"Hmph," was his reaction. The young Edge Punisher didn't look upset, but rather amused; his lips curved up slightly into his right cheek, suspiciously looking like a smirk. His eyes, however, spoke the same firmness it did when Kimono bumped into him.

The way she presented her case made Kusardo think for a moment... So, she's not a new player, then. Perhaps it would be best to pair up with her and Kiku after all.
Kusardo's tough expression softened up a bit, though, when he spoke, "Alright, fine. I guess it can't hurt to be in a team."

"Here's my member address," he said, giving her his info. "So where did you have in mind to go?"

Twin Lightning nods to the general group, "You really don't benefit going solo, especially at the lower levels."

"By the way, Kiku, you said you were interested in joining the guild I just made right? Well, here you go." Twin Lightning says, handing Kiku a key with the shape of a crest as its head. This crest appears to be a black-winged bluish heart, with the shaft of the key going down from it. "This key will let you into our @home, which is located in the Xi server. I'll show you later where it is."

"Oh, thank you!" Kiku responds.

"Well, I suppose I'm going to go check on a couple of things," Twin Lightning says, winking, before wandering off.

"Alright, see you later!" Kiku says smiling. She then turns back to the other two, "Wow, I think this is the most eventful day I've had since I made this character... well, except for meeting Saku for the first time; that was fun..."

Kimono handed Kursado her member address, and waited for Kiku to do the same. She then directed everyone back to Mac Anu to the Chaos Gate. After everyone had properly saved, She tried to access a level 3 area through the random keyword function.

The party was formed, introductions made, and now it was time to clear out an area. Deciding on an area level in between Kusardo and Kiku's level resulted in warping to this place. The trio stand at a platform that looks into a stone cave. There is no going back, to where a field would be; a waterfall bars the path that way. The only way to go is forward, into the cave.

"This area's mission is just to collect the treasure chest at the lowest level." Kiku supplies, "So, we really don't have to do anything extra... we just have to be careful of possible traps though."

(Interesting note: I am using the exact same area that I looked up in .Hack//GU for this )

Kusardo nodded to Kimono. "Got it. Let's get going, then," he said matter-of-factly. If he seemed anxious to get started, the newbie Edge Punisher expressed that sentiment almost like a chore he wished to be over with: little vocal enthusiasm, but firm and simple determination.

He brandished his Edge once to get a feel for it (and by that I mean pressed the "X" button ) as he made his way to the cave's mouth. Once there, he stood waiting for his female party members, Kiku and Kimono, recommitting their names to memory.

Kimono watched a the world before her went up in a shimmering light, and when her vision cleared, the Area before her loomed as Kiku explained the object for this particular mission objective.

"Sounds simple enough." Kimono said with a chagrin smirk. "Let's go!"

Kiku nods, and hastens to keep up with the two eager warriors, her staff held out at the ready. In the first room, the group encounters their first batch of enemies... a trio of bizarre goblins. These goblins seem smaller and weaker than the ones Kimono has already killed, however, they are dressed in red and orange robe-like garments, wear a skull-like helm and carry staffs. They haven't yet noticed the group, but are likely to any moment now...

((Yes, I know these particular monsters aren't from GU, but this isn't GU, even if I took the area off of it ^_^))

[Now Playing: Final Fantasy VII - Fighting]

Finally, the moment of the first battle had arrived. Kusardo was anxious to begin battling, although he looked as sober as a seasoned soldier facing battle with a strong countenance. "All right," he said, addressing his party members, "let's go!"

With that, he charges one of the goblins and unleashes a combo on them with his Horizon's Edge.

[Begins mashing X button for full combo]

Having not yet been spotted, Kimono tap the X button to fly in and start the combat wita surprise attack, trying to knock the goblin into a group and or each other, where she can charge her scythe for a vicious arc that cover a wider area, oping to hit them all at once.

Even as Kusardo rushes forward to begin his attack, Kimono rushes past with the Surprise Attack. One goblin is hurled into another, the third remaining unscathed. (20 damage to the one that was hit, 1s for the impacts) However, even as Kimono whacks the third with a horizontal strike (21 damage), the second one gets to its feet and sends a magical circle aimed at Kimono. Reaching her, a number of small fireballs rain down upon her, charring the character. (23 damage per fireball which is four, so 92 damage total)

Kiku quickly responds with a quick Repth spell, restoring Kimono's hp to full. Kusardo by this time has reached the two farther out goblins and begins hitting them with his large blade (25 damage for the first blow, then full charged hit with a semi-explosion impact for 48 damage). The second goblin runs away from the two attackers, while the first and third try to hit them physically with their staffs, but might as well not have (5 damage to each Kusardo and Kimono).

OOC: How many attacks are you capable of in one turn? btw, I just intended that to be a combo, not a full-charge attack. Works eitherway I suppose.

Mage types, reflected Kusardo. It seemed that they can only cast magic if they have enough room, otherwise they wouldn't be trying to hit them with their staves. Either that, or they were simply taken aback at his charge, in which case he would follow through and finish the match.

Kusardo brought his enormous blade back behind him with his both hands clutching the hilt. He charged his attack for about three seconds before unleashing an explosive horizontal swath across the two remaining goblin casters.

from the fireballs thank to Kiku' prompt Repth spell, Kimono toe her a "Thanks!" before regaining her composure and cutting a swath across the enemie with a mashing of the x button.

Kusardo brings his blade in front to charge, however, the goblin in front of him and the one further away take the opportunity to unleash more magic. The both strike the Edge Punisher with Vak Don, fireballs raining down from the sky above the Edge Punisher as Kiku quickly hurls a potion on him and casts Repth again. (The two Vak Dons did in total 336 damage, Kiku used a Healing Drink and cast Repth on Kusardo, restoring 200)

Using one full combo of her scythe, swinging from side, to side, to side, before unleashing a charged hit, Kimono manages to slay the goblin in front of her.

The goblin just before Kusardo begins backing away as the further one begins casting at Kimono (the ring is flying along the ground toward her).

OOC: I'm going in a sort of action/reaction type way of posting. What I mean by this is, you post your intended actions for a turn, then you see how the opponents react, and if their reactions pose a threat to you, then you can post your own reaction for the following round. As for how long a turn is... I'm kind of going based on how long a person's combo is, or a standard Skill Trigger length, and yes, the charged hit is your sword's combo, hence the Hold and Release aspect of it. Later on, after you're a higher level, then you start going into more detailed aspects of battle, where rather than bashing X all the time, you get to do intricate movements and other un-programmed combos (in this instance, you'd start using the keyboard with each letter as a different stance or movement or slice, which is past your current levels as players)

Current Morale Gauge: 8%

OOC: Cool, sounds fun.

Damn it! I underestimated their fire power... so these are typical for Level 3 players, huh?
Kusardo brings his cleaver to the ready. Past its massive edge he eyes the farthest goblin as his target, intending to confound its spell-casting attempts. He makes a running charge towards it with his Horizon's Edge in tow, then jumping into the air after passing the first goblin, lifting his weapon overhead in apparent defiance of gravity. The next moment sees it crashing explosively to the ground where the goblin stood, ensuring that Kusardo's enemy would stand no longer.

With Kursado heading to the farthest goblin, it was only a matter of time of evading the spell circle long enough for her partner to interfere with the casting. Running in circles away from the caster, but lining her up with the nearer goblin as Kursado attacks the caster as soon as the spell circle is dismissed (Or she' hit anyways,) she attacks the closer goblin so it cannot mount an offensive.