"I kind of noticed." came the reply, as he quickly sized up the person who felt like talking instead of just shooting him one of those "you're pretty nooby to be out here buddy" looks. That had already put her in his good books, as far as he was concerned. Weren't these games all about playin' with other people, anyway?

Puca. Interesting. Those were sort of like bards, if he remembered right. Either way, she definitely had sunken in much more time into the game than he had, going off her level alone.

AntoniusPius, huh? Marc Antony, right? Sounded like a safe bet. Didn't really matter in the long run. After all, he wasn't Scottish in the slightest and yet here he was running around with a pun on the freedom fighter's name. Wondered if they'd catch that, seeing as English'd have to be her second language.

And speaking of second languages, time to put that Japanese to work. "NPC teleported me here. For the event."