Chapter 43- To Think with a Thinker
A/N 5,000 views already, jesus.
Opening his mouth, Umairi needed to say this one word. "Fu
(All around me are Line Breaks)
Floor 1
February 8th, 2023
Umairi leaned back casually, hopefully giving off the feeling he was fine, but secretly, he was panicking. What was happening, was this becoming some sort of trap anime!? Was him switching avatars some sort of glitch? Freaking Kayaba!
"And you believe that's what happened?" The leader of the guild leaned forward at his big desk. The man that had been interrogated Umairi, happened to be the leader of the guild known as Aincrad Liberation Force. Umairi glanced warily at the man, he had wavy umber-brown hair and brown eyes. Besides his position of power, the man gave off a very gentle aroma.
Realizing he was making Umairi uncomfortable, the man straightened his back. "I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting. My name is Thinker and I am the new leader of the guild, Aincrad Liberation Force, and the old leader of MMO Today.
Umairi was slightly confused. "Wait, you actually believe me?" Thinker grinned slightly and responded "I see no reason for you to make up such a tale." Umairi was slightly relieved that Thinker believed his crazy story. "It also makes sense with floor twenty-five being extremely difficult and the large amounts of traps. That's actually how this new guild was created."
Umairi raised an eyebrow, or Yoko's character's eyebrow. This was getting confusing. "What do you mean?" Thinker leaned back slightly and sighed. "A man known as Kibaou, almost had his entire guild wiped out from the twenty-fifth floor, so he came down here and after some planning, my old guild, MMO Today melded with his."
Umairi nodded and unconsciously started to bounce his foot.
The two sat in silence, waiting to see if the other would talk. "Have you happened to see someone telling the same tale?" Umairi asked, hoping to find Yoko. Thinker shook his head no. "Oh..." Umairi sighed, disappointed. Wait, the Position Check! Umairi hurriedly opened his menu and tapped on the friends tab.
He was surprised to see quite a few people. Umairi scrolled down to the Us and found his name. Tapping it, he clicked the Position Check option and a map appeared. Floor One, Town of Beginnings. So she was here.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Thinker, but I really must be going." Thinker smiled slightly and responded "Same." Umairi shot up and glanced at the map one more time. Okay, so she's at the Teleportation Gates. Turning around, Umairi closed his menu and walked out of the office like thing.
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Floor 1
February 8th, 2023
Umairi left the Black Iron Palace, which is where the Aincrad Liberation Force was located. Quickly jogging along the crowded streets of the first floor, Umairi made his way to the Gates. Turning into the crowded area, Umairi saw nothing new. He opened his menu again and checked the Position Check. It says she should be here... Umairi glanced down and saw the blip right on top of his position. He turned around and jumped slightly when he saw a familiar, yet alien face.
"Uma..." His body said, this was getting weird. "Yoko, is that you?" Umairi's head, or should he say Yoko's, nodded. Her face appeared to be very nervous and stressed. "Uma, why do you look like me?" Yoko asked confused. Jeez, I sound like a huge nerd. "I don't know either, Yoko, come on, I know somewhere we can go for the time being." Umairi stated while grabbing his own hand. This sucks, I'm no longer taller than most people.
He pulled his body along as he made his way back to The Black Palace. "Hey Uma, have you messaged Haruto and Keiko yet?" Yoko asked. Umairi slowed his pace and cringed. Crap! Quickly opening his menu, Umairi tapped on Haruto's name and tapped send message.
ERROR: MESSAGING ABILITIES REVOKED
Umairi raised an eyebrow, what does it mean by that? He clicked on his own name and tapped send message, the same error appeared. That's when a yellow message bubble appeared. Umairi glanced at Yoko and saw she had received one as well. Yoko glanced at Umairi, which Umairi nodded saying she could click it. Umairi did the same.
Hello Player, I feel obligated to give
you an explanation for what happened.
Approximately at 9:34 AM, 8 February, 2023,
You and a fellow player merged
into each other, corrupting each
others data and almost killing both of you,
in real life and in game due to NerveGear
Disconnection. Cardinal took quick action
and pulled both players out of the game
and quickly reestablished the NerveGear's Connection.
While all it was able to fix was your player appearances,
I had to manually come in and retype all your data.
Has of this point, I was only able to return your
stats and inventory to its normal form. Some of the functions
disabled are as followed, messaging, sword skills, quest
activation and completion, and the buying or
selling of objects. While I am working around
the clock to restore your characters, they won't
be completely usable for about another day.
I am sorry for this inconvenience and hope
it doesn't hinder your playing experience
for too long. Good luck and my apologies,
-Kayaba Akihiko
Umairi stared dumbfoundedly at the message. So it was just some sort of mix up that made them switch avatars? So all he had to do was contact Kayaba and tell him of the glitch. 'Yoko," Umairi began "I think I know how we can get back into our own bodies."
Yoko tilted her slightly. "How?" She questioned. "First, we need to meet back up with Thinker."
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Floor 1
February 8th, 2023
"You need to what?!" Thinker asked shocked. Umairi nodded. "If we can get in touch with Kayaba, we can tell him of this glitch." Thinker ran his fingers through his hair. "I don't know if I can help you with that." Umairi knew this was going to be tough, they couldn't just run into the street and yell for Kayaba to come out.
"It's fine, we'll try to acomplish this ourselves." Umairi confidently assured. Thinker sighed and responded "We can give you supplies, that's about it." Umairi smiled and replied unnerved "Thank you very much. We appreciate it."
Umairi looked at his body, which he knew housed Yoko. "Are you ready for this?" He questioned. She nodded. Umairi looked back at Thinker. "We must go now, wish us luck." He nodded. "I will." Umairi got up and sighed, this wasn't the first time something strange had happened to him. This would make one interesting story when he had kids.
A/N I AM SO SORRY! I've been having trouble writing with school and stuff, sorry guys! I will get started on the next chapter soon! I have good news though, Shield and Sword as reached 5,000 views! WOOHOO! I am so proud and grateful! Thank you all who have been reading since the beginning of this train wreck of a story! Well, please follow and favorite this shit, and become a Desu today *Theme song plays aka Team America theme! 'Murica! Fuck Yeah!*
