Hestia

i smile seeing the boar pound the ground taking note that it's getting madder meaning it'd be harder to focus on anything besides the want to hit me. I take several steps backwards to put some small distance then remains still again ready to react as needed to this boar. Be it dodging if my strike fails or if i find attacking wouldn't be the opportune time. Or striking if the moment is their to end the battle without having taken a hit. That fact alone being surprising to myself even if Itzal has helped with dealing some damage beforehand to it to allow me a chance.

#89113  BD: 8   MD: 3

i grin down at the boar as i see the opportunity  to strike. I lunge forward sword ready to strike as i quickly turn mid lunge to slice all along its side. Striking along its body and ending the life of the creature before it ever had a chance to hit me. I land on the ground and takes one knee before slowly raising up onto my feet with the biggest grin on my face.

*i quickly move my legs a little bit in over adjustment to the boar running under my legs. Not enjoying the thought of those tusks or just he pure strength of the boar hitting any part of my body. The idea of that pain making me uncomfortable at the thought. I then turn around quickly to make sure i don't get attacked with my back turned. Finding such a thought would be embarrassing if it was from something as obvious as a boar doing it to me. I glance over to Itzal for a brief moment and decides to just wait. Thinking that by just waiting i could focus more on striking then having to run forward. I wait for the boar to start charging at me to strike me once more. When i think it's close enough i go for a strike at its body. 

#89111     BD: 6        MD: 3

i grin to myself as the boar charges as my sword goes forward slicing along the body of the animal in question. Causing it another point of damage as i look down at it as my strike connects with its body.

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <>  134/134
[H:3] Hestia 20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  1/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

i continue on my way towards the exit towards the town. Not paying mind anyone who tries to insult me, or harm my pride. As i hear a female voice call out for someone to wait up I just continue my way forward thinking it can't be for me. However, to my surprise it is and i turn to face this stranger who has come to stand by my side. Looking them over from top to down in curiosity seeing a girl wearing a witch's outfit beside me now, and walking towards me without even knowing where i'm planning to go. I then hear their words and finds myself frowning from hearing their words.

Gone through a bit? i've just been pushing myself nonstop is all. I mean i've wasted enough time being cooped up in a room while people have been clearing floors. It's my job now to get stronger to repay their kindness to help those people who have done what they've done. To be able to save some lives by being on the frontlines, or by supplying those people with what i can to stop anymore deaths. i tell you as i stop my walking to tell you this. My eyes having a look of dead seriousness in them as i speak about this.  I have heard of this monument of life and how people's names are on their, so i have to get stronger now or i'll end up a name on that monument or never be able to thank the players who had a stronger will to continue pushing forward unlike me.

i sigh as i walk through the town of beginning's. Just another day in this game that has turned from a beautiful place to a world of killing and death. I look down at my hands and clench them tightly as i make my way towards the meadows and fields to kill some boars to gain levels to try and have a chance to ascend floors. My eyes focused forward as i pass my buildings and people. I make my way through the crowds that plague the streets. Weaving between open spaces that i can find to allow me to move forward towards my goal. Passing many little nice places i see people chatting and talking to each other. Restaurants, Fountains, little recreational and entertainment buildings meant to keep people happy during this game of misery. As i look forward i past by a restaurant not paying the girl that is standing near it any mind at all as i continue on my way. as i talk out loud softly.

Okay then to start off i should kill of some boars and make sure to check their bodies for loot to try and make some col so i can try to buy better things. However, to kill any of those boars i should find a partner to help me kill it since it didn't go so well my first time through when trying to strike it.  I say as i think out loud while walking my body stressed, and look exhausted. However, i continue moving forward pushing my body to move since I have to move forward always. To make myself stronger, to be useful, to help others as best as i can.

@The Black-White Human

i grin down at the Boar and prepares to attack it again. Taking a calming breathe as i focus on my breath. getting use to how the weapon feels in my hand in the moment as i charge forward at the boar. Starting off at a slow jog before moving into a run as i close in on towards the boar as i try to swipe at the boar with my curved sword hoping to be able to strike it. Trusting that it'll strike true, and kill this boar and then work on finding some way to improve my accuracy with my weapon, or work on getting a new one to maybe improve my chances of hitting these monsters.

