_____Kaedé had been searching for Dormont for she did not even recall how long anymore. So many stops along the way, things she chose to do while there before returning to her main goal, times she ended up getting lost like this one right now. Her anger boiling up as her foot rose and glided over grass before the kinetic energy was transferred to a rock in her path and sent it flying into a tree with a loud ‘thunk’ Karma spinning the table as ‘crack’ followed a few moments after by a lighter ‘thunk’ as a branch fell from the same tree and hit Kaedé's head for her actions. ”Really Karma, after all the times you have given me shit, you still FUCKING DO IT! As if taking the one i cared most about was not enough you take nearly everything from me and still make my life miserable at every turn for trying to cope with the shittness…” _____Kaedé hated forces at play she could not kick in the balls or strangle out. They always seemed to deem her unfit to keep her happiness for long and struck their wrath down her for every action she took. Spend the day in, read a story how another woman was nude at the bar that night. Sleep with a women, finds out she is married and gets a black eye. Kick a rock at a tree and it rain’s a branch down on her skull. Rubbing the wound as she went back to just trying to find her way to dormont or a village to get direction. _____The forest around her however seemed to grow denser rather than more spread out, wildlife watching in wait, while others incase she made a movement towards them. Rumbling from the sky foretold of an approaching storm making Kaedé's desire to find somewhere more desperate. Hands rising up in the form of two middle fingers before she heard snarling and turned around. ”Oh for fuck’s sake learn to take a joooo!~” Her comment cut short as the pack of wolves began to chase and she had to start running, just her damn luck it seemed. @Anabelle Zhang
The beauty of being in a virtual MMORPG was that you were able to explore when in reality you were confined in a single area, or depending on what console you were using. At least that was the case of everyone using Full Dive, including Christianna Lee, who used the name Anabelle Zhang in Terrasphere. For today, the Felin decided to explore parts of Astorea in search of goods, gold, and a more decent attire than what the randomize button had given her. She was bothered by how much of her skin was exposed. She could not afford to buy the garments in shops in various towns she had visited so her only hope was in hunting. And, there she was in a vast forestland. The thickness of the verdant trees and shrubs made it hard for the catgirl to move around cautiously; she would either get pricked by a thorny vine or scratched by a sharp stray branch, making her wince in sudden rush of pain. The howling of various creatures that lurked behind the bushes and trees were entwined with the snapping and crushing of dried twigs and leaves. Though for a forest, the place was quite cold. This has told her cat instincts that some kind of storm was on its way and she had to find a place to stay. In search of this, she had gotten deeper into the forest where the lush canopy forbade sunlight or a glimpse of the skies to pass through. In the middle of the journey, Anabelle found a huge aperture forming a cave. It was of aged rocks with signs of dried mosses stuck on its walls. Without thinking twice, or perhaps because of the innate curiosity of cats and its attraction to places as such, the feline woman entered the cave --- Only to find numerous amber killer eyes within the shadows. Then a growl. Out of the blue, a wolf lunged at the feline, but the latter was still lucky to dodge and get out of the cave. Turned out, it was a den of wolves and her presence had caused them to be aggressive, you know, the typical cat vs. dog story. Anabelle huffed as she ran on all fours through the woods, trying to save her ass from the pack that was behind her. "Wait a minute! I am a cat! Running isn't the only thing I can do!" Remembering how one fellow did when they met by the beach side at Druuk Island, Anabelle hastily jumped to a tree, and climbed upwards until she was able to sit on a sturdy branch, catching her breath as she saw her Energy Meter was halved. Some of the wolves stayed on the foot of the tree, while the others came for the next visible creature they could see --- an ebony-haired woman. They chased her. "Hopefully she would be fine," Anabelle thought to herself as she watched the fiasco happened.
