Atzo

There was an amount of confidence behind Atzo’s words, he was craving combat thought he didn't want to tell Kyoto that. “Seems that is quite a common profession, though there is nothing wrong with that. We can never run out of active merchants and if we have more than one we can easily undermine the market” The Man with Many Faces looked around as a dark blue strand of colour seemed to swim eagerly across his cloak. A whisper in his ear told him that a material was nearby. He kneeled down over a cotton plant, “You are probably looking for something like this” He used misguidance to pick the cotton. Throwing it to Kyoto as he did so. “It can be a challenge if you haven’t done it before so don't get discouraged by an inability to find materials, just keep trying and you will find them.” He continued walking forward looking around as he did so. “So, what are your goals in this game? Who do you want to become?”

@XxSulSus

ID# 85769

LD: 18+2(Amulet)+1(S&D)= 21 (+1 T1 mat given to Kyoto)

Itzal seemed confused at something, though Atzo decided it would be best not to say anything. Not to mention that he really didn't feel that it was necessary for him to give anymore information about his personal life to them. “I plan to be a DPS-Scout as it stands now though I do not know how far that will get me. What about you Vigilon?” The were making some good time while they searched for materials, a strange rock glistened, catching Atzo’s attention. He stopped to pick it up, it seemed to be slightly stuck under the dirt. Falling slightly behind but still within range of being able to hear the other too he slowly caught up to them. “On the topic of builds, what do you two think is the best way to go about a healer? I have yet to see very many but there are a few people in my guild who want to. I have no idea what advice to give them in that way, any suggestions?”

@Vigilon

ID# 85766 

LD: 14+2(Amulet)+1(S&D)=17 (+1 T1 Mat)

Atzo chuckled “My apologies Hei, I had forgotten about the heat on this floor.” Atzo turned to the wilderness and began to walk, Kikas by his side seeming stoic and on guard. “I look forward to getting to know you better Hei. Who knows, you may have the makings to lead you to one day make it  to the top of the guild” The sun blazed down on the two as they traversed the sands. "You are looking for the merchandise so keep your eyes peeled.” As he said this he noticed an interesting cactus, the flower on it was beautiful, strangely such. Swiftly, Atzo cut it from its stem and placed it in his inventory. It was much more mild being on this floor now that Atzo had Survival. He hoped that Hei was doing alright, the sands had a way of inflicting a troublesome amount of pain. Atzo recalled the time he spent fighting a snake with Dominion while trying to gain this skill, and how the terrain did more damage to him then the actual battle did. And how long it took them to kill the damned thing.

@Hei

 ID# 85765 

LD: 20+2(amulet)+1(S&D)

Kyoto had attempted to attack The Forgotten King who, while sloppier than Atzo had been still had his evasiveness. Stryder had quickly flung himself past as well. The Forgotten King stood in a daze as something started to rustle within him. Next Eatos had approached, between Styder’s enraged speech and Eatos’ meek words something shifted in the man. The faces of the armour stopped entirely, transforming back into a complete black void, the guild insignia shown proudly on it. The colour in The Cloak of the Changing Tide had completely vanished which was something that had never happened before. There was a stirring lighting seeming to happen behind Atzo’s eyes as his normal posture came back to him, but there was a catch. It was slumped over, depressed. His voice transformed back to its normal tone but it was completely void of emotion. He was in a trance, re-experiencing and re-stating what had happened before he disappeared. 
 
Slowly Atzo turned toward the Volcano and slowly as if weighed down by some un-godly amount of weight, he began to walk toward the fiery pit. “Feel the reality of the actions you feel, your bleeding heart silently beating. Of the day’s I have spent in this world my regrets have been few. Of the people I have injured, hurt and damned my remorse has been absent. Now I see myself in the water and understand the monster I have become. Now I see the monster I always was, Why now do I begin to see the trouble I have caused those around me? I, the man without remorse, I, the monster that listened in the swamp, I the stone without feeling, man with many faces, The Forgotten King. What about me has truly changed from those days? How can you say I am different from then? I still see them all as pawns to further my personal goals do I not? Why is it I now am flooded with these strange sensations? I gave my own mother up to the mafia to further my own benefits, I orchestrated murder after murder and never once cared about more than Solomon and Ren.”

