Grain Buds

★★★★★ Grain Buds		BaseElite 2Fragrant Pace A girl from the paddies of Dahuang who can understand the "words" of any animal. Have a chat with her when you're feeling down—she's all ears for anything you have to say.
Class	Supporter
Branch	Decel Binder
Faction	Yan
Position	Ranged
Tags	Slow, Crowd-Control
Trait	Deals Arts damage and Slows the target for a short time
How to obtain	Standard Headhunting

Operator

File

Overview

Dialogue

Gallery

Trivia

Grain Buds

Base

Elite 2

Fragrant Pace

Real name

Xiaoman

Internal name

char_4122_grabds

Based on

Eastern cattle egret (Ardea coromanda)

Etymology

See Trivia

In Other Languages

Simplified Chinese

小满

Traditional Chinese

小滿

Japanese

グレインバッズ

Korean

그레인버즈

Character Information

File no.

YD14

Illustrator

YUJI

Japanese CV

Natsuko Abe

Chinese CV

Ruan Congqing

English CV

Triya Leong

Korean CV

Lee Joo-eun

Basic Info

Gender

Female

Combat Experience

None

Place of Birth

Yan

Date of Birth

May 21st

Race

Liberi

Height

153 cm

Infection Status

Medical tests have confirmed that no infection is present.

Physical Exam

Physical Strength

Normal

Mobility

Standard

Endurance

Normal

Tactical Acumen

Normal

Combat Skill

Normal

Originium Arts Assimilation

Excellent

Other Information

Occupation

Animal herder

Family and relatives

• Old Lumberjack (father)
• Unnamed mother

Stats

Range

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Attributes

		MAX	MAX	MAX
HP	589	796	1008	1260	–
ATK	221	326	435	525	+65
DEF	45	65	84	100	–
RES	10		15	20	N/A
Redeployment time	70 seconds
DP cost	13		15
Block count	1
Attack interval	1.9 seconds

Potential

	DP cost -1
	Redeployment time -4 seconds
	ATK +23
	Improves Please Behave
	DP cost -1
Total Cost
5 OR 20

Promotion

Elite 1	Maximum attributes increased. DP cost +2. New talent: Please Behave. New skill: Hometown Lullaby. Raise Grain Buds to Level 50. 20K 4 4 3
Elite 2	Maximum attributes increased. Please Behave improved. Operator Modules available. Raise Grain Buds to Elite 1 Level 70. 120K 3 7 11

Talent

Please Behave
	ASPD +6; When the target is a [Wild Beast], slightly increases the duration of Slow from Trait
	ASPD +8 (+2); When the target is a [Wild Beast], slightly increases the duration of Slow from Trait
	ASPD +10; When the target is a [Wild Beast], increases the duration of Slow from Trait
	ASPD +12 (+2); When the target is a [Wild Beast], increases the duration of Slow from Trait
Additional information
Slow duration extension: Elite 1: 0.2 seconds Elite 2: 0.6 seconds Potential 5: +0.2 seconds

Skills

	Flute Flutter Auto Recovery Auto
Click to show/hide the information for Flute Flutter

Lv.	Description
	The next attack deals 110% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 1 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 120% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 1 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 130% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 1 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 140% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 2 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 150% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 2 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 160% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 2 charge(s)	0	7	–
	The next attack deals 170% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 2 charge(s)	0	6	–
	The next attack deals 180% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 2 charge(s)	0	6	–
	The next attack deals 190% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 3 charge(s)	0	6	–
	The next attack deals 210% ATK as Arts damage, and attacks an additional enemy Can store 3 charge(s)	0	5	–

	Hometown Lullaby Auto Recovery Manual 13–15 seconds	□□□□　 　□■□□　 　□□□□
Click to show/hide the information for Hometown Lullaby

Lv.	Description
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 3 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +10, and attacks 3 enemies	0	30	13
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 3 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +20, and attacks 3 enemies	0	30	13
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 3 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +30, and attacks 3 enemies	0	30	13
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 4 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +45, and attacks 3 enemies	5	30	14
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 4 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +60, and attacks 3 enemies	5	30	14
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 4 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +75, and attacks 3 enemies	5	30	14
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 4 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +90, and attacks 3 enemies	10	25	14
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 5 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +100, and attacks 3 enemies	12	25	15
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 5 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +115, and attacks 3 enemies	12	25	15
	Stops attacking and puts 3 enemies within Attack Range to Sleep for 5 seconds. Afterwards, ASPD +130, and attacks 3 enemies	15	25	15

Skill upgrades

	4
	4 10
	6 3
	6 5
	6 5
	6 3 3
	Flute Flutter 5 3 4	Hometown Lullaby 5 2 4
	Flute Flutter 6 3 5	Hometown Lullaby 6 3 5
	Flute Flutter 10 4 4	Hometown Lullaby 10 4 3

Base skills

	Thoughtfulness
When this Operator is assigned to a Dormitory, restores +0.55 Morale per hour to another Operator assigned to that Dormitory whose Morale is not full (Only the strongest effect of this type takes place)

	Rural Flute
When this Operator is assigned to a Dormitory, restores +0.15 Morale per hour to all Operators assigned to that Dormitory (Only the strongest effect of this type takes place)

Operator Modules

Original: Grain Buds's Badge (click to show/hide the information)

	Operator Grain Buds has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for impeding the enemy. The Field Operations Department has thus passed the following resolution: This operator shall be appointed a Supporter Operator during field operations to exercise Decel Binder responsibilities. In witness whereof, This badge is hereby conferred upon the above named.

