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"Not quite nothing." Kuzu and Sotarou looked back as a third voice appeared... this time, it was Hanoi: Sotarou's father! "Dad!" "Hanoi..." Hanoi sighed, moving to Kuzu. "Father... I knew what you were up to the entire time..." Kuzu looked flabbergasted! "But... then... why didn't you say anything!?" "At the time... purely just out of anger... but later on, I realized you helped out a lot... even if you didn't mean to." Sotarou looked confused at his father. "What do you mean?" Hanoi sighed, sitting on the floor. "... I'm sorry I kept this from you, Kisuke...

As he struck, the image burst into wisps, scattering and remerging behind Sotarou. As he turned to ready his fight again, he realized: the memory had changed. It was a later memory... one from near the end of Kuzu's life... he stood in his dojo, looking at Sotarou with sorrowful eyes... "Back then... you were right... I ended like this myself..." Sotarou approached his grandfather, worry on his own face. "No... I shouldn't have-" "You had every right... every right to call me out back then... I was a fool... and a coward." "... why? Just... why?" "Why?" He gave a wry l

"You don't get to say that about her! You were the one who drove her away in the first place!" The anger was in full force... but he forced himself to focus and get back into stance. "I merely pointed out that she didn't belong. That she would cause nothing but disaster for this family! She was the one who decided to listen!" "And that makes it okay!? No wonder she left! No wonder father hates you! You're bitter, you're vindictive, you're a blight on this family! You deserve to die alone!" He rushed forward, the Bokken in his hands glowing as he performed a maneuver! Not just a norma

The continuing back and forth between Sotarou and Kuzu lasted quite a while. The normal sounds of what shoulda been wood on wood replaced by the clanging of steel on steel. Scraping of blades, ringing of ripostes, feet pattering against a padded floor. Each side had minor cuts by this point, but a decisive blow had not been seen by either side. Neither willing to give in. By this point however, it seemed the memory was on repeat... the fight had gotten predictable, where before his grandfather was always changing his style. He had to be hallucinating, obviously, but why was it not changing? Wa

A long pause began between the two... as the space around them seemed to shift... he was no longer in the forests of floor 22. He was in his family's dojo. But Sotarou wasn't focused on that. He was instead focused on the image of his grandfather in front of him. Memories of their training, the times he's been knocked down. Struck. Every loss a failure... but he had no plans on losing here. This was his world... Aincrad. No way he'd lose! "It won't be like all the previous times! I won't lose!" "Cocky attitude. Put your money where your mouth is, boy!" Kuzu stepped forward, taking a singl

That voice... no... no way in hell! He immediately stood up and turned, seeing a shadow in the mists approach... as it did, the features became more prominent. Older, gaunt face, shaved head, missing eyebrows, and he was soot-stained from head to toe. Kuzu Azumai: Kisuke's grandfather! Sotarou's eyes went wide! "Grandfather!? Wh- how are-" His grandfather wasted no time, taking a bokken and sweeping, causing Sotarou to fall to his side! "A weak stance! Has my son taught you nothing!?" Wait... he remembered this... his first instructions with his grandfather... the exact same mov

The info broker's words were cryptic... [To bring your skills in, you must bring your thoughts out. The forests on 22 can help. Go... and remember.] Cryptic... anyway, he made it here. Luckily. He was able to avoid most of the enemies and keep them from spotting him while he made his way up the floors. He made it to 22 and managed to find the forests... though he had gotten himself lost in the fog. "Great job, Kisuke... getting lost on a floor where everything could one-shot you... why did I let that broker convince me to do this...?" He sighed and continued to explore the mists...

