Bachus pludged his sword into one of them, holding it off of him. "We're in a mob zone, we cant teleport out." He struggled, before swiping his sowrd clean through and hopping back. "We have to fight." He grunted. "Are you with me or not, there's still time for you to run." He held his sword back up.

Lilly looked at one of the monsters who was charging for her, and swatted it away with her huge sword, not using a Sword-Skill since there was no time.
"Well that's stupid. It's like this game is trying to kill us off. I mean, there is a difference between being hard and trying to kill the players." she exclaimed, looking at the monsters, before grinning. "Run? You obviously haven't seen my MS" She teased, standing with Bachus and preparing her sword to swipe at any mob that came close.

Bachus was astonished with her inability to think logically. "Thats the point." He slashed away at a monster. "The creator is a murderer. They want us dead clearly!" He skewered a monster through the chest and it burst into data. "Lets just clear these guys up." He was now in the orange as he had been fighting longer than herself.

Lily shook her head, missing a monster and watching it's blade smash into her armour. As high as it was, the damage wasn't great, but still considerable if she took to many. While it was recovering, Lily took the blade-edge of her sword and smashed in across the thing's neck, breaking it before the blade even got half way though, and then it dissolved. She was astonished by this man's inability to think logically.
"No, it's not the point. If he was a murderer, and wanted us dead, then why go to all the trouble of making a game like this? It has to take months, if not years of work for this to all work nice and bug-free. If he wanted us all dead, he would have activated the micro-chip in the Nerve-Gear and boiled everyone's brain on the first day. But he didn't. So, while you can die here, it is clear that he has no real desire to see us all dead." She explained, getting hit by another monster and dropping low-green. It was not good that she was blathering so much and forgot to attack.

His data pixels assembled at the town's Teleport Gate, the light blue squares of data piecing together to form his body. As his features were able to be seen after the data pieced together, ReivaX would would a take from the spot he teleported. His stomach let off a growl as he walked further in to town, almost as if to remind him to feed himself soon. ReivaX simply clutched on to his stomach and hung his head for few steps as he walked. "Ugh... so damn hungry." He said to himself. Shifting his head from left to right, looking to the buildings on either side of him, hoping there would be some place to catch a bite. There was nothing. The buildings he past all seemed general shops and blacksmiths, the odd tailor here and there. I might as well just wait till I make it back to the inn. I mean their food wasn't horrible... plus I have a room rented there. ReivaX thought to himself, dragging his toes along the ground with every step.

He had finally made it. ReivaX pushed the doors of the Inn open, seeming to rather hastily rushing to the the Innkeeper behind the counter. As he reached the counter, the Innkeeper immediately said "What will it be?" Smile on his face as he held a mug, seeming to be drying it out with a rag. "Something to fill me up, you know what I'm talking about." ReivaX replied, snapping his fingers. Just as he said, the Innkeeper did know exactly what he was talking about. This hadn't been the first time that he ordered his food like this at the Inn. Within what seemed like no time at all the Innkeeper had brought him the order. "Thats what I'm talking about." ReivaX said in a rather excited manner as he looked to the food. With his order in hand, he looked for an open table where he could finally eat his food; ReivaX was never too fond of eating at the counter. There's the spot, there is it... Perfect. He thought to himself as he saw the open table that seemed a little bit cast away from the rest of the others in the Inn. Placing his food on the table ReivaX began to dig in.

Ryan and Mina went up the stairs, entering the room their group had rented for the night. Ryan looked to Raven, nodding to him. "Hey, Mina mentioned something interesting. It's a rumor, and hard to believe, but if it's true, it'll make every floor much easier to find the door for." He raised an eyebrow as he saw that Cash and Raven seemed to be looking through ingredients before nodding in understanding. Food, people can't even stop thinking about it in a video game... Not blaming them though, I think about it all the time too, I guess. "Should she explain what she found, or should she just go straight to the helpful stuff?" He glanced back to her for a second, wondering whether there was even anything worth mentioning other than what she had said earlier.

Bachus scowled. "Whoever is responsible for all this, they'll pay when I get out of here." He huffed, slicing at a monster. Together, they had killed 6 of the 9. He targeted another, "You're mine!", Charging his sword ability, he charged forward impaling it, also planting a fist in it's face. He stood back up regaining his balance. They could wipe this up now. "Switch!" That would be strange, as you would only normally say that to a party member. He could only think of Karen when saying it.

Lilly laughed at Bachus' exclamation, and shook her head.
"That sentiment is shared by thousands. They guy is going to have a line backed up for a mile, when we get out of here" she replied, getting hit again by a monster and dropping into orange, but setting her Sword Skill, and smashing the creature away. She then opened her menu and hit one of the Quick-Slots, healing herself of most of the damage with a crystal she put there. "Crystals are expensive, but exp is priceless" she muttered, moving in to crush the monster she had batted away with her sword, smashing it down on his collar-bone and pressing all her strength into it.

