Tanoshi

Then, as he came to what he remembered was the end of the marketplace, he noticed something odd, he swore to god that there weren't this much stores before, but now, beyond his eyes, there were so many new stores, tailor shop, blacksmith's,... all kinds of things. Could it be a new update? Wait...do the game even has updates??? Anyways, I better check them out, might have something cool. Just as Tanoshi finished his thoughts, he walked towards the lines of new boutiques. Not only were the new shops surprised him, but also the retailers. They had no S NPC marks above their head, could it be that they were real players?! He never knew that players could open stores. Maybe he must achieve a skill or something before doing so...

Then, he encountered someone familiar....a blacksmith girl....
<<VANESSA>>

Vanessa was a bit taller and older than Tanoshi, she was the first girl that Tanoshi and Hiroto met in the game. When he first met her, she had long red hair that reached her middle-stomach. However, somehow, she had managed to turn it into an undercut, which seemed punky and cool, though, Tanoshi didn't really like it.

He remembered the first day in Aincrad, Vanessa was the one helping Hiroto and Tanoshi with understanding the mechanic of the game, she seemed to be pretty proficient in playing the game, she must had played something similar. Vanessa was also there when Hiroto died, none of them was able to save him. After that, they parted way. Seeing her again was a bit emotional for Tanoshi, as if meeting an old friend again. He took a deep breath and walked forward, decided to greet her.

Upon arrival of the market, his starvation was worsen by all the different scents of food, they smelled so realistic, some actually smelled better than the fancy food he had back in the real world. The scents took control of his body, soon, he suddenly found himself standing in front of a food stall selling soup belonged to an NPC. After a chain of interactions, he discovered the prices of the soup, which astonished him. If he was to buy any of the delicious bowl of soup, he would be broke. He bit his lips and darted off in bitterness, checking the other stalls and stores. 

Getting around in the floor 1 marketplace was genuinely complicate all because of the large number of players. Sometimes, Tashino would bump into someone, during times like these, the adolescent would just sneak away to avoid putting up a fight.

After a while, Tanoshi still couldn't find something to eat...

"2500 Col..."

Tanoshi counted the amount of Col he had under the oppressive heat of the AIncrad Sun. He was worried that he might run out of money soon. Even in this game, money talks. Without money, you wouldn't be able to afford good equipment and as a result, you will die easily if a battle was to happen. Not only that, money was also used for inn, housing and food. It didn't matter that this was a game, you would still have basic needs, if you didn't eat, your stomach would be rumbling non-stop and you wouldn't be in the right condition to fight.

He sighed after going through all the options available to gain money. Most of them were just too much for him, he didn't think that he was strong enough to take on any quests at the moment, even a boar was just too much for him. The money wasn't worth risking his life. He placed the brown pouch of coins back into his inventory and headed off for the marketplace trying to find something to save him from his starvation.

Tanoshi decided to firstly stop by the different food stalls before taking the quest as he want to fill his empty stomach. Standing from a fair distance, he could already smell the warming and comfortable scent of breads. Just as he was walking to the stall of bread, he noticed something better, not any kind of food, but a boy. 

A guy that was possibly a few years older than him, a guy with beautiful gray hair, a type of hair he had never seen before. Tanoshi felt like he had found his party member, he could feel that this boy wasn't like the others, so he decided to request some help from him.

Soon, Tanoshi was standing in front of the other boy, then, he was shocked by his height, That guy is approximately 10cm taller than me...impressive! then, Tanoshi felt a bit awkward as he hadn't asked anyone for help in this game before, it would be easier to do so in other games. Tanoshi cleared his throat, about to spoke but a wave of random thoughts came at him, what if the boy wasn't a good person? Tanoshi couldn't trust a stranger at all, then he shook his head and spoke, better taking a shot he guess?

"Uhm, sorry, good morning! Can you help me with a quest please?"

Tanoshi made eye contact with the boy, which was a bit hard because he had to look up all the time.

