Chapter 28 Aquarion Alchemis (1/2)

The sound of the sea had lulled Nix to sleep, even though he had been busy planning the next day in his head.One moment he was wide awake and the next he was sleeping peacefully face down on his pillow. The bed on the third level of his new houseboat was King Sized and quite comfortable. Something pulled him slowly out of his slumber. He sat up in bed, the Sea-World's moon lit up the back deck of his boat nicely.

She sunk deeper into the water of the hot tub when he opened the sliding door leading to the back deck.He caught a glimpse her pale back before the Aquarion hid in the bubbles.

Her hair was braided in a complex system that went well with her white hair.This was the same braid that Nansu wore, so Nix assumed it was the Alchemist that Nansu spent so much time with.Since he slept in shorts, he slid into the water, sighing contently while sinking up to his chin.”I'm Nix, we really haven't been formally introduced.”

The Aquarion didn't seem embarrassed or shy.”I'm Fajii.”

”You do realize this is my boat, the place where I'm going to be staying.”

Fajii nodded, ”the bubbles called to me.”

Nix laughed.”Did they?I can see now that this isn't your fault.”

Again Fajii nodded, ”how come the other sea homes don't have bubbles?”

”It cost too many credits.”

The Aquarion's pale eyes watched him, ”having them is better.”

”Do you have a swimsuit Fajii?I guess I haven't learned much about Fajii anatomy.”

”Like the dark girl?Her's is very pretty.” Her face showed that she was interested, she had admired Ronnie's swimsuit.”I'm always in the water so my clothes are suited for that, but the bubbles are different.”

”I can make you one just for the hot tub.”

[You have sent Fajii a friend request.]

[Fajii is now your friend.]

Fajii smiled and nodded.”I'll give you something nice tomorrow.”

”Since you don't need the underwater breathing features, we aren't limited to color.Do you have a preference?”

Fajii stared at him for a long moment before answering.”The Fire Lord's clothes.”

”You want red?Very bold.”

Since the swimsuit was simple, it only took a few minutes.

Swimsuit: Red [Aquarion]

Description: A Sleek one-piece

swimsuit that is both comfortable

and stylish.Custom made for Fajii.

Crafted by Nix.

She stood up after trying it on.Nix hadn't bothered to think about the difference between Aquarions and humans. She looked very good in red, her lean muscles rippled beneath her pale skin.

”I like it,” she proclaimed before sitting back down.

Nix stifled a yawn and stood up.”I need to get some sleep.Big day tomorrow.”

A few feet away three women were ducked down behind the rail of their houseboat.Tess had her hand out.”I win, pay up.”

Semmi transferred the credits to her, ”I thought we were about to witness a historical moment.”

Jun Li looked back at the Aquarion that was still sitting in Nix's hot tub.”Everything works the same way right?”

Tess and Semmi looked at each other and then shrugged.

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Tess, Rose, Banza, Wind, Pon, Ronnie, Chael, Jun Li, Semmi, and Nansu were all fitted for new Enhanced Aquatic gear that was a hybrid between the Black Sea Turtle Under Armor and the Malu Aquatics.Nix had designed it to be worn under armor or by itself, which is what he preferred. Nansu wouldn't be part of the normal raid force, but for closing out the fourth stage Nix decided to bring the alchemist along; since the rewards were likely to be substantial.

”You sure you don't need me to come?”Mina had been busy helping her people with the construction of their village.She spent a good portion of her day traveling to human cities and purchasing things from vendors.

”No worries, since I've finished the fifth floor, I'll be able to access the sixth floor directly from the staging area.”Nix wanted to limit Mina's exposure to human areas until more people got used to the ideas of Aquarion allies.

They held hands in a circle and Nix activated Deep Blue.A moment later they appeared in the staging area of Stage four.There was already a group there.

Jun Li sighed when she saw who they were, ”it's Salamander of course.”

Semmi noticed right away the person running things.”They brought Shank in to run the guild?I wonder how much that cost them.”

Nix glanced over at theSalamander guild but didn't say anything.”Who is Shank?”

Jun Li scowled at the name, ”he's an eighty level sharpshooter, or at least he was.Those two bitches that shadow him are in the same boat.”

Nix felt that all three were very dangerous.”Explain please.”

Jun Li nodded and explained. ”Shank and the twins are dps. There's a high-level raid in Hispana that features a whirlwind obstacle.By now all the guilds know to go around, going through the whirlwind route costs you two levels.”

Nix nodded as he understood.”So the three of them went through multiple times in order to come back to fifty.”

”Correct, and you end up losing your gear unless you took all of it off beforehand.”

Nix was tempted to turn his Vilas loose on them, but he held himself back.”What sort of advantage will they have over normal fifty level players?”

Jun Li kept a straight face, in reality, Nix was a complete noob to gaming.”At level 60, once your skills are maxed out, you gain modifiers at each level. Those modifiers stay regardless if you lose a few levels.”

”Let's go.”Nix summoned Soup and sat comfortably on his back while moving slowly to the entrance to the sixth floor.

They appeared a moment later above the platform on the sixth floor.Nix held up his hand.”No one leaves the platform yet.”

Mina had told him that the sixth floor is really just a race, it was why he had been upgrading and customizing gear all morning.Sooner or later his true strength would be known. He wasn't on par with the Beast Master, but he could definitely shock some people.”Nansu you will ride Soup and head down the middle hall with Chael and me.Junie, you take the right hall with Tess, Wind, and Semmi.Pon that leaves you Ronnie, Rose, and Banza.It starts when we leave the platform, we arestrictly racing the clock.”