Heh...my name is Lumina. It's supposed to mean light...but who needs that? I am sure long ago I fought for the light of this pathetic world...but I have long since forgotten a time … (more)when I was pure. The last of my old life I remember was simple. Falling, I don't remember why or how I ended up there, but I think I should have died. But I didn't.
I was reborn in the body of a Demon. My new body was weak, feeble, unworthy of power. At first I was afraid, begging for my death that I so rightfully deserved. But death refused to come to me. I didn't eat, or sleep, for countless moons in the abyss that I had fallen to. So I left that deep abyss to come across this cheerful...little world.
I still craved death, but if it would not come to me...I will bring it to others. My Demon body blessed me with wings and untapped darkness. I was still weak, I need strength. So with the blood of innocents I took it. My wings became my weapons, born with thorny horns to maim any who dared cross my path. Ah, and they grew, stained with red, the color so vivid and beautiful, it brought me joy. But the innocents wanted to fight back.
On that fateful night, the moon had gone dark...and they brought torches, pitchforks, you name it. But death still refused me, their flames could not burn me, and no matter how much blood I spilled, It only came to burn them back. In the embrace of the black night...I could feel my many wounds, touched by the empty sky. It burned, and with it, It burned the innocents. Finally, I felt the darkness crawl into me, through my skin, boiling in my blood.
My emergence destroyed the innocent village. It left corruption, anything that my blood touched became tainted. The tainted creatures gave me their strength, and I gave them death. The one thing I craved in this world. I need to deliver death to everyone...In the trail of blood I wrought, I found another Demon. Hehe, he thought he could fight me. His death was special because I took his wings, and his horns...and his weapon. A great scythe designed in the shape of a Demon's wing. The wings of my fallen enemy made a wonderful cape, although somehow, they fused to my body, and gave me another pair of wings. His horns I wore around my neck, and it was the beginning of a beautiful collection. Fallen enemies are a little useful I suppose. The scythe brought death swiftly, it was almost a pity that I didn't get to watch them bleed. Through them I found my strength, and my corruption brought me servants to bring death.
I began to hear whispers of a power to unmake this world. The death I so desperately craved...! It was too tempting to pass up. I left my trail of death and finally caught the attention of a Demon. He claimed to be a Commander of the Black Mage...but he refused me. Just like death. Oh I wanted to kill him, but he overpowered me, although he left when he saw...I would not die. In my rage, I left back to my abyss, the place where my trail had begun. It had grown strong, filled with my corruption, and I sat under the moonlight. I had to become a Commander. For revenge. for Destruction. For Death.
So I continued to spread my corruption. I began to keep innocents alive, tormenting them with the burning in their blood, until they begged me for death. Hehehe...and I gave it to them. Their blood was sweet, covering the scars upon my body. I grew stronger, and stronger. In my abyss I built my den. I wanted him to come back. I found he lived in Leafre...so it was there I aimed my corruption. Hehehe...and he came quickly. But this time, I was stronger than he, and instead of his death, I would be brought before the Black Mage. I would make sure this world was unmade. Death's sweet embrace would be but a reward. So take me, Great One.
If I cannot have death, I hope this world will bleed out until there is nothing left! NOTHING! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If my character were a boss: Mechanics and what not
Level:250
HP: A lot (3 phases)
Stats: A lot
Mechanics
Phase 1:
In Phase 1, Lumina does not even use her scythe, she will fly around the map, which has two higher platforms and a middle platform alongside the general floor.
Attacks
-Impaling Wing: Standard Rush attack, will apply a short stun if you are hit though.
-Tainted Touch: Linear AoE that will apply Taint to you. Taint is a special status effect that causes potions to be useless, best have a bishop handy for this mechanic as its one of the only ways to heal Taint via Dispel.
-Drawn In: a pull mechanic, anyone with Taint will be pulled in faster, if you hit the center, you will lose like...all of your HP.
Taint Explosion: Think Damien's Phase 1 Ball throwing mechanic, except this applies Taint.
Phase 1.5 - Transition Phase after 70% HP
Lumina will stop attacking your party for now. Some Tainted Villagers will spawn. Your goal is to keep them alive through the phase. There are three main villagers and a bunch of non-essentials. The Main villagers are the Old Lady, the Child, and the Soldier. These villagers will move around the map slowly, but Lumina will target them with Scythe Spin (Soon to be your worst enemy in Phase 2) along with meteors similar to Lotus/Magnus. You have to meat shield the villagers via the higher platforms for meteors, while Scythe spin...Ill leave that to you to figure out. If you save all of the 3 Main villagers, you will earn a buff.
