Welcome to the next chapter of the story. In this chapter;
A. Sylvain Tour- Team Star Shine take a tour of Sylvain.
B. Francis revives- Francis the Snivy regains consciousness after saving Colette. He goes into ALO for the first time.
C. Opal returns- Opal returns to the story, but what she does not know is that Leo is now dating Jennifer Talavera, Francis the Snivy's human friend.
D. Francis's Sacrifices himself to save Opal- After finding out that Leo is dating Jennifer Talavera, Leo tries to attack Opal, but Francis saves Opal by sacrificing himself…
(Francis dies = Resurrection penalty: 2 minutes for first timers only- (Regular penalty: 10 minutes/ Sacrifice Spell penalty is 20 minutes)- DP's are waved if a Life Bottle is used
Chapter is mostly in : Lloyd's Point of view
HERE WE GO, I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING
Current Scene: Inside ALO (Sylvain)
Time: 12:04 PM (Tuesday)
Current Funds: 0 Yud
Current Team Leader: Lloyd Irving
The team is about to take a tour of Sylvain, thanks to a tour guide that just talked to them.
(Lloyd's turn)
We are now about to go on a tour of the first town in A.L.O, Sylvain. By looking at the size of this town, it feels like Downtown Los Angeles. The Sylvain tour guide started walking us toward the center of the town.
"This part of Sylvain is the central portion, or if you like, you can call it Downtown Sylvain. It holds all the shopping needs for the town" The Sylvain guide pointed out.
As I looked around, there were lots of player Sylphs around shopping and having fun. They even looked at us and waved "hello". I waved back and they smiled. They know that while there are some Spriggans on our team, they are supportive of them since Kirito is on of them Spriggans who helped out in the animie. I hope to meet him one day….
"Over here is the shopping center" The tour guide continued. "You can shop for your items here. Make sure to have enough Yud with you. To find Yud, hunt monsters in the Ancient Forest, which is just outside of here." The guide finished the statement.
The shopping center is amazing here too. Leo was trying to cut in front of me trying to get a better view. I let him cut the line.
"Its amazing here" Leo commented as he pats my back
"I know" I said to him.
The Sylvain guide is about to give us a surprise to get us started with our shopping.
"After the tour, Im going to transfer 10,000 Yud to your team account" The Sylvain tour guide commented
I was amazed to hear a big number.
"Thank you" We all said
"There is more" The guide continued "You see, we know about Francis the Snivy in Sylvain. We got to watch all the saves he does to save his friends from harm. We have Sylvain Cable . Because of his heroism, we, the Sylphs who love Francis, are giving your team 25,000 more Yud to your team account" The tour guide smiled
Oh my gosh. Francis is a true hero here too. Because of our unconscious hero, we get to start with 35,000 Yud as a team.
"Thank you mam" I said as I bowed down
"You don't need to be so formal, and by the way, Im not the one you need to give thanks to. You need to thank your unconscious hero, because he saved you in the real world from death" The tour guide smiled again
"We will, but how do we get the money?" I asked
"It will be in your team base bank, which I will show you later" The guide said
We moved on to the descriptions of the Downtown Shops that are here.
"To our right is the Item Shop known as Beginning Mates. Here, you can buy basic items like potions, life bottles, and more. Prices for items in this shop range from 100 to 500 Yud" The tour guide commented as he pointed to the shop
I looked at the shop, and it may be a small shop, but they are a very useful resource in town.
"To our left over here is the Sylvain help center. Should you need assistance at anytime, we will be waiting there. Services there are free, but we do accept donations to expand services" The guide said as he pointed to a tall building to the left of us.
A help center is nice to have. You never know when we will need it. The guide continued further down the road to a residential area.
"Going toward the houses here is the residential area for the Sylphs that are playing here. You will get to meet different players from different parts of California, since this is the California server you are playing on. I got a notification that one of your teammates just started playing. I believe it is the unconscious hero." The guide commented as he accessed the notification system.
Francis has revived and is now able to play. I can't wait to see him save our friends, but more importantly, his human girlfriend.
