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more story. chapter 2 time

cw: brief mentions of death, nothing too major

Laura’s POV: I stood at the gates of Aragathon Castle. How the hell was I supposed to open these? An idea came to me, and I figured trying it out wouldn’t hurt. I held my bracelet up to the center lock, and with a small beep, the gates opened. I walked inside the castle. A large table with ten seats was in the center of a room decked with gold furnishings. It was almost like a fairytale castle. Befitting of its title, I supposed. In the center of the room, I also saw a young girl wandering about, holding a small panda plushie. She had a small figure, and messy  black hair tied up in twin buns. She sported a black bodysuit with fishnet tights and gloves. Her eyes were an unnatural golden color. The moment we locked eyes, she came dashing towards me.

 “Well, hello there! My name’s Mia. Real pleasure to meet ya!” 

She said, her hand outstretched. 

“Oh. I’m Laura. Pleased to meet you as well. Uh....do you know what happened to us all?”

 “Not a clue!” She said, smiling. 

She ran out of the room, motioning for me to come with. I attempted to follow her, but she was too fast. By the time I caught up to her, she was introducing herself to a girl with dark skin, blue hair, and a white dress. 

“Hey!” I said, waving to catch their attention. 

“You must be the last one.” The blue-haired girl said.

 “Well, guess I gotta introduce myself. I’m Kathy. Nice to meet y’all.” She said, grinning. 

Mia and I watched as she casually walked off. We decided to go down the hall next. “Hey, wait. Who’s that? I said, noticing a guy standing in the corner, his foot against the wall. He had brown hair that was all scruffy, and wore a red coat with white fur trim. His grey jeans were ripped all over and he had on white sneakers. He was looking at the ground.

 “Hey?” I said.

 No answer.

 “Hellooo?” Mia said. 

Silence. I walked up to him.

 “Hey, uh...I’m Laura. It’s nice to meet you.” 

“I’m Aaron.” He said in a hushed whisper. 

 He glared at me and Mia and then walked off. 

 “Hmph. Rude much?” She said.

I nodded. “Yeah..I guess.” 

“Cmon, let’s go meet the others! We can’t waste any more time.” Mia said, running off.

 I followed suit. We made our way into the library. A man with slightly dark skin, light blonde hair, a suit, and glasses was browsing the book catalog. He turned around when Mia touched his shoulder.

 “Geez. Uhm-don’t scare me like that.” He said. 

“Oh, sorry.” Mia said.

 “Nah, it’s fine. Uh.. my name’s Peter.”

 “I’m Mia. And this young lady over here is Laura.” I smiled. 

Peter gave a shy grin back. Mia turned to see two girls reading on a couch. One of them had long brown hair tied up into pigtails, and wore a white T-shirt with jeans and a black belt. A dagger was on the holster of the belt. She was deep into her book, her eyes never off the page. The girl near her had long and curly pink hair. She wore a black dress with a white collared shirt underneath. A perky white bow was sported on the top of her head. Mia stared at the girl for a while. 

“Hey!! Name’s Mia.” She outstretched her hand to the girl. 

“Hello, Mia. I’m Samantha. Pleased to make your aquitance.” She shook her hand. A slow smile crept up on her face. 

Mia grinned. “Well that’s a pretty name. Fits you perfectly. I’m Mia, and this is Laura.” 

The brown-haired girl looked up from her book.

 “Oh. Uh, are we doing introductions now? Well then...my name’s Ava.

” “Hey Ava!” Mia said, shaking her hand.

 She sat down in between the two. 

“You can go on ahead. I’ll be there in a few minutes.” She said.

 I exited the library. While looking at the rooms, I noticed something. A large door with an “UNDER REPAIR” sign. “Hm.” I said. I continued walking on past. I saw a girl with short brown braided hair and a blue sweater trembling in the corner. 

“Uh...hey, are you alright?” I asked. The girl turned around with tears springing from her eyes. Upon noticing me, she quickly wiped them. 

“Yeah..yeah i’m fine. Sorry..umm..my name...” 

She paused for a moment to take a breath.

