Animal puns, they boar me [Pureblade]

[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

Takita closed her eyes as Pure's hand patted her head gently, as he was petting her a crimson red blush appeared on her cold cheeks. It felt nice and at a moment like this, it was impossible to make a difference between reality and the game. His touch gave her comfort that was difficult to achive in the new reality of their's.
His smile brought a warm feeling to her, even if it was cold around her, it didn't matter as long as she had him close.

When Pure answered her question with a No, she knew that it was a lie as she was shivering but decided not to confront him. As they kept walking towards the restaurant, she kept him close to her. Trying to keep him warm as she had his coat. It would be a shame if he got any negative effects from helping her. So the best thing she could do would be trying to give him some warmth of her own.

Pure stopped infront of a wooden door with a somewhat large sign, causing Takita to look up to read what the red cursive said. The Calcum Rod she thought as she read it a few times just to make sure that it was indeed correct. The rod behind the large words was nothing fancy, just a simple wooden fishing rod with a fish at the end. It had some sort of beauty to it, in it's own way.

The two warriors entered the restaurant just to be approached by a hostess. When they entered the building, Takita could feel the warmth coming from the inside, hitting her face as the temprature difference from the outside was big. As she looked around she noticed how it was nothing like the Inn's at the first floor, they usually looked like you would expect from an Inn. But this was modern despite the outside look giving it the impression of an older building. Takita gave the hostess a smile as she lead them to their table. She would be lying if she didn't say the hostess was pretty in her golden locks and bright emerald green eyes.

When she sat down and Pure pushed her chair in, she gave him a nudge as a thanks. While he went over to sit down on his end, Takita looked over the menu that confirmed that it was mostly fish based. Glaring at it without any success in what she wanted to eat, she hid her face behind it as she from time to time glanced at Pure with a giggle making her sound like a nervous high school girl. Which she was. Despite her looks, Takita never got the chance to go out with someone from the other gender in her real life. But it didn't bother her so much as it would have to others.
'' I don't know what to pick'' she whispered as she looked at Pure with concerned eyes. It wasn't that she was picky, just curious about everything as she had high expectations for the food of the second floor.

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As Takita sat down sat down, she nudged Dan as a sign of appreciation. The contact sent a jolt of warmth through the boy, as did every bit of contact the two had. He sat down with a slight blush as he began looking over the menu. They were serving a variety of fish from bass to trout and a few others he didn't recognize, mostly likely exclusive to the game. From time to time he thought he heard the giggle of a girl, but dismissed it as his detection hearing the other patrons of the restaurant. But as time passed he realized that the giggling was coming from his own table. He wondered what was so funny but was preoccupied with looking over the menu. He wasn't sure if he should try to be adventourous and try one of the in game fish or go with one he knew from the real world. While he was deciding he managed to pick up Takita whispering that she didn't know what to pick. He sighed and tapped his menu on the table briefly, having the same dilema. Dan hummed briefly as he thought of an idea. "Well we could both get something different and share it. Like I could get one of the exotic fish while you get one of the more common ones and we can share them. That way if we don't like what we ordered we don't go hungry. What do you think?" He thought that it was a pretty good idea but he wanted to make sure that his date was okay with it... 'Wait, this isn't a date!' He thought quickly. 'We're just two friends having dinner together.' He blushed though at his line of thought.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

She watched as Pure put down his menu and looked at her with the same dilema in mind. Takita leaned her cheek against her hand as she watched his movements while listening to his brief humming. When Pure started to explain his idea, Takita had trouble hearing him as she was distracted by her own thoughts, but she still managed to pick up most of what he said.
'' Sounds idèal. Even if we both like our meals, we can still share. '' she said as her eyes read the menu over and over again, trying to find something that appealed to her over the other options given.

Fish wasn't something new to the teenage girl as she often ate it in the real world. Despite this fact, her choice wasn't any easier. After reading the menu that now became very known to the girl, she turned it in the direction of Pure and pointed at her choice.
'' Mackerel. My mother cooked all the time. '' Even if she was very familiar with the fish she picked, it could be cooked very differently and it wasn't sure that it would taste even close to how it did in the real world.

