Faerie

Fae made her way to the West towards the Stone Valley. This was not a trip that Fae enjoyed very much both because of the end destination and because of the memories that always came to the surface when she followed the path. The last time she had seen Kas alive she had sprinted this way full speed never daring to look back. The intrusive thoughts begen to take over as Fae walked. 'Why did you run Fae, you just left him all alone, you knew he wouldn't follow you, and yet you still ran?' the words in her mind didn't even sound like her own voice as they rang out inside her brain 'You know why y

Fae smiled as she made her way out of the city center, but rather than making her way again to the city gates, she took a turn on a small side street that turned off into a large courtyard surrounded by walls on all side. The intended purpose of this area was clear, with a dozen or more training dummies spaced evenly about the square. This was one of the few places to test out weapons without having to fight monsters or players. Lining herself up with one of the dummies Fae pulled her sword out of its sheathe. Coming in at a little under three feet long this sword was on the smaller side, the

Fae took her first step onto the thin path that led to the summit, it was very clear that this path was not a very common one, and Fae understood why, rarely was the path ever wide enough for two people walk abreast. It was a lot more common for it to not even be wide enough for a single person, making the player shimmy across the ledges with their back against the wall. Vigilon's shop was only around 45 minutes away from Nimbus, and for the most part that was just because of how long the winding upward path would take for someone to walk along. carefully placing walking along the edge of the

Closing the message Fae once again turned towards the town of Beginning, now far enough away that she couldn't even see it in the distance. Starting to walk Fae opted to go around the bandit's town, while it would be slower, it was more dangerous to go through, and her close call from earlier was more than enough for one day. Fae broke through the golden fields not even fifteen minutes later, putting the waist high grass behind her as she walked to the Town of Beginnings. It was another hour before Fae reached the gate to the town for the second time today. Making her way through the fam

Putting the bandit town behind her Fae walked towards the pond that was finally coming into view. The breeze picking up as she walked causing the half cloak she was wearing to rustle, the long strands of cloth fluttering like they did when she was in combat. Eventually the long golden stalks of the farm land gave way to the rolling green fields once again, and the pond was within full eyesight now. It wasn't very big, maybe coming to about twenty feet across in an irregular circle. Long stalks of what appeared to be bamboo grew along the shore of the pond upon closer inspection though one woul

Fae closed her inventory and began her walking again, the lake was on the other side of the ghost town from where she was now and the fastest route would be going through the town itself, but that was also the most dangerous option. The town had a group of bandits that called it home, and while it was completely possible to sneak your way through the town, that could be dangerous. Each individual bandit wasn't much of an issue, it was when they were in groups that they were truly an issue. "Fuck it." Fae weighed the options in her head, opting for the fast option of trying to sneak her way thr

Fae found herself back on the streets of the town that she called home before much longer. The Town of Beginnings used to be a lot more populated, but as the frontlines became more and more dangerous, and as the players dwindle farther every passing floor, the once prosperous town had been mostly deserted. Every once in a while you would pass a non NPC player, but for the most part it was just her and the NPCs, especially with Angel not leaving the confines of the town. The loneliness only built after you left the town itself, the NPCs being replaced by monsters who only wanted to kill you. Fa

Fae closed the door to Luminous Linens behind her and started making her way through the streets of Taft. The city wasn't very packed, with it being only about halfway up what they had currently explored it wasn't a particular hotspot in the first place, and with the dwindling supply of players actually heading out it was rare to find any one for the most part. Fae made her walk in that complete solitude, the only company being the NPCs that ran the shops and street markets in the market district of Taft. Fae found herself back at the teleport location in short time. Standing in the middl

Fae had not made the journey much, but it didn't take her long to wind her way through the cobbled paths of the Town of beginning finding herself in the main square. The slight feeling of nausea returning to her along with the memories from two years ago. Fae could feel herself looking up at the sky, as if the man in the red cloak, Kayaba, was still floating up there. Quickly Fae walked to the center of the square, to a big monolith. This was where people teleported to and from the other floors. "Taft" the sound of Fae's voice echoed through the air alone in the large square. A blue light enve

The rest of the fight with the cow went by like deja vu. Again the large cattle stamped its feet, and again it charged at Fae. With the grace of a dancer Fae spun to the side slashing her blade along the side of the cow. Coming to a stop Fae's green cloak settled around her again, the shower of blue date exploding behind her like she knew it would. 'Hopefully I got the ingredient I wanted.' Fae flicked her blade before spinning it and sliding it back into her scabbard. A screen had popped up in front of Fae, it was the loot screen from the animal she had just slain, and true to her usual luck

The Cow was more of a gag fight than anything, it had a decent bit of health, and did some damage but unless you let yourself get swarmed they would be simple enough. the fight mirrored a bull fight, right now the cattle was standing staring at Fae as it pawed at the ground with its hoof. the slight breeze picked up making Fae's cloak blow harder acting like a start flag. The breeze was sudden and Fae's cloak settled as the cow charged. Fae didn't immediately move when the cow did, if she dodged too early the cow would be given enough time to adjust its movements to follow her. Instead i

"Okay, please don't get mad at me." Fae started to crouch, bringing herself closer to the cow's utter. A hoof was all the Fae felt as the cow kicked with both feet backwards, planting them firmly in her sternum. Fae was practically the spitting image of Kas as she flew through the air, landing squarely on her back on the dirt. Fae gasped, she wasn't hurt, Sword Art Online didn't let much pain through the system, but the sudden slam into the floor was more than enough to expel all of the air from her lungs. Breathing was almost impossible as Fae slowly rolled over onto her side, looking at the

