The pointy end goes into the other Man- Pig! Whatever!

[Yorick]

As the fetid breath from the wild boar impaled on his spear washed over him, Yorick spared a half a second to marvel once again on the breathtaking the sensory feedback of this game. Of course, at times like this, the focus was more on how that realism just took his breath away in another sense.

"Definitely didn't make the best choice," he murmured to himself. Yorick was painfully aware that he had nothing resembling an offensive DPS character. He had, after all, chosen to take pikeman talents, and had set his initial character as a damage sponge. If he'd known then, what he knew now, well...

"I probably wouldn't be playing."

That having been said, it rankled on him to have to wait for assistance, to meekly accept that someone else would take the risks and do the work necessary for him to escape this trap. Which brought him to here, sneaking around the edge of a herd of boars, picking them off one-by-one.

It had been a few hours since the disastrous revelation and it was amazing to see how quickly some people polarized - a minority of people wanted to do this primarily solo, or (in the vast majority) were huddled in the Town of Beginnings barely snapping out of their fugue states.

Which led him to here, he concluded, even as he groped blindly for a rock. Staring with exceeding caution at this group of a half dozen boars.

Digging his spear butt into the ground, bracing it against the arch of his rear leg, and crouching behind the slope of his shield, he reflected that, as first enemies go, he was lucky. After all, he thought with a snort, the reason they hunted them with spears was their tendency to...

[Saki]

Another day, another boar hunt. What did hurt was that she overslept and most gaming club members were already out questing our grinding. Which meant that she probably was going to have to do with herself for one day. That or finding someone else, but she couldn't find any player in town that who wanted to team up with a level 1 player. It was off with herself as she couldn't spend a day doing nothing while her friends were risking everything out there.

As such it didn't took her very long to find A small group of boars. She fought them before, one at the time. But wouldn't it be thrilling to learn how it was fighting multiple enemies at the time? She thought about it for a minute but then concluded that she could better wait for when she was a higher level to try fighting multiple enemies at once. She should wait until one wandered a little away from the others to attack them.

She moved around from a distance, not to let the boars get into sight to find an opening. While she didn't really found an opening in the pack of boars she did found a guy readying his spear into the ground so the boars would charge right into his spear instead of charging over him. She was still some distance away from both the guy and the boars, so she decided to run towards them. She didn't knew if she could be of any help. Two versus six was probably a lot safer than one versus six. Even if they used the same weapons it would be better than fighting alone. She wanted to shout towards the older boy with the spear but decided against it because it might alarm the boars that were close by. Surely they were programmed to react to that right? Instead she just kept running until she arrived there, but she didn't knew what the boy would do by then or what the boars would have done. She just hoped she could make it in time.

[Yorick]

'Well, at least it wasn't the entire pack... herd... what do you call a group of boars anyway?'

The situation wasn't unsalvageable, but it certainly wasn't ideal. His thrown stone had managed to anger what were apparently a mated pair or something, and he had two walls of flesh bearing down on him instead of just the one. Staring into the beady red eyes and tusks of the boars as the ground was pulverized below their charging hulks, he tried to reassure himself.

'You can't go around just picking up stragglers like this and expect not to pull two at least once, David!' he hissed mentally, 'That's why you chose this herd and this place to fight!'

It was a decent setup, too. The herd itself, though painfully within what he now knew were each others' aggro distances, had their lines of sight blocked by tufts of scrub grass here and there, and he'd placed himself near the single tree in the area to break up potential charges. Admittedly it was a scraggly thing, with its root layers creating a small platform of earth jutting a bit under a yard above the dry riverbed to his back, but the ground was stable, and the trunk had at least one or two more impacts left in it.

'Which is a good thing!'

