Kotori

"N-no..." the girl answered with clarity as she turned to look at the boy across from her. She didn't want to trouble Oikawa with anything and she couldn't worry him with her frequent frowning so she put a small smile as she gazed at him. Sure, she was having a bit of issue with skating but that wasn't enough to do something over it. She would have to endure through the next part and maybe enjoy it. The ice rink seemed to be out of place however from the rest of the floor, something that wouldn't exist in the time period the game was trying to set although maybe it was there for another reason. Still, there was no time to be thinking about miscellaneous things such as that.

"Ah! Oh. Um. Y-Yes. I mean yes you can sit there! Not yes that I mind...sorry..."

This new person seemed to be a bit more on the awkward side of the scale of personalities, something that Kotori could say she could relate to. What an odd thought that was. Unless she was forgetting a moment, she couldn't help but feel this was the first time she actually approached another person in the hopes of talking to someone. Nonetheless, she couldn't think about that in the moment. Looking around the cafe, she focused her attention the lady in front of her. She seemed to be trying to make a conversation point by bringing up the weather. It was looking bad, although there was always  snowfall on this particular floor. "Its a bit bad, but manageable.. I was going to try to make to the teleportation gate, but decided to stay in here." she replied while looking out the window. "By the way, my name's Kotori, your's?" the girl introduced herself before requesting the lady's name. It was the very best she could do to make this entire conversation less awkward and a bit more easier to talk on both sides.

Floor four. The snowy and cold habitat that was popular among the thousands of players in Aincrad. Kotori couldn't blame it since it was a great floor to be in. Of course she couldn't stand the constant cold 24/7. It was a just a nice place to be although after spending so much time in it, she had a grown a bit tired of it. There was snow and ice and all things nice, but that was it. She had grown a liking of floor two, where she ended up putting her cafe. The forest that surrounded it was beautiful and felt like nature itself. Still, this floor wasn't bad at all so she had just taken a light trip through the frosty forest again. This was the area seldom traveled which was good for the few people who did traverse. The vast landscape allowed a variety of adventures and running to occur even though the girl hadn't come for that. 

Noises.. Odd. She had though she had been alone. It sounded like snow falling although it couldn't be an avalanche simply because of the slope of the ground where she stood. Talking. A person was nearby. She would need to keep her guard although it could always be a person lost or just walking around as well. She walked more quietly as the crunching of the snow below her foot became less and less audible. Looking around at the maze of trees around her, she kept to being quiet.

Strangeness. Oddballs. That was something that could be spotted out. They were everywhere, sometimes blending in, but they were there. A person just needed to keep an eye out of it. Instead of letting herself succumb to the exhaustion that filled the very bones of her body, Kotori was looking around the infested cafe. That was one. It had been very quiet minutes ago and not many people had occupied the place although now it was packed to the brim with people talking and doing others things with each other. Not much of a big deal and it wasn't even that bad.

She kept saw.gazing and looking at all the people, that was when her irises found themselves laying upon the weird one out. A girl, maybe a couple of years older than herself was sitting by herself with a peculiar look of worry on her face, almost to the point of anxiety. That was weird. There was no reason to be afraid of anything, save for sleep PKers. Even those were rare and would never attempt to do that in the proximity of other players. It was a safe zone and there was no way of killing a person unless two people agreed on a duel. This player look low-leveled to, she probably still had her starter gear. It reminded the raven-haired girl of herself only a few months. She had stayed to herself and hadn't even gotten past level one, although that had been her choice. Then she had met a choice select of people that had helped her out a bit and made her open up more than she had done in years. She could do the same for this person. So instead of staying seated, Kotori went over and asked a simple question. "Do you mind if I sit here?"

Boredom. Numbing boredom filled the mind of Kotori as she sat quietly in the booth she was sitting at. It was going to be another one of those days she realized as her eyes gazed the downfall of snow. She couldn't but feel that nagging feeling to get up and go outside despite the storm that might be appearing, but it was too much work to do so. The place she was in was so warm and it just felt so nice. It was around this moment that she realized she was becoming more and more sleepy although she kept a bit more alert so that she didn't become vulnerable to any sleep PKers. Still, it wouldn't hurt to take a small nap anytime soon, she was a bit tired after the long day. Maybe a quick snooze would be alright.

