[center][h2]Kajin Najin[/h2][/center] His smile faltered as he stared at the sudden party request. The abruptness of it all threw him off balance, stalling him. Kajin cast a critical eye over the man. About five inches taller than himself, broad shouldered, in decent shape, and a confident stance to top it off – Kajin grinned. Dirk looked like he could take a beating and that’s just what he needed. He happily slammed the Accept button. The quicker he latched onto a tank, the better, and the universe dropped one right in his lap. ‘[i]Step one is coming together splendidly.[/i]’ he thought to himself. With a healer and a tank, filling the rest of the party roster was a cake walk. “[color=f7976a]Thanks for the party invite. What’s the point of having me around if I don’t keep you alive? So I’ll do my best as well![/color]” Kajin chuckled and turned his attention back to the woman. “[color=f7976a]Absolutely call me Kajin! I just expect everyone to call me that anyways, no need to use my last name if you don’t need to.[/color]” Aster’s next comment gave him reason to pause however. "I-I'll be honest with you both. As much as I'd love to be in a party with you, I'm not actually very experienced with games like this. I plan to improve, so that I can survive, but as it stands now, I've never even fought a monster or player before." Kajin took a moment to consider the implications of that. Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem but this was life and death at this point. Did he want an inexperienced player in a sticky situation? On one hand, it was incredibly reckless. Respawning didn’t happen. There were no second chances, no retries. Once you were done, it was over and an inexperienced player easily added to the difficulty of it all. On the other hand though, they were level one and grinding was a given. With a good tank and a ready healer, teaching her as they leveled the early levels would still leave them with a decent safety margin. They just had to choose their hunting grounds well and know their limits. Plus, who else would teach her the ropes if they didn’t? As long as she was willing to try, and it seemed she was, it was entirely possible. He nodded once before a sudden realization hit him. She was new. Oh no. He looked Aster over and noted the standard quality clothes she equipped. Not the cheap ones. Not armor. No, the regular clothes. He knew the saying “Glamour is true end game!” and even agreed with it but they were far from end game. They were as starting game as you could get and armor could make the difference between waking up and never seeing the light of day again. He glanced over at Dirk as well. Leather armor, perfect. He wouldn’t have to worry about him too much then. “[color=f7976a]So Aster, the game can be taught. We all have to level anyway so we’ll do some grinding to get you in shape! However, there is a minor issue that occurred to me. Really it’s trivial but its best to cover all our bases.[/color]” Kajin opened the party list and selected “Examine Equipment” on Dirk and started pointing out stats. “[color=f7976a]Now see this here? We call this armor. When you take damage, it reduces the amount taken depending on several variables. Useful in a death game, I’m sure you could imagine. I can’t help but notice you aren’t wearing any but you are wearing nicer clothes than most. You wouldn’t happen to have some floating around in your inventory no? Maybe some Renn to purchase some? Because if not, I’ll need to make some for you because I’m not taking anyone out that doesn’t have some form of protection.[/color]” “[color=f7976a]Oh Dirk, have you played around with the actions command yet? I’m not sure if they trigger the same as spells since I don’t have any actions yet.[/color]” Kajin looked a bit sheepish, “[color=f7976a]Probably should have taken staff block but Mana Payback was too nice to pass up![/color]” [right][sub]Interacting with: [@Tybalt Capulet][@Duoya][/sub][/right]