Kiru

Zelrius, I would love to join his adventure. I believe that it would be a major plot change for Kiru to actually attend another battle. I meet all the requirements obviously.

For a moment I listened in on their conversation. It was something about Oikawa losing control. This struck me as odd considering that I never thought of him as a violent person, he seemed calm and polite around Keith and I. When I met him I completely blew up at him, threatening him with my dagger and almost attacking him because he decided to wake me up. He wasn't really fazed by it, he apologized and we all moved on after Keith mistook him for a maverick. I was glad that he was still alive, especially when he knew who Vile was and who Keith and I were. X, on the other hand was no surprise that he lost control, he was always so unstable to me. So no matter what I heard that X had done wouldn't really surprise me all that much. I finished the last bite of my bread and swallowed hard. From what I heard so far it sounded like something Arek and I would fight about, something stupid and incomprehensible. I chuckled thinking about Arekkusu, he and I really didn't get along very well. In fact, every time we met if would surely end in a battle. If anyone was around the two of us when we were fighting it wouldn't be good for their health, plus it'd be a little akward. Snapping back to reality I focused back on the group, there was someone approaching me. 

The girl looked visibly uncomfortable approaching me, but even with that look on her face she still came forward and spoke to me. The girl with brown hair first apologized for staring at me, and that my hair looked nice. I scoffed a little but covered it with a cough and unintentionally glared at the player in front of me. I crossed my arms and replied without bothering to filter my speech. "I'm used to being stared at for my hair, my beauty, my level...but yeah, it's fine I guess. And yes, Oikawa knows me very well, so does X. I would rather not join you but I would like to speak with a certain blonde haired boy about a blue haired fiance." I stated in a normal tone. I then let a sickening smile creep across my face. "Oh, I'm sure they don't bite, but then thing is, I do. Be careful who you talk to or you could end up dead." After I finished speaking I felt a warm presence on my leg, I already knew it was Maruchan, X's dog. I uncrossed my arms and picked up the familiar, not even resisting the urge to cuddle with the adorable dog. I pet it behind the the ears and blocked out all noise around me until I heard X screaming at me. I sighed tiredly at his words. "Thanks, you don't even say a proper hello but you go right on ahead and talk about me appearance? Now I'm just hurt, I thought we were almost friends. Heh, I don't know what I look like right now but if someone who normally compliments me says I look like crap...well...I guess I look pretty bad." I laughed and didn't fix my hair, even with the confirmation that it was messy. I gently let it down and walked over to X. "Now, don't say anything like that to me again. And I already know Oikawa by the way." 

I rubbed my forehead and blinked slowly, I had fallen asleep on the ground again. I cast an arm over my eyes to shield my eyes from the blinding sunlight and let out a sigh of annoyance, I had no recollection of when I had lost consciousness. With my free hand I opened my HUD display and checked the time, just past noon. I pursed my lips together and knitted my eyebrows together. "I was asleep for almost sixteen hours, okay. There's nothing I can do to change that, but now I have to be especially productive to make up for the time I lost." With a deep breath I stood up and inspected the area around me. Surrounding me were flowers and bushes and trees. The spot I had chosen to sit was a patch of daisies.There were a few couples but no seemed to be very concerned with my presence, all they cared about was the person they sat with. Seeing the players around me being so focused on each other caused a pit pf sadness to form in my stomach. The lovers reminded me of Keith, and thus forcing the events to occur in my head once more. It had been a little over a week since I found out that Keith disappeared but I was still in bad shape. My hair, now dotted with blades of grass, was all mixed up. Black strands of hair were on the left side, white hairs were on the right side, and my bangs looked uneven above my dulled eyes. Under my color drained eyes were dark circles from the lack of sleep, which contrasted horribly with my porcelain skin. I didn't notice this of course, I pressed forward to the town of Urbus without giving the players around me a second glace. Before I left though I picked a daisy and placed it behind my left ear. Satisfied with the simple yet strong object in my hair I walked forward. 

My black boots pushed deep into the grass, leaving deep marks in the ground behind me. There were no longer flowers around me, just grass and a few trees scattered about. I continued to walk without pausing until I saw the town, it was only a mile or two away. I opened my menu and took out a piece of bread. It had been awhile since I had actually eaten something, probably a few days even. I took a bite and began walking until, only to pause in my tracks. Just ahead to my left were two familiar faces and a girl to accompany them. The blonde was for sure someone I knew while the guy with black hair and a yipping dog was even easier to distinguish. It was X and Oikawa. I had recently seen X but Oikawa? It had been at least two months since my last meeting with him. Usually I would feel nothing of this but now I felt a little guilty. I had been so wrapped up in hunting down mavericks, the wedding that never happened, and overall the game that I had forgotten about people like Oikawa, people who still respected me. I stood away from them, debating whether or not to say hi while eating my bread slowly to conserve the little taste it had. 

