Floofy

She smiled and nodded. Airi sure cheered her up, and she was really glad she got to have her as a companion. "Hey, why don't we add each other to our friends lists? That way we can keep in contact! Plus, if either of us get in trouble, we know we can call each other for help!" Her smile grew into a grin. Finally, she found someone in this world that seemed to like her, or at least was good at pretending like it. Hey, whatever worked was good enough for Sakoda! "Oh, hey, looks like you almost have all the berries you need, huh?" It didn't seem to take Airi that long, so it gave Sakoda hope that the gathering wouldn't be that bad on her end either. Of course, RNG has a way of being cruel, doesn't it? For all she knew, it would take her weeks to get a good pull from the bushes.

 

(OOC: @Airi)

She frowned, not understanding why being a beta tester mattered, but... "Er, no actually, I wasn't in the beta. I missed out on the access time to get in. I was just so excited about SAO coming, I did everything I could to learn about, well, everything. Especially the wildlife. Dragons, Unicorns, Demons. What all could be tamed, what needed to be slain, what floor certain things were found at. I heard rumors that on floor 42, there are aliens!" As she went on, it really did seem like she had the knowledge of a beta tester. Heck, even a beater would be amazed at everything she was saying. It looked like she could've talked the day away, but she stopped and frowned, "but.. no, I was never in the beta.. Why does that matter though? You made it sound like it was a bad thing." Was it a bad thing?

 

(OOC: @Airi yea, found out I cant be a beta tester, but I worked around it :P)

 

"M-Me? Er...well.. to be honest, all the players seem to avoid me.. I try to be nice and everything, but for some reason, everyone gives me dirty looks and walks away": She frowned, confused about everyones attitudes towards her. "it's like they think I'M to blame for all of this stuff going on, you know? I want to think that the others just want a scapegoat to blame.. but at the same time, that doesn't make sense, because we HAVE someone to blame, the creator Kayaba Akihiko!" she rubbed her forehead in frustration "ugh, its so confusing!!" Sakoda was pretty sure all of this was giving her a headache, if that was even possible in here. She hoped not, because she didn't remember seeing anything that looked like Aspirin during her exploration of the town. Having a headache was one thing. Having a headache that you cant get rid of is so much worse! Maybe 'headache' was a status ailment in the game? If that were the case, certainly there would be a potion to counter it! Sakoda then realized how much she was overthinking this whole thing, and brought her attention back to their conversation. 

 

(OOC: @Airi

"No, I dont know any guilds outside of the famous ones. You know, The Army, Knights of the Blood Oath, Laughing Coffin, so on." She was unsure about gather berries, not wanting to start gathering more than Airi. She would rather have her finish her requirements for the quest than get upset about not being able to get anything. Not having anyone to talk to had made her really sensitive to these things, and she just didn't want to do anything to scare off possible buddies, even doing things that were purely up to chance. "Uh, no, i'm fine for now," She smiled reassuringly, "Go ahead and find what you can, I can hit the next batch. No problem!" She smiled to Airi, while also thinking she did pretty good at defusing the situation. Granted, to anyone else it wouldn't have been 'fused' to begin with. She then noticed Airi asking about her spear. "Oh, well, honestly I felt like being a sort of like, uhh... Assassin support, kind of thing?" she frowned, unsure if she was explaining it very well. "Like, being able to sneak in and do damage, but then being back behind my team and healing them, before going back and doing more sneaky damage. Kind of that rotation of actions, right?"

(OOC: @Airi)

She sighed "This is going to take a while, isn't it?" She looked up at the sun "It looks like it's about noon, I think.. At this rate, it'll take us a few hours to get all ten berries." Sakoda frowned, thinking that there had to be a more effective way of gathering them. Maybe boars had a chance of dropping them on death or something? Although, she highly doubted it. Looking down from the sky, she found herself looking at Airi. "Do you have any ideas on how we could speed this up? After all, the less time we spend on this quest, the more time we can spend grinding, or forming parties. Heck, maybe even finding Guilds to join...." Her eyes widened as a realization came to her. "Err, I guess I'm not being much help by standing her and talking?" Sakoda burst out laughing before motioning to Airi to follow her. They definitely weren't making progress just standing around, and they still had quite a bit of work ahead of them.

