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Suki looked up as Yumi joined them, defending as Suki got Yui healthy. Suki smiled, returning her attention to Yui. She smiled as she said thank you, and Suki shrugged, "It was nothing, really" She said returning the hug.

She looked up as Umichi came over, and nodded, laughing, "Everything seems okay. She's alive, at least" She said, then said to Yui, "When you're stuck between a rock and ahard place, you go with the option that will save your life. Climbing the tree was the lessor of two evils" She pointed out, "It was quick thinking" She smiled, and looked about, seeing Paka finishing off the last few Dire Wolves.

Paka attacked the Direwolves around him, switching between Tsujikaze, Ukifune and Hiogi. He watched his health, but didn't fall down into the yellow, as he dodged, and attacked. Umichi moved passed him when the wolves were down low, and Paka relaxed slightly, killing off the last few Dire Wolves.

He looked about when they were all taken down, and it seemed that there wasn't any more around them. He let out a soft breath, relieved that this was over for now, and that everyone was safe.

"I think we should move on, before it gets late, or before more monsters come" He said, still clutching his Katana in one hand, looking about warily.
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"I think you've got enough people for backup as it is. I'll go scout out the Citadel for a bit, so I'll meet you guys there." Fujiwara said, saluting the group as head opened up his minimap and began walking towards the city. The monsters on the way were no different from the ones he had faced the rest of the journey, so the issue was less of security and more about not having to swing his katana around any more than he had to. As he approached the gates to the citadel, Fujiwara glanced around and sighed.

"Well, half an hour's gone by and I think I've got time to kill. Might as well start scouting the place a bit more..." he said to himself before entering the city.
Over the course of the next hour, Fujiwara wandered the streets of the Citadel, marking any major points of reference on his map for future usage. The winding alleyways and the city-like feel of the place made him feel like a stranger in a strange land- he was used to the atmosphere of a city and all, but the lack of company made it feel oddly empty; the feeling was jarring, and eventually he stopped paying attention to his surroundings... Until he bumped into someone, at least. Fujiwara blinked twice and shook his head on the impact, looking as the person he had bumped into was trying to pick up some items off of the ground.

"Ah, shoot. My bad. Let me help you with that." he said, kneeling down to help the person pick up the items. The person turned to him, almost as if in shock.
"...Hideki...?" she asked, mouth agape in shock. Fujiwara stopped picking up the items for a second and paused for a moment.
"Wait... That voice... Aren't you...?" he asked before being tackled to the ground by the person in a hug of sorts. "Agh, yep, definitely you. Ayame, what the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be... You know, preparing for college or something?"
"Well, it's a long story, but I'll tell it to you later." Ayame said as Fujiwara pushed her off of him. Standing up and brushing himself off, he shook his head and sighed.
"Ayame... Well, drop your items in your inventory before you do anything silly like that again." Fujiwara stated, giving Ayame back all the items she had dropped earlier.
"An inventory...?" she responded, cocking her head at the question. Sighing, Fujiwara explained to her how to work the menus of the SAO system before leaning back against the wall. Ayame smiled at him, slowly putting the items into her inventory one by one.
"Alright, with that out of the way... Can you PLEASE explain to me how you got into this mess? I mean, you've got so much more to work for and all, so why...?"
"Well, you were just so excited about this new game, and a lot of my colleagues at school were all talking about it..."
"So you pulled a few strings and got a copy. Gotcha. Okay, now tell me how you got HERE of all places, and within like... The last three days or so?"
"Certainly. Well, here's how things went back during that announcement..."
Ayame stared nervously at the giant, imposing figure as he declared Sword Art Online a 'death game'. It chilled her to the core, knowing that her life could very easily be ruined because of one man's actions. The life that she had spent so long to build up, one that she strove to make into a model for others- just like that, gone. And the fact that she could die here, forever... She was afraid, and very much so. Frantically looking around, Ayame began calling out to the crowd, yelling "Hideki!" in hopes that she would find her friend. But then, reality hit her once more- what if she was alone in this strange realm, with nobody she knew around to be with her? In fear, Ayame ran away from the crowd, hoping to find a small, secluded location to sit and think.

Breaking away from the crowd, Ayame moved deeper into <<Starting City>>, eventually finding a small inn where she gladly paid 200 col to stay. That night, as more players flocked in, Ayame looked at each face in fear. Nobody she recognized, nothing was familiar. As the night grew longer, Ayame abandoned looking for someone that night and slept with worry.

"I can't be stuck here alone... I just can't..." she muttered repeatedly before she finally fell asleep.

