IIJJ22GG

I opened my eyes and blinked as the evening sun filtered into my retinas. Staring groggily at the sky, I realized something was off. First, I never sleep outside; second, I hate sleeping on hard surfaces; and third, I'm not wearing the usual earplugs that go in my ears when the neighbors are too loud. Wait, neighbors? Not this crowd of people around me. This was like a theme park on New Years. How in the world did I get in a place like this?

Let me think... Last night... I was really excited about something... And my mind had refused to shut down for the night because of it...
I don't recall going to a bar... I didn't use my computer very much... And... What happened this morning anyway? Did I somehow get transported outside my apartment by my cleaning crew?
Nah, they come on Wednesday, I must be getting the days mixed up again. Must be that strange occult thing I read about a couple days ago, it must be getting to my head...

I crossed my legs.
Wait, am I wearing a... dress??? It seemed like I was stripped down to my underwear, and my legs were surrounded by a blanket of heavy fabric.
I raised my arms over my head.
I'm surrounded in a dark robe, clearly a sign of the occult. I begin to breathe heavily as fear envelopes me. This diverse smell must definitely mean I’m in the middle of a community of the occult. I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to take deep breaths to calm down. This can’t be happening.

I felt the grogginess begin to overtake me. I let it, anything to get me away from this feeling. Maybe it’s just a dream. I cannot possibly have been sleeping outside of my apartment. It makes no sense…
I dozed off again.

The first thing I need to do is set up a sort of game plan for starting. My friends should be joining me within a few hours, so I have plenty of time to figure out what I want to do first. The top priority is to take the first quest, but that will have to wait until my friends join. So what can I do now then? I guess I can do a little more exploring, and maybe I can look at the shops and see what's there since I seem to have some Col on me.

So this is odd... I can't seem to do much business in shops. How do I do it? Maybe its a beginner quest or something. This system doesn't seem to be that simple.

Looking at all the professions, can I do all of them or something? I really don't want to stick to just one. There should be a skill system where I can level up in everything not team or side related. I hope professions aren't this way so I can be entirely self-supporting. Well, if I generalize in all areas though, it will have to be an insane grind to get everything to a decent level. Hmm... If I gather a bunch of people together and cook for them I could raise my cooking level significantly. Or hold a duel event and craft everyone's armor, weapons, and potions, and they get to choose what they want to use from a set supply. That might be more interesting than just grinding, but it's still a far off dream.

There's a building that says under construction or some thing. That's very odd, especially since there are 100 floors in the game...

"Link Start!"

The Nervegear powered on, and reality faded as brightly colored cylindrical streaks of light flew past my field of vision. I was excited. I had long-awaited playing this game, ever since it was first announced so long ago. And it was finally time. The Nervegear then ran a series of tests on the various sensory emulation systems it had for the five senses and presented me with a login screen. After I had logged in, I created my character as a mysterious, dark-robed character like I did in all Nervegear games. Then the words "Welcome to Sword Art Online" appeared in front of me, and I stepped into the portal. Well, I didn't literally step into a portal, but it seemed like I was moving at high speed through a tunnel of pulsating fluorescent blue waves as my vision gradually faded to white.

As my vision cleared, audio began to filter through to my ears. I seemed to be in the center of some sort of town or village. Rows of various buildings spread out from the center in an ornamental, orderly fashion. A big sign nearby said, "Welcome to the Town of Beginnings!" "This is it," I thought, "The greatest game of all time." I began to walk around, taking in all the sights and sounds. Hundreds of players were already there of various shapes and sizes. No one seemed to notice me as I walked around, but I was happy, as I hated to draw attention to myself. The game had only been launched a few hours ago, but people were already leveling up and showing off their ascension to level two or three. There was one guy who was already on level four somehow.

Appearance:

A dark-robed figure with a dark hood over his head and a mask over his face. The body hidden inside stands tall and straight with masculine strength.

Profile:

Username: IIJJ22GG
Real Name: Unknown
Age: Unknown, but assumed to be a young man.
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 6"

About:

    I went to a dump for spare parts a few months after the beta started of SAO and managed to find a Nervegear and a copy of the beta version of SAO. By some stroke of luck, the Nervegear was fully-functional and had not been used before. The original owner may have been a kid with unsupporting parents, and they threw it out before he could use it. I was very excited to find it and quickly hooked it up to my custom-built computer, eager to see what was inside. It took a while before I was able to hack into the Nervegear, as I had to program new tools to crack the configurations, but I finally did it and was able to take a good look at it. The Nervegear was surprisingly well-made, as I found everything very sturdy. One thing bothered me though, the specialized microwave unit was more powerful than it should be, so powerful that could cook people's brains. I also found an internal rechargeable battery supply, one that could power everything for a very long time. Why does it have to be plugged into the wall even? The high performance and capacity m.2 SSD had two partitions, a smaller one for the drivers, configurations, and essential game files, and a larger one for in-game saves. I guess people like to take a lot of screenshots and such. I also tried to look into the files on the SAO game disc, but there was a strange custom encryption with a unique key that could only be retrieved from the servers themselves. I had a great time playing various games I could get my hands on with the Nervegear and anticipated the release of SAO like everyone else.
    The release date rolled around, and I didn't have to wait in any lines because I already had the game. I was quite excited to try it for the first time and see what would happen. Before I did that though, I called up a friend to see if he had gotten the game for his birthday, which happened to be on that day. Turns out half of his friends waited in different lines to give SAO to one person, and now he had a bunch of copies. So I guess now he's giving some of his friends the game, and now we can all play together. Then I dived in and... Well, I couldn't log back out. I decided to remain secretive, and hide as much info as possible about myself and go solo.

Virtues:

Secretive - You don't know me, and I won't tell you about me. I can keep secrets very well, so don't even try. Good luck to you figuring things out!
Sneaky - Can think in terms of ways you will not notice me doing something. Not cameras though, I hate them. But I will take your stuff if you're an enemy of mine right from under your nose, and you wouldn't notice until you check to see if its there.
Silent - I should be an assassin. I hate to draw attention to myself, so I learned to walk silently. SAO works beautifully with me on that, so I could go out and kill anybody and everyone would think he just went missing. Good thing there are no bodies to hide, I don't know how to properly dispose of them.

Flaws:

Shy - I don't want to be around others too much. I really would not like to talk to someone on a stage. Being famous is not for me.
Idiotic - I really can't do much, and I constantly do stupid things. Things that may be very obvious I may be oblivious to, and people can easily get mad at me for things like that. I might kill my neighbor's pig if he's wandering in a field.
Paranoid - I am really scared of having my personal information revealed. I do not want someone to find my house, kidnap, and torture me. Don't do this to me, even if it's in-game, please.

Skills:

Unallocated SP: 0
Total SP: 5

Non-combat:
» None

Passive:
» None

Combat:
» None

Weapon skills:
» Dagger Lvl. 1

Inventory: (16 items) (2,500 Col)
 

Weapons:

   Equipped:

• Rare Short Dagger

Armor:

   Equipped:

• Vanity Black Hooded Robe
• Vanity Black Full Face Mask

Potions:

• Starter Healing Potion (50 HP) x3

Wallet:

• Col x2500
• Tier 1 mats x10