This is not how she usually baths with others.
Artificial Incident
This is not how she usually baths with others.
Hmm. I’ll just say I don’t like Aiya and leave it at that.
it’s important to make sure Kaylin is the real deal, and not a con or a noob.
Its a crude, and perhaps rude, way to determine someone’s credentials. But you can’t deny its efficiency. Unless something else is going on, this is likely the only attack that Aiya will make against Kaylin, or, if Aiya isn’t satisfied, there may only be a couple more. But if she’s going to let her daughter’s pet declare they’re an original adventurer, her position demands that she at least make sure Kaylin is up to snuff.
And just asking Kaylin to remove her gear and give a demonstration somehow never occurred to her. :-/
Perhaps you are missing something that would be more obvious from her point of view?
I’m lost already????
She doesn’t trust Kaylin yet. An old adventurer (a player) should be more leveled than a new adventurer. Aiya was considered an Elite: https://www.artificialincident.com/comic/the-ivory-forest-11/ A being that, even Sage admitted, players don’t normally solo unless they have a very high level compared to the Elite’s level. Aiya created a situation to strip Kaylin of her armor to make it easier to see if her stats/skills were only related to the armor she wore or if she really was an old adventurer (a player). The lack of gear for Kaylin would make it easier for Aiya, in case Kaylin’s level is high enough for her to solo take down Aiya.
It is nice seeing someone who pretty much completely understands the situation without having been told it word for word. Thank you.
“The lack of gear for Kaylin would make it easier for Aiya, in case Kaylin’s level is high enough for her to solo take down Aiya.”
Also to avoid “new adventurers” who have some really nasty trick items.
Kaylin’s reaction to an incoming attack would probably be the best way to determine if she is an original adventure or not as skills for evasion and foresight take time to level up or master. Sure you can get lucky on the first and second dodge, but can you consecutively dodge all of the attacks? Mastering this skill can be very useful if you take damage from a boss like enemy and you need to buy time to passively heal, or to get access to an opening from a heavy attack.
This will be a nice cat fight.
“This will be a nice cat fight.”
I see what you did there, NYA!
Damn convenient action lines!
“Are you my daughter’s attack dog, or a kitten?”
“Just for cuddling!”
wondering when this would happen .. the Elite (momma) has to know if her baby is playing with the real deal,. or just some wanna be trying to play an end game…
and of course ,, “Why Now.?” why is the ‘adventure’s ‘ coming back now.??
also IF she is a real deal,,. she will have gear (tricks) with her… (like collar , is storage device..)
Isn´t the storage device the arm rings?
She took them off, the collar might have some magic propberties, but is probably not for storing stuff.
Or is that info from the novel?
There’s a novel? Why have I just now heard about it? And where can I find it?
I think Sage mentioned having written his story before going for comic, but i follow so many comics so it could be possible that i´m confusing it with another.
This is a misunderstanding of what I’ve said. The AI comic is heavily scripted out in advance. Many webcomics are made as they go or partially scripted. AI is plotted far into advance and fully scripted 1-2 chapters in advance. There is no “novel” of AI, but I do enjoy writing. Maybe I’ll write more in the future and make some Light novels to put on Amazon sometime.
I’m quite sure there was a less dangerous way of testing this.
I’m also pretty sure her response to such a complaint would be “Where’s the fun in that?”