FujiwaraPhoenix

Massive Multiversal Crossover

Gintoki

Gintoki sighed as the elevator ride went without incident, the smooth jazz in the elevator being heavily offset by the murder notice that had just popped up in front of him. Well. That was nice. Not.

"O-oi, shouldn't we be...?" he asked as the doors opened and Saber stepped out into the hallway. Well, there went that. It was probably better this way, in all honesty; there would be less blood coming out of random wounds on his body, for sure. Sighing, he quickly followed behind Saber, not wanting to be delayed from whatever the heck was calling them there in the first place any more than they had.

Suwako

"Hm? What about my hat?" Suwako asked, tilting her head at Misaka's question. "Pyonta is a hat; nothing else to it."

Suwako smiled towards Misaka, and Pyonto seemed to have a similar somewhat happy expression... Or, at least, it seemed like it had one. Black Rock Shooter's comment almost made Suwako laugh, though; of course they had to get out of this desert! The small girl's mention of a gate piqued her interest, though; gates usually meant entrances, and right now most places were better than the middle of a blazing desert that could easily turn ice cold if they took too long.

"A gate? Know the general direction, then?"

Kakine

Kakine rolled his eyes at Marisa's comment, sprouting some Dark Matter wing from his back as he turned to 10032 for instructions.

"I'll leave the decision to you, then- fight, run, or both?"

The longer they took, though, the more his beetle supply was running thin. Shoot. They would find them soon enough; that much was certain.

"Marisa, you might want to figure that thing out soon if you're going to fly out with it. I give it another 5 minutes before they collapse on us, if not less."

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Fujiwara

-----The Next Day-----
Fujiwara yawned, lazily opening up his menu and furtively glancing at the clock near the top. 6 AM. Well, this was usually when he ended up waking up anyhow, so the time didn't really influence his as badly as it would have otherwise. Having spent the last hour of last night committing certain motions to muscle memory, Fujiwara equipped all of his gear in a matter of second before lazily crawling out of bed.

"Geez... What I wouldn't do for a cup of coffee or tea or something right about now..." he complained to himself before looking at the minimap. So their leader was already at the gates? Fitting. Pulling up the PM notifications window, Fujiwara quickly sent Minako a quick note before walking out of his room and out of the inn to go grab something to eat.

His note read as follows:
"Tired. Hunting for breakfast. Will bring food. ETA 15 mins."

@KoL@Asuna Yuuki@Aerandir

Ayame

Right after she, Rey and Umichi had left Lao on his bed, Ayame exited the leader's room and promptly headed down to the first floor to eat. The dinner was relatively lively; most of it was spent talking with Rey about... Well, whatever she could talk about with her companion in the half-drunk state Rey was in. The night ended fairly uneventfully, with Ayame heading to her room to sleep at roughly 11 at night to prepare for the next day.

When she awoke, Ayame was surprised to find that the party she had been in the day before had since been disbanded. That confused her, to say the least. Quickly bringing up Rey's information on her friends list, Ayame typed up and sent a message before changing into her outfit for the day.

"Sorry to bother you. Did something happen to Lao? The party's gone, and I'm not sure if it's normal for them to disband overnight like that..."

@ItsToppyTippers@little_ninja@Caits

A Certain Academic City

"So it seems..." Kyouma sighed at Torako's remark, shrugging his shoulders at the girl as she entered the restaurant. Man, there really were all types of people here in Academy City, weren't there? What was the likelihood of running into a wannabe European princess in the middle of the city again?

Snark aside, Kyouma nodded toward Beatrix in acknowledgement. It wouldn't hurt to humor her for a while, at the very least.

"Well, I don't think we should keep her waiting, either." he said, following Torako as she seemingly left the two of them behind.

The smell of meat was... Overpowering, for sure. In fact, he wasn't sure if it could be called a 'restaurant' as much as it would a 'slaughterhouse'. His stomach, however, seemed to think otherwise, almost egging him on to grab whatever was the largest on the menu and chomp it down. He almost followed it, too, at least until his rational mind kicked in. Beefsteak and a soda. That was fine.

The giant slab of meat that presented itself to him was intimidating, to say the least. It felt like he was in America or something, especially with the way with how stereotypically it presented itself. What he expected was, of course, much smaller than this.

"Er... Are these... Supposed to be this big?" he asked apprehensively as he cut off a piece of his meal. "Looks like someone just chopped it straight off of a cow..."

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Ayame

Ayame nodded her head, unsure of what to think. If this Umichi person had the same sense of déjà vu, would it be possible that...?

No, that was impossible. There was no way that their memories could've been altered; that was too far out of reach for even the most sophisticated of equipment, as far as she knew. As both Rey and Umichi lifted Lao up, Ayame took a deep breath and grabbed his arms in order to make his torso level with the rest of this body.

"Maybe he wasn't built for endurance?" Ayame suggested as an explanation for Lao's current state as she walked up the stairs to bring the party leader to his room. "Alcohol, maybe?"

Carefully moving her left arm in order to maintain balance, Ayame switched her grip momentarily before carefully opening up the door to Lao's room.

"I think... We should just leave him on the bed..."

@little_ninja@ItsToppyTippers@LokiLeo789@Caits

SAO: Living in Aincrad

I'll post once Top makes one... And stuff.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

So... Ninja...
Where are you~?

>:I

A Certain Academic City

Kyouma absentmindedly nodded his head as they continued to whatever restaurant Torako had in mind. The stories weren't quite interesting, especially given his lack of participation in anything remotely social outside of school. To his, her antics sounded like something straight out of a high school comedy, which was... Fitting, if anything.

Torako's sudden greeting to the girl in front of the restaurant caught him off guard for a moment. Given that the two seemed to know each other, two logical explanations popped into his head: either they were friends or she was also a Nagatenjouki student. Either way...

"As she said, I'm Kyouma Sakamoto. It's a pleasure to meet you." he said, giving a light bow to the small girl in front of him.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Alright, my half of the issue's been resolved. All we need now is for KoL to temporarily recant Minako's actions for a bit and wait until it rolls over, right?

SAO: Living in Aincrad

I'll edit mine, then. I can cut out my section without sacrificing content; I'll just save it for when we do roll over.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Had absolutely zero clue how to deal with @KoL's spontaneous timeskip, so I just rolled with it. I'll probably edit if Caits and/or Ninja want to get everyone to do the skip simultaneously.