The next morning, Ayame, though still in fear, resolved to keep moving forward. "There's no point in staying here, huddled in fear. I have to put on a brave face, so I can prove that I'm not the person I used to be anymore." she said to herself, boldly leaving the inn before making a beeline for the town's gate. When she arrived, Ayame looked around, and seeing the sole road to the next city she kept moving forward. Dodging every Frenzy Boar and Dire Wolf that came her way, Ayame had finally made it to the Citadel by nightfall. Exhausted and tired, she spent that night resting in the inn in this town.
At this point, Fujiwara stopped Ayame and looked at her in disbelief.
"So... You're telling me... This ENTIRE time... You haven't fought a single monster, haven't gained a SINGLE point of experience and are STILL level one. Right?" he asked, voice filled with confusion and shock.
"Uh... Yeah, I think that sounds about right." she said, smiling. Fujiwara yelled in frustration before grabbing her by the collar of her dress and dragging her towards the blacksmith shop he had marked on the map earlier.
"H-hey, what are you-?" she asked, struggling to break free from Fujiwara's grip.
"I'm going to get you up to par. Not fighting in this game is the equivalent of not doing anything. We're getting you a decent weapon, pronto." he responded, using his spare hand to quickly write the rest of his party a message.

"Guys,
I've got a little bit of an... Issue to deal with. I'm at the Citadel's blacksmith with someone I know who hasn't gained a single exp point. I'll start up the quest if you tell me how, so just drop me the party leader privileges so I can add her in. It's... Complicated, so if you want me to explain a bit more I'll tell you when you guys get here."

Hitting the reply button, Fujiwara turned to the still-struggling Ayame before picking her up and dropping her on her feet.
"You didn't need to go that far, Hideki!" she whined, smacking him on the head.
"Well, it's your fault for being foolish enough to come here without knowing how to use a weapon! Now come on, the rest of the party will get here soon. Blacksmith's this way." he responded before beginning to walk on. Sighing, Ayame followed closely behind.
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Hearing that the girl was safe, Umichi signaled to Paka, trying to indicate she was okay. Yui told them she didn't like heights or wolves, Umichi laughed a little, as she embarrassingly laughed. At least everything seemed fine now. As Yui introduced herself, Umichi did likewise, "I'm Umichi, and I'm sure Suki introduced herself." turning to Yumi, "I don't know if she did, but that's Yumi." Paka came around and suggested to start leaving. "Yeah, let's head back to Citadel." Umichi agreed to the idea. "Oh right, I should invite Yui." he thought aloud, adding her to his friends list and inviting her to the party.

On the way back it was rather simple, there weren't many Dire Wolves or Frenzy Boars around. Most shattering as Umichi lead the way, cutting them with a simple swing. There wasn't much of an issue getting back, however, it was starting to get dark. Just before reaching the entrance to Citadel, Umichi received a PM from Fujiwara.
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I've got a little bit of an... Issue to deal with. I'm at the Citadel's blacksmith with someone I know who hasn't gained a single exp point. I'll start up the quest if you tell me how, so just drop me the party leader privileges so I can add her in. It's... Complicated, so if you want me to explain a bit more I'll tell you when you guys get here."

Umichi replied to him.
"I don't know how to do that both the quest and party leader privileges, but we are just about at the front of Citadel, we can head over to the blacksmith and then invite her if you wish. But might I suggest something? To maximise her exp gain for now, why don't you teach her how to fight, and then take aggro of the monsters and let her kill them so she gets the exp. For now, let's meet and get a more detailed story.

"Let's head to the blacksmith and meet up with Fujiwara." Umichi told the group. "Oh, any of you want to be a blacksmith by any chance? Now would be a good time to pick it up, because the guidebook said the quest required a blacksmith." He walked the group towards the blacksmith.
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Fujiwara sighed as he reached the blacksmith, looking up at the sky to see the time. It was almost nighttime, which meant that he would have less time than he thought to get Ayame up to speed. Turning around, he saw Ayame trailing slightly behind. Nodding, he quickly entered the blacksmith shop and began talking to the NPC there. When asked about choices, the NPC directed him to look at everything in the store that was on sale. Fujiwara, in turn, told Ayumi to look over their wares.

Ayame looked at all the weapons on display in the store, weighing the options in her head.
"Swords are too expensive, rapiers look too weak, axes look too unwieldy..." she said before sighing and shaking her head. "I'm sorry, but I don't see anything I'm interested in." Massaging his forehead, Fujiwara dropped 1000 col on the counter and asked for an «Iron Rapier». The blacksmith happily obliged before thinking for a second and beginning to speak.

"You know, if she's not satisfied with what I've got here you can always make your own. Sadly, I'm not taking apprentices at the moment, but if you want to know more just read this." he said, dropping a rolled-up scroll on the counter along with the rapier. Thanking him, Fujiwara gave the rapier to Ayame before receiving a message from Umichi. Sighing, he began typing a response as he toyed with the scroll.