I scowled at his nervous gesture, rubbing his neck. It was annoying to watch him go from completely focused on you to not even being able to hold a proper conversation. Then again I never talked to anyone considering that I viewed everyone as a nuisance. Still, his movements were ironic. "Yeah, pretty stupid to just go around making people think differently about them. It is isn't it The person you thought you could trust is now with another person? Hm, I'd hate to be in a situation like that. Well, I hope you're happy Tristan." I added overly sarcastic and tilted my head with a fake smile. I wasn't even going to hold back now, there wasn't any patience left in me to pretend to be nice. "That's your job, so yes you should be happy to do it. I on the other hand would be happy to punch you, but then you might get scared. I would like to stab you but then I'd turn into a killer. I'd like to never see you again, and I never will so..." I spun around and walked away slowly a few feet. I pulled out a teleportation crystal and looked back at Tristan as I began to fade into the game. I whispered two words quietly as I went.

"Goodbye, Tristan."

After I issued my warning about picking fights with people Zelrius continued off my speech to make his own, this time about rallying together. He started off by telling everyone take their weapons down and then to strike him down or raise their weapons and clear floors together. I didn't know what to expect with this movement though, the tension was pretty high here considering a fight could break out any moment. This behavior wasn't like his own, but mine just now wasn't either. I decided just to go along and watch in stead of questioning him. I looked around to the players surrounding us to see if anyone was moved enough to raise their weapon and agree with him. Calrex and the other girl with blonde hair didn't do anything except for stare or say a few words. This was bad, no one was doing anything to agree with Zelrius, I didn't like that. Zelrius held so much power over everyone here yet they hesitated to join them. I finally grew tired of it and stepped forward to add something but suddenly a bird landed in front of me and cocked it's head. I titled my head with mirrored confusion at it and when I looked back up there was a girl with red hair in the middle of our group, carelessly swinging her sword every which way. The first thought that came to my head when I saw her was: annoying. I frowned and glared as she disrupted this obviously important time. I crossed my arms and shifted all of my weight to one foot. I then addressed the red haired girl who so rudely interuppted. "Oh? You think you can stop this? You don't even know what's going on or why it's happening. It may not matter to you but you are being extremely annoying right now. My...you are worse than a mosquito." I snapped, drawing out viciousness in every syllable. Nothing annoyed my more than people who though they had the power to do something they couldn't.

There was also something that bothered me, loud people. "X, shut up and stop trying to make people fight you. No offense but you'd probably die." I sighed and looked back at The Blood Buccaneer. The only ones I saw make a move was X who raised his hand for a high five and Rusty. That was it, and it made me angry. What also made me upset was the blonde girl who had just came, Zelrius must have known her because he backed down from her challenging words. I bit my lip and stared at the two of them, how would they know each other? Finally, I realized that this girl had been in my group during the Hydra battle. I closed my eyes and took a moment to recollect myself beore staring once again at the group as a whole. The incident was over, why was I still here? 

"Shows over guys, sorry to disappoint but I am not a tragedy and neither is my life." I said and turned on my heel while staring at the grass. My feet moved on their own, quickly going away from the group. When I finally looked up from the ground I saw a dot of pink among the yellow. I already knew what- who it was. 

Mari. 

I glared at her and gritted my teeth. She didn't deserve even a fake smile from me, there wasn't even anything needed to be said to her. She had abandoned the idea of friendship the moment she snapped and made a crazy move towards me. I couldn't get the taste from my mouth or the thought from my brain for two weeks. I pursed my lips and began to think whilst giving her an icy stare. "Was she just watching me? Does she feel sorry for me, probably not, happy that he's gone? How long has she even been there? Never mind, I don't care." I made a sharp left and walked in the opposite direction from both the group and Mari, now heading towards a different floor. My peace here had been disrupted. 

-Kiru exits thread-

I shoved my hands into the front pockets of my dress and exhaled deeply. It had been only a few days since the mysterious PM and the return of Zelrius but it had been the stressful days of my life. Worrying about the outcome of this whole situation kept me awake at night, leading to having zero sleep. So, there were dark circles cast under my dulled eyes and contrasting to my porcelain skin. My hair had also gone astray and I had no intention of fixing it. I left the white strands to mix with the black ones and my bangs to be pulled back behind my ear. My eating schedule was also screwed up, I couldn't bring myself to eat anything with the pit that remained in my stomach. My figure had gotten significantly smaller due to all the mix of emotions I had felt for the short amount of time I spent by myself, reviewing the PM and creating crazy explanations to Keith's disappearance. This caused the straps of my dress to slip off every now and then and my clothes to just hang akwardly on my frame. I sniffled at the cold air that wrapped around my and tugged on the blue scarf that Keith had given me around my neck. This was the very first thing he gave me, this was also given to me the night I had joined Azure. Looking back now made me smile. 

