Faerie

It didn't take very long for Fae to make it to her next location. Currently she was in high spirits, she had managed to find five of the ingredients she would need for her dessert, and now only needed a few more, all of which could be found on the outskirts of an abandoned town on the first floor. This particular area still had the golden fields of the wheat that had been planted in the area, along with cows scattered in the area, it was relatively safe, though the town center housed a gang of bandits that sometimes moved through the area. It was here that Fae would find the next group of

The bull rush may not have been the best decision the Ent could have made as Fae turned, its back wide open to her as it passed by her. One quick motion was all it took to plant her blade straight through the small Ent's back pulling the sword away as it exploded. Fae let out a small sigh as she let herself relax, the Ents weren't a hard opponent, but even so, she didn't let her guard down, and that took a lot of focus. Sliding her sword back into the sheathe she wore on her lower back Fae looked towards the screen that just popped up in front of her. The screen was the spoils of her litt

Fae got the message while she was prepping for her journey to the frontlines. Her armor was done, Krysta had said that it wouldn't take her more than a few hours, and she proved to reign true. Quickly Fae made her way to the shop that Krysta owned, an extravagant thing that put Fae more than slightly out of her comfort zone. "Hey Krysta, I'm here to pick up my armor." Fae smiled as she called out, she could see the magnificent blue and pink half cloak from where she was standing. There was a smile on Fae's face as she left the shop, her new cloak being a far cry from her old one, but it

Fae took the initiative this time, deciding that rather than react to these woodland spirits she would make them act in reaction to her. Fae launched herself forward with the speed that only someone in cloth armor could match, or perhaps, something made of bramble. Bringing her blade swinging down in a diagonal arc, Fae felt it slash into the targets, one exploding into their customary blue explosion, and the other taking the strike in stride. The Bramble Ent was just as fast if not faster than Fae, and that fact made it more dangerous than the two Branch Ents that had already fallen. The

Fae watched and waited, she no longer had the benefit of the small amount of surprise form the start of the combat, now her foes were as prepared for her as she was for them. Luckily patience was a virtue that Fae had, if not in abundance, than at least enough for her to wait out an attack from the plants in front of her. Fae's thoughts drifted back to Kas, he was always so rash when it came to combat, more the kind of person to rush in headlong, and deal with the consequences when they came, when it came down to it, that was probably why she was still here, and he was not. The morbid th

The fear that combat brought never really went away, it didn't matter how strong you were, or how experienced. The fear was what kept you alive, what kept you sharp, the fear was what pushed you to the upper limits of what you were capable of, and was what brought victory in the end. That fear was not unwelcome, it was a reminder of the stakes that were in store, even against creatures as small as these, a wrong step could spell the end. Fae paused for a moment her sword brought to the left side of her body in a low stance closing her eyes "Just a slight pause," Fae thought back on all of the

Cooking in Sword Art Online shared a lot of similarities with cooking in the real world, somehow adding in both a lot of conveniences and a lot of inconveniences. For the most part you could find the same ingredients here as you could in the real world, it was where you could find them that was the hard part. The other thing was the fact that the system could handle most of the cooking for you, but when you let it do that the food was usually worse for it. From what Fae had noticed, if you put the time and effort in, the meal could taste just like it did in real life, and that was very much h

The walk to get to Maggie's tavern was not a long one, and as one got closer to the street the building was on, the smells wafting from it's open windows only got stronger and stronger, it was like the smell was beckoning for people to come to the tavern, and it was almost impossible to ignore that call. Opening the door to the tavern the smell only got stronger, it was impossible to pin point what exactly was being cooked, but it was an absolutely mouth watering smell. Lost in though Fae barely noticed the middle aged woman stick her head out from the door to the kitchen "Take a seat anywhere

Fae stood in the cramped shop, this was one of the final things on her list before she started making her way up to the front lines, she wanted to make sure that she was as prepared as possible before leaving. This shop was one of the many different general merchants around Aincrad, located in the Town of Beginnings the selection it had wasn't the most grand, but it could offer most of the goods that someone was looking for, and today it had exactly what Fae needed. Fae tapped the glass container that held the Spyglass she was looking at. As soon as her fingers hit the glass a menu appeared "D

Fae walked into the brightly lit shop, the sun flowing in from the large windows and casting beams over the extravagant interior. The place gave off almost an overwhelming vibe as Fae tried to take it all in, it was probably one of the fanciest places she had been in. The smiling woman behind the counter quickly dissuaded her fears, her smile was kind and gentle, and she seemed to be a nice person. "Hello, I'd like to order a custom set of cloth armor." Fae leaned on the counter slightly eying all the wares in the shop. @Krysta

Purchasing: Spyglass [1] X800

Having just gotten her song from the fourth floor Fae made her way to a few floors higher, to a blacksmith on the seventh floor, an immense change from the winter world that she had come from, the seventh floor was for the most part warm, and at the top of this mountain she felt at ease pushing open the door, a small dragon sat on the counter of the blacksmith, and it didn't take long for a man to meet her at the counter asking if she would like to protect herself or deal some damage "I was actually looking at dealing some damage." Fae smiled at the man behind the counter as they spoke.

