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"Alright," Ren followed suit, attempting to keep up the pace. By the time they'd reached the outskirts of town, the girl had felt that she'd gotten a nice work out in her day, stretching her arms over her head. As her boots hit the dirt, she began wandering out onto the plains, scouting the area for any signs of danger. It'd probably be best to take enemies out now while I'm was still alert.
A few meters away, she spotted her hunt.
<<Wolf>>
"Hai!" Hailing her companion over, she drew her great sword. The sound of her call must've drawn the wolves' attention to her, as they turned to face her, ears batting. She counted them; one, two -- wait, three? A darker figure approached from the distance, curious to the source of the noise. Uh, whoops. Hope this doesn't go badly...
Ren shifted the handle in her hands uncomfortably, unused to its weight and grip. Holding this sword's outright like this... It's harder than it looked... With a blundering charge, she took a swing at the nearest wolf she saw, missing her mark entirely.
QuoteID: 126740 | BD: 2 (Miss)
Wolf #1: 15/15HP | 5DMG
Wolf #2: 15/15HP | 5DMG
Wolf #3: 15/15HP | 5DMGNIGHT: HP: 20 | DMG: 4 | MIT: 9 (+18) |
ACC: - | EVA: -| EN: 2 (-1, +1) -
As Ren retracted the open menus, Yukiro's health bar dropped down from under her's. His open profile window closed just in time for Ren to catch the friend request closing on Yukiro's side. With a thumb and ring finger expanding, she discreetly opened up another menu, selecting to preview her friend's list. Seeing her party member's information on it, Ren sighed, relieved, and a small smile crept on her face as her decision to repay the favor solidified. I'll do my best.
"Now... here." A quick swipe closed the window she had open as her attention returned to her team mate. "I'll be needing it back once we finish here, but use them while you can."
"Got it."
[Receiving Leggings of Shattered Torment from Yukiro]
Ren accepted it, quickly going through her menus again to don the armor. Blue light washed over the bottom of her armor, and dispersed just as quickly, updating their visuals to match the new equipment. After giving her new pants a quick lookover, she motioned excitedly, pumping her fist down. "Thank you very much! I think I'm ready to get going now."
@Yukiro # good morning!
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As wordlessly as Yukiro turned to trek towards the outskirts of town, so did Ren follow suit. The city was lit up well by the street lamps and midnight stores, which Ren did recall window-shopping at the latter. While she watched the storefronts go by as she moved past them, her companion began.
"Alright, some things you should know." Ren found herself stiffening, almost responding as though she were part of a drill.
"Wolves are tougher than your average boar." She'd try and remember that.
"For that reason, I'll lend you some equipment, if you don't mind." Eh? That was nice of them! She found herself smiling bright, surprised from the news.
"Just some simple armor to help you not perish on your first day-- er-"
Night?
"--night questing. Of course, if you don't mind my doing so..."
"No, it's no problem at all! Really," she beamed, running over her equipment stats in her mind. They weren't excellent, but as far as beginner equipment went, they were the most helpful pieces of clothing she'd ever encountered by her memory. To see how far the limits of the equipment could go in this game would be helpful for her to gauge her own potential. "Thank you very much!"
As she bowed her head, gentler this time, she raised it to see Yukiro halted, clearing his throat. "A-also, when you work with another player, it's common practice to make a party." Parties, she remembers those. "Got it!"
Gesturing with her ring finger, she pulled open a menu in front of Yukiro. It was almost like an old hat; she remembered constantly checking other players' profiles in an attempt to collect information about her surroundings. Through a rapid but intricate number of swipes, a gray box finally flashed in front of him, with the iconic accept and decline prompt.
Leaning over the side of her menus, Ren peered over to check in on her companion. "I hope that's the right option. Oh, before I forget--"
A few more swipes later and another box popped up behind the first. "--I'll add you to my buddy list too! Assuming that's alright with you," she paused, uncertain but content. "You've been so nice to me on our first meeting, I'd like to repay the favor some day."
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"Wolves, huh..." Ren paused to imagine the difficulty of encountering them. It's two against what may be three or four, but she wasn't entirely comfortable with combat... at all. Perhaps she should wait out the night.
