[IC] The Gamers (A Videogame Themed RP) (Reboot)

[Renose]

Ren was waiting for everyone else to arrive now, the first person other than himself to arrive being Mike. Ren just gave him a look when he ran up before returning to his game, but then Mike asked a strange question. Ren looked up at Mike, raising an eyebrow as he did so. Dark power? Well... Ren knew that he had a dark power within him. He was more curious on how the hell Mike had found out about it. He just sighed heavily before returning back to the PFP in his hands. "Just shut up alright. I don't know how you found out, but you need to learn how to keep your mouth shut. Its a skill that will save your life one of these days".

Ren said nothing after that. His tone there was cold and apathetic, as if he probably knew but didn't care. It was also a tone with a slight bit of bitterness to it, meaning that he really did want Mike to shut up and drop it. After that brief bit though Lucian would be the next one to arrive. Both Mike and Lucian would see that Ren was Level 20 now. He had bandages wrapped around his right hand up to the wrist. They weren't wrapped around his fingers though, just the hand itself and the wrist.

Now only Sasha and Silas would be the only others left to arrive if they were even coming. "If they aren't here by 11:50, then we can just go in without the others if we even should go in at all..." Ren continued to play on the PFP as he spoke, the three of them being probably about a couple of blocks away from Gekkoukan since hanging around right outside of it was probably not the best idea. With the Minimap though they could easily find one another.

[AeronFarron]

Erica groaned and stretched slowly. She was still a little sore from the day before, but it wasn't nothing she'd hadn't faced before. She stayed long enough for a breakfast-to-go, some light sparring, and last minute advice from her family. She then hurried to get to the others.

It took her a little while to find the place they were meeting, but was happy for the minimap. She looked much better than she felt. Her shirt was light but functional and hugged her comfortably. Her pants were much the same way, form fitting but not suffocating. She'd unequipped her Cestus and Leg Cestus weapons so that she could go in shoes and gloves. Her hair was still wild and untamed, despite the attempt to brush it.

[BioHazard]

Silas decided to stay low for some time. He didn't want to get involved too much with the Gamer and the Abyss anymore, he had to think of the safety of not only himself but also Tomoyo. He did wonder how the others were doing, especially Sasha, as he had really bonded with her. He guessed that she and Erica were still going to continue their trainings at Genji and Sumi's place. But that wasn't his problem anymore, at least for now.

The next couple of days went very well. On Thursday he had a squash tournament, and even though he was out of it for a few weeks he did very well in the competition. No, he didn't become first but was ranked very high, third place. He accepted the little, throwaway, trophy and drank a few beers with the guys afterwards. He noticed that his training also began to effect his normal life. His slams were with much more power, and his agility on the course was much better. Though his technique still was sloppy at times, probably because he didn't train for a while.

The following four days he spend mostly studying. He had to catch up with several assignments that he had to hand in next week. But now with nothing on his mind he could spend his time doing that. In his free time he would go, and train at the squash again, to improve his technique. Though he noticed the Gamer effect was still present as he was also working on his speed and strength. Aside from studying and squashing he would either hang out with Tomoyo and game, sometimes the two even at the same time. He was lucky Tomoyo loved games. And he was happy she wasn't so concerned about him anymore. But something in his gut told Silas that something was coming up.

[Renose]

Well everyone who was going to go to Gekkoukan had arrived at the meeting spot. At about 11:55 PM the group would begin to walk back towards Gekkoukan, since they were a couple of blocks away from the actual school itself. Upon arriving at the front gates it appeared normal, no activity at all. Even when it hit midnight. Nothing happened as well. So Ren sighed heavily and decided to take a step forward into the gates. Upon doing so, he disappeared, most likely having entered some sort of Pseudospace that was there over the school.

Upon entering the space, if any of the others did so, they would see that everything was completely different. The sky itself had a greenish hue, the moon a bright green. The school was no longer a school. It looked like some sort of large compound of one large building that looked like it was made of several other buildings that were jumbled a bit. In the center of it was what looked like a tower. Ren was in there, having moved next to a tree and sitting behind it, hiding there, and when the others entered he beckoned them over since they shouldn't sit in plain sight for long.