But that smile quickly diminishing from my ghostly face. The strange and frightening words rang in the back of my head again, refusing to let my have a peaceful thought. "Keith is dead." I shook my head and remembered the words that Zelrius had told me. He said that Keith might have just left without telling anyone, that he might have not died. In the back of my head I knew that there was almost no way of him still being alive at this point but the fact he might be alive kept me going with a purpose. It gave me hope. The chances of him still walking in Aincrad were low because of his personality and unwavering confidence, if anyone had challenged him he would be sure to win. But something was right, if he was so strong then how could he just perish? Just trying to think of it gave me a headache. 

Zelrius was the one to suggest looking for him, he also gave me the slightest hint of where everyone had went. He was also the very reason I had left the Inn I was staying at. He convinced me to crawl out of bed, keep my head held high, and look for him. Also to look for the person that could have killed him, if he was indeed dead. I breathed out again and looked in the cold air that formed in front of me. I stepped forward and went on my way to meet up with Zelrius. My feet seemed to move on their own because before I knew it, I was standing in front of Zel and his signature suited appearance. Just standing next to him made me look even worse. I offered a weak smile and waved. "Hey Zel, read to go?" I asked, attempting to keep myself together around Zelrius. He and I felt the same thing right now, and it was probably sadness or hesitation. I didn't want to find out if he was gone as much I wanted to find out if he was dead. But, I knew there ws no going back now. There was one thing I would find out before leaving here, and that was: if Keith was dead.

I'm so late but yeh....

Tearye X Calrex

And Kiru X Keith forever because no one ever shipped us sadly...:/

As I kept my face in Zelrius' shoulder I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the stupidity going on around me. Listening to the conversations and jabs at Zelrius were enough to turn my cries into quiet and broken laughs. The people surrounding us because of my one scream didn't know the capabilities of the Player Killer standing before them. He could cut someone down in three slashes if he wanted, and he would. Even if all of them attempted to take him on at once he would still be the victor with barely any scratches. I was about to explain to them who Zelrius really was but it seemed that Zel did a good job of that himself. After he spoke to Rusty, he turned his attention towards me. He changed his tone of voice and for once almost seemed to be a little more human. Zelrius began my putting his arm on my back, then changing his voice into a whisper and quietly explaining something very important to me: Keith could still be alive somewhere. 

My eyes iced blue eyes widened at his words. From a distance no one would hear what he just said to me, and I didn't want them to. I knew why he ha said it so quietly, or part of it at least. It was probably that they would either want to help search, becoming very annoying, or he didn't see it necessary that he tell them. This was something personal to him and I, I wouldn't want anyone to butt in and "help" me either. I looked Zelrius in the eye for a split second as a silent thank you. Could there really be a possibility that Keith was just in hiding? It didn't seem like he would drop everything, leave without telling me, and separate himself from Azure. Keith, to me, seemed like the kind of guy to give me a heads up or at least send a message explaining what happened. But, the sliver of hope that Zelrius just gave me was enough for me to keep going. 

After addressing me personally he moved on to to his usual tone of arrogance and went on to state facts about the two of us. He was right, there was no time for grieving over a loss that might not even be a loss. Keith could still be out there considering I had only gotten that message an hour ago. I paused, the message! Could that have been sent by someone to scare me, to make me give up on the search? Vile? The chances were highly unlikely that the PM was a coincidence, making what Zelrius just said correct in a sense. I lifted my head from his shoulder and stood beside him with crossed arms. Yes, my eyes were red and my cheeks were tear-stained but I had an absolute serious expression on my face. "Yeah, I understand now. Thank you" I said quietly to Zelrius. "That's true. People have been catching up to my level because I've been slacking lately but in the battle sense I can't think of anyone who could replace me. You know how to lead an entire boss battle and keep everyone in check. I on the other hand am not afraid to fight until my HP hits zero, not that it ever will." I sniffled, trying to keep my composure as serious as my face was. Yes, I made a fool of myself by sobbing and literally breaking in front of these people but that was no more. I had a reason not to now. Next, he said something about a certain lady with pink hair. At the mention of Mari I nearly choked, my face heating up in a few seconds. "That woman." I said sourly, "Who knows where she is? I for one would rather not take a step near her again. After she....she did that I don't think things will ever be same. It will be akward and annoying for the both of us. If you insist, I would rather not meet up with her in person. I'm sorry but I do not know- nor do I care where Mari is." I closed my eyes and breathed outwards, trying not to recollect what happened when she snapped. Her potion induced madness spoke for itself and made it very clear that she wasn't stable.  

