Woe

Now that the distraction was out of the way he could go back to searching for the orange tiger lilies. We looked around and felt a little stumped. "Uhh, where exactly was I... I have no idea where I left off." Woe looked around trying to find out which areas he had already searched and which ones he hadn't. "Hmm, I think I hadn't searched that patch of grass before". Woe headed towards it and began searching but after a few more minutes of looking he collapsed realising that area was one he indeed had already looked over. "Ahh, man I'm wasting so much time here." Woe was feeling a little discouraged but quickly reminded himself that he was nearly done. "Just one more damn flower and ill be done." He was finally getting close to finishing, though the tasks were rather tedious. "Alright time to move onto the next area."

Objective: 4/5

Dice Information:

Woe was so close to finishing the quest objective that he just knew something would have to go wrong. And to his non-surprise it did. Another player headed towards his direction and started waving at him, he sighed deeply before smiling and waving back. "How can I help you?" Woe said to the tall blue haired male. It seemed that he was a lost sheep in the mix of things just like everyone else. "Hi, the names Gaku, I was just wondering what you were doing out here. I don't really have much of a clue what to do right now." Woe turned away from his gaze and grimaced before turning back with a smile. "Yes well, I'm just completing this quest I picked up in town. This is my first time playing any game so I'm kind of just as lost as you are." The player seemed to know he was holding out information from him. "I don't think you are, you were reading a book before weren't you. If it has helpful information I want to know where to get one." It seemed as though there was no escaping this one, Woe gave in. "Alright, alright. It's a journal complied with information from the beta testers. The item is called 'game guide' you can pick it up from a hooded vendor northwest of the market district. It's free and has some helpful information. Do what you will with the information but I would suggest keeping quiet about it for as long as you can so you don't get one-upped by the other players. Sure it's nice to help people out, but you never know what kind of people we are trapped in here with. I think it's safe to say not all of them are as kind as you may think." The player nodded at him in agreement. "Yes good idea, thanks for the information." Woe sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah no worries, now if you'll excuse me I have work to do."

Objective: 4/5

Dice Information:

"Alright, that should be enough rest to continue ploughing through this quest." Woe stood up and dusted himself off and looked around a bit, finally noticing that there were more players out and about. He was a little disappointed that he hadn't got too much of a lead just yet, but he was sure that the other players didn't know about the beta journals and the quest that he was on. As long as he kept his head down and kept working on looking for the last two lilies, he would be done without too much interference in no time. Just as he started looking for the next orange tiger lily he saw one just a few inches away from him. "Man my field of view must have gotten really narrow if I didn't notice this one." He swiftly plucked it from the ground and added it to his inventory. "Alright, just one more and I'll be done here."

+1 Orange Tiger Lily
Objective: 4/5

Dice Information:

The search for the orange tiger lilies was still on. He had covered about three miles worth of ground surrounding the town of beginnings and was starting to get tired. "I thought this was a game, how come I feel so tired and weak?" Woe decided to take a breather for a few minutes and read through the beta testers journal, hoping that maybe it had some answers in regard to his inquiry. After reading for a few minutes it had appeared that he had found his answer. Though the nerve gear blocked the typical five sense and override, the features of the game were to still allow for hunger and tiredness to be felt, in order to simulate real life. Not only that but the mind was still active and putting in a lot of work when playing the game, and so sleeping in the game allowed for the brain to recover. "Huh, interesting." He didn't feel sleepy just yet, but more so the physical tiredness. "I wonder then, do we also feel pain?" 

Objective: 3/5

Dice Information:

Woe kept up the pace looking through the tall blades of grass out in the meadow surrounding the town of beginnings. He was so focused on finding the damned things that he didn't notice some other players start leaving the front gate and head towards his direction. If he realised it may have dampened his spirits, but as someone short-sighted, as he was he was simply too focused on the task at hand to notice. His focus, however, was still paying off for him, as he plucked yet another orange tiger lily from the ground after following the scent from his nose. "Ahah, success again! Three down, two to go!" Now that he had built up some momentum he was sure that he would be finished in no time. He didn't want to jinx his luck but he felt that he may be done much sooner than he had first anticipated. 
 
