Emo/Yami

Dessedere looked around. Rimton looked exactly like it did in the beta, minus the many players and slight visual improvements. A character with a strange aura walked up to Dessedere wearing a red cloak and carrying a treasure chest. "You have a decision to make, Dessedere. Either accept the contents of this chest, which houses character data specifically modified by you last time we met, or continue playing the game as a new user the normal way. If you accept the chest, you will begin at a higher level, but any further leveling will be slow, you will not be allowed to level up for a while, and you will be at our beck and call. Should you choose to continue on as a normal new user, all of the modifications to your character will be deleted and you will lose 100 exp from your first 5 fights." The male voice boomed. Dessedere thought about the choice for a while, but ultimately made the only decision she thought was even worth it. "I choose the treasure chest." Dessedere said. The man grinned as he disappeared, leaving the chest on the ground. Dessedere opened it and watched as her character's parameters changed to match the character data she had saved to her computer and helm. Checking her inventory, Dessedere saw that there were six items in it; an auto-equipped item that locked her leveling until the majority of players had reached intermediate player-levels, an unique item that could be used to summon her sister's pet, who in this game generally served as a guide, a pair of Elven Gloves, a Healing Vial, and an item that couldn't be opened at the time. I wonder who noticed I modded my game data? Last time no one noticed I hacked the game at all. Maybe I left too many tracks. Oh well, at least I'm not banned. A lap dog, but not banned. ​ Dessedere looked around. She heard some of the players commenting on the exchange between her and who she thought might have been a GM acting on behalf of the Administrators. Words like "cheater" and "hacker" were thrown around right along with angry glares. Some of these guys were going to be a problem in the future. Dessedere wanted to find a partner, another player who she could tag along with so she wouldn't be the main target.

Shura put the gear on, already having set the game up fully, and sighed. "Link...Start!" she shouted. Sitting through the colorful Full DIve sequence, her determination grew. After logging in, the familiar female operating voice spoke. "Welcome to Sylvan Online. Please begin your character creation." The creation screen was in front of Shura. It didn't look any different from any of the other login screens she had seen before. Both the "Name" and "Gender" fields had already been filled out; Dessedere as the name, and female for gender. That's weird. Did I fill out before realizing it?" Shura thought about this while the voice spoke once more and the screen changed. "Welcome to Sylvan Online!" We thank you for joining the earlier Beta Test! You will find a special item in your inventory." A beeping sound rang three times in the room. A male voice had spoke this time. "An administrator will be seeing you upon completion of your character generation. Listen carefully to what they say. And enjoy the game." Shura nodded as the female voice notified her character generation had begun. "Welcome to the world, Dessedere."

Shura picked up the NerveGear helmet slowly. While nothing seemed out of the ordinary with it she didn't want to take any chances. "Hopefully the data I placed on my computer and the helm works okay. Shura thought while looking at the second NerveGear helm. Although the memories of SAO still hurt, Shura had to use the same helm she used then."I'll just keep this one as a backup, or give it to someone else." Shura looked at her laptop, which had the world release countdown active, and back at her computer, which was all prepared for the game. As a precaution, Shura wrote a quick note and placed it on the computer desk.If something goes wrong, do not remove the NerveGear. Feeling prepared to play, Shura anxiously awaited the end of the countdown.

Shura was walking home from the counselor's office. "Be careful if you choose to play Sylvan Online and, no matter what, promise me you will do what your therapist ask of you." These were the last words of their appointment and something stuck out to Shura about the last bit. "He's worried my therapist will tell me not to play and I'll continue on anyway. Good for him to know so much about me, not that it matters…" Shura whispered to herself before arriving at her small home. Upon entering, Shura's mom gave her a big, tight hug. "Mother, you don’t need to crush me to show how much you care." Shura attempted, in vain, to get her mom off of her. "Nonsense! I must show you how much I care 110%. If.it does harm to you then so be it!" Easing her grip, Shura's mom placed a plastic box to her daughter's chest. "Think of this as a congratulations present." Shura looked at her mother's gleaming smile before examining the box. It.was the Sylvan Online game box. "I know how much you anticipated this game so I went ahead and picked it up for you while you were out." The mom's face became solemn. "I know you don’t like me mentioning your sister, but I don't think she would approve of your obsessive gaming, even if you do it to honor her memory." Shura glanced up at her mom for a brief second before returning her gaze to the box. "I have to keep playing…and I have to keep living the way I do. It's the only way I can make it up to her." Shura walked past her mother who, unlike her daughter, failed to shed a tear. "Just promise me you'll be careful in there. I don’t want to lose my last remaining family." Shura's mom left the house to get groceries leaving Shura alone with her game. After cleaning up the house quickly Shura proceeded upstairs to her room, prepared to jump right into the game.

