[IC] Paradise

[HylianRose]

Prince nodded slightly before nodding to Cat. Slowly, he stood and began creeping up on the wolf. The moment it realized he was here, he'd charge at him. However, as he got closer, Prince let out a small gasp. He'd calculated this all wrong. There wasn't one flame wolf here, there was an entire pack with the alpha staring right at him as he moved in. "Cat... We need to finish this quickly. Do you trust me?" He asked without looking at her. He could feel his heart pumping as the wolf slowly walked over to them, curious. His flame red hair was on end, obviously cautious of them.

[MarshiestMallow]

Cat moved silently just behind Prince, not wanting to draw too much attention to them. She had her staff, slung across her back to prevent it hitting the ground, and in easy reach, and she watched for any sudden movements. At the small gasp, she froze, and tried to see what had caused Prince to make the sound. She swallowed, seeing the wolves. "Cat... We need to finish this quickly. Do you trust me?" She looked to Prince, wondering how he could ask such a question, especially at a time like this. "Of course I trust you" she said softly, hopefully not causing the wolves to be alert to them, "You're my friend"

[HylianRose]

"Good. Then follow my lead." He returned before turning to the wolves, the alpha nearly on them now. He put his hand behind his back and gave Hazard a small gesture, a rock and roll sign with his two middle most fingers folded over. As if to say, 'Time to rock and roll.' After doing so, Prince quickly grabbed his staff and swung it around the side Cat wasn't on and smacked the poor beast in the eye before jumping up and over it, running in the other direction, as he went, he smacked wolves right and left. There were about 5 of them not counting the alpha and he was sure more were close. They need to finish this quickly so they could regroup before the other group of wolves snuck up on them. He turned on heel when he reached the other side of the wolves and then signaled to Hazard again, pointing up, hoping Hazard would get the memo. He then stuck his staff out toward the ground and began to rush at one of the bigger wolves around him. It growled at him, spewing hot flames that licked at Prince's clothes but before the beast could do much more, Prince lodged his staff under the belly of it and flung it up into the air. He hoped that Hazard had gotten his message but if he hadn't the impact would definitely leave the poor thing bruised a bit.

[Raijinslayer]

Raijin nodded, waving at Cynthia before turning back to Cherry. "Well then, since she's off to finish our errands, lets head back to the cave, maybe head over to were the others are so we can get some xp." He smiled at Cherry, before walking in the direction of the Cave, Void trailing behind him after she gave the pilot a lick, accepting her apology. Void was used to it, most people seemed to assume that just because she was a wolf, that she was male. It was slightly annoying, but since she couldn't communicate with anyone but Raijin, she decided that it was better for her to just deal with it.

[ProfessorNV]

The signal went up, time to rock and roll! Hazard flipped off his safety on his rifle and prepared his trigger finger. He kept an eye on the two as the wolves approached,seeing there were much more than they had anticipated. Well they were gonna get their leveling pretty quick today. So far so good, the pair seemed to be making quick work, then he noticed Prince's sign, just before seeing a large wolf being launched into the air. Immediately he went into his sights, trailing the airborne wolf, and just as it reached its peak, pulled the trigger, landing a bullet square in the creatures head. It was dead before it even hit the ground, disintegrating like all enemies did once they died. "boom, headshot"

[MarshiestMallow]

Cat darted to the otherside of the wolves to Prince, letting him attack first, watching the wolves warily, but also watchi g to make sure Prince wasn't in any danger. She held ner staff in ner left hand, and when Hazard made the headshot, she darted towards one of the remaining wolves, swinging ner staff, knockingnit on the head, jabbing it in the side, and given that she wasn't as strong as Prince, she used a magical attack, going for water, using her staff to assist her with the spell, she launched water at the wolf, forcing it to the ground, and followed it up with an electrical attack

[Darcs]

