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[huaaaaagh]

[.......

THOSE ARE SOME HIGH STAKES FOR THIS BET]

You wouldn't.

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[She manages to hold a straight face for just a few seconds, before it finally cracks, and she starts giggling.]

No, I wouldn't, but your face was priceless.

[huaaaaagh]

[YOU

ARE A BAD PERSON]

I thought I was gonna have a heart attack.

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[Her best friend growing up was a cat, Kirito. Did you not think she was going to be at least a little bit of a jerk?]

I'm sure Cure could fix that if you did.

[huaaaaagh]

[Honestly he should be used to girls one-upping him by now, it's like a daily occurrence back home.]

Maybe, but it doesn't sound much fun. ...Can we add "no pictures" to the bet as a side rule?

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I guess I've got no choice.

[... she sounds not at all displeased. In fact, she sounds positively happy about that.]

[huaaaaagh]

[This may backfire if he wins the bet, but he feels like he dodged a bullet regardless.]

Want to go back there once we finish? You didn't get your shoes.

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I don't mind, but... Are you sure you want to come with me? You didn't seem to like the place much.

[huaaaaagh]

It's... not that I didn't like it. I just don't know much about shoes. The most I ever buy is sneakers.

[experiencepoints]

I'm glad to have helped there.

[cute combat boots are helping.]

[huaaaaagh]

[Hey, they have good stats. Totally helping.]

Maybe someday I'll actually manage to return the favour. It just won't be shoe-related.

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If you can find me a better staff than the one I have, we'll call the favor returned and then some.

[huaaaaagh]

My experience with magic is so lacking, I'm not sure I'd recognize a good staff if I saw one... but if I find any, I'll let you know.

[experiencepoints]

At this point, I'll take a staff good for hitting people as well. This staff is barely good for smacking someone or magic.

[huaaaaagh]

Hey, if there's one thing I'm good for, it's finding stuff that's good for hitting people with.

[kirito no that is not a quality life skill]

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[... i mean, when you're talking to an RPG, yes it is.

She's pulling her staff out of thin air, as one does, It's... wood, with one and branching out into practically a cloud of little twig-sized... well, branches.]

You seem to be better at it than me. Or at least less desperate.

[huaaaaagh]

[He can't help staring for a moment, though he shakes it off faster than the first time. It's still so cool that she can just. Do that.]

Do you think a metal staff would be too heavy for you to wield properly?

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[She has to consider for a moment.]

As long as it's not lead, I should be able to manage. The problem with that is that, unless you soak it in mana for a long time- like, on the order of years- metal is generally an incredibly poor conductor for magic. There are specific types of metal that that's not true for, but those are too rare and precious to make a staff from anyway.

Except for my grandpa, but I've never been able to figure out the theory behind his spellblade bullshit anyway. A metal sword should not be able to do that.

[huaaaaagh]

Huh... I wonder if that's why Asuna's best wand is a tree branch.

[Mages are such mysterious creatures.

BUT ALSO-]

Spellblade? He can cast magic with his sword?

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Unless it's some sort of amazing, special tree, that's not going to be a great staff, but... Better than metal.

Yeah. He can cast spells through the sword and deal magic and elemental damage with his physical attacks.

[huaaaaagh]

It was made from wood of the World Tree, so... I'd say it was pretty special, yeah.

But that sounds awesome! I wonder how it works.

[experiencepoints]

"World Tree" sounds special. What was that?

I have no idea. If I ever figured it out, I never remembered it. I never knew if he figured it out before he got that class, or changing classes just gave him that ability, I think... It's annoying, because I'm trying to recreate his ability here, since I was able to do it in someone else's calibration, but I feel like I'm missing something important for it.

[huaaaaagh]

[so cool. so, so cool. he wants one.]

The World Tree is in Alfheim- it's where my fairy form comes from. At the center of the world is an enormous tree, reaching up into the sky- so tall that it takes more than ten minutes just to reach the lowest branches, and that's too high for even the strongest fairy to fly. A lot of legends in that world revolve around the tree.

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[You can just see her eyebrows climb steadily higher, as the more Kirito says, the more interested she is.]

If you were to get a staff made from the wood of a tree like that... That's the kind of weapon that becomes a legend in its own right.

[and i want one so bad]

[huaaaaagh]

Haha, probably. I'm not sure if even Asuna would know about that- her weapon of choice is a rapier, and a wand for casting. I don't think I've ever seen her use a staff, and no one else in my party uses them, either.

[It's basically the worst balanced party ever.]