Hidden

Hidden walked beside the man, and smiled as he returned the joke. It was nice to lighten up to someone for a change, but she had to be careful. She did not want to have this one person be her entire link to the rest of the world, and become reliant on him. It was could to be able to rely on someone, but it was bad to be reliant. That made well enough sense. She kept her footsteps light, and kept her pace up with Sey, which was a lot harder than what you would think. The man was about a foot taller than she, with a much bigger stride. She was not exactly sure on his thoughts of her nickname, but it seemed to suit him. He was friendly, and his hair was white. Win win. "So Sey, do you enjoy cooking? I know most people enjoy their professions, and it is more of a hobby." She figured she could keep them going with some light conversation until they got to his restaurant. She was not good at speaking with people, but she could pelt him with questions in the mean time. Or he could take the reigns of the conversation, which would also be nice. 

Hidden walked through the city, for what seemed like, minutes. Finally she found the house of the quest. After a few seconds, the girl made a quiet rap upon the door. After a few seconds, the door slowly opened, revealing her nose to a variety of scents. She smelled a bit of burning, honey, flowers, and a lot of humidity. He welcomed her in, closing the door behind him. She found a seat, and watched the man carefully. She had heard of NPC's that can attack you, and at the moment, she was in no shape to fight off an attack. She had to be on the alert at all times as it was the case between life and death. The older man smiled and said, "I understand you have come to learn from be, and indeed better yourself?" The girl nodded to him and got a smile. The man turned to his cauldron and stirred it around, his face strained as he thought. "I have a job for you then. Find lets say, five materials and come back and make a healing potion. That will show me that you have the dedication to indeed better yourself." Hidden noticed the man said "indeed better yourself" quite a bit. NPC's functioned on a base of certain words and replies, as it was quite hard to work with AI people to speak with other people. "I will be back with your five materials, not sure how quick though" she said, and she turned to walk right out the door. 

Hidden watched the man closely as he smiled, and told her that she was not going to get rid of him that easily. Not surprisingly enough, he offered to bring her to his restaurant for something to eat. 'Well, the apples were quite good, his other food can't be bad can it?' She smiled to him and nodded to him. "Is this your little tactic? Find em, help them, and then take them out to dinner?" She gave the man a full-hearted laugh. As she heard his joke about her cloak, she flushed a bit from embarrassment and quickly brought up her hood, concealing her face. 'Perhaps if there is no one in the store I will be fine, but walking around in town, I don't want to give anyone the advantage of my identity.' She checked once again for her dagger to still be in her cuff sheath, which was luckily still there. She still was not strong enough to use it in a battle, but that would definitely be changing soon enough. "Lead the way, Casper!" she said, referring to his white hair. She smiled inside her cloak and began to walk forward. 'I wonder what he is going to cook. I bet it will be good, no matter what!' 

OOC I am sorry if it is a problem, but until I finish the three quests, I will be leaving my other Solo RP for now....
 

Hidden sat on the first floor, basking in the shadows of the day, occasionally watching unwary players pass. She did not like to speak to most, as in the beginning players became more worried about themselves then helping others and her problems with the real world, she tended to stay alone as she preferred it that way. The cloaked figure was deciding on something. There was a quest for beginners out there, and it helped them get some potions which would be great for her in her journeys. She had heard that the NPC for the quest was older, and very kind. She liked the sound of that, and if this NPC was willing to help, than she was willing to be helped. Deciding on her answer, she opened her menu, scrolled through the quests and accepted her first one. <<The first few lessons are free>>. She looked on where she needed to go. her destination was in the town of beginnings, which was good for her as she did not have to travel very far. The man's name she was going to see was Zachariah. 'Well let us get moving now shall we? The woman moved out from under the bush and headed straight into the starting city.

OOC HA wouldn't hurt a fly! Come back in a few months X3

IC Hidden smiled to the man, who ended up crossing his arms and acting like he had not found any materials. With a hmph, he could not keep a straight face, and gave  full fledged smile. The woman laughed before turning, he black hair swaying with her.  She searched around some more, but to her luck, she once again found nothing. She turned to the man smiling. "So, perhaps anything you would like to do? I think we got enough materials now, especially since those beginner quests came out and I can just do those for some decent equipment. Or would you like to call it a day from here, I am perfectly fine with either." She secretly would have rathered longer, but the man had already wasted quite a bit of time with her, and he probably had things to do up in the higher floors. There was a lot of thigns coming up, with some new quests, and this man should be completing them, and getting much stronger. 

