Artemis

Artemis sighed in boredom, "are you bored Luros, cause I know I am." She blinked at her cat, who only yawned at her. Love you too Luros.  She rolled her eyes in sarcasm and fiddled with a bright yellow flower. Where is that blasted Prometheus? I swear to the gods if we don't come back soon... She trailed off when she heard a very familiar voice and a very familiar nickname. She stood up and waved both of her arms in the air. "What took you so long? I've been waiting for eons!" She shouted back, giving him a small glare as he walked back to her. "Alright, lemme just get-" She stopped mid-sentence when he flicked her on the head. "Why you little ifrit! Come back here!" She ran after him, Ailuros following closely behind her.

Coughing as she made her way to him, she waved a finger in her face. "Flicking is a no-no! I'm only to do that!" She huffed, slapping him lightly on his shoulder. "Don't throw logic into this! I'm one with you yet mister!"

@Prometheus

Artemis our on a grin and clapped her hands together, “great, I love ramen! It’s like... the perfect meal. You can have ramen for breakfast, lunch, or even dinner. But it gets really boring after a while...” she paused, taking Pick’s comment into thought. “Wait, what’s wrong with my diet?! Because sir, my choice of food is great, thank you very much! Plus, it’s not like I can gain any pounds in here, so I can eat as much cookies and cakes as I want!” 

She rubbed her hands together and grinned, “See? You both are already getting along!” She looked between both Pick and Cosi with a large smile. “Ah, this is going to be great.” She skipped after Cosi, “off to the ramen shop! ... wherever that is.”

”How big is this wasp? Because, I’m joe army okay around bugs but giant sized ones? I’m not to sure. Like, have you guys ever been stung by a bee? It hurts like frekin’ hell! But if you got stung by a giant wasp? Would you get a really, really, really big lump on where it stung you?” She pondered, putting questions in both of their faces left and right. 

@Cosi @Pick

“Only eighteen? Did you think I was some sort of grandma or something?!” She pouted, her cheeks puffing out. “I guess so, I always knew there was something fishy about virtual reality,” she mumbled, narrowing her arms at the ground. “I don’t know, what do like to do?” She scratched her chin, “there’s a cook, a performer, a blacksmith, tailor, merchant, and an artisan. Oh yeah, there’s also the alchemist. So, I guess choose the one you like the most.” She shrugged, “but then again, you don’t have to choose a profession.”

Artemis peered over the rock again and sighed, “nah, I think you got the bird on edge. You should sleep before it takes off again. I think it knows it’s babies aren’t safe around you,” the player giggled. Pulling her legs closer to her, she chuckled as he drifted off to sleep. “Yup... he’s out cold. Guess I should keep watch or whatever.”

@Prometheus

"Oh, so you used that name for everything, huh?" She giggled, "it's a really unique name if you ask me, but maybe the child you spelled 'cozy' wrong? Still, that's a long history just for a name." She chuckled, "it's good to have something that went with you to SAO, from the real world." She giggled alongside him, stretching her shoulders with a sigh. Taking a sharp breath, she clapped her hands together. "Okay! let me take you on a little mythology lesson here, darling. I'm sure you've heard of Artemis as a goddess, yes? Well, my brothers thought it'd be funny to call me Artemis because I love animals. And Artemis is like the goddess of wild animals and stuff like that y'know? But..." she paused, "what I didn't know is that she's also the goddess of hunting, so I was really mad at my brothers for calling me a goddess that hunts tiny little animals but I guess it just stuck to me." Artemis shrugged, "it also just sounds really cool."

ID : 105002

LD: 11, Success

+ 1 Material

@Cosi

SUMMARY :

+ 3 SP

+ 400 Col

+ <<Twin Tailed Cat>> Tamer

+ <<Twin Tailed Cat>> Ailuros

Artemis pried her eyes open with a groan. Where am I? She looked down at her surroundings and sighed as she realized she was still in the inn. That all felt so real... she trailed off, small tears developing in her eyes. I miss them... I miss them so much. She covered her eyes with her palms and let out a small sob. Don’t cry... you can’t be weak just yet. I have to survive to see them again. They’re waiting for me, I absolutely know they’re waiting for me.

Her eyes widened as she heard a small meow under the sounds of sobs. Huh? She looked up from her hands and realized that she had indeed tamed a Familiar last night. “O-oh right, you’re here,” she stuttered out, patting Ailuros’s soft head before smiling softly. “You look like Ailuros from home.” Home. She sighed, falling back onto the pillow. “Just like home.”

