Okay so MMO time. Unfortunately my keyboard died recently and I have no aaa batteries in my house... it sucks because the keyboard I'm left with sucks. Plus... I just got into binge playing the Sims 3. Managed to on a sheer fluke duplicate this story and my other regularly uploaded one. It rocks but also makes me more encouraged to write if I can put my controller down.

Chapter 6: Construction of a Rose Bush

"Ruby! We have a dungeon raid in five minutes... I refuse to have another Sheeptar incident!" Weiss yelled as Ruby began to lazily flick through some messages she had accumulated. The only surprising one was from her Facebook. Her dad sent her one asking if she would be in Ireland any time soon.

"Relax Weiss. The boss for this is easier plus we have someone I promised I would invite. My dad just messaged me. I think he takes priority over a raid that will take us an hour max." Ruby shouted back as she began to type her reply back. It may hurt him to hear her say she doesn't know but it was better than lying.

"What does Tai want?" Weiss asked walking into Ruby's room to give her the proper respect she deserved.

"Nothing much. Wanted to know if I would be back home for some reason soon. Sadly I don't know. The next major tournament is in London, but that is still far. Plus that tournament is also five months away." Ruby said as she began to start the normal programmes she always had going when she began to play games.

She booted up TeamSpeak, sent a message to the others on Skype letting them know that TeamSpeak is up and she quickly shut down Skype. She quickly got the music bot running and minimized the programmes. She booted up the game and grabbed her headset. She directed her attention back to Weiss. "Come on Snow Flake. You should know now I don't like to wait if it is just a dungeon raid." Ruby said as Weiss smirked and walked out.

Once she logged in she sent a message to the party's newcomer.

Shady we are about to do a raid. I'll send you the I.P. address and password to the TeamSpeak channel we use. It is a medium level dungeon with a tier 3 fire elemental boss. Just a heads up I'm not using my Death Knight. I will be using my Dragoon though.

Ruby sent as she quickly flexed her fingers trying to get some blood flowing to her extremities as she saw a message returned as her friends began to join TeamSpeak.

Sure that would be helpful. But why exactly are you not using your Death Knight?

Ruby smirked as she sent the I.P. and password to her. She sent a second message explaining why she won't use her favourite class. "Hey Rubes, did dad send you a message?" Yang asked as Ruby leaned back in her chair.

"Yeah. But now I'm a sad panda because I'm not sure if I can make it back home any time soon. Closest I can aim for is five months. By the way there will be a person joining us. She is in the same skill level as Jaune. Maybe better." Ruby got out as the ShadyNight joined.

"Guys meet Blake. Blake meet going down in order, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, Jaune Arc, Velvet Scarlatina, my bitchy sister Yang and finally my roommate Weiss Schnee." Ruby said hearing an acknowledgement from everyone when she called them off. "Oh and I forgot the true MVP Music Bot. He can't respond but he is set to play orchestral songs for the next hour. If you don't like that I suggest you mute him." Ruby said as she sent out a party invite to everyone.

"Promised two guys, the same two who Jaune, Weiss and Yang should know. They did help me kill you guys. Blake knows them as Blaze and Panda, but they asked for a live stream of this. Set your names to private, because if you don't you will get multiple messages from people asking to join. If you accept you are being considered dead weight." Ruby said as she quickly opened the quest log to check the location one final time.

"Soooooo, not only in the last month I met one of my favourite celebrities but turns out she is friends with the other celebrity I fangirl over being the invincible woman of the octagon. Pyrrha Nikos. All I'm just short is meeting or at least talking to, is Steve Blum then I can die a happy fangirl." Blake said into her mic and Ruby could almost imagine the blush on Pyrrha's face.

"T-t-thank you... I'm not used to people recognising me in games. Especially when I'm playing with Ruby. Most of the time in these moments they don't even know me." Pyrrha said as she quickly teleported to Ruby's location.

"I know this is going to be a long shot but can I send you something for you to sign and send back? I got into Muai Thai because of you. Although I'm nowhere near your level but it is still a fun art to do." Blake said teleporting next to Ruby at the same time as the rest.

"I don't mind... my P.O. box details are on my website, but you will need to send it with enough postage for a round trip... but if you don't mind, can I just ask you to not talk about my fights while we play. I play this to relax and when people talk about stuff like that I just get tense and can't relax." Pyrrha asked in her normal apologetic tone.

"Sorry... Ruby asked the same thing... It's just watching you both got me through some bad times... I never thought I would get a chance to talk to you guys let alone play the same game as you both." Blake spoke softly. Ruby could swear she heard a small sniffle over her head set but couldn't tell from who.

"Like I said to you Blake, I don't mind talking to you about that kind of stuff, but just please not when I'm trying to concentrate on dealing with the enemy. Which with the size of the party and the difficulty of the boss, if the whole party does what gets asked of them I won't need to concentrate. As for Pyrrha I can't voice her opinion on the matter." Ruby said as she began to lead the party towards the dungeon.

"I don't mind answering any question later around an hour or two before I sign out because I'm already relaxed but not at the start. But you have no idea how much it means to me to know I helped someone who I may never meet in real life through bad times. I know Ruby feels the same. She may not say it but she does, think of her like a big stuffed bear." Pyrrha said, with a slight joke in the comparison but meant it.

"I wouldn't compare Rubes to a stuffed bear... more like a bear trap. Remember that time I went to the gym with a broken foot because of her? Plus one time when we were children she stabbed me so hard with a fork I needed it surgically removed. I still have a scar from that." Yang said rubbing her arm where the scar was.

