Miryu

            Miryu watched as the boar thrashed about, taking damage from Almina and Wulfrin while deflecting Kylissia's attack. All Miryu needed was a chance to strike. She kept her eyes on the beast, regardless of what else was going on. Her footwork had entered a stable flow, and her weapon was in optimal position for a sword art. It wouldn't be long now, just wait and...

                   As if it were second nature, Miryu activated her sword art, and with one swing after another, damaging the boar with multiple strikes before she was practically a blur for the next several swings. Miryu might not have known how she was used to doing these things, but so far she was doing her part, and that was enough. Now the Boar's HP had been reduced to a sliver, and the monster was reeling. Miryu, however, didn't feel like relenting.
                    So if the others couldn't take out the monster, Miryu would.

ID# 241194 BD: 5+2=7(hit)

ST-I: 5x4=20 damage to Mother Boar

[2]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 6/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[2]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 12/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 14/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[4]Wulfrin: HP: 242/260 | EN: 10/44 | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 2 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2
Enemies:

Mother Boar: HP 3/260, 52 DMG 

                                        As it turned out, Miryu's attempt to keep the monster distracted didn't work out as much as she hoped. The angered boar would fend off attacks from Almina and Kylissia with ease, then proceed to knock Wulfrin down into the mud. Of course, in it's "zeal" it left itself wide open to Miryu's blade. Miryu would unleash her sword art on the creature. Not much of its HP dropped, but if Miryu could hurt it, she and the other two girls could kill it. The boar staggered from Miryu's attack, then squealed at her angrily before turning to face Wulfrin again.

           Miryu knew how to fight, yet the earliest thing she remembered was waking up in that strange place. Was there something of her past that remained within her habits and actions? Well, only time would tell for now...there was just this boar getting in the way, she could question herself later.

ID# 239003 BD: 5+2=7(hit)

ST-I: 5x4=20 Damage to Mother Boar

[1]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 9/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 15/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 15/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[3]Wulfrin: HP: 250/260 | EN: 9/44 (9+2-2) | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 2 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

Enemies:

Mother Boar: HP 67/260, 52 DMG | Stun Immune: 1 turn

              Miryu had every intention of getting the soonest opportunity to take the monster down, now if only it could present itself without disruption...

                            The moment Kylissia's hand lowered in consideration, Miryu rushed into the fray, as though she was doing so out of personal habit. Her blade clashed against the beast's tusks, and it was clear that this particular boar had seen plenty of combat. The boar knew how to use her tusks to block and deflect Miryu's weapon, and at one point managed to catch it in attempt to disarm her. The attempt to disarm failed, but the boar proceeded to close the distance and lift Miryu with her tusks and snout, then toss her into the air. The height was not enough to damage Miryu, but she was sent flying high enough and far enough to tumble into a crash landing behind the beast. The boar brought it's gaze back to Wulfrin, until Miryu decided that persistence might create an opening. "Tossing me behind will not stop me!" Miryu called out to the boar, before rushing in and forcing it to have to turn around and deflect further attacks from Miryu.

ID# 237772 BD: 1(Critical Fail)

[0]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 12/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 16/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 16/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[3]Wulfrin: HP: 260/260 | EN: 8/44 (8+2-2) | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 2 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

Enemies:

Mother Boar: HP 95/260, 52 DMG | Stun Immune: 2 turns | Blight 8 (1/2)

                      Miryu held position, when the time was right, she would strike.

     Kylissia and Almina did nothing against the boar, as to not catch its attention. Wulfrin would deal some considerable damage to it, and the monster was too stunned to take any action. Wulfrin would then tell the trio that they were all good to go for a strike and see if any of them could finish it off, seeing that it was currently stunned from Wulfrin's attack. Miryu prepared a sword art, but Kylissia held out her arm to stop her. Miryu, confused, looked to Kylissia, who explained to the two pinkettes the reasoning behind her action, and why going in for an attack in this situation was a bad idea. Miryu would have her weapon at the ready, just in case...after all, there's always a chance... Being in a weakened state wasn't exactly good for Miryu right now, as she kept getting the urge to do something rather than nothing.