Entering on the right was yet another player. The blonde was quick to assume things, blaming Zerlius right way and accusing him of threatening her guildmates. It was true he probably scared them and threatened them but there wasn't any reason for her to intervene. I sighed and uncrossed my arms. "Thank you but I've had enough with everyone trying to be my psychiatrist today, so I think I'll pass. If I were you I would reconsider making such a bold statement. Since no one sees to be getting this through their head, I will repeat it: Zelrius is not joking. He isn't as kind as some people and doesn't bluff. Trust me, it's scary when he makes a move with his sword. I am not speaking highly of him because I am scared, I respect him. IT would be in your best interest to do the same. IF you were take him on including everyone here in the mix you would have trouble dealing damage. That is if you really wanted to kill him. Put with Zel in a combat situation? You guys would be dead in an instant. So, do yourselves a favor and do as he says: Back. Off." I stated sternly, now becoming a lot colder and less tolerant. I was at my limit of how everyone talked and thought about me, so why not make it crystal that I too was not screwing around. I understood that they were helping me but there was one problem, I didn't accept help from others.

I rubbed my eyes and glared up at Rusty, who seemed to be sharing his sob story of a past. It seemed to me that everyone I met had something wrong in the world. Someone died or they couldn't do something or they were an outcast. I didn't really understand how so many people could have scarred pasts, all I knew was that right now I wasn't myself. Right now I was in a state of denial and had no one that I wanted to talk to near me. I didn't want to accept any of this so I just listened intently to his words. "I'm not a mess...I.." I muttered under my breath. This whole situation was too unreal for me to even comprehend. I was sitting in a field of flowers being lectured by a child on how I should act when two people close to me disappeared. Was there even a way you were supposed to act? I was being told to let it out by some and just to move on. Those options didn't work for me though, they weren't enough. I mostly tuned Rusty out but I got the gist of what he was trying to tell me: that he had a hard time dealing with it but he kept moving along. By the end of his little rant I felt stupid. Me, Aoi Arakawa, almost a grown girl should not act like this. I should be putting on a brave face and going on with my life. But was that really okay? Keith was the closest and best friend I had ever met. No one ever got that close to me before, but somehow he managed to be my friend and eventually become more than that. It got to the point where I couldn't go a day without seeing him, that was how much I needed him. Now that he was gone, it hit me out of the blue and made my brain stop working. Nothing made sense to me. I couldn't accept that Keith was dead.

Calrex, the player who had come first, stood in between Rusty and I like we were about to be at each other's throats. I didn't feel like any combat right now, I was too exhausted and I knew if I tried I would miss every single hit. If anyone went against me right now I would probably be beaten to a pulp and left on the ground to die. But, he didn't know that. Once again, I kept my mouth shut and listened to him. He started out by introducing himself as Calrex, a former member of the Azure Brigade. "How many people were in Azure that I didn't know about? It's like everyone is a member now!" I thought and picked up one of the flowers I had thrown earlier. It was dented at the top and the stem was squished. As he spoke I plucked off the petals one by one. This flower occupied my attention for the duration of his speech. After he finally stopped talking I stopped playing with the plant and looked up at him. "Calrex, I'm not being brave. I am expressing that I am a coward and would like to be left alone. You should stop trying to "help" me." I said, using my finger to make quotations. "If I didn't know any better I would think you were wanting a reaction from me, wanting to see me break down right in front of you. That couldn't be your goal could it?" I scoffed and stared at the ground again. I didn't want to even look at anyone right now. 

Almost as if things could't get any worse, they did. Well, X was at the scene now. If there was a list of people I didn't want to be here right now, he would be on it. Don't get me wrong, X was cool and all but he always was biased and thought I needed protection. Also he thought he could protect me. There was no way he could with the enemies I face, he'd get killed in an instant, like mostly everyone here. I let out a sighed of annoyance when he began yelling at Rusty, then quickly averting his attention from him to me. To make things worse than they already were, he laid his hand on my shoulder. "X," I brushed his hand off of me, "Everything is fine. Some people make reactions bigger than they actually are. So please, leave before you get the wrong idea." I stated sternly without giving him a second look. Even with three people around me I had managed to keep the lump in my throat down. 

"Get up, draw your sword, wipe away those tears, before I kick your teeth in and stick my blade so far in your arse, you'll spit dual colored flames for a week." The words that came from behind me startled me, I didn't know there was yet another person to witness this. Even though the words scared me the only thing I could focus on was the voice. It was more than familiar. Slowly, I turned my head backwards. Out of nowhere I let out felt the lump in my throat rise. Zelrius was the trigger. My widened and my face turned red again. I covered a hand over my mouth and stood up shakily, barely pulling myself up to stand. "Z-zel...rius? I thought you...w-were dead!" I exclaimed with total shock, there was no sign of him for awhile and he wasn't even on the contact lists. So how? It didn't matter to me anymore, he was here now. I ignored his command to draw my weapon and wrapped my arms around Zelrius in a single desperate movement. "Keith....he..." I couldn't even finish the sentence because just the sight of Zelrius made tears come out again. I knew that this wouldn't last for long but in all of the shock I felt obliged to do so. I stood there, sobbing into the shoulder of the Blood Buccaneer.