"Ryan, Mina, It's good to see ya." Cash said genuinely. Cash always liked to see the group together, even if it wasn't everyone, it was nice having people around who you trust dearly. Cash looked back to Raven and laid a hand on his shoulder,"I'm going into town to relax a bit, maybe treat myself to a new weapon or something. If you need me for anything, message me, I'll be here in no time." Cash said with a smile that displayed his teeth. He brushed passed Ryan and Mina, giving them both a pleasant smile and farewell as he left the room. Cash was a bit excited for today, for the past week or so, him and his guild have been working non-stop, especially Ryan. It was a good time to spend some money and do something for himself. Cash walked down the stairs of the Inn and the lobby of the building came into view, Cash took it all in, unlike when he earlier. Cash noticed there wasn't a lot of people there, a few table were filled but that was it. He scanned the area, his eyes falling on a boy. A dark haired fellow with a flashy curved bladed nestled in a sheath. He was eating some food that is no longer recognizable due to his crazy style of eating. Cash hadn't realized he was standing at the bottom of the stairs starring at a stranger as he ate. This stranger looked familiar though, Cash just couldn't put his finger on it.

Raven took a moment to debate on what he wanted to hear. It never hurt to find out how Mina had gotten the information, but if it was helpful, why did it matter? But on the other hand, knowing how she knew would open up another resource for the entirety of the guild to take advantage of when they needed information. Of course, it would probably be faster to get straight to the point if it came down to getting to the next boss, which they needed to do. Looking at Cash as he speaks, Raven nods and returns the smile. "Go ahead, we've all earned a bit of rest."

Returning his attention to the two in front of him and waiting until Cash leaves, Raven sighs. "Helpful. I'm getting too worn out getting people organized and prepared to keep taking the long way to an answer."

With a final nod - mainly to herself - Thessalia stood up from her seat that she'd been occupying for a good five minutes; all the while keeping up her fiercely serious expression. That, however, changed - to a far more pleasantly-expecting one as she headed over to the Innkeeper's counter; raising a hand as she did. Recognising the gesture, he looked up, a friendly business smile on his lips as he turned to face his newest customer of the day. "What can I get for you, Miss?" he asked. "I'll take the local special," Thessalia said in return, nodding to the board behind the counter that listed the various prices of the meals that could be ordered; including a small summary thereof. Usually she simply went with whatever was cheapest - but recently, she'd started occasionally going for something that had at least a little more taste; a sort of treat every now and then. "Right away," the Innkeeper replied before turning to fix up a meal. Glancing up at the price board, Thessalia quickly checked her inventory; despite the fact that even killing a single frontline monster tended to pay enough for a meal.

Just moments later, the Innkeeper turned around once more, placing a plate on the counter with a friendly "Here you go." Paying for the meal, Thessalia turned around - only for her expectant expression to drop as she noticed that in the short time she'd been away from it, her table had been occupied by a small group that had entered the locale just after she'd gotten up. Dismayed at the sight, Thessalia weighed her options - go over and ask for a seat at the same table? Just eat at the counter? Look for a different table? Of the three, the first would mean she'd have to ask those complete strangers for something - not an option, therefore. The second meanwhile had its own problems - she'd be right next to an inevitable point of focus in the form of the Innkeeper. That left only the third option - which in turn wouldn't be as simple as she'd hoped.

Glancing around, Thessalia noticed that just about every table was already occupied - most by small groups of players when all she wanted was just a quiet break. For that, only two kinds of single table occupants came to mind - the quiet types or those far more interested in their own food. Following these criteria, Thessalia decided on a further-off table; the natural choice of someone who'd rather seclude themself - which was most likely the intention of the fellow at that table, Thessalia guessed. Plate in hand, she headed over to the table; passing by the stairs leading up to the rooms of the inn and another player standing at the bottom thereof before setting her plate down at the table. "This seat free?" she asked for politeness' sake as she looked to the black-haired swordsman at the table - only for the sight thereof to seem familiar for a second before she could place it. "Wait, Reiva?" Thessalia recognised whose table she'd so happened to choose - the same swordsman that she'd occasionally bumped into a few times over the past weeks ever since the Post-First-Boss-Incident and whose name she abbreviated for simplicity's sake.

