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Surely only a chef can do that, though. I don't mind either way, though I would've thought Erebus to be the first to discover how to make working potions.
Kiyomi listened. So, Ragnar was near the east market district, and Erebus was going to the guild hall...she ran a hand through her hair and hit something. Her breath caught up in her throat as she span around, walking towards a puddle on the flat roof, looking down at her head.
Okay, Kiyomi was expecting it but it didn't make it any less out-right terrifying. She shrieked, her voice piercing through the guild chat by accident, and waggled her bright orange fluffy ears protruding from the top of her skull, the place where it was fused to her scalp hidden by a mass of thick, wavy ginger hair. She looked close enough to her real image, which was reassuring, save for the eyes - a bright amber. Nibbling her lip, she twisted around to-yep, there's the long, bushy fox tail. She gave it a couple of experimental flicks, really happy that there was a hole in her armour...oh GOD, her armour.
Kiyomi pulled open her character sheet and gasped. It used to be a bit of a laugh, being unable to take on monsters in the slightest...but she was wearing some really low-levelled gear. She didn't even have the right stats...Kiyomi let loose a quiet whimper, also picked up by voice chat. She might as well attack things in the nude. "At least I look nice," came her thoughts. Indeed - she looked really good in her outfit. It wasn't revealing, but it was intimidating...made her look powerful, which wasn't the case.
Her hand slipped to the scabbard of her katana and she pulled it out. Just like in the anime films she watched, it was like tugging a ribbon; barely any resistance at all as the blade slipped from her scabbard, the familiar SHINK of sharp steel on hardened leather. It felt like an extension of her very arm, as she held it out, the sharp edge pointing to the sky, and ran it across her fingertip. It took a while to figure out she was even bleeding, the cut was so clean and shallow. Kiyomi put her finger in her mouth, feeling some very real pain right there.
At once, Kiyomi realised that each noise she made was picked up in Voice chat. In other words, the others would've heard a scream and a whimper..."I'm alright, I'm fine!" she said hurriedly. "I just...caught sight of my own reflection, is all. Erebus-san, how polite of you to use the honorifics, I understand Japanese isn't your native language." Kiyomi smiled. Even in the worst of situations, Erebus was being polite...it kind of reminded her of his roleplaying attitude. Maybe it was a coping mechanism. Either way, Kiyomi felt somewhat comforted.
And then Kiyomi was reminded of how odd Erebus was. He was thinking of tea instead of this situation? Right, right, Kiyomi was sure he had his reasons, and going to the Guild Hall was a brilliant idea...at least over there she was sure nobody that she didn't know or trust would interfere, or do something stupid. "Guild hall it is, then! Quickly, everyone, I want to have a sit down..." she ordered, thought there was a note of pleading in her voice as she slowly crumbled under the dawning realisation.
Erebus HAS DISCONNECTED
Oh.
Well then.
Kiyomi tried not to look offended that Erebus cut her and Ragnar off. She'll deal with that later, she thought; after all, keeping open voice chat when they've split up would be the most effective. Then if someone is ambushed and, god forbid, their voice chat breaks - at least Kiyomi and the others get a cut-off yell, or a gasp, or something so that she could get worried and rush to their aid. Erebus could get decapitated by a door or something whilst offline and she'll never know.
Offline...log out! Oh god, it took her that long to figure that out?! Kiyomi pulled at the menu in front of her vision until the log out button came into view. She grinned, tapping it with her finger. Nothing happened. She smashed her fist into the log out button for a good five minutes before accepting that it doesn't work.
Kiyomi sighed, and twisted her feet a little, kicking off into a sprint. She noticed how good she was at running around like this - maybe it was the tail giving her some more aerodynamic qualities. Maybe she was so immensely terrified that she felt like she was running for her life. She dodged and waved the players, who started to draw themselves into a cloud of despair and some of them sit or lie on the floor, sobbing. She had to dive out of the way of a massive iron war machine, calling out "Watch it!" to the werecat controlling it. For a moment, her eyes lingered on Claus Tanner, but she realised she had more important things to do than stare at a summoner.