#89052   BD: 4    MD: 7

i swing my blade at the boar and sees that i misjudged the length of my blade as it misses the boar because of that.

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <>  134/134
[H:3] Hestia 20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  2/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

i grin very excitedly hearing that i did a crit as i pump my fist up into the air for a moment to celebrate before focusing all my attention back onto the boar. I focus all my energy again onto this boar hoping to be able to get a good strike on it again. I focus on it as i rush forward towards it as it ran past me aiming to strike it down before it could have a chance to escape. Going to end its life as quickly as i can. Not wishing to allow this beast that seems so lifelike to live in pain. Keep Rollin' on through life.

#89049   BD: 1    MD: 2

i swing down at the boar with a slash of my sword however i didn't take in count for how fast the boar is moving, and do to my eagerness to end it fast and swiftly with an attack. My blade missing the boar by a long shot as it ran past me. As the boar makes a turn around to attack me i quickly correct myself and dodge out of the way of the attack as i gaze down at it. Woah! don't think i'll be a easy hit!

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <>  134/134
[H:3]  Hestia 20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  2/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

After hearing your words i fight off the embarrassment and lift my sword again shaking my head side to side for a brief second to clear away thoughts as i get a determined look. Trusting that what you say is true and not just something to comfort me. I run towards the boar. Taking a deep breathe as i focus on my goal, and how i'm going to attack. Knowing that this could be dangerous if my luck isn't on my side when it comes to killing this thing. However, i trust that i can kill this boar. That i can kill it to show i'm able to handle other things in the future. I run towards it with a determined look. As i swing my sword towards the boar.

#89037

BD: 9    MD: 9

i grin as my sword slashes across the boss causing more red pixels to fall from its body to represent blood. I grin a bit at hearing the boar let out a squeal of pain as i look down at it as i spin myself around to face it. My sword ready to strike at it again. Having a happy grin on my face, and a look of determination. Seeing this as my first step to prove myself to the world of Aincrad. To prove i'm not some scared child anymore. That i Hestia! Will prove to be strong as the goddess i'm named after!

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <>  134/134
[H:1]  Hestia 20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  2/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

i look down at the bucking boar against Itzal and thinks on this. I could either take the boar now for one hit, and let Itzal take care of it effectively ending its life before damage could come to her. Or she could try to kill the boar herself. Taking time in doing so and risking her life when she is rather weak and not having any healing potions to help herself out. She weighed these two options in her mind. The two options of her own work shining through but risking her life. Or allowing the easy way out. She gripped her sword with a determined look not allowing such a easy chance to be the way out in victory. Itzal i'll be attacking the boar and killing it. I'm sorry but i would like to prove i can win without your help from here on out. I mean it's only 3 hits after that. I can survive. i say nodding with a determined look. I hold my sword tightly in my hand. I go to swing at the boar with my blade. However, i let my thoughts cloud my mind a bit. My need to prove myself to my new friend that i miss the boar and it slashes along the ground in front of the boar from my view of things. My face gaining a blush of embarrassment at missing a monster that is practically standing still.

BD: 3  MD: 1

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <>  134/134
[H:1]  Hestia 20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  4/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

i watch with curiosity and slight amazement as i watch a little pebble fly from your hands towards the boar hitting it in the head making its icon turn read and turns towards you. I take a deep calming breathe not feeling a need to talk to you. I focus on my goal of attacking the boar to destroy it. I watch as it rams into you and you gain it's hate. I focus on the animal and remembers your lessons of Weapon arts, and then goes to try and do one onto the boar. I charge forward at the boar as i grin feeling a rush of energy as i activate my sword art. <<Rage Blow>> . I grin a bit as i swing my sword low and cuts into the side of the boar. Before pulling my sword away before it could Touch Itzal. Hestia coming in with a slash! i say with a smile on my face after the hit. Feeling a bit proud of myself of the attack connecting to the Boar.

