Klein Quest-A Parallel S.A.O. Quest (Chapter 3)-On Hiatus

[veekie]

[X] Plan AZATHOTHoth

As for shields, if you're DPS they slow you down and make evasion/reposition harder.

 

[King_Rule]

Wasn't as held up as I thought I'd be. Seeing as everyone looks like they're done voting I'm closing the poles.

Plan 'Rat in the Night' has won in an absolute landslide. Don't worry about the write in, I can do that.

But seeing other people's ideas would have been fun too​

Plan 'AZATHOTHoth' has six votes while plan 'Mykenae' has three.

Plan AZATHOTHothothoth (I bit my tongue) has won.

Voting Closed.

!!CONGRATULATIONS!!
The Grand Egg is hatching,
Social Networking has gone up,
Eternal Quest has gone down,
Shifting Minds has been flagged,
Beta Blocker has been flagged,
Cat's don't Dance has been flagged,
Rat Pack has been flagged,
Way of Dao has been flagged,
Clockwork Orange has been flagged,
Painted Black has been flagged,
Ill-fang Hunter has been flagged.

Fuurinkazan Bios have been updated.


This is gonna be fun​

It's going to take me awhile to get Argo's voice solid in my mind and plan out some of the possible routes for quests and character interaction. With tomorrow being Sunday and me being dragged to church on top of it the next update is probably going to take one full day.


In the mean time, here's some homework:
(1) Tell me some character's from canon or other series you'd like too see show up. As this is a non-magical series the non-series characters at best will be some Expys and I won't be able to show character's from series I don't know. Sorry.

(2) Tell me the type of quests you'd like to see. Maybe even come up with a few of your own.

(3) What do you think of my !!CONGRATULATIONS!! at the end of the polls? Have you found out what they all mean?

(4) Can someone give me some links to Aincrad's floor plans and Sword skills. I need other sources than just the wiki.

(5) Other constructive criticism and advice.

This will be tons of help. Thanks in advance.​

 

[wdango]

(3) What do you think of my !!CONGRATULATIONS!! at the end of the polls? Have you found out what they all mean?

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Needs more pretties.

 

[Hyacinthium]

They certainly have meaning and they scare me in a good way.

 

[Ridiculously Average Guy]

(1) The entire cast of How i Met Your Mother.

(2) A forge your own weapon quest-line letting people pick up weapon alteration would be nice.

(3) I speculated.

(4) There really isn't anything else.

Spoiler: Speculation

The Grand Egg is hatching,
Cool, a good portent.
Social Networking has gone up,
Nice.
Eternal Quest has gone down,
Good, less of a grind.
Shifting Minds has been flagged,
Beta Blocker has been flagged,
Ah, so using Argo means that we shift perception of Beta somewhat, and have the cheance to get rid of potential beater sentiments.
Cat's don't Dance has been flagged,
So you're using character's from Fairy Dance arc?
Rat Pack has been flagged,
Argo. I assume we're going to become the start of her information system. If this becomes official it could become some sort of guild.
Way of Dao has been flagged,
Ah, so she's already letting us know about the martial art's system. Or atleast has the potential of doing so.
Clockwork Orange has been flagged,
How have we already gotten near Laughing Coffin?
Painted Black has been flagged,
Kirito?
Ill-fang Hunter has been flagged.
Dunno.

 

[AZATHOTHoth]

I want to see Konno Yuuki show up.

 

[Hadiz]

Wasn't as held up as I thought I'd be. Seeing as everyone looks like they're done voting I'm closing the poles.

Plan 'Rat in the Night' has won in an absolute landslide. Don't worry about the write in, I can do that.

But seeing other people's ideas would have been fun too​

Plan 'AZATHOTHoth' has six votes while plan 'Mykenae' has three.

Plan AZATHOTHothothoth (I bit my tongue) has won.

Voting Closed.

!!CONGRATULATIONS!!
The Grand Egg is hatching,
Social Networking has gone up,
Eternal Quest has gone down,
Shifting Minds has been flagged,
Beta Blocker has been flagged,
Cat's don't Dance has been flagged,
Rat Pack has been flagged,
Way of Dao has been flagged,
Clockwork Orange has been flagged,
Painted Black has been flagged,
Ill-fang Hunter has been flagged.

Fuurinkazan Bios have been updated.


This is gonna be fun​

It's going to take me awhile to get Argo's voice solid in my mind and plan out some of the possible routes for quests and character interaction. With tomorrow being Sunday and me being dragged to church on top of it the next update is probably going to take one full day.


