Scarecrow grinned, as did his PC. "Well sonny girl, I'm old enough to be you're big brother give or take a few years :D" He looked at the other girl, a flick reaper. She seemed fairly literate, but he wondered whether she had anything to offer, or if she was just here for kicks. He switched back to party mode and typed to Rune. "Yeah I know. It sucks when you just can't figure it out. Although, I'm thinking that he either wants to(like you said) pull something, or he really is a Vagrant AI" Scarecrow knew that, that theory was far fetched, but the way that Cubia was acting would give him grounds for that assumption.

Steel Fang nodded slowly. In real life she was planning inside her head. Once she got the two twin blades out of the picture she could destroy the adept rouge. The resemblance of the hair and the angles of the face, it gnawed at her how much it reminded her of her sister. She woke out of her thoughts when the adept rouge had asked a question. "Not really I've just been playing for around a couple months now. I suppose I'm a little addicted." She had her PC give a sheepish smile." She shrugged her shoulders before asking a question. "Say, would you like to have a practice battle? I've been sort of rusty lately with fighting and I thought we could spar a little."

I'm still not sure about the Vagrant AI thing, why would an AI make a PC, it doesn;t make sense. And plus, do you really think he lied about the thing with his ssister, sounded pretty convincable to me. She tunred her attention to the rest again. "Ap practise battle?" she shot a warningglance toward Scarecrow. She made her PC shrug. "As long as it won't get to serious okay" she noticed she was two levels above ethe girl, but as an Adapt ROgue it didn;t mean much since her abilities were behind the avarage Macabre Dancer. "what class do you ant to battle, Macabre Dancer or Long Arm?" another test, she waited to see what she would say. She never really liked tostay behind and use magic, evven as a Dancer she would still closecombat with her fans. It didn;t matter to her thoguh, she had practised so much fighting with fans, either froms would be quite tough

((i'm curently working on replacing the ugly sketches of rune :d Macabre Dnacer's first))

"Maybe he just has the data of a PC so that he can stay under the radar *shrug* I suppose he might be telling the truth, but I've got my eye on him [/brother voice]" Scarecrow raised an eyebrow at the idea of a practice battle. "Sounds fine so as long as you don't die." The player in real life rolled his mouse over Steel Fang, so Rune had the level advantage, but then Steel could just "sweep" Rune off. It was going to be a battle alright. If RUne battled as a Long Arm, she would have a better advantage, but maybe not as flashy.

"Well, I suppose that I need more practice with Macabre Dancer. I really want to beat my sister who's one. She's like..near Crow's level." Steel Fang took out her weapon and then got into position as she waited for Rune. The question still bothered her. If it was a test she had to kill them all for sure.

Okay you do that, but for now I trust his word She send backl stubbornly. "Okay then" a thing she loved in the World was that you didn;t need ot fake a smile. she smield at the gild and got her weapons. the two red fans somewhat resembled flames and were made for attack rather than offense. She knew most people expected a Macabre Dancer to stay back practising her spells, but not Rune. She ran toward Steel Fang with speed, preparing to slash the PC with the edges of her fans. It was only a first attack, and she was more than ever focussed on defending herself againt this player, jsut inc ase (which was really more like a probably) she was the PK'er. The player in front of the controller was on the edge of her chair, ready for whatever was to come

Scarecrow rolled his eyes in real life, but didn't say or rather type anything in the World. Instead he chose to move closer and watch the fight there.

As the adept rouge got out her fans, Steel Fang sat back in real life, waiting for what was to come. She had experience preying on opponents stronger in terms of level to her. She still killed them either way. When instead the adept rouge had rushed forward, Steel Fang moved up her scythe to block the blow and then push her back. She smirked looking at Rune before turning her scythe and trying to slash her back.

((clickit it's Rune! http://thedutchesse.deviantart.com/a...icken-82974754 ))

rune quickly folded the fans in front of her, protecting the digital body from any hurt. she jumped back firing a Dek Do spell, reducing Stell Fang's speed with 25% after which to quickly use a fire spell. The fan itself strengtheneed the spell a bit. She didn't leave her a moment to rest quickly jumping ofreward again, preparing herself for another range of attacks. Her speed was her highest power and what made her a tough opponent. she went for the side closest to the scyth, which made it hadr for Steel Fang to reach her with it.

