Kirbs

She shrugged out of genuine not knowing-ness. She had never really been to floor six that much, and she didn't really bother to learn what kind of mobs lurked the corner of the floor.

Kirbs watched him unequipped and reequipped his items. She didn't really have much stuff on her, now that she really thought about it. She just had armor, her spear, her lucky scarf, and some casual clothes. She practically wore her scarf and armor everywhere she went and just wore her casual clothes at home. The redhead honestly thought it was too bothersome to have to take of and put on her clothes over and over again in the middle of the day, so she just kind of eliminated the need to have to put anything on. 

The girl tapped her chin for a few seconds before shrugging again. "Not really. I'm pretty sure my scarf holds the same amount of luck as you, and I don't really have any consumables for luck in my inventory, either."

This was officially the scariest things she has ever done. Usually, she had some type of control over the situation, but in this? She had zero! None! Her life was literally in the hands of this guy! She glared briefly at Pinball before returning her gaze back to the bandits. God, she was so bloody weak, it hurt. It hurt he in the damn gut. It was a bit sad how hard she was getting carried by Pinball, too. 

She darted forward with her dagger--- which really seemed much more like a butter knife at this point since she was literally doing jack to their health. Aiming for the thief with the lowest health, she unleashed her itty bitty fury on it. Sparks flew from Shatterglass as the thief fell into a paralyzed state. Honestly, she didn't want to stay around to see how long it would be like that, so she just kind of dipped and hid behind Pinball. "At least I did something?" The redhead laughed nervously.

Kirbs face planted into the ground and groaned. "Why must you loathe me?" She mumbled, her voice muffled due to the way her face was currently positioned. "Three times is too much!" She exclaimed. Thank God her face was in the ground right now, because it just got as bright as a tomato again. Like, it literally felt like it was on fire. "I hate my laugh," she muttered. This guy kind of reminded her of Sey. They were both people who liked to joke and made her laugh until her stomach started hurting like hell. 

Kirbs lifted her face off of the ground and blinked at Kityuisa. "I'm okay with that. I don't really need much of weapons and consumables but I'm down with taking it," she sighed and lifted herself off of the ground. "My stomach hurts," she mumbled, clutching her stomach with a frown. Laughing really did her dirty, huh?

ID: 120042

LD: 20, +2

Total Materials: 12

Day 38:

“You’re going to surpass me soon,” she sighed, shaking her head. She’d spent too many months just goofing off and who knows? She could’ve been on the front lines by now. Not to mention that period of time where she just herself in her own shop and refused to leave for anything, yeah, that was a bum too. She wouldn’t be surprised if Bahr and Kityuisa surpass her in the coming weeks. They seem to have more motivation that she ever had when it comes to gaining levels. “It won’t be long before you’re the one dealing bigger damage,” she said, smiling at him goofily for a few seconds.

Well, what was there to do, now? There was still plenty of light left in the day, and she was actually quite surprised on how little time it took to actually kill Byakko. It couldn’t have been more than an hour at most! “So, what now? We could always hang out or hunt some mobs if you want. I have all day.” She was never really one to make plans nowadays. It mostly just the same routine everyday with her, but maybe throw some old friends into sometimes.

Kirbs nodded at Dustin and tilted her head at his peculiar hair. "Nice look," she commented. It was nice seeing a familiar face again. She hadn't seen the goofball in a while. She took a look at the cookie for a second before she shook her head. "I'm good. You have too much food for your own good," she laughed briefly.

She focused on his hair again. It was bright. Helluva bright. It was strange. She liked his old hair... although, it was pretty dull when it came to terms with color. This was a nice change, though. She didn't mind it that much. "Alright. You wanna do anything before we leave?" She tapped on her wrist-- at her imaginary watch. "We still have all day to do this, and this quest mob shouldn't be so hard so kill, anyway." Although, she was a rush to get levels, her friend's comfort came before everything.

"Just... a few minutes," she mumbled to herself as she nearly face planted into his counter.