"Do you have anywhere to stay the night?"
Um...
Ren scratched her cheek, thinking. She'd been staying at local inns, dark and musty and worn from all the use from refugees these past few months. One might think she'd gotten used to them after boarding in them for so long, but her skin still crawled as she thought about using their rooms again. She'd even left so late just so she wouldn't get to experience the cramped spaces again. So crowded, so weathered...
No. Nope. No thank you.
As she balanced the two threats in her mind, she concluded with a firm grip around her greatsword's handle, bound to her at her back. "If you're sure you don't mind," she hesitated, before grimacing, stifling excitement from a sudden realization -- she hadn't tried out combat before, but if it came down to it, she'd be able to learn how to do so now. How would it feel? She couldn't wait to give it a try.
"Yeah... I think I'd like to try heading out at night! Thank you for your help in advance!" Ren bowed, deep with gratitude.
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"You won't find any form of materials here."
Eh? Really..?
"You'll need to go out into the fields, though I can't say I recommend doing so now. Wolves prowl the plains at night."
Ren let out a hopeless whine, hiding her vision from Yukiro. Looks like she was wrong after all...
"I was really hoping otherwise..." she droned softly. "They usually send adventurers around town to courier packages, don't they...?"
Maybe this game was just different...
"You're... doing the first lesson, aren't you?" As Yukiro sighed, Ren's skin bristled even more with embarrassment. She found herself nodding gently, still obscuring her vision. "... Do you need some help?"
"... At this point, I guess I do..."
Ren shifted around, rubbing her cheeks a little to recompose herself. It'd be best if they started out with a good first impression. Turning back to face Yukiro, she extended a hand to him. "I hope you don't mind that I'll be in your care then," she offered, with a wry smile. "I'm --"
-- wait wait wait this was a game --
"-- Night!" Ren grimaced, hoping she didn't come off as an oddball. "It's nice to meet you."
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It's got to be around here somewhere, right?
Ren shuffled around the streets of the town, uncertain. When she was out collecting recyclables in real life, they'd be scattered around the town. The extrapolation was a long stretch, but surely, her game senses were telling her, surely the first quest wouldn't send her straight right out of town.
She stopped by a bench, encircling it carefully. Wooden, metal, no boxes underneath, no litter around the floor. Was she not looking hard enough?! She squatted, squinting carefully at the floor... not noticing the stranger approaching her.
"Excuse me, do you need help finding something?"
"Um," Ren started, absentmindedly spilling her concerns. "Yeah, do you see any... Tier 1 Materials around here? I keep thinking they're around town --" Ren paused, rising from her squat. "-- but I haven't seen anything so far..."
Looking over to the voice, she noticed a man with a mess of brown hair, kneeling carefully. <<Yukiro>>, huh? Ren would appreciate the help, but hoped she wasn't bothering him too much.
Wait, was her scouting around out of place?
... No, can't be...
Ruffling her hair, she let a fruitless thought slip to her new companion, "The materials can't be out in the wild, could they?
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Ren scratched her head as she approached the haggard alchemist.
<<Zackariah>>
"Can't believe it's taken me so long just to do this," she sighed, prompting the NPC for more information. "Here goes nothing..." Tutorial quests were always the easiest, but here, she had hesitated from starting on them for quite some time. Ren waved over and called out to the old man, "Hey, you need some help over there?"
"Help enough," Zackariah chuckled, waving around a flask in his hand. Ren watched, mesmerized by the bright green liquid in the glass. "And some experience for you, brave traveller!"
He turned around, examining his workshop. "Let's see... I'll need some materials to replace the potion that's to be made... Why don't you head out and fetch me five Tier 1 Materials?"
A grey box unfurled itself, and Ren poked at the circle at the bottom of the box. Clean UI, she mused. Always so clean. Zackariah beamed at her as the box closed in on itself. "Brilliant, your help will definitely be appreciated."
"If you say so."
Ren took a moment to reflect on the quest information as Zackariah returned to his work. 0/5, which meant the materials she had received as part of starting out wouldn't be sufficient; she'd need to retrieve them as quest items. But...
