avalononline | 1st guide [Video; un: paimon]

[There is a reason why Paimon glanced, and this guy's guess is correct half way.]

N-no. Not Paimon. [Paimon stutters in fear as she glances off screen again. Kotarou can't see this, but Paimon's familiar, her miniature hydro slime, eavesdrops that interesting conversation and its eyes beams deadlock on Paimon. Paimon's face paints horror. Blood. Lifeforce. Yep, it sure heard that. No wonder people mistake Paimon for food.]

N-Nice slimy. Good sli-- [*BAM* Tiny slime body slams on Paimon's face like a game gone bad in dodge ball. The force rocks Paimon back and off screen *CRASH*. It just became a battler for life.]

AHH! NO! BAD SLIME! PAIMON'S NOT FOOD!

Whoa--! Hey, where are you?!

[Kotarou couldn't help and get more than a little concerned here. As snarky and easygoing as he was, he was never the type of guy who could ignore someone who was in danger or avoiding meddling in someone else's business. This was a strong heroic quality of his that he wasn't always conscious of doing.

That's why he's already leaving his room in a rush while still keeping his device on.]

Tell me your location quick and I'll be right there to help you!

Room 204! EEEK!

[The yelling and pans banging continues to rain from the receiver. There is a sound of wreckage happening maybe one floor up from an inn? Good thing all starter folks begins with the Inn, yeah? At this point, Paimon will take help, even from snarky people like Kotarou. It's that or slime abuse.]

[[ooc: I'm guessing we're going action here?]]

[ooc: Yup! That's right.]

[He had to wonder how a slime monster had gotten into her room! But he'd ask the big questions later, the saving part came now. Hearing the noise upstairs told him where the chaos was coming from. Just in case, he forms a light pole in his hand if he had to use a weapon. It was good to be prepared against monsters.

It wasn't as cool as a sword, but he'd have to make do with this! Kotarou will be kicking through the door once he finds Paimon's room number.]

PAIMON! HEY! I'M HERE!

[[ooc: FFF-! xD]]

[Once the door is kicked open, Kotarou would be greeted by one airborne Paimon, darting her way to her meat shield in frantic. Right behind her is--!

A bouncing miniature blue slime, about the size of Paimon's palm ready to pound on the next face it sees.]

Wait-- That's it!?

[It looked so much bigger on camera! Kotarou couldn't help and look rather exasperated at what was going on here. Well, he said that he'd handle this... So he calmly grasps his light pole with one hand while reaching out to gently pat Paimon's head with another.]

Look... Stand behind me, okay? I'll take care of this.

[He's going to get into a baseball batter position with his pole. It didn't seem threatening, but he had to calm it down somehow.]

[Not her fault she is small and the camera on her end made it look big... Oh, she's already more than two steps ahead with short legs.]

You don't understand! It thinks Paimon's a good snack!

[Maybe because of that juicy story Kotarou shared? At this point, she wants to beat up the slime herself, why give her that familiar?

Meanwhile, the tiny slime looks up a its opponent holding a strange light stick. Okay then. It starts to bounce like a dribbling ball, nice and steady. The bouncing slowly begins to stretch up, nice and easy, it makes almost anyone follow along with their head. After a few good dribbles, right when its about to touch the ceiling-- it bounces off the ceiling hard and shoots off in different directions, bouncing off from walls to objects. Welcome to a game of dodge ball.]

Oh-ho... So you've got bigger brains than the average slime. I'm gettin' a bit excited now.

[Kotarou couldn't hold back a cocky smile as he watches the slime jump around. He was used to hunting monsters whenever he was younger in the forests and that escalated to hunting down bigger ones. He felt like he was slipping back into his "Earth Saving Hunter" role. Fighting slimes in real life were a different experience compared to video games. The smaller you were, the harder it was for you to hit.]

If that's the case, then it's probably just hungry and throwing a bit of a fit. Head out to find me a bag or net, so we can keep it under control. I'm gonna play with it for a while!

[This would also be good practice for his Light magic. Kotarou will take a few steps forward as he tracks it with his eyes. If he couldn't trust his eyes, then he'd rely on his reflexes as well.]

Huh?!

[Since when are slimes aggressive like this?? Paimon's head bobbles just as this slime bounces, following the movement.]