"I'm awake!" She screamed, sitting upright almost robotically. "I'm bloody awake, thank you very much, universe!" She hollered, slapping her cheeks rather harshly, if I might say. God, does caffeine work in SAO? She was never one for any caffeine but hell, she needed to stay awake. She was going to have to find out! She stumbled as she got off her stool, reaching over to her scarf and tightening it around her neck. "Alright. Coffee expedition!"

She had a feeling she was going to regret this later.

Day 37:

Kirbs had almost felt sorry for the dragon herself. It had barely-- of not at all, gotten a chance attack. Poor thing. It was better to kill the thing off instead of letting it suffer in the hands of their paralyzing attacks, anyway. She sighed and shrugged. "Yeah, I'll get it," she mumbled. She raised her spear and slammed it down on the paralyzed dragon, her own weapon sending out sparks once again. The dragon let out a shrill shriek of pain before it dispersed into dozens and dozens of shattered glass like shards. She sighed and brought back her spear. "Well, that's done," she mumbled. 

Putting the spear back into her inventory, she shrugged at them and smiled sadly. "I guess I'll see you guys later," she nodded to each of them once before waving and dipping. She didn't have much time, so she needed to get going and get stronger!

Kirbs let out another burst of laughter into her hand as she fell to the ground on her knees. She let out another wheeze and felt her eyes close shut from all of it. God, her stomach was really hurting, right now. "It's so bad!" She drawled, pressing her forehead against the palms of her hand as she stifled down another fit of giggles. It was nice being like this. It kind of reminded her of her brothers and they're idiotic antics. 

She clutched her stomach and glared at Ike. "Don't you dare!" She warned. Honestly, she was afraid she was going to pass out if she laughed too much-- and it wouldn't really be the first time that's happened either. Precautions, precautions! Was she even able to pass out from laughter in SAO? It was strange, she's never heard of these jokes before... and she thought she had heard all of them!

ID: 119905

LD: 10+3=13, +1 

Total Materials: 10

Kirbs stared at the tulip blankly before huffing. Her chest heaved and rose as she placed her hands over her mouth. It was such a cheesy joke, and damn, was it hilarious to listen to. Now, the joke wasn't that funny, but the way Ike had said it so enthusiastically and how cheesy it was made her burst out laughing. "You..." she wheezed, sucking in a sharp breath as she placed her hands on her knees. "You really suck, you know that? Dear Gods, that was a horrible joke!" It had seemed as if all the pain and suffering she had endured for the past few weeks had washed completely away from her life... but even she knew that it was going to come back to haunt her again. Perhaps maybe she could enjoy this while she still could?

The redhead sniffed and looked at him with amused eyes. "Gods, please, not another one," she exclaimed, already starting to giggle feverishly again. That was one of her many, many, many flaws; her inability to stop laughing after she had started to. She placed a hand over her mouth as she braced herself for another corny joke. "Alright, what?"

ID: 119902

LD: 4+3=7, Fail

Total Materials: 9

"Wha-" She stuttered, blinking at him weirdly. This guy was... weird? Was that the right word to put on him? He just seemed different from everyone else. Was it because he was famous? Do famous people have a different personality than normal people? "... Alright," she said hesitantly. She wasn't really sure how he was benefiting from this kind of thing, but she was going to roll with it... for now. I mean, it wasn't a total loss. They were still gathering materials, and that's really all that mattered. "Uhm," Kirbs thought for a moment before shrugging. "One?" This is one that she's never really heard before, and she was genuinely curious to see what the answer was. 

It was so weird being around such a jolly person again. Like, just genuinely happy. She used to be just like him. Maybe if they had met each other before everything, they could've been best buds... now, she wasn't too sure.

ID: 119898

LD: 19, +2

Total Materials: 9

"Huh?" Her dumbfounded expression was clearly seen as she tilted her head. What the heck was he talking about? Glove shoes? 

She looked at the palms of her hands and quietly agreed. "Yeah." He was right. God, she was stupid. She almost felt disgusted with herself. What was she doing here? She was basically walking with her tail in between her legs for the past two years. So much lost time... She could be so much stronger if she was... well-- stronger. She looked back up at him and scrunched her nose up. "I'm not very good at jokes." Her life was a joke-- haha. She was never a person to tell jokes. When she was younger, she would rather do some action to make someone laugh than to tell them with meaningless words. Her face turned red again as he winked at her. She used to wink at people all the time, why was it so weird to her now?!