Yorick had time for a mild flash of irritation at that one last, panicked thought before the pair of swine slammed into him. The first boar to reach him was struck off center by his pike, tearing a red glowing furrow along the entirety of its side even as the hurtling mass of blood and bone slammed into him. A pained grunt issued from his throat even as he strained, guiding the boar around him and off the embankment. Iron hard hooves smashed into his shin and tore his bracing foot out from under him and he marveled at the lack of true pain, even as he used the momentum to whirl partway around the tree's stump, unable to fully catch himself and earning his skull a ringing impact on the wood.

The tree shuddered, knocking him forward and off balance even as an ominous crack was heard, he shook off the mild disorientation and thought aloud. "Alright, you've got a little time before Pork Chop there gets up the embankment. Now all you've got to do is make Sausage into sausage before he gets back."

As his health bar dipped into an ominous yellow at 70%, matching the insignificant chip of Sausage's injury to the half-gone bar that he saw hurrying towards the sloped embankment, he took a shaky gulp of air and psyched himself up.

"Shouldn't be too hard, right?"

[Saki]

'Run harder!' Saki kept thinking to herself. For every second she didn't arrived was one second the guy could lose hp or worse, die. She wasn't entirely sure whether he had good intentions or not but until she found that out she had to give him the benefit of doubt. If we didn't trust anyone anymore then we might as well lock up and all become solo players. But the day that Saki would stop helping another player was clearly not today. For what reason? It might be what far-fetched, but every person she helped might clear, or help clear the game and thus every person she helped could lead them all towards the real world. That and she could get some rewards from those boars as well. She could seriously use some more materials or money to get a shield. The unused skill was a kinda just being there right now.

Once she came closer she could see the guy's health bar dropping into yellow, which meant he took a good hit. He was fighting two boars at the same time. There was no time to ask questions those boars would probably charge again any moment and his health would probably drop dangerously low if that happened. She had to do something. She ran into range before she slammed her two feet steadfast into the ground and held her spear behind her. She was ready to trigger her special attack. She hadn't used her Sword Art in actual combat often, but had practiced enough by now to use it in actual combat. She took a deep breath before aiming at the second boar that was still undamaged. She then set off to give it a piece of it's own medicine.

"Tireless...CHARGE!" With that the twintailed girl charged towards her mark. They didn't suspect a thing as they were to busy fighting the guy. She caught the boar mid-charge as it was trying for a followup attack on the one that got hit. It's skin was pierced by her spear and she could notice the boar's health bar kept dropping until it was about 20% left. If she went DPS from start she probably would have defeated it in one hit. However element of surprise was broken now. She could see the boar she hit stand up again and ready to counter. Before she could jump back to assess the situation it managed to strike her knee. Lowering her health by about 15 % She couldn't feel much about it though. She still found it eerie and strange that she didn't feel pain when hit. But otherwise it would certainly hinder her fighting ability. So maybe it wasn't so bad after all.

"Are you alright?" Saki asked the older boy while keeping an eye on the boars. He probably didn't have much time to answer because her boar was charging at her and if his was any of that speed as hers it probably was trying to attack as well.

[Takita]

She held me spellbound

in the night

Her hazel eyes scanned the area with a sight leaving her lips as it wasn't unusual to have the sound of metals colliding with powerful tusks echoing in the background to Takita's walks through the great plains. At this time of day most players, solo or not, were out taking up on every chance they got to collect the EXP needed for them to reach their goal about finishing the 100 floors. The young woman hummed as the Rapier by her waist made a clinging sound for every step she made. But something new caught the attention of the lone player. Not far away from her, she could see two players having a difficult time with the boars that covered the plains around the city gates. Takita wasn't the one to disturbe others in their daily grinding but the odd couple interested her as she jogged closer to see how it went for the two. To her surprise, the young girl weilding a spear landed a heavy attack on one of the boars. Must be a Sword art.. Takita thought as she clenched her teeth. The young woman slowly reached for the hilt of her raiper to aid the two as she noticed the mans health bathing in the yellow colour. She glared at the hostile boars that both seemed to be split between the two warriors before her. Debating if she should jump into the battle between the four, Takita caught the view of the 2nd boar that seemed to have his attention on the man with the spear. The boar ripped the ground below it with it's powerful hoof, ready to kill. I must be an idiot.. Takita thought before she swiftly pulled her sword out of its scabbard in one fluid motion, ready for combat.