Tanoshi was stressed out by all those new arrivals, the presence of them just made things less peaceful. After a while, he sat by the campfire again, ignoring the creepy hooded player. He thought for a bit, actually, it wasn't too bad having company, in case something bad happened so he calmed down a bit.

"Join me by the campfire if you want to." Tanoshi kindly told the hooded player and a boy seemingly at his age.

Then, as he thought that no-one else would come, he noticed a girl as Basuke spoke up, she looked friendly yet intimidated, possibly it was because of some dumb shouting he did earlier.

"Uhm....hi....do you wanna join us by the campfire?" he asked her.

The next time another player appeared, it scared the hell out of him. A player that kept tripping and falling, however, the thing that concerned him was her cursor, an orange cursor implying that she was a Player Killer. Tanoshi shivered, thinking that she was here to assassinate them, however, in a moment of clumsiness, she tripped over and revealed herself. Without any pauses, he stood up as fast as he could and backed away, informing the other players:

"OH MY GOD THAT'S A RED PLAYER!"

As he was enjoying the lull of the darkness, Tanoshi was suddenly disturbed by a voice. His eyes darting off at the direction of the sound, it was a bit annoying for him to realize that he wasn't alone. Wanting to be polite, he answered the stranger.

"Not quite, I voluntarily came here and yeah, it's safe, haven't seen any mobs."

Another reason that he answered the anonymous newcomer was that he made himself known, which might implied that he could be a good person, not planning on holding a sneak attack against Tanoshi. The adolescent then just kept staring at the newcomer for a while before another figure arrived...

Just hearing the voice of this new guy got him all concerned, Tanoshi quickly stood up and held his sword, hearing what the hooded figure have to say. The more that he heard from him, the more cautious he was. However, his level prevented him from attacking the person, there could be a huge gap between the two of them. Tanoshi narrowed his eyes and shouted, trying to intimidate the guest.

"WHO ARE YOU?! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"

It was dark, pretty dark in the world of Aincrad, it was nearly midnight and most players have already gone into their deep sleep. However, there was someone - a boy who couldn't sleep that went by the name Tanoshi. He was setting up a campsite in a remote part of the field, where the monsters spawn rate was they almost never appeared. He warmed himself by the fire, enjoying the breeze of the night, the feeling of being close to nature instead of staying in those boring inns. He yawned and looked a the grass, but he didn't feel like sleeping just yet so he kept sitting by the fire, reminiscing. He remembered that he and Hiroto used to spent a night like this years ago as well. He wiped some drops of tear away from his cheeks and looked at the stars, it was unbelievable to think that all of those night time beauties were just artificial. Then, a sudden thought ran through his mind, what if there were PKers lurking somewhere among the nearby bushes, waiting for a chance to kill him? Soon, the thoughts were washed away and he just kept sitting there in silence...

 

@Arabelle
@Basuke
@HoaxDemon

It was another quiet midday in the woods of Floor 1, the sun was spreading her warm lights throughout the whole world of Aincrad. In the woods, mobs are scattered around, minding their own business. The scenery was just too peaceful too be true. 

Soon, the silence was broken by sounds of quick movements. A teenage boy named Tashino was darting through the deep forest, running past all the different mobs practicing his reflexes. He knew that most of the mobs here are neutral, meaning that they couldn't harm him if he didn't attack them first. He kept on running, taking great observation of all the things around, the mobs, the trees, the flowers,... all of those were just so realistic, sometimes, he felt like he could feel the calming scent of the roses distributing on the two sides of the ground. Just running was really tedious but he had no other plans so he might as well tried to run to the other side to see if he could discover a village or something else, possibly a treasure?

 

@Raina

Boar's Stats:
HP:  10
Damage: 3

He glanced at the boar, biting his lips. If what Violet said was true so the boar would be a perfect challenge. He unsheathed his sword, holding it tightly in his hands, focusing his eyes on the boar. He was sweating, a bit worried, what if something went wrong? Would Violet save him? He tried to wash all those thoughts away and focus on the enemy ahead. He wanted to try to finish the boar off in one hit, so he backed away, bending his knees and quickly charged forward with his sword, activating the skill Straight.

