As the light peered through the curtains of Airi's room the sound of firoucious typing and clicking could be heard, "Come on, come on, almost got it!" she rapidly clicked her mouse and then from her headphones came a victory tone, scrolled across her screen was the word 'Victory', Airi let out a sigh of relief as she lowered herself in her chair. "Man, I didn't think that boss battle would take so long" Airi stretched and sighed, she smiled happily and her hand went staright back to the mouse and keyboard "Alright, now I've just got to get back to town to turn the quest in" with that the clicking resumed. As Airi was focused on her game her door slowly opened and Kazu stepped in, he was dressed for work in his suit and tie he sighed when he saw Airi sitting in front her computer clicking away instead of in bed. "Didn't I tell her to go to bed?" he walked in further and stopped behind Airi, his face went red, she was still underdressed, "And she's still dressed like that" he swallowed hard, he cleared his throat.
He was about to tap on Airi's shoulder when he caught a glimpse of her computer screen, he saw that Airi was locked into a battle with what looked like a giant pig that stood on two leg holding a huge twin sided axe, Kazu stood and watched in amazment at how fast Airi clicked her mouse and how fast her finger trailed along her keyboard. It seemed to be mere seconds and the pig creature was defeated, Airi smiled and sighed, Kazu knew that Airi was good at the game but seeing her just then made him chuckle a bit "She really acts like her old self when she plays this game" Kazu found himself mesmerized by Airi's playing. When he saw the time on her computer clock he finally remembered why he had come into her room in the first place, with that he tapped Airi's shoulder which made her turn around she gave a smile when she saw it was him.
She did a quick turn back to her computer, clicks on her mouse could be heard as she paused the game, she then drapped her headphones around her neck and turned back around, "Hey Kazu-nii, What are you doing in here?" Kazu sighed "I came to check to see if you were in bed" he looked at her computer then back at her, "But, I see you didn't go to sleep at all" Airi gave a pouting face "Sorry nii-san, I had an attack last night.." Kazu felt a jolt go through him, "I see.." a somber look crossed his face. As Kazu looked at Airi he caught a glimpse of her breasts, his face flushed with red, "So, is there anything else?" the red in Kazu's face vanished and he smiled, "Yeah, I'm heading off to work" Airi gave a confused look, "I thought you didn't go in until seven?" Kazu sighed "I just got a call from my boss, there's a big project coming up and he needs me to come in earlier" Airi gave a sad look, "So, does that mean I won't be able to spend time with you?" Kazu felt a twist in his heart. "No, sorry, doesn't look like it" Airi gave a sad leadened sigh, she gave a weak smile "Will you be home at the usual time?" Kazu sighed, "I don't know Airi" Airi's sad face grew even sadder, "Don't worry, if I get some time I'll come check on you, how's that?" Airi's face seemed to brighten a bit.
She nodded "That's okay" Kazu smiled, he patted Airi on the head, "Alright then, I'm off, I'll try to come check on you " Airi nodded, "Bye nii-san, have a good day at work" Kazu nodded and started walking off and Airi started turning back to her computer but, Kazu stopped before he walked out Airi's room "Airi" he called, Airi turned and looked back at him, "Yeah,what is it?" Kazu had a stern look on his face "Could you try to get some sleep while I'm gone?" Airi could see the concerned look in Kazu's eyes. She nodded "I will, if I can do one more quest beforehand" Kazu sighed "Now Airi you should really get some sleep, staying up like this isn't healthy" Airi pouted, Kazu could feel his stern spirit waining, he groaned, "Alright, one more quest, but not a long one" Airi grumbled a bit, but she could see that Kazu wasn't going to budge on the subject so she nodded, "Alright" Kazu smiled "Good, well bye" he waved as he started to wal out "Bye" Airi waved.
She watched as her door was closed once again, she heard Kazu's footsteps echo as he made his way down the hall to the front door she heard the front door open and then close, that told her Kazu was on his way to work, she grumbled a second time and turned to her computer, she put her headphones back on her ears and unpaused the game. "Alright, I can do one more quest" she started thinking of a short quest that she could do while she fought another monster, "I got it,a retrival quest should be nice and quick" she chuckled "I might even be able to do a few of them if I finish them quickly" she nodded to herself. After she finished off the battle with the random encountered monster she made her way to town.