In the mean time, here's some homework:
(1) Tell me some character's from canon or other series you'd like too see show up. As this is a non-magical series the non-series characters at best will be some Expys and I won't be able to show character's from series I don't know. Sorry.

(2) Tell me the type of quests you'd like to see. Maybe even come up with a few of your own.

(3) What do you think of my !!CONGRATULATIONS!! at the end of the polls? Have you found out what they all mean?

(4) Can someone give me some links to Aincrad's floor plans and Sword skills. I need other sources than just the wiki.

(5) Other constructive criticism and advice.

This will be tons of help. Thanks in advance.​

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Might as well put up the invisitext.

 

[Mykenae]

Wasn't as held up as I thought I'd be. Seeing as everyone looks like they're done voting I'm closing the poles.

Plan 'Rat in the Night' has won in an absolute landslide. Don't worry about the write in, I can do that.

But seeing other people's ideas would have been fun too​

Plan 'AZATHOTHoth' has six votes while plan 'Mykenae' has three.

Plan AZATHOTHothothoth (I bit my tongue) has won.

Voting Closed.

!!CONGRATULATIONS!!
The Grand Egg is hatching,
Social Networking has gone up,
Eternal Quest has gone down,
Shifting Minds has been flagged,
Beta Blocker has been flagged,
Cat's don't Dance has been flagged,
Rat Pack has been flagged,
Way of Dao has been flagged,
Clockwork Orange has been flagged,
Painted Black has been flagged,
Ill-fang Hunter has been flagged.

Fuurinkazan Bios have been updated.


This is gonna be fun​

It's going to take me awhile to get Argo's voice solid in my mind and plan out some of the possible routes for quests and character interaction. With tomorrow being Sunday and me being dragged to church on top of it the next update is probably going to take one full day.


In the mean time, here's some homework:
(1) Tell me some character's from canon or other series you'd like too see show up. As this is a non-magical series the non-series characters at best will be some Expys and I won't be able to show character's from series I don't know. Sorry.

(2) Tell me the type of quests you'd like to see. Maybe even come up with a few of your own.

(3) What do you think of my !!CONGRATULATIONS!! at the end of the polls? Have you found out what they all mean?

(4) Can someone give me some links to Aincrad's floor plans and Sword skills. I need other sources than just the wiki.

(5) Other constructive criticism and advice.

This will be tons of help. Thanks in advance.​

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1) The Revolutionary Girl Utena student council being bizarre as usual. Nao Kanzaki and Shinichi Akiyama exercising their skills as negotiators within the tangled web of inter-guild relationships. Kintarou Ooe continuing his studies in the world of Aincrad. Josuke Higashikata and company breaking game mechanisms in new and creative ways. And, of course, Don Fluffles.
Not to mention Celty Sturluson as the only player capable of leaving the game.
2) Open-ended. Moving away from "find item X" or "do task Y", but instead something like "I've got a problem whose solution isn't immediately obvious. What can you do to solve it?"

 

[Hadiz]

The Jesus guy Abridged Version guys keep on seeing.

Will that be a thing?

Since we already have MC Donald's advertisement in the tags.

 

[WarShipper]

(1) Tell me some character's from canon or other series you'd like too see show up. As this is a non-magical series the non-series characters at best will be some Expys and I won't be able to show character's from series I don't know. Sorry.

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Alex and Dana Mercer, Neil Patrick Harris as Neil Patrick Harris, a cat that's somehow become a skilled player of the game, Shinichi Izumi of Parasyte, Master Chief and Cortana....

 

[Hyacinthium]

Kaneki Ken, or the NGE pilots. Including Kaworu because I can't not.

edit, the characters from Lucky Star.

 

[Ridiculously Average Guy]

Oh god, Kaneki Ken.

Knowing his luck, he accidentally ends up Orange and has to struggle to survive.

 

[Shane_357]

If we're throwing out characters then Hellsing Abridged Alucard/Seras.

 

[Hadiz]

Fine my two cents is Chinese Electric Batman.

Also the show of Place To Place.

 

[Ridiculously Average Guy]

Oh, how could I forget!


Joseph Joestar.

 

[King_Rule]

Ten pages in. Still not done.



[Lemongrab Noises]


Edit: And that's just the Argo part.

 

[Hadiz]

Ten pages in. Still not done.



[Lemongrab Noises]


Edit: And that's just the Argo part.

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[King_Rule]

Honestly this is just getting too long. So I'm going to give out Argo's introduction and end the chapter early then go back and edit the rest after church tomorrow and hopefully make it smaller and not so info dumpy.

Keep doing the homework stuff. I only know about half the characters but every little bit helps.

