For Fuyuko, the remainder of the battle was a blur of attack cycles and hiding under her giant shield, punctuated by bouts of confusion as the boss acted outside of it's normal action patterns. The details of what it was doing were lost on her, busy as Fuyuko was with balancing aggro; her armour and shield afforded her sufficient protection that she could effectively ignore any AOE attacks not specifically aimed at herself. It could make long battles almost boring, especially once one got over the thrill of a VR fight. And so in stark contrast to the hot-blooded DPS players around her, Fuyuko spent the last hair-raising moments fending off attacks with a dull, grey expression, her thoughts drifting to the possibility of fixing some dinner IRL. When the boss finally fell, it was to the sound of a bored sigh and the tapping of holographic buttons as she unequipped her shield and dismissed Aoi. At least the other players had enjoyed themselves she noted, walking over to the rest of her newfound party. [colour=yellow][b]'Actually I agree with him; a bug in a virtual reality game is a damn sight more serious than you might think. Corrupted code could screw anything up. [i]Anything.'[/i][/b][/colour] Her opinion was in the minority though, Fuyuko noted with a wan smile. Most of the others were ambivalent toward the glitch, even pleased; it may have made the battle more exciting for them she reasoned, even if it hadn't improved the tanks' experience. She leant up against a convenient wall as the others debated, drawing a pack of <Low Grade Tobacco> from a pocket; smoking in ALO required one to release their maturity filters, but once unlocked was almost as good as the real thing. She knew she'd be dying for a real fag when she logged out, but for the moment it was a great placebo. After lighting up her rollie and waiting for Shirou to say her piece, Fuyuko spoke up. [colour=yellow][b]'Advanced AI is all well and good, and I wholeheartedly approve of making these fights less of a grind. But a full-blown glitched-out boss on a top of the market VRMMORPG? That's the kinda stuff that kills companies. But feck it; why don't we move on, maybe kill something less bugged up?'[/b][/colour]