[PP-F1] Reunion

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel nodded her head, "Yeah, some gifts would help, I'm just saying not to go overboard with it." Pixel said as she took as few extra steps back for Sey to get down. "Also, about that tour, I don't really know too much about this forest except getting to the lake. I just stumbled upon this place and began to come here. Does that make sense?" Pixel asked as she walked close to the lake and sat down. "My brother showed me a lot of things on how to survive in nature if I ever needed to do so, which I am very thankful for now. I never really watched Man Vs. Wild or shows like that, so he was all I learned from." Pixel explained. She turned around to face Sey and winked, "So, anything you wanna talk about before we go to bed?" she asked as she tilted her head to one side and waited for a response.

[Sey 0]

"So our brother is a survivalist. He's probably still int he game then, right? Oh! Speaking of which, have you ever found him in the game yet?" Sey asked, remembering that she said she was looking for him right now, and that the both of them ended up getting split apart from each other. How unfortunate, and Sey was unable to relate either. His whole life, he was a single child. His mother and father was able to handle him well with toys and all, but while he was indeed entertained, he was lonely and did not even notice it. Ignorance made everything all the worse for everyone unfortunately. With that said, he would then place himself inside of the tent, preparing for the nighttime to arrive in just a few short minutes. "If so, hopefully he does not mind me borrowing you for a little bit, since we do have to kind of stick around here for the night and all."

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel began to look up at the sky where it had changed to a dark shade of blue. There were a few stars up there as well. "No, still haven't found him. I like to think he is off on some errand, there's just a long line wherever he is. I'll find him someday, but for now, he's out on an errand." Pixel said as she continued to stare up at the sky. She yawned loudly and rubbed her eyes a little bit. "I don't think he would mind me being out here with you. He always told me to get out there and meet new people and make some friends." Pixel said as she laid down on the ground and continued to stare up at the stars. "The stars look nice tonight. I wonder if there are any constellations in SAO with the stars." Pixel said tiredly as she yawned again while continuing to look for a pattern in the stars.

[Sey 0]

"It's been a while in the game. Should he be alive right now, he probably is grinding through the levels without much fear. At this point in time, a player can solo a boss if they have the right stuff." He explained to her, basically saying that her brother probably would be strong enough to handle himself if he spent so long trying to get through the game. It was like Sey, who spent a few months trying to be strong, and now here he was with a lot of strength and friends supporting him. AS she told him to check out the stars, he would exit the tent again with his hands in his pajama pockets now, since he spent a bit of time in the tent to get changed. With that, he would look up to see what the stars would form. However, he was not too active with an imagination unfortunately, so they look like starts. "They all are bright little lightbulbs to me I'm afraid. I don't have that vivid an imagination."

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel smiled, she agreed with what Sey said, "Yeah, that sounds like him, off grinding as he always does." Pixel said. She looked over at Sey who had just came out of the tent with his pajamas. Just seeing him in pajamas made her feel more sleepy. Pixel yawned loudly again as her eyes opened and closed for a few seconds. She gave up looking for constellations in the sky and just stared off into space, she couldn't really focus on anything anymore. "Yeah, even with a wide imagination, I can't make out anything in those stars." Pixel said as she sat back up. Once she did, she looked at Sey and gave one more soft smile. "Thanks for today Sey. Even if I got us lost, it was still fun. It... It wouldn't have been the same if you weren't here. I really... I really appreciate..." Pixel drifted off as she fell asleep and laid back onto the ground.

[Sey 0]

Before she could finish off what she would say, she would proceed to move herself back to the ground and try to sleep. When that was done, he would wave his hand in front of her for a bit, confirming that she was asleep. "Of course. Now it's time for some sleep." He explained as he would then proceed to pick her up from the ground before carrying her lightweight body into the tent. He'd then place her inside one of the two sleeping bags so that she could rest peacefully before letting out a yawn of his own. It was time for them to be sleeping now. With that, he would then move to the zipper that opened the tent, closing it so that nothing can get inside, before finally moving into his own sleeping bag as well. It did not take too long for his anxious sleepiness to take over his body and force him to sleep without a second thought being given. Pixel was right, this truly was fun, even if they were lost.

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel woke up the next morning trying to remember what had happened last night. She was with Sey, and they were lost, that's all she could remember at the moment. She was still a little bit groggy. She crawled out of her sleeping bag to shake off that feeling of not wanting to get out of bed. "Why am I naked?" Pixel asked herself, looking down. Then she remembered everything from yesterday. She looked over at Sey, who was still sleeping. She debated waking him up, but eventually decided that they had to get out of there.  Before she would wake him up however, she unzipped the tent and ran over to the apple tree from yesterday, climbed up, and grabbed two apples. She hopped down and ran back to the tent and crawled back inside. If she was going to wake him up, she might as well do so with a snack. She set the apples down on her sleeping bag and crawled around Sey and shook him gently. "Good morning Sey!" Pixel said in a quiet, yet cheerful voice. She continued to gently shake him as she waited for him to wake up.

