Kirbs

Kirbs was just about ready to defend herself from the raging dragon until a quick blur whizzed past her. She spat the hair out of her mouth as it flew into her face and blinked at the sight in front of her. The hatchling wasn't much more than a few pixels in the air, and to be honest, it made her a tiny bit sad that such a pretty creature was gone. And whoop-whoop-- the person who saved them seemed to be no other than the lovely Pinball.

Fan-bloody-tastic.

Kirbs felt the urge to scowl again, but kept it down... for now. Although, she was silently grateful to him for killing the dragon. She didn't want to put Kityuisa and Bahr's life in danger, after all. But hell, she was bloody right. What if Pinball wasn't here? They could be dead for God's sake! God, damn it, not she felt like she owed him! Or was it more of him paying for past accidents? He did chop off her friend's arm after all. That whole fiasco was his fault too!

The redhead rubbed the back of her neck as she muttered a small curse under her breath. "Yeah," she mumbled, casting her crimson eyes at the ground, "thanks for saving us, I guess." And holy hell, as much as she wanted to whack Kityuisa for completely forgetting about her warning from earlier-- she couldn't help but let out a small sigh of relief. They were safe, that's all that really mattered. 

"Don't feel like I owe you anything, either," she spoke up, suddenly feeling a tad, tad, tad, bit more confident. "Now, those two might," she paused, gesturing at Kityuisa and Bahr for a second before focusing back on Pinball, "but I'm not forgetting about all the bull I've put up with before this," she seethed.

Kirbs clapped her hands together as she got ready to do the same sword art as before. She was going to rename it to that Link sword move thing! Kirbs let out another shrill laugh as she charged up her sword art once again. Feeling the sheer power was just so exhilarating! The redhead gripped her spear in both hands again and spun around like the bloody madman she was. Oh, how Link would be proud of her. She spun around in circles for a few more seconds before wobbling back to safety. She had managed to hit a few, from the looks of it, but hell, she couldn't even tell left from right at the moment so her calculations might be off.

Once she had finally regained her state of mind, she clapped her hands together and let out a grin. "Alright, team! It looks like we're doing pretty good right now. Keep it up!"

Kirbs’ eyes gleamed as he mentioned the bird and dog that were also on fire? “That’s actually really cool,” she chimes. “We should totally do it together, too! I think I can do quite a bit of damage to the little mutts so it won’t be hard at all!” Oh, it would be fun to actually fight something on fire! So far, she hasn’t really fought anything that was really on fire, so this could be something new!

”Oh, yeah,” Kirbs blinked, forgetting that she had yet to introduce herself yet. “My name— or username, really— is Kirbs! Like the video game character.” She then pointed to the familiar looped around her neck and sniffed. “This here is Scarfy, too. I’d suggest you keep your finger back, though. His bite is worse than his bark, sadly,” she sighed in defeat but then her eyes cast down to a little bear cub. Oh, my, was that something? She squealed and bent down to look at it. It was like a wittle stuffed teddy bear! “Oh my God, is this your familiar?” She cooed, metaphorical hearts forming in her eyes. 

Kirbs reeled around to meet another familiar face. "I've been seeing you a lot lately," she commented, chuckling. She sighed and looked beyond the snow, a small frown forming on her face. She hasn't been to this floor since she met Sey and Leru, and holy-- that was a long time ago. Thank God Sey helped her get that damn Survival skill. She was be complaining just as much as Bahr if she didn't have it, if not more. Sure it was cold, but it definitely wasn't as cold as it used to be. 

"Sure, I'm down with that," she grinned, equipping her spear. She turned to him and set down some ground rules before that got anywhere nearer that thing. "Let me take the hate for this thing, You probably have some defense in your armor but this thing could still do some big damage to cha. So you attack first and then I'll do a follow up, okay? Okay!" She finished, already starting to walk off into the frozen tundra.