You're not even a huge enough slime to do that!

[Don't mind her, it's like a guardian talking back to a brat, or vice versa. Paimon can't help but take a peek up Kotarou's face as he's enjoying this ordeal, which Paimon makes a face. How about trying a swarm of slimes and get back to her on it? The light rod isn't helping Paimon's confidence either. Before Paimon can argue, he gives instructions and Paimon complies smoothly. She doesn't want to deal with a hangry slime anyway. Paimon salutes before her quick departure.]

Got it. Grab something to bag the slime!

[And off she goes, out the door and down the hall in fight-or-flight mode. Lately, she's been able to float when the adrenaline kicks in.

As for the lovely miniature slime, its still bounding off the walls and some items here and there, like vases and chairs. What a grumpy slime! After a good rebound from the floor, it rears it's way to Kotarou on a vertical angle, probably trying to give him a good upper cut.]

Kkgh! Yeowch!

[Kotarou had tried taking a swing at the slime with his pole, but it smacks him in the face with that uppercut. The good news was that it gives him a good idea on how hard it hits. He compared it to getting socked by a baseball... Those had stung, but he felt that he had taken worst.]

Ugh! Not bad... But Class Prez hits a lot harder with her iron knuckles!

[Just what kind of beatings has Kotarou taken in his life? Spoilers: A lot. He'll take a moment to run deeper into the room and flip up a table to hide behind. This was going to be a mess to clean up, but there were more important things to focus on. Time to use one of his special techniques that he had trained up for... as takes out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket. Kotarou will hold up his light pole and charge some light magic into the tip and it shines brightly like a star. Since it's moving around a lot, he'll stun its vision!]

AURORA SPARK!!

[He probably didn't need to say the attack name, but it felt cool to do so!]

[Yep, one big mess. There is one bouncing slime knocking anything in its way, random guy flipping tables over as if this is some war zone, and no Paimon to scream at either of them, yet. The slime is having the best time of its life bouncing left to right, feeling invincible for being so small. Alas, the glory is short lived when Kotarou lights up the room. The light magic even extends out the window as if banishing some darkness as door to the hallway lights up, enough to catch Paimon's attention as she's fetching something to catch the naughty slime with. In this case, she found an ice tube someone happen to forgot.

As for the baby slime, its vision is stunned just as planned, frozen in mid-air and drops like a bouncing rock on the floor. The light is too much for a hydro slime. Maybe for a moment felt petrified by the light because water evaporates when exposed to light. Please give a moment as the tiny slime rocks left to right as its vision returns.]

[Peeking over the table, Kotarou notices that his technique worked! The Aurora Spark had a nice stun effect. It looked like it was super effective against the slime. He couldn't hide the cocky smile on his face as he stands up and walks over to the slime. Since he still has his sunglasses on, Kotarou looks like some kind of cheesy 80s action hero who would say a very corny one liner by now--]

Heh heh... Guess it's lights out for your playtime.

[Theeeeeere it is. Dematerializing his light pole, he'll be walking up to pick up the baby slime with both of his hands. At least he managed to get it to stay still!]

Alright now. All we gotta do is wait for her to come back. [Hmm...] Wonder if you're some kind of familiar. Slimes around here have to be bigger than this.

[Thank goodness Paimon avoided the light pun, no one is allowed to outshine her. The baby slime is immobilized and dazed, probably seeing enough stars while making some 'wheezing' noises. It probably thought it was about to get vaporized because... hydro and sun elemental reaction.

Just as Kotarou finish speaking, Paimon peeks from the door, floating about Kotarou's height, careful and weary. Why is it so quiet?]

Hello~ is the bouncing over?

[She sweeps her gaze across the room, searching for something ~~strange UFO siting~~, until she catches sight of her arch enemy, tiny slime. Paimon slowly descends, her levitation weakening, touch the ground gently as if it's water before landing on her feet. Paimon is running inside the room like a grade schooler holding up a tub made to hold ice.]

Oh good, you manage to catch the evil thing. Quickly, let's put him in here before he jumps crazy again.

Man, it's too bad that you weren't around to see my cool technique. Took me a few weeks to come up with it.

