Airi layed there on the cold stoney floor of the cave, still trying to wrap her mind around her current situation which wasn't anymore clearer then before "How is this possible?" she looked around at her surroundings, without a doubt she was actually in 'The Elder Tales' but, what she couldn't wrap her mind around was how and why she was inside a game. "I've got to get out of here first" while she was more occupied with figuring out how she found herself in her current situation she figured if she was in 'The Elder Tales' game, then laying on a cold floor of a cave that housed many strong monsters that would come across her, and Airi felt if what was going on was real then she couldn't let any monsters find her. "Alright, time to get out of here" with that she tried to get up of the ground but, try as she might she couldn't even lift herself off the ground she grumbled in annoyance "Come on, why can't I move?" she felt should be able to move around since she was Gawain but, why wasn't she able to get up.

 Once again Airi tried to get up, again, she barely rose a inch, she panted heavily and groaned "Why is this armor so heavy for me yet, Gawain can move around so easily in it?" Airi again attempted to get up but gave up immediatley when she saw no progress at all, she sighed in frustration. "Alright, seems like I have a problem" now Airi had to figure out a way that she could be able to move, there was no way she was going to be able to get up and walk out of the cave with such heavy armor "Come on Airi, think" she searched through he brain for a plan, suddenly she smirked as an idea came to mind, with that she looked at her empty left hand she then started to try to move it. After a bit of forcefulness her arm started to move,she chuckled "Good, now if I could just reach my pack" the sound of the metal of her armour scrapped against the stone floor of the cave, the sound echoed throughout the cave Airi hoped the sound wouldn't attract a monster, is it did, she'd be no match at all.

 Slowly, Airi's heavy arm got closer and closer to her pack at her side, when she saw her hand touch it she gave a smile "Alright, now, just have to open it" her fingers started to rise slowly to the clasp the kept her pack closed, Airi was sweating at this point, never in her life had she had to keep something so heavy lifted for so long, that would teach her for not keep in shape. Soon though, Airi finally put her hand on the clasp of her pack she gave an accomplished chuckle and she let out a sigh of relief when she heard the clasp come undone, her arm quickly dropped back to the ground with a thud, Airi panted hard, she now had to initiate phase two of her plan, "Got to, get the potion" she said through panted breaths when she got control of her breathing Airi went back to work. She had to move her arm again, she took in a breath, "Alright, you can do this Airi" she encouraged herself, like before her arm started to move slowly the metal scrapping against the stone, Airi would ocassianly look to see if a monster had come in, when she saw nothing she focused on her arm.

 Slowly but surely, she reached her now open pack, "Alright, gotta pull it out" she panted, her heavy hand went into the pack, the sound of the metal hitting what seemed to sound like glass bottles could be heard Airi didn't have time to pull each flask of potion out one by one, so in one sweeping motion she pulled out a handful of potion flasks. The glass clinked when it hit the stone floor of the cave, are chuckled and looked at the potions she had managed to grab she clicked her tounge, none of the ones she had pulled out were the one she needed, she panted heavily and waited until she got her breath under control once more "Second try" she mumbled with that she once again moved her hand into the opened pack. She heard the metal clink against several flasks, she smirked and once again in one single motion she pulled her hand out, the flasks clinked when the hit the stone floor, Airi looked and a huge grin appeared on her face.

 Among the second hand of potion flasks she had pulled out was the one she needed, she eyed a flask with a yellow liquid in it, "Now, I just have to grab it, and drink it" Airi could tell her arm was dead tired from having to move and lift the heavy armor that was on it but, Airi had to bare it, she needed to get out of the cave at all costs. Airi reached for the flask, slowly her hand came over it, she then wrapped her hand around it, she then sighed in relief, she had the potion in her hand, now all she had to do was somehow lift it to her mouth and drink it. Airi then tried to lift her arm up, it took quiet a bit of effort to get her arm to lift off the ground, she smiled but she couldn't stop there, now her daunting task was lifing her heavy arm to where her hand with the potion could be at her mouth. It didn't budge at first, but after a little perserverance Airi found herelf bringing her arm up, the potion her hand held getting closer "Just a bit more" the potion slowly got closer and closer to her mouth, Airi could feel the aches and pains in her arm.

 She had to ignore it, the potion was just mere inches away from her mouth, after what seemed to be hours of getting the potion to her mouth Airi saw the flask was right above her mouth, she chuckled she now had to uncork the flask, she raised her head slowly off the ground, she put her mouth on the cork and she bit down on it, she let her head drop back down and that caused the cork to come out the flask. Airi's eyes went wide, she quickly spit out the cork and started slurping up the potion that was flowing out from the flask, the potion tasted terrible, but she had to endure it as several drops of the potion were left in the flask when the last of it dripped into her mouth she closed it and swallowed the potion down. Airi let her arm fall to the ground, the potion flask clinked on the ground as it rolled freely from her hand, at first nothing happened, then all at once Airi felt a tingling sensation, slowly she started to feel the weight of the armor vanish she chuckled to herelf, when she felt no weight from the armor she was finally able to sit up from off the cave floor.

