[b][u]YaShi[/u][/b] Upon being called out to by another man, "Hey there, attracted the fireworks from before?", YaShi replied "Yeah, a little. Looks like you are heading out. Well I came to get some rest, maybe I'll see you in the morning." Yawning a little, YaShi continued into the village, and went to sell some of the items he had gotten. There were no important drops or anything. He got a total of 750 col from it, and went to the inn to hire a room to sleep. It cost him 150 col for it. He went to sleep for the night starting from 2315. --- [b][u]Yumi[/u][/b] Heading out to train for part of the night with Umichi, Yumi saw him briefly speaking to another man, who then went to a merchant. "Who was that?" She asked. "No-one in particular." He replied. "So what's the plan?" "Let's just grab a few enemies and fight back to back, so there are none behind us. Maybe some Little Nepents?" "Sure" Leaving the town, they went off to find some groups of Little Nepents. Yumi found three, and Umichi, behind her, had five. Dismissing the group with ease. She was getting about 30 exp from each. It was a way off from getting to level 7. This continued a few times. It was then 0030. They had finished off, maybe 25 Little Nepents. Looking at her exp, she was getting just over 50% of the way to level 7. "That's it, I am tired. Sorry, I'm going to head back first." She told Umichi. "That's fine, I'll continue a bit longer" He replied to her. Heading back to the village, she checked her equipment, fairly good condition still. And no potions or crystals were used. She didn't need to spend the 660 col she earned from the Nepents just then. Hiring her room, she changed into my comfortable clothes, that is, no armor, and went to sleep. --- [b][u]Umichi[/u][/b] "Alright, if we meet tomorrow, let's talk a bit" Umichi replied to black haired older man the entered Gonike. Turning around, he could see Yumi, asking him who he was just talking to. "No-one in particular." He replied. After discussing for a quick minute, they had decided to just grab a few Little Nepents and fight them back to back. He was getting about 20 exp from each. Being a much higher level than the Nepents, the exp he was gaining was going down. After finishing off about 25 of them, it was about 0030, Yumi then spoke. "That's it, I am tired. Sorry, I'm going to head back first." She told Umichi. "That's fine, I'll continue a bit longer" He replied to her, heading out to look for some Large Nepents. After finding a few of them, he activated [b]<>[/b] closing the distance to hit one of them. Being a critical hit, he could get it down to 60% of it's health, cutting across without a sword skill after the [b]<>[/b], he activated [b]<>[/b]. One of the other Large Nepents came from behind, using the motion of [b]<>[/b], he dived across, and looked at the Nepent's health. It was 35%. It wasn't going to be too hard. With the two in line, he ran through to cut them, turning around and activating [b]<>[/b] into them both, and finishing off the first Nepent by cutting back and running back in the direction he came. Three more left. The exp was nice. About 4 more to reach level 8. As he had finished off two more, he turned, and could see another two Large Nepents, further away. They weren't moving. [i]Oh Crap![/i] he dive rolled, his foot got caught from roots that came from the ground from the Large Nepent, and he was smacked into the ground. A hefty 20% of his health from that one attack. He cut the roots and landed. He quickly made a dash for the two Large Nepents, side stepping any roots that came from the ground. The last Large Nepent from before chased after him. Reaching the range, Umichi activated [b]<>[/b] , turning in for [b]<>[/b]. He then rolled to get some distance from the two Nepents and to dodge the other Nepent. From there it wasn't too hard. He got his level up, with a little exp to spare for the next level. [i]0200, I should get back and get some sleep, try to wake up early so Suki doesn't wait too long.[/i] he thought, heading back to Gonike. A wolf and a boar here and there were in his way, and he used them to help reach Gonike quicker, switching from [b]<>[/b] and [b]<>[/b], getting help from the system to run a bit. Collecting just under 2k col, he went to see if he had any special drops. Nothing out of the ordinary, except one thing, he found a Mother Dire Wolf's canine. He had no idea what it was for, but decided to keep his drops for now. Hiring a room in the inn, it was 0215 when he got back. He had some difficulty sleeping, as he normally did. It was just before 0400 that he finally fell asleep. He knew he was going to end up making Suki wait. [i]Damn it, if only I could get sleep easier[/i] as he drifted to sleep. A knock on his door could be heard. He awoke. "Suki?" he called out. Equipping his items, he went to the door and opened it. He could see Suki there. Just as Umichi was about to smile and say good morning, he yawned, and ended up saying "uood mor-ing". Some water coming from his eyes, indicating that he was still a bit sleepy. He felt embarrassed, yawning so openly in front of a girl, especially the girl he likes. A hint flush of red tinted his face. "I mean, good morning." He corrected himself, checking the time. "I guess you were waiting for about two and a half hours .... sorry." He apologised for keeping her. But he was glad, he could tell that from the way she was, she hadn't gone out alone to solo, she didn't leave him alone. A small smile appeared on his face thinking about it.