When they got over, Ren began to whisper. "So... how do you all think we should go about doing this?"

As they all walked over though a couple new windows appeared.

Quest Update

The Quest has been Updated.

Search for Answers

Issued By: The Void Wizard

Objective (Complete): Head to Gekkoukan High at midnight before this week ends.

Objective: Find a way Inside.

Reward for Completion: 15 EXP, Some answers possibly

Penalty for Failure: Unknown

Suddenly though on the minimap six white dots would appear near the gate. They were white, so they weren't hostile, but that didn't mean that they weren't enemies, Ren really hoping that whoever was there wouldn't look behind the tree as he snuck a peek out from behind it.

Six figures. Five of which Ren didn't recognize, but one that would be familiar to both Ren and Mike. It was Keiichi, Keiichi Ishimaru from school. Ren's eyes widened a bit. He didn't know Keiichi, so he wondered what these people were doing there. Were they friend or foe? Ren was unsure of what they would do, looking to the others quietly for any ideas.

[Valeric]

The week of training was over. Sasha didn't meet up with any of the other Gamers aside from the chance meeting with Erica at the dojo. Even Silas was nowhere to be found. Se thought that the man would be more diligent in his practice. It made her feel a tinge of disappointment as she made her way to Gekkoukan. There was no way she could explain going out at night, so she simply slipped out after her parents went to bed. Having heightened physical abilities and sneak expertise made it a cinch.

Sasha was dressed in a dark grey top with matching jeans. An equally dark sweater hugged her shoulders, shielding her from the midnight chill. Although it helped her blend in with the shadows, her bright blonde hair stood out like a sore thumb. She had to pull the hood up to cover it. Maybe I should dye it black, it's just too conspicuous.

Eventually, she met up with the rest, and greeted them cheerfully. "Good evening! Sure is a nice day, huh?"

At first it didn't seem like anything was going on, but when Ren stepped into the school compound, he disappeared. Sasha immediately recognized what had happened and followed suit. The inside of the school was a pseudospace- and this time even the building looked different. By habit, Sasha glanced at the minimap, and saw six white markers a further inside.

"Oooh boy. Is this a trap?"

[Omnial]

Lucian watched the group as they had gathered. N one spoke a word for the longest time, for the most part they had all gained a few levels, and would appear to have gotten stronger to some degree or another. While looking over Ren, he noticed wrappings on his hands, which he would not ask about as he had a feeling it was related to last time he had done so after Saito's.

As they started to make there way into the psuedo space, Lucian following after Sasha, he also noticed the huge building standing where the school once was, and others standing a short distance away. Then he went on to answer Sasha in a hushed voice, "If it was a trap, they should be looking towards the areas we could enter. I would assume that they are more interested in that then us, at least for now." He pointed to the warped building towering them. "I think we should move forward, after all, I'm sure our quest would have changed to escape instead of find a way in if it was a trap this early." Lucian looked at the people and tried to use observe on them to get a better idea if they could be with them or against them.

[Card Captor]

The hostility from Ren about his question confused Mike. While at least it seemed like he was aware of whatever dark power was inside him, his response stung a bit. Was he just worried about how Mike found out, or was it something else? It seemed like it was a sensitive subject, so he was going to have to wait awhile before bringing it up again. With that train of thought now in the station, he turned his attention to the mini map. Seeing 6 white dots, he took a peek at them.

Mike's eyes widened "wait a second...I know him; That's Keiichi! He's a student here...but why is he here on a Sunday?" While Mike felt like Keiichi was trustworthy, he was worried about the five unknowns. Considering how important this quest seemed, they could possible be dangerous. Just then, Mike got an idea "hold on a sec, let me try something." Pulling out his Crystal Ball, he tried to use Fortune Telling to see what the six of them were doing

[Renose]

Lucian would manage to get out four Observes and Mike pull out his Crystal ball and begin to gaze in it. Five windows appeared in front of Lucian. Four being Observe Data, one being that Observe went up a Level. The four windows of data said the following.

