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RP blog for Sora and Shiro of No Game No Life Affiliated with Eliesium Online

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I Mean I Guess You Can Take Us to the Golden Land

[kigennomajo]

Maria stared blankly as the two of the people in front of her put on some sort of comedy act. Stefu? Step? He had a daughter? But he looked to be about the same age as Battler (not that she was very good at telling ages, though) and the girl looked to be around her age, maybe a bit older.

“Uu-uu? Treasure?” She blinked, her bladed staff clutched tightly in her hands.

“You mean this shiny thing? Maria picked it up already, its Maria’s, uu.” Actually, the taller person Seemed to act a lot like Battler. The same kind of energy, the type that seemed to leak perverseness. Maria was more keen to talk to the younger of the two, but really either of these two people seemed to be a bad choice to talk to.

Not only that, but siblings were playing the game? Together? 

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“Ah. We don’t know actually.” he said, stopping mid rant to turn back to the other girl.

“Merchant had a... heart attack... didn’t tell us... what we’d... get.”

Truly it had been an amazing site. After calling the sibling kings over, the very skilled merchant had dodged falling rocks, vaulted over a stampede of pigs (this seemed to be a common event lately), ducked under several arrows that came from no where, slain an incoming wyvern, until finally succumbing to a heart attack, as if in the convenient plot movement of a Mo*ty Python sketch.

So, they’d taken it. Technically they had been offered it in the first place, so it would have been rude not to collect it after the poor man’s death. After a bow, they had set off on the adventure to find it.

“Ah, Nii... Shiro... knows.”

“Oh, really? Aha, look at this, my brilliant sister figured out a complete mystery without any hints! So  so so, what is it Shiro? What were we meant to find?”

“Perhaps the... real treasure was... the friendship we made... along the... way.”

“Ah. S-shiro. You know you could never ever disappoint me at any point in our lives. B-but... this feeling in my chest is... hard to ignore.”

[biashacker]

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s... Nope Actually It Really is Trash

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In an ideal world, people didn’t sit around and debate whether they should help someone out of a trashcan.  Unfortunately, Yosuke knew incredibly well that this was not an ideal world that they live in.  He might very well be stuck here for hours or at least until he could get in contact with Yu if these two didn’t assist him.  

It’s strange how the girl asks if they should help him as if he wasn’t even there.  “Yes, you should!” However, Yosuke is more than aware that his comments don’t have any weight in this discussion between the two unidentifiable people behind him.  At least, the girl sounded willing to help.  Too bad the guy seems like a dick.  

“I’m willing to bet your lower level than me, dude.”  Which was probably true.  Most of the player base seemed to be level 1 with a few level 2 players like himself running around.  Assuming they were level 1 players was a safe bet.  There’s not much he could do to counter the idiot part of that insult though, being in a trash can after all.    

“Also, you should know better than to piss off support class players.”  That was half true in his case.  He was only a hybrid, nightingale.  However, he had a heal and a debuff.  That should count for something.  And there’s nothing worse than not having someone with a heal come raid time.    

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Pissing off other players was, actually, one of the the specialties of  『 』. Whether it was because they were jealous, scared, accusing the siblings of cheating, or whatever reasons could be shoved into their brains. They were quite accustomed to playing alone at this point.

So, with a sigh, they were about to turn away and leave. The sigh was actually in annoyance at not finding anything, however it could have been construed as reluctance in deciding to help the other finally.

Which worked out well because, at that exact moment completely by coincidence, a pic came by, hit the trashcan, and knocked it over. It also left a smelly surprise behind below the can, which with any luck would never actually become relevant again.

Of course, once the can was over and the boy was out, Sora quickly changed his entire posture as if it had been him, not the running pile of bacon, that had aided him.

“Hai, hai, fine, there, are you happy now?” he lied through his teeth. “Besides, even if you’re higher level here, you’re much lower than us in the [Game of digital Life], so don’t act high and mighty.”

“Life level.. max... V” the girl slightly echoed, holding up two of her fingers in a V shape to signify their superiority.

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A NEET Encounter

[jithrill]

One of the bad things about having a siphon skill was that without monsters around to prey off it didn’t make much sense to try and use the nightingale’s Void. On the bright side, Jil always kept potions and healing items on him out of habit. (On the less fortunate side, he always had to run back to town to sell his vendor trash.)