Kaedé Hoshi 100 HP MAX HP95 EN MAX EN _____Kaedé's temper took a moment before it decided to take over her actions as she started to go over her UI drawing out her weapon and getting ready to turn the tide on the wolves. The blade of her Naginata slamming into the ground and acting as her lift as she jumped up with the momentum and drew her weapon back towards her frame while she had some air. The first wolf that tried to attack her soon found her weapon thrust into it’s back and used to cushion her landing. Pulling it out after a quick twist to confirm her kill before she faced the rest of the wolves growling herself towards them. _____Her frame lowered to a almost crouching pose before she moved her hands along her weapon until her right hand was almost directly on top of the blade while her left was roughly two feet away from it. This was the best form she could currently take for close combat as she kept her focus on the enemies before her, unknown to her as a few wolves had chosen to break from the pack to cut her route off and slowly began to approach from both sides. ”I just want to get the fuck out of the forest leave me the hell alone won’t you!” @Anabelle Zhang
Anabelle's heterochromatic eyes widened in amazement as she watched the ebony-haired human's every swift move, how she managed to kill one of the wolves and her intimidating stance as if challenging the pack to come and get here if they can; that she was more adept than them. In the comforts of her branch she instantly messaged a friend of hers telling him that she already knew how he felt when it was him who was sitting on a branch and it was she who was fighting crustaceans. But, there was a difference between the two scenarios: this ebony-haired Human was indeed more skilled than her. When she shouted, the Felin realized that perhaps the two of them had the same goal: to find a way out of the forest or at least shelter from the incoming storm her senses were warning her about. Thence, she took out her rod and opened in stand by her skills tab. She then sent a party request to the woman on the ground. "Do not worry, miss! I can heal you and replenish your Energy! You can do it! You can beat them! I know you can!" she cheered, acting as a support in-game and a moral supporter.
Kaedé Hoshi 65 HP MAX HP85 EN MAX EN _____Kaedé soon made a number of mistakes she wished she could take back not long after she realized the price it cost her. The first was taking her left hand away from her weapon to accept the party request, and the second was not checking behind her location as she felt sharp pains rise from her shoulders as two different wolves locked their jaws into her shoulders and the others began to advance on the slightly pinned pray. She had very few options, the extra weight would keep her getting any air, and as long as they help to her shoulders and clawed her back she could not get her weapon high enough to do anything. _____Eyes scanning quickly to find another option as only one would be able to work, frame shifting to the side as she ran right for a boulder using the wolves to break some of the impact, their teeth digging into her shoulders more before they let go and Kaedé could run forward to jump over the rest of the now regrouped pack. Eyes flicking over to see her HP almost halved over that chain of mistakes as she cursed and tried to get her weapon back at the ready stance. Naginata angled down, blade turned upward as she braced, step back and crouch ready to strike, her right eye closed and teeth digging into her lip to deal with the realistic pain. _____The first wolf to try to get another bite into Kaedé would not be nearly as lucky. Her eyes watching it start to approach, slowly spinning a small circle with her weapon before a quick upward slash cut the wolf down the middle, moving her weapon to cut downward to split the wolf entirely in half before she got low to the ground again and waited for the next target to try her. Her arms searing with pain from the motion cause her to have to either move on the defense or try and use her fading ability to look dangerous to keep the wolves away until she could perform the attack again. @Anabelle Zhang
Anabelle Zhang 75 HP MAX HP30 EN MAX EN Still in the comforts of the tree, with the party request accepted, Anabelle saw the name of the stranger being attacked by the wolves in her place: Kaede Hoshi. And with it, her dwindling HP meter. The Felin stood on the tree branch and waved her rod. Light emerged and shone down to the ebony-haired woman, along with a few evanescent images of pristine white feathers. That should do it; in exchange of the equivalent amount of MP, Kaede should have her wounds healed and her HP meter be up by 20%. But, there was not much she could do with half of her energy meter and still a number of wolves alive. She had to do something to alleviate the suffering of the stranger. Firmly gripping on the wooden rod, Anabelle took the leap of faith and landed on the foliage with her two feet, as flawless as a feline would. The wolves waiting on the base of the tree rushed towards her. She greeted them with a swoosh of her wand. One after another, orbs of bright blue emitted out of the rod to hit one of the attackers. One more hit and it landed on its head. "CRITICAL!" a huge bold text in bright colors appeared above the head of the victim as it fell to the ground lifeless. One down, three more to go. They were attacking at a close distance, so Anabelle had no choice but to thwack them with her weapon. Out of the blue, a notification appeared on her screen saying she got a mail. "Oh damn it, I'll deal with your letter later, Yuichi! I'm fightitng!"