An unpleasnt shiver went down her back as she felt uneasy over the battle she was going to participate in, Before the charging boar could reach the young spear wielding man, Takita rushed in with her Raiper close to her chest, the powerful tusks collided with her blade as an ear-splitting sound echoed. 
'' I thought the two of you would need some extra help. '' she said with a small smile on her lips as she pushed her feet away from the ground below her, Takita rolled once as she landed behind the boar, leaning on her knee for support as she jabbed her Rapier against the boar's back, A long crimson slash appeared on the beast causing his health to drop down to the red zone. As the boar snapped his head back, the red hostile eyes glowing with fury as it grunted towards Takita, it's attention leaving the man. 

Yorick Saki
xxx.
Hope you don't mind me joining x-x

MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOX 2.0

[Yorick]

A porcine squeal of pain uttered from the other side of the tree, accompanied by a shouted technique name shocked Yorick. Even as he took a glance around the tree to determine who had struck the boar, his mind was frantically trying to assess exactly how this particular wrinkle would affect his fighting strategies.



The voice of the petite woman that had been kind enough to tackle one of the two boars and get their attention brought his thought processes stuttering to a stop, even as a third individual's voice added themselves to this rapidly expanding combat. His quick assessment of the situation followed even as he spat out a response that was abbreviated by necessity to the pair of young women, tossing them a relieved smirk.

"Fine thanks!"

A quick pair of steps brought him from the lee of the tree nearer to the spear wielder. The swordsman hadn't been injured yet, so she could take the aggro for at least a little bit longer. The boar currently charging had to take priority. His rear foot slammed into the ground, and the reassuring grain of the wood slid roughly against his palm as his hand slid around to cup the weapon's blunt end. Able to only spare a few seconds of focus even as a steel-gray shimmer of light suffused his spear, he spat out a hurried, "Other one!" to the young looking girl with the polearm.

Something clicked.

The Branch...

An explosive exhalation of breath left his lungs with a guttural shout, and the loam scattered behind his feet as he pushed off, rippling circles of light tearing their way from the blade before his fore-thrust spear slammed directly below the ear of the hog charging the spear wielder. It staggered sideways in its charge, a minuscule delay, even as the hurtling mass whipped his spear around.

...Sweeps Along the River!

His arm drew the spear back to his body and the staccato crack of oak met the flesh of his opposite hand. A half circling step, its speed increased to dizzying proportions via increased centripetal force, brought the haft of the spear around in a grass-parting low strike that almost passed behind the boar due to the animal's sheer forward momentum. The haft slammed into the barely slowed boar's legs, and he could have sworn a look of confusion passed across its porcine features even as it tripped, dug a furrow into the grasslands with its snout, and disintegrated into particles that spattered against the other spear fighter's feet before their forward motion stopped.

((Sure, feel free to join up, Takita. I'm going to shut this down to new applicants after you, though, for fear that things'll get a bit too scattered to keep track of for my poor little mind.))

[Saki]

And another soul joined the battle. It's strange that she didn't see her earlier or the other way around as she said the two of them could use some help even if they weren't a party and she just arrived just a few seconds after the other girl arrived. At any rate, they were fighting one boar she might as well fight hers, because after that sword art this one didn't had a lot of hit points left. The other boar had two opponents so they were back in the advantage. Sure she couldn't use her sword art, but if she could hit the boar one more time it would probably be dead. She also had more reach than the boar, hopefully she could use this to her advantage.

"Okay, Let's go get them!" She reacted when the girl came to help them. She honestly didn't care much about risk vs reward debate and solo vs group. 'The more the marrier' was enough to sum out Saki's view on the subject. She also liked meeting new people so that was alright as well. She really couldn't think of a reason why this girl couldn't help them, especially after she just jumped in like that to help the older boy as well.