His voice began to regain emotion as he approached the edge of the platform stopping at a puddle of sooty black water, looking at himself as best he could through it, holding up misguidance and peering into it as if it was not broken. “But now? Kyoto, Eatos, Hydra, Raina, Vargas, Shield, Beat, I feel something for all of them. A want to be around them something I have never felt towards anyone before. And Stryder… Why do I feel this urge to be a role model for him? What is the caring sensation, it is different. Like what I felt for Raina but different, one of a caretaker of sorts.”

Atzo approached the edge of the platform, His end intentions were clear, he planned to jump off the edge soon. “Stryder, I am sorry for all I have done in my past, if it ever comes to happen I hope at some point you can overlook my past and see me for who I am now and not who I was before.”

Warm tears streamed down his face, he fell to his knees as he looked over the edge. “And now what am I to do? Once again I push away from people, I am sure they hate me for what I have done. I am a disgrace to them, I am a disgrace to me, a horrible friend to those who look to me for friendship and a horrible guardians to those who need protection. I have never grown from my past, I have only tricked myself into thinking I had. I am sorry Solomon, I am sorry Ren…. I am sorry Stryder”

Atzo stood and prepared to let himself fall into the pit, and began to slowly lean over the edge.

@XxSulSus
 

The Forgotten King was sidestepped, something that Atzo would have never had happen to him. He grunted at the mention of Atzo “In time all things will die, you and me and the sky, And no matter what you try, You will never overcome me” Another man approached them at lightning speed stepping in between them. The soulless, unblinking eyes burrowed into Stryder as he stood there, Atzo’s mouth opened and produced the same demonic tone that had been present before, the low slow sound sliced through the air like a warm knife through butter. “Here it is your soul to lie, A senseless man has come to die, Let the life drain from your eye, By my sword you will face death. Now by strength of sword I try, to purge what’s shining in your eye, Show you truth now by-and-by, as you taste my blade’s sweet breath.” Atzo got into his attack stance, it was sloppy and incorrect. Something Atzo never did before. There was hate in his eyes though they were not the eyes of Atzo. He began incoherently muttering to himself, still standing unblinking and soulless, not moving his gaze from Stryder.

The Forgotten King twitched slightly as he heard a voice in the distance, Atzo’s former self had heightened senses that allowed his now broken self to hear the voice. The Forgotten King begins to speak in a low demonic tone “Death from moonlit swords unknowing, Awaits you in the time swift flowing, Approach now you who are half knowing, what it is you do now seek. All around you death is lurking, by my hand you will be working, hell awaits you silent murking, let go now of dove’s sweet beak.” The words formed slowly as if they were made of molasses on a cold winter's day. Each syllable seeming to hold a intense amount of weight. Slowly Atzo stands up still speaking, grabbing Misguidance as he does so. “With you now comes pain of sins, ready to enter you like pins, by my sword I will win, End you with one swing. Come now to the man, Who for so long they did damn, None will outlast the faithful span, Now returns The Forgotten King.” A earth-shattering demonic roar bellows forth from his mouth as in a split second he seems to charge toward Kyoto, Misguidance glistening a black with an active sword art. 

@XxSulSus

ID# 85683 

LD: 13 = 10(roll)+1(S&D)+2(Amulet) [Kyoto spotted]

The great volcanoes were restless as the night began to engulf the day. The smog from the burning rocks blocking out any hope of light not generated by the molten liquid itself. Though there was a more to the night than just that. The sky above was exceedingly clouded, quickly and without warning rain began to fall upon the mountainous land. The rain was black, the soot held within threatening to stain anything that was touched by it. A flash. Lightning lighting up the area like a strobe light in a nightclub. Thunder that bellowed throughout the surroundings, seeming to rattle any structure that dared to oppose the sound. 
 
Upon The Profane Peak sat one man, his cloak becoming increasingly blocked by the soot, His feet dangled over the edge of the throne. He seemed to be speaking utter gibberish, incomplete thoughts and phases. Seeming to snap from one personality to the other. The armour of the damned constantly shifting between demons and expressions, the amulet around his neck swirled in an almost hypnotic pattern. Misguidance brandished a Massive crack across its mirrored surface. The eyes of the man seemed to be empty and soulless as he mumbled to himself in a vigorous rage.