Kaedé Hoshi 85 HP MAX HP65 EN MAX EN _____While Kaedé was happy to be healed she would have preferred this time to wait until her berserk side was closer to being triggered. Needless to complain she waved her weapon with a bit more ease and took the fight forward a bit. She still needed to heavily trust her Rogue mastery as she weaved around each attacker doing shallow strikes at quick speeds to whittle down her targets. If a wolf did make the mistake of going to heavy on a attack Kaedé would punish it with a fatal wound. _____When Kaedé saw the woman slightly in trouble she could not resist playing the knight for the cat girl. Rushing over with weapon at her side before performing a quick front flip over one of the wolves weapon pulled back before stabbing down on the skull of the wolf and twisting before she moved with the rest of her flip and tossed the dead wolf towards one trying to attack the girl before Kaedé winked happily and rushed back to her problem. She needed to find the alpha and take it down before someone got seriously hurt on her side of things. _____Sure enough Kaedé got what she needed as the Alpha lunged towards her and narrowly dodged her reaction attack to keep herself from getting hit by the larger wolf’s claws. Weapon slamming down as Kaedé slide a circle to reface her main target and it spun around to growl at the fighter. This was not exactly the most thrilling fight targets but it did get her blood pumping and she rushed to have another clash with her target. Another even trade with no damage to the other as the other wolves seemed to slow down to watch. It was a battle for Alpha, and Kaedé hated to lose fights. @Anabelle Zhang
Anabelle Zhang 55 HP MAX HP25 EN MAX EN Just when she thought she would face this batch of fiends on her own, the ebony-haired woman ran to her side to be of aid. Her actions made her appear like a knight-in-shining-armor, only a woman. Did gender matter that moment? Not really. She was brave and compassionate, or so what Anabelle could think of her, since she did not let her fight on her own despite the fact that she, too, was facing her own enemies. And so she fought side-by-side with the ebony-haired savior. Anabelle, with all her might, whacked the wolves in their heads using her rod, and then used her basic attack, the orbs of light blue in color. She continued to do the same, but she was already feeling tired. Good thing she managed to kill one wolf with the repetitive tactic she used. Dizziness took over her. Once she could not take it any longer, Anabelle slumped on the forest ground, heaving, while four wolves, the ones left, were attacking both of them. Scratches after scratches she received, but it seemed that she was not minding it at all. Her heterochromatic eyes gazed upon the stranger who was aiding her and she smiled weakly, "I think I cannot fight anymore. I'm tired already." She sobbed, "but I don't want to die this way. I don't want to die. Please tell me you can do this. There's no use of fighting anymore!" ooc: i apologize for the delay and the short post. promise, i will redeem myself next time. please forgive me, kaede dear.
Kaedé Hoshi 50 HP MAX HP35 EN MAX EN _____Kaedé was not only glad this woman needed her help, but also by the fact this girl needed her to do most the fighting. A wide smile crossed Kaedé's face as she slid to the right to avoid the Alpha wolf before she spoke. ”I think I can manage this much, if I do, mind telling me your name?” Kaedé spun on her heel as she lowered her frame to dodge the attack from behind her, she was not exactly easy to fight both her real life training and time spent in SAO saw to that much as she spun her weapon and got ready to end the Alpha’s annoying interruptions. _____Her weapon’s blade lightly pressed to the earth, the sharp end upward as she slowly moved her right leg forward to angle her frame, left leg building tension as she slowly eased down to crouching. Careful eye watching her targets, and her energy as she had to time this right or all she was using would no doubt go to waste. The Alpha was also seeming to get ready to end this small show as it growled and got ready to lunge with everything it had. Everything would be decided for their fight in one full clash of might. _____Kaedé would stand still as the wolf lunged forward, her motion was her top speed at work. Right hand rose upward, left leg springing forward, and arms forming a half circle to move her weapon in a arc under the wolf. Her motion was not without retaliation as she stood and her arms began to bleed, the wolf splitting in two behind her before Kaedé's meters got a sizable dent in them and she turned to face the wolves with a loud growl. The pack whimpered and scattered, their Alpha dead and the killer not accepting the pack it seemed. _____Sheathing her weapon before offering a hand to the girl with a smile. Most times she would ask for a kiss, or for a women of her appearance if she could see her in a swimsuit. But after all the fighting she just wanted to know the name of the person she saved and maybe later ask for those things if they crossed paths again. @Anabelle Zhang