This was Fae's first time on the fourth floor, having spent the vast majority of her time in the Town of Beginnings with Angel at The Wayward, she had heard that this floor was a permanent winter, but this was more than she expected. Not only was it winter, the floor was in an almost perpetual state of snow in, the snow coming in thick at almost all times. Opening the door to the basement that doubled recording studio Fae sighed in relief, the warmth being a sweet reprieve from the outside air, her black clothes and green half cloak not at all protecting from the weather. The door closed with

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Fae closed the solid wooden door behind her as she left, the outside of the house sat on the corner of an intersection, a couple of shops on either side. Above the door hung a hand made sign that said 'The Wayward' in fancy white letters. To anyone who lived in the town of beginnings this place was famous, working as a shelter for any of the people who had nothing or nowhere to go to, at first there were a handful of adults who lived there along with Fae and Angel, but over time the all left, leaving the pair of them to take care of the dozen kids that made their home in The Wayward. The thing

~ January 9th Two years later ~ Fae woke up to the sun shining in through a window positioned above her, she was laying in a small room, that had a bed and a desk in it, but despite its size it gave off a homey lived in feel. Fae stretched as she climbed out of her bed, quickly pulling on her clothes and cloak before opening the door. outside of the door was a long hallway, doors running along both sides in intervals before ending in a staircase that went down, the walls made of a simple wood, and the light coming from the open flame light's on the wall gave it a warmth that broke through

The woman was wearing a very pretty and clean blue dress that didn't really fit in the fantasy setting that they were in, and her blonde hair matched perfectly. She looked like the basic preppy cheerleader that you meet in high school, the kinds of people who cared more about their hair than the people around them. Kneeling on the ground in front of Fae the woman pulled Fae close to her, holding the back of her head as she just held her, humming a soft tune that Fae couldn't recognize. Fae didn't pull away as she let herself be held, tears freely streaming down her face as she cried loudly int

It had been three days since the battle with the troll, and it was clear now to Fae, as it was deep down three days ago, that Kas wouldn't be coming, and that he was already dead. The thought was like a crushing weight, and yet as Fae aimlessly walked there were no tears, it was almost as if her mind was serene, no longer numb, now there was just nothing at all, no numbness, no emotions. Fae walked aimlessly around the Town of Beginnings, not at all thinking of a destination, only focusing on placing one foot in front of the other. She didn't care where she went and was really only walking for

Fae slowly walked out of the gate, placing her back against the wall and sliding down until she was on the ground, not for a moment taking her eyes off of the horizon, looking in the direction that Kas would be coming from. At this point hope was really the only thing keeping Fae going, she had escaped, and there was a chance that Kas had managed it too. It didn't take long for the sun to set, and for the night to take over as Fae sat staring blankly into the open expanse of field, tears falling down her cheeks slowly, silently. Sword Art Online may have dulled pain into barely more than disco

He said he would be right behind me, those words were like a mantra in her head as she ran, her feet landing solidly on the ground, echoing through the valley as they hit the stone. Fae couldn't feel the tears run down her cheeks as she ran, couldn't feel anything at all as she ran, her body and mind had become numb as she repeated the mantra in her head, he said he would be right behind me. Not daring to stop or look behind her Fae kept running, running so hard that she didn't even hear the sound of a set of full plate armor cracking, and the subsequent sound of it hitting the stony floor. He

The troll may have seemed like a weak foe, but looks didn't matter in a video game, and even though its arms looked like they would snap from just carrying the club that it held, it hefted it with the ease of a giant. It didn't take more than a second for the troll to cross the gap to the pair, towering above them even in its slightly hunched state. Fae could feel even more fear grip her than when they had faced the Mantis, the aura that came off of this monster exuded a strength greater than what either of them would be able to handle. Fae's thoughts were proven when it swung its off hand out

"I don't understand why this had to happen. I have watched too many good people die, how do you keep so calm Kas?" Fae looked at her hands in her lap tears quietly falling into them. "I'm not calm at all Fae, I'm terrified, of dying, of losing you, of all of this." Kas put his hand on Fae's as she looked up at him "that's why I have to do this, because of all of those good people, what right do I have to sit around doing nothing, when there are so many people out here dying for me?" Fae stared into Kas' eyes as he spoke, she couldn't understand how he stayed so strong, but his resolve was infe

The battlefield was hectic, with the boars, and even wolves to a lesser extent, that they had fought so far didn't really have any particular strategy, and would just go after the first person they saw. The mantis however, seemed to know exactly what they were planning constantly trying to get around Kas to get at the nimbler, but far less armored Fae. The sound of the mantis' hardened exoskeleton slamming against Kas' sword made talking all but impossible, the pair trying to synergize as much as possible to deal with this new foe. Fae weaved in and out of the reach of the mantis, slowly nicki

As scared as Fae was the journey thus far had been an easy one, most of what surrounded the plains before the stone valley were boars, and the occasional wolf, easy enough for the pair to take out without much problem. For the most part they walked in silence, Fae continually looking backwards watching as the town that had been their safety net slowly receded into the distance behind them, and Kas looking stout and Grim ahead of them, his gaze not wavering for a moment from his goal. It was admirable, how even with how inexperienced he was, that he was so resolute and unwavering in the face of

~ January 9th 2 years ago ~ Fae sat with Kas outside of one of the few restaurants ran by a player on the first floor, they didn't have a bench or a table, but rather were just sitting on the cobblestone steps before the road. "I am so sick and tired of this." Fae stared down at Kas while they talked, the perfection of his avatar now long gone, his nose now slightly crooked from one of the many fights he had inadvertently started, and his stature now standing at 5'2" over half a foot shorter than Fae. "What are you talking about Kas?" Fae looked back to the sandwich she had been picking a