Spencer

"It is good to meet you too Magni." He shakes the mans hand and smiles at him. He thinks for a moment on the man's comment while taking in his appearance and stature. A man with large muscle mass and height, not to mention a very stoic face. "I'm not positive at the moment. Today is a free day for myself, so I'm allowing myself to do just about whatever my heart desires at the moment. How about yourself?" He returns the question to the man. It was nice talking to someone by chance, especially someone that was quite different than those in his life right now. 

Spencer's Penguin Noot ran up and waved at the man, looking up at the man's face and almost falling over from the height difference. Spencer looked down at the black and white bird and smiled softly. "Seems like my familiar wants to say hi. This is Noot, I've had him for... about a year." Spencer picks up the bird, who is waving and smiling the best he can at the man.

Spencer yawned a bit and sat at the tavern table. He was mostly just sipping on water and relaxing. There was not much for him to do, and he very much wanted some time to himself. He had his familiar on the floor next to him and idly patted him on the head while he relaxed in the tavern. He didn't frequent these places often, but he knew that this was where he would meet friends, and possibly another guild to join. After the Holy Dragon Alliance died off after the mansion incident, he knew that finding another group of people was going to be rather difficult. He shrugged slightly and looked around. He slowly stood up and made sure his equipment was all on him. He rubbed his eyes and made for the door, on his way out-

WHAM he felt himself getting hit by a very tall and built man. He briefly thought of a similar event that happened in the real world, but he quickly pushed that thought away. He shook his head once to clear it as he looked up to see a man standing over him, black and white hair and a beard. His eyes quickly looked over the man and he took the hand offered to him. "I'm okay. Sorry I just didn't expect that." He chuckled a bit and used that man's hand to help him stand up. He smiled a bit when he heard the accent, not sure where it was from. "No hurt on me. How about you? You okay?" It was a pretty normal question, but it wasn't often that someone randomly just ran into someone else. "Also, I'm Spencer."

Spencer didn't mean to upset Shiroe by making a comment about him being different, but it was a tad obvious that he might have said the wrong thing. "I-" He went to go apologize, but the guards of the city intervened. He knew that the guards around here did not like Orange Players, but he never once witnessed first hand how they react to the Orange Players. I have to remember that even if he is that young, he is still a player killer. He thought to himself and ran after the player who now was on the run with his familiar. Spencer was able to catch up to the kid, who was panting on the outside of the town. He chuckled slightly, finding it a little funny that players got ran out of town. "Well there's a first time for anything," he looks back at the city, "So, yeah. Lets head out."

The pair walked in comfortable silence towards where they needed to go. After a while, Shiroe began talking about what they might encounter when they finally find the Nepents. He was thinking about the fight as well, but the two of them were quickly thrown into the battle as well. "Oh hello!" He laughed and pulled out his mace. The first one was taken out by Shiroe, but the second one was stalking Spencer. He quickly put both of his hands on the hilt, and placed the head of the weapon on the dirt. The Nepent choreographed his jump, and Spencer swung up his mace. "Four!" He yelled and slammed upwards into the Nepent, its blue crystals flying over the two of them. "Well," he brushed himself off, "Shall we search for the next two?"

ID: 183055 BD: 10 [6x2(Upper Swing)=12]
ID:  MD: 

[Nepents Slain { Iron_Lion }: 1/2]
[Nepents Slain { @Spencer }: 1/2]

[Nepent 1] [0/7][3 DMG][No Drop]
[Nepent 2] [0/7][3 DMG][No Drop]

HP: 540 | EN: 51/54 | DMG: 4 | MIT: 74| THR: 2 | REC: 1 | REG: 1 |

[Iron_Lion] [Lv. 10]
[DMG:_06//EVA:_03]
HP:  [                    ] (250/250)
EN:  [                    ] (20/20)
XP:  [                    ] (0/3)

Spencer yawned a bit and took in the sunlight the floor provided. While he loved the floors that don't offer as much sunlight, he would much rather be in the sun most days. He held Noot, his penguin, between his arms as he walked the cobble stone path ways. "What should I do today..." He muttered to himself as he approached the adventurer's channel to see if some people needed help. He looked at a couple postings and decided that he would go and help out a man named.... Weed. He almost laughed at the name but kept his composure. Okay, I suppose I will be doing this one today. Not to find the man. 