My facial expression stayed the same as I looked between Rusty and the other player: smiling with cold, dead eyes. This would be considered a "brave face," but, there wasn't anything brave about hiding the way I felt. I was just being a straight up coward. Mostly this was to protect my image but there was also the fact that I swore not to break down in front of everyone. I was good at pulling facades around everyone but Keith, he could always tell when I was sad of angry. Though he pushed my buttons all the times he managed to make me smile in the end. That was the thing about him though, he knew what I was feeling always but never told me how he felt. He always made me smile but I never knew how to make him smile. Even so, he was always smiling around me. I wiped my hand across my nose and sat up a little bit straighter. I focused my eyes on the two of them and collectedly spoke. "Yes, I'm fine... so please leav...." I dropped my smile and processed his words for a moment. Rusty, the one I met by the seashore, had he really just said that? Did he really just say I was happy about this? My eyes went from calm and emotionless to fierce and full of hatred. My cheeks turned hot with anger and my hands began to shake like the did when stuff like this happened. Only, Keith wasn't here to calm me down. His words made me snap. "JOY?" I screamed at Rusty with wild eyes forming an icy stare. "Do you really think I'm happy?! That I'm glad he died? Hm? Does it look like I'm just so enthusiastic that the only person I liked has just disappeared off the edge of Aincrad! HE DIED! Why would I be crying of JOY RUSTY?!" I shrieked and attempted to even out my breaths as he finished talking. My response wasn't sarcastic at all. Being sarcastic about something as big as this would be too painful for me to bear. I sniffled and took in very uneven breaths preparing to reply to him now. It took me a few moments but I had calmed myself down enough to say a few words. "Rusty....you are lucky not to be dead on the ground for what you just said." I hissed, glaring into his eyes. "I am fine. Even if I wasn't I wouldn't ask you for help, you don't even know what's going on and how to handle it...what would you do if you loved someone and were engaged to them, then they suddenly died? No warnings. Only a scary PM on a nice day. Then after that, every one of your friends lost contact with you? It would drive you mad, correct? To not have anyone..." I snipped, crossing my arms in attempt to stop myself from shaking under this kind of pressure. Right now I didn't want to admit it. That Keith was dead.

I'm going to miss you Daeron!~

Daeron, 

 

For over a year, almost two, and all the time that I had known you IC I can say that I will miss you. You have brought life to this forum and change to the way things were run. I still remember when you gave me a weapon when I was like level two on another account. Daeron was and still is an overall funny character. He went from killing everyone, to saving everyone in an instant. He got turned down many times sadly but he kept going. He was persistent with everything he did! He was hilarious in boss fights and an awesome leader. I'll miss you, Azure will too. 

 

<3 Kiru

"This can't be happening....this isn't happening." I said, my voice shaking with worry and disbelief. "Keith...." I squeaked out and buried my hands in my face. First Zelrius' disappearance and now Keith's? They both had just dropped off of my friend's list without notice and I lost all form of contact with both of them. This wasn't real. This world, these occurrences..they weren't real. Were they? How was is that the strongest people I knew suddenly weren't..alive? The more I thought about it the more upset I got. It got to the point where I was hunched over and just silently sobbing my eyes out. I had thought of what it would be like if he left but I didn't expect things to be like. Never in my life had I gotten this upset over anything. Without two people now I felt empty but full of hatred. Who could have done this? 

There was a sudden voice that cut through my thoughts, someone was coming. I brought my hands up to my eyes and wiped my face, trying not to make it seem like I was crying. Though my blotchy face and red eyes were a dead giveaway. I hid my face with my bangs and turned away from the player, refusing to look at them. No on would see me broken right now. "Yeah! C-completely f-fine. Nothings....w-ro...NG!" I managed to get out without making any noises of pain.  "No! I am not alright. Keith....h-he...h.." I said in my head, trying not to think of this worst. I was a total pessimist but in this situation I couldn't, I had to be an optimist. I swallowed the lump in my throat and peeked back at the concerned player. My eyes met another person's though, the one standing behind him. Wait, two people were here now? I sniffled and faked a smile. "....just fine here." The second one looked familiar but I didn't care, nothing was worrying me more than Keith now.

My eyes danced along the edge of the wooden table in front of me. I traced my finger around every hole, crack, and water mark on the table. Each time I lifted my finger I pursed my lips, determined not to land inside the table or get my finger stuck. Man, what a day that would be. I chuckled at the thought of someone getting their hand stuck in a table and rested my palm against the cold wood. Today was my off day. Keith was away, the guild was too, but I was spared and allowed to stay in town for a few days to recollect myself. So, being me, I came to the very same place I always did, Floor 3. Mostly I came for the Dandelion fields but also this shop I was in. It served the best cake I had, and the water was free of charge. I had just eaten my strawberry creme cake but my water was still half empty. I picked up the glass and drank almost all of the rest and set it down lightly so it wouldn't disturb anyone else. Oddly, I didn't like to be disruptive in cafes or restaurants. Besides, today was a pretty relaxing day.