Kuroko laughed even harder, clutching his stomach while shutting his eyes. “I can’t angmore... you all... I can’t...!” He wheezed, rolling around on the grass like a crazed lunatic. “You two are going to be the death of me...!” He choked out, small tears streaming down his cheeks.

Amai clasped a hand of her mouth as she watched her brother. “S-stop it! You guys are going to make me embarrass myself...!” She looked around and sure enough, there were still people looking at them with odd expressions.

Kai shook his head and huffed, falling back to the grass as well. By now, all three siblings were laying down, side by side, looking at the bright blue sky in front of them. “So this is what it feels like to get along, huh?” Kai asked softly, earning nods from both of his siblings. “Feels nice.”

”Promise that we’ll treat each other’s as equals from now on?”

”Promise.”

Amai gave in to Kuroko’s contagious laughter and fell back on the grass with a giggle. “I got you there, you can’t deny it!” She choked out in between laughs. “I got you good!” 

Kuroko coughed and let out a loud chuckle before nodding his head, tears whelling in his eyes. “She really did man,” he patted the empty spot of grass next to him. “Join the Kyand siblings on their laughing fanatic. C’mere!”

Kai sighed and sat down next to him and frowned. “You both...” he paused, setting down Cocoa on the spot next to him. “... are idiots.” He looked at Kuroko with a mixture of amusement and betrayal in his eyes. “And how could you be siding with her? You know you question what she eats too!”

“Hey, that’s not funny! She’s heavy, okay?!” Amai whined, punching her brother on the shoulder. “And I’m perfectly fine as I am! I don’t need to work out!” The sister huffed arrogantly and crosses her arms.

”Perfectly fine? Gave you seen your diet? It’s pratically made up of all sugar! Have have you not had diabetes yet?!” Kai gazed at her in disbelief to which she would only snort at. “When’s the last time you actually ate something green?”

”I ate a green Christmas Tree cookie yesterday!” Amai argues, which sent Kuroko into a laughing spree. He clutched his stomach and fell to the ground with a small thud, and his sister could swear that he wasn’t even breathing. Kai gave her a look and she put her hands up in defense. “I’m only answering your question dear brother!” Kai gave a sigh and shook his head, muttering something along the line of ‘how am I related to these idiots?’.

Kai nodded his head solemnly and Amai sighed, looking down at the dog in her arms. “Do any of you have any friends in mind?” She asked hopefully, wanting at least a proper home for the dog.

Kuroko gave a shrug and Kai pulled his hair back and sighed. “I haven’t told many of my friends yet... but, one of them did say their family was looking for a family dog. We’ll just have to wait and see,” he gave Amai a small smile to which she replied with a hopeful grin.

“Can one of you guys help me with her?” She nodded her head to Cocoa, “she’s getting kind of heavy and arms are starting to hurt.” Kai quickly scooped up the dog and chuckled at her.

”I know you don’t have any muscle but I thought you could at least hold a dog. You, my good sister, need to start working out.”

Artemis pouted. “But.. what if you...” she trailed off, sighing in defeat. “Okay. Whatever you say Mr. President,” she smiled at him and gave it a fake salute. Leaning her head back on the rock and fiddled with her hair. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep,” she mumbled, looping a finger around her curls. 

Watching him stand up, she gave him a small smile and shrugged. “You say that, but I’m waiting for you to magically trip into the lava river,” she giggled, wrapping her hands around her legs. “Try not to push yourself much though,” she muttered quietly, “you should be worrying about yourself more than me.” Her eyes twitched as she took his sentence into further thought. “Wait a bloody minute! I’m not that young! I am a full fledged eighteen year old young women!”

After her rant, she grinned at him. “Glad to be the one who experienced it with you then.”

@Prometheus

Amai chuckled at his behavior and stood up with the puppy in her arms. “So... what are we going to do when mom and dad get home? What if they find out that we’re secretly keeping a dog?” She asked, wanting to know what would happen to Cocoa if they got found out.

Kai sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “Well, if they do find out, especially before the land lord does— they’ll probably take Cocoa to the nearest shelter. They could try putting her up for sale too. Or put up missing posters. We don’t know where Cocoa came from.” He said grimly, which made his sister hold the dog even tighter. 

“How long are we going to keep her if they never find out?” Amai mumbled, look down at the dog with grief stricken eyes.

It was Kuroko who spoke up this time. “Just a few weeks. We only bought one bag of dog food and that should be enough time for Cocoa here to get healthy again. We could try giving it to one of our friends but the animal shelter is our last resort,” he mumbled, looking down at the dog with a sad smile.