In the midst of one of those trips, Jil happened upon two colorful characters. Clumsy folks. Out of concern and the goodness of his heart, he decided to stop unlike everyone else who was too preoccupied to notice.

“That looks painful,” - he rushed to the girl’s side and offered her a vial - “This might take a while to kick in. Health recovery seems instantaneous, but the pain doesn’t subside for a while. Let’s hope this game can simulate adrenaline, too.”

[biashacker]

It really wasn’t anything particularly dangerous, and would have been fine untreated. However it seemed there were some people that were actually nice in this game. Of course, to 『 』 who only worked alone, were total outcasts, NEETs, unsocialized and virgins (the last word seemed to ring harder in the male’s mind) this was a completely abnormal situation.

Staring at the newcomer with widened eyes, they scooted away on all fours backwards, like spiders, and clung to each other. Even in MMOs, it was common for other players to avoid them do to the legend  『 』 held.

“N-nii... someone’s... helping... us”

“No! No Shiro my sister don’t be taken in, he’s clearly just trying to trick us! He wants something, that’s the only reason someone would come up to us in any game! Ah, quick, gather all the gold before he steals it when we aren’t looking!”

And so, in cartoon style dust cloud, the two siblings gathered all that they had dropped, once again ready to use the cha*s emeralds to go into Super mode. And again, they scooted back more, until the thump of a tree ended their escape.

[vagranttactics]

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“ Excuse me. “ Coming towards a duo that.. honestly seemed to have an incredibly good idea as to what to do in this game of sorts, Morgan knew to see to them for assistance given their supposed confidence. As he held up his tome to them, he’d hold it to him. 

“ There’s something here that says ‘off hand’ and presumably.. I suppose it talks of a secondary weapon? I was curious if you knew where to procure such a thing.. or if I can because I don’t fight with a sword AND tone often. But I was told to get a better weapon. “ 

[biashacker]

Would they ever put in decent quests? These were actual questions. At this point the rewards for quests were so dull it was better to just grind enemies and sell the drops. Of course it wasn’t like they exactly needed the drops anyway, since this game used their [Actual Bodies] as opposed to full [Digial Avatars]. They weren’t fighters, and the [Nokia Brick] did far more damage than it ever should, so they were honestly. So, when approached by the male asking them of how to get weapons, they had a very simple answer.

“Not quests, that’s for sure.” the older male said.

“Here. Take... this. Shiro and... nii have... no .... use.” the girl chimed in, pulling from the bag behind them a full on spider’s leg, and handing it to the boy.

[How cruel are you? Did you just rip this off a spider? I guess you can stab something with it but why??] read the description.

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“Ah, Shiro. The reclass has gone through.”

“Em. It... has.”

.......................

““LET’S DO IT!”” they yellled together.

[Skill Cast: I Like Pie!]

And so immediately the area was covered in pie. All around the area, it rained pie for several seconds. Pies everywhere. All kinds. Even some decorated with character faces. It was amazing that the developers not only made this class but gave it to these insane kings.

There is a saying in Elchea that had been repeated many times sicne their arrival. So developers, we ask you one simple question, as many have before.

What have you done.

[biashacker]

Continuity Error

[sanctummilitis]

What on Earth he was referring to was a matter she struggled to comprehend. Of course, she was not the only Servant to bear the Class Saber, but the young man’s utterance was laced with sarcasm. Bordering on disapproving.

Shiro, the sister, as he called her… was she truthfully considering Saber’s authenticity, or another role of their act? Lips pressed together retained a thin line; showing neither the irritation or dismay which conjured themselves to such behaviour.

                              Shiro. So much like her last summoner’s own.

The name produced a small jump of the heart, out of reflex in hearing that of his, bringing with it a sense of nostalgia.

A matter she would have little opportunity to dwell on. The unexpected transformation from day to… fabricated night, as it were, caught her off-guard. Sword wielded firmly in preparation for an attack, if such an act might follow.

But, no. It was a display. Were they… reenacting Shirou’s summon of her?!

“Do you mock me?!”

[biashacker]

And so, immediately after her words, the light returned to the world. Following that, both the boy and the girl’s arms dropped, as did their heads. No, certainly that was an in character reaction. Too in character. In fact it was almost stereotypical; there was no way the one they idolized would actually react like that.

“Nii was... right. Just a... clone. Shiro... disappointed....”

