"Masahide..." Doce murmured, still somewhat confused. When the dark haired girl pointed to 18 and called her Rukia, though, it clicked. "Oh! You were that blue-haired guy!" she smiled. "I guess it's nice to finally know your name--I'm terrible with them, though, so try to be patient with me if I forget." He asked her about her vectors and she had to pause. Doce realized that she had<span style="font-style: italic">no ****ing idea</span>how Lucy's powers worked yet. "Ah, no," she said simply. "I don't think it would matter anyway if I was. Considering that time doesn't pass in-game, these likely aren't real physical bodies. It's probably a function similar to that in Accel World: our minds are in hyper-drive, allowing us to exist in this place and process physical sensations. We might even be able to die here, but there shouldn't be any lasting physical damage besides that possibility."<br/><br/>Doce looked at the Koopa mage thing from mario, somewhat annoyed by his outburst. She frowned at him, calling out: "Irrelevant. You're playing the wrong game, turtle."<br/><br/>Then a third person approached. Doce let JD say his part, then nudged her way in shyly to fill in some lose ends. "Ah, about that... Well, I'll give the short, thorough version: Frahlah finally started talking in my head and he had an idea as to where the machine could be. So I, Lord Hellmaster, and Rin teleported over. Rin and Hellmaster Phibrizzo held off the Overseer while I dealt with the machine." She shrugged. "It was easy enough. The machine was like a slot machine. I just utilized Frahlah's unnatural luck to use the thing to summon a character that could reverse its effects. Sorry I didn't tell you--we thought it would be easier if we could sneak by with a small team."<br/><br/>Then another stranger arrived and they all got a little phone call.<span style="font-style: italic">This Battle Arena sounds a little like Yu Yu Hakushou... dangerous. </span>When the message asked if she wanted to repeat it, she selected yes and ignored the others for a moment. The message repeated and she frowned. There was something about the setup that she didn't like; it reminded her of SAO. Hopefully nothing too disastrous would go wrong.<br/><br/>Doce saw the friend request in front of her and hit the accept button. "Thanks, but no thanks," she said, smiling unhappily. "I'm more of a solo player." She would have laughed if she'd seen the second season of SAO. Since she hadn't, she didn't know that JD was Kirito's third avatar, and didn't make the connection.<br/><br/>She knew she would need quiet and privacy to figure out how to work Lucy's powers. Quietly, somewhat awkwardly, she started to walk away from the group. "I guess I'll find a way to message you when I reach level five," she called over her shoulder, offering a slight wave.