“My name’s Emma..it’s nice to meet you.”

“Name’s Laura. Pleasure to meet you as well.”

Eventually I caught up to meet the others, who were already gathered early in the dining hall. David, a man who had black hair and wore a white shirt, black pants, and a long black coat. Nora, a girl with short red hair who wore a blue dress and long black boots. By time I had introduced myself to all of them, all the others had gotten in. Well, expect for Aaron. Nora sighed. 

“There’s supposed to be ten of us. Who’s the tardy one here?”

 “It’s that rude man. The guy in the coat. Didn’t even get his name.” Dave said. 

“Well that sucks. Want me to go get him?” Kathy said. Nora nodded. “We’ll probably need everyone here.” she said. Kathy ran off down the hall

. “What’s that guy’s issue?” Mia whispered to Ava. 

“If I had to guess, he’s probably not the most social guy.”

 “Tell me about it.”

 Ava let out an awkward chuckle. After some time of waiting, Kathy came in, dragging Aaron by the hand. He was looking down at the floor, a glint of anger in his eyes. Kathy let go of Aaron’s hand, but not before closing the door behind them. He sighed and slouched down onto the floor.

 “Alright. Well, looks like everyone’s here!” Nora said, resting her hand on her hip. A loud pinging noise echoed throughout the room.

 “Another notification....” Dave said. 

Nora read the message. 

“Dear players, It appears you have all gathered together at last. Now it is time to lay down the ground rules for this game. You will have to complete various quests each week. Try your best to survive each one, and remember that you will all work much better as a team.” 

We all paused. 

 “Hey...uh? Did I hear that right? Survive?” Emma said.

 “Does this imply these so called ‘quests’ we have to do could be...fatal?” I said. 

Mia shook. “No!! I don’t wanna die or anything! I just wanna play a cool game with these cool guys!” She yelled.

 “Well, it’s most likely just a game.” David said, crossing his arms.

“Yes. That is a likely theory. However, we should still be cautious, in case it isn’t.” Samantha said. “However, I doubt any fatalities will befall us. After all, we are some of the best players in Aragathon online.”

 Mia nodded. “Truly inspiring words...”

 I looked down at my screen. “Oh geez, it’s 12 am. I better get some sleep.” 

“Good idea. We should all go to bed so we can be well rested for tomorrow. We’re gonna need it.” Nora said. 

 We all went our separate ways into our own rooms, which had provided us with our own nightclothes and necessities. I sat on the edge of my bed and looked up at the ceiling. I could barely begin to process what had just happened. Huh...maybe this is all some weird dream. Well, I have to say I met some pretty neat people here. I’m sure we’ll get this all sorted out soon. My eyelids shut, and I fell asleep.

END CH. 2

[creechurfoundincheckerboardvoid]

HEYA figured I’d join in on the ‘non guessing game if you’re still doing it.

You are SUPER cool, dude, honestly.

Many a time I’ll be feeling down and you immediately, -sometimes without even knowing- cheered me up, like wishing me a happy birthday or giving ne a Love Day card.

I’d NEVER had a Valentine’s card until that day.

Also that time I was feeling rather lonely with my other friends, feeling I could not speak with them. Your words really helped a lot.

It’s this unexpected kindness that I really like about you. your well-grounded and don’t treat yourself as superior to others, but rather as their friend. That’s a special quality.

Many a time I’d see a person’s good art skills go to their head and wreck them from the inside in a pathetic quest for superiority. But not you. And that’s important, I think.

To not let things like that get to your head. To care about people who look up to you instead of just ignoring them.

Also you’re really funny, ‘Yikesy Wikesy’ and ‘Fuckity Wuckity’ are now stored in my frontal lobe forever lol.

