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I changed my last post so as to give some exposition and move the Blighted Woods group into the action. I'll control monsters and such for all the Special Assignments, but if a group wants to go ahead and "suit up," do their own teleport, and so on that's fine.

"Nice to meet you, Soka, I'm Hayato." With Joe, himself, Hazel, the summoner, and now Soka, they had a full party, provided someone didn't suddenly back out. "We're going to be headed into this Blighted Woods area. It's somewhere in Excaledvol, and they're trying to set up a research station. They'll need someone to clear the area of monsters. We don't have any Clerics or Binders, but I think if we watch each other's backs we'll be alright." Hazel confirmed that she'd be going as long as there was a fight, and Hayato nodded. "The description said they'd probably be low rank monsters, but they know the terrain better than we do and there will likely be several of them. I don't think you'll be disappointed with the fighting." OOC: Assuming Duthguy's alright with it, since everyone else seems set in this group, I'll go ahead and move us on. This will also give everyone else a demonstration of how future special assignments go. --- After everyone had grabbed what equipment they needed, the group met up in the entrance lobby again and then headed down a large central hall, where a few sets of double sliding doors led into identical rooms. Each room was a large cube, white tile on all four walls, the floor, and the ceilings. Immediately after entering, though, to the right there was another holoboard and in the center, a large circular pad big enough for them all to stand on. Hayato went to the board and entered the quest they'd taken, and a magic diagram of incredible complexity suddenly appeared on the pad. Several of its symbols began to rotate along the outer edge, clicking together with bright flashes of color, until the proper coordinates were aligned. While a way to permanently close off the two worlds had not yet been found, a method had been discovered of creating small rifts that would collapse on themselves after a set amount of time. Combining this with teleportation magic (a very delicate art that not many Magic Classes could use by themselves) allowed the Academy to send the students to any location on either world as long as they had the correct coordinates. The pads were locked unless one had taken a Special Assignment or had the proper clearance, however. Attempting a transport without the coordinates could very likely hurl someone into the black vacuum of space, or tear them apart in the limbo between worlds. The thought made Hayato do a double check that he had done everything correctly. When the group had all gotten onto the pad, the magic began to glow and hum, rising in volume slowly as the circle rose off the pad and began to rapidly spin. Then, with a blinding flash and a feeling like when an elevator suddenly starts up and you're not ready for it, they found themselves standing outside a large bunker type building made of slabs of concrete and sheets of metal. There were several adults, in a mix of magi robes and lab coats, running around doing various tasks, and when one noticed the students he ran over fumbling with a clip board. "You're just in time! We've just detected some Exbeasts on the move to the north east, right beyond that treeline there!" He pointed at where he meant. "Sorry to rush you, but we're in the middle of some very interesting data retrieval, and if they interrupt we could lose all our progress!" "Yeesh, right to it, huh?" Hayato said, looking around. True to the man's word, though, there was an ominous rustling along the border of the clearing, and he thought he saw something shadowy moving between the trees...

> Lol, we should be called team berserkers or something. Everyone in our team all offensive focused. Well as Hazel has shown, the best defense is an utterly crushing offense that annihilates everything :D

"A Summoner? Oh cool!" Hayato said with a grin. "I've always thought that was an interesting ability. Reminds me of the Shin Megami Tensei and the Pokemon games." He looked around until he saw John, recognizing him because he had seen Joe speaking to him before, and waved the other boy over. Then he turned back to Hazel. The tsundere was strong with this one. If she were Japanese, she would have probably said something like "it's n-n-not like I w-w-want to go with you or anything, you BAKA!" Hayato sighed and shrugged his shoulders when Joe asked if she would be coming with them. "Yeah. I take back what I said before, Hazel," he began, rubbing the back of his head as was the nervous habit. "I thought at first you didn't really wanna bother, cause of how annoyed you seemed, but I'm gonna have to bother you for your help after all, sorry. Would you help us out?" If Hazel said yes, that would make four people, although they were all direct attackers. If they couldn't get a Cleric or a Binder, then someone who could attack from range like an Adept or a Sniper would be a good choice too. Hayato looked around until he spotted someone who looked like a Magi (Soka) and called out. "'Scuse me, over there! Yes, you! Are you a Magic Class, by any chance? Would you wanna do a job with us?"