Cubia watched the battle with a straight face. He had feared that moment that if the girl would be revealed to be the PK'er his lie would come to light. But fortunsately she had been too fixed upon Rune, though he knew she might be in trouble. He had his weapons ready to jump up and help thgouh, he couldn;t afford to elt the bearer of half the bracelet get in the hands of that AIDA infected PK'er. He didn;t likle Scarecrow that much, he was to doubting and untrusting which made it hard to convince them to get into their party. He had made a PC with a low level and atats, thoguh in fact the sword he was carrying made up for that, and he asn;t really of a low level since he didn't have one at all.

((O: Hecka nice))
Steel Fang paid no heed to the Dek Do spell, but jumped out of the way of the fire spell. It narrowly missed her, but then pushed herself a bit trying to sweep. Unfortunately Rune had gotten closer to her, making her have to use the back of the scythe to push her away. The player in real life had now leaned closer to her computer screen for some reason and was rapidly trying to push back Rune. As she did so she activated a "Green Gale" scroll on the target. It was a wood spell that brought a wind to do damage against a target.

Scarecrow watched the battle wincing at how fast Rune was able to put Steel on the edge. Either Steel wasn't as good of a player as her level or Rune was better than he thought. He looked at Cubia who was pretty focused on the battle. Cubia probably didn't like him much since well, he was the bad cop. He shrugged going back to watching the battle.

((hecka thanks a lot lol))

Rune let the spell damage her in order to take advantage of the small opening it provided. the spell didn't damage her too mcuh because of the higer Magical Defense the class gave her. she attacked full force, already being close to SteelFang she didn't have to reach far. She reaised one fan going for her side, then spinned around aiming the other one at her back.

Cubia looked at the fight, Rune seemed better than he had anticipated. Steel Fang was quite the opponent, but dispite the level difference and the AIDA stuck to Fang rune still seemed to be able to hold her ground, more than, she had been able to drive her back a bit, even if it meant she had to take a blow first. And her technique was far different than most PC, who disliked the risk of close combat. "she's quite the fighter isn't she? I hope she realizes Steel Fang is out for more than just a friendly match" he said subtilly

Steel Fang smirked at the damage done, but then that was wiped off by Rune closing into her. She jumped back, getting hit by the first strike and then spun adjacently, bringing her scythe to put distance between the two. The first hit didn't affect her for having a good enough defense, but the second was close. She switched scythes quickly as she felt the Dek Do wear off and close back the distance, and swiped at Rune. The player in real life thought of her sister, slashing her with those fans, stepping on her metaphorically.

If there were popcorn vendors in the World Scarecrow would probably be munching on a bag right now as he watched the fight. It was rather interesting watching them fight. The unfortunate part was that Steel Fang wasn't putting up enough of a battle. It seemed like she was focused on something else. He turned to Cubia and nodded. "With those moves and that face, I doubt it was ever friendly in the first place."

Rune raised her two fans just in time to block the shot, she crossed them so the pole of the scythe lay in between them. The player sighed in relief, sheknew she couldn't take much of those attacks and every hit could cost her her life; litterally. she concentrated on the screen, on the edge of her rolly chair. She distanced herself, renewing the Dek Do. She fuigured her points were best waisted on del;aying Steel Fang. She once again ran foreward, this time jumping up to attack her from above

Cubia nodded. "Be prepared to step in, she won't last that long and she'll get crushed" he warned Crow, temporarily stepping out of his role of ignorant low-level PC. "Steel Fang's defense is too high and i doubt she will be able to stand long enough to pose a real threat. Fang will no doubt PK her if this goes on and we don't want that" He kept a stoic face, without any emotion, knowing he's have to mend the damage done by saying this later. He didn't care thgouh, he was too worried about the bracelet.