“Oh really?” She laughed softly to herself as she watched him check the bush. “I’m still pretty low leveled, but I try to take small steps to get where I want to,” she mumbled sheepishly, rubbing the back of her neck. She spotted more material at the corner of her eye. Giving one last glance at her partner, she walked over to it and placed it in her inventory with a sigh. Making her way back to Cosi she nodded her head with a smile. “Yeah, it’s hard to believe any of this is real.”

Looking up at the sky, Artemis stared at it for a couple seconds before looking back down. “So if you don’t mind me asking. How did you come up with your username? Real name? Nickname? Any part of your name? Or is totally made up?” She asked, her cherry red eyes seemingly had stars as she did so. 

ID : 104971

LD : 15, Success

+ 2 Materials 

@Cosi

"Wait a minute, it's not safe!" she told him, but he was already leaving. What's he going to do now? Artemis peered over the rock, watching him pull himself up the cliff. "He's going to get himself killed," she muttered, watching him approach the nest. "Oh my god, oh my god. what do I do? What can I do? Oh my god!" she screamed to herself as she watched him hang from the rock. "Holy mother of living cupcakes, he better not die or anything!" She let out a shriek as he fell down, what is even happening right now? My brain feels so fuzzy now! She watched him limp over to with wide eyes and groaned, "oh my god, are you okay?"

She looked at him and peered over the rock again. That was the scariest crap I've ever seen.  She sighed and turned back to him, "I thought you were going to die!" She screeched, shaking him by the shoulders. "Don't scare me like that again you dimwit!"

@Prometheus

This made Amai snort, her laughter soon filling the air. "You guys are such butts!" She giggled, slapping them both on the shoulders. "You guys ruined a perfect sibling bonding moment!" She shook her head and smiled. "I would be a perfect Satan's daughter, just so you know!" She looked down, realizing that Cocoa was looking up at them with dumbfounded eyes. "Aw c'mere you little doggy!" She got on her knees and cooed. Cocoa barked happily and jumped into her arms. "Agh, you're a good doggy aren't you?!" She held the dogs head in between her hands and giggled.

Behind her, she could make out the conversation of her brothers. "Is it me or does Cocoa like Amai more than both of us?" Kai asked Kuroko, who gave a nonchalant shrug. "That's not fair, we spent more time with her! Talk about ungrateful," he mumbled, kicking dirt with his shoe.

Back to the flashback, lel

"I-I'm sorry.." Amai choked out, tears streaming down her face "I'm so sorry, I'm so weak." She buried her face in her brother's shoulder and sobbed loudly. Behind Kai, Kuroko gave her a small smile and set Cocoa down, opening his arms to envelope both of them in a hug. 

"You have nothing to be sorry for," Kuroko mumbled, giving her his signature reassuring smile. "We're sorry if we made you think that. We just don't you becoming like us. You know that right?" He chuckled before saying his next sentence. "You don't want to be Satan's daughter now, do you? I bet mom and dad won't like that," she said jokingly, making his sister sniffle, and a laugh shortly after. 

"You're ruining the moment Kuro," Kai muttered, breaking out of the hug. "Now this feels like something you would read out of a book or see in a movie. Are you sure we're not being filmed?" Kai asked, looking suspiciously at the people around them.

Her eyes wandered over to Ailuros. "She looks small enough to fit on my shoulder..." she muttered out loud, trying to figure out how her relationship with her familiar would work out. "So you're a healing familiar... you shouldn't be too fighting then, so stay away when I'm fighting. Okay?" The cat tilted her head before meowing. "I'll take that as a yes. Just meow if it's a yes okay? Cause I haven't mastered the language of just yet." She sighed, collapsing back into her bed.  I'm still really tired, she commented, a large yawn following right after. Feeling Ailuros crawl over to her side, she chuckled and scratched behind her ears affectionately.  She kind of feels like Cocoa in a way. She reminds me of home. Home is so far away... Was the last the thing she thought before drifting deep into sleep, her familiar laying happily beside her.

"What should I name you? Ailuros is still a good name, right?" She looked at the cat, who only tilted her head with a confused expression. "Well, time to do a little history lesson. You see my dear feline, Ailuros was one of the many names for Bastet, the Goddess of Cats. Do you see what I'm saying here?" She looked at the cat, who meowed as an answer. "I shall be taking that as a yes... Ailuros! But..." she scratched her chin for a few seconds. "That name is very long... how about Luro or Luros for short?" She asked, earning another plain meow from the cat. "Luros it is!"

Chuckling to herself, she shook her head.  I'm going crazy, aren't I? I'm talking to a cat with two tails of all things! She giggled and put her gaze back on her new companion.  She's very... beautiful. She's also kind of small, small for a cat. She's like the same size as... what was it. Pikachu? That thing could fit on someone's shoulder right?