ID: 119895

LD: 14+3= 17, +2

Total Materials: 7

Birthdays.

He died on his birthday. Why did everything always lead back to Bell? She wanted him out of her head! He's always there and she wants him out. Out! She didn't want to think about him, anymore. It was like his damn ghost was haunting her head! Out, out, out! 

"Yeah... that sounds great," she mumbled, already feeling a giant headache ripple through her skull. She blinked a few times and look up at Ike tiredly. He seemed so different from Bell. More outgoing and less socially awkward... but it he acted just like Bell would when he was around her. The redhead mumbled a few curses under her breath, shooing her thoughts away with it, and looked back at him.

"Hand shoes," she said under hear breath as she let out a light laugh. She looked at their intertwined hands and smiled dully at them. She missed holding someone's hand. She pulled her hand back after he did and nearly frowned at the lack of contact.

"Unlimited supply?" She echoed. 

"Time," she answered immediately after. She wished she had more time with so much of the people she loved. Her brothers... her parents... Bell. If she died in here, she might never see her familiar again... and she'll probably never see Bell again, even if she did survive. "It's 'kay," she mumbled. "I don't mind."

ID: 119881

LD: 12+3= 15, +2

Total Materials: 5

Kirbs almost let out a choked breath a she shook her head furiously, "Gods, no. Kityuisa wouldn't do that," she trailed off, looking over at the girl. She's changed so much in such a small amount of time, that it almost scared Kirbs herself. Kirbs furrowed her brows as she thought about it more. Was Kityuisa really capable of murder? Well, everyone was... but she couldn't help but think back to the time when she first met Kityuisa, with Pinball. She looked like she was on the verge of murdering somebody that day. The redhead sighed and turned back to Ike. "Yeah, she's harmless. Wouldn't hurt a fly."

Kirbs felt her face get as red as her hair, again, as he took his hand in hers. "I-I guess I am?" She admitted it more like a question. They weren't too far apart in age, that's for sure-- and it felt really weird since he was... well, famous. What was she doing when she was fifteen, playing frekin' animal crossing on her 3DS! "My birthday?" She echoed, blinking. She hadn't really celebrated her birthday since the launch of SAO... she'd completely forgot about it. Birthdays seemed so irreverent in a time like this after all. "It's on the eleventh of November. Eleven, eleven," she chuckled. Those numbers were supposed to be lucky... so why hasn't she had any luck, yet? 

His question caught her off guard as she nearly burst out laughing from it. "Uhm, I think fingers for toes? Because that's kind of how monkeys are, I think?" Her forehead wrinkled in thought.

BD: 119819

LD: 7+3=10

Total Materials: 3

She got into a fighting stance as he was about to land another stunned attack. That sword art was strangely useful. She nodded her head at his calling and darted towards the tiger. "Alright!"

Kirbs lunged forward, finally ready to land an attack against this damned tiger. She twirled her spear around as she gave the tiger slash over slash. Aftershock was spewing out bolts of electricity as she whirled around to impale it one last time. She plunged her spear deep into the flesh of the tiger, stunning it as well. Well, that's always handy. She dug her spear out of the petrified tiger and leaped back to Bahr's safety. She did a mini fist bump in her head as she saw the tiger's HP bar. It was practically nonexistent at this point and one hit from Bahr could probably kill it.

She glanced at him and give him a thumbs up. "Your go, Bahr. Don't screw it up."

"I see," she nodded, piping down from her previous burst of energy. Shaking her head, she gave him a small smile. "No, I don't do that. I've acted normal around a murderer before, so a famous person can't be that hard, right?" She asked, more or so to herself than to Ike. She laughed bitterly as she thought about how normal she had acted around Pinball when she had met him. It was almost disgusting to think about it. Kirbs' eye twitched as she snapped her head up to give him another look of disbelief. Was he really talking about her at this point? Her face turned beet red again as she giggled nervously-- something she would do often in situations like this! "R-right," she coughed into her arm as she tried to cool down her red face. "Your streams were pretty cool, I guess. I didn't really watch much of them... I'm not very good at Japanese," she rubbed the back of neck sheepishly. Her mother never really bothered to really teach her the language. London wasn't a very cultural diverse city as some others were... plus, she didn't really have any relatives living in the U.K. with her, so why did she really need to learn it?