Kirbs sniffed as she stuffed her hands into the pockets of her pants. She wasn't really taking a favor to this floor. It was too hot! Back at home, it never got as hot as here. The girl sighed and approached a sort of player that she's never really seen before. He looked old. Not grandpa old, but old enough to possibly be her father. You don't see many people like that in Aincrad! The place was mostly filled up with hormonal teenagers!

"Uh, hi there, stranger!" She piped, giving him a small wave. "I was just wondering if you were on this floor to do a certain quest?" She mentally slapped herself for that. A bunch of bloody quests took place on this floor, dumbarse! She laughed nervously and poked the tips of her fingers together. "The one with the Cerberus? Something about a three headed dog or something like that."

@Alec

Kirbs let out a shriek as the swordfish sprang into the air.

Holy moly, that fish was frekin' ginormous! 

She sighed in irritation and brought her spear, still keeping her fishing rod in her right hand. She quickly activated her sword art and sprung into the air. She delivered a few blows and kicks to the fish, giggling slightly as she watched it's HP bar drain to nothingness. With one last kick, she hurled it into the center of the boat. Unlike other mobs she's killed, it didn't completely disappear, into shards, but she guessed that was part of the quest.

She sighed in relief when it's movements ceased and mentally applauded herself fro getting such a giant fish. Oh ho-ho- Old Man Pete is going to love this! Kirbs grinned happily and placed the spear back in her own inventory. It certainly wasn't an eventful quest but it did have some fun in it. Like, literally, she just caught a big arse fish with a measly fishing rod!

ID: 119237

BD: 4+2=6

<<Dancing Spear>> on Swordfish

8x8= 48 DMG

35-48= 0 HP

Kirbs sat with her feet dangling over the boat, her line cast and her face blank. What was she really doing her? She sighed, using her free hand to push up her bangs. Did she really have a purpose in this game? It was to make it to the front lines, right? She thought about what she told that other player the other day. It was so she could be useful, right? 

Wrong.

So, so wrong.

She didn't know what she wanted. That answer is what people wanted to hear, right? People believe her more if she made a more justified answer, right? 

Kirbs' bottom lip trembled as she thought about getting rejected, again. Especially in a world where the people held so many of the same qualities as her! She was about to let out another long sigh until she felt something tug on the fishing line. Kirbs let out a small squeak as she tugged back on the fishing rod. Whatever was below her tugged back even harder. She stood up and backed down the boat, pulling on the fishing rod with all of her might. A few seconds later, all the tension on the rod  was let loose and a big arse fish jumped out of the water. Well, that was easy!

ID: 119236

CD: 11, Successfully fished up Swordfish!

Kirbs huffed as she finally arrived at the big lake. She grabbed the fishing pole out of his hand and stepped on to his boat with a grin. "I already know all about this from a friend of mine. So just lay back and relax, old man!" The redhead explained, using her foot to push off the dock. There was no paddle, but she knew that finding this swordfish or whatever won't be so hard! Plus, why the hell would you find a swordfish in a lake? Don't they live in the ocean? She sighed, massaging the bridge of her nose. Didn't Kayaba do any research for this damn quest? Like, really! It wasn't hard to find a fish that lived in freshwater! Like a giant arse bass or something! She gripped the fishing rod in her right arm and smiled widely. It's been forever since she's been fishing and this seemed like a good way to get started again!

Kirbs mumbled a small goodbye as she watched Leru leave. How dare he leave when he just said that she had germs?! Oh, boy, the nerve of that guy. He could possibly be more of a jerk than Sey himself! Those two were pretty similar... they both annoyed the hell out of her!

She groaned and continued her journey to the lake. She had gotten distracted, again! She needed to finish this quest, too! It gave some good experience and she needed to get to the front lines! Sure, she was fine with going slow, but not like a bloody slug! This quest will probably be done before it even begins anyway! Yeah, she waited a bit too long for this quest. But she couldn't help it! It was just in her nature to procrastinate. Both in the real world and in this world of ones and zeroes! Procrastinating was her thang! 

