Zajcica

Yuki sat quietly watching the battle unfold. Cordelia had made pretty good statement to the boss, that her damage would out pace it for leagues. It was already in the yellow health and wouldn't be long before she dealt the finishing blow. The monster was burning from the blaze that her sword brought upon it only hastening its death. Front liners sure seemed inspiring to someone at Yuki's level, but in the same right, she could easily just tank the Hornet queen for someone who was level 1 and look inspiring to them. Level gap did that to players.

Her encouragement may have gotten the girl hit by an attack. It wasn't meant to distract her from her battle, but she would remain quiet from now on so that didn't happen again. It was a good thing Cordelia happened to be here to keep the two of them safe. They would both be dead if not for her.

@Cordelia

Luckily the mountain had a winding path from the foot that would make it much easier to climb than just scaling it. That's what she was most worried about, but the path made it so much better. Time was all she needed to climb this mountain and meet Hestia. She didn't believe all this god and goddess bull to be honest, but this was just a digital world. Anything was possible as long as it could be coded for the game. What would Hestia be like? Was she a kind humble soul, or was she ruthless beyond expectation? She wasn't sure what the legend behind her even was. Japanese gods would have been easier to know for her than Greece gods.

She started her way up the mountain via the dirt path. For some reason, she was ready to figure out what Hestia had in store for her when she made up to the top of the mountain. Did she want to impart some special recipe to her for to recreate? That would be awesome. A special recipe that could only be learned from completing this quest would be amazing.

The pink paladin sighed quietly as the satyr disappeared into the distance. It would be quite the trek to reach the gates of Olympus, though. Sooner she got started, the sooner she would get it finished though right? Who could turn down the chance to actually meet a god? It was not only a god though, but the god of feast and hearth Hestia! What did she want with Yuki?!  Surely she wouldn't just be called to a landmark named "Mt. Olympus" by a proclaimed god for no reason. Hopefully there wouldn't be any combat involved in this quest.

Luckily, she had nothing better to do so she started the quest right away. First she would need to climb Mt. Olympus just to see what Hestia wanted. The walk to the mountain wasn't far. A good reason why the satyr probably appeared now instead of when she first jumped to the floor. At the foot of the mountain, the climb seemed overwhelming. Something as stupid as climbing wouldn't stop her though.

The Satyr's voice was much deeper than she anticipated, but it didn't seem to want to fight, which means it wasn't just a mindless mob. It folded it's man-like arms across it's chest.

"Good afternoon, traveler. I come bearing a message from Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth. She taken notice to your feast as a connoisseur of foods and insists on meeting you on Mt. Olympus. I have not the information she wishes to tell you, however, if you seek to know, please make haste to the Gate of Olympus. Hestia will further explain her reasons." It said, then suddenly turning to leave her presence.

"Oi, wait. Where is Mt. Olympus then?" The paladin asked the half-goat man didn't even turn around or stop to answer.

"I'm sure that you'll find your way there." It said, and soon it was gone. Yuki sighed as a quest marker came into view on her HUD. Well, what else was there to do?

Yuki folded her arms against her chest as Cordelia called out to ask if they were alright. The system of the game wouldn't put them in danger as long she kept attacking it and they stood off to the side. Any other mobs around wouldn't really aggro on to them without them first provoking them. A stern tone adopted in Yuki's otherwise calm voice.

"Oi! Pay attention to what you're doing. If something happens to you, we're done for as well. Stay calm and win!" The paladin barked back. She wondered if her voice reached the girl as she watched her stab into the meaty monster. She was so extremely fast compared to someone like Yuki, though it was probably because Yuki was fully decked out with heavy armor. That's when the giant creature exploded into flames. Probably one of the coolest thing she's seen since she started leveling up.

"Sugoina," She whispered to herself, and took a look over to Rosary to make sure she was alright.

@Cordelia

<<Challenge of Olympus>>

What other stuff to do when you weren't questing in this crazy game? Sightseeing, of course. These floors were all beautiful in their own ways so it made sense for someone to want to want to explore! She knew that mobs wouldn't attack her if she didn't provoke them. The fields around the safe zone were kind of barren to be honest. It wasn't much of the lush feeling of grass and trees that existed on floors like floor 3.

In her exploration she did well at evading all sorts of mobs but one certain being was just walking towards her. It's heavy deep voice called out to her as it got close. A Satyr unarmed approached her, a scary looking monster for sure. She drew her weapon, even knowing it would probably kill her to try and fight something like this. He held up his hand and shook his head, he didn't seem to take any kind of fighting posture.