[Miryu takes no action]

[0]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 13/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 15/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 15/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[1]Wulfrin: HP: 260/260 | EN: 8/44 (17+4-13) | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 1 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

Enemies:

Mother Boar: HP 116/260, 52 DMG | Stun Immune: 3 turns

           Once Almina and Kylissia finished with their boarlets, a much greater, mightier boar came charging down, a burning vendetta in its eyes over having become childless. The girls had killed all ten in the litter, now the boarlets' mother had come to avenge them. Kylissia sheathed her weapon, then grabbed Miryu and Almina as she ran to try and lead the monster to Wulfrin, who was still battling with the false apparition.
          Once the battlefield had been completely moved, The status ailment on the monster finished it off, leaving just the raging mother boar in the battle, but it had identified Wulfrin as the bigger threat and was keeping its eye on him now. Wulfrin also noticed this, and advised the girls to stay back. Miryu had her weapon out, but for now she just held position, waiting to see what would happen next, and if an opportunity to strike would arise.

[Miryu takes no action]

[0]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 13/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 15/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 15/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[0]Wulfrin: HP: 252/260 | EN: 17/44 | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 1 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

               Enemies:

Mother Boar: HP 260/260, 52 DMG

                      Once Miryu had taken care of the first four, Almina and Kylissia rushed in to deal with the boarlets that were charging in to avenge their siblings. Almina dispatched two, and so did Kylissia, leaving only two boarlets left from the litter. Miryu kept her stance, waiting to see if or how she should take action.

      The sound of hefty footsteps she didn't recognize drew her attention. A beast with a cursor that, while appearing red to Wulfrin, would bear the color black for Miryu. Wulfrin called out for the trio to avoid drawing aggro from the monster, to focus on the quest targets instead. According to Miryu's HUD, it seemed that Miryu's part in this was already done. She simply had to wait for the other two to finish. The sight of the monster confused Miryu, for if this was what she saw, then she must have gotten some details wrong...it was somewhat shorter than what she saw, the armor seemed a bit more...active, to say the least...its flesh was too putrid, too. "It...doesn't look like what I saw." She thought aloud. "It looks similar, but I don't remember it looking...like that..."
            Miryu blinked, confused and unsure. For now, she would take an evasive stance, ready to back away or dodge at a moment's notice.

[Miryu takes no action]

[0-0-0]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 12/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0-0-0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 15/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0-0-0]Kylissia: HP: 19/20 | EN: 15/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[0-0-2]Wulfrin: HP: 260/260 | EN: 32/44 (44-12) | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 1 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

            Enemies:

Boarlet 7: HP 5/5, 3 DMG

Boarlet 10: HP 5/5, 3 DMG

Helldusk Spawn | HP: 112/288 (120-8) | DMG 52 | Blight 8 (1/2) | P. Stun Imm. (1/3)

             Wulfrin would answer the questions that Almina and Kylissia had. seemed like this was just how it was going to be. On top of that, the name remained a name. No clue who it was as of the moment. Wulfrin did know, however, a place to seek out the boarlets in.

         Along the path to the location, Miryu stopped, as her eyes met that figure from earlier the moment she looked to the side. She turned to look at the others and tugged at Kylissia's arm, but upon looking back, the figure was gone again. Miryu blinked. "It was right there..." She thought aloud. "I...I could've sworn it was right there..." That shield and morningstar, the armor, the tusks poking out from the helm, the claws and hooves, it was the very creature she'd seen earlier. Was it merely milling around and lurking about, or was Miryu just seeing things? 

               The sound of squealing could be heard once the players arrived at the quest locale. Miryu drew her blade and ran towards the source of the sound, almost as though she were acting from procedural memory. A group of small boars squealed at her angrily the moment they entered her field of vision. Miryu continued her pace, and the small boars grouped together as they charged for her. In the blink of an eye, Miryu was on the other side of the boarlets, and they were all covered in damage marks, squealing before they all shattered at once.
 

ID# 229118 BD: 10(Critical, +2 Base DMG)

ID# 229119 BD: 4+2=6(hit)

ID# 229120 BD: 8+2=10(hit)

ID# 229121 BD: 10(Critical, +2 Base DMG)

AoE-I: 5x3=15 Damage to Boarlets 2 and 3, 7x3=21 Damage to Boarlets 1 and 4!

Boarlets defeated: 4
Boarlets Sedated: 0
Total: 4/3

[0]Miryu: HP 20/20 | EN: 11/20 | 5 DMG | 2 ACC | 6 MIT
[0]Almina: HP 20/20 | EN: 20/20 | 7 DMG | 6 MIT | 1 Regen | 3 LD
[0]Kylissia: HP: 20/20 | EN: 20/20 | DMG: 7 | MIT: 12 | THORNS: 9 | LD: 3
[0]Wulfrin: HP: 260/260 | EN: 44/44 | DMG 12 | MIT 44 | ACC 3 | REC 1 | LD 3 | Stealth -2 | Stealth Detection +2

            Enemies:

Boarlet 1: HP 0/5, 3 DMG

Boarlet 2: HP 0/5, 3 DMG

Boarlet 3: HP 0/5, 3 DMG

Boarlet 4: HP 0/5, 3 DMG

(More enemies incoming!)

