RWBY/Sword Art Online (Discontinued)

Chapter 20: Alfheim Online

Jaden, Ruby, and Kazuto head over to the Dicey Cafe, Agil's, or Andrew Mill's shop in the real world run by both him and his wife.

Andrew: Oh, Kirito. You got here after these two came.

Kazuto: Guess business is as bad as usual.

Andrew: Oh, be quiet. It's busy here at night though.

Jaden: It is? Nice.

Andrew: Oh yeah. I almost forgot to ask you two. How are your teammates doing?

Ruby: Weiss is usually studying, Blake is at the library and Yang riding around on her motorcycle.

Jaden: Jack is studying as well, Evelyn is trying to seduce me and Penny is her cheerful self.

Ruby: Just like we always did before SAO.

Andrew: That's great.

Kazuto: So, about that picture, what is it that we need to know?

Andrew: Well, I'll explain that in a little while, but first, do you guys know about this?

Kazuto: A game?

Ruby: I know that game. That's Alfheim Online. It's a game designed for the Amusphere which is the successor to the Nervegear.

Jaden: Hey, you mentioned something like this back in SAO, right Rubes?

Ruby: Yeah.

Kazuto: Then, is it a virtual MMO just like SAO?

Ruby: Actually, it was built off of SAO's servers. So it's pretty much a copy of the original Sword Art Online.

Kazuto: I see. Interesting.

Andrew: And supposedly Alfheim means Land of the Fairies.

Kazuto: Land of the faries? Sounds like a cute game.

Andrew: Well, it's actually a hard game.

Ruby: Yeah. ALO is mainly PVP focused, so it has an extreme skill that emphasizes a player's skill and allows them to PK.

Kazuto: Extreme skill system?

Jaden: What does that mean?

Andrew: This is a skill based game. There are no levels. The skills are improved through grinding. And combat depends on a players physical capabilities.

Kazuto: This sounds tough.

Jaden: This would make things difficult.

Andrew: It's like SAO, but with magic instead of sword skills. Heard that game has so much rage lately.

Ruby: Oh, and you can actually fly in it too.

Kazuto: Fly?

Ruby: Since players are fairies, they have wings that allow them to fly. The game has a built in flight engine which allows players to fly through the skies and free-roam around once the player has become used to it.

Kazuto: How do the controls work.

Andrew: Not sure, but I heard it's pretty hard to master.

Ruby: And I haven't even played that game for long before I came to SAO.

Jaden: Wow. That's cool!

Kazuto: You would be manipulating wings that humans don't have. Maybe it's controlled with back muscles.

Ruby: It is, but it's also has a controller to make it easier.

Andrew: Ahem!

Kazuto: Uh. Well, what does this game have to do with Asuna anyway?