ALfheim Offline
Chapter Three
*Author's Note: Special thanks to Mr Miliardo who made me realize that I should probably think of an idea on how anything happening in this story could be possible. Writing my friends. Writing is hard….Also go check out Noticed_Ninja on FictionPress (and also ). Enjoy!
Kirito spawned where he had last been before confronting Sinon. He looked around thinking the same thoughts he had been thinking since this whole event started. Determined to figure out the cause of this mystery, he ran to where he thought the group would be. The log cabin. He quickly opened the door and found most of his friends inside. Klein stood up.
"Kirito. Did you figure out what's going on?" Klein asked seriously.
"I'll get to that." He replied. "Is everyone here?"
"Um, almost everyone." Lizbeth answered. "Asuna went out to go look for you but I think she's on her way back now. Leafa sent us a message saying she would be here soon, but besides that we're all here."
"Good. We need to hold a group meeting."
"What is this, an office board room or something?" Klein jokingly stated. Kirito's expression didn't change.
"Klein. I know you're trying to brighten the mood but...this is serious."
"...I-I know. Sorry."
"It's okay." As Kirito said that, the two large doors behind him opened letting a cool breeze flow into the room. Asuna and Leafa walked in together not saying a single word. No one said a single word. Silence overtook the room as everyone was focused on the same thought in their minds. What was going on? Everyone seated themselves around the table.
"...I guess I'll break the silence. Kirito what's going on?" Leafa blurted out. Kirito exhaled and began to speak.
"Alright. I went over to see Sinon. She told me what happened and apparently after she was disconnected, she found a scar on her stomach."
"What?!" Leafa exclaimed.
"Yeah. I know it sounds crazy. I'm still not entirely sure on how it could have happened."
"Well, in-game injuries can't transfer over to the real world can they?" Klein remarked. Silence once again overtook the room.
"That's the thing." Kirito muttered. "I don't want it to be and I'm pretty sure neither do any of you but...it might be possible." The rest of the group stared at Kirito. For a moment no one spoke, but they had a reason. They were shocked. How could these in-game injuries happen to the player in real life?
"K-Kirito….what your saying is that Sinon's scar is because of the game?" Klein stated.
"I don't k-I can't tell for su-" Kirito sighed. "Listen. Probably. When you launch Alfheim or use anything on the Amusphere, your body doesn't move. So there's no other real possibility. That scar happened during Sinon's fight according to her, so it has to somehow be related to the game."
"But how can we know for sure?" Asuna suddenly questioned.
"….Well, we have to test this theory."
"Oh no no no. I don't think so man. Don't be stabbing anyone in here with anything." Klein declared.
"I'm not going to stab anyone Klein. Calm down." Kirito replied. "….I'll be doing the testing." The group looked confused. Kirito unsheathed his sword from its scabbard.
"Kirito. What are you doing?" Leafa asked.
"...Exactly what it looks like." Kirito aimed the sword before his hand and brought it above his head.
"Wait...w-what." The group realized what he was doing and their eyes widened. Kirito yelled as he began to bring the sword towards the palm of his hand. Just as he was about to finish the job, something stopped him.