As her thoughts continued to critize the world around her, Takita looked around her to see what kind of people the second floor had. It wasn't a surprise to her that she seemed like an underdog as both NPC's and Players seemed much stronger than herself. When she accidentally made eye contact with an older man that could be either a player or NPC, she quickly turned her face away. Hugging Pure's hand as she watched out the window instead. The lights from the inside could be seen in the reflection of the window next to their table. Outside was dark and cold but bright at the same time as the starts on the skype gave away a glossy light. The streets were quiet and only a few figures could be seen walking around, Takita assumed that it was either PK:ers looking for lonely players that went out farming EXP at night when most players kept away from danger or just people gathering information.

Either way, none of the options were someone she would want to bump into at this time of the day.
'' Does it ever scare you? To be around stronger players? '' she asked as her hair slipped down from her shoulder as Takita carefully took of the coat, scared of breaking it, even thought it would have been impossible for her to do so.

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Dan nodded as she agreed with his plan, saying they could still share if they wanted. She was ordering the mackerel, saying her mom use to make it all the time. He felt a pang of sadness strike him as he frowned, remembering his own mother's cooking. He didn't like being away from home for so long and each reminder was like a dull knife to the heart. But this was supposed to be a happy moment, so he derailed his train of thought and looked over the more exotic fish on the menu. He decided on one that was the most familiar to him. It looked like a cross between a salmon and an angler fish, but its scales were a dark yellow. Dan showed Takita the picture and said, "I don't know how to pronounce this but I want it." When the waiter came around he took their order and gave them each a glass of water, stating that their meal would be out shortly. Dan tried to use this time to think of ways to get to know the girl in front of him. He was half way through thinking up a game of 20 questions when Takita grabbed his hand, gazing out the window, sending a jolt of warmth through him. Dan's eyes widened in surprise as he looke down at their hands, then up at Takita, then back at their hands. He was confused as to what prompted this action, as all other displays of affection were because of some prior action. Though her next question made everything clear. She was scared. It made senses in a way. Here she was a level one player in a room full of players of much higher level than her. To them she might as well have been an ant under their boots. But Dan didn't feel the same way. "Not really," He said relaxing and squeezing Takita's hand. "I know they have no reason to hurt me. They're the same as us but stronger." He hesitated briefly before he spoke again. "Are you scared of me?" It was a somewhat valid question, considering he was a level higer than her.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

His question threw her of her track of thought, scared.. of him? She quickly shook her head as she stood up, almost shoting her chair back in the speed.
'' I-I'm not scared of you. Because I know you wouldn't hurt me.'' she said with determined eyes as Takita still held his hands in her's. As Takita realised that her actions drew the attention from the NPC's and players around them, when she looked around; meeting the eyes of curiosity as they wondered over her sudden actions.

Takita quickly sat down, covering her burning face with her hands. It wasn't a surprise that she did actions without thinking. People often described her as an emotionally driven person. While they wasn't wrong, she didn't want to agree with the statement as she was too stubborn.
'' I'm sorry.. '' she whispered but her words were difficult to hear as her hands covered her mouth.

In an atempt to think of other things than her embarrassment, Takita drank some water out of the transparent glass given to her by the waiter that ealier passed their table. As she put her glass back down on the dark wooden table in front of them, the same waiter came up to them. Holding two plates, one in each hand. The smell of cooked fish spread a smile on Takita's pink lips. In the first floor it was difficult to access fish like this, and if you found some, it would be overly prised. The man put their plates down swiftly. Like it's something he's done thousands of times before.

As he told the to enjoy their meal and left, Takita pushed her plate towards Pure, making it eaiser for him to access it.
'' If you want to try. '' she said with the fork in her left hand, tapping it in the air as if she was counting something. But it was just the young girl getting distracted by her thoughts. The smell of her meal made her feel nostalgic, it gave her a feeling of comfort. Please don't taste bad.. she thought as she bit her lip nervously.

