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Post by fanta on Nov 11, 2016 20:29:23 GMT -6
Picking at the hem of her worn shirt absently, Fanta stifled a yawn as she sat at one of the Inn's tables. There wasn't any food in front of her, as she couldn't really afford anything at the moment. The rusty sword she had picked up earlier had depleted nearly all of her funds. Now, she'd just have to wait for tomorrow to see if she couldn't go kill some pigs for cash. It was dark out, and Fanta wasn't all too fond of venturing out after the sun had set. Feeling exhaustion pull at her eye-lids, Fanta jerked slightly in an effort to not fall asleep. She couldn't sleep in the inn; they would end up making her pay for the night. Stifling the yawn that so desperately wanted to come out, she furiously rubbed at her face in an effort to keep her more awake.
Anything would help if she could stay awake. Perhaps someone would want a person to babble at uselessly? Or someone who wants to generally be annoying to the person next to them? Agh, so many choices.. Not really. Blinking past the blurry vision, Fanta stifled another yawn that wanted to overtake her face and swallow her eyes. "Need.. to stay.. awake." she slurred out quietly, hand brushing against the sword at her hip as if she was attempting to reassure herself. For a moment, purplish blue eyes snapped open into awareness, hyper-aware of her surroundings. After a few moments of glaring suspiciously around her, Fanta once more stifled a yawn and rested her forehead against the table.
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Post by Ruler on Nov 11, 2016 20:42:16 GMT -6
Ruler stared at the girl over the rim of his cup. He was resting his head on his forearms, and had leaned comfortably onto the table. The Inn of Beginnings wasn't the most luxurious place, but it was cheap, and it had some (truly flavourless) food. After the first night, Ruler had sworn he'd find some better grub.
He'd just finished the ground meat bun he'd found earlier that day when the girl caught his eye. There were a lot more girls in SAO than Ruler'd expected, so that didn't truly catch his eye.
The interesting part about the girl was that she looked miserable. There were a lot of people who looked miserable, a nasty side-effect of 'the announcement'. This girl looked extra miserable.
Her head nodded like she was incredibly close to just falling asleep then and there, but for reasons Ruler couldn't understand, she wasn't taking a nap. It was already late out, so going to sleep wouldn't be that harmful.
He'd laid his head on the table and just stared at the girl in indecision. One part of him desperately wanted to waltz up to her with a 'yaharro' and figure out why she was so adamant about not sleeping.
The better part of him thought it would be a terrible idea to just randomly approach a girl and accost her. In terms of SAO skills, 'pickup artist' was a real life skill Ruler hadn't put any points in. He hadn't even unlocked the pre-requisite 'talk with girls' skill yet.
When she finally put her forehead to the table, Ruler figured she was going to sleep. He yawned at the sight, stretched his arms... and knocked over his cup. The water spilled out over the floor, and the cup made a clang as it landed on the floor.
"Wah!" The yell was out before he'd thought about it, and Ruler quickly clasped a hand to his mouth. "S- sorry!"
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Post by fanta on Nov 11, 2016 20:56:00 GMT -6
Ruler
Her head shot up in alarm, right arm plunging down to her side in an effort to get a good grip on her rusty old sword. What was that sound? Who made that cr- Fanta's head twisted off to her left, her purplish-blue eyes narrowing down on the the cup on the floor. Water was spilled all around the object, as if it had been sloshed about when someone knocked it over. Narrowing her eyes at the black-haired boy, Fanta cleared her throat gently and looked mildly uncomfortable.
"..S'okay. People who handle those oughtn't be too pleased, y'know." Fanta stumbled over the words hesitantly, hand coming down to gently squeeze on the handle of her sword. Stifling another yawn, the brown-haired girl felt a wave of fatigue sweep over her. If only she could sleep... No! She didn't want to get booted out of an inn that she couldn't really pay for with absolutely 0 funds. Stumbling backwards, Fanta felt herself fall back into her seat distantly with her eyes fogging over lightly.
Shaking her head, Fanta felt another yawn coming on and pressed her hands against her face in an effort to stifle it once more.
Last Edit: Nov 11, 2016 20:56:27 GMT -6 by fanta
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Post by Ruler on Nov 11, 2016 21:03:27 GMT -6
Cup still in his hand, Ruler kept staring at the girl. It was a good thing that she wasn't cross with him, and he was thankful for that, but something didn't add up.
The falling cup had woken her up. Ruler considered that an absolute fact. The second fact was that the girl was quiet. She seemed to stifle her yawns, and for some reason...
"Why're you resisting sleep?" Ruler asked, flapping out his thoughts. He didn't realise, and just kept staring at her quizzically.
He considered that she might've just been waiting for someone. Maybe he was ruining a meeting between friends by being around, but then, Ruler felt he had a right to be there.
The boy settled the cup back onto the table, rested his elbows on the table and put his head in his hands.
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Post by fanta on Nov 11, 2016 21:12:12 GMT -6
Ruler
Giving the boy a calculating stare, Fanta balled up one of her hands and put her fist in her mouth to stifle another face-stretching yawn. Purplish-blue eyes glinted curiously, if not a little suspiciously. "Why are you asking?" she inquired in a rather blunt manner, if not curious. The brown-haired girl bit down on her lip harshly to hold back another yawn. Letting out a light scoffing sound, Fanta stretched out languidly like a cat and turned to face the other guy.
"I haven't slept in.." Fanta squinted as she mentally ran through calculations. Fingers lightly tapping against the hilt of her sword, Fanta pursed her lips. "..Forty-six hours?" she murmured loftily, eyes once more lightening and pinning the other with an odd stare. Shrugging idly, Fanta kicked her legs and bit her lower lip thoughtfully. "I also don't want to be sued by the Inn if I fall asleep." The girl picked at her hem again, pursing her lips. "Don't have the col." she admitted freely.