Los Angeles, CA
Time: 1 PM (Tuesday)
1 hour after the team started playing A.L.O
10 minutes before Francis and Opal play
Francis the Snivy has just revived after saving Colette from certain death. His arm is still injured. As he revives, he sees the note that Lloyd wrote. He knows that all of his friends are in danger.
(Francis's turn)
I finally revive after saving Colette, the Chosen from Tales of Symphonia . She is in danger, just like Luna. Its time to save our friends, but before I got to start, Opal comes into the room to talk to me about something.
"Francis, I need to talk to you before we play" Opal told me.
"Yes lets go to the other room to talk ok" i told her as we walked to another room.
We reached the other room to talk about something that happened with Leo and Jennifer Talavera. Jennifer Talavera is my human friend at school, and I have a feeling I know what it is about.
"Francis, I need to talk to you about Leo and Talavera" Opal tells me
"Ok. I understand" I told her back
"Is Leo dating your human friend?" She asked me
I know that love is supposed to spread, but at the time, I knew Leo never told Opal about this development.
"Opal, he is dating Jennifer Talavera. Not only that, but he has started kissing her while Im unconscious" I told her
"Oh my god. If Luna finds out that her own brother is dating your human friend without my permission, I will be mad! Im not mad at you though. " Opal said to me
"I understand. What are you planning to do?" I asked Opal
"I want a battle. Him VS me, but in this case, save me if I'm about to fall unconscious. " Opal commented
"We can't, Luna and Talavera are trapped somewhere in the game" I told her
"I have a communication device. I can tell your human girlfriend Luna, that Leo is cheating on me by dating your human friend. I also can do a special teleportation magic on the people we need. I call this the plot pause" Opal tells me
"Ok, I see now. I agree with you, but do you want to make Leo forget about dating Talavera?" I asked with concern
"Good plan, but how can you erase memories?" Opal asked me
"Remember how I made the memory charms? Well, inside the memory charm is a device that I can control on what memories to erase, or retain. The problem with showing an example to you is that I would need to program one of ours to do that and we don't want to have memories of each other wiped clean, so examples are out of play. " I explained as she got curious
"Can we do this to Kuja too?" She asked me
At some point, I knew this was coming, but no can do.
"I can't do it with Kuja because in order to receive a memory charm, you need to be on this team, but I could try to make a negative memory charm to try to wipe his memories clean" I said
"Wow. Do you take computer science courses?" She asked me out of nowhere
"Yes, in fact I want to be a game designer as a human, but you need to learn (*1)HTML, Java Script, and J Query.
"Wow. Lots to learn, but you are talented" Opal commented
"Thanks Opal. By the way, do you really want me to wipe Leo's memories of dating Talavera? I mean, its kind of a different way for me to do things." I told her
"It was an idea, but my initial answer is yes, but it is up to you at this point. Lets break it down like an Algebraic equation. Since you told Luna you loved her, and you meant it, the equation would be equal, or X+Y=X+Y. Since Leo only loved Jennifer Talavera just by looking at her legs, no offensive foul, and the fact that Leo is with me, the equation is not equal, or X+Y is not= to X+Z. Erasing Leo's memories of dating Talavera would take off person Z, which is her" Opal tells me.
"Right. Ill think about it. Right now, its time to save our friends" I told her as we headed back to the main game room
We are now back in the main game room, and we are now about to link start.
"Ready Francis?" She asked me as we put our NerveGears on
"Yes Opal. Lets save our friends" I said as we got ready.
"LINK START!" We both yelled as we were teleported into the game.
ALO- Downtown Sylvain
Current Funds Holding: 0 Yud
Current Funds in Base: 35,000 Yud
Current team leader: Lloyd Irving
The current team in the game is now on the tour of Sylvain when Francis and Opal show up. The team welcomes them back, but one person in particular tries to hide from Opal.
(Lloyd's turn)
As we continued the tour, two players entered the game. They happened to be the unconscious hero, and Opal. We went to hug them both, but as we were hugging them, Leo went missing for some reason. Is there something wrong with Leo? Is he hiding something from Francis or Opal? Only time will tell.
"Hi Francis, welcome back" I said to the hero
"Feels good to be a Sylph White Mage as a male" He told me.