A smile was on Fae's face as she walked, the sun was out, and it was warm, a small breeze making her hood flutter in the wind as she made her way through the golden fields that surrounded the city. It had been a really long time since she had come here, or even made this specific dessert. The last time had been with Kas, during the two months that he and Fae had lived in SAO together, they had made there way out of the gates, one of the rare occasions that they did, because they heard you could get a milk substitute in the fields around here, in a relatively safe place. Fae slid her hands over

The cow didn't move forward as Fae backed slowly away, it wasn't the calmest cow, but it definitely wasn't the most temperamental either. It just watched as Fae turned and walked away. The cows weren't the only useful things here though, this spot also had fields of wheat planted before the bandits took over, and while not every stalk could be harvested, some of them could. Fae wandered the fields looking for a few minutes, the sparkle of the harvestable stalks of wheat would stand out in the field, and would be hard to miss. The plan was to search for the wheat that could be found here,

It didn't take very long for Fae to make it to her next location. Currently she was in high spirits, she had managed to find five of the ingredients she would need for her dessert, and now only needed a few more, all of which could be found on the outskirts of an abandoned town on the first floor. This particular area still had the golden fields of the wheat that had been planted in the area, along with cows scattered in the area, it was relatively safe, though the town center housed a gang of bandits that sometimes moved through the area. It was here that Fae would find the next group of

The bull rush may not have been the best decision the Ent could have made as Fae turned, its back wide open to her as it passed by her. One quick motion was all it took to plant her blade straight through the small Ent's back pulling the sword away as it exploded. Fae let out a small sigh as she let herself relax, the Ents weren't a hard opponent, but even so, she didn't let her guard down, and that took a lot of focus. Sliding her sword back into the sheathe she wore on her lower back Fae looked towards the screen that just popped up in front of her. The screen was the spoils of her litt

Fae got the message while she was prepping for her journey to the frontlines. Her armor was done, Krysta had said that it wouldn't take her more than a few hours, and she proved to reign true. Quickly Fae made her way to the shop that Krysta owned, an extravagant thing that put Fae more than slightly out of her comfort zone. "Hey Krysta, I'm here to pick up my armor." Fae smiled as she called out, she could see the magnificent blue and pink half cloak from where she was standing. There was a smile on Fae's face as she left the shop, her new cloak being a far cry from her old one, but it

Fae took the initiative this time, deciding that rather than react to these woodland spirits she would make them act in reaction to her. Fae launched herself forward with the speed that only someone in cloth armor could match, or perhaps, something made of bramble. Bringing her blade swinging down in a diagonal arc, Fae felt it slash into the targets, one exploding into their customary blue explosion, and the other taking the strike in stride. The Bramble Ent was just as fast if not faster than Fae, and that fact made it more dangerous than the two Branch Ents that had already fallen. The

Fae watched and waited, she no longer had the benefit of the small amount of surprise form the start of the combat, now her foes were as prepared for her as she was for them. Luckily patience was a virtue that Fae had, if not in abundance, than at least enough for her to wait out an attack from the plants in front of her. Fae's thoughts drifted back to Kas, he was always so rash when it came to combat, more the kind of person to rush in headlong, and deal with the consequences when they came, when it came down to it, that was probably why she was still here, and he was not. The morbid th

The fear that combat brought never really went away, it didn't matter how strong you were, or how experienced. The fear was what kept you alive, what kept you sharp, the fear was what pushed you to the upper limits of what you were capable of, and was what brought victory in the end. That fear was not unwelcome, it was a reminder of the stakes that were in store, even against creatures as small as these, a wrong step could spell the end. Fae paused for a moment her sword brought to the left side of her body in a low stance closing her eyes "Just a slight pause," Fae thought back on all of the

Cooking in Sword Art Online shared a lot of similarities with cooking in the real world, somehow adding in both a lot of conveniences and a lot of inconveniences. For the most part you could find the same ingredients here as you could in the real world, it was where you could find them that was the hard part. The other thing was the fact that the system could handle most of the cooking for you, but when you let it do that the food was usually worse for it. From what Fae had noticed, if you put the time and effort in, the meal could taste just like it did in real life, and that was very much h

The walk to get to Maggie's tavern was not a long one, and as one got closer to the street the building was on, the smells wafting from it's open windows only got stronger and stronger, it was like the smell was beckoning for people to come to the tavern, and it was almost impossible to ignore that call. Opening the door to the tavern the smell only got stronger, it was impossible to pin point what exactly was being cooked, but it was an absolutely mouth watering smell. Lost in though Fae barely noticed the middle aged woman stick her head out from the door to the kitchen "Take a seat anywhere

Fae stood in the cramped shop, this was one of the final things on her list before she started making her way up to the front lines, she wanted to make sure that she was as prepared as possible before leaving. This shop was one of the many different general merchants around Aincrad, located in the Town of Beginnings the selection it had wasn't the most grand, but it could offer most of the goods that someone was looking for, and today it had exactly what Fae needed. Fae tapped the glass container that held the Spyglass she was looking at. As soon as her fingers hit the glass a menu appeared "D

Fae walked into the brightly lit shop, the sun flowing in from the large windows and casting beams over the extravagant interior. The place gave off almost an overwhelming vibe as Fae tried to take it all in, it was probably one of the fanciest places she had been in. The smiling woman behind the counter quickly dissuaded her fears, her smile was kind and gentle, and she seemed to be a nice person. "Hello, I'd like to order a custom set of cloth armor." Fae leaned on the counter slightly eying all the wares in the shop. @Krysta

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