[PP-F1] Where Everything is Good (Neo)

[Saige 0]

December 25. Christmas. To be honest, Saige hadn't waited for this event with as much anticipation as she had done back in real life. Because there wasn't really a point of doing so, was there? She had no family to celebrate it with, no friends to give presents to, and grandparents and distant relatives to visit. She wondered what they were doing now, actually. It had been more than a year since she last saw them. Were they still thinking about her? Or were they going about life as if she'd never existed in the first place? If anything, Christmas just made her feel more homesick than ever.

But now that it was here, she thought she should at least have some form of celebration. Or just some way to get her mind off things. Aimlessly wandering around the Town of Beginnings, she looked for something to do. But before long, she realized that if she wanted to celebrate, she should've made some reservations first. All her favorite cafes and restaurants were filled to the brim with customers, and take-out lines even extended to outside the shop. She wanted to do something today, and waiting around definitely wasn't it.

Dismayed, she made her way to the town gates. "Back to leveling, I suppose," she said to herself glumly. The silver-haired player was halfway through the process of taking out her to-do list when an opportunity presented itself to her. An opportunity in the shape of a snowball that hit her hard in the back of her head. "Wha-!" She lost her balance and had to stumble a few steps forward before regaining it. Only then did she realize that she'd walked straight into a huge snowball fight, something  Annoyed, she pulled off her hood and turned around, instantly spotting the offender.

Well, from her angle, they seemed like the only person who could've thrown it at her. He was tall, and his dark clothes easily contrasted the snow-covered background. And he had another snowball in hand. Well, why not? A mischievous smile playing on her lips, she bent down and picked up some snow, shaping it into a ball. Then she aimed and threw the ball as hard as she could. "You are so going to regret that!"

Edited January 3, 2018 by Saige

[Neo 0]

Neo really was quite the trouble maker, wasn't he? Even after the whole situation he had fallen into with Ruby, he still decided on doing another snowball war of sorts. After forcing himself to wake up this morning, Neo quite simply just walked out the door, grabbed a clump of snow, and threw it at the nearest person near him. They, didn't have the greatest reaction, and after about 15 minutes of running from a couple crazed guards and angry bystanders, he found himself in a dark alleyway, regaining his breath. He decided to this time plan a much more coordinated attack, more over by the towns entrance/exit. Neo leaned against a nearby brick house's wall and thought long and hard. If he were to start his gigantic snowball war here, he'd probably end up with a town full of people whipping snowballs at each other. Which was really what he was aiming for. One thing he was a bit worried about was if anyone were to snitch, and tell all the guards positioned at the town after the war that Neo was the one whom had began all the nonsensical chaos. He knew many tricks to deal with them, but he didn't want to be marked as some kind of super villain or something. 

He was just a guy who wanted to lighten up peoples moods.

So, Neo began looking around, trying to find the most depressing looking person out there. Or just the most dejected looking. His eyes fell upon a young girl. Well, he was being hypocritical, she was actually seemingly near Neos age. Her silver hair nearly made her blend in with all the snow around her. But Neo could see the bored-out-of-hell look in her eyes. He couldn't let someone act so sad on Christmas day! Sure, there were a bunch of reasons to be sad, but that doesn't mean you should be! He began walking up to the player, slowly, not wanting to attract any unwanted attention to himself. After closer examination, he saw that she was about to take out a piece of paper of some kind. A to-do list, Neo assumed as he bent down and began balling up two clumps of snow in each of his hands, smiling mischievously. As he took aim, Neo made sure to throw it right as she began taking out her list of sorts, so he wouldn't be caught by her under any circumstance. He threw the snowball a bit over her head so that the snowball would in theory hit her back. Instead, Neo smacked the girl right in the back of her head. Seriously, he could hear the impact from where he was standing. Neo made a worried expression, and was about to run over and ask if she was okay right when she regained her balance. He stopped himself from speeding forward to help her, and instead stood frozen like a statue right behind her. The girl turned around and pulled off her hood, scanning the area until her purple pupils landed right on Neo and his guilty expression. Thankfully, the girl didn't seem TOO annoyed, but then her eyes shifted down toward his other hand. His expression then turned from one of relief to one of fear. He slowly looked down at his other hand and saw the other snowball he had made. Neo began raising his arms in a surrendering way, trying to stammer out an explanation, but it was far too late for apologies now. Soon after, the girl made her own snowball and threw it right at Neos face. But, because of both karma and her lack of aim, gravity pulled the ball lower than expected and hit him right between the legs. Now, usually all other parts of the body don't feel as much pain, but this part still hurt Neo pretty bad when hit. So, in response, he covered his hands around the injured spot and just fell face first right onto the ground, groaning. "Oh, God.." He muttered as he convulsed and wiggled around in his bed of snow, making a demented looking snow angel under him. "Why..there..?" Neo asked in a whimpering, high-pitched voice as he turned over to look at the girl, eyes full of suffering.