Sitting himself back down, the male put his hand on her head, giving it a soft rub of comfort. Of course she was more upset over this. A fellow female king would have been a boost to her confidence. Not that she was lacking in any, but it would have given her a source of advice. And so instead of returning to their game, Sora simply spoke to his sister first.

“Hai, hai, I understand my sister. Don’t worry, once we get our phone back, we can play F*te/Stay Ni*ht all you want. We won’t get a single bad end, just good ones for you.”

He could have mentioned how it was likely impossible to actually meet a game character, how their being brought to another world two (2) whole times was different from a character in fiction being brought to one they existed in. Even Tet probably did not have that power.

“Ah, anyway ‘Saber’, we don’t need you anymore. You can leave no, goodbye, so long, see you again. Go pretend to Excaliblast a rat or something.”

[biashacker]

Continuity Error

[sanctummilitis]

Such an unusual duo; speaking in unison, with such alien dialogue. Still the terms of their conversation were undetermined and now they spoke more strangeness. What was this of a clone? Were they familiar with the Grail Wars, for the understanding of the Saber class to be within their reach?

These variants however… were not within the realm of her own understanding.

Furthermore, there were doubts regarding her state as an aid; according to the young girl seated by the boy, her advice had been… mediocre. And again, terms of which she’d not grasped the full meaning of. Although within her chest, there was the undeniable swelling of something - the bruising of pride. Even without a complete translation, what they spoke was surely something along the lines of slander, was it not?

“I do beg your pardon that my assistance cannot be of more benefit to you. As for this clone matter, I can assure you that I am no impostor - it would only bring upon disgrace to mimic to the level of delusion and fraud. The saying of ‘imitation is the greatest form of flattery’ has it’s boundaries, certainly”.

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“Hai, hai, you’re the one and only. Just like the other 10000 that will log in here within a week.”

“Nii... what if... it’s... real.”

“Shiro, my cute, adorable, prefect sister, you’ve played as many of these games as I have you know how common this skin is. It’s not like she’s the real one. Even if people can be brought into other worlds, we’re not that lucky.”

Of course, despite saying that, there was still a hidden hope of it in both of their hearts. In fact, with their eyes locked, without so much as a nod, they’d both spoken an agreement to each other. Silent, without any movement, one no one else would understand. There would be a test.

Within a moment, despite them being outside and not in a building, all light around the two went away. A single spot light shone down on the girl, bother her hands behind her planed on the ground, one leg bent slightly while the other was extended out, as if she had been blown back. Soon another beam of light shone a slight distance away, where the male stood proudly and fiercely, arms at his side as if ready for battle. A few a short pause, with wind that of a cold moonlight night breezing though, he spoke a familiar phrase to any of their kind. Slowly, forcefully, yet with question. Exactly as it had once been.

“Are you.... My Master?”

[biashacker]

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s... Nope Actually It Really is Trash

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It’s unbelievable that this has happened to Yosuke again.  Really, getting stuck in a trash can is something that didn’t happen to most people even once.  Unfortunately, he has to undergo this humiliation twice in one lifetime.    

Initially, he tries calling for help, but no one really seems to notice (or care).  Giving up on that, Yosuke wonders if he just shouldn’t message Yu.  Ask the guy to help him out of this embarrassing situation yet again.  It would probably mean a joke or two at his expense, but at least he would be free.

Right as Yosuke’s about to send his call for help, he starts to hear two people behind him.  He assumes the feminine voice is referring to him because she sounds like she’s right behind him.  The masculine voice seems kind of letdown by this discovery, but Yosuke can’t really blame him.  He’d rather find a sword than a person in a trash can too.  “Could you help pull me out of here?  Please?”  

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“Nii.... should we.... help?”

“Hmmmm.....” Sora mulled as he placed his hand to his chin and closed his eyes.

On one hand, in these type of games it was never a bad idea to make allies. Call in fodder to take the hits as you run through to the bigger hauls and rewards. You could also get a share of their treasures if you rank up the [Bond Points] enough. And of course you can get buffs and rewards just from making a simple [Hello!] message each day. Conversely they could always return to get revenge if they didn’t help. Not that that was actually a fear of theirs.

However at the same time that would require social interaction, empathy for others social interaction, energy input to physically assist them and even social interaction.『 』 was a team that, although many believed consisted of 4+ members was only actually the two siblings. They had no need for anyone else aside from maybe a Steph to make them food or something. Was there any real meaning to collect any followers?

