Setting
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On the virtual screens at the sky, there was a system announcement that drew everyone's attention. Suddenly, a giant, robed, faceless figure appeared, identifying himself as Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of the game and the only person with control over the game. Addressing the problem of the missing «Log Out» option, he announced to the players that he had purposely removed it from the game as another one of its features and thus, trapping them in the game.
While all the players were alarmed by his announcement, he continued on to point out that trying to forcibly escape by removing the NerveGear would result in the player's death by having the player's brain fried by the NerveGear's transmitter, which functioned like a microwave and used the internal battery of the helmet as a power source, thus cutting off the power was not a solution. Having informed the outside world of the situation beforehand, he reported that friends and family members of some of the players had already ignored his warning, causing the death of 213 players, showing images of the SAO incident.
Kayaba also told them that he had also removed the revival system in the game. Therefore, when a player died in-game, their game avatar would be forever lost, and, at the same time, the NerveGear would fry the player's brain, thus killing them. He then told them that the only way to escape the game was to complete it, which meant clearing all 100 floors of «Aincrad» and their bosses, much to the players' shock.
As he finished his announcement, he left a "gift", a «Mirror», in everyone’s inventory, which they took out. At that moment, a huge blinding light changed the players to their true appearances; sharply dropping the amount of female players by revealing that many male players were masquerading as female characters (though some female players were also masquerading as males). Afterwards, Kayaba revealed that his only goal was to create the game and intervene in it. Finally Kayaba vanished after his «Tutorial» is finished.
As everyone started panicking after Kayaba’s departure, Emi quickly took action and tried to bring Suzuno with her to the next nearby village, stating that the surrounding resources would be limited. However, Suzuno told her that he could not come with her, as he has some friends in real life somewhere in the plaza, and he did not want to leave them behind. Emi realized that he could only protect one player at a time with his current skills, meaning that if Suzunoor one of his friends died, she would be blamed for their deaths since he was the one who had suggested to leave.
Suzuno noticed Emi’s worries and politely told her that he should go ahead by himself, as he planned to go back to lead and protect his friends with the lessons that Emi had taught him. He then tried to cheer Emi up with a joke about her slightly masculine appearance, to which Emi retaliates by stating that Suzuno’s unkempt face suited him better. They then parted ways. Alone by himself with no one else to depend on, Emi ran through the town and outside the gate, vowing that she would survive in this game world and be free from the virtual imprisonment while swiftly taking out a wolf standing in her way.
*Walks away flipping up hood.*
(Thinks to self)
Wonder if I can still put in some more grind time before it get's dark...
Should I party with anyone, couldn't hurt to ask, nah, can't betray The Shadow Ravens. I must contact them if I can.
If we can't log out, may as well make the most of it, not that I'd want to leave anyways...
*Walks to the edge of town and looks back at the crowd*
I can't help but feel these people are doomed, no way they play as much games as me...
Hard to say, 60 hours a week is quite high...
*Walks out into the fields to grind hoping for someone from Shadow Ravens to come find him...*
Soon fear began to knaw at the back of her mind as the creator began to talk about the nerve gear system and how if it was removed from outside help it would fry the players brain and kill them, he was nice enough to warn them ahead of time. She was thankful she moved out of her parents house into her own place since her parents would have busted down the door to her old room and remove the gear without listening to the news. The creator also went on, saying that the revival system was removed from the game and if your avatar was killed in-game you would die in real life. But a spark of hope ignited in her when Kayaba told them that there was one way to leave the game, and that was to beat the 100 floors of Aincrad and their bosses.
After he finished his anoucment, a notification popped up in front of her and it displayed a mirror. Upon use of the mirror a bright and blinding light shot out from the mirror and as she looked in it again, she noticed that she looked exactly the same before the mirror blinded her. Upon looking around however, she noticed that a large majority of female avatars were now males and a few male avatars were now females.
When Kayaba finished his speech and dissapeared, nearly everyone began to panic wth the exception of her and a few others. This game was now a life and death situation and she didint want to die, of course she didint want other people to die. She decided to try and help weaker players and to begin questing as soon as possible while most people were panicing. When she was at a reasonable level she would return and offer to accompany low leveled players on quests.
With her thoughts complete, she began to leave the town and left the gates. Afterwards she went out to look for mobs to start gaining experience and items.
( Check the Weekly quest often in the OOC, this week will start on Wednesday, however new quest will be posted every Friday 4pm Aincrad time, I will give you the time of the quest compare it to your time, so we can all sync up our schedules. god speed, level up, scavenge, survive, once everyone has made it to tolbana you may take a quest, also once I see everyone has level enough for a boss raid I will schedule one, however consider this you don't have to be a front line, you can be a shop keeper and help the cause that way, or perhaps be an info broker if you are an ex beta you don't need to risk death in order to roleplay. Anyway welcome to aincrad have fun)
(ps like I said only post here if your story is non cannon, the 100 floors place is only for cannon, so only post there for a boss raid or if it happen in the manga or light novels.)
She soon began to march forward at a walking pace, continuing to eliminate hostile mobs that attacked her and was slowly filling up her XP bar. Despite not being a gamer, the way that this game played was based on you. You were the controller, you were the keyboard, you were the character, and that's what drew her to this game. In real life she would sometimes go hunting with her father and her mother dropped her off at her aikido class during the weekends which was why she was doing well, but she was still very much getting used to the interface and other things.
She had heard however from some people, both in a game she played a long time ago and in real life that there was something called PvP, or player versus player for those who were not familiar with the term like she was. PvP was when a player fights another player and the winner was the one who killed the other opponent, she hoped that she wouldn't run into one of them since she would have to fight to the death and would have to live knowing that they would die if she won.
Of course she and most players here were still at a relatively low level so chances of encountering one of them at this point was low, but she would keep that in mind in the future knowing that monsters are not the only enemy she would have to fight. But right now, she wanted to level up and have access to a katana.
I've filled my quota of random dickery for the day, or rather the only admin that exists did so for me. I don't have any quests to do, nor would I, given that this IS an MMORPG it'd likely end up being a goddamn fetch quest or some shitty escort mission. Like hell I need that. I wonder if anyone in town could be of help with my boredom, does SAO have any built in games, like a gladiator ring, or, hell I dunno, internet. Man if this game doesn't have a browser built in I am going to be missing out on a shitload of Anime... Fuck it, I'm heading to the tavern, even if it's only NPC's I can still put buckets on everyones heads...
*Walks into the tavern in search of entertainment*
Using her sprint skill, she avoided the attack by sliding under the wolf and taking the initiative, she slashed at the wolf two times on its back dealing massive damage and taking its health to the red. She backed away quickly as the wolf turned around to face her. Instead of lunging at her, this time the wolf ran towards her hoping to not be tricked a second time. She in return charged, ready to face the wolf head on and as they got within mere inches from eachother, she delivered her attack first and slashed the wolf depleting its health bar and causing it to fall to the ground.
After the fight was over, she sheathed her sword and began to loot the wolf that attacked her along with all the others mobs. In total she gathered 250 col, 6 wild boar skins, and 3 dire wolf furs. With the area cleared she walked past a tree and carefully watched it in case something decided to ambush her. But when she was far enough away she stopped watching it and continued on her journey.
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