Out of nowhere, a PM popped up in front of me, blocking my view from anything. "Must be from Keith." I said to myself and smiled. He always PMed me when he was close by, surely this was him now. There wasn't really anyone that messaged me about anything besides him. Excited, I opened it up. It read: "Keith is dead."

I stared at the words in front of me for the longest time before becoming severely confused. A small pit formed in my stomach, making me almost a little nervous to find out the sender. I shook my head and slapped my hands against my cheeks. "What? Hah, who would send me such a dumb message...especially right after he left. Jeez, whoever sent this is going to pay...seriously..." I thought and checked for the sender. The person that sent this wasn't being funny at all. I swiped at the message and clicked on every possible feature until I finally gave up with finding who it was from. There wasn't any way for me to figure out who had sent the PM to me so I decided to let it go with a sigh of closure. "Just spam...not real." I thought to myself and took another sip of my water. I swallowed it and opened up the PM again, reading it almost fifteen times before closing it again. I couldn't help but be a bit suspicious and worried about the simple words that meant so much to me. "Keith is dead." resonated through my head enough to make me check my friends list. I scrolled down to the K's. His name wasn't there. My face turned ghostly pale as I went to the top of the list and slowly went through my entire list, which had only a few people on it. He wasn't there. My breathing became faster as I tried to send him a message. The only thing that I got was an error message stating that this player name no longer existed. The cup in my hand fell to the ground and shattered into millions of pieces. My eyes widened and I drew in another sharp breath. This wasn't happening. This was a prank. Just a sick prank...Keith wasn't gone.. I shakily clicked out of my HUD and stood up with no balance. I staggered out of the shop and integrated into the town towards the exit. "No...."

I wiped the tear from my cheek and walked further through the town faster. Each person I passed gave me a confused look but I ignored them, now was not the time to yell at them for staring. I quickened my pace and sucked in a deep and uneven breath. My boots dug into the pavement without stopping until I reached the end of the safe zone and was out of the village. At the moment I was out of the village I began to sprint. As I did so tears streamed down my red face, making my vision blurry and my running very messy. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat but that only made it harder to stop crying. "No!" Tears flooded out of my eyes as I ran faster and faster away from everything, leaving nothing but a small village behind me. 

After a whole thirty minutes of constant running I came to halt at a large tree with millions of flowers dotted underneath it. I smiled a little and sank to my knees. Through blurry eyes I tried to tie the flowers together to make a flower crown like Keith did for me. Instead, my shaky hands managed to make a mess of the ground and left nothing but crumple flowers in my hands. Frustrated, I threw them at the ground and watched them scatter around me. I put my hands on my head and screamed at the top of my lungs. If there was a time to let everything out, now was the time. "NO!"

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Quality: Perfect

Description: It's a steel pair of gloves, made from light shiny steel with other materials , +2 Acc , +1 Dmg M

 

Gauntlets of Accuracy

+1 Accuracy

Uncommon Quality

 

Selds Repair and Smithy

 

Re-evaluated Items:

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Item: Cold Reflection

Item Type: Lucky Charm

Quality: Perfect

Enhancement: +2 Accuracy +1 Evasion

Shop: The Lion’s Den

Description: Kiru’s hair accessory, an ice-like crystal that releases a faint blue-silver glow. Apparently can't be removed from her hair unless she wants to.

 

Item:<<Ice Guard>>

Item Type: Leather Armor

Quality: Perfect

Enhancement: +1 Savvy +2 Evasion

Shop: The Molten Forges

Description: This armor has been water washed until a bleach like color has been left. 

 

Item:<<Illusion>>

Item Type: Trinket

Quality: Uncommon

Enhancement: +1 Accuracy

Shop: Seld’s Repair and Smithy

Description: A specially made chain that hangs around Kiru's waist. When light hits the shiny silver metal it looks like ice.

My eyes opened shakily one by one until I was peeking through my eyelids. "How sweet? I wasn't trying to be sweet, I was trying to calm her...what.." I thought, confused until I saw Mari touch a strand of my white hair to her mouth. At that moment my eyes snapped fully open with surprise. Her eyes focused on mine, almost as if nothing she was doing wasn't normal. That wasn't the case though, she was leading up to something but I didn't know what. Mari's hand placed the hair back behind my ear and laced her finger along my jaw line. Each time her freezing hand touched my skin a shiver was sent throughout my whole body, practically paralyzing me from moving. Things were getting stranger by the second as she spoke to me in such a manner. "Bed of weeds.." I said, recalling similar words from Keith. I couldn't remember very well but someone once said that one day I would be infected by everyone's ugliness and fall. Meaning that, I would one day just lose my reality. It was hard to think right now so I just stared at Mari, a trace of fear in my eyes. As she came closer, my shoulders and hands began to tremble. I didn't know what she was about to pull but I was absolutely terrified. I didn't know what it was maybe it was the fact that I not only stabbed Daeron but said some very heated words, but I just couldn't handle anything happening around me right now. It was weird how one second I could be calm and pull off a fake smile then the next I shake and get nervous, just pathetic.