He searched for only a moment before finding a tall, fully armored man standing around with a name that matches the request board. "How could he need any help..." He muttered to himself before approaching the huge man. "Hello. Are you Weed? I'm Spencer. I accepted your quest support on the adventurer's channel." He tried his best to look up at the man and he friendly, he's only had to look up at someone a handful of times.

Spencer first looked worried at the mention of his 'commitment' talk, but he quickly laughed and elbowed him slightly. "B*tch." He rolled his eyes and relaxed more. Nat mentioned it would be his first real game, and started to think about his own 'first game'. It was an old VR game that didn't even have hand tracking working. "I'm excited for it. Hopefully I can do good in the game. Who knows, maybe I'll become a knight as well just to spite you." He laughed a little and looked wistfully up at the ceiling in thought. He felt the warms around around him a bit tighter as Nat mentioned wanting to take a nap, not really letting Spencer say no to that. "Sounds good. I'll be here all cozy." He pressed into Nat a bit more and sighed softly.

Spencer yawned after a moment and placed his arms on top of Nat's. "Good night sleeping Giant." He muttered softly and closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep against a rock hard space heater that would not be letting him go for at least a few hours.

Spencer didn't expect being lifted up, but happily accepted being placed on the man's lap to be held. He relaxed slowly and let his body lay against the man's stomach and chest, his head leaning against his shoulder/head a bit. "I do appreciate honesty in a man as well. It's nice to meet a guy who knows what they want as well. I've met many guys who want to hang out because they want to explore, then drop me the second I have interest in more than that." He shrugged and bit and wiggled slightly to get comfortable, and maybe to tease Nat just a little bit.

"I've only used a gun a couple times in life. My dad tried to take me hunting before. I have no problem with hunting, but Lord knows I can get impatient so laying there with nothing to do for 6-7 hours is not something I really enjoy." He chuckled slightly. "Before SAO, did you have any experience gaming? I had... Some with some MMO's and RPG games, but not a crazy about."

Spencer slightly leaned into the soft petting for a bit. "You uh... Definitely can take your time that's for sure." He adjusted the way he was sitting. "And you can be intimidating. I hope that side of you doesn't come out in public around me because I have no idea how I would react. Or if I would have a choice." His face looks a bit more like it was during their 'session' a moment ago. Slightly agape mouth and a look on his face that screams 'submissive'. He smirks and shakes the face off, adjusting himself slightly. "Exploring would be really cool. Could lead you to all the cool combat dungeons. I'm not sure what else I would do though. I'd need some sort of combat practice to really handle combat in the game. But I highly doubt I could find sword training. Besides I don't know if I even want to use a sword. There are many weapon options." He leaned back and dropped his arm to rest against both Nat's and Spencer's leg softly.

Spencer hadn't noticed the first water until he got up for a second one. "Jesus that was fast. And your brother looks a lot like you? Damn your family had a lot of luck in the genetic department." His mind quickly ran with many other ideas but he quickly ignored all of them, not the time or the place to make comments like that.

At the mention of being cute and having a knight in shining armor, he rolled his eyes a bit and poked him on the nose softly. "The only way I'll be able to get to you on SAO is if I fend off all the people wanting your attention. It's easy to be into a buff knight who has a decent personality." He took a sip of his water and tried to act casual with the flirt. "But in all honesty, it would be cool to hang out in SAO. Who knows what all we are going to be able to do. I could even match you in strength- yeah no that won't happen." He laughed at the end of that statement.

Spencer felt himself melt ever so slightly at the laughter of the man. His voice was very nice to listen to, and Nat being happy sounded even better. Nat having him sit down made him smile a bit. "Yes Sir." He muttered with a slight roll of his eyes, happy to be sitting down. When Nat sat down, he made it a point to press his leg against the other man's, enjoying the physical contact by just sitting there.