Her? Interesting?

 Yeah, this guy must be really confused. Surely, he was thinking of some other chick, right? She was just your average joe... back in the real world... So much has changed since two years ago, but what could so possibly be so interesting about her? She gulped and shrugged at his question, not even sure of the answer herself. She never really thought herself as interesting... that's what her twin brothers were for! I mean, she guessed that her hair was an interesting thing, but it never really sparked anyone's attention before. "I personally don't think I'm that interesting enough to be talked about."

"I believe I am seventeen, as of right now," she pondered out loud. What even was the month? She had stopped counting the days a while ago... 

ID: 119813 

LD: 4+3= 7, Fail

Total Materials: 3

"Hm. Yeah, these stats a pretty much nothing to what the both of us can do," she mumbled, inspecting the window before closing it. "Well, it won't be too hard, at least."

Safe.

Kirbs dashed after him, her spear trailing closely next to her as she charged up her sword art. Just as Bahr had finished his attack, she leaped into the air and began her onslaught of attacks... but that didn't really happen. The flaming tiger was just able to narrowly detect her right before she landed her attacks and leaped away before she could really do anything. Man, it's been a while since she's actually missed an attack-- and she forgot how sucky it felt when you did. Grumbling curses at the tiger, she bounded back to Bahr with a scowl, her eyes sending imaginary daggers at the tiger.

"This is why I hate big cats," she muttered, gripping her spear just a tad tighter.

She pulled her fist down and grinned. "Yes! I knew it!" She exclaimed. Alec really gave her a new perspective of SAO. She had never really expected older people to play such a 'young people' game, y'know? He was certainly the oldest person she knew so far. Like, he looked old enough to be her dad! And honestly, he kind of felt like one, too. God, it's been so long since she's seen her old man, it was almost sad. No, it was sad. Two damn long years! And he was a little redhead like her! Yes... Alec certainly did give off a father figure kind of player, who knows, maybe he had a kid in real life? She cringed, glancing at the other player next to her. It must suck to have your dad stuck in a video game for two years. She wouldn't know how to feel if her dad was stuck in SAO instead of her for two years!

"I have to keep working," she mumbled as her body swung from side to side tiredly. 

"I can't let this get to my business," she said, yawning tiredly as she got back to work, "I can't let it go down when I'm the only artisan around," she blinked, slapping her cheeks tiredly. The stack of messy papers next to her seemed a lot more like a pillow than entries. God damn, did she need some frekin' sleep. 

Can't sleep.

No sleep.

She couldn't sleep just yet. Well, maybe if she closed her eyes just for a tiny bit then she would be able to last longer. Five seconds. Just a few seconds!

Day 36:

Kirbs sweat dropped as she looked at her energy bar-- which was practically nonexistent. She sighed and decided to use one of her less energy costing sword arts. She needed to conserve some of it while she still could. Who knows how long they could be here! Kirbs darted towards one of the more newer rain minions and unleashed her tiny fury! She dragged the blade of her spear down the rain minion's torso and bounced away before it could really do anything. Perhaps her little bursts of energy would be a good thing in this game! It would always get her in some trouble back in the real world! But it was pretty handy when it came to fighting so that was pretty good!

She clapped her hands together and grinned. "Alrighty, we're doing pretty good right now! Keep it up! We'll be done in no time, just you guys wait!"

Kirbs widened her eyes as she put the new info and the old info together. Ike? Like the streamer who had more than ten million followers Ike? She didn't even watch him that much but she wasn't disappointed when she did! Holy banana cheese balls, she was right in front of a damn celebrity! "Y-yeah. From Fire Emblem," she stuttered, not really sure how to act around a literal famous person. "If you don't mind me asking..." she mumbled, sheepishly, "are you the same Ike that streams? I-I mean, if you aren't then I must've really gotten my mind all jumbled and stuff from sleeping on my counter for the past two weeks and stuff--" she cut herself off. Well, she had to cut herself off. 