It wasn't long before Az took her claws away from the shadow as it was slain by her in a flash. Yet her fighting one drew the ire of more enemies towards her. Within seconds, she saw shadows approach her. Was her mind playing tricks on her now, or did they look familiar? The spear and shield of the shadow charged at her in a way she had seen before. As she took the attack like that, she froze a bit and shook her head as she looked at the other shadow. The dagger-wielding shadow moved towards her. The face seemed so familiar to her. She froze again, but this time, it was a direct hit to her as

Mari watched, nonplussed as Reytac accepted the pop-up invitation to the guild. It was an odd feeling. She didn't feel pride, nor happiness. To her, it just felt almost...not quite like a chore - but it felt like she was simply going through the motions of it all. Mari didn't really have any words of encouragement for the man. "I'm sure the others would be more hospitable than I. She tapped at the snow with a booted foot. "I'm the only Pker in the guild after all." That was probably the best Mari could muster, she wasn't really meshing well with the man - maybe it was in part to her reluctance

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"Considering I've been...useless, for so long, joining a smaller guild would probably be a good idea. I.. Well, I accept. Don't know if I'd be leaving, though, just abandoning a guild that's helped me feels wrong on several levels. But that would be a concern for the future. Maybe I'll end up kicked out." Reytac let out a small laugh at he thought. Mari had a bit of a lackadaisacal attitude towards her guild, but that didn't mean that everyone in the guild would be as accepting of him suddenly joining as she was. Still - he pulled open the invite that she had sent his way, and pressed the 'acc

"I could invite you to Jacobs Ladder right now. I doubt any of them would mind if it comes from me. I was one of the leaders before being thrown in prison. I know a few of them are...." Mari tilted her head and tapped her lip. "Busy. But the guild is on the smaller side - compared to a few of the others out there. Firm Anima - and Trackers. Both could probably offer you more than Jacobs Ladder." Mari freely gave Reytac the information so he could make a decision. "You could join, get what you need then fuck off to one o the bigger ones for all I care." Mari said with a shrug as she opened up h

At this point Reytac almost wasn't surprised by the fact that Mari was able to demolish these wolves with barely a thought, even the one that went for him was death with by piercing it with the blunt end of a weapon. He didn't know if Mari herself was someone who could be counted as a 'frontliner' but she was clearly strong herself. But it was Mari's words that had almost made him freeze up, something that he hadn't even wanted to think of being an option. He knew about Laughing Coffin. Even as head in the sand as he had been, he knew about the infamous Pker guild. He hadn't ever thought

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"Whatever the reason...." Mari began as pulled her weapon out of her inventory again. "I'll figure it out. " The man was right, the woman could simply know Mari wasn't bad and despite her prickly nature - Mari did tend to help those who needed it. It's why Mari didn't deny Reytacs word earlier. They were, partly true. Mari was helping him, but not out of any sense of justice, or need. Just because he seemingly was in the right place at the right time. It would be an issue if he died around her home. "I mean - there isn't exactly a choice - I imagine." Mari said as she gestured for him to

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"I'm sure she did want something. But that's the problem with being sneaky and secretive and not saying what's going on - other people don't know what your motives are, and can only guess. And sometimes that guess is wrong." Reytac shook his head sharply. The purple haired woman had seemed friendly enough at the broil, so he hadn't thought anything of it at the time. But now, he knew he'd been sent to the shop of a pker. Luckily it was Mari, who wasn't a relentless killer, but who knew if the purple haired woman he couldn't remember the name of had known that? Or... "Or she knew you weren

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Out of Combat post 3/3 -EN RESTORED "This world?" Mari asked in response, her tone incredulous. "Mmm, I'd say even out of this game - small acts of kindness were often taken advantage of. Here you have what is mostly the socially inept. Concentrated awkwardness, most who were in here, nothing more than kids spending mommy and daddys credit cards on the new it game." Mari sighed as she pushed herself up off the boulder, she had rested well enough - her energy had been restored and frankly...the woman was antsy. She wasn't fond of the idea that the two weren't alone. Reytac told her how she

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Reytac narrowed his eyes slightly as he processed the way that Mari shut down asking about what he had been saying when he mentioned the fact that he might have had a child. She move on from it quickly, changing tacks almost right away. That was something to put away for later consideration - he and Mari weren't friends, so pushing about why she'd shut that down so rapidly was pushing hard for no reason. Instead he leaned back and rested one hand on the stone, resting his weight on it. "I don't know if I'd say nothing is free, but, this world has definitely made it so small kindnesses ha

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