Name: Shura Natsumi In-Game Name (Keep it realistic):Dessedere (referred to as Dess by most players) Age: 19 Gender: Female Appearance in reality:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sakuraindex.jp/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/kuudere.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sakuraindex.jp/novel/persona-detective-naoto-kuudere-kuudere-yes/&h=620&w=465&sz=78&tbnid=ytMNLiETIR7G8M:&tbnh=95&tbnw=71&zoom=1&usg=__fDA_tyut3utzxs8RMuvz_Td0Wzs=&docid=dHJeZq6ptHExzM&sa=X&ei=8L6qUIX_GYbJ0QHf14GwCA&ved=0CD8Q9QEwBA&dur=7411 Appearance in-game(Your character must be an elf!): http://s665.beta.photobucket.com/user/Glass-Sneakers/media/Anime/cuteelfgirl.jpg.html (except the hair and eyes are blue). Personality: Outside of the game, Shura is a calm and calculating young woman who tends to dwell on the past. Within the game's virtual walls Shura plays the role of Dessedere; an easily excitable child with great determination who enjoys the challenge of being a Player Killer Killer (PKK) Player Class(Name what weapons your character uses): A Battle Axe and bow and arrow. Bio: A MMO-lover since childhood, Shura never passed up an opportunity to play any of the best RPGs, including the dangerous SAO. She and her younger sister were among the first group of players, the Beta Testers, and was on the front lines during the public server version of the game. One day, Shura and her sister were attacked by Player Killers during a "vacation" from the front lines. Although Shura was a high level player capable of protecting herself, the same couldn't be said for her sister, who was killed quickly while Shura was distracted. Due to the trauma of this incident, Shura became increasingly distant both in-game and in reality. In honor of her sister, in every MMO she played, Shura would use her sister's username and would imitate her personality. Also, she would serve as an assassin specializing in killing Player Killers. Shura continues this trend in Sylvan Online. Kirito

-sigh- No one's talking to me at school... I wish someone would tell me what happened

A KH13 Kompetiton...interesting

I love MMOs, but I don't think I would be able to play Sword Art Online without losing my mind.

How was/is everyone's Halloween/Samhain?

Giving into the darkness will kill you, embracing it will save you (with the possible sacrifice of your sanity)

Embrace your inner darkness, but don't give into it.

I wouldn't be the first to join the military, admittedly, but if my country needed me to I wouldn't hesitate.

Not bad as in regrettable, more like bad as in "this game is taking up way too much of my free time" with Persona 3 FES, which I had to buy again digitally on PSN for $10. Played that game all last night without really taking any breaks except for food and to use the bathroom.

I was listening to this cutscene while reading this topic the first time.

I still don't know what I did that involves potato chips and deserves anger.

A full-on return to the way things used to be isn't really possible but, if everyone works hard to achieve it, we can create something similar.

Apparently, people can hold grudges against someone for three years- over a potato chip.

Apparently

This is the part where an irrelevant advertisement randomly cuts the propaganda off. Anyway, we should have a random graveyard.

That's what she said.

This is the point I gave up on Sasuke.

*insert insane and pointless rambling here*

Well both Akatsukis had more than 13 members, but for different reasons. And as for story similarities, there's also the fact that both Naruto and Sora are only serious in super-serious situations.

There's been many more than 13 members of the Akatsuki.

Or you said something stupid so you got shot.