Tryst

It seemed that lovely Mr. Delaney was making himself useful by assisting her in picking flowers, but sadly had no luck in the endeavor.  “I’m looking for azure blue cornflowers…” she called to him, “So if you see one, go for that.” While this was not his quest, it was incredibly sweet of him to help her out without her even asking him to do so. She stood there watching him for a moment still puzzled at the realness of his polite ways, and decided that it was just better to accept rather than question it. She went back to work sifting through the flowers. There were many cornflowers around, but none of the Azure blue variety that she’d first set her sights upon.

“Maybe I should’ve chosen a more abundant shade of the flower,” she told herself with a chuckle.

Of course Nena knew she was exactly the type to latch on to a rarity; she had impeccable taste.

31593   LD: 4

NO FLOWERS FOUND

1/3 Blue Flowers

0/1 Twigs

0/3 Boar Bristle Sets

Nena walked out of the cottage with Tristan in tow. She stepped back out into the pastoral scenery and sighed as she took in the lovely view from where she stood. In all her life she’d never seen anything like this; she’d always preferred city life. However, standing there in such a place gave her pause to wonder if there were truly places like this in the real world.  It would have been nice if she and Tristan could’ve had a roll in the field of flowers for a few hours, but there was little time for that. Nena had a job to do and she was determined to become an artisan by day’s end. With this thought in mind the young woman bounced off into the field of flowers and set to work trying to find what she needed.

First up on the list were flowers which needed to be the same type and color. It seemed simple enough; she was standing in the middle of the largest flower field she’d ever laid eyes upon. She walked through the blooms wondering what color to choose. Since her favorite color was blue, she decided to go with that. Tryst moved slowly through the tall grass as she scanned looking for the one she wanted until she came upon the loveliest azure blue cornflower. She smiled as she reached for the bloom and gently plucked it up. As luck would have it, she successfully picked the flower, and she spun it between her fingers to admire the lovely thing before adding it to her inventory. She looked up wondering where Tristan had gone off to, and gave him a wave as she spotted him not too far off from the cottage.

“One down!” she called to him. If she could just get luck four more times, this would be over with in no time.

31522     LD: 15 

Blue Flower Obtained

+1 Material

1/3 Blue Flowers

0/1 Twigs

0/3 Boar Bristle Sets

After all was said and done, Tryst and her handsome companion finally rolled out of bed and got up to do as Nena wanted to do. She had wanted to complete the Earning a Living quest; after a bit of research, she found an Artisan NPC on floor two so, the ginger pair went off to find this person.  Their search had lead them up the path to an adorable cottage nestled out of the way in the wood in the middle of a glen covered in a plethora of wild brooms in various colors and shades. To the left were several trees, the largest of them a tall pine that fluttered, its needles rustling in the gentle breeze that swept through the area.

“Pretty…” Nena said to herself as walked through the near knee deep flowers that surrounded the pair of them.  She traversed through the flowers as she looked around her finding the place entirely ridiculous and charming at the same time. It was like something ripped out of storybook.

They reached the small cottage and Tryst knocked on the door. A small voice bid them enter and the pair steppes inside. The woman was surprised at what she found inside the cottage. It was an artist’s studio… much like her apartment back home. There were things everywhere, bottles of brushes, paints, canvases, a pottery wheel, papers lining the floor of half finished sketches, things made of wire hanging from the ceiling, metal cutout strewn about here and there. Along the wall was a large bookcase housing books, more art supplies, pottery in various stages of completion and other devices and instrumentation all used for the sake of art. “Fantastic!” Nena said and smiled.

“Oh thank you,” a voice said as young girl popped out from behind a canvas. She was about Nena’s height and worse a white smock. Upon her face in and her short pink hair, red paint flecks were splattered and had dried upon her. “Are you here for an art commission?” The young woman asked.

“Oh …no, but your work is lovely,” Tryst replied with a smile.

“Awe,” the girl said slightly disappointed, “Then why are you here?”

“I actually came because I heard that you could show me how to become an artisan?” Nena said hoping her information wasn’t wrong.

“Oh… yeah!” The young girl said with a huge smile upon her little face, “I can totally do that! Umm… first you’ll need supplies! I’ll teach you to make clay trinkets! I have clay here I can give you, but you’ll need to gather a few things on your own.”