Neo thought he was being a bit too dramatic, but might as well mess with her a little since she dared to hit him there.

 @Saige 

[Saige 0]

Saige was never quite good at throwing things. She played softball with a few girls from her class once and they designated her as the team's pitcher. That, coupled with her horrible aim and their lack of proper protective equipment...well, let's just say, nobody ever wanted her to play pitcher again. Or play softball, in general. (She was just glad she didn't hit anybody in the head). But even with her lack of aiming skills, she was sure that joining a snowball fight wouldn't normally have resulted in anything bad, right? Snowballs were harmless, and it didn't really matter if she hit them or not. She could just throw another snowball until she finally landed a hit. But of course, she just had to defy all the negative expectations she had with her aim, as she watched the snowball she threw hit the other player right in that...spot. 

She was screwed. She was so screwed. There were a million possible ways he could react to it, and none of them looked good. Not to mention, they were in the middle of the plaza. People had seen, and they were going to talk and spread rumors about this one silver-haired pervert who threw a snowball at a guy's crotch on Christmas Day. Just thinking about it made her face go red in embarrassment. Why did she even have to retaliate? She could've just ignored him and gone on her merry way. Maybe she could've even finished up a quest today. But she just had to go down the route where she would inevitably [censored] things up. Saige pulled up her hood again, tugging the edge down as far as it could go. Then she peeked out from under her hood and saw him rolling about the snow, obviously pained and looking up at her with an expression that said why did you do this?

She gritted her teeth and rushed up to the player, squatting down in front of him. "I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!Pleasedon'tgetmadatme!" Saige blurted, her voice coming out oddly high-pitched. "I have...I have a horrible aim and I swear I wasn't aiming there! It was unintentional! Purely unintentional!" While still tugging the edge of her hood down, she held out her free hand to him. "H-Here! Can you stand? Does it still hurt?" 

Due to her embarrassment and frustration, Saige completely forgot that physical pain didn't exist in SAO.

[Neo 0]

Neo slowly looked up at the girl, sincerely surprised at the fact that she forgot physical pain wasn't that much of a thing in SAO. He so badly wanted to laugh, and to say it was all a joke, but seeing the raw emotions on her face and the fact that she was so embarrassed as to pull her hood over her face made Neo refrain from doing so. He didn't want to make her look like a fool in the middle of the plaza. Plus, she seemed very fragile at the moment, as her first couple words to him were a hurried apology. So, Neo decided to just go along with it, and stumbled upward, pulling himself up with the help of Saige's hand, saying "T-thanks, I appreciate it." Neo dusted the remaining snow off of him, patted his supposed injured spot and replied in a more cheerful tone, "Nah, I'm fine! It doesn't hurt anymore. SAO's pain system has so that all forms of pain don't linger very long." He fibbed a little bit on that statement so the girl wouldn't feel any worse than she probably already felt. Neo looked around the plaza, taking note of some peoples eyes lingering on them or people pointing at the two and laughing. An annoyed expression glazed over his face as he stared at them, eyes telling them to move along. The people who had been staring at them and laughing suddenly quieted, and hurried along to wherever they were supposed to be. Neo let a scowl escape onto his face, irritated at the fact that people would laugh at someone they didn't even know. He quickly plastered back on a more happier expression and turned back toward the girl, saying, "Sorry about that, I just don't like it when people stare at me like that. Gets me a bit riled up." Correction, HE didn't like it when people stared at people like Saige like that. But, to try and make her feel better about the situation, Neo tried to make it seem as if all the attention was on him, not her. Neo quickly looked over the girl once he had a face on view. She was a lot shorter than himself, about five to six inches really, and her expression showed both frustration and utter embarrassment. His facial expression showed one of guilt instead of relief for a split second, but then Neo regained his composure and put back up the relaxed look. He wanted to get to know the girl more, perhaps make her feel a little bit better about the situation, so Neo asked Saige, while pointing at the center of the plaza, "Well, I don't feel like standing here all day, so how about we go grab a bench at the middle of the plaza?" 

Neo really didn't wait for an answer as he began walking toward the center soon after, hands pocketed, head turned upwards at the sky. If she didn't begin following him, he'd turn around and say, "Hey, you coming?" Neo then would turn around and continue his walk toward the center, hoping she wouldn't just flake out on him and run away while he wasn't looking. She genuinely interested Neo. As he finally arrived at the center, he chose the bench nearest to him. He brushed the snow off of it and sat down, sighing. Neo would turn to look at Saige, patting the spot next to him, motioning her to sit down next to him. When she eventually (hopefully) sat down next to Neo, he'd quickly open up his inventory and equip his hat and overcoat. Neo then turned his head upward once again, staring at the sky, while asking Saige, "So, what's your story?"

(Appearance now: )

 @Saige

Edited January 5, 2018 by Neo