"Well, I might have just triggered the quest flag, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's fine anyways. I think that tanking would be best, but... No metal slimes or anything? That'd make this a hell of a lot easier." he typed before sending the reply and opening up the scroll to read it.
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Suki added Yui to her friends list, following with her, catching up to Paka and Umichi as they headed back the way they had just come. She looked about as they walked, but given that there wasn't many monsters to fight, and they were now a big group, Suki's thoughts began to drift.

Things had changed, finding Paka. Paka, while not as protective as her brothers, had grown up the with her eldest brother, being the same age, and had pretty much followed in his footsteps, as well as her other brothers. So, to be with him in the game essentially meant she ha a guardian, even if she didn't want it.

And it also meant a bit of tension was sure to arise, when it came to her, and whatever was going on with Umichi. She was slightly uneasy at that thought, wondering how her older cousin would react. She could image how her brothers and father would react, and that wasn't exactly the best.

She let out a soft sigh, looking ahead as they reached Citadel, with Umichi saying ""Let's head to the blacksmith and meet up with Fujiwara. Oh, any of you want to be a blacksmith by any chance? Now would be a good time to pick it up, because the guidebook said the quest required a blacksmith"

Paka had tried to get Suki's attention, and chat with her as they walked towards Citadel, but it was soon clear that Suki was deep in thought, and that she wasn't listening. Paka guessed that she had a lot to think about, falling silent and appearing far away was a general sign that she was deep in thought.

So Paka ranged ahead, killing off any stray monsters, keeping an eye over everyone, and slowing down to stay with them as they reached Citadel. When Umichi asked about any of them being a blacksmith, Paka shrugged. He had pondered becoming a blacksmiths, be had decided to focus more on fighting, and aiming towards being one of the fighters to break the floors open. Having a profession might hold him back.

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Yumi spoke up when Umichi asked if one of them was a blacksmith. "I was going to become one, but I haven't undertaken the quest yet for it"

"Its easy" Suki said with a smile, "You just go up to any NPC professional and say you want to undertake the earning a living quest, and state you want to be a blacksmith"

Yumi listened, and nodded, going up to a merchant, and doing so, returning to the group in moments, "Well, that was easy" She said
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Yui <6> Tolbana -> Citadel

All of them were saying that she did the right thing even tough she didn't think anymore after being followed by the wolves and just mindlessly kept running for 10 minutes straight "O it was nothing" She blushed a bit from the thought of it but quickly letted it fall of her mind "I'm Umichi, and I'm sure Suki introduced herself. I don't know if she did, but that's Yumi." She gave a quick glance over them and became quickly confused by all the names 'I'm never gonna remember all that' "I think we should move on, before it gets late, or before more monsters come" She looked up at the sky and saw that it already was rather dark and to think that darkness wasn't one of her positive points she would need to keep some light near her when it would be almost completely dark. She nodded at Paka which she still needed to thank for rescuing her along with the other perhaps she should treat them for something nice."Oh right, I should invite Yui." She looked up at him and accepted whatever he sended she didn't really care to read, She wouldn't understand how most of the mechanics would work in the game either way. "Let's head to the blacksmith and meet up with Fujiwara." She became curious about this person called Fujiwara and started to dance around a bit as they walked towards the city.

Citadel

"Oh, any of you want to be a blacksmith by any chance? Now would be a good time to pick it up, because the guidebook said the quest required a blacksmith. I was going to become one, but I haven't undertaken the quest yet for it Its easy you just go up to any NPC professional and say you want to undertake the earning a living quest, and state you want to be a blacksmith" They all looked at how Yumi was taking the quest to become a blacksmith. She jumped in front of the group and started talking very rapidly at them "Can I be a cook, I always wanted to try to cook something tasty and spicy and sweet and bitter and all that other stuff" She said as she gave a little jump in the air but it felt somewhat different then usual, "O..." She looked down at her leg and remembered that her running prosthetic wasn't there any more. She could always make a little bounce on it as she jumped 'Gotta get used to that' "Sorry I got distracted for a bit, Can somebody help me become a cook?''
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There is a lady named Cleo. She has recently opened a shop for custom weapons. She is willing to make any weapon to your design. Swords, rapiers, spears, you name it. Cleo will make it for you for a small fee (10 col) and for with the right materials. Cleo, the girl who will make any weapon. The weapon you dream of will come true when you visit Cleo.
You can find her at the back of Citadel (The South End) located here. (There is a small map drawn.)

(below the map)
Note: You must be at least level 4 to make a weapon.