She took her spear in two hands and looked into the eyes of the bear that was in front of her. It was staring back, right in her eyes as well. it's intentions were clear, one last charge. It didn't look like it was going to give up without a fight. Saki liked it like that, she had to admit. Despite disliking killing others and hating to be stuck in this game, something in her liked fighting programs like these.

With a deep sigh she started to move towards the boar with her spear in front of her. She could see the boar charging towards her as well. As the spear hit the boar she could feel the tusk hit her chest a second later. After which the boar turned into particles same as the other one. Meanwhile Saki's own health was lowered as well. Her health bar was yellow and about 65% full. This one hurt her much more than the previous one it seemed.

With that done she greeted the other two who were fighting the other boar, noticing they also had slayed their mark.

"Good day to you. That certainly was fun." She said as she approached the other two. Looking how they would react. She certainly hoped she made friends instead of enemies here. she kept her spear low for two reasons. She didn't want to antagonize the other two players but she also wanted to have a weapon at ready if one of the other boars suddenly decided to attack them. But with them three those four boars shouldn't be too hard. Saki should keep an eye on her Health though. It already had taken a serious drop.

[Takita]

She held me spellbound

in the night

As both beasts got slayed by the little group, Takita swiftly put her beginners rapier back into it's scabbard that was hanging on the woman's waist. Unsure if she should speak up or not, Takita cleared her throat as she scratched her neck before she nodded in agreement with the spear wielding girl.
'' It was indeed fun. Both of you should be more careful. Especially with your health in the yellow. '' Takita said as she was concerned about the two. A sight left her lips as her hand let go of the hilt, belonging to her Rapier. As her glance studied the two warriors in front of her, they seemed very similar in many ways. Which struck her as unusual. Often players with smilar ways of fighting didn't pair up as it could clash. She tilted her head slightly, placing her small, pale hands on her hips before turning to the face the duo.
'' Do the two of you have anything to heal up with? Otherwise the town would be ideal. It's a disadvantage to be alone. '' 

While Takita waited for a reply, the hot sun hit her skin, causing the sweat drops to glimmer as they rolled down her back. She wasn't used to the heat terrorising her poor skin. Unsure if her skin would get sunburned or not, Takita took a few step back to stay under the protection of a closeby three. It's green leaves blocking the heavy sunlight as the sun was at it's higest point. A shallow breeze sweapt by, giving the woman some kind of happiness. The young woman wouldn't mind spending her day in the shadow like a day like this but to her dislike, this world was far too dangerous and she was in need for the EXP the boars could provide her with. A thought entered the woman's mind, she pressed her lips into a thin line before she yet again cleared her throat, but this time to get the attention of the two.

'' I would feel guilty if I left the two of you like this, especially with the boars around.. So it would benefit us all if we grouped up against the boars. That way neither of you have to fight them alone... '' It wasn't much of a question as Takita didn't expect a no. It was dangerous to run around with low health as PK:ers could easily take you out. Just the thought of getting backstabbed made the woman shiver. She found it unpleasnt that even with the knowledge about it being a death-game, people still choose to kill others. No matter in what world, there will always be evil. she thought for herself.

Yorick Saki
xxx.
notes goes here

MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOX 2.0

[Yorick]

Straightening from his battle stance, he idly spun the haft of his weapon around his hand before letting it rest across his shoulders. The sound of the spearwoman's Japanese accent brought a delighted glint to his eyes as it jostled forward the memories of his Gran's Senbei crackers, homemade shrimp tempura, and sushi rolls.

He gave himself a mental shake to rid himself of these irrelevant thoughts. 'Face it, David, you were outclassed by these critters and you owe the both of them your life, now stop standing around like a lump and thank these young ladies!'

A quick glance appraised the two individuals before him. Both the willowy young lady with the spear and the petite fencer were returning his frank appraisal.