“Hmmmmm....” he made the noise once more, checking the actual physical, no technology notepad they had written their quest list on. “There’s nothing here about helping some low level idiot out of the trash. Besides, he looks fine. You should leave him be.”

[biashacker]

I Mean I Guess You Can Take Us to the Golden Land

“Ah. Shiro. Is the treasure supposed to be a small girl?” Sora said, looking passed the map in his hands at a small girl dressed like it was already Halloween.

“Nii... you said.. the only girl... you need is... Shiro....”

“HAH? Waitwaitwaitwait waaaaaaait, Shiro, my wonderful sister you are a treasure but we’ve been over this I’m a man I have things an eleven year old simply can’t provide! Even as king I’ll be thrown into jail, plus the stares I’d get from Steph even though she’s just a Steph would be unbearable! Not to mention I have a daughter to provide an example for an also I can;t go after my sister! Besides what I ACTUALLY mean is we’re at the exact spot the map says and there’s a small girl here! Stop trying to make your brother out to be some kind of deviant Shiroooooooo!!”

[biashacker]

Shiro?”

“Nii?”

“I. I think these programmers went a little overboard with this.”

“Nii is... over... reacting.”

“Aaaaaah, how can you consider this over reacting! Even you have to admit this is ridiculous beyond any means! What kind of game gives this kind of reward?”

As with the other residents of the game, they had been granted a special item for the recent [Event]. However, it was not exactly normal. Whether through glitch or simply some high powered gag, on both of their heads rested extremely over sided tophats. 

“Nii. Everything is... fine. V.” the small girl said, holding two of her fingers in a V shape to signify victory.

And so the two loving siblings battled it out over whether one was over reacting or not. Just another day for the kings.

[biashacker]

Continuity Error

[sanctummilitis]

Such strange language with which they spoke to one another. Was it code? Ruler? Snake? Steph?

The former brought about something deep within - the notion that she should recognize the term, but there was nothing with which she could identify it. Though curiosity would draw her closer to the duo; cautiously, and discreetly.

Their attention appeared to have been focused on the device within their possession; some form of brick, while doubling as an entertainment system, with a moving black train of pixels.

“Do the two of you require help? If it’s nourishment which you need, there are plenty of establishments nearby which might cater to that. It’s vital to keep your strength up in a world such as this when there is no definite time or place of security to lower your guard”.

Once more, her vision would be drawn to the block. “Is this your weapon? How peculiar”.

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“”Ah”” they both said in unison looking up at the girl.

In many situations, the siblings would have immediately freaked out. The fact that one of the greatest known characters, the King of Knights, was standing before than? It was every NEET’s dream. However, this was not a normal situation. This was in a game. It was a game they had yet to know how things worked, especially avatars, but it was very possible that anyone could look like anything. And one of the most common skins in the majority of these types of games as indeed Saber.

“*sigh* So you’re the lucky Saber clone wannabe that got the username. Aaaaah, and I almost got excited for a minute. Hm, I wonder how long it’ll take for Li*y, Alt*r, and *ero ones to show up.”

“Nii... be... nice. She gave... advice. Not good.. but... still advice. Tried to... help. Don’t be... mean... just because she’s... causal.”

[biashacker]

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s... Nope Actually It Really is Trash

To gamers, it was a well known fact that there were usually [Hidden Items] in trashcans. To find these items, one usually only had to press the [A Button]. However in this [Game], the siblings had to physically search through them. For some reason, they had stumbled apon an area with dozens of trashcans  sprawled across the area. So naturally, they went through them quickly before they despawned.

“20 gold, three chickens which are NOT for powerups, scissors... ah looks like it’s a bust for me. Shirooooo, how about you?”

“Nii... Shiro... found something...”

“Aha, that’s my sister! What is it, a legendary sword, a super buff, ah, maybe a Ma*ter Ball?!” Sora spoke with excitement. “Ahaha, finally our luck is- eh?”

A legendary item it was not. In fact the value of the item was less than the -3 that their brick of a phone was worth. Laying inside the trashcal, legs partially extended out, was another player. 

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A Hat Is Fine Too

“Shiroooo, make sure to tie it tight. If any slip out it’ll be a hassle to get them again.”

Following the direction of the boy’s voice, one would see the small 11 year old girl finishing wrapping a rope around the top of a large sack. The sack however, was not simply a bag. It was thrashing around in decent ferosity.