                      Miryu looked to Wulfrin as he addressed her, in regards to the little moment with the tower where she tumbled into the river. Miryu had tried her best, truly, she did. Her response was an unusual one, however.
               She gently lifted her right hand, and brought her index finger over to Wulfrin's nose, placing it upon the tip. Then, she slowly began to apply pressure as to lightly push.
           Strangest thing about this was, she didn't even know why she was doing this, she just felt like it. It's not like there was any harm, right?

       Well, it was time to return to Tolbana and continue the quest. Wulfrin, as he'd stated, would escort the three over to Tolbana and over to Zachariah's. Miryu would reveal the three materials she'd gathered, and the NPC nodded with approval and a soft smile. "Dorian needs to collect a debt, and sent us over to you." Miryu stated. Zachariah let out a soft chuckle. "Leave it to Dorian to forget something so important. And before you ask, no, I'm afraid it wasn't me that borrowed the col. You might try Lyle, the blacksmith. I've seen him talking with the mayor frequently the past month or so, and he's just up the road." He answered. "I wish you luck!" He added, before returning to his work.

     Miryu turned to look at the three players with her. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

                    Finding Lyle's shop was easy with Wulfrin's help, but the difficult part would end up being the interaction. Miryu was now a bit eager, so she entered first. The shop was dimly lit, and the sound of a hammer pounding against metal could be heard in all corners of the structure's interior. 
                    The blacksmith was old, and seemed to be stern instead of gentle. Without even giving a glance, he'd state "I'm busy,".
               Miryu blinked. "So...should I wait or is there anything I can do to help-"
        The blacksmith cut her off with a wave of his hand as he interrupted. "I don't do anything without payment. Now go and-"
                     The blacksmith stopped suddenly when he looked at Miryu. "...You again?" He asked. Miryu blinked. "Me?" She asked. The blacksmith nearly stomped his foot down. "Yes, you, who else do you think I'm talking to? You're...you're that girl from that Eirane's group, aren't you? You were the most capable of them so you'll have no trouble with this. Go deal with those pesky boarlets, bring them back whole or just their tusks, I don't care which. Do that, and then I'll hear you out." He responded. "Take these, you might need 'em. Bring back the weapon and any truffles you didn't use when you're done." He added as he tossed a wakizashi and a bag of tranquilizer truffles over to Miryu. He then, as the system required, addressed the two other girls in the room as well. "That goes for you two as well." He stated as he tossed a bag of truffles to each of them. "Now go, off with you, and don't come back until you're done!"
     With that, the blacksmith returned to his work. Miryu would leave the building, bewildered and confused. "...What was that just now...?" She thought aloud as she approached Wulfrin.

-Miryu has been loaned Lyle's Wakizashi(ACC 2, DMG 1) for the quest

                        Miryu looked around for a short moment, before the quest log updated on her HUD. "Hey, I think we're done." She said to Almina and Kylissia. She then walked over to Wulfrin, and tapped him on the shoulder. "The quest log's telling us to return now." She revealed. 

     The ground shook. Miryu lost her footing and fell on her rear. Something burst from the ground near the other side of the river. It rose for a fair amount of seconds before stopping. Whatever it was, it was standing tall now. The endemic life might not have been hostile to players in this moment, but they seemed to be in a panicked frenzy from the tremor that just occurred. "What was that?" Miryu thought aloud. When she looked towards what had now appeared, it seemed to be a tower of sorts. Not excessively tall, but not very short either. It must have been about two and a half stories tall. Curiously but warily, Miryu slowly made her way across the river and approached the structure to investigate. "If it just came from the ground, there can't be anything hostile in it yet...right?" She thought.

      There were no doors or ladders, but it looked like the structure could be scaled, there were plenty of places where she could grip if she wanted to try...and try she did.
                Up, up, up she climbed, and after every several grasps, her energy dropped by a point. By the time she managed to summit the structure, she had three points of energy left. Taking a second to recover energy and catch her breath, she looked around the fairly small radius of the top. It had a spire overhand, with an odd-looking crystalline substance hanging from the spire ceiling, and what appeared to be a shallow basin built atop a pedestal. Once she walked over to it, her broken map appeared in her hands. By an educated guess, she laid the map into the basin. Liquid began dropping from the crystalline object above and into the basin, submerging the map. The darkened spots fizzled and dissipated as the fluid made contact with them, and the map was completely wiped. Miryu stood there for five seconds, wondering what was she supposed to do next. A colored drop fell from the crystal into the basin, and the map began to fill. Once every detail had suddenly appeared onto the map, the liquid drained from the basin, and Miryu could retrieve her map.

