Sword Art Online: The Game Begins

[Mido]

After Lenora speaks, Ardeel offers his two cents.

"I don't think we have much of a choice on this. Sure, I'm not comfortable, or certain for that matter, that I could ever bring myself to kill another player; but still, we couldn't just leave you to do this on your own! The circumstances are dangerous, and with this in mind, we would be glad to provide backup."

 

[Libk]

"I... I'll help you. I need revenge on them as well for what they did." Ulrich holds out his hand for Alwin to take and shake. When this is done, he sends a pm, unsure of where Boxer is.

 

[DekuNut]

Al (who is defintley NOT Tri) shakes Ulrich's hand, "Thanks guys. Really. You all can call me Al."

 

[Woyogoyo]

((I dunno, your denial seems awfully suspicious.))

 

[Storm]

Lupus sits at the Bench and broods on what they did to Chief over there

 

[Pen]

"It's nice to meet you, Al," says Lenora. "So uhm ... do we form a party or something? I've never done it myself but I have heard of it."

 

[Storm]

Lupus looks for everyone if they are in town, they must be nearby

 

[DekuNut]

"I mean I know its a thing," Al scrolls through the interaction menu, "Ah, here we are"

"User AlWINNER has invited you to a party. Accept?"

 

[Storm]

Lupus finds everybody
" well... hello... is this our New Guy? Our Dranei Beserker?"

 

[DekuNut]

Al just looks at Lupus, a little confused, "He with you guys?"

 

[Storm]

"More or less...I was in Tri's Party, but I finished the quest they were on before they started it"

 

[Pen]

Lenora recognizes Lupus, but she cannot claim to know him exactly. She accepts Al's party invitation and remains quiet for a while.

 

[DekuNut]

Al shrugs and sends him an invite too, "So do we know where it was Tri was killed?"

 

[Mido]

Ardeel remains pensive for a while, but then speaks up.

"Can't say I know anything about it. Perhaps the location of the quest that he brought up played a part in Tri's murder?" He finished his statement pointing to Lupus, who mentioned the quest. All of this was still very shocking.

 

[DekuNut]

((Since SAO takes place over the course of two years, and I doubt we'll be playing through that entire time, I'm implementing a system where people can vote to have a flash forward, as well as how far forward we'll go. Based on the conversation and number of votes, I will announce when we flash forward. We can spend the time immediately after a flash forward discussing what changed over that course of time.
Not necessarily saying we're doing it now, but just throwing the option out there))