SAO: The Trials In My Head O/A4

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[Waffle Cones]

★ Kaede "Nyxiris" Ito ★
Level 1 - <<UNSPECIFIED>>
Nyxiris ██████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

Nyxiris lowered herself, preparing to catch the wolf and shrug the hit off with a proper <<parry>> when suddenly there was a loud CRACK and another voice, a human voice far too human to be an NPC. Counting her lucky stars the chances of her passing in this fight was lessened a great deal. The wolves turned in their own programmed daze as they faced an almost heavenly vision. The player's armor glistened in an even warmer shade of gold than Nyxiris had ever thought possible while in the light of the sun. A quick smile was all she would toss the player before reaching for her bracer ready to take the kills that the player was offering her, that seemed like a win-win to her.

Grasping for where there SHOULD have been more <<Throwing Picks (Lesser Herbal Poison)>>'s she found nothing but the feel of soft leather. Realizing her blunder, Nyxiris quickly opened her user interface and searched her weapons for pre-applied poison throwing picks of which she equipped five more <<Throwing Picks (Lesser Herbal Poison)>> to her left bracer. Thinking about all the time that she was going to be wasting while in the menu the girl quickly thought of a solution to help keep her savior alive as well. "Hold on just a sec! I'll save you in just a second! ...Just gotta find something..." Then continued to scroll the menu in search of <<Throwing Picks (Lesser Herbal Potion)>> which she found and placed four on her right bracer.

Nyxiris was sure she'd be seen as quite an odd person and more than likely a careless player for what she just did, but hopefully by tossing these next few picks she would make up for that. Readying the first <<Throwing Pick (Lesser Herbal Poison)>> Nyxiris used <<Throw>> and buried it easily into the flesh of the second wolf which had only a single charge of poison. Taking two throwing picks, one from each bracer Nyxiris let both picks go sequentially, first the right hand's needle placing a fresh charge of poison on the first wolf. With their attention away from her it was like poking the ground with a stick, the easiest thing so far today.

Without warning the golden player about the nature of the weapon she was throwing at them, the second pick was let loose by her weaker "off hand" and flew in a direct course towards the chest of the player saving her. There was no guarantee that she would even hit them, but if all worked out the other player would take this hit and it'd keep them healthy for roughly twenty seconds with a healing buff. However, no one let another player hit them, heck, no one hit other players. The act of assaulting another player was a taboo that no sensible player would go against, but then again sensible players didn't sleep in trees either soooo... she was losing the "social correctness" race with ease and looking crazy doing so.


Wolf 1 ██████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 3☠
Wolf 2 ██████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 2☠

Location:: The borderlands of the forest and plains.
Company:: In the presence of another player, a golden knight (Camille).
OOC:: I think I need to be more active, writing is awkward right now.

Qunarri

[Wild King Jay]

Health x [▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ]

Stamina [▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ]

Level [ 4 ]

Aruda (Alder) Shiro
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He was still reveling in his triumph when one of the frontline leaders took the new recruits over to the side. The third one taller than the youngest walked over to him. She was heavily armored which he thought suited her physique well. "You seem to be quite knowledgeable Aruda-san. I look forward to seeing what you are truly capable of." He smiled as she stuck her hand out in greeting, He could tell she had an air about her, something that showed she knew what she was capable of. He grabbed her hand in his larger one and shook it with a good grip testing her out. "I have some knowledge of battle but not enough to warrant my outburst at those young'uns, my apologies, I just felt like they didn't really know why they should fight. It's not just their lives but it's the lives of the even younger players who can't fight for themselves His smile crinkled the corners of his eyes accentuating the age he held over most of the other players, He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck "Ah but what do I know i'm just an old ojii-san"

"I am the defence specialist of the front lines right now. You may call me Chika." He nodded "Alright then Chika-san it is. I look forward to working with you on conquering the first floor's dungeon boss." He released her hand and motioned towards where the other leaders had walked off with the recruits "Shall we get started on the planning then?"

