Last extra one for a while. Fife Fun in Aincrad! · 3:07am Jan 17th, 2020
Excerpt From Episode Episode 25 - Coming Tuesday!
“I’m bored,” AFCK whined to the NPC she was sitting next to. “Oh yeah! I just started Music Instrument as a Skill!”
AFCK pulled out a fife and began to fiddle around with it. She was trying to learn to play “Awesome as I want to be,” but she knew the song on the drums, and mostly that was her banging around it a pattern. She was not accustomed to real notes.
“Why don’t you try playing along with this,” The NPC said.
“M’okay!” AFCK shrugged.
AFCK tried to play along with the simple lullaby. The NPC was kind enough to keep singing it while AFCK learned it. She was slow and often off key. It wasn’t a good melody for a fife. It was too slow. But that made it perfect for AFCK to learn. She kept playing it while the NPC kept singing. It was raising her skill level, so it was worth it.
Lightning Flash stopped in front of AFCK and the NPC and huffed. She was judging AFCK for just laying there, fiddling with a fife instead of doing any work to figure out how to beat the boss. Or at least, make it look like she was working.
“What?” AFCK asked in with a bit of a whine. “I was promised fun, a fight, and fruitcake! I haven’t gotten any of those things yet. So I am taking charge with my fife!”
“And just what are you playing?” Asuna asked, grumpy.
“I dono?” AFCK shrugged. “Some lullaby Ruru here knows. I’m just trying to play along.”
“AFCK!” Bladescape called, finally finding her. “You have our dinner. Come on! We are hungry.”
“Oh! Sorry!”
AFCK bounced up and skipped over to her friends, leaving Asuna and Ruru behind. AFCK pulled up her menu and pulled out dinner. She tossed them their packaged sacks with a fun bounce and plopped down to eat. The others had gone home, leaving just Bladescape, Backbreaker, Joltron, AFCK, Kiefer, and Lessa.
“What were you doing?” Backbreaker asked AFCK asked as she ate.
“Duh, passing the time with Ruru, learning the top secret special song! Seriously, how did you not know that?”
“I’m too tired,” Bladescape groaned, falling onto her back. “I’m not moving. I’m just going to pop out my bed roll and sleep here.”
“Okie-dokie-lokie!” AFCK hummed. “Camping sounds fun!”
