[IC] Living in Aincrad: a SAO RP

[MarshiestMallow]

Suki still thought on carrying the carcass, and how she had struggled to do so. She had been contemplating how she wanted to distribute her skills, and had pondered over her strength. She wished to play to her strengths, and strength wasn't one of them. She didn't have the build, even though in this game, that didn't matter. Still, she thought for what she wanted, agility would be better for her. So she had focused on that as she levelled up, reaching level 10 only the day before.

Over the time, and the travelling to Tolbana, she had started to focus on her alchemy skills, developing her ability to make health potions, and antidotes. She had started to train the <<acrobatics>> skill. In real life, Suki had done gymnastics, and she felt it was a simple matter of transferring those skills to the game, but it was much harder then that. Still, she managed to at least increase the skill, and she found it useful, for what she wanted to be.

She had also changed blades, going to a Rapier. She had had it commissioned by Cleo, completing the quest related to her, and had, over the last few days, had it enchanted. In some ways, she felt it was better then the Annael blade, and she enjoyed the light feel to it, and the easier way she seemed to fight with it.

She had also decided that they might be here a while, so she had decided to train her cooking skills, thinking that in the long run, it might help save some money, but she also enjoyed cooking. It wasn't the same as cooking in real life, but she still enjoyed doing it. It was fun to create something, and she enjoyed the challenges on creating good food.

Due to her continually updating her Rapier, and the ingredients she needed for her skills, she only had 5k, but found that she had a balance with her spending. "I think we should secure rooms, there was a lot of people on the road here" She said "And maybe we should ask questions from players or NPC, about the Labyrinth. See what we can find out about it" She said.

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Paka glanced about the town as they reached it, letting himself relax in the safe zone. He had accepted the blacksmith profession, and along the way, he had bene focusing on it, trying to figure out how to create things that would be benefical for the group. he did focus on his fighting as well, training his Katana skills, as well as his howl ability, and listening and detecting.

He still didn't think they would be here long, thinking that someone would help get them out, and figured it would maybe be a few months, so he wasn't trying to get into the more fun aspects of the game, simply aiming to train. Just in case.

He shrugged, "We've been doing quests and such for a few days now. Maybe we should rest for a few hours. Relax. This may be all in our heads or what not, but we should still take the time to rest, or we might make deadly mistakes"

[Jangel13]

Angelo smiled wide as he whistled going through the town. Angelo thinks its called Tolbana but Angelo wasn't really paying attention since Angelo was still playing this to its extent and loving every minute he was in the game. Angelo wasn't able to do any of the stuff he could do here that he could in the real world. Everyday was a struggle for Angelo just to get through the day but in here Angelo had the chance to truly live and if he died in the game at least he wouldn't fee pain anymore. While Angelo was only a level 3 he was putting his skills more into his lock picking skill and his evasion skill wanting to be able to dodge all attacks eventually. Although at this point Angelo was wondering if he should join a group, he had the locking picking skill and could dodge blows. Angelo was a perfect thief if anyone took notice of him and the fact Angelo uses a spear to his enemies at bay would be useful in a large scale battle. Angelo looked around for any good shops or people to steal from for practice so he can be a better pick pocket as well. Even if Angelo was despised for what he does everyone would know he was the man for the job if it was something a little underhanded or to open a chest at the end of a dungeon so Angelo strolled around town seeing a group nearby with a few players that seemed pretty well off for themselves so Angelo decided to practice his pick pocket skill. he opened his menu and saw his skill was low and needed practice so he walked by one of them and before he made contact he activated pickpocket from his menu closing it then he bumped into them "im sorry" he said before walking away again....

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Fujiwara shrugged at Umichi's response, seeing it as simply letting the mood hover around in a weird spot.
"Well, it's fine to joke around every once in a while, no?" he asked as the group returned to the Citadel. The experience seemed to level up Ayame (which brought her to 4), but Fujiwara knew that 4 was nowhere near enough. The next few days would, for sure, be filled with training.

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It had been 10 days since that quest completed. Fujiwara, striving to catch up with Umichi, he spent the days training Ayame (and himself) on the go from sunrise to sunset. They were both tired, yes, but with the team constantly on the move and quests taken by everyone else before they could accept them, it seemed to be the only way to get any experience or money. The grind was, admittedly, quite tiring... But at the same time, the two of them had become resigned to the fact that it was really the only option.