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The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

((Sorry for such a short one, but i didn't really know what else to write. too much blockage of the writing juice.))

[Qunarri]

Camille P. Durand
C'est pour cela que je suis née! the level 5 sacrificial paladin

Ne me plaignez passome legends are told
some turn to dust or to gold
BUT YOU WILL REMEMBER ME, REMEMBER ME FOR CENTURIES

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mood: Focused .. company: Loner (Nyxiris) .. location: Bordering forest of Town of Beginnings
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Enguard! The Loner seemed to be at least not resenting that Camille was helping without asking. She didn't want to say that was a rare thing, but there were times that someone would take it as on offense that they were so far down the hole that they needed assistance. Luckily, she could brush off when people begrudge her hand. Eventually someone would need help and accept it, so she couldn't just give up on looking for those kinds of people. Like now, for example. The Loner didn't take off running, for that she was thankful. Not that she couldn't just kill the mutts. She wanted the other to kill them. If she was guessing the level of the wolves, she'd put them at 3. Usually it was that the further away from the town one was, the stronger monsters they faced. A two level advantage over the wolves wasn't a whole lot, but Camille was capable to parrying attacks. And if she didn't parry, she let the wolf bite her. In this world, nobody felt pain beyond being conscious of their health bar. In her real body, a wolf sinking its teeth into her arm should have been excruciating, but here this beast was just draining her health bar. It gnawed on her arm bracer, anyways. If the damage was notable, meeting a smithy later would be no problem.

Enguard! But the task at hand, of course! She was being chewed by a wolf who's head sat easily at her waist. One had gotten to her much faster than the other, due to whatever the Loner had done to these dogs. Camille didn't personally mess with poisons or things of the sort. Not her forte. But she was good at physically dealing with dilemmas. She jerked her arm out of it's maw and firmly sent her boot to it's sternum to knock it back. In that time, the Loner had gone through the actions of opening the user interface menu in search of something. Since the player wasn't attacking anything, it was assumed that finding a weapon was the goal. She had a rather feminine voice. Really, from a distance, Camille wasn't the best at determining what a person may be. But that cleared it up a bit. In response, she didn't say much more than just chuckling dryly. "Hah, worry not. I will be fine." She tried to say. Occasionally words didn't form correctly in sentences, this not being her first language. For the moment, she was doing well. The Loner wasn't saying anything she didn't understand, either. Good. The girl pull out some picks and quickly aimed them towards the wolves. She was a good shot. One wolf turned it's head towards her after being hit, but Camille bopped the back of it's head with the blunt side of her ax to get it's attention. Doing so, she didn't watch the Loner throw a pick at her until it landed dead center in her chest plate. Without actually checking her health bar, her head snapped up at the Loner who she thought had attacked her. She was quick to change the position she held her weapon in, clearly now more in a stance to charge. It would be self defense, would it not? What was this girl thinking, anyways? Camille's hotheaded temperament immediately infuriated her, and she glared from under her hood. Before she reacted in any other way, however, she did notice that her health had not decreased. The attacks of the loner were seeming to be those stakes laced with poison. The wolves had Poison markers on their health bars. Camille didn't have one. In fact, with just a glance at her health, she saw a flashing insignia of a healing buff. At her heath did increase. The previous anger was for not and vanished. She felt she should reprimand herself for being quick to accuse the Loner of attacking her. She'd never seen a heal delivered in the form of a pick.

