Akumu

I flipped my hood up and stepped out into the coldness of the night. Since the incident with a pink player murdering Argumail I had not left Floor four. It was a beautiful place to be. The snow was always so pure and the trees always were lined with soft white clouds of snow. The scenery here was one of the only things I could count on to stay the same. Virtually nothing had changed since the death of Argumail except I was now the guild leader of the Crimson Inquisition. It was a lot for me to carry especially with the many players that hated this guild. I didn't understand any of the reasons because I had always distanced myself from them, and now it was affecting me negatively. I didn't know how to run a guild, I didn't want to either. I pulled my hood down farther and watched my feet as I walked. Each step I made imprinted the design of my boot into the snow. After about a few seconds my steps would disappear and I would continue until reaching the gate that separated the town from the safezone. There was always an uneasy feeling in my stomach, like I was always being watched or followed, but still I kept moving. I made my way around this exact same route every night without an issue, and there would be none tonight either. Or so I thought, maybe tonight would be different now that I was in a higher position.

I watched the entire scene from a distance. I saw players I didn't know fight each other, Argumail was fighting too. This was something I saw all the time but this time it was different. I didn't know why but it was almost as if the tension against Argumail was growing stronger by the second, especially from the pink-haired player. The girl had a raged look in her eyes, she was scaring me a little bit too. As the pink haired girl began to strike Argumail I started to pick up the pace into a run. I needed to protect him at all costs before something horrible happened.

But it was too late. I watched the painful events of the young woman making a final blow....Argumail falling to the ground with a strange look in his eyes. Argumail's body shattered into pixel looking things, nothing suited for him. I skidded to a stop to where he was, almost tripping over myself while I was at it. He disappeared from Aincrad in seconds, it was all over. I sank to my knees with the vibrant purple color draining from my eyes. The sword in my hand fell into the grass and I stared at the ground. At everyone around me. No....H-he can't be... I squeaked out, still wide-eyed. Memories of Argumail flooded into my head as I lost sight of everyone around me. Him laying in front of me in the forest, bleeding like always, and calling me Lousie....The hood I wore, attached to the red cape, had fallen off a long time ago, as I was running. Now my scarred, pale face was in the open, with tears. All you could see was a fifteen year old girl crying, as everyone else around her spoke of how he deserved it

Thought I knew nothing of his crimes, if he even did do any of those things, he was still there for me when I was in trboule. So many missions...

I shook the well versed man named Moartea's hand politely and tried to decipher his speech. After all, I was only fifteen. It seemed to be different from any I have heard before. In the end I could only make out that he was the blacksmith of the guild, was giving us a bag of tools and some other information about the materials needed. Some of the specifics I was able to remember hopefully. I have never gone material hunting before so this was sure to be interesting. 

From under my hood I blushed furiously when he mentioned my facial features. I was embarrassed that he could actually see me, I guess I should have brought my other cloak. I swallowed the tiny lump in my throat and stared right back at the young man who introduced himself to me. It would have been rude not to look someone in the eye when talking. Life, the pleasure is all mine. I nodded and avoided eye contact with him after that. Great, now everyone probably thinks your just a shy little girl....

With my floor length cloak equipped I slowly made my way through the annoyingly big crowd of other players. It was just like the real world! There was always people to get in your way and block your path. After pushing out of the last bit of players I saw the player I was supposed to meet, plus another. I didn't know both of them enough to take the cloak that covered me off of myself. Soon I would be more comfortable around my guild mates but now wasn't the time to be friendly. 

I walked directly up to the one dressed costume-like and stared at his attire from under my hood. Then I held out my hand for him to shake as I introduced myself. Akumu. SukÄretto zenpan and second in command of the Crimson Inquisition. 

(Roleplaying as Hatsune Miku) 

I returned my thoughts from getting out of fighting to Zelrius again. He spoke in with an annoying arrogance about how he could have already killed me if he wanted. I'm sure it was true that he could but the question was why? Why would Zelrius want to kill me? I barely know howto defend myself properly... O-okay. I replied, not really sure if he was joking or not about me hitting him. With a sigh I accepted that he wanted me to hit him. Why is he so persistent about it? I took off towards Zelrius with a firm grasp on my rapier. I faked left then outstretched my blade to connect with his neck. 