Marinette had wandered off on her own. Not terribly far, she wasn't lost, but she had wandered off into hostile territory. The others hadn't needed her for leveling, Mari had been something of a solo grinder anyway, that, and Catty seemed upset by her presence, so that had tipped the scales for her in favor of leaving-- for a while at least. The other group had that Cherry girl-- who probably didn't want to be around her, not for a while at least-- besides, the only people outside who talked to Ness would be to busy freaking out to talk to on the phone anyway. So Mari was alone. That was unnerving, or more, the idea that an unexpected encounter gone wrong could result in death annoyed her, even made her, and Ness, feel a little fear. But only a little. Not nearly as much as it should have. She still wanted to fight dragons, despite the risk, she still just wanted to play the game and do impressive things in it. Was it apathy? Depression? Over-confidence? Perhaps she... he.. they were completely living in the moment? Perhaps Ness truly did lack ambition in the real world, and found more satisfaction living as Marinette? Maybe even death made it more real... the risk? Or maybe just the idea that the avatar now possessed a mortality completely and absolutely linked to his own... Fuck. Marinette shook the thoughts out of her head as she walked through the forest. Bandits. She was looking for bandits, Prince had mentioned bandits in the area-- they'd be easy EXP and easy money, which could buy better weapons, better items. Items could be game breaking if you were smart with them, even at low levels like her own, 99 cheap lvl.1 low yield bombs was still 99 bombs. 99 bombs you could deploy all at once... ...Or at least... in rapid succession? Truth be told, Marinette had no idea how mass item usage like that worked. Still, she marched onward, her skill in stealth minimizing the crunch her boots made against the virtual leaves. She turned on her music, if only to drown out her... mostly his, thoughts with organized noise. Thankfully it wouldn't give away her position, unlike real music, the noise was only present in her own perception-- usually. She heard a crunch of leaves ahead of her and stopped, instantly ducking behind the nearest tree. She glanced ahead, spying the low leveled bandits milling about near their spawn point. Beyond them was a cave, the two bandits were guarding it, and there were probably a few more inside. She couldn't help but take a second to admire the AI of the game. Equipping her crossbow, she approached the two bandits. She knew she couldn't reload the crossbow fast enough to get them both, but if she could get close enough to the one she wasn't going to shoot... She fired the bolt. Perhaps it wasn't as fast as Hazard's bullets, but the lack of noise more than made up for it. The bolt soared through the air and tore into the low leveled enemies' throat, causing his form to disintegrate almost instantly, dropping only his meager loot. Christ, sneak attacks are broken... Still, Marinette couldn't complain if it was to her advantage. Dropping the crossbow and unsheathing her poisoned dagger, she summoned all her speed and rushed the confused and alerted bandit from behind before he could investigate and look for her. In a swift motion, she brought the dagger to the bandit's throat and cut, the figure collapsed in the grass, clutching at his throat before disintegrating. Marinette scoffed. Her time was down. She crouched from her closer vantage point to the inside of the cave, it was always interesting to see if you could get the stealth bonuses on everyone in one of these situations...

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Both of them looked a little like they had just seen some crazy person. She was a little more afraid of how they would react after that sudden outburst of weirdness. She started blushing of embarrassment and looked a little the other way before Cynthia suddenly gave a comment about her. Her head became more red before she started yelling at Cynthia "I'm not a drama queen!" she turned her head away from the two and was quiet for a moment while Cynthia called what she all had missed apart from the potions. She quietly said "Sorry" to Cynthia for forgetting all the supplies and waited for her to head into the store. Raijin and Cynthia both suggested to head back to the base, she replied with a nod and petted Void while already walking away. She turned to Raijin "Maybe you can show me around your base" she said in a bit more cheerful voice then just now.

[Raijinslayer]

"Sure thing, Lil' Firecracker, but it's pretty much a one room deal at the moment." Raijin said, taking a moment to take out his mask and put it on. As he was doing this, he continued on. "I have another idea instead, how about we go do some leveling, me, you, and Void. I know a great places for it. What would you rather take down, wolves for XP or bandits for money. I'm partial to the wolves, as Void could use someone to give her a break from time to time. But I'll leave the choice to my favorite pilot, it's completely up to you."