Shizua

Shizua nodded and entered, saying "Thank you." to Macradon as she did. When the two sat and the waiter was summoned, she ordered first. "Um.. Just a water and whatever is your most popular." She said, not really minding what it was she was going to eat tonight. She reached a hand up to push her glasses into place and motion to the one sitting across from her. "You're up."

"Mhm..." Shizua responded to Macradon, looking for a space, a spot, a table, in any of the restaurants. "Yeah, it gets pretty busy on the first floor.. Pretty much anything that exists in the real world exists in SAO, I've heard... Even the... less favorable jobs.." She said, feeling a bit weird on this subject. "Anyway, uh..." She looked to a restaurant that had a few open seats inside. "..What about there..? It looks pretty nice.."

"Well... I would assume we should just start walking down the more populated streets, right...? A lot of people eat at this time..." She said, her eyes once again closing, and her arms stretching upward as a long, drawn out yawn forced it's way out of her mouth. "Nn... sorry..." She apologized yet again, reaching up to rub her eyes. "Sorry.. sorry..." Shizua walked over with Macradon to a somewhat busy looking street. "Mn... could be something down this way."

Looks like I didn't see this thread-- I'm in, if you'll have me.

A soft smile came to Shizua's lips, and she nodded. "Well, from a monetary standpoint, I would think it'd be much more profitable to cater to the frontliners.. Still, it's your choice. I'm sure you and your shop'll end up great." She said, giving a nod to show her approval. After Ayumu gave her second question, Shizua became a bit surprised. "You'd... like me as company..?" She asked, this being the first real time somebody had asked her to hang out or be with them other than hunting. "Well... I'd love to. I'm just kind of... wandering around, seeing what I can find... But other than that, I'm free, so yeah~!" She said, her smile turning into a full grin. "What would you like to do?"

"Wow... That's.. messed up." She said, frankly. The young girl then closed her eyes for a moment, before letting out a long, drawn out yawn. "E- er... sorry about that.." She whimpered for a moment, before shaking her head. "U- uhm.. I'm sorry, I don't really know any good places to eat, sadly.. I just got here today.. and I've been hunting ever since..." She said, letting out a short sigh. "But... there's nothing stopping us from looking, right?" Shizua's face gained a sort of spark of energy. "I'm sure there's something good around here, right? There's a bunch of people on the first floor, so... I'd say someone's got something that tastes nice." She said, thinking for a moment about how strange it was that you could determine the quality of taste in a game. How much data would be needed to simulate it was mind-boggling.

"Hm..? Right.. dangerous.." She nodded slowly, looking to the man's face. "Nice to meet you, Macradon.." She said plainly, her voice still sounding a bit groggy, as she was still quite tired. "Haven't there been... people killing other people in their sleep..?" She asked, thinking back to a couple of people she had heard in a tavern in the Town of Beginnings. "It's... really weird to think about... Sleep PKers.. Er- anyway.. Sure. I'd love to get something to eat.." She said, looking at the man.

Shizua nodded slowly, listening to the information about what Ayumu had been up to since they last met. "...Hm.. I see... I haven't done any quests yet, so I don't have the foggiest idea what I'd wanna do.." She said, a frown playing onto her lips for a few moments, before returning to a small smile. "Um... me.. Hm.." She thought for a moment. "I... haven't really done much, to be honest... Just sorta... moped around." She said, sighing. "Just the laziness kicking in, I guess... As for your shop, are you going to be catering to the weaker players, or are you going to set up to help the people on the front lines..?" She asked, her gaze shifting from the redhead's eyes to the ground, then back periodically. Her hand moved quickly, going to readjust her glasses, making sure they were aligned correctly.

(Yeah, afterwards sounds good.)

Shizua was bored. Not the sort of bored where somebody has lost inspiration for something, or doesn't have the energy to work, but the sort where there is painfully and honestly nothing to do. She had been training and grinding for three full days, and she was still very, very low level. "Why is there nothing to do in this world...?" She groaned under breath as she trudged through the Town of Beginnings. Unlike Ayumu, Shizua was not watching where she was going, and ended up colliding into someone, who had their back turned.