"Erm, yeah. Fun."

A half second after that, he was mentally berating himself about being a fool in front of these two very pretty girls. Thankfully, the swordswoman's next comment offered him an escape from his embarrassment. "I thank the two of you for being willing to jump in and assist an unknown. I would very much appreciate the help from you both if you would like to party up."

An easygoing, good humored grin wrestled onto his features as he made an effort to dissolve his habitual scowl and salvage his first impression. He gave them a casual two-fingered salute. 

"A pleasure to meet both of you." he stated, a slight drawl entering his voice now that the urgency of the battle was beyond him, "I'm Yorick."

It was only after his introduction that the first part of the second young lady's comment registered. "I dunno - If we're careful, wouldn't it be better for us to save our starting potions? Do either of you know how easy they would be to replace? Wouldn't put it past that man to have created the game with those not dropping very often."

[Saki]

"ehe? You're not going to join us?" Saki asked the other girl politely. That would really be a letdown. Saki herself always wanted to get to know as many people as possible and she definitely liked to fight side by side with other people. She gave a smile to the guy after he quite sarcastically agreed with her. Saki liked the fact that she was stuck in this game as much as the others, but that didn't mean she wouldn't try to make the best of it. Saki herself wasn't really planning to return to the village yet. She only defeated one boar. She couldn't return after killing only one boar. That and couldn't they just wait for recovery around here for a moment.

The sun was no problem for her, having played a lot inside the hot summer sun when she was a kid. In fact, how she played than and what she is doing now is actually a great comparison that signs not too much has changed... except that failure now means death. Maybe she didn't thought this thoroughly. Oh well, not that it was possible to do anything about it. They were all here so they might as well try to break out.

"So you are going to join us." Saki said happily but politely. It wasn't until Yorick introduced himself that she forgot that she didn't do so as well yet. Let's see, in game name only should suffice for now.

"Pleased to meet you too. I'am Naki Sara. I hope we can work together well." this statement was aimed at both the boy and the other girl. Saki was rather small for her age, so it was very likely the other two were higher than she was. Didn't mean that the game didn't allow her to have a lot of endurance.

"I too think we should save our health potions for when we need them. You can buy them in the Town of the Beginnings... or so I heard from my friends, but they cost some money." Which she didn't had, but she wasn't going to say that out loud. She was glad she had this chance to fight with three people with which nobody belonged to the gaming club, well except Saki herself. That was a first time, surely she would have a tale to tell when everyone was back from their daily grind.

"If we work together we should be able to take out those four boars before returning to town right?" She asked the other girl to be sure. From what she said earlier Saki thought she knew much about them, so if anyone of them would know it would be her. In any case it the other guy was having trouble with them earlier and she was even more hurt when facing one alone. So it couldn't hurt to ask the other girl much.

[Takita]

She held me spellbound

in the night

Takita nodded in agreement as the two spear wielders stated that they should save the health potions they got from the start. It was better in case they ended in the red zone or if it would be needed later in the game. As the young woman listened to the two, Yorick.. Saki she thought as they told her their names. Saki seemed happy over having Takita joining them, too shy to state that it was just out of guilt. The warrior only nodded. Since the two already introducent themselves, Takita decided to do the same, for simplisity.
'' I'm Takita. '' she said shortly with a smile, the young woman wasn't much for introductions as she often kept in the background of everything. But this didn't seem like the case in her current situation. When Sakit asked her if they should be able to take down yet another four pair of boars since she seemed very bitter over going back to the saftey of the town of beginnings with only one boar kill. After giving it some thought, Takita sighted in defeat. She wouldn't be able to change the girls mind so she decided to go with the idea that seemed dangerous. If they planned on surviving, the two spear wielders shouldn't charge into battle without a solid plan, or at least some knowledge over the boars attack pattern.

