The Friends List, when opened up, was actually pretty useful. Next to the names on it that were Lucian's friends it would display a small green circle. Usually this meant that a person was 'Online' in games, but in real life you couldn't log out or anything like that, so it was hard to tell what it meant here. There were also three buttons at the bottom. An Add button, an Ignore button, and a Message button. While the first two seemed interesting, the third one was probably the most useful, as it meant you could most likely send messages to people without the usage of a cell phone. The Status window displayed his stats measured in numerical values, how much HP and MP he had, two values called Resilience and Concentration, and how much EXP he had and the amount he needed to get to the next Level, which wasn't too much since he was only Level 1. 

As Lucian and Rainer both picked up their weapons the two of them would be able to tel that the weapons were sturdy and strong. Maybe not as strong as metal weapons, but the wood and the craftsmanship gave them a better sense of speed and control then metal weapons could. 

As Lucian asked his first question to Ren he just gave a small shake of his head. "As I mentioned before, anymore will cost you as does this conversation we are having. I got the Skill though when I was learning how to emit the energy, or Mana in our case, for creating a Psuedospace, but I think it also requires a certain level in Focus and maybe certain levels in INT and WIS". 

Then came the second question about creatures dropping ridiculous items or large amounts of money. This Ren sort of gave a disappointed sigh. It was not directed towards Lucian though, but towards the concept mentioned in his question. "Unfortunately no. This is still Real Life in a sense, so monsters usually only drop whatever they would have on them, like on some Imps that I have killed I have found Imp Horns and Claws, probably a Crafting material, although I haven't used them since I don't know any black magic or alchemy recipes. And about partying up... we probably could do that. This way we would all get EXP when we defeat an enemy instead of one person getting it". 

Then suddenly came Sasha's inquiry about Mana Bolt and Ren just nodded. "Yes, but if you want me to teach you more special skills I require 10,000 ¥ from someone in the group in addition to the 5,000 ¥ I am already owed for our current conversation. But lets focus on that later and get you all leveled up a few times so you all don't suck as much". It still seemed his coldness and general disinterest in other people was there. Sure this may have been a situation where they were all grouping together to raise their powers up, but Ren still did not care for people, especially after what happened to him before, something the others didn't know about. Ren then stopped for a moment, thinking a bit as he looked at the group. 

[i]"Create Party"[/i]. Upon saying this a window appeared in front of Ren, something the others couldn't see obviously, eliciting a small smile on the boy's face as he looked at it. "Interesting... so it works". Although as he said this a moment later the smile was wiped off of his face. "No I don't want to name it that". He mumbled this as he touched the window, now thinking of something else. "Bus Riding". Ren said this, then tapped the window again. "Now then..." Ren looked at all of the others now. 

"Group Party Invite". He had seen the option in a game once, the ability to invite multiple people at once into a party. He wondered if it would work here. Luckily it did, windows appearing in front of everyone else now, each only visible to themselves. The windows all read the same thing. 

[hider=What it says]
Ren Hitori has invited you to the party "Bus Riding"
[/hider]

At the bottom were two buttons, one that said Accept (Y) and the other that said Decline (N). There was also a small number between the two buttons counting down from 60, probably how many seconds they had to accept the party invite before it became null and void.