[h2][color=steelblue]Rathello[/color][/h2] 
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Putting it all behind them for now seemed to be the best move, one that Rathello was more than happy to do for the moment. This whole hacker Jester thing went well over his head, and it wasn't exactly as though they had a way to deal with him anyway- after all, what were they going to do, fight him? He'd just cheat his way to victory. The much better move would be to put it all behind them and get back to questing. 

The others, sans the ranger, seemed to mostly be in the same boat, which worked out, it was nice to play in a group from time to time, even if some were newer to the game. The party had seemingly settled on a quest to the ice castle. Rathello didn't remember if he'd ever paid that dungeon any serious amount of attention, so it'd be a fun learning experience once again. 

[color=steelblue]"I'm down for it if you guys are."[/color] he nodded, refilling his consumables from his guild storage chest. [color=steelblue] "Escort missions in this game aren't as bad as missions from other games-at least the NPCs in ToE have logic and respond to vocal commands, usually anyway."[/color] 

Rathello glanced over as a newcomer approached them, a bard by the looks of it asking to join them. Rathello didn't exactly mind- bards were handy as a support, and would definitely take some of the pressure off of Elian and Goibnu, but they already had the two to support. Plus, with their ranger gone, the party was a bit short of DPS. Rathello could scrap with the best of them, but he was more designed to sustain damage for the party, and while Uriel and Claudia provided solid damage, a bard was a far cry from a ranger when it came to replacing their damage output. 

[color=steelblue]"I think we'll need more DPS first, a monk or a fighter might fit the bill."[/color] Rathello spoke, glancing at the others in the party, expressing his opinions without necessarily putting a definitive 'no' out into the air. [color=steelblue]"No offense,"[/color] Rath apologized to the bard anyway. [color=steelblue]"The Ice castle is tough for a reason. The monsters there are tough and have a lot of health."[/color]