Tanoshi

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Tanoshi took a deep breath, telling himself

that he mustn't fail in this final step. Soon, The Master Blacksmith <<Cerdic Leighton>>  congratulated him on gathering the materials successfully. Then, the blacksmith began to demonstrate the actions needed to make a craft. Tanoshi observed carefully, taking notes of his actions, soon, Tanoshi would be the one doing it so he must be super careful in this observing process. There'd be times that Tanoshi failed to observe as the guy's movements were too fast that his eyes couldn't follow. Tanoshi felt helpless, hoping that there would be windows popping up while he craft the weapon so that he wouldn't get lost. After a while, a sword was created by the blacksmith. He handed Tanoshi the tools needed and assured the adolescent that everything would be alright. Tanoshi then slowly approached the workspace and craft the sword... It seemed that when a user performed the thing, it would be easier and he somehow knew what he already needed to do...

After learning from his mistakes, he finally managed to create a Perfect piece of material on his last attempt.

Roll ID: #135560 --- LD: 15 (one piece of material found)

As he was scanning through the grass field, Hirot kept him company. Hiroto was walking besides Tanoshi, helping him look around as well. Who was he joking with? Hiroto was dead and this was just an imaginary version of him... Tanoshi had gone slightly insane and he knew it, he should be seeking therapists when he leave this game. Suddenly, Hiroto vanished completely, no trace to be found, it was normal as Tanoshi was the one dismissing the boy in his mind. He didn't want to lie to himself. He should stop grieving about Hiroto's death, it happened like...months or years ago. Then, he found the last piece of material. It was stucked between the branches of a bush. He slowly approached it and took the thing out, the final window appeared.

<<5/5 Materials Obtained>>

<<Objective Completed. New Objective Unlocked>>

He opened the menu and checked for his objective. So I'm in the last stage of the process...let's make the weapon then! He ran back to Vanessa, telling her that he had finished and went back to the city with her.

Soon, he found himself in the house of the blacksmith again, Vanessa had gone back to her store...

Roll ID: #135559 --- LD: 7

He decided to spend a moment taking a rest. He flopped onto the ground, enjoying the realistic chirping of the birds, the loud sound of the flowing river. Sometimes, a toad would join this beautiful symphony... As the calm breeze of Mother Wind blew through him, his eyes got heavier and heavier.... Eventually, he fell asleep on the beautiful green grass. Who could possibly not fall asleep in this beautiful and calming place?

He dreamt about the good old days, the days that Hiroto and him could spend hours at the arcade, the karaoke, sometimes, there would be other people keeping them company, his bodyguards for instance.

Tanoshi felt as if someone was shaking him hard, disturbing his sleep but he just waved the person away...

He suddenly woke up after a nightmare, seeing Vanessa sitting besides him.

"Finally awake eh? Had to close my store because I was worrying about you..."

"You don't have to do it...I've almost finished."

"You could have died if I didn't find you, there could be PKers lurking around, waiting to kill you in your most vulnerable state?"

Right...Tanoshi completely forgot about it, he was totally charmed by the scenery that he forgot killing was a thing. He silently looked around, believing that he had slept for an hour or two, the sun was still up. He picked himself up and walked away, telling Vanessa to wait for him, Tanoshi set off to find more iron ores....

Roll ID: #135558 --- LD: 12

He went back to his seach after a while, this time he spent more concentration on the job. Sometimes, he would turn to look at Hiroto and asked him if he saw anything which every time, Hiroto shook his head. Tanoshi sighed, hoping that there could be someone nearby that could possibly save his helpless self, it was only one piece of iron left and he still  couldn't find it?! How pathetic he was! The boy told himself as a mean to encourage himself, but that just got him more pessimistic. He let out a long sigh and scattered through the bushes, sometimes, the branches would irritate him, but he just ignore them and try to find the iron ore. Then, he looked at the lake, could he really swim in this game? He asked himself, considering whether he should dive down or not. In the end, he chose not to risk his live. 

Every words that Violet said, it was true. Just one mistake in the battlefield and you might lose your whole life, he needed to be more careful, during the last attack, he was too careless to thought that a hit was enough to finish off the boar. He took a close look at the boar, noticing that it was standing in its battle stance, ready to charge up at him, knocking him prone. Tanoshi wouldn't let it happen!