To Christianna's mind, typically the actions made by Anabelle would irk any fighter who just got dragged into the situation the Felin caused. Hence it was a surprise when the ebony-haired woman smiled at her as if she did not mind it at all. What was more surprising was, in exchange for saving Anabelle from all the trouble she had to do was to say her name. It made the heterochromatic beauty ponder: what could there be in a name, particularly hers, that such a warrior like this lady before her would want to know? Her name in this game was nothing but a faux one, for what would it be worth? To know just to forget? Then it clicked --- these were the same questions the auburn-haired pretty boy she met before raised. "I think this is some sort of a brain bug," she thought. Anabelle, from her slumped position, watched how it seemed too easily for the warrior lady to fight the alpha. She was amazed at her precision, at her smooth movements, like she was born to fight. Anabelle wished she was like that, so she would not need others to fight for her, but then her job she picked during creation was to support, not to be on the frontlines. Could it be possible for someone like her to be both? Her actions led to the death of the alpha, scattering away the other members of the pack in fear of their lives because their head was dead. It was at that time the ebony-haired woman offered her hand, which the Felin gladly accepted. Her soft hand landed on hers, holding it tightly as she pulled herself up from the dust. Then, even without dusting herself, and due to relief and joy she felt, the blonde suddenly hugged tightly the ebony-haired woman, her dual-colored eyes moist with tears. "Thank you very much, miss! Thank you very much for saving me! I don't know what I would do without you! Thank you!" said she, her body pressed tightly against hers. A few seconds passed before she reneged from the tight embrace, then she nodded her head and continued, "as promised I shall say my name, even if I have no idea why it is of utmost importance to you. I am Anabelle Zhang. May I also know the name of my savior, and why is my name all that you needed in exchange of your service? And oh, please let me just replenish my Energy so I can heal you."
”A name to me is proof I made an impact on someone that they would share it with me. It helps me know despite how I act and am that I can change people’s lives for the better. I won’t lie my first thought was in exchange for my help you spend the night with me in the game… But name is just as good a reward in my book. Always a different time to ask to sleep alongside the fair maiden known as Anabelle Zhang.” _____Kaedé would smile happily as she reached to try and help the girl with her tears, the odd action after as she licked the tears off her fingers might have made the girl worry but Alice was not going to act any different from her usual self just to make a better impression. The offer to get healed made Kaedé laugh slightly as she rolled her shoulders and struck a hero pose for the fun of it. A light laugh to mask the pain from her arm so the act of not hurting was ruined so easily. ”I’m perfectly fine miss @Anabelle Zhang dear.~ Unless you plan to heal my cold heart with the warmth of your naked body against my own there is nothing further trouble you need spend with the likes of me.~” _____Kaedé looked serious about her second comment, sadly she was and there was no reason to say otherwise for Kaedé. Anabelle was death worthy to have one night stand with in Kaedé's book any day of her life. From the hair appearing smooth as silk and the color of snow, her eyes so pure and mesmerizing, Her skin so flawless, and her frame so hard to explain in words as she simply admired the girl with a smile and light blush on her face imagining her in just her undergarments. ”If you don’t like how I’m acting sorry to hear it but not gonna change who I am or not say what I really want from people I meet. Better to be true to yourself than to lie for someone else.~”
Initially, Anabelle did not get what the other girl meant with 'sleep with her' and 'spend the night with her'. She took both literally, which only confused the Felin. Why would a person, or rather a girl, would ask another girl to accompany her the whole night of adventuring in Terrasphere when obviously the blonde was the weaker one between them? She would be better off with someone as powerful and skilled as she was. Further, why would she ask for a reward to sleep beside Anabelle in-game? Did the woman suffer from any issues of sleeping by herself? The cloud of confusion only dissipated when the savior suddenly referred to being naked. "Oh," she mentally interjected, "she meant... that... thing...." Anabelle felt dumb for not knowing about it earlier. The mere thought of being bare and do some intimate rendezvous to someone sent a shiver down Anabelle's spine as one of the worst memories in Terrasphere flashed back in her memory: a hulking burly man suddenly grabbing both her wrists and did abysmal actions against the will of the blonde woman. It was an experience she wanted to stop haunting her, even if justice was already served. Her knees uncontrollably shook as she recalled that day, causing her to inch a step away without her knowing it, but she forced and faked a bright warm smile at the woman and be amicable. Besides, the ebony-haired warrior has nothing to do with that nightmare. In an attempt to steer away the talk from that of intimacy and anything synonymous thereto, the blonde quickly looked at her surroundings, giving it a good scan, before her cat ears twitched as an idea dawned to her. The skies were all grey and low, and the winds were starting to get colder. "I-It m-might rain any moment. Maybe you would like to look for a place to s-shelter us f-from the incoming storm, Ms. ---- ?" she hoped the other woman would fill out the end part of her statement with her name.