(OOC: @Airi, yes senpai ^^)

Sakoda nodded and got her sword ready. She approached the next <<Boar>>, but suddenly froze in fear. What if she couldn't do it? What if she wasn't strong enough, or she missed her attacks?! She started to move back, but then remembered Airi was with her. She couldn't run, not when she had someone relying on her to help! She lunged forward to the Boar, holding her sword out to the side for a slash attack. As she dashed passed the boar, her sword cut into its side, from its head to its rear. She didn't pay attention to how much damage she did, as she spun around and slashed at the Boar again and again until it dissolved into pixels.

She blinked a few times before realizing what she did. Ya, it was basically the first monster anyone could face, but she had assaulted it in a near blind furry. She didn't even know if it had attacked back. Looking up to Airi she shrugged and smiled. "So uhh... next one?"

 

(OOC: @Airi Sounds good. I think you did great, but I also did a sort of alternate way to do combat, to see if it would be ok)

Sakoda nodded in understanding. She unsheathed her Starter Spear, and already her hands were shaking. In any other game, she wouldn't be this nervous, but here death was very real. She took a deep breath to calm herself, "okay, I think if we take out one at a time, we can rest while gathering the berries before moving on to the next one. That way, we'll have as much health as possible while still completing the task in a quick time." She looked to Airi to see if she liked the plan, or if she wanted to propose another idea. She was open to any other suggestions, especially since she wasn't much of a strategist herself. She had a hard enough time keeping track of the day, let alone making a plan for it. She was certainly glad to have Airi with her now, to help her along the way.

(OOC @Airi I haven't been told otherwise, and my journal explains her being a beta tester a few times, so I think its OK. After all, I'm not using it for an unfair advantage or anything, more of a way to explain why other players seem to avoid her)

Seeing it as an opportunity to avoid talking to more NPC's, she gratefully replied "YES! I would LOVE to!!" She opened up her game menu, so she could accept the quest from Airi. Once, accepted, she looked at the first task. "Juniper Berries, huh? shouldn't be too hard to get 'em. Unless it's been changed since the beta.." She looked back to Airi "oh, thanks for doing this with me, by the way! It'll go a lot faster between the two of us. By the way, my name is Sakoda!" She proudly stated, offering her hand in greeting. "nice to meet ya!" Hopefully, this new girl wouldn't distance herself like all the other players had done. She had no idea why, it isn't like she did something bad. Not that she knew anyways. Ever since the beginning of this whole mess, she had kept herself locked up on the first floor, in the Town of Beginnings, for fear of getting killed. It was only recently that she finally decided to do something with her life here.

 

((OOC: @Airi

Just as Airi turned to leave, Sakoda ran head first into her, gasping for air. She had clearly been running all across town. "W-Wait!! You didn't accept the quest already did you?!" Sakoda desperately asked, not wanting to go through the NPC chatter herself. Normally, NPC's were the only people she could get to talk to her, but over the past week she had gotten tired of wandering the Town of Beginnings, and wanted to get stronger. She knew she couldn't stay her forever, especially with her IRL body at risk. With the frontlines only at floor 20, it could take them forever to get out, and she needed to be up there helping the push. Maybe with her knowledge from her time in the beta, she could help move things along...

Of course, unknown to her, beta testers had acquired a bad name, especially the ones who had made it the furthest. Other players who recognized her would mutter under their breath, calling her 'beater'. She didn't know it was meant as a beta-cheater, and thought it was a compliment, although she hadn't "beaten" anything since the games release. Heck, even during the beta, she spent her time studying and making reports on the wildlife of SAO. What could be tamed, what could be killed, where to find certain creatures. Her entire focus during that time was on familiars and companion animals. But now, her focus was completing the game.

"Please tell me you didn't accept his quest yet, I really don't want to sit through the explanation..." she asked again, although she could tell that the girl, Airi, had indeed accepted the quest, given that the NPC had turned and gone back inside. Sakoda sighed and whispered to herself "it gets tiring hearing the same dialog over and over.."

