New Life Online 112 Scythus Team

-AKKO-

h.e.l.lo, I'm Akko and everyone knows me by that name in the game but my real name is Ayako Minami and also known as the big sister on some TV shows before with my little sister Liliana.

We were kind of famous back then but being a celebrity has its own disadvantages. One of them is getting a lot of hate from people who don't like us or from other shows.

Every day, I get a lot of bad reactions and I get some death threats from time to time. Yes, death threats, I don't even know why they hated me. I started having nightmares of me dying looking at someone over and over again. It's scary...

Not a peaceful world as expected by everyone. After a couple of years, we decided to lay low and just stay at home before going to college to be safe. It wasn't as traumatizing as what my sister has been through. She had it worse at a young age. I decided to stay close to her.

She's really lively before and talks a lot but now, she can only talk to me and has problems saying what's in her mind when talking to others giving others the impression that she doesn't want to talk or something. She's still trying her best though but it's still a long way to go.

I started college and changed how I dress and how I look trying to hide my past. Don't get me wrong, I loved what I was doing before but I can't live with it if I know that some people hate me. A part of me wants to just be with the people I care and avoiding a lot of attention.

A couple of years has pa.s.sed and they released a game. It looks so beautiful but the thought of people recognizing me in the game as well made me stop thinking of even trying. The game looks really nice and convenient for me but still... I can't seem to find myself playing the game.

When my childhood friend, Ethan, asked me to join him in his plan to play the game... At first, I was really skeptical about the idea but he's like a brother to me and I think that it will help my sister's social problems. I'm sure it will be hard for both of us but I felt like it's the right time and I was not wrong.

I hate being hated and the thought of it scares me yet...

I met Scythus. A guy that hated by mostly everybody but he showed me that no matter how they hated him, he's still strong and capable of protecting his friends. For some reason, I felt like I already knew him for a very long time and I feel his warmth every time I'm with him.

I admire him and being with him makes me feel like I want to follow him until the end.

I knew that time, I am blessed that I met him.

Have you ever found your Scythus as well?

-LILI-

What are you looking at?

Fine... I'm Liliana Minami, Lili for short and I hate it when people talk to me. Believe me, this won't last long or else I'm going to get mad. Ok?

It's not that I don't care but I rather have less attention from others so stop pointing that camera to my face.

I will tell you how I started playing the game so listen carefully because I won't repeat it so shut up.

My sister and I played the role of sisters on some TV shows before and everyone calls me everyone's little sister, not as good as it sounds. I got used to it but day by day, I felt like I get too much attention that it starts to make me feel uneasy.

Wherever I go or whatever I do, I feel like someone is watching me. I know it's weird but I can't help thinking about it. I feel like I can't escape people's stares. Even sleeping in my own room doesn't feel the same anymore.

I don't know... It made me feel like my fear of being stared at or being seen grew each day.

I want to escape this cage they call attention.

At some point, I find myself not talking anymore to other people anymore other than the only person I trust, my sister. Don't tell her that.

This time, I got really used to it and I feel better this way. I isolated myself from society and decided to stay at home. But I can't live like this forever and so I forced myself to go to school to start fighting my fear. I was able to stand the crowd as long as they don't give me too much attention.

I survived somehow.

One day, annoying Ethan started talking about nonsense... about a game. I didn't really care but Sis has shown interest and fired up Ethan's enthusiasm to try the game out.

Sis somehow got tricked by him and they forced me to try it too. It's not that I don't like the game but I feel like I will get too much attention again. In the end, I can't say no to my big sis. She may be annoying but I love her.

We met a guy named Scythus but even if he gives me the attention I don't want, it doesn't make me scared at all. To be honest, I see him like a big brother that I never had. Don't tell Ethan that.

I guess, a little bit of attention from him won't hurt. He usually gets all the attention anyway.

So far, being with him isn't that bad.

-ELOU-

I'm Ethan Louis, I've been known as the best archer in... well all around the world. I trained archery my whole life because that was my father's order after my mom died, not sure why but that's what I did.

Now, that he's gone. Not sure where he's gone to or whatever he did but he was a good father to me. My mom was his life and so am I. I loved my mother the most. The only woman I talked to my whole life was my mom and I always get so nervous talking to others.

She taught me how to respect people, especially girls. From time to time, I get so nervous that every time I talk to girls, I always look like I'm into them which is I'm not. I just want to say something good to start a conversation but I always mess up.

Her last words to me were "Love starts from respect. Always remember that son". After my mom died, my father has changed.

He became so obsessed with my archery training. Who does archery when there's peace around the world? Who am I gonna use it to?

Then finally, there's NLO. I wasn't able to play the game for a year thanks to my busy schedule but now that I have all the time I need, I decided to try my skills in the game as well, thanks to my dad too.

I met Ayako and Liliana when they were still in some kind of shows or something, I didn't really know. They were once almost a.s.saulted by some fella and I helped them while I was going home after my training. I shot him in the knee with my training bow.

No more adventure for him. After a couple of days, they came to my house and said their thanks. I invited them for dinner and they asked me to be their bodyguard. I am bored so I did and day by day, I became their closest friend.

I started playing the game when they agreed to join me. They were skeptical at first but I guess I was there to protect them so they decided to join me.

Thankfully, I found the right guy to join us and now, we found another part of our circle of friends. Have you found yours?