[Sey 0]

He would be woken up with a gentle shake, his blurring vision beginning to reveal the tent color in front of him before he then remembered who else was with him, a light-skinned girl with nothing on. Pixel. Great, seems like they were up in the morning, and they even had an apple. "Morning..." Sey mumbled through a tired voice as he would take the apple that had been placed in one of her hands. Once he took the fruit into his grasp, he would open his lips and take a bite out of the sweet fruit, a small smile of approval followed up with a yawn. "Seems like the morning is here. I probably should wash my face in the lake to wake up. As for you, I think we need you to get clothed again, because we are going to depart from here you know." He explained, sitting up and ready to listen if she had something to add onto that. If not, he would proceed to open the zipper of the tent they were in.

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel smiled as she watched Sey eat the apple, she wanted to make sure he would start off the day in a good mood. Pixel sat up once Sey did as well. "Before we set off, did you want to do anything before we go?" Pixel asked. She thought about anything else that they might have needed. "Should I grab some more apples in case we get hungry? I don't know how long it will take for us to get out of here." Pixel added. Before doing anything else, she poked him on the nose and giggled a little bit. She hugged him tightly for a bit. "I'm just really glad that we were able to enjoy yesterday! I hope your girlfriend won't be too mad." Pixel said, before backing away from him. "Once we make it out, I'll get dressed. With my luck, I'd probably trip on them or they'll snag on branches and thing like that." Pixel explained as she got her usual smile on her face as she waited to see if Sey had anything to say.

[Sey 0]

"A few more apples couldn't hurt. Make sure to bring an extra one as well, one that neither your nor I will be eating. That one will be for her." Sey would reply to her. As for an activities, while he would love to go for another swim, it was time to go home. Hidden must have been worried sick for him, he was definitely going to have to make it up to her. Still though, Pixel did give him a little bit of advice on their relationship to hopefully help him out. One so innocent had a bit more knowledge in that field, it seems like he himself has a lot of work to do. But like Hidden back out at the dance, she was definitely able to help him with that, so that the both of them could dance once again. Pixel mentioned that she was going to do that once they got out, in which he wold shrug. At this point, his eyes became numb to imagery like that. "All right, but not a second more after that. I would not like for you to meet my girl in that way. She would definitely not like that first impression."

[Shadowpixel 0]

The moment Sey said to get some more apples, she ran for the apple tree and climbed up it. She plucked 7 more apples off of it and put them in her inventory. 3 for her, 3 for Sey, and one for his girlfriend. She hopped down from the tree and ran over to Sey. She gave four of the apples to him and winked. "That's sweet, just remember what I said about making it up to her. Just 'cause I'm younger, it doesn't mean that I don't know a thing or two about what girls like from their lover." Pixel said. She tidied up her hair a little bit and got her white headband back on. Pixel then took a bite out of the apple she had grabbed earlier and swallowed. "Don't worry, as soon as I see a clearing, I'm putting my clothes on. As shameless as I am, I still have a small bit of dignity that I would like to keep. Also, if your girlfriend saw me naked with you, I would most likely end up dead." Pixel stated, before laughing a little. "Wait, would she actually kill me in that scenario?" Pixel asked nervously, she wasn't quite sure now that she thought about it.

[Sey 0]

"As much as I would love to doubt, she definitely would do that. I can understand though, I would definitely rip through some guy who does the same to her. It is pretty hard to explain... Besides, it's just common for you not to have that sort of look whenever you are in public anyways." He would then take one of the apples that she plucked from the trees before then taking a bite out of it, smiling before taking the other apple for Hidden as well. She loved apples based on what he had seen, the candy ones, maybe he could make this one another candy apple. "Well, get your clothing on and we will be out of here." The snow-haired player would tell her, his hands in his pockets as he let the tent run out of time due to inactivity, returning it back to his inventory. It was a convenient tent, now he did not have to put it away manually, which can be a huge pain after a while.

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel shuddered at the thought of being killed for that and opened her menu instantly. She scrolled through and put on her yukata and took a sigh of relief. "Okay, now I don't have to worry about death, so that's a plus!" Pixel said before taking another bite of her apple. She watched the tent disappear and go back into Sey's inventory, the game made some things easy, but others harder, carrying things became a lot easier in that regard. "Now comes the hard part, deciding which way to go. What direction would most likely take us back to the field?" Pixel asked, both to herself and Sey. She tried to look for a marking or something of the sort that she remembered when they first reached the lake. She turned back to Sey, "Did you remember anything when we first got here?" Pixel asked, hoping for even a small lead.