((Isn't he nice, worrying about the bracelet XD))

Steel Fang gripped the scythe and then raised it back up running forward, as the Dek Do was cast and blocked the attack and spun, before using "Wicked Strike" on Rune. It was relatively weak for a flick reaper, but she was strong enough that she could cause significant damage. The player in real life was gripping the controller firmly. Her palms were sweaty, but she knew she needed to finish this quickly.

Scarecrow nodded, but wasn't too worried. "Don't worry, I'll go into PKK mode if that ever happens." He knew that Rune could take care of herself in the mean time, but how long could she hold the other girl off?

((XD, what a considerate person))

Rune hadn't seen thte attack coming and was too late to block it. The player sweared, she was sort of molesting the controller now, hitting the buttons fearcely as her eyes stayed focuseed on the computerscreen. The charater meanwhile, prepared another attack.This time she ran toward the player, when she was very close she fired a firespell, followed by another attack on the slashing part. she extended her right arm, making a slashing move while the other arm witht he fan stayed close to her body, as if to fend any attack that was still to come. "You're the Playerkiller aren't you" she spoke in the mike, trying to distract the player a bit too. "You're moves are not those of a friendly match at all"


Cubia simply nodded toward Scarecrow, still eying the heated battle. He wondered if Rune knew she was close to being PK'ed. He assumed she was as he saw the seriousness of her moves and how she was also fiocussed on defending heself from any damage.

Steel Fang smirked as she watched the PC's health points drop. She then remembered that the player in real life could just set another attack, this not being real life. She saw a fire spell coming, but dodged that only to be hit by the fan of Rune several times. She made a face behind the FMD, preparing to cast a Rue Kruz spell. Steel Fang didn't say anything as the spell had blasted out. She came forward with a quick, short slashes with the scythe tip pointed forward. She didn't have the time to type up a response.

Scarecrow eyed the movements of the two, adjusting his screen accordingly. Steel Fang was getting more serious, probably having underestimated Rune's power. Rune was also edgy, quickening her pace of attack and defense. She was probably getting desperate too. How would this end? He wondered.

Rune didn't care much about the Waterspell, she focuseed on blocking the scythe, fort hat would make greater damage. She got hit once, thgouh she was able to half-block it. She saw her Health drop, but she didn;t panic, stayed calm and thgouh of another maneuver she could surprise her with. She thought of something as the character sped forward, seemingly going toward her opponent, but she quikcly maneuvered around her and atacked her back. A simple but hopefully affective attack.

Another spell that Rune let hit her. Steel Fang kept up the pace, even if she couldn't completely hit her, it wasn't a total loss. What would the girl do next? She wondered this to herself, but then realized that Rune had run behind her now and slashed her in the back. She cringed in real life and spun around hoping to catch her with a quick swipe.

Rune once again got hit, but it didn't stop her. she noticed she had got less than half of her total health now. She swore once again as she the PC threw herself againt Steel Fang once again. She used both ones this time, moving in a complex matter, a way usually only Macabre Dancers could, withy the precicion of the feet, making it somewhat look like a dance. She never really used this feature of the class, bending more towarfd brute force than strategically placed moves, but she was in need of good moves, and she was sure Steel had already gptten used to her direct type of action. This ew feature might throw her off for a moment, even if it was a bit.

"Halfway through" Cubia said, his voice betrayed no emotion whatsoever, neither did his face. He was getting ised to this feature of his character. He wodered how many more hits she could take, and he was also figuring out when, if it would come to it, he would step in.

Steel Fang didn't show any emotions anymore deciding not to flaunt her small victories and concentrate on the big one. The new sort of dance wasn't completely new to Steel Fang for she had defeated many dancers before her. It seemed off rhythm, but she had to adapt either way. She blocked the fans before moving in with another barrage of slashes.

"Yeah." Scarecrow had nodded still concentrating on the fight. It was boring to be the watcher, but they might end up in the fight as well. If Rune's health points had gotten red, then that might be the moment he steps in. It wasn't looking good for her either. He felt a bit fidgety, but restrained himself.