Luckily, with the amount of grinding that the two had done some fruits of their labor seemed to arise. Fujiwara had hit level 10 (at which point he dropped 4 points into STR and 2 into AGI) and had saved up quite a bit of money by being stingy on repairs and taking up repairing metal weapons as a talent to learn on the side. Ayame, too, managed to gain quite a bit; catching up with the rest of the party and hitting level 7 (and distributing her stat points evenly, with slightly more emphasis on AGI), she had amassed about 8000 col and had taken up cooking on the side to keep the group's morale up. The two had decided to be relatively self-sufficient, but at the same the money they saved could quite easily benefit them in the long run. In the end, it was mostly just Fujiwara dragging Ayame on every grinding session outside of town. Nobody else seemed to mind, and the stockpile of monster drops almost assured that they could instantly complete any quests that didn't involve quest-only drops. Fujiwara had also used these sessions to brief Ayame on basic MMO terminology and the usage of <<Switch>> and their tactical importance. Their teamwork by then had improved significantly, and in the end the speed at which they cleared monster waves was known among them as one of the fastest.

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The time in Tolbana had left Fujiwara with little more than wanderlust; the days constantly moving about the first floor had left him feeling bored as he walked about the town. When Suki suggested that they search for data for the labyrinth, he was more than happy to take up the suggestion.

"I've been doing the same thing over and over, so I'll go hunt around for some information. I'll let you guys know if I find anything out." he said, sighing and tapping his fingers in his hands impatiently.

Ayame, on the other hand, decided to take up Paka's suggestion without much more discussion. Unlike Fujiwara, Ayame was much less accustomed to doing the same thing over and over, and a break from the daily grind seemed to be a nice idea.
"I think I'll stay here, Hideki. Maybe I cook something up for the group..." she said before thinking for a second and turning to the others. "Do you think the inn's got ingredients for some stew at the moment?"

As she asked the group, Fujiwara noticed a man who almost seemed to be walking right into them. Moving to the side to left him through, he noticed the man bump into Ayame and apologize quietly. As he watched the man start to walk off, Ayame opened up her inventory to check if she had the other ingredients for the meal she had in mind before she noticed something off.

"...Hey... I'm missing some money all of a sudden..." she said in slight bewilderment. Fujiwara shook his head and turned to the man who had just walked by.

"...I think I know why. Hold on a moment." he said, quickly slipping over to and in front of the man who had just walked by.
"Excuse me, but I think you may have been a bit too conspicuous there. I can understand walking through a crowd and not noticing, but if someone makes way for you and you still bump into someone... It's a bit conspicuous, don't you think? Now, if you would... Please come with me for a second, if that's alright with you."

[Jangel13]

damn it!' Angelo thought to himself as he looked at the guy and saw that he was carrying a sword so the guy must be a sword skill user but what got Angelo worried was that since they were already this close if Angelo decides to intimidate the guy into leaving his sword would be at Angelo's throat before he could pull out his spear. so intimidation was out, their was playing innocent but the guy figured it all out already calling Angelo conspicuous for trying the pickpocket without a large crowd around his target. so now Angelo was thinking of way to get out of going with him, the last thing Angelo wanted was to be beaten down for stealing from someone so he had to try and charm his way out of it. "you know I would but I really don't want to get beaten down today. so uh here" Angelo said as he moved his hand and scrolled down his menu to find <<stolen coin purse>> in his item inventory as it came out and appeared in Angelo hand "here, all the money I stole I swear. Although you would be doing me a favor if you took it and let me try again to pickpocket. im just trying to raise up my skill is all, I really don't need your money to be honest" Angelo said laughing a little

[Little_ninja]

Having heard them all, Umichi spoke, "Well, I guess we can split for now, Fujiwara can go look for information and Suki ..." Seeing someone start to walk pass and bump into Ayame, Umichi noticed the person's indicator change from green to orange. He was about to call out, but saw that Fujiwara had been paying attention to the person already. Letting Fujiwara handling the situation, Umichi warned the person, "You won't be allowed in towns if you keep that up you know." Turning back to the party, "Instead of me telling you guys what to do, just do whatever you want, if you find an inn with space don't be afraid to reserve ahead, even if it doesn't have enough for all of us. It's going to be a bit hard to find one with enough rooms for all of us, so we might need separate inns. Tolbana is certainly a big enough place anyway." Looking at the time, it was 1400 hours on the 19th November. "Let's meet up here or at one of the inns if someone finds enough rooms at 1630. Don't forget to get rooms for others if you can. Let's go!" he said.

