Jevi

Jevi sighed, ~"Im sorry to hear that. Must've been rough."  Jevi tried to think back to any situations she could share.. she figured she would keep them to herself. She didn't want to upset the girl, or herself. ~"Well, it was his loss." she placed her hand on Shaya's shoulder and smirked. As she held her hand there, she looked down and noticed Shaya's fist was clenched. Seemed like there was more to this story than Shaya was letting on, probably best not to press it. It was then that the tension released, and Shaya turned to Jevi. 

~"H-Huh? Bad to show off..?" Jevi placed her hands on her hips and cocked her head slightly in question. ~"Hm.. I guess it could be bad if its taken overboard... But I always figured, if you have it.. you might as well flaunt it." she gave Shaya a smile. ~"In all honesty, when I was younger.. I envied girls with that mindset.. trying to get everyone's love and attention. I guess that was just me being jealous and wanting people to care for me as well." She quickly brought her hands up, waving them in front of her. ~" D-Don't think that I don't like you or anything! You're really nice and I'm sure you deserve everyone's love!" she felt like she was just babbling on now.

The only one who ever called Jevi 'pretty' was her father. Anyone else either didn't think so or used more derogatory terms when trying to get into her pants. She looked up at Shaya, who was now spinning to make her dress flare out. She gave the girl a soft genuine smile, ~"Thank you, Shaya. That actually means a lot.." She stood up and stretched her arms, ~"But, I don't think you'll catch me in a dress anytime soon." 

Jevi scoffed when Shaya mentioned boys having their opinions of them, she did not care what guys thought of her. They never cared to see how she felt anyway. She crossed her arms and looked at her friend again, ~"Yeah, I'm sure that would get guy's jaws to drop. I wouldn't really know. Guys never took much of an interest in me in that way. The nice way at least.. " She stopped herself before going any further, thinking about all of the bad things on the outside were bringing back bad memories, and she knew if she continued, she would probably end up crying on this girl's shoulder, spilling her life story. And she didn't want to do that.

Jevi thought about it for a minute for something like that never occurred to her. Honestly, in the real world.. she did not own too many outfits.. just enough to get her by. But she could understand where the girl was coming from. ~"I've never even bothered to check how much clothes cost here, but I'm sure I could take your word for it." She looked down at her own choice of attire, which was a little more intricate than Shaya's. It consisted of an orange karategi top and black pants, separated by a tan cloth belt. She also had a scarf, arm and leg warmers of the same color and material. She did not mind her starter clothes honestly.. but she knew in time it would have to change. 

When she asked if Jevi thought she looked alright, she gave the girl a quick look up and down at her outfit. She then smirked when she met her eyes again, ~"Well, first time I'm meeting you. So you look fine to me. Im not much of a girly-girl or pretty like you.. so I probably wouldn't be able to pull off a dress like you can" she scratched at her arm again. 

Jevi watched as the girl examined her map.. and then admitted she forgot where she was going. Jevi felt a slight smile cross her lips and a giggle escaped her lips, to which Jevi's eyes widened for a moment. She just smiled? and laughed? ..that was new. She had not done either of those things in a long time.. Maybe this game and meeting new people was starting to change her for the good. When Shaya asked where Jevi was going, she scratched the back of her head, ~"Like I said, I was trying to fight a boar before.. but that didn't work out too well. So I have nothing on my agenda now." She turned back to the girl and shrugged. 

What was she doing out here? Why would she travel into the woods on her own? 

Jevi had heard in town that certain materials used for crafting in the different professions could be sold for some Col to other players. So she decided that would be her best bet to finally begin making her way in this game. As she left The Starter City, she scanned the rolling hills surrounding the settlement. It didn't look like there was much to gather from this area. Her eyes then shifted to the tree-filled area off in the distance. Surely there had to be some sort of materials to collect there. Jevi began her careful stride through the fields, avoiding any confrontation with surrounding mobs.