"Thank you." He quickly said to not interrupt the man's dialogue. The question being turned on him made him pause for a moment, and the comment about a space heater made him smirk a bit. "I suppose I do at times. My parents are amazing, but all home life can't be perfect. I think having time away from them will be good. Part of why I'm excited for SAO. Seeing the world and meeting new people.... I explored only a new section of the city and met you! Who knows what will happen in game... But yeah, it gets lonely sometimes. College is mostly online and work is slow so I don't have a ton of people to interact with." He shrugs a bit. He never spoke about all of that out loud before. It was almost daunting when he thought about it. "If I may change the topic for a moment, I'm interested to hear about this brother of yours. Does he look like you?" He laughs.

Spencer was still calming down a bit, with that being something he's never done before, sex on a first date scenario. "I.." He mutters, then laughs a little bit. "That was indeed a workout. Holy shit." He laughs a bit more, feeling awkward in the situation at hand. "Sorry this is all new to me." He enjoys the warmth and tries to focus on it to take his mind off of things. "I'm not one to drink so water is just fine if you're okay with that. And in terms of food, I think I'm okay. I think I was filled enough for right now." He gives a wink to Nat. He starts to get up to assist Nat in getting the drinks. His legs feel like they don't work as well as they did before, so it's a bit of a hassle to get up, but he manages. He paused and looked at Nat. "Not to get too personal but... Does it get lonely up here? It's a huge place, but I don't know if I could handle being here all by myself..." He trails off, hoping he didn't sleep on any emotional toes.

"If you don't want to answer that then act like I didn't say anything. I know we haven't known each other emotionally long enough to talk about emotions like that." He paused again. "Man you really do make me flustered easily without even trying you know that?" He laughed a bit more and made his way over to the kitchen area.

He sighed a bit and followed Nat from behind. He couldn't help but appreciate the man's back muscles, and a little further down his body as well. He was looking over the man for a moment before the approached the bathroom. "Thank you." He smiles and looks up into Nat's eyes before entering the bathroom, taking one last peak at the man's body before shutting the door.

He sighed and adjusted himself and his clothing for a moment, walking over to the mirror and running a hand through his hair. "Jesus Christ am I really doing this? At a man's house? An attractive man's Private Loft/Floor?!" He laughed a bit in the shock of it all before slowly shedding his shirt. He paused for a bit and grabbed a towel and dried off his body. He paused again and took of his pants, leaving his underwear for the moment. He dried his body off the best he could and waited for his clothes.

Quickly Nat knocked and came in. "O-Oh okay!" He tried to quickly cover with the towel, not that quick unfortunately. Spencer's body was similar to a swimmers. Lean, fit, and he had a six pack. A light dusting of body hair, and a very nice even tan. He had firm legs and arms, with also a light dusting of body hair on them as well. His head hair was a disheveled mess from the towel and he was wearing Red Boxer Briefs that were still damp and slightly more filled in. "Sorry- Wait. I shouldn't apologize." He laughed and tried to cover his face a bit, which only revealed his body more. He paused for a moment. "I'll take my clothes now. And yes, I do like monster movies, haven't seen one in forever." He walks up to Nat to take his clothes.

Spencer's eyes were wide the entire time he looked around the expensive loft. "Jesus Dude." He breathed softly and stepped into the 21st floor. "How... I'm not even going to question this at this point. Wow." He laughed a bit and looked around and took everything in. "I didn't mean to make it seem like you workout for my benefit. I just like giving compli- HOLYSHIT." He gasped and saw the man strip off his shirt, revealing his muscled body underneath. His face turned red and he quickly spun around to give the man privacy, and to give himself privacy. He took a breath and sighed, slowly turning back around after a moment. "I'll change first if you don't mind. You already have a head start so I might as well catch up." He laughed a bit. "It's not that I feel uncomfortable, it's that this is... a lot to take in." His eyes gazed over Nat's body. "Where's the bathroom? And also, we could chat? Watch a movie? I'm not hard to please I suppose." He was still trying to not stare at the muscles in front of him, but they were hard not to look at.