If you still can’t figure out who I am, here’s one more clue: ><>

OHOHOH, A CHALLENGE!!!!!! I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO EVEN START!!!! UM!!!!!

okay, well, time to lay out the clues!!! beginning with THIS!!

on valentine's day, i made cards for 12 people!! these people were alex, groovy, lilac, vinegar, birds, n3ko, lexie, ozzy, phil, tripps, lars, and punmaster!

well, it can't be puns 'cause he just did this lol. so we're starting with 11 potentials!!

next, there's this!! of those eleven, there are a bit more than half whose birthdays i either do not know or have not occurred yet!

now, i wasn't too sure where to go from here. potentials are still wide and my memory when it comes to having told someone something i'd meant to is unfortunately a bit less than reliable. but then the next clue struck so suddenly, so obviously!

you, my friend, write in standard punctuation and capitalization. in the coventions of the internet this is!! bssically unheard of. lol

in addition to this already uncommon trait in your writing style, you use such phrases and words as "many a time" and "rather." you rephrase sentences in a way to bring repeated attention to their message, for emphasis. you write in paragraphs, small ones with two or three sentences to them each. the style of your prose is almost poetic in nature, stories intricately, delicately composed.

i have no idea what this means!!! so i stare at the symbols for ages, eons, trying to decipher the meaning of these ancient runes.

greater than less than greater than?

>< this face, of superior quality to some unknown quantity?

or... perhaps... could it be..... a FISH???

i have only ONE friend who regularly bestows fish upon me!!!! and this friend is no other than!!!!!!

hi lexie :D

[115akira]

RULES: Answer 21 questions and tag 21 blogs you’d like to get to know better. Was tagged by @serasilvermyu . Welp, here I go. Nickname: ( My real nickname include my real name in so I’ll give one of my interney nicknames ). Akira ; 3xtra ; Morishige. Star sign: Leo Height: 1,63m Last film I saw: I have absolutely no idea on that. Favourite musician: In solo, I’d say Elena Siegman. In group, uhhhh, a tie between Skillet, Bring Me To Horizon and Cult to Follow. Song stuck in my head: ( I suppose it means a song that you don’t like but is stuck in your head ). Uhhhh ASSGÖRE, Finger in his Ass. Other blogs: none Do I get asks: nope Blogs following: i have big dumb energy and can’t see where it is What I’m wearing: Black T-Shirt with Avenged Sevenfold, a sport jogging. Dream job: Video Game Maker ( from Programming to Script Writing ) Dream trip: I’d go with the classic Japan, but I’d also love to go to Canada, Iceland and the UK. Play any instruments: none (yet?) Languages: French ( Native ) ; English ( Fluent ) ; German ( Semi-Fluent ) ; Spanish ( The touristic pack ) Favourite foods: uhhh fries, sushis, kebab, hamburgers Random facts: i’m a long haired boi Favourite songs: - Hospital for Souls ( Bring me to Horizon ) - 115 ( Elena Siegman ) - You’re going down ( Sick Puppies ) - Murder Melody ( Cult to Follow ) and many others. Yeah, so I don’t know 21 person to tag so i’d say @shimamom , @lilwitchemi , @incorrect-corpse-party-quotes , @nagisa-n3ko , @theoriginalquixilvrr , @sour--miiillk .

[kiraraneko]

seacrest mentioned you in a post “tagged by @swearwolflupin ♥ rules: tag 20 people you want to know...”

…@vielissar @m-oony @meraudurs @ kiraraneko nickname: Sea, Ri, Rina,…

Rules: tag 20 people you want to know better: I can’t think of 20 people omg, here’s 8: @crowflux​ @tiestringstocloudswithme @alekainn @ablankmask @mystarseed @k-n3ko @scara-76 @Draggy - I cant friggin remember what your blog name is?? I suck