@XxSulSus

Atzo gave a slight smirk as Spidey attempted to understand his plans. “No, I cannot say that is correct. I actually had no intention of letting you know Eatos, I had no intention of letting anyone in the guild know if they weren’t part of it. Though what Spidey said is a very good side product of it. Though, let’s face it, I can trust that you will keep your mouth shut. I cannot say the same for Solomon. After the accident he became…. Strange… though what else would you expect from someone who had suffered brain damage that awoke from the hospital in this game instead of the real world. He has no memory of anything from our past. And his personality has slightly changed.” He looked to the window which showed the weather lightening up a little bit. “We should probably start looking for some materials for you Spidey, wouldn’t want this gathering to go to waist would we?”
@Eatos

Atzo shrugged at Itzal’s comment “I am not sure, as I said it is an… emotion? I guess…. That I had never experienced before, then again there have been a lot of those since this game started. Perhaps one day it will be more clear than it has been for me. Though I feel that understanding ‘love’ is far from my top priority.” Itzal then spoke about American Deities. “I could inform you as best I know, though I agree that we should do that at a later time.” The new area seemed to be nice for material gathering indeed though Atzo was unsure that this place would give him the best yields. Still the whispers in his head that came from his amulet were picking up as he approached a small mineral. Picking it up he tossed it to Vigilon and continued his search. Atzo could feel his mood shifting, he perfectly masked his emotions as he used to, no trace of doubt could be seen 

@Vigilon

ID# 82481

Kikas looked around as Atzo motioned for her to scout ahead. “Indeed there are quite the large quantity of things that we don’t know about each other and, though I have no doubt that we will end up in a conversation about such things, there are quite the large quantity of things we don’t want to know about each other.” Atzo said as they walked down the well defined path. “I actually got it with Eatos’s assistance a few weeks ago. Kikas is a very loyal companion. Trust me, it is nice to have at least one.” Atzo said his eyes not wavering from the path. It was strange, the war that had begun to rage in his mind. Why had he said it like that? He wasn’t even sure but he could feel his mental barrier breaking slowly as they walked. He was with a friend and yet he felt so alone, now more than ever

@Vargas

ID# 82192

This was good to see, the shark was dead. Now to figure out what we were to do for the rest of the day. they still had some time before they needed to search for a dungeon. “You have gotten stronger as well Shield, ether that or I just forgot how powerful your thorns and bleed damage was” Atzo said with a smile “So what do we plan to do now? Fight some more monsters? Or just hunt for materials? I don't care either way, though if we do fight if we could take a breather I would appreciate it.” Atzo said as he looked for something to use in a potion, he wasn’t too surprised when he didn’t find anything. Most things couldn’t grow in the desert so finding potion ingredients would prove to be very challenging. He looked to Vargas “Good job back there bud, I am glad to see your luck has improved sense we fought those minotaurs.”

@Vargas

ID# 82135

The rightmost head of Kikas seemed to scoff at being spoke to as she was but she lead Hei back to Atzo regardless. Seeing the two approach Atzo nodded at the man approaching and used a hand signal to call the three headed wolf back to his side. “Hello, Hei, it is a pleasure to meet you outside of a meeting. Seeing as the last time you saw me I was undoubtedly flustered. Still, I hope you are prepared for this, I don’t believe we will be fighting anything but I would be prepared just incase we get caught by something. Last time I took this my partner and I were stuck fighting a snake for much too long, Oh, and you may need these, let's hope that you don’t but it's better to be safe than sorry.” Atzo opened a trade request and sent Hei a health potion (+40 HP) “Seeing as you don’t yet have survival yet, it will get quite hot for you. Though by the end of today you shouldn’t have to worry about it.”
@Hei

“You are fine, Vargas, I like to relax on this floor. Something about the combination of Mountains and nature always helps me feel at peace.” Atzo said with a smile before thinking about how to get to The Eye. “I would like to take the path if we can, there is a deff NPC at a temple that I like to talk to with sign language, he never responds but if I try enough times I may get something out of him at some point.” Atzo began walking to the edge of the city, Kikas at his side. Atzo’s wolf ears twitched as he heard Vargas begin to follow him. What would they find on the top? Atzo had no idea, though now that Vargas was with him he had an urge to explore the temple that was on the trail. Specifically Atzo wondered if they searched hard enough if there was some sort of spawn for a very tough field boss somewhere around there.

@Vargas

Atzo gave a sly, wolfish smile to Kyoto after the statement of not to mess with Atzo. “I am glad you have realized that, though I fear that if we do fight something you may know that even more, hopefully I don’t need to explain that. I would rather not try for that matter.” He looked Kyoto up and down, the kid really did need to get some better gear. “We will probably fight a few monster though, we need to get you some better equipment here pretty soon and that is the best way.” Atzo turned to the edge of town and set off. “So, what do you plan to be? I cannot say that you told me” It was a good thing to know so that Atzo would be able to tell what he was looking for. Surely it wouldn’t be that hard but he didn’t know for sure. He gave a quick motion to Kikas to scout ahead a little bit just so they didn’t stumble on anything that they were not prepared for.

