Reinka

"All right I got one. I guess I was distracted before! Well it was fun meeting him at least. Maybe I'll introduce him to Steel." she wondered if his humor would rub Steel the wrong way and pondered it for a moment. "I'm not sure he can do what I do." she rubbed the back of her head for a bit and shrugged it off. "Well it doesn't matter soon I'll be an alchemist and everything will be better for Steel and I." she stretched and moved to another location to keep searching. She felt so close to achieving her goal at this point. "I'll have a place to show off to Steel too, and if we need potions or crystals we have it covered. I just have to keep trying." She took in a deep breath. "I bet this is also the easy part of this whole mission, I'm stressing out over nothing. Oh well." she laughed.

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She waved goodbye to Outlander. "See you around okay! Don't forget to send me a message whenever okay!" It seemed he had some other business to attend to. "Shoot the sun is going down soon. I better hurry up before more monsters spawn into the area. I don't want to be caught then." She took in a deep breath and kept looking for the materials she needed. She honestly hoped her pendant was working, maybe she'd have to recharge it in water or sunlight, but would that work. The sunlight wasn't real, but neither was her pendant after all. "I'll have to give that a try later anyways. Right now I have to just keep searching so I can get a job as an alchemist." she kept digging around. "I wonder if getting a skill for searching would be a good idea, tch, maybe not I have other skills I have to worry about and it looks like I can only have so many equip." she sighed but felt it gave her more of a challenge.

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"When we're home remind me okay." She asked him.She didn't want to say it in the open. "Ha, don't worry about my other self. I like this one just as much. I'm the same person but I guess even more spunky here I think." she tapped her lip. Usually she did hesitate but not when it came to her dreams. "Hm, maybe not. I guess I'm the same no matter where I am, but right my title means nothing. I like we fell in love this way instead of another way. It feels more personal you know. More, real." She tried to explain. She blushed a bit more when he explained how he came about her new nickname. "Ha, now I wish that was my real name haha. Thank you." she placed one hand on her cheek to try and cool it down.

She was eating and looked up at him nodding happily.

"Mhm, this taste great! I think I'll be eating like this for awhile." she smiled happily.

She looked at the cave. "I'm an actress, I'm not easily scared of things like that. It's when those close to me scream out that it bothers me. Wails from a game won't deter my resolve." she said quietly looking in the cave. She wondered if her stats would be affected once inside the cave. "Watch your stats they might go down because we might not be able to see in there. Are you going in first or should I? If I go in don't stand right behind me okay. I'll likely dodge out of the way if something flies at me or attacks me. So if you're behind me you might get hit. So please be careful." She said a little worried but she did trust him to stay alive on her.

Usually she was bubbly and happy, but she knew this could kill them, and wasn't about to tempt death. Even if they were both prepared she still wasn't use to everything yet. She wanted to wake up one day and run to Steel, and have that outing with his sister. She didn't want just one of them to survive. For Steel's sister to only hear stories about her, or for her to apologize and explaining how brave Steel was to them and force them into mourning. No, she wanted to be at his side bowing to his family with him.

"Sorry...I'll get use to this eventually. It's not hard on me so don't worry." She forced a smile trying to tough it out.

She nodded and followed him. She listened to his struggles. "I wonder if there's a word like luck or something that would work. Maybe Kurōbā for clover?" She tapped her lip thinking. "I guess it's not a nickname if I come up with it though. So good luck amante." she told him hoping he wouldn't get too frustrated. "Huh, did you want to know my name?" she preferred to be called Reinka but thought about it for a bit. Maybe it'd be okay, but then other people would hear it. "Hm, I'm not sure I'd like hearing my name here too much." She sighed. "I'm trying to hide my identity in this game to enjoy it. Being an actress is hard, I don't want spoil what I have if people know me. I can tell you name when we're alone though." she wasn't sure how to explain this was her escape but she wanted her escape to be her new reality. 

"That's good I won't feel like I stick out then. Hm, r-really a fancy restaurant?" she stared at him. We should save our coal if we want a house or maybe something for our guild when we get that far. Hm, I haven't looked into guilds to know if we have to pay for a guild hall." She looked at him. "Do you think we'll be okay?" she asked him curiously.

She looked the menu over curiously.

"Hm the special is lemon salmon, with rye bread and butter on the side, and red wine. Hm, I wonder if that's a medieval breakfast. Hm I'll give it a try. They have a lot of ales too. I'll just take the special."