She once again blocked, she started to see the pattern Steel Fang attacked in. She switched tactics again, seeing as her other maneuver didn;'t work. she send a quickl Suvei Lei, a paralyzing charm. Not waiting for it to work she rushed toward her opponent, this time angling her Fans a slight, to make them harder to block, and going a bit lower than usual. She tried all she thought of to make a new style of fighting, trying to break her won habits in order to win the fight, even thgouh that was highly unlikely. She also didn;t want Scarecrow or Cubia to fight, she would feel like a failure, which in her won eyes, she was startign to become. She quickly glanced over toward the two, and was surprised to see Cubia's face. No emotion at all, not even after she had said this player was the infamous PK'er that put his sister in coma. She didn't pay it too muich attention, cause she needed her attention elsewhere.

Steel Fang was ready to make another attack when she was hit by a paralyzing charm. She hated these a lot. The problem was that you couldn't access your items of anything until it wore off or someone gave you an antidote. She was continuously hit with the fans and watched her health points go down. She still had about three fourths of her original health points left, but it was starting to deflate.

Rune quickly threw a few fire spells toward the paralized opponent before the spell would wear off, she tried to hit her as much as possible. These were the times she's wished to have the ability to change jobs in thet middle opf action, but unfortunately that wasn't possible. she had to do with what she had. when she saw her spell wearing off she quickly jumped back, not giving Steel Fang a chance of striking her.

Steel Fang quickly took a potion when the paralysis wore off. She was pretty irked with being hit so much and ran forward, trying to catch up to Rune. When she did she used the skill "Lotus Flower", a higher level skill than the one before. She had to make up for the damage done to her, or as much has possible. It was just more to had to her fame.

Rune was too slow to fend the upcoming attack, she feared it would kill her instantly, the moment it hit her the player was smacking herself in the face. She should've seen it coming, and to some extend she had, but not this fast. She saw the health drop and drop, untill it stood still. There was little health left, so little one lousy hit would kill her instantly. Before she could react she saw Cubia jumping in front of her. "It's enough, a friendly battle you said, this isn't going the friendly way at all"

Cubia had seen it coming and had had tmie to prepare. He was gratefull she didn't die instantly and it took just seconds for him to reach her. He looked Steel Fang right in the eyes, daring her to object. If needed he would reveal that he was stronger than the level told them, since he wasn;t a realy player his strength was decided by the person himself. The blades were also unique to him and had a high strength level. He was ready top defend the bracelet, and the bearer with it of coarse; for now.

Steel Fang smirked as Rune's health points dropped. She was about to make the final hit when two people had stopped her. The lower level had blocked the last hit. She glared at him. "Che, I could just revive her." The high level had restrained her by putting two of his blades to her neck. She put down her weapon, wanting to cuss both of them out, but then that would reveal her age and maturity level. She didn't say anything after that, struggling against Scarecrow's grip.

Scarecrow wanted to kill Steel Fang at this point, but took a breath to calm himself down. He did happen to think of Rune as sort of a friend and being PKed by someone like Steel was a horrible way to go. He still held the daggers to her neck. "You know, it isn't nice to go around fake-facing people into "friendly" battles D:<" He opened his inventory taking out a paralysis scroll and using it on Steel Fang. He let go, putting his weapons back.

Rune sighed, she felt like a fialure. "Leave it, if you killed her you would be no better than she is. Atleast we now know who she is and can warn people,maybe even the administratrs, they'd be glad to know who's been killing all their people, i have only one question for you, are you the one comatizing ebveryone?" she asked, looking deep into her eyes. She quickly used a healing spell on herself

Steel Fang glared, not wanting to be let off on mercy. She stayed in place, not syaing a word.

Scarecrow shrugged. "I suppose so. Reporting her is going to feel a lot better than just killing." He used an antidote on her, letting her go free now.

Steel Fang didn't answer them, making her PC shrug. "What happens to them after my kill is no knowledge of mine. Even on the World, if someone looked you in the eye, you didn't feel the effects, unless you happened to be in first person point of view, like she was. Still, it didn't matter to her, coma or not. The power that came from this black material was enough.

"-_-, wow how nice of you not checking on your victims. Maybe you can flame them for their birthday." Most of Scarecrow's previous PKKing had to do with him being pissed off so then he usually had revived them before warping away.