Nickname: I have so many... Kira, Kitty-rawra, KiRUHRUH, and Kir obviously all stem from “Kirara”. Some lesser-known ones though: Arikirar, Bowdonnia, Fungus. zodiac: I’m on the cusp of Sagittarius and Scorpio Height: 5′5″ Last thing I googled: "How do I view my Google history?” lmao Favourite music artist: Okay get ready for the most random genre whiplash: Eminem, Linkin Park, MSI, The Glitch Mob, The Prodigy, Ratatat, Bassnectar, Combichrist, Family Force 5, Skrillex, Fall Out Boy, A Perfect Circle, Ke$ha, Pendulum, Savant. Song stuck in my head: Blue Neighborhood by Troye Sivan Last movie I saw: I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2 last night! What am I wearing right now: Literally the coolest shit ever - Achievement Hunter ribcage shirt w/ my radioactive velociraptor design jacket + jeans and my gun shoes. Why did I choose my url: Because I was an idiot and didn’t plan ahead to get the name KiRAWRa. I figured people from pet sites would recognize me as KiraraNeko. Do I have any other blogs: Yes, they’re hilariously embarrassing. What did your last relationship teach you: My first and only relationship is still ongoing and I suppose it’s taught me that love in media is a fucking farce. Religious or spiritual: Spiritual Favourite colour: Purple! and lime green and hot pink. Average hours of sleep: Probably 8-ish Lucky number: They’ve never really been lucky LOL but I like the numbers: 7, 11, and 22. Favourite characters: Omg how am I expected to answer this without writing a novel? Pokemon: Growlithe, Archen, Noivern, LotR: Samwise, Frodo, Gimli, MLP: Big Mac, Rarity, Zecora, Harry Potter: Sirius, Scabbers, Luna, Lupin, Misc: Godzilla, Thrax (Osmosis Jones), Dr. Strange, Spyro, Meander & Quintet (NofNA), Kirara (Inuyasha), Riddick, Indiana Jones, more I’m probably forgetting, and like a bunch of my friend’s OCs. How many blankets do I sleep with: A MILLION, corey hates me Dream job: Professional dinosaur trainer

[g30citiesexe]

screw it. time to share my story idea with more ppl

content warning for mentions of weapons, implied kidnapping, and attemped murd3r

Laura’s POV: geez...I’m so bored, I thought to myself, mindlessly browsing site after site in the comfort of my bed, my blue comforter wrapped snugly around me. My head had been throbbing restlessly for hours now. None of my friends were online so I had no one to talk to. I grabbed the top of my head and clutched in pain. I was taken out of my boredom by a small “ping!” sound and an email notification on the corner of my dimly lit screen. “New email from Aragathon online...” I read to myself. Aragathon online was a new online game that had gained a lot of traction recently. I myself was a huge fan of it, and spent every hour after school playing on it, getting xp and joining countless games. Maybe this email was for a new event the team was hosting. It was about time. The darn game hadn’t done any cool events since Halloween. From: Aragathon Online Subject: IMPORTANT!! Hello Sky_Dreams99, “We are honored to announce you will be part of a new and special event! You will be competing by the sides of ten other players in a game unlike any we have ever done before! Click the link below to learn more!” I clicked the link. Immediately, I was sent onto a loading screen. The circular loading symbol stayed on my screen for about a minute. Then two. Then three. “Must be heavy traffic. Eh, I’d expect such. Happens all the time with big announcements like these.” I said to myself. I turned around. My door was slowly creeping open. “Mom? You’re home early..” I said. No response. Then, a dark figure emerged from the shadows. It was wearing a. black hoodie, leggings, and gloves and sported a black mask. The only things I could make out were it’s cold, dead eyes. Glaring directly at me.

And it was holding...a bat. Oh god. I started up and running out of my room, managing to knock over the intruder with a heavy textbook. I didn’t even stop to look behind me for one second. I stumbled down the staircase. The loud thumping of footsteps followed suit. It was on to me. I ran towards the kitchen and looked for a knife. I needed something I could use against it. However, as I reached for the knife on the wall, I heard the footsteps get closer and closer. Before I could even look back, my vision went black.

I eventually regained consciousness after some time had passed. However, I had found myself in an odd place. Instead of the cold tile I had been knocked out on, I was laying on soft green grass. “It’s the middle of winter...how.” I whispered to myself, barely able to process anything that was going on.  The sky was an extremely bright blue. Everything felt so....bright as opposed to the grey winter I had been living in. I had to squint a little before regaining my footing and standing back up. I felt a heavy weight on my wrist. I looked at and saw some cyber-esque looking armband. “Whaaat.” Was all I could say to myself. I thought I had been kidnapped, and if that was true, my captors were some odd folks. 