"Ah, so a combination of hunting monsters and a fetch quest. Sounds simple enough." She nodded as she came to her conclusion. "Almost does." She agreed on the npcs feeling human. Sometimes I find it better to think they're real, or the conversation gets strange. I'm starting to forget they aren't the longer I enjoy this place." She thought that was strange but it might just be her way of coping with the game. She felt lucky she had Steel around or she'd be an even bigger mess.

She walked with him and looked up. She was going to ask to stand on his shoulders to try to reach her but Hannah just jumped down like an agile cat and explained her situation.

"Rings, that's pretty neat." Reinka said holding her hands together. happily. She then nodded to Steel.
"Yes, I need some jewels from a dark cave if that's all right." Hannah explained again.
"Are you using these rings?" She pointed at the golden rings Hannah now had.
"For the jewels yes, but you'll be getting another item I hope that's all right."
"That's fine thanks." Reinka didn't mind but she did find the gold bands charming in a way. "Okay Steel lets go collect the gems."
"Oh, wait please. I heard some adventurers complain about going into the dark cave. I'm not sure I understand why so please don't give up and be careful." Hannah said quickly.
"Huh...." Reinka thought that was strange, she couldn't really question Hannah about it as she didn't seem to know or understand the problem, but that made her feel a bit leery. "Lets be careful Steel."
 

"ha, more like we were under her nose most likely." she laughed thinking about an npc drawing the town around them. "Maybe she drew us while she was up there. That'd be kind of neat don't you think?" she nodded when he agreed to see the fountain. "Yes I'm ready to go." She had waited for him. "She also might be napping under a tree too, who knows." She stayed along side of him. "I guess thinking them like the background makes sense but some NPCs really stick in my mind. I sometimes forget they aren't people until they repeat themselves too much if you know what I mean." She opened the door and followed Steel out. "I wonder what we'll all do. Aside from being a delivery service. Do you know?"

"Huh, um, it's just a term of endearment. I guess it's a bit bolder than most terms though. It translate to lover." she laughed nervously. "I hope that's okay my love. May I call you that?" she wasn't sure he'd be use to such a bold confession and nickname but she'd tell him the truth on what it meant.

"A bar sounds nice actually. I've gotten use to them I think. Suddenly I like the noise, or the classy atmosphere. Do you know what kind of bar it is? I'm not dressed for the occasion usually, but I might start attempting to dress up more. I heard some tailors make clothing items with no stat increases, usually by accident, but they make for nice clothes to just wear around town I would think. Maybe next time I'll dress up for you, just let me know ahead of time what kind of place we're going out to okay." She winked at him happily.

She held his hand happily and looked around. She didn't want to get separated from him after all. "Yeah we are." she felt a calm rush over her. She then hugged his arm and then held his hand normally. "It's not as much as Valentines day but there are a lot though." she was surprised but not at the same time it was hard to explain.

Reinka was checking out the surrounding area as well. She heard about medicine and was already thinking of being an alchemist. She doubted they were connected, but she couldn't help but be curious over it. Maybe she'd learn something if she did the quest in general, or maybe she'd meet some new friends again. She looked up seeing a familiar face. She laughed happily and ran over to the quest giver and looked over to Dazia.

"Hey I bet you're here for another quest, maybe you keep staying a step ahead don't you?" She smiled happily at Dazia. "Maybe we'll find some familiar faces for this quest. Mind if I tag along. It's better to have numbers right?" she asked feeling bubbly today.
She looked around curious to see who else might be around to start another quest with. Maybe they'd find a few treasure chests and useful items along the way, and some great new friendships.

"If you mean Hana they should be above in the trees painting. In town actually. So she shouldn't be too far away. Likely at one of the parks. In fact she might be at our fountain that we meet at usually." She though tapping her lip thinking about it. "We have the parcel ready so should we check out our usual spots in the park, or new spots. I mean she is an NPC right? Wouldn't we have seen her already maybe? Maybe not, I don't recall looking up and that's where she would be I guess." She tapped her lip again the looked to him with her question, wondering how he felt about it.

Reinka was in her pirate dress gear already. She was just admiring the town and saw an adventurer. She had seen her before. They had worked on rescuing a child maybe not even a day ago.

"Hey Daz!" She shouted and waved her arm to get the other's attention.

She walked over to her.

"Busy today? Would you mind if I tagged along to gather some items for my shop to be?" she asked her curiously. "Or are you maybe in a hurry, I'll do my best not to slow you down or anything." She was curious if she wanted some company in her adventures today, and maybe she'd get something out of the adventure as well, or maybe she could help her in some way.
It was then she noticed a male off in the distance who seemed to approach them. She just smiled curiously. Maybe they knew each other already?