He saw this as a nice chance to attack as the boar clearly showed a lot of weaknesses, the moment it ran up to him, it wouldn't have the time to pause for a beat to dodge this final attack of his. Tashino grinned, seeing that the boar began to dash at him. He paid close attention at it, just one mistake and it would be knocking him down, the worst scenario: death. The boar let out a fierceful battle cry on its way. Tanoshi as well, was letting his battle cry out, holding his sword tightly in his hands, ready to strike whenever the time came.

The boar got closer...and closer. NOW! his inner-voice told him as the boar was a few inches away from him. The boy jumped up and striked down at the boar with his sword. Soon, the boar slowly ceased from existence and all that was left of it were pixels of some sort.

He slowly breathed, feeling fresh after defeating the monster. A menu opened in front of his eyes, showing the loots.

He widened his eyes at the loot, feeling lucky.

@Violet Smith

Tanoshi was concentrating on Solei's speech, realizing that he was too inexperienced and he still had a lot of things to learn. If I am this rookie, when will I be able to join the frontlines and get myself out of this game? He looked down at his feet and let out a deep sigh, expressing his concerns. Tashino hoped that he would be able to survive this quest with some help from Solei, the boy was clearly knew more than he did. Tanoshi was impressed by the idea that songs could be used as a mean to support, items like those would definitely decrease someone's chance of dying. He felt good for having Solei with him.

"The Beatles? That's nice, not many people nowadays appreciate classical music! I can play the piano myself, took a few classes but I haven't managed to play many musical pieces yet..."

Grasshopper?! Tashino raised an eyebrow in disbelief hearing what Solei just called him, Solei must be teasing him. Though, he just coped with it and jogged after Solei, excited to finally start his first quest.

@Solei

Tanoshi was overwhelmed by the sudden arrival of the people with one Red Player. He scratched his head, confused not knowing whether she was evil or not. He clearly couldn't hide his panic and yes, he knew that he was overreacting, but he just couldn't stop it. Voices of Hiroto kept repeating in his head telling Tanoshi that she could be trusted. However, he couldn't trust his "own" inner-voice because he was going insane. Then, the Red Girl did something that alarmed him, she shouted at him. He quickly reached for the hilt of his sword but let it go as soon as he noticed her clumsy words. He would had almost burst into a laugh if the weird, kinda rude hooded boy didn't interfere... He performed what seemed like flirty interactions under Tanoshi's eyes to the red player. Even though she wasn't bad, she had killed people and she still couldn't be trusted yet. That boy was weird. He backed away by a few inches, being cautious, them being noisy like this in the middle of the night could perhaps attract alot of unwanted attentions. He wanted to do something to ease the atmosphere but it would be tremendously weird if he suddenly asked someone he just shouted at to burn marshmallow with him. He shook his head and looked at each of them, those noisy "companions"....

"So....can we just sit by this fire and talk? Burning marshmallow? Civilly talk things out? Imma start, my name is Tanoshi." 

He said while awkwardly scratching his head repetitively. Unsure whether he did the right thing or not.

@Andromeda @Basuke @Mari @HoaxDemon

Tanoshi extended his hand out as well, shaking the hands on Solei, he gave the boy a welcoming smile and said:

"It's a pleasure to see you Solei, thank you very much for assisting me in this quest."

Then, as Solei brought up the topic of healing crystals, he was a bit confused as he didn't know what that was. People called him a rookie, a noob. He scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, looking at Solei.

"What is a healing crystal...? Why do you play the song? What do you mean by all that?"

While he was talking, he didn't attempt to hide the confusion in his voice, he wanted Solei to know that he wasn't very good at this game. Moreover, when Solei asked him about items that boost his luck, he tilted his head to the right, his mouth wide-opened, if an item like that exist, he could be able to find materials fairly easy, he wanted to have one so bad but he didn't want to ask for one, so he just asked a question.

"There are items that boost our luck?!"

Roll ID: #135542 --- LD: 3

He only needed one piece of material left and he was done with this objectives of the quest. During his process achieving the final piece of iron, he was a bit hasty and rushed. He didn't check as carefully as last time and he believed that he could had missed a few ones already, however, he was too excited that he just couldn't help it... The boy decided to flop down on the ground and take a rest, looking at the clouds passing by.

"Does this remind you of anything Hiroto?"

He asked his imaginary friend, still looking at the "sheeps" on the sky, this felt just like back in when they first met, when Hiroto and him would frequently lie near the lake to look at the passing clouds, it felt as if those days have disappeared forever... 

"Yeah...kinda remember it, not sure though."

"You never seem to remember anything, don't you?"

The imaginary Hiroto stuck out his tongue and scratched his head.