Jevi was able to make it to the woods unharmed by any of the boars in the area. She let out a relieved sigh as she began to walk around the trees, looking for anything that looked collectable. Upon turning the corner around a tree with a very large trunk, she noticed a boy fighting off a wolf. Jevi grit her teeth and reached her hand behind her back, clenching at the handle of her scimitar. What was she doing? She didn't know this kid, why should she get herself killed trying to save some random person she met in the woods. It was then he looked over his shoulder with a smile, asking for her help. She gave the guy a quick glare, reluctant to help him. It was then something came over her, and she sprung into action. She pulled the long curved sword from her waist and stepped up next to the boy, holding it in her hands. She began to sweat looking at the wolf, she had never seen one of these creatures before in Aincrad. 

Jevi nodded as Shaya sympathized with Jevi's encounter with the boar. She tilted her head slightly when she mentioned what she herself was afraid of, ~"Sure, go for it." After a short pause, Shaya revealed what her fears were. Heights and water? Thats not too bad.. Shes heard of worse for sure. Jevi shrugged her shoulders, ~"Nothing to be ashamed of honestly." Then she watched as the girl gave a rude gesture to some boars off in the distance. ~"So, Shaya, where were you headed to anyway?"

Jevi clenched her fist a little bit before letting her knees fall towards Shaya and her torso turned towards the girl as well. ~"Really.. im alright. No no, you're not frightening me." she spoke sincerely to the girl, something she really did not find herself doing very often, "I'm just usually, not very good with people is all" she scratched at her bicep. The girl was seemingly very kind towards her, which kept from Jevi's attitude and ill temper from coming out. As the girl moved closer, Jevi kept her place this time. It was not that she was scared of people or was uncomfortable when people tried to talk to her, its just that she lived a life of people usually bullying her and she did not have many real friends.. so this was all new to her, people being kind that is. 

Jevi's yellow eyes looked into the girl's as she held out the bottle of water. She nodded and gently took hold of the bottle, ~"Thanks." She popped the cap off of the bottle and took a small sip, which soon turned into a much larger sip. She let out a relieved sigh, wiping any excess water from her lip. ~"I...er.." she bit her lip, and then looked a bit ashamed, ~"I was.. running from one of the boars around The Starter City... I'm.. not really good at fighting yet. And I thought it was gonna kill me."

Jevi's breathing had calmed mostly. The girl sat down next to her, which Jevi did not expect. As she settled into her new seat, Jevi subtly moved over a bit away from the girl. She pulled her knees in towards her chest and placed her hands on her thighs. She continued to look down at her hands, ~"I'm alright.." she spoke softly, "And my name is Jevi." she shot a quick glance over at the girl as she spoke her name, but then returned her glance towards the ground. Jevi was not one to be able to make small talk easily, since she did not have any friends to do so with. 

Jevi learned that boars were pretty fast, the hard way. Finally trying to overcome her fear of death, Jevi decided to venture out into the fields beyond The Starter City in an attempt to dirst her scimitar with battle. However, she figured out soon after she really was not ready for that, and the boar gain the upper hand over her. So Jevi ran from the boar, opposite from the town of beginnings. She thought if she ran back to town, other players would see her and laugh.. and that would hurt her pride more than anything. So she ran as fast as she could, the sound of pounding hooves and snorts coming from not far behind her. Jevi thought that this was it, that she was not going to make it out of this one. However, after running quite far from where she began, the boar turned back around.. no longer pursuing her. Maybe she ran far enough out of its attacking range..? If that was sort of a thing in this game. She found herself far from The Starter City on a road that seemed to connect another First Floor Town. A tree on the side of the path provided shade for Jevi to rest under. She slid her sword back into its place on the back of her waist and plopped down at the base of the tree, breathing heavily. She shook her head and looked towards the path. She noticed a girl was walking her way, with a small box opened in front of her.. looked like a map almost. Jevi took a long sigh when she figured the girl was no threat to her and hoped she did not notice her retreat from the boar. 

Jevi's eyes shifted upward to look at the figure who had approached her. She did not need to lift her head up the rest of the way much, for the boy was shorter than her. She raised an eyebrow as she looked at him, ~"..Hello. Can I help you..?" she spoke to the boy softly with not much happiness behind it. It was then she noticed the boy's outstretched hand, so he must have been introducing himself. He must be wanting to meet a new friend.. but why her? She was not someone who made friends very easily. She stood there for a moment before slowly raising her own hand to the boy's, something she did not do very often, and shook it. 