      She had her map again, but what should she do now? Miryu looked around nearly aimlessly, then looked back to where the others probably were. She walked over to the edge. Trying to reverse scale the tower didn't seem like a good idea, and simply jumping off might be too harmful for her to withstand... She opened her menu and looked in "Inventory". She found something the game classified as a material, but maybe it might work... She pulled out the cloth from her inventory, and held it tightly as she began to estimate the distance between herself and the ground, and felt the breeze blowing gently. Kylissia waved her arms about, calling out something about catching Miryu...well, there was an idea.

                     Miryu readied the cloth and took the leap. She opened up the cloth at the time she believed would work, but it would seem that she'd made a misjudgment somewhere, for Miryu ended up just barely "gliding" past Kylissia and tumbling into the river instead. Whether she untangled herself from the cloth and climbed out, or if Wulfrin accidentally fished her up and reeled her in from the wet cloth that she'd gotten wrapped up in, wouldn't matter as long as she was back on the ground safe and sound.

       Once free, she shook herself off and looked around to see if everyone else was nearby. "That happened..." She remarked. "Anyway, the thing at the top of that tower fixed up my map, we should probably return to Zachariah, then back to The Journey and return the borrowed map!" She added.

            Miryu's search continued, while the other two seemed to begin having trouble. Kylissia was looking but had not found anything other than that one herb, and Almina had ended up looking at the sky and slipped on a material that then shattered. She wasn't very lucky, was she? Miryu looked in front of her to find an odd bloom, same color as the grass around, but was definitely a closed bloom with possible alchemical uses. Miryu gripped it with two hands and pulled it out. Wulfrin remarked about being less picky, that any material will suffice for the quest.

     "Who knows, what can help may even seem out of sight or mundane at first." Miryu chimed in, examining the closed green blossom. "But there's a use for it somewhere, somehow, even if we don't even realize it yet." She added. That was now...about three materials? Maybe with the other girls' help, this should suffice?

ID# 222874 LD: 11(Found 1 Material)

Materials found: 3

Searches: 3/3

             Miryu had some mild confusion as to why Wulfrin thought that a worst case scenario would be something jumping out and trying to kill...but if hostile monsters could appear in those locations, why would Miryu have possibly taken the time to take a screenshot of the area? Did it really make any sense?

    Regardless of that, he seemed to hope that answers to Miryu's amnesia would be found in those locations. Well, that might be possible...if Miryu was the one to come along, that is. What could random locations even mean to someone who's never been there before? Miryu didn't recognize the screenshots either, so perhaps she'd received them from someone else? The whole screenshot topic wasn't making any sense, what could it all mean?

     After plucking that first material, Almina failed to find anything useful from the common flowers, and Kylissia found a medicinal herb. Miryu walked a few steps, then spotted a simple plant attached to some kind of brown lump. When Miryu pulled at it to investigate, she ended up pulling out not simply a plant, but a plant with a thick, complex root. The plant shattered, but the root remained. That's another material. Shouldn't be long now.

ID# 222068 LD: 20(Found 1 Material)

Materials Found: 2

Searches: 2/3

       Kylissia and Wulfrin both suggested that Miryu should avoid deleting the screenshots for the time being. Wulfrin also asked for copies of the screenshots, but this confused her. What use would he have for these? These were landscapes, city locales, biomes of many kinds...exactly what even is this situation? Miryu blinked. "What could you possibly be able to do with them, even if I sent them to you?" Miryu asked, confused and tilting her head to the side.

               With the trip to the locale being surprisingly peaceful, Miryu felt somewhat at ease, even if Wulfrin did not. Now that the players were at the gathering location, now it was time to search for alchemical materials...like that patch of flowers, one of them stuck out a bit, being of a different shape, pattern and color than the rest. Miryu looked at it from a few angles, circling it carefully and moving slowly and cautiously as to not trample any of the other flowers accidentally. Miryu then shrugged, grabbed the plant at the base, and pulled it right out. The plant shattered, leaving the flower behind...suggesting that only the flower itself had alchemical properties.

Well, that was one down, what's next?