+1 Tiger Lily
Objective: 3/5

Dice Information:

The Orange Tiger Lily then vanished as he placed it into his inventory in the game menu. "I'm still not used to this damn thing, why is it so complicated." He grumbled to himself as he continued ploughing through the grass. The reward of that single tiger lily had boosted his confidence in finding the rest of them and reminded him to keep pushing. Hopefully, he could keep up the momentum and find one after the other until it was over and he had all five required tiger lilies. There wasn't much else to do but keep searching until he found one anyway, as it was either do this quest chain or start killing boars, and he wasn't very confident killing boars quite just yet. After a few more minutes of searching, Woe plucked another fine orange tiger lily from the ground. "Ahah! I got you. Another one down for the count."  

+1 Orange Tiger Lily
Objective: 2/5

Dice Information:

Woe began to cover more ground at a much faster pace, carefully looking through all the tall patches of grass that he could before moving on the next general area. As he was searching through one of the patches he could smell the faint fragrance of the orange tiger lily, a strong sweet aromatic smell. He determined that the source of the smell had to be the orange tiger lily that he was searching for and followed his nose through the patch of grass until he finally found the beautifully spotted orange tiger lily that he was looking for. He wasn't exactly sure how to harvest it though and just carefully plucked it from the ground. The stem that he plucked it from quickly vanished and a window popped up saying "Acquired 1 Orange Tiger Lily". 

"Well, I suppose that answers that question. Now I know what these things look and smell like the rest of these should be easy to find. I hope..."

+1 Orange Tiger Lily
Objective: 1/5

Dice Information:

It was another few minutes of searching and Woe sat his butt down in the grass scratching his head, beginning to get annoyed. "Come on now... don't tell me I'm actually going to be stuck here all night, I've already been here for a good ten minutes and I haven't seen smelt or even if its possible heard about these stupid flowers." Woe grumbled to himself and thought maybe some other players might show up and help him look. Though that thought didn't sit well with him, he didn't want the others to start catching up to him, he had to finish this quick and keep searching. He would just have to cover more ground more quickly, after all the wall that surrounded the town of beggings was rather huge, so there was a large amount of grass to search through before he could call it hopeless. "Alright, let's continue this."

Dice Information

It had already been a few minutes of walking around and he still hadn't managed to find anything, now he understood why the old man wanted him to go out and look for the flowers for him, he probably couldn't be bothered searching through the tall blades of grass that hid them for himself. Though that wasn't necessarily true was it? Afterall he was just an NPC, tasked with helping him learn, it wouldn't really have anything to do with the NPC"s personal desires would it? Woe didn't want to waste too much time doing a fetch quest but it wasn't like he had another choice now that he had started it. He would have to complete it and so he would keep searching for the orange tiger lilies no matter how many attempts it took. He thought to himself what he would do after he was done here. "Perhaps after I'm done with this quest chain I'll go look for some good gear, maybe it'd help me get through these quests faster."

Dice Information:

The grassy fields of Aincrad were unlike anything he had ever experienced before. The blades of grass gently licked at his ankles as the wind blew over the meadow. There were plenty of flowers around but now he had to find the right ones. Hidden amongst the grass and dandelions it seemed that he was searching for 'Orange Tiger Lilys', quite pretty flowers when he thought about it but he had never seen one up close. They weren't too hard to spot but he supposed that things wouldn't be so simple as just picking them off the ground once he found them. Would it? He heard from his uncle sometimes they came up with random events and monsters when out on fetch quests. With that in mind, he thought about a giant snapping plant swallowing him whole after tugging it out of its little hiding spot in the soil. "Err I really hope that doesn't happen.." He mumbled to himself.
 

Dice Information:

Now Woe could start hearing the panicked scrambling of all the players down at the town square, it seemed they were starting to realise just what kind of mess that everyone has now gotten themselves into. Surely enough they'll go looking for answers and a guide on what to do, Woe had to stay a step ahead of them and not let them catch onto what he was doing, he predicted he would have a full days headstart before they got their hands on the beta testers journal down at the vendor and figured out what to do and where to go for questing. He might have been the first to actually accept old man Zackariah's quest, but he couldn't be too sure.