#89018

BD: 7     MD: 7

[H:2] Itzal:  1,340  <-3+60>  134/134
[H:0] Hestia:  20/20  <>  0/2

Boar:  4/10  <deals 3 points of damage each hit>

i smile as i listen to you talking focusing on your words as i prepare my weapon. Holding it firmly in my hands. i mean when it's life and death you always got over analyze some things your first time through or you could be....dead. i say my voice a bit shaky when saying that word as if the very thought makes me uncomfortable. Your words still bringing me a calm of my actions not being ridiculous. Just careful. I focus on the boar ahead hearing your plan. so then. I slice the bar while you punch it in the face and take hits for me? you have more guts then me. i say with a chuckle and shake of my head imagining you taking a boar hit on your body as i prepare an attack as i try to do a weapon art. Not really knowing exactly how to activate it at all. However, i just focus on trying to imagine what it would be then calling that forth for how to use it.

I would totally love doing these quests with you! i say very cheerfully and happily. I mean you've been a good conversation partner, and i'm sure we both can agree. This is sooooo boring to just walk around a field and hope to find some materials. I need some stimulation or i could fall over sleeping. *i say jokingly to you with a smile on my face as i continue searching while talking with you.*

#89001

LD: 2

*i sigh softly not finding one again this time around as i hear your next question.* do i like Aincrad....i do, and i don't. *i tell you* i like this place for it's beauty, mechanics, and just the sheer idea of it is something to be inspired by. I mean...a real working VR game! what's not be excited by this. A VR game where our consciousness is inside the game. Something people have only dreamed of for years! However, while i can praise the mechanics, the beauty, the people that are in this game, and the sheer audacity to make this reality. I can not like how this  has turned into the most cruelest of killing games. To have people worry by having to look over their shoulder. To wonder if the next moment they're to die by some monster. Or...*she pauses and takes a deep breathe.* those horrendous monsters in human skin. Those PKers who think it's okay to kill others. I don't care if it was by accident, or on purpose. To even go for such a strike shows some kind of inhuman nature to them. So i like what those world strives to be, but i hate what it has become. *i say to you*

hmmm what would fit you. i say thinking as i look you over. well i guess that would depend on what you're aiming to help people with. Want to keep them alive? alchemy by giving them potions, want to help people defend themselves with quality weapons? go Blacksmith. It really just depends on how you wish to help others for what profession you wish to aim for. i say with a kind smile as i look at you. Hmmmm i wouldn't mind the extra company since i think getting stronger together would be smart, and i don't really wish to slow down the other friend i have made already since he is really high up in the levels. Like doesn't belong on this floor or any beginning ones kind of strong. i tell you with a nod of my head thinking back to my friend Itzal surprised that someone could resist the temptations of false power this world could bring to people's mind. Oh yeah  i should really start focusing on this quest or we could be here all day and that's be HORRIBLE! i say to you with adding a overdramaticness to the word horrible as if describing a plague.

#88999

LD: 20

i grin very happily taking my own material with a happy smile on my face. that is up to 4 now! i cheer happily at this basic gathering quest almost being over.

Mats: 4/5

@Shi

Well if you don't want to fight on the frontlines. You could always help by supplying them items and stuff to keep them alive. *i suggest to you as i smile happily seeing your name and health bar appear in the upper left corner of my vision.* and i mean yeah! being a free agent is good cause i help out more people and don't have to worry about any dumb feuds. I guess the only thing i'd have to worry about it traveling alone at times, or having what i can offer being taken up by someone else who can do the same thing. *i say as we continue searching for anything that would fill the requirement of what we're searching for.

#88996

LD: 1

*i sigh in frustration at another not found material as i look up at the sun seeing that it's about a hour or two past noon*

yay Teams! *i cheer very happily as i go to my menu as soon as i hear you accept my request and send a party invite. As i look at you with a happy look in my eyes as i wait to see your name and health pop up in the top left corner of my vision.* oh you don't want to be on the frontlines? or you just don't think you could achieve getting their? *i ask you curiously* cause for either question i'm curious what the answer is since i hope to be on the frontliens one day fighting for my right to be free. To fight for those who can't. To fight so i won't just be some person trying trying to just get through this game by taking from the success of others. *i say to you with a nod of my head. Having a look of fierce determination in my eyes. After saying this i go around look for the material we're looking for.

#88992

LD: 3

*i sigh softly finding that their was nothing with this search of mine for this one.* well that sucks but i guess my usual gaming luck can't be with me always. *i mutter to myself* and if i'm truly wanted by many guilds i'd prefer staying by myself. that way i can be a free agent helping out whoever i wish to help, and not be tied down by guild affiliation. I'd accept help from guilds, but never be a permanent member member encase some fight happens between guild, and they try to force me to only help one and not the other.

