[IC] Sword Art Online: The Bravest Among Us

[booksmusicanime]

Emmy quietly walked out into a field. Her long brown hair swishing around her shoulders as she walked. Her sword was strapped to her side, keeping a steady rhythm on her thigh with each footstep.

[Gareth]

Frank as others called him, was in the video game or what was now his life and right now he was busy training. He also happened to be enjoying himself away from the guild he was in, having taken a day off, saying to the Guild Leader this morning, "I need a breather, be back tomorrow." The Guild Leader just shrugged, barely noticing one of his members leave and went back to organizing papers on his desk.

That was how he came to be in the closest forest to one of the main cities in S.A.O.. At the moment he was fighting a bear of some kind, except it was huge. They were staring at each other, The Bear on all fours glaring at him and Frank with his Greatsword held in front of him, knees bent and in the proper defending position. Then it charged him. He sidestepped the bear at the last second, and twisted the right side of his body around so he was facing the back of the bear, and swung with both hands to slash open the bear's back, he thought he ko'd it as he saw the bear fall to the ground, and noticed that its hp bar was dropping rapidly.

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[Juka Gearsworth]

The calm was soon to be interrupted though, on the other side of the field Zenheil fought against 2 Enraged Orcs that spawned inside the field for some reason, they didn't belong to that area, suprised and astonished, Zenheil attacked the Orcs one at the time, but couldn't deal much damage against them, his skills were all on Cooldown, and no one was near.
Much for his luck, a player named Emmy was passing by, her life bar was full, so she probably could help.
"Hey! Hey there! I need some help here, care to help?" Zenheil was had half of his life bar remaining, he was fending off the monsters and running

[McHaggis]

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[themadhatter420]

Amelia was walking around trying find some jobs she could do to for some money. She needed to upgrade her sword before she tried to beat the next level. She was sitting up in a tree watching the nearby road. She could not help but look over at the main tree wondering how much longer it would take to be able to beat the game. She knew if she died...that would be her life. But after being here in the game this long...she was not going down with out a fight. The other members in her guild were off trying to find them a house or something. She was the leader so it was her job to do recon on certain levels. She messaged her right hand friend letting them know she would be heading into town.

[TheUnknowable]

Smithsage followed the location marker to the outskirts of town. Not much further, he thought, as he neared his friend's location. He was hoping to get some help taking on the stone Golems guarding a Titanium mine a few levels up, but couldn't afford to hire anyone. As he neared the location, though, he saw a man fighting two Orcs. This close to town? That's not right. He ran over to one of the Orcs and held his glaive over his shoulder, charging his attack. A few seconds later, he swung it down, hitting the enemy squarely on the top of the head and knocking down most of its health.@Juka Gearsworth "Need some help?" he asked.

[booksmusicanime]

Emmy saw the attacks and drew her sword quickly, slashing at the Orc that the man who had just joined in on the attack had striked at. She slashed at it, causing its HP to drop to zero.

((Sorry if I don't make sense.))

[Juka Gearsworth]

After dodging several blows from the Orcs, Zenheil noticed the blows were getting slower, in fact, only one Orc was attacking, the other one was fallen on the ground, still alive but barely moving, "Need some help?" Said Smithsage, the man was using a large Bardiche, from the looks of it, the weapon had dealt some deep damage on the Orc, @TheUnknowable "Thanks for that Smithsage! nice name" Said Zenheil while attacking the other Orc, it was strong, but it got outmatched without a helper, @booksmusicanime Emmy jumped in the fight and began slashing the orc fallen on the ground, fortunately both Orcs were slain quickly and the players got Experience, almost enough for levelling up.
"Phew, that was nice, thanks once again... Hey did you guys see that new Quest? There's a Titanium mine not far, but other players went in rushing, while others dragged Orcs from the higher plains, to keep other people away from the Mine while they clear it, but they're busy on the Golems now, and frankly, they're bad with swords, we could take the Golems down as we did with the Orcs, Wanna go?" Zenheil then picked up a Potion that the Orc dropped "Here, that's for helping me", and gave it to Smithsage, "You too Emmy" reaching for another potion in his pocket"

[themadhatter420]

@Juka Gearsworth

Amelia heard a man asking about the next mining quest. She had a decent mining level but not too great. Maybe he could build it up to sell resources for the guild. She turned to find the man speaking and climbed down from the tree with out even making a sound. She walked over to the man with the username Zenheil. "If you are looking for people to join you, I was heading to the mine as well." She said clearing her voice standing behind him with out making a sound before she spoke.