The sounds of panic began to die down and fade away into the distance as Woe left the town of beginnings and headed out southeast towards the grassy fields where there seemed to be a plentiful amount of boars, some already being killed by the players that knew what they were doing. He figured he could probably level up quicker by copying them and killing some boars too, but he needed to learn the fundamentals of the game first. Plus getting some extra exp from completing quests to get stronger before attempting combat might help him down the line not die when actually engaging in combat. 

It wasn't long after he looked specifically for the described building that he found it amongst the other shops in the marketplace. He quietly stepped into the store and his gaze quickly fell upon the modest NPC Zackariah, an old man with a white beard and long white hair. It seemed he was busy mixing up a few potions, but he was sure that an NPC wouldn't mind being interrupted to have a player do some errands for him. He placed his hands calmly on the countertop and spoke with a soft tone "Excuse me Zackeriah but I heard that you were helping us new members of Aincrad out with getting familiar with our new surroundings here?" The NPC turned to look at him and smiled "Why yes youngin I'd be more than happy to help you out. I actually have a few tasks for you. The first one is to go out and collect some materials for me, I'll write down a list for you. The materials will help me craft some potions in my shop. Completing this task for me will help you understand how to gather materials for your own purposes in the future. Do you accept this task?" Woe nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, I shall accept this task from you old man. I will gather the materials for you so that I will gain a better knowledge of how to gather materials for myself. I'm sure having this skill under my belt will be of great use in the future." The old man nodded back at him "Yes very good now go out and get me the materials. I'll be waiting here with another task for you once you return." 

Thank you all :)

Woe walked through the town of beginnings streets with a focused mind, the sun was out and the birds were singing, almost as if to add insult to injury. Though while he wasn't thrilled to be trapped in this game for however long it would take to complete it, he felt it was the perfect learning experience he needed to get the answers that he was looking for. And perhaps after everything was over he would have a solid direction in life to keep moving on with. Woe leaned back against a wall sandwiched between two buildings and looked through the beta testers journal for information on the quest. From what he could read the NPC he was looking for was an old NPC man, dubbed 'Zackariah', in the Town of Beginnings;  plans on helping the new players of SAO by helping them understand the basics of Sword Art Online. Woe scratched his head and analysed the information carefully "Well this isn't very helpful at all, it doesn't even say where specifically to find him. Do they really expect me to wander around aimlessly until I do?" Woe sighed and rubbed the back of his neck before continuing onward through the town of beginnings. "Well if I remember what that other player said to me before he hinted that the NPC ran an alchemy store... hmm" Woe rubbed his chin and checked the map for store locations. "I suppose I should try the market district." Woe tucked the journal away and changed course. 

Shortly following the events of the town square where Kayaba Akihiko showed up and basically crushed a sum of 10,000 players hopes and dreams into the dust, Woe figured it was probably for the best to learn how to play this death game as fast as humanly possible. Or at least as fast as someone who's never played a game in his life can learn it. Luckily for him, he had noticed some of the other players who looked like they knew what they were doing started to quickly move out of town, he knew he probably had no chance trying to keep up with them and would only slow them down and tick them off but he had figured that if he asked one of them about the game and where to start he could at least get a leg up on some of the players who were like him and had no idea where to begin. It wasn't as if he wanted to be better than anyone else, it was just that in a game like this it was paramount to make yourself as strong as possible to survive. Afterall, a game is just a bunch of numbers, get your numbers high enough and you'll be invincible right? The player that he had run to for information had smirked at his request for information as if to say that he had done the right thing. The player gave him directions to a few NPCs that could help him on his journey. The first NPC was a basic shopkeeper that sold a book of compiled information the beta testers had gathered, he didn't guarantee a hundred per cent accurate information, but it would be enough to get him ahead. And the next NPC was called Zakariah. Finding him would start a quest chain that would teach him a few fundamentals of the game. Woe figured he was on the right track to start progressing. 

Just thought I'd say hello. Literate multi-para roleplayer. Looking to progress quickly so if anyone wants to throw me an invite to a thread that'd be sweet. 

