[PP-F5]An Unlikely Meeting Between Two Baes (Shiz)

[ErinVyce 0]

The days had been flying much like her experience gauge in the past couple of weeks, it was amazing she met a sweet girl who seemed genuinely interested in her and also received all this nice armor, well sorta nice armor as the appearance of it was rather crude and degrading to herself and most women. That didn't matter though as it was enough to protect her from the beasts that had intended to inflect harm upon her. It was odd how stats worked in this game, but she had seen this before in countless rpg's all the females got these skimpy outfits that despite the actual lack of armor actually ended up mitigating damage as well as that of the male equivalents. It didn't matter though as she had quite enjoyed the nicknames she was now developing sorta as a catchphrase or even superhero name. Lamb Girl, Sacrificial Lam, wow Erin you need to get a new set of armor these lamb names are really getting lame. Releasing a sigh as she strolled through the city on floor five. She then stopped and remembered what Manta had said though about how she looked when she was first asked to date her. "B-but she did think I was cute, uggh" She finally stopped and fell against the wall of a nearby shop. Her head hitting relatively hard, titled like a side of the triangle she would wait there in silence before whimpering and collapsing against the ground. One hand now rubbing her head primarily from instinct and because the little floppy ears of that were weaved through her hair and nestled behind her own ears got all messed up.

[Shizuka 0]

Again, Shizuka would just walk into the scene randomly like she would always do. She had found that it was usually the same time period and the same circumstances in which Shizuka would enter the scene like a hero to the action. However, she was not a hero and there was really no action for her to complete. Still, she felt like one and believed that anyone in this world can be a hero if they so desired. With a sigh, Shizuka whipped a piece of sweat from her head as she walked around the fifth floor, otherwise known as the floor of certain doom of heat. Indeed, she had truly disliked the floor and she had absolutely no idea why she was here. Perhaps it was just the curiosity of being on this floor again or it could involve some meeting of fate in which the game has decided for her. As she walked, the day became later and the sun was soon directly above Shizuka as she walked through the shopping district and she was becoming hotter and hotter... Yes, she was sweating like a dog but she could see someone that wasn't. She could see someone that was dressed in quite... um... an exposed fashion.

Indeed, what stood in front of her was a girl... A girl in a rather exposed rabbit... No... Lamb like clothing leaning against the wall. Yes, indeed, Shizuka's first impression on the girl was how absolutely ridiculous she looked but then she realized that no girl in their rightful mind would go ahead and buy that for herself to wear or the sl**ness would be so obvious to the point of astonishment. Shizuka sighed before walking up to the girl. She had come to a conclusion that someone was using the girl in a bad way. and she thought maybe she could help her out as she truly didn't look very secure in that get-up. "Hello there... Uh. Nice costume you got there." Shizuka said as an introduction as she didn't know what better way to do so.

[ErinVyce 0]

She winced her forearm now blocking the larger percentage of er field of vision, probably about forty percent when she noticed another girl who had approached her. At first she didn't think much of it as a lot of people had usually stopped and stared at her just became part of the deal when you exposed yourself like she had. She regretted the decision each passing day as she then tried to avert her gaze hoping that she would take in the sight and leave. Holding back an embarrassed blush that would reveal her true nature about her entire ridiculous scenario. You were trying to be a tank on the frontlines, and all you can pull of with this is becoming an entertainer. I might as well set up this account with a stripper name at this point if I want to get anywhere it's not gonna be through my fighting skills. Everyone has painfully pointed that out to me, sighing she then blinked as she heard at astute observation that couldn't have been about anyone else but her. 

 

"I-It's not a costume," she instantly responded now looking up now seeing a woman whom she wished had been herself. She looked like she knew what she was doing in this world, the only exception being that the sun was obviously making her uncomfortable with  the layer of clothing she wore. An issue Erin never really had in this lamb bikini. She frowned and looked back to the brick road trying to avoid any further conversation, "W-was that it or are you going to keep continuing on your merry way?" She said hopping it would the latter, she didn't want to be told by another girl that she was seeking attention or was just a sl**.

[Shizuka 0]

 

It's not a costume? Shizuka repeated in her mind. Then, she realized that the girl was wearing the cost- uh... clothing as armor. "You mean you have to wear that everyday as a normal armor get-up?" Shizuka said, unable to imagine the discomfort that the lamb girl was in at the moment. Indeed, seeing her in that costume was breaking to her heart as the girl was rather cute. No, she was adorable. Seeing her in some exposure clothes out in the public truly wasn't suitable for a cute face that she had and well, Shizuka couldn't bare it. With a sigh, Shizuka looked around to see that no one was actually looking at the girl... Maybe because they thought that the girl was a sl** and hence they decided not to approach her and well, Shizuka would've thought that the girl was a sl** if she didn't know better. No one with that face can possibly be one. Shizuka said with a grin.