74357 LD:3

@Sey

Hidden searched silently for materials listening to Sey speak. He was right for the most part about how most players fight for just themselves now. Everyone wanted the best equip and items, and did not care what path of destruction they left behind. Sey was one of the few who were wary of who and what they left behind. He was at least trying to tend, and bring up the lower levels. She smiled to him and went back to her searching. Her eyes slowly drifted back to him though as he opened his menu and pressed a few buttons. Within seconds a notification popped up in front of her. Sey was requesting to be her friend. She hesitated over the accept button. 'Why am i being so cautious? He has been so nice to me today. I owe him this at least, I mean I have already have shown him my face. She clicked the accept button and the notification faded. Smiling to the white haired man, she turned away, to end up listening to him again. He was speaking about him messaging her any time he needed help which caused her to think about it for a second. 'I don't think I could have him help me all the time. I mean, to see him all the time, I really don't think I am ready to do that with people. The man's voice stopped silently and she turned, finding that he had found four more materials. "I think you need to calm down over here," she said with a shy smile. She stepped over to him, noticing the glow in the ground. She picked up the four, and she looked up finding another one a few feet away. She had finally found a material. She stood with a smile, and she gave the man a light push on the chest. "I have only managed to find one!" she said with a giggle. 

74313 LD:17 Material found!

Total Materials: 13

@Sey

The woman returned to her searching, her black hair swaying as she turned. It felt strange to not have her cloak shield her face and hair, but it felt a bit better too. As if she was more free. After a bit of searching, the darker haired girl realized she had indeed found nothing. Turning away from her work, she heard the man beside her speak again, saying that he had found more. The woman had to restrain herself from ripping her hair out. 'How is he finding them like this! This is a bit insane!' The woman glanced over at the spot the man was looking and retrieved the four materials from his point. That made eight in total today. She looked over to Sey, and found her gaze stuck on his face for a second. His red eyes were a bit like hers, unnatural in color. His face held a warm smile, that just seemed to spread happiness. 'How can someone just be this happy of a person, that they literally just light up a room as they come in?' 

The woman smiled to him, and her gaze dropped to the ground. "I really mean it, the thank you I mean. You have no idea how many times I have put down, or set aside. You are the only one to have actually helped me so far. It will be a great start, and hopefully put me in the position for taking those beginner quests." She smiled, turning to hide it. She had not felt this happy... in years!

74193 LD:10... Bout to kill this machine!

Hidden looked forward in the moonlight. It was a bit boring, not being able to do anything besides hunt for materials. Soon someday that would change for sure. It was going to be soon, after you got to about level five is when it is a bit safer to go fight, because that is when you have enough energy to keep a fight going, and good enough equipment to last. It should not be that to reach level five, so she should be all right. She returned her attention to material hunting, and laying in the grass, was a small glowing area. She moved forward, examining the area. She ound a small glowing silver ingot laying in the ground. She stared at the item, which faded from her hand, shifting into her inventory. She smiled. That made one material, whcih was not good enough, but it was better than nothing at all.She was finally starting to get somewhere, but it still was not enough to purchase a piece of equipment. 

74140 LD:20!

Total Materials: 1

OOC sorry for the wait.... Been Really busy.

IC: Hidden listened carefully to Sey. He appeared to not really care that she was doing this for equipment, which relieved her guilt by a ton. He understood completely, which was another advantage point of working with Sey at the moment. As she continued her search, she heard Sey say something about her coming over and picking a few materials. She walked over and looked very closely at the ground Sey pointed to. After a few seconds of focusing, a faint glow casted over the ground, indicating a few materials. As she picked them up, as if on command, they immediately transformed into solid small black ingots. They vanished in her hands, and she appeared to be a bit shocked. ' Ingots. Those are for blacksmiths. Why did it turn into that kind of material?' Hidden shook away that thought and smiled brightly to Sey. "Thank you! You are so kind for helping me with this." She turned away, a slight blush rose to her cheeks. He walked away, looking for materials. None came to sight, but she was sure there was some there.

74136 LD:6

@Sey 

Total Mats found: 4

OOC sorry for the wait... Been busy....