[This wasn't a bad test run to try out his Aurora Spark on an actual moving opponent! He had to come up with some new stuff later... He might've had a notebook of moves to experiment with involving Light Magic. It was kind of nice actually putting effort into something without needing to step on the accelerator for rewriting himself.

Kotarou will bend down and carefully place the baby slime into the tub. Then he takes off his sunglasses to place them into his pocket.]

So is this troublemaker your familiar? Something tells me that you don't see monsters crawling around public spaces very often unless they belong to magic users.

[Once the little familiar is in the tub, Paimon slams the lid down shut and plants the closed tub on the floor American football style. She decides to have a seat right on top of it, it makes a good stool or stump.]

That ball of light was you just now? [She looks pretty amaze, even though she isn't sure how that power worked.]

It is. [Paimon admits, scratching the back of her head.] It's a hydro slime. They're pretty common where I'm from. They're more annoying when they're grouped together.

Yup! Though I wonder if I can tone down the light a bit since I wouldn't want to affect my allies if I'm in battle together with them. Or I might have to pass out some spare sunglasses around before I do it. Light Magic is pretty amazing once you get the hang of it.

[The latter option wouldn't appear very helpful unless Kotarou was really good at baseball throwing shades at everyone.]

Most small things are far more terrifying whenever they come in numbers. I wouldn't wanna fight a pack of blood worms compared to one. [A beat.] So what other monsters are from your world? I'm super interested in the supernatural, you see...

Light magic?

[That's something new, enough to peek Paimon's interest. Light magic doesn't exist in Paimon's world, only elementals.]

Wonder what else Light can do besides blind people. [Because that's all Paimon is seeing Light magic as.]

Ah, another spooky creeper. Sometimes its not best to stick your nose in ghosts stuff. People runs crazy wild with imaginations! We have monsters though! Like Abyss Mages, Hilichurls, Ruin Guards, Whooperflowers, and a lot of slimes.

I've got some experience with using this power at home. While they're not the exact same, it's still very similar. 'Light' in a sense can do something that trigger miracles if one really wishes hard for it. I've managed to make weapons like a pole and a shield so far.

[Aurora was the source of all life, after all. Kotarou wasn't sure how far he could go with Light Magic here, but he was more than happy to explore the possibilities.]

G-Ghosts, huh? Uh, I'm not exactly a fan of those... But I think everything can be explained with a scientific explanation if one doesn't turn their brain off. [Let's just say that Kotarou has some ghost trauma, but he wouldn't let that get in the way of pursing one.] Those sound like monsters I've heard of from video games before. Abyss Mages already sound like something you'd find in the next-to-last field before you take on the final boss!

[Well then, Light magic is starting to ping her interest. Why couldn't there be an Archon of Light again? Paimon's expression lights up, almost like telling a kid about Santa Clause. Paimon crosses her arms, ponders.]

Think you can wish hard enough to go home? Or treasure?[Well, it's worth a shot and that's Paimon's optimistic talking. She shrugs.] Don't forget blind people. It sounds useful.

[Not to mention creating light into matter, it acts like an elemental Paimon is familiar with back home. Then there is a sigh of relief following because... 'ghosts'.]

Most of those brains are frying before you can turn them off. [Paimon shrugs. She's witness enough people wet their pants before given an explanation.] Eh... video game?

[What is this you speak of?]

Is it some kind of game to them to cause trouble? Because Paimon is getting tired of them messing around so much.

[Listen, a lot has happened with these guys.]

You probably need like five times the Abyss Mages for the real deal. [Paimon shrugs her shoulders again. Oh man, don't remind her of bigger fish. No wait, too late. Paimon shivers at the thought.]

Those first two things are far beyond my pay grade, sorry. But I'm sure if I were strong enough, I could probably take people up to the moon or something.

[Kotarou says this half-jokingly. If he really level grinded and become strong enough... Could he really do that? He'd probably have to read up on more of Light Magic feats later. But he heard that this was such a rare element...]

Let's see... The best way to describe a video game would be like having a portable device where you can do stuff that you normally couldn't in real life. It would be easier to show you through the smartphones we have. They definitely have game apps that you can play on.

[Kotarou has dabbed a little bit into those whenever he gotten bored. Paimon's shivering definitely gets his attention.]

'Real deal'? Are you saying that there's something way way stronger than the monsters you described?