A slight scowl crossed her lips as she closed the door to the shop behind her. "How the hell is a girl supposed to make money around here if none of these places have any work to give" she forcefully crossed her arms as she stepped off the small, single stair leading to the entrance of the merchant's business. In the real world, Alex never played many video games, at least not any intricate MMO's like Sword Art Online. If she ever played one, it was probably just some mindless shooting or fighting game that she would barely get to try while at a guy's house... she usually never got to enjoy one since said guys usually had other intent. She shook her head, trying not to think about those times. 

Her feet began to hurt from walking around all day trying to find work. A rest is what she needed, despite her hard head telling her to keep going. She found a bench nearby which sat under a tree and across from a small fountain. She had to admit, it was quite a perfect spot and was surprised it was not taken by anyone already. She let out a grunt as her body slumped into the bench, instantly feeling relief from walking around all day. Jevi reached into her pouch and pulled out a small roll of bread. She raised an eyebrow, it was not one of the most.. appetizing .. things shes ever seen, but whats to expect from something they give you at the start of the game. She took a small bite out of the bread and shrugged, wasn't the worst thing she had ever eaten. 

Jevi then heard the sound of boots walking in her direction. Upon looking up at the two, they stood in front of her.. not looking too happy. "Hey you, this is my spot.. beat it." Jevi's eyes moved from the two players standing over him, one male and one female, back to her bread as she ignored the man. Suddenly, a gloved hand interrupted her eating as the man grabbed her roll and threw it into the fountain behind him. ~"I was eating that." Jevi glared coldly at the two standing over her with her arms crossed, refusing to stand up, while the others argued back at her.

Patrolling around the outer gates of The Starter City was a taller, dark skinned girl. She circled the city slowly, just inside of the safe zone so she would not initiate any combat with the boars in the surrounding fields. Jevi was still low level.. Very low level. This was her first time even coming out this far, but she did not want to let anyone know that. She glanced out at the rolling grasslands from time to time, wondering if she would be able to take on any of those mobs herself. Whenever a player walked by, she would switch her curious gaze to that of a confident glare, as if to not let on that she was fresh to this game. 

She must have circled the entire city already, for there were some faces she was beginning to see more than once. She eventually gave up her stride and leaned against one of the towering walls of The Starter City. She let out a light sigh and looked at the ground, her purple locks shifting to the front of her face.~"I really need to stop being so worried about trying my hand at fighting..." She spoke softly to herself, hoping that no other players around her would be able to hear her true thoughts.

Jevi placed her palm on her cheek again, where the man had struck her, while looking at the floor. The look of anger in her face had been replaced with one of embarrassment. You're really not going to make any friend like that Alex.. come on now.. She was too busy thinking to herself, she had not even noticed the newcomer stepping into the group, apparently a friend of Golden's, referring to checking on her status as 'babysitting' .. and good thing she didn't hear it, or else that attitude would come back very quickly. Her eyes then moved up to the one who referred to himself as Nel.  ~"I-Its fine. I'm sorry for that outburst..No, Golden here came over to see if I was alright." Despite the sudden change in her mood to be a little bit kinder, Jevi still did not manage to crack a smile. It honestly took a lot to see a genuine one of those from her, ~"I'm Jevi, and I'm alright just... tried to bite off more than I could chew." 

Without turning her head upwards, Jevi's eyes moved to the boy standing over him. She lowered her scowl and merely looked at him. Honestly, she felt weak at the moment.. and someone offering to help her up made her feel even weaker. Taking a sharp breath in through her nostrils, Jevi stood up.. not using the boy's hand for support. She looked at him again and crossed her arms, gazing the opposite direction.

~"I know that there are benches.. I can see them right over there. I just.. wanted to sit on the ground is all.."

She brought a fist up to her face, rubbing the cheek where she had been smacked. It stung, even took a chunk out of her health bar. The humiliation was worse though, all she tried to do was stick up for the girl. As she stared thinking, the boy introduced himself. Her eyes slowly came back to his, with a cold look in them.

