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Hoshiyama Midoriko (
Appearance[]
Gun Gale Online[]
Midoriko's avatar Zeliska has red eyes, white hair that rests on her left shoulder, a small mole below her left eye, and a single earring on her left ear.[citation needed] Her outfit is prominently in royal purple, featuring white patterns. Her belt is accompanied by two pouches on the right side of her hip.[citation needed] Her canon choice of weaponry is an optical shotgun called Peacock as her primary,[6][7] as well as an MG Karymsky that resembles a real life PKM (Kalashnikov's Machine-gun Modernized) as her secondary.[6][8]
Personality[]
Zeliska is a mysterious character who is not very revealing about herself but is very frank when talking about others. She does not avoid being honest and direct in a conversation, if she believes that to be the right thing to do. This also correlates with her mature and supportive attitude towards the people she cares about. Though she originally was more rambunctious and open about relieving her stress during her early days playing GGO, she eventually matured into a player with a very tranquil and focused personality that rarely lost her calm, even in the gravest situations.[citation needed]
Zeliska has a preference for cute outfits[9]; however, due to being very self-conscious about the style of her outfits[10], Zeliska instead prefers to dress her ArFA-Sys Unit Daisy in such outfits,[9] assuming that they would not look good on her.[10]
Chronology[]
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One day, Zeliska encountered the Protagonist and their ArFA-Sys Unit in SBC Glocken, conversing with her own ArFA-Sys Type-X unit, named Daisy. As the new player was still unfamiliar with Gun Gale Online, Zeliska approached them out of concern that they might be neglecting their Artificial Intelligence (AI) companion. When her fears were proven misguided, the woman expressed her interest in interacting further with the pair in the future, before departing the area with Daisy.
Some time later, Zeliska and Daisy found Afasys, the Protagonist's ArFA-Sys Unit, lingering in front of a store in SBC Glocken due to lacking funds to purchase equipment for their master. As Afasys was unable to find their way back to the Protagonist's residence, the two escorted them back home. There, Zeliska scolded the Protagonist for leaving Afasys unsupervised, only to discover that the new player was ignorant of the ArFA-Sys units' allowance function. To prevent the issue from repeating itself, the woman explained the mechanics of the system to them, before taking her leave with Daisy.
Having heard an announcement that a new area called the SBC Flügel would be implemented in an update soon, Zeliska hoped to join both the Protagonist and Afasys in exploring it upon release. To that effect, she advised the duo to defeat the field bosses in the various regions in order to find the last of certain components the ArFA-sys Unit would need to unlock the new area, as well as to actually reach the location where the ship would be implemented.
Ambush of the Imposters[]
Sometime during one of their breaks from exploring the SBC Flügel, Zeliska and Kureha learned a mysterious Type-X ArFA-Sys unit had impersonated Afasys and interacted with several players in SBC Glocken, such as Asuna, Kirito and Sinon. Additionally, there were rumors that other ArFA-Sys units had recently been appearing as enemy NPCs. As she had heard nothing from Zaskar about the company implementing enemy ArFA-Sys units in GGO, Zeliska felt concerned enough about how these phenomena might further develop that she agreed to help Afasys, Kureha, and the Protagonist investigate the reports. Claiming an urgent matter prevented her from immediately joining them in their investigation, the woman recommended the others to consult Itsuki for assistance in the meantime, before taking her leave.
Having obtained Dyne's, Musketeer X's, and Yamikaze's help, Zeliska eventually entered the Forgotten Temple in the Forgotten Woods with them in search of any leads on the enemy ArFA-Sys units. Midway through the dungeon, she encountered the Protagonist's squad also exploring the area, who revealed they had fought enemy ArFA-Sys units resembling and acting like Itsuki and Kureha during their early days in GGO; they had beaten Kureha's clone, but Itsuki's managed to escape deeper into the Forgotten Temple. Shortly after Kureha explained the full story to everyone, however, they were suddenly accosted by an ArFA-Sys copy of Zeliksa, whose personality was also a perfect imitation of the woman's from her initial time playing the game. Despite being nonplussed at the reminder of her old behavior and reluctant to harm a ArFA-Sys unit, the gunwoman quickly and easily dispatched her doppelganger, followed by her collaborators pursuing Yamikaze's ArFa-Sys double that appeared nearby. Unsettled at the implications of how the enemy ArFA-Sys units were copying past versions of players' character data, she departed to continue her investigation with the excuse she needed to check on Daisy, wishing the quartet good luck on their hunt of Itsuki's lookalike.