Shizuka smirked as she walked closer to the girl and that moment felt rather awkward. They were standing against the side of a building and well, this seemed like quite a discomfort to someone like Shizuka... especially when the person in front of her was pretty much naked. "Uhm... If that's the case. We're gonna have to get you some new armor... I'm guessing that stupid person decided that giving you that armor was a good choice? I'm sure someone as adorable as you would not decide to wear something as revealing as that." Shizuka said and quite a bit of humor could be detected in the tone, but she said those words with utmost seriousness. It wasn't healthy for a young girl to be wearing something like that... Well, at least she looked younger than Shizuka, herself. "Oh, mind my manners, my name is Shizuka, Brigadier of the Azure Brigade." Indeed, surely, the girl would be able to recognize that guild name as it is indeed the most powerful guild in the entirety of Aincrad and well, every single one of her clothing were actually engraved or printed with an Azure symbol to show her pride.

 

[ErinVyce 0]

"W-well I don't have to, but it right now helps against the mobs I keep fighting against, since I'm still working my way up in the world." A soft sigh escaping her lips, it was almost silly of her to try and do anything of the sort. She continued to listen as the girl had seemed to grow interested in her troubles, "I mean I have the choice to wear this armor or the starting gear but that stuff doesn't aid me in my endeavors to becoming stronger. Also my girlfriend thinks that I look adorable in it as well. I suppose I'm trying to bolster my confidence while wearing it is the main reason why I keep bothering to equip it every day. "Everyone else see's it as desperate grab at attention ..." She sunk deeper into her own misery as she wasn't feeling any better as the conversation persisted.

What came next though was something that surprised her, "I-I can't ask for more help in picking out armor I'm already indebted as it is to Azure Brigade I don't want t increase the tab I have with you all. Besides Zelrius is the one who bought me this armor and shield, I still have his cloak ..." She remembered how she left things with him and  began to fall into Shizuka as her self esteem had finally depleted her head would rest against the girls shoulder as she whined louder. Raising a hand she then introduced herself as she propped herself back up on her own two feet. "I'm ErinVyce. You can just call me Erin. Or Lamb girl ... I've gotten use to either." 

 

[Shizuka 0]

Shizuka gasped uncomfortably as the girl suddenly decided to fall into her. However, Shizuka decided that she would allow it as obviously the girl was not feeling well either mentally or physically. Shizuka was someone caring, someone willing to help another person at any time no matter the situation so she allowed the girl to rest her head against her shoulder for a while and while she rested there, Shizuka patted the girl's back a few times. From the previous message, Shizuka had learnt quite a bit about the girl and well, she didn't really like what she had heard. Well, she didn't mind that the girl was homosexual as well, that was completely normal in the modern era. However, she found it unbearable that Zelrius. Yes, Zelrius out of all the people would buy this costume for a young, adorable girl like Erin. This is unacceptable. Shizuka thought as she felt anger bulge up inside her. "That Zelrius... What a scum he is for buying you such a costume. If he wasn't my guild commandant and leader, I would yell at him right now." Shizuka said, realizing the restrictions that she was placed in for being in the guild and well, she loved the guild so it was out of the question for her to leave just from this issue.

She could tell that Erin was suffering from a lack of self-esteem and she found pity form up inside of her heart. This was common, she was very empathetic with people that needs the empathy and here she was, facing someone that she knew would need it. However, there truly wasn't much for her to do. Indeed, she was quite poor herself as well and the only reason she had all her armor was due to Zelrius's kind donation for her. That boy is so mysterious. Shizuka thought with a sigh. And that was when Erin mentioned that people had called her Lamb Girl. "Ok. Now that is completely unacceptable. Lamb girl? Seriously. Can't they all show some respect. I'll call you Erin. That name sounds really pretty and I think everyone should call you that and not name you after some sort of animal."

[ErinVyce 0]

Erin suddenly snapped to reality as she felt the pats on her back, they reminded her of Manta but she knew it was her as she looked up at her now frowning as she wished she had her girlfriend to snuggle with again. Manta couldn't be with her all the time though, she was a busy working member of the Azure Brigade. As she thought about it almost everyone she had met and conversed with was a member of the Azure Brigade. This idea swamped her mind as she began to realize the vastness of the guild that was practically taking control of the fight for freedom of all of those in Aincrad. As she thought she watched the expression on Shizuka's emotion drift into the fast lane to anger. All the unkind words she was now spouting about Zelrius made Erin gulp and quiver a bit frightened if she had just added another issue to the poor man's plate. She had already broken his heart after leaving him but now was he gonna get him into trouble with a member of his guild, "N-no that if fine it really isn't his fault I'm the idiot who didn't decline his offer, it wasn't my place to speak ill about the commandant of Azure Brigade please don't tell him anything least of all that you met with me." Casting her gaze to her boots now she felt the tides of sadness ebb over her yet again till she began to wonder what had become of Zelrius after that night.

