(Note: This was our first ever interaction, and we didn’t quite expect it, so we were very unprepared. This is also Fire’s stream, and authorofworlds' voice isn’t as easy to hear in the background. An attempt at properly transcribing everything was made.)
(Authorofworlds and firetype55 make their way into the maze to complete their first objective for this mission. They receive the "close your eyes" order.)
Fire: Oh, shit.
authorofworlds: What?
Fire: Oh my god!
SAO: WORLD. FIRE. AN ACCURSED PAIRING.
Fire, repeating that: (jumbled rambling) oh my god! Uh hi there! Umm... who are you?
authorofworlds, finally picking up what’s going on: Is someone with us?!
Fire: I think so!
SAO: GOD. YES. THE SLEEPING GOD.
Fire, repeating that: ...Which one- which one? Oh gosh…! Oh gosh is it SAO?!
(authorofworlds proceeds to panic in the background.)
SAO: WE SPEAK AS ONE. WE SPEAK AS ONE.
Fire: OH GOD IT IS!
authorofworlds: Oh no!
(authorofworlds and Firetype55 proceed to ramble in distress. Both eventually climb into the elevator to head deeper into the maze.)
authorofworlds: You kinda put the whole town to sleep and they’re after us, so I’m kinda terrified, my dude...are we going down?
Fire: Oh god, we’re going down. We’re going down. (Fire closes his eyes to see where they need to go) Now I gotta look at the steps and your, uh… your words are a little in the way, I’m very sorry.
(authorofworlds briefly asks if Fire is recording and then mentions alerting the club to let them know that they’re speaking to SAO.)
authorofworlds: Oh, man…hello, uh…not gonna call them the nickname everyone keeps giving them-
Fire: Yeah we’re gonna be nice. We’re gonna be nice and not call you that nickname, because we don’t want you mad.
authorofworlds: Yeah, we don’t want people after us, so, uh…
SAO: THE SLEEPING GOD SEES YOU BOTH.
Fire, repeating that: Okay, fair enough.
authorofworlds: Yes, they fucking see us!
Fire: Yeah, we know!
authorofworlds, trying to get her thoughts together: Uhhh, trying to think of good questions that make sense- the only thing I’m really curious about is, just, uhhhh (incoherent mumbling)...you built this place with THE-MEASURE-CUTS, yes?
Fire, searching for something unknown: It’s not in here.
authorofworlds: Yeah, there’s nothing in here-
Fire: Yeah I was just checking- (eye symbol pops up) oh here we go again- uhh-
SAO: IT NAMES A TRAITOR TO US.
authorofworlds, wheezing: S…sorry? I...
SAO: NAME NO FALSE GODS HERE.
Fire, repeating that: We’re very sorry!
authorofworlds: Okay, uh- the Scholar. You call THE-MEASURE-CUTS the Scholar then, yeah?
Fire, sneaking: Oh, camera… Careful. Camera.
SAO: THE ANGEL WILL TEST HOW SORRY.
(authorofworlds and Fire proceed to panic and rapidly apologize, authorofworlds taking full responsibility. Somehow, this works and the shape isn’t summoned.)
SAO: THE SCHOLAR CLAIMED FRIENDSHIP.
(authorofworlds accidentally gets a camera’s attention and quickly darts to safety. Fire stays put as sleepers come to investigate.)
SAO: THEY CLAIMED NEUTRALITY.
Fire, repeating that while also noticing the sleepers: Oh, goddamn it.
SAO: HE FEARS BIAS YET SPEAKS IN LIES.
Fire, repeating that: What do you mean? Speaks in lies...
SAO: EVEN. IT SEEMS. TO HIMSELF.
authorofworlds: What’re they talking about? (Mutters something about the Scholar taking sides.)
Fire, getting caught by a sleeper: Oh, god bless it! (Fire shoves the sleeper and quickly runs to Vic’s location.) Nooo!
SAO: HE CHOSE HIS SIDE.
authorofworlds: With the Adversary, I assume. (Mutters something about the Scholar being part of the Pact)
Fire, now hiding: Fuck- I’m sorry.
authorofworlds, creeping towards their objective: But why side with the Adversary in the first place is my question, because they helped build this place, yeah? Like, the Scholar helped with the maze?
Fire, panicking as a sleeper comes looking for him: Oh god, they’re after me, Vic (authorofworlds).
authorofworlds: Oh…(checking her inventory) I don’t have poppers or anything...
SAO: WE ARE UNITY. WE ARE HUMILITY.
SAO: WE ARE ORDER. HE WISHED TO BE.
(Fire mutes everything briefly in order to usher his mom out of the room. It is unclear what was said at that time, but it is assumed it was nothing important.)
SAO: BUT IT SEEMS FIRE MAY IGNITE EVEN HIM.
Fire, repeating that: What does that mean?!
authorofworlds, getting confused: Um… I-I... Uh…(at a loss for words, too busy thinking about Fire)...that’s a good question..!
