(That's just Soft Kitty. Don't listen to it yet, wait until you get to the part.. where I... sing it)
Sorry, that last chapter was really long.... XD I don't care anymore. Nyurr. I write because I write, no matter how long it is. It's just a fun thing I do as I hobby when I'm trying to procrastinate my homework. So, don't expect regular chapters. I am not a regular person. That will never happen. But keep in mind that I have a lot of homework to procrastinate.
In this chapter I'mma try to give my characters more persona~~ I can't do that very easily. So get familiarized with my friends!! Yea.
-Chain
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FIRST FLOOR OF AINCRAD, NOVEMBER 2022
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"The... Cow's Counter Attack, and... Something like Secret Herb Forest..." I said to myself. I was strolling along the streets of Horunka in a light disguise.
The uncomfortable flat breastplate was the main part of it, but I was also wearing the black cape. Even though the strangers back in the Town of Beginnings saw me in it, the cloak helped me blend into the shadows. Not according to actual stats, but... you know.
I've been avoiding all contact with other people ever since it was revealed we were stuck in the game of death. It wasn't like I was exactly social before then. Actually, I've always been crazy-shy, except around immediate family, and, of course, Eon. I've always been more comfortable staying back and watching other people making friends and socializing. It's just nice to watch.
Even at school, I would sit at the popular table only because the tables were oversized. I occasionally and briefly talked to someone, and eventually became mere acquaintances with everybody. I still do that, or still used to do that up until November fourth, three days ago. Friday. I only did that when Eon was sick or just wasn't there, but I was still acquaintances with everybody.
When Claw(Eon) was there, though, we took the open table, and there was always one with nobody on it. We would be just fine laughing away across from each other, all alone, not caring about our social status or who was staring at us.
Have you noticed how friends always greet each other by name excitedly when they see each other outside of school? Me and Claw never got into that habit. We started out kinda like pre-programmed sisters. Just acknowledging each other and sticking like glue until we had to part.
And let me tell you, we rarely parted. But when we did, I came across as an antisocial, depressed weirdo that talked to herself once in a while.
I'm perfectly sane, but sometimes I run a random skit in my head and the next thing I know, I'm reciting the whole thing. I was that kind of person for most of my life, up until third grade when the new girl, Clau Dina, started muttering the English cover of Snow Fairy at lunch.
I had stared wide-eyed at her, and murmured 'Onee-chan' and 'Senpai'. Every time I look back on it, it's hilarious. Even funnier was Eon's reaction, 'You said it right!' and a hug.
We had discovered that we both loved Pokémon, drawing, manga, sweatshirts with thumbholes, fingerless gloves, buns, music, and so on. We were inseparable.
And the fact that I'm without her in Aincrad... I guess you could say my original self came back. My original self isn't the happiest person, if you haven't noticed.
I needed to find that house where the woman offered you a cup of water, but since Eon had forgotten which, I had to find it myself, ducking into every NPC house in town to find it. I was nearly running out of houses to check. Just one last back road and that was it. If it wasn't there, then I missed it and would have to search all over again. I growled at myself.