****

"So," Dale interjects, "What'd he show. I'm itching to know."

Bored.​

"Alright," You answer, "But first, I kind of want to message this other Beta Tester Kirito told me to get a hold of."

Bored.​

"Eh, another Beta?" Kunimittz speaks up "Now I know you're pulling our legs."

Bored.​

"Ah~, Shut up." You affectionately retort. Now, let's see, what was her name again? Arugou? Eljo? Ecchi? Argon? Algoru? Algo? Argo! It was likely totally probably Argo. You hope.

Bored.
TO: Argo
FROM: Klein
SUBJECT: Kirito sent me.
'Is this the Info Broker Argo? I hope I spelt that right.
Anyways, Kirito said you could help me and the rest of my guild find some hunting spots and group quests. Said you owed him a favor and could put it on his tab.
Any meeting time is fine with us so long as it's not too far.'
Ah. A message? I really need ta change tat alert tone.​

"And send." You verbalize your action. "Alright, now we should probably get armor and weapons together so we can start on you guy's sword skil-"

So tis is tha guy Ki-bou was talkin' 'bout
"!YOU GOT MAIL!"
Might as well check it out.​

"….." Did she honestly reply that fast?

"That was quick." Harry says what everyone is thinking.

TO: Klein
FROM: Argo
SUBJECT: Whr U At?
'Currently?'​

Ah. That's why. Still fast though. "Ah, guys. What Inn and room are we in?"

"…The Starlight Inn, I think?" Dale answers.

Hopefully tha guy's good lookin'.​

"Yep, sign says it's the Starlight Inn." Dynamn answers while looking out the window.

"And we're room number six." Calls Issin from the open door before returning and closing it behind him.

Nah. No one will beat tat Kazuto guy from class.​

"Alright." You think aloud. "I guess we should reply."

"Are you sure?" Dynamn speaks up. "This could be a trap."

"Won't know unless we try." Kunimittz says. "I say go for it."

"Yeah. It's just the first floor anyways." Harry One retorts. "Not like someone would go out of the way to assassinate a bunch of low level guys like us."

Maybe second at best.​

You look around the room. The guys are a bit hesitant but otherwise accepting.

"Alright then." You say as you hit reply.

TO: Argo
FROM: Klein
SUBJECT: Place
'We're at the Starlight Inn in the Town of Beginnings, room six.
Where are you?'​

And wait. She'll answer soon enoug-

Just a few rooms over. Tats simple enough.
"!YOU GOT MAIL!"​

"Uh. I have got to get that changed." You think out loud.

"Seem nostalgic to me." Dale says. "Reminds me of my dad's computer back when I was kid."

Everyone roles their eyes.

TO: Klein
FROM: Argo
SUBJECT: No need
'C U N A Sec.'​

"Huh? Cuna Sec? Kuma sect? C. U. N. A. Sec?" You try deciphering Argo's message out loud.

"See you in a second, is what it means Klein." Harry answers your conundrum.

"Wait! He's coming here now!?" Dynamn remarks.

"I guess." You reply. "And she. Argo's a girl."

"….Well this going to be awkward." Says Issin.

"Not as awkward as your prom night." Quips Dale

"Hey. I got a wife out of that." Issin returns.

TO: Argo
From: Klein
SUBJECT: O
'K'​

Yeah that's going to rot your soul. Well, it's better to send something to let her know you got the messa-

"!YOU GOT MAIL!"
Hie? A message at a time like this?​

.
.
.
.
.

That wasn't from you. That was…from the door.

Wow. Tats a lame message.​

"…Is she a wizard?" Everyone looks at Kunimittz for his outcry.

Maybe I am.​

A 'Knock, knock' from the door snaps you all out of your stupor.

"I'd…better get that." You confirm.

It's not a trap, it's not a trap, it's not a trap. No one's behind the door ready with a poisoned dagger with your stomach's name on it…….Shut up nerves. All you have to do is open the door and greet the person who's…not…..there. Didn't someone knoc-

Eh. I give em a seven. Not bad but not too good.​

"Down here bud" A rough and slightly nasally but still feminine voice calls from below your chin. You look down to see brown eyes under a hood and a mop of auburn hair staring back. "You Klein?"

"Uh…yes?" You reply. Getting a better look, she's short, about a head shorter than Kirito who only came up to your shoulders. Her cloak only reached down to her elbows with a similar style of traveler's pants. On her face she wore a toothy grin and…were those painted on whiskers? Was she trying to be a ninja?

"Just so ya know," She says, "ya spelt it right."

"…You're Argo?" She's Argo? She isn't how you pictured her at all.

