Sword Art Online: Side Stories

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[OOC: ahh, sorry I've been a bit busy, but here it is]​

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The stranger came up and offered to sell them cheaper crystals. Elise examined her. Her parents had always told her never to trust those kinds of merchants, but she had never had any actual experience with one. The girl didn't look much older than she was, and didn't look in any way shady. Something in Elise's mind told her to trust her.​

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"I-I guess if it's alright with everyone else..."​

 

Even Elise agreed to purchase some crystals from the girl. Ittoki was a bit surprised. "O-Okay. Then show us what you got!"

 

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With all of them agreeing to at least check out her items Meerna smiled. Sadly they seemed smart enough to know the actual prices, or at least the one girl did, so no rip-offs here. It wasn't a thing she enjoyed doing anyway and at least this way she would be helping them out as well as getting the cash for herself. That made a lot more sense compared to giving it to a NPC, a thing that would never use it. And in a world like this, where all fought to live, it seemed unfair and just stupid not to keep it among the players.​

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Opening her menu now she came upon the item section. With ten health potions she figured selling five of them would be okay so she took them out and placed them on the nearest table. After that she found three teleporting crystals and one antidote crystal she was okay with selling. That seemed like more than enough for the group, in fact it was quite generous of her in her mind.​

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"So all of this or only a bit? How much can you afford?"​

 

Mya examined the crystals laid out on the table. With 5 health crystals, 3 teleporting crystals, and one antidote, it looked like a good array of crystals. She did wish she had more antidote crystals since the enemies outwards of the field were poisonous. "I guess we'll buy the crystals." She opened up her menu and laid out a set amount of money a little less than market price. "Does this look like a good amount of money?"

 

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Elise scanned through the crystals that were available. They all looked useful, especially if they were planning to do more than just train. Mya seemed like she knew what she was talking about, so Elise decided to just step back and let her decide on the cost. She looked down at her feet in thought. "Everyone's been able to help out someway, and yet...all I've been...was useless..." She clenched her fists. Her sister's cries of terror rung in her ears. Elise had entered the game to escape her reality, and become stronger. But even after a week, nothing had changed. She was still the cowardly self..that she hated.​

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When Mya laid the money on the table, she looked up. She was shocked. Elise had at least expected to share some of the cost. She tugged on her party member's sleeve, "I-I couldn't possibly let you pay for all of it..."​

 

"We can split the money evenly..." Ittoki suggested. He noticed Elise's expression, and thought of something to compromise. Elise wants to help... Ittoki thought to himself. "How much does that come to?"

 

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【OCC: I'm sorry Ashwin SOB】​

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She rarely laughed. She had a dry sense of humor, which could once in awhile could prompt a ironic and slightly crocked smile. This was one of those times. She granted a little whisper of one, her dimples showing. Swiftly wiping it off her face, she gazed at the boy. Who was he? Why was he trying to communicate with her? Why? He looked as if he was drunk. She had already encountered a few, what fools they were.​

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Emi pondered about how to reply to him. Replaying the various scenarios of how'd it go in her head. "Drunkard!" "Don't leave me! I just want company!" Accompanied by big, salty tears, which would then cause a sea! The boy would be set afloat! What a commotion that would cause! No, too much hassle. Exhaling and muttering the word "Fool." under her breath, she went down to his level, her hands perfectly resting on her knees. Emi admired him for a few moments further, taking in his overly friendly smile. The idea sprung into her head about to do! She reached her, her slender fingers lightly tracing the boy's nose before she pinched it hard.​

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"Hi, drunkard." She hissed, sticking out her tongue. She had assumed he was drunk, anyhow. Why else would a boy follow a young girl into a dark alley? Oh. Her pinches grew more violent.​

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"Pervert! You're not touching me!" Of course there could've been another reason for him following her and falling at her feet. Out of the kindness of his heart perhaps he decided to check on the girl? Preposterous! It was to her, anyway. Always assume the worst.​

 

Kuroi wandered through The Town of Beginnings. It's been a week since he's been trapped in the VRMMO Sword Art Online. He was extremely bored. Kuroi passed an alley and heard some voices. He turned and saw a girl pinching a boy's nose. It seemed painful for the boy. He walked into the alley to stop her.
"Hey!" he shouted. "What are you doing?" Kuroi held out his sheathed katana right in front of the girl's face. He frowned and glared at the blonde girl with his icy blue eyes.

