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( action ¤ field )

[ If you're out and about on the fields today, it's quite plausible that you'll encounter both Kirito and Celica partying up and level grinding together. While they do look like they're doing pretty well, on closer inspection it should be rather obvious that they were both new to the game. Regardless, nearing the end of the day, their movements should be a little smoother than before -- that is, if fatigue hadn't taken them yet.

In any case, they do spend most of their day leveling -- however, that isn't to say they won't be taking any breaks. Every so often they can be found by the river resting up. Catch them sometime in the evening, and you may even find Kirito dozing off. ]

( Joint post with elucidator! Order will go you → Kirito → Celica. Feel free to catch them when they're on their multitudes of breaks, or when they're defeating mobs to give them advice or to join up. )

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On a break! And I have no appropriate icons for this sobbing

[tank_sniper]

[Shinon was just continuing her hunt for her ever elusive ammo when she spotted them. The first person was the usual unfamiliar face, but that second guy? Makes her freeze in her steps. It wasn't his GGO avatar, but...]

...K-Kirito?!

[elucidator]

[ the mention of his name causes him to jolt upright from his sleep, but that didn't mean he was 100% awake. as a result, he yawns before sleepily looking around the area. ]

Someone call? [ ... ] It wasn't you.

[ he's not very thorough with his search, settling his gaze on Celica. ]

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..Eh..? [Celica's head jerks up and toward Shinon when she hears the girl call out. Does she know Kirito...? She's about to try and wake Kirito up to let him know when he wakes up on his own. Or "wakes up". Because someone is clearly still sleepy!]

Ah, no, that wasn't me. But um... I think it was that person over there.

[Her line of vision shifts from Kirito and back to Shinon.]

[tank_sniper]

Over here.

[Did she get the wrong person...? She considers it for only a second before dismissing the idea. No, there's no way. This is definitely the Kirito she knows.]

It's me, Shinon.

[elucidator]

[ gaze following hers, he blinks once his eyes land on the other person. there's a few more successive ones after that, but in the end, he'll tilt his head. ]

The name doesn't ring any bells. [ blatantly. ] ... Do I know you from somewhere?

[ he's more awake now that his mind was back to work, fortunately. ]

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[After hearing the other girl's reply, Celica assumes that she and Kirito may know each other, but... considering his own response, it doesn't seem that way, does it? How strange!

So Celica's just gonna watch curiously and listen for now with her head slightly tilted. Hmmmm.]

[tank_sniper]

[...What's going on? He couldn't have forgotten, could he? Her expression is clearly one of utter disbelief.]

...We met in GGO - Gun Gale Online. We were in a tournament together. It wasn't too long ago... don't tell me you forgot.

[She's got a really bad feeling about this, for so many different reasons. Kirito is... here. He shouldn't be here. And he doesn't remember her for some reason?

Please tell her he at least remembers her. Please.]

break ¤ dusk-ish?

[elucidator]

[ sorry Celica, but somewhere in the midst of all their breaks, Kirito finds himself dozing off.

it starts off with his head bopping up and down as he tries to keep himself awake, but it eventually evolves to him fully passed out on the ground. fortunately, there's no snoring on his end...! but she does have (1) napping sixteen-year-old boy next to her now. what do? ]

Re: break ¤ dusk-ish?

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[At first, Celica doesn't really notice Kirito beginning to drift off; she's just kind of gazing out and examining the scenery around them instead. It's not until he has been asleep for several moments when she realizes that he had passed out. Even then though, she decides to just let him rest for while. He has been training all day, so...!

...But give it another ten minutes or so and she'll get a little bored. And how does she satisfy that boredom?

By plucking out some grass and piling it up lightly and carefully on top of Kirito's hair, of course! fufufu.]

[elucidator]

[ Kirito was always one to be a light sleeper, so the beginnings of something starting to pile on his head somewhat alerts him.

it's not enough to completely wake him up though, so he's still somewhere between asleep and awake. ]

[ mumble mumble. ] ... Hey. [ he's going to subconsciously react by attempting to swat both Celica and the grass away. rude!! ]

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[Wow, you're the rude one! Swatting at her like that like her hand and the grass are bugs. Gosh. But oh, darn. Celica was hoping he wouldn't be such a light sleeper! Though considering how he does seem to be still somewhat asleep, maybe she can still get away with this?!