ID# 220664 LD: 15(Found 1 Material!)

Materials Found: 1

Searches: 1/3

                      Kylissia took Wulfrin aside, and after some awkward silence, Almina decided to help Miryu figure out her menu. She seemed to recall how to work the menu, despite having forgotten it even existed. Was it some kind of 'second nature' or something? So much for her to figure out...

           Almina would explain the functions of the message and screenshot systems, and with the tap of a button, *Click!*
    Almina would recognize that Miryu had taken a screenshot out of button curiosity, and help her to view it, saying it could be seen at only the tap of a button.

               As she accessed her screenshot view, what neither player expected was the sight that entered both players' vision.

                               Miryu already had screenshots. Did they make sense? Absolutely not. A strange feeling stirred in Miryu, but nothing that could help her at this moment...and this was only the first page of screenshots. Miryu decided not to go any further, and simply closed her menu, dumbfounded at what it was that she just saw.
                   When Kylissia and Wulfrin returned, Miryu had only one thing to say. "Apparently I have screenshots...problem is, I can't make heads or tails of them."

                     There was nothing left to discuss, so it was time to head for Zachariah's shop. Miryu hesitated before opening the door, but once she did, the smell of alchemical brews and ingredients would nearly assault Miryu's senses. At least it was a fairly pleasant scent. “Oh, hello," Greeted the shopkeep, who must have been Zachariah. He glanced over to the party as he continued. "Are you here to order something? I’m sorry, but I am currently swamped with orders, and I’m running out of supp...lies.” He trailed off as his gaze soon fixed towards Miryu. His eyes narrowed somewhat, his expression somewhat confused. "...I'm sorry, have we met before?" The man asked. Miryu blinked, not sure what to do. "Um...have we?" She asked, clueless. Zachariah got up from his work station, and walked over to Miryu. "Just a moment, let me get a good look at you..." He requested. He brought his hands to her face, tilting her head around as if he was hoping to jog his memory. after ten awkward seconds of this, he stepped back, a puzzled look on his face as he stroked his long, snow white beard. "My apologies, I must have been mistaken, either that, or it's not coming to me yet...nevertheless, I'd like to request something of you, if you're fine with it. Would you gather a few materials for me? Flowers, herbs, rare woods, whatever you can find outside the city walls. I promise I’ll help you fill your order as soon as you return. In fact, I would be willing to show you how to do it yourself.” Came his words. Miryu nodded her head. Maybe, if this NPC knew something, he might be able to help.

                                 Almina asked Miryu if she was ok and if she saw anything. "Yes...there was this armored person...thing? But they were suddenly gone the moment I blinked." Miryu answered.

                   The remainder of the trip was uneventful, so there would be no further interruptions. Wulfrin spotted both of what Miryu needed to find, and opted to stay put unless necessary. Miryu nodded in understanding, and with the other two players she went inside the building.

                   Two men were talking. One older and one younger. "You're sure you haven't seen anything strange happening near our town's borders, Carter? Walled as our home may be, we must be ready and vigilant if anything unusual becomes a potential threat to it." The older man spoke. "Other than that odd spire-like structure I found after that tremor several hours ago, I assure you I've seen nothing else. If you're concerned about the town's safety, why don't you ask the Captain of the Guard?" Came the younger man's response. The older man seemed to understand the response, though he would add, "I appreciate what intelligence you were able to give. I've already asked him about it, but he knew absolutely nothing. Maybe I'll consider asking him to investigate this structure if I have any time." He paused for a few seconds before he had something else to ask. "By any chance, you haven't seen any Travelers passing by, have you? I could use an extra hand, I've got far too much to do, especially with what's been going on lately." The older man asked. The younger man looked and saw the three players. "You mean like those Travelers over there?" He pointed out, seeing that he didn't not recognize any of them as population of the town. "Hm? Ah!"

             Upon recognition of the players, the older man would make his way over to them in long, purposeful strides. "Pardon me, ladies, but I am in need of some assistance, and you appear quite capable."  The man heaved a quick sigh, adjusting the monocle over his right eye. "My name is Dorian, and I am the mayor of this town. As part of those mayoral duties, I issued a small loan to a member of the community a few months ago. Well, the time to collect had come around and I-" Flustered, Dorian systematically ran his fingers over his mustache. "You see, I've forgotten who it was I loaned the money to. Terribly embarrassing, I know, but I am a very busy man, and I cannot keep track of everything that happens. I'm sure you understand." With a wave of his hand, Dorian continued, "Should you be willing to track down the loan recipient for me, and collect the col, I would be eternally grateful. Just, maybe don't let anyone else know I forgot who the loan went to?" He requested. A quest prompt appeared in front of Miryu as she nodded with a smile. Oh, she was supposed to respond systematically. She then pressed accept with hardly a second thought afterward. Dorian nodded his head, appearing to be relieved by Miryu's swift agreement to help him out. "Excellent, I knew I could count on you! You might start with Zackariah, the alchemist. He's often doing projects for the town, so it may have been him that borrowed the money." He noted. "I've got good hopes for you three. Farewell and good luck!" And with that, Dorian sped walked, nearly dashing off to his next task.