The massive, moss-strewn guild hall loomed over her. People were huddling around the guild banks, trying to get in and take whatever they can from their own guilds. Some of them did not look very friendly at all. A few of them were scattered around the endless corridors of doors, some of them trying desperately to get back in touch with old guilds, begging for forgiveness of petty insults during dungeons, or stealing from other people's banks..others just wanting to get lost in the maze of identical doorways and stay there.
Kiyomi skirted across the corridors. It would be stupid if she didn't know the way to her own guild hall. She reached a blue door, putting her hand on the handle.
NAME: Chiharu
LEVEL 34 Samurai
RANK: Guild Master
PERMISSION TO ENTER: Granted
Kiyomi pushed the door open - there was no creak of a door handle, instead the faint rumbling of screen doors. She opened the door into a traditional-looking Japanese building, with circular wooden windows showing a modified background of cherry blossom trees constantly in bloom. The windows themselves are too small to climb out of, but it'd be no use anyways, because the background is just like a thick, smooth glass wall. The only thing it really does is darken during the night-time and brighten during the day-time. The washroom stands to her right, the dining room straight ahead, the kitchen ahead of the dining room as she stands in the training room.
Kiyomi took off her shoes by default, her usual habits kicking in. The place reminded her of her grandmother's house (her grandmother didn't have a fighting arena in her home) and the wrinkled crone would've slapped her with a bamboo reed if she traipsed mud into her immaculate home. Kiyomi blinked - she'd never see her Grandmother ever again, nor her parents, her sister...
Kiyomi settled down by the hearth, knees drawn to her chest, elbows resting on her knees and her hands running through her hair as tears openly streamed down her face. She didn't look up at Erebus, because she was sure he'd understand the situation they were in and accept the fact that even the usually confident Chiharu he's roleplayed with can break down and cry in the face of true, hopeless catastrophes that even she cannot change. her silence hung in the air for a long time.
"R-...Ragnar, tell me you're sober enough to find the Guild Hall? I c-can help you if you get to the entrance..." she sniffled through voice chat, staring at the floor as she waits for his reply. The only noise coming from her are small, stifled sobs.
Okay, Kiyomi was expecting it but it didn't make it any less out-right terrifying. She shrieked, her voice piercing through the guild chat by accident, and waggled her bright orange fluffy ears protruding from the top of her skull, the place where it was fused to her scalp hidden by a mass of thick, wavy ginger hair. She looked close enough to her real image, which was reassuring, save for the eyes - a bright amber. Nibbling her lip, she twisted around to-yep, there's the long, bushy fox tail. She gave it a couple of experimental flicks, really happy that there was a hole in her armour...oh GOD, her armour.
Kiyomi pulled open her character sheet and gasped. It used to be a bit of a laugh, being unable to take on monsters in the slightest...but she was wearing some really low-levelled gear. She didn't even have the right stats...Kiyomi let loose a quiet whimper, also picked up by voice chat. She might as well attack things in the nude. "At least I look nice," came her thoughts. Indeed - she looked really good in her outfit. It wasn't revealing, but it was intimidating...made her look powerful, which wasn't the case.
Her hand slipped to the scabbard of her katana and she pulled it out. Just like in the anime films she watched, it was like tugging a ribbon; barely any resistance at all as the blade slipped from her scabbard, the familiar SHINK of sharp steel on hardened leather. It felt like an extension of her very arm, as she held it out, the sharp edge pointing to the sky, and ran it across her fingertip. It took a while to figure out she was even bleeding, the cut was so clean and shallow. Kiyomi put her finger in her mouth, feeling some very real pain right there.
At once, Kiyomi realised that each noise she made was picked up in Voice chat. In other words, the others would've heard a scream and a whimper..."I'm alright, I'm fine!" she said hurriedly. "I just...caught sight of my own reflection, is all. Erebus-san, how polite of you to use the honorifics, I understand Japanese isn't your native language." Kiyomi smiled. Even in the worst of situations, Erebus was being polite...it kind of reminded her of his roleplaying attitude. Maybe it was a coping mechanism. Either way, Kiyomi felt somewhat comforted.