”Kaedé Hoshi. No reason for the miss if you don’t what to use it. As for the rain I guess you're right about getting to cover, I got no clue where we are so that is one thing ha-ha.” _____Kaedé would smile and check the girl’s energy to see if she had enough to be moving around quickly. If she did not @Anabelle Zhang would find herself quickly picked up in a princess carry before Kaedé shot off down her old route. Despite her talking she did not make any approaches to make the girl uneasy in her hands, she already could tell the girl had a bad time with opening up and she would not force her just because she wanted to tease the girl. ”Sorry but I don’t want to be the reason such a maiden collapsed in the forest from using to much if her energy trying to seek out cover from the rain.” _____What Kaedé was not paying attention to was the wounds she suffered starting to bleed out and soak her clothes to reveal she was injured. It was odd how the cloths would reform after her injury but the wounds would stay until her hp reaches max but despite the struggle to keep the girl even with all her motion and strain in her arms she managed long enough to get them into a cave as the first drops of rain began to fall outside. _____Setting the felis down before Kaedé ran back out to gather some sticks and dryer grass to use when she returned and set them down. Hands moving around her UI until she got out her flint and steel and began trying to light the gathered supplies to give them some warmth and to partly dry herself after running around in the rain to gather the items. _____It seemed odd, but Kaedé seemed to know exactly what to do when trapped out in the woods and acted so calm in fights. Mostly due to her real life not being picture perfect and her time trapped in a game giving her survival skills.
In no time, the Felin found herself scooped and carried in a bridal manner by the woman who introduced herself as Kaede Hoshi. While admittedly her energy is near to be repleted, she knew she could still walk (note: not run) around the forest. The act done by the ebony-haired lady was unnecessary, or so what Anabelle thought, but was accepted once she heard out the reason for the same. She replied with a curt nod and held onto her closely. It did not take long when as she was holding her that she felt something wet that touched her hand and a part of her arm. Upon inspection, she confirmed it was blood. "Are you sure you'll be okay with this?" Anabelle asked Kaede as they traversed the woodlands, "you're bleeding." Anabelle was worried. What if the scent of Kaede's blood would make them be tracked by other vicious animals lurking in the shrubs? Once she was placed down, without hesitation the Felin took off her top to reveal her upper body only in a purple bikini-like brassiere. As the Human was busy gathering sticks and dry grass, the blonde opted to stay in one corner and shred her clothing apart ---- she could buy another one when they reached the town. Once Kaede stopped moving, she would pull herself up from her seat and tap her shoulders. "Hey, let me cover up your wounds before a predator could detect us here," she urged, asking her to take off her top as well so she could put on her improvised bandage on it. Besides, there was nothing wrong with two women being in this state, right?
_____Kaedé took some time of clenching her fist to stop herself from trying anything with the now topless girl. When she was asked to take her top off, even if it was to cover her wounds Kaedé struggled to see it that way. But after some time and lightly biting her lower lip she reached up and moved her top so the girl could do what she wanted. Her own chest was covered with bandages already so more did not fully bother Kaedé but resist the urge to act on this given chance was far more troublesome to her. ”I’m unsure if your trying to tease me, test me, or just being pure of heart to a stranger. I suppose a rule you will ask is to keep my eyes off your chest or averted from you while you're in the current state that you are?” _____Kaedé respected woman’s wishes, and if such wish was a curse to Kaedé she would still follow it. Hopefully she was wrong as the urge to look and touch was still bubbling up inside Kaedé, it felt so much against her to not take such a chance. The storm that kept them here, the wounds that happen to make them both expose their upper bodies to a degree. It was like fate was yelling at Kaedé to for once just go wild despite the other’s displeasure to it and maybe change her mind about it. ”If only you had not felt so bad about others being so close to you. I am sorry something happen to cause you such feelings, but to me I feel it such a waste that it stops you from finding out there are good ways of other’s touching… Listen to me I sound like a real creep now ha-ha.” _____Kaedé would watch the storm outside and try to keep her focus there, her hands tapping her sides as she would wait until @Anabelle Zhang was done covering her wounds to move her cloths back and open her UI to offer the girl a top to try and cover up some in thanks.