DEC-X: On the Field (click to show/hide the information)

		HP +90 ATK +33	New trait: SP recovery +0.2/sec when there are enemies within range
		HP +110 ATK +38	Please Behave improved: ASPD +12; When the target is a [Wild Beast], increases the duration of Slow from Trait
		HP +120 ATK +41	Please Behave improved: ASPD +14; When the target is a [Wild Beast], further increases the duration of Slow from Trait

Module Missions	Deal a total of 60,000 damage with Grain Buds (excluding Support Units) Clear Main Theme 9-11 with a 3-star rating under Standard Environment; You must deploy your own Grain Buds, and use Hometown Lullaby at least 2 times

Prerequisites		Complete both of Grain Buds's DEC-X Module Missions. Raise Grain Buds to Elite 2 Level 50.	2 3 40K
		Have at least 50% Trust with Grain Buds.	2 20 4 50K
		Have at least 100% Trust with Grain Buds.	2 8 5 60K

Description

May 10th It feels like I'm going in circles. These so-called "social activities" keep dragging me back to Dahuang. Not only does the weather not suit me, I can barely understand their accent, and I heard that their pickled vegetables are super super salty! I don't know how I'm going to make it an entire year. As I expected, nothing's gone right since I arrived. I thought I could at least talk to people, but I keep tripping over my own tongue. Not only can nobody understand a word I say, but the stockbeasts keep running away from me! May 21st I've run into a strange young girl, standing tiptoe atop the backs of the stockbeasts. She jumped around on top of them, and at first glance you'd think she was a fowlbeast that had fallen into the herd. There I was, one leg sunk deep in the mud while my other foot is barely covered, trudging through the muck, when she started laughing at me. "Sillyhead!", she said. Me...? "Take off your shoes!" Eh? "I'll teach you how to walk on top of the stockbeasts so you don't have to go through the mud." I got thrown off the stockbeasts' backs eight times that day, and I'm sure I ate more mud than rice by dinner time. She thumped me across my back, her plumage flapping about as she laughed. Though my luck may be bad, looking at her smiling face makes me feel that there's nothing that can hold me down for long. July 8th That girl was crouching down by the stockbeast pen this time, swaying her head as she played her flute to the herd. "Hey, Claypot! Come, quick!" Who...? "You're new here, right Claypot? I forgot to tell you last time, but my name's Grain Buds!" Oh, was she talking to me? "Do you want to learn how to talk to stockbeasts? I'd say I'm better at it than anyone in all of Yan!" She held my face in one hand, while holding a stockbeast's in the other, and told us to look into each other's eyes. That day might be the first time I realized a stockbeast's bright, intelligent eyes possess the same basic range of emotions as any man. Since then, the stockbeasts really did stop running away from the sound of my voice. I never expected someone like me—who's always getting chased and nipped by tuskbeasts—to suddenly have a group of animal friends. October 4th I was out searching for Grain Buds when I ran into her along with another youth who appeared to be a schoolboy. They were playing some odd game where they threw small pieces of bone. "Claypot! Come play with us!" Oh, alright... "He's 'Big Buffalo', have you two not met before?" I'm afraid not... "These were left over from Shu's stew! I don't really know all the rules myself, so you'll have to explain, Big Buffalo!" I had no idea that you could turn stockbeast leg bones into toys. A shame I was so clumsy, though. I couldn't catch the bones for quite a long while, and kept accidentally flinging them at their heads instead. Big Buffalo was a nice guy. Didn't talk much, just like me. However, every time he went off to work, he wanted to bring me along. Sometimes Grain Buds would lie down on a stockbeast's back, or hang from a tree. Sometimes she would help us out with work, and other times she would drag us off to play. Out here in the boundless fields, it almost felt like we were a family. May 20th As I was leaving Dahuang by car, a group of stockbeasts wandering the fields walked past. Looking at their chubby figures fade into the distance behind us, I suddenly began to feel uneasy, just like I did a year ago when I left home by myself to come to Dahuang. Setting aside not being able to see Dahuang's fields and stockbeasts any longer, would I be able to find friends as good as Grain Buds and Big Buffalo at school? I don't know how I'm going to make it through the next two school years.

Changelog

Path of Life Fragrant Pace introduced. Here A People Sows Introduced.