She glanced around, perplexed. Where should she begin her search?
SpoilerNIGHT
Lv: 1 | HP: 20 | EN: 2
DMG: 4 | MIT: 9 | ACC: - | EVA: -
SP: 5 | Col: 2,500
[Skills]- Two-Handed Straight Sword | Passive | RANK 1/5
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[Equipment]
- [T1E0] Standard-Issue Greatsword
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[T1E2] Standard-Issue Heavy Armor
-- [ Mitigation I | + 9 MIT ]
-- [ Thorns I | Successful non-critical attacks against you deal (9 per slot * Tier) unmitigated damage to the attacking enemy. Only activates on damage dealing, melee attacks. ]
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- Starter Healing Potions (3) --- Heals 50 HP.
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慰めとして、答えとして、私の希望として。
あなたが世界を守るために戦うとき...
私はあなたに世界を守るための力を与えます。
涙を流しと、重荷を負いと、怒りとなります。[□][-][x]
ENTITYID#
MODELID#
UPTIME : : :
PRIMARY GEMINI
DESIGNATION
DATE OF 24/11/
CREATION
MODULES ELEVATED PERMISSION
LEVEL REQUIREDOWNERSHIP NIGHT
GENDER F
WEIGHT
HEIGHT 162cm
STATUS RUNNING• さあ、もう一度、冒険に出かけよう。
BACKGROUND
Spoilera sky full of stars.
if there was ever a representation for a neural network, it would be this.
and there was darkness, on the fringe of it.
darkness without light.
…
its orders had been simple.
follow, mirror, mimicry. either it would live by the end of it all, or it would return to the aetherical sea.
life, however, turned out to be quite complex.
a falter here, a stumble there. recklessness. machinations were good at replicating some things more than others. machinations were better at the calculated steps, but were never fantastic at outwitting their opponents. not unless they were built to do so, predestined to be the counter to their target.
still, there were limitations to their make.
darkness without light. it was foretold; it had been promised. darkness without light.
darkness without light.
it had left, as soon as NIGHT had spared it.
it had returned then, as soon as it realized was never going to issue an order for it back.
NOTES
Spoiler"give the player every opportunity to win."
♦ DAY
face claim:
sena kashiwazaki,
haganai
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♦ NIGHTface claim:
mikazuki yozora,
haganai清く正しく生きること，
誰も悲しませずに生きること，
はみ出さず真っ直ぐに生きること，
それが間違わないで生きること？[□][-][x]
USERNAME NIGHT
DESIGNATION PLAYER
USERID#
MODELID#
CONNECTION IPV4 ( )
SINGAPORENAME REN JUN HUI
(任俊慧)
AGE 19 -> 21
GENDER F
WEIGHT
HEIGHT 160cm
ETHNIC CHINESE
STATUS ONLINE• 気が触れそうだ。
BACKGROUND
SpoilerRemaining immobile for extended periods of time was something NIGHT wasn't unfamiliar with.
It's just... this time felt different. A span of years as opposed to the occasional weekend. No resistance from her body to still. No will from her mind to move.
Her earliest memory in the real world was living with her mother. There was an estranged father, that sent gifts and money to the family as they needed it. And herself, hiding away from the world, living through it via brightly-lit screens from the comforts of her own bed.
Now there was just a lit window, and the most interesting thing that passed it was a bird or two through the Town of Beginnings.
School was out. If she were to have gained repute over the early obtainment of the NerveGear amongst her peers, it would now be looked upon with pity, she bet.
Being alone since Day One wasn't fun.
...
In spite of it all, NIGHT spurned the inn room she locked herself within one day.
VIRTUES :: FLAWS
Spoiler+ restrained
Rarely do her emotions sway her from one action or another — or it seems that way to others on the surface. She's quiet in battle, focus honed in on the party's objective, void of distractions and conversation to ensure a maximized chance of success. And that calm and cool facade appears maintained in her daily strides, pacing through the streets of Aincrad.
+ prepared
If it's hard to catch the woman unaware, that caution is not without great effort on part of the player. From the variety of consumables to the literal armory in lieu of her storage space, she ensures a variety of situational components are ready at her disposal. And practice makes perfect; it's just that NIGHT never shows the stitchings behind her frame intentionally.