Kirbs mumbled small curses under her breath as she walked around the village quietly. Too many things were bugging her right now. And one of them was the living thing that was literally choking her. The redhead hissed under her breath as Scarfy-- yet again-- tightened around her neck. His name fit him too well for this! Scarves weren't supposed to keep air out of your lungs! There wasn't really much for her to do, was there? People would be freaking out if Scarfy was up and about slithering around! He's a God damn snake with arms and a fox head for Pete's sake! She didn't want everyone to run away from her! No, no, that couldn't do! But what else was she supposed to do? Scarfy is literally going to be the damn death of her one day because of this!

She could always leave him at home but you never know what will happen! She'd honestly rather have him on her neck than to be killed by a giant bat or something! 

@Alec

“Hell yeah I got the looks-“ she sputtered for a moment and gaped at him. “What do you mean loud lips? Well, excuse me, good sir. I think my loud lips are one of my finest qualities!” The redhead exclaimed. 

“The wedding is in less than a month,” she whined, “So that’s the only thing I should be worrying about right now! It’s the only thing I’m worrying about right now!” And it was true! She literally had nothing else on her plate at the moment and this was probably the only exciting thing she was gonna do for a while. 

“I think I’m going to deliver this package to that fisherman guy, you can shoo along now, Sey,” she grinned and saluted him. “Tis’ has been an honor! Expect me at the wedding!” She waves one last time at him and rushed off.

Once she finally made it to the lake, she slammed down the package in front of the fisherman’s face. “There’s your damn package! Expect me here soon!” And with that, she dashed off to do who knows what.

SUMMARY:

Kirbs:

- 1 Tier one ring with +1 Accuracy

- 3 SP

- 200 Col

Sey:

- 1 SP

- 200 Col

Kirbs squeaked and shook her hands. “Did you guys literally not just hear a word I said?” She muttered, narrowing her eyes at the dragon hatchling. As much as she hated to think about it, it was pretty. She turned back to the others and frowned. “Guys, you are literally going to die! Please, please, please, don’t do this. I really, really don’t want somebody’s blood on my hands because of this and I also really, really don’t want your ghosts coming back to haunt me,” she begged, pouting. 

Maybe if she messaged Sey, he would come quick enough and save these suicidal players! No, no, he was probably busy planning his big wedding. What in the world was she going to do? That damn dragon could probably snap both of them into tiny pieces if it wanted to! 

She gulped as she watched Bahr go down the hill. Oh, just fine and dandy! You go up to an effing dragon that could literally one-shot you, haha— that’s totally fine. Does she want to save these people? Hell to the bloody no! She barely knew them!

Kirbs stared at her map with a blank look. She had just taken up the Avalanche quest. Damn, she was way too over-leveled for it, too. Ugh, she really needed to pay these lower-leveled quests more in mind. They still gave some pretty good EXP. As for the current time, though... she really couldn't care less about the quest. Bell was still missing. The redhead let out a small sigh as she thought about their last encounter... it wasn't a happy one. Then he goes completely MIA on her! Was he pulling a Hynes or something? Did he just unfriend her and go on with his life? Or worse- no! She slapped her cheeks and grimaced. She couldn't be thinking about things like that right now!

She was here to do a quest, and boy, was she going to complete it! Kirbs fished her spear out of her inventory and whistled sweetly. It was going to be fun impaling something again. It has been getting a bit bland lately, anyway.

@Bahr

She pulled on her vibrant hair and screeched. "That's too soon! Way too bloody soon! I'm not going to have enough time to make a damn wedding gift!" She gasped and reeled back in terror. "Sey, you know I am the exact opposite of a lady! My name is literally based off a pink blob that swallows other blobs! I'm a bloody amoeba, Sey! An amoeba!" The girl cried, pouting. She sighed dramatically and placed the tips of her pointer fingers on her temples and massaged them slowly. Think monochrome. What the bloody hell can I get this woman? She bit her lip and scrunched her eyebrows together as she thought silently for a few seconds. 