"Ya were expectin' Sean Connery?" She spoke, waltzing right past you and into the room. "Ah, an' while ya there, ya' might want ta lock the door. Don't wanna let important info out ta non-payin' ears."

Uh..yeah. You'll do that. A loud 'Click' is heard as you turn the lock and it suddenly sounds a lot quieter.

"There ya go. Special feata' on inns. Locked doors an' windows set up a privacy settin'. Real good for pricy trades or illicit meetin's. Only those with a high listenin' skill can get through an' nobody's gonna have that on night one." She spoke as she took the farthest bed as if she owned the place.

Uh~, that nasal affliction is going to drive you nuts.

Speaking from experience here.-King_Rule.​

"Wait, you're the Beta Tester?" Kunimittz asked. "But you're just a kid."

"Hm? Beta? Who, me?" She said trying to be all innocent. "Eh, no use hidin' it. Ki-bou usually tight lipped 'bout that." Returning to her original tone. "Ya had ta a made quite 'n impression on em if e's willin' ta send me ta a sausage barn an' pay for it."

You said it before so for emphasis you'll say it again. Tonight's going to be a long night.


****

The Imperishable Night continues on
The promise of dawn brings new hope.

A rat makes trade
and Nature takes its own path.

A dark youth sees death
and seeks a cage.

A light youth sees a cage
and seeks death.

Episode one: Mobius: End

See you, next choice.
"The First Step."​

 

[Minusmagnus]

Man, all dem ivisible texts.

 

[Hadiz]

Honestly this is just getting too long. So I'm going to give out Argo's introduction and end the chapter early then go back and edit the rest after church tomorrow and hopefully make it smaller and not so info dumpy.

Keep doing the homework stuff. I only know about half the characters but every little bit helps.

****

"So," Dale interjects, "What'd he show. I'm itching to know."

Bored.​

"Alright," You answer, "But first, I kind of want to message this other Beta Tester Kirito told me to get a hold of."

Bored.​

"Eh, another Beta?" Kunimittz speaks up "Now I know you're pulling our legs."

Bored.​

"Ah~, Shut up." You affectionately retort. Now, let's see, what was her name again? Arugou? Eljo? Ecchi? Argon? Algoru? Algo? Argo! It was likely totally probably Argo. You hope.

Bored.
TO: Argo
FROM: Klein
SUBJECT: Kirito sent me.
'Is this the Info Broker Argo? I hope I spelt that right.
Anyways, Kirito said you could help me and the rest of my guild find some hunting spots and group quests. Said you owed him a favor and could put it on his tab.
Any meeting time is fine with us so long as it's not too far.'
Ah. A message? I really need ta change tat alert tone.​

"And send." You verbalize your action. "Alright, now we should probably get armor and weapons together so we can start on you guy's sword skil-"

So tis is tha guy Ki-bou was talkin' 'bout
"!YOU GOT MAIL!"
Might as well check it out.​

"….." Did she honestly reply that fast?

"That was quick." Harry says what everyone is thinking.

TO: Klein
FROM: Argo
SUBJECT: Whr U At?
'Currently?'​

Ah. That's why. Still fast though. "Ah, guys. What Inn and room are we in?"

"…The Starlight Inn, I think?" Dale answers.

Hopefully tha guy's good lookin'.​

"Yep, sign says it's the Starlight Inn." Dynamn answers while looking out the window.

"And we're room number six." Calls Issin from the open door before returning and closing it behind him.

Nah. No one will beat tat Kazuto guy from class.​

"Alright." You think aloud. "I guess we should reply."

"Are you sure?" Dynamn speaks up. "This could be a trap."

"Won't know unless we try." Kunimittz says. "I say go for it."

"Yeah. It's just the first floor anyways." Harry One retorts. "Not like someone would go out of the way to assassinate a bunch of low level guys like us."

Maybe second at best.​

You look around the room. The guys are a bit hesitant but otherwise accepting.

"Alright then." You say as you hit reply.

TO: Argo
FROM: Klein
SUBJECT: Place
'We're at the Starlight Inn in the Town of Beginnings, room six.
Where are you?'​

And wait. She'll answer soon enoug-

Just a few rooms over. Tats simple enough.
"!YOU GOT MAIL!"​

"Uh. I have got to get that changed." You think out loud.

"Seem nostalgic to me." Dale says. "Reminds me of my dad's computer back when I was kid."

Everyone roles their eyes.

TO: Klein
FROM: Argo
SUBJECT: No need
'C U N A Sec.'​

"Huh? Cuna Sec? Kuma sect? C. U. N. A. Sec?" You try deciphering Argo's message out loud.