And then Kiyomi was reminded of how odd Erebus was. He was thinking of tea instead of this situation? Right, right, Kiyomi was sure he had his reasons, and going to the Guild Hall was a brilliant idea...at least over there she was sure nobody that she didn't know or trust would interfere, or do something stupid. "Guild hall it is, then! Quickly, everyone, I want to have a sit down..." she ordered, thought there was a note of pleading in her voice as she slowly crumbled under the dawning realisation.
Erebus HAS DISCONNECTED
Oh.
Well then.
Kiyomi tried not to look offended that Erebus cut her and Ragnar off. She'll deal with that later, she thought; after all, keeping open voice chat when they've split up would be the most effective. Then if someone is ambushed and, god forbid, their voice chat breaks - at least Kiyomi and the others get a cut-off yell, or a gasp, or something so that she could get worried and rush to their aid. Erebus could get decapitated by a door or something whilst offline and she'll never know.
Offline...log out! Oh god, it took her that long to figure that out?! Kiyomi pulled at the menu in front of her vision until the log out button came into view. She grinned, tapping it with her finger. Nothing happened. She smashed her fist into the log out button for a good five minutes before accepting that it doesn't work.
Kiyomi sighed, and twisted her feet a little, kicking off into a sprint. She noticed how good she was at running around like this - maybe it was the tail giving her some more aerodynamic qualities. Maybe she was so immensely terrified that she felt like she was running for her life. She dodged and waved the players, who started to draw themselves into a cloud of despair and some of them sit or lie on the floor, sobbing. She had to dive out of the way of a massive iron war machine, calling out "Watch it!" to the werecat controlling it. For a moment, her eyes lingered on Claus Tanner, but she realised she had more important things to do than stare at a summoner.
The massive, moss-strewn guild hall loomed over her. People were huddling around the guild banks, trying to get in and take whatever they can from their own guilds. Some of them did not look very friendly at all. A few of them were scattered around the endless corridors of doors, some of them trying desperately to get back in touch with old guilds, begging for forgiveness of petty insults during dungeons, or stealing from other people's banks..others just wanting to get lost in the maze of identical doorways and stay there.
Kiyomi skirted across the corridors. It would be stupid if she didn't know the way to her own guild hall. She reached a blue door, putting her hand on the handle.
NAME: Chiharu
LEVEL 34 Samurai
RANK: Guild Master
PERMISSION TO ENTER: Granted
Kiyomi pushed the door open - there was no creak of a door handle, instead the faint rumbling of screen doors. She opened the door into a traditional-looking Japanese building, with circular wooden windows showing a modified background of cherry blossom trees constantly in bloom. The windows themselves are too small to climb out of, but it'd be no use anyways, because the background is just like a thick, smooth glass wall. The only thing it really does is darken during the night-time and brighten during the day-time. The washroom stands to her right, the dining room straight ahead, the kitchen ahead of the dining room as she stands in the training room.
Kiyomi took off her shoes by default, her usual habits kicking in. The place reminded her of her grandmother's house (her grandmother didn't have a fighting arena in her home) and the wrinkled crone would've slapped her with a bamboo reed if she traipsed mud into her immaculate home. Kiyomi blinked - she'd never see her Grandmother ever again, nor her parents, her sister...
Kiyomi settled down by the hearth, knees drawn to her chest, elbows resting on her knees and her hands running through her hair as tears openly streamed down her face. She didn't look up at Erebus, because she was sure he'd understand the situation they were in and accept the fact that even the usually confident Chiharu he's roleplayed with can break down and cry in the face of true, hopeless catastrophes that even she cannot change. her silence hung in the air for a long time.
"R-...Ragnar, tell me you're sober enough to find the Guild Hall? I c-can help you if you get to the entrance..." she sniffled through voice chat, staring at the floor as she waits for his reply. The only noise coming from her are small, stifled sobs.
Uh...what's manual production technique?
EDIT: Wouldn't Erebus' tea just taste like hot water? xD That's why Chiharu is a chef, I'm sure she'll ask for the tea-bag to make hers stronger and accidentally -make- tea.
Anyways, I've got to stop writing stupidly long posts. :< That one was longer than my last one. Skylar, I briefly mentioned you, hopefully once the Lotus Warriors get their stuff together they can go around trying to recruit Justin and Claus. But either way, Kiyomi's got her eyes on Claus, because she thinks he just summoned a hella big war machine because he's in a game now, and that's pretty awesome.