He looked slightly confused when Shiroe mentioned that he was avoiding the Player Killers, but he was also marked with an Orange crystal. He knew that not all Orange players were actually bad people, but it still was rather strange. He shrugged it off and began thinking about camping for a little bit. "I suppose the night sky is beautiful. Haven't taken it in that much. And I suppose those traps could honestly work. Even the smartest of people could be gotten by a tripwire. Luckily many people are rather stupid." He laughed a little. He paused at the not Japanese comment. "Nope I'm not, and I've met actually quite a few people who aren't. It's surprising from a game and company based in Japan that a decent chunk of the player base isn't from Japan. Capitalism will do that to a company."

He listened to the age comment and thought for a moment. "I'm not sure what to say about age. You are the youngest individual that I have ran into as of late. While that isn't a bad thing, many people might see it that way. Being different can suck, just gotta learn that difference means you're better than a lot of the shmucks out there." He smiled and gave him a thumbs up. "And for the Nepent fighting, I'm not sure. I can draw their agro right at the beginning so they attack me first and will possible die off my enchantments. You have free reign after that to mess them up. What is your fighting strategy anyways?"

The Exercise in all Forms made him think some very NSFW things for a moment, which he quickly pushed out of his head for the time being. "I try to exercise the best I can. Swim and hike when I'm able to, but I don't usually lift weights or anything similar to that. And I tend to sing rock, metal, and some punk stuff. I have done Pop before but I don't have a lot of experience," he paused for a moment, "but I'm not against a performance, as long as you tag along." He winks.

As the pair approached the building, he couldn't help but become slack-jawed at the site of it. It was even worse at the fact that his family owned the building. "Holy... Shit. Wow that's a lot of money. I mean rich people don't freak me out, but wow. I mean you have to practically own a gym in order to get to your physique. Which by the way, we've been flirting a lot tonight but I want you to know that you are genuinely impressive. I'm not trying to hit on you at this moment but you put in a lot of work and it shows." Spencer steps into the elevator next to Nat as he says this. "Keep on with what you're doing. You may need to up the size of your clothing though in that case. Muscles can stretch some clothes." He motions to both his shirt and his shorts.

Spencer's eyes darted down to Nat's pants he let out a very soft gasp. The man was.... large. "Oh. Well hello there big guy." He laughed slightly awkwardly and looked back up at Nat's, still a big of blush on his face. "Yeah, well I'm glad you're enjoying yourself kind Sir. I am as well, just I guess.... Jeans don't show it as well?" He laughed a bit and rubbed the back of his head slightly. "And yes, we can head out. I'm excited to see the Japanese heater-table. The warmth does sound nice." He looks out the window of the diner and notices the rain has stopped, but it was still awful out.

Spencer led the two of them out of the diner and began walking side-by-side with the taller man. "So Nathaniel, what do you like to do for fun? I'm rather fond of hiking and urban exploration, hence my traveling out in the city at night by myself. I also enjoy music and singing, but I haven't done that in a while. I was in a band for a while but some in-fighting kind of killed that for a moment. But what about you?" He smiled and was excited for the man's response.

He smiled and nodded, grabbing the phone and quickly plugging his number into the phone. "There we go, put my number under Spencer... obviously." He laughed a bit and handed back the phone. He watched Nat bring out the money and set it down, his eyes going wide. "Holy shit that's a lot." He mutters and looks at the money. "Well, poor her. Definitely missing out on... a lot." He gives Nat a bit of a look up and down from the booth they were sitting at.

He gets up from the table and looks down at Nat, finally being taller than him for a moment. "What is your type? If you don't mind me asking. I'm Gay as you could probably guess, but are you? I have a feeling you are interested in men but you may just be a flirty individual just because you can and I'm easily flustered." He blushed slightly and smiled. "As you can see by the rosy cheeks I now am wearing from just talking about all of it." He thought for a moment. "Also, what should we do at your place? And I apologize if I get your furniture wet. The rain did a bit of a number on some of my clothes not protected from the rain."

"I suppose camping is nice. I have not done it yet unfortunately. While I have a higher level than some I still worry about being taken out in my sleep by-" He cut himself off when his eye danced over the orange crystal, worried that he may say the wrong thing, "unfriendly individuals who come across me." He finishes the statement, hoping that he was able to smooth it over. "The animals themselves don't normally bother me luckily. Grew up in Northern Michigan so I dealt with wolves and Coyotes howling a decent amount at night."

