Destiny

“Ehhh….†She said with a slanted face. Destiny was nervous about what to say; the last time she attempted to battle a monster they nearly died.  Not to mention how humiliating it was that it was a boar named Miss Priss and had a bow on its head.  â€œWell to be completely honest, not really.†She whispered to Sol.  She then proceeded to smile as she put her hands behind her back and stared down at her feet as she rocked back and forth.  “I have thought about it though!†She said to Sol.

Sensing that the other person in the room failed to introduce themselves, and the light sense of tension in the air.  She released herself from her slight docile behavior and stood upright, staring rather blankly at the stranger. Destiny decided to introduce herself. “Hello.†She said straight face.  “My name is Destiny.†She said most unswerving. Destiny was most dedicated to being as deadpan as possible. Fact of the matter is; she didn’t know him.  She only knew Sol and it would take more than a connection to a friend to define the character of another.

“So……..†she said; addressing the room.  “What are you all doing here?â€

Destiny  gradually decreased her shakes on him over time after she felt his hand touch hers and  hearing him address their previous predicament. “Its not my fault...?†She repeated back to herself in her mind; this baffled her because if she didn't ask him to help her earlier they wouldn't be in this mess. “But how is it not my fault?.... I mean…. Its……†She looked down as she thought to herself. “Gosh Sol..â€

She then noticed a pause in their, strangely one sided conversation.  Destiny looked up to see Sol smiling at her, in an attempt to cheer her up.  This made a slight glint of happiness inside of her that shined in the cloud of guilt and other mixed emotions she was feeling.  Her emotions were of the ambivalent nature; not knowing which one to directly side on.

As Sol was finishing up his little speech Destiny was stumbling to think of things to say to make the situation better. “Uhhh…Okay?†She said nervously.  “I don’t know what to say. Everything is alright I guess.†She said  and proceeded to give two huge thumbs up with her arms extended.  She put on the biggest grin possible; nearly spanning from ear to ear.

“Alright Sol. We are both at fault here!†She exclaimed as she slapped her hands together. “And because of that.†She then put her right arm around Sol’s neck and brought him closer into her chest and proceeded to give him a noogie. “We shall both be punished!†She said with a cheerful tone and with some laughter. 

Destiny stared blankly at what was going on, before she knew it they were fleeing from the battle with Miss Priss.

Once they were gone from the scene she observe Sol collapse.  “Sol!...†She said as she looked at his health bar; it was very low, in the red zone pretty much. “Sol…Are you okay? Will you make it?†She said as she knelt next to him. “Gosh, I hope that he will be okay.†She thought to herself. Destiny looked at her own heath bar; it was in the yellow. She was thankful that her health bar was not in the red like his. However she felt a bit guilty that this happened. She felt like it was her fault that they were in this mess. I mean, if she didn't ask for his help then this wouldn't have happened to him or her. "I'm so sorry Sol. I am so sorry this happened....." 

She then remembered what happened with the the boar; when she was on her back and Sol came to help her. She felt a deepening hole in her filled with shame, embarrassment and humiliation. She then fell onto her hands and knees; she had her eyes sealed shut as a couple tears formed in her eyes. "I'm so sorry Sol!" She then leapt forward at him. Wrapping her arms around him. "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry" She yelled as she had her face in his chest. Then she proceeded to push herself away from him; her hands on his shoulders.  I'm so sorry Sol! I'm so sorry!" She said repeatedly as she shook him. 

“Sol!†She exclaimed as he was thrown back by the boar. “I hope he isn’t hurt too bad.†She thought to herself. She bit her bottom lip as she thought “ If he didn’t try to help me.. .He probably wouldn’t have gotten hurt…†She clenched her fists at the thought of a friend.. A friend… getting hurt because of her.

