She looked back at him with a grin on her face. Her first party member! Maybe more people will join up later. "I don't expect anything from you. I just figured it'd be more fun to hunt in a party, that's all. Also if I find an item that you want, then I can let you have it." She replied with a nod, drawing her sword. Neither insane nor naive. She quickly set the party options to share Exp and Money, but left items as a 'Roll' system. In which the players would roll from 1-100 to try get the loot for themselves. Easily used to help other players get untradeable drops.

"There's nothing to lose from being in a party, Or at least, that's what I think." She added with a chuckle.

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@Crimson Raven

Rouge spent the next few minutes killing sheep, even though all she got out of it were a somewhat rare few wool drops. She hated this. Worst game ever. But there could be redeeming factors? And the fact that a higher level meant more skills was a plus. Gave something to make it worth this work for a little bit, at least. Finally, somewhat distant, she saw two others talking. Well, maybe people are willing to play this in a non-combat way. Or at least help me out until I'm able to work on my original goal. She sprinted toward them, her minion following briefly before collapsing into the ground and bursting into pixels. She kept her rapier out, even though she knew she was still probably pretty safe.

It didn't take her too long to catch up. They seemed to be discussing joining each other in a party, anyway, at least from what she could gather from the two sentences she managed to catch. "Well, if you don't mind a hunting companion, I'm game. I only plan on hunting until I can start a legit business, so...we could be long term friends. If not, then at least we'll have some more experience with our weapons for when we're not together." She of course assumed the other two would actually agree, and waited patiently for a party request. "I'm perfectly capable of handling myself already, if that's an issue."

@Crimson Raven@Rekaigan

@Damiann47

"Oh, so you're also going there?" DeRi looked at Kytel, "That's nice, you can be my first employee and carry my stuff for me then!"

DeRi smiled and clapped her hand together, giving absolutely no shits at whatever complaints Kytel would have as he forced a load of hides on to the poor boy. Before Kytel decided to drop the pelts, DeRi had already grabbed his arm and began pulling him down the street, once again oblivious to the very confused on lookers. Forcing people to join her business wasn't exactly ethical, but you can't spell business without spelling sin.

"You can address me by my full name or 'Princess' or 'Empress'." DeRi smiled to herself as the roots of her corporate empire was already growing faster than she planned. Her first employee and extra capital, not a bad start for some one fresh out of the water.

@ClocktowerEchos

What was happening?! Who was this girl that first she almost made a scene about being ran into, then now she was trying to kidnap him for... a business? She called him her first employee. Kytel was going to have none of that, he jerked his arm back from "Princess'" grasp and wasn't exactly gentle about it. "No... No! Normal people don't just... enslave other people, and in a VRMMORPG of all things!"

He wasn't feel nearly as apologetic anymore, and his expression reflected this. He was a little angry, well more than a little angry actually, was his first contact with anyone seriously this girl? "Alright? If you need help, or whatever, ask them first! Jesus, don't go dragging people around, it's rude!"

As Dragonwing walks he sees 2 players. One is talking about splitting EXP and other things. So he decides to walk his way there. "Hi, I'm Dragonwing." he says while looking at them. "If you guys are in a party, can I join it? He wonders for a while, most players he met rejected him, but he hoped that these two would accept a newbie. Okay, now thinking about, no one likes newbies. Maybe if these two were new as him they would accept him. He needs to learn how to play this game right, and maybe these players could help him with that. "So can I?" He smiles awkwardly at them. Yeah, he deifinetly seems like a dork or lonely loser to these people. He is very cocky, but for some reason he sometimes feels insecure in a video game. That doesn't make any sense to him.

N1ghtm4r3 was ready with collecting hides. He got a bit of experience for his stats as well. After all the boars he had slain, he didn't even lose one health point yet. Most people chose a sword or any other melee weapon above the dagger because daggers do less damage then them. The fun thing is that it's just a bit, and because they are much lighter, you are far more agile and have a pretty fast attack speed. That is why Sam choose the dagger as his starting weapon for N1ghtm4r3. He walked back into the town, towards the shop where he needed to complete the quest, but on his way saw two people argueing about something. He didn't care much about it though, as he was focused on his quest for now. He got to the shop and completed the quest, which gave him some exp and a few coins. He then browsed through the sell list of the shop, as he wanted to upgrade his weapon from his Rusted Dagger to something a bit better...

@Damiann47

"Fine then, help me." DeRi "politely" request of Kytel before tacking on, "You'll get paid."