Enguard! Camille turned back on the wolves, shoving the hilt of the ax into the open mouth of a wolf lunging forward. It choked and jumped back. "Alright, almost done, yes? Just one more attack," she encouraged. The buff had worn off and left her with more health than she'd entered with as well as stamina. Though she wasn't sure the buff raised her stamina or it was regenerating due to her not attacking anything. Either way, it was higher.

tab tab ooc: -wiggles loudly- okay this is pretty lacking substance but as soon as the wolves are dead they can begin the act of ... ( dun dun dun ) conversing

Statsxxxxx
XX»»» Health: 90%
XX»»» Stamina: 70%
XX»»» Other: Battle ax is drawn, casted aggro buffs onto self

Waffle Cones

[Sypher-Anthem]

▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄ "One should always strive for Greatness
XXXXXXXAnd I won't stop until I've achieved It! ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄

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XXXXXXKyuusei Nakiato Lv: 4
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Kyuusei's Theme ^^

Right when Arashi patted his back Kyuusei would nod and start out into the field. He honestly didn't know how pairing with all of them would go considering the hostility that was shown, but hopefully once mobs started to spawn so that they could maybe hit something other than each other.The troop would move along to the quest marker for a a few hours with little conversation which he thought was strange considering they hadn't seen each other since the start of all this. Not that they were all that close, but Kyuusei would at least count his blessings that they weren't arguing. When Aubrey readied her weapons
Kyuusei was quick to take stance with his own. When the boars emerged Kyuusei would sit back and wait for the call out, approaching the fight just like every other the two took on. She'd go in quick, taking into account where they were in the field Kyuusei assumed that they weren't in any real danger yet and that's why she went straight for the lead boar. Her attack was firm and while it didn't force the flinch it was more than enough to slow its momentum making it an easy finish. "SWITCH!"

"Nice set up," He'd say following through as she fell behind. Playing tank wasn't usually his style, but the male needed his strength more than dexterity when he partnered with Aurbrey or a class like hers. They couldn't take hits and even at this low level they struggled to kill solo, but luckily she was good at getting in and getting out so switching just made life easy. At the last moment he'd pivot to the side of the boar before letting his sword skill find its target in the side of the boar. Instead of trying to be proficient in big blows, Kyuusei spec'd into pure dps striking the boar multiple times with the last strike finishing it off. It wasn't that he couldn't choose an art to finish it off more swiftly, but that his intent was to tie up the enemy in a flurry while Aubrey recovered for another switch. It wasn't the most efficient way to use his skills, but it worked with the unlikely duo and well for the way they'd handled the strongest of the three. "And Next. I'd rather not have to grind to much here. These guys are barely worth the exp this close to five. You want the next one?" He'd call out in her direction, but never taking his eyes off of the next closest boar who was stamping its hoofs. It was going to charge soon, but he was content to see what the others were going to do; No reason for him to get all the glory.

Location: Fields
Company: Aubrey, Arashi, Friska
Mood: Confident
Status: Normal
OOC:

Hp: {▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇}xx✞ ✞ ✞xxStamina: {▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇}

[Norse Battle Cats]

XXXXXJason, Yuko, And Chika
XXXXXXXXXX-- Front Line NPCs

tab tab Chika would smile at Alder, however due to the harsh angles of her face it would seem more mischievous than sincere. "People like us have no reason to apologize for such ignorance of the future generation. These children don't know what war and real battle is. Our country has been at peace for many years now and the fact that we don't have a dignified army only pushes them farther into their selfish ways. As for planning we can begin that back at base camp." She would state to him before starting off towards camp now that Jason had caught up with them, but only as she mentioned getting back.

tab tab "What a great idea Chika. I am sure that there will be a delicious brunch waiting for us." Jason would chime beginning his way off. The camp wasn't all that far away, only thirty minutes by foot. Once they would get there there would be small tents pitched; maybe two dozen in a almost circular fashion around a large fire pit. There was a small building at the key of the circle where all the business and planning took place. "Chika, can you give the recruits the tour? I have some business to attend to." Jason directed to her, finally dropping the cheeriness.

tab tab Chika would bow slightly and turn to Alder and the few others. "The tents that you see around here are where you will be staying. You all can have your own tent. We believe that privacy is something to be valued. We will assign tents at the end of the tour..." She would begin then walking towards a larger tent implying that everyone follow. Once the tour has finished she would ask anyone if they had any questions. It was rare for people to have any. Chika would then assign the few tents. Alder's tent was number 24. It was sort of in the center of the mens side of came. However that wasn't important. The younger recruits would then dash to either the for tent or their own. Once they had left Chika would then question Adler. "So, why are you here?" It was a vague question, but not one that was completely uncalled for. It was unusual to see anyone older than twenty in the game.

