-Makoto Aiko/Aikoto-

As the boy began pondering on myriads of back-up plans just in case all else failed, he broke out of his trance when a sudden voice called out directly to each of the members in the general vicinity. Aikoto heard the boy who said he was a beta-tester introduced himself, finally learning each of their names for the most part. It seems someone wasn't offended by his way of acting which was a relief for the most part right now in this precarious situation. He quickly brought up his menu and began inputting Umichis name in and sent the request off before completing one for Ritaka. Once he finished sending off the requests, he exited out of the menu, returning back to the fraudulent reality that they were beseeched with.

The boy stared upwards lost in this horrible nightmare, afraid of what was to come for the others an himself. Even if he stayed collected, he felt his heart pound ever so harder as it did before. The boy let out a soft breath of air as he wasn't going to falter now. Before he could do anything else, he caught sight of a request popping up in front of him. Aikoto easily discerned it as a familiar party request his friends sent him earlier, but this time it didn't say Kazunova. He saw the name of the beta-tester on his screen, and swiftly accepted his request with a smile, pressing the ok button. Once that was finished, he returned his focus on the group, Ritaka explaining the plan to each of them. His ears perked up as he introduced the best route for them to traverse by. As he did that, he shined him a smile, finding nothing to complain about in his methods.

"That plan I find to be rather sound as we could all learn how to work together, plus having extra help doesn't feel at all like a bad thing. If anything, it's symbiotic in a sense as it allows an even larger spectrum of people to properly survive. I'm all for your plan Ritaka, and I can easily confirm that the others will most likely follow suit.. however, does anyone else have any suggestions or concerns before we traverse this forlorn land? Any extra input, ideas, or are we prepared to go? Apologies for this, but it's just extra precau-"

Before he could completely formulate his sentence, he was suddenly interrupted by a party request, along with an extra message. From what he could see, a guy named Lao'Jax wanted him to join his party, however with that little message at the bottom, it wasn't exactly a challenge to figure that it was sent to everyone in the surrounding area. He had a bad feeling about this since he recalled a few things mentioned by his friends, along with some of the words Ritaka said.

He silently thought to himself, remembering the fact that they spoke of harsh brutes known as "bosses" in rpgs. Although he was confused at its meaning at first, he picked it up completely once they fully elaborated on it. Along with the fact that his ally mentioned needing more people before taking it on and the mention of a dungeon made him feel that this would be a daunting task. He could only presume the worst that awaited them all in this place, but he wouldn't give up so easily. As he pondered on what to do, Aikoto decided to seek everyone's way of thinking before taking on a choice. He felt it was better to reinforce and amplify themselves be for daring the depths of death by tapping on his door.

"Er, anyways, what path should we choose since this guy is inviting us to clear floor one? The prospect sounds nice, but from what I can recover with my thought process that it isn't smart to pursue escaping this floor yet, not until we've essentially become stronger. What do you guys say to this? Should we accept his pleas, or should we go with the original plan?"

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