Spencer and Shiroe approached the two NPCs involved and waved to them, listening to the audio going between them. He began to grow a bit sour as the conversation began growing towards bashing the young player's age. He went to say something to interrupt the conversation flow, but his companion quickly shouted out words to counteract their comments. "Yeah. We both will be helping. I believe he has the capabilities to help. I will be there to assist as well, so no need to worry. We both are fairly capable individuals." He had no idea what Shiroe could do, but he didn't want to upset him anymore. "Shiroe, we can just accept the quest and go. The NPCs don't have brains to themselves beyond their code."

He waited a moment again for the player to speak. He sensed that this player very much enjoyed thinking out their actions and words before doing them. That was fully a good trait to have, one that Spencer didn't have as much of. After a brief moment however, the player began speaking again. He couldn't help but smile when he began talking about the Penguin. "I'm not positive, but this is the noise that the game has them make so..." He shrugs and smiles a bit. He listens to the rest of the words and nods again. "I'm fine with just this one quest, no pressure of course. And you want to hold Noot? That's his name by the way. I don't see why not!" He smiles and sets the penguin down on to the ground.

Noot waddles over and waves at Shiroe, hoping on to his foot and sitting down. "And nice to meet you Shiroe. Shall we get started? I'm not entirely sure how long this will take and I don't enjoy being out past dark unless its the safe zone. Which even then can be a bit strange."

He watched as the player slowly turned to look at him, well mostly at the Penguin in his arms. Okay, they like penguins! I mean who doesn't. He ignored the rest of his thoughts as he waited for the player to say something. After a moment of what Spencer could only assume to be quiet contemplation, the player finally spoke. The aversion to teaming up slightly surprised Spencer, but he had been there before. "Oh, I only ask because you do not seem to be wearing Heavy Armor. I am slowly becoming more of a 'Tank'," He used air quotes at that word, "and would like more experience helping those around me. Besides, a travel companion that can actually talk back to me sounds nice." He motions to the penguin in his arms. 

The penguin waves at the player and lets out a soft "Noot Noot!" Spencer looked down at the Penguin and smiled softly. "He's very vocal and friendly. Also, my name is Spencer if that helps break the tension at all." This player had to be a bit younger than me right? I can't tell for sure though... Hmm..

"How have I not done this quest before? I literally have nothing to do half the time and YET I've missed this one. Jesus Christ, lets get this over with." Checking his list of quests, Spencer noticed <<Secret Medicines of the Forest>> was something that he still needed to completed. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair before setting off to find the quest location, wherever the hell that may be.

After a few minutes of walking, he finally got to where he needed to go and began walking up the stairs to the building. Entering the building he swore that he could actually see an Orange Player entering the building, which was surprising considering the guards all around the city. He shrugs it off and picks up his familiar Penguin Noot so he doesn't have to climb the stairs.

He entered the building and his eyes fell upon an Orange cursor, which made him worried and also confused. It was very difficult in order for people to get into the main city with an Orange marker, but if someone was in the city, that means that they were rather good. However, upon earlier inspection, the player seemed to be rather young. He saw kids many times in this game but they were usually NPCs. He saw the player near the NPC he was headed for, and decided to interact with the newer player. "Hello, are you going to be doing this quest? I'm willing to assist if you want to accompany me. I haven't done it as well." He smiles softly at the person.

HP: 540 | EN: 54 | DMG: 4 | MIT: 74| THR: 2 | REC: 1 | REG: 1 |

Spencer once again choked slightly on his coffee when Nat asked him to accompany him to his loft. He coughed for a moment. "Sorry, I apparently don't know how to swallow Coffee correctly." He paused a moment, looking at the man's face. He did not feel like Nat had any bad intentions, and the fact that he was not pushing anything beyond PG-13 unless it was reciprocated was a nice touch. He ran a hand through his hair, mostly dry from the combination of his umbrella and the pair sitting inside for so long. "I.. You know what, sure. Would be nice to see a different part of the city, and not to mention being able to warm up a bit." He smiled a bit and replicated the motion of blowing on his coffee.