Kotori looked at the boy before heading off to get the skates that were needed to actually do the task, it seemed simple enough although she started to have doubts about what they were doing. At first it seemed it would be a really fun thing, but now she was having second thoughts. How much fun could a person have by sliding on ice? She didn't want to be rude at all though so she decided to get onto the ice and meet up with Oikawa. She would just try to follow what he did and hopefully not end up making a complete fool out of herself.

Kotori found herself close by to the ice rink as she came to the stop abruptly. Oikawa was having a bit of trouble catching up to her for some reason, which was odd with how fast he was going to last time the two were running. This gave her time to examine the area for what it was and the place actually looked pretty nice, although the low temperature kept her more alert since it gave a slight discomfort. Still, it wouldn't hurt to try ice skating, especially with the boy by her side helping her out. 

After entering the gate and teleporting, the raven-haired girl found herself in the magnificent place that was the fourth floor. Its dainty snowflakes that albeit cold to the touch, they were the most beautiful things to be seen. The crunchy frosty snow beneath them that cushioned her footsteps made her ecstatic. This place really was the most amazing floor in Aincrad so far, it was only necessary to do this event where they were standing. Immediately, Kotori dashed into the town itself, nodding at Oikawa to take suit. They were going to have a lot of fun in this place.

As the duo neared and neared the gate that provided the transportation needed to end up in their destination, Oikawa ended up inquiring Kotori's skills in ice skating and whether or not she minded doing the task in the first place. The last part ended up reminding her of a certain incident that occurred on the fourth floor that she and rather kept in the back of her brain. Still, that wouldn't ruin what the two were going together so she ended up responding without mentioning anything about it. 
"Urm.. Honestly, I only was able to ice skate when I got stuck in this game. I'll probably just follow your lead, so I'm fine with ice skating."

Kotori found herself being led to the teleportation gate of Urbus within seconds of grabbing Oikawa's hand, something that took her a few minutes to realize it was happening. Almost needing to run to keep up, the girl took a firm grip on his hand as to not be left behind although he wouldn't do something like that considering she was in his center of attention. It seemed that they would be going to another floor, hopefully one the she did like and not a few others floors that were distasteful. She also took good note of how he seemed to blushing furiously similar to how she was doing to just before. Maybe it was something contagious, but her face became the color of blood itself as she realized he was doing so from grabbing her hand in the first place.

(EDITING)

If you're looking for anybody else to roleplay with that isn't a guy, I'm always up here for an RP! Welcome to the site and what not, just PM me if you do want to RP together. I'll set it up.

I, (Kotori), hereby, decline and/or reject all Saltiness levels that may increase due to any amount of Col Won or lost to any person throughout the Matches. I will not hold the player (Or any player with the exception of myself) accountable for my own or someone else's ANY Earnings or losses.

Match 1 - 178 Col on Azazel

Match 2 - 178 Col on Kiru

Match 3 - 178 Col On Rebekah

Match 4 - 178 Col on Teayre
Match 5 - 178 Col on Oikawa 

Kotori found herself heading back to Oikawa's shop as she got a message stating that her weapon had been finished. It had been just a few days so it was a bit of a surprise that he had finished her order so quickly considering a lot of the time he was busy with other customers. Still, no need for him having to hold her dagger longer than she needed to. Entering the shop, she at first saw him crafting so instead of interrupting with pointless chatter, she decided to write him a note with the word "Thanks!" written on it by using a few pieces of papers lying around before grabbing her dagger and heading straight for the door. The blade would be put to good use.