ReivaX shovelled the food into his mouth, swallowing mouth full after mouth full. Occasionally looking from his food only to notice the Inn filling up slightly more with each passing time he looked up. The fact the Inn was ever so slowly filling up concerned him none for he already had the table he wanted and he had been able to eat peacefully with no interruptions so far. As he ate around half of what he'd ordered, ReivaX had looked up once more to see a a player with blonde hair staring at him as he ate. Uncomfortable with it, he would simply stare back at the boy, motionless, with his cheeks full of food. After a little bit of time the boy had looked away, but ReivaX continued to watch him as he slowly began to chew. Why was he looking at me... was I eating weird or something...do I have something on face... He began to think to himself as he waited to see if the boy looked back. Few seconds later ReivaX dropped his gaze back down to his food as he returned to eating; he began to eat more 'civil' in case it was his eating that made the boy stare.

The rate at which the food on his plate was disappearing slowed down. It seemed like ReivaX was getting full and it did not look like he was going the finish the rest of the food on his plate. He looked up again as if taking a break from eating to look around. The Inn had become fairly packed since he last decided to look up. He was kind of surprised when he saw how many people were actually in there now, he never noticed just how many where in there till now. Again, it didn't bother him as long as they left him alone. Taking a quick glance down at his food, he sighed to himself in his head. I don't want to not finish this food... I mean I know its a game and all, but still... it just doesn't feel right. He thought to himself while looking back down at his food. Chewing another mouth full of food he heard a voice. 'This seat free?' He looked up to see who said had asked him about the seat. To his surprise it was Thessalia, a player he once used a healing crystal on and had encountered a few times afterwards. 'Wait, Reiva?' He choked on his food causing him to cough when he looked eye to eye with Thessalia. Quickly covering his mouth as he continued to cough. "H-Hey Tess... Oh s-sure I guess." He struggled to say as he caught his breath. Although they'd met and briefly spoke a few times before, ReivaX was still rather shy around her. "W-Wh-What uh... What are you doing... here?" He added, oblivious to the fact she was most likely here to get food as she was holding a plate of food.

"Thanks," Thessalia said before putting her plate down and moving the seat back a bit before sitting down as ReivaX confirmed that it really was as unoccupied as it looked; only looking up as the quick cough that had preced his words turned out to be ongoing. He seemed to recover quick enough though, as just a few moments later he went on to ask what she was doing here. Poignantly looking from the black-haired swordsman down to the plate before him and then the one before herself, Thessalia answered the question truthfully nonetheless: "Just taking a quick break before heading back out later." Casting a glance across the Inn's various tables as if to make a point, she went on just a moment later. "Sorry to interrupt you, but all the other tables were taken," she explained; refraining from mentioning that he looked like he wanted to keep to himself much like she'd intended. "And you?" Thessalia returned the question; picking up her own knife and fork as she did. Whilst her expression had been mostly neutral and reserved, a look of content did steal its was to her face as she took her first bite - going for the more expensive choice had definitely been the right way to go.

Bachus put in a finishing spinning blow to the final monster. It fell and burst into data. He breathed a sigh of relief before falling to his ass. He looked at his HP now. Way into the red. He chuckled. "It seems we won." He laughed a little, before laying back. "Thanks. I appreciate it." He thought for a moment. In the fight, he didn't once think about his HP. He was stronger than he would've been if he thought about it. Was he capable of that? Letting go of everything to become stronger? He felt it inside him.

Lilly shook her head as the last monster fell dead, and threw him one of her stronger hp potions. Somehow, potions where immediately transferable, but other items needed trading. She never really got how, but it was probably another feature.
"You don't play many MMOs, do you?" Lilly asked, smiling before nodding. "And your welcome, but I think we should get out of the monster zone before they respawn and you have to fight for your life again while I just break shit" she told him, checking the loot she had obtained from the fight. It was decent, enough to enhance her sword, which was always good. "I got a small blacksmith shop back at town, I could repair your equipment if you wanted" she offered.

Cash snapped out of his curios gaze when a women sat down at the table he was examining, She had long black hair that was nicely kept. Cash took it as a sign and walked off, forgetting about the curved swordsman. Cash brushed past their table and exited out of the Inn. The streets were bustling with energy. The trade stands and shops were filled with paying customers, guilds and parties socialized in the middle of the streets, There were people laughing an talking to one another. Cash never realized it before, but this town was quite lively, it only made Cash think more about why people are so happy. Did they forget they were in a game already? It's only been month or two, and we're only on floor four. How can they be so quick to dismiss reality, and act like this is real? Cash thought as he started to walk through the streets, passing by stands selling weapons and booths seelling armours, I guess I'm no better...I laugh and have fun all the same as these people do, Cash thought as he walked through the noisy streets. I wouldn't feel this way about happiness and having a good time, if it weren't so easy to have it taken away. Cash bowed in head when he walked through the streets.

