Faerie

This was Fae's first time on the 11th floor, and normally she would have no reason to be up here, but she had found a flyer of sorts posted outside of The Wayward inviting any and all players in Aincrad to the home of Jomei on the eleventh floor. Fae didn't know much about the frontlines, but she had heard mention of the Emerald Duelist once or twice and figured that there wouldn't be a better opportunity to make acquaintances than at the likes of a Christmas party. Hefting the big box she was carrying up higher in her grasp Fae walked along the streets, coming on the location that the f

A new challenger approaches. "A snowball fight? Sounds a lot less dangerous than the sword I'm used to fighting with, im in." Fae closed the message and made her way to the battlefield // Team B!

Fae walked with the trio paying just as much attention to their surroundings as she did them. It was really astounding what was created here, she could feel the wind blowing across her face ruffling the cloth on her half cloak. "It really is hard to imagine that this is a video game, though I guess, you can respawn in video games. . ." Fae drifted off when she fully registered what she was saying, she was trying to make a good impression, and bringing up the fact that they would all probably die wasn't a good way to make friends. "I got this game because I couldn't believe that something fake

Avoryn stopped their little trio as they passed by a blacksmith, claiming that she was going to head inside and get something, leaving her and Nari to talk on their own. Nari tried to break the ice with a joke, and Fae was glad for it, because she had absolutely no idea what to say, Kas had really been the only person she was able to talk to comfortably. "Hey, I mean the best part of the trip are always the random stops, though, I don't think I have ever bought a sword on vacation." Fae smiled at the purple haired woman next to her, hoping that her joke landed. The awkward encounter ended soon

Fae blushed in embarrassment as she smiled at the other purple haired lady's, the one who just introduced herself as Nari, outburst. "Oh, my name is Faerie (Fay.ree not fair.ee). It's nice to meet you guys." Fae dropped her hand off of the hilt of the sword on her lower back, most if not all of the confidence gone from her stance as she listened to the two women Avoryn and Nari. Clearly the group hadn't known each other before, and now Avoryn had accepted their help. Fae listened to Nari's explanation about the quest, confused, all that Dorian had mentioned was that they needed to find Z

Kas had left a few hours ago to get the pair some funds after having blown all of their starting funds on their gear. He was going on a simple quest in a nearby village, but the limit on the quest was one, so Fae wasn't able to join him. Left to wander the streets of the Town of Beginnings on her own Fae was walking close to the main courtyard when a man bumped into her. "Oh goodness me, I am so sorry." the man stopped in his tracks eyeing Fae. "I have just been so distracted you see." the man rubbed his mustache before continuing. "You seem to be capable. My name is Dorian, and I am the mayor

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Storeroom _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Equipment (Store) Green Thumb: [Straight Sword; T1 Uncommon] Pixie's Greatsword: [Straight Sword; T1 Per

Just like the blacksmith had said, it didn't take long for him to make Fae's new weapon. She had received the ping of the message while she was on the first floor. this was the last piece of equipment she had to pick up before she would start slowly making her way to the frontlines. Opening up the shop again Fae heard the sound of a hammer banging from somewhere out in the back of the shop. "I believe this might be what you were hoping for?" the hammering stopped abruptly as Vigilon walked out of the forge and into the shop portion of his building. "I believe this might be what you were hoping

Fae kept swimming, her arms and legs burning as she struggled against the water. When Fae realized that she could see the outline of her arm in front of her, her energy returned like a torrent. Picking up her pace Fae kept swimming, she was practically there, and whether her arms felt like lead or not she would keep pushing. Fae didn't even need to have her fingers on the ceiling as she came upon the end of her journey, the blue light from above filling the tunnel with a glow that let her clearly see all around her. Swimming up the small channel Fae found herself in a sloping basin of wa

Fae was enveloped by darkness as the light that was coming in from the mouth of the cave was covered by the turn in the underwater passage. Fae could no longer see as she held her hand out above her head, reaching for the ceiling of the passage she was in, swimming without the hand was more difficult, but she would need to feel for the occasional air pockets that came up along the passage. Fae's fingers brushed against the hard rock as she swam, making sure to focus on holding her breath, this swim was a few minutes, and if she let her air out she wasn't going to make it to the other side.

Fae walked at a fast pace as she made her way towards the cave, it wasn't quite in view yet, but with the fact that she could see the Stone Valley she knew that the cave was close. Fae was right, and before much longer at all Fae could see the cave, just the sight of it helping to get rid of the panic that had been slowly rising in her chest. Fae made her way into the cave and it was just as unassuming as she had remembered, it was just a small cave, at most being twenty feet in diameter a small pool of water sat in the back. Fae had found this cave by accident with Kas a long time ago.

Fae made her way to the West towards the Stone Valley. This was not a trip that Fae enjoyed very much both because of the end destination and because of the memories that always came to the surface when she followed the path. The last time she had seen Kas alive she had sprinted this way full speed never daring to look back. The intrusive thoughts begen to take over as Fae walked. 'Why did you run Fae, you just left him all alone, you knew he wouldn't follow you, and yet you still ran?' the words in her mind didn't even sound like her own voice as they rang out inside her brain 'You know why y

Fae smiled as she made her way out of the city center, but rather than making her way again to the city gates, she took a turn on a small side street that turned off into a large courtyard surrounded by walls on all side. The intended purpose of this area was clear, with a dozen or more training dummies spaced evenly about the square. This was one of the few places to test out weapons without having to fight monsters or players. Lining herself up with one of the dummies Fae pulled her sword out of its sheathe. Coming in at a little under three feet long this sword was on the smaller side, the