Roll ID: #135541 --- LD: 17 (obtained material)

Tanoshi was now truly believed that he had gone mad. While he was lying under a tree, the "imaginative" Hiroto came to him with a smile, a weird one. Tanoshi couldn't believe that his imagination had flew through the roof, this imagination figure looked so real that he couldn't believe it, but now, he just couldn't make the guy disappear, he wasn't real, he was all in Tanoshi's mind, he try to convinced himself but nothing changed. Hiroto spoke up after a while of uncomfortably staring Tanoshi:

"I know where a material could possibly locate...."

Tanoshi narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to the right, that was something he would wanna hear from someone right now, but not an imaginative dead guy. He frowned a bit and questioned Hiroto back:

"You do...?

Hiroto nodded and walked away, thinking that it was worth a try, Tanoshi followed the "ghost" into the cave again. After a while, Tanoshi found himself in the cave again. He saw an iron piece lying under Hiroto's leg. He picked it up and the usual notification appeared.

Roll ID: #135540 --- LD: 20 (One piece of material obtained)

Just then, he heard Hiroto telling him to keep trying, encouraging him to keep seaching which boosted the boy's spirit. Tanoshi decided to walk out of the cave to take a short rest. However, he soon stepped on something: a shard of iron. Firstly, his instinctual was to scream in pain, it annoyed him that even though this was a game, injury was real. Right after that, he looked down to check the culprit and when he found out it was a material piece, it eased his pain, as if it had ceased the pain from existence. He held it in his hand and the item disappeared, causing the window announcing that he had obtained the item appear. Tanoshi smiled as he only needed a few more and he would be done with everything here, he could go back to the blacksmith's and begin the real crafting. He could definitely hear Hiroto cheering up for him.

When asked about whether he truly wanted to be accompanied on this quest, Tanoshi nodded his head unceasingly, then he looked down, thinking that the other guy must had felt pretty random to be asked out. Tanoshi looked up and scratched the back of his head, slightly blushing. Awkward....  he thought, did he even have any integrity? He was just going up to a stranger and asked, which could be pretty rude. Tanoshi then attempted to read the guy's facial expression...he was smiling, could be good? Guess Tanoshi would never know... Tanoshi would actually feel great with a Healer assisting him, his life would feel less threatened actually. He told the other guy:

"Yes! I am taking <<The First Lesson Is Free>> which seems like a beginner's quest, and the fact that you are a Healer is really good as I'm a DPS! My name is Tanoshi."

Anyone with the ability to understand Japanese would definitely know that "Tanoshi" is the word for "fun". The reason he named himself Tanoshi was because he seeked fun from this game, he wanted it to be an escape from the harsh reality...

Roll ID: #135539 --- LD: 8

This time wasn't as successful as the last two ones. During the third attempt, he thought he would obtain another material, which made it 3 consecutive materials obtained. However, he was a bit disappointed. After the second try, Tanoshi attempted to keep digging the local parts, however, nothing was found and he made himself dirty, which was a thing he didn't know exist it the game. He reminded that he needed to take a bath after this. Tanoshi yawned realizing it had already been midday, it was clear that he had spent hours in this easy beginner's quest and so far, only a disappointing amount of 2 material pieces were obtained. He gritted his teeth and kept looking, still not giving up. As he was digging, he imagined having Hiroto nearby, that would definitely feel less lonely, Tanoshi then communicated with himself: with an imaginative Hiroto. Some minutes in and he had felt that he was pretty messed up talking to himself, could this be a possible symptom for insanity?

Roll ID: #135538 --- LD: 16 (one piece of material obtained)

Tanoshi was more willing to seach for the iron ores because he had found one, so there could be many many more. His energetic spirit was boosted by the soothing wind, it calmed him, making him feel uncomfortable. He should definitely go out more often. The boy then went back to the cave and seached the area where he found his first piece of material. He observed as good as his could, paying attention to all the little details, looking out for glitters. What if they lie under the ground? He thought, although he had tried to dig the ground up, it was worth taking another attempt so he kneeled down and gently grab the dirt and throw it away to avoid damaging his nails or hands. Then, after what seems like one or two minutes, he finally reached what he was looking for. He picked the shiny piece of iron up and observed it closely, right after that, it vanished, leaving a window announcing that he had obtained it. "Alright then, 3 more!"