I grin excitedly hearing that you're going to lead me on how to fight monsters. I get up off the ground right away and follows you as you explain how combat works. listening to how sword arts work out in this game. Then hears the word hate but thinks nothing of it. Considering it the equivalent of the term aggro in other MMOs. I follow you and equips my sword with a smile on my face. Holding it as i give some practice swings that won't hit you to get use to how the blade feels and weighs.* So then what is the first enemy you're going to try and have me fight? *i ask curiously with a curious look on my face. The simple boars i've seen here and there that i feel like i had to hide from to not be attacked...that you've taught me was silly since they'd only attack if i got to close. i say with a embarrassed chuckle at the memories of me going prone like solid snake to try and avoid eyesight. Gaining a light blush on my cheek from the embarrassment.

the real world is better then this? i say with a shocked look. I then look towards the ground and thinks on this completely not noticing you get added to my friends list. The first one on their. I think onto every memory of being outside of doing yard work to allow my mother time to work more to help us make ends meet. To running track for my team in school for a scholarship. Every event being for one reason or another, but never to just admire the beauty of the world. I chuckle a bit realizing how silly back then seemed. That i couldn't allow such a small break every now and then. However, i know that after this killing game i will never be able to have such time from having to go back to doing all that work to help my mother. That i'll never have time for myself always giving it to others, to my family, to help them live easier. I shake my head slowly to shake the thoughts out of my head to focus on responding to  my new friend i made.

Well i mean i've seen Velnia so you have me very curious about familairs. But of course we start with the basics. Combat. i say with a smile after hearing you tell me and list off all that you would be willing to teach me.

i nod with a smile at this. I then sit down in the field of flowers and look around with a smile you know. I've never stopped to take a breather...ever. I never stopped to look around and be thankful for what is around me. I never got to enjoy the beauty of the world around me....i can see why people do. i say softly at the last part with a smile seeing why people can find nature beautiful and not just a area of transition from one chore or work to another. Hey...you seem to know what you are doing. Can you possibly guide me on how to actually level up and all that. i ask you curiously with a tilt of my head. pleaseeee. i add on with little puppy dog eyes. just some little tips or something at least. i ask you. Then a thought interrupts the current train of thought as i open my menu and looks through it a bit and grins and sends you a friend request. Having a smile on my face as i do so. Thinking having you as a friend would be nice since you seem kind enough to not be a horrible person on the inside who is just acting that way.

Well what about yourself what do you hope to achieve here, and well since we're both kind of low level why don't we add each other? i suggest with a smile on my face. I mean that way we could take down some quests by ourselves with teamwork, and we could then both improve together. *i say cheerfully as i look at you with a smile.* i mean wouldn't we work better together then alone? *i say to you with a smile as i look around for one of the materials we have been looking for. Going to look for the last 3 with all i can find

#88991

LD: 14

*i grin happily as i pick up the first of the last three materials with a grin* so besides the goals. Is their any specific build you're going to try and go for? i've decided on being a support since dps seems like that would have lots of spots filled, and tanks are well....i prefer not having to take the damage and possibly dying. I guess you could call me selfish for that *i say rubbing the back of my head as i continue looking around*

Mat: 3/5

@Shi

What do i want out of this world? Well like everyone else i just hoped for a fun time at the beginning *i tell you as we look for our materials* i mean who would ever expect to be thrown into some killing game. I mean this isn't some anime that we could watch where events like that should happen. However, here we are in a killing game where the stakes are high *i say as i look towards you* so my goal is to make the most out of this horrible situation. To make friends, to live life normally, and to make it out of this alive hopefully. I have to do so for my family. They need me *i say with a determined look*

#88989

LD: 18

*i smile as i also pick up another material* so for now till we can actually slay things it's back to doing chores for now. With this basically being like mow the lawn, or pull the weeds. So life hasn't been that much different. After i got over the whole fear of death thing and got out of the town to try and be useful. To prove i can be with the rest, and not just be someone who survives by locking myself up somewhere.