"A- ack..!" Shizua squeaked, looking up to see who she bumped into. "H- hey... Ayumu...?" She asked, cocking her head to the side slightly.

Shizua sighed, relieved that she wasn't doing anything wrong. "Alright.. thank you..." She said, extending her own hand, and taking Macradon's. "Yeah... quite rough... I was out in the fields all day... with this guy.." She paused for a moment, thinking about the fight she had had. "..Anyway, I was really tired when I got here... I.. decided to rest for a minute... and, uh... dozed off a bit.." She said with a sigh. "S- so, anyway... My name's Ni--" She cut off again, shaking her head for a second. She was too used to introducing herself in the real world, so she had said the wrong name. "..Shizua. My name's Shizua... it's nice to meet you..." She said, letting a small smile come to her lips.

Shizua's eyes snapped back from their half-asleep state, and she looked to the figure standing in front of her. Why is he... so blurry...? She had thought to herself, before realizing she had taken her glasses off. ...I'm an idiot. She unfolded her glasses, and slowly put them on, pushing them into place. "U- um... I'm... uh... I'm sorry..." She squinted a bit, thinking for a moment. "W- well... yeah, I'm awake..." She stated, and gave a nod. "U- um... am I.. not supposed to be here, or something..?" She asked him, concerned that she had done something wrong.

The night had just started to begin, though there weren't many people out. Most had either gone inside or left the town, however there were still some. For example, Shizua, who was currently resting on that was in front of one of the many buildings, that was beside one of the many fountains in the town. The young girl had her eyes closed, with her glasses removed, and in her left hand. She'd had a tough day, and, in fact, she was still wearing her breastplate and had her sword sheathed on her back. She hadn't bothered to remove these items, as all she really wanted to do was sit. 

As the three began to walk, Shizua nodded at Sousuke's words. "Alright... I've only got one damage, and not much HP... What about you, Ayumu? What level are you?" The young girl asked, turning her head back to look at the other woman, still walking, however. "Since Col is divided evenly, it doesn't matter who gets the last strike, money wise, right?" She asked, her gaze turning from one to another, now at Sousuke.

Shizua let out a weak squeak as Ryuma embraced her. "E- ehe... U- um... yeah..." She nodded, her face a deep shade of red. "W- well... what should we d- do now...? We can.. um... keep fighting... or.. um... we can stop here..." She stated the pair's options, weakly hugging him back.

Shizua grinned whilst looking at Sousuke. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sousuke." With that, she looked to the group, then the gate, then back to Ayumu. "Well... I suppose there's nothing keeping us... Yeah. Let's go." She said, giving a nod of confirmation to Sousuke and Ayumu. She then started to walk towards the gate, a bit slowly, to give the others a moment to start as well.

( ID# 37406 | Battle: 7 | Craft: 2 | Loot: 17 | MOB: 9 )

"I got it!" Shizua yelled out, quickly hopping back to her feet. She was close to the boar, so it wasn't very hard for her to get up to it. She, as quickly as possibly, took another strike at the boar. It was hit in the neck, finally dropping it's HP to zero. The creature froze for a moment, before it suddenly burst into a mess of small, blue shards, which dissipated in just a few moments.

"I did it! Ryuma! I did it!" She exclaimed, turning back to look at Ryuma.

(OOC: The site's kind of glitched right now. Half the time it's double posting, for whatever reason. Also, same with me... Probably another bug.)

Shizua paused for a moment, putting her finger on her lower lip. "Hm... Well.. I would assume we could just, well... explore a bit, and fight any monsters we see on the way... I think we should just wait a few more minutes... see if anybody else wants to join, I guess." She said, looking up to the two. "Does that sound good to you two..?" She asked, her hands finding their way to each other behind her back.

Shizua looked to Sousuke, then to Ayumu, then back to Sousuke again. "..Alright... I'm Shizua... Who're you..?" She asked with a smile as she brought up her menu, again navigating to the party. In just a few seconds Sousuke would recieve a dialogue box, much like the girl standing beside him did. "Alright, there you go! Just accept that... and we can either wait for more people... or we can go now."