 

((OOC: @Airi)

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Real Name: Sakoda Yutaka

Age: 24, Born March 23rd

Gender: Female

Height: 5.4 Feet

History

Sakoda was born and raised in Kyoto as the youngest child to three brothers. She never knew her Father, and never spent much time with her Mother or older sisters. When the announcement for Sword Art Online first was revealed, Sakoda thought it would be the perfect chance to go out and explore a new world, even if it was digital. With the desire to start strong in the game, she spent the following months practicing swordplay, but really specialized in hand-to-hand combat. However, she never made any friends or love interests in these activities, feeling as if nobody would understand her. Again, this would cause her to think of SAO, and how she would be able to interact with new people who were as interested in the world as she was.

 Sakoda spent many nights leading up to the games release imagining what kinds of fantastic monsters and animals she would find. Dragons, Chimeras, maybe even creatures unimagined! What would she be able to tame? What would she be able to slay? SAO quickly became her only desire, being her driving factor in her training. As time passed, her brothers grew even more distant of her, due to her overwhelming obsession with the upcoming game. Even her mother had began to ostrasize her, but Sakoda didn't pay attention to any of it. On the day of release, she was first in line at her local game store, and first to purchase the Nervegear. She locked herself in her room and launched the game as soon as possible, and beginning her new... extended visit... in Sword Art Online.

 

About

 Although in real life, a quiet and secluded person, online she tries to be more outgoing and interesting, although so far it hasn't scored her any alliances or friends. She hadn't even found a guild, and as a result was forced to live life as a solo player. Unknown to her, a lot of the reason for the others shunning her was them believing her to be a beta tester. even though she was never actually able to get into the beta. Nobody had directly called her out on her being part of the beta, but rather chose to ignore her all together, which is why she has no clue as to why nobody likes her. She only knows so much about the game because of her insane obsession over it.

Sakoda, due to wanting to be more involved with others, can be easily manipulated by those who would seek to use her. One could even trick her into joining one of the Orange Guilds, if they were devious enough. However, this also means she is easy to befriend, and will happily defend you if you defend her. The life of a solo player wasn't her choice, but it has made her strong none the less.

 

 

Virtues

 

Lovable: Although a loner, and unable to make friends, she would be a very kind and caring person to those who got to know her. She would risk her life for her allies, even if they would rather she not do such rash things. Many times, it causes people to think she's trying to show off.

Upbeat: Sakoda is able to keep the atmosphere cheerful and everyone around her happy... granted, there aren't many people around her normally, but even just passing through a crowd everyone seems to perk up when she passes by, humming a song or two to herself.

Energetic: Sakoda is always ready for action, and hardly ever sits down. Even at night, she will stay up either training or thinking. If the area is safe enough for her, she'll even sometimes go explore. Sakoda can always be found doing something to keep herself busy.

 

Vices

 

Easy to Manipulate: With the wrong people, Sakoda could easily become corrupt and evil, believing herself to be in the right simply because she was told so. Even if it was murder. With being so lonely, it's easy for her to want people to be around, even before finding out their true natures.

 

Distant: Being alone for so long in SAO has started to set Sakoda further apart from other players. She had since given up on trying to make friends, vouching instead for friends to find her. This, of course, can lead to unfortunate encounters with the wrong people...

 

Goofy: You would think that having a silly and fun attitude could be a good thing right? Not so much for Sakoda, as this causes her to take many things less than seriously. Some people even think she's border-line crazy, and in truth, that may not be too far off.

 

Profession: 

Skills:

Total Skill Points: 19

Unused Points: 19

Used Points: 0

 

Combat Skills:

Rank 1 OHAS

Weapon Skills:

 

Armour:

 

Mobility:

 

Locked:

 

Inventory:

Starter Iron Spear

Starter Cloth Armour

Leather Coat (+1 Evasion)

546 Col

7 T1 Mats

Potions:

- 5 Tier One Health Potions of Uncommon Quality (+40HP)
- 1 Tier One Damage Potion. (+1 Damage)
-1 Tier One Over-Health Potion (+50 Temp. HP)