Haku hovered peacefully in the air off to the side of the battle. He was thinking very carefully about the best way to utilize his buff in this situation. He had to release his buff whenever he wanted to attack, but that was risky if you knew your target wouldn't die from the attack. Looking at his daggers, they definitely wouldn't kill the Boss. Kyle's spear on the other hand... That was a much better alternative.<br/><br/>Haku floated down and walked up to Kyle. He released his buff and shimmered into sight beside him. "Kyle, does your spear hold the same effect on the same monster multiple times? Can you reuse it?" he asked quickly.<br/><br/>------------------------<br/><br/>It was odd. As Yami walked through the market area of town, Roku following close behind him, he got an odd feeling. He knew the two of them were comrades now, but honestly, Roku gave off an impression more of a lost puppy that followed you around. The lack of speech didn't do much to dismiss this sensation.<br/><br/>Yami stopped at a stand and got some apples for the both of them. The taste sensors for the game weren't perfect, and the taste of apples had been programmed the most successfully. Besides that, they gave higher energy boosts and were cheaper. This being the case, it was the virtual food of choice for most of the users.<br/><br/>The mage lead them both over to a bench where they could take a nice little break to just relax and eat apples.<br/><br/>-------------------------<br/><br/>Emilia groaned. "Why on earth did you pick the wild boar mission?" she complained. "I already said "my feet hurt" like a billion times already!" Seriously, there were dozens of missions he could have taken that were relatively close by, but instead he chose a task that sent them all the way to the mountains on the other side of the forest.<br/><br/>"If you don't want to come you can just go back," Galen said, trying very hard to keep his voice in check.<br/><br/>"But I can't!" Emilia whined. "I don't have these woods programed into my map. I'd get completely lost!"<br/><br/>"Well I have a mission to complete," Galen said, holding up the paper he'd taken off the task chart. "This boar is destroying all the crops of a nearby mountain village. Those people have a hard enough time making a living as it is."<br/><br/>"You do realize most of the "people" in that village are just NPCs, right?" Emilia asked, truly wondering if he realized.<br/><br/>"NPC or not, in this game they're people," Galen stated firmly. Emilia sighed, but still insisted on following him.