“Okay… what’s that?”  She asked curiously.

It was then a display message popped up.

<<Earning a Living>>

To earn the title of Beginner Artisan the player must gather the following supplies and bring them back to Flora:

3 -flowers of the same color and type

1 -straight twig 7-8 inches in length

3- Bristle sets from Mountain boars

 

Do you accept?

YES?     NO?

“If you bring me back these items I’ll teach you to make paint and I’ll give you a paintbrush… so how about it?”

Tryst looked at the girl and back at Tristan. He didn’t seem to have an opinion on what was going on, and it was her quest, so she decided she would do it. Nena hit “yes” and her quest had begun. She and Tristan headed back out into the fields of blooms.

“I guess I’ll start with the gathered items… they seem easy enough. “ She said to Tristan. 

“HEY!†Tryst yelled after the man as she sprinted past her. She was only a couple steps behind, but she was absolutely flustered over him getting the jump on her. The woman followed along as she caught the same sight as he: a small nepent. He pulled his blade and claimed that the kill was his, but Nena wouldn’t let him get away with that. The man attacked and knocked its health down a bit, but she was right behind him and she attacked as well.

25328

BD: 7      Tryst hits Nepent for 3 DMG

She pulled Dom, her sexy, badass Boar-spine Claymore from her sheath and brought it down upon the Nepent giving it a good thrashing, but not enough to kill the damn thing. The young woman growled but there was nothing she could do, she was about to lose the opportunity to steal the man’s kill, and that kind of sucked.

No.

It sucked a lot!

Arc      17/17

Tryst     17/17

Nepent     1/ 8

“You’re giving him to me?†Tryst said and grinned. He did not have to tell her twice; Tryst unequipped Richard and put her new bad boy in her weapon slot. “I will make sure he’s very well treated,†she was giddy over the prospect of trying out her new beast. “But he needs a name… what’s yours? I’ll call him after you since you’re the lovely man who let me touch his very impressive weapon.†Tryst grinned naughtily.

The man began to move and she began to follow. “I’m here to go kick that queen wasps’s ass and take that censored’s stinger. I kinda of got myself stuck fighting Avalanche a few weeks ago, and with a little (by which, she meant a lot) of help, we destroyed that guy. So then I took on the Nepent, and that was easy; so I’m going to see what this queen has to offer me in way of a fight.†Tryst explained. “You don’t happen to want to come with me do you? I could use a little eye candy while I kick a little ass. While checking out the hottie was on the list of things to do, having help taking down the queen would make her job a lot easier. 

Tryst grinned happily as the handsome man’s words were every bit as naughty as her own. She loved men who could keep up with her sort of play. The man then produced something he felt she might appreciate more than her precious Richard. He tossed it to her and she caught the blade in her hands. The new toy was much bigger than Richard was for sure. While it not as pretty as her great sword, Tryst could tell the weapon was a beast, and that made the BAMF sword very sexy indeed.

The petite red grabbed the hilt and set the weapon upright getting a feel for the thing. It was heavier than her sword was but she still had no trouble swinging it about as she tested it out. Yes, she could make use of a boy toy like this for sure. “I’d consider ending my affair with Richard for one like this…†she said and smiled before taking the weapon up in both hands and went to return the weapon.

"Do you have an off button?"

Tryst blinked.

Did the man really just tell her to shut up? Nena was a tad caught off guard by his comment; she bit her bottom lip and continued to walk along quietly, until he opened his big fat mouth and told her he was going to get to the Nepant first.

“At least I’d actually kill it…†she snipped at his final remark. Tryst was dead set against letting this guy get what he wanted and so the small woman began to sprint down the path past the man and started her search for what she was looking for. She would kill the Nepant first over and over again making sure he never got what he was looking for. It was just her way of paying him back for all the things he said.

“Nuuhhh,†Nena shook her head,†Yeah… I’m jacked in… but that didn’t jack me up. Just because you can’t handle the reality of being here, doesn’t excuse you to losing yourself to a game.  Grow a pair and be a real man,†she said wickedly, teasing the dork.

He continued to explain why others would follow the rabbit down the whole and why they all started nibbling on treats that said “eat me†but that didn’t excuse anything as far as the young woman was concerned.