Destiny watched and slightly cheered on the sideline as Sol attacked and managed to inflict some damage on the boar. Destiny was a bit baffled to see Sol jump in front of her in a protective manner.  She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.  â€œIf you die… You want me to run….No… I can’t let you die…You’re my friend….I mean..An actual friend.† She thought to herself.  She felt a great sadness opening up inside of her, and started to tear up a little.  Clenching her fists, she responded, “No. I won’t run Sol.â€

[3705] BD =5 MD = 10

Destiny proceeded to attempt another attack.  She missed. “again….†She thought. Destiny was beyond anger now. There was a cluster of emotions going inside of her. 

[Destiny misses; dealing no damage]

Miss Priss began to charge at Sol again; filled with rage at the person who had been taken damage to her.  The boar then hit Sol with its tusks damaging him.

[ Miss Priss deals 3 damage to Sol] [ 4-1 = 3]

Destiny [3/5 HP]

Sol [2/9 HP]

Miss Priss [6/12 HP] 

Destiny grabbed his hand came onto her feet again. Slightly wincing from the attack that the boar had done to her.  Not only was it humiliating…. Since she did think of that scenario for Sol, but it took a toll on her confidence to miss again.

“Alright, gonna try this again.†Destiny thought to herself, she was starting to get pissed. Not only at herself but everything. 

 [3696] BD=5 MD=10

Destiny charges at the Miss Priss again. Not epicly failing this time, but still failing to do damage to the boar. “WHAT?! NOT AGAIN?!†She screamed.  She shook her fist in the air. “This is ****†she said.

[Destiny does no damage]

Miss Priss, irritated at the lad’s effort to aid the thing she was stomping began charging at the lad.  Miss Priss successfully attacks Sol, and sends him flying backwards.

[ Miss Priss deals 2 damage to Sol] [4-1 = 3]

Destiny [3/5 HP]
Sol [5/9 HP]

Miss Priss [9/12 HP]

 â€œWhat is he laughing at? Himself?†She thought as she heard him laugh.  She watched as he went in for an attack.

“That boar does have an unusal amount of HP compared to the other boar that we fought earlier..†She thought, “ I wonder if he knows..†She then shrugged, “Oh well, there is no stopping him nowâ€

She then proceeded to watch and listen to him as he spoke to himself about the boars name.  “Miss Priss…†Then she started chuckling at again, this time holding her hands up to her mouth trying to contain in the laughter. “Oh my gosh, what if he did miss?!†She then imaged the Sol missing the boar, and the boar attacking him and Sol winding up with the boar on top of him with one leg upon him.  As if the boar had conquered it’s enemy. “OHHH!!!†She yelped as she was attempting to hold in her laughter, her face started to turn red. “SNAP!†She thought and started laughing again.  She was laughing so hard that she had to put her hands on her knees to keep from falling. The image was just too funny. Then suddenly she heard Sol grunt.

The sound of Sol in pain snapped her right back to her senses. It was like an electrical shock that went though her. Then she heard Sol state, “Come on Miss Priss?! Is That All You Got!?† Her face and eyes straightened, “Really, Sol?†She thought to herself.

[3687] BD=1 MOB=7

“I will attempt to help him again†She thought to herself. “Alright Sol! I will give it a try again!†She readied her sword.  “I got this, I can do this. I totally got this!†She thought to herself. Destiny took in a deep breath and then began charging at the boar. She ran towards the boar, in doing so the boar started its attention at her; charging.

She thought to herself. “I got this. I totally got this. Confidence man.. Focused, and confide-...." “What…?" She said out loud. “Why am I on the ground?†She thought to herself. Destiny was stalk on her back, with her hand still grasping the sword in the air.  Turns out, that beyond missing; she completely slipped on; god knows what now, and was not defenseless on her back. “*****†She thought to herself.

[Destiny critically fails]

As Destiny laid there on her back the boar continued to charge, and actually stomped her, snorted and some of its saliva dripped down on her face. Somewhat similar to the scenario that Destiny had imaged to happen to Sol.

[Miss Priss deals 2 damage to Destiny]

Destiny [3/5 HP]
Sol [8/9 HP]

Miss Priss [9/12 HP]

“Sounds good†She said as she nodded in agreement.

