Kievla

Kievla sat alone in the guest room with Telrenya. With Atzo out of the room, she felt a small sense of relief wash over her. But it wasn't enough to clear away all of her anxiety.

She twirled her silky, green hair with the short and slender fingers of her left hand. Before she realized it, she was lightly humming one of her favorite songs, and her feet were tapping along to the beat, although her legs were too short for her feet to actually touch the floor while sitting on the bed.

When Telrenya asked her the question, it caught her off guard, and she quickly took noticed that she had slipped into la la land for a second. Kievla tried to hide her embarrassment, but she couldn't stop the warmness from spreading across her face. She must have looked red as a beet to Telrenya.

"I don't really have any friends here," she said, "I, uh, I don't really talk to people that much. And most people seem to look right over me, so..."

@Atzo @Telrenya

Kievla looked at the pair as they entered the room. Telrenya was a pretty blond, and more than a head taller than Kievla was. Her sweet, brown eyes and soft smile were enticing, an invitation of friendship made flesh. And Atzo towered over the small young woman. His striking red hair, angular eyes, and constant smirk gave him quite the unsettling visage. Kievla thought how she looked very out of place being in a room with these two. 

"I-I think I'll feel better when my head stops throbbing," said Kievla, as she took a seat on the bed behind her, "And I don't want to be a burden, Mr. Atzo, but a glass of water would be really nice."

Kievla sat there for a moment. She was trying to be brave in this situation. She wasn't really afraid of either of these two, but everything that was happening was so new to her. Kievla was on the verge of being overwhelmed once more, but she was doing her best to fight it off.

@Atzo @Telrenya

Kievla rubbed her head as she pulled herself up to her knees. First she blacked out and couldn't remember anything, then she woke up in a stranger's home, and now she's being frightened by animals outside and hitting her head. This was definitely a contender for Kievla's worst day ever.

She realized she was frantically running her fingers through her hair about the time that she heard the footsteps approaching her room. She did her best to stop her nervous habit by hurriedly straightening the room and trying to act as casually as possibly. She knew someone would have heard her screaming. Kievla thought to herself about how embarrassing this whole situation was.

When Atzo called out to her from beyond the door, Kievla replied back in a soft voice, "Umm, I'm okay. I-I just sort of fell. But it's alright, I d-do stuff like that a lot."

She paused for a moment and tried to conjure up the courage to fight the shakiness out of her voice.

"You can come in... if you want."

@Atzo @Telrenya

Kievla awoke some time later.

She couldn't believe how soft the bed she was laying in felt. It was ten times the softness of any bed she slept in at the inn in the Town of Beginnings. The softness of the best really helped to alleviate some of the stress she had been feeling from earlier. She grabbed the pillow and squeezed it against her chest, cuddling it like a stuffed animal. She lay there for a moment, trying to remember what happened.

The red-haired man had sat down with her and talked with her for only few minutes before the blond haired woman had been shoved forth from the crowd. And after that, it was all black. She seemed to recall something about the man mentioning his house. Then it hit her. Maybe the two were working together and she was in his house now. What would they do to her now that she was here?!

She squeezed the pillow tighter against her chest. She began to uncontrollably brush her fingers through her side pony. She closed her eyes as tight as she could and curled up into a fetal position around the pillow. What would would she to get out of the mess?

Something made a noise outside of her window that deeply startled her. She screamed and rolled out of the bed, thumping her head against nightstand on the way down.

@Telrenya @Atzo

Kievla witnessed as the crowd grew thicker and rowdier. She saw the girl with black hair make contact with the blonde and send her barreling towards the man in front of her. It was enough to make Kievla's anxiety reach surprising new heights. Moments before all of this, she was sitting alone, and now a man and a woman had appeared out of seemingly nowhere gotten close enough to Kievla to set her off.

"U-uh, I think that... I-I think tha-I thi..." After the impressive speed with which Kievla was rattling off words earlier, she now found it incredibly difficult to try and speak as she felt the world spinning around her.

So many people, so much going on. It was way more than Kievla could keep up, and frankly, way more than her poor brain could take in. She could feel the strength in her body waning as her vision went blurry. Unable to keep a grip on her consciousness, Kievla fainted and fell out of seat.

@Atzo @Telrenya

"O-oh! This is a bit sudden. I-I've never been to a guy's house before. And I just met you. A-and you seem really nice but I'm not that kind of girl. NOT THAT I THOUGHT YOU THOUGHT THAT I WAS! O-oh no... Now I've got loud. A-and did you say your name was Atzo? I-I guess I should tell you my name too... B-but what if my name is bad. Oh, I should have stayed home today. T-this tea thing was definitely a bad idea. O-oh, that's right, I'm Kievla, b-but my name isn't all that special. A-and did you say you wanted to sit here? Wait t-that was from forever a-ago," Failing even harder to contain her anxiety, the words kept babbling out of Kievla'a mouth at an uncontrolled speed.

Kievla slumped down in her seat after she finally managed to finish speaking. She was so embarrassed at her inability to act like a normal person when she was in public. She was really in need of a quiet place to just unwind, but she didn't know of anywhere to go. Maybe going somewhere with this stranger would be a nice change of pace, but Kievla was so indecisive she would never be able to convince herself of the confidence to try something so suddenly.

@Atzo @Telrenya

"O-oh! A-are you speaking to me? I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I-I hope I haven't done anything t-to offend you. Y-you can have my seat if you want. I c-can find somewhere else to sit. O-or you could just sit at the table with me. That would be okay, I-I guess. I d-don't have anyone else to sit with, so... I'm sorry. D-did I do something to offend you?" the words escaped her lips at rapid fire pace as she tried and failed to reel in her anxiety. 