>>You've been invited to Shizua's party! Would you like to join?<<

>>Yes<< >>No<<

Shizua's gaze turned back to the girl, who had just introduced herself. She returned her smile, nodding quickly. "Right... It's very nice to meet you, Ayumu... My name is Shizua... So, then, you'd like to party up...?" She said, her smile widening a bit. "Well... hold on.." She said, bringing her hand out, and swiping it down. Her menu came up, and she quickly navigated to the 'Party' section. She tapped a few more buttons, and eventually, a dialogue box appeared before Ayumu. It read:

>>You've been invited to Shizua's party! Would you like to join?<<

>>Yes<< >>No<<

Shizua quickly spun on her heel, until her eyes met Sousuke's face, which was concealed at the moment. "U- uhm... Hi. I'm just... looking for anybody who'd like to join a party... Somebody low level...  I- I guess..." She said slowly, looking at the man. What's with the mask...? She thought to herself, unsure of weather or not to trust this guy. However, she tried to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, so why not him? She slowly smiled a bit, tilting her head a bit.

Shizua's eyes quickly moved to see someone looking at her. She realized she must look strange, constantly looking at people, almost speaking, but saying nothing. She moved to stand in a normal-ish position, looking at the woman speaking to her. "A- ah... Hello... I'm.. well, I'm not looking for anybody specifically... just somebody to.. grind a little with... Hopefully enough to... fill a party..." She said to the inquirer.

It was around the middle of the day, though Shizua had still been left tired. She had been walking around Starting City, looking for somebody, or, more ideally, a few people, to form a party with. She was normally seen sitting around one of the towns many exits, simply waiting. The young girl wasn't sure of what to say to somebody, so for the most part, Shizua just stood around, looking like she was about to say something, though she didn't. It was pretty clear of her low level, due to her simply wearing the beginning armor, and, though it wasn't drawn, across her back was her one handed assault spear. Though, at this point, she didn't think she was going to get to fight anything for a while.

Shizua's head turned to look at Ryuma. "You want me to take the hit?" She asked, tilting her head. "Alright..!" She took a deep breath, before taking off, going for another jab at the boar.

( ID# 37032 | Battle: 1 | Craft: 2 | Loot: 3 | MOB: 5 )

Shizua rushed forward, starting to swing at the boar. She could almost feel it, the force of the contact between her spear and the creature. It was so close... so close...

She tripped.

Shizua had slammed her foot into the side of a rock. It wasn't very noticeable, as it had some moss covering it, so it was easy to miss. She felt herself being swept off her feet, and she quickly hit the ground. "A- augh..!" She winced as she layed there on the ground. She slowly tried to bring herself back up, her left leg on it's knee, and her right on it's foot.

(ID# 36932 | Battle: 8 | Craft: 9 | Loot: 1 | MOB: 8)

Shizua's eyes widened, and she grit her teeth at the sight of Ryuma being struck, and his health bar going down to a third. She yelled out, afraid for him. "Ryuma..! Stay back, and get ready to strike after me!" Why... Why is he missing...? Is it just bad luck? She thought to herself, getting ready to go for another hit.

Shizua started to run forward towards the boar, again gripping her spear in her hand tightly. "I've.. got this!" She yelled as she thrust her weapon, stabbing the boar in the hind right leg. She quickly pulled it back, hopping back a foot or so.

(ID# 36822 | Battle: 9 | Craft: 8 | Loot: 10 | MOB: 4)

Shizua looked at Ryuma, shocked as the boar rammed into him. He yelled at her, signifying for her to strike. She started to run forward, until she was almost in front of it. She then took a leap, gripping tightly onto her spear. She quickly jabbed at the boar, striking him in the side. The monster's health bar decreased to half, now at 2.

Shizua pulled her spear from the boar's side, quickly getting up, and looking over to Ryuma. "H- hey! Ryuma! A- are you alright..?!"