Hidden sulked silently in the tree. More and more players had begun to gather, accompanying the original girl. Two twins and a man that appeared much stronger than the rest of them. She eyed him closely, knowing that if something started, the man would easily slay the others. He kept watchful of him, but the original girl, seemed to view herself as quite high. 'I don't like her I think. Thinks to highly of herself.' It was really not that the woman kept so high of herself, but more to the fact that there was many people like that, and this woman reminded her of them. They used to bully her around.  Her attention turned to the twins. They adorned wear that was.... uh not her taste. One seemed to be high on her own emotions and even acting like she had a finger gun. It appeared that she acted like a smaller children. Although, she much more liked smaller children. They were nice, and for the most part did not judge, along with the fact that they have more of an open mind. The other twin however, seemed to be the brains of the two, as if they were split personalities. She seemed much less than happy to go on an adventure.  Hidden looked the other way, and noticed that nobody was that way. 

Silently moving out of the tree, she ducked past the tree, and moved quickly away from the group. She really did not want to get caught up with them. She also did not want to her get faced pressed into someone's breast, or get her boob bitten. they were quite funny to watch, so she ended up not far away from the group. She observed silently, ready for the few to do something else. 

Hidden sat in the darkness of a tree right outside the starting city. She was once again, shrouded by her cloak, covering her face and body from allowing others to determine what she looked like. From another person's perspective, she would not be able to be identified as male or female. She was quite short which may give an impression that she was female or a smaller child. 'I really am not tired at the moment. Perhaps I am just bummed to have yet another unsuccessful material hunt. Could I just force myself to sleep?' Her thought were abruptly interrupted as a woman walked out of the starting city, clutching a large spear. She felt as herself instantly ensure that her dagger was concealed inside of the arm of her cloak, ready for action at a moments notice. Remaining concealed inside the bushed, she shuffled around. the woman in front of her strode with dignity and pride. She looked as if she had power, even though she wore entirely of starting gear. 'Hmm... Not sure If I like this player.... Too much pride.' She shifted uncomfortably until she remembered a few days before. Her meeting with Sey. The white-haired player was sweet, offering her food and help getting stronger. He was too nice almost. Perhaps this girl was the same way? She seemed to have a drive for power in her wake, but as always maybe she was just being too judgemental. 

Hidden search around slowly, going over everything. She wanted to ensure that she did not miss over anything. The search for materials was hard for her at the moment, but she knew she would be much better in time. She listened to the voice of the man behind her as he warned her that he did not have any scouting items which made his gatherer skill hard to use. The girl shrugged and continued to look. She has someone else helping her search and that was all that mattered. She was thrilled that someone helped her, but she did not care if he really did a good job. Him helping her was sweet enough, especially since most players would not have. Going through the rest of the area, she came out empty-handed. She sighed and turned her attention back towards Sey. Giving the man a warm smile, watching the gears turn as he came up with another question. 

Sey wanted to know why she wanted materials. He assumed it was for a profession. Hidden blushed a bit and said, "Well, actually I was going to use them to get some equipment. Later I was going to get a profession, whether I opened it up to the community or not depends."  The girl sighed, all of a sudden feeling guilty for using the man. He did not deserve to have to sit here and find materials to get equipment. 

74017 LD:9

@Sey

Hidden trodded forward in the darkness. She really did not mind the darkness, or the cold. To her, it felt accepting. A problem in which she had with many other things. There was only a few kind people or things out there that would feel comforting. The rest would klll you in a heartbeat. She glanced around at everything, the moonlight keeping everything in just enough lighting to find things. In the area she was at, there must have been literally nothing as once again she did not manage to find anything. Cursing herself for her low level once again, she turned back to face the town. Should she just call it a night and turn back? Obviously she was not going to find but one or two materials, which would not help her get a new items. It would be best to get someone to help her, but that was unlikely. Most people would not do something without the intentions of helping themselves out.

73984 LD:7

Hidden watched silently as the man began to move. She felt he was nice, but after they exited the safe zone, she needed to be completely cautious and watch his every move. She had yet to see a weapon, but he might be just like her. Carry a small weapon and conceal it, ready at all times. She followed him toward the edge of town. He seemed to like the idea of searching the materials. There was a difference. He liked to do it during the day. 'Plenty of Daylight to burn?' Hidden watched as he crossed the safe zone and into dangerous territory. The female hesitated at the line. With all her courage she stepped forward. This would make her fair game to the player. She turned her head towards the man as he asked her how he was hunger wise. Her laugh came out as a smile and she kindly replied, "Thank you, but I am stuffed" She turned towards the plains and walked in front of the man.Perhaps not her best decision.