Keiichi Ishimaru

Name: Keiichi Ishimaru

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Class: Practitioner of the Ukiha Kamikaze Ryu

Lv: 26

STR: 36
VIT: 30
DEX: 30
INT: 25
WIS: 36
LUK: 15

HP: 750
MP: 500

Resilience: 24
Concentration: 24

The captain of the Gekkoukan High Kendo Team, Keiichi Ishimaru is a practitioner of the Ukiha Kamikaze Ryu, a powerful style of swordsmanship that focuses on harnessing the spirit and body as one to focus and channel the force of the wind with each swing of the blade. Of course, as he is captain of the Kendo Team he is also the president of the Gekkoukan Student Moral Committee, upholding order and justice in the school, helping to make Gekkoukan the excellent school that it is. Calm and diligent, Keiichi Ishimaru upholds honor above all and is always willing to help others in need as long as it doesn't step out of the boundaries of honor and justice. His grades are excellent and he actually has some female admirers at Gekkoukan, but with the way he upholds morals above all else he doesn't pay too much attention to them.

Keiichi Ishimaru is also a member of the Enforcers, a group of justice in the Abyss who focuses upon taking down illegal activity in the abyss, especially hunters and slavers. They try to enforce what is right in the dirty underworld of the Abyss where others would not.

Keiichi was dressed in a white outfit that was much like the outfits that the others, except two of the members of this group, were dressed in, as if it was a uniform of some kind. On his hip was a real katana and a wooden bokken.

Keiko Yukimura

Name: Keiko Yukimura

Gender: Female

Age: 19

Class: Spirit Medium

Lv: 24

STR: 21
VIT: 18
DEX: 24
INT: 30
WIS: 40
LUK: 22

HP: 375
MP: 750

Resilience: 15
Concentration: 35

Keiko is a Spirit Medium, a person who focuses and channels the powers of the spirits through herself and mystical talismans. An expert at also exorcising and communing with spirits, she can summon them or their power to her aid. A calm, intelligent girl, Keiko is always ready to do what she needs to do. Of course she always reviews the consequences of her actions first as to make sure that she doesn't inadvertently hurt anyone she cares about, desiring to protect others with her power rather than be protected. Keiko attends Neo Tokyo U and takes honors classes and makes excellent grades.

Keiko Yukimura is a member of the Enforcers, a group of justice in the Abyss who focuses upon taking down illegal activity in the abyss, especially hunters and slavers. They try to enforce what is right in the dirty underworld of the Abyss where others would not.

This girl wore the same type of white garb that Keiichi was wearing, but naturally it looked like a slightly more feminine version of the uniform, having a slightly longer skirt instead of pants, the uniform for both female and male helping to provide protection and mobility.

Henry Dresdin

Name: Henry Dresdin

Gender: Male

Age: 24

Class: Battle Mage

Lv: 29

STR: 25
VIT: 22
DEX: 30
INT: 50
WIS: 30
LUK: 10

HP: 425
MP: 1000

Resilience: 20
Concentration: 40

Henry Dresdin uses Battle Spells, quick incantations of spells meant for battle. He specializes in Lightning and Plasma Magic with secondaries in Fire and Arcane Magic. Of course he is no slouch in a fight, capable of using his spells to help him fight at close quarters as with his arsenal of both spells, combative staff techniques, and magical tools he is truly a force to be reckoned with. Henry is very serious, but also a bit snarky and playful in a good way. A slightly jovial man, Henry works as a private detective outside of his work in the Enforcers, using his investigative skills to help people and solve crimes relating to 'Loop Hole' incidents.

Henry Dresdin is a member of the Enforcers, a group of justice in the Abyss who focuses upon taking down illegal activity in the abyss, especially hunters and slavers. They try to enforce what is right in the dirty underworld of the Abyss where others would not.

This man wore the same white uniform that the others were wearing, but also wore a fedora and a red trench coat, unbuttoned.

