SOF sighed deeply as his stomach growled. "I haven't had breakfast yet." He whispered a he sat by the river in which he had been following. The small droplets of water that bounced up from it, tickled his sweaty face. He took his large hikers pack off and rolled his shoulders creating a soothing *crack.* He groaned as he turned around and started to rummage through his pack. "There you are." He laughed dryly at himself as he pulled out a military M.R.E. He then unclipped the canteen from the side of his pack, bringing it up to his mouth to check if he had water left. After a moment and a couple shakes he dipped the canteen in the river. After ripping the meal open and spilling its contents he looked to see what food he had got, "hell yeah chilimac is awesome." He then got to work cooking it. About 15 minutes later he aired out the food. A delicious smell wafted into the surrounding wilderness, and he heard a stomach growl that was distinctly not his. On reflex he turned around, but only to barely miss whatever made the noise. Thoughts filled his head about what it could be, bear, wolf, mountain lion. He shot down all the wild accusations it was too small, too human. He had finally summoned enough courage to speak out "Whoever's out there, come on out, there's plenty for both of us!" SOF backed slightly off as he felt a piercing gaze. He gulped and looked toward it, making out a small girlish face atop a nearby brush. "What are you a cat? C'mon out." He said jokingly. He could almost make out a pout just as she vaulted the bush giant sniper rifle in tow. SOF just stood there, taken very far aback. Short blue hair, light blue eyes, fingerless gloves, a vest, booty shorts, and of course the giant sniper rifle, this couldn't be real. "Are you cosplaying Sinon in a forest?" he asked in a very confused tone.<br/><br/>"Cosplaying? No why would i cosplay?"<br/><br/>"B-but aren't you Sinon?"<br/><br/>"yes?" She Squinted and pointed her rifle at SOF "How do you know?"<br/><br/>"Because she's one of the cutest anime characters."<br/><br/>A small spread of blush appeared on her face as she shoved her rifle closer to SOF's face "Shut up or you're about to lose a lot of money and experience."<br/><br/>SOF blinked "Uh, can we restart so there may be a smaller chance a gun is in my face?"<br/><br/>She scowled "No. Now answer me seriously, Which region of Gun Gale am i in, and how do you know me?"<br/><br/>SOF placed but one finger to his temple "I-I assure you this world isn't Gun Gale, in fact its quite real."<br/><br/>"T-then why is Hecate here?" she looked at her beloved gun but it seemed more intimidating now.<br/><br/>SOF bent forward slightly and got a close look at the barrel and then took a deep breath "That is the least of my questions, but none of that matters, you're still hungry, lets split my breakfast/lunch thing." He tried to give the most reassuring smile he could, and even though his smile was atrocious she lowered her weapon.<br/><br/>"O-okay, just stop that smile its creepy."<br/><br/>"oh, uh sorry." He felt relieved and sat down next to his MRE Motioning for her to do the same.<br/><br/>Sinon Hugged Hecate and shook making a slight yip.<br/><br/>"Its ok, it didn't betray you in GGO, it won't betray you here."<br/><br/>By this point Sinon Had accepted that she was somewhere else and it terrified her, but his words calmed her down slightly.<br/><br/>SOF Handed the fork to Sinon and then burned the end of a small stick with a lighter. Sticking the stick into the plastic container and scooping some chili he spoke "dig in!"<br/><br/>She moved her fork over to it hesitantly.<br/><br/>"I burned the tip of the stick to kill the germs. Shouldn't snipers be a skilled survivalist?"<br/><br/>"i'm only a sniper in the game, i'm scared of Guns in real life, though you already seemed to know that for some reason." She said meekly taking a bite of the chilimac "It's delicious!"<br/><br/>"I know right, best MRE bar none." He smiled genuinely at her.<br/><br/>Sinon was taken aback and found herself blushing again before looking SOF fully over. He was a solid 6' 2", and relatively muscular. He seemed to have been training his body for something, but as to what she couldn't place. As his smile faded she felt a longing to see it again. "Wait, MRE, isn't that like a military thing?"<br/><br/>"Yeah my uncle brings them home from the base a lot." He shrugged.<br/><br/>"Oh..." She trailed off and looked towards the forest.<br/><br/>"Can i ask you a question?" SOF Asked<br/><br/>"Uh, if you aren't going to ask anything shady."<br/><br/>SOF nods "What happened before you were here?"<br/><br/>She scratched her forehead "I had just won BOB4 and i was going to meet with Kirito and the others to celebrate before I paased out, and the next thing i know i'm here in these woods." She sighed. "There gonna be mad i didn't show."<br/><br/>SOF just then had an idea "Hey, maybe since you came through they did too! We should search for them!" He seemed excited<br/><br/>"And why are you helping me?"<br/><br/>"Just on a whim, also i'm kinda sorta lost..." he laughed nervously.<br/><br/>She rolled her eyes "And how do you suppose we find them?"<br/><br/>"Tracking You're a sniper surely you know how to track."<br/><br/>"I did in GGO, but not here, just me and my rifle for now."<br/><br/>"Then i'll just have to track them."<br/><br/>"You're already lost idiot!"<br/><br/>"just follow me."<br/><br/>"Yeah, whatever its not like i have a better option." She Sighed once again as SOF collected his things and got up.<br/><br/>SOF, while not a bad tracker, had nothing to track, so he walked aimlessly up river, winging it and hoping to god that he'd at least be able to get Sinon a real meal. After a long while Sinon  speaks up "I can see a Log cabin."<br/><br/>"Then lets go."<br/><br/>Sinon nods and takes the lead. "What do you suppose it is?" she asked<br/><br/>"Maybe its where a serial killer lives?" he teases.<br/><br/>"Like you can scare me that easily."<br/><br/>He pulled ahead "Then you don't mind if i knock?"<br/><br/>"w-wait."<br/><br/>He knocked and just as the door opened Sinon jumped clinging to SOF's back.