<strong>"Of course I'm going to be able to protect myself!" Lie. "It's 'SWORD' art online, after all. Swords are great!"</strong><br/><br/>Venice followed the others along, quite happy to let them gather any additional gear they wanted. As far as Venice was concerned the goal was to not need the gear, and sneak past as many encounters as possible using the cover of night. When Artemis pulled a spear from the wall to show to Venice however, the girl blanched and shook her head 'no' vehemently.<br/><br/><strong>"There's nothing wrong with the starter weapon, as long as you use sword skills to make up for it's slightly lower stats. Besides, that thing is long as heck. I'd end up smacking one of you upside the head, or stabbing you in the kidney, or something. I'm fine as-is."</strong>