[h2][center]Deneb[/center][/h2]
Seeing as how the apparent tank had found better things to do with his time (whatever that was), the ninja turned to face the healer at her side. Apparently, she had found a pair of boots in that inventory of hers. They were meant for a lower level, but the stats on them weren't something that the ninja was particularly worried about.

"That's... Good, I guess," she said, hesitating on whether or not to praise Viri for finding something like that in the time that it took for that introduction to unfold. "But first, I'm going to test my capabilities in combat. I hope you don't mind a little bit of waiting."

With that, the ninja took a few steps off the beaten path and surveyed the land around her. There were a few boars still sniffing around, and it seemed that they hadn't noticed her. With a deep breath, the ninja drew a kunai from her side and held it in her hand. Despite having never actually thrown a weapon before, something about the motion felt... [i]Natural[/i] to her.

With a leap and a flick of her wrist, the projectile landed directly in the eye of a boar, which proceeded to squeal in a mix of fear and rage before it turned towards Deneb. In an instant, it began to charge at her location, only for it to find a bunch of caltrops stuck in its feet.

"Huh. It seems that imagining the skill can invoke it. Convenient."

As the caltrops on the ground disappeared back into the air, Deneb leaped at the boar (which was still apparently in pain) before grabbing the kunai still lodged in its eye and tearing it out on her way past. Landing on the other side of the boar, Deneb threw the kunai back into her inventory before drawing the dagger at her side. With only a second to react, the boar could do nothing as Deneb flew by under its head, dragging the knife along and cutting its throat wide open as she went. The aftermath after the beast fell to the ground and bled out was a bit gory for her liking, but a kill was a kill.

"I guess that's something to note, then. We're not wholly incompetent at combat and won't have to train from scratch, so that's convenient," she said to Viri, taking note of the interface to loot the corpse before using it to take whatever she could from her kill. With that, the ninja sent a note off to the other group still working inside the town before walking back over to Viri's side and equipping the boots she had presented.

"Those sandals aren't as uncomfortable as I had expected, but it's better to be safe than sorry. We're probably fine spending an hour exploring the region for any changes, at least; we can regroup back at town with return scrolls afterwards. Don't hesitate to call anything strange out, though. We want to secure the town as soon as possible."

[@Anza]