She searched around, looking for anything that could possibly used by a tailor or blacksmith to make her some items. She would probably become one of the two for herself, and maybe others. It all depends how other players in this world treated her. If they did not treat her well, they would be the first to feel her new knife. She pouted as she did not find any materials. She did not have high enough skills or equipment to find anything, and she would not work on her scouting skills for quite some time.  She needed to increase her damage as much as possible before then. 

73983 LD:4 

@Sey

Hidden stood, looking silently up to the white-haired man. He was quite a bit taller than her, almost by a whole foot. He appeared to laugh a bit a the thought of needing help finding materials. Hidden stood silent, and the man began to explain that he had the gatherer skill which allowed him to get a ton of materials. The female turned to face the plains. The player at her side was much stronger than she. Why had he come down just o help her? It was so confusing, having everyone in the real world shoving her down, pushing her around and then she came here. Then another player went out of his way just to help her. Hidden felt a bit dizzy and turned as Sey held one of the halves of an apple out to her. The black haired girl gave the man a warm smile and took the piece of an apple. It appeared he loved to help. She shrugged at the idea. 'I guess there is just a bunch of different type of people. Leaders, followers, helpers, trouble makers. Every kind of person possible.' She bit the piece of the apple. She really needed to sometime ask him where he got it. Perhaps he was a cook, and able to make good food like this all of the time. 

Hidden listened closely as the white-haired man introduced himself as Sey. "Pleasure to meet you Sey!" She finished her side of the apple before feeling all of a sudden guilty. I literally just took all of this man's food. I feel like I am using the guy. I am being just like everyone else. The wave of guilt past and Hidden pointed out into the plains. "When shall we get started? During the day time, gathering materials is probably much safer when accompanied by someone of greater level. I spend most of my time gathering and training in the night" She left out the part of where it came out that her training and gathering had all been in vain. Sey seemed to be a nice guy. A lot nicer than most. Maybe she had been wrong about people. Or maybe Sey was just unique.  

Hidden bit into the apple again as her stomach demanded more from her, gnawing at her insides until she ate more. This was the problem with eating when you are pretty hungry. She watched as he bit into his own apple, smiling with the taste. 'This is good. I wonder where he got it' she asked herself silently. He seemed to be quite a happy person, and so far the only one that had been nice to her in her whole time in Aincrad. Most players were aimed after helping themselves, not others. She could not judge as she was indeed the same way. She jumped a bit as the man spoke again, but she quickly eyed him. She listened intently with her question, but was unsure of how to answer. "I- um. I was either going to go and search for some more materials, or something else." She took another bite of the apple, her stomach beginning to calm down a bit. She chewed slowly, savoring the taste within her mouth. She watched as the man opened his inventory, equipping a hoodie and some blue jeans. She smiled softly. He spoke of coming with her, which seemed quite a bit like an offer for help. 'This man is different. He gives me food, and then offers to help me with bettering myself. 

Hidden sat silently, finishing her apple, as she thought of what to reply to the man. She had not had much experience in talking with people, so it would take her a bit. As she finished her apple, it shattered n her grip, leaving nothing in between the two. "I- I will accept your help. Thank you" ,The woman said, turning her gaze towards the plains. He had been so kind with helping her already, and then he offered to grant even more. She owed him to at least know who she was helping. She lifted her hands to the edges of the hood of her cloak. She hesitated for a few seconds before pulling back revealing herself. Sitting before the man was now a girl, soft log jet black hair with deep purple eyes. She attempted a smile, but it was half and nervous. She stood revealing her shortness before saying, "M-my name. My name is Hidden" 

Hidden carried on, stepping further into the light of moonlight. She would not travel far due to her level at the moment, but it would be best to do some form of training. Scouting around, she ended up finding nothing. She let out a sharp breath and looked around. The slight breeze rolled through her black hair. 'It is so peaceful since there is not any players around here at the moment. It is just I and the moon.' She looked a the moon, which shone brightly back. She loved the graphics of this game, there was just so much work put into every single detail. She shook her head, her hair swinging back and forth. 'Why am I admiring the rather large death prison that I am being held captive in? I should be working to get out, not enjoying the pretty views.' She hated being here, but it really was not a bad looking place to be trapped in. "This is just such a beautiful place of misery" 

