Calcifer

The little girl almost flinched at Ryo’s approach. But he wasn’t a big, screeching bat, or a giant spider, or an angry wolf. So she looked up at him with wide, scared eyes and her bottom lip quivered heavily before she could get any words out. Instead, her voice just sort of blubbered and she cried fresh tears at the prospect of being rescued. Koko reached out and grabbed at the sides of Ryo’s armor, throwing herself into his lap and wailing a bunch of incoherent thoughts and feelings. She would stay like that for as long as he would let her, small hands gripping tightly at whatever part of hi

”And so I said: ‘Nay! Stay away from that woman, or I’ll have your head!’ And I brandished my sword, ready for a fight. But then the beast squawked at me at ran for it! Can you believe that? Such a cowardly foe.” Calcifer had been prattling on and on for the better part of ten minutes, regaling her new companions with one of her many, many heroic tales. ”Squawked at you…?” One of the two faeries escorting her echoed with a confused, skeptical look. It shared a glance with its kin as they fluttered through the air on either side of the pink-haired player. ”Exactly! Rude and uncooperat

It wasn’t long before Calcifer grew antsy. Impatient. There was something about this stretch of inaction that itched at her, nagging her that she shouldn’t be standing around on the sidelines. Her grip on the handle of her sword flexed and the fingers of her free hand tapped against one another. She fidgeted while her eyes strained to keep sight of the bat that Ryo faced down, and then they darted about the rest of the cave: past Ryo’s shoulder, past the monster, the sides, the ceiling, anywhere that provided her some bit of feedback or engagement. She knew why she couldn’t go swinging at the

”Hm?” She felt the weight of Ryo’s gauntleted hand on her shoulder and looked over to him with a curious hum. She followed his hand, pointing up into the darkness. She squinted again, straining to make out the shapes of the uneven cavern ceiling. The something shifted. Something moved. Calcifer jolted when the giant bat descended on them. She renewed her grip on her weapon and held her sword aloft, separating from Ryo as he drew his own blade. She took a couple of steps back, sizing up the beast–it sure was massive for a bat. Its fangs alone spanned the length of your average bat, and its

”Of course!” Calcifer’s misunderstanding of Ryo asking whether or not she fully completed quest prompts was inevitable, so it was a good thing he clarified. The way he described it gave her pause. She squinted, tapped on her chin, and let out an audible hum. That blasted circle. She’d caught sight of it a handful of times, the annoying bugger. ”Well, most of the people who ask for help offer some kind of reward. A lot of times they get pretty insistent about it. But before you get the wrong idea! I always refuse any kind of gifts or anything the kind townsfolk try to give me.” She raised a han

Calcifer let Ryo lead the way with a heart full of trust and a head empty of directions. Keeping her holo-map open in front of her the entire time would have become a nuisance, anyway. As with any great adventuring team, the time for travel brought upon them the time for getting to know your travelling partner! And yet, guilt gripped firmly at her heart with the delivery of Ryo’s very first question. She clutched at her chest, lagging behind a few paces in the process. ”Samurai Ryo. I must be completely and absolutely honest with you…!” A look of dread was etched upon her features as she revea

As soon as the woman stammered out some promise of a reward, Calcifer stuck her arm straight out, palm open, at the quest-giver. “No need, kind madam. Seeing the smile returned to your face will be enough of a gift.” She dismissed whatever it was the NPC was planning to give them, but it seemed the frantic woman was done speaking either way. She simply stood there, hands clasped together, looking between the two players expectantly while they lingered in the area. Calcifer turned to her newfound comrade. “Ryo the samurai! Pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Calcifer, the soon-to-be

Calcifer was entranced by the sights and smells and sounds and everything that this new floor had to offer. There were thick clouds littering the sky overhead limiting the sunshine from barreling down on the city. There was a distinct earthy musk that hit her nose from the surrounding mountain landscapes. The chatter of the townsfolk was subdued and less polite. The people that littered these streets had no time for idle chitchat and 'how-do-you-dos'. But amid all the newness, one word caused her ear to burn and her fingers to twitch. Bright indigo eyes shot around wildly to find the one who u

The Town of Beginnings was a little less crowded than usual today. Whenever the frontliners unlocked a new level of the castle, players filtered upwards. There were a handful of appealing main settlements and other cityscapes higher up, begging the question: at what point would Floor 1 be rendered obsolete? For one girl, the charm of the so-called "starter town" was timeless. A sprawling cityscape bursting with life, and no shortage of people that needed help. Where others may move on and leave these helpless citizens in the dust, one determined individual could be found patrolling t

Calcifer's Character Spreadsheet Current Level: 1 Profession: None Profile Username: Calcifer Real name: Sakura Ito Current Age: 14>16 Gender: Female Height: 5'3" History Make-believe is the best game anyone can play. You can do anything, be anyone, and all the unfair rules of the real world don’t matter anymore. This creed became so ingrained in Sakura’s mind that she no longer wanted it to be ‘just a game’. When she was little, Sakura loved to pretend. She took an otherwise boring childhood and made it exciting, creating stories and adventures and f