“Okay.†She said with a steady voice, however inside.. She was feeling nervous. “Gosh. What if I miss again… That would be so humiliating. “ She thought to herself, then she thought, “Hey, what if he misses… Oh my gosh, that would be hilarious.†She imagined him going for an attack and slightly showing off as he was doing so, then imagined him missing with great failure. Destiny started to burst into laughter.  “OH MY GOSH!!†She said as she continued laughing.  Destiny held her sides trying to contain the laughter. 

“Ahhh…†she said with some relief that she had stopped laughing so hard as she wiped a slight tear from her left eye.   â€œAlright…. Alright. I guess ladies.. I mean….err..um… umm… Gentlemen first?† She said with a stutter.  Destiny was still wheeling on the bit that had played on in her head about Sol’s epic fail. 

As Raijin stood up, she continued her gaze at the stranger approaching them.

“I haven’t discovered too much so far. I have fought a couple things.. But I am still not that great.†She said as the words at the end trailed off and faltered into almost an utter.  

Destiny nodded in agreement to what he had mentioned about the person who was watching them. She was still watching as the person was walking closer and closer to them.  She nodded again in understanding to his statement about other players being unable to kill other players in the cities.

Still cautious as ever, but giving off the sense that she was calm, cool and collected started to head in the direction that Raijin had pointed. Turning, she kept her eye on the stranger until she was unable to keep an eye on them.  “I feel bad for being so cautious… But.. I just don’t know.† She thought to herself. She continued walking towards the direction that was pointed out before; keeping her senses on the stranger. 

Destiny felt something unsettling.  Looking out of her peripheral view, she noticed someone gazing at Raijin and herself.  â€œHmm?†She said to herself softly; nearly inaudible.  

The stranger was walking towards them.  Destiny felt a sense of caution. Not sure entirely what this person was doing or going to do.  â€œCan they attack us here?†She thought to herself. â€œWhat should I do?†She was thinking fast, unsure what to do; and not entirely expressing the erratic emotions that were going on in her head. It was like alarms and flashing red lights to her, but around them were just people chattering and conversing  among themselves. â€œIf he were to attack us here, it would be completely startling to everyone. Everyone is unprotected here.†She thought to herself. Unsure what to do, she stood in place, like a statue keeping an eye on the stranger approaching; scanning their every movement. "I'm pretty sure they can't attack here.... At least I hope so..." She thought.

{It's okay. I am only slightly mad at you. :D} 

Destiny giggled at what she was looking at. Sol looked funny with  piece of bread hanging out of his mouth like that. Kind of like how babies look when they are just learning to feed themselves.

“I seem trust-worthy?†She thought to herself. It made her smile slightly to think that someone was able to see that in her. She then nodded to Sol’s statement about working together.  It only made sense that if any of them were to make it out alive that people would have to work together. Fighting alone, as she had saw; was more than difficult.  In addition, to the chance of dying…

Destiny was still looking at Sol when he turned his head. She proceeded to listen to him mention the boar in the distance. “OH yeah, you mean the awkwardly non-binary conforming boar out there.†She said as she pointed at the boar, not taking her eyes off of Sol, as if she noticed it a while ago but didn't say a word.

“Yeah? You want to attack it?†She asked as she finished up her bread, and then steadily got back onto her feet. She cocked her left hand at her hip, putting most her weight on her left leg. 

Destiny was startled at what she was seeing.  Raijin was kneeling, sitting in front of her. Yet he was still like a tower in front of her. “At least we are at eye level now.†She thought.   Before she knew it, Raijin was holding out his hand to her. “Uh…What am I suppose to do?†She thought.  This was something completely abnormal for Destiny. Most often people only offered her a hand if she had fallen or if dropped her items; like how she did on campus at times, and was scrambling to pick them up.