The waitress came back around to the pair. Her eyes landed on the torn up paper which gave her a fowl look. She placed the bill on the table without much of a word, and stormed off. Spencer found it difficult to hold in his soft chuckle at the sight. "Break hearts left and right huh?" He cocked his eyebrow and looked at the man with a small grin. "'I'm kidding of course... Oh! That reminds me, would you like my number? My phone is dead at the moment but if you want to try and meet up in SAO tomorrow or talk more..." He trailed off and smiled a bit. He took the pen off of the bill the waitress handed them and wrote down his number. He reached his hand across the table to hand the man his number. "No pressure if you'd rather not let me have your number. I know we only met today."

He watched Nat for a moment, studying his facial features for a moment. How did this man win the genetic jackpot in so many ways?! He blinked away his thoughts and listened to him talk about his brother and SAO. "That's awesome that you have a sibling who will be joining you! I know for me, my sister wouldn't be caught dead playing a game like this, so it's just me on that front."

He pauses talk of the game for a moment, the waitress coming back with coffee. He looked at Nat rip up the paper, and it made him smile softly. "I definitely wouldn't be against calling this a date. And I'm surprised being a TSA agent has you moving a lot. Must suck not being able to stay in one place for too long.... How long are you in this area for? Would be a shame to have one of the only good looking people in this town go away." It was his turn to try and flirt. He gave a wink at the end of his comment and took a sip of coffee to hide his face a bit.

Spencer was on the verge of a spit take with the sexually charged conversation the two of them were having casually at the diner table. While it was a bit verbally one sided, Spencer had to admit to himself that he was definitely feeling some type of way about the man across from him. Spencer gave the man a very obvious once over and met his companion's eyes, but he could only hold the look for a moment before laughing softly. "Damn dude..."

The mention of SAO distracted him for a moment, letting his mind move back to other conversations. "The game looks amazing in my opinion. I don't know much about video games, but just the ability to travel is a large reason as to why I'm interested. I haven't been able to travel much in my life and being able to do that PLUS medieval wear? I'm excited."

The conversation was interrupted by the waitress who asked what the two of them might want. The comment about 'not on the menu' confused Spencer slightly but he didn't comment much on it. "I'm okay with just another coffee. Thank you." He smiles at her and waits for her to walk away before turning back to Nat. "Also. Are you telling me you are single? Because.... Yeah I don't believe it."

Nat's avoidance peaked his interest a bit, but he decided to press on that subject another time. The compliment the larger man gave made Spencer smile softly, a red hue on his face grew as the conversation continued. "If you don't mind me pointing out. You very much are a larger man. In the best way possible mind you." While he was not new to flirting and hitting on someone, it felt a bit daunting when it was to someone who could break him in half without a second thought.

He was just about to comment on the game topic, but the mention of his own size and him having a lover made him choke on his coffee slightly. "Oh uh sorry. I'm not really one that has a lover at this moment. I don't normally go looking for a relationship. Besides, hard to find men in this area..." He trailed off for a moment, taking another sip of his coffee. "You said you are playing a game tomorrow? So will I! But it's probably not SAO... That would be surprising."

He let out a soft sigh of relief. "Oooh okay. That explains… a lot actually. Cat scratches can be a bitch and a half. I had a cat for a couple years, fostering him for a family friend, and one time he decided to scratch me. That thing hurt for hours for no reason." He smiled and laughed a bit. "But it's good to meet you, TSA agent Nat. That job sounds like you meet a lot of very, very interesting individuals. My work can be boring so I'm pretty envious of someone who can meet others on the daily."

The coffees were ordered, and the waitress was definitely giving Nat 'The look' but he was not even looking at her. Can't tell if he's rude to wait-staff or just not interested in talking to her. Well he doesn't seem too bad so far. He stretched his arms up and took off his damp hoodie, setting it next to him. Underneath is a soft T-Shirt that portrays a rock band logo. It's a mixture of Black and White. "So Agent Nat, what brings you out this late? Other than running me over? I'm assuming going for a run, as many people don't wear that tight of clothing for no reason."