Touma Urameshi

Name: Touma Urameshi

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Class: Grappler

Lv: 31

STR: 34
VIT: 40
DEX: 48
INT: 14
WIS: 20
LUK: 10

HP: 1000
MP: 100

Resilience: 40
Concentration: 20

Touma is a pure and simple brawler. He has no special fighting styles except for what he learned on the streets, although his main focus is in grappling, grabbing an opponent and taking the fight up close and personal. Of course, that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to tangle with multiple opponents, grabbing and throwing them or moving swiftly from grapple to grapple. He has a wild, hard to predict fighting style that focuses on mainly offense, able to tank blows with relative ease. He used to be a common street delinquent until he awoke to his Natural Ability, the ability to focus his body's energy into a powerful, fiery force to strengthen his attacks and even launch projectiles if he concentrates hard enough. He still fights in street fights, but also works with the Enforcers mainly because he wants to beat up the strong scumbags that they fight.

Touma appeared to have a smirk on his face. Unlike the four others, he wasn't wearing the uniform at all and wasn't even wearing shoes. Instead he just had bandages around his feet, this one looking quite eager about something.

Before Lucian could use Observe on anymore or Mike divine any information with his skills in divination a shadow suddenly appeared under all of them, Ren's eyes widening. Unfortunately, try as they may, they would be unable to get away in time, the vision of all of them growing black before it returned to normal, Ren and the rest now in front of this group of six unknowns, or five unknowns and one known.

The man in black, who appeared quiet, seemed to have some sort of aura of shadows about him for just a moment, it being not far from the truth to say he might have had something to do with whatever happened. "And just who might you all be?" This man spoke, his voice dead serious and cold, the dark claws on his hands gleaming. Above his head was simply 'Nero Lv 33' and above that 'Shadow Manipulator'.

"Hold on Nero" Keiichi stepped forward, looking at Mike. "These are not our enemies, but they also should not be here..." Keiichi sighed heavily, shaking his head a little. "Why are you all here? Its dangerous walking right into the territory of the very people who are after you--"

"Like delivering yourself in gift wrap to the enemy" Nero interrupted, Keiichi looking towards him.

"Not... exactly what I wanted to say, but yes, that is the case..."

Now that the Gamers were closer to this group of six, they could get a good look at all of the members of this group now, one of them being a bit different than the rest. A girl who looked a bit young and was only Level 5. Saya Fushima was her name, and above that was her class, Clairvoyant. It was unclear as to why a Level 5 was here, but her class was also a bit strange as well. She was wearing garb similar to Keiko's.

"We are here because the Void Wizard asked us to come here, at this exact time of midnight". It was about 12:01 AM right now. "And I think with you all here I know why. The Void Wizard might have known you all were coming here, so sent us here to get your help in finding out whatever he wanted us to find out, as apparently he told us that we could find some... answers... here". Ren knew that his explanation might not have been great, but Keiichi and Mike seemed to know each other, so he hoped that this group, who seemed much more powerful than the Gamers, would trust them.

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Ren Negotiation: 16 - 44 Negotiation = -32

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"The... Void Wizard?" Keiichi seemed a bit taken aback. Before they could decide upon it, the slightly shorter girl spoke up, this one seeming very quiet in tone of voice as she spoke.

"They're telling the truth..." It was unclear whether she believed Ren or something was telling her otherwise.

"Its incredible how the Void Wizard was able to find out that we were doing our mission at this time if what you say is true... but if Saya says its true then it most likely is..." Keiichi sighed heavily, shaking his head. This still wasn't a good thing regardless, Keiichi wondering what the Void Wizard was thinking. "Still, even if the Void Wizard suggested that you come here you shouldn't, its still too dangerous and I suggest that you all turn back now".

[Card Captor]

Quickly using Observe on all of them, Mike responded with "honestly, that might not be a viable option. The message we received said that if we succeed in this quest, we'll get, and I'm quoting here, 'Some answers possibly.' Now I understand that it doesn't sound too tempting on it's own, however, it also listed the penalty for failure as 'unknown.' To tell you the truth; I have no idea who this Void Wizard person even is, but he or she definitely doesn't sound like someone we want to cross. Especially with that whole 'penalty for failure' thing. Who knows what will happen to us if we turn back now. As someone who up until around a week ago, went to bed always wondering if I would ever wake up again, I don't want to take that kind of risk."