~".. Jevi"

She then heard the approach of a third player, to which she let out a sigh. Of course this would cause attention.. That was the last thing she wanted, to be the center of attention. Being she was involved in a small confrontation on the first floor, she was not surprised however that people did notice and come up to her. The new player, upon showing up, nearly ran into the two of them, looking like he was in a hurry of some sorts. Jevi furrowed her eyebrows and glared at the new guy.

~"Hmph.. You should watch where you're going next time, or there will be an event.."

Her fist was clenched as she looked at the guy who almost toppled into her. After a moment, she released the tension and let out her breath. Seemed like the guy was looking for an event or something.. and he looked lower leveled as she did, so she could understand his excitement. Jevi could not blame him for running through the streets without looking.

~"Hm.. So this is Sword Art Online eh?"

The girl, clad in an orange shirt and black pants with a curved scimitar on her waist, stood with hands on her hips, gazing around at the scene that was the plaza in The Beginning City. It was in this same spot where Kayaba Akihiko revealed that all of the current players were going to be stuck here in this world until someone beat the game. She crossed her arms and scoffed,

 ~ "Beats the hell hole I call home at least.."

Where she was from, back in the real world, things weren't going very well. They never were in fact.. Thats why Alex.. well, Jevi now.. was looking forward to this game, to have an escape from it all. Well.. looks like she won a one way ticket out into this.. 'escape.' She decided only thing she could do now was live her life here, in Aincrad. Uncrossing her arms, she decided to slowly stroll around the plaze, looking for something to do. 

Behind her, Jevi suddenly heard the voices of three players. From what she could pick up, it sounded like the two male players were harassing a female player. Jevi closed her eyes and bit her cheek, she didn't want to get involved with those punks. It was when she heard the girl choking up on her words that caused Jevi to spring into action. She spun around quickly and stormed over to the players, a determined glare in her eye.

~"Hey. You punks. Why don't you leave the poor girl alone.."

Their reaction only made Jevi angrier, when they just started to laugh in her face. She growled and stepped forward, meeting them men in the eyes. As she opened her mouth to say another word to them, the larger of the men brought up his open palm, smacking Jevi across the face. The shock sent her tumbling into the ground as the men belted out in laughter. The other man then grabbed the smaller girl by the arm and the three walked away.  Jevi could only sit there on the ground, defeated.. scowling that she could not do more..

Jevi
Alexandria Mekhal

Age: 20 > 22 | September 2
Gender: Female 
Orientation: Bisexual
Height: 5'9"
Ethnicity: Egyptian

Some people are lucky to live an easy life. They may even say their life is "boring" or has no purpose. To Alex, those who live a life like that are privileged. As you could probably guess, her life did not play out this way. 

Alexandria Mekhal grew up in a pretty nasty part of town on the Eastern side of the United States. Just outside of New York to be exact. Throughout most of her life, Alex was raised by her father.. for her mother passed away a couple years after she was born. Some form of cancer... she doesn't remember. She was too young to remember and never really asked her dad about it. He put her through whatever school he could get her into. It may not have been the best school in the city, not even close in that matter, but she got the education she needed to get along in life. After that she managed to get into high school, with a scholarship even. Alex never found herself to be much of a girly-girl like all of the others in her high school. For those at the school she was attending, this was a little abnormal. Alex was teased and even bullied by both guys and girls in her school.. but that did not drag her down. She managed to keep her head up high.

Alex's father tried to give her the best life she could have, and in her eyes, he succeeded. To Alex, her father was everything to her. That was, until she lost him as well. It was not anywhere near the time her mother died.. no.. it was quite awhile later. Alex was already 15 when she was called out of class during school one morning. She will never forget what they told her when she got to the office. Her father crashed his car on his way to work, the impact killing him instantly. This is when Alex's life changed. She was placed under foster care, yet still attending the same school. Her grades were not as exceptional as they once were, and she did less and less to support herself from being bullied.

Alex's trust for others grew less and less over the years. The point of no return, of course, was after one terrible day with someone she thought she could call a friend. It was late into her junior year of high school, making her a couple months shy of 18. If there was one person who Alex felt she could rely on as a friend, it was a boy named Oli. He was always a bit kind to Alex, and was always there for her whenever she needed a shoulder to cry on. That friendship lasted for awhile, until that one day. Out of the blue, Oli asked Alex to hang out with him. Being his friend, Alex accepted. Little did she know what he had in store for her at his house. With just a little drug slipped into a simple cup of soda, Alex was out cold. One does not need much of an imagination to know what happened to her next. And after that day, Alex's trust for others was gone.. especially in guys.

