[Private] There And Back Again

[Angelo]

	Horunka. It's been a long time since I've been here. Might as well look around and see what's new. I am NOT going back to the Hot Springs ever again though.. That was just.. *sigh*
	Angelo Level 4 | HP: 60/60 |

An easterly wind blew across the plains, sending blades of grass rhythmically waving back and forth. A person was walking towards Horunka from the Town of Beginnings, his hair reflecting the morning light. Angelo left the second floor for a little R&R, or 'Rest and Recuperation'. It was certainly difficult to stay on a floor with most monsters being a higher level than you and the tactics of that floor were more dangerous than the first.

Having been to the Town of Beginnings on multiple occasions, the boy decided to pay a little visit to Horunka to see how it was faring compared to the major city in the middle of the floor. Boars were milling about but otherwise remained at a distance from the white-haired youth. With such a difference in level, they didn't bother trying to attack him. Emerald eyes stared back at the boar's until the animals turned their heads away. This happened the entire way to the smaller town.

Rather than a wall a couple of stories tall that protected the starting location of new players, Horunka's walls were a lot shorter yet still imposing to the eye. He entered the village with his head held high, emerald eyes moving around in their socket looking for something new. Angelo came to Horunka only twice before; the first during the ending days of the beta test and the second two months after everyone was trapped. Stopping for a moment, he pulled down his menu with two fingers and looked at nothing in particular. What he was trying to accomplish, he soon forgot and moved it out of the way.

Why did he even come here in the first place? Angelo blinked his eyes while searching for a place to sit down. A nearby bench in the middle of the town provided the perfect resting spot. It was empty, provided a good view of a small fountain, and was dotted with people minding their own business and children with each other. How he wanted to read a book soo much. Several of his hobbies of the past were unable to be done here. Reading? That wasn't really viable here anymore. Enjoying a peaceful day with his dog and cat? Gone.. Chocolate? Chocolate?! Angelo sighed as he stared down at his knees.

[Dragonsnow]

(as promised, very short response)

It was early in the morning and Dragonsow had just gathered the items that he needed for his daily quest for the herb shop in the Town of the Beginning. He was on his way back to the Town of the Beginning in order to turn in his quest, but on his way back he had run into a bit of bad luck, chasing by multiple wolves at once (as a friendly reminder that wolves are level 2 and he was level 1) and with the agility stats so low that it was not even worth mentioning...he had no choice but to abandon his previous destination and dash into the nearest safe zone instead. Just to save his own skin.

As soon as he dashed into the front gate of this unknown Town, the guards standing in position around the gate stepped in and raising their shields, effectively blocking the wolves out of the Town. The guards attack them with their weapons, causing the wolves to howl in pain and soon, the after the first 2 wolves disappeared in pixels, the rest of the group and abandon their target and run back into the woods. Dragonsnow sighed in relief at the sight of that. He quickly checked his bag to see if it was damaged in anyway during his escape, it was still fine. Dragonsnow closed his eyes and feeling relaxed for a bit. But now he was in this new area, he was not sure where he was exactly, so the looked around to find any notable feature to help him figure out where exactly he was.

He turns to look but still could not figure out where this is, eyes glancing around he noted another player with white hair. Dragonsnow calls out casually. "Hey. Hello there, you don't happen to know where we are do you?"

[Takita]

She held me spellbound

in the night

Takita sat down on a wooden bench nearby. Her brown hazel eyes scanned the area with a light chuckle leaving her lips. After all that time spent in the Towns of Beginnins, a new setting her her eyes to look at was pleasnt to her as she leaned her head backwards, feeling the light wind against her hot pale skin. After all the running in the newly found town, Takita felt exhausted, leaving her with heavy breaths on a bench. The young woman found it unusual for a town to be this empty during this hour but she didn't question it. The calm winds were enough for her as she enjoyed the calming sounds of an NPC passing by every now and then. As she cracked one eye open to look towards the sky, a shiver got sent down her back as a sight left her pink lips. Every time she looked towards the sky, the unpleasnt memory of her first day in the world of S.A.O appeared before her eyes. She tried with difficulty to forget or at least push the thoughts away but it was in vain. With a disgusted grunt her lips turned into a thin line as she spressed them together.