Umichi started to walk off from the group. His equipment where in fairly good condition. For now, he wanted to quickly scout the town. Swapping his <<Knife Throwing>> skill for <<Acrobatics>>, he jumped onto a rooftop from the ground. It was only a roof top a story high. If it were one of the second story ones, he wouldn't be able to make it. With the skill, he was surpassing his normal jumping height. Running along rooftops, he was running along using parkor-like movements. It helped him get some experience in his skill. Going from roof to roof, he went higher and higher. Stopping at a building about 4 stories high, he looked around the town known as Tolbana. It was fairly big, but it felt like a nice place. Tonkilo, the town just before, wasn't very far. Hm... Maybe I should do some training, or maybe the quest, Cows of the Counter attack is available again. I was able to do it once myself and once with the party. But I don't know the time it takes for it to come back up. It was long doing myself though. Couldn't get close. *sigh* He started to ponder what to do. Guess I'll just head to the North, to the Labyrinth.

Dashing out, he jumped from a third story building over the northern wall and jumped down from there, breaking the fall with a roll, he took little damage. Brushing himself off, he thought about Suki. Maybe I should of grabbed her hand and had fun around town with her ... I'll do that after dinner if the others don't feel like doing anything in particular. Yeah ... a date would be nice ... Umichi was smiling to himself, running ahead to approach the Labyrinth.

[MarshiestMallow]

Suki blinked as the commotion seemed to go on, the pickpocketing. She hadn't been aware that that sort of thing could go on, in the game. Maybe it was a glitch she mused to herself, shaking her head. "You should read the guide book, to many incidents, and you'll be permamently orange" She told the pick pocketor. "You should look at another lifestyle" She shrugged, said goodbye to Paka and the others, and trotted off.

She jogged off down the street, managing to secure enough beds for the group, spreed across three rooms, two beds in each. That pleased her, being able to do that, and she paid for the rooms to make sure they would be there, and sent a PM to the group.

Suki said Rooms secured, at the Maiden Inn, just off the center of town. Sort out who you wanna go with I guess

Having done that, she started to explore the town, taking a risk and going to a merchant stall, surprising herself when her idea had passed off, and taking the free mapped area, or at least what had been explore so far, of the labyrinth. She had a feeling that people had tried, but found it too much of a risk by themselves. Grabbing a sandwich, she sat down on the edge of Tolbana's fountain, looking over the map. So far, it looked like there were many floors to this labyrinth, with high level, at least, for the first floor monsters. Ruin Sentinels, something they hadn't come across yet. She thought on that for a while, pondering what they might need.

She went to an alchemist, and brought some health potion gear, and started to try and create a large store of potions that she could share with the group. it took her a while, but she succeeded in making them, and it gave her a great sense of pride and satisfaction. She rose, glancing to the time, seeing that it was 1600. She decided to explore Tolbana, still keeping her promise that she wouldn't go off, out of the safety zone, by herself. She was happy to comply with it, even if it was a bit restricting.

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Paka crossed his arms over his chest when the pick pocketor was brought back to the group, giving the gold back. He shook his head, and sighed. "You shouldn't do things here against the law, just because you can get away with it. It isn't right. You should be ashamed. You're lucky it was this group that caught you, I think. Other's wouldn't be so kind. Even if this is a game, you can still get a beating" Paka sighed, acknowledging Suki's goodbye.

"You'll get stuck with a orange marker, and people will avoid you. You won't be able to enter towns, and, and therefore, you will be at a loss for getting supplies, and surviving really. The game protects the other players from those that won't follow the rules. I suggest you take the redemption quest I've heard about, and straighten up" Paka didn't like people who broke the rules, and he shook his head, thankful the game would protect them from criminals, even if they wouldn't be charged outside the game.