"You deserved that. You big butt. Stole my strawberries. You were lucky mom was there and dad was on call in the hospital because I would have aimed for the neck." Ruby smirked at the malice in her voice towards her sister. Normally Ruby wasn't an aggressive person in real life but the memory Yang was referring to Ruby had a bad week at school and their mom bought her strawberries exclusively for her to make her feel better and Yang with full knowledge that they belonged to Ruby took them and ate them.

"You know I always forgot how evil you were when you were four... but let's move on. What are the roles for this dungeon?" Yang asked trying to direct their attention back to their reason of playing today.

"Nora, Jaune, Pyrrha and you are the sponges. Ren and Blake keep your distance he has a powerful range but due to his AI if the sponges keep doing their jobs he won't use it. Velvet and Weiss stay at your max range. You get pack mule duty. I'll be moving between the sponges and the mid two. If for some god forsaken reason I move back to Weiss and Velvet... teleport out fast." Ruby said taking a sip from the cup of coffee next to her.

"But I've also been known to leave people to crash and burn... so chances are, I would have already teleported just to hear all the yelling from you eight. Hell Blake should already know that. You were part of one of my old guilds. Weren't you also part of that one raid I just teleported the low levels out because Panda fucked up?" Ruby asked as she approached the dungeon door.

"Yeah... I was one of the ones that you teleported out." Blake said laughing with Ruby at the memory. Panda decided to re-enact that World of Warcraft video. He even screamed 'Lerroyyyyyy Jennnnnkiinnnnnnnns.' Ruby just groaned and let him crash and burn.

As they all approached the door Ruby turned her character around to address them with some proper respect. Even if it was just a game they still deserved some respect. "Right everyone pass all non-essential items to Weiss and Velvet after you write down what is yours. Keep one teleport crystal. Give Weiss and Velvet the rest." Ruby spoke as she Weiss acknowledge that her and Velvet received items from everyone.

"Right, the plan is simple. It is a six room, six level descent and six level increase. At the final room on the final level is the boss level. The other rooms are randomly generated it could be loot to swarming. Formation stays the same." Ruby said entering the dungeon and frowned at the bane of her existence. Loading screens. Necessity or not, it still annoyed her.

Once the rest of her party promptly gain control of their character again they began to descend to the boss room.

As they approached the final door Ruby began to curse whatever random number generator the programmers created. Out of the thirty five rooms previous only one had any enemies. It was a swarm room but it was also the second room. They didn't even need sponges, the kept dying before they got within one space of the front line thanks to Ren and Blake. The rest had chests with common loot, it infuriated Ruby to no end. The only solace she had this was a guarantee boss area. Meaning some form of a challenge.

As the party entered Ruby was over joyed to see the boss could spawn a lot of enemies. "Plan stays the same. Sponges ignore the ads. Blake and Ren get them. Weiss and Velvet these are fire non humanoids. You get a bonus damage modifier if you use ice spells." Ruby said beginning to clear a path for the people she dubbed sponges.

As they approached the boss instantly turned his attention towards the enemies presenting themselves. Yang instantly got off an ability that was becoming her favourite. Due to her specialisation when she lost health she gained strength. This spell lowered her defence, meaning her health drops faster but also means she gains the strength faster. As Yang began to attack the boss he began to attack her.

Nora used an ability that gave her a stamina re-gen rate. Due to her specialisation, it was explosive but costs a lot to use them. She may only ever be able to get one off for every bar full but it also caused a lot of damage.

Pyrrha just used one to give her a damage modifier and charged in. Jaune used his chance to increase the defence of Weiss and Velvet. Then he followed the others up front. Ruby meanwhile used an ability she almost always forgot about. Jump. Once the others got past she ignored the rest hoping the others could deal with the ads.

Ruby began to laugh at how fast the boss' health was dropping. It could only mean one of two things. Option one they were all over levelled. Or the more likely one, the boss was a Reaver. Ruby wasn't worried about either option. Even if it was a Reaver it was at a disadvantage. They could deal damage faster and they had spell advantage, even if could go into one shot moves Jaune also had revives.

Velvet taking Ruby's advice cast a spell that would spell doom for this enemy. It added ice damage to all attacks that anyone in the party did.

Weiss began to chain mass damage ice spells. It was hitting the boss and nearby ads.

Blake and Ren just followed Ruby's advice and aimed any and all attacks on the ads. They quickly got the ads under control. It was almost laughable to Ruby. They really didn't need her. She just gave them orders on how to combat him. Something that will eventually come naturally to the others if they continue to form parties together.

The second Blake killed the last ad Yang got the final hit on the boss. Ruby began to stretch as the death animation began. The boss wasn't hard in her opinion, but almost nothing in games challenged her any more. She was reminded as to why she is still playing. Her friends, the same people she got a free copy for, but that also reminded her of the other thing the man told her about.

As they got teleported out of the dungeon Ruby decided to bring it up. "Hey guys, I'm going to create a guild and I would welcome you all, but in some time I will be bringing the best people that have joined to beat the ever loving shit out of every guild in the game." Ruby said and was overjoyed to hear everyone saying they would love to join.

"Right guys, I'll set it up later and send you all an invite to join later. I want some cereal right about now." Ruby said logging out of the game and minimizing the window. She quickly checked her emails and saw one that got her attention.

She opened it and almost squealed with joy. A convention in Ireland she used to go to every year wants her as a guest. She opened it and laughed as she recognised the familiar mascot of Eirtakon. She quickly replied and opened her Facebook to tell her dad the news. She would get see him in a two months.

Author's Note:

Okay so a few things, TeamSpeak is an amazing piece of software that me and my friends use. Second Eirtakon is real and also the biggest anime convention in Ireland. It also wasn't the one I was just at. But I do go to it every year. Hope you all enjoy the story thus far.