'' They don't have much defence, except the tusks of theirs. But they hit hard. So I would avoid fighting them head on with lower health. '' Takita explained as she looked at them both. Are they really going to be okay..? she thought as her lips turned into a thin lip. The unpleasnt thought about them dying made the young woman shiver where she was standing. As she looked around, Her eyes caught a boar being rather lonely as it wasn't by a pack. Hesiting as she pointed at it with her index finger.

'' We should pick them out one by one. It's better then fighting one each at the same time, we wouldn't be able to cover each other if we did that. '' Takita held the hilt to her sword as she waited for their opinions and thoughts as she wasn't the most combat knowing person in the game but her knowledge about the monsters around them was much bigger. 

Saki Yorick
xxx.
muse.
some notes can go here.

MADE BY VEL OF GS + ADOX 2.0

[Yorick]

His assessment and their words certainly confirmed his first impressions of them - both Naki Sara and Takita looked to be good people.

Yorick nodded slowly. 'The first thing,' he decided, 'was to make sure that everyone got their fair share of any experience we make.'

A slightly awkward pass at navigating his menu later, a party request was sent to both young ladies. "I hope that I am in no way presuming, but I think it would be best if we do combine our efforts."

As he took a short time to await their responses, he dabbed the sweat that had gathered due to the combination of the savannah heat and outright nerves. Becoming lost in the thought of the situation they may find themselves in tackling the boars, he crouched down and started sketching out a quick diagram with the aid of a branch snapped off the tree. 

"If you're willing, we can probably tackle these guys one or two at a time without too much difficulty."

Pointing at the three vertices of an isosceles triangle, with an X beyond the short base, he indicated the two points nearer the X'es that represented the group of boars. "We can have the two of us spear wielders here, and Takita, you'll be the one who draws aggravation with a thrown rock or other item. That'll allow us a pair of attacks on it from braced spears or a similar strike that will likely kill it, or all but kill it off. We will almost certainly stop it long enough for you to strike a final blow if it doesn't die from being stuck twice by braced spears."

A quick gesture indicated himself and Naki Sara. "Judging from our gear, Naki Sara is just as defensively specialized as myself at this stage of the game, which brings up the question - Takita, do you have a Sword Art that can one-shot these boars should we get a bit over our heads?"

Tapping the other X'es that represented the other boars, he raised an eyebrow and continued, "If we do make more than one angry, your first priority would be using that Art to cut down on the numbers we're facing."

Coming back to the reality of the situation, Yorick had the off thought that he was somewhat presumptuously assuming their assent, but his concentration on the problem had overrode him. A sheepish and somewhat embarrassed glint touched his eyes, as he glanced up at them. He tentatively asked, "That should work, right?"

[Saki]

Takita... she choose a nice name. Saki was certain that it wasn't her real name, just like Sara was not her own real name. But frankly she didn't care what her real name was, it wasn't any of her business. Same for Yorick, she didn't care what his real name was either. Especially since Saki had zero experience with foreign names like that. Sara was just a combination of 'Sa'ki and Nakamu'ra'. Not to be confused with the western name Sara or Sarah.

"Alright, Let's team up." Saki said as she accepted the party request from Yorick. No reason to be hard about it. In a party it would be a lot easier to keep track of each others health. So one could retreat far easier if their health dropped dangerously low. Still that didn't mean they did not have to be careful. A unlucky critical hit could still be the end of them. Saki hoped it wouldn't be her or anyone else that got their health in red, but as they were going to fight some more it might be unavoidable.

"So don't fight them head on? Got it." Easier said than done though. Currently her only strategy was charge in, and hope her sword art harms the beast enough that it isn't to hard to kill it in the next attack. But there were for creatures here and if she tried that the other three would probably kill her. Luckily she wasn't alone now. A team would make this a lot easier.

"That makes sense. One on Three should go very well if we can keep it up." Saki stated optimistically. As only one of them could be hurt by the boars attacks at the same time. The sketch made in sand was helpful. It sounded like a great idea.

