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Now Audacity regretted the fact that she never said anything. She left for college out of state without a word. A wave, a nod, acknowledging smile, and she was gone. They were just family right? That's what she'd thought then and for so long but now her heart felt differently. If time travel were a thing - even if it'd break the space time continuum - she'd go back just to hug those she took for granted.

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She'd seemingly ridden all those melancholy thoughts by going back to dwell upon them. Now she better understood the source of her emotional speeches and instant, unwanted tears that'd wreaked havoc on her virtual body since the beginning. Her mind quickly excused these happenings for her brain not being used to such technology that picked up the rapidly moving brain waves to transfer them into actions in the game. But they were simply emotions she hadn't felt for a long, long time. Emotions that she ignored.

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How could she - someone who couldn't stand ignorance even in the young - be what she opposed? "No. No. It's not the same." She whispered to herself more than once in a tone that was hardly convincing at all. Instead her usual calm voice had begun to waver and shake unpleasantly. Even the hand lifted to her chin in thought was shaking slightly. Her pink eyes were shut tightly, but only for a moment. She shook her head and with a sigh began searching again.

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Being the responsible and reasonable person she was: Audacity had come to the conclusion that her case was and had been no different from anyone else's that she'd judged before. She allowed herself to become foolish and thought of her family as transparent. See-through. Unimportant in her world. Uncaring. None of those thoughts implanted into her mind at a young, vulnerable age were true whatsoever and she'd been at her weakest all of these years believing that.

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Up until now, that is. She was obviously stronger during this moment. For the wasted time she spent thinking less of others' and more of herself, she'd make up for that by being a better person. Not changed, no, but not the same. A better person to herself was being more focused, determined, and intelligent than before. Not more caring, kind, and all that business she could care less about. Donating to charity - in her mind - helped a cause in need but didn't assist in making you more important or strong-willed. It took change deep within to truly create someone worthy of walking Earth with a head held high. Her beliefs wouldn't change.

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Yet another cloth. The young woman sighs solemnly and accepts the material that is instantly transferred into her growing inventory. Washing away her sudden sadness wouldn't be easy - but she now knew that she unintentionally threw away emotions. So attempting to do that would just make her the same person as before.  

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Instead of pretending things weren't occurring as they truly were she changed the shoes she was walking in. Not literally. With a new-found, settled frame of mind her body allowed comfort and inner-peace to turn her feelings and thoughts into a rather bliss feeling. Much like a form of reaching zen or meditating but whilst performing activities. Clearing her mind and heart of negative forces she felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. And ultimately - whether or not she realized this fact - one had indeed been carried away during the enlightening moments she suffered but made way through.

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Another bug material makes Audacity wrinkle her nose up in disgust and disappointment. She stands to her full height once more and continues to venture the nearly isolated fields for more loot. The sun had made quite an advancement during her "thinking time" and was hanging lower in the sky than she'd remembered. This meant she should pick up the pace. If only she'd visited a different field: today would be the last time she took advice from a player she was merely eavesdropping on.

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She wondered if that mystery person even knew what they were rambling on about. From what her memory - that remembered about everything her pink eyes witnessed - could recall they had gear resembling her's and had to be older due to wrinkles only someone of age could pick up. This player was a male and had a group around him; must have been his friends, most were other males' after all. His gear, however, had been just as basic as her's and she shook her head. "Trusting a newbie with game advice is just as worse as trusting myself to give an argumentative speech on the topic of technology. Silly."

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She scolded herself aloud in a monotone voice that had differed from the one she took on only a few minutes before. Time really did go by without notice. Even if she wasn't really enjoying herself or could hardly call herself amused at the moment. What was there to be entertained by out so far on Floor 1, anyhow? Besides random mobs passing by that she swiftly avoided or an occasional material collector similar to herself there wasn't anything to do. But, then again, this - she concluded - was what the main purpose of Sword Art Online's fields.

