Nines

Ayota was getting annoyed with the whole RNG system this game was going for. He always hated these sections in games, but to give you one in the tutorial was just cruel. Yeah, this wasn’t required, but he still wanted the bonuses.

As he walked further into the field, the boy stared at the ground hoping to see something. They’d all snuck right past him, and he was left empty handed once again. “Now I remember why I haven’t done any of the tutorial quests.” He explains, looking at the dirt trying to hide his annoyed state. “I’ve always hated RNG, but I figured this time it would be easier to deal with.” He kicks the dirt, prompting Cardinal to throw up that god forsaken purple sign.

”IMMORTAL OBJECT”

Those words annoyed Nines. So many people have died, and yet we can’t destroy a simple rock. It was hell. Being trapped in a world where nothing breaks except gear you need to survive, and food, and monsters respawn but the players actually die. It was messed up to say the least.

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ID:166628

LD: 7 (Fail)

3/5 materials found

@Shye

Ayota had forgotten that the usual response to his question was followed by a return. He always hated it. Now he had to think of what he truly liked. "Not much really, other than singing." People often liked asking him to sing after he said that, but he hated being forced to sing for them. "I guess it's my way of showing the world who I am." He smiles fondly at the ground, quickly glancing around for another material when his eyes lock on another flower. Guess I was right. He would reach down and pluck the head from the stem, and it would transfer into his inventory.

He looks back at her with a soft smile. "I guess singing for me is like getting dressed for most other people. There are sometimes when we don't try but still shine above the rest, and other times we try our hardest but can't turn heads like we want to. It's all about the feeling we put into it, and the sincerity of that emotion." He says, rambling like he usually does. "I'm sorry, I'm rambling again."

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ID: 145259

LD: 12 (SUCCESS FINALLY)

3/5 Materials found

@Shye

Ayota watched ahead as he pressed onward totally oblivious to the girl approaching him until she was in the corner of his eye. He turned his focus over to her for a moment his face turning a pale pink, before his focus shot back down to the ground beneath him. He hid his face as he looked around for another material, which he wasn't sure if it hindered his ability or not, but he'd rather miss a material and spend more time doing something rather than sitting around staring at the sky.

"So... What do you like to do for fun?" The boy was dense but he could see she was worried, maybe a little idle conversation would relieve the tension. If nothing else it would put him at ease which might put her at ease. He wasn't any better off, but he was able to push through his shy nature if he felt like the other person was equally or more shy. She looked anxious and the boy could practically feel that negative energy radiating off of her. "I wouldn't really worry about it, we should be safe right now." He smiled at her bright and sincere. "Besides I trust you to heal me, so just trust me to fight off the monsters and we'll be okay."

He would place his hand on the pommel of his sword trying to make her feel better, his face still a tad bit red.

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ID: 144874

LD: 4

2/5 materials found

@Shye

The young boy felt like he was over explaining it, but she didn't seem to mind. He was confused for a moment, As no one would usually listen to him ramble on and on about something. He was grateful, and he wanted to show it. He had decided if he could find an herb it would be hers, but his eyes landed on nothing of the sort. Just regular grass and a few pebbles.

Her comments on his name also made him nod. "We don't talk anymore, the name has just become a habit I'd rather not fall out of." He would smile at the idea. Nines was a name his friends all called him. The story was a funny one but also one for later. He would stand up, nodding his head away from the city. "Maybe we should head out a little further. I'm fine here but we might've picked this place to the bone." It was still an RNG situation, but maybe the odds were better further away from the safe zone.

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ID: 144580

LD: 10

2/5 materials found

@Shye

The day was getting long as the boy scanned the ground yet again and came up empty handed. He knew it wasn't gonna be a five for five deal, but he's already failed half of his searches and the day has just started. He'd heard stories of people taking multiple days to complete this quest and he'd be damned if he was gonna be one of those stories.

Her statement made his cheeks turn a bright pink for a moment. "It's unisex, though more commonly a girls name. I go by Yuki because it's short for Yukine." He looked at the ground thinking back to his old friend from the real world, the one he played the most games with and the one who hurt the worst when she walked away. "My old friend, she refused to call me anything but Yuki, so I stuck with it." He explains.