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Dan raised an eyebrow, smiling slightly at Takita's outburst. He was aware of the eyes of the other patrons of the restaurant were on them but he paid them no mind, focusing completely on the girl in front of him. As the patrons returned to their conversations a thought occurred to him. He'd learned something important about the girl. She was an emotional person. It wasn't a negative thing but interesting nonetheless. He chuckled a little bit as she covered her face in embarrassment, patting her on the shoulder. Luckily the waiter came back deliver their meal, relieving some of the embarrassment. He thanked the waiter as he told them to enjoy their meal and left. He hummed as he looked between the two meals hungrily. They both looked and smelled delicious. He was snapped out of his thoughts as Takita pushed his plate toward him allowing him to try some. Dan chuckled as he cut a small piece out. "Making me you're guinea pig huh?" He closed his mouth and chewed on the fish, pulling the fork from his mouth. He hummed at the taste, swallowing it before speaking. "It's pretty good. Not totally amazing, and probably not as good as your Mom's but still good. Certainly better than the food on the first floor." He looked down at the two plates between them and said "Here let's do this." He moved the plates so that they were exactly in the middle so both of them could take what they wanted. "Makes it easier to share," Dan said with a smile. "Here you try mine now." He gestured to the yellow fish on his plate.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

She leaned her head against her free hand as she watched Pure take a bite of her fish. His comment about her making him her guniea pig made Takita chuckle as he wasn't too far off. Even the smallest of things Pure did looked amazing to her in some kind of way.. Maybe amazing was the wrong word to use but it was special to her. Something that she wouldn't pay attention to when it cames to others. The girl carefully cut the yellow fish in front of her with the fork in her hand. With his previous comment about the food in mind, Takita took the colourful fish to her mouth as she curiously tasted it.

The taste of the fish was foreign yet recognisable as she could feel how the fish melted in her mouth like butter. Takita covered her mouth to speak as she smiled.
'' After all that blant food at the first floor, I thought I would never be able to taste good food against but this is delicious! '' she burst out as finally being able to eat food with some taste to it filled her with joy. While Takita took another sip out of her glass of water, she quickly got a peace of her own plate.
'' Putting the fish on the test '' Takita winked jokingly as she took tasted the Mackerel.

And Pure was right, the fish that was well known to the girl didn't taste nearly as good as her mothers cooking which was somewhat of a disappointment to her. Takita had hopped that it would taste similar enough for her to dismiss the difference but it was impossible. She put her fork down and leaned back into her chair with her arms over her chest and puffy cheeks.
'' It didn't pass the test. ''

As their meal continued Takita kept pushing away the urge to hold his hand and move closer to him. The idea of the meal they shared being a date also crossed her mind multiple times during the evening but as the girl was in denial of her feelings for the boy in front of her, she refused to give it any further time. While Takita was sitting there with Pure, she thought about what she could ask him without poking a subject that might be too personal. As the idea hit her, Takita leaned forwards, her chest pressing against the table under the light blue starter gear she was wearing.  As Takita was leaning against the table, she poked Pure's  cheek; trying to get his attention.
'' I want to know more about you, Mister. How come you ended in a game like this? '' she asked as Takita tilted her head, causing her light brown curls to fall over her shoulder.

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Dan watched as Takita began eating the yellow fish, hoping that he hadn't made a horrible choice. Thankfully though she seemed to like it and he relaxed. He chuckled as she gushed about how it was delicious and took a bite of it himself. He hummed as it touched his tongue. The taste was foreign to him, though not unenjoyable. He shivered a little as she winked at him and blushed. Dan watched intently as she began to chew on the mackerel. He was crossing his fingers on one hand under the table, hoping she'd like it. However she announced that it didn't pass the test, arms crossed over her chest and her cheeks puffed out. If he was being honest she looked incredibly cute like that. He frowned though, this clearly brought up memories of home, which were tough to deal with. "Oh well here, you can have mine if you like." He pushed the fish he'd ordered towards her and pulled the mackrel towards himself. As the night progress he was constantly plagued by thoughts about how pretty Takita was and that he wished he could hold her hand again. But he couldn't force himself to do it. He was too afraid of the rejection that he could face, so instead he continued eating his meal and thinking about how he could learn about the girl in front of him. Just as he was about to speak Takita leaned forward, getting closer to his face. Dan raised an eyebrow and even blushed at one point as she thought she was leaning in to kiss him. He relaxed though as she simply poked his cheek and asked to know more about him, wonder how he ended up in the game. He chuckled and pushed her back gently, smiling and shrugged. "It's not some big story. I bought the game, started playing. Next thing I know I'm back in the Town of Beginings, the sky starts bleeding and suddenly I can't go home." He chuckled trying to make the story light. "How about you?"

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

Seeing Pure blush as she leaned towards him caused her heart beat to pick up it's speed and the heavy bass like sound echoed inside of her. Scared of Pure hearing her rapid heart beat, Takita let herself get pushed back by his gentle hands. Closing her eyes as she leaned her head back against the chair listening to his explanation to how he ended up in the death-game. Takita slightly twisted her torso where she was sitting before she opened her eyes, looking at the cealing above her that indicated that there was a second floor above the two warriors.

