Nov. 6, 2022 16:24 Aincrad Standard Time
I'm sorry, Pina, I'm sorry! I got lost, so I'm still in the "Town of Beginnings." But you know, it's huuuge! Like this huge! And um, I couldn't find the logout button... maybe I'm just an idiot? Hehehe, but I'm pretty sure I looked at all the options in the menu... Hmm...
Oh yeah, listen to this. When I was looking at the menu, there was this thing that looked really important in... um... this one! It says "Skills." Apparently there's a different skill for each kind of weapon, like "1H Straight Sword," and "2H Axe." Hmm. No bows though. I think you're not supposed to learn all of these skills, so I need to choose one. And so! Then I thought, well, in Perfect Princess Pixi, Eira-chan looks sooo cool with her Magical Girl Star Shield to protect Pixi-sama, so then, so, maybe I should use a one-handed sword and a shield? But then, Sana-chan is just, well, sparkling! when she's doing those fancy poses with her Tonbogiri, so... so I wanted to ask you when I log out!
But... yeah, I'm not sure why I can't figure out how to log out. Hmm... oh! Yeah, by the way, when I was trying to find the monsters, there was this one shop that had lots of cake inside! And when you walk inside it smells like... like. . .
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...Ah! Uh, well, it's just so good! And then there was this one cheesecake that was this big, haha, how is anyone supposed to finish that? Hehehe, but it costs 4220 Col, and I only have 300 now. How can a cake possibly be so expensive? Oh, yeah, Col is money here. It's such a funny name. Haha, that reminds me, what was it in that one game, "Monies"? Yeah, I think that was it. And then th-
! AHH! I FORGOT! Papa and Mama aren't supposed to know I'm playing SAO! Oh no, oh no, ah, what do I do now? If I can't log off they're going to find out, and then what if they take it away because I'm under 13 years old? Pina! Hide my body! Wait, that's stupid. Um... hmm. . . ah, you can take off the NerveGear and I should wake up right? Yeah yeah, but you're probably sleeping right now, so... can't do anything about it, huh…
Well, I'm going to ask around for a bit, okay? I'm sorry that I didn't keep my promise, but see you soon!
Author's Note: Sometimes I think this would sound better if I wrote in Japanese instead... not that I know nearly enough. What would change is the sentence structure (a lot more important than you might think; Japanese is SOV instead of English SVO, and the subject doesn't have to be in every single line, which changes the flow) and the words themselves. "So cute~~" just doesn't sound the same as "kawaii~~" or even "かわいい～", or youtube com/watch?v=V19qAVRFnhY&t=11s
Also, I notice that, even with all the small things here and there that I try to stick into my writing, it still feels very scripted. I think it's unavoidable, though. If I tried to write realistic talking, it would sound like, um, you know how it's like they start talking and the guy starts talking about like, say, um, well, SAO, no no, he's talking about something easier like... I dunno... boxes I guess, and then she's like whoa! that's so cool! no wait, no, that's not what I meant, uh, she's more like um, wait, what? and um... well yeah, and then you have no idea what they're saying. I use a lot of (...) to try to space out the timing of her talking, but I'm not sure if it works.