[h2][center]Deneb[/center][/h2]
With the healer's response in mind, Deneb took a moment to quietly evaluate their options. Neither of them had footwear nor equipment that was suitable for traversing the hilly terrain that they were planning to explore, and as far as she knew there were no readily-available buffs for dealing with things as petty as walking. While the lack thereof was been useful in the game proper, a lack of any real way to mitigate fatigue might make things comparatively... Difficult.

"Viri, then. I would recommend you at least change out of those shoes, if possible," the ninja stated, a mildly annoyed look on her face as she glanced at her own feet. "I optimized my inventory a few days ago, so I don't particularly..."

When she caught sight of the fool swinging away at a few of the boars a little whiles away, though, Deneb quietly put that matter at the back of her mind. As far as things went, the two of them as they were now—a cleric and a ninja—were far too squishy to be checking anything out without a tank of some variety. Given how nobody else seemed to have followed them out, though...

"...Hello," she finally managed to say after the player in front of them (at least, she was fairly [i]certain[/i] it was one given the hat) finally managed to stop acting like a buffoon. While his proficiency with his weapon left something to be desired, it wasn't like she could talk much either; with no combat experience to speak of, it would be a wonder if she could fight at all.

[i]"Well, a tank couldn't hurt,"[/i] Deneb thought to herself, shrugging as she sent out a halfhearted party request to the paladin in front of them. She had taken the opportunity during the awkward silence that followed the pose to scan over his class and level, and ignoring the name that only made partial sense due to her marginal exposure to Western media, the player in front of her could probably act as a meatshield for Viri if necessary.

"If you want to join us, we'll be heading east. Haven't a clue what we'll find or how much trouble it'll take us to finish scouting the area, but our goal right now is to secure the town and get things sorted out. You're free to decline and head into town, though; there are a few people trying to get some player-run infrastructure set up, so if you don't feel like playing bodyguard you're free to check in with them and help out."

With that in mind, though, testing her capabilities on the boars present instead of attempting to fight blindly against what could possibly be far more dangerous opponents further away from town didn't seem like all to bad a prospect.

[i]"Maybe we can detour for a few minutes to test the waters..."[/i]

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