Roll ID: #135536 --- LD: 20 (One piece of material found)

Soon, something interesting happens. As Tanoshi went back to seach the cave-outter, he discovered something glittering in the night, it was shiny, shined like iron. Figuring that could be what he was looking for, the boy approached it and as soon as he touched it, a dialog window appeared:

<<1 T1 MATERIAL OBTAINED (1/5)>>

He widened his eyes and grinned, feeling that he had accomplished something really big. "One down, four to go!" He confidently said as he had began to make some progress, Tanoshi was determined that he would encounter more on his way so he continued his seach. However, his spirit had been boosted by the discovery of the item so he wasn't as hopeless as before. He enthusiastically jogged around the entrance of the cave, hoping that there'd be some drops there. Then, he moved on to the plains, the fields, anywhere he could think of.

Roll ID: #135534 --- LD: 6 (no material found)

He sat by a tree thinking about the day that he got here, a lot of "what-if" scenarios appeared in his head. What if he didn't play the game? What if he and Hiroto never went hunting? He began to regret several of his decisions. Even if he justified them by saying that no-one could see the future, nothing would change, he made mistakes and now his friend was dead, he was stuck in a stupid game with a chance of never getting out of this. Anyways, back to the business. He went around to seach again, hoping that this time he could find something. He regretted not taking this quest earlier, maybe by now, all the ores had been taken by the other players, he was a late bird, all the worms were eaten. Still, there could be some left, he comforted himself.

Roll ID: #135532 -- LD: 6 (no material found)

He went back to seaching for the materials, Tanoshi checked under rocks, in bushes and still, nothing was found. He sighed in sadness, but he still didn't want to give up. Tanoshi took his sword out of his inventory and began to slash it at the ground, using the sword as a shovel. He knew that doing this would harm the durability of his sword but who even cared? He could get himself a new one easily if he became a blacksmith. Tanoshi was fantasizing the dream of being a blacksmith while digging up the dirt ground. He imagined himself being a professional one, greeting hundreds of customers a day and have a successful business, he imagined crafting the best pieces of weapons ever, going as strong as killing a boss in one hit. The best part was he would be able to meet different types of people: men or women and maybe, he'd be able to find himself a lover? Who was he lying to, he wasn't interested in dating...

Roll ID: #135529 --- LD: 8

His hope was once again extingushed by god himself, he slammed his hand into a tree and groaned. 

"AH! AH! AH!" 

The boy was truly impatient, he couldn't take it anymore so he flopped on the ground, texting <<VANESSA>> asking for tips on gathering materials. However, she didn't respond, which wasn't too surprising because she was busy, the girl had a business to run and he didn't want to bother her so he flopped back up and keep seaching hopelessly. If he could only find one of them, his flame of Hope would be fired up again, but so far, none had been found. A strategy is needed in times like these! The boy thought, though, he couldn't come up with any yet. Maybe I shouldn't have disrespect God earlier... he bent down and began to pray, hoping that god could forgive his sins. Then he set off, thinking that he had been forgave and trying to keep an optimistic mood.

Roll ID:#135528 --- LD: 12

Clearly, working in the dark was unnecessarily hard, why didn't he just work on the outter parts and the surrounding parts of the cave?! Tanoshi picked himself up from the ground and walked the opposite direction, heading to where the light had been. On his way, a rock made him trip and fall, which he turned back and cursed it. Then, Tanoshi began to walk around the cave, looking as carefully as he could, all he needed were 5 simple shards of iron and god couldn't provide him with it?! Jesus. He was irritated by the fact that his luck level could be 0 at the moment. He tried the same old trick again - digging the ground with his bare hand but nothing ever seemed to work. He also tried looking in bushes or near the lakes, but nothing was found so he go back to the cave, but this time, only scan the outter parts.

Roll ID: #135526 --- LD: 13 (No material found)

It was hard for Tanoshi to see in the dark, he bet that he might had missed a few materials on the ground by now. The deeper he walked into the cave, the harder it was to see and the chances for monsters to spawn are higher. He had never liked caves, they are wet, dark, dirty and dangerous, it could also be due to the fact that he was a "prince", always staying in his little mansion and rarely went outside. He sighed in boredom. The boy kneeled down, trying to shove the dirt with his hand, trying to see if there were iron ores buried deep down under the ground but all he got was a broken nail and dusts in his eyes. He angrily slammed his hand at the ground and cursed god for making him being unlucky, however, he couldn't give  up, he must go on and locate all 5 materials, he needed to survive....