Ignoring the boy's face, DeRi showed hints of annoyance, she remembered something about male heros trying to help and or save the princess in fairytales. She only prayed that this wouldn't halt her ambitious plans to much, time is money. Despite her annoyance, DeRi mentally chuckled at the thought of enslaving someone in a VRMMORPG. Perhaps a plan she could look into once she had the money to do whatever she pleased after building up her conglomerate, but alas, she could only do so much at such an early stage. Turning back to the boy, she changed tones and put on her best moe moe smile, "Will you help me? Please Kytel? You can get rich from it too if you help now!"

Alice smiled in the back of her head evilly, invisible behind her current facade, What a sinful girl you are DeRi...

@ClocktowerEchos

Maybe she was some mental patient who managed to scrounge together a helmet and a copy of ARE... yeah that was probably the best explanation. In the span of a few minutes he had witnessed "Princess" or whatever her name is, go from nearly biting his head off, to attempted kidnapping, and then tried to... seduce him with an adorable smile? Who is she?! Is she even a real person? For all he knew this girl was a seriously advanced NPC, normal people don't switch temperaments so quickly, at least that's what he thought up until now. In the end Kytel didn't know what to think anymore, just his luck to end up with an apparently unstable girl... there had to be an explanation for her being her.... roleplaying! She might be real into roleplaying and is pretending to be... well if she were putting on an act he couldn't figure out of what.

Finally he whispered "...I'm not getting out of this huh...?" he was loud enough to be heard by DeRi. It was time to accept his fate of becoming a slave to an insane businesswoman... so long adventure, it was a nice dream.

James was, as always. Sitting in the back of the class.However he was having trouble with the test for two reasons. one he didnt learn at all.and two, he was really exited. A few days ago he had won a game called Aincrad: Remasterd. He had found a few gameplay vids of it on youthube. And he had to say it looked bloody awesome. It was really distracting him though.

He walked out of school looking down at the ground trying not to get noticed.He walked over to his moped and drove away as fast as he could.
After a few hours he reached his home.Wich was a very big villa.He gave his coat to his butler said hello to him mom and went upstairs.And there it was his masterpiece his beauty. His pc, It stood there waiting for him. He grabbed his nerfgear lay on his bed and put it on his face and said.

" Link start!!" He enter his password and his name.The usual bullshit and quickly found his way to the creation of his character.He gave himself some blue eyes blond hair. not over the top body and he went for the sword class.He would get the shield later he thought as he selected lightning as his magic. He then entert the server wich had a few people on it already." damm must have been to late." he then entert the town of new begginings. And to his relief he saw no ads scrolling around him. He then got a tutorial quest and went to work.

Raeki turned around as another voice began to speak to them. It was a girl.. but they weren't human. That was new to her. If she had been more observant of the creation screen, she would've made herself into a different race. She smiled at the girl as she sent them a party invite. "Of course you can join us! The more the merrier~" She replied excitedly. The party was growing steadily and that was great. However, a legit business? That sounded pretty interesting. "So, what do you mean by 'legit business'?" she inquired. She had read about people trying this and it seemed like a really different way of approaching MMOs. Raeki wanted to go into Alchemy, which she had read about on one of the forums. So maybe this business could have an Alchemist? Otherwise, she'd love to help them with their venture.

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@Ermine @Crimson Raven

After Dragwonwing asked these players he met if he could join, they just ignored him so he walked away. Will he ever get good in this game? Probably not. Is he going to ever meet someone to party up with? Nope. To him, this game is horrible and cruel. He walked in the woods at night to the point where he had to pull out his torch. As he walked, he heard something moving around in the woods. He didn't care about it until he realized that a pack of wolves were around him. "..You gotta be kidding me.." As one of the wolfs jumped at him.

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As the wolf jumped at him he slashed it away, cutting it's chest open, it jumped back with a loud yelp as he stabbed it again. Then another wolf jumped at him and scratched his face, knocking him back. "Oh shi-." as the same wolf that scratched bit him. Pain grew in his hand from the bite as he kicked it back. Another one jumps at his back, clawing him as he slashes one's head off. "AAH!" Dragonwing gets knocked down by two other wolves. He was going to die here, even though he could respawn, it still felt like death was upon him. He would hope for anyone to save him, anyone!

James was finaly done with his quest. It was pretty easy doing this doing that bla bla bla. He also found the combat tutorial very easy. But he was able to finally make his way to the first field Where he would meet the most deadly foe in the game. A WILD BOAR. It kinda looked cute if you ignored the red eyes. It hadnt noticed him yet since it was eating grass. Well fake grass when you really think about it. " hmmm either sneak up on it or just blindly attack it."He was about to decide what he was gonna do when the boar turned around and looked at him his red eyes full of hate."Shit"He thought at the boar started charging towards him. James stood there waiting for the right moment and then stepped aside holding his blade where he once stood. The boar tried to hit him but failed getting a very deep cut in it,s hp bar in the progress. James then spun killing the boar and getting some boar hide.And a tusk. But to his supprise he also got 30 Cor " Ok i have a feeling im going to kill alot of these so lets get started."