She was just about to complain again when she realized they were practically back at town. She squealed and rushed off, already knowing that Sey was probably already trailing behind her, if not, in front of her. She rolled her eyes at the silly thought but shrugged it off anyway. She skidded to a halt at Hannah's grove and threw the jewel down on to the grass. "Here's your damn jewel, woman! Now give me that damn package I have to deliver!" She screeched, grabbing the package from Hannah and rushing off before the NPC really had anything to say.

@Sey

Kirbs dove into her couch as she had just finished the day's crafts. Boy, were they bad. She needed sleep! She was practically living and breathing materials at this point! She could probably cash these materials in and make a few extra Col- no! She must defy her greed, for it is a sin! She cried dramatically and faced the ceiling. Thy world is so cruel-th! Making her work like this! She has a bloody monopoly in the artisan business! Where did that girl, Ennakai go to? Wasn't she an artisan, too? Oh, Gods, don't leave Kirbs alone! She can't be the only artisan!

Day 34:

ERMAGAWD (I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS IM SO SORRRRRYYY. SORRY SORRY)

The redhead nodded and gave him one of her signature grins. "Of course. I've helped so many newbies with this quest, you don't even know, haha. Well- helping isn't really the right term I would use. More like accompanied? Yeah, I can't really help you with anything but lend you my scarf on this quest. It's nice meeting new people and everything on this quest, though! I've made loads of new friends and everything. It's very fun once you get a conversation rolling!" She beamed, catching herself in the middle of a ramble.

"Anyway!" She started again, "I'd be willing to hang around you for the time being! Can't really do much down here! I live all the way up in floor three and as much as I love it there, it can get loads boring. Staring at flowers and stuff all day can make you go just a tiny but bonkers," she twirling her finger around her head and giggled. "Pretty sure I was bonkers before that, but who am I to tell myself that?"

@Sorra

It wasn't until she had arrived at Mount Olympus and oh boy, did it look wonderful up here. What a life a God had! There were naked statues here! Naked! She snickered as she walked by a baby cupid thing in a fountain. It wasn't long until she was faced with the great Athena herself! She bowed slightly and grinned. "I'm assuming you're Athena, right? You're looking very good for your age, ma'am!" She piped, having no filter on her damned mouth. 

"And I take it that you are Kirbs? The artisan that I have been hearing so much about lately?" The tall woman said gracefully. And damn, her voice was literal music to Kirbs' ears. Is this what writers mean when 'their voice was as smooth as honey'? Because, holy, did this women both look and sound great!

"Well, yes I am, ma'am! I've been summoned by your little half goat man thing, so tell me what I'm here for!"

"Sounds like a plan!" She clapped her hands together and started setting off. "So," she started, "when ish' dis' wedding of yours, you stupid engaged madman?" She muttered the last part to herself of course, although a part of her wished for him to hear it, cue evil cackle. "You never told me how this lady is, too!" She sulked, covering his face with her palms. "How am I supposed to be a flower girl for a lady I don't even know?" She whined, pouting. "And then there's the problem of getting a wedding gift!" She ranted, turning to Sey with a frown. "Sey, you know I'm broke! How can I afford a wedding gift! And I don't even know what this lady likes!" The redhead exclaimed, sheer shock on her face. She grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him violently. "Sey, you're the one that's going to be marrying her! Give me some advice, you fool!"

@Sey

Kirbs lifted her head tiredly as two people entered the shop. "Huzzah! Has thee come to claim thees orders?!" She mumbled sleepily, waving at them. "I stayed up until something something in the morning for your orders!" She muttered tiredly, already face planting into her counter once again. "Just go take the item and leave, or whatever. And don't steal anything! I'll know if anything leaves my shop!" A muffled voice of Kirbs screamed as she pointed her hand in random directions, trying to target whoever is closest to her. "I'm smarter than you bloody think!" She exclaimed, already feeling the effects of staying up hit her. A few seconds later, she was knocked out cold.