                          Next was the younger man. "Any of you have some business to settle here before you head over to Zachariah's?" He asked. His knowing grin seemed to suggest that Dorian's embarrassing secret was at least safe with him. Miryu's eyes lit up. "Ah, I do!" She blurted out, before speed walking right up to the counter. "Someone in another town suggested that there might be something wrong with my map, so I thought I'd have it checked here." She explained. The system handled the map transfer in Miryu's stead, for it suddenly appeared before the NPC, who would take it and examine it for a short moment. "This map..." The NPC began. "It's...why, this map couldn't possibly exist. It looks similar to the land around us, and yet..." He scratched his head as he continued to assess the map and its anomalies. "And it's stained with all these dark spots...cold to the touch...exactly where did you get this map?" He asked. "I'm not sure." Miryu answered. "I guess I've just...always had it?" The NPC studied the map just a little longer. "Well, here's what I can do for you. I've known that you adventuring types tend to carry maps different from the rest of ours, and they're not exactly replaceable, from what I know. However, I've recently come across a way they can be...fixed, so to speak." He began, as he gestured to the map in his hand. "I don't know if you heard, but there was a tremor that shook the region several hours ago. I was making my rounds scouting out the local area for anything new or different, and then I found this uh, small tower-like thing just sticking out of the ground. I honestly don't know what it is or what it's for... but I've got a map of the area that's a bit like yours that I can give you...because when I saw an odd-looking surface after climbing to the top, I placed an empty map there and it just...filled itself in! I have no other way to explain it, but..." The NPC nearly trailed off, his confusion apparent and highly visible. "Well, maybe you can fix your map there. I'll hand you the one I'd gotten from the experience for now, but if you happen to find any of those elsewhere in the world, just keep that in mind." He finished, as he handed both Miryu's map and another map to her. Upon accepting both, a message from the system appeared before Miryu: "<<Map Updated.>>" Miryu nodded, grateful for the NPC's help. "Thank you, I'll return the map you loaned me if this works." She thanked with a smile, before leaving with the other two players.

                           Miryu looked to Wulfrin, ready to tell of the results. "We've got the quest, and apparently there's a way to fix my map." She explained.

                                        Kylissia's remark to Almina about a "second life" stuck in Miryu's mind. Not that she could try and bring something back up with it, but it was something worth keeping a mental note of nevertheless. Kylissia then asked Miryu a question in regards to her memory.

                Miryu entered a state of realization as her expression darkened. Waking up wasn't just the last thing she remembered...it was also the first. "No...I don't..." She revealed. It was a troubling scenario indeed. "Second" life or no, this was currently the only one she knew. She should have known a before, yet she did not manage to recall one. At least her origins might be similar to those around her, despite the fact that she wouldn't be able to remember.

                        Wulfrin would explain the scenario the four were all in, that everyone here was in an artificial world through mysterious devices known as NerveGear, and that their original lives were inexorably connected to the fates of these "second lives" within this other world...this would leave Miryu at a considerable disadvantage, considering that despite the fact that she still had some knowledge from some point in her life, she'd lost her memory of both lives altogether, and was probably starting over on her second as a result. This disadvantage would stem from the fact that anyone could use the information of this world that Miryu lacked to either help her or harm her, to the point where it might all just be luck, a roll of the dice, so to speak, that determines her fate, whether she finds herself able to understand both worlds, or if she is doomed to find both lives ending in this second life's respective world.

               Things slowly began making more sense, but there was still far to go. Wulfrin slid something across the table over to Miryu, something he knew to be a Teleport Crystal, an emergency consumable that could take someone to a safe zone they had been to before on the chance that things would get dire. She would give a nod of thanks as she accepted the item.