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Post by arashi on Nov 11, 2016 21:19:47 GMT -6
"Damn it's late" Arashi muttered under his breathe. He had planned to go stay at the in, he didn't know quite how much it cost though. However he figured it could not be that expensive. Plus it beats sleeping on a bench or something. He walked in , and saw a familiar face. It was Ruler who he had done a mission with just earlier that day. Before he could say any kind of greeting a female spoke up about not sleeping for around 46 hours. Then she somberly said that she couldn't afford it. Arashi being the complete ass-hat that he was began snickering to himself. "Damn sound's like you are kinda screwed then huh lady?" Then He turned to ruler who appeared to have split something. "You do realize it's a game right? You don't need to clean anything." Arashi then proceeded to go sit on a bench. Crossing his legs He looked at his Acquaintance. "So how have you been?"
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Post by Ruler on Nov 11, 2016 21:25:17 GMT -6
"Why was I...?" Ruler repeatedly dumbly after her, frowning. He hadn't asked anythi─oh! He'd thought out loud again.
He was about to stammer an apology when the girl said something incredulous.
"Y- you haven't slept?" Again, Ruler blinked at her dumbly. It was... "Incredible..." that she hadn't slept in over forty hours! If she'd had a good reason for it, but...
Ruler's jaw nearly dropped to the floor when she revealed the reason.
"Y- you don't have the col for a good night's sleep?!" He slammed his hands on the table as he got up, voice raising. "But that's... you're..." serious?
Ruler closed his eyes, inhaled sharply. Mentally repeated a good luck charm, then breathed out. His flushed cheeks returned to normal, but his stare remained intent.
Before the boy had a chance to comment on how ridiculously easy it was to make the col to buy yourself a good night's sleep, someone interrupted. A scraggy-looking guy who'd joined Ruler earlier for some boar hunting.
"Uh, um... I've been fine, and I know, but it'd feel wrong to leave stuff on the floor..." The boy's voice trailed off, but came back sharply when he said, "But forget about that! She hasn't slept for nearly two days!"
He almost considered paying for her room, but that'd be patronising. And if she didn't know how to make col, it'd be a temporary solution to a long-term problem. Her lack of finances needed dire fixing.
"... sis*, have you done any quests?"
*tl note: onee-san, as in the respectful form to address a girl older than you.
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Post by fanta on Nov 12, 2016 12:00:34 GMT -6
Ruler -- arashi
Raising an eyebrow at the dark haired boy that came in, Fanta simply scoffed mildly and offered him an unrepentant, if not exhausted grin. " I mi' be screwed, but at leas' I can defend myself now. " Her words were somewhat slurred through her voice, giving the girl a somewhat southern accent. A light of curiosity dawned in Fanta's purplish blue gaze as she watched him sit next to the guy she had been talking to. Amusement sparked in her tired face as she noted the other's dumbfounded expression. " S'not that bad. I've gone longer, 'specially since I've always been loaded on caffeine. "
If she hadn't been so exhausted, Fanta wouldn't be spewing the words she was mentioning at the moment. In general, she was a quiet person. Once exhausted or drunk, she'd be loud-mouthed and extremely friendly. " Like I said, I spent all my col on this bugger here right b'fore the sun set. " The girl proudly lifted up her rusty old sword, which looked barely like anything useful. Giggling in an almost.. drunken manner, Fanta slid it in her belt loop and gave the first boy an appraising glance. " I'm not goin' to be stupid and set out after dark. "
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Post by arashi on Nov 12, 2016 18:22:57 GMT -6
Arashi let out a smirk that was clearly visible . "You got spunk , but you are a fool." That's when Arashi noticed Ruler getting visibly upset. Which to him did not make sense. It was clear he didn't know her so why care? Arashi found this kind of baffling to say the least. The only people He had truly cared for was his sisters. Oh shit my sisters he thought. This was somewhat sad having been in SAO for days now this was the first time he thought of them. He wasn't really close with either , but he was sure the older would be upset by his predicament. Anyway getting back to the task at hand. "As I was saying you're a fool." Arashi got up pulled his sword and held it in a battle stance. "Me and ruler can kill you right here , and right now. You're tired, and you gave a way your strongest weapon without thinking that we were perhaps stronger?" Arashi said with venom spilling from his lips. Though harsh Arashi thought better to teach through example.
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Post by Ruler on Nov 12, 2016 18:50:01 GMT -6
Ruler hadn't read the manual, and so he'd thought he was behind on knowledge. The duo he was with now blew everything out of the water insofar as unwittingness went.
It was good that the lady was being pro-active and doing quests... and starving herself... to get herself some good gear, but if she spent a lot of col on a rusty sword... well, she got scammed.
He didn't think it'd be possible there were players around who'd sell the starter weapon and even make a profit off of it, but not even the threat of a death game had, apparently, encouraged everyone to play nicely.
The other guy was grandstanding about killing, which sounded even more absurd than not going for sleep for forty hours.
Ruler wasn't sure which of the two was more depressing.
"... kay, um, so... first off, I'm not with idiot here," Ruler said, pointing to Arashi. "So, um... where to start..."
He took a deep breath, and with flat affect continued, "So... rusty swords are given out for free. If ya bought one, you got scammed. Sorry." He eyed Arashi. "Second, and more importantly, there's an Anti-Criminal Code active in town. You literally can't kill her, even if you tried."
Ruler sat upright in his chair now. "Thirdly, and most importantly... if you try to kill someone, that's attempted murder." He spoke that last word softly, and held quiet afterward to let the gravity of that settle in.
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