Phase 2:
Here comes the Scythe, Lumina will still fly around, but will use a lot of Scythe based attacks, along with the beginning of her Minion summoning.
Attacks
-Round Scythe: General AoE around the boss. Does moderate damage but she does give an indicated animation before it starts.
-Reckoning: Lumina flies up to one of the two side platforms and performs an almost map-wide AoE. Best find out where those safe spots are!
-Scythe Spin: Lumina throws her scythe. It will target one party member at a time, but it does have a set number of "bounces" before it will return to her (I would say 10). The goal here is...bait the scythe so it doesn't hit your party members. If the Scythe hits you, you will become "Marked". If it hits more than 4 players and marks them, they all die. The Scythe will aim for all 6 members within its 10 bounces though, and will only kill marked players if more than 4 players have it, and since it only hits one target...well, keep an eye out!
-Rise of the Taint: Brings out Tainted Enemies. There are three types:
Tainted Fox: A fast monster, fairly weak damage and medium HP, but it can debuff you with Undead and Taint.
Tainted Bat: Flying Monster, deals 10% HP per hit, but also has lower HP and is pretty predictable.
Tainted Bear: Big Monster, performs a 1-shotting AoE, but it requires a charge-up period. This is a case of Kill or be killed. High HP but won't attack while charging.
Phase 3:
After you depleted her first HP bar, you thought it was over, right? Well, Lumina won't die so easily. She is now dripping with the Taint, and her Scythe has changed somewhat. Expect some of the Phase 2 Mechanics to carry over (Rise of the Taint, Round Scythe, and Scythe Spin)
Attacks
-Scythe Charge: A spinning charge attack using the Changed Scythe. Puts Taint on anyone who gets hit.
-Bloodletting: Leaves a puddle AoE. I would not recommend standing in it for too long, or you may be debuffed with Tainted. Tainted is different from Taint, as you cannot do skill actions and there is NO healing out of it, just gotta wait it out.
-Bleeding Inferno: Summons falling objects that will inflict stuns onto you. Leaves Lumina vulnerable while she is casting this attack though. Lasts about 10-15 seconds.
-Final Scythe: after about 40% of her health is left, she will begin casting this. Her Scythe becomes giant and turns into a large Staff. Has a large AoE and will drain your HP slowly, while trying to heal hers. You will have to break the Scythe Staff before she heals up!
-Blackened: 25% or lower, Blackened will darken the map for a period of time. Good luck not getting hit!
I'm sorry, but it kinda ruins the point of Reboot's self progression...while Id LOVE to transfer over my Meso gear between characters...I know that's part of the server and I just gotta … (more)deal with that. Also, scissors to trade gear? Same thing if it was an NX charge...that just puts reboot right back as a p2w. My only suggestion....MAPLE HOOD WATCH EQUIPS. Those equips 99% of the time are USELESS to the class you have them on...so a ONE TIME trade would be...kinda appreciated for THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS. Id be able to fund one thief T^T with clean CRA gear, but it would be a ONE TIME deal, so I can't throw the gear around whenever I get bored of said thief. and again...specific to the Maple Hood Watch gear you can get from the Gachapon day. (less)
I was in the Dance contest...-hides my super red face- Man I felt so freakin embarassed afterwards but I am glad I did it.
When I rewatch the dance competition on Twitch, I cry everytime because it was the last event and it was like watching the end of Toy Story 3 when Andy and Buzz watch drive away. It could also be the nostalgic remix of the login music that made me cry.
My favorite moment was actually being there. I didn't get selected from the waves or from the Facebook/Twitter contest. I was suppose to meet a guy Petalmagic met on Twitch. I was basically a +1 for a guy out of town I didn't know, but I took the chance to fly from NY to Las Vegas and a bus to LA. It actually worked and I still had both kidneys!
When I entered the lob of the venue, I was happy to say I had made it to the event. I got a few pictures of the many cute cosplayers, magnificent artwork from the talented Maplers as well as a picture with the cute mascot, Pink Bean ^o^. I also met with PetalMagic, the one who made it possible and we had a great time at the even hearing announcements and having fun times at the booths. The merch store allowed me to take home some goodies from my first plane trip and from my favorite PC game. I got a Eunwol and Phantom figurine for myself, and a Mercedes figurine for my sister who couldn't come to LA with me. At the end of the event, me and Petalmagic got commemorative photos and we each got pictures with our cool CM, Arwoo . It was the best trip I had!(less)
. It was the best trip I had!