Not far away from the young woman, a white-haired man sat down. As she looked at him in the corner of her hazel eyes, she noticed how he seemed bothered.. Or that he had unmet desires. Either way, the young woman was interested in the player as she didn't see many around this area. Then again, this was her first time here. When she took a deep breath to build up the courage to start a conversation with the unknown young man, another player seemed to have gotten the same idea. This young man had dark hair and seemed to be like the friendly type. Almost like a crow's feathers.. she thought as her eyes looked how the sunlight reflected on his dark hair. His voice seemed calming and casual as he asked the white-haired player where they were. It surprised her as the city was well known in the area and also the only safe zone. Takita tilted her head, causing her light brown locks to roll off her shoulder while her hazel eyes looked at the two, too shy to approche them.

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MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOX 2.0

[Angelo]

	Horunka. It's been a long time since I've been here. Might as well look around and see what's new. I am NOT going back to the Hot Springs ever again though.. That was just.. *sigh*
	Angelo Level 4 | HP: 60/60 |

Distracted by his own thoughts, Angelo didn't realize the oncoming person until he spoke out to him.

"Huh? Oh. Uhh.." he fumbled with his words as he tried to come up with a reply. What came out of his mouth was a textbook answer of Horunka. 
The baritone sounds from Angelo's voice would surprise anyone coming from such a teenager. "This is Horunka. It's a large village situated on the Great Plains, between the Town of Beginnings and the town of Tolbana."

After that small dialogue, emerald eyes looked closely at the person he replied to. Black hair, orange eyes. He was slightly shorter than he was but was more muscular. Pretty handsome. The older man carried behind him a long sword that was more than half his height. 'Another two hander..' he thought when he finished examining the man in front of him.

Angelo glanced to his side to break eye contact from Dragonsnow and saw a younger-looking girl with a similar pair of hazel eyes. The boy immediately broke contact and looked down at his knees again. A couple of seconds later, he tilted his head and stole another glance at Takita. Her eyes were pure, which was something that surprised the teen. Most people with those kinds of eyes were either dead, still in the Town of Beginnings, or otherwise had special circumstances. And he caught himself staring. Staring too long. A tad bit too long.. He gave her a smile like ◠ ‿◠ so before turning back to the black-haired man in front of him. "Are you lost? If you open up your menu, you can access the map of the first floor. I hope you know how to read the map."

[Dragonsnow]

Dragonsnow blinked at his response, open the map? From the HUD?

Thinking of that, Dragonsnow pulls out his HUD and selected the map, from the overview it looked like he was in fact in a Town. The layout of the map was kind of strange to him, all of the places that he had visited was mapped clearly with helpful notes along the side, sometimes it would also comment something about the monsters that could be find nearby, and various vegetation that could be found in the area.

It had looked like all of the major Towns of the first floor are shown on the map (at least he thinks that it was all of the major Towns, but he couldn't be sure because he hasn't explore the entire floor yet), however, the places where he hasn't been to yet, especially in the wild area, it was all shown as dark background and no details with the exception of the simple outline of the major road.

Dragonsnow hums at that and raised his head to look at the white hair player. "Thank you for pointing that out to me. My in game name is Dragonsnow by the way, and who may you be? Are you here often?" What are you doing here<-is what he was going to ask, but he held his tongue, thinking that such questions was too forward to ask something whom he had just met. But he before he could say anymore, he noticed that the mysterious white hair guy was looking at another direction. Dragonsnow turned his head following the direction and noticed a shy and cute female player with slightly long brown hair, he is not sure when she got here and how long she has been standing there.

But from the look, it had looked like the female player wants to come over here, maybe she was a newbie too and was looking for a friend or for party members? But either way, she wasn't approaching them at the moment. Too shy? Dragonsnow tilt his head and asked himself. Well, it would only be polite.

"Hi There!" Dragonsnow called out to the female player and give her a smile, "Are you new here as well? My name is Dragonsnow, is this the first time you been to Horunka?" He speaks in a hopefully friendly matter.