Probably the Store owner.. If it's player owned that is. she thought before Takita decided to answer his question. It was only fair of her to give him the same kind of information that he gav her. With a deep breath Takita looked at him with a small smile, trying to hide the pain of looking back at the mistake she treid so hard to forget.
'' I begged my brother to let me play first days before he bought it. In the end he agreed if I did his laundry for a year.. '' she let out a weak chuckle at the memory of such a silly deal that they had between them.
'' I don't think I will be able to repay him. '' as she continued where she left off her eyebrows pinched together, and overwhelming sadness sat in her hazel eyes.

Takita knew very well from the beginning that she would never be able to survive the danger around her even if she kept pushing that certain thought away every time it managed to crawl back. But since Pure tagged along she felt more secure about herself and her skills in battle, but would it really be enough for higher floors? As Tears build up, threatening at any moment to fall onto her cheeks, Takita looked down at her hands that she had in her lap.

The young girl was picking her nails as she took a deep breath before she looked up at Pure with a wide smile on her lips, trying to hold back the pain of reality.
'' Do you have any siblings, Pure? '' she asked in a weak voice.

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As Dan listened to Takida's story he began to bite his lip. He could tell that he'd made her feel sad with his question. He didn't need his detection skill to see the sadness sitting in her eyes. She looked so sad and it broke his heart. He wanted to reach over across the table and hold her hand to comfort her, but she had placed them her lap and he was unable to reach them. She tried to change the subject, putting on a mask of happiness. He was no idiot, though, he recognized the fake smile. It was a look he had to practice from time to time. Dan had heard Takita's question but was unsure if he would answer. On one hand he could change the subject and leave the problem unresolved. On the other hand, he could greatly help her with what she was going through, and again on the other he could cause more harm than good. He sighed and thought, 'Screw it.' He got up from the table and walked around it to the chair next to her and sat down. He quickly turned and hugged her. "I'm sorry I brought that up." He said. "I didn't know it would make you so sad. I'm sorry." He rubbed up and down her back a little.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

Her body froze as he hugged her, unable to decide if she should keep the act up or let it out. Suddenly, the tears overwhelmed her eyes, and sobs started to escape as she leaned her forehead against his shoulder. Takita closed her eyes as tears fell from her eyelashes, tightly hugging him as she in vain tried to hold back the sobs. The young girl felt embarrassed and weak as tears dripped from her face, down to Pure's clothing. She mumbled a few I'm sorry.. between her sobs with a breaking voice as it refused to obey her.

As she wrapped her fingers into the fabric of his gear, she noticed how soft it felt between her trembling fingertips. Takita took a short breath to collect herself but it was in vain as he was close to her. With him there, comforting her. It didn't seem so bad, to finally be able to cry it out. To release the fear and panic that's been haunting her from day one. The familiar sound of his heart beath reached her ears as his hand rubbed her back. She felt like a small child being upset over a nightmare but oddly enough it didn't bother her as much as it would have.

Takita felt safe in his arms, for the first time in months she felt safe in the living hell around them. As she sobbed quietly, the cold breeze from the outside hit her face as someone entered the Inn, but Takita easily dismissed it as she looked up at him, with teary eyes and red cheeks.
'' I don't want to die in this game. '' she whispered between a few sobs as she rubbed her eyes against the cloth covering her left arm, just causing them to get red and irritated.

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Dan continued to rub Takita's back slowly as she cried. He noticed a they were drawing a few looks from some of the patrons but he didn't care. They shifted their gaze after a few moments anyways. He felt her clutch at the material of his armor and he couldn't help but think. 'If she wasn't crying right now, this would actually be kinda nice.' He instantly felt guilty and berated himself for the thought. He supposed she'd never let the emotions she'd felt since that day out, and the wall that held them back had finally broke, like a dam under too much pressure. Takita looked up at Dan with those soft sad eyes, looking pitiful and his heart went out to her as she said she didn't want to die in this game. He wanted to reassure her, to tell her that everything would be alright and that she wouldn't die, but he knew that there were no such guarantees in this cruel world they lived in. So instead he said, "Nobody wants to die, because of this they constantly get stronger so that they may live. That is what you must do. But you won't have to do it alone. I'll help you. I can train you, we can train together and get stronger together." Dan smiled down at the distressed girl, hoping his words had a positive effect, and if not, thinking of some that would.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