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Seeing Yumi walk off to become a blacksmith, Umichi received a message from Fujiwara.
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"Well, I might have just triggered the quest flag, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's fine anyways. I think that tanking would be best, but... No metal slimes or anything? That'd make this a hell of a lot easier."

Umichi laughed a little. "The quest flag? I don't think so, there's no indication to the party. For party quests it should be indicated to the party, at least I think that's how it works. Well, metal slimes would be cheating I think." he replied to Fujiwara.

Seeing as Yumi rejoined the group, Yui then asked to become a cook. "Hm... I believe cooking is also under the profession side of things, so I think you do the same thing Yumi did, except saying that you want to be a cook instead of a blacksmith." Umichi told Yui. If Yui went to an NPC to become a cook, Umichi waited. If not then he continued. "Well, we're at the blacksmith, so we should meet up with Fujiwara here. Anyone have anything to repair should do so while we are at it." he called out to the others, entering the blacksmith store.

"Hey, what's that scroll?" Umichi asked seeing Fujiwara reading a scroll when he entered. Looking around, he saw what he assumed to be the person who had yet gained a single exp. It was a girl slightly older than he was. "Hello there, nice to meet you. I'm Umichi." he spoke to the girl. "I'm in a party with Fujiwara at the moment, and we have four other members, would you like to join us after Fujiwara helps you level a little?"
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Fujiwara turned as Umichi and the rest of the party entered the blacksmith's shop. The scroll's contents seemed to be intriguing, though how legitimate this thing would be was questionable at best.

"Hey, seems like you accomplished your goal." he said, looking at the newest party member of the group. "Well, I've got a problem of my own. But before that..." he began to say before Ayame smiled and shook Umichi's hands.
"I'm Ayame. Ayame Tachibana. It's a pleasure to meet you, Umichi." she said, shaking his hand before looking at the rapier in her other. "Uh... I guess I'll join the party...? The more the merrier, as they say."

Fujiwara sighed at Ayame's response, shaking his head. "Well, guess there's no helping it. Anyways, Umichi, take a look at this thing. Someone's offering to make custom weapons if you bring them the materials. Need to be level four and up, though, so I guess we have to go grinding to let Ayame here leech a bit." he said, handing the scroll to Umichi. "I'm horrible with maps, so I'll just send you the data of what I've automapped of Citadel so far. I think we can actually split the party here for a bit for anyone who wants to wind back after your death-defying experiences." he said, looking at the new arrival as he did so. "I'll go through more formal introductions later tonight, but for now... Well, midnight grinding doesn't sound too risky, right?" he asked jokingly before sending Umichi the data and the scroll he had collected earlier that day. "Actually, this is the perfect time to grind everyone up to speed. Anyone under level... say, 7? Yeah, probably should grind a bit before we kick back for the night."
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Suki followed, looking around Citadel as they walked. There was a massive church that Suki guessed, before this became a death game, might have served as a resurrection point. Now, it looked empty, deserted except for a NPC that was offering shelter and somewhere to stay for the night for a reasonable rate. Citadel wasn't that occupied, many people seemed to prefer Tolbana or Horunka, or the town of beginnings it seemed, but Suki knew as time went by people would feel the urge to explore.

There was an inn, and the customary merchant stall street, and then the blacksmith. She looked up when they caught up with Fujiwara and the girl with him. She waited to introduce herself, saying "I'm Suki" she smiled at the girl, listening as they talked, opening the guidebook, thinking she had read oF a quest like that.

Then she frowned, "I'm half way to level 7, it's been a long day, and you have this quest and we want to look at the quest Umichi was talking about, so do we really have time to grind?" She asked, sending the guidebook away and looking at them all.

Paka followed after the group. He had been in Citadel longer than them, and had already explored the town somewhat. He had a room at the inn, and was essential ready to stay the night in Citadel. Yet if the others were going somewhere, he'd go to, to make sure Suki stayed alive. He looked to yuki when she said she wanted to be a cook, and smiled, "you can keep us fed then. Oh!" He took out a sandwich from his inventory "you said you were hungry in the message and to have good waiting for you" he smiled almost shyly, offering her the sandwich as they caught up with the group
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Yumi <7> Citadel.

Yumi smiled as they met with yet another new addition to their group. She hopped over to Umichi's side and stood before the girl who introduced herself as Ayame Tachibana, she really must be new if she used her real name in full. She seemed about the same age as Yumi, maybe a tad younger. She was noticing she was about the oldest of the group.

"Hi Ayame!" She spoke sweetly with a smile. "My name is Yumi! So, I see you chose a rapier? Good choice!" She assured.