EDIT: Wouldn't Erebus' tea just taste like hot water? xD That's why Chiharu is a chef, I'm sure she'll ask for the tea-bag to make hers stronger and accidentally -make- tea.
Anyways, I've got to stop writing stupidly long posts. :< That one was longer than my last one. Skylar, I briefly mentioned you, hopefully once the Lotus Warriors get their stuff together they can go around trying to recruit Justin and Claus. But either way, Kiyomi's got her eyes on Claus, because she thinks he just summoned a hella big war machine because he's in a game now, and that's pretty awesome.
Remind me - why does he have to go nuts? D: Hopefully he'll continue to co-operate with Kiyomi.
Eeeeee, I'm so excited for the posts!
Here's a bit of guild info for the other guildies:
THE LOTUS WARRIORS
A fictitious background, in which Chiharu formed the group in Akihabara during the spring, as white and pink lotus flowers bloomed on the shimmering shallow waters around the Silver Leaf tree. Destined to remain always a small group of trusted friends, the Lotus Warriors embarked on many small quests with the sole purpose of discovering new places, and helping those who could not help themselves.
Post- Apocalyse, Chiharu (Now known as her real name, Kiyomi) believes that these ideals should continue to be upheld, despite the fact it was all not nearly as dangerous as it is now. If they have a second chance at their lives in this new world, then Kiyomi wants to be known as a hero for the people.
Originally, the Lotus Warriors was to be a Beast-men only group of warriors, however post-apocalypse Kiyomi has opened the guild's doors to any who prove to be pure of heart and willing to assist. They have 3 main goals now, post apocalypse:
❀ Aid those who cannot help themselves, be it children who logged in at the wrong time, or terrible gamers, or even competent gamers who are being harassed by PK guilds.
❀ Become strong enough to venture into some of the dungeons and raids, which will have to be done using constant training and gaining proper supplies.
❀ Teach others about their selfless ideals in the hopes that they, too, can spread aid to those the Lotus Warriors cannot reach in a chain reaction of good will, fueled by the hopeless situation everyone has found themselves in.
In order to join the Lotus Warriors, one must be determined to become stronger in order to help the weak. Since it's such a small, closely-knit group of friends, Kiyomi refuses to tolerate any breaking of these rules and will kick people from the guild if they stray from the path of good.
For this, one much assume that you're standing at this exact spot and looking at the guild hall.
Since Kiyomi was stupid enough to sell important gear and items in order to get her roleplay gear, she also invested a fair sum of money into making the Lotus Warriors guild hall look like a base of operations as much as possible. Whilst it isn't visible in the image, there are a stack of small flat pillows for the members to sit on whilst having meals. A hearth stands behind you, constantly smoldering without the need for fuel, and cooking equipment can be found in the chest of drawers found by the wall next to the Hearth.
The room with the closed double doors ahead of you are the sleeping quarters - bamboo mats with cloth over the top, and small pillows, in a room with no windows. Most of the light comes through the orange screen doors. This is also used as a medical bay for the wounded to lie down and rest.
The open room to your right is larger than it looks, sturdier with stronger wooden doors and a large soft mat in the middle. Various training equipment is gathered in a chest of drawers near the entrance, as this is the training room.
Connected to both the training room and the sleeping quarters, albeit not visible from where you are standing, are the washrooms - a large and out-of-place hot spring with towels, kimonos hung up in a corner (Kiyomi can't stop apologizing that there wasn't a furniture item for bath robes, so this had to do - same with the lack of bath tubs) and a few wooden buckets for pouring water over themselves. You can see the double doors with the steamy mountain-view painted on the bottom from where you're standing - the same doors are in the sleeping quarters too. For decency's sake, Kiyomi added a scroll which says "OCCUPIED" on one side and "VACANT" on the other beside the doors, to hang up outside before one uses it.
Of course, everyone in the guild would know that Kiyomi spent a lot of time and effort into sorting out this Guild Hall to be used for roleplay purposes. The only issue with having such a nice establishment is the fact she's horrifically under geared and never spent a lot of time 'learning' the game, so despite having good facilities, she's more likely to get hurt. She's got a fair sum of money in the guild bank, but restricts members from taking any out - only Kiyomi can remove money and give it to members, as most of it will go to the monthly rent.