Profile
Username: Woe
Real name: Kin-Akemi
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height: 6"1

History: Akemi grew up in a normal home with normal parents in a normal city in Japan. He went to a prestigious school which bored him to tears during his younger years. He went through elementary school being a jester and a charismatic class clown, making many friends along the way. One friend, in particular, was very dear to him, she was a transfer student from America named Jessica. He helped her with her Japanese and spent a lot of time at home talking to her over the phone. Despite getting along very well and being close, however, she was, however, suffering many difficulties in her home environment and due to those difficulties she ended up taking her own life. This event shook Akemi to the core and caused him great grief. In order to deal with the grief, he began studying philosophy in his spare time and began to take life more seriously. His junior high, and high school years were spent with great dedication to his education and graduated at the top of his class. After graduating he wasn't exactly sure what to do with his life, one of his relatives was an avid gamer and a game developer for many successful gaming companies in Japan and as a present for his 21st birthday he bought Akemi SAO-RPG as a reward for his hard work at school and as a way for him to get his mind off of his troubles. And so his journey began.
Personality: What wasn't normal about Akemi's household growing up, however, was Akemi himself. Akemi was always getting himself into trouble by playing tricks on his friends and family, hoping to get a good laugh out of it. He was often scolded and put back in his place promptly, only to be back at his scheming attempts a few moments later. He began to mature a lot quicker as he grew older following the aforementioned death of his best friend, Akemi stopped playing his typical pranks and began to take life more seriously. He turned to literature and philosophy to answer his questions as to why exactly it was that he felt so alone and empty when his best friend left him. The books he read became the solace that broadened his knowledge and developed the personality that he expresses currently. A thoughtful personality with high emotional intelligence. Though as someone who thinks deeply about many things he has become as stumped as other philosophers as to the meaning of life and why live it if it's just a taxing experience? Is the purpose of living simply just to experience life? He is sociable and is well spoken and takes life's problems with a critical and calculated mindset. He rarely takes risks, preferring to go in for what is certain to be beneficial but is not above going out of his way to help a good friend in need. 


Virtues:

» Confident: Kin-Akemi is a very confident in himself and his abilities as a person, possessing many life skills at a young age and being mentally equipped with the great discussions of many philosophers, and having the school ranking to go with it. Due to the accumulation of knowledge and his critical thinking skills he often doesn't take risks and goes for what he knows to be a sure thing. Due to many results of his decisions coming back with positive results, he has built and reinforced this confidence in himself. Not only is his confidence built on compiled evidence and education, but also just simply with a natural comfort in his own personality and body. This virtue reflects positively on himself.

"Confidence isn't walking into a room with your nose in the air, thinking that you're better than everyone else there.
It's walking into a room and not having to compare yourself to anyone in the first place."

»Considerate: While he is confident, Kin-Akemi is not arrogant and generally takes into account the feelings of others and how others would respond and react to the things that he says and does. Even though he knows he is only responsible for his own happiness and not the happiness of others, he can't help but feel guilt and regret for not being able to do enough for his friend Jessica. With a maturity to know that everyone has their own struggles and battles that they fight alone with themselves, he chooses to be more considerate towards others so that he can perhaps ease their pain or not make life any more difficult than it has to be for them. This virtue reflects positively on those around him. 

"If you repeatedly criticize someone for liking something you don't, they won't stop liking it. They'll stop liking you."

»Reflective: Kin-Akemi is always learning from his past, whether it be good or bad experiences. He understands that success is determined by those who learn and continue to move forward and failure by those who simply sit still with no plan and choose to give up. But it is more than just learning from unfortunate situations, the reflection is an internal dialogue that communicates deeply within himself, whenever something happens he communicates that experience within himself and takes from it what lesson he can, measuring it to his own systematic beliefs and views before implementing anything newly learnt into his own lifestyle. This virtue has a positive impact on himself.

"I am strong because I've been weak. I am fearless because I've been afraid. I am wise because I've been foolish." 

Flaws:

»Confrontational: Due to his confident nature, he isn't afraid to confront people when he believes they are doing something wrong or something that he does not agree with. When something bothers him he finds it hard to let go of that feeling and so he chooses to deal with it straight away rather than letting it fester inside him. He doesn't like being fake with how he communicates with people and prefers open and honest dialogue, and so this open and honest dialogue can come off as confrontational which can cause tension between himself and others he is trying to communicate to. This flaw negatively impacts how others view him.

"Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are."

»Short Sighted: Often times he can be short-sighted, meaning that he does not look ahead to the future simply because he cannot. He is not someone with great vision or imagination and prefers taking things one step at a time, assessing them and putting them next to his value system and dealing with them then and there. Because he often takes things one step at a time he cannot really see what is to come ahead of time, even though he is a critical thinker and considerate, he can only think critically and be considerate about things that are within his own boundaries of what he knows. Which is often times a lot and more than enough to deal with certain situations, but when it comes to dealing with people he has never met or is not very well acquainted with he can find it difficult to understand them and their personality. As a result of this short-sightedness, he sometimes doesn't notice or recognise the full value of something or the potential of it until later on. This flaw has a negative impact on himself. 

"Sometimes you never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. I often don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."

»Conservative: As someone who has spent a lot of time compiling information and building his own value system, he is often very stubborn and narrow about accepting new information, especially if it is from a peer. He prefers to stick to what he knows as tried and true and conserves his own beliefs and philosophies, not particularly eager on changing them. Though he is open to learning new things and debating them, what he actually takes away from those learning experiences and implements is usually rather limited. This mainly stems from the fact that he views as the information he is trying to conserve as true and more reliable and trusted than the information that others have to offer. Due to this conservative nature, others can come to see him as someone not willing or open to change and reflects negatively on his image. 

"Sometimes people try to expose what's wrong with you because they can't handle what's right about you."

Profession: N/A

Skills
Total Skill Points: 8
Used Skill Points: 5

Skill Ranks:
Some skills have ranks that increase their effectiveness. As you increase the ranks of those skills, the SP cost increases:

• [Unskilled] -> Rank 1 - Novice = 5 SP
• [Novice] -> Rank 2 - Journeyman = 8 SP
• [Journeyman] -> Rank 3 - Expert = 10 SP
• [Expert] -> Rank 4 - Master = 12 SP
• [Master] -> Rank 5 - Grandmaster = 15 SP

Non-combat:
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Passive:
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Combat:
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Weapon skills:
» Two-Handed Weapons (Rank 1/5) - [5/50 SP] +3 Base Damage {Novice}

SwordArts - Two-Handed Straight Sword.

Armour skills:
» Heavy Armour (Rank 0/5) - [0/50 SP] +0 Mitigation {Unskilled}

Inventory
Weapons/Tools:
» 2h Straight Sword (Uncommon) +1 Damage
     Description: An evenly weighted two-handed greatsword with a Celtic design.
» Heavy Armour (Uncommon) + 9 Mitigation
     Description: A set of heavy armour that doesn't look all that heavy. Slim plating to protect vulnerable areas with plenty of cloth underneath to cover any exposed skin. 
» Blade Of Woe (Perfect) +3 Damage
Description: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/1065-shop-f1the-blazing-typhoon-rank-9-master-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=551560
» Starter Healing Potions x 5 (Heals 50 HP)
     Description: A small red vial filled with a liquid of healing properties, easily fits around the player's belt for quick access.
» Tier1 Uncommon Health Potions x5 (Health 40Hp)
     Description: A small red vial filled with a liquid of healing properties, easily fits around the player's belt for quick access.
» Tier1 Over-Health Potion x1 (+50 Temp Health)
     Description: A small green vial filled with a liquid of healing properties, easily fits around the player's belt for quick access.
»  Tier One Damage Potion. (+1 Damage) 
     Description: A small purple vial filled with a liquid of powerful properties, easily fits around the player's belt for quick access.
» Materials: (10) Tier 1.
» Col: 2,500.

Roleplays
Completed:
» http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/16588-f1-sp-learning-the-ropes/ <<The First Few Lessons Are Free>> +5 Tier One Health Potions of Uncommon Quality (+40HP) +1 Tier One Damage Potion. (+1 Damage) +1 Tier One Over-Health Potion (+50 Temp. HP) +3SP +400 Col
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In-Progress:
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