"As a matter of fact I am build rather defensively. We could try that plan once, and if it fails rethink it." She did wonder what gave her away. It wasn't like she was wearing heavy armor or a shield that would compliment that kind of build. Sure she was wielding a spear, but not all spear users were tanks... probably. At any rate, the cooldown on her art was almost over so maybe she could assist with that if things didn't go as planned. Always nice to have a backup plan.

"I don't see anything wrong with it? How about you, Takita?" She asked the other players opinion. it was at least a better plan than what Saki herself would come up with so she was able to give it a go.

[Takita]

414 Outfit SHIN OF ADOX

The transparent UI bubble showed up in front of the young woman's hazel eyes, As her index finger gently pressed the blue button, her comrades health-bars showed up in the corner of her eyes. To ease her worry, the two spear welders seemed to be able to survive, without the bad luck of a critical hit from the hostile beast. Yorick, the lone male in the group, crouched down and started to sketch out their plan with the branch in his hands. Takita tilted her head as she watched the young man draw an X that supposed to indicate the boar's around the small group of players. He then started to explain his plan with an aura of leadership surrounding the man. His plan started to make sense to Takita as she was the lone sword user in the group. The young woman nodded as he kept explaining before he asked if she had a sword art with the ability to one-shot a boar or two. Takita hesitated before a sigh left her pink lips, If they were going to survive this. She had to be honest with the two spear welders before her. '' I've never used my sword-art but It's a 3 hit attack combo, healing me with half the damage caused.. '' the woman explained as her hand rested on the hilt of her Rapier. While Takita was collecting her thoughts about the plan, Saki, the younger girl with twin tails sounded rather positive about the plan itself. It was true that they could rethink it if it did failed but if failure indicated death of her newly found comrades.. Takita didn't want to think about it as a cold shiver crawled up her spine, causing the young woman to bite her tongue. A tingling pain spread in the woman's mouth before she turned to Saki that have asked her what she thought about the plan. ''Could work without any problems. But I only have one request. Please don't do anything reckless, If the situation gets dangerous. Retreat. '' Her brow furrowed eyes darting about concern as she watched their health-bars. Not now, Not today, Never. She never wanted the death of her comrades on her hands. Just the simple thought felt heavy upon the young woman's heart. She shook her head, forcing her attention on to the boars. A swipe sound came from Takita as she unsheathed her blade from its scabbard. Indicating that she was indeed ready for the battle before them. Yorick Saki

[Yorick]

Yorick grinned wryly, pleased that they had some sort of plan for the next few engagements. He leveraged himself to his feet with a short huff of breath, and subconsciously snagged his spear as he straightened. Catching the slight look of confusion on NakiSara's face when she responded to his assumption about her specialty, he found himself somewhat at a loss.

'How do I explain that..? It'd be rude to point out that in a situation like this, most people I'd know would choose polearms to keep themselves safer or farther away from the enemy, or that polearm wielders are incredibly vulnerable should an enemy get inside their radius of attack, making attack characters a bit more risky. Or, for that matter, that I'd seen her Sword Art, much like mine, wasn't enough to fully kill off one of these boars. '

"Ah, well, most the gamers that I've worked with tend to use two handed weapons if they work in groups, either as attack or defense," he murmured, eyes sliding away from the pair of young women, irritated at the way his explanation sounded so... weak.

His self recrimination was forgotten just a few seconds later, as he focused with an almost frightening intensity at Takita's gruff concern for their health. It only took a quick second to realize the depth of the worry that she held for two people that she had just met. It was sobering.

Treating her request with all the seriousness that he could, he looked directly into her eyes as he replied with solemnity. "You have my word." 

Taking a firm grip on his spear, he took a few steps towards the wild boars, preparing to receive a charge almost by rote. "Whenever you're ready Takita, feel free to trigger the next boar's charge.

'I hope that life doesn't go and make me a liar. They're risking their lives for me, and I'll be damned if they lose them over any of my idiocy.'