Then she heard Fujiwara speak up about a midnight grind. She looked at her experience, she was close to level 8 and a little grind session would push her to the next level. "Sounds good to me!" She chimed in, rolling her shoulders to loosen them and warm up. "Always in the mood for more training!"
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Shaking Ayame's hand and learning her full name, Probably doesn't play games much Umichi thought as he invited Ayame as she decided to join. The others ended up talking about a grind session. "Well, I don't have too much of a problem for one, but let's at least grab ourselves some rooms at the inn first, so we can make sure we have a place to stay." he suggested to everyone. It seemed Fujiwara disagreed a little, but Ayame had convinced him otherwise. "I am not suggesting to go sleep yet, I think the night is still young. But I wouldn't want to have nowhere to sleep you know? Just hiring a room first and then we can go do what we need. And if someone is tired, well... they can sleep first." Umichi said to help convince Fujiwara.

Leaving the blacksmith's, Elliot's, place, they walked their way to the inn. "So, if you guys want to go train, I'll either look around or train. I don't know. We can discuss this a bit more at the inn though." Umichi said aloud to the group. There was nothing wrong with more training, but he hoped everyone would stay safe. Looking up as they walked, there was a full moon. "Even though it's virtual, the moon is still so beautiful." he sighed, and had a slight melancholic look. Just remembering a something that happened with his little sister on a night of a full moon, and how he might not see her again for god knows how long. Shaking his head, his thoughts returned to what was happening now. They had reached the inn.

At the inn they went to hire rooms. "That will be 160 col per person." the innkeeper told them. Suddenly, something happened.
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All players in the Citadel Inn, A Place To Rest, suddenly feel very exhausted and tired. All of them will feel the need to sleep immediately, and will be falling to sleep within the next 30 mins.

Feeling a wave of exhaustion coming along, Umichi put his hand to his head. "Urg... Why do I feel so tired suddenly?" he spoke softly, yawning after it. "I don't normally get tired like this so suddenly." Turning around he went to see if anyone else had felt the same way.
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Suki just went along. It seemed the easiest thing to do for now, and she listened as the NPC inn keeper told them the price, paying for her room before Umichi said about being tired. She blinked, and felt unbalanced as a wave of exhaustion fell over her, falling to the ground. She caught herself on a chair, sinking down into the chair, embarrassed at herself. She rubbed her eyes and yawned, looking about at the others, seeing that they too seemed tired.

She looked to the stairs, and really didn't think she had the energy to climb up them. She sighed, thinking about just staying in the chair. She pondered that, then shook her head. She stood again after a minute, and took a few slow, careful steps, rubbing her eyes again in an almost childlike way of trying to chase away the sleepiness.

She stared at the stairs again, "maybe I'll just stay here" she said with another yawn, manging to remove her weapon and take her hair out of its hair tye, but other than that, it looked as if she was about to pass out.

(I'll have something for Paka soon, after everyone else has posted)
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Ayame looked at the group, nervously scratching the back of her head. The rapier in her hand felt uncomfortable, but there didn't seem to be anything else that caught her eye. Shrugging, she happy accepted the party invite as Fujiwara raised his concerns about not getting everything done efficiently.

"There's always the option to reserve rooms for the entire party- it's not that unreasonable to split and make the most of our time!" he stated firmly. Ayame turned to him and began to speak in turn.
"Well, you and I still haven't caught up-"
"But all you've been doing for the past few days is running and sleeping at inns! I don't-"
"I mean family-wise. Come on, we're not even staying there yet. It's just getting the rooms reserved. We can split the party then."
"...Tch. Alright, we'll head to the inn." Fujiwara said, a hint of defeat in his voice. Sighing, he followed Ayame and the rest of the party out of the blacksmith's store and towards the inn.
Once they arrived at the inn, Fujiwara was struck with a sudden wave of sleepiness and nausea. Shaking his head and smacking himself to try and stave it off, he turned to the others, who seemed to be having similar symptoms. As he did so, however, he noticed Ayame basically pass out in front of him. Swearing, he caught her with both of his arms before temporarily leaning her against the wall.
"Geez, this is hard. What the hell could make everyone so sleepy all of a sudden?" he asked the group before a small epiphany hit him. "We've triggered a flag here, haven't we? Shoot, we can't back out now." The exhaustion overtaking his body was like nothing he had felt before, which was scary seeing as how he had spent days playing games nonstop before. Pinching himself to stay awake, he went to the innkeeper and gave enough money for a two rooms before turning to the rest of the group.
"If we can't get out of this mess, then we're going to have to follow through with the rest of it. I'll bring Ayame up to her room and head to my own to sleep. Whatever the system's got in store for us, it sure as hell isn't going to stop at this." he said before picking up Ayame's unconscious body and steadily carrying it up the steps to the inn's second floor. Slowly maneuvering around, he managed to get Ayame into her room and onto the bed before he felt another pang of exhaustion. Swearing under his breath, Fujiwara resorted to using his katana's sheathe as a pole to keep him upright on his way to his room.
"Goddammit Kayaba, what the hell did you do this time?" he asked as he fell back onto his bed and laid his katana out on his side. "If this is a freaking ambush, I swear to whatever god is out there..." he said before giving up and passing out.
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Yui <6> Citadel

