( Kirito )

The clouds were starting to cover the sky, they were starting to show up more and more, unfortunately, because of that everyone now had to figure out what to do, one of two things were going to happen, either it was the time for the raining season, or winter had come, so they would have to worry about everyone not freezing to death.

Granted there were floors that were in a constant state of cold, but that didn't change the fact that the people living near them weren't from those areas at all, in fact, Kirito didn't even know, if Aincrad had ever experienced the changing of the seasons.

So that meant that as the ruler of his small patch of land it fell upon him to get coats and all of the warm clothing for the people living near his home, unfortunately, that meant he had to search for the lowest prices and like it or not, most of all of the lowest priced clothing was in the surrounding kingdoms.

One rule was made, it was unspoken and only recently was it even written down and agreed by everyone,

No one would do anything to antagonize any of the nearby kingdoms, this meant everything, from attacking the people, verbally or physically, harming them economically or affecting the people by, illness. This included affecting their animals and that meant a variety of things.

It didn't mean the players couldn't enter the kingdoms, it just meant they couldn't buy or sell too much, no long term deals, just get in and get out. This was done, due to the fact that the surrounding kingdoms could easily just declare war, or send in assassins to deal with the players and if not the players themselves, the people around them.

Ordinary people don't enter dungeons just to explore or hunt monsters, most if not all people would rather just live their lives never experiencing those kinds of dangers, its one of the reasons the players had simply slowed down and started living their lives.

So materials weren't the problem, it's the time and people needed to make the clothing itself, when they needed to concentrate to tending to their fields and building their homes, so cost was also a factor because things would be needed further down the line, so here he was stuck buying warm clothing from every one of the lower floors.

The cold wind blew and slowly the temperature began to drop, until small specks of white snow began to fall, kirito stopped walking and looked up at the sky and exhaled he, watched his breath become mist.

All of a sudden an alert from Aincrads main system was sent out and Kirito felt his eyes widen at its implications.

Aincrad defense system realization complete, water stable, air stable, soil and minerals stable, surrounding environment adequate for all Human life. Due to the continued adult of the entities of this world, a vote must be taken.

A barrier has maintained all entities within Aincrad, the only exceptions being creatures that are similar to those with this world, however, due to the repeated attacks by the Fish Men, the Astral projectors and the beings of ice, along with the fact that the inhabitants of this world have set foot in Aincrad.

All players must choose whether to keep the barrier up, Aincrads defense system will continue to terminate all intruders, however, no longer will the creatures of Aincrad be forced to remain, within its borders.

Mountain barrier YES)( No...awaiting answer

Korito stood there watching the snow fall around him, as people walked passed by, watching the counter go up, for both the yes and no options.

Still he had to get all of the clothes be had just bought, back home, so he couldn't just stand there looking at the sky, this was his last job around, because of the attack he was given two extra days to stay with his family, but he had to get back to work.

(Robert Baratheon)

He swung his hammer, making his sweat fly with every move, his large gut was just getting in the way, he remembered his youth, the fights he had, the maidens he took to bed and the married women that pulled him into their room.

He remembered the war all those years ago and how he killed that Tagarian, he remembered every soldier, every knight and the Targarians sword that was melted into his hammer, the Targarians sword was better left lost, but as a reminder of everything he lost all those years ago, he had that mans swords melted and used to repair his hammer.

An insult and a trophy, he tried to stop himself from feeling the loss from back then and he found himself trying to control his anger at the memory that that girl was alive in the east and the fact that another dragon was living nearby.

His hammer fell to his side with a loud thump, he couldn't swing his hammer anymore, he needed something to clear his mind, maybe he needed to go hunting, yeah that was it, Ned could deal with the kingdoms issues.

When he got back, he would lead a single at the stranger's island, but something like that took time and effort, but right now he needed to rest.