“What the censored is so traumatic about this? You losers are living your wet hot fantasy of playing hero all day, every day until we get the censored out of here! I would think you all would find this paradise.†She paused reflecting her words,†Oh… it’s the death game thing right? We’re all going to censored die… it is inevitable. If my headstone says I did it while censored some dragon’s censored then why the censored not? It’s better than dying in my sleep with I’m a saggy tired old censored.â€

He spoke his vile words and once more she grimaced. “Society was built upon a lie. I don’t know who this Akihiko is but I’ve made no agreement to bow my knee to him or any self proclaim deity.â€

The man tried to excuse himself from her but Nena would have none of that. “I’m sorry. I’m about to go censored that Nepent’s censored upso you can just censored wait your censored turn. I’m all out of patience for you, nerd.â€

Tryst smiled widely as the man laughed heartily and reciprocated in her playful banter. Such commentary only meant that the man enjoyed the attention enough to return her quips. Step one in engaging her target was successful.

"You want to handle this bad boy?â€

“Oh yes, very much so,†she replied eagerly.

“Mm I don't think you can even get your hands around this monster of mine."

“Oh I assure I can handle anything you’re packing,†she said with a wicked grin. He returned her smile. Others stared at them for their playful words as they went along, but Tryst could hardly care. the man was fun and she was enjoying the game.

"I'm surprised that blade doesn't put you on your knees on a daily basis."

“Richard?†She said pulling her greatsword from her sheath. “Hardly, he’s a good boy and submits to me. “ Nena laughed, “I work him very hard and in return he gets to draw blood. We’re in a rather committed relationship,†she said as she put her blade away. 

“No… I’m like… still me… but like in Wonderland or something. How the hell do you just forget you’re you?†She stared at the man rather puzzled by his words. “I don’t have existential crises; I always know exactly who I am all the time… only weak minds would find this difficult to deal with.†She said with a smirk. Just because she was a drunken party girl did not make Sienna Boucher stupid, she was far from it.

He shrugged and her brows knitted together rather annoyed by his stupidity or indifference, she could not yet tell which he suffered from as she’d only been speaking to him for a moment. This was a game. While she was connected to it, there were many things that she knew that made it Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. She was here in Aincrad and yet, and seeing the shadows. Reality did not have status bars and character menus.

The man rambled and driveled upon her but Nena was having none of what he was serving. “So you’re telling me I’m trapped in the land of jackass with nothing but a bunch of preprogrammed ‘people’ “ Nena air quoted at her last word, “ for company? What kind of censored up koolaid have you been drinking, sir?â€

Tryst gave the man the eye as he opened his mouth and began to stumble around with his words. He finally agreed and the pretty woman patted his cheek firmly as she grinned.

 â€œGood boy…†she said and smiled.

Tryst didn’t often get rejected so she was glad to keep her rather stellar record intact. Nena was carried off the field and was being taken somewhere to rest and warm up.

All in all it wasn’t a bad adventure.

THREAD COMPLETE

The Players have earned the following:

TRYST

200 Col

4 SP

Snowfrost

TRISTAN

200 Col

1 SP

Snowfrost

“Any daaaaaay now,†Nena complained a she stood in the doorway of the hut waiting for her turn to accept a quest.

Sienna Boucher, also known as Tryst had been a beast when it had come to completing missions on SAO. Granted she’d only managed to get to level five, but she really only had started getting into thing in the past few weeks. After having found herself in danger on the fourth floor with a quest boss, Tryst had decided to put some serious work into leveling so she could keep being a badass and killing all the censored.

There was just one problem with this:

Dorks.

There were dorks, dorks everywhere.

They were the general population of said game and it was a little bit unnerving for the pretty redhead. Many of them were totally into playing a character, but not Tryst, no, Nena just wanted to hack censored up, kick censored, and get the censored home. Not ever having played a role playing game in her life, she did not understand the painstaking efforts the creators of Sword Art Online went through to make such a rich and elaborate storyline. Had she realized any of it, she might have understood what all the dorks were so hot about; but she’d didn’t so instead she would watch each of them with a scowl and impatient tap of her foot while he played along with the NPC’s quest story.

Fifteen minutes she waited before the tall man finally finished with the NPC and pushed past the small woman before heading out. It was Tryst’s turn. The girl skipped over to the NPC who immeditat3ly began his song and dance again. She clicked her tongue and stamped her foot. “Why isn’t there an option to fast forward speech like in other games,†she complained a loud. She gave replies when appropriate so the old man would continue to talk and after about another ten minutes of nonsense she finally came to the last prompt before quest acceptance.