Artemis quickly opened the window, not wanting the poor cat to stay outside in the bitter cold for much longer. "Come on kitty, come out... you don't want to be in the cold right?" She ushered the feline in, who happily obliged. And there she was, sitting on a bed with a two-tailed cat right in front of her. She looks just like Ailuros. Except for the eyes of course. The girl concentrated the facial features of the cat and then comparing them to the plushie look-alike she had at home.

Oh right! She fished out the pouch the old woman gave her. Opening it up, she found an assortment of food. Meat, herbs, dirt..? She picked out a small fish and looked at it warily. This is what cats eat right? She cautiously handed it to the cat, who sniffed it before casually starting to eat it.  That means... I did it! I have a familiar now!

ID : 104995 

LD : 19 + 3 + 3 = 25, Success!

Artemis woke up with a jolt. Why did I dream of that..? She looked where she was, still in the inn she fell asleep in. Maybe I'm homesick..  she touched her cheeks, realizing that she was crying.  Why am I crying..?  She put her hand down and looked down,  I guess I miss them a lot... She sniffed and smiled sadly.

And then did she realize someone was watching her. Swerving her head to look at the window next to her bed, her eyes met a pair of blue and green ones.  What..? She scooted closer to the window and gazed at the figure.  It's.. it's a cat! Oh my gosh, it's a cat!  She gazed at its eyes in wonder.  I've heard of things like this before.. it's hetero.. uh. Heterochromic! That's what it is! Oh wow... I've never seen Heterochromic eyes before! They're so pretty! She gaped at the cat in wonder.  It reminds me of... Ailuros!?

Both Kai and Kuroko widened her eyes and gave her shocked looks. "Look Amai, if this is about naming Cocoa without you-" Kuroko began, stepping forward with a pitied smile. She cut him off with a choked sob.

"No! it's not just about that! When is the last time I actually did something that you guys could do? You guys never let me hang around you, or... or anything!" She felt like pulling on her hair. "Are you guys embarrassed that I'm your little sister or something?! Do I look like an embarrassment to you? Some kind of [beep!]-ing mistake?!" She looked at both of them with tear-filled eyes.  I knew it... She thought immediately when they were both quiet. "I am, aren't I?!"

She closed her eyes and let out a sniffle. Then she felt a pair of arms wrap around her, "you're not a mistake or an embarrassment," the voice of Kai mumbled into her hair, making her eyes go wide. "You're our sister."

Kai blinked at her and scratched his neck. "Well.. uhm, we really upset you." He gave her a tight smile, which only made her groan and roll onto her left side. "Please, Mai? We really didn't know what we did, but whatever it is, we're sorry!" he begged, "we don't like it when you're angry with us, please?"

Amai abruptly stood up and glared down at Kai, who was still crouching. "Why are you guys apologizing even though you didn't know what you did wrong?!" She shouted, earning the attention of a few passing by people. "Don't give me that sorry crap if you didn't even know what you did wrong!" She screamed in his face, tears already streaming out of her face. "I've had to deal with you guys for a long and hard 15 years and not have you guys ever acknowledged me as an equal!" She cried.

The girl closed her eyes and sighed, "I'm hella bored now." She blew a puff of air and groaned.

"Great! So are we!" She opened up her eyes to see her two brothers standing in front of her. Kai had his hands on his hips and Kuroko had Cocoa in his arms. "What you doing Mai?" Kai asked, his signature cocky smirk on his face. 

She narrowed her eyes and rolled around to face another direction. "Go away, I don't want you guys here," she mumbled stubbornly.

Kai shifted so that he was in front of her again. "Aw, don't be like that sis! Come on! whatever we did, we're sorry!" He crouched down, trying to get eye level with her. "Pretty please? We're really sorry for what we did!" He reasoned trying to break through to her.

Kuroko began, "Kai I think she's-"

"What did you guys do then?"

Grabbing her phone and a jacket, Amai left the apartment a few minutes after the fiasco. I need to clear my head. She hurried down the complex's stairs and into the city.  I'll just pick a random park or whatever. Finally making her way into Maizuru park, she found a grassy area under and tree and collapsed on the bright green grass. covering her eyes with her arm. Why do I have to look like this? No one ever takes me seriously around here. It's so awful. The girl sighed, stretching her arms.

Lifting her arm, she stared at the sky, unsure of what to do at the moment. To pass time, she started looking at the clouds. That one looks like an ice cream cone. That one looks like a lightbulb... kinda. Oh, oh! That one looks like uh, a leaf? I don't know. It kind of looks like a football at the same time..