Shortly afterward, Zeliska learned enemy ArFA-Sys copies of Asuna and Kirito had been seen attacking players in the field. Alarmed, the woman rushed to inform the Protagonist and the others of her discovery.
Collapse of Balance[]
Not long after notifying Afasys, Kureha, and the Protagonist of where Asuna and Kirito's ArFA Sys clones had been spotted in the Solitary Sands, Zeliska received word that high-level enemy ArFA-Sys copies of players were assaulting SBC Glocken in massive numbers, making it difficult for anyone to freely enter or leave the city. Anxious the trio might get caught in the crossfire during their investigation, the gunwoman enlisted Daisy and Zeliska with helping her fight through the horde to them, contacting Asuna and Kirito for aid at the same time. With some effort, she and the others managed to reach Kureha's team's position, who had been joined by Alice Synthesis Thirty and Eugeo, friends of the Photon Sword Wielder from another game. Having returned to the Protagonist's room, the team learned the enemy ArFA-Sys units had been created by Lievre, the Type-Z ArFA-Sys Unit that had been impersonating Afasys, as part of a plot to destroy SBC Glocken's non-combat zone generation devices and have its inhabitants tear themselves apart in the aftermath.
Believing Lievre must have the same weaknesses as any other ArFA-Sys unit despite being a more advanced model, Zeliska recruited Afasys and the Protagonist to help her on a gamble to stop the android directly, accepting Alice's and Eugeo's aid per Kirito's request. While everyone else separated to buy them time by mustering allies to protect SBC Glocken's non-combat zone generators, the woman attempted to persuade Itsuki to participate in the defense as well when he expressed disinterest in the entire conflict. Although she acknowledged his claim the developers could simply perform a rollback if the devices were destroyed, Zeliska rebutted that the ensuing chaos should Lievre's scheme succeed could prompt many players to permanently quit GGO before the rollback could be completed, to the point that the game's playerbase could potentially be altered for the worse. Despite her mild dissatisfaction when the man remained unconvinced and took his leave, she dismissed the matter to focus on her plan and tasked the Protagonist with collecting data chips from strong machine-type enemies scattered throughout the regions, along with keys to access the Lost Gate in the Old South, where Lievre had last been spotted.
Once preparations for the gambit were finished, Zeliska led Afasys, Alice, Daisy, Eugeo, and the Protagonist into the Lost Gate, though they were forced to backtrack through the Old South to acquire passcodes to unseal a locked door partway through the dungeon. Having confronted Lievre at the end of the Lost Gate, while the android was distracted bragging of their perceived superiority over the band, the woman had Daisy ambush her from behind and forcefully load the Type-Z ArFA-Sys Unit with data from the chips they had gathered earlier, expecting it would be enough to overload and incapacitate her. To Zeliska's shock, Lievre repelled and reflected the attack by disabling the safety limiter on her processing speed, then unleashed on them an enemy tank she had originally reprogrammed to serve in the offensive against SBC Glocken. Unable to pursue the Type-Z android as she teleported away, the squad had no choice but to beat the tank before they could return to the city, where the enemy ArFA-Sys units were reorganizing their numbers for a frontal assault.