[Valeric]

"I know," Sasha said to Lucian, even though she hadn't deduced the same. Slowly they approached the group of people. They were all higher leveled, save for one girl. There was no way they would be winning this fight if it came down to it. Sasha began activating her breathing technique, just in case she needed the extra boost of speed.

After Ren started talking to them, one of them told them to go back because it was too dangerous. Sasha scoffed at the notion.

"I might add that we're not much weaker than you guys are. We can handle ourselves," she added after Mike spoke. Sasha didn't like being looked down on. She reckoned that the five of them could easily take on one or two of them. The hunters had underestimated them too.

[BioHazard]

It was already late in the evening, Silas had received a PM from Ren to come to Gekkoukan. He hadn't been involved with the Gamer for almost a week, although he could feel that he had gotten stronger because of his constant squashing. Silas waited for Tomoyo to be asleep, he didn't want to worry her. Silas quickly got dressed, it was a casual outfit he was wearing. He grabbed a jacket with a hoodie that he would put on while making his way to the school building. Once he arrived there he nodded to the rest, but didn't say anything. He still had no idea why he had come here. He didn't want to get involved with the Gamer and yet, here he was again. How idiotic could one be?

It was not long after that the group of Gamers, for some reason still led by Ren, went into the pseudospace. Silas looked around, it wasn't like the others he had seen. Especially not the ones Genji made, they always were very bright, but this one seemed rather gloomy. Before them six people appeared. Of course Silas didn't recognize them, so he decided to be quiet, he didn't want to be noticed. They talked about a certain Void Wizard who also requested them to come here. At this point Silas still had no idea of what was going on.

Mike began to rant again, apparently he was familiar with their 'leader' Keiichi, not that Silas would know his name. But he was right, we couldn't turn back now, as much as he loved to do that. No, Silas wasn't scared, he just didn't want to get involved this much. "So what are you guys gonna do now? Apprehend us? Kill us?" he suddenly said monotone.

[Renose]

One of them seemed to support Keiichi's thinking while another seemed to want to go ahead and go on with their Quest, and another seemed wary of the group, that one being Silas. Mike having to mutter Observe very quietly as to not sound completely weird for saying it five times, as there was no point on using it on Keiichi since Mike had used it on him before. Mike obtained the same info that Lucian did, minus the personality details and a bit of a smaller description on their abilities since his Level in Observe, which went up by 1, wasn't as high as Lucian's was. When he tried to observe Saya, however; a mysterious thing happened. The following window appeared.

Notification

The target is immune to this Skill.

It was unclear as to why this may be. Perhaps his Level in Observe wasn't high enough, or maybe it had something to do with her Class, which was Clairvoyant. She seemed even more mysterious than Nero was, who had the following Observe Data when Mike used the Skill on him and had no MP listed in his stats for some reason, but had a ridiculous amount of HP, even more than what Boss Mobs possessed. He was probably quite powerful, even if his stats said otherwise.

Nero

Name: Nero

Appearance

Gender: Male

Age: ???

Class: Shadow Manipulator

Lv: 33

STR: 25
VIT: 25
DEX: 36
INT: 30
WIS: 35
LUK: 1

HP: 1,500

Resilience: 30
Concentration: 30

Not much is known about this mysterious person. He seems to have the power to manipulate shadows to his will and possesses some other incredible combative prowess, but other than that not much is known about this man, whose very body and garb seems to emanate an aura of shadows whenever he uses his power, any knowing of his being seemingly cloaked in the very same thing he is cloaked in.

"Nah, we won't do that unless you want us to, we're just here to squash this Hunter base". Touma looked at Silas for a few moments, giving a few nods as if he was examining Silas over, trying to garner what his strengths were. After this he looked back at Keiichi. "Why not let them come along Keiichi". It appeared that the way they talked to Keiichi that he may have been the leader of this outfit, despite being younger than all of them at the age of 17. Touma was the one who had stepped forward to speak, a grin on his face.

"Touma, you kn--" Before he could continue, he was cut off by Touma.

"Now now, don't be such a hard ass Keiichi~" He laughed, placing an arm around his shoulder. "Even you yourself said we would probably need a bigger team for this mission. They may be runts, but they seem to have guts and don't seem to be all that powerless".