Using one Yui's Grace and the slime farm bonus to gain +2 extra EXP in the quest rewards.

Name: The Farm Boy Bowl
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 4
ID: 138734
Roll: 12
Item Type: Meal
Tier: 1
Quality: Kanpekkida(Perfect)
Enhancements: Protein 2; MIT
Description: A perfectly made dish of Teriyaki Grilled Chicken Donburi(Noodle Bowl) mixed in with cut greens, carrots and onions served with a big heaping helping of rice and miso. The meal is a special request meal for one of her best friends Life.
Post Link: [Here]

Name: Udon
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 3
ID: 138730
Roll: 8
Item Type: Meal
Tier: 1
Quality: Uncommon
Enhancements: ACC 1
Description: Noodle Bowls with vegetables and egg
Post Link: [Here]

Name: Udon
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 3
ID: 138732; 138732-1
Roll: 10; LD 20
Item Type: Meal
Tier: 1
Quality: Uncommon
Enhancements: ACC 1
Description: Noodle Bowls with vegetables and egg
Post Link: [Here]

Finally, she had gotten one of her best friend's, Life, to come up to floor 22. Bringing a boy back to her house, what would her mom think? Ah, don't think like that stupid. The sliding door of the shop floated across the wooden floor as she let her companion through. It was a cozy, homely little room filled with kotatsus and a kitchen with a single counter. Yuki pulled a chair up to the counter that worked like a make shift bar and offered the seat to him.

"Take a seat and I'll get started making you the best meal you'll ever taste farm boy." The paladin grinned as she moved over to the kitchen stove and soon the waft of vegetables and noodle soup filled the air. There was something about this particular dish that would be absolutely perfect, she could feel it in her bones. After all the screw ups with the dragon quests, she was ready to show him that she wasn't just a clumsy little girl of a tank. Then within just ten minutes the food was ready.

"Yatta, kanpekkida!" She shouted as it was finished and placed it in front of him. "This is one of the best meals I've ever made I would say, even with SAO's simplified rules! Here's the portion for you to take for your combat buffs, and here's another portion for you to try just for the flavor. Tell me what you think, please!"

@Life

<The Diamond Hatchling>

Vertigo kicked in when the teleportation color stopped. The lull of the cold brought her back to reality quickly. Yuki's bright smile shined almost as brightly as the clear sheet of snow that paved the road. She turned to her companion, Life, and laughed.

"It's beautiful! I love the winter so much! You know, I thought about putting my house here on this floor, but I didn't think I could stand the infinite winter. That's why I decided on floor 22 instead. Winter comes and goes and it stays nice and cool in the summer just like home." She reminisced but didn't seem upset at all, in fact, she seemed pretty content. "I wonder how long I'll spend in my home here. We're a fourth of the way through the game now, so at this rate it could take quite some time, hunh?"

She said already leading the way to the next dragon, looking back to make sure that Life was following her.

@Life

Using a Yui's Grace(3 left)

The pink paladin walked boldly through the door to Macradon's shop. She had already been here once and met the man named Macradon on one of the higher floors to help protect the Aincrad Trading Post. He was a strong player and thankfully, his shop was so welcoming to newcomers with the discount. She was still eligible for it and since she was close to buying Battle Healing she would soon not need the enchantment for health regeneration. She walked up to the counter and set her old shield upon it.

"Oi, Kajiya-san. Nice to see you again. Firstly, I would like to thank you for the amazing armor you set me up with when I started my leveling. Which brings me to my second note, I need to update my build slightly. You see, an enhancement I'm using interferes with a better skill. I've heard that they don't stack together, so I would just like to get a new shield with different enhancements." She took time to fill the request form as she spoke and handed it off to the blacksmith upon completion.

It wouldn't take long for Yuki to return to the place they had split up. It was best to do this while she still had a friend on the floor. She would hate for Mari to have to travel several floors down and then receive a message like that. Stepping out of the barrier and taking a good scan of the area, she could see her friend sitting atop the hill over looking the town. She gave her a wave and smile as she made her way, but from this far, it probably looked a bit like a blur. A few minutes later, they were talking distance.

"Sorry, for messaging you like that when you were probably on your way home, but this is the perfect place for me to start this quest." She pulled out the familiar food that the gypsy had given her a while ago. "This stuff is supposed to let me get a familiar like everyone else has, and I know I can make the choice of what I want to catch. I've already decided that my familiar is going to be..." She paused for dramatic effect. "A gryphon! I heard that it can be difficult to catch these things when you find them though, so I was wondering if you would help me make sure mobs don't get caught up in the catching process and just generally help me keep an out for it. Plus, we should take some time to catch up. We hardly had time to talk during that lion quest."