There we go! A nice, kitted-out profile for the Lotus Warriors guild xD Like I said before, the reason we've got some cool stuff up there is because a) There aren't many members so it's easier facilitating for 3 or 4 instead of 20ish people, and b) Because Kiyomi, like myself, plays games only to get the prettiest stuff to wear, wield, and use. She sucks at the combat and game in general. People are going to have to teach her because she's going to be -mutilated- out there, pretty quickly.
THE LOTUS WARRIORS
Background
A fictitious background, in which Chiharu formed the group in Akihabara during the spring, as white and pink lotus flowers bloomed on the shimmering shallow waters around the Silver Leaf tree. Destined to remain always a small group of trusted friends, the Lotus Warriors embarked on many small quests with the sole purpose of discovering new places, and helping those who could not help themselves.
Post- Apocalyse, Chiharu (Now known as her real name, Kiyomi) believes that these ideals should continue to be upheld, despite the fact it was all not nearly as dangerous as it is now. If they have a second chance at their lives in this new world, then Kiyomi wants to be known as a hero for the people.
Policies
Originally, the Lotus Warriors was to be a Beast-men only group of warriors, however post-apocalypse Kiyomi has opened the guild's doors to any who prove to be pure of heart and willing to assist. They have 3 main goals now, post apocalypse:
❀ Aid those who cannot help themselves, be it children who logged in at the wrong time, or terrible gamers, or even competent gamers who are being harassed by PK guilds.
❀ Become strong enough to venture into some of the dungeons and raids, which will have to be done using constant training and gaining proper supplies.
❀ Teach others about their selfless ideals in the hopes that they, too, can spread aid to those the Lotus Warriors cannot reach in a chain reaction of good will, fueled by the hopeless situation everyone has found themselves in.
In order to join the Lotus Warriors, one must be determined to become stronger in order to help the weak. Since it's such a small, closely-knit group of friends, Kiyomi refuses to tolerate any breaking of these rules and will kick people from the guild if they stray from the path of good.
Guild Hall
For this, one much assume that you're standing at this exact spot and looking at the guild hall.
Since Kiyomi was stupid enough to sell important gear and items in order to get her roleplay gear, she also invested a fair sum of money into making the Lotus Warriors guild hall look like a base of operations as much as possible. Whilst it isn't visible in the image, there are a stack of small flat pillows for the members to sit on whilst having meals. A hearth stands behind you, constantly smoldering without the need for fuel, and cooking equipment can be found in the chest of drawers found by the wall next to the Hearth.
The room with the closed double doors ahead of you are the sleeping quarters - bamboo mats with cloth over the top, and small pillows, in a room with no windows. Most of the light comes through the orange screen doors. This is also used as a medical bay for the wounded to lie down and rest.
The open room to your right is larger than it looks, sturdier with stronger wooden doors and a large soft mat in the middle. Various training equipment is gathered in a chest of drawers near the entrance, as this is the training room.
Connected to both the training room and the sleeping quarters, albeit not visible from where you are standing, are the washrooms - a large and out-of-place hot spring with towels, kimonos hung up in a corner (Kiyomi can't stop apologizing that there wasn't a furniture item for bath robes, so this had to do - same with the lack of bath tubs) and a few wooden buckets for pouring water over themselves. You can see the double doors with the steamy mountain-view painted on the bottom from where you're standing - the same doors are in the sleeping quarters too. For decency's sake, Kiyomi added a scroll which says "OCCUPIED" on one side and "VACANT" on the other beside the doors, to hang up outside before one uses it.
Of course, everyone in the guild would know that Kiyomi spent a lot of time and effort into sorting out this Guild Hall to be used for roleplay purposes. The only issue with having such a nice establishment is the fact she's horrifically under geared and never spent a lot of time 'learning' the game, so despite having good facilities, she's more likely to get hurt. She's got a fair sum of money in the guild bank, but restricts members from taking any out - only Kiyomi can remove money and give it to members, as most of it will go to the monthly rent.