“Um.†She said as she hesitated. “That would be nice.†She responded.  Destiny smiled slightly, it was a really kind gesture, honestly.  However part of her was eating her away because she apologized to her new friend… Rather quickly and soon for her.  And as stubborn as she was; she felt like she needed to, as if it was retribution.

“So Raijin, what is there to do around here? I’m guessing we do have to level up and battle things.â€

Destiny smiled slightly at his ridiously cheesy smile and thumbs up combination.  She actually laughed out loud and shook her head at her own laughter putting a hand to her face.

“Alright.†She said in agreement. She then proceeded to navigate her own menu to obtain her own bread.  “Gosh.. I hope I don’t mess up again like last time.†She thought to herself.  As her bread spawned she caught it and then sat down. Munching away at her bread she thought “I really do wonder.. If I do miss again with the next target… Is it just bad luck? Or am I just naturally terrible at this?† She giggled slightly at the thought. “Yep… If I miss.. I am probably just bad luck.†

"Hey Sol?" She said looking at him. "I am sorry if I come off... Really quiet and...Well.. Off putting per say?" She made a face of content to what she was saying. "Honestly this is a bit funny" she thought to herself. "Anywho, I haven't really had the greatest times with.... Well... Making friends and trusting people." She said and she proceeded to stuff bread into her mouth. 

“A hassle? How am I a hassle?†She thought to herself.  “To answer your question, no I am not rude to my elders.  However, how am I suppose to know if you’re my elder?  This is a virtual world.†She said, more to herself than Raijin since by that time he was already walking away.

“Whatever…..Whatever…Really?†She thought to herself. Destiny hated that word.  She hated it for its obscurity and because for her.. It was a heavy word that conveyed so much. Generally she took it as a negative item. As though someone was upset with her. She gazed at Raijin. He seemed... tense yet apathetic. "Hey!..." She shouted at him taking a few steps toward him. "Listen...I take it that it is probably as much of a shock to you about...Well the circumstances of this.. Game..." She said softly and started to look down at the terrain. " I...I apologize if I agitated you." She said as she clenched her fists behind her back. It hurt her slightly to feel so apologetic to someone this early; she barely knew this person but already she was crumbling. 

Destiny watched as Sol attacked the boar. "Gosh this is embarrassing..." She thought to herself. " Since when do I need someone to come to my rescue....Ehhh.." She made perplexed look on her face. Destiny was grateful for the fact that her acquaintance came to her aid; without his help she probably wouldn't have made it beyond this battle. However, she felt agitated inside, if she couldn't make it past her first battle without some help how would she make it to the end? She began doubting her abilities and confidence. However, being stubborn as ever fought back the feelings before they completely consumed her; almost bringing her to tears of her helplessness. 

Destiny watched as the boar shattered like glass. When Sol looked at her she looked back at him with a faltered smile. She bit her lip looking back at him, not entirely knowing what to say. It tore at her a little to think that she was indebted to him for saving her; as much as she would hate to admit it. She owed him. "I should thank him..." she thought. "But....eh...." She questioned herself. " I did ask him for help..."  Coming back to reality she realized that they were just standing there looking at each other. "Thanks Sol." She said.  Then noticing a little exclamation point icon, she opened her menu and click on it. "Material." it said.  "Alright.. I guess it wasn't a complete loss."  She thought. 

"Hmm.." She thought to herself as he was informing her about his knowledge of friends. "Well...." she said gingerly. "I wouldn't say that you know me... At least, well." When she said well she said it in a slow demeanor and in a low tone that trailed off; she also shot him a look as well.  

She then looked at Raijin questioningly, " Did you actually meet this other person?"  She looked at him with eye brow up, scanning his face.  Attempting to figure out the stranger.  It was a bit futile because of the apparent distance between their faces.  "Alright, he is tall.... And I..." She then looked down at herself. "AM SHORT... Whatever, doesn't mean a thing." She then looked back at him.  "What is he thinking.... I can't tell....." Her face quivered and she was thinking to herself. "I can usually tell what people are sensing... This.....sucks."

