Aoi blinked a bit in surprise. She was sure that he would have responded in a more aggressive tone but maybe he had the same mind set as she did. Nodding a bit, she pulled up her game menu and requested to have a duel with the guy. The girl then waited patiently for him to accept the invite. As he did so, an animated voice sounded in the air around them. [I]The duel between Aoina and Ragnarok_Red will begin in 10...9...8...[/I] The 'referee' began to count down and Aoi did a quick heal on herself until her HP was at one hundred percent once more; it would not have been smart to start a duel without a full bill of health. [I]5....4....3....[/I] A mage did not necessarily need to be close to her target to defeat them, so Aoi took those last few seconds to move back a few feet away from her opponent. At that same moment, the voice said: [I]The duel between Aoina and Ragnarok_Red will began now.[/I] 

However, Aoi didn't move from her spot. Instead, she pulled her staff out in front of her and muttered a few words beneath her breath. Red flames with orange highlights licked up her legs, up her torso and eventually down her arms to where her hands were clutching her staff comfortably but firmly, causing a ball of fire to grow steadily in front of her; her casting speed was not as fast as she would have liked, but the girl figured that it would improve as she got up in her leveling. Eventually, the small ball of fire grew into one that was nearly the size of a basketball and Aoi could feel the heat radiating from it. Once she felt as though the fireball was at a reasonable size, she shoved it towards the guy, jumping to the size as she did so. She figured that he would attack the spot where the fireball came for...but honestly she just hoped that her assumptions were right.