Mari

Nala tried again, and again - she failed. Another Bad quality monster grenade appearing before her. Nala wasn't having a very good crafting day today, she felt like she had wasted all of Mari's materials.

"Forgive me Miss Mari!" 

Craft Dice: 6

Perma Roller ID: #4556
Mats -1
Crafts 0/3 Left 14/12/14

As the man left the shop Nala pulled out another recording crystal; Mari had sent her a large amount; enough to be able to successfully craft for close to a week, and what was even better? Mari had promised more were on their way, and soon! "Oh goody!"  Nala tried to pick up a tune, any tune but she was too excited by the prospect of more materials that she had scratched several notes; leaving behind a warbled bad quality monster grenade.

"Oops! Sorry Mari!" 

Craft Dice: 6

Perma Roller ID: #4555
Mats -1
Crafts 1/3 Left 14/12/14

Nala clasped her hands together; "Yes indeedy! Wow you are good at maths! Here we go!"

-1 Bad Quality Monster Grenade

-1 Rare Quality Monster Grenade

+ 400 Col
 

Nala gave him a small bow. "Thank you for your patronage, and for shopping at Miss Mari's Musical Melodies!"

Nala smiled, bringing up a menu. "No worries good sir! I do love your hair by the way. Let's see..." Her golden eyes fell down to her tablet looking device.

"We currently have 2 bad quality grenades; lasting 1 turn - totally allowing you to attack twice in a row! 3 Good Qaulity and 1 Uncommon: lasting 2 turns and allowing you to packa punch three times in a row! WOW!  Laaaastlyyy...." 

Nala paused, double checking the information. "we have 2 rare and 4 perfect quality grenades; lasting 3 turns and allowing you to attack four amazing times in a row! Here these are the prices!" Nala turned the tablet around showing Fallen the prices.

"What will you be interested in today?"

Mari grinned, turning to him. "You're in my guild now, Jacob. As long as you are in my guild - I will do my best to make sure you never get hurt."

There was a loud snarl; and a rustle from in the bushes; and out jumped a large Alpha wolf followed by two smaller wolves. Mari's eyes narrowed. If Jacob was out here alone...and faced these, there was a high chance that he would have died. Still, he was quick to act, and seemed unafraid. Mari gave a wary smile. "Thatta boy." She said, standing next to him. "You need to be careful though, you could get hurt." 

A Wolf charged; and attempted to attack Mari; but she slashed across it's head before it reached her, and it burst into data. Leaving behind a small orb for Jacob to loot.
 

Mob Dice: 4+2=6 SUCCESS
Damage: 9 
 

Jacob 9/9
Mari 49/49

Wolf Alpha 10/10
Wolf 7/7 DEAD
Wolf 7/7

After her less than stellar performance Nala stood up and went to the wall to retrieve another violin from the wall, she set up a recording crystal and began to tune the violin; by now she had gotten the hang of it, and after the session the recording crystal darkened - as it produced a perfect quality monster grenade.

"One Super duper wonderfully rare Monster grenade!" Nala exclaimed, way too happy; as though her recent dramatic crusade didn't happen.

Craft Dice: 11

Perma Roller ID: #4553
Mats -1
Crafts 2/3 Left 14/12/14

 Just as she was putting it away, a youth came into the store. Nala grinned. "Why Hello there! Welcome to Mari's Melodies! How may I help you today?"

Considering you yourself, both on this and your alt account generally only write 4+ lines I think it a tad hypocritical to look down on others who only write 4+ lines.

Don't get me wrong; I would much, much prefer longer posts as opposed to shorter ones; I just think it's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black.

Also; I feel it a tad rude to just insinuate someone you are RPing with is doing a poor job without first talking to them. Maybe if you PM Liam Argus/Argumail and say hey I generally like RPing with people who do X amount of lines, can we bump up the length?

Or offer advice on how post length can be extended like I have done here:

http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/5387-improving-those-rp-skills-turn-1-liners-into-10-liners/#entry355833


Sometimes post length isn't everything it is quality over quantity. You can have a very well written post that maybe only has 15 lines, and a very poorly written post with 50+ lines and the one with fewer lines would be better off, as it is better written; and far more understandable.

Everyone has their own unique posting style; Personally; I feel it'd be best to have it set at 4 lines as that gives you something to work with, anything less and it's difficult, I generally try to keep my mouth shut on matters like this as my opinion isn't very popular and I tend to be harsh with what I have to say.  I tend to write shorter posts when people give me short posts to work with and if I genuinely enjoy Rping with that person then I am happy with it. Longer posts get longer responses.

I think having anything more than 4 lines is just restricting the RP, and those who are still learning how to RP and who want to just enjoy themselves.

Mari gave a soft laugh, a relieved laugh that started out low - almost inaudible before her body shook with it. She was relieved; she wasn't sure why she had been crying; or why her heart was still beating hard and fast against her chest, but she was able to deduce that she cared greatly for Alkor, and  for reasons unknown to her; he seemed to care for her in some way too. Enough to allow her to grow close to him, enough for him to fall asleep in her lap.

And enough for him to tell her his name.

"Amari." She said, pulling away just enough so she could look into his eyes; read his normally hardened facial features, which were now softened with a concern Mari never expected to have directed at her. Mari had tears staining her face, her pink hair dishevelled, eyes puffy from her recent tears, but she didn't care. "Amari Olfsden-Pleasure to meet you Thom." 