                     Wulfrin seemed to be muttering things under his breath as he escorted the three. Miryu wasn't going to question him in this moment, it was probably for the best to save the thoughts for later at the very least. Miryu looked to the side to see a pair of wolves, but they seemed to show no interest in the party...in fact, they seemed to suddenly look somewhere else. Miryu stopped walking, and looked to the other side immediately, where she saw what the wolves had spotted. It was a bipedal figure, fully armored and geared for battle and welding a shield and morningstar, though there seemed to be tusks poking out from the helm, not to mention the hooves in place of feet, and the claws instead of fingers. Miryu found no memory of this creature, but at the sight of the menacing beast, Miryu felt as though she needed to fight or run...but the moment she blinked, the figure was gone.
                         Miryu began to wonder if it was even there at all, or if it was just a fragment of memory lost in the form of a figment of her imagination. Shaking her head, she then ran to catch up with the rest of the party. Surely they would reach Tolbana soon.

-Miryu accepts the offered Teleport Crystal

                                                         Miryu was confused.
                                        There was so much that she was hearing, and not all of it made sense. Tolbana actually being a Town? Ok, that was understandable. Creatures that could potentially be hostile? That was also believable. It was the fact that the current environment was referred to as "a game and not reality" that began Miryu's confusion, and what is this GM that Wulfrin spoke of? Some of these things all felt familiar, but they didn't appear to be familiar. If this was indeed a game, it would explain the information within Miryu's vision that normally wouldn't be within real vision...but then, why was everyone here acting as if everything was real? Did something happen? Miryu simply blinked in bewilderment. This was all so much to take in. Something had to make it all make sense, but she hadn't the slightest clue for like...anything. She didn't even know how she was added to Wulfrin's party just now, which caused three names with their corresponding green crystals and mysterious colored bars to appear under Miryu's. Wulfrin had introduced herself, then Kylissia did, so the other pink haired girl must have been known as Almina.

             But of course, not a single name or action just now had helped Miryu understand anything at the current moment.

                              Wulfrin led the three girls to a nearby tavern. Once the three were seated, he fiddled with some flat apparitions and pulled out one particular that seemed to be a map of some kind. Miryu attempted to repeat this, but when she began staring at the map that appeared before her, nothing came to her mind...but she was confused at how it differed from Wulfrin's in several aspects. It was then that a passing NPC then stopped, before looking to Miryu and saying, "Excuse me miss, but I do believe that map of yours has a number of things wrong with it. You might want to get a new one. I've heard there's someone in Tolbana who specializes in Cartography, maybe he can help you."
                  Wonderful, something was wrong with Miryu's map.
                                          So that meant she had no map that could help her, unless she relied on someone else's. Now that she thought about it, how could her map possibly differentiate from everyone else's? How could it be wrong? She got the feeling that it wasn't supposed to be wrong, but if it indeed was, she'd have to get that taken care of. Wulfrin asked for a show of hands for anyone who hadn't taken the First Lesson.

                                         Of the three girls who all raised their hands, Miryu was the last to speak. "I don't remember doing anything in this land, so that leaves me to assume I haven't taken it...The last thing I recall was...-"
              She trailed off suddenly, as she realized her memory did not go very far at all. "...Was...waking up in that...what would I even call that...?" She didn't know what she was doing in that strange thing before she woke up, she didn't even know how she ended up there in the first place. "Is something wrong with me?"
          With how knowledgeable everyone else seemed to be, she couldn't help but feel a bit stupid.

                               The person began showing Miryu around the town, pointing out key locations, rather than explaining the entirety of the place. The most "key locations" in this explanation so far, however, were in an alleyway with an aesthetic or upkeep that reeked of moral ambiguity. Maybe certain people, like the owner of the Evening Star, felt at home in such a rotten joint of the town, or perhaps they were some kind of light in the dark? She considered asking about the concept of "player", but by the looks of things, it may be a term surrounding the people who had those green crystals. Given that logic, it would apply to Miryu as well if it held any water. When the person asked Miryu a question, something happened before she could attempt to answer.

                 A girl seemed to have an odd stumble that ended in her crashing into a tree, front first. Miryu was unsure of what to do. While she seemed fine, other than being somewhat disoriented, she quickly got to her feet and greeted the two players. Before Miryu could attempt to answer the man's question from earlier, yet another person entered the scene. A tall blonde stepped in, asking about the situation, which the man would explain, then about possibly something to do, specifically, a quest.

                                   The man introduced himself as Wulfrin as he explain the scenario. Miryu blinked. "Tolbana?" She asked. "Who's Tolbana? How do you think they can help me?"

                        Miryu could see the bustling activity around her. Perhaps the local market was having an upsurge of sorts, but for some reason, she could hardly place a name for whatever it was that was going on here...