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As Gawain made his way down the street like always he had eyes on him, he heard whispers from others and he smiled, he saw the Adventurer's Guild sign come into view, he casually walked in and was again greeted with silence and multiple pairs of eyes on him, he made his way to the front desk where the elf girl was standing and waiting. The elf girl bowed and her ears twitched before she spoke, "What can I do for you?" Gawain rustles in his pack and pulled out a poster and handed it to the elf girl "I'd like to turn in a quest" he heard a whisper come from behind him "Another one, that's the fifth one!" another whisper fallowed the first "I wonder which one it was now?" the elf girl took the poster from him. "Okay, what is your name?" Gawain smirked "Gawain, The Crimson Knight" the elf girl nodded she read the poster and she reached for the desk drawer, she pulled out the stamp, "Gawain, The Crimson Knight, I hereby annouce that you've cleared 'The Demon Kings Son' quest" with that she stamped down on the poster.
Gawain could here a few gasps from behind him, "That's the quest he did!?" he heard someone say, "That was a really high level quest right?" another said "Yeah, and the boss is suppose to be over Level 125!" some shocked gasps came through, "Over 125! Then if he cleared the quest how high is his Level?" Gawain smiled to himself as he heard the conversations between those behind him. The elf girl handed the stamped poster back to Gawain, a big red 'Cleared' stamped across it, he smirked "Now, please take that to the cashier to receive your reward" Gawain nodded and made his way over to the chashiers desk. He turned in the stamped poster and got his rewards, "Can't wait to see what I got" he mumbled to himself with a smile on his face. "Alright" he then walked right back over to the front desk, the elf girls ears twitched, "Is there something else you need?" Gawain nodded "Yes, I like to accept another quest please" some shocked gasps could be heard "He's taking on a another quest!?" a low murmur began, "Wonder what he'll pick?" he heard someone say, "You think it'll be another high level quest?" Gawain chuckled.
"I'd like a retreival quest please" he heard some shocked gasps, elf girl nodded, she opened another drawer and from out of it she pulled out several posters all with requests one them, she placed them ontop the conunter in a line, "Go ahead, choose one you like" Gawain nodded, he the started to read over them, the first five didn't seem all that exciting, but he suddenly came to one that caught his eyes. The discrption was 'Please retrive my precious heriloom, I lost it in a cave where some very strong monsters dwell' Gawain smiled and he picked the poster up, "I'll take this one" the elf girl nodded and took the poster from Gawain and read over it, "Okay, I understand you wish to take on 'Heriloom in Death Cave' quest, is that correct?" Gawain nodded, he hear some gasps once more. "Death Cave!? Isn't that place filled with high level monsters?" he heard a nervous chuckle "This guy, he even chooses high level retrival quests" the elf girls ears twitched, "Are you sure?" Gawain nodded, "Alright then, here, come back with this once the quest is finished" she handed the poster to Gawain who nodded and put it in his pack.
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He then bowed to he elf girl and turned and started heading out, it took several hours for Gawain to travel from town to the area where the Death Cave was, when he got there he stopped right outside the mouth of the cave, "Alright, let's see how prepared I am" with that he started going through his supplies, after throughly checking what he had he smiled, "That should be good enough" he patted his pack. He looked at the mouth of the cave, the inside was so dark he could barely see deep inside, "Alright, lets get going shall we?" with that he stepped inside the cave, he put his lantern on and started to navagate the bending paths of the cave, as he walked he took the quest poster out, he read over it, "Let's see, it says it should be in a room where a really strong boss monster is" Gawain smirked. He folded the poster and put it away, he then took out a map, "Lets see" he looked over the map which showed the layout of the whole cave, he saw a area that seemed to be larger the the rest,
"That must be the place" guided by the map he made his way to the specific location.
After what seemed like hours of walking he finally came to the large open area, he looked around and chuckled "This does look like the place a boss monster would be" he walked in further before he could walk further inside a huge mass came falling from the roof of the cave, Gawain smiled, he was staring face to face with a huge bat like creature, it's big red eyes were locked on him and its mouth house several rows of sharp teeth that had sliava dripping from them. It let out a mighty roar at Gawain, "Looks like you want a fight" with that Gawain put away his map and quickly drew his sword, he pointed it at the huge monster, "Well come on then" the massive bat creature rushed at Gawain.