Regardless, once she hears him mumbling and sees him swatting his hand at the grass, she pulls her hand back, trying to hold back a giggle and keep quiet. Maybe if she stays totally silent, he'll fall back asleep...]

[elucidator]

[ well, maybe you are one!!

in dream land, at least.

anyway, the fact that she quiets down does help him lull back into sleep. though -- the stoic expression he had on before? totally replaced with a pout of some sort. ]

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[Heh heh. Just as planned! And the fact that Kirito fell back asleep with such an expression amuses Celica even more.

She'll give it another moment before she briefly goes back to dropping blades of grass on his hair, aaand..

...wait! Better idea. What if she starts tickling his nose with one of those?! Yes. This sounds like a good idea. She'll do that!]

afternoon? While field wandering probably...

[trap_factory]

[one or both of them might have sensed someone tailing after them throughout the day. It slips away whenever they try to investigate (Prometheus is used to this, stalking and waiting, always waiting in the shadows) but comes back once their attention is diverted. Eventually though...]

Hey!

[there's a purple Flick Reaper hanging out next to some defeated monsters. He swings his scythe with ease before shouldering it] Working on leveling up? 'cause this game doesn't quite work like that.

[elucidator]

[ finishing up the monster he had been hacking away at, he pauses before regarding the newcomer. his eyes go between Celica and the stranger, before resting on the latter. ]

... What do you mean by that?

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[Despite Kirito still fighting the monster, Celica actually turns over to look at the newcomer as soon as she hears him call out.] Um...

[Once her party member's all done, she exchanges the look with him before looking back at Prometheus.]

Really...?

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[his grin widens once their attention is on him]

You can kill as many of these things [he makes a wide gesture with his free hand] as you want, but that's not really going to help much. [a pause, before he laughs it's unsettling] Or not. This place, this place likes to play around more than we do. Can you believe it?

Well, it doesn't matter how many you kill. It's about finishing the area. Everything else? Just collateral damage.

[elucidator]

[ while Kirito raises his brow at the laugh, the person seemed harmless enough to pass it off. ]

By finishing the area, you mean by defeating the boss, right? [ well, at least it wasn't a complete waste of time...?! seeing as there were drops and everything. . . ]

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[My, what an unsettling laugh indeed-- Celica pouts a bit. Well that news kind of sucks.]

Ah... that's too bad... but at least we were able to get some things out of it, I suppose. [And if fighting the boss is what's needed to clear the area, at least they got those drops to prepare...?!]

When it's breaktime...?!

[halfempty]

[Consenting to the fact that he's by himself in a completely unfamiliar place again, Ragna decides to set out to the field to check things out after talking to some people. And what does he spot in the distance after a moment of trying to look around with his one eye (what is depth-perception)?

A familiar looking brunette with some... guy. Who cares about the guy, he's not important. Well, if he's traveling with Celica, then he must be suffering. Poor guy.]

Cel... Hey, Celica!

[elucidator]

[ yeah, don't mind him, Ragna!

because it wasn't his name that was called out, he's going to keep on snoozing. or at least, appear as so. he couldn't very well let his guard down, when a complete stranger was amidst. ]

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[You do that, Kirito. Celica, on the other hand, jerks her head up upon hearing her name being called -- and by a familiar voice, no less -- and starts glancing around to seek its origin.

...Well, that's easier said than done. Without his bright red jacket, he's not as easy to spot...! And well. Celica probably isn't looking in the right direction anyway. Cough.]

[halfempty]

What the-- [Celica, do you even have ears. Goodness, woman.] Over here! Where the hell are you looking!?

[Still no regard for the other guy except that he's there, so Ragna won't pay it any mind until... the last possible moment, probably.]

[elucidator]

[ ... hm. it sounded like a friend of hers, so Kirito will end up relaxing his guard by a notch or two.

and while he can't exactly see Celica's reactions, he'd imagined that the scene looked pretty comical. ]

( ooc: feel free to skip him every so often! o/ i'll just jump in again when it makes sense to )

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[o/

It does, Kirito. It really does. In any case though, hearing Ragna speak up once again helps Celica in finding him, so once she does, she immediately jumps up onto her feet and gives him an excited (and probably a bit embarrassed) wave.]

Oh, Ragna! You're here too?