@XxSulSus

Atzo almost laughed when Dominion asked what a Giant was. “A giant is essentially a large human like monster. I would bet it stands close to ten feet tall. As to its territory, it supposedly invaded the town and was killing people and destroying things. Because it entered our territory we are going to try to go to its territory and take it out so it can't hurt anyone anymore.” At this point Atzo wasn’t sure if he was lying or not. “Kikas and I have quite a lot in common, though She is willingly subordinate to me completely.” The two of them began the journey through the barren wasteland of multan rock, Atzo was quite thankful for the survival skill, it definitely helped him when it came to the heat on this floor. Atzo strangely felt at home here, though he felt that it was probably best he not mention it.

@Dominion

Atzo nodded to the man who addressed himself as Beatbox and proceeded to shake his hand. “Indeed I am a member of the Emerald Harbingers. My name is Atzo, The Man with Many Faces, King of the Emerald Harbingers. This is Kikas my pet” Atzo motioned to the Cerberus that stood proud next to Atzo. “Don’t worry, I have no reason to inquire about your gear.” Atzo said with a sly but friendly smile. He wonedered about the Celestial Assendents, in fact he had known quite a few people in that guild, though he never talked about guild things when talking to friends. However that was primarily due to it never coming up in discussion. “It is a pleasure to meet you, Beatbox. I must ask what brings you to The Eye?” It was probably a very straight forward answer but he didn’t know for sure. This was going to be an interesting conversation Atzo had no doubt about it, and seeing as this man was a front line player Atzo hoped that they would not run into anything, the monsters would no doubt be much challenging for him.

@Beatbox

Accepting the friend request from Kyoto. He listened to Kyoto’s question and shook his head “I fear we don’t have enough time for me to explain why I am SAO. Not to mention that the reason is not a story that you will want me to tell. I have no doubt that it will leave the both of you feeling very uncomfortable with who I was and who I am. Maybe, one day, I will share with you my full story, but that day is not today” He thought back to the few people who knew about his past. Shield being the oddball, Atzo didn’t know why he looked up to Shield, though that relationship had since become like that of a family, or as close to what one should be as far as Atzo knew. “I will be following you two to the town, but if you plan to continue for today I will probably not join you. It will be getting dark soon and the dangers of darkness are much more problematic than even what he have fought today.”

@XxSulSus

Atzo entered Shield and Beats shop, it was nice to see them again and he knew he had an odd order for Shield. Atzo was determined to get some better dueling weaponry, though he didn’t have the necessary materials to get the weapons appraised yet. Still he felt that he should get the weapons now so once he had the materials he would need he could get them appraised right away. Approaching Shield Atzo said “I need four unnamed two-handed straight swords that I will name myself, I have a few names in mind for them and need to get some dueling swords. I will probably pay you more than I need to, just because I want to even out my col. For some reason i have 9 extra col. It bugs me so it can be your problem now” Atzo said with a smile and a small laugh. He knew Shield wouldn’t care he didn’t seem to be bothered by anything when Atzo thought about it.

@Shield
Purchased

(-509 Col)

Atzo chuckled at Stryder’s reaction to Kikas, It was a valid response. Giving a hand signal he instructed her to approach  Stryder. Kikas rubbed against Stryders leg wanting to be pet. “You know you can always ask for my help, bud” Atzo said as he observed the surroundings “Do you want to just search for materials? Or do you want to fight some monsters?” He said as he picked up a very strange and delicate looking flower. It was a beautiful day today, a pleasant breeze blew past them, Atzo’s cloak blowing slightly in the breeze revealing the guild emblem plastered across his chest. The colour strains that moved around his cloak were blue and gold today. It was a combination that he hadn’t had before, he wondered what it meant. If anything, sometimes it did, sometimes it didn’t. Then again they all did mean something, he just didn’t know what they all meant yet.

@Stryder

ID# 82000

Atzo entered ‘Wraths Armoury’ having received a message that the Katana he had custom ordered for Ren had been completed. It was a strange title compared to who owned the shop. Eatos had never come across as Wrathful to Atzo, in fact she seemed to be quite composed during their endeavors. The blue haired woman was standing behind the counter, Atzo approached with Kikas at his side. “Morning, Eatos. It is good to see you again, I must ask, what made you choose the name ‘Wraths Armoury’? On, and I appreciate your help. I know you said you were going to give it to me for a guild discount but I see no reason in it at the moment. I will pay full price.” He put 1000 col on the counter in a sack and took the <<Knights’ Blade>> “I hope you get a lot of customers, If you need any alchemy done don't hesitate to ask.”
 