[Jangel13]

Angelo sighed listening to these people put him down, he was tired of it and when they were done that's when he started "Look all im doing is training my skills up. Im not nearly strong enough or skilled enough to try and teach any red players a lesson. Picking locks is a skill that benefits anyone who would have me in their group since it will allow me to open chests for extra treasure, my pickpocketing skill will help me steal from other orange players that think they can get away with what they do- if nothing else I wont take from green players when I get my skill high enough. Plus I am a spear user and can keep enemies off my friends back when a big battle is on. All I need is to find a group that wont judge me simply because of a marker above my head, I am a good guy but nobody will even bother to get to know me first. I want to be a thief cause sometimes it takes a thief to steal from a thief, all I want to do is find a group and if I have to steal one of their members pouches to get their attention then so be it" Angelo said cluing them in on why he would steal from them in the first place since he hoped they would be a group that wouldn't mind having someone who wasn't entirely a saint but knew the different between being a smart thief and being a bully

[MarshiestMallow]

Paka sighed and shook his head, "You won't be much use to any group if you can't go into a village" He said. "You're a low level. You can't afford to not be able to enter the safe zones. Stealing is as wrong here as it is in the real world, Kid, you should read your guild book. It tells you that after five infractions, you are permanently orange. I'm sorry Kid, but no one is going to accept you into their group if you are orange. You may be a good guy, but you're trying to survive the wrong way. Get a profession if you're looking for something to do"

He didn't think he'd be giving a pep talk to others at this stage in his life, and he sighed again. "You seem okay, but I don't see any of us accepting you into the group if you're just going to be permanently orange" He felt guilty saying it, but it was true.

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Yui

After the past few days she felt kind of lonely in this world. It was to assume that most of the people would have that feeling. But she had seen a few people that didnt even bother to go back to their old lifes. They enjoyed sword art online to the fullest and didnt even think about dying.

Also Yumi had left their group she felt safe that evening being with her all the time but she had to leave for something else. Even when she sent a chat message to her she wouldnt get any reply back. Yui still believed that she would come back some day so she kept sending the place they were at to her. Yui also practiced singing when she was somewhere alone. She didnt want to notice what she was doibg so she hided it the best she could.

As they entered town everyone seem to head of somewhere to their own little place to get some relaxing going on. Yui went to follow some of them as she looked around some of the shops next to the road looking for some better weapon or armour. She was standing next to one of the shops looking at some really pricey armour that would fit her perfectly. She gave a loud sigh and headed back to the others.

Were she could immediatly find some ordinary conversation going on "What is going on here" She looked up at Paka while she gave a confused look to him. She just noticed the boy standing there she only gave a quick glance at him and looked up to Paka again "Is he a friend of yours?"

[Jangel13]

Angelo looked at the girl who just walked up to them and he thought she was pretty cute to be honest. Although he wanted to talk to her Angelo knew he needed a group and if this girl knew them maybe they weren't all bad. Angelo raised his hands up in a submissive and apologetic gesture to them Angelo needed a group to stay alive at this point and him staying orange wouldn't help much to them so if he had to take one skill away in order to stay alive so be it "how about I promise not to pick pocket anymore? Let me into your group and I will lock pick any treasures we find along the way and I promise not to cause anymore trouble for the foreseeable future" Angelo said using his raised hands to emphasis his point about giving up pickpocketing if it meant he would live through this game...

[MarshiestMallow]

Timi had started off playing Sword Art Online so excited, had go out and tried to fight, She had explored what she could do, enjoying the game. Right up until the moment it became survival of the fittest.

She had wanted to stay in the Town of Beginnings, but had gotten swept up in the tide heading onwards, and had had to learn to fight. She'd attacked herself to a strong group, however, once reaching Tolbana, she'd been dumped, and a group of older kids had chased her out, forcing her to stay out the safe zone during the day, and sneak inwards during the night.