[Sey 0]

Just seeing the Yukata on her was enough to make him smile, it was nice to see that she placed on clothing. At the end of the day, he preferred it that way, and he was glad that there was a reason for it. With that said and done, she would then ask him for some sort of lead. With more light now on them, he would begin to scan the lake, seeing if it could bring them anywhere. The waterfall came from the side they were facing when they entered... Meaning... "I think I do. See, the waterfall was right in front of us when we go to the lake, right? If that is the case, we can get ourselves out of here by moving towards the direction opposite of the waterfall." The snow-haired player would explain, pointing towards the opposite end of the waterfall. There seemed to be nothing else telling them anywhere else that they could exit through, that seemed to be the only way out of there.

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel straightened out her yukata once she had it on and then listened to Sey's idea on how to get out. She face palmed, feeling a little dumb that she hadn't noticed it. "Why didn't I notice that? Anyway, that does seem to be our only option. So I guess we start walking in that direction. I'll go in front, or did you want to lead this time? I'll follow you as close as I can if you lead." Pixel asked she turned to face the direction that they would be heading. It might take a while to get back, thoughts raced through Pixel's head as she continued to think about what would happen next. She took one last bite of her first apple before it shattered into tiny crystals. She decided not to eat another one until they were walking for a while, she still had to preserve them. She turned back to Sey to see what his response would be.

[Sey 0]

"I don't mind taking the lead. We can easily get out of here regardless of who is in the lead." Sey replied to her before beginning to make his way through the trees and the plants, looking at his map that the game provided as he would advance. He made sure to have his spear ready just in case a monster decided to have a stupid choice made and try to attack the both of them. But fortunately, none of them seem to be around. It seems like they were able to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time, because it did not take too long for him to find the exit of the forest that they were walking through before finally making his way towards it. "And with that, I think we found the exit to this place!'' The snow-haired player would declare with triumph in his tone as he would then make it back out to the world and escape from the forest they were in. It was an amazing feeling, open space once again.

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel followed closely behind Sey with her blade at hand in case of any monsters, but none seemed to show up. The two had arrived at the fields much quicker than she expected, either it was a really short distance, or time just flew by. Pixel was just as joyous as Sey was to have made it out of the forest. She ran forward with her arms spread wide and turned around to face Sey, "Finally! Wide open space! It feels so great after being in the woods for so long." Pixel said as she put her arms down. Pixel walked over to Sey and gave him a brief hug. When she did so, she noticed how tall he was compared to her. She reached up and tapped him on the nose and stepped away. She opened her menu and got another apple. Instead of eating, she handed it to Sey and winked, "I'll just give you another one, for your girlfriend." Pixel said as she placed it in his hand.

[Sey 0]

She tapped his nose once again, allowing him to reflexively chuckle before taking the apple that she soon handed to him. "Thanks, I am sure that she will love them!" Sey would explain to her with a smile before his lips would the return to normal and his head would tilt to the side. "And are you able to get home from here? Or the alley or whatever? Do you do you need me to take you you there." He would ask her before placing his hands in his pockets. It did not really matter to him whichever happened, there was still plenty of the day to do, considering it was morning, so he was able to escort her home if she liked. However, if she did not want that to be the case, he was fine letting her go off on her own, it seemed like a wise thing to do with all that the game had to offer. It was her choice at the end of the day, and who would he be to try to force her to do anything?

[Shadowpixel 0]

Pixel smiled at Sey's first comment, she really wanted to get off on the right foot with his girlfriend, whoever she was. "I really hope she does, I don't want it to look like I am trying to steal her boyfriend or anything. We're just friends, right?" Pixel said. She then began to think about what Sey asked, "Umm, I think I'll be able to make it safely back to my little alley. As long as it isn't really dark out, I usually never run into trouble." Pixel said, "But if we both are heading back to town, we might as well stick with each other a little longer." Pixel added. She then took another apple out of her inventory and took a bite into it. She wasn't quite sure what Sey would say, so she turned and looked at the field of boars that she had seen so many times and took another bite of her apple.

[Sey 0]

With that, he would nod his head when she replied that they could stick together for a bit longer, seeing the town quite the distance away as they would begin to approach it. They spent a large amount of time in the lake, and now it was time that they be home. "All right, it seems like we are nearing the town. It was a lot of fun Pixel. Maybe my girl will be around later on, and you can meet her sometime. We have to prepare it though, I don't want to catch her off guard." Hidden was not one who liked surprises that was not specifically good. It was neutral in this case, so he would then place his hands in his pockets and look up, thinking a bit of when to set up that sort of meet up. But he would then shake his head from side to side as he would then shake the thoughts from his mind, thinking that it would probably be best to turn away from it for now. With that said and done, he would then look down.