As the group finally entered New Tristrum, JD decided to ask one of the NPC characters some questions. Unfortunately...<br/><br/>He chose to ask the town drunk.<br/><br/>After getting nowhere fast and becoming increasingly sure that the man had pissed himself at least once, He gave up. "Ugh! I wish I had played this in real life instead of flying blind into it!" He grumbled.<br/><br/>"And I wish 'ur town church wasn' plagued by demonic furses, but ya don' see me prattlin' on 'bout it!" the drunk shot back, finally saying something of note. JD sighed. "Looks like we know where we're headed!" he said, making his way towards the church, closely followed by the three girls he was housing irl. Upon seeing that the church entrance was glowing an eerie red color, he nodded. "Hey guys! I realize this is going to sound noobish, but I found the entrance to the first dungeon!" He yelled. Asuna, Leafa, and Rukia stood there, waiting on the others to begin their mission.<br/>______________________________________________________________<br/><br/>"You know, just this morning I was telling myself, "I wish I would get beaten to death by skeleton demons from a game I've never played before!" JD said as he was forced into a corner by an army of demonic reanimated corpses(or what was left of them).<br/><br/>"Really? I don't remember you saying that..." Rukia said, on the other side of the room, seemingly not being targeted at all. JD cringed as his health dropped dramatically and a cleaver went through his left arm.<br/><br/>"I was being sarcastic, dammit!" he shouted trying to dodge another attack and failing.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~One more hit and I'm done for...~</span>JD thought as he watched Lucy, Leafa, Grievous, Frahlah, Asuna, Jack, Beast Boy and Mew practically thrashing the demons they were facing. Why oh why did Kirito have to be such a skill based character? without the knowledge of how to use his abilities, JD was useless against his opponents. As his health bar dropped to zero, JDizzle frowned as something registered with him.<br/><br/>Not one enemy was attacking Rukia.<br/>______________________________________________________________<br/><br/>"Ugh... when did video games become so violent and dangerous?" JDizzle muttered, opening his eyes only for them to widen in shock. A sword the size of his entire body was being pointed at his neck.<br/><br/>JD was trying so hard not to fanboy at this point. "I-ichigo Kurosaki! I would say I'm glad to see you, but since you are reacting just like Rukia did when she first met me..." He paused, seeing Ichigo's eyes widen slightly. "Oh dear... Have I said too much?" JD smiled as the blade was placed back on the orange haired man's back. "I haven't seen Rukia in a year and three months." Ichigo said, frowning. "Where. Is. She?"<br/><br/>"In the Islands of Arcomovani at the moment. It's a full dive game world from all indications, but we're still figuring out what the heck the intent of the creators is. at any rate, she'll be fine until she logs out. I'll tell you what happened to us while we wait on her..."<br/>______________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Asuna, Leafa, and the others were faring much better than Kirito had, but the demons didn't seem to care about killing Rukia, even when she attacked them and dwindled their numbers substantially.<br/><br/>"Something's not right..." Rukia muttered as the monsters suddenly all ran to get out of the room. A roar was heard in the adjacent room, and the door was ripped off it's hinges to reveal a Huge Balrog<span style="color: #00FF00">//(OOC:LotR monster)//</span>carrying a Flaming Sword. It roared and got straight to the point, slinging the sword towards the tallest thing in the room, which just so happened to be the Seperatist General.