  Airi sighed in relief, "Finally, thank god for Weightless Potions" Airi coughed as the aftertaste of the potion came up, "Agh, that was nasty" how could Gawain drink these things she thought, Airi quickly chnaged her thought of mind, now that she could move she had to get moving out of the cave taking no time Airi slowly stood up from off the ground. At that moment she noticed something, "Wait, why am I so short, I made Gawain tall" this wasn't Gawain's height at all, it actualy felt more like, a sudden shocked experssion came on Airi's face, "Mine..." she mumbled she wasn't Gawain's height at all, she was her acutal height, "What the hell's going on!?" as Airi moved she felt alot of weight in the back of her head. She turned her head and her mouth went wide, "Why is Gawain's hair so long!" Airi knew Gawain better then she did herself, she knew Gawain's hair stopped at his shoulders yet now his blonde hair was down to his waist, and his hair was nice and straight but now, it was all a mess, as several strands of hair were out of place. Soon Airi realized that she recognized the hair, she was once again shocked "This is my hair!" sure, her hair was black but, there was no doubt in her mind that the long blonde messy hair Gawain had now was hers.

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 Her height, and her hair, why did Gawain have that, Airi was even more confused then she had started out, it wasn't that she had somehow ended up becoming Gawain in truth she was Gawain! There was no sign of the tall, shoulder length blonde she had created she was her character. Before Airi could make heads or tails of her new perdicament she heard what sounded like a hiss come from behind her, she looked and saw that a monster had wandered into the room while she wasn't looking. The monster was a huge black snake with golden yellow eyes locked onto her, it opened it's mouth and revealed as set of white fangs that dripped with what looked like venom, Airi shuddered "Crap.." she cursed under her breath. Airi and the massive snake stared each other down, not one of them made a move, to Airi the snake looked like it would lunge right at her if she made the slighest movement, she clicked her tounge, she had to get out of the cave, and fast, the Weightless Potion wouldn't last forever.

 "Come on, think Airi" she started to think hard, but it was difficult when she had a huge snake glaring at her the whole time, what could she do, she needed to find someway to turn the snakes attention away from her so she could make a run for it. Absentmindely, Airi took a small step and her foot tapped a potion flask she had left on the ground the glass clinked as it rolled along the stone floor, Airi cursed under her breath, and she heard the snake hiss really loudly and it started coming towards her. Airi felt like she was done for, but then a sudden realization came to mind, she had noticed that the snake didn't move while she didn't but when the snake heard the potion flask roll across the stone floor it reacted. As the snake got closer Airi also noticed that the snakes golden yellow eyes had a glaze over them, "It's blind!" that's why the snake reacted to the potion flask, it reacted to the noise. With that, a idea formed in Airi's head, a way to get the snakes attention elsewhere, "So, you react to sound do you?" she smirked.

 Slowly, she reached down to the potion flasks scattered at her feet, she grabbed the nearest one and slowly stood back up straight, "I'm over here you asshole!" she shouted then in one solid motion she threw the potion flask at the left wall of the cave room, the flask shattered against the stone and fell to the ground. The snakes head turned to where the flasks had impacted the wall, it hissed loudly and it started to slither towards it, Airi pumped her fist, when the snake was a good distance away Airi felt like it was time to make a run for it. She readied herself to start running until she realized that she was missing something, sudden realization showed on her face "Gawain's sword!" she gasped the snake stopped dry upon hearing her, it turned it's head back at her, Airi crused, the snake turned and started coming back towards her hissing. Panicked, Airi frantically looked around for Gawain's sword, she finally spotted it a few inches away from where she stood, "How'd it get over there!?" she said under her breath so not to make the snake come towards her faster.

 There was no doubt in her mind that she was going to need Gawain's sword if she wanted to get out of the cave alive, Airi then quickly came up with a plan of action, with that she made a dash towards the sword but, in the process she picked up another potion flask, the snake upon hearing her armor clink as she ran hissed loudly and started moving faster. Airi looked behind her, the snake was making a mad dash for her, she then looked and saw that she had gotten really close to the sword, she smiled she picked up her pace and as she did so did the snake, as she ran she reached down and as she neared the sword she took hold of the pommel of the sword, thank goodness the Weightless Potion was still in effect, Airi stopped dry after she had the sword in hand. She saw the snake coming towards her, "I'm over here asshole!" she shouted and like she had done before she tossed the potion flask at the cave room wall,and like the first time it caught the snakes attention, it looked to where the flask hit the wall and hissed again, it then headed in the direction of the flask.

 Airi sheathed the sword and when she saw the snake was a good distance away, she made a mad dash to the enterance of the cave room, as she made her way through the opening she heard the snake hiss once more, she knew for a fact that meant it was coming after her, Airi panted as she started to run faster, "I gotta get out of here!" she cried as she ran hearing the snake hissing behind her made her more scared then a startled cat. "I don't want to be snake food!" she cried as she started to run faster, if she survived this ordeal, and was somehow able to get back home she was going to start getting back into shape.

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  In a the forest area outside of Death Cave, a young man walked down the dirt path, he was constantly looking down at a map and back at the path, "Is this the right way?" the young man grumbled, he scrathed his head which housed a set of dark brown spikey hair that went in many different directions, behind his head a ponytail stopped at his neckline, he was fairly tall and lean, he wore what looked like to be a blue longtaile coat with a white cotton shirt underneath. That was matched with what looked like black leather pants, and brown boots, strapped across his front was a large black belt, and it seemed to be what was keeping the sword strapped to his back from falling. The young man grumbled in annoyance, "Did I go the wrong way?" he looked down at his map suddenly though, he heard what sounded like a scream come from further ahead of him, "Sounds like someones in trouble!" with that the young man quickly put his map away, "The quest can wait, someones in trouble!" he then rushed off in the direction her heard the scream come from. [Ch.3 END]