Mat: 2/5

@Shi

You're a really kind person. i say softly with a smile as i gaze into your eyes sometimes i wonder what could drive someone, but i guess i have any idea on what it is now. If you're not part of some guild i would be surprised. i say with a small chuckle as i gaze into your eyes you seem like you would make a really good leader with how much you care for others, and strive to help those you can. i tell you in a soft gentle voice with a smile i'm sure your sister just liked being able to be near such a amazing brother like you. If she didn't voice such a concern then she probably just enjoyed seeing you do something you loved.

*i smile hearing those words* to live without regret. Huh? that sounds nice. To be able to take each day in stride and move forward just doing what you think is right. Cause you can't regret doing the right thing by helping people *i say nodding with a smile to you. I then glide my hand through the flowers like you are. Having never to really stop and enjoy the beauty of nature. Having always been go, go ,go with no stops in my life.

hyperactive familiar. Do you mean Velnia? Itzal's familiar. i ask with a smile and hears the part of different personalities and nods, and backs away from the little familiar keeping in mind she isn't the same as the one she had meet before. so you can find these cuties on floor 4? i'll keep that in mind for when i wish to get one of my own. i say happily. I then hear someone talk as i turn around and see this new person*  it's nice to meet you. I'm Hestia! what's your name i ask the newcomer into this conversation with curiosity I'm out here to see if i could train, but then saw Vigilon over here points to Vigilon standing by himself so i decided to talk to him to see what was up.

@Vigilon @Spencer

Well i'm glad you try your best, and i hope you try your best in everything cause otherwise we could take all day. i say in a playful tone as i also start looking around while listening to your words. I don't have anyone with me in here, but i have been making friends! i mean i now have you, and Itzal to keep me company and help me out with things! i say in a cheerful positive tone as i look around the grassy fields of being out of the safe zone.

ID# 88980

LD: 13

i cheer happily seeing that i was able to find a material myself. I quickly and excitedly put that into my inventory so what about you? do you have anyone in here? any friends you made or any family that joined you in playing this death game? i ask you curiously as we search about the field

@Shi

i smile happily and follow alongside my new partner Shi towards the exit of the town. Smiling a bit as he opens the shop door. What a gentleman. i say with a wink, speaking with a playful tone. I then wait for you to exit also before we start to walk and talk. I have left the town actually yeah. I met this really nice guy named Itzal. He even had this reeaallllly cute baby dragon. Oh my god it was so adorable and oh so very energetic. She was like a kitty, puppy, and squirrel with a dragon like body. Or that is what he described her and i can't help but agree. i say with a giggle. Speaking very excitedly and positively. Oh and Itzal was so nice also. he gave me a map of the meadows, and had given me the materials needed for the quest. Buuut i can't allow this i must collect them myself. I won't allow such a easy task to be done like this. I will go out and collect them myself. With a nice talking companion who doesn't look to bad either. i say in a teasing playful tone as i nudge your side gently.

@Shi

Yeah i am! I figured that my partner wouldn't mind me doing this quest by myself. But looks like i have a new buddy to keep me company now also I say in a very cheerful happy manner as i extend my hand for a handshake towards you. Seeming very cheerful and happy. I let my eyes go up and down along your body in curiosity and smiles seeing that we're both new to this game. However, my thoughts quickly get interrupted by a voice sounding that sounds like a man from wisdom, and experience.

So you have come to my shop having heard of my request for aid then? well you two look like you could get this job done. My name is Zackariah as you already know. the man in front of us says as he looks at us. I need you young ones to fetch me some materials to help me with my job. Sadly with my age it has become difficult to go out and fetch such things with the dangers of the monsters. The grey haired older looking man says to us Do you accept in helping a old man to do his job? when he asks we get a quest pop up asking if we accept. I click yes right away

@Shi

*i smile as i walk out of the town of beginnings feeling more confident after having met some wonderfully kind people already after having left the seclusion of the city. I exit the town and heads towards the field since it's a relaxing walk and could be good training if nothing else. As i leave the town i turn my head and spots someone just waiting their. I curiously make my way over to them. Waving with a happy smile. Wearing the basic armor, and having a curved sword at my hip hello! My name is Hestia. What is yours? i ask curiously as i then see your little dragon awwww! another one i say very happily and excitedly as i walk closer to you to have a chance to pet the cute little thing.

@Vigilon