There we go! A nice, kitted-out profile for the Lotus Warriors guild xD Like I said before, the reason we've got some cool stuff up there is because a) There aren't many members so it's easier facilitating for 3 or 4 instead of 20ish people, and b) Because Kiyomi, like myself, plays games only to get the prettiest stuff to wear, wield, and use. She sucks at the combat and game in general. People are going to have to teach her because she's going to be -mutilated- out there, pretty quickly.
I'm actually waiting for Lamb to post again, because I don't want to set us off on some massive adventure without Kennedy taking the lead. xD
For a long time, there was darkness.
Kiyomi lifted her head up from the mossy ground she was sprawled out upon. She heard it, the screams and the wails of scared people. But she couldn't see, not yet, she was...she was blind, oh god....! Kiymoi took shallow, frightened breaths.
She was in her bedroom before, lounging on her bed, laptop beside her, only half-keeping an eye on the guild chat whilst a couple of others were headed to Akihabara. Erebus, the werecat, he was somewhere in Akihabara before the blackout. Then there was Ragnar...probably running circles in the middle of Akihabara, drunk off cheap sake whilst in an internet café - but Kiyomi didn't mind him. She found him pretty funny whilst he isn't sober. From what she knew about Erebus, the poor dude suffered some pretty nasty things in real life, and Kiyomi wasn't one to pry about things like that. He was a little odd, but Kiyomi let him into her guild anyways. The others were all offline.
Admittedly, Kiyomi thought grimly, that was probably the best decision of their entire lives. Kiyomi wasn't nearly prepared for the black-out, just moments before she has her character, Chihau, sitting under the Silver-leaf Tree in the city's centre. She was eating a quick snack just before midnight, excited for the next expansion pack, having it all updated on her computer....
And then, and then...
Kiyomi screwed her eyes shut, then open again. Indistinct, blurry shapes were forming in her peripheral vision, angular and dark green in appearance. She watched as bright white letters briefly flashed - LOADING... for at least a couple of seconds. Her heart rose to around the area of her esophagus as she let loose a choked gasp, unable to comprehend what was going on. It was all too much for her, and she slipped back into the darkness.
LOADING COMPLETE. WELCOME TO ELDER TALE.
Kiyomi sat up again and looked around. All around her were people in armour, screaming, sobbing, yelling at shopkeepers to see a GM. The chaos was contagious, and she felt the overwhelming urge to curl up and sob pathetically into her arms, despite having no clue what's going on. A thick miasma of fear and despair hung across the overgrown paradise of Akihabara, and Kiyomi was caught up headlong in the rush of fright.
But something kicked in the back of her head, and she got to her feet and started running away from the yells. She clambered over bridges and ran away from the noise until she reached the border of the city, turned, and went back a bit. She found an old, abandoned concrete flat and kicked the door down, rushing into the cool, damp shade, climbing up the stairs to the top floor. She knew where she was, but she didn't want to believe it until she saw it.
Kiyomi looked out across the dark green splendor that is Akihabara in disbelief. She was actually inside Elder Tale...But she never got a chance to really let it sink in, because all of a sudden there were a whole array of geometric dark green labels scattered over her view. Kiyomi helped, flailing her arms around, and accidentally clicked on the guild roster.
Kiyomi stared at the list of names. Only two others were lit up, saying "Logged In" on their names. Gentle, she reached out and pressed her own portrait with her fingertips. It was like pressing on thin glass. A menu slid down, with options such as "Leave Guild" and "Invite to Party". Worried, she tapped the air a couple of times to dismiss the menu. Fingers trembling, she poked Erebus' portrait, looking down the menu for-...Aha.
GUILD VOICE CHAT INITIATED.
Kiyomi took a deep breath. "Guys? It's Chiharu...Are you there?" she called out into the aether, her voice carrying out to the other two. It had an odd, calm and assertive tone to it, which was ironic seeing as though Kiyomi had half a mind to leap off of the top of the flat and force herself to log out. "Are you guys in Akiba still? Don't leave the town! We've got to find each other, you two are the only ones I trust right now." she ordered, her guild leader instincts really starting to kick in.