Hidden chewed her bread slowly. It was kind of stale, but it suit her just fine. She really had not had anything but the bread and water since the start of the game, and it was good enough for her. She watched as a white haired player slowly approached, and his destination appeared to be her. Her heart began to beat faster. 'What does this player want with me.' She withdrew her hand into her sleeve, where her weapon was kept. At the moment, she probably did not stand any chance against this player, unless he was just like her, but his equipment seemed up to par. As the man opened his menu, she felt her hand slowly grasp the handle oh her dagger. 'Go away kid!' she silently thought to herself. Just before she darted away, the man pulled out something, not a weapon. But a food. In his hand was a bright red apple on a stick. He held two in his hands, and offered one to her. 'food?' Her mind began to wander, a bit confused for why a player would just walk up and offer her food. She loosened the grip on her dagger, and slowly inched her hand toward the candied apple. 

Her heart beat faster and faster as her hand approached the stick. 'Is he going to pull out a weapon? There must be a catch.... Nobody has been this nice to me... Ever.' Her hand reached the stick, and as she grasped it and gently pulled it away, her hand brushed his. His hand was much warmer compared to hers, which was to of no surprise. As she drew the apple away, she kept her gaze upon the man, though her eyes were shrouded from his view, but she had to keep his face out of view. "T-t-thank you" she managed to stutter. She had no idea what to say, no idea what to do. She bit softly into the apple. It was delicious, and through her hood the man could see her smile as she chewed. 'What will he want now?' 

@Sey

Hidden stood in the plains. At her current state, combat was not in the book for options. Her highest sword art would allow her to deal four damage in total, and at this point in time, it would consume all of her energy. She needed equipment, and soon. Equipment that increased her damage and evasion. The build she was after, would give her the presence of an assassin. Her build was aimed after DPS, with a bit of scouting, allowing kill quickly, but also get a nice amount of loot. It would not be easy, but if she worked hard early, she would get there in no time. "Most shops allow you to purchase in materials. If I can find some today, then perhaps I can get a new weapon. She glanced down at the iron dagger that still lay in her hand. It was standard, and weak as well.  She searched around, but to her luck, she found nothing. Later in time, I will find more stuff, but for now I can not blame myself for my stats being so low. She sheathed her dagger inside her cloak and carried on. 

73967 LD:12 No Material Found!

It was early morning on floor one, and the cloaked figure strolled silently through the streets. She had received many strange looks from the few people who still dwelled on this floor. Most players down here lived in fear, letting the frontliners do the dirty work and die for them. Hidden, was a tad different of a case. Previously, she had been just like them, not wanting to come out of the dark, but she did not want to do this any longer. She wanted to be more free, instead of having this just be her real life. "Well, perhaps a bit more exploring, then off to bed. Perhaps I will come out again at night, but let us see what I can find before bed," the cloaked figure thought. The character appeared to be unarmed, as most players carried weapons in view to display and show them off. Hidden on the other hand, liked her weapon to stay concealed. She might be weak, but she was not afraid to use it if she could. "What to do..." The tightness and pain in her stomache warned her that she was hungry, so the cloaked figure looked cautiously around before sitting on a bench and began to slowly and silently eat her bread. 

@Sey

It was twilight on floor one, most players at this time were in their houses, but she was still awake. The sky was awake with distant stars, and a slight breeze drifted through the area. Walking silently through the streets was a cloaked figure. She was shorter, and carried no visible weapon. Her deep purple eyes, unseen by an any, observed this around her constantly. "Where shall I go? What shall I do tonight?" the woman thought. Hidden paused in her step, as her eyes met with the darkened plains. It was lit, but just barely from the moon's light. She stepped forward after she glanced behind her. She stepped into the fields in front of her. She smiled and pulled away her cloak's hood, revealing her face and hair. She was a young and beautiful girl with pale skin and deep purple eyes with long black soft hair. With a flick of her wrist, she was holding her dagger. It was cold, but it was reassuring. She had trained herself in the real world with this weapon in an attempt to impress her father. The weapon was weak though, and at the moment she would not be able to kill any creatures with it. She looked around, not detecting any players, so she could be safe, she might not be. "There must be something for me to do out here.... At the moment, I am weak, but it does not matter, I will get even stronger."