Keiichi considered these words for a moment before heaving a heavy sigh, shaking his head as if he was perplexed why he was about to say what he was going to say. "Alright, you all can come along. With this way, we can split into teams". Keiichi moved the arm off of his shoulder, taking a few steps to the side of both groups as he looked at them all, formulating a plan.

"With a team as big as this, stealth will not be entirely likely, so Touma, Nero, and I will go in first and create a big distraction, hopefully wiping out some of their stronger fighters or disrupting the normal flow of their base".

Touma responded positively to this plan with a "Hell yea! Now you're talking" while Nero said nothing. Keiko seemed to sigh and shake her head, mumbling something inaudibly beneath her breath.

"Naturally Saya will stay out here and relay information to the rest of us, including Henry and Keiko, who will each go with your group". It was unclear as to why Keiichi was leaving this girl, who was Level 5, outside of the enemy base by herself, but he must have his reasons.

He looked to Ren and the others now. "You're group will split itself in half, Henry going with one half and Keiko with another. If the Void Wizard did send you here then he, or she, must have had good reason to and there is something large here that will benefit us all if we can retrieve it. So your two teams will each go in through one of the side entrances and move with stealth, hopefully not having to fight as much since the distraction team will be drawing a large portion of their strength away, since your teams will wait ten minutes after the distraction begins to enter". Keiichi seemed like a natural born leader, brimming with confidence and respect as he spoke out his plan, but he did so in a way that made him out to be humble and considered the strengths of each of his teammates.

"If all goes smoothly, we will not only take down the base, but also figure out why the Void Wizard decided to send you all here despite how dangerous it is. Even with your unique.. Gamer ability as I hear its called, I still think its dangerous, but its too late for that".

Saya, in the meantime, had moved away from the group, sitting near a tree as she closed her eyes and began to meditate, several mirrors appearing around her as her body began to glow softly.

"While Saya gathers more information, you all decide how you'll split your group, and choose carefully, but quickly, as we are running out of time".

[Card Captor]

Mike internally let out a sigh of relief; that had gone well. What caught his attention was the mention of this being a Hunter base 'are they connected to the people who attacked the others before?' After briefly pondering that question, he responded "I'm okay on whatever team people want me on, but I do have a question; it's about these Hunters. Some of us were attacked by a couple of people a around a week ago, so I'm wondering if there could be some kind of connection. If there is, then that brings me to my next question; are these Hunters the Auctions source of slaves?"

[BioHazard]

Silas still didn't trust the new group they encountered. Especially no the little girl who went to get more 'information'. There was a mysterious vibe around her, something Silas couldn't shake off. She was hiding something, whether it also be from her group was unknown to Silas, but she did have a big secret. Silas tried to shake it off, he didn't need to investigate these things, it only could drag him further into the Abyss. Silas headed over to Sasha. "Hey, I know we haven't talked in a while. But I think we should be in the same team. we are already used to each other's fighting style." he suggested. "And aside from that, you're the only one I trust."

[Omnial]

Lucian let out a yawn, whether it was real due to the time, or a fake one declaring his standpoint on them waiting outside was hard to tell. With the other groups permission or not, he had intended to investigate. "Alright, so if we are splitting into teams of our Gamer group as well,, why not stick with our usual combos? Ren, Mike and Myself as one, and Silas, Sasha and Erica as the other?" His logic behind it was more than just this is how the team usually split, but also there playing styles for their characters. Last Lucian knew, everyone in the other group would be proficient with close combat with ranged as a secondary, meanwhile Mike was looking more like he wanted to tank and Ren and himself both were ranged and close combat was secondary. Lucian prefered specialized groups as opposed to balanced ones. More risk, higher payout in the end...Also he wanted to make sure Ren would be okay, if any demon tried anything, he would surely put it down. He looked over at him awaiting his thoughts.