Right now, she had gotten herself lost, and was near the labyrinth. She had no idea how to get herself out of this, and her short sword shook in her hand, realising she had gotten too far, had gone into a real danger zone. She saw someone coming her way, and she let out a squeal, throwing her hands over her head, "Please, don't hurt me, I...I just got lost, please, help. Take me back to the city, please" She was shaking, sobbing. "I just want to go home"

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Paka shook his head, "No, he isn't a friend. he just stole from Ayame. And he seems to think its okay. " He said to yui with a sigh, glancing up as he received a PM from Suki. He looked over to Angelo when he spoke up. "Well, I don't see why not, but it's a group decision. We'll be at the Maidian In this afternoon, if you wish to meet up with us. Then we can talk"

He checked his inventory, looking through a few things, debating what to sell and what to by. Paka had reached level ten two days ago, and was nearing level 11, and thought some better equipment might help with the boss.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Sighing, Fujiwara took back the money that the man stole and tossed it over to Ayame.

"Here, catch. I'll meet up with you after we deal with this person." he said before turning back to the thief. After catching the bag, Ayame looked at him and Paka for a second before understanding the mood and heading off to the inn.
"I'll meet you guys later then. Hopefully you two can sort this out." she said before quickly making her way to the inn at which Suki had reserved them a few rooms.

As he watched Ayame walk off to the inn, Fujiwara turned back to the thief and sighed. The thief's justification was flimsy at best, which only served to fuel his irritation.
"That is no justification whatsoever for your thievery in the first place. Just because this is a game doesn't mean that stealing is fine here. It's not some roguelike, it's an MMO where you're interacting with other people and building relationships to tackle challenges. You're undermining that cause and you still attempt to justify your actions as one of trying to 'seek out a group'. You cannot determine a person's worth at face value, true, but at the same time a thief who's willing to steal in broad daylight and outright asks us if he can steal again is like asking for trouble. As my companion here said, if you're foolish enough to try and get yourself kicked out of safe zones for the sake of skill training then you're also a hazard to a group; it shows that you can't make rational decisions. Not to mention, there's always the possibility that you've been lying to us about being a 'nice guy at heart' and could steal all our stuff one night or something.I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let this fly, alright? Also, a thief with a spear seems inefficient as things can get. A thief wants to get in close, but you're keeping your distance and not going in for the kill with that. Frankly, it's a large amount of naivete that really speaks to me from your actions. Heck, you seem to be older than me, by the looks of it; why the heck do i have to lecture you about morals, you should have them established already! We can't trust you from your first impression, so what can we do about a promise you may not ever keep?" Fujiwara fumed, his voice gradually rising the longer he spoke.

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Meanwhile, at the inn that Suki had reserved rooms at Ayame had just finished purchasing a wide variety of foods and spices. Asking the owner for permission to use the kitchen, Ayame equipped an apron and looked over the ingredients that she had just bought. Thinking to herself about how to mix everything, she tied a bandanna around her forehead before filling a pot with water and starting up the fire to boil the water over.
"Now then... Let's see if I can make something nice for everyone..." she said to herself as she began to prepare the food.

[Jangel13]

Angelo turned his hands still raised in a submissive gesture to the guy he robbed from that started to give him a lecture about being a thief and how he asked if Angelo could be trusted and not lying about being a good guy at heart so with that Angelo could respond "because if I wanted your money so badly I would have just ran with it instead. I would have called you names instead, I would have just beaten you down with a smile on my face instead, so im a thief but that doesn't mean that I will steal from people I can trust. In the future just think of this as a funny story we can all laugh around a fire. If you assume I wont keep my promise then what right would I have to ask you to join your group? if I wasn't honest about it then I wouldn't have offered, honestly don't make a deal your not planning to keep and if I am in a group what use will I have to pickpocket to get back anyways? I just did this cause I wouldn't get your attention otherwise, sides if you couldn't detect a low level pick pocket skill then why would I have wanted to join your group? I have my uses if you guys don't want the big treasures or someone who can help you catch thief's that are much worse then I am then fine but don't give me that holier then thou lecture" Angelo said not going to explain every action he does he knows his uses and he didn't come off great as a first impression but that didn't mean Angelo had no honor to begin with

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Fujiwara stared at the thief and sighed. Massaging his forehead in exasperation, he began to speak.
"Either you're really used to this kind of scam, you plain suck at reasoning or you haven't seen a scammer in your lifetime. Scammers work by making the victim give them information and goods under the guise of being trustworthy, then ditching when they get what they wanted. You could very easily be trying to pull one of those stupid things and only be feigning innocence there. I don't need to be lectured by a wannabe thief, nor do I wish to continue lecturing. Now, had you come to us like a NORMAL person in the first place maybe this whole debacle wouldn't have started in the first place. But in the end it's pretty damn clear that stealing from us was a better idea in your head. Yeah... No. Not happening." he said firmly. It boggled him how someone could be so... Tactless in their action. Then again... The thief could simply just be a fool. At the same time, there was the group's integrity and notoriety (or lack thereof) was at stake at well. The issue was vexing, but to him it felt like the group was approaching critical mass anyhow.