After that explanation was out of the way, the boy would sit down and start fiddling with on of the flowers he picked. It was time for the other explanation. "RNG, Random Numbers Generator. It's exactly what it sounds like. Imagine you're in a room with everyone in Aincrad, you look over the crowd and try to find me, but all you can see is the hair colors of the people, let's say 800 people have white hair and are of a similar height to me, you pick them at random and Pull them up to see if it's me. The only problem is after you pick we all scramble, and while the odds are very low you could pick me everytime or not even once." His explanation was long and complicated but he was describing it as best he could. "A .125% chance isn't good, but the odds of finding me five times in a row with no fails are even worse."

He was sure she could follow his explanation even if at some points not even he could keep up.

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ID: 144425

LD: 4

2/5 materials found

@Shye

His eyes fell to the ground again, dancing over the grass as his finger twirl through the air following suit. His index finger catches yet another flower, growing around a rock in a beautiful embrace. He would simply pluck the head of the flower before looking up at the girl. "My username is Nines, but you can call me Yuki if you want." Honestly anything would be better than nothing, so this was an improvement no matter what. He would make eye contact with her if only for a moment before turning away and trying to think up a conversation they could have. He felt like explaining RNG more would just sound condescending and he didn't want that. "Which would you prefer I call you? Shye or Chelsea?" He would ask, diverting his own attention away from the ground once more to check the path ahead of them.

As they continued to walk down the beaten path, Nines would watch around them, keeping a sharp eye out for any monsters that felt like crossing their path or just getting in their way.

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ID: 144348

LD: 15

2/5 materials found

@Shye

They were both one into the quest and still slowly making their way out into the field. The boy would simply glance down every now and again while she searched, but would come up with nothing, like he'd guessed it's all about odds and numbers and percentages. He was sure there would be an easy way to find this stuff if he could get his hands on some info brokers. His eyes still scanned the area and he saw nothing. Lady Luck was never one to flirt with the boy, in fact all she ever did was humiliate him. That's why he liked puzzle games and competitive games. He could make his own luck.

Still though, in all games, Luck would be a part of the idea, whether it be placed with good teammates, or drawing the right hand or having the maze pieces fall in a certain order. He always found a way around the luck, and would just power on through to try and get the best score possible. This quest was no different. "Even if we don't need it, it would still be nice. Like I said, it's all RNG. It's like pulling a card out of a deck and trying to get a queen of spades. The wider the search parameters, the easier it is to succeed." He explained. This time, he hadn't felt like he'd overstepped, he just kept moving like he wasn't analyzing the game with a complete stranger in the most dangerous place he's literally ever been in his life.

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ID: 144310

LD: 10 (fail)

1/5 materials found

@Shye

As they made their way through the town, she spoke and he had to think of a response to every sentence she spoke. luckily that wasn't a lot, but it was more than he was used to, considering she was the only real person he's spoken to in the last two years. "I wouldn't worry about any mobs trying to hurt us though, I looked into it and as long as we stay away from the deeper parts of the field, like the small forests or the big empty plains, we should be good. However I'm sure the items are more likely to be found up there..." He started rambling, it had been so long since he was in an unscripted conversation that he forgot people could react to everything he said even if they hadn't thought of it before.

He looked at the ground in a sort of cliché way before solemnly letting his apology slip out and fall unheard unless she was listening closely. "Sorry..." His old friends often told him he spoke too much, that his incessant rambling was a bad habit. He had let those words get to him once again and would retreat further into his little world further, now following her if she would take the lead from him.

As they walked, he looked around, reading the signs to himself and making mental notes of all the shops he might have to use later in his Aincrad career.

As they stepped out of the safe zone, Ayota knelt down and started rummaging through the grass. He wasn't expecting to find anything, rather he wanted to see just how far outside of the safe zone they had to be before he could possibly find a material. His answer came sooner than expected however, as he say a small plant, every defining detail matching that of the description given to him by the old man running the shop. Ayota smiled and pulled the plant out of the ground and looked back towards the safe zone. "Guess they went for true RNG on this looting system." He says, looking back at the short path to the city.

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ID: 144282

LD: 20 (Success)

1/5 Materials found

@Shye

Not long after he had stepped out, Ayota felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned around to see a girl standing there. She'd caught him off guard,  but even if he had been expecting her his reaction wouldn't have been much better than what she got. He let out a very weak sound that sounded like they could almost be words, but were just too high pitched and slurred to be understood. After she asked her question though and he took half a moment to think, the boy would kindly yet weakly, smile and answer with a simple, "Yes, please do." He could count the times he'd left town on one hand, and even then he was barely a stones throw from home. He couldn't imagine what those people who went out and pushed on the frontlines went through everyday.

