<div class="floatright">(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/744/21289895508_9dc4ffab99.jpg)</div>Hoshino frowned at the question, taking her hand away from the volatile girl's wrist.  "Undoubtedly," she said cooly.  "I suspect you would also see your own - and don't forget the feel of the steel inside you, or the cold of your body going into shock.  hopefully it won't be quite so bad with the monsters, since those are the real enemy now."  She glanced up at the floating castle, the main quest and what sounded like the only escape route.  "Getting to the top of the tower won't be easy.  It's not going to be quick either - because unless I miss my guess, the boss monsters are going to be just ass tough as they were before this happened.  I don't see a madman letting us go so easily..."<br/><br/>Despite the money her family held, and the influence they had, she doubted someone who was intelligent enough to set all this up unnoticed - and unsuspected! - would have been so foolish as to make it easy to contact or catch him.  "Artemis..." she called softly, uncertainty slipping into her voice.  "I think we're going to have to make a base of operations.  The beta test was one thing, but this isn't a game we can power through in two or three days.  Some of the enemy monsters are incredibly powerful even on low levels of the tower....and at the top, we're going to have to have equipment, Techniques, and a team that can't be beaten."<br/><br/>The thought of physical sensation suddenly brought another thing to mind.  If they were going to be here that long...perhaps....perhaps this would be the ultimate chance to live out a dream she could never have in real life.  The thoughtful expression that crossed her face couldn't be missed - thought her speculation sure wasn't about anything to do with playing the game they'd been forced into!<br/><br/>