"HIYAAA!" Tanoshi let out a battle cry while dashing at the boar, there were moments that he just wanted to run away but he kept on running, calming himself that everything would be fine. Then, the images of Hiroto's death flashed through his mind, shivering him. He closed his eyes and kept on running and eventually, he slashed his sword at the boar....
 

Upon executing the skill, Tanoshi managed to land a hit on the boar, leaving it with 2 HP, but then, while he was off-guard, the boar angrily charged and tackled him, reducing his HP.

 

It was another day in this strange world for Tanoshi, he had learnt quite some new things since the first day he got here and he finally had the gut to take quests, getting stronger, he no longer feared of dying because he knew that if he didn't risk his lives, he might as well never got to leave this virtual world. As he was zooming through the Town of Beginning, he spotted a strange NPC, one he didn't see before. Could be a quest NPC! he thought, he knew that if an NPC was to be in the Town of Beginning, the quest was gonna be easy, suitable for him so he approached the NPC old man, greeting him. After a series of interactions, Tanoshi was given the quest <<The First Few Lessons are Free>> by the old man. The boy opened the quest menu and took a look at all the objectives he need to complete in order to receive the rewards. He sighed and closed the window, believing that it could be a bit dangerous to go alone, he set off to find a party. 
@Solei

The boy sighed and slowly walked behind Violet, maybe this could be a good chance for him to leave this beginner town and move on, he was sick of being weak and vulnerable. Still, he couldn't fully trust her, the girl had a strange reason to help someone, which confused him, Tanoshi didn't know whether she wanted to help or to kill him. Then, he suddenly saw the leopard turning back, which caused him to flinch, he backed away a bit believing it intended on injuring him but then, to his surprise, it only roared, it must be asking him to speed up. Tanoshi sped up and eventually caught up to the two, keeping a safe distance in case Violet tried to do something. On his way into the forest, he took notice of the scenery around him, all the players talking with each other in the square, the cobblestone floors, the fountains, he feared that this could be his last time seeing all those things.

He looked at Violet and asked. "Where are we going?"

Tashino stood still, paying attention to what Violet was saying. All of that truly implied that she could be some sort of assasin in real life, a professional one. Life consisted of many different kinds of people anyways. He bit his lips and thought, trying to find a method to buy himself out of this situation. As she spoke, he tend to remain silent and think about ways to calm her down. He also ignored the statements she made afterwards.

Then, he widened his eyes as she offered him to form a party with her, which really sounded strange. He put his guard up, afraid that this could be some sort of plan from the girl, wanting to lure him out of the safe zone and then slit his throat off, killing him. Tanoshi scratched his head, his pupils glancing Violet.

"Are you sure you want to party with me? Like, I'm just a level 1 player, I'm weak and I'm a coward, it wouldn't be very beneficial on your side if you want to form a party with a weakling like me."

@Violet Smith

"Kill me huh? So I would figure out that you are possibly some sort of criminal in real life correct?"
He raised an eyebrow, amused by this new piece of information but he also slightly shivered to realize that she wasn't someone that he could just simply mess with, maybe he should just apologize and leave? However, that wouldn't do too good to him long-term... He calmly smiled and tilted his head to a side, his gray hair covering his eyes.
"If this were real life, it would be harder to kill me, ya know? I have bodyguards by my side all the time."
As he was saying that, he slightly realized how lucky he was to be born into a rich family, but that didn't quite matter now. All he needed to do was to form a civil relationship with this "psycho".
"Anddddd an urge to kill you say? Don't ya think that's a little creepy? For a girl like you to say? And come on, I was just washing my face if this were real life, I would haven't done that."
(Sorry, I gotta sleep <.< will reply when I wake up)
@Violet Smith 
 