Yuki pulled up her menu and invited the orange-maned woman to her party and gave her a signature Yuki smile.

@Mari

Player House and Shop

House Name: 美誇人の荘園 (Translates to "Mikoto no Shouen" - "Mikoto Manor")
Location: Floor 22, just outside the safe zone of Coral.
Description: A massive, Japanese-style mansion on the outskirts of Coral. Through the thicket of pink cherry blossom leaves, one can find it surrounded by a stone wall keeping unwanted fiends from attacking. It is also home of (Soon to be) Yuki Izakaya, a Japanese Grill run by the home owner Yuki Mikoto. The building is shaped like an L from a bird's eye view, the walls around the plot are shaped in a square surrounding the building. Just outside the building is small garden containing a pond that spawns fish inside. 
Plot Size: Estate
Rooms: 6 (Bedroom, Basic Kitchen, Living Room; Dining Room, Master Bathroom; Extended Workshop, Fishing Pond, Slime Farm)(All rooms are currently only assigned to Yuki.)
Shop:(Link here!) (Refer to Kitchen/Dining room picture) Yuki Izakaya is located directly inside her own house. Players can visit this room freely, but the rest of the house is off limits without Yuki's approval.Beyond the photo, there are several more kotatsu tables littering the Tatami mats for several groups of customers. If Yuki is not present in the shop, the counter has a bell with a note written in a cutesy Japanese handwriting that says "Ring for expeditious service!" and a cute drawing of a chibi Yuki smiling and waving.

Rooms Pictures:

Name: Hanami Dango served with Green Tea
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 2
ID: 138713
Roll: 11
Item Type: Dessert
Tier: 1
Quality: Rare
Enhancements: Prosperity 2
Description: Hanami dango are sweet mochi rice dumplings on a skewer, and each of them has a different color – pink is used to symbolize cherry blossoms, white represents the remaining snow of the past winter, and green is used as a herald of spring, representing the color of young grass.
Post Link: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/19110-yuki-izakayaf22r1-cook-pk-accessible/?do=findComment&amp;comment=600308

Day 2

Name: Sakura Denbu Onigiri
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: 1
ID: 138710-1; 138710-2
Roll: CD=11; LD=18
Item Type: Snack
Tier: 1
Quality: Rare
Enhancements: LD 2
Description: Rice balls filled with a yummy cherry filling. There are four in a pack.
Post Link: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/19110-yuki-izakayaf22r1-cook-pk-accessible/?do=findComment&amp;comment=600304

Hanging up her cape and armor outside the door to her estate, the paladin stepped through to the connecting kitchen. Her shop had only just open so there weren't all that many customers yet. That was perfectly fine though. It gave her the time she needed to prepare premade foods for anyone who didn't want to commission something special. Now, what should she make first?

She laid her ingredients on the counter and thought about all the things she knew how to cook. 'What would people really like to see at a Japanese-themed restaurant?' was an important question as well. Her Oyakodon special wasn't something people were that familiar with. Ongiri sounded like a safe bet, and she couldn't really flub making Onigiri. It was as simple as making a sandwich.

She rolled up the rice into it's sticky ball after filling it with some sakura denbu, not the most popular choice for a rice ball filling but one of her favorites and it made them extremely sweet. She added an affect on them and when they were finished, the system copied another serving of them. Her luck was meant for cooking, not gathering!

Nestled away on the border of the safe zone of the town of Coral, one can find a Japanese-styled mansion sitting peacefully next to the main road. The mansion is surrounded by stone wall fence, but connected on one side is a building outside the wall. The smell of cooking food always wafts from the windows and a sign posted outside in painted, handwriting can be seen. Even though it's written in Kanji SAO's translation system allows one to read it as Yuki Izakaya. The building seems like just another part of the house, if not for the sign signifying the shops existence. The doors are open to outside during the day. Another door on the inside leads to the manor it's connected to. These doors are always locked to anyone but Yuki.

On the inside, it looks much like it would from the outside. It's a very Japanese-styled room with kotatsus scattered around. Whether the intent of the shop was to look homely, or it was just put together shoddily was hard to discern. There's room for each table to seat four people. The kitchen actually looks like a common house kitchen, and not like one that would normally be in a restaurant or izakaya. If Yuki is not present, one can ring a bell to summon her.