Alkor smirked. Once dark golden eyes now lit up with a mischievous light; as he questioned how he was supposed to respond. Mari grinned - leaning forward to plant a light kiss on his lips before pulling away, feeling far better than she had when she first arrived. "Amari and Thom's first kiss." She commented playfully.

Mari took a deep breath and sighed. "Alk-ah..Thom - when I first came here, I ran through what would occur in my mind." Mari leant against Alkor, nestling her head into his shoulder as she continued. "I thought about how you may be angry; may push me away. heh...the possibility of a slap or even a slash with your weapon came to mind, but not this. This is new for me. I don't -" She trailed off, she had been married before - she had relations, she had a kid, affectionate behaviour wasn't exactly a new thing for her - she wouldn't say it, but her marriage was a very manipulative one; and her ex rarely gave her any form of positive companionship.

"I don't know what to expect or how to react with you."

COMPLETE

1 SP Gained

12 Mats Gained
400 Col Gained

Mats Collected: 12
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 11
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 11
Mari 47/49

Mari grinned; handing over the col

-1800 Col

"Just healing crystals; instantaneous ones would be grand; I can never be too careful these days." Mari gave a shrug, followed up a tap of her nose. "What can I say? I'm a wanted woman. Let me know when they're ready." With that, she had left the Col, and the store. Leaving Celes' shop a little less pink.

Mats Collected: 11
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 10
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 10
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 9
Mari 47/49

"Cerulean Silence. Ce-Roo-Lee-Anne, but you can call it blue silence if you want. It's my guild, I am the leader."

Mari was going to go on and say more but decided not to; more so - she didn't have a chance to. He ran off to the nearest boar; or what he called them ' Piggie'  The kid had a lot of energy, and bravery - Mari had to wonder if he knew the ramifications of dying in SAO. The boar rammed into him - and Jacob fell.

Mari pulled out her dagger; and threw it at the boar - it disappeared, bursting into hundreds of pieces of data - a small sphere was all that remained. Loot. Mari could not get anything from the boar because it was too low levelled. "There, look." Mari said as she picked up her dagger again and pointed toward the orb. "Touch that to see if you get any loot." 

Battle Dice: 11 +2 = 13
SUCCESS

Boar 0/5
Mari 49/49
Jacob: 8/9
 

(Mari isn't in town, she is a PKer and so cannot enter towns or safe zones~)

Mari stood up, as he showed off his weapon, the weapon she had given him. "Oh, so you're my new guild member." Mari said as she placed a hand on his head and ruffled his head. The next thing she knew; Jacob was pulling her along enthusiastically going on about the boars that were in the next field over. Mari would kill the boars in one hit, so she wasn't sure how this would work - perhaps they would take turns and if she killed it he could loot it. It would be a fast way for him to gain Col and Materials.

"Heh...you're pretty eager - ya know I can kill boars in one hit."

Mari bit her lip and shook her head. "She's not here any more - she passed away and is now up in heaven." Mari said. She was never one to delude children from the concept of death - kids were smart, very smart, and Mari felt that people should give them far more credit. Children were more perceptive than adults, they could pick up on things; and Jacob proved just that.

"But, I'd be happy to kill some piggies with you, if you like. Do you have any good armour or weapons? I can give you some if you like." 

Mats Collected: 8
Mari 47/49

Mats Collected: 7
Mari 47/49

Mari brushed off his concerned look; answering a question that was never asked. "I rarely ever sleep any more; don't blame yourself." Mari guided him out the cave. It was early morning and the sun had just risen over the horizon. The sky was still painted in lines of gold and hues of red. The pink clad girl took a deep breath and gave a satisfied sigh. Giving a small smile as she recollected the talk she had with Alkor; and how his eyes had matched the warm tones of a sunset, and sunrise.

"Right, C'mon then." Mari said as she started walking, not checking to see if he'd follow. "Best keep up rabbit; else you'd get lost again."  

Mari shrugged as she brushed back strands of pastel pink hair from her face. "Don't apologize." She said, "Really, these things happen - at least, they happen within Aincrad." Mari sighed, ah - what I wouldn't give to punch the ol' kook who made the game though. Just one good, hard right hook to the face. 

Mari gave Kosan a wry smile as his tone changed from a low one to a energetically defensive one; as he proclaimed her innocence. "I took one life by mistake, but willingly took the others. Even mistakenly killing someone is a prosecutable offence. I appreciate the sentiment Kosan, but I am not going to hide what I've done - nor am I going to pull the wool over your eyes. I ain't got much to hide, but I ain't got much to say either." 

Kosan said he had trusted her; and admitted she was one of his few friends, if not his only friend within SAO. "I'm sure you will find others to trust."
 

Annoyed blue eyes, seemingly uninterested travelled over Mari's appearance; He made a disgruntled noise before commenting on the sanity of Aincrad's players. Mari crossed her arms, shifting her weight to one side. Mildly amused at his remark. "Well; the situation does seem to zap the sanity even from the soundest of minds." 

Her smirk turned into a slight frown; "Perhaps you should bang your head on the tree a few more times and consider yourself lucky circumstances are different; else your life would be forfeit right now, I'd have struck you down- " Mari reached out, her hand in the shape of a gun as she placed an index finger against the centre of his forehead. "Bang. Dead."
 

Mari shrugged off her comment, leaning her shoulder on the tree, "Now that you mention it, yeh - I do. Want to make some quick Col?"