Reinka heard all the yelling and walked over curiously. She listened to the plight of the person and watched them for a bit. Was this a quest or a player maybe? She wasn't paying that much attention, if it was a child that's all she needed to know. She moved closer past the bulliton board that had a crowd already and slightly behind Dazia. She tilted her head listening to the upset woman jump up and down about every little thing about her child.

"Why don't you tell us where you last saw this kid."
"According to little Isia they were playing in the caverns on the second floor and my baby never came back home. Isia came crying to me." She cried a bit.
".....Um..." She had a worried expression on her face. She looked to Dazia. "Excuse me miss....Are you maybe helping her already? Would you mind if I came along?" she asked feeling pretty bad for the woman already.

She nodded. "Though I'm not sure how much I can heal you. I think it works with your Hp and my energy, but what if you have so much HP that I don't have enough energy to heal you? Shouldn't we figure that out first before it gets to difficult?" she asked him worried. "Lets see so lets say the unthinkable happens and you're at 1hp, lets see, lets see." she opened up her calculator and in her menu and did some math with it. "Okay that would be 12 of my 20 energy. It's not impossible but it's doable and I can use a martial art's skill twice before I have to use that. Okay Now that I have that sorted out we can go." She smiled happily. "Maybe we should do some dungeon searching for treasure. What do you think?"

"Yah, it'll just mean a lot of damage when you're around me. Don't worry Steel I'll keep our luck going." She smiled happily. She did feel useful in that. "The thorns should help, even if you mitigate most of the damage it's like a free attack if they hit you. It's a good tactic if you plan on getting hit. Hey, I took first aid just in case though, so I'll be saving more of my energy unless you need me to do an AOE attack or something." She explained. "So you can count on me." she was curious what the quest would have them do. "Did you accept it for both of us or what?" she asked unsure.

"Oh that's really nice! I haven't had bacon in awhile." she picked up a plate and sat in a chair in the room eating. She did notice that was fairly western and looked up at him. "Hey lets get some food at a player shop or something next time though. Getting the food that comes with the room might be free and good for me, but I mean, you might be use to other foods right? So that's the plan for later." She smiled happily at him. "Unless of course you've made up your mind on cooking?" she asked curiously. "Ah so you picked a bleed weapon! Nice, and thorns is the best." she smiled happily.

She was pretty busy gathering these days, and doing some solo quests. She wanted to see if she was up to the task, and tried not to take anything that she wasn't sure on. -I'll be right there!- She ran back into town and walked quickly to get to the fountain at the park that she loved. She figured Steel hadn't caught on to that but was glad he picked it as their meeting place. She stayed in her pirate gear and met up with him at the fountain.

"Good evening amante, where did you want to go for supper?" she asked with a slight blush to her face after calling him that.

She wondered if he'd ask her what that meant. It wasn't too romantic, maybe it was too bold. Though some people might get the wrong idea if they knew what the word meant but she meant it in a positive way in her mind.

She fluffed up the pillow and put it back. Then looked over the new item he donned. She nodded happily seeing the new weapon. She wondered what he all put on it and her head turned this way and that way to get a better look at it.

"So what enhancements did you put on it?" she asked him curiously. "Oh right so that's the plan. Okay lets get to it then, or did you want to grab something to eat first?" she asked as she went into the restroom.

It only took her a second to change in the restroom with a quickly flash of blue light. She then walked out and looked at Steel waiting for his answers.

"Surprise attack!" The pillow flew across the room and towards Steel's face. She laughed a bit and sat up happily. She was already in her dancer outfit. "I'm already awake. So what's the plan for today?" she asked happily. "Seeing as you left pretty early did you get your weapon from the shop?" she asked curiously.

She wondered if they'd look for treasure, some guild mates, maybe do a quest, or just hang around town. She got up and stretched. Then looked him over seeing he was in his armor. Though he was usually in his armor. She nodded.

"I take it I should get ready to go out of town maybe?" she asked making sure she'd have to get ready as she never changed in front of him, even with the censorship the game provided she'd go to the restroom first.

 

As she relaxed to let her hit points and energy fill up she thought about why she honestly felt that way. If the monsters could re spawn, why couldn't the humans? After all they were just data as well. True they existed outside of the game and were threatened to die, but if you'd think about it for a moment, could there be a way to create something that could revive another party member? She turned on her back and looked up at the sky as it changed colors. It was nice to watch. She could hear the wind whip the long grass around further away from her, and it made almost a whistle like sound through the trees. She thought of the characters who died trying to beat the queen before. How on earth did they face death in the face like that? Why didn't they run, or did they run? Reinka sighed and tried to focus on the peacefulness around her instead of destruction that was nearby.