[Renose]

Touma looked towards Mike as he asked his question, Keiichi and the others going over a quick checklist of what they needed to do, so Touma was the one to address Mike's question here as he had been looking at Ren's group as they talked, looking as if he was gauging their strengths, looking a bit pleased at how things were going. "Yea, you guys are newbies right? If Hunters did attack you then there is a chance that it is connected to this base here, and as for your second question..." Touma paused, scratching his head. Slavery was a sensitive subject, really hard to explain despite it being simple.

"Maybe a source. This base appeared here not too long ago, so there probably hasn't been too much slave trafficking through here. What we are mainly concerned about is how these guys have gotten resources beyond the normal means of hunters, and are even bold enough to encroach upon the Void Wizard's domain. I mean, that guy is someone that even ten of me couldn't beat, as he's badass enough to be his own one man army that watches over the land in the Port Island District".

"That's right". Keiichi walked over, Touma having finished speaking by the time the others were finished discussing teams. "You might be aware of this already, but everything in the Abyss is ranked based upon monster killing efficiency. From F to S. There are those who are so powerful though, they are known as Unknown Ranks. The Districts of this city are watched over by various groups. The Ban Family keeps watch over the Residential district. We, the Enforcers, have our base in the Entertainment District. The Void Wizard, by himself, protects the Port Island District. The Business and Industrial Districts are both neutral Auction territory where anyone who pays enough can do whatever business they want in the land without interference".

After that bit of addressing Mike's question, and giving them all some useful information about the city through it, Keiichi assumed that the teams had been set. Keiko went with Silas' group and Henry with Ren's.

Saya stood up now, the mirrors vanishing as she walked over to Keiichi. "There are 22 humanoids inside. 15 are around Rank F, 4 Rank E, and 3 Rank D". Her voice was a bit quiet as she spoke.

Touma smirked, hitting his fists together. "Some Rank D's huh. Looks like this'll be a fun night after all".

"Did you manage to gather how they managed to make a Psueodpsace like this, something that should be out of the means of ordinary hunters?" Keiichi seemed concerned that there were Rank Ds among their midst. Hunters were usually thugs, Rank F - E. Rarely were there any people who were Rank D and stayed Hunters.

Saya simply shook her head in response.

"Alright, remember the plan. Either Ten minutes after the distraction or on Saya's signal, you all go in through the side entrances. I recommend heading to the top floor if you're able to. We will try and direct chaos to the middle floor" He looked towards the Gamers, giving one last bit of advice. "If any of you need to communicate with any of us, just do so through Henry or Keiko, and make sure that you aren't separated from them. This is a team operation and we all need to stick together..."

Keiichi looked at Keiko and Henry, not saying anything, but giving a nod instead, the two of them nodding back in return. After that, Keiichi drew his bokken and simply said "May Fortune and Justice favor you" as if it was some sort of motto. After that, he, Nero, and Touma ran towards the building and barged into the front.

The Operation had Begun

"Alright you three" Henry looked at Ren's group. "Follow me, we need to be in position to enter or retreat on signal". Henry's group of Ren, Mike, and Lucian would go to the right entrance.

"Lets all be careful, alright". Keiko spoke now, taking her group to the left entrance, Saya going back beneath the tree where she had been meditating beforehand.

The next ten minutes for the Gamers would be to get out any last discussions of abilities, questions to the Enforcers with them, or perhaps take care of any last minute preparations that they needed to do. For now, the operation had begun

[Card Captor]

'This is it; this is the reason I have these powers. Now it's time to put them to use.' Mike equipped his Spirit Bokken. "Zandaka" when his whispered that word, he could feel the strength of his body and spirit merge, as they had done so many times in the past. While Zandaka's MP cost was higher then his MP regeneration rate, the increase to his WIS stat boosted his MP Regeneration a little bit. So now the net cost for keeping Zandaka up was much smaller. Along with his high MP pool, he felt that he could keep this up for awhile. After all, he only had one attack skill that he really used anymore. Plus with his STR almost at 40 now, he felt that he could even get by with just normal attacks. "Okay, I'm ready."

[Valeric]

"I thought you had quit," Sasha said when Silas approached her. "There you go with the trust thing again. Don't let your girlfriend hear you say that to another girl."

Sasha chuckled. She felt a little happy even though she played it off as a joke. She drew in a sharp breath to refocus. "Alright. I think we seriously need to all train together someday. I don't think this split is balanced, but it'll do for now."

