Morose

Abandoned Hope - Concluded

@Witch Cat @Lady Amalthea @BlueSky44 @Pundii @Sohtem @Nallore The GM controlled NPC listing has been updated for some of the more prominent NPCs. :) Mrs. Hudson may or may not feature on there, I haven't quite decided that yet. However, please note that several of the biographies are intentionally marked as incomplete in order to avoid spoilers. Once I've felt the information has been sufficiently unlocked, it'll be revealed.

Sword Art Online Resurgence - Accepting

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Sayuki Kyasarin

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Location: Floor 1 - Town of Beginnings - The Inn
Interacting With: Kirito @BlueSky44

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Kyasarin woke up with a jolt, gasping for air. Feeling the bed sheets next to her, it all came rushing back to her. Rubbing her arms and legs, she slowly worked feeling into all of them, kicking and stretching each leg in turn, as if to confirm the NerveGear continued to allow her to use them. She let out a sigh of relief, running her hands through her hair. That was one of the luxuries of SwordArt--her hair never seemed to tangle, remaining in the same style constantly. Slipping on her armor, Kyasarin equipped her sword and headed down to the main area of the Inn.

Kyasarin nodded at Egil, hardly recognizing the name. She shrugged her shoulders, not caring when he left. Smirking at Kirito, she stretched her arms, standing up on her toes as she let out a yawn. "Awww, knew you loved me, Kirito! Let's get to work then, shall we? Got some shmucks to battle."

Glancing at the main menu, Kyasarin blushed slightly. She generally didn't sleep as long as she had, but to be fair, she'd never slept while logged in before. She had always thought the system would log you out for inactivity, but that certainly wouldn't happen anymore. Not while the Gamemaster held them all hostage, practically identical to how the Suicide Squad had bombs in their necks. "Did you talk to any InfoBrokers about where's the best spot to farm now?" Kyasarin inquired.

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Starkette

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Location: Floor 1 - Tolbana Town
Interacting With: @BlueSky44 @sMoKe @Jedly

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Starkette stared at the system messages screen, scrolling through the mindless posts. Already, there seemed to be a sort of order evolving within the game. People had become established as reporters, InfoBrokers, blacksmiths, guild leaders, teachers, and politicians. A society all of its own had started to find its feet, just two days after being cut off from reality. Gulping a bit, she scanned the press for her name, praying that there wouldn't be a single mention of Guinevere Stark, daughter of a billionaire CEO and a reality TV star.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Starkette left the relative safety of the Inn Room. True to her suspicions, no other players had arrived in Tolbana Town. It must have been a glitch that brought them there, likely from server overload. But with each player that died, that problem became lesser and lesser. Merchants, all NPCs as far as she could tell, were selling their wares. Still, they couldn't just sit around all day. They had to keep on moving.

Starkette dragged her hand in the air in front of her, pulling up a map of the first floor of SAO. Studying it intently, she frowned, pinching her lip with her fingers. "We aren't even close to the boss for this floor..." Starkette observed, a bit thankful for that. Their levels were woefully low for any sort of combat. She wanted at least a decent 50 HP buffer before fighting anything massive. The stakes were far too high to justify anything else.

"We might as well be honest with ourselves and what we are," Starkette pointed out. "A guild."

Sword Art Online Resurgence - Accepting

General note: Blue and I are now counting last posts as days after a System Update was posted. :)

A Perilous New Order: Echo and Lucifer [Morose x Din]

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Edwina Fairfax & The Joker

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Location: The People's Bank of Gotham
Interacting With: @Din Nyt, Cheetah, Batman

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Edwina bit her lip slightly, knowing that Nyt wouldn't miss the combination lock for no reason. As much as she was trying to keep the two of them alive, this method wasn't living. It was just a survival tactic. Twitching her fingers slightly, Edwina protected an image for just Nyt to say. The word "Breathe!" in soft pink letters. She smiled weakly at her friend, her own hands starting to shake as the Bat appeared. Not wanting Nyt to end up on the Bat's kill list, Edwina caused the image of her friend to vanish from the Bat's sight.

The downfall?

Maintaining that perfect illusion, under stress, wasn't an easy time. In fact, she could only concentrate enough to protect Nyt, leaving herself, her uncle, Cheetah, and the hired help entirely exposed to the Bat. She gulped slightly, having heard stories from her uncle during her visits about Batman. He seemed like the devil, brought to Earth to punish the wicked.

And today, that included Nyt and herself.

