❙ INTRO MINGLE (SUSUKINO)

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[ It's early morning when the characters automatically come to, and they'll find themselves in the inns of either Akihabara or Susukino as if waking up from a very restful sleep. Even if their origin wasn't the Japanese server, they've somehow found themselves here anyway!

Suddenly in the body of their avatars it might be a bit difficult to get around at first depending on their configuration, but when they leave their respective buildings they'll notice that the cities seem livelier than they usually are, filled to the brim with People of the Land (who curiously, seem more responsive than usual), as well as having various food booths with a wide assortment (though tasteless) set up.

On closer inspection, one peculiarity is that all guild data has been wiped clean (while everything else is left untouched), and it's up to them whether or not they reestablish their guild or not and claim a new guild hall.

Characters are free from now on to do as they wish! Attempt a dungeon? Contact a friend? The choice is yours! Feel free to play out random encounters and/or People of the Land at your own discretion. If you want to timeskip into a week to skip all the formalities as well, you're more than welcome to, just put a note somewhere in your intro! Be sure to familiarize yourself with the setting before posting as well. ]

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[neverlistless]

[A sale ran out and he didn't know about it?!?!?]

You think so?

... No, they never made a fuss like this before. Maybe it's something else.

[alwayslistless]

Hmm....it's a mystery. [He's too lazy to make any more guesses.

Also Tana's probably in the way, sitting on all these boxes. How did he even muster the energy to climb up here?]

[neverlistless]

[Tana...

Okay, time to lift you like a sack of potatoes so that he can move these boxes.]

I know it's fruitless to say this, but you really should start working too. We only have a few more hours until sundown.

[alwayslistless]

Oh. That's true.

[It is getting pretty late, isn't it? Once Oota puts him down he'll go grab a box and...not lift it. Or move at all, really. He's just standing there, with his hands on a box.]

It's heavy...

[neverlistless]

I already expected this, but... I don't think you can measure how heavy it is like that.

[Well, it was no big.] I'll carry that as soon as I finish moving these. We're going to get in trouble staying around here.

[alwayslistless]

Are we? [He doesn't remember hearing anything about getting in trouble...maybe he was zoned out at the time. That's entirely likely.

Also: slowly leaning over the box, now that he's confirmed he can't carry it.]

[neverlistless]

Because of those Adventurers, right? You said so yourself, they're strangely lively.

Some are getting violent. [Tana... Well, he supposes it's okay since he's back to carrying you like a sack of rice.]

[alwayslistless]

Ah.

[From his sack-of-rice position, he gazes over to where a group of Adventurers has apparently knocked over someone's shop stall.]

...I hope they don't mess up our boxes.

[neverlistless]

[... Ah, right. That's a possibility, isn't it?]

Let's go tell them not to go here then. They'll understand. [Either that or they'll think he's a thug and run away. Same difference. With Tana still over his shoulder, it might actually cement that idea.]

[alwayslistless]

[He'd nod, but that takes more energy than he's willing to expend.]

You're very easy to understand. [He's wondering how many will run.]

[neverlistless]

[That boost of encouragement is nice, at least.

Five minutes later the poor guys who were there and mistook him for a thug (normally, they'd fight back, but in real life they're kinda wimps...) ran away and Oota is left putting Tana back down on the ground.]

Ah, that was fast. [...] Guess we better start stocking up on food too now that we're done. It looks like they're trying to clean out the stores.

[alwayslistless]

[Aw, no more free ride....he looks around at the chaos going on, thinking about this whole "food-stocking" think they're gonna have to do.

...

......

.........Sigh.]

[neverlistless]

[Oi, oi...]

Don't let your sister hear that sigh. It's too heavy.

[alwayslistless]

I don't think she'd mind, as long as everything gets done.

[Or if she does he'll just ignore it.]

[neverlistless]

Even if you say that, she's still expecting us to bring home dinner at least.

Come on, let's do this quickly.

[alwayslistless]

It all tastes the same, anyway.

[He's moving though...!]

[neverlistless]

[Score one for Oota! Not that he could disagree, but he'll worry about that after he goes and joins the crowd of crazy players in order to buy food. He knows Tana won't do it anyway.]

[alwayslistless]

[Yes indeed, Tana's not going anywhere near there. He'll just...settle himself down a little ways away, watching as all those crazy players freak out over...whatever it is that's bothering them today.

....Oh hey, free fruits rolling in from that upturned stall over there.]

[neverlistless]

[Oota will be getting those fruits before anyone spots them and still pay anyway because he's a nice and honest guy like that. Once that's done he'll make a beeline towards Tana, presenting all the stuff he bought.]

This should be enough for the week. It looks like they're running out faster than usual.

[alwayslistless]

[He nods at that, not getting up from his seat quite yet. They won't starve! Hooray.]

The adventurers don't usually buy this much food, do they?

[neverlistless]

No.

Maybe they haven't been able to hunt meat lately. They don't seem as eager to go out anymore.

[alwayslistless]

Maybe they got tired...hunting sounds like a lot of work.

[Streeetching in preparation for leaving yes.]

[neverlistless]

But for them to all give up hunting at the same time is still pretty strange, don't you think?

[alwayslistless]

...Maybe they're all trying to become listless.

[Like Miya from down the street.]

[neverlistless]

[He really doubts that.] Are you sure you aren't trying to be a protagonist? You seem to attract a lot of people to your lifestyle.