"Back to human form until logging out" I commented
"I guess so, but Leo is not here" He tells me as he looks around
"Is something wrong?" I asked him with concern
"Yes, and it has something to do with Jennifer Talavera. You see, Jennifer Talavera is one of Francis's human friends at school, and I just found out that Leo is dating her, and whats worse is that he is Luna's brother" Opal tells the group as the group widens in shock of the revelation.
I am shocked to hear that Leo is dating one of Francis's human friends, but what caught me off guard is the fact that Luna has no idea that this happened.
"Has this been happening when Francis is knocked unconscious?" I asked
"Bingo! In the beginning, Leo would always look at Talavera's legs since she wore shorts. When he would do that, I would slap him, which worked until recently. During the Crescent Cup, it happened again, only this time, I was on another team based assignment and Leo kissed Talavera. This was when Francis was knocked unconscious, and Luna had no clue about my relationship with Leo" Opal concluded her speech
Its embarrassing now. Luna loves Francis because Francis saves her from death and means it, but Leo loves Talavera only because of her legs? This is a big 'stab in the legs' for Francis because Talavera is his human friend from the real world, and Luna and Leo are brother and sister. No wonder why Leo is hiding.
"Opal, what are you planning to do to him?" Freya asked
"Well, my idea is to erase his memories of dating Talavera, but that is not my normal route, but it did give me an idea about Kuja though" Francis told the group as he hugs Opal.
Francis is not one of those people who wants to wipe out memories from his friends, but unless Leo changes, it looks like Francis will have to do it, but if the person's memories to wipe out happens to be Kuja, oh heck yeah.
"How could Kuja's memories be wiped clean?" Alexander asked
"I could make a negative memory charm which erases all of his memories, and existence from the world, but it will take a while, and we still have to save our friends, especially Luna, and Colette" Francis told us as I got excited
Im happy to save my girlfriend Colette. She could die if Kuja lays one hand on her. We will not let that happen.
"Is everything ok?" The tour guide asks us
"Yes sir" We told him as a group
"Alright, lets look at your team base" The tour guide said as we headed eastward
As we continued eastward, I can't figure out why I feel someone is behind us. My fears are confirmed as I head a needle fire toward Opal's direction. It was at that moment
that Francis jumped in behind Opal and took the attack.
"FRANCIS NOOOO!" Opal yelled out loud
If I am right, and I bet all in (200,000 U.S dollars), those are the hated words. I win because Freya Crescent yelled the same thing moments later.
"FRANCIS NOOOOO!" Freya yelled as I ran near Opal.
400,000 U.S. dollars for me. I shall give it to charity, thank you much. I saw Francis's HP bar drop very fast. What ever hit him, hit him hard. What happened next, broke my heart. Frans was motionless on the ground.
"FRANCIS NOOOOOO!" I yelled out
Could he be dead? I wanted to answer this question, but I heard something interesting
"Life Bottle! Activate!" The tour guide yelled
A magic aura surrounded Francis, and somehow he revived. Unfortunately, he was still in the red HP zone.
Francis the Snivy
HP: 10/ 250
Status: Death Possibility (In Game)
Deaths: 1time
Revived via Life Bottle: 1 time
Revived after time served: 0 times
Death Penalty time served: 0.01 second/2 minutes
I saw Francis breathing very hard. What I saw ahead of him was really off. Leo had an arrow pointed at Opal, and Francis saved Opal from her first death in ALO. Way to go. As soon as Francis tried to stand up, Leo tried to charge at Opal, but Francis steps in and saves her. 2 ALO deaths in 1 day. This time, he chose the 'wait out the penalty' option meaning 2 minutes out.
Francis the Snivy- Before Penalty
HP: 0/ 250
Game Status: Dead (Penalty being served)
Real World Status: Standing by for resurrection
Deaths: 2 times
Revived via Life Bottle: 1 time
Death Penalties served: 2
Revived after time served: 1 times
Death Penalty time served: 2.01 minutes/4 minutes
(2 minute event)
Leo was trying to kill Opal? Unbelievable! Now, Francis waits for 2 minutes to be resurrected. Opal confronts Leo.