Kiyomi lifted her head up from the mossy ground she was sprawled out upon. She heard it, the screams and the wails of scared people. But she couldn't see, not yet, she was...she was blind, oh god....! Kiymoi took shallow, frightened breaths.
She was in her bedroom before, lounging on her bed, laptop beside her, only half-keeping an eye on the guild chat whilst a couple of others were headed to Akihabara. Erebus, the werecat, he was somewhere in Akihabara before the blackout. Then there was Ragnar...probably running circles in the middle of Akihabara, drunk off cheap sake whilst in an internet café - but Kiyomi didn't mind him. She found him pretty funny whilst he isn't sober. From what she knew about Erebus, the poor dude suffered some pretty nasty things in real life, and Kiyomi wasn't one to pry about things like that. He was a little odd, but Kiyomi let him into her guild anyways. The others were all offline.
Admittedly, Kiyomi thought grimly, that was probably the best decision of their entire lives. Kiyomi wasn't nearly prepared for the black-out, just moments before she has her character, Chihau, sitting under the Silver-leaf Tree in the city's centre. She was eating a quick snack just before midnight, excited for the next expansion pack, having it all updated on her computer....
And then, and then...
Kiyomi screwed her eyes shut, then open again. Indistinct, blurry shapes were forming in her peripheral vision, angular and dark green in appearance. She watched as bright white letters briefly flashed - LOADING... for at least a couple of seconds. Her heart rose to around the area of her esophagus as she let loose a choked gasp, unable to comprehend what was going on. It was all too much for her, and she slipped back into the darkness.
LOADING COMPLETE. WELCOME TO ELDER TALE.
Kiyomi sat up again and looked around. All around her were people in armour, screaming, sobbing, yelling at shopkeepers to see a GM. The chaos was contagious, and she felt the overwhelming urge to curl up and sob pathetically into her arms, despite having no clue what's going on. A thick miasma of fear and despair hung across the overgrown paradise of Akihabara, and Kiyomi was caught up headlong in the rush of fright.
But something kicked in the back of her head, and she got to her feet and started running away from the yells. She clambered over bridges and ran away from the noise until she reached the border of the city, turned, and went back a bit. She found an old, abandoned concrete flat and kicked the door down, rushing into the cool, damp shade, climbing up the stairs to the top floor. She knew where she was, but she didn't want to believe it until she saw it.
Kiyomi looked out across the dark green splendor that is Akihabara in disbelief. She was actually inside Elder Tale...But she never got a chance to really let it sink in, because all of a sudden there were a whole array of geometric dark green labels scattered over her view. Kiyomi helped, flailing her arms around, and accidentally clicked on the guild roster.
Kiyomi stared at the list of names. Only two others were lit up, saying "Logged In" on their names. Gentle, she reached out and pressed her own portrait with her fingertips. It was like pressing on thin glass. A menu slid down, with options such as "Leave Guild" and "Invite to Party". Worried, she tapped the air a couple of times to dismiss the menu. Fingers trembling, she poked Erebus' portrait, looking down the menu for-...Aha.
GUILD VOICE CHAT INITIATED.
Kiyomi took a deep breath. "Guys? It's Chiharu...Are you there?" she called out into the aether, her voice carrying out to the other two. It had an odd, calm and assertive tone to it, which was ironic seeing as though Kiyomi had half a mind to leap off of the top of the flat and force herself to log out. "Are you guys in Akiba still? Don't leave the town! We've got to find each other, you two are the only ones I trust right now." she ordered, her guild leader instincts really starting to kick in.
Hm, looking at the OP...wouldn't it be much better if we did this in an "alternate universe" style to avoid using the canon story? We'd have a lot more things to play around with if Shiro and the others weren't a main part of the story, like they are in the anime.
Either way, I'm watching the first episode to get a feel of it. Guild members be warned, Kiyomi will be contacting all of you in the -very- near future!
Either way, I'm watching the first episode to get a feel of it. Guild members be warned, Kiyomi will be contacting all of you in the -very- near future!
Man, brilliant posts...I love Danny's reaction!
I'm curious to see how Leroy and Clarence are going to deal with this.
EDIT:
I found Poppy's Daddy!
I'm curious to see how Leroy and Clarence are going to deal with this.
EDIT:
I found Poppy's Daddy!
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