He would assume she had no idea where to go either, which wouldn't be the best thing. All he knew was that it was out in the field and not in the Town of Beginnings. He would put on his bravest face, which being honest, isn't very... and he would try to take the lead. "I think I have an idea of where to go, but like you I haven't left town very much." He would explain, his words quiet and weak-willed. He was once a confident and bold young boy, but had become this shy husk of a kid, and being trapped in a game with a bunch of strangers and possible murderers didn't exactly help with his busting out of his shell.

@Shye

Ayota had been watching players level up, watching them grow and bloom into great towers of hope and shining light. It bugged him, he'd been coping with the world around him being his new life and as he finally accepted the harsh truth he couldn't stand to set foot out of town only to see players using the forest he'd feared so much as a tourist attraction. He felt like an old soldier on the battlefield watching people learn about history standing where his brothers had died. it burned inside. But today he would face the music, forcing himself to step out of his shell and learn to play the game properly.

He'd step up to the home plate and look inside Zackiriah's store only to feel a deep chill run down his spine. He's just an NPC, he isn't a real person. The young boy would try to reassure himself. He takes a deep breath and opens the door, walking up to the old feller and waving at him. "Hello sir, I'm Nines, I heard you had a quest for me..." His words felt forced and his body gave the same shy aura.

After the old man had explained the stuff Ayota would be looking for, the young boy would walk out and find himself lost in such a vast city and open floor. He couldn't ask anyone because that might inconvenience them and he couldn't just try to find his way because he could get lost and end up dying to something totally lame like a boar or a wolf.

Profile
Username: Nines
Real Name: Ayota Yuki
Age: 15 - 17
Gender: Male
Height: 5’6”

About: History/personality
Ayota didn’t have a hard life by any means, his family was upper middle class, he did great in school and he had a few friends that he always played games with. He excelled at getting good at the games and owning his friends. He grew competitive over the years and often took it too far, that is... until his friends decided he had enough chances and left him. That hit him hard, and now he was only good at games for being good. After a few months he hit rock bottom, his grades dropped and his drive to get better had completely disappeared.

Ayota had completely changed his ways, he got less competitive, but he still liked to play around with people. He was less outgoing than most other people and he decided to practice being a totally new person in a new game he had heard about. He asked his mom to buy him the NerveGear for the game, and his mom agreed. He waited for the launch, plugged in the headset and said those fateful words. As his screen filled with color, he gulped; he had officially started a new adventure and would do his best to be the best at this game.
Virtues:
Kind - Ayota wants to be the nicest person out there, as there were no people so kind to him. He wasn’t bullied or anything, but he wasn’t exactly complimented. He never had any support in his decisions and then he would have to go at it alone. After losing his friends his over confidence and bravado had completely fizzled out.

Caring - Losing his friends made Ayota more considerate when it came to people’s feelings. Helping people and making them feel better were his first priority, his feelings would come later. It makes him feel good to make others feel good and that was wonderful in his mind.

Calculating - Ayota made a habit of getting good at games, and that included puzzle games. His mind became adept at seeing patterns and rules and holes in those rules. He had even begun to notice patterns in speech and behavior, but often was too scared to act on that information.

Flaws:
Impatient - Ayota was always putting fun first, so rather than learning to wait for fun, he’s always actively looking for it. Which means waiting is the least fun thing to him is waiting for something fun to happen, so he usually throws caution to the wind and rushes things along. How is he supposed to have fun waiting for his friends to get ready, so he’s constantly rushing things along.

Klutz - Getting used to walking around all the time and moving during fights has been difficult for the boy, he’d much rather press w to walk forward than actually walk forward. Besides, having this system guide you still feels weird to him, especially since he had never been in a fight in the real world. He wasn’t very good at moving around in the real world either, but this game was nothing like the real world.

Shy - Ayota’s always worried about hurting people’s feelings again, and being left alone again would break his heart, so he’s decided to stop talking to people all together. It was more of a subconscious decision really, he was scared of being a prick, so he’s not giving himself the chance. Like how the brain tells you to breathe to keep you from dying.

Profession: 

Skills

SP: 5 |Spent: 5
Non-combat:
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Combat:
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Weapon skills:
» Rank 1 One Handed Curved Sword


Inventory
Weapons/Tools: (DPS Package)
» Small Blade | Rare | 1x DMG 1x BLD | a small silver blade, curved with a dragon’s wing D guard.

3 Starter Healing Potions (+50 HP)

2,500 col

10 T1 Mats


Roleplays
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