"LEO!" Opal yelled loudly
All the other players playing the game were looking at our group. They all know that a fight could come….
Los Angeles, CA- Star Shine Base
Back in Los Angeles in the real world, Francis logs off for the time being to serve his 2 minute death penalty in the game. He serves his penalty by looking at the cover of the game.
(Francis's turn)
I just had my second death in A.L.O in a matter of 2 minutes. I decided to serve that penalty by looking at the cover of the game after logging off for the mean time. The front was nothing unusual since it is the name of the game, but when I turned it around and read about the game, and scanned the pictures, I found a site I did not want to see. The pictures of the game were good, but one of them was odd. The picture showed a group of 4 unconscious players, and more shocking is that three of them are our teammates. They were Jennifer Talavera, Colette, and my unconscious human girlfriend, Luna. The other one also is familiar to me by her outfit. Her outfit consisted of long socks, a uniform, and a headband. She also had a sword. Could this girl be who I think it is? As I tried to answer the question in my mind, my NerveGear Interactive Notification Center notified me that the penalty time is up, and I can go back to play.
I came back to the main room, put on the NerveGear, and got ready to go back in.
"LINK START!" I yelled as I got teleported into the game
ALO- Sylvain
Time: 1:30 PM (Tuesday)
Current Funds in hand: 0 Yud
Current Funds on hold: 35,000 Yud
Current Team Leader: Lloyd Irving
The team has just saw Francis return to the game. Leo hides again knowing that he could be in trouble for dating Francis's human friend, Jennifer Talavera. Francis talks to the team about his findings.
(Lloyd's turn)
"Guys, I have some news for you" Francis tells us as he returns to the game
I can tell that even if Francis took the death penalty, he would not stop investigating. He logged off, and took the penalty that way. Good move. I wonder what he found out. The whole team except for Leo gathered around Francis.
"I logged off to check out the cover of the game, and found a photo, a screenshot if you will, on the back. On that photo were three of our teammates" Francis said as everyone was shocked
We all gasped because Francis found a clue that could help us, but at the same time, the clue was a sad one. He continues on.
"They looked to be like Luna, Colette, and Talavera" Francis said as the team hears some bushes rattle
I knew that Leo was hiding because he dated Jennifer Talavera. Luna told me about it on a cellphone call.
"Theres more. One of the victims looks like Asuna from Sword Art Online, the Animie" Francis said as the team gasps
Asuna, the girl that is called 'lightning flash' because of her speed. Oh my god. Where's Kirito? I wanted to ask Francis about this.
"Dude, how about Kirito?" I asked Francis about the animie hero.
"Well, thats a good question. In the animie, he saved Asuna in the World Tree. If Kirito saved Asuna there, more than likely we will find our trapped friends there" Francis said as he hugs Opal.
As Francis tries to hug Opal, Leo comes out from behind Francis and tries to stab him with a sword. Francis somehow dodged out of the way, and took no damage. Francis has earned 10 points for that…..maybe 100 for that one. Opal gets angry at Leo.
"LEO! YOU ARE IN TROUBLE BOY!" Opal yelled out loud
"What I do?" Opal asked innocently
I knew that this was eventually going to happen.
"You are dating my human friend when you are with Opal. Whats worse is that you are doing it while I was unconscious. Love is allowed to spread, but you never told Opal about this. And another thing, me and Luna loved each other because she sees that Im saving her life. You only loved Jennifer Talavera because you got to see her legs. Thats is very disrespectful. Your punishment for that action…..could be the painful decision I could make in my life" Francis finished his speech.
Francis is about to make a decision weather to wipe Leo's memories of dating Talavera. If I was the house, I would bet 100,000 dollars that he will erase his memories, and bet 200,000 dollars that he would not. This will not be an easy one for Francis to think about.
NEXT WEEKS PLOT POINTS:
A. Will Francis erase Leo's memories of dating Jennifer Talavera?
B. The first ALO mission leads to a clue to where the victims are.
C. Leo VS Opal in a battle
Thats coming up next week.
Authors notes of the day
(*1) HTML, JavaScript, J Query- These are programs for the computer where you can make webpages. You can also make games using J Query.
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