Tanoshi couldn't control but bursting into a laugh right in front of the woman. Her?! Threatening my life?! He knew that she definitely couldn't do anything to him as they were both in the safe zone so he stood up and gave her a smirk along with a challenging gaze. Then, his direction turned to her seemingly familiar - a leopard, he was interested in the animal and also wondered where he could possibly get one. He sighed and shook his head, making eye contact with her, Tanoshi believed that he should better get on good terms with the girl or else he would get in trouble if, by any chance, they meet outside the safe zone.
"Hm, weird girl you are, my name is Tanoshi, cute pet you've got, anyway, I don't plan on being killed today so I wouldn't accept to Duel you. We're in the safe zone after all. Also, you are being hilarious by wanting to kill me just because of me washing my face..."

Tanoshi slowly turned around as he heard someone possibly calling him out, he wasn't astonished as he had managed to perceive the sound of her movements beforehand. As his dark, depressing eyes meet the figure of the other woman, he formed a fainted smile. Hmmm....she seems to be disgusted. He had always been good at reading facial expression, that was how he manipulated people.
"Oh, hi there, didn't see you..." Tanoshi spoke, having no particular tone in his voice, all the words that came out of his lips seemed to be at a neutral tone.
He scratched his head and kept observing her, waiting for her to say something, but before she could even say anything, he spoke up, wanting to ask her about the germs stuff as he found it a bit weird for germs to exist in such game.
"Seems like virtual reality science has evolved to the point that water in the game has germs huh?" He raised an eyebrow while asking the question.

@Violet Smith
 

It is another day for Tanoshi in this strange game world. He had been trapped here for quite some time now that he stopped to keep track of time. Tanoshi slowly made his way to the middle of the town, where the fountain lied to wash his face for the day. Upon approaching it, he washed his face and looked at his expression through the clean, blue water. All of this, it seemed to be so real that he couldn't believe that this is all actually just a program. He shook his head and sat down, unsure of what to do, observing the different people walking past him, they seemed to a lot stronger than him, but it didn't really matter now. What's the point of risking your life just to be stronger? He sighed and just kept on staring, thinking about the day that he got to leave this stupid world.

 

@Violet Smith
((This is all I could think of, sorry xD))

Profile

Username: Tanoshi
Real name: Kohiro Mebatane
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Height: 174 cm
Weight: 63 kg

Backstory
Kohiro, a 16-year-old boy born and lived in the city of Tokyo, Japan had many things that ordinary people desire. His father was a successful man working in the information and technology field with his mother being a successful surgeon in one of the biggest hospitals in the city. Despite all of that, he never enjoyed living in prosperity, the life of having anything he wants. All of these were due to the pressure he had, being the first son of the family, his parents were being strict to him, forcing him to get the best marks possible in all the tests, they wanted him to get into the best schools, signing him up for classes that he never wanted to take. They wanted him to take over his dad's company when he grows up. Little did they know, the young Kohiro never wanted any of that.

Then, his sister was born, a girl named Akari, but, because she was a second child, Akari didn't have any pressure on her shoulder. Different from her brother, Akari was rather spoilt. Kohiro was jealous of his sister as she got to live a life he never got a chance to live. Soon, his jealousy was converted into hatred, he detested his sister to his guts and would pick fights with her frequently. Every time, in the aftermath of the fights, he was always grounded by his parents. Those actions from his parents not only didn't ease the situation but made it worse. Eventually, at school, he befriended Hiroto, another boy from his class. Hiroto was a good friend, always listening and helping Kohiro advice. Near Tanoshi's 16th birthday, a VRMMORPG game named Sword Art Online was released, thinking that this could be a good way for him to spend some time escaping from reality, he bought 2 copies for him and Hiroto. After getting their hands on the copies of the game and the NerveGear, the boys put the headset on their heads and enter the world of S.A.O...