“Of course I’ll take your damn quest…that’s why I came here GAH!†she huffed as a screen finally appeared and she hit the accept button. “FINALLY!†she sighed as she burst from the house and back into the daylight she was losing.

The young woman spotted the man before her walking down the path and she jogged after him.

“Hey!†she called out to him as she caught up and walked beside him.

“Umm… back there… do you actually think you’re playing some kind of character or something? I saw you playing along with the NPC… do you always do that?†She asked him curiously.

He was obviously one of “the dorksâ€â€¦ so he ought to have some answers for her.

After having taken on Avalanche, Nena saw herself as a badass. Granted, that hottie Tristan had been there and he had done most of the heavy lifting in that fight, but she had been there fighting as well and she lived to tell about it which made her no less triumphant. Tryst loved battle; she was rather blood lusty and wanted nothing more to find more fights like the one she had with the enormous block of ice. When she found out there were other quest bosses on different floors the young woman raced off to find them.

Tryst found herself thumbing through her newb guide as she strolled along the second floor. According to the guide there was a giant wasp with thirty hit points that would spawn in a field of wind wasps after slaughtering a few of them. “Not a problem,†she said as she gave Richard a pat. Ever since she’d received her greatsword, the tiny woman had grown even cockier than before.

That was until she saw it:

The sexiest piece of hot metal strapped onto the back of one tall drink of water.

Nena’s eyes followed as the man breezed past her with great strides and she turned about to watch the smooth figure walk away. Without a thought Tryst turned right around and began to follow the super sexy sword and the super sexy man it belonged to. The pretty red quickened her pace, finding the need to catch up to the man and his weapon. Her small feet softly padded against the stonepath until she caught up and found herself walking infront of the man backwards. She strained to look up at him and smiled rather naughtily.

“I want to touch it….†She grinned widely as she prepared her words.

“Let me touch your huge sword,†she purred.

Tryst pulled back and smiled finding the man’s face rather red after she’d kissed him. She meant to poke fun at him for it but he spoke before she could. Tryst brushes her fingertips over Tristan’s lips as he spoke and smiled naughtily, “Why don’t you take me home with you so you can warm me up and I can further show you my deep appreciation for your coming to my rescue.† The petite cutie leaned in and nipped Tristan’s bottom lip playfully as she waiting for an answer. “You cannot say no to this,†she said shaking her head. 

Tristan moved in and smashed the block of ice, driving his spear into the chest of the thing and it crumbled away into thousands of tiny crystals before pixilating and disappearing into nothingness. Tryst felt herself swoon from exhaustion but Tristan caught her and kept her upright.

“We did it,†he said. Tryst rested her back against his chest as she looked up at him upside down above her. “We did,†she smiled in return.

The young woman turned around and jumped up on the man wrapping her legs about his waist and quickly pressed her lips to his before he could even protest over what she was doing.  Her fingers curled themselves into his hair and she hugged onto Tristan tightly as she gave him a rather long, deep kiss.

I will take this quest partied with Arc

21679

BD: 10 (+2 crit +1 ws dmg)

Tristan hit the iceman and brought its health down so much so that its health was near gone. Tryst’s eyes got wide and the young woman smirked as she followed hi attack with one of her own, smashing off a large chunk of ice.  Its health fell away to all but gone.  Only a tiny tick of health remained. Tryst sighed heavily; she’d hopes she’d have killed the thing off but despite her powerful hit, she was simply not strong enough to wield Richard.

Tristan 56/57 Hate: 20
Tryst 9/9 Hate: 5
Avalanche 2/50 

Taking this on with Ssendom!

21108

BD:4

Tryst swung again but she missed her attack once more. If she could feel pain, she knew every muscle and sinew would ache immeasurably. Had this been the real world, her body would’ve given out already. By all stretch of the imagination, Nena would’ve never been able to control weapon like Richard, let alone have the actual strength to life it. At this rate, she was never going to get to the pretty red headed man naked.

