FujiwaraPhoenix

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Fujiwara

A determined smile broke across Fujiwara's face as he came across a pack of <<Dire Wolves>>, seeming roaming around the plains aimlessly. The grind had been going on well for the moment, and, giving a quick glance towards his EXP bar, Fujiwara gripped the handle of the blade at his side firmly.

"This... Should bump me up to four." he said to himself as he dashed at the wolves. The pack immediately directed their attention to him and began rushing for him. They were much faster than the boars were, though, which threw Fujiwara off momentarily as the first wolf lunged at his neck. Quickly drawing his weapon, Fujiwara ducked as he cut through the monster's underbelly. The remaining few wolves didn't stop their assault, though, which caused one wolf to latch onto his leg with a vicelike grip.

"Ah, shit-!" Fujiwara exclaimed as another two wolves came leaping towards his chest. Bisecting them both with a single strike, Fujiwara turned his attention to the remaining wolf.

He stared at it. It stared back. A moment or so passed before the wolf let go and immediately turned tail to run.

"As if!" Fujiwara spat as he rapidly chased after the <<Dire Wolf>>. The chase went on for maybe half a minute or so, until Fujiwara finally managed to use the downward momentum from running down a hill he had been chasing the wolf up to catch up to it. As the 'Level Up!' indicator flashed by on his screen, Fujiwara noticed that his momentum wasn't stopping... And that he was about to tumble straight down the hill into another player.

"Oh crap, look o-" he began to shout before crashing into the person (a girl, from the looks of it) and tumbling onto the road, his face burying itself in the dirt.

"Ah... That was..." he groaned as he lifted himself out of the small indent he had made and spat a bit to get the taste of earth out of his mouth. "I am... So sorry about that..." he said, holding his head in pain with his left hand. Looking around, Fujiwara noticed that his weapon was lodged in the ground next to the hole he had made. Well, he could go pick it up in a moment.

"You all right?" he asked, still slightly disoriented from the fall.

@KoL

Ayame

Ayame quickly rushed over to the location that this Lao person had mentioned, accepting the party invite that he had also sent out beforehand. A small map out of the corner of her vision began to flash before a little marker showing where her new acquaintance was. Video games seemed to be so much more convenient than how things actually were in that regard, at least. Getting there by running didn't take very long, though Ayame felt slightly out of breath as she saw the person's face. She was on the track team and all, but with all of this equipment even moving about was a chore.

"H-Hello there." she stated, bowing to the man who was sitting there. If he was the leader, then it was only fair to show respect in return. "My name's Ayame. I'll be in your care."

@LokiLeo789

SAO: Living in Aincrad

You know, I just realized what kind of absurd levels everyone will be by endgame unless you scale the levels accordingly.

Oh right, KoL, can you send your character Fujiwara's way or vice versa? I just got some ideas from your statement up there. :D

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Fujiwara would probably be the first to reach the max level of the 1st floor. XD

@ItsToppyTippers

Well, last time around it ended up being a pseudo-grindrace between him and Umichi. Of course, there are the unseen betas nabbing all the grinding sweet spots, though. Maybe.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Yeah, the crowd's a lot larger for the moment. Though by the end of the last run I think it tapered down to like 6 people. Hopefully this doesn't go the same way.

So... Here's where I ask if anyone has plans to not follow Leo's characters and go off on their own, mainly because Fujiwara's kinda just roaming around the floor murdering every monster in sight.

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Decency man, don't post that kind of stuff here. :L

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Fujiwara

Fujiwara let out a sigh, wiping the (nonexistent) sweat off of his brow. Leaving so early had given him a definite lead over everyone else in regards to training grounds... Or so he believed. The fact that nobody else seemed to be cutting through swathes of enemies like he was was probably a good indicator of that, if anything else. The motions for attacks and dodging seems pretty simple too. Slide around, sidestep, swing, slash, slide... This patterns of dodging and hitting was one he was all too familiar with, especially with roguelikes. Though a rogue was the farthest thing he wanted to be given his name, the mobility of the boars was astoundingly low. It made him feel like he was actually fast, though Fujiwara reminded himself multiple times over that this was all in perspective. Maybe he just perceived everything differently in this world.

As the last boar of the herd he was killing shattered into crystalline polygons, a small indication came up on his screen... A friend invite from someone he had never heard of, much less met. Without bothering to glance at the second message on the screen, Fujiwara closed the invitation and pulled up the floor map. The nearest town that wasn't the starting location seemed to be quite a ways away...

Well, now was a good a time as ever to test how long he could go chopping through these things.