 

Mya smiled at her companions, wanting to help her out in placing money on the crystals. "It's alright. The crystals aren't that highly expensive. Besides, it's only 9 crystals below market price. There's no need to worry about this if the prices are lower than market price." She looked back at the girl with a warm smile. "Is my offer manageable?"

 

"M-Me too!" Ittoki added a sum of Col to the trade list. "Is this enough?"

 

The morning was over. The warm and bright sun directly above the little group Yugure stood in the centre of, signaling that it was early afternoon. Perfect weather to be outside. Speaking simply but in a nice orator's voice, he instructed the group on the basic points of fighting, despite his being younger then 3/4 of the groups. He was didn't even have his weapon out, boars were no match for him at this point, so in this area, he didn't lower himself to use weapons on them. His little group however, would be fighting a good amount of them. "Now, you know the basics. No double teaming." He laughed and gave a discreet nod to two females, twins stuck in the game together. "You need to learn that this place is dangerous, and sometimes, there will be no one too help you." His face was grim as he spoke that second sentence, but as a good teacher, he had to feed the good and bad thin, to make sure that they learned his lesson.

"Put what I taught you to good use. I will not come to your aid, because these guys are child's play." Yugure smiled at the ones who showed disdain at his harsh sounding words, "I believe in you. We can beat this place, this game, together. Now get to it!" He gestured dramatically with fingerless gloved hand towards the waiting boars they'd sectioned off for themselves.

 

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[ooc; I've been having some irl issues thus the late replies. I'm really sorry but hopefully they're over now.]​

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After counting the money and doing the math Meerna nodded with a smile. "The girl has enough on her own." It took a brief moment but soon everything was added to a trade list and the request sent. Now all they needed to, or rather Mya needed to do, was accept the offer and their deal was done. But before just heading off she wished to know more about this group. "So you're going off to training right? There's nothing left worth fighting against in the fields unless you get a random rare spawn or something but there's a dungeon near by in the wooded area. Alone I wouldn't recommend it but since you all are in a group it should be fine for you."​

 

The girl said that Mya's money alone was enough to pay for the crystals. Ittoki took the amount of Col he offered from the trade list. After a tap of a button, the crystals were in their inventory. The girl who just sold them the crystals suggested that they go to the floor's dungeon to train. "That's a pretty good idea!" Ittoki said, "It shouldn't be that hard. This is just the first level anyways-" Ittoki caught himself, realizing that he was getting a bit overconfident. "B-But, nonetheless, we have to be careful!"

 

OOC: Well I was supposed to accept and stuffs but I guess not XP

BIC: Mya nodded to the girl. That's right. We're planning on going towards the first dungeon. Since most of the monsters are gone, we need better ways to level up and since we have a group, the venture into the dungeon shouldn't be too dangerous thanks to the crystals you sold us." She looked back at her friends. "So...unless you guys have any other plans, shall we start making our way towards the first dungeon?"

 

Making his way through the Town of Beginnings, Kaito was preparing to head into a dungeon and he'd already gotten most of the supplies he'd wanted. Now that that's taken care of, I can head for the dungeon. He thought as he continued on his way,

 

Ittoki gripped the hilts of his knife, excited to finally get a challenge. "Alright! Let's go!!"

IC : how are we supposed to do the time lapse to the dungeon?

 

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[ooc; sorry for ditching that group just went to the current solo person. you all can time skip to the woods or dungeon in your next post if you want just talk in the ooc thread if you want or whatever works for you and we'll see if the entire group meets up or something.]​

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After the sell had been made Meerna decided it was best to casually slip away, having no real interest in direct contact with people. Sure she wished to know more about them, but they were going out of her comfort zone and were too hyped up for her to deal with. So she did what she always did when faced with people too much for her; disappear. ​

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Going outside was a relief as she was soon greeted by the freshness of the air once more. It was much better than the cramped inside of the traven, one she may simply ditch after this. However before she even thought about that she returned to the fields, finding it to be the best way to clear her head. ​

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Great... More people.​

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The guy seemed to be overly dramatic and harsh. Though cruelty is what made one tough, which was the only way to live in this game. And oh, twins. Twins were rather interesting to Meerna and she never did stop wondering if they really did pick up on each other's thoughts and feelings. This curiosity drew her towards them without much thought, though when she realized this her attention went back to the mentor. Who would do that?​

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Waving to him she wished to get his attention, wondering if she could sell him anything. A teacher type often did collect things for their students after all.​

 

OOC: How bout the vote to skip over to the entrance of the dungeon. Sounds good?

 

OoC yeah that's a great idea! Next post we start at dungeon then?

 

OOC: After we get majority vote, sure.