After Keiichi's briefing, they went with their respective group leaders. Keiko lead their group, and she was a level 24 spirit medium. Considering the three of them were mostly brawlers, she filled in a nice gap in their abilities. Or so Sasha hoped. They headed towards the left entrance quietly while the distraction team charged in through the front gates.

"I'll provide fire support. Silas, you take point. Erica, cover him. I'll only go in close if I have to," Sasha quickly came up with a simple battle plan based on their abilities. She wasn't sure what Keiko was capable of, and stared blankly at her. "Keiko, am I right? I assume you have combat spells?"

[Renose]

Keiko listened to Sasha discuss their various roles, staying quiet until Sasha spoke to her. It wasn't that she was a quiet person, she was just observing for now. In truth, she was also doubtful about bringing these people along since they were still quite inexperienced, but she wasn't one to go against Keiichi's orders. If need be, she would have them retreat if things got too dangerous.

"I do not possess Spells". Keiko's voice was quite pretty and gentle as she spoke, but she also spoke in an intelligent manner. She had no idea how Sasha came to that assumption, but she wasn't going to ask. "I am a Spirit Medium. I commune with the spirits and can borrow their power and request their direct aid. For example... please stand still for a moment".

She focused for a moment, putting two fingers in front of her chest. In the next moment what appeared to be paper talismans appeared in her hands. Muttering something quite quickly, it sounding like some sort of spiritual chant, beneath her breath for a few seconds, some form of power began to focus itself into the three talismans. With a wave of her hand they all flew from the two fingers she was holding them between at Silas, Erica, and Sasha, hitting them in the heart.

"Please Protect Them" She chanted, the talismans glowing before what appeared to be some sort of aura enveloped their bodies before vanishing, the talismans vanishing as well into the aura that had disappeared.

"Those are protective talismans, made by borrowing power from Guardian Spirits. They should protect you from several blows or one serious blow. Granted you still shouldn't try to get hit, but its always good to be prepared. I prepared them for the operation today, and I have more if needed", her expression growing a bit more serious and concerned as she said one more thing, "but lets hope that they aren't needed". It was a good hope to have.

"So I will be providing support from behind through the spirits as I can summon them to fight with you, or use their power to aid your own abilities. Of course... I can still fight close quarters if need be, but" she seemed to put a bit more serious, intellectual emphasis on these next words, "your goal is to find answers according to what you all said earlier, reconnaissance essentially. It is not to fight. Keiichi and the others are providing the distraction, but that doesn't mean that they will draw the attention of all of the enemies. We should focus on stealth, moving quietly and quickly. If there are enemies, we get the jump on them before moving on. So once in, we all stick together, move quietly, and stay out of conflict. Understood?"

She didn't want to seem bossy, and didn't actually. Her tone was intelligent, her words showing legitimate facts. The Gamers were here to find the answers that the Void Wizard told them that they could find, not fight everything that breaths. So Stealth was probably a good option to consider, especially since if they used it and ran into an enemy, they could get the jump on them before they were noticed, making any fights quick and instant.

[Omnial]

Lucian gave his glasses a quick wipe down before responding, "I am ready as well, or as ready as one can be entering an unknown building with an unknown threat, with a new member to the group which one does not know many details about." He would be moving forward with caution, Lucian felt he could trust the information given by the observe skill, and that it wouldn't lie to him, but he didn't like the idea of everything being set up in such a manner, being told to come here on the same night that a raid was planned, with people who would likely be their allies, everything just seemed to fit in place too well. Sort of like a game.

"So what is our plan of operations? and what is the formation that we are going to take?" He looked above Henry to double check his level, "So, being a Battle Mage, would you rather front or rear guard? Ren and I are both more along the lines of middle to rear based combat," He looked over at Ren, specifically at his wrapped up hand, "Unless something big changed during our time apart training?" He then turned his attention over to Mike, who had recently finished preparing himself, "And Mike is more of a front lines kind of guy." He had a hard time thinking of Mike changing his role, he really seemed like the type of guy who just stuck with things.