She gave him a bow of apology, which was something her mother made her do when she made a fool of herself... and that happened a lot. "Ah, sorry," she muttered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment. 

Looking back up, she rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. "I used to play a bunch of Nintendo games... I tried some first-person shooters and all of that stuff but I never really liked them that much. I guess I only played them because they were meta or something."

ID: 119769

LD: 1, Fail

Kirbs shrugged, "I don't care." I mean, she really didn't, although, she still thinks she could be more careful with the guy. He seemed harmless... for now. 

She watched him from the corner of her eye as she then turned to look at the endless expanse of flowers. God damn, there was a lot of them. But why was she so surprised? Her shop was on the floor known for flowers! She let out a short laugh under her breath as she thought about that. Her shop felt so dull even though so much color was around it. It was funny, really. She would do the same routine in the morning everyday. She would wake up from the previous night with her head on her counter with a stack full of messy papers-- and most of the time, with drool coming out of her mouth-- and then she would go hunt or gather, then come back to plan and think, and then pass out on her desk. Repeat. Ever since she found out, that's been her life so far. 

... and it was all his fault-

Her thoughts were shattered as a vibrant red filled her vision. Looking down, she scrunched her brows together when she saw a red rose. She then looked back up at the still nameless player and gave him a look of disbelief. "Me?" She pointed to herself as she looked around. There wasn't really anyone there but those three, and Kityuisa was all the way over at a random flowerbed. 

Oh, he is talking to me.

"O-oh," her face flushed as it dawned on her. "Thanks, I guess? It's Kirbs..." she mumbled, averting her eyes to the green patches of grass. "Like the video game character," she added with a sigh. Why did she have to make such a childlike name? No one was ever going to take her seriously with this username!

ID: 119760

LD: 1+3=4, Fail

Total Materials: 3

"I would beg to differ for myself," she mumbled. If she ever had the chance to kill Pinball, she would do it with rage. He was going to feel all that she had to endure, painfully. She had no remorse for the bastard. 

"Idiot," she mimicked when Bahr walked all the way next to the dragon. She sighed and bounded into action when the dragon came waking up like how she used to; raging and furious. After she had assumed that Bahr was safe, she leaped into action, her spear blazing and ready. Sparks from Aftershock and the extra power from Scarfy's grip made her attack probably do more than it should've. She slashed... and slashed... and slashes-- oh what fun-- at the dragon, until its health bar had depleted to less than half. The poor hatchling was stuck in a fatal position, and probably for a while too. Kudos to her for that.

Kirbs blinked as she opened up the message. Bahr? Was this going to be some kind of reoccurring thing? She was starting to think that Kityuisa and Bahr were her only friends, now. She sighed and gave a quick reply back. 

Kirbs appeared on the outskirts of the town and looked around. Ah, there he was. Walking over to Bahr casually, she gave him a brief wave. "Which 'monster' are we taking on today?" She asked, looking out the gate and at the vast forests. She wasn't sure which quests were located on this floor... but a lot of them involved the sage waterfall or something like that, but she was pretty sure that a big 'monster' wouldn't be at a waterfall named after a plant. The thing shouldn't be that hard to kill, either. I mean, come on, they were only on floor six, so it shouldn't be that much of a hard quest.

An unfamiliar player caught her eye as Kityuisa was explaining. She stiffened up as she and she was just about ready to open up her menu and dig out her spear. He didn’t look much like a threat but she could never be too sure, again. She couldn’t risk the same thing happening twice.

He looked oddly... familiar. Maybe she had seen him on floor one before? She surely would’ve recognized someone with that kind of hair color, right. It sort of reminded her of Bahr’s hair color. 

“Hello,” she murmured, and not too much later did she stifle a small laugh as she got the reference. 

After sparing him another cautious glance, she turned back to Kityuisa and nodded her head. “Alright, that sounds good to me,” she replied, also finding another few flowers on the ground. “And four...” she added, picking them up with ease.

ID: 119689

LD: 14+3= 17, +2 Materials 

Total Materials: 2