Wild King Jay

Aruda

[Cthulhuchuu]

xxxxＬＯＧＩＮ： xxxxxxxxxFriska
xxxxＰＡＳＳＷＯＲＤ：xxxxx✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻

xxxxxxxxxxxxx. . . L O G I Nxx S U C C E S S !


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The hours seemed to drag by as the group traveled in near silence. She wanted to continue talking with Aubrey to hear all of what she's done so far in the game, but she was walking next to Kyuusei. Friska didn't want to draw Bre's attention behind her and so she remained quiet.

At least when she and Arashi had quest together there had been chatter. She couldn't stand to be painfully silent. They were all friends! Well okay, not everyone, but that's no reason the group couldn't talk! Friska scratched behind her ear and let out a deep sigh. Ice breaker time. "So, how do you think the front lines meeting is going?" She directed this to Arashi, choosing to keep to her partner for the time being.

If it wasn't for her pathetic class she would have jumped at the chance to join the meeting. If only she had picked something more valuable like a warrior, paladin, or even a typical swordsman. Friska was the type of gal that liked being in on the action. She loved PvP and raids, having a history of doing such in past mmorpg's with Kyuusei. Perhaps if she found a way to toughen up this character..

Snapping back to reality she nodded at Arashi, having only heard half of whatever he said, and turned her attention to the sudden battle Aubrey initiated with the boars. She watched the two make their switch which was beautifully execuited and gripped onto her dagger. There was no way she was going to let herself get shown up just because she felt sorry for herself. Once Kyuusei called back at them for someone else to take over she activated her attack and dashed towards the boar that had started its own charge towards them. "Ready yourself, Arashi!" Just as the gap between her and the boar closed in she swirved to the right which brought the boar in a sharp turn to follow her only to be greeted by her small blade for a connect. Being this close to the beast was bad for recovery time, however if Arashi were to nail it in time it would allow her to move away safely. This was a technique they had used on quests before which utilized her agility stats to make up for Arashi's dragging attacks while keeping the monsters too busy turning in circles to land hard hits.

Location: Town of Beginnings || Current Objective: Kill the boar! || Who I'm with: Arashi, Aubrey, and Kyuusei || Level: 3

[Waffle Cones]

★ Kaede "Nyxiris" Ito ★
Level 1 - <<UNSPECIFIED>>
Nyxiris ██████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

YOU ARE A CRIMINAL

Waving her hands in her face in a quick bid to remove the pop up she could only curse herself with I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!'s and Maybe I should think it through next time... There she was, a criminal in the throws of a shaky decision. Of course, the message disappeared in its own time and only one wolf remained. The other wolf would have reasonably died in the time it took for her to see around the message so it was just a drop of water to let loose from her sea of troubles. Taking a deep breath and a pick from her bracer she closed the distance without the hesitation of earlier, she outnumbered the wolf and he was more dead than she was so things were looking upward for her and he was looking away from her.

Driving the last pick into the beasts back it failed to realize just how dead it was. With a final, deadly charge of poison that drove down it's health into the abyss and out of her mind. The wolf's body began to spasm and burst into countless luminescent flecks of data. In a moment of almost transcendent imagery the glow from the wolfs remains shown the gold armor of her hero to be even more warm and inviting than any other metal could have. All that remained was, in this moment, two beings, humans, yet these two humans were a hero and a once hopeless damsel with a life she had yet to live.