“Probably shouldn’t mess with this.” I said to myself.

I noticed a few large buttons on my bracelet. I hesitated for a moment, and then pushed one. A large holographic screen appeared. It displayed the words WELCOME TO ARAGATHON ONLINE, Sky_Dreams99 Here you will complete various quests alongside your ten other teammates. Good luck! P.S: The others are in the Aragathon Castle. Press the triangle button to change your avatar.

I pressed the button labeled with a triangle. On it I saw a mirror image of me on a customization screen. In all honesty, as odd as this was, this aspect of this new place was something I enjoyed. I clicked on the “Red Uniform” option. In a blink, my night clothes were transformed into a uniform with a white collared shirt, a red tie, a red plaid skirt,  and knee high grey socks with Mary Janes. I turned around, admiring my new outfit. I clicked on the hair options and chose “Low Ponytail.” Once again, my hair was pulled back into a low ponytail in a flash of sparkles. “Man....I could get used to this.” I looked off into the horizon and saw a tall, looming castle. “Aragathon castle...huh. Never saw it in real life before.”  I stood towards it, its presence almost threatening. I knew however, that I had to go in. I brushed off my knees and began running.

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Chapter 3: Bonds

No content warnings for this one, just pure and happy fluff :]

Laura’s POV 

Okay.

 Okay. 

I’m going to wake up, and I’m going to back home, in my bed, with a laptop in front of me.

 Yeah.

 Yeah. 

My eyes opened. 

 Oh...

 I’m still here.

 I sighed. So this was going to be my new life for a while. I stared ahead at the mirror. My blonde hair had been pretty messed up. I started running my fingers through the tangles in it.

 ping!

 “What do you know, a new message from the devs.”

 I opened it.

 “Hello, dear player. We have decided this week, we will not give you any quests. Enjoy bonding with your fellow teammates.” 

Well. Good news, I suppose. I crawled out of bed and pulled on my white shirt. As I got dressed, I rested my hand and thought about that one guy I met...what was his name...Andy? No, it was Aaron. He didn’t seem to like me too much. 

 Oh well. He doesn’t seem to like anyone much. So I guess his feelings aren’t directed to just me 

I thought, putting on a coat of pink lip gloss. I tied my hair back and walked out the door into the kitchen. Mia came running down the hall.

 “Well, you’re up late!” She said, giggling. 

“It’s 7 am. How early do you get up?” 

“Uh, 5:00 am. I was excited, okaaaay?” 

She crossed her arms.

 I laughed. “Well you’re certainly energetic.”

 “I get that a lot. It’s part of my charm as a virtual streamer!” she said. 

“Ughh,,I’m bored though. Ava and Samantha aren’t really early birds, I suppose. I could wake them up, but I don’t want to make them mad.” 

“How about we grab some breakfast?” I suggested.

 “Sounds like a plan!” Mia said. 

“You think they have pancakes? I love those.” 

We chatted as we made our way down the hall. I walked into the kitchen. “Wait...Aaron?” I said aloud.

 Sure enough, Aaron was grabbing some eggs from the fridge. He turned around in response to my call. 

“What?” He said. 

“Oh uh...hello?” 

He sighed. “Hi.” 

He walked out of the kitchen.

 “Well at least he spoke to you.” Mia said, grabbing pancake mix from one of the shelves. 

“Hm. Yeah.” I said.

After Mia was done making her pancakes, we walked back into the kitchen. “He’s gone.” I said. 

Samantha was sitting at the table next to Ava. 

“Yes. He took his eggs with him to his room. 

I suppose he did not want to sit with us.” 

Upon noticing Mia, she waved.

 “We saved you a seat.” Ava said, playing with her fingers. 

“Aww, thanks guys!” Mia sat down. 

Samantha took a long sip of her tea, and poured more into her cup. 

“Well, should we have ourselves a little discussion?”

 “About what?” 

“Well, I think a good place to start would be how we got here.”

 “Well, the last thing I remember was getting hit on the head pretty hard.” 

“No way Laura! Me too.” 

“This was the case for me as well.” 

“Yeah..I was hit on the head too.” 