Deals!
New customer special! - First perfect commissioned item is free of charge!
Customers served free - Macradon, Night, Vigilon&Krysta
Free For Life: Crozeph<3

Special Request Form

Initial Application: Here
Room(s) Being Added: No rooms added
Room(s) Being Upgraded: Basic Workshop > Extended Workshop
Room(s) Being Re-Assigned: None
Total Cost: 15k, col already sent

The pink paladin slid through the shop doors. She had been here before not that long ago, so she decided to return her business to the woman named Ceres once again. With her new home up on floor 22 she needed to make some additions to her crafting space and buy some essentials for the upcoming weeks. Now that she was a crafter, she wanted to take that job a bit seriously just as she took her job as a tank seriously.

An information broker had given her access to some info pamphlets that told her she could increase the amount of experience she gained with an item that was purchasable from certain player merchants. It was called a custom ambition tool. She gave the owner of the shop a wave.

"Oi! Me again! I'm just looking for an item called a 'custom ambition tool'. I already have the payment for it here!" She said setting a sack of col on her counter with the necessary amount.

Yuki gave Mari a hefty smile, as per usual. Her orange clad companion should have known by now that it was hard for Yuki to be discouraged from a challenge as long as it wasn't entirely suicidal. A clang of her gauntlet to her chest-plate sounded as she spoke up.

"I would love to join." Her cheery tune unwavered even after hearing that the quest was more than twice her recommended level. The paladin was already used to weathering quests twice her level, although, she was getting to the point where tier levels were a matter and she could more easily die in fights like this. "Mari, don't worry about me. I've grown a lot since we last talked. Maybe I shouldn't be this high on the floors, but I'm well acquianted with the aggro system at this point. Nothing is going to attack me if I just leave them alone and stay away."

Yuki gave a wave to Oscar and Shiina.

"Mari called you Oscar, as I said, my name is Yuki. I'm a level 11 tank looking to grow stronger, so that I can join the front lines in the future. I'll be glad to join your party. You wouldn't invite me if you didn't think you could handle the danger and I trust Mari with my life." She grinned at her friend, even if Mari said shouldn't be thinking about her that way, she knew Mari would do anything she could to protect her.

@Oscar @Mari @Shiina

Name: Yuki no Yasuuri
Your Profession: Cook
Your Rank: Rank 1 - Earning A Living Eval
Roll ID: 138662
Roll Result: 11
Item Type: Snack
Tier: 1
Quality: Rare
Enhancements: Accuracy 2
Description: A small portion of Okaykowon with vegetables, rice and rice served with a side of miso soup.
Post Link: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/19045-earning-a-livingsp/?do=findComment&amp;comment=600227

Acquired Skills and Mods

Weapon/Armor Skills

-Rank 3 - One-Handed Assault Spear
-Rank 5 - Heavy Armor(Mod - Athletics; Stonewall)

Combat/Utility Skills

-R1 Battle Healing
-R2 Block
-Concentration

Non-Combat/Passive Skills

-Fighting Spirit
-Rank 8 - Cooking
-MIT Familiar Rank 3

SP: 156 Total, 145 Used

Inventory

Weapons
White Spear - Lux(OHAS): 2 Bleed, 1 Taunt
Saber: 2 ACC, 1 DMG

Armor
Regal Cuirass(Heavy Armor): 1MIT, 2 Thorns
Aegis(Shield): 2MIT, 1 Regen

Trinkets
Silver Serpent Ring: +2 LD
Covetous Gold Serpent Ring: +1 LD

Consumables
2 Starter Healing Potions

Equipment(In-depth)

Threads Completed/In-Progress

Legend: In-Progress | Finished and Locked | Abandoned/Hiatus

Star-Crossed Gala - Level 1 
Nature's Treasure #1 - Level 1
First Lessons - Level 1
Long Live the Queen - Level 1
Treant Rivalries - Level 4
The Gemini - Level 4
Earning a Living: Cook - Level 9
Dragon Hunter Anthology(Pt. 1) - Level 9
Dragon Hunter Anthology(Pt. 2) - Level 9
Dragon Hunter Anthology(Pt. 3) - Level 10
Ugzeke, The Mighty - Level 10
Deforestation - Level 10
New Faces[OP] - Level 10
Attack on the Trading Post! - Level 10?
Ugzeke the Mighty - Level 10
Feeding the Enemy - Level 11
The Namean Lion - Level 11?!
Challenge of Olympus - Level 12
Butcher of the Sands - Level 15
Case of Wyrms - Level 15
Nature's Treasure #2 - Level 15
Nature's Treasure #3 - Level 15
Nature's Treasure #4 - Level 19
Secret Medicine of the Forest - Level 19
Nature's Treasure #6 - Level 21
Let There Be Light - Level 21
                                                                           Training Your Friend - Level 22 < Turning Point! Yuki learns proper tanking
Calming the Soul - Level 22
Nature's Treasure #5 - Level 24
Guardian of Fire - Level 24
Nature's Treasure #7 - Level 24
Avalanche - Level 27
Breaking the Unbreakable - Level 27
Return of the Queen - Level 27
Dragon Hunter Anthology (Pt. 4) - Level 27
Escaping the Underdark - Level 28
Search and Rescue - Level 29
Case of Wurms - Level 33
Witch of the West - Level 33
Snake out of Water - Level 33
                                                                                        beats to discuss Aincrad to - Level 33 < Turning Point! Yuki finds a much needed friend
Absolute Zero - Level 35
Snake out of Water #2 - Level 38