Ayame

Her worst fears confirmed, Ayame slumped to the floor in apparent defeat. Maybe he didn't make it on...? If that was the case, then she really was alone. Nobody else would come and save her; nobody else would lift her out of this mess. She was a stranger in a strange land, and that was what really made it scary.

Or maybe Hideki really did manage to log on, but she just couldn't find him. There was nothing confirming nor denying either argument, so all she could do was try and keep her hopes up. But to feel such depression...

Suddenly, a small chime rang out, and a small indicator popped up next to her in her field of vision. A friend invite and a message...? Carefully reading everything out, Ayame breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe there was a chance; maybe there was hope in finding people to help her.

"The edge of the Grasslands...?" she asked herself quietly as she accepted the friend request and picked herself off the floor. There was nothing left to lose, so heading over wouldn't be such a bad idea. With that thought in mind, Ayame (after messing with the menus and scrambling to find a map and some equipment in her inventory) began walking to the designated location.

A Certain Academic City

Kyouma stood up from the chair in front of his desk, stretching his arms as he stared down at the pile of textbooks in front of him. How long had it been since he had started studying again...? Glancing furtively at the clock on his wall, Kyouma sighed and massaged his forehead. From 6 in the morning all the way to now... Geez, this school seriously didn't let up with the workload at all, now did it? At the sound of his stomach grumbling, Kyouma sighed and quickly changed out of the bedclothes he was wearing into something more... Presentable. A white T-shirt and a set of blue jeans didn't exactly scream "Nagatenjouki Student!" to him, but that was perfectly fine. Being associated with that school on the streets was just asking for trouble, which he much prefer to avoid. Grabbing his wallet and slipping it into his pocket, Kyouma left his dorm room with as little noise as possible. Didn't want to disturb the others doing... Well, whatever it was that they did.

The streets of Academy City were as they usually were, with machines buzzing around alongside people as if they were equals in standing. It was a novelty that he never really got tired of, though the janitor bots coming too close for comfort every so often was always annoying to deal with. As he pondered where to go pick up some food for the day (thank GOD for city-funded school credit cards), Kyouma flinched. A loud, ear-piercing scream caused him to turn towards the source of the noise, but he was immediately interrupted by a girl rushing off to the alleyway from which it came from.

Well, she might not have looked like a Judgment member, but who was he to judge appearances? She probably had the situation under control...

That being said, though, what placed served good food at this time of day?

SAO: Living in Aincrad

So I guess we write assuming that he just sent out a mass friend invite, then?

A Certain Academic City

Name: Kyouma Sakamoto
Age: 16
Appearance:

Kyouma

Personality: A relatively lax individual, Kyouma is usually the 'straight man' in a group, especially one in Academy City. He finds the day-to-day insanity of how the town works quite baffling, but at the same time also quite interesting... Which often leads to him accidentally sticking his nose somewhere it shouldn't be. He isn't keen on playing many video games or watching TV, since both of those bombard his eyes with too much light to mess around with; instead, he's often in the library sitting down with a nice book or two. He's a relatively friendly individual at that, but he doesn't take well to things that are 'so crazy they just might work' and all that.
Level: 4
Power: Photon Focus
By manipulating the motion and refraction/reflection of photons, Kyouma is able to bend light as he wishes. Other than basic applications, such as turning an area pitch-black or blindingly bright or even creating illusions, Kyouma is also able to focus photons into a stream as a laser or view far distances/ through things like dense fog. Due to his power not being offensively-based, he can only fire maybe one or two lasers at a time. His sight-based ability also acts like glasses for him most of the time, so honing in on things from afar usually takes a lot more effort and focus. On the downside, though, if his ability is nullified he's as blind as a bat.
History: Kyouma found himself either incredibly lucky or incredibly UNlucky, finding himself transferred straight into Nagatenjouki Academy for his second year of high school; used to the peace that his old high school had offered him, the insanity that was this school gave him instead threw him off in more ways than one. Though the school itself was famous for producing both regulars and ESPers (the prime example of the latter being the Number One), the way the school conducted itself was all over the place. The curriculum was scattered and erratic, which made it hard for him to keep up half the time. In fact, in order to keep up with the classes Kyouma would often have to study on his own, which drained away from his remaining free time. It wasn't exactly the most efficient of methods, it was better than nothing. Now, if only he could actually get to do things outside of his dorm...

SAO: Living in Aincrad

k, since I have to leave for classes soon, no posts from me for the next ~8 hrs. Can I actually get a list of people who haven't interacted with others yet so I can get out of limbo when I do get home?