To their dismay when they joined Kureha's group outside SBC Glocken, Zeliska and the others learned not everyone the girl had contacted for assistance had arrived yet, as well as how the enemy ArFA-Sys units were on the verge of overwhelming the other defensive positions around the city. At that moment, they were assailed by the Behemoth, an even stronger variant of the enemy tank from the Lost Gate, with Lievre accompanying it. Though the team managed to defeat the Behemoth before it could reach the non-combat zone device they were protecting, the Type-Z android overclocked her processor to restore the tank to full health. However, Itsuki then appeared to support them, followed by reports that more and more players were now reinforcing the other defenses. Their morale revitalized by this, Zeliska and everyone else reengaged the Behemoth even as Lievre disabled the rest of her safety limiters and personally entered the fight.
After a grueling battle, the squad succeeded in destroying the enemy tank at the same time all the other defenders dispatched the rest of the invaders, much to Lievre's disbelief. Seeing the Type-Z ArFA-Sys Unit's AI was about to collapse due to damage from extensively overclocking her system, Zeliska ordered Daisy to hack into the other android and switch her into a comatose self-repair mode. As everyone had determined earlier that Lievre's actions must have had been directed by an unknown master, the woman solemnly pondered on the lengths the Type-Z ArFA-Sys Unit was willing to go for her master and why the latter had allowed it to happen. Nevertheless, she took solace in the fact they had won and joined the others in celebrating their victory, after which they eventually resumed their exploration of the SBC Flügel.
The Clincher[]
Soon, Zeliska and the rest of the Protagonist's squadron reached the lowest part of the SBC Flügel's depths. There, they eventually found the mainframe of Mother Claudia, the corrupted AI governing the ship's core system, being guarded by the final boss of the SBC Flügel questline. Although she acknowledged it might be wiser to follow the intended strategy of clearing the quest via formatting the system, which would delete Mother Claudia, Zeliska approved of the Protagonist's decision to instead fight the Wary Hierophant boss so Afasys could physically connect to the mainframe. Once they had vanquished the boss and repaired Mother Claudia, the group returned to SBC Glocken to celebrate being the first ones to complete the quest series.
During the festivities, Zeliska noticed Itsuki had stepped outside for a while. Wondering why the man would exclude himself from the party when he had seemed to be enjoying himself earlier, she and Bazalt Joe attempted to convince him to return but were rebuffed. After the celebration, however, the woman and all the other players were suddenly disconnected from GGO's server. Though Zeliska was able to log back in the next day, she felt concerned how such a phenomenon could happen in a Seed-based game. Nonetheless, the woman assembled with the rest of the squadron in the Protagonist's room for a hunting expedition in an attempt to distract themselves from the incident. However, the discussion was disrupted when Kureha was incited to challenge the Protagonist to a duel, which resulted in the girl leaving the squadron and severing communications with everyone. Sensing the affair had been spurred by Kureha's insecurities, Zeliska comforted the Protagonist over their friend's departure, reassuring them the girl would eventually come back. Regretfully, the woman informed them she was also temporarily leaving the squadron to focus on matters in both virtual reality and real life and would not be reachable until then but promised to return once she was finished.
Sometime later, Zeliska received a message seemingly sent by Death Gun, who challenged her to fight him and threatened to target her friends if she resisted. As she had begun to suspect the mysterious gunman had inside access to Zaskar if he really did commit his murders, the woman secured Daisy's safety before accepting the challenge. Having received an invitation and a NerveGear at her real-world address, Midoriko equipped the device and followed the instructions to log in at a designated date and time. To her shock, she found herself in an unfamiliar place seemingly in GGO, with Afasys, Kureha and the Protagonist nearby and Itsuki joining almost immediately afterward. Seeing the logout button was disabled, Zeliska conferred with the other players, who revealed they had also received threatening messages and NerveGears from Death Gun. Perturbed at how the mysterious gunman had acquired their real life addresses, the gunwoman divulged her occupation as a Zaskar programmer and warned everyone to stay together while they searched the area for Death Gun.