She came closer, pressing our foreheads together, making me even more confused. "Mari what are you-?" Then before I knew it, her lips had been against mine and gone in a second. Without thinking I pushed Mari away with all my force and stood up. "What the heck!?" I shouted in a mix of emotions at Mari. I was surprised, confused, angry, scared, terrified, but most of all I was shocked. My cheeks burned bright red with embarrassment as I glanced at Daeron, then Ariel in the tree, and Kosan being attacked. Why did she do that? Was it her stupid potion moving her? Did she do that just to mock me? Mock Daeron? Did Mari do that just for a show- for an audience to witness? Whatever it was it was not okay, especially not right now. It a state of confusing I stared down at Mari in the snow with a frown and red eyes stained with tears. I pulled my shaking hands up and clutched my head, it was throbbing from no sleep, confusing, and exhaustion. "Not know, get out. Away!" I told myself and forced my eyes to open normally. At any moment I could collapse and I didn't want to do it right here. With Daeron who could easily get back at me, Kosan to help, and Mari...I didn't want to be near her right now. It wouldn't be the first time I fainted from stuff like this but this time was different. Keith wouldn't be here and I wouldn't be alone. I took a deep breath and felt my conscious fade but pushed forward away from the scene. I stumbled towards the tree Ariel was in and leaned against it out of breath. "Ariel, please...I can't right now..." I muttered and rested my head against the tree while staring at Mari. It was clear that staying conscious would be an issue so I tried my best not to completely lose it. I blinked slowly at Mari from afar and slumped my shoulders. Why...Slowly, then suddenly my vision went black and I fell forward.

-Kiru leaves rp- 

(OOC- You can leave Kiru on the ground or take her to a bench, don't god mod Kiru if you do. Thnks.)

(Sorry for this really bad and super late post. :/)

The white haired player known as Echo wasn't giving up, and I admired that. He kept fighting but everyone here knew that he wouldn't be victorious through his struggles. He had limited options yet he kept striking at the Syo player and resisting Mari and I. It kind of reminded me of myself when I was first starting this game and had such high hopes. I chuckled a little bit as Echo broke away and struck Syo. I turned around in an instant to go after him again but stopped, he had his hands in the air. Was Echo surrendering, after all that resistance? I sighed and couldn't help but be a little disappointed in him; even though he was at his last HP he could have still done something. I frowned and scoffed at him. "Pathetic." I muttered and lowered my eyes to the ground. "Echo, I'll need you to stay....!" The moment I looked up from the ground I saw Mari plunging her dagger deep into Echo. "MARI!" For a moment everything went silent, then he burst into fragments of data, leaving no trace of his existence behind. I completely forgot what my job was and stared at Mari with blazing eyes as she stepped on Katio. "Mari Stop, you weren't supposed to kill him. It was supposed to just go smoothly without anyone dying! Why the heck did you KILL HIM?! WHY!" I screamed and lowered myself to the ground. "Why...." It was true that I was supposed to put a stop to things like this but what was I supposed to do right now?

From behind me I could hear another voice. A smirk tugged on my lips when I noticed the smile upon his face. It was an obvious fake. I sighed at his attempt to sound normal while asking a question and looked down at him with my arms still tucked away. "Ah, so you're one of those guys that like to intervene but keep things peaceful...that's not gonna get you very far if you can't do anything. What would happen if I was a lunatic and drew my weapon at you? What kind of weapon would I have? What level was I? How much damage could I inflict with one hit? You really should consider those questions before hopping into other's conversations really. But anyways, I believe the town if that-a-way." I pointed in the direction, opposite of where the town was and grinned. If this kid was newer player he would go the way I directed. If he wasn't then he would go the other way. I shrugged my shoulders and held up my hands like "what?"  

To my right I could hear the other two leaving. A sense of relief washed over me, now there would be time to think. "I thought by now you'd know that I never have the decency to please others!" I yelled at Xantos as he trailed the older player who seemed annoyed by me. I sat down on boulder and leaned back. The stone embraced me with a coldness that made my spine shiver. At the same time it felt refreshing though. I allowed my head to completely fall over the edge so I stared at the younger boy while lying down. Of course from my point of view he was upside down but that's what made it interesting. I tilted my head sideways and let my arms drape over my forehead. "What do you want now hm? Aren't you going to chase after the calmer guys? Or maybe I'm interesting you?" 