She became nearly inaudible now as Shizuka was utterly appalled that people were no longer calling her by her user name. "P-please can you keep it down ... just a bit I don't really mind honest." A faint smiled was offered to the girl grateful that she was willing to defend and compliment her real name. "They just probably are to distracted to read my user name is all."

[Shizuka 0]

Indeed, she had calmed down as the girl had decided that she didn't mind. However, Shizuka was still rather pissed off that Zelrius had even suggested her to wear the armor in the first place. It was absolutely absurd. It seemed to her like Zelrius had been taking advantage of a random adorable newbie girl and bought her some exposed armor in order to please his own perverted wants and needs. She was starting to dislike the guild commandant more and more and the thing was, she couldn't' do anything about it. That's right. Ever since the start of when she had met Zelrius, Shizuka had been trying to change the man's attitude with other people and she had pity for the man as a lot of salt and hate was directed at him, hence causing him to be absolutely discouraged to be a good person. Still, using those power that he has in order to expose an innocent, adorable girl was completely evil and Shizuka did not approve. No. Not at all even if the armor did have quite good enhancements. Out of all the possible choices out there, he went with this lamb costume? 

Shizuka felt pity for the girl. She really did. And of course, when the girl said something about other people being too distracted to read her username, Shizuka felt angry once again even though she tried to contain herself. "How do you handle it? How can you deal with this every day? How can you bare to be in the streets while being looked at every male person either player or NPC because you are half naked? You need to get some better and more enclosed armor... That armor is absolutely discouraging and completely bizarre."

[ErinVyce 0]

Erin took a deep breath of relief as the girl who seemed furious at Zelrius for forcing this armor upon her although she was beginning to feel a bit more confident in it. "I-I really do owe him though all this gear has saved my life on many occasions." She nodded before blinking as she was asked how on earth she could handle all the gossip and embarrassment of walking around the streets in such a silly outfit which was most likely for fetish purposes. "I-I guess I just don't really think of how they are judging me as this is a game. *She frowned and looked away. "Although they have been seeing the real me since this whole game swap happened. "I-I suppose you are right that I should think about getting a new set of armor but everything else seems to expensive and does roughly the same amount. Sighing depressingly she would hang her head, "M-maybe it's because I have slowly grown accustom to being thought of as a sl**," she sighed down casting her eye toward the ground.

[Shizuka 0]

Shizuka sighed. It was rather obvious the girl was lacking an important source of self-esteem at the moment and Shizuka had already tried to change that by perhaps changing her attitude and think positive about her life. Shizuka would've probalby punched Zelrius at that moment if he was near and if she wasn't so much weaker than the blonde boy. Still, violence was never the answer. With a sigh, Shizuka looked around to see that there were quite a bit of people staring and with a deadly, intimidating look from the pink-haired girl, they all pretended to go back to what they were doing. Argh... This is annoying. It seems like whereever this girl goes, other people seem to go as well. Shizuka realized. Seems like I've found an even more celebrity than myself. She smiled before looking back at Erin. "You are probably hungry. Mind my manners for not asking this sooner. Perhaps we shall talk in a different location like a restaurant?" Shizuka asked but it wasn't really a question. Instead, it was more like a command and without waiting for an answer, Shizuka started walking, fully expecting Erin to follow her and hence eat together with her. Still, there were many questions that Shizuka would want to know and most of them were not for the public to hear.

[ErinVyce 0]

She sniffled a bit saddened that she was now warring about herself and being to easy to manipulate as she wasn't strong and needed all the guidance she could get especially form the stronger players who had carried her thus far. She rubbed her eyes attempting to hide the fact that she was slowly starting to weep a bit more and tried to laugh feeling a bit silly about the whole matter. "S-sure sorry about me being a complete mess, I guess I really am rather hopeless now aren't I." She smiled over toward Shizuka before then responding, "Food would be wonderful, but I really don't know a good place where we could grab something delicious to eat." It was odd this was a video game but she could still taste how delicious the chefs in the game were from their cooking. As Shizuka walked away she began to pick up her pace and now bury herself into the back of shizuka half attempting to hide her appearance now as well as trying not to lose her.

[Shizuka 0]

Shizuka smiled in sympathy at the girl who was now hiding behind her back. There really wasn't anything that she could do for her outfit. Indeed, this was all an act by Zelrius... Someone that she had lost respect for in the past few minutes and it was all because of his foolish choice of allowing Erin and providing her an outfit of such absurdness. Indeed, she takes no liking to the blonde boy now and she was rather upset that Erin would have to put up with something that Zelrius had selfishly put into place without considering the feelings of the other side. Quite pitiful and shameful this is. Shizuka thought, allowing the girl to bury herself in order to hide. Soon, Shizuka and the blonde girl arrived at the ice cream shop and as they entered, they were immediately kicked out due to the fact that customers must have "Shirts on." Shizuka spit on the ground pissed off that her favorite ice cream shop was doing such a thing to her. "Come on Erin... We're going to have to go to a different place now." Shizuka said, beginning to walk.