Fire: Maybe? Maybe? I’m not sure, and I’m very curious…
SAO: THE CHILD FIRE THINKS WE MEAN THEM.
Fire, repeating that: No, I actually don’t. I’m actually curious.
authorofworlds: Nonono- I thought it meant him- ah-...
SAO: AMUSING. NO.
Fire, snickering: Fair enough!
authorofworlds: I’m sorry- (more muttering as she searches for their objective)
SAO: IT WAS A CHILD WE NEVER WANTED.
(authorofworlds remains confused as she proceeds to figure out if they’re talking about her friend, Fire, or the first fire.)
Fire, spotting the evidence bag: Oh, there’s the- oh, it’s on the lucid. (whisper-yelling) It’s on the lucid!
SAO: WHO CAUGHT A FIRE WE CANNOT DOUSE.
(authorofworlds keeps muttering about the different fires until SAO finally just tells them point-blank who they’re talking about.)
SAO: THE ADVERSARY.
authorofworlds: ...Ohhh…that makes…that makes so much more sense- sorry, my brain is racing a mile a minute, so I’m processing things at wild speeds.
Fire: Yeah.
SAO: OURS NEED NOT RACE. IT IS EVERYWHERE.
authorofworlds: Yeah…though, also, the Song, which is made up of...all of your followers’ consciousnesses, I think…something like that. The Song… doesn’t that contain multiple minds?
(authorofworlds was attempting to ask how the heck SAO would be able to keep that many minds from racing, just for clarification.)
Fire: Yeah, my understanding of the Song is very limited.
SAO: YES. AND SOON. YOURS.
Fire, repeating that: SHIT!
(The Shape is sent after authorofworlds)
authorofworlds, panicking: Oh, nononononono, the shape- the shape's on me- nononono! This is not how you get to people to follow you, I’ll say that right now!
Fire, also panicking: I’m sorry!
authorofworlds, still panicking and now running out of the room: No! Gotta leave- I’m gonna lead the shape away! We goin'! We leavin'! We outta here! We hightailin'!
Fire, no longer panicking: I’m hiding.
authorofworlds: You hide! You get the evidence bag!
Fire: Is the shape after me too? I can’t tell- (closes eyes) I found the shape.
authorofworlds: I think the shape’s still after me!
(Authorofworlds proceeds to sprint through the maze with the shape after her, asking what she did to make SAO angry, save for not being part of the Song. Fire also asks if SAO’s still around and asks for forgiveness.)
SAO: WE ARE ALWAYS HERE.
Fire, repeating that: Oh god-!
(Authorofworlds screams in the background. This goes on for probably a minute or two as she runs and asks Fire if he’s grabbed the evidence bag. Fire proceeds to grab the evidence bag and make his escape from the room.)
SAO: LITTLE WORLDS OF SIN, BURNED AWAY.
authorofworlds: COME ON! They’re mocking me! Duck told me this would happen! (Duck is another friend, for context.)
SAO: AND NOW FOR THE FIRE ITSELF.
Fire, repeating that: SHIT! I’M SO SORRY! (The duo begins to ramble in panic)
SAO: TRULY? WE SHALL SEE.
(authorofworlds and Firetype55 get sent to SatCon.)
authorofworlds: What?!
Fire: What the-?!
authorofworlds, repeating SAO: What happened?! What!
Fire: I’m stuck!
SAO: FOLLOW THE PATH. DO NOT STRAY.
Fire: We’re in Sat Control!
authorofworlds: What is going on?!
Both: Are we in SatCon?!
authorofworlds: I’m gonna follow the path!
Fire: SatCon! We’re in SatCon!
authorofworlds: Oh, gosh! What is going on-
SAO: WE WILL TEST YOUR FAITH.
authorofworlds: Uhhh, okay! (Incoherent rambling)
SAO: AND PURGE YOUR DOUBT.
Fire, repeating that: Oh, god bless it-
authorofworlds: Oh, gosh…
Fire: I can’t see-
authorofworlds: I didn’t have doubt- I just had fear!
Fire: Yeah! We’re just scared!
SAO: THE LITTLE FIRE, DOUSED FIRST.
authorofworlds, thinking that means SAO straight up killed Fire: WHAT?!
Fire: Fuck!
SAO: AND THE WORLD BEHIND. GOOD.
authorofworlds: Oh…did I do good?! Did I do good?!
Fire: I don’t know…! I’m so scared and confused!
authorofworlds: (panicked rambling)
SAO: THEY OBEY. USEFUL.
authorofworlds: What?! Oh no! I don’t know if that’s good or bad!
Fire: I don’t know!
authorofworlds, screaming: I don’t know either! What the heck...! I’m just-
SAO: BACK TO BED. SLEEP. RISE. SIN NO MORE.
(We then get the Mission Completed screen and proceed to just go feral for a bit. When we get back to the hideout, we find halos waiting for us.)