He came out here to relax and take a load off, but instead he decided to just go for a walk. Cash's original plans were to buy himself some new equipment and just relax for the day, but all this commotion in the town has got him thinking of stuff. Cash just thought about everybody's intentions, the players in the town, the parties he's been in, his guild. Cash is confident they all want to beat the game, but he is worried some off them are being blinded by the temptation of doing other things and not putting their 100% in fighting on the front line. How can you expect to win if you don't put in your all? Oblivious to where he was walking, Cash stumbled into the field where the monsters were spawning. Luckily for him he didn't alert any of the enemies, any of the monsters that is. Unfortunately for Cash, he ran into a small PKer group that was hidden just beyond the tall oak tree outside of the town. There was about 4 of them and they all fell out of the tree when Cash had passed, blocking the way back to the village. "C'mon, what is this?" Cash said, trying to ease his tension.

"Do you really have to ask?" One of the men said, he looked like the youngest one, but he carried the largest sword. "If you guys are PKer's, lemme tell ya; I probably don't have the code." Cash said to the group of four, hopefully they would put down the drawn weapons and move on to the next poor sap. "Oh you think you don't have the code, huh? Only a non-player would know such a thing. Makes you kinda of...suspicious." The man replied. The other three men slowly starting to walk closer to Cash.

.... Just,Great.

The sound of various players chatting and clinking of silverware filled the Inn as ReivaX looked to Thessalia as she sat in the seat across the table from him. 'Thanks' He heard escape from her.ReivaX simply waved his hand at her as if to say it was no problem without the use of words. He returned to his plate of food in front of him, lifting more of the into his mouth. Looking up to her once more as she answered the question he previously posed; nodding his head in reply as his mouth was full of food. 'Sorry to interrupt you, but all the other tables were taken' ReivaX looked around to the other tables, unintentionally checking her statement. "I see." He said before filling his mouth once more only to here her ask the same question. He balled his left hand and brought the fist up to cover his mouth, raising his right hand with his index finger uplike saying of second. He would chew and swallow his food before answering. Reivax would take a deep breath to compose himself once his mouth was empty. "I only stopped here for some food before heading back out to grind or train some more." He said, shifting his eyes to the player who brushed past their table; ReivaX noticed it was the boy who had been staring at him earlier. Reivax was nearly done his plate of food at this point, seeming to shovel the last of the food into his mouth.

Bachus chuckled lightly under his breath at what the monsterous woman had said to him. He bit his tongue and replied, despite what he knew. "You're right, maybe I should read over the manual again." He said jokingly. He could probably take her. She clearly thought nothing of him, despite his stats most likely being a lot higher than hers, beign a fromer top front liner guild leader. "I'll have to decline, I like to travel on my own." He looked at 'Karen.' "Maybe we'll see each other again someday. Farewell. Remember my name. Bachus. He clenched his fist. The legion shall rise again some day, and I will lead it to the end of this game. He grinned before equipping his cloak and turning his back. "Goodbye." He stumbled off, healing himself with his own potion.

Lilly was no fool, the guy who - from her point of few - nearly got himself killed by a bunch of mooks and was reckless enough to wait until after the fight to pop potions and who thought that was a fight to be wary of, was going to get himself killed if he walked off on his own. Regardless of how much of a guild leader he was. Hell, maybe this was the reason he wasn't a guild leader any more. So, with a shrug, she put her helmet back on, pulled up the visor, and went jogging after Bachus, her armour going *clank clank clank* like some one-woman-band.
"You think I'm going to let you go off to get killed by some monster you where to busy staring into space to notice? Fuck that. I'm sticking with'chu" she exclaimed, a tad more vigorously than before, but with a toothy grin, as if this game of Death was nothing to her. Or at least, making it appear as such.

Bachus tried to remain calm. But his anger was inevitable. "Leave me alone." He grunted. "You didn't have to show up." He was just as tall as her, and probably buffer. They were both tanks too. "Listen here. I don't care how high and mighty you think you are, or how good of an mmo player you are. This game has and will kill people, but for you... you shouldn't fear the monsters. Right now, you should fear me. I've already lost somebody to this game." He paused. "I dont mind being a red player if it means I dont have to listen to you go on about how good of a player you are." He looked to 'Karen.' He had to protect what was left of her, even if she was imaginary. "Don't mistake my words. Take them lightly, and I will, kill you." He grunted and turned again. "You want companionship? I know some people who you might want to meet. I'm not for you. So leave me be." He opened his menu whilst walking away, before sending her the player details of Cash, Raven and Ryan." He continued to walk away. "Now go. They will take you. I wont have you hindering me." He felt bad for being so harsh, but he had no choice.