[Little_ninja]

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A man approaching Timi, walks pass her and looking at her. She was squealing. "Please, don't hurt me, I...I just got lost, please, help. Take me back to the city, please" She was shaking, sobbing. "I just want to go home" Sensing the area. There weren't any enemies around. He pointed towards Tolbana. "Go that way." He told Timi. His voice was deeper than how he looked. Wearing all black, he was shrouded with mystery. He wore gloves, but one could not see him with a weapon. Continuing onwards the man went into the Labyrinth.

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Timi

Timi continued to cry, she wasn't paying attention to them, but they then told her "Go that way." Looking up, he had already started to walk again. She was scared, and didn't know what to do. "Wait!" she called out, trying to catch up to him, but he was fast. While trying to chase after him, she had entered the labyrinth by accident. She was scared seeing all of the enemies. She kept running, but eventually lost track of him. Timi looked around, it was dark, dilapidated and scary. "Hello ... anyone?" she cried out. No-one replied, instead swarms of Ruin Kobold Troopers came after her. Crying out and running away she ran and ran.

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Umichi

While running to the labyrinth, Umichi killed a few groups of Dire Wolves and Frenzy Boars. The exp and col he got was quite little. I don't get much from these. Only quests and quest monsters seem to give me anything decent. I wonder if I can repeat that Cows of the Counterattack quest yet. It was only half a day ago though, when I did it solo. Suddenly he reached the labyrinth. There was still a good hour and a half till meet up. It didn't take long to reach. What took most of his time was the training his <<Acrobatics>>.

Finding some Ruin Kobold Troopers, they were new enemies to him, but their indicator was a slight shade of pink. So they were definitely lower than him. Attacking one with a <<Slant>> it guarded. Well, that's new he thought, but it took heavy damage and it would die from a simple scratch. He killed the group of them with ease. The exp and col were decent at least. Continuing on for 40 minutes randomly exploring the the Labyrinth, he was surprised to find he went to the third level. At least it seemed like the third level. It was truly a labyrinth. Luckily, the map was drawn for the area he had explored, so all he needed to do was go back that way. I should get back now he thought, starting to head back.

Suddenly, he could hear cries. A young girl's cries could be heard. He could sense her, and about 30 Ruin Kobold Troopers, with his <<Detection>> skill. They were about 35 minutes away, he ran towards her. Darting through the narrow passageways, he used <<Sonic Leap>> and jumped into a group of the Ruin Kobold Troopers, killing it. Turning full circle, he used <<Serration Wave>> pushing them back, before cutting them all down. Looking up, he could see the girl. Behind her, more Ruin Kobold Troopers, but they soon disappeared in pixels just as his did. From them he saw a figure, cloaked in black. He didn't have a visible weapon, but he knew that they must have one .... Can he really use that kind of weapon? Umichi thought to himself.

Walking up to Timi, Umichi asked, "Are you okay?" extending his hand. Looking up after looking at her, he eyed the man. It seems Umichi was being studied by him. The man spoke, his voice was deep. He said, "Take care of her." he then left. Umichi pulled Timi up. "What's your name? Want me to take you to town?" Umichi asked, as he got a message from Suki, telling him about the Maiden Inn. After reading it he closed it. Turned back to Timi and waited for a reply.

[MarshiestMallow]

Timi remembered the strange man walked passed her, covered in black, it was clear to her that he had something t hide. "Go That way" he didn't offer to help, just told her to go. She wished she hadn't gone after him, hadn't gotten lost, and swarmed by Ruin Kobold's. She held her arms over her head as she was cornered There were too many, and she had dropped her sword.

