Kana Arrives Home
Kana was sitting on the bus looking at her phone when she felt something pokeing her cheek. When she looked up, she realized it was non other than Trish.
"Trish what do you think your doing?" Kana asked a little annoyed.
"You have that look on your face again. Did something happen?" Trish asked while pouting.
Next thing Trish knew she felt something hard hit her head.
Kana smiled lightly as she just had seen Brooke use a book as a weapon to hit Trish in front of her.
"Brooke why did you hit me? I'm just worryed about Kana!" Trish asked while looked at Brooke who was putting away her book with a satisfied expression on her face. Tears were welling up in the corners of her eyes as Brooke did not go easy on her one bit.
"Sorry I had seen a fly about to bother Kana so I thought I would get rid of it." Without remorse Brooke called Trish a fly and sat down in the row right behind Kana And Trish right next to Emilia.
"Trish it's clear she is worryed about Her brother. I mean, he hasnt logged out in 4 days. Even i-" Emilia was talking when she started to go silent. She was worryed about Ryan as well.
Seeing this Brooke gave Emilia a hug. Although she was also worryed about Ryan she knew he could get lost in a game and would lose track of time. However, 4 days straight was a new record for him. This hug wasnt just for Emilia but also for herself.
"Its ok Emilia. I'm sure he just lost track of time and will log out soon." Brooke reassured her.
Kana watched the heartwarming scene playing out behind her and how the girl next to her was trying to suppress tears. She was worryed about Ryan as well but forgot that all three of her friends must of been worryed just as much. All three of them liked Ryan and Kana knew it. Trish was the most open about it. The things she has openly stated in their group chat could make anyone blush. Brooke was more reserved about the mater. Brooke never gave anything away in front of them if she could help it, but when she got to talk about him she could get carryed away. Emilia was shy and cute. She always wanted to make sure he was ok with things about her so she would often try to ask Kana for advice. Small things like hair styles and clothes that he seemed to like. Kana suggested to have her brother go shoping with them some time but all three froze at the thought.
Kana chuckled at the thought of this and her chuckle made the three smile. They wouldnt be smileing if they knew what she was thinking about though.
The bus ride home was full of them talking about Abandoned Kingdom's Online and how they all plan to meet up in the capital. Kana and Brooke were the only ones that didnt get teleported there when they started, so they figured they would make the trip there to meet up.
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The bus just pulled up on Kana's street so she got ready to get off. Her friends had all gotten off a few stops ago so she was sitting alone.
Looking at the train wreck of their group chat thanks to Trish sending pictures of clothes she found others wearing in game she felt the bus stop.
Getting off the bus and walking the rest of the way home which was only about 100ft, Kana noticed her moms car in the driveway.
Remembering her mom saying she had to work the overnight shift, Kana walked up to the front door and opened it as it was already unlocked.
Walking in and closing the dore behind her Kana noticed 2 figures sitting on the couch. Noticing her brother she droped her bag and ran over to him. Almost jumping on him as she gave him a bear hug and felt like crying. Burrying her face into his chest, Kana did her best not to let the water works flow.
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Falling back a little from his sister's tackle Ryan was a little surprised. 'How bad did I make her worry?' He inwardly thought.
Not sure what to do Ryan just held her and gently rubed her back like his mom used to do when they were kids.
"I'm sorry too of worried you." Saying the only thing on his mind Ryan noticed her sniffle a little.
Ryan also noticed his mom taking out her phone and pointing it twords them but just let her be.
Staying like that until Kana let him go, Ryan could see the redness around her eyes. He could feel a lot of emotions comeing from her but the main one was sadness. Scooting as close as he could next to her, he gave her a gentle hug.
"I know I made you worry about me but i had no controle over what happened. I'll tell you everything if you want but there isnt much to tell sadly."Kana only nodded to what he said.
Ryan decided to keep her in that hug while telling her the same thing he told his mother who was still doing the same thing. Presumably takeing photo's of the two.
When he finished Ryan let Kana go and waited for her say or do anything. He could tell he made her feel better by looking in her eyes but he still wanted to hear what she wanted to say.
"How did you get hurt in game to that point right after making your character and why didnt the system log you out?" Two questions that he wasn't prepared for were asked from her. He didnt know either of the answers and could only shake his head.
"Maybe it was a draw back from the special class I had picked." He did mention that he had found a leaf and picked it as it gave the most skill options but didnt mention why he got it.
Kana wasnt sure if such a thing would of caused that as there were many who got special options but none had ended up in the same condition he was in. However she decided that since he was okay now, she would accept what he said as the answer she was looking for.
"So now that you can log out and are ok. We can meet up and play together right?" Kana was quiet and looked nervous when asking.
"Sadly I also have a status condition that is a curse. it will go away in 7 day's but I'm not sure if that is 7 days in game or out of game. The curse makes it so i can only heal natualy and is a pain as when I'm in my game body everything hurts." Ryan said while shaking his head.
Not wanting to make her cry again Ryan continued. "However as soon as i get rid of that curse I'll be heading your way."
Kana seemed reluctant as she really wanted to play with him but nodded as she knew this was for the best.
"In the mean time, I think i found something you might be interested in doing." Picking up his phone as he talked, Ryan showed her a notepad he had open.
Ryan watched as Kana looked at his phone and as she read her expression brighten up by the second. What was she reading exactly was some notes he made with some of the information he found today. Those notes related to quests and how you can trade in game gold for real money.
It also mentiond how there was no restriction on how many crafting classes you could pick up but leveling them is a pain so you should focus on one or two only to keep the levels even close to your actual level. From what he had read, leveling you crafting class is twice as hard as your characters level.
The fact that nobody has managed to even make it to level 2 yet is a huge deal but there is a reason for this. The main place to get experience is caves or dungeons but the lowest level's in those locations are level 5 so it would take a group to get those done and hunting in the wild is hit or miss as you could be serching for hours only to find 2 or 3 things to kill. There are groups gathering but with how big the world in Abandoned Kingdom's Online is, its going to take a while.
Leveling your crafting class could take a few days of nothing but crafting for 8 hours a day just to increase your level by a few. However crafting is the best way to make your own gear and there is no limit to what you can craft as crafting can go as far as the imagination. Of course there are limits but those are only based on your crafting level. If your a high enough level in crafting you can make basicly anything if you have the knowledge.
As soon as Kana was done reading she threw her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek, before running to her room with his phone in hand. Ryan was left in a daze for a second but composed himself and looked to his mom who was looking at him.
"What exactly did you give her." She asked.
"Just some information on how she can craft basically anything if she levels up a crafting class." Ryan responded looking at his moms phone while thinking about swiping it.
Pondering for a moment she said she still didnt get it.
Swiping her phone from her hands Ryan continued to explain.
"Well if you could have all the clothing and jewelry you wanted and all you had to do was level a crafting class, would you do it?"
Looking through her phone he noticed the pictures she took and sent them to himself and Kana. He wanted to delete them but knew doing so would not end well for him so he decided to send them to his sister to see if she can talk to her about it.
Finally understanding she also notice her son was handing her phone back to her. Looking to see what Ryan did, she found all he did was send them to his sister and himself so she wasnt mad.
"Well I'm going to go play some more before dinner so I'll be in my room." Letting her know his plans Ryan also went up stairs. They would have dinner around 6 so he could play for about 3 hours. Walking into his room he put on his headset and pressed the power button.