Tristan 57/57 Hate: 17
Tryst 9/9 Hate: 5
Avalanche 15/50

21099

BD: 6 (+1 WS DMG) 2 PTS DMG

Bringing her blade from overhead, Nena hacked off another chip of ice. Once more the counter ticked down only a hair. “This is taking so long!†she loudly complained in much the same manner as the man had only moments before. She couldn’t help it though… she didn’t have a full set of gear, an amazing shield or a fancy weapon to help her along, so she felt validated in her complaining. Looking over at her companion he was also having trouble. Maybe his abilities took more of his will and energy than she’d previously thought. She’d just have to try harder, for both their sakes.

Tristan 57/57 Hate: 15
Tryst 9/9 Hate: 5
Avalanche 19/50

That was more like it.

It seemed that all the hottie needed was a little reassurance. She wondered if the prospect of getting laid would light a fire under his behind and get him to move on killing the thing a little more quickly.  She smirked thinking that if he didn’t keep things on the up and up she’d use this as a form of encouragement.

21097

Bd: 4

Another miss!

The pretty red was wearing out. Richard was still rather heavy and a bit cumbersome for the petite slip of a woman she was. She dropped her arms and panted. “No….can’t give up yet,†she told herself and readied for her next attack.

Tristan 57/57 Hate: 15
Tryst 9/9 Hate: 5
Avalanche 21/50

Nena raised an eyebrow at the cutie.

Did he seriously just complain about their predicament? She seriously hoped that he wasn’t whining about keeping the damn thing at bay. He was the one who volunteered his services; she didn’t ask for his help. “I’m sure it’d go faster if you …I don’t know… tried hitting it or something. You’ve got a badass pointy thing… why don’t you put it to good use?†The girl growled.

Tryst swung her blade again rather annoyed; she hit the crystalline creature again and sent more shards of ice flying, and more of the mob’s life dwindling. It wasn’t fast work by any means, she simply wasn’t strong enough to make quick work of the enemy.

21092

BD: 7 (+1 ws dmg) 2 PTS DMG

Tristan 57/57 Hate: 13

Tryst 9/9 Hate: 5

Avalanche 27/50

With the man around, Tryst felt safe. He was able to both attack and defend against the creature, and not take a single hit of damage to himself. It was a little bit ridiculous and a whole lot of hot damn sexy! The little red took a second to imagine what he might look like sans armor. She shuttered in delight and took a deep breath; it was so worth the moment that it took. Oh yes! So worth it. Nena knew that she was just going to have to really see for herself once the fight as done.  

But first, this giant ice man was going to have to die to she could get her mack on!

21011

BD: 10 (+1 ws dmg +2 crit) 4 PTS DMG

The little red rushed in to attack once more trashing her blade toward the ice mob and landed a rather harsh blow sending chunks of ice flying. The young woman was rather serious. Now that she had a goal in mind (seeing Tristan wearing nothing but a smile for her), there was censored that needed to get done in order to achieve her desire. She watched the health meter drop a bit more and smiled as she knew it wouldn’t be long.

Tristan 57/57 Hate: 9

Tryst 9/9 Hate: 4

Avalanche 29/50

» Roleplays

ARC I: In The Beginning

 

[Private] Floor 1: So Here We Are  - Completed (earned: 1 sp, 200 col, 1 mat)

[Private] Floor 4: Melting Monsters and Self Restraint - Completed (earned: 4 sp, 200 col, Snowfrost)

[Private] Floor 1: On a Rampage - In Progress

[Private] Floor 2: Long Live the Queen - In Progress

[Private] Floor 1: Secret Medicine of the Forest - In Progress

[Private] Floor2: Performing in Unconventional Ways (UR)- Completed (earned: 1 SP, 400 Col)

[Private] Floor 2: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/8502-ppf2-ärt-ˌwərkz-earning-a-living-tristan/ - In progress

 

 

 

Her companion came over to make sure she was alright, but Tryst was doing so great. If she were any higher, she’d be floating off the ground. “I love this! This is soo amazing!†He gave her a half hug and she threw her arms around his neck celebrating her win. He told her they were going to kill more things and the woman dropped her arms and jumped with glee.

“YESSSS!!!! Let’s go!†She said as she whisked Richard off to go kill all the things!

ROLEPLAY COMPLETE!

Each Player has earned the following:

ESCHER: 1 Skill Point, 200 Col, 1 Material

TRYST:    1 Skill Point, 200 Col, 1 Material