The game was all fun and great until an announcement was made: that the players are trapped in the game and couldn't leave until the 100th floor is cleared. To many people, this could be the end of the world, but this was what Kohiro truly wanted, he finally got to escape from the harsh and disappointing reality. However, his perspective changed completely when his friend, Hiroto was killed by a monster during a battle. Luckily, Kohiro managed to flee from it, but the event would haunt him forever, he couldn't believe that the person he loved the most was killed right in front of his eyes, in a virtual world... Nowadays, he is usually seen walking around the Town of Beginning, not wanting to go anywhere as he fears that might be killed.
Virtues:

Cautious: Kohiro has a high level of cautious, this is because of the times that he injured himself when he was young, after all of the injuries, he was shouted by his parents. Consequently, this made him highly cautious, always noticing small details and watching out for danger. He could also be cautious of humans. When someone approaches him, he will talk with them in high caution, noticing their slightest movements in case they pull out a gun and shoot him.

Decisive: He was taught to be responsible for his decisions by his father, he was told to think twice before making any decisions so that he wouldn't feel regret about it in the future. What his dad taught him sticks to him up until now. For his whole life, there hasn't been a single decision that he regrets and it's impossible for people to change his mind about something. Once he has set his mind on something, that is his final decision.

Generous: Not wanting to be rich, Hiroko usually gives out his money for those than need it more than him - something that his parents quite disagree. In school, he would sign up in many charitable events and when it comes to eating out, he tends to be the one paying the bills. When it comes to gifting, he also gets the best gifts without thinking much about the price.

Flaws:
Cautious (Paranoid): Being high on cautious usually makes him hard to interact with people and things surrounding him. If someone talks to him, he always believes that the person is up to no good and will speak with them with caution. This also makes people talking to him feel uncomfortable and hard to befriend him. Also, this might take a while for him to get used to a new environment. Always being high on cautious even dissimulates him from trying new things.

Rebellious: Hiroko has a rebellious nature because of all the disagreement coming from his parents. They disagreed into letting him do what he wanted but he kept doing it because he believed his parents or no-one has the right to control him. If an order is given, he would only follow it if he truly wants to, otherwise, he would either ignore or doing the opposite of it because he has a desire to prove that no-one can control him except for himself.

Aimless: Hiroko doesn't seem to ever have a goal except for confessing his love for Hiroto. For most of his life, he just keeps living because he thinks he has to, he never really had a direction he wants to go or the kind of person he wants to be in mind. Since his childhood, his parents have been dictating him, planning his future for him instead of letting him chooses it for himself. Despite being rebellious, he still pursues his father's dream of him taking over the business because if he doesn't, he would be nothing in the future...

Profession: Blacksmith (Rank 1)

Skills
Skill points: 7 (Unused: 2)
Non-combat:
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Passive:
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Combat:
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Weapon skills:
»Novice Two-Handed Weapons (+3 base damage)


Inventory
Starting Bundle: Set B DPS Package
Col: 2300

Weapons/Tools:
» T1 Perfect Armor of The High Empress (Mitigation 3)
» Tier 1 2H Straight Sword Rare (+1 ACC, Bleed)
» Blade of The High Empress (+1 ACC, Bleed, Keen)
» Leather Armor Vanity
» (3) Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP)
» Band of Fire and Steel (Ambition item)
Roleplays
» [Private] http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/18893-pp-f1-a-new-beginning-with-violet/ - in progress
» [Private] http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/18894-pp-f1-the-first-quest-with-solei/ - in progress
» [Private] http://www.saorpg.com/topic/18896-pp-f1-hang-out-in-the-woods-wraina/ - in progress
» [Private] http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/18897-pp-f1-night-campfire-with-arabelle-basuke-hoaxdemon/ - in progress
» [Solo] http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/18900-sp-f1-thinking-about-the-future/
 

Relationships (optional)

Hiroto - Best Friend (Dead)
Violet - Acquaintance
Vanessa (NPC Player) - Friend