Destiny nodded at Sol in response to his question. 

"Alright. I can do this.. Boars are easy. Like he said." She thought to herself. Destiny breathed in deeply, making sure that she was collected in confident in herself. " I got this. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Wait... Why am I thinking of lemons?" She thought. "UGH! shut up." she said to herself under her breath as she proceeded to face-palm again. "Alright, let's do this."

[3593] BD=2 MOB=9

Destiny proceeded to charge at the boar. Looking sharply at the boar, confident and composed. "I got this, this is so easy!" She thought to herself. The boar proceeded to charge at her.  Destiny and the boar, running at each other, something that you'd see in action sequences. She was about a foot away from the boar when she realized. " NOPE! TOO SCARED!" and she closed her eyes and kept running.  Obviously. She had missed terribly. "I am doing terrible out here!!" She shouted to Sol.  "He is probably laughing at me...jerk.." She thought to herself. "Gosh, I can't believe I missed..UGH! This is so much doo-doo!" 

[Destiny misses]

Destiny, not paying too much attention because she was dwelling on the fact that she just missed her target. Her very first target; lost sight of the boar and didn't notice that it was charging at her again. This time, the boar seemed pretty pissed. It looked like a miniature bull from the old Looney-Tunes cartoons; without the steam coming out of its ears and nose. The boar proceeded to charge at Destiny.  

Out of the corner of her eye she saw the boar, and turned right as it was two feed in front of her. "Awhh, no no no, staa-" she said right before she was hit.  She fell hard on her bum.  "****! OH MY GOSH! THAT REALLY HURT!"  Destiny started back on her feet, before addressing the boar again, she arched to look at her bum.  "Ahh.. That really smarts..." She said as she began rubbing her bum. "I don't even care who is here right now, that really hurt!" She thought to herself. 

[boar hits dealing 2HP damage]

[Destiny HP 2/5]

[boar HP 5/5]

"I hope that you don't approach other women like this." She said to the stranger as she looked him the eye. Shooting a, "Hey mister!" look at him.  "I would at least introduce myself to someone when I approach them." She said as she began to turn her back toward the stranger.  "Like this!" She said as she began turning back toward him, " Hello, my name is Destiny; I see that yours is .." She looked quickly for their name. " .. Raijin.  Are you looking for someone in this crowd?"  She then took a couple steps back, creating at least a foot in-between them.  "That was a bit awkward, but they needed to know....Also, they aren't too keen on being sneaky either." She thought to herself. She stood there with her arms folded for sometime thinking more about the current situation. "It can't be only them.  There is someone else here... I know it... I just.. I can't see them. I can't be too obvious either." She furrowed her brow as she thought. 

She then looked back at her new acquaintance. "Raijin, do you know anyone here?"

"Basic weapon..." she said to herself. "Hmm....I..Err...." she thought to herself as she pushed things. She continued to think to herself. "GOSH..... Where is this... ugh.... OH!" Her eyes lit up as she saw, "Basic Weapon. " She then proceeded  to click on the icon. Poof, like magic her basic weapon appeared. She saw it appear and grabbed for it quickly. "Reflexes..." she thought to herself. "So this thing, right?" She said as she pointed her weapon at Sol, examining it, not entirely paying attention to the distance between Sol and her. 

Examining her sword she thought. "Heh, pretty B.A. in my book. I can't wait to kill something now. But wait." Her mind froze for a second, her arms that were once in front of her examine the sword were now at her sides. "What if I don't defeat it.. What if it defeats me.'' She tightened her grip on the sword. "No.. No.. I won't let that happen. . . Never. Ever." 

Putting on a slight smile that is fake, Destiny looked at Sol. "This thingy, right?" 

"HEY!" She thought as he laughed at her. "I can't tell if he is laughing at me or with me... I'm not laughing....So with me?" She continued to think to herself. The image of hot steam coming out of her ears came to mind. 