Reinka walked back over to her campsite keeping in control. She sat down laying down for a bit. Reinka sighed. She thought that was strange, the stats she saw on the monster she was told would be lower, but she also fought a wind wasp. What did that mean exactly? She sighed and laid down next to the dying embers. It'd be morning soon, and she wanted to strike it when the sun came up.

"I wonder if I attacked a male wasp. I mean in our world males tend to be smaller than the females...Then again it was made by a male so maybe that was why that one was stronger. I'd feel bad for killing it's mate, but innocent life was spilled over it too." She felt the human life was more important.

She came in and picked up her weapons. She smiled thankfully after paying for them. She honestly thought she had picked them up all ready for some strange reason, maybe it was meant to be. She'd use it in her upcoming quest to kill a queen. She put them on and gave a few punches with them to see how they felt and smiled happily.  "For lack of a better term they fit like a glove." she smiled happily.

"Thanks for all the hard work. I'll come back to you when I need an upgrade okay." She smiled again then nodded a farewell as she ran off with her new gauntlets.

"Hm? Baths work?" she wondered how that could be, it wasn't like she was actually gross feeling in the real world. Though her mind did feel a bit tricked into feeling a bit sweaty and gross from fighting here.

"Thanks, I'll be quick then. Don't turn the water on if that's how this works." she had no idea if it would take long or if she'd just be instantly clean to be honest. She paused. "All the bath stuff is yours though, or is there extra?" she asked realizing she might be using up all his supplies. "Or does it just, refill itself?" she wasn't sure. She felt like a noob all of the sudden. "I'll figure it out. Why don't you just go to sleep and I'll just join you whenever I've figured it all out."

She was use to sharing rooms and doing all of this from moving around for shows, and movies, but she felt a bit nervous at the same time. There was a new element to all of this. Still she had to admit it felt very nice.

She nodded understanding, and yet she was told the floors looked so different at times, she honestly wondered. Then again some people honestly did have that much creativity. Still, what if they just all assumed, what if there was more than one person pulling some strings. Maybe even the person in charge of keeping people alive. What if there was a deal there too. It was too easy to get into conspiracy theories at this rate. She also didn't want to think of it as a wasted effort so kept it all to herself in the end, maybe she'd bring it up one day.

She waited for him to react, or to say something. At one point she looked at him a little nervous, and then felt her body go into panic mode wondering what he'd say, but when he said it she relaxed.

"Of course. You know....I hate to admit it. This game has done a lot of good for me...I always thought I'd date another celebrity, or make a fan's dreams come true, but at the same time I never had time for another person, and that's why I never got involved with anyone really.  It wouldn't have been fair to them you know....But here....I can balance working and living, and I want to do it." She explained. "I want to play this single life game the way I do in the real world. Only....With a player two." She smiled at him happily and she lightly squeezed his hand. "I've wanted and needed another person who can help me...." she used her free hand and moved it in a jagged line. "You know?" then moved it calmer and straighter. "You can do that....And....You give me hope." She said warmly. "So, of course I'm more than fine with someone like you. You're handsome, reliable, you got me out of a bad mess, and I can be me." she smiled happily at him

She nodded agreeing.

"I wonder how much of the game he created himself, and how much his team created though. One man can't do everything." She said as she walked along side of him. "Today was really nice. I think I'd like to get use to days like these." She looked over at Steel. "How about you?" she asked a little shyly, but for the most part she was bold with her question.

She felt safe with him, and she could enjoy this cage with him. She also didn't want him to die, and wanted to stick by his side. So all of this was connected. She could easily see herself staying with him. She just didn't want to go too fast about it.

"We'll take it slow if....That's okay....I didn't want to say that in front of all the people gawking.....I wanted it to be more. Personal." She tried to explain. "But I mean, if you turn me down try to be gentle about it okay." she was a little worried over rejection but in all honesty she knew she'd still be able to stay close to him.

She smiled and walked close beside him. She was pretty tired, but another walk around town might be nice. She silently reached and held his hand and just walked with him calmly. She looked up at the night sky and felt the breeze. Her free hand went in front of her mouth as she yawned. She turned to Steel with her ruby red eyes.

"I'm pretty tired but one." She held up a finger with her free hand. "One more walk around the place. Kind of like a final patrol for the night." She smiled at him and then looked away to watch where she was going. Only now was she realizing how siren the place seemed to be.