She listened to Umichi talking to her about the cook profession she needed to figure out where this so called npc is "O I see" she looked away a bit from Umichi as she replied, He seemed to be waiting for her but for what exactly she gave a questionable look at the boy but he didn't give a hint. It looked like he wanted her to do something right now but Yui couldn't figure it out and heard Paka talking to her "you can keep us fed then. Oh!. you said you were hungry in the message and to have good waiting for you" he offered her a sandwich which looked rather tasty since she hadn't eaten since the game started and she didn't have the money... "Thank you" She replied cheerfully to him when she took the sandwich from him and started munching on it while they entered the blacksmith store. Suddenly she could see that some people of her group started to talk to two people standing in the store, one of them was reading a scroll of some sort "Hey, seems like you accomplished your goal." The person with the scroll had started to stare at her for some reason and was probably talking to her? 'Goal?' He talked to Umichi as Yui drifted off into her own little world, She could see the other person next to the bad looking guy was actually a really cute looking girl she had no reason of thinking about that as she felt being stared at again "I'll go through more formal introductions later tonight, but for now... Well, midnight grinding doesn't sound too risky, right?" She came to senses when he said something about midnight grinding. "Umm well actually" but before she could say anything more the group started to move again with the two new party members.

As they arrived at the inn the innkeeper started talking to them "That will be 160 col per person." She paid the price and wanted to go and walk up the stairs even though she would probably will have problems with it and preferred to go as last so the others wouldn't see. She suddenly felt really tired and leaned against one of the walls "I don't feel so good" She slowly sank down onto the floor in a sitting position still leaning against the wall "Why am I feeling so tired" She wanted to try getting to the stairs and crawl up but she couldn't move anymore. Her eyes felt heavy as she fell side ways down onto the ground hearing a loud bonk onto the ground. Her head slightly hurted but she didn't feel much as her eyes closed and fell asleep onto the ground while she kept muttering and making some weird cute sounds.
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Having turned to see everyone, they were also feeling tired it seems. Hearing Fujiwara's question, Umichi barely answered, "We must of set off a flag for some sorta event. No clue as to what though." Fujiwara and Ayame then went up the stairs, well... Fujiwara carried Ayame. Yumi and Paka were still standing, for now, but Umichi could see the exhaustion in them too. Leaning against the wall, to try stabilise himself. He breathed in and out, deeply and slowly, to recompose himself a little. It wasn't going to relieve the exhaustion or wake him up, but at least he could function a little better.

Yui and Suki were both falling asleep at the stairs. Umichi looked over to Yumi and Paka. "One of you should help Yui up, I will help Suki up, alright?" he told them. Without listening, slowly getting off the wall, Suki looked like she would pass out any second now. Umichi went to hold her. "I'll help you to your room." he said, wearing a soft, but tired smile. Stepping down in front of her, with his back towards her, he could feel Suki drop onto his back, making sure to hold onto her carefully, he started to go up the stairs. The exhaustion makes this so much harder, damn it. Must not let up, and get her to her bed at least. Slowly, he reached the top of the stairs and turned. Entering her allocated room, he sat down on the bed. Slowly it felt like she slid off of his back and onto the bed. If she was still awake, he would leave and say good night, allowing her to get under the covers herself. However, if she was asleep, he would tuck her in, whisper a good night and sweet dreams in her ear smiling to himself as he did so, before leaving.

After leaving the room, he staggered into his own. Un-equipping his Anneal Blade and boots. Falling almost onto the floor, barely getting himself to a crouching position. Damn it, I hope Fujiwara doesn't blame this on me, since I suggested it. But what the hell is happening. Since there is no notification, it's not a bug, so what the hell is it? Umichi wondered, as he approached his bed. Crawling up onto his bed, he finally let the exhaustion take over, and fell asleep on top of the bed.
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Suki was just trying to focus on staying upright, not hearing much the others were saying. She blinked when Umichi was there, saying he'd help her to her room, and she was grateful for that. She gave him a weary smile, and let him carrying her to her room. She struggled to stay awake, yet by the time he reached her room, she was asleep. Even as he tucked her in, say good night and sweet dreams, she rolled onto her sigh, smiling.
Paka didn't seem to give any reaction to the tiredness, but if anyone was watching him carefully, they could see that he was sagging slightly, that the glasses he wore, replacated by the game but not necessary, were sliding down his nose slightly and that he didn't make any effort to push them back up his nose, that his eyes dropped slightly

He watched Suki fall, but she caught herself, and seemed to stair at the stairs as if they were a mountain. He would have laughed, but decided that might be a bit inappropriate. He glanced over as Yui slid to the ground, and crawled over to the stairs, and fell asleep, and then Umichi said Yumi or himself should carrrying Yui up to bed, while he took Suki.