Relationships/Friends list

Legend - Spouse | Those who know Yuki's Secret | Good Impression | Unmoved | Bad Impression | Very Bad Impression

Crozeph, Sleepy Boy - Crozeph is a somewhat charming boy that Yuki met in her own shop. He had originally planned to face the Cerberus alone, but found him before he set off. They've spent a decent amount of time together as a tank/support duo and have grown pretty attached to one another. Recent events regarding the two being a bit dense but wanting to figure out their emotions has led them to growing rather fond of each other. Marriage is easily on the table.

Mari, the Pker - Mari was one of the first players Yuki met when she started her adventures in Aincrad. They met at an event called the Star-Crossed Gala, very out of character for the both them. They talked for quite some time before the event ended and they went their separate ways. Since then, Mari has helped Yuki power level herself to and solidify her confidence her want to protect others through her tanking abilities.

Life, the Farm Boy - Life was one of the first friends that Yuki met in her early stages of leveling. They teamed up to face dragons but Yuki found herself getting stuck up in predicaments that were pretty embarrassing for another person to see. She later found out through Life's 'charm' that she could be attracted to men, something she was unsure about before. Since meeting they have slayed several dragons and had many heated conversations about the importance of living in this digital hell.

NIGHT, The Knight - Night met with Yuki on floor 11 where she helped Yuki grind for new gear. It was a chance meeting and she didn't think anything of it until they did the quest "Search and Rescue". With confidence, Yuki can say that Night has become her best friend in all of Aincrad. There's nothing that Yuki wouldn't do to protect Night with her life as long Night will have her. That means stepping over her insane fear of serpents and snakes to help her farm a quest item.

Macradon, the Blacksmith - While she knows that it's his job to supply people with armor and weapons, Yuki can't help but feel like her ability to tank only ever relied on Macradon's armor and not her own skill. That was how lower levels were supposed to feel, but even still, she thanks his craft after just about every battle she finds herself in.

Hidden, the Assassin - Yuki met a peculiar girl on a quest share likely could not have completed without her intervention. The girl basically scolded Yuki, in her own way, for challenging a boss without having the level to defeat it. She only was saved by Hidden's want to kill the monster for the experience in yielded. Hidden intimidated Yuki at first, however, she has determined that the cloaked figure is actually more redeemable than she lets on.

Oscar, the Wiener - A man, presumably from the front lines, who is friends with Mari. He looks formidable and also apparently sells hot-dogs. Yummy.

Pinball... ??? - Maybe I should stay in my lane.

It was settled then. Her shop would be located on Floor 22 with her home. One thing that worried her, though, was her inability to serve Mari if she located her shop outside of a safe zone. Mari would probably spit her concerns back into Yuki's face thinking like that, but she would put her house outside of the safe zone of the town. If she did that, Mari would be allowed to visit without aggravating the games system with orange crystal players and safe zones. She also wanted to make special meals for Mari and Life to surprise them!

She would have to spend time to try and prepare amazing meals for the both of them. Promises were made to both Mari and Life that she would supply them with meals for their benefit of leveling and getting stronger in Aincrad. There was no way she was going to break that promise for either of them.

This brought up another great question, actually: Where would she even put her house? Likely it would reside in the same place as her shop, a connected section from her house to add to the homely, welcoming atmosphere. Aesthetic was important to her after all. She would not be satisfied with a dingy little stand in the Town of Beginnings. Go above and beyond and share her cooking skills with the best Aincrad had to offer. Of course, she would still have to increase her cooking skill and eventually max it out to maximize her output, but that should not take her long considering how much she loves to cook. In a few weeks she could easily master it.

There was a limit to how much someone could craft daily, she knew that. It made sense so that craftsmen can't just push out hundreds of commissions in a day if they had the materials to do so. Otherwise she would be able to just farm a ton of materials and maximize her skill as quickly as possible.