"I... Um. I don't have any other clothing, just these and the quality shoes. I figured there had to be some benefit to using nicer items, so I... may have used all of my Renn. If you'd be willing to make me some armor of some kind, I'd be very grateful, but I don't have any cloth or sewing tools. I don't really have any practical skills to pay you back with, either. I put my points towards health, combat, and… And dancing." 

Kajin nodded his assent. He’d figured she fell  into the “noob trap” of pretty clothes and although her skill choice was a tad odd, he was fairly confident they’d find a need or use for it. Perhaps she could use it to define her fighting style. That was an interesting possibility. But we’d have to discover that later. Priority was equipping Aster then finding a few quests to take on. 

"[color=fff200]But the armor issue... Well, just avoid drawing too much attention. I got a spell that draws aggro, so you just have to make sure to deal some damage, and stop for a bit when the enemy starts to get angry at you. Besides, you're a tough gal - You got 1000 HP! I doubt many monsters could 1-shot you on this floor, and I'll be able to draw aggro while you get healed up by Kajin. Hell, if you're worried, take him up on his offer to make you armor - he probably has a crafting skill in something." [/color]

His eye twitched. Yes she had high HP but the point was to mitigate incoming damage as much as possible to reduce the amount of healing required. Healing magic wasn’t cheap. At 200 MP, he could cast healing beam six times before his mana hit zero. And that’s if he didn’t cast anything else. Mana payback couldn’t be relied on to generate mana consistently so healing spells had to be spaced out appropriately. Kajin turned to Dirk, intent on reminding him that death was very much a possibility and high HP shouldn’t be the only resource we depended on to get through encounters, when Aster spoke up. 

"I think that I agree with Dirk. The best thing to do for now would probably be to get some experience and, with help from you two, figure out how this game works. You're right, I do have quite a bit of health. If you're willing to try it, I'd like to attempt a basic quest, and maybe see about getting ahead of the other players."

Kajin’s jaw dropped. What? Not one but both of his party members decided to hold off on armor for her, a basic necessity of any game even when the imminent threat of perma death didn’t hang over their heads as a very real consequence. He took a deep breath and relaxed a little. It’d be okay. He’d just have to make sure he kept an eye on his mana and communicated when they needed to turn back to restore it at town. 

“[color=f7976a]Okay. That’s not a bad idea either. I still think it’d be best to equip you with even cloth armor but if we are confident we will be okay without it, we can hunt down a quest.[/color]” Kajin sounded anything but confident, “[color=f7976a]However, if I run out of mana we need to back out. Healing spells at this level are expensive and I can only cast six before I’m out of mana, seven if my passive triggers on four of the six casts. Dirk is right, I doubt anything outside of dungeons will be excessively challenging but we should keep a high safety margin until we get a better understanding of the game. And since I can’t afford a first aid kit yet, we don’t have any secondary resources in the event things get hairy.[/color]” Saying he was nervous was an understatement. If he couldn’t get a heal out at the right time or they made a poor judgment call and tried something too high, they ran the very real risk of dying and he didn’t know if he could handle being responsible for that. But they had to start sometime and no better time than the present. Right?

“[color=f7976a]So this is what I recommend we do then. Let’s hunt down a few quests. The first thing Aster spends her Renn on is armor then we keep questing until level 3. After that, depending on how we feel, we could try poking our noses in one of the dungeons on this floor. If the first pull is too much, we run like hell.[/color]” Kajin looked at his two party members and then a light bulb went off. He opened his menu and sent the pair friend requests. “[color=f7976a]If we get separated or have to leave party, we can always find each other through this. Just in case you know? Not sure what we’re going to run into after all! And once we do this, I think our brave and daring tank can lead the way to our first quest, yeah?[/color]” 

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