'' I just want to sit like this for a little. '' she mumbled as Takita leaned her forehead against his chest as she held Pure close to her. The tears had stopped and only traces were left on her rosy cheeks as Takita blinked a few times to get the dirty out of her eyes from rubbing her arm against them. As she exhaled a deep breath, Takita sat up, looked around her as she felt eyes piercing through her. As she suspected, a few players had their eyes on the two. A cold shiver went down her back as unpleasnt thoughts took place in her mind, causing Takita to hold Pure even closer to her.

'' You seem to keep finding new ways to amaze me. '' Takita said as a small smile appeared on her lips as she still had her cheek pressed against his chest. As her sadness started to disappear and letting happiness takes it place, tha young girl sat up and looked into his brown eyes. Since she didn't know what to say to him after all he's done for her, Takita placed her hands in her lap as Takita leaned back in her chair. Tempted to hold Pure's hands in her own she held the blue fabric of her skirt instead as she didn't want ask too much from him. Especially not after what he just did for her.

'' Despite this.. I've had a nice time with you. '' A chuckle followed her sentance as the girl was covering her mouth. Takita wasn't very fond of the laugh of her's and made her best attempt to hide with or at least blurr it out with her hand.

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Dan nodded and smiled as Takita asked to stay like this for a little longer. He smiled and nodded, willing to let her stay like this for the entire night if she wanted. He breathed slowly and evenly, hoping it would calm her down. Incidently it seemed to have worked as the tears streaking down her face disappeared over time. Dan blushed as the girl in hs arms told him he kept finding new ways to amaze her. He laughed nervously. "Well I just did what anyone would have done in the same situation." She soon withdrew from his grasp, taking the warmth she brought with her. He frowned for a fraction of a second, contemplating reaching out to hold her again, just so he could feel that magical warmth again. He quickly dashed the thought though, blushing slightly. Takita was saying that she enjoyed herself, despite what had happened just now and Dan nodded in agreement. "Yeah I've enjoyed spending time with you. But the night doesn't have to end just yet if you don't want it to. In fact..." He waved over their waiter. "Yes sir, how can I help you?" "Could you bring us a good bottle of red wine please?" The waiter smiled knowingly as he looked between the two teens. "Yes sir, I'll be sure to bring one up from our wine cellar right away." With that he scurried off to the aformentioned cellar and dan moved back to his seat on the other side of the table.

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[Takita]

A man without fear cannot be wise Takita lv1 Pureblade

As Pure told Takita that the night didn't have to end just yet, a little tickle traveled up her stomach. He is so cute she thought with a chuckle, every time he turned and looked at her, she got butterflies in her stomach. The warm feeling spread accross her cheeks with a smile on her face. This feeling was new to her in many ways and she didn't want it to disappear any time soon.

When he waved over their waiter from earlier and asked for a bottle of wine, Takita could feel how her cheeks grew even hotter. It was new information to the girl that there was a such thing as alcohol in the game but the fact didn't surprise her. If an older man was crazy enough to trap them in here, small details like this should have been an obvious as for him, this was the new reality. Takita shook her head to push away the thought of the first day as she turned to Pure that now moved back to his previous seat.

The thought of this being a date have been in her mind all night but the curage of asking had not. She took a deep breath before she looked at him with detemend eyes, ready to get an answer to the question that's been haunting her since the start of their night together.
'' Is this a d-date? '' she shuttered as her curage dropped almost instantly after the words left her lips. As the girl realised what she said, in a rapid speed her cheeks became crimson red as she started waving her hands in front of her.
'' N-Not that.. I mean.. It could be if you wanted it to.'' she continued shuttering, Pure was a friend. Friends don't go on dates she thought over and over again as she expected him to shot her down.

But the idea of it being a date felt nice to the girl, made the game seem less scary and more.. normal. But was wasn't that what Kayaba wanted from them? To accept this as their new world? The unpleasnt thoughts made her puff her cheeks in disagreement before she leaned her chin on her arms that was resting on the table that was between the two of them. Missing the warm feeling of his touch, Takita placed her hand rather close to his, but held herself back from grabbing it as she looked out the window, trying not to make the fact obvious.

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