              Then someone appeared.

      Miryu turned around to see the person greeting her. Unlike most of the people here, he had one of those rare green crystals hovering over him, similar to the one that hovered beside her own name within her vision, though she couldn't recall why her vision was so strange, as if seeing a name beside a crystal, time, a mark filled with green under her name, with a smaller mark filled with blue directly under that, wasn't supposed to be in her vision unless she was in front of something specific. It felt familiar yet alien, but why? Curious about these strange crystals popping up above people, she decided to see if they could be caught. "...One second, you have something floating above your head."

         She suddenly proceeded to attempt to climb up the stranger in order to reach the odd crystal, swiping her hand to grab at it, only stopping at the third attempt. "Oh, so it isn't a tangible thing at all..." She thought aloud. "My apologies for the bother." She let go of the stranger immediately. "Um, if it's fine with you, being shown around this new place would be nice...I don't exactly know what I'm doing, or what I even came here for." She admitted.

                       Water.

                   The first thing Miryu could feel was water...or, at least, she thought it was water. She wasn't sure, for there could be no possible way she'd have been sleeping in it, and for whatever reason why? She barely budged, but she knew that she couldn't remain still and silent forever.

                       Light.

                   The first thing Miryu saw when she opened her eyes, was light. A soft, blue light from what may have been a crystal or artifact of sorts, not that she knew what it was or why it was directly above her, as her vision was slightly blurred.

          As the water-like fluids began to recede, Miryu's vision cleared, and she then realized she'd been laying down, asleep...but why? Why was she asleep? Now that she thought about it, why was she here? Where even was here? What was she even laying down upon? Was there fluid around her because what she was laying down on and what was right above her had enclosed and trapped her very being here? If so, for what purpose?
                            Miryu looked around, confused and unsure of anything. She had so many questions, and she'd only just woke up...but there had to be answers somewhere. The best thing to start with, was get up and leave what she was once held within. The room she was within seemed to be made from stone, neat and smooth, with swirling carved design of some kind going along most of the room, and spiraling towards the top, where a glowing crystal was nestled in and lighting the room. Miryu looked for the wall the looked the least uniform, and saw where the waves of the designs seemed to clash. Placing her hand upon it, what turned out to be runes of some kind would then glow, and the stone door would then lower into the ground, granting Miryu access to the next room.
                    Within this room, there seemed to be a few items littering it. Namely, a Yukata draped over an elevated stone square that may have served as some form of seating, a sheathed Wakizashi attached to a belt simply laying down on the ground beside the "seating", and upon a pedestal to the right of the next door, an odd trinket that seemed to be glowing. Out of what may have been instinct, Miryu grabbed the Yukata without a second thought and put it on. Now she felt slightly warmer and more comfortable than she was when she got up from where she was sleeping. She then noticed the pair of socks and sandals that were hidden by the Yukata's placement, and she would proceed to put those on as well. She then grabbed the belt and the sheathed blade, putting on the belt and making sure the blade was ready at her side, should she ever need to draw it.
                                                   Miryu hesitated before walking over to the pedestal. There seemed to suddenly be a light swimming within the crystalline orb within the trinket, for about one and a half seconds, then it was as if nothing had happened, for it faded just as quickly. The core of the Trinket was the crystalline blue orb, held within what looked to be silver, in patterns resembling flowing waters. Miryu slowly picked it up, then brought it to the other side of her belt, and it would latch on, hanging from the opposite hip that her weapon did. The pedestal then lowered, and runes lit up on a larger door. Bright light shone into the room, nearly leaving Miryu within nothing but white light, until her vision adjusted. The Outside World was finally in view. Light swirled within the Trinket once more, as a voice seemed to sound within her mind...
                  "The White Seal has been lifted, the time has come for us to return. Time is of the essence, there is much you need to do, Miryu...you are needed."
         The voice then seemed to fade, leaving Miryu to look around her for something, or somewhere, to catch her attention.
                                       The sight of a town caught her eye, so she would make for it in all due haste.

                 She was nearly out of breath by the time she reached the Town's borders, and the guards seemed to let Miryu enter without any hassle of any sort. Now that she was in this bustling town, she found herself with yet another question. "What...do I do now?" She thought aloud. This time, there was no voice to answer her, leaving her to wander the city aimlessly.

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Username: Miryu
Real Name: Izumi Cho Jade
Gender: Female
Age: 19-21
Height: 5'3"(161cm)
Birthday: February 7

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