Sol listened to all the plans, trying to make sense of them all. He had never played any kind of game like this before. He tried to make sense of the distance that the dungeon was, but had never been the best in math class. All he knew was he was fast, and he knew how to fence, somewhat. He thought back to childhood, long before she made the rash decision to play this death game.
Karen watched her big brother fencing. It was like a dance, or a song. Either way, the fight interested her. Her brother was winning, obviously, and she had been jumpin up and down like a little maniac.
"Calm down, Karen." Her mother commanded, and she stopped immediately, sitting very still for the rest of the match. Afterwards, her brother came over to her. "Hey, K! I didn't know you were here!" He laughed, swooping Karen up into his arms.
Sol felt a tear beginning to well up in his eye, and wiped it away quickly. Arthur tossed out the badges, and Sol reached for it, fumbled it, and then reached down to pick it up off the ground from where it had fallen. He needed some practice, that was for sure. It had been forever since Karen had seen her older brother fence, and even longer since she had fenced herself. He kept up with the group, running through everything he knew about MMOs in his head.