+1 Savage Bite

It was became pretty obvious to Kotori as she approached the now smaller group that the girl was not okay, she wasn't just sad, she was alone and depressed. Nobody should have to go through losing friends or being abandoned, something that was just all too familiar to black-haired girl. She had experienced this though for a much more longer timespan, although the pain couldn't differ. She decided to ignore the presence of X and before saying anything, she nodded towards Ariel to acknowledge her existence. She then turned to the grieving girl and began to speak "These "friends" of yours, whoever they are and however close they were to you, if they were really your friends, why aren't they here supporting a girl like you? I know how it feels like to become lonely and have nobody to turn to at all, it was just utter misery. I made a mistake in lashing out instead at others for my unfortunate position, but you still have a chance to get your hopes back up. You just need to put on a smile and go find new people to talk to!" Kotori cheered with a slight smile on her face. "You just need to find a good group of people who will be there for you and if you'd like, that could start with me and Ariel right here! So wipe those tears away and get back up, just move on." She finished.

Kotori got up from her seat on the comfy chair that she sat as she grabbed Oikawa's hand and stood by his side. Maybe she could at least try on her part not to be so awkward and weird on what the three of them were going to do together. They were just going to have fun and that was it and there was really nothing to it. The girl took one last look at the cafe that she spent the former part of the day in and then turned back to the blonde. They were definitely going to have some fun together, for sure.

Completed

1 SP (For Each)

200 Col (For Each)

Name: Fruity Jelly

Profession: Cook

Rank: 2

Item Type: Dessert

Quality: Rare

Enhancements: +2 Alcoholic (+2DMG/-2EVA)

Description: A gelatinous creation made with various fruits that gives a delicious taste to the mouth.

ID: 19810

CD: 11

Post Link: Here

Name: Wonder Bread

Profession: Cook

Rank: 2

Item Type: Snack

Quality: Uncommon

Enhancements: +1 Alcoholic (+1DMG/-1EVA)

Description: A delicious bread with hints of grape wine that gives the user the extra strength needed to fight a foe.

ID: 19811

CD: 10

Post Link: Here

Kotori sat up quickly as she listened to the suggestion the boy had made as to what the two could do for the rest of the day. He had decided that they should actually go on a date for once and do something together. She was social somewhat, but this was the type of things that were awkward for her and made her seem different from everyone else. No, she would go along with the idea even if she had mixed feeling about it. She had decided to do so when she had messaged him to come by her shop. "Um.. s-sure." she managed to mumble before looking back down at her feet. Maybe they could have some fun today since that was pretty rare around these parts.

Kotori gave a confused look towards the direction of Teayre's with the odd feeling of her being completely different from the last time she had seen her considering her manner of speech and how she presented herself towards the group. The girl did as she told as she started to push the table she sat on towards the rest of the others although she still sat on the outskirts of the entire group. She was being strangely similar to that of an army general although she would need to be so because of the circumstances involved in the entire quest. A group of bandits would need to be stopped and that was all there was too it. Nothing else would need to be done besides that. There was another little thing that bothered the girl although it would be dealt with later. Somehow, Azazel had affected Teayre in a very negative way which was her excessive drinking to the point of no return. That would need to be stopped.

The next person to speak was the guild leader, or Ariel as she was known to Kotori. She started off by introducing herself and then describing the loss of the former bishop. "Personal ideals, my a**. She had problems with me, that's her personal ideal.." The girl thought to herself quietly as Ariel continued on and on with more details before deciding to keep to herself and just wait for Teayre's turn to speak, which would be in a few minutes considering the arrival of two more people to the group. The groups were uneven now although that would still work out even with the odd number of players. Just more people to help out on the quest. Although, Kotori knew who she was going to end up being grouped up with as Teayre spoke out with the groups for the bandit quest and she ended up proven right, she would have to prepare herself accordingly

Kotori found herself a bit more calmed down after her out lash at Azazel as she continued to fight the mutated monster that was occupying her and Teayre's time. It was odd, normally the anger would build upon each strike that she landed, but it was the complete opposite of that. Of course she was very focused and she wasn't going to make any dumb moves that would show her skill to be otherwise, but the anger that filled the hands behind the dagger was gone, almost completely. She decided to ignore her feelings and instead go on to slash at the enemy, managing to get a critical in the process. Teayre only needed to land a hit and it would die so the creature was at its last life.

