Slumped against the great tree with his lolled to the side, the blonde seemed to be at peace as his chest rose almost imperceptibly. 

At peace his ass though, as Nein jolted upwards with a startled expression. Wide eyes glanced around as he looked left and then right. His attention quickly settled on his right shoulder, or rather the distinct lack of his bonded companion where it was supposed to be. It didn’t make the situation any easier to deal with, only more understandable. 

Nein had already noticed various things that pointed to the conclusion he had drawn such as his senses weren’t as sharp and he couldn’t sense the presence of creatures that must have inhabited the area. “Status!” The menu quickly appeared at his vocalization and he was able to confirm that, yes, he had infact been reset to level one somehow. For a moment disbelief warred with sheer anger at all that time down the drain, but he quickly calmed down and did the next rational thing.

Attempt to open a ticket with one of the GMs to solve what had to be a bug.

Sure he had stayed logged in right up to the scheduled maintenance time, but that in no way justified a hard reset of his character. He had worked hard damn it! Four damn advancements to get the Tamer class. Countless days spent running around one damn region to find his companion, and then a chain quest to actually obtain the partnership. Enough of that for now though, where was that ticket option…

“Options.” While the menu did appear, it was rather startling to see that practically every button was greyed out and inaccessible. Tapping them did nothing but cause a shrill beep to ring out, and after several moments Nein simply stopped and stared. Moments passed and as nothing changed Nein couldn’t help but chuckle before his expression did a 180° turn and he looked upwards. “You just had to fucking name it Sword Fart Online didn’t you?!? Well it’s real fuc-”

Shortly into his rant Nein stopped abruptly for various reasons. The ominous crack for one, the fact he actually noticed and recognized the two above him for another, and the fact that Ja had begun to fall for the last.

Bolting up on his feet, he just managed to catch the raven-haired brother of Schwertleite. The impact jarred his arms far more than he liked and Nein grimaced as he felt it run through his entire body. Still, he put on a smile as he looked down at Jaeger and said, “You can say, ‘My hero,’ now yo-” Stopping abruptly as he focused on the white splotch on his teammate’s head, Nein frowned as he asked, “Is that bird shit on you?”