<span style="color: #BF00FF"><span style="font-weight: bold">"So what mission do you think we might gain? As some games grant a choice rather than give a random or single mission."</span></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">JD sighed at the Magikoopa's question. "As far as I know, the system was overhauled when the Beta ended, so I don't know how the Missions work."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #40FF00"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Which way is the quest point?"</span></span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">JD pulled up a map within Kirito's inventory. "It should be due east and a bit south. Before we head there, let me call up Doce. She'll probably want to join us." He pulled up his friend list and tapped on Doce's icon, which showed a text box that said "Lvl 3" in semi transparent letters. two buttons came up that were labeled "Manage" and "Call". he tapped the latter.<br/><br/>"Hey Doce! we were headed to the Mission Point to the south of you. Care to join us? we could use the help!" he said in Kirito's now completely male voice.</span><br/>________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">Doce let out a long sigh, having just finished off the last of the Lion-Boars. It was kind of nice: with such a heavy-hitter for an avatar, she could take out these monsters easily, and at her level, they were worth a good deal of experience. She leveled up once more, sticking one point in APM and another in agility. <span style="font-style: italic">After this, I should try to save up some skill points if I can</span> she thought. Better to have some on hand if she needed a power-up later. <br/><br/>Before she could really do anything else, a message popped up in front of her, saying it was a call from JD. She hit accept and immediately his voice came through the speakers. Something sat wrong in Doce's stomach, like she was forgetting something obvious, but she shrugged it off as just random dissatisfaction (which she experienced often enough).<br/><br/>"Yeah, sure," she replied, although she wasn't too excited about diving into new waters so soon. "I'll meet you there." She hung up on him and started strolling toward what the sun told her was south. She started humming the words "mission point" to the tune of Jingle Bell Rock, drowning out the uncertain voices in her head.</span><br/>_________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">JD and the others headed to the Mission Point, Rukia being the first one there due to the speed of her flight. seeing Doce in the distance, Rukia called out.<br/><br/>"Hey! glad you could make it! so are you enjoying yourself?" She asked. The others were still a little too far off to hear the two girls or even see over the hill that was in between them and the mission point.</span><br/>__________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">Doce slowed her walk when she heard a voice call out from above. It was 18/Rukia, flying in ahead of the others. <span style="font-style: italic">Am I enjoying myself</span> Doce pondered briefly. She braced her vectors and shot up into the air, plotting her course so she'd have a wide arc, peaking just above Rukia's altitude. She did a nice, easy summersault near the top, calling back: "Maybe a little," and smiling brightly. Man, she was never going to get sick of those jumps.</span><br/>__________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">At this point, JD and the others caught up to the two females and everyone finally got a good look at their first Mission Point. It resembled a huge gear sticking out of the ground with a button labeled "Mission Start" on it. JD/Kirito walked up and pressed the button. The same voice that had helped them with their characters droned out "How many in your party?"<br/><br/>"Six." JD said.<br/><br/>"Accommodating. mission select?" the voice answered.<br/><br/>Three pictures appeared in front of the group. "Uhhhh... Ummm" JD stammered. he had never been good with choices.<br/><br/>"5...4...3...2" the machine spoke.</span><br/>___________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">Just before the countdown could finish, the picture of 18 was inexplicably selected. "That's that," Doce said, excitement/anxiety making her impatient. If anyone there had seen Elfen Lied, it would be pretty obvious then that she'd pressed the button with one of her vectors. Also, the anime girl from before was gone, with Kirito in her place. Beyond worrying about their coming mission, Doce was silently wondering how JD could change characters, and if it was related to something in SAO she wasn't aware of. It was a distracting notion, so she didn't really care which mission they did--so long as they picked one. JD was too slow, so she took the liberty.</span><br/><br/>__________________________________________________________<br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00">As soon as the Mission was selected, the glass breaking effect repeated itself, and the team was standing in a white room similar to the login screen area. The difference was that they were all in the same room, and there was a "Team equipment ready?" button on one end of the room. A disembodied voice once again spoke to the group, but it sounded like... was that Piccolo?<br/><br/>"Your first Mission, huh? Well! I'm surprised that you chose fighting Raditz! Then again, you seem competent enough. alright, here's how this works. equip anything you wish to have during the fight, then press the button. you'll be tasked with saving the person trapped in Raditz's space pod. this has been randomized, so do not expect the sobbing form of  Gohan to be there. Press the button when you're ready, and you will be transported to a safe distance from the spacepod's crash site. Relatively anyway. You'll be ambushed by Saibamen, then when you clear them out, you should look for Raditz. Piccolo out!"<br/><br/>JDizzle looked through his inventory and found a bulletproof trench coat which he selected and equipped, then swithced to his Alfheim avatar thinking it would be easier to fight Raditz if he could fly. Drawing his sword, he was silently thankfull they actually had Android 18 there to help. "Is everyone ready to kick some Saiyen butt?" he asked. Drawing his sword, he silently wondered if the coat would protect against ki blasts.</span>