Kotori: 20/23

Teayre: 59/59

Mutated Kobold: 4/32 [-5 DMG]

ID: [19901]

BD: 10 [base 3DMG + 2 Crit = 5DMG]

Looking up, the girl found herself staring right back at Oikawa as he decided to speak up and ask a question as to what they should. That made her freeze. She had no idea what they were going to do in the first place, she just decided to message him in hopes of something happening. Nothing, absolutely nothing came to her mind as she tried to think of something to so with the the blonde, but Kotori couldn't do it. Instead of wasting precious brain power in trying to figure it out, she decided to question him instead to see if he had any ideas himself as to what they could do. "Uh.. I d-don't know, whatever you want to do I guess?" she answered with no confidence whatsoever.

Kotori just sighed as she felt relief of not having to deal with glitches and mishaps within the servers of SAO, she didn't need to deal with that crap at all. Simply put, it was a beautiful feeling as she entered back into her shop as the first thing she did was fall down onto one of the chairs and lay there. She didn't feel that exhausted, but the chairs felt nice and it was only necessary to have a bit of a rest before continuing on with the day. Of course she didn't fall asleep right there and then, she didn't want to be rude and imply something towards Oikawa. She would just lay her head for a bit and then get back up, unless the boy had to go which would be extremely disappointing. 

It was another day for crafting as the girl found herself crafting another batch of miscellaneous food items to put for a sale. She had finished with one order although she would need to work on a certain's boy request for a certain food. Still, that would be put off for a little bit until she was able to actually attempt said order. Kotori found herself melting the insides of cocoa beans in the attempts of actually making some sort of snack or dessert for buyers to enjoy although her try ended in a failure as she put the mixture on the oven for way more time than was needed which ended with a poorly made item that couldn't be salvaged. Her next attempt was pretty simply as she got mixture and then baked instead of heating it up. Her previous mistake ended up repeating itself and the result came out crappier than before. Her last attempt was one of carefulness as she cracked open the beans before pouring the substance into the battered bowl she had in stock. Mixing it with a bit of milk, the amateur cook grabbed the cocoa and poured into ball shaped trays before stuffing said tray into an oven to bake. Ding. The chocolate balls were ready and they actually looked really delicious. It was somewhat of a satisfactory product so she decided to end the day there.

ID: 21112
CD: 4 (Bad) (+1 EXP)
-1 Material
Crafting 1/3 of 6/13/15

ID: 21113
CD: 3 (Fail) (+1 EXP)

-1 Material
Crafting 2/3 of 6/13/15

CD: 8 (Good) ( (+1 EXP)

-1 Material

Crafting 3/3 of 6/13/15

Kotori woke up to the sound of the door opening as she found herself faced with a customer, an actual one this time besides Oikawa just trying to help her out, she assumed. He seemed to be surveying her various products before finally choosing to settle on one that caught his eye. It was the chocolate cake she made a few days ago. Perhaps it was for a birthday party or he simply wanted it for himself, she decided to answer his request. "Luckily for you, I have one up in stock that you can buy if you want. It has a few buffs, just note that the first person to eat will have them, the cake will just be cake for everyone else that decides to take a slice." she added in to make sure that the boy knew who to give the cake first too.

Kotori found herself with the last attack against the lion that had been taking up the duo's time together and she smirked on the inside on having the chance to make the feline pay for that mistake. It had chosen to mess with her and in the end it had really chosen to be killed by her hand. Instead of her typical dash and attack manuever that she loved to use, she simply slashed at the lion's face and smiled evilly as the animal made its death call before disappearing and leaving behind loot. "Its finally dead..."

ID: 19735

LD: 15

BD: 6

Oikawa: 71/71 [H:3]

Kotori: 29/29 [H:1]

Lethal Lion: -2/36 (1 Material + 180 Col)

[base 4DMG)