“All... done... “ the girl said, finishing tying the bag.

One might question what exactly was in the sack, until they took a look at the girl who had donned on her head an example of it. One of the last they had beaten, still knocked out, was one of the hat enemies, which she had stylishly positioned.

“Nii... ready to... turn... in!” 

“Ah, let’s head out. The quicker we get rid of these the better.” Sora said, picking up the bag and dragging it along the ground, also patting his sister’s head.

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Searching For the Key [To Your Heart]

“Nii... have you... found it... yet?” Shiro spoke, calling out to her brother while sitting on a chair, fiddling with their phone.

Sora however, was no where to be seen. All that existed in the area was an overly ridiculous pile of keys. From within the pile, some of these keys started to fly outwards. In fact they came out in a torrent. Soon after, spraying the sea of keys everywhere arose Sora, like a whale breaching the surface. 

“*pant* I thought *pant* I was going* pant* to suffocate!”

“Good luck... Nii. Keep... trying. You can.. .do it.”

“WHAT KIND OF QUEST IS THIS? Who tells you to find one specific key in a giant pile of keys? Who even COLLECTS this many keys! Aaaaaaah, this is pointless!” he yelled to the air, throwing the lock they were using to search for the correct key in frustration. Luckily, unlike with their [Button Test] it did not hit another player.

Unluckily, it bounced back off a wall and smacked him in the face, causing him to fall back into the sea of keys.

“Ah! Nii!”

And so, to save her fallen brother, the girl dove in to the mountain as well.

Would this be the quest that finally led to the defeat of  『 』?

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A NEET Encounter

“Shiro, how much do we have?”

“Gold... 300... 3 quests... active. 6... archived. Housing... found. Still need... food supply... recommend... bread. Most... efficient. Also have... Nok*a.”

“They could have at least let us sell it to get something better. Who puts an item’s sell price at -3? It’d be better to just throw it in a lake!”

As the gamer siblings spoke of their inventory, they continued to walk along the path they had plotted would have the least NPC movement, and hopefully less player interaction. However, what they didn’t account for was [Misaligned Tile]. And in their distraction, the small girl’s foot had stuck into it, causing her to fall forward. Of course, as she was held into the coat of her brother, this would cause him to fall as well.

As they fell, so did the gold they had mentioned previously. Like a blue hedgehog taking damage, the money flew into all directions. In many cases, it would be considered comical.

“Ah... Nii.. get the... gold...quick... ly.”

“AAAAH, SHIRO SHIRO SHIRO, THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE, YOU’RE BLEEDING!”

“Nii... get the... gold... first..”

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Continuity Error

“Nii.... we can’t get... daily.... rewards....” said the small girl to her brother.

“Ah, yeah, you’re right, you’re right. Damn, Ru*er was almost level 90 too... Aaaaaah, why do we have to be brought into a game only to not be able to play other games??” the brother shouted.

Oh course, while it would sound like the two of them were passionately upset, the truth was they were both simply sitting down on the ground, one hand each on the brick of a phone they had. The gamer siblings were not what one would call ‘active people’, and even being inside of a game had not changed that. Not yet at least. So, they played the only game they had at their disposal at the time.

“Nii.... there’s a... wall. Move the snake... left. The food.... is too close. We’ll get... caught.”

“Ah, speaking of food, we haven’t eaten since we got here have we. Where’s a Steph when you need one....”

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It Was a Button Test, I Want a Redo!

One of the keys to combat was [Initial Attack], causing damage to an opponent before they could cause damage to yourself. Another key concept was [Surprise Attack], attacking before the enemy realizes you were there. The final major need was [Button Check], or knowing the full extent of all the abilities you had at your disposal. Preforming the first two in combination was one of the best advantages a person could have.

Combining all three however, was simply called an [Accident]. 

“AAAAH, SHIRO!” yelled the young king as the brick that was the phone they were given left the girl’s hand. Both siblings were aware of the need for [Button Checks], so the girl had gone and preformed one, lopping the phone to see the distance, velocity, and power it had. Unfortunately, it had gone directly into another [Unit] she had not noticed. The male however, had. 

“Wait, wait, wait, wait waaaaait, Shiroooooo we’re not ready for [First Strike!] yet! Aaaaaah, l-let’s hope the [Intsa Kill] chance activates right away then....”