Nyxiris quickly clasped onto the knight, embracing them in her arms ignoring the reward screen that popped up with all of the post fray spoils which she had failed to truly earn and would quickly give to her knight in shining armor. "Thank you so very much... It seems that was much more problematic than I had thought it would be." Letting the knight go from the embrace Nyxiris noticed a window that commonly appeared for female players after unwanted contact or even questionable contact. Albeit a little surprised that she was saved by a woman Nyxiris could hardly deny that she had the ability. Perhaps Nyxiris was just a little biased in her expectations of heroes from the stories her mother used to write. "Could I in some way assist you to repay my debt? Potions, poisons, inks or anything of the like? I'm not as well developed as the other apothecaries, but what's mine is yours and I'll work for free, Mistress." It was hard to tell what a good price was to pay for her life, but she was given her life back and with that there were limitless possibilities before her so in turn this knight would also get her share of this limitlessness.


Wolf 1 DEAD
Wolf 2 DEAD

Location:: The borderlands of the forest and plains.
Company:: The Golden Hero (Camille).
OOC::

Qunarri

[Norse Battle Cats]

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The weather forecast scattered showers spread all through the day.
Temperature high estimated around seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature low estimated around forty degrees Fahrenheit.




-X Players say that resources are spreading thin.
-X New quests available! Please visit with Emi for
XXX further information
-X High class players call for a bank system.
-X Sudden death declining, IRL possibilities explained.
-X Group to push the front line in Dungeon Raid. Ask Emi
XXX for details.

[Wild King Jay]

Health x [▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ]

Stamina [▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ▉ ]

Level [ 4 ]

Aruda (Alder) Shiro
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Aruda let out his breath through his teeth "Yes... this generation should be happy they never experienced war.... and i suppose planning the battle would be better on paper rather than drawing in the dirt" Right about then Jason returned and said something about food back at the base camp "That sounds wonderful, what are we waiting around for? Let's go!" A rumbling laugh came out of his mouth while they gathered up their things and the recruits for the short walk to the camp. Food and new comrades, this day was already getting better.

When they arrived Aruda was surprised the camp was neat and tidy, the tent's arrayed in a simple yet effective manner to easily arrange their group. The main tent was much larger than the smaller personal tents and he guessed that one housed all the plans and strategists if there were any. Jason said something to Chika about taking care of the recruits. 'well if I have to sleep in the tents at least they're private.' Once it was over Chika told the younger recruits where their tents were and they scattered preparing for the coming battle. Aruda looked over to where his tent was and decided he'd go and sort his things after getting some food in his stomach.

But before he could Chika turned to him and asked the question he was asked the most by the younger generation, but without mockery or being called an old man for once. "Why am I here?" He lifted his hand and stroked his beard as if he was thinking what to say. "Well there's more than one answer for that question depending on what you mean." His hand lingered on the scar across his face for a moment before it dropped back to his chest to cross with his other arm. "I'm here because I wan't to fight against the boss and test myself, but that's only one reason, If you mean why am I in SAO it's because this was a way to get around again. It's just nice to.. be able to walk in some new shoes." He smiled and reached out to pat her on the head like a grandfather would do. "Well, I need some food care to join me?" He started walking towards where the food tent was, reaching his hand out to tap his HUD, storing his chestplate and instead donning a regular brown shirt. "Ahhhh that's much better, that armor get's stuffy" he stretched his arms while walking getting the kinks out of his joints, scars could be seen on his right shoulder going down until they were hidden by the shirt. Another reminder of why he decided to go into the virtual world.

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The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Your_One_Only_Love

[The Crimson One]

Tetsuo Hayashi

Akuma

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Getting back to town had taken longer than expected, due to various things, and by the time he arrived Tetsuo was disappointed to realize the meeting for the Front Line had already concluded. He had been intending to observe the kind of people who were getting involved after all, to see if it would be worth getting involved yet, but that chance was past and he wasn't convinced enough to commit fully.

Instead? He was going to check out the new quest, to try and get stronger. If he had time left at the end of the day he'd see what he could get with the drops he had gathered too, either just selling them or preferably managing to barter them for something useful. Though with how late he ws, odds are he'd be rushing.

Which led him to now, standing in front of Emi, inquiring about the quest info.