Day 33:

She let out a small yelp as a large creature in the distance let out a terrifying roar. "So loud," she mumbled wincing at the ringing in her ears. Kirbs pouted when she realized Arabelle and Dustin were in another party without her, well, there goes my bloody plan. But it wasn't too bad over here... She still had Bahr and Kitsuiya, though she really didn't know anyone else, but that was okay! 

"Well, I guess we're party buddies!" She declared loudly to everyone else, who was already starting to get ready for battle against the lizardmen. 

As Bahr and the chick with the shield finished up with their attacks, she charged up one of her sword arts. As her spear grew brighter, she dashed into a heap of about four lizards and unleashed all of Aftershock's glory! This sword art certainly reminded her of the iconic move that Link has used in so many games, and boy was it fun! Sparks went flying from her spear as it went around in full circles which made quite a sight, honestly. A redhead spinning around in full circles with a spear that acted like Thor's bloody hammer and also with a giant bloody snake with a fox for it's head gripping down her right arm tightly. My, my, the things that you find in Aincrad. 

Kirbs let out a shrill laugh as she finally came to a stop. She held the shaft of her spear in one hand and the other one was placed on the side of head as she kept herself from falling bum-first into the wet ground. Her vision was splotchy but she was sure it would go away soon. Her sense of direction went totally bonkers, though. She stumbled over to Bahr like a madman and gripped his shoulder with one of her hands. "Is it just me, or is the ocean suddenly sideways?" She muttered, blinking rapidly.

Thanks Dazia!

Day 32:

Kirbs felt dizzy when a whole new group of people walked in. Dustin, who she was already familiar with, just walked in to buy something off of her shelves. And he had the bloody nerve to leave the mag of materials on her damn shelf! "Goodbye to you too!" She hollered as he left. Grumbling, she walked over to the shelf and snatched the bag with a scowl. What an arse.

Then Kityuisa came in and boy, she never thought she had seen someone so grateful as her. She waved off her comment and chuckled sheepishly. "It's really nothing. Just some amateur artisan stuff!"

And then another girl came in, this one was still unfamiliar to her, though. "Hi, welcome to Dream Land!" She grinned. "No, no, it's fine. People usually don't admire my shop at all so it's a nice change of pace, I suppose?" She opened her arms and smirked. "Of course, leave it to me! I'm sure I'll get it back to you soon. Bye!"

Kirbs shrieked in delight as she finished not one, but two orders! In one day! How lucky was she today? She clapped her hands together and placed the items on the edge of her counter. If only if it were this easy to craft on other days, then business would be booming! She sighed and shook it off, sending a quick message to both of the orders. Agh, she felt guilty to call that Andromeda girl so early. She had practically just left!

ID: 118889

LD: 20, Success

Total Materials: 1

Boy-oh-boy, was this festival something. Well, it was already something before it started raining. She hated rain. Most because her hair took forever to dry, but that was besides the point. Just... Rain. Doesn't that word make you sad sometimes? It wasn't long before NPC's were rushing away and she couldn't help but furrow her brows. Come on, rain was not that scary! It wasn't until then did she realize what exactly they were running from. 

What. Utter. Fun.

A mop of familiar brown hair caught her eye as she walked towards the commotion. The redhead clapped her hands together as she rushed over to him with a grin. "If it isn't Dustin!" She screamed, tackling him. "It's been forever, mate! How have you been?" Kirbs asked, shaking his shoulders violently as she gazed almost crazily at him. "Are you here to kill those things, too?" She waved her hand over to the dozens of lizard beings that were marching out of the water. 

Another mop of hair caught her eye, but it was much more vibrant. She turned to Arabelle and waved. "Oh hey! I remember you. You were at that Christmas event, it's nice seeing you again!" 

@Dustin @Arabelle