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Airi fidgeted in her chair, furious clicks could be heard from her mouse, "Come on, come on" she mumbled "Cross Slash!" she grumbled in annoyance "Ah! Poisoned!" more clicks came from her mouse, "Triple Cross Slash!" Airi licked her lips, "Come on, Flame Sword Edge!" she shrieked a bit, "Ah! low heatlth! High Potion go!" soon her room was abuzz with nothing but clicks from her mouse. She shifted in her chair once more, "Cross Slash! Cross Slash! Cross Slash!" she giggled "Just a bit more HP left!" she clicked her mouse "Triple Cross Slash!!" then suddenly a huge grin came across her face, on her computer screen the word 'Victory' glowed in bright red letters, she let out a sigh of relief. She sat back in her chair staring at her screen, "That was the closes battle I ever had" she let out a breath "Those guys at the Guild were right, the monsters in this place are really strong" Airi spotted her comuter clock, a sad look came across her face "I wonder what Kazu-nii is doing right now?" she turned her head to look at her door.
It had just been a few hours ago that Kazu had left for work, it was lonely being alone in the apartment, Airi looked back to her computer and decided it was time to continue on, "Alright, lets find the heirloom and get back to town" she clicked her mouse and went back to her game.
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Gawain let out a sigh of relief, he looked upon the unmoving body of the massive bat crature, his sword was covered in it's blood, he had some scrathes and some of the creatures blood on him and his armor, he sheathed his sword and sighed once more "Finally, though I gotta admit, it almost had me" Gawain hadn't expected the creature to poison him twice. "Now, lets get to finding that heirloom" he started to walk around the huge room looking for a sign of anything that remotley looked like a lost heirloom, "Where is this thing?" he grumbled as he continued to look behind some rocks. As he searched something caught his eye, "What is that?" he reached his hand towards the object which was revealed to be a shiny blue stone that shined like a gemstone, "I've never seen something like this before?" he studied the strange stone closer. He was mesmerized by how beautiful the stone was, "Is this some kind of rare gem that can be found here?" Gawain looked around.
He didn't see any sign that there were anymore stones like the one he held, "Have I found something really amazing?" as he started at the stone suddenly he started to hear a noise, he looked around the huge room "What is that sound?" he reached for his sword, "Is it more monsters?" he scanned the room waiting to see a monster or two run in. The noise started to get louder and louder, the louder it got the more it hurt Gawain's ears "Where is...it coming from?" he said through gritted teeth, that's when the stone he held in his hand started to glow really bright "What the!?" he gasped at that moment he realized that the sound he was hearing was coming from the stone itself "What is going on!?" he shouted the the whole room was enveloped in light.
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Airi grumbled in annoyance, "Where is this thing?" she was getting frustarted she couldn't find the heirloom she was looking for, "Is it even in this room?" then as she looked behind a group of rocks she saw something, she raised an eyebrow, "Is that it?" she clicked her mouse, on her computer screen an image of a shining blue stone was shown. "What is this, this doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for?" she studied the blue stone, she cocked her head to the side "Is this some kind of new gemstone?" as Airi tried to make heads or tails of what she was looking at she started to notice that she could here an almost high pitched whine coming from her headphones. Her eyes darted to her headphones, "What's that noise, are my headphone acting up?" steadily the noise started to grow louder and louder, Airi winced as the sound started to hurt her ears, "Agh! What is this!?" she gritted her teeth.
Then suddenly, her computer screen started to glow brightly, "What the hell!?" Airi was then strickin with a massive headache, she grabbed her head, "What's going on!" then in that split second Airi felt as though something had slipped, everything went dark. When Airi opened her eyes she was greeted with an unfamillar sight, "What the?" above her Airi could see what looked to be huge rocks hanging from her ceiling, "Why are those there?" Airi tried to sit up but she struggled to do so, "Why can't I get up?" she glanced down and her eyes went wide, she was no longer wearing the clothes she had on, now, she was wearing a full suit of armor that was red with a golden trim. Airi panicked, "This can't be.." she didn't want to believe her eyes, "This, This is Gawain's armor!?" a confused look crossed her face "Why am I wearing Gawain's armor!?" was she dreaming, she had to right, but, she was having a hard time believeing it when she could feel the weight of the armor, that ment it was real. She then noticed that she was feeling pain, that was also something that didn't happen when you were dreaming.
Airi became hysterical, it was true, somehow she had become Gawain! Airi tried to rationalize how something like this was possible, that's when she spotted the same blue stone that showed up on her computer screen sitting in Gawain's or, she should say, her hands, yet, it wasn't shining like it had been before. "Is this what caused this?" then a realization came to Airi, is she was really her character Gawain, she looked over and her face grew shocked, she saw the huge bat like creature that she had just beaten in her game laying motionless a few feet from her. Airi shuddered, "No way..." she mumbled that's when is slowly started to sink into her brain, somehow, she was now inside 'The Elder Tales' game. [Ch.2 END]