By my count I think we've got ten people, so that's enough for two five-person teams. Lol, I don't think a single person wants to go on the classic "Kill Rats in the basement" quest. Anyway, Rian's hunting the chicken lizard and plans to ask Winnifred to go with him and maybe one more person. Hayato plans to go to the woods and will ask Hazel, and Joe if he's not going to do one of the others. Since the cleric's already going somewhere, he would ask Ryouta, if not for already knowing that he and Hazel wouldn't get along. Same with Shin. He'll probably spot Soka at random and ask him then, and maybe John too if none of the other groups have snagged him yet either. Obviously though it depends on where everyone else wants to go. Let's not spend a whole lot of time discussing it cause it seems like we're all sort of indecisive, XD, we keep changing our minds based on who's already in the other groups.

Let's not raise tensions unnecessarily, folks. IC and OOC, keep it distinct. Everyone's characters are likeable, just in different ways that aren't always apparent to the other characters who interact with them without knowing their other qualities. Please try not to argue, and if it's something really worth arguing about, bring it to me instead. As for Groups, since Joe wants to go on the cockatrice hunt, Hayato will probably go ahead and ask Hazel to go with him. Other than that I guess it depends on who's available. Akira, you said you didn't have a group yet, how about teaming up with Hayato?

> Speaking of rank, what is all this rank title business on people's Character sheets?!?! > > Did I completely miss that part of the CS???? > > Although I guess it doesn't matter for me since my char is a new to the school Nah people just started to add it depending on how old and competent they felt their characters were. As long as nobody gets legitimately godmoddy/high and mighty with it (Hazel's in character portrayal is fine) I don't mind as long as it's not like, a first year coming in at S rank kind of thing.

> I'm planning to do that cockatrice hunt. So anyone that seems down for that, represent. > > Edit: Oh, I've also decided to make Joe a counter fighter. Can I make 'Follow the leader' a counter punch? Sure. It'd still be the same effect, right, just thrown after an enemy attacks?

Hayato pushed himself up onto all fours, before giving his head a rapid series of shakes with a "brbrbrbrbrbrbr" sound. When he'd stopped, his injuries seemed to have just disappeared, save for the slight red spot on his jaw. He stood up, rubbing his chin with a wince. "Yeah, I'm good, thanks." he said to Joe and the silver haired boy from yesterday. "But yeah, let's all calm down a bit, huh?" He knew everyone was giving Hazel a hard time, but while she did need to control her temper there was a little bit of fault on the ones who had provoked her, too. "Not just Hazel, _all_ of us." He was a bit more stern this time, although he realized right after he'd spoken that if they wanted to probably everyone here could hand him his rear end on a platter. Still, he kept his expression firm. "Anyway, if we could get back to the Assignments, we're all looking for groups, right?" He looked over at Joe. "Sorry, Joe, I just kinda got swamped with people before you showed up. If you want, we'll still team up. Hazel, I'm really thankful for your offer, but after all this if you think I'm gonna cause you trouble I won't hold ya to it today or anything." He didn't want to put any more pressure on the girl, lest she blow her lid again. "My preference is for heading to the Blighted Woods and helping out that research station. It looks like the Cockatrice quest is really popular, but only five of us could even go for it. I'm a Knight, I'd like to have a Cleric and either a Binder or a Sniper in my group at least. What about everyone else?"

Liferusher, remember that HP and MP points are multiplied by 10, so if you put 8 points into it, you've got 80 HP, and so on. Other than that, you're approved! Welcome!