What the...He seems suspicious. Either he is just like Jester, putting on a show or he is genuinely nice. No one in this game cares..ah oh well...I just need to make sure he isn't troublesome to me.  I thought with perplexed face as I stared at him from under my hood. Of course he couldn't really see my expression but it didn't really matter either way. After a long pause I replied with caution. The only this amiss â€‹is you. Do you have any bushiness with me? I said calmly even though it didn't really make sense, I was the one who bumped into him in the first place. 

Today was yet another bright and sunny day on floor four. Although the sun was beaming down, no heat transferred into my clothes. I was wearing my usual attire, black pants, white long-sleeve shirt. None of this was visible of course because of my blood red cloak that I never took off due to my face. I was a little less stubborn about my hood being on but since it was snowing I automatically had my reason to keep my face covered. 

My face was trained to the ground as my feet lightly crunched on the snow covered path through the town. Around me were buildings that I didn't really pay attention to, they all looked the same in my eyes. I was so focused on the ground that I didn't notice when I accidentally bumped into another player

As we walked through the Town of Beginnings I let my eyes wander on the types of people that were trapped in this game. Some looked wide eyed and innocent, menacing, and some ever were showing public affection. It surprised me to see that there wasn't just brave and bold or scared and cowardly, there was diversity. I looked back at Kiluia when he spoke. I won't forget...

Right here would be wonderful, thank you Kiluia. We can travel to bigger sections later. I said and walked over the fountain and stood on the edge of it. Once on top of it a few glances came my way but still no one was paying attention yet. With a deep breath I hit the first note to the song and broke out into the chorus a few seconds later. By now there were people gathering.

I was just about to interupt Aoife to inform her of the man escaping but she caught on without me. The coward with an orange title got up and left the area with a terrified look on his face. Serves you right... I thought with a scowl than noticed the little boy in the grass a few feet away from me. I put on a kind smile and softened my motions as I walked over to him. As I bent over to help him up a pain grew in my side, where the broken rib was. I grunted a little and pulled the boy up from the ground, he trembled as I did so. The little boy with rugged brown hair started to cry so immediately I put him down, he bolted away from me and disappeared into the town. Rolling my eyes at the sight I let my face contort into another displeased look. Let's just go... I muttered while rolling my eyes as I walked farther into the field.

End of Roleplay

400 col per page X 4 = 1600 col

800 col awarded to each player

As I finished the last note of the short riff I smiled when Kiluia started clapping for me. I would love to stay and practice all day but I'm afraid I won't earn a living unless I sing for the crowd, who knows, maybe I'll get some col out of the experience? I said to Kiluia with a confident look on my face. After the reaction I had just got from Kiluia I knew that I still had it in me...a performer indeed. I took Kiluia's hand and started walking towards the center of town.

Certainly Kiluia. I stood up from the ground and look down at him. The world around me seemed to become deadly silent, almost as if everyone in Aincrad was listening. I cleared my throat, smiled, and began to sing one of my favorite's by the real Hatsune. My voice filled the open area loud and clearly as I sang out to my hearts content for Kiluia.

[OOC- This is just part of the song]

(What I sang... Sekai de ichi-ban OHIME-SAMA

Sou iu atsukai KOKORO-ete

Yo ne?)

I gave an inward sigh while still smiling and corrected the man that called himself Kiluia. Not yet. I'm working on becoming one today actually. As a matter of fact before I came here and threw a rock I was on my way to the center of town..I was going to hopefully gain a few fans while I sang.. I said with a glowing red tinted my cheeks. My name is Hatsune Miku by the way...I'm not the real her of course. My teal eyes gazed up the stream and looked at how calm one part of the water was, and how rapid the other part was. It was truly amazing how in this game everyone was different yet still had the same goal, to get out of Sword Art Online alive.

I winced when Sieghart hit the Leonhardt's neck hard, it looked like it hurt even with the damage filter. I touched my hand to my throat and wondered how it would feel to experience pain in this game. I haven't left the starting city very much, nor did I fight so I didn't know how it would feel to be hurt. It's good that they learn from their mistakes and apologize, unlike some people I have met they show class. I smiled when Leonhardt seemed to be okay after a blow like that. I think that we could train a bit more then after that we could duel or something. I know of course you too are a lot better than me but I would still like the experience. I said with an uneasiness to my voice.

The first step after show-casing your talents was to bow, or in my case I did a curtsy to the young man with the vibrant white hair. And thank you to you kind sir. With a jokingly smile and a casual wave back I took a seat on the inviting piece of ground next to him. I'm sure that would be a nice thing to do right now. I'm learning to get into the habit of people-pleasing again! I stated like it was a fact, which basically it was.