+ open-minded
Progressive views? Maybe so. NIGHT stemmed from a traditional background, and may struggle to find her placement on controversial issues, but she's no stranger to giving other parties the benefit of the doubt.
+ deliberate
Methodical inner workings. Speech with no extra fluff. What you see from NIGHT is what often what you'd get, like an open book, like she reads like an open book. It's all within her field of rationale, chaotic or otherwise.
– private
The only way to keep a secret is not to tell someone about it, for everybody talks. She's liken to keep everything awful that's happened to her locked away within herself. That, and setting boundaries is a healthy thing. Reader discretion is advised.
– squeamish
Look at a picture of a forest. Barring any cute and cuddly creatures, NIGHT has a distaste for every aspect within that image. No bugs, liquids, gore, horror; not even plants or trees without, at least, some gloves.
– capricious
Between the near constant scowl on NIGHT's image and the loner reputation the woman puts up, it's no surprise if other players find themselves uncomfortable around her. That is to say, she feels just as uneasy with her own self, pooled in a state of unrest even in the safety of her home. The woman is her own worst critic, which leads to periods of inaction, quick tempers, and silence, especially with people she finds herself closest with.
– reckless
Appearing careful is part of her image. Embodying the trait itself is not. NIGHT is only human, prone to error, but what emphasizes these is the agenda to do things right and to do them fast — emphasis on speed rather than on quality to get the task over and done with as soon as possible.
NOTES
SpoilerPERSONAL
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Ren wasn't given an English name at birth.
- This practice is practiced by most modern Singaporeans, however some Chinese families avoid doing it for tradition's sake.
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In Ren Jun Hui (任俊慧), Ren (任) is her surname, while Jun Hui (俊慧) is her given name.
- Ren (任) --- Responsibility
- Jun (俊) --- Capable, Handsome
- Hui (慧) --- Beautiful, Intelligent
- Ren goes by her family name as she imagines her real name to be embarrassing/vain.
- Ren can draw. // its (mikazuki yozora's voice actor) marina inoue's drawing please no bully
- Ren desperately loves cats.
EDUCATION
- Ren used to play netball as an after-school activity in primary school. She dropped out after two years of practice due to losing interest.
- Ren's after-school activity in secondary school was a Literature club. This helped boost her language comprehension.
- Contrary to popular belief, Ren's grades average at B's.
- Ren speaks only a tinge of Mandarin. In secondary school, she opted to receive basic Mandarin lessons as opposed to the mainstream due to the extent of struggle she had with the curriculum.
- Ren had a channel on the internet in her teens, where she uploaded her own dance videos. Various school recordings of student performances on stage can also be found.
- Ren claims to study in General IT, which lends credit to her high tech literacy.
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Ren wasn't given an English name at birth.
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[F01-PP] First Step Forward -- <<The First Few Lessons Are Free>>
in Beginner Floors
Posted · Edited by NIGHT
# loot!!!!!
Ah? What just happened? One moment ago their enemies health was at full, the next they were halved. And that dazzling streak of light --
Ren turned to look at Yukiro, holding a combat stance. "Eh? Magic?" She blurted, but then recalled something. Dexterous finger work easily pulled open a menu for her to reference in the heat of battle. She'd heard of them, but their execution was far too abstract for her to make use of them before. But now...
"[Sword Arts]... Right, you were using [Sword Arts], weren't you?"
Then, the quickest one to activate would be...
Oh, how convenient. It'd close the gap, too. Then, I hope this works...
As one of the wolves started to recover from its pushback, Ren took an abled stance -- raising her sword by her belly and leaning back, one foot in front of the other. That's how you do it, right? So, when will I know--
Ping!
A flash of blinding light and a twitch of her sword was enough to send Ren flying through the grass, grazing her opponent. She felt her blade hit her opponent, almost as though cutting through butter, leaving a bright red scar with a grid overlay on the wolf. As it stumbled and yelped, it took Ren a quick moment to recover from her rush trick and surprise.
Looking back up, the wolf she was targeting had scattered into crystal ash.