"A boar?" She thought to herself as she listed to Sol's explanation of how boars are generally weak.... and then some other stuff, as she became side-tracked with the boar in the distance. 

Suddenly she noticed that Sol was examining her. "Whut...?" She said while looking at him, thinking to herself." What is this kid doing? Weirdo..." Then coming back to herself, she then looked down at herself. "Ohh... Yeah.. about that...." She said softly to herself. 

She then put her right arm to her head and scratched at her head. "Yeah... about that.. I actually have no idea what you mean by starter weapon. I might have something. But then again." She shot him a look. " I am incompetent." "Anywho!" She began walking closer to him. "Want to help me out here? I have no idea about the weapon." As she finished her sentence she standing in-front of him looking up at him. "Ha. Sol's tall... Scary.." She thought as she awaited his response. 

 

So I think I set it up correctly. :D 

Destiny nodded as she listed to Sol's lecture. As she listened, she thought "Alright... 5 HP. Cool. Wait. What.. Green bar?" She looked up at where saw Sol's name. "OHHH!!!!!" She thought to herself and then proceeded to face-palm.  

Destiny looked up to see Sol uncomfortably; at least for her, close to her. 

"Uhh..." She said as she stepped back a ways. "Wait.. What are you doing woman!" She thought to herself as she mentally hit herself with her hands. She then cleared her throat and stood up straight, proceeded to look directly at Sol. " I would greatly appreciate it if you assisted me in my first battle. Since, this would be my first battle and it seems that you are very forth coming with information, it seems like you would be kind enough to assist in battle." Destiny said this with such great clarity and confidence that it even scared her a bit. "Woah... Did that just come out of my mouth? Hahaha! Awesome!" She thought to herself as the image of her 1-uping like Mario popped into her head. 

Then as Destiny was coming down from her high mental state, she continued to look at Sol, scanning his face for some sort of reaction to what she had stated. 

"Alright." She said to herself. "I can do this!" She nearly screamed as she pulled one arm to her chest, fist closed. "Now if only... I knew what I am suppose to do here. Ehh...." She looked around quickly.  "It looks like I am in the middle of a town square..." she thought to herself. 

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"Ehhh...err.." She said as she looked at the other players, already congregating, getting to know one another. "Well..Shucks.. If I just have logged in earlier.." She said to herself. "..Or is that just my lack of trying to get to know others. " As she thought this to herself, she pulled herself in more. Head looking down at her feet.. Or foot like things.. She then clenched her fists and closed her eyes. Wishing that things would just speed up, that she would be over this bump in the road and moving faster and faster, until she reached the end.. 

Then, she felt something.. It felt like someone was watching her... Or someone; in this mass of people, noticed her. 

"Well you see young man.." She said as she turned towards him, with her left hand on her side, right hand in the air and her index finger placed up in the air like the number one. She smiled slightly as she turned her head slightly to the right and winked. 
"Uh.. might be trying too hard to make this less tense..." She thought to herself.  

"Ahem" She said as she stood straight trying to appease for her previous actions.  "I'm trying to figure out how this battling system works. I honestly, have no idea what my HP may be, and how I will be able to tell my opponents HP." 

"So I am pretty much just a giant noob when it comes to the world of SAO." 

"Ha, more than a noob, you're a complete..." She thought to herself before she swatted at her face. "UGH.... I'm my own nuisance..." she said to herself.  Realizing how strange that this may seem, Destiny turned to face Sol. 

"Sorry about that.. I can be... strange... at times. But do you think you'd be able to help me figure this stuff out..? Maybe...." She looked at the ground and kicked at it a little. "..even help me with..." She turned into herself more, embarrassed about what she was going to say. " My first battle." She said in the smallest, more quiet voice possible. 

"Yepp... You're doing it again..." "You need to man up! Stop being such a baby!" She thought to herself.

For sure for sure! 

Lemme just finish this one post that I am working on and then I'll try to figure out what you mean exactly Enjuru. ^^