The girl finally got off of Alakai. So with his face still quite red, he quickly got to his feet again. "I'm June. We call ourselves the three J's as a party~" June added when the other two introduced themselves. The male warrior decided to complain about being helped though, so Alakai had to jump in, especially when Kali accused him of kill stealing. Something that was frowned upon in games where it was possible. "Hey, I may like any exp I can get, but I wouldn't kill steal." Alakai started to pat his pants down as much as possible, as there was a lot of sand sticking to it now. "Joan, you three were clearly in need of help. No shame in admitting that. I doubt you would have rather died, as I'm sure everyone suspects it can't be a pleasant thing even if you revive. But if it makes you feel any better I'll be sure to just help the others and leave you to your...tactical retreat was it?" The man grinned a little, and so did the others. Though the conversation quickly moved on.

"Anyway, why were you guys fighting on the beach? There's a cave not far from here that gives far better exp..." Alakai asked, curious about how these three had gotten into trouble in the first place. "Well..." Josie started, sounding slightly sad. "We were training for the first dungeon, while also looking for more people to join our party once we're a few levels higher. We figured the beach, where the dungeon is, would be a good place to find people. But so far, no one seems interested in an independent party. The big guilds are only grouping up within their own ranks, and others aren't even close to reaching the dungeon's level yet."

June quickly chimed in, impatient at Josie not having asked the two yet. "How about you two? We'd have a full party if you two joined! What's your levels?" Alakai frowned a little, hesitant to answer that last part. "Well, we were preparing for the dungeon as well actually. But I...kinda don't want to advertise our level too much. In this world where a lot depends on your level, it can be bad to have that information spread too much... I can at least say we're high enough for the dungeon already though." The dungeon's level requirements were between 25 and 29. So they were actually already near the upper end of the dungeon. Alakai wanted to rather be safe than sorry after all. But until he knew for sure that these three could be trusted with that information he'd rather not tell them.

(If you want you can have Josie (She feels like the party leader to me. :P) invite them to lunch around a campfire on the beach as a thank you. Or I'll do it in my next post.)