[PS: Most of the story was written after watching season 1 episode 19. I post-holding watching 20. episode until I had the outline done. Of course there are some difference because translation, saw up to 19th episodes and others thing.]
A Shangri-la online is a story about full dive games, that allow its players to dive into virtual worlds and "Dream theirs Dreams".Our protagonist, a (trash games hunter/expert) got hooked on triple-A game. He wear only blue bird head mask and trunks pants shorts. He is such a (game brain) that his friends and companions call him a bird man and meme him being a pigeon was born.
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[Dummy trio answering a call]
Certain battle has ended… A bird man next to trap bimbo whit a full plate armor stature right behind them, in awkward atmosphere are walking…
Blonde girl [Kei Uomi, man] Monk Oikatzo, a fist gauntlet martial art specialist had been skeptics as the boy-girl point at the giant behind them. "Are you okay whit Attack Master to hang with us? And what Pencil King wants from us that soon? Its not even been a five-- then, minutes and she is in trouble? She dint trying to actually kill us? Like when she lure us into (lets celebrate our victory by feast on inn) trap, don't she?"
The bird man in trunks Sunraku [Rakuro Hizutome, man], a glass cannon folder as dual blade specialist, was reading the E-mail message, while scratching his chin thinking. "Possible. All she written down is that (She is in a slight pitch, and she need to meet whit us in the inn.) Hmm... We shall stop in shop and buy an antidote, just to be sure." Then he point at the plate warrior. "As for our big fella here... I cant just wave my hand to dismiss the heroic action of saving us from the treacherous blades of an assassin guild. Actually our friend here make a valid point."
A quick flash shows as that after the battle and the duel, Psyger-0 [Rei Saiga, woman], turned to face the duo of (boys?). Through the full body legendary gear a blended thin can voice reached out. "Others will come. You need a protection!"
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After the flashback ends, monk sighed. "I guess that you are right. With that dam server announcement, we will be swarmed by sensation hunters for sure. Not to mention the hurt feelings of the bad guys. It don't matter that we have skills, the superior numbers will make our life a nuisance. Just to make sure that the escort fee will not be legendary."
"This fella helped me out more that once. I kinda have a feeling that money dint drive this heroic rescuer actions. Yet as a good heroine I think that some unclassified answers shall be put on table, now that we don't rushing anywhere." Bird man remembered at something. "Oh I shall pick up Emul from my Inn. Oikatzo, you face are not that known yet. So, you can go ahead after Pencilgon."
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But the blonde bark back on instant. "Screw that! I don't want to be alone with Pencilgon, that chick is a dominatrix. Normally she death threatening like every five minutes. You don't know what she is on a baby sitting mode."
"Aren't her gear-- like gone? What she can do to you? Get flirty in some fancy dress? Or put on a Virgin killer sweater and assault you virgin sanity?"
This seemed like a perfect opportunity for the can voice to remind them the Attack master is with them. "If dressing etiquette is the problem. Then I have her clothing in my inventory. Most of her clan."
Both boy exchange a quick glance of realization, before they start to laughing, imagining her in some rough canvas bag seasonal clothing for broken down poor beggars.
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Anyway, they arrived at certain inn where Sunraku went upstairs to pick up her partner. So the monk and knight stay in a reception in awkward contrast between them.
Of course the talkative monk standing next to silent stature got bored quickly. "You know,-- When we are like this we attracting a lot of attention." Then he got a rascal expression. "Someone can imagine that someone here is on date with someone. Gossip will give to gossip, and next moment, we preparing a weeding."
This acted like a trigger that triggered the hidden maiden inside that male looking full plate armor. Her imagination and inner monologue got a full boost when she imagine certain boy descending the stairs with a line: (Had you been waiting for long?). On instant her body language was out of character. (("Wh- wha- Wha~~at?!! A- a- a marriage with Hizutome~e? We not even dating yet! This is to sudden! What I shall do?! Wait! Do they actually making a weeding surprise?! Do they saw through my disguise? Do Hizutome kun know about everything? But, if not, and if we are here... don't it means that who will actually get married will be Psyger-0 and Sunraku? Not Rei and Rakuro? Wont it be like (What are you talking we are just friends who married in-game for fun.) No! There cant be any mistake about my mission here! Not when we finally playing the same game. I must first ensure that we start dating IRL before we seal anything.")) The plate armor warrior turn its gaze toward the monk. But there was no face only cold helmet plate.
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Oikatzo got paled when that metal mass start to move toward him. "Hold on!" But that dint work, so he began in panic backing. "Put on break!" Her/his hissed expression, make his body-hairs to bristle, as he was convinced that he accidentally made this macho OP dude to hitting on him.
Yet Psyger-0 was unstoppable, moving toward the monk. The boy-girl in his backing suddenly hit the wall by his back, so its backing was obstructed. Now, Attack Master heavy body armor had already build up momentum. The warrior was unable to stop moving, just by stop walking. So to prevent crashing onto the monk, it risen forward its arm, to transfer the momentum onto wall.
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Blonde girl shriek ["Kia!"] when near to her/his head a massive hand slapped the wall in famous picking up on girl trope-move. So he rise his arms in a defensive (Please stop!) gesture. "Wait! There is clearly some miscommunication on play!"
Yet it was the warrior who hardly manage to get out from herself a meaningful line in tin can voice: "We moving to fast!"
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Heavy sweating monk agree to that with a creepy smile. "Ye- yeah, and I don't think, that with current settings in this party, it will work..." [between us]
Plate armor swordsman clenched her fist. (("Of course, I shall never forget what is my ultimate objective!!")) "Indeed, there are some bases that need to be filed first, and thresholds need to be passed. Officialities come after it." That line make only confusion on monkey boy-girl.
Then Sunraku returned. From his perspective it must look like the macho knight hitting on the martial artist. With the legendary (kabedon) girl-picking trope-move, slapping hand on wall. Yet he was unimpressed. "Hm? What are you doing, man?" Both actors turned they heads toward him.
Emul, a Vorpal rabbit also the Sunraku guide, (currently in a human form), lean out from behind bird mean back, having a (Oh that's steamy romance!) expression. "Oh my, this look like a beginning of a romance. Aren't we interrupting?"
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But, Oikatzo of course beg for saving, with reached out hand toward his savior in bird mask.
Psyger-0, finally get the hint of how the situation must look and waved her hand in her boy direction in gesture (This is not how it look!) (I swear, I am not cheating!)
But he was unimpressed as he address his guide companion. "Don't get fooled by a stereotypes concepts, Emul. Okiatzo, what ever you had done, you can blame you lose mount for it. Apologize, to our friend! Its our guest so chill out."
A very awkward situation occurred as both of the actors, was awkwardly apologizing to each other for several minutes and the bored bird man just uninterruptedly observed them. Of course Emul was just tilting her head cutely.
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[On a forum was posted a picture labeled "Flirt 100". It showed Attack Master kabedoning a blonde martial artist girl in inn lobby. And the comment says: "This girl having a real fishing skills. She just causally flirt with this big fella and that fish got caught on the lure so hard, that the table was flipped from zero to one hundred, and it was that girl who had to play hard to get. I nearly saw that in a minute she will be in weeding dress, throwing a bouquet in my direction. The warrior even state that they moving too fast and they shall take they time! I am so jealous."]