[Takita]

Words Outfit SHIN OF ADOX

Takita jumped slightly as she got noticed by the white-haired young man. She tried to make it look like she was busy with something but failed miserable. As she looked back at the young man, Takita noticed how he was staring at her for a short period of time, he gave her a smile and continued his conversation with the other man in front of him. It seemed like the young man with crow black hair was lost and fairly new to the game like Takita herself. The dark haired man seemed confused but he soon did as he got told. He seemed to be studying the map but Takita couldn't know for sure since his HUD was only visible for himself. After a few minutes, he thanked the white-haired player. and introduced himself as Dragosnow, followed by some questions. oddly enough his name fit him well, despite the lack of sow like features. Dragonsnow seemed to have another question in mind but held it back as he noticed the  young woman. He tilted his head and looked at Takita before he called out to her with a smile. She looked back at him in confusion before she repayed his smile with one of her own bright smiles. He asked if she was new as well but also if this was her first time in the village. Takita nodded to his question before she hesitated. The young man had been nice enough to tell her his name so it would only be fair if she did the same.  '' I would say that i'm fa-fairly new. I'm Takita '' she said with a slight shutter as she held her hands behind her back, slightly leaning towards to be a part of their conversation. Dragonsnow's voice was rather friendly when he spoke to her, causing Takita to relax as she pulled a light brown lock of hair behind her ear, smiling at the two of them.  It didn't hit her until afterwards that she did not know the white-haired mans name but she held back the question since Dragonsnow had asked just a few minutes prior to him noticing the young girl. She felt a little bad for ear-dropping but didn't want to bring it up as it might harm any future friendship between the group of 3.  Angelo Dragonsnow

[Angelo]

	Horunka. It's been a long time since I've been here. Might as well look around and see what's new. I am NOT going back to the Hot Springs ever again though.. That was just.. *sigh*
	Angelo Level 4 | HP: 60/60 |

Who may I be? Such a deep question. Several thoughts raced across his mind as he recounted about his past experiences and choices he made to be who he was right now. As he thought about an answer to give to 'Dragonsnow', the black-haired man gone and decided to just talk to the girl. Most people he knew, himself included kept to him or herself and didn't really talk to strangers that they didn't know, unless they needed help. This person here.. he just talks to everyone he meets. We have a word for these types of people: nosy. Angelo kept his thoughts to himself as he stood up and approached the two.

She introduced herself as Takita and the boy nodded and smiled shortly. He announced his name for the two to here as well as an answer to Dragon's previous question. "Angelo. Pleased to meet the both of you. I've been here only three times. It's a unique little village, is it not?"

Oh how he wanted to just sit back quietly and read a book in peace. Angelo looked towards the fountain, seeing the confused mess of ripples flowing in every direction. There was order within the chaos, the rising and falling of water painting a picture in the teenager's mind. He sighed as he brought his attention back to the group.

[Starlight]

Dragonsnow nodded at the female player, this is also his first time into Horunka, and that he was slightly curios about what is so hot about this Town that attract so many people over here. Well, he is not her sister, so he will not be asking two random stranger to give him a tour of the town, he can do that on his own. Traveling by himself does sounded more appealing to him anyway.

With that Dragonsnow says to the white hair player, who is now known as Angelo. "So Angelo, neither of us know our way around the city, and it was almost lunch time now, be a gentlemen and take us to dinner. And you can also tell us more about the Town" Dragonsnow says with a sly smile, then he turns to the brown hair female player known as Takita. "Well, Takita, you are also want to taste the food here right? Lets all go together! Who knows, we can even get to know each other a little." Turning to smile at Angelo. "Well..Angelo, you look like the high level player around here, treat us newbies nicely and take us to lunch~ Teach us something about yourself and your adventure then?" Dragonsnow says casually while turning to Takita, says quietly to her. "I really do want to find out more about this place, but his story interest me more, I think it might be funny."

So With anticipation, Dragonsnow turns to look at Angelo.

[Takita]

196 Outfit SHIN OF ADOX

The thought of food was always appreciated by the young woman. With a warm smile she nodded in agreement with Dragonsnow as he informed her he also wanted to find out more about this place. When the young man mentioned Angelo's story, she hesitated while thinking about it. She wasn't much for introducing into people's person space but she could agree on one thing, it was indeed an interesting thought. Short there after she turned to face the two men. '' Let's find something we all can enjoy. '' she said happily while gently brushing a lock of hair out of her face, unsure on where to go next. Since the young woman had a horrible sense of directions she patiently waited for either of the two to lead the way. It didn't accrue to her until later that she felt rather comfortable around the two men that she's just met. Unsure if it was over her naive nature or her view on others, either way Takita was glad that the event had turned for the better. After all, it has never hurt her to be friendly towards others. It's only given the young woman friends and happiness. Dragonsnow Angelo

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