Fae took her first step onto the thin path that led to the summit, it was very clear that this path was not a very common one, and Fae understood why, rarely was the path ever wide enough for two people walk abreast. It was a lot more common for it to not even be wide enough for a single person, making the player shimmy across the ledges with their back against the wall. Vigilon's shop was only around 45 minutes away from Nimbus, and for the most part that was just because of how long the winding upward path would take for someone to walk along. carefully placing walking along the edge of the

Closing the message Fae once again turned towards the town of Beginning, now far enough away that she couldn't even see it in the distance. Starting to walk Fae opted to go around the bandit's town, while it would be slower, it was more dangerous to go through, and her close call from earlier was more than enough for one day. Fae broke through the golden fields not even fifteen minutes later, putting the waist high grass behind her as she walked to the Town of Beginnings. It was another hour before Fae reached the gate to the town for the second time today. Making her way through the fam

Putting the bandit town behind her Fae walked towards the pond that was finally coming into view. The breeze picking up as she walked causing the half cloak she was wearing to rustle, the long strands of cloth fluttering like they did when she was in combat. Eventually the long golden stalks of the farm land gave way to the rolling green fields once again, and the pond was within full eyesight now. It wasn't very big, maybe coming to about twenty feet across in an irregular circle. Long stalks of what appeared to be bamboo grew along the shore of the pond upon closer inspection though one woul

Fae closed her inventory and began her walking again, the lake was on the other side of the ghost town from where she was now and the fastest route would be going through the town itself, but that was also the most dangerous option. The town had a group of bandits that called it home, and while it was completely possible to sneak your way through the town, that could be dangerous. Each individual bandit wasn't much of an issue, it was when they were in groups that they were truly an issue. "Fuck it." Fae weighed the options in her head, opting for the fast option of trying to sneak her way thr

Fae found herself back on the streets of the town that she called home before much longer. The Town of Beginnings used to be a lot more populated, but as the frontlines became more and more dangerous, and as the players dwindle farther every passing floor, the once prosperous town had been mostly deserted. Every once in a while you would pass a non NPC player, but for the most part it was just her and the NPCs, especially with Angel not leaving the confines of the town. The loneliness only built after you left the town itself, the NPCs being replaced by monsters who only wanted to kill you. Fa

Fae closed the door to Luminous Linens behind her and started making her way through the streets of Taft. The city wasn't very packed, with it being only about halfway up what they had currently explored it wasn't a particular hotspot in the first place, and with the dwindling supply of players actually heading out it was rare to find any one for the most part. Fae made her walk in that complete solitude, the only company being the NPCs that ran the shops and street markets in the market district of Taft. Fae found herself back at the teleport location in short time. Standing in the middl

Fae had not made the journey much, but it didn't take her long to wind her way through the cobbled paths of the Town of beginning finding herself in the main square. The slight feeling of nausea returning to her along with the memories from two years ago. Fae could feel herself looking up at the sky, as if the man in the red cloak, Kayaba, was still floating up there. Quickly Fae walked to the center of the square, to a big monolith. This was where people teleported to and from the other floors. "Taft" the sound of Fae's voice echoed through the air alone in the large square. A blue light enve

The rest of the fight with the cow went by like deja vu. Again the large cattle stamped its feet, and again it charged at Fae. With the grace of a dancer Fae spun to the side slashing her blade along the side of the cow. Coming to a stop Fae's green cloak settled around her again, the shower of blue date exploding behind her like she knew it would. 'Hopefully I got the ingredient I wanted.' Fae flicked her blade before spinning it and sliding it back into her scabbard. A screen had popped up in front of Fae, it was the loot screen from the animal she had just slain, and true to her usual luck

The Cow was more of a gag fight than anything, it had a decent bit of health, and did some damage but unless you let yourself get swarmed they would be simple enough. the fight mirrored a bull fight, right now the cattle was standing staring at Fae as it pawed at the ground with its hoof. the slight breeze picked up making Fae's cloak blow harder acting like a start flag. The breeze was sudden and Fae's cloak settled as the cow charged. Fae didn't immediately move when the cow did, if she dodged too early the cow would be given enough time to adjust its movements to follow her. Instead i

"Okay, please don't get mad at me." Fae started to crouch, bringing herself closer to the cow's utter. A hoof was all the Fae felt as the cow kicked with both feet backwards, planting them firmly in her sternum. Fae was practically the spitting image of Kas as she flew through the air, landing squarely on her back on the dirt. Fae gasped, she wasn't hurt, Sword Art Online didn't let much pain through the system, but the sudden slam into the floor was more than enough to expel all of the air from her lungs. Breathing was almost impossible as Fae slowly rolled over onto her side, looking at the

A smile was on Fae's face as she walked, the sun was out, and it was warm, a small breeze making her hood flutter in the wind as she made her way through the golden fields that surrounded the city. It had been a really long time since she had come here, or even made this specific dessert. The last time had been with Kas, during the two months that he and Fae had lived in SAO together, they had made there way out of the gates, one of the rare occasions that they did, because they heard you could get a milk substitute in the fields around here, in a relatively safe place. Fae slid her hands over

The cow didn't move forward as Fae backed slowly away, it wasn't the calmest cow, but it definitely wasn't the most temperamental either. It just watched as Fae turned and walked away. The cows weren't the only useful things here though, this spot also had fields of wheat planted before the bandits took over, and while not every stalk could be harvested, some of them could. Fae wandered the fields looking for a few minutes, the sparkle of the harvestable stalks of wheat would stand out in the field, and would be hard to miss. The plan was to search for the wheat that could be found here,