I skipped around the town while my flouncing teal hair made me catch a couple strange glances my way. I smiled knowing that they probably had nothing better to do and kept on advancing forward until I passed a couple buildings. In between each structure was an alley way. I passed alley after alley until I saw something strange in the corner of my eyes, a flash of white. Curious, I turned down the dark path as it led me out into the open. From there I saw a young man throwing stones across the small stream. A wide smile spread across my face as I threw a stone, not able to have enough self control to just watch. It skipped perfectly four times before sinking back into the water.

My eyes widened in the dark when I heard a growling behind me. When I turned around, before I could even pull out my rapier the beast jumped on me and started to claw at my face. I shrieked loudly as I propelled my blade upwards, hoping to kill it by stabbing aimlessly. With tears streaming down my face I looked up blurry at the glowing red eyes on top of me and tried to kick it off of me. Utukashii!! Dylan! HELP!!!

Hatsune 12/13

Unknown Cave Beast 10/10

My teal eyes shone bright with an excited flare as I half skipped around the Town of Beginnings. Today I had made the bold move to become what I was back home, a singer of course. I was in a band that had gone on tour once, nothing big because we were merely a school band. Our band was well known in Japan and even bits of people from the states listened to our music, which was exciting but the experiences lingered in my mind as I yearned to sing for a crowd again. It would make me less stressed about the game if I were to relax and let lose singing for a bit.

The people around the town in floor one seemed pretty bored with themselves, they were just like me after all. I didn't have much or a back story with weapons, nor did I want to so I stayed in this town as long as it allowed me to. I was ashamed of being a coward for not fighting but that was not what was on my mind right now, pleasing the people of floor one was! I was more determined than ever to do it as my long hair bounced along my back with it's color identical to my eyes.

After I thought I was done for, the grasp loosened as I heard the screech of the man, something happened. With Cleo's claws and Aoife's genius the man dropped me, shocked by the attack. My frail body went limp and crumpled to the ground, but Cleo thankfully caught me and brought me safely away from the man that previously almost killed me. Quite so. I think I broke my ribs but other than that I'm completely fine. I said, almost with no emotion, I didn't want her to think that I was too weak to be with her, or to finish this very annoying battle. The blinked and touched his face, running his fingers across the scars that marked his face, he didn't look pleased. He looked at his partner and grunted before running away like a coward, yelling some not so nice words to us. Should I go after him? I asked with a very unhappy face, how could he run like that?

I chuckle a little bit when they start rough housing, fighting for dominance over each other. Sieghart and Leonhardt both seemed to be winning but losing at the same time. I'm sure he's hilarious! I laughed at Sieghart and stepped inwards towards them both. Nervously, I inched closer and put my hands up slightly, as if I were to rip them apart somehow. Now, now you two....I said, unaware that they were just playing around.

D-Dylan?! U-Utukashii?! Where did you guys go! I must have done a full circle before realizing that they were now gone. I didn't move at all..I'm probably still in the cave! I said, surprised that I was the only one here right now. My eyes widened, knowing that I was alone. Now isn't the time to worry about yourself!! My eyes darted around in the dark, searching for a way to find them both before anything happened.

I pointed my rapier towards the bush, something was in there. Sieghart eased when a figure made it's way out from behind them. Apparently it was his brother! My eyes glittered as I looked at Sieghart's brother, he looked like him even. No, the pleasure is all mine. We were just talking about you. I shook his hand gently while with my other hand I pushed my rapier back into it's sheath.

I agree with the both of you. There might be traps lingering so we'd be best to look out for them and not stray from our path, whatever that is. I said, completely ignoring Utukashii's comment about me being suspicous. It wasn't that it upset me, I just knew it was true.

I-I'm not sure about this! I mean I want to get experience but I'm a little paradox. I'm stuck in a fighting game, yet I don't like to fight! I confessed but drew my rapier anyways. Thanks to Dylan I bought one that wasn't ugly, it was a beautiful designed weapon that matched my chestplate that I had equipped earlier. I'll only hit you if you insitst...I said with a faraway looking my eyes, deep in thought.

What? I thought with confusion when Zelrius left without saying anything to me. Do I follow him? I think and as if I didn't have any self control I stood up and followed him out of the city. On the outside lies an eerie forest that got even creepier at night, so why were we going out there now? The sun started to set as it got darker, night fell over Aincrad.