During their exploration, Zeliska confessed to the Protagonist her suspicions that either Death Gun or an accomplice of his were operating inside Zaskar, as well as how she had sought to obtain as much evidence as possible before reporting her findings to a trustworthy superior. However, she had never expected or intended for any of them to get involved in the situation with her, but still felt grateful they all had given her something important to protect other than herself. Relieved to find that their friend still valued her the same even after learning of her employment under the same company operating GGO, the gunwoman accepted their plan to confront Death Gun and survive his death game trap together. Therefore, she followed the Protagonist deeper into the area, where they were teleported into an arena with a powerful boss monster, The GM.
To Zeliska's surprise, they managed to defeat The GM without serious injury. While the group contemplated Death Gun's conspicuous absence, they were suddenly contacted by Yui, who revealed they were actually in a separate VR space from GGO. Then Kirito was transported to their location, who explained that the real Death Gun and his accomplice, whose actual names were Shinkawa Shouichi (Sterben) and Kyouji (Spiegel), had already been arrested; the Death Gun who had sent them the messages and NerveGears was only an imposter. To the team's shock, Itsuki announced he was the one who orchestrated the creation of the death game area; his entire plan was to manipulate the Protagonist into relying on him alone. Then everyone else was forced to contend with the appearance of Last Judgment, an even stronger variant of The GM.
With the arrival of the rest of the squadron reinforcing them, Zeliska and the others succeeded in vanquishing the boss, whereupon they confronted Itsuki, who had retreated to a safer, elevated position in the meantime. The woman attempted to convince the man to surrender, declaring it was not too late for him to atone for his actions. However, when he refused, she could only watch as the Protagonist used the Ultimate Fiber Gun (UFG) to reach and engage in a standoff with Itsuki, which only ended once the system began an emergency shutdown of the death game area, logging everyone out.
Shortly afterward, Zeliska, Afasys, Kureha, and the Protagonist were debriefed by Kirito on how Itsuki had purposefully given everyone misinformation about his real life, so his current whereabouts were still unknown. During the explanation, Zeliska revealed that Python, the man's associate who had assisted him in creating the death game area, was also her boss at Zaskar. To her surprise, she learned the devices she and Kureha had been given were just disguised AmuSpheres, meaning only Itsuki and the Protagonist were in any real danger. Although she acknowledged Itsuki must have had his reasons from what he had done, the gunwoman refused to forgive him for his attempt to kill them. Nonetheless, she expressed her gratitude that they had all survived. After the Protagonist took a moment to rest, the woman followed them and the others to Kirito's home for a party celebrating their safe return.
Sometime later, Zeliska joined Sinon and the rest of the Protagonist's squadron on a mission to ambush a large company of player killers. Once their targets were in range, the girls initiated the first strike of their surprise attack before withdrawing, eventually teleporting with everyone else to safety on top of a ruined skyscraper, where they watched Kirito and the Protagonist launch their counterassault nearby.
Trivia[]
- Zeliska, along with Kureha, has a cameo appearance in Sword Art Online Alicization Episode 01, where the two are shown playing billiards.
- Midoriko's birthday was chosen to be May 6, known as Rikka or the first day of summer according to East Asian solar terms, as summer is the season of fresh verdure, while the name Midoriko is formed from the words "green" and "child".[1]
- Midoriko's avatar name Zeliska originates from an Austrian-made revolver named Pfeifer Zeliska, as it is one of the most powerful handguns in the world.[1]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Poll held during Dengeki PlayStation's December 27, 2018 video game livestream to decide Zeliska's birthday.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Zeliska's measurements revealed on an official birthday post on SAO Beater's Cafe
- ↑ Zeliska confessing to being a programmer for Zaskar
- ↑ Fatal Bullet Official Website
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Conversation about Zeliska's Uncrowned Queen title
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zeliska's Fatal Bullet Art Book page featuring her weapons
- ↑ Gun Concept Art with Gun Names for Zeliska's primary
- ↑ Gun Concept Art with Gun Names for Zeliska's secondary
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Daisy's comments about Zeliska's outfit preferences
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Event scene where Zeliska expresses her opinion that frilly and sparkly outfits would not look good on her.
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