Paka frowned slightly, but made no arguments. He yawned, and scooped Yui up, assuming he had a higher strength level than Yumi, and that he could carry Yui up easier than Yumi. He reached her room, and gently laid her on the bed, tucking her in. He smiled slightly, before moving to his room, and climbing into bed.
As everyone fell asleep, time moved slowly. Than it was nearly 3 am, the hour of the wolf, when the party members at "A Place To Rest" were woken up the the howls of a wolf. Screams were heard in town. Only the players in the party can hear the screams. It appears a creature had attacked the citizens of Citadel during this night of the full moon. The citizens were in the process of making a weapon to defeat the creature, but alas, they have been attacked. Other players not in the party will see the affected NPCs as affected, but can still go about normal business with them. The party members have all received a quest window as follows.


Suki woke with a start at the howls and screams, and looked around, blinking rubbing her eyes and seeing that she was in her room. She briefly wondered how she got there, remembering that Umichi had offered to take her to bed.

She blushed slightly, and climbed out the bed, donning her Annael blade and tying her hair back up. She headed out the room, to investigate the noise, but hesitated at the top of the stairs. She had promised not to do anything reckless, and she looked back down the hall, wondering if anyone else was awake as well.
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Hearing the howls, Umichi woke. He felt surprisingly refreshed. Equipping his gear, he went to the window. 3 am ... a full moon and a howl Umichi's guess on a werwolf being involved was right. He did enjoy things about myths and all, because they were quite interesting. Getting out of the room, it seems Suki had beaten him in getting out of the room. "Hey, there" he smiled for a moment. "I don't know if anyone else woke up, but, shall we investigate first? Or would you rather wait?" Umichi asked Suki, walking towards her. He looked behind himself to check on if anyone else was waking up.
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The second he heard a wolf howl outside the inn, Fujiwara's eyes immediately snapped open and he drew his katana, holding it in one hand and the sheath in the other. Looking around and noticing that nobody (or nothing) was around, he sighed and sheathed his katana before equipping it to his side. Sighing, he opened up his character menu before staring at the time.
"3:00... 3 AM. Are you KIDDING ME?" he yelled before taking a deep breath and getting up. "Goddammit, this throws a giant wrench into my plans..." Sighing, he opened the door to his room and walked into the hallway. Looking around, he noticed Umichi and Suki in the hallway. He glanced at Umichi, annoyed, before knocking on Ayame's door. Hearing no response, he opened the door and saw Ayame still asleep. Massaging his forehead, he slowly closed the door before staring at Umichi.
"Well, seems like we all got to 'sleep', it seems. Too bad it took up half the night and we've got some kind of wolf romping the streets." he said before pacing back and forth. "This is... A very bad scenario. So much for the plan to get everyone some exp." he said before noticing a quest notification come up. After quickly skimming it through, he looked expectantly at Umichi. "Well. I guess that quest you wanted to do is happening. With a level one. With no battle experience whatsoever. Damn it man, you're bringing a newbie into one of the WORST possible scenarios. And to top it off, she's my-" he began to yell before the door to Ayame's room open up. Ayame, rubbing her eyes out of sleepiness, looked at Fujiwara and Umichi.
"What's all the yelling about...?" she asked, rapier hanging by her side. Sighing, Fujiwara stared at Umichi.
"She's not participating in this fight, alright? There's no way in hell that she'd be able to survive." he said through clenched teeth before turning to Ayame. His face had suddenly turned into one devoid of emotion; it felt almost as if one could feel the frost emanating from it. "Ayame, stand down for tonight. We'll handle this one." Ayame was taken aback at the sudden shift in emotion, almost enough to completely wake her up.
"W-wait, what? Hideki, what are you-?"
"Don't worry about it. Just go back to sleep and we'll resolve the issue. It's too dangerous to involve you right now."
"Why are you acting so weird all of a sudden? Hideki, just-"
"I'm sorry, but this is in your best interests. Just go back to sleep and-"
"Hideki! Enough! At least tell me what it is that you so desperately don't want me to worry about!"
"...Fine. Apparently Umichi here triggered a quest for a really dangerous monster to spawn. It's late at night and you're level one, so it's very likely that if you come with us you might get hurt and die. I can't let you fight with us today."
"... I understand. I'll stay here for tonight. But you'd better come back safe, alright?"
Nodding, Fujiwara turned back to Umichi as Ayame closed the inn's door when she walking back in. His cold gaze had faded away, but in its place was an aggravated Fujiwara.
"If by some chance that this quest goes wrong..." he trailed off before turning away angrily and storming down the steps on the inn's second floor. As he did so, Ayame slowly reopened her door and peeked outside at Umichi and Suki.
"I'm sorry, he gets a bit... Emotional at times. I really do hope he hasn't made too much of a bad impression after that outburst... At the same time, though, in times like these he's always made rash decisions. I'd like to go along with him to make sure he doesn't do anything like that, but at the same time..." she trailed off before exiting the room completely. "Well, you're the leader. I'll do whatever you think is best if my little bro- I mean, old friend isn't thinking straight."
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Suki watched this in shock, she thought it was a bit out of line for Fujiwara to burst out like that with Umichi. They had all come to the inn, and they had all reserved rooms. They had all triggered the quest, and if anything it was her fault for being the first to pay for a room.