Kievla had been sitting alone for the past four hours. She had been too afraid to try and fight through the bust crowd, and feeling awkward whenever she finished a drink, she had ordered tea after tea. And now a man had approached her out of nowhere and asked to sit with her. She realized that the outdoor seating at this café was pretty packed, but surely this man could find someone better than her to sit with. And she sorely hoped that he wouldn't mistake her child-like stature for her being an actual child. She was always embarrassed to meet new people because her small frame made it hard for anyone to identify her as a 17 year old.

@Atzo

Kievla sat alone at one of the tables outside of a small café in the Town of Beginnings. She quietly took small sips from her drink, and did her best to try draw as little attention to herself as possible. She couldn't help but feel nervous with all these people around, sitting and talking as they enjoyed their drinks and food. What made it even worse was that she could see all the people who were walking up and down the busy street in front of the café. At this moment, she wanted nothing more than to log out of this game and curl up alone in her bed. She was definitely not cut out to handle being around this many people all at once.

She nervously stroked the side ponytail that she had pulled her hair into for the day. She had spent time curling it too, but with her nervous habit of running her fingers through it, the hair had already lost all of the curl that it had held earlier. When she noticed that she had began stroking her hair again, she quietly chastised herself and did her best to keep her hands in front of her on the table.

Kievla had come to terms with the fact that she was stuck in this world. She had even come to accept that she was alone and without friends. And it was this that gave her the most grief. She was never cut out to be a fighter, but to survive inside this game you had find someway to gather resources and make a living. She didn't particularly have any skills either, so learning a profession was off the table for now, too. As the gravity of her uselessness weighed down on her, Kievla did her best to shrink back inside her shell and wait for the bustling scene around her to die down before she would inevitably slink back to a tavern to cry in bed until the next morning.

So what kind of thing should we do that would help me learn how to do stuffs?! (・_・ヾ

That would be nice of you!

Hooray!! o(^▽^)o

Do you want to start a topic, or me?!

Hello there! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

I just joined and I was wondering if someone would like to do a thread with me and stuff so I can kind of get a hang of the ins and outs, ya know.

KIEVLA

«Profile»
Username: Kievla
Real name: Xue Meiying
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Height: 4' 10"

«History & Personality»

Meiying was born to a Chinese couple shortly before they made their move to Japan. She was always raised to live in two different worlds. At home, her parents were very much traditional and insisted that she practice the ways of the her ancestors, but growing up in Japan meant that she was always being bombarded with the culture of the country around her. Meiying always struggled with this, never quite being able to hide her Japanese side from her parents. 

Meiying always wanted to follow in the footsteps of her mother and become a scholar of language. She grew up learning Chinese, Japanese, and English, which was very beneficial, but was embarrassing when she would get her words mixed around at school and have be scolded by the teachers for speaking words they did not understand. Meiying's father, however, was always cold and stern towards her. He always made sure that Meiying had discipline in her life, and sometimes his "discipline" crossed over into the realm of abuse. So when her father left her mother and went back to China, Meiying could not help but to feel some form of relief.

It was her father's return that prompted Meiying to gain an interest in Sword Art Online. She was in her final year of high school when her father returned to Japan, back from his three year stay in China with his parents. Since he returned, he had done little more than stay black out drunk on the sofa. And when he was conscious, he would constantly get into arguments with her mother. On occasion he would try to convince Meiying to leave with him and go back to China, but she would always refuse, fearing the man that her father was and not wanting to leave her mother alone in Japan. It was when he began to violently assault Meiying that she turned to virtual reality.

Meiying is a shy 17 year old Chinese girl. She grew up in Japan, and this led to her garnering and interest in anime and manga. She was also an excellent student, although her exams never really showed the fruits of her hours spent studying, since she always had performance anxiety when it came time to take them. She always preferred to wear modest clothing which covered as much skin as possible, partly to keep away unwanted looks from men, and partly to hide the bruises from her abusive father. She had only ever had one real friend in Japan, and she preferred to stay over at her house as much as possible. 

«Virtues»

Studious: Kievla likes to learn as much as she can about the world around her. She spends a vast amount of time observing and gathering information about the world she's now trapped in. Kievla often loses track of time when she gets into one of her "learning frenzies".

Kind: Kievla has a very kind heart. When she sees someone in need, a strong desire rises in her to help them. However, Kievla is a rather bashful girl and sometimes ends up being too nervous to approach someone she doesn't know to offer her aid.

Loyal: Kievla may not make very many friends, but she deeply treasures the ones that she does have. She does her best to always do everything that she can for those that she feels she has a bond with. Kievla never turns her back on the precious few that she calls her friends.

«Flaws»

Small: Kievla has always been a on the short side, and many people mistake her as being much younger than she is. She's always yearned to be even just a little taller, and comments about her height often leave her a flustered mess. She often allows her vertical handicap to get in the way of things.

Shy: Kievla has always struggled with inability to forthcoming with her personality. She keeps most of her thoughts and feelings to herself and rarely goes out of her way to speak when she feels it isn't necessary. Kievla becomes nervous and embarrassed when she's around people whom she doesn't really know.

Appeaser: Kievla has never been one to have a high self-esteem. Because of this, she almost always puts the needs of others before her own. It is easy for her to be taken advantage of or dragged into things when she is dealing with someone who is very vocal about the things want.

«Profession»

None... yet.

«Skills»

Non-combat:
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Passive:
» Rank 1, Search & Detect

Combat:
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Weapon skills:
» Rank 0, One-Handed War Hammer

«Inventory»

Weapons/Tools:
» Iron Mace
» Starter Cloth Armor

«Roleplays»

«Relationships»

«Story Thus Far»