After graduating high school, Alex did not bother trying to get into college. She would not have been able to afford it herself, despite being left with her father's savings. So she managed to get a small part time job somewhere to help keep an income, and purchased a small apartment in the next town over from where she grew up. Alex was not sure what to do with her life at this moment, and she needed something to distract her. After a couple of years of living on her own, she heard of a game coming out.. known as "Sword Art Online" which used a virtual reality headset to place you in another world. She figured this could be her distraction.. a home away from the madness. Alex signed up for the game right away.

The day the game came out, Alex made sure she was one of the first in line at the local game store to pick it up. She had not been this excited for something in awhile. After finally getting into the store and picking up her copy of the game, she hurried home. Sadly, she missed the bus.. but the walk was not that bad, so she decided to do that. While walking home, Alex was confronted by a hooded man, who pulled a knife out on her. Trying not to get herself killed, Alex gave up the game to the mugger. Feeling defeated with tears in her eyes, Alex knew that she could not let this opportunity for something to take her mind off of the horrors of this world.. So she ran all the way back to the store where she picked up SAO. After a long conversation with the store's manager.. explaining what happened and begging for help, the man decided to pull some strings and give her another copy of the game. The all so grateful Alex safely made her way home, where she soon would learn that her distraction form a terrifying world, would become even more horrifying than she could imagine. 

-Virtues-

>> Strong-Willed: Going through all she did in the real world and everything she did to fight with it, Alex's determination and drive are very strong. She will always make sure that no one gets in her way, despite whether they want to help or not. 

>> Heroic: Alex will always stand up and fight against anyone who puts down another. Being bullied for years of her life, Alex was always was afraid of getting hurt and used to merely let it not bother her. However, in the world of SAO, Alex feels much more confident and stronger, so she feels that she must make up for what she lacked in the past. 

>> Straight Forward: One does not need to beat around the bush with Alex, nor does she do the same. She will almost always tell it how it is to someone, whether it be good or bad. And if you have something you need to tell her, you'd better get straight to the point, especially if she finds you annoying. 

>>Kind Hearted: Knowing she needs to show a strong attitude towards others, this is usually something that Alex keeps to herself. However,  she really does have a kind heart and it shows during certain times when people have earned it. She also always appreciates what people do for her, despite whether or not she shows it or not. 

-Flaws-

>> Ill-Tempered: Being her life was not all sunshines and rainbows, Alex does not take very kindly to some people. This does not mean she cannot make friends or actually be nice to people. But most of the time, it may take a lot to get there. She can be very foul towards people that push her the wrong way. 

>> Emotional: Though it would take a lot of trust to get her to admit it.. Alex is a very emotional girl. Sometimes, all of the horrible things that have happened to her rush back into her mind, causing her to break down. This could either lash out in sadness or anger, depending on the situation. Usually, when with others, her angry side will lash out. It is only when she is alone or feeling vulnerable that she may break down in tears in front of someone. 

>> Reluctant: Most of the time, Alex could be quite reluctant to help others. Since no one was ever there for her in her life, why should she be there for them. This is a different story for when she feels someone being taken advantage of needs a hand. Other than that, however, she tend's to keep out of other people's business. She may be one to open up to assisting friends however. This also goes with asking for help as well.

>> Scared: Under Jevi's hard willed facade and attitude, she is terrified of what is to come in her adventures in Aincrad. She will avoid admitting it, and avoids combat as much as possible to avoid dying. Despite liking the world SAO has to give much more than her own home in the real world, she does not want to make this game her grave. 

-Profession- 

Blacksmith (Rk. 4)
{F5} Amorous Armors and Armaments (PKers Allowed) 

-Spreadsheet-

-Relationships-

Shaya 

Grave 

Glory 

Opal

Ruby

Jomei

Telrenya

Spencer

Minako

-Current RolePlays-

[F24- PP] Companionship (Oscar) <<Date Night>>