And then a group of the Kobold's were shattered into pixels, and then the rest of them shattering. She looked up as a man walked towards her, "Are you okay?" she flinched at his extended hand, clearly terrified of being hit. And then there was the deep voice agian, and Timi tensed up, "Jerk!" She hissed out, unnoticed.

She flinched again as she was pulled up. "T-t-Timi" She managed to say "p-p-please, take me back to the town..." Although she was pretty sure the older kids would tease her, chase her, hit her, and generally run her out of town again.

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"Kid, you think you're right. If someone had stolen from you,, on the street, taken something, how would you feel? You need to sort out right and wrong. You didn't do the right thing, chosing to pickpocket us, to try and join us. You could have just asked. As I said, come to the inn, and if we can agree, or at least get a majority vote, then maybe you can join us"

He sighed. "otherwise, if you're going to continue with this stealing, you're no use to us, or anyone else"

[Jangel13]

I'm just saying who would notice me otherwise? I'm weak and I'm only a level 3 a good pickpocket was ask I had to get your attention" Angelo said softly putting his hand down and bowing a little "if I join your group I will swear no pocketing or stealing"Angelo said simply thinking he had to get on their good side but Angelo didn't have much money despite being a thief he wasn't as skilled as he would like. Maybe if he gave them something as a symbol of good faith then they would accept him. Angelo needs a group before he can do anything major

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Yui

They didnt seem to hear what she was saying as they kept debatting about what he did. ''Umm guys people are looking at us. If you would just let him join for atleast a few houres we can see if he is really that bad. Please stop now people are looking at us and we should just continue with or free time now. I have my own things to handle so ill see you all in a few houres at the inn." She wandered of on her own to practice some more on her own skills and to get faster she had spent all her points into strenght since the beginning to get a lot of health and enough strenght to wield her two handed weapons. Now the only thing that is left is to get faster and more maneuverable.

She made her way over to the forest and started to get into a sprint as she dodged the trees. When she came across one of the dire wolves she tried to parry most of the attacks and only use a skill on the beast when there was an opening. After a few houres of training she took a rest and nibbled on some food. She didnt feel tired of running but a change of pace would be nice so she trained her singing skill a bit no one was really there she was in the middle of the forest so no one could hear her singing. When it was 4'o clock she headed back towards the inn they had hired the rooms and sat down next to the door outside of the building waiting for the others to arrive.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Fujiwara's expression tensed up even further as the thief continued to plead with him and Paka. The groveling, the attempted invocation of sympathy... It irked him to no end. To be honest, trying to argue with such a character felt as if he was arguing with a child more than someone older than him. Yui's naive words only seemed fall on deaf ears, and at this point Fujiwara simply took a deep breath and began to speak.

"I've already stated my position and have no desire to listen to someone who insists on trying to invoke pity for themselves like you are right now. As I've said before, I haven't a smidgen of trust for you, no matter how much you try and ask to join. You've proven your character and it's one I'd rather not associate with. Now, if that matter's settled I'll be leaving. I've had enough of this nonsense, so good luck trying to survive you petty thief." he said sharply before quickly heading off to scour the town for information. As he left, he turned back to Paka and shouted a few parting words.

"I'll meet up with everyone else in a bit; if you see Ayame, tell her that I'm off looking for something to calm me down!" he shouted before walking away from the two of them and towards... Well, even he didn't know.

[Jangel13]

Angelo felt like punching the guy but in truth....he started to like him. Angelo always wanted someone to rival against, someone to hate him so he could prove he wasn't what they said they were. It was like something from a movie about the hero proving the haters that followed him that he was better then they thought he was. " I don't need you to like me to prove you need me!" Angelo said grinning at him to be honest Angelo never really had much fun as a kid considering most of his childhood was spent in and out of hospitals and if he looked childish it was because he was finally able to act like it in the game then he turned to the guy that was saying about not stealing and Angelo bowed softly " ill meet you their then" Angelo said grinning as he jumped and grabbed a ledge of a building before running off to find the market district to try and find something for everyone. Considering Angelo never really had a real friend he wasn't sure what to get but he was hoping the gesture would be good enough for them although he would need to get something nice for that guy that kept yelling at Angelo to try and give him a peace offering of some sort. So off the top of Angelo head he thought of a new weapons but he would need to check his money before trying it.