It was really hard for Maribel to focus in class today. Her mind was too busy, daydreaming about the new game that she had just got. She stared at the clock as the teacher continued to lecture about... What class was she even in again? Oh, it doesn't matter. It was the last class of the day and there was only a few minutes left before freedom.

After the teacher had given them their homework assignment for the night, the bell rang, officially letting them loose for the day. She quickly packed all of her stuff into her bag, and said goodbye to all of her friends. Normally, she would stay back and socialize, but not this time. She raced back home, not even taking a short break to catch her breath. When she got home, she greeted her grandmother with a kiss on the cheek then ran upstairs to her room. She still had a few hours, but she needed to finish all of her homework if she wanted to play to her heart's content tonight. If she did not maintain her grades this semester, her parents would personally fly back from Brazil or wherever they were, just to lecture her and give her the grounding of a lifetime.

First she had to do math, which was simple enough. She only had to do a few problems from the book. Next she would have to write her history essay. Lastly she would do her chemistry lab write up. She still had to read a book, but she figured she could do that tomorrow morning during breakfast and lunch.

One homework montage later, Maribel somehow managed to finish her homework with half an hour to spare. She used this extra time to take a short 5-minute shower and eat dinner.

At 4:59, it was finally time. Maribel got herself comfortable on her bed and put on her VR helmet. She took a deep breath before starting the system. As soon as it was 5:00, the game began to start. She found herself at the character creation page and began to make her character. She had to make herself cute and pink hair if it was optional was a must. Once she was satisfied, she finished her character and filled out the rest of her user information.

Arriving at last at the beautiful Town of Beginnings, she decided to accept the tutorial quest; it was there for a reason right? Mari_Hime zipped through all the basic menu stuffs and what not. Eventually, she got the chance to do some fighting. It was kind of annoying that it was an item drop collecting quest though. "This is going to take a while..." she sighed.

The fighting mechanism was not too hard to figure out and she found that she didn't really need the pop up tutorials that much. The dagger was not as long compared to a sword, but Mari liked the light weight of it. It was actually more challenging finding a boar that was not already being slaughtered by some other player.

An hour or so of boar hunting later, Mari_Hime finally finished the quest. When collecting the reward, she suddenly remembered that she was supposed to add her friend Angel! They had been talking about playing ARE since the announcement for it came out. She sent a friend request to Distrugerea_Inger, knowing that her friend always used that name for all the games she plays, along with a PM.

To:Distrugerea_Inger (@Ermine)
From: Mari_Hime
Hey! <3 I just finished the tutorial. Want to meet up somewhere?

As the wolf jumped at him, Dragonwing barrel rolled to the right away from it and he ran. He couldn't even feel the pain from the wolf bites and scratches, he did not feel like dying today. He ran and ran until it felt like his lungs were on fire. "...No.." As he realized that he was on top of a cliff and looked at the pack of wolves, standing there behind him. He couldn't go out like this! He just couldn't! There was another option to escape this, Dragonqing ran and jumped off the cliff. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" He yelled as he was getting closer and closer to the ground. It was scary, it felt like he was really about to die. Dragonwing closed his eyes as he dropped into the wild boar zone as he called it. And BOOM.

His health went down quick, not like real life where you'd just go splat. "..Heh, s-screw those wolves..." he closed his eyes. This was his first time to respawn and he saw a bright light....A few seconds later he respawned in the wild boar zone. "..Welp, time to get to fighting threw boars....again.."

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

Tock.

Ciar stares at the clock on the wall, his arm resting on the back of his chair as he does. Hurry up already. God damn. He shifts positions multiple times, uncomfortable in his wait. Time is moving far too slow on account of him staring at the clock. But there's not much else he can do just yet. All of today has been leading up to this moment. All the hassle, drinking, avoidance, drinking, waiting, and drinking.

At least he's not at school as he does this.

Ciar sits at his computer, shirtless in his room. A glass of rum rests lazily in his hand as he waits for time to pass. He's taken a sick day for one reason and one reason only: to use his brand new toy. He takes a long drink from his glass, kinda losing track as he does and eventually finishing it off as he does so. He has the headset resting on his lap, ready to go at a moments notice. And it looks like it's almost that moment. He puts his empty glass on his desk and stretches his arms above his head, kicking his shoes off to get relaxed. It gets hot in his room sometimes. The last thing he wants is to be found cooked in his room half naked.

Here it comes.