"Batsy! How kind of you to drop in!" the Joker cackled, pulling a chipped tea cup from his bag. Filling it with an unknown chemical, he chucked it towards the Bat. "Care for a cup of tea, Batsy?" Edwina, meanwhile, felt slightly relieved once the door closed on Nyt. Ending her illusion, she began working on the next one. She multiplied all images Batman would see, a standard trick. He would see four Jokers, four Cheetahs, four Edwina's, and four of each goon.

"I'm so sorry..." Edwina apologized awkwardly, hoping to stay out of the Bat's way.

Abandoned Hope - Concluded

@Sohtem Gotcha :) I completely understand the writer's block.

Abandoned Hope - Concluded

@Sohtem Post counter has hit day 7...

The Office

@fluorescent *giggles* I took all my RP characters, threw them into a hat, and picked out four. Jaina just happened to be one of those lucky four!

The Office

@QueenOfTheBee Only people who have never truly lived! :P

Also, since the accounting situation is a bit sketchy right now, I'll be bumping Kayla up to head of accounting. Since she'll be filling in that role, one of the normal accountant spots will be filled by William, our temp NPC. The other one will be filled by someone else interviewing for the job, another NPC. I was going to let samreaper pick the NPC that gets hired on, so I'll let you have the same honor. :) Here's the brief description of each candidate:

Jaina Sarbye -- She's a bit of an odd one, think like Creed. Her brother was an experimental psychologist, and often used his twin sister for his experiments. She's now got a screw loose and doesn't understand the concept of mortality. She's super positive and happy, however.

Mara Scelus -- She can be a bit quiet, but when she does talk, she never stops asking questions. Pokémon Go is one of her favorite things, and she has no experience whatsoever with accounting. None of the NPCs do, however.

Ivy Isley -- Ivy has a PhD in Botany, but apparently, that isn't paying the bills enough. She's most likely the one best able to handle numbers and all, but remember, even Kevin could succeed as an accountant. She's got a weird thing with plants. Hurt a plant and she'll probably cut you.

Édouard Riviere -- He applied for this job because his parents threatened to cut him off if he didn't.

The Office

@QueenOfTheBee Dude I love Lana Del Ray. :D

A Perilous New Order: Echo and Lucifer [Morose x Din]

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Edwina Fairfax & The Joker

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Location: The Joker's Hideout ---> The People's Bank of Gotham
Interacting With: @Din Nyt, Cheetah Woman

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"Yeah, Nyt's hearing is out of this world," Edwina joked, grinning strikingly like her uncle. Had she been able to see herself in that moment, she would have shrunk away in horror, aghast at the family resemblance. Thankfully for her, the Joker hardly noticed. The joke fell flat on his ears, as it likely did on Barbara's as well, unless she knew Nyt's status as an extraterrestrial.

"That's rather fortunate," the Joker admitted, jumping up from his seat on the throne, and balancing on the edge. "But you see, Nyt, the secret to crime, as if with any good joke, is to go out with a punchline! Silence doesn't do for that!"

Snapping her fingers, two of his goons brought over a crate. Inside, there was a vast assortment of explosives. Any manic's dream could be achieved with the firepower in the crate, and the Joker beamed, leaping forward and stroking his vast collection. "It's time to play with my toys..."

Edwina frowned, eyeing the contents of the crate. Some of the explosives in there were far more unstable than her uncle ever could be, but this is what they had to do to survive. When the law turned against them, only in the company of criminals could they find sanctuary. And she couldn't help but feel that perhaps, Cheetah might decide to help Nyt and Edwina stay safe. With the funds from this simple robbery, they could create a new life.

She even had a half cooked scheme to create a ship, and with a bit of luck, they might be able to travel to Nyt's home planet. From what Edwina learned about it, the two of them would blend right in, far away from the reaches of the Suicide Squad.

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Edwina blinked slightly, watching as the Joker's goons shattered the glass doors of the bank. Several getaway cars already pulled up onto the curb, with citizens running about wildly. She caught a glimpse of her reflection in the glass, and her heart sank. This isn't me...

"Onward and upwards, my pretties!" the Joker cackled, practically dancing into the building. His goons instructed each person inside to get to the floor. Those who resisted were shot and killed. It sickened Edwina to her stomach, watching the slaughter and the carnage. But she didn't let herself waiver. She had decided on this course of action. It was time to see it through.

The Joker pointed at her, and she sighed. Closing her eyes, she focused each and every beam of light to come towards her. Every image, virtual and real, inverted and correct, all of them came zooming to her. It took her brain a matter of seconds to piece it together, a far superior map to whatever would appear on a computer. "Back righthand side, combination lock, decent tumbler," Edwina responded, opening her eyes.

"And Batsy? Has he come calling yet?" the Joker shouted, asking no one in particular. "Well come on, kids, the money isn't going to steal itself!"