Calrex's chibi is yelling "Go Tatsumi go! Go- oh no..no...AHHH! Don't do that Tatsumi!" Lol.

Kiru is embarrassed for looking so kawaii. Non, that was Kiru and Keith on their first expedition together.

This is Kiru. Note: Idk what anime/manga/anything she's from.

http://static.zerochan.net/Norah%3DBright.full.1068010.jpg

Idk what it's called but I made this in like five seconds lol..it's raining outside.

As the sky weeps from above

Stands in front of me, the one I love

Each passing cloud in the sky

Is another day I internally die

My eyes shift upwards to stare in the face

But something settles in, I can be replaced.

I think not. :3 (Merp I'm probs the only member that will stay for 20 years without a picture.) 

But anyhow, everyone is bootyful.

Everyone looks ahmazing!~ 

(Idk if this counts as off topic..I'm complimenting people so idk.. MERP)

I had a dream a few nights ago...

 

I was at a tavern enjoying my dinner when two players walk in. They were Keith and Kiru, they seemed fine at first then all of a sudden they started bickering at each other. It made my dinner more enjoyable till my alarm went mad.

Seems like that's a pretty repeated occurrence haha. Keith and Kiru's bickerings are quite amusing if you ask me. 

ANYWAYS. A few nights ago I had a dream that Erron posted a status update about everyone on the site meeting in one place. I woke up, and was super excited, until I got to the site and found out that he indeed did not post about a meet up. I was bummed the entire day and felt like an idiot for like dreaming that haha.

I wish I had real dreams about me as Kiru. That would be cool.

I gave Ariel a stern nod, happy that she left without a fight this time. Before the completely left she came over to whisper something into my ear. It was mostly just to give me a heads up that she would be monitoring in case things got nasty but it didn't matter. IF something did happen she wouldn't be able to stop it. Everyone here was on a whole other level. The intensity right now was so high that if something did happen to break out it would be chaotic and most likely someone would die. I smirked and said something back just prior to when Ariel left. "Things won't get "bad," they'll only get worse from here. No matter if I'm dying or if I'm murdering someone do NOT come back here. Bye bye~" I scoffed and turned to face the three remaining players in front of me: Mari, Kosan, and Daeron.

I was relieved that Daeron didn't take my outburst personally but I was also irritated by it. Why didn't he say anything about it to me? If I wasn't able to harm Kosan or Daeron just a little bit then how would I stand proud beside Keith? Levels were something to flaunt but they meant nothing if you couldn't even scratch at someone's armor. It would be like wearing a crown but having no one to lead. And that was my issue; I couldn't attack anyone without being outshined. It was frustrating to be so "strong" but not inflict damage, especially to the lower leveled players. Though it wasn't really my job or in my interest to hurt others I still yearned for power and to be the best. But in a game like this how far would a spoiled little girl like myself get?

There was movement behind me but I knew it wasn't an enemy. I furrowed my eyebrows and turned to face Mari. Her posture was lacking and her hair was scuffled from laying on the snow. Mari's head was bent forward, like it was too heavy to hold up, and in her hand was a dagger. In an instant, she focused on Kosan. From her voice and threat were painful to my ears. At this moment in time I didn't want to hear or see Mari become serious about killing someone else. My blue eyes flashed with worry but subsided back to a cool and collected state as I walked forward. With hesitation I placed a gentle hand on Mari's shoulder and stared into her Cerulean eyes. "Mari. You're not yourself right now so I would like you to put the weapon away. I know it's stupid of me, Kiru, to be right in front of you telling you such cliche lines but it's true. I know you wouldn't want to really hurt anyone here would you? Yes Kosan needs to stop being so...weird and Daeron needs to take a chill pill but you? You need to just sit down for a moment okay?" I closed my eyes and smiled, not even wanting to look her in the eye right now. I cringed, replaying the words I just said, they were terrible! I sighed and paid no mind to Daeron yelling in the background. I knew that if Kosan really needed me there then he would call. 

Once again Keith's mood changed in the blink of an eye. He bolted up from his sitting position and wrapped one arm around me with another pointing towards the sky. My eyes followed his finger towards the bright sky and made my flower crown fall from my head. I didn't pick it up though, what Keith was saying was important. Instead of claiming for something to be too hard he spoke of moving forward and avenging Zelrius. As he spoke a smiled spread across my face. Keith's words were really going somewhere. His speech was cheesy, it was weird, but it was his and it was cool. Any feelings of frustration or sadness were now gone- that was the effect of having Keith around. I turned my head and looked at him, still smiling. "Yeah...we'll clear this game!" I added with a chuckle."So, what are we going to do now that Keith isn't moping around? I suggest thinking back to the last time we saw him, who he was with, and what he was doing. Then we'll go from there."