"See you in a second, is what it means Klein." Harry answers your conundrum.

"Wait! He's coming here now!?" Dynamn remarks.

"I guess." You reply. "And she. Argo's a girl."

"….Well this going to be awkward." Says Issin.

"Not as awkward as your prom night." Quips Dale

"Hey. I got a wife out of that." Issin returns.

TO: Argo
From: Klein
SUBJECT: O
'K'​

Yeah that's going to rot your soul. Well, it's better to send something to let her know you got the messa-

"!YOU GOT MAIL!"
Hie? A message at a time like this?​

.
.
.
.
.

That wasn't from you. That was…from the door.

Wow. Tats a lame message.​

"…Is she a wizard?" Everyone looks at Kunimittz for his outcry.

Maybe I am.​

A 'Knock, knock' from the door snaps you all out of your stupor.

"I'd…better get that." You confirm.

It's not a trap, it's not a trap, it's not a trap. No one's behind the door ready with a poisoned dagger with your stomach's name on it…….Shut up nerves. All you have to do is open the door and greet the person who's…not…..there. Didn't someone knoc-

Eh. I give em a seven. Not bad but not too good.​

"Down here bud" A rough and slightly nasally but still feminine voice calls from below your chin. You look down to see brown eyes under a hood and a mop of auburn hair staring back. "You Klein?"

"Uh…yes?" You reply. Getting a better look, she's short, about a head shorter than Kirito who only came up to your shoulders. Her cloak only reached down to her elbows with a similar style of traveler's pants. On her face she wore a toothy grin and…were those painted on whiskers? Was she trying to be a ninja?

"Just so ya know," She says, "ya spelt it right."

"…You're Argo?" She's Argo? She isn't how you pictured her at all.

"Ya were expectin' Sean Connery?" She spoke, waltzing right past you and into the room. "Ah, an' while ya there, ya' might want ta lock the door. Don't wanna let important info out ta non-payin' ears."

Uh..yeah. You'll do that. A loud 'Click' is heard as you turn the lock and it suddenly sounds a lot quieter.

"There ya go. Special feata' on inns. Locked doors an' windows set up a privacy settin'. Real good for pricy trades or illicit meetin's. Only those with a high listenin' skill can get through an' nobody's gonna have that on night one." She spoke as she took the farthest bed as if she owned the place.

Uh~, that nasal affliction is going to drive you nuts.

Speaking from experience here.-King_Rule.​

"Wait, you're the Beta Tester?" Kunimittz asked. "But you're just a kid."

"Hm? Beta? Who, me?" She said trying to be all innocent. "Eh, no use hidin' it. Ki-bou usually tight lipped 'bout that." Returning to her original tone. "Ya had ta a made quite 'n impression on em if e's willin' ta send me ta a sausage barn an' pay for it."

You said it before so for emphasis you'll say it again. Tonight's going to be a long night.


****

The Imperishable Night continues on
The promise of dawn brings new hope.

A rat makes trade
and Nature takes its own path.

A dark youth sees death
and seeks a cage.

A light youth sees a cage
and seeks death.

Episode one: Mobius: End

See you, next choice.
"The First Step."​

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Here is the invisitext for the phone readers.

 

[Ivar]

Well, it will be interesting. What next?

And yes, one more quest with invisible text? Why is it so popular?

 

[veekie]

Argo's the bestest.

 

[King Arthur]

Well, it will be interesting. What next?

And yes, one more quest with invisible text? Why is it so popular?

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I only used it once or twice, but it's honestly pretty nice from a story standpoint.

Sometimes there's a line that you know doesn't quite fit the rest of the story, and to include that at the same level as the rest of the story would be a bad move, but you still want to throw it in. Invisi-text is perfect there.

Additionally, it's a great way to give information that the main character is unaware of.

 

[Hyacinthium]

It's a way to taunt the players and make them pay attention.

It's fun.

 

[King_Rule]

Personally, I use invisible text to add an extra background sense whether it be an out of frame character's thoughts like with Argo or a point of view character's thoughts they themselves may not be aware of or just to make the players second guess their choices. In a way I see it like how a musician uses harmonic tones, a chef uses spices or a artist plays with light and shadow. It all depends on when, where and how much you use.



In other news I realized the reason the last update was getting too long I because I was letting Argo talk too much, which was extending the conversation, which was letting her talk too much, etc. in a repetitive action, all of which is bad for being an info broker. I was also making choices that should have been left for you guy to make all because I thought I had to get Fuurinkazan suited up in that same update, which I don't.

In short, I have begun rewriting the update and should have it done in a few hours.