Obtained 

(-1000 Col)

Atzo watched as Vargas followed up Atzo’s attack. It was going to be a quick fight today. Though as he went to strike Misguidace’s help was not enough, Atzo ended up tripping and doing a forward roll, Misguidance skidding along the ground beside him. “[censored]” he muttered under his breath as he rolled out of the beasts next attack and grabbed the mirrored blade. He used his momentum to stand back up. “I need to make sure that doesn’t happen again” He shook his head and turned his attention back to the rest of the group. “Are they talking about food? I wonder what brought that up.” He readied himself for his next strike, scanning the area to ensure he didn’t replicate what he had just did again. It wouldn’t be a challenge to end this fight, he had a stong feeling that Vargas would next hit, and even if he couldn’t Atzo hoped that Shield’s thorns would activate.

ID# 81926

Stats

Atzo was sitting on his favorite floor seven boulder, It was going to be an interesting day, he hoped that he would be able to get some good loot, preferably something he could donate to the guild for uniforms. Though he mostly hoped for some tier two weapons that he could hold on to for safe keeping. A message from Vargas appeared in his HUD. “Darn” he sighed as he hopped off the boulder. He cupped one hand over another and produced a Native American whistle that called Kikas to him. “I was hoping to relax a little bit longer, I am sure it will be fine though.” He leisurely walked to the Nimbus teleporter, thinking of how this day might go. Seeing Vargas he approached the Sunstone Fox. “How are you doing, mate? Ready to fight?” Atzo thought about how under prepared he, himself, more than likely was. He wasn’t too scared about it however, it would be easy enough to Fight the monsters and he had no doubt that he would kill them without a second thought.

@Vargas

Stats

Atzo sat outside Yōgan Village, he knew that Dominion had no idea about this floor, that was why Atzo told him of a magnificent Giant King who had been tormenting the Knorilt Village. Was it a lie? Partially, but that didn't mean a Giant King didn’t exist and knowing SAO, it was probably evil. Kikas sat beside the Teleporter, as Dominion came through she darted back to Atzo to inform him. The german shepherd sided three headed black wolf, gave Atzo the signal. Approaching the teleporter, Atzo spotted the large blonde haired monk. “Glad you could make it, I hope you are ready for a couple good fights while we are up here.” Atzo said with a sly, wolfish smile. “Remember how we thought floor five was hot, this is much worse in the pools of lava. I hope you are ready for it, then again survival seems to help quite a bit.” Atzo turned toward the edge of the town “Come on, bud, let's kill us a Giant”

@Dominion

The man who held the place of Tank Leader, had a nice shop in Atzo’s opinion. Having come there once before, Atzo decided that it would be best for him to talk to Vargas about getting his dueling equipment appraised. He hoped for a unique enhancement, he didn’t want to get his hopes up though. Walking into the Pwn and Pawn he saw the sandy haired man behind the counter. “Hey, Vargas. I need you to appraise a couple things for me if you would. A suit of Armour named ‘Mirrors of Fear’ and a two handed straight sword named ‘Duelbane’. I have ten materials for you to use, I hope that is enough, gotta pray for those Unique like always” Atzo laughed as he traded the items and materials to Vargas. “How is business? It seems pretty dead in here, no offence” He wasn’t wrong, he knew that there was an over-saturation of merchants in the game. It was hard for any of them to get customers.

@Vargas

Given for Appraise 

(-10 Mats)

Atzo nodded to Kyoto’s thanks. And listened as the two kids talked about the quest reward. He elected to just follow them to the town. “It is nice to see them getting along as they are.” he thought in regards to the heartwarming comradery that was shown through the two Rank one members. It is good that they are evolving and gaining trust. It helped propel the guild farther and strengthened the cross division bonds. He was also very happy that the day was almost over he was ready to head back to his mansion. “If they want to keep going today, i will probably bid them Adieu, and pray that they don't try to fight anything else.” He was glad he could help them though, it wasn’t much but anything is better than nothing at this point, it also gave him the opportunity to interact with them more, not to mention it let him attempt to figure out why he wanted to take Stryder as  friend. It was odd and he still didn’t have answers.

@XxSulSus