After throwing caution to the wind, Rainer found himself accompanying the group to the location of the new Gamer. Somewhat on edge, Rainer still didn't fully realize their destination until they had actually arrived. At first he was shocked to find himself at his own school, but then he was slightly relieved. If the other Gamer was a teacher or student he knew, then perhaps they could be someone he could trust?

That notion, however, took a backseat in his mind when they encountered Ren. Rainer immediately recognized him as the new, somewhat quiet transfer student, and almost immediately Rainer could feel his face getting hot. He hated this. For some [i]stupid[/i] reason, he couldn't help but find Ren… Well, attractive! As much as he'd tried, he couldn't shake the attraction and it had really started to make him feel uncomfortable. Rainer knew he wasn't… inclined that way, so why did he find himself so smitten whenever Ren was around?! It made no sense!!! Whenever he was there, Rainer's attention was focused solely on him and he was having a really difficult time concealing it! When Ren started explaining aspects of Gamer abilities, however, Rainer found his interest piqued.

[B]"Toggle Minimap."[/B] Rainer said to himself, only absently noting Zahira's embarrassing slip up. It seemed that she had enough crushes that she felt it warranted a separate window, but Rainer certainly wasn't judging. After all, he was busy checking out another male classmate, so who was he to point fingers?

The minimap appeared before him and, taking Ren's advice, Rainer used his hands to move the map into the lower left hand corner of his vision. He intended to keep the minimap open indefinitely. He was used to HUD's in games and he hoped this one would be no different. After a while, he'd surely become used to it anyway, plus it could come in handy if he ever got lost.

[B]"So,"[/B] Rainer said, addressing Ren, feeling himself start to blush again, but forcing himself to focus, [B]"You're obviously a higher level and certainly didn't get that way by grinding day to day chores. That means you've probably fought Imps of you own and even higher level enemies, right? Then maybe you can answer a question that's been bugging me; You say Gaia gifts out these abilities and that we've been gifted with powers that make the world appear as an MMO. So does that mean we're in a Player Vs Player situation where we'll have to fight each other or an Adventure Party where we'll be fighting progressively difficult NPC's?"[/B]

Not waiting for his response, Rainer decided to experiment somewhat with voice commands. If this really was a PvP situation, he wanted to familiarize himself as much as possible with the layout to gain some sort of advantage.

[B]"Observe."[/B] He said, looking at Ren, [B]"Set Minimap Waypoint: Home."[/B]