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Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Three - The Fencer II
Maybe it was the light of the golden hour bathing the landscape. Or maybe it was just the feeling of having finally decided. But as Asuna put the Town of Beginnings at her back, content to never return, she felt a lightness take hold...
WARNING : Contains depictions of suicidal ideation and self harm
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Three - The Fencer I
This was a dream.
It was a horrible dream.
It was a nightmare.
Yet no matter how many times Asuna closed her eyes, and wished it to be so, she couldn't wake up.
She...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Interlude Two
Castle Aincrad - 1st Floor - Orignia - Day 12
His vision flashed white then red before the pain caught up to him. His head snapped back, the taste of copper filled his mouth. And as his hearing returned, a ringing persisting in his hears...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer Final
And just like that, it had been over. The stranger had led Kyouko, a limping Darter, and a bound Kibaou, back into the light. Returning to the surface was like waking from a dream, calm, and placid, and making everything that had...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer VI
"So this is the place?" Rosalia planted her spear, peering into the depths of the cavern mouth, crimson lips thoughtfully pursed. They were on the outskirts of Champar, not another soul around, neither player nor NPC.
"A shallow cave...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer V
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
The short sharp shouts sounded out from the farmhouse garden. "Ha! Ha! Ha!" Delivered with the measured precision of a metronome. Even before she had turned ten years old, Kirigaya Suguha had formulated an important piece...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer IV
"So the floors, they're stacked on top of each other." Kyouko imagined while gazing up at the far away ceiling doing its best impression of a sky, "It's like a big layer cake." She took a small bite of bread smeared with goat cheese...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer III
"Outlanders eh? That explains it." Fostier stroked the gray stubble of his chin while seeming to appraise his guests in a new light.
They were seated at the round table of a rustic farm kitchen. Warm morning light spilled through a...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part Two - The Archer II
Yuuki Kyouko rose at exactly 6:00AM in the bedroom she shared with her husband, separate beds side by side. From 6:05 to 6:25 she took her morning exercise in their home gymnasium. 6:30, shower. 6:40, dressed and made up in clothes laid...
Dreamers of the Day - Book Two - Part One - The Archer I
This was a dream. It had to be a dream. The calm voice conveying its terrible message. The roar of the crowd around her. The press of bodies against her own. Kyouko didn't understand. If this was a dream, why couldn't she wake up?
She...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Interlude I
Castle Aincrad - 1st Floor - Orignia - Day 7
When Argo introduced herself, she usually started with the fact that she was an Information Broker, usually so that she could then explain what an Information Broker did, and thus why she was a valuable...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part One - The Swordsman Final
"Pour another for the little fellow!" An arm like a baseball bat made of sausage came down across Kirito's shoulders, threatening to knock him off his feet, and sending the contents of his mug sloshing across the ground. "He's...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part One - The Swordsman IV
Coper's plan wasn't anything complex, like the other swordsman had said, this was a loot and scoot, get in and get out. If anything, it reminded Kazuto of raids in older games where the players were under a soft time limit, a rising...
Kobolds, sometimes known as 'goblins', are a form of earth dwelling sprite known to infest the floors of Aincrad, particularly favoring caves, mines, and the intra floors as their habitats. They are normally described as small leathery skinned humanoids bearing a passing resemblance to...
Dreamers of the Day - Book One - Part One - The Swordsman II
Verdelle was a medicine woman, a healer of her people. Her small home was also her place of work. Herbs were hung up to dry. More healthful porridge simmered over the hearth. The great table that filled much of the main room was darkly...
Broadly, animal life within Aincrad can be divided into two distinct classes. Natural fauna, and monsters. The distinction, is however, counter intuitive. Boar, foxes, and rabbits, are all natural fauna, but so are Vespid Sting Wings, Salary Beatles, and Carbuncles. Meanwhile Dire Wolves, Grand...
<<Dreamers of the Day - Prologue Final>>
Gamers really were a strange bunch, Asuna thought. She sat in the corner of a warm and lively tavern and watched the celebration unfold as people who had been killing each other less than an hour ago laughed together like good friends. Pitohui was doing...