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Level 4
HP: 100%
Stamina: 100%
Location: In front of Emi
Company: Alone

[Qunarri]

Camille P. Durand
C'est pour cela que je suis née! the level 5 sacrificial paladin

Ne me plaignez passome legends are told
some turn to dust or to gold
BUT YOU WILL REMEMBER ME, REMEMBER ME FOR CENTURIES

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mood: Focused .. company: Loner (Nyxiris) .. location: Bordering forest of Town of Beginnings
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Enguard! This girl... she was alright, wasn’t she? Camille glanced between her and the wolves as they writhed under the poison struck into them. They continued to snarl and gnash their ravenous teeth at her despite the smaller player being the one to actually attack them. Soon one wolf was downed and the other was heavily poisoned. In a last resort type of attack, it lunged forward and latched onto Camille’s arm brace. Though the game didn’t let her feel it exactly, she registered the pain and knew her health bar took a hit. After what appeared to be a short dilemma, the loner pulled another pick from her arsenal and stuck it through the wolf’s spine. It’s health was already bordering empty while Camille shook it violently off her arm but the final blow had it dead without a doubt.

Similarly to anything that ceases to be in the game, the wolf bursted in the game’s signature death style. It stepped back and collapsed, then a second later, erupted into hundreds of sparks that glimmered momentarily. Camille sighed in relief and gave her arm bracer a better look. She was certainly going to need to visit a smith at some time. When she raised her head, the loner was suddenly upon her. The hug startled her having been so unexpected. Unsure of how to react, she awkwardly patted the smaller figure’s shoulder. She could image that when the smaller player pulled away she was going to see the notification that she had made a female player uncomfortable. She chuckled at the comment she made. That certainly seemed to be problematic! When there was space between them again, Camille pulled her hood off to see the loner player better. It seemed as though the rain had lightened and then stopped while picks were driven into wolves. She didn’t need to cover up in that case.

Camille shook her head at the player and grinned. “Think nothing of it. Just be more careful next time, hm?” She shrugged then held out a hand to shake. “Camille. Did you lose your party? You might want to get to them soon.” But she had to admit, the idea of readily available potions sounded pleasant. She tended to wear through them very fast when she just threw herself into the line of fire- as was in her style. Still, it didn’t feel right to ask for that when all she was doing as making sure someone didn’t die. She didn’t think simply taking from someone would help them unless they were working together. Which rose the next question soon after the first. “Might that party have use for another player? Soloing is fast but... not exactly safe.”

tab tab ooc: I've got a flu and am working through some plentiful amounts of medicine so if my English gets wonky, tell me and I'll edit asap

Statsxxxxx
XX»»» Health: 90%
XX»»» Stamina: 70%
XX»»» Other: Battle ax is drawn, casted aggro buffs onto self

Waffle Cones

[Norse Battle Cats]

XXXXXJason, Yuko, And Chika
XXXXXXXXXX-- Front Line NPCs

tab tab With that kind of exclamation one would think that the man was hungry. Or at the very least excited. The two would wander around the tents as the smell of lunch floated on the air. Though it was only the most basic of foods at this point, just bread and grilled meat. It's all that people had the skill for. Yuko, the young girl at the meeting, was one of the head chefs and would train the recruits how to cook. It was part of the basic training that every one recieved.

tab tab After Chika asked Alder about his presence. He would pause a moment, hand trailing over his face. She noticed the scar though wouldn't say anything about it. Everyone had their skeletons and that was probably his. She had her own just like everyone else. He would then answer her question in a way that was just a little vague. It was a question that she asked most people at the camp. Everyone has a reason, though Chika wouldn't question them. "I see. Valid enough for me and I would love to accompany you." She would say and start to walk next to him. Halfway there he would open his HUD and take his armor off, changing into a plain shirt that revealed more scars. Chika chuckled softly to herself at his remark as she opened her own HUD to change into what she titled her "light armor." This armor revealed her figure a bit more that she liked. Thankfully it covered most of her scars. While Chika looked like a pretty china-doll in clothes, one would never guess that she was riddled with slash and bullet scars; only a surgery scar above her knee could be visible.

tab tab Once the two reached the tent and got some food Chika would sit herself at a table. "Meat and bread again. One of these days they will figure something out. Oh well, you get used to it I suppose." She would gesture lightheartedly taking a small bite. She would set the small loaf down before staring down Alder. "So Alder, how old do you think that I am? I bet my meat that you can even guess." Chika wold start off playfully.