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Chucking another failed piece of loot far from her position, she watch the object go sailing and land in the leafy part of an isolated tree. She thought of taking a break but knew she couldn't. But, something poked and prodded at her until she gave in. Audacity moved over to the tall, thick plant and kicked at raised roots above the ground now resting in dirt.

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Her heart said "climb this tree" while her brain protested and reminded Audacity of the task she needed to complete. She placed a hand against the rough textures, scraping pieces off with a finger: the bark turned to crystals and disappeared by the time it hit the ground. "Common Ash. Mature stage." Audacity noted shortly after evaluating the appearance and feeling of the tree. An arm lifts in the air to pull down a limb. She lets go after taking a look at the end of the stem and it snaps back into place. "Definitely." Ash trees were unique and the young woman took satisfaction in knowing how to distinguish them from other types. Or more so she simply enjoyed being right and knowing how intelligent she was.

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It'd be a lot better if her family were here to argue with, or maybe even a few fellow students who tested her abilities often, but she stopped those thoughts just after they began. No need to think about that now. Her arms reached up and clung to a branch thick and seemingly strong enough to support her weight. Using upper arm strength to have her lower body into the air her feet go sailing for another branch close by.

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Leaves shook and rusted as her body made way through the tree. Most of the leaves were gone which left bare branches but a lot remained even with the Winter season approaching. The weather seemed to be getting colder on Floor 1; temperatures had been dropping lower than usual. Audacity picked this up as she'd been spending a lot of her time in the Town of Beginnings.

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Did this mean seasons from reality took toll on the world of Aincrad? She mentally asked herself this question while grunting and pulling herself to a limb rather far away. Taking a break Audacity sits on the thickest part, back against the base of the Ash tree, legs parted and over each side of her "seat". Slightly calloused hands reach up to pull pink curls to the side and off the back of the owner's neck. Her chest rose up and down with each deepened breath she took. It'd been a long time since she did something so childish.

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Her hands found themselves rummaging through the tree's limbs and tugging at random branches simply because they needed to be occupied with an activity. A thread-like object fell which she caught with one hand, the other hanging on so she wouldn't fall. Plus one material. 

She used to do this as a young girl. First evaluate and scan multiple trees for study then find the perfect one to climb and have fun in. Most of her brothers' enjoyed this activity as well while her other siblings would rather glue leaves into a scrapbook or harvest syrup. Canada's full of trees - she would say - so why not climb at least one? Her philosophy hadn't changed for a long time.

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It hadn't change, that is, until the day she'd been pushed out of a tall tree by a classmate. They got in an argument with her and pushed her but they hadn't meant ill intention. When that same girl visited her in the hospital - Tessa had been given a cracked rib and broken left arm - with a card and flowers she quickly waved off the apologies. She knew what happened and didn't mind at all. Yes - the pain had been infuriating on many levels as well as incredibly physically and mentally agonizing - but to be mad at an accident would be silly. She gave a soft smile as another piece of thread fell soon after the first; along with thinking that "being mad would be silly" thought. "Guess I've always been level-headed. Or so I hope I am." To pick out your own vices and virtues without others' opinion would be a crime she wouldn't commit. All she could do was guess about herself.

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Perhaps she'd never gotten over what happened. After healing she refused to even go near a tree. Her mother couldn't get her to complete the simple task of harvesting syrup. Never again would she study the beloved plants as her brain simply couldn't allow her body to get near one of "them".

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Of course no one can run away from trees. They're a necessity to life on Earth: breathable oxygen. But she surely had done her best to avoid them because her fear took over. Instead of fear, however, she'd identified it as a disliking of her's.

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Now here she was, huffing and puffing while pushing herself mentally to climb to the very top. Her fingernails dug into roughly textured bark and boots moved against the surface of the tree while she moved upwards. Sometimes certain branches got in the way or wouldn't be strong enough to be stable when her weight moved on top of it so she had the maneuver carefully. Every now and then she'd receive an adrenaline rush from nearly slipping form such a high place.

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