Why would anyone want to go to the moon? The stars are way better!

[It was hard to tell whether Paimon was serious or joking, in her case, she probably was sincere. But when Kotarou questioned about the monsters, Paimon happily nodded to confirm that.]

Yep! Abyss Heralds. They are WAY nastier than the mages and they rely more on combat than the mages. Then you have some angry sealed gods, dragon, spirit wolf. Ah, but the last two aren't bad.

[Maybe the 'angry sealed gods' are though.]

You mean besides talking and taking pictures? [Paimon questioned, arms planted on the hips. Really, you are talking to someone who relies on windmills as their source of electricity for one, and two send message pigeons.] Isn't that game enough???

You're starting to sound like Little Miss Astrologist right now. Don't get a higher-than-thou ego to go along with that, okay?

[Kotarou says this as if it's going to be a problem, but it's all in good jest. Paimon wasn't entirely wrong in his mind. The stars out there could potentially have been planets, but Kotarou knew that they could've also been balls of gas!]

The more that you talk about them, the more that I wanna take a look at them myself. I could totally write an article about them for the Occult Club blog. People should get more savvy about mysterious monsters from across the land.

[Even the 'angry sealed gods' are included on that list. It couldn't be helped if Kotarou got more than a little adventurous whenever he heard some new and mysterious information like that.]

Take this lesson from the man who rules over all of common sense. [...] You can also call me "The Common Sense Archon". [It just sounds cool whenever he speaks like that. Thanks Bennett for the nickname.] Some people like to have more things to do asides talking and taking pictures. This is what happens whenever technology continues to progress over time. I can show you a demonstration if you'd like.

You got it! [Paimon can't help but laugh at Mona's persona, because that's pretty true. It's a good thing Mona can't hear this conversation or poor Kotarou will be engulf by a huge tidal wave from the nearest sink.] Really, she isn't all bad. She's very helpful finding information about people.

[Paimon returns quietly as she listens to Kotarou express his interest some more. She can't help but make a face while gathering what she can about him. ~~Not to mention two of the Archons are here!!~~]

You. Want to take a look at them just to write some monster stuff? Are you insane?! [Boy. Paimon can think of a couple people who'd this guy have afternoon tea and biscuits with.] You should write a survival manual instead if you live to write.

[Oh no, she makes another face, tilting her head slightly to one side.] Ugh, the what now? [Hey, if he lives up to that title, Paimon knows a certain Archon who could use some 'common sense'.] Um, yeah. We have none of that thing back home. If you wanted to make a quick conversation, you mail it.

[Paimon shrugs speaking honestly. But that doesn't stop her learning what else her new phone device can do. Paimon's feet are tapping happily, eager to gain more knowledge.] Ohh, please show Paimon.

[He'll be sitting down on the couch and opening up his smartphone to search through an app... What was a mobile game that he was into lately? Ah, he decides to go for this one... Kotarou decides to click on an icon and some fancy mystical music begins playing.]

Here's a mobile game that I'm into lately... It's called "Glory Kingdom". The plot is where you're an average joe who ends up making a contract with a weak goddess named Sayooshi. You need to help her regain her power while building your own kingdom from the ground up! You might all sorts of unique characters along for the ride who you can end up rolling for through the gacha system. That's the love-hate part of playing these games.

[Kotarou will show Paimon his party so far. Most of the characters are cute girls, but there's some cool looking guys in his party too.]

But you can't help it! If there's a character that looks appealing to you, then you just roll until you run out of cash!

[Now that Paimon can't float for awhile, she hops off her temporary ice tub stool and joins him near the couch. She's making sure the lid is secure so her slime don't launch like a bouncing ball. Instead, she sets it back on the floor, next to the couch, use it as a stepping ladder while planting both hands on Kotarou's lap to watch him tinker with his strange phone.]

Huh? [She listens carefully as he explains the game, her eyes lids slowly drags down.] Are you sure this Goddess isn't just lazy? Why call it at 'Glory Kingdom' if it isn't that glory?

[But when she's eyes his gacha party of cute girls, Paimon's eyebrow twitches.] Do they seriously fight in those outfits? The guys look almost like Master Diluc and Kaeya. [Either they look cool and cunning or dark burning pyro red.]

Sounds like a waste of mora to spend on imaginary people.

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