He lifts his device up and puts it on his head, relaxing back in his chair. He puts his hand on the switch and counts down the seconds. And then, completely on the dot, he launches himself into the game. He's already armed with what he wants in a character and breezes through the creation. Name? RedDoc. Floating castle? You bet. Half-dragon? Hell yeah. Punch the shit out of shit? You bet your goddamn ass.

And like that, he pops into existence in the world of Aincrad. He looks around and makes an exasperated noise as there is already another player there. What the hell? How was he not the f- oh you sneaky bastard. The other player had done nothing but put completely default settings. He was so close. Second place don't cut it, kid. Ah well, it's time to focus on one of the most important parts of any MMO. Fashion. Ciar quickly accepts the tutorial and gets started. Ugh, beginner outfits are always so gross. There must be social cosmetics somewhere...

After Dragonwing was out of shock, knowing he just survived the fall. He got up out of the hay he landed in. "Phew.." He realized Assassin's Creed logic worked here. As he got up he fist pumped the air. Until, he felt a ache in his soldier. That's right, he thought. "...I still have wounds.." As Dragonwing sat down, he realized he didn't have any for for a health potion. "..I hate this game..." He looked in the sky and wondered for a second. He was lucky he fell near some stacks of hay. Very, very convent for hi,.

James had been grinding boars for atleast one hour and he had to say that it was very profitable. The tusks werent worth alot but the skins where atleast 15 cor. And if you get 30 cor every boar you kill, The money really starts rolling. He was able to get 200 cor in an hour.He bought a few breads asswel wich tasted very nice.Hed was however started to become a little lonely." Sigh if only a player would magiclly fall out of the sky"
He then heard someone screaming he looked, And low and behold someone was falling a hundred meter away from him." Huh i must say things like that more often." He then looked at the sky and said." How about some free cor." The silence was very awkward." Yeah i expected as much."
He then walked over to where the player had crash landed.He approached from behind and silently walked over to him and said.
" How in the ever living hell did ya survive that?"
@CallMeChaotix

@Rekaigan

"Well, actually, I plan on becoming the first person to max my tailoring skill so I make tons of money from it. I plan on being the tailor all the powerful people go to. Maybe someone will have a mansion on the top floor and have daily balls, and only the most affluent members will be wearing my gowns..." Rouge hesitated. "For both men and women. I don't discriminate." She let out a breath like a huge disaster had just been averted. She brushed her hair back...or would have if her hair wasn't as plantlike as it was. It was more or less like moving a small shrubbery. "UNFORTUNATELY, this game sucks and is all about combat. So...sheepslaying until I get a skill to gather it myself. And a home with enough land to have my own sheep."

As she talked, she received a PM notification. "Oh! Yay! Do you mind inviting someone else to the party? Pleasepleaseplease? We always play games together!" She awaits a response before replying.

She nodded in acknowledgement of the other girl's goals in this game. Raeki, didn't really have any goals rather than to just play the game and make friends within it. As always, it'd be a goal like 'I'm going to be the strongest battle mage in the game!', but it felt really lackluster compared to this girl's endgame. She explored her options as the girl spoke about her future endeavors.. She was interested in Alchemy, but she didn't know what it was really capable of. But she'll give it a go. Become the best Alchemist, why not.

The sudden change in direction of the conversation caught Raeki off guard, but it she recovered quickly, nodding again with a grin. "Of course they can! Just tell me their name and I'll invite them~ What do you think Ara-" She had turned around to look in Araris' direction, but he had disappeared. She quickly checked the party list, to see that he had disconnected. How weird. She shrugged as she turned back to the girl. "Dis-Distrugerea..Inger.." She murmured, trying to pronounce the name. "Did you want me to call you by the full name or is there a shortened version?"

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@Ermine

He wonders if he has any money to buy anything. Maybe a new sword? Nah. New armor? Nope. Health Potions? Not a chance. "I hate this game.." He was broke obviously, mainly from dying and loosing his loot. He walked to a bench and sat down. He was in deep thoughts, this game was hard on him. Like super hard. He just sat there with his hand on his chin. "...Lalalala...." He hummed a Legend Of Zelda song he heard when he was 10. He cant remember the whole song, so he singed the part he knew. "Nunununu nununu.." He was bored and his sword apparently is ineffective to a lot of enemies, especially the wolves. ".."

Man, he might need a break from this cruel game. He smiled at this thought "...If I run away, I won't get better.." He relaxed on the tree and looked at the blue sky. He liked the graphics of this game, so real so amazing. He just stared at the sky and hummed the song some more. When he was 10 he thought the song was weird. But, in a way it made him comfortable. Dragonwing would look at the person who spoke to him "I dont know.." Drgonwing smirked at the person. "Hi, I'm Dragonwing. I fell in some hay near us...Someone left it there for me to land.."

@boomlover