[Juka Gearsworth]

Besides from the sounds of people fighting the Golems, the day was kinda calm, only wind could be heard, but suddently a voice says, "If you are looking for people to join you, I was heading to the mine as well.", Zenheil turned on his back and saw another player, named Darkfire_Ashe, "Oh, gosh you spooked me, yeah, I'm going to the Mine too, lets get going" he said while placing his sword in the belt slot, Zenheil then started moving towards the Mine, "If you guys wanna come up, just follow, otherwise we'll meet up in the mine"

[themadhatter420]

@Juka Gearsworth

Amelia smiled when he was startled. "Sorry I have that effect with some people." She said with a small laugh. It almost sounded childish but she was glad to meet someone new. This far into the game you run into the same people over and over again. "I see you don't have a guild symbol by your name Zenhiel." She said trying to spark up a conversation.

[Juka Gearsworth]

"I see you don't have a guild symbol by your name Zenhiel." Amelia said, "Well, I was in a guild some days ago, but I left due to incompetence, they ended up killing a player because they took him to farm in a high level area, he died in the first blow he took, the guildies weren't even caring, so I left" Zenheil said, sounding clearly angry about the dead player, "You're in a Guild I see, are you looking for new members? he said while walking towards the Mine, they were getting close, and Zenheil felt his sword's rest would be interrupted in a few minutes, fortunately the walk was pleasing, even more in a good weather and with a good companion by side

[TheUnknowable]

"Wait. There's a quest for it too? I was just heading there to get materials for a special order I received. Let's team up, then. I could use the help. That attack I used has quite a high children time so we'll almost be there before it recharges."

[Juka Gearsworth]

"Oh-ho, quest and materials? Sounds double good, lets get going, we're almost there, I can see the Golems already, they're still fighting..." But Zenheil couldn't see the other players, fearing that something bad happened at the Mine's entrance

[themadhatter420]

@Juka Gearsworth

Amelia smiled when he asked if they were looking for more people. "We take anyone thats willing to follow the few rules we have. And one is never go somewhere you can't come back from." She said as another gamer wanted to come with them. "Come along than. Its better to group up than travel alone anyways." She said with a smile to both of them.

[Gareth]

Frank, had indeed ko'd the bear as the hp bar went to zero, and he moved on, gaining some experience from the kill. After a few minutes of heading back to town he noticed quest info, pop up in one of the menus and he quickly scanned it. The Titanium mine, I guess I'll head there next.

Turning around abruptly he jogged his way towards the mine, but as he neared the place he saw three other players chatting. He decided to approach them. @Juka Gearsworth @TheUnknowable @themadhatter420 As he was arriving before them the clink of chain mail, could be heard, then he skidded to a halt as he finally arrived next to them, and used a gloved hand to swipe the sweat from his forehead he said, "Hey there, Mind if I join your group? My Username is Frank." He grinned in a friendly manner towards them.

[TheUnknowable]

Frank, had indeed ko'd the bear as the hp bar went to zero, and he moved on, gaining some experience from the kill. After a few minutes of heading back to town he noticed quest info, pop up in one of the menus and he quickly scanned it. The Titanium mine, I guess I'll head there next.

Turning around abruptly he jogged his way towards the mine, but as he neared the place he saw three other players chatting. He decided to approach them. @Juka Gearsworth @TheUnknowable @themadhatter420 As he was arriving before them the clink of chain mail, could be heard, then he skidded to a halt as he finally arrived next to them, and used a gloved hand to swipe the sweat from his forehead he said, "Hey there, Mind if I join your group? My Username is Frank." He grinned in a friendly manner towards them.

@Gareth

"Hey, Frank." Smithsage said. "Nice to see you again. I was coming to meet you to see if you wanted to team up for this, when I ran into these two, fighting a couple of Orcs. I would have messaged you but it looked like you were busy."

[Juka Gearsworth]

"Welcome Frank, we're about to enter the Mine, just as we beat those Gole..." Zenheil saw the two Golems finishing the last members of a Guild, some players teleported away, leaving some blue sparkles where they were, but one player had no Teleport Crystal, and was almost dead, "Damn it, we're helping this guy out? I'll rush on a Golem and distract it, perhaps he can escape..."
Zenheil ran towards one of the Golems, dodging it's large arm, the creature was fast though, and he couldn't keep up the effort for much time
"Damn it again... These Golems will maul me soon, but he's stunned from the attack, this is a great opening, Switch!"

[Mirrodin]

Lorak stood against a tree on the outskirts of the clearing, watching the other players talk. He had activated his hider skill some time ago after a couple of orcs chased him into the clearing. After losing sight of him the orcs aggroed onto another player, something lorak didn't really mind. "Looks like some action coming up" he said softly under his breath when he heard the talk about the mining quest.

He began to follow the group before stopping suddenly when he noticed a girl that was staying behind, on her knees picking flowers instead of participating with the others. He approached her slowly @mchaggis "hello there. Are you not with that group that just passed by?" He called out to her

[McHaggis]

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