Sharp Pointy Love [Ruler]

Was it a sign, as she found the weapon stall, that no one was there aside from her? Did this mean that perhaps she had chosen the wrong blacksmith to make her sword and should go elsewhere or was it merely a slow business day? Hard to tell really but she was here, might as well go through with it. She had enough col for hopefully something decent and after careful consideration, she decided just how she wanted to work her weaponry strategy. Two swords to be carried with her at all times, a one-handed and two-handed weapon set that would allow her to hopefully focus on becoming a situational swordswoman. It might work or it could blow up in her face, only one way to find out.

Playing video games helped her in a lot of ways and yet SAO was different than what she was used to. She understood the roleplay dynamics behind such games as well as the combat to an extent but the amount of immersion had initially thrown her off. While it was a death game, it was still something to be in awe of. The creator, however mad he might have been, was still to be considered a genius for the world and system he had created. He gave sight to those who hadn’t been able to see, hearing to the death, and mobility to those who lacked it in their real life. A shame he had to muddy those accomplishments with his god complex.

Sis got his attention and made her request known. It was a relief that he was able to do it though how long would it take and even more importantly, how much would it cost her? “I was thinking of perhaps a two-handed sword with a guard around the hilt. I don’t know a lot about swords and I don’t even need it to be ornate, just strong.”

Perhaps Sissy should have done her research more before she came to buy a weapon, she was still learning the rules with a lot of things but in her desperation to get stronger and be able to handle herself, she messed up.

She was of the mind that if she wanted to get stronger, she needed a powerful sword which meant a higher class weapon but unfortunately she didn’t take into account the requirements for certain types of weapons. It made sense, if she had stopped to think about it but she hadn’t and she was paying for it via being told how ignorant she was.

At least Ruler was gentle enough about it. He could have been a salesman above all else and sold her the weapon, he didn’t have to tell her about the pre-requisites needed to equip a weapon but he did and for that he earned her respect.

She felt quite silly and if it was possible to blush, she did in the darkest of shades. “Oh…” She had been dead-set on one thing but it was apparent that she wasn’t going to get it, not now anyway. “I’m such a noob, I should have looked into this beforehand.” She brushed her hair from her face, a nervous habit.

What was she going to get instead? She didn’t want to leave without some kind of weapon but what would best suit her? “Well, I can’t handle D-rank for the moment, as much as I’d like to. I want to stick with swords because that is my proficiency.” She thought hard, scratching her head before shrugging. “What would you suggest? You know what you’re doing and are pretty up-front. What do you think would be the best investment?”

While it seemed harmless, ignorance in this place could mean death. She needed to get better acquainted with all aspects of Sword Art Online, including the dynamics of equipping weaponry that she was capable of using. She wanted to skip ahead to where she was capable of handling a two-handed sword without consider what prerequisites there were and she felt silly for it. Still, Ruler was nice enough to point out her mistake rather than taking advantage and she was grateful for his kindness. She would have to switch up her gameplan for the time being though she was still determined to become a power-player with an awesome two-hander. Just meant she had something to work towards.

One-handed sword was pretty generic but it worked. She nodded, considering what she would need for it. “I suppose. It is a good balanced weapon to start out with.” She felt kind of disappointed and wasn’t the best at hiding it either but what could she do? “I just need to survive long enough to actually use a two-hander.” Her laugh was equal parts humor and despair, very strange really. She didn’t have the most confidence in herself but she wasn’t about to put that on the poor lad who was helping her out.

Think positive!

“Right! A one-handed sword then. I’m kind of tempted by a class E sword.” She could look up the prerequsites for that but it shouldn’t be too harsh. Buying a low end sword and then levelling up past it seemed like a waste of col. “Would that be alright?” It was kind of obvious that she wasn’t used to buying things from anyone and didn’t want to be a pest.

The dynamics behind equipping weaponry was something that was covered in the user manual created by the beta players, a book she had and yet she had to admit that she hadn’t read it as well as she should have. Sissy had believed that she would never fight, hiding in the Town of Beginnings thus no need to learn about weapons. She’d have to go over the user manual once again.

Taking note of Ruler’s frown, she once again felt embarrassed at how she handled the situation and felt her cheeks burn. “Sorry.” She felt like she was wasting his time and that was not ideal, she didn’t want him blacklisting her and telling other player-smiths to avoid her. She was paranoid, she couldn’t help it. “I guess I’m still on the learning curve. I didn’t learn the weapon prerequisites before I decided on a weapon, as you obviously are aware of.” Maybe she should just leave?

Anyone could wield a D-rank? That was what she wanted. “Oh. I thought D-rank needed higher stats regardless of the weapon.” She really wasn’t doing well, was she? “I think I have enough col for a D-rank sword and if I’m able to wield it even at my level than I would definitely like a D-rank.” She felt silly as her noobish nature was shining through, she could only imagine what Ruler thought of her. “Thanks for being so patient with me.” He hadn’t told her to feck off yet so that was a plus.

She needed to be decisive so she stopped confusing the poor smith who likely wished she had never stopped by. “Right. I will take a D-rank one-handed long sword. The design of it is entirely up to you though I cannot deny I wouldn’t mind something pretty.” No glitter of course but she did like some of the more elaborate types of blades.