Wild King Jay

Aruda

[Always A Lark]

«Ryder»
〈 Yutu Akari 〉xx
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The same? Nothing is ever the same. Not from year to year, day to day or even minute to minute. She should have known that, she did know that. She had just blindly hoped for something different and tossed her lot in with strangers. And things changed because of that. Ryder shouldn’t have been surprised, she should have expected as much, but she hadn’t and she had hoped and now she was glowering at the obnoxiously chipper face of the same NPC she had followed around on her first day in this god forsaken game.

Well, maybe she didn’t have any right to be angry, or to have stormed off like she had, but what else was she supposed to do? She had been on edge ever since… er well, coming out as a girl, and maybe she had been imagining the leering and stairs, but it didn’t mean they weren’t something that could happen. So she might have been a little out of line when she drew her axe on that one guy in the street, and maybe she had deserved to be scolded a little over breakfast for it. But really, it wasn’t completely unexpected behavior, and it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to either of them when she had slammed her col down on the table and stomped off, saying she needed a little ‘alone time’ to adjust to being a girl again. She hasn’t been out with people, well other players, as a girl for… well a few years now as she had had all male character in her other MMOs and she has hardly been around anyone but her family and the few female tutors her adoptive father selected for her ever since moving to Japan years ago.

Maybe keeping her face covered had been for more than just hiding her gender, but that wasn’t a weakness she wanted to dwell on and it was much easier for her to get angry and storm off than face her short comings and try to work though her problems with someone like that wanna be hero. For ever inch or decency and humanity she seemed to loose to this game he only seemed to become better and while that had worked to counterbalance her for a while, now she felt like she was becoming too codependent and needed to move on before she lost whatever edge she had left.

Thus, after making her, painfully dramatic, exit Ryder had perused shop after shop in a blind rage, snapping up new armor and baring her teeth at anyone who so much as looked in her general direction. She managed to get herself some decent gear, as well as empty her inventory and purse as she did so, and she was now had armor to match her level. However, she also now looked like some froufrou little battle doll, complete with ruffles on her annoyingly short skirt and a garter belt for her stockings. She had known the best gear would look the most ridiculous, and if she had been in any other state of mind she might have though twice about blowing her col and her dignity on the nicest gear she could afford, but now that she had cooled down marginally and stopped to look at herself she was a little shocked at just how much she looked like she could belong in some battle ballerina or something equally ridiculous. She had even dropped a few extra col on a new hair style option, which she was now thankful for as the messy crown braids gave her face a certain sharpness that made her looks a bit more imposing in her short skirt and corset turned breast plate. Thankfully she had run out of col before getting to her cloak, regardless of the fact that the poor price of gear was in desperate need of repairs and most probably an upgrade was in order, and she was able to retain at least a few shreds of dignity and modesty with it draped over her shoulders.

Now, with the sun riding high in the sky and her coin purse lighter than air Ryder was more than ready to get on with this stupid class quest. If only the NPC would realize this and hurry up with the blabbering she could be on her way. She had stopped really listening to what Emi was saying once the basics of the quest had been covered, and now she was just trying to rush though the interactions to get the item and be on her way. She had lost the whole mourning to shopping and her temper and she was not interested in losing the rest of the afternoon listening to some system generated air head yap about how her good friend was stuck out in the woods all alone.