Roll ID: #135525 ---- LD: 4 (No material found)

The boy ran through the fields filled with monsters, disrupting the silence of midday. Based on his map, the cave that he needed to find wasn't so far from where he was currently, which eased him because he was getting tired of dashing but if he stop, monsters might attack him. However, he remembered the NPC saying something about materials being stuck in the rocks, how would he be able to take them off the rubble?! He let out a deep sigh, bored by the fact that he must scavenge cluelessly for irons leaning by the ground. It could take him all day! After a while, he finally arrived at the cave. Tanoshi slowly walked inside the dark tunnel. The boy began his seach of iron. However, even after looking through the darkest corners, no irons were found, the God of Luck wasn't on Tanoshi's side that day. He calmed himself that he would be able to find some soon, that was just some beginner's failures.

Tanoshi ran pass the fountain located in the middle of the City, where he first met Violet, a fellow player, moving toward the remote section of the city, the place that Vanessa showed him a long time ago - where they both first met each other. Soon, he arrived at a small building located in the corner, he stood still and observed. This must be it! Tanoshi was certain because he heard the clang of metals touching, the working sounds, all of the sound a blacksmith would produce. He slowly approached the building, opening the old, rusty wooden door, which made a loud creak. However, the tanned skin man inside the building didn't seem to notice, maybe because he was too busy working or that he was an NPC.

The boy spoke up without any greetings, thinking that it wasn't necessary for an NPC, all he needed to do was to spoke the key words to trigger a dialog.

"I want to be a blacksmith." He said, thinking that was the key words.

"A blacksmith, eh? Well, you've come to the right place!" The man standing over an anvil and wielding an impressive smithing hammer greeted Tanoji with a hearty guffaw. "May not be the easiest or prettiest lifestyle, but the ole' anvil won't let you down when you need some sturdy weapons and armors." A few loud clangs ring out through the smithy as Cerdic drove the flat of his hammer into the red-hot metal of a straight-sword in progress, "Tell you what. Go scrounge up five pieces of ore and I'll show you how to use 'em along with a hammer of your own. There should be plenty in the caves past the southern forest--heck, you may even find some layin' around half-buried in the dirt! Just bring 'em here and we'll make you into a proper blacksmith." Cerdic nodded with another boisterous laugh.

Guess that was the dialog... he opened up the <<Quest Menu>> and checked the <<Objectives>>.

<<Find 5 T1 Materials>>

"Guess that's my plan then..."

Tanoshi then closed the window and headed out of the door, going towards the field.

Then, as Tanoshi was checking up the last section of the store, a flash of thought ran through his mind. He was having this idea about the reason why players were able to set up stores like these and now, maybe he was about to get the answer to his question as his friend right there was a blacksmith herself. Tanoshi then joyfully jogged back to Vanessa, who was working on a sword by the anvil. Vanessa looked up noticed that Tanoshi was approaching her and asked:

"See? I have quality stuffs right? Found something you wanna buy huh?"

Tanoshi shook his head, feeling a bit bad that he didn't buy anything from Vanessa. He slightly scratched the back of his head and looked down.

"Not really...and yes! Your weapons and armors are in good quality! Though, I don't think I need them now. I have a question to ask you..."

"What is it?"

"How did you even become a blacksmith?! I am running out of money and I need to find ways of making money! Please tell me how to!"

She chuckled at what Tanoshi just said and then opened up the map in her menu.

"You are a true noob Tanuki. So here's the way, there is a quest called Earning a Living and it is broken down into many professions but if you wanna be a blacksmith, visit <<Cerdic Leighton>> here on the map..." She marked a point on the map.

Tashino observed it closely and soon, he figured out where it was so he rushed for the door, wanting to earn the job as soon as possible. However, he paused as he stood in front of the rusty door. The boy turned back and smiled, sending Vanessa a <<Friend Request>>

"Thank you!"

Vanessa smiled and accepted the request, looking as Tanoshi headed out of her shop, running toward the blacksmith's.

Just as Vanessa saw Tanoshi at her shop, Vanessa spoke up before he could while forming a bog, wide, welcoming smile: 

"Oi oi! It's Tanoshi isn't it? We haven't seen each other for like ages! Are you here today to get yourself some new equipments?

Tanoshi was surprised by the fact that she remembered who she was before he even reminded her anything, besides, they only hanged out for a day or so. He scratched the back of his head and grinned, replying:

"No actually, just here to see how well your business is, stopping by to say hello I mean."

Vanessa laughed at Tanoshi's statement. She took a look through his equipments and frowned:

"You are not going to last long with those, ya know? You strongly need new ones...!"

Tanoshi sighed at her stubbornness then decided to look around her shop, taking good observation of the equipments hanging all over the place. He believed that those were actually pretty quality, as good as the ones he saw in NPC's stores, or maybe better!