She had already figured out what was going on by the time Ayame appeared, and she waited until it all seemed to have calmed down. "Look, you are a part of the party so that means you are a part of the quest. We all triggered it, so we all have to participate. You will be fine, we protect each other and I have several health potions" she started up a trade with Ayame and sent her some health potions "so you will be alright. Umichi's a high level, and no doubt Paka is to so we will be alright" she gave her a smile, looking to Umichi as Paka came out his room, his glasses slightly askew. Suki giggled and went over to him, reaching up to straighten them. She was glad he was there.

"Well if the howls and screams didn't wake me, that yelling did" Paka said with a yawn, "why are we awake at 3am? I assume it has something to do with what's going on outside. We should go check it out"
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Turning around to see Fujiwara, Umichi didn't bother saying anything. He was staying calm. He saw Fujiwara turn to Ayame and tell her to stay, and then walked down. As Fujiwara walked down the stairs, "It's good you think so much of her".
Seeing Suki talk to Ayame, he interrupted, "No, she will stay behind, and so will Fujiwara. If she comes, who knows what the enemy will do, and if she's alone, who knows what might happen."
Looking towards Ayame, "It would be best if you stay in the town, and stick to Fujiwara. His a good guy, it shows he cares about you. I mean, I would feel the same if for example my little sister got involved." he gave her a soft smile, to show he understood that he wasn't thinking straight, and that he knows his a good guy.
Turning back to Suki, "I'll go talk to Fujiwara, wait here for everyone else okay Suki? After I talk to Fujiwara, we will go about town and get the quest done." Just as he finished, Paka came out of his room, Suki went up to fix his glasses.
"Yeah, we will check it out soon, but let me talk to Fujiwara for a bit. If you guys want, you can go ahead, but let Yui and Yumi know first." Umichi told Paka, as he walked down the stairs.

"Yo" he said coming down the stairs to see Fujiwara, waiting for the group it seemed. "Let's talk for a bit."
"I understand perfectly well what you are feeling. I would feel the same way, if Suki or my own little sister was dragged into something like this, especially if they had no experience with games. You know, we don't know how things will work out here. And it's obvious it would not be wise if Ayame were to come.
Quest mobs usually have an area where they stay, and anything like this, is usually done by the system. They don't actually come out of their area to attack. This is SAO, so I can not say it will act the same way. I don't quite know all the rules to how they work at the moment.
That's why you should stay here. If everyone else goes to fight it, we don't know what might happen to her. Anyway, she will be worried about you, you know? And you will probably worry about her. If that happens, you might end up getting killed or getting the rest of us killed because you were worried, or irrational. You care about her right? Stay by her side, I'll clean up my mess. I doubt anything will happen here, but just in case.
Anyway, use this time to help her train, and get to know how the game works. You can spend some private time together and catch up with each other as well."
Speaking his mind at will, Umichi started to walk up to Fujiwara, and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Finally, look, I'm sorry I dragged her into this, I didn't know that just by visiting the inn this would happen. I just thought we should get the rooms out of the way, that way when it's time to sleep, we can sleep in peace, and not possibly on the streets or in the field where anything could happen."
Letting go of his shoulder, he bowed his head down, "I am truly sorry for dragging someone you care about into this who was obviously not prepared for this."
Lifting his head to look him in the eye, Umichi finished, "So, please stay with her and keep her safe. I can't guarantee anything about what will happen. I don't think it will leave it's area, and therefore believe things will be okay. But just in case."
Umichi then waited for Fujiwara to speak, hoping that Fujiwara had calmed down, and that he would be understanding.
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