She was so absorbed in her own annoyance at the un-skimable dialog that she didn’t even notice the arrival of another late quest claimer as he came up on the other side of Emi and started his own quest chain as she did. Nor did she notice the poor man as she accepted her items from the NPC, or when she pushed past Emi to get on her way. In fact, Ryder didn’t even notice the other player until she slammed right into him as she went to skirt around the NPC and head off into the wilderness all on her own. Now though, she noticed him as she took a short stubbing step back and, after looking very confused for a split second, glowered up at him with flash of teeth and feral curl to delicate lips. ”Watch it!” The words were out of her mouth without a second though about how she should be the one to ‘watch it,’ as she jabbed a finger at the taller player’s chest accusingly. The collision wasn’t his fault, and neither was the frothing rage that she was still trying to reign in, but seeing as anger seemed to be Ryder’s default emotion now that she was trapped in this game she had no intentions of apologizing or even considering that she had been at fault. Once upon a time, when she had been a happy person and still lived on a ranch, she might have been much more pleasant to deal with and maybe have even been friendly, but that was another time and another life. Here she was as ornery as a wet hen and she had no qualms with taking her frustration out on whatever random bystander happened to be within striking distance.

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[Norse Battle Cats]

xxxxxxxx Impressed. This could be a word that Arashi could describe how the ditz and Kyuusei pulled off the switch. However, he wouldn't be for long as there were other things to deal with. Besides, just because she landed one attack didn't make her any more smart. A small chuckle would escape his lips as Friska called to him. He pulled up his bow and began to line his sights. "Don't need to tell me twice." Arashi would reply taking in some focus. Once Friska jumped out of the way Arashi would let fly, activating the skill shot the arrow would hit it's target killing it. "How it's done." Arashi would say under his breath, slightly irritated that the already minuscule amount EXP was divided four ways.

xxxxxxxx However this still left the third one. "Take notes." He would remark, mostly at Aubrey. Not wanting the prissy one show him up Arashi would do a quick draw and strike the other leaving it stunned. Before anyone could even switch out, Arashi would pull a basic dagger and strike the beast for kill. The smallest and last of the boars shattered as Arashi got back into the formation. "Let's go. I don't have time to deal with these all day." He would remark as the group would return and begin on their way again.

xxxxxxxx The group went on a ways until there was a fork in the road. Unfortunately the person that Arashi had to speak with was a different person as his weapon of choice focused more on ranged attacks. The four had to split. Kyuusei, Friska, and Aubrey would say there good-byes, Arashi favoring Kyuusei. "We'll keep in touch man. Don't you die on me." He joked before strutting down the path towards his own quest. Sure it may have been smarter for someone to go with him, but he was confident enough in his skills that he could at least get by.

Health: ██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌
Stamina: ██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌██▌
With: Friska, Kyuseei, And that b***h.
Mood: Peace out Girl Scouts

xAwakeningx

OMG. I hope I did him some sort of justice. Q- Q

[Waffle Cones]

? Kaede "Nyxiris" Ito ?
Level 1 - <<UNSPECIFIED>>
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Nyxiris smiled and gave Camille a hand to shake. "Nyxiris, apprentice apothecary and purveyor of the finest concoctions for the discerning types of this floor." In truth, Fine might have been a strong word given how long it took to deal with the wolves Nyxiris had one of the more practiced repertoires and everything was recorded in her <<Iron Bound Book>> rather than in memory which allowed her to quickly comprehend what she needed. While most made what they knew they had the ability to make, there wasn't a mixture Nyxiris wouldn't try, test, and eventually sell if the effects were worth something.

"I don't have a party." With a chuckle she glimpsed at the tree she had climbed out of. Pulling up her character menu she began to work her way through the goods in her inventory all the while making sure to keep the conversation in motion. "I live here in the wilds collecting the herbs and animal toxins, it's a lot more convenient. I'm what you'd call a recluse, and it's hard for us to find friends among the wolves." With a quick glimmer Nyxiris' hands held her tome of mixtures. "I've spent most of my time to understand the numbers behind all that I make so, I'd like to think you can find something in here that suits you." Nyxiris held the <<Iron Bound Book>> to Camille. "If you have any questions please, let me know."


Location:: The borderlands of the forest and plains.
Company:: Camille
OOC::

Qunarri