Kathy walked up to us and sat down, holding a bright energy drink can in her hand. She took a gulp of the drink. 

 “Morning y’all. So today’s a free day, huh?” 

“Yep.” I said. 

“Got any plans?” 

“Well, me and Ava discussed going to the garden. I suppose it is quite gorgeous.”

 “Can I come, Sam?” Mia said. 

“Sam?” 

“It’s my nickname for you!” Mia said. 

Samantha looked away. 

“Well. I must say, no one’s ever given me a nickname before. Well, I like it. It’s pretty nice.” She smiled.

I smiled. 

They seem to be getting along well

 Nora bust open the door.

 “Good morning everyone!” 

She walked up to the table. “I hope you’re all ready for a good long week of prep!”

 Silence. 

 “I hope you’re all ready for a nice week?”

 “Guys, where’s the enthusiasm?”

 Mia leaned across the table. 

 “But I don’t wannaaaa do boring stuff like prepping.”

 “Listen here, if we wanna get out of here, we’re gonna have to get through the quests.”

 “She has a point.” Peter, who had just arrived at the dining hall, said. “We should be well trained for the upcoming quests.” 

“See, you get it Peter! We gotta grind up enough XP to get cool weapons, hone our skills, and prepare for battle every day!”

 “Noraaaa your mentality bores me. Can we at least have a little bit of fun?” Mia leaned over to Samantha. 

 “Come on, back me up will ya?” 

Samantha smiled softly. “You both make good points. While I agree with Nora’s sentiments that we have to be well prepared, I think that there should be a good balance for both work and play.” 

 Mia stood up. “Besides, didn’t that weird computer guide tell us that making friends would give us xp? So, I propose an idea! Tomorrow, I’ll be hosting a big party. It’s gonna be in that one big room upstairs. It will the perfect opportunity to have fun and bond with  each other and-Ava?”

 Ava was staring blankly down at the table. 

 “Oh-sorry, it’s just the idea of going to a large party makes me a bit nervous...hehe” 

Mia walked up to Ava and put her hand on her shoulder. “Listen, everything’s gonna be alright. As long as we got each other, it’s all gonna be good.” “Yeah....yeah I guess so.”

Mia smiled. “That’s the spirit!”

 Peter pulled out his laptop from his briefcase and opened it.

 “Okay, guys. I just came up with an idea. If we’re trapped in another world, it’s likely we won’t be able to contact the outside world. However, if we’re still in reality we might be able to contact the outside world.”

 “You say this like it’s plausible that some guy was able to make a whole perfect copy of a magical game world.” Kathy said. 

 He ignored her and beckoned for everyone to come over. We all gathered around the computer. Peter pressed the on button. 

“Come on..it’s fully charged, why isn’t the damn thing turning on.” 

He said, Several minutes passed. 

The screen was still black.

 “Get me a screwdriver. I’m going to dismantle this thing.”

 “Right!” Mia hurried off and returned with a toolbox. 

We waited as Peter began to dismantle the computer. He looked inside and.. “There’s nothing inside. No wires, no battery, no chips.”

 Mia gasped. “WHAA?”

 Ava spoke. “Hm. So it must’ve been a decoy. Where did you find this?” 

“It was part of the outfit I got. Came with a briefcase, and to my surprise, there was a computer inside.”

“So it was just part of the prop, you could say. Looks like the real thing, but is completely fake.” She put her hand under her chin. 

“Yeah.” We all walked away from the computer. 

 “Come on guys, no need to be dejected! We still have many options we can try to get out of here! For example, we can just go on with the game and finish the quests and..guys?” Nora looked on in disappointment as everyone began to leave. I looked over and flashed her a smile. “Hey, everything’s going to be fine, you know?” “Ah, thanks Laura..you’re so sweet.” She wiped a tear from her eye.

[g30citiesexe]

i need some good images of cats with computers.

[g30citiesexe]

deciding to get my tagging system out

#aes-tag i use for aesthetic image

#art-tag I use for my art

#n3kos thoughts-rambles and stuff

#n3kos writings-writing tag

#n3kos vents-vent tag