reiterate everything I've said.


Quite frankly I'm a bit turned off by how this is all turning out. The only thing I know that I am certain of, is that Royce is the one person out of all of those applicants who should be a Game Sage. Shoot, if I make it and he doesn't then there's clearly something wrong and I wouldn't be surprised at all if I ended up stepping down.


So I'm blogging at a time where just about everything can be used against me depending on what I say. No matter, I'm Indicative and I don't care if people decide to refute anything I've said or use it against me.


The only thing I'm just going to talk about is just a little bit of ranting on positions of authority.


Ideally, a Game Sage should know a considerable amount of the game, have plenty of first-hand experience to apply some of this knowledge, as well as have technical knowledge to help people who have issues with the client itself.


The intent that a Game Sage applies should be solely for the benefit of the community. A Game Sage should not just be a title, it is a tool to better help the community. If someone is a Game Sage, they shouldn't dilly-dally as if they don't care about their job. Lurking and chatting like a regular player is fine, but when it gets in the way of your duties then you should just step down.


A Game Sage is a player. Moreover, a Game Sage is a representative. They act as the liaison between players and Game Masters. They are the first line of Customer Support in their respective games and they should never ever neglect that duty. If it is more than they can handle then they know when to ask for help.


Thriving only on activity in blatantly public areas where people generally help anyway (e.g.) Shoutbox) isn't the most effective way to use a Game Sage. They should be in areas in which the least help is seen. Sitting in Babel Channel 1 works in some ways just because you see the greatest number of players there. What of the other channels? Not every player starts off in Channel 1. Of course, making your presence known does help but there's other means for them to help other than just chatting it up.


Helping in-game doesn't always mean you'll be well-known. If fact you should even care about fame if you want to be a Game Sage. That's the first step in being a terrible one. 


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