It had been a quiet day, all things considered. Panya had traveled to London to begin the collection of information that would propel her into deciding where her efforts would best be utilized in terms of finding her purpose for being in the game. Sure, getting to the highest level and bragging to everyone about it was meaningful in itself, but the timid archeologist was more interested in the things that had been opened to her since their world had been altered so heavily. It was still the same Earth as before, but the amount of artifacts, secrets, even knowledge that could finally be unearthed after countless decades, centuries, maybe even millennia could finally have been brought to light?

It made the scholar all the more willing to play along in this sick little game.

The entry inside of the museum had been quartered off with Warning tape and do not enter signs. While something may have put her off since her days of playing within the rules, it was now a surefire way of showing that something worthwhile was inside. Panya had pushed past the barriers and entered a short time before the loud man had barreled through the door. And it was only when he charged into the front entrance that he'd catch sight of a tan skinned woman with her back to him. She jumped at his entry, flailing about while diving behind a nearby ticket machine and then slowly peeking her head out. "He-Hello..." she said to the man, half of her face still hidden behind her shelter.

The air was quiet around her, although she wasn't as boisterous as Rory was, she held a more sophisticated and somewhat out of place energy about her. She came out of the entrance, rubbing her right elbow while working up the courage to continue. "Ah-I'm Panya. It's nice to meet you." she said quietly, then turned to the ticket booth in front of them, with the gate blocking the way. "I was searching for a way inside as well, b-but the front gate was locked. Actually, I did see an opening over there..." Her finger pointed at an open air vent that had been ajar. A part of the ventilation system inside was open, went past the gate. The only thing stopping them was the height, being located ten feet above them with no shelves or way up.

"But I need you to help me. Ah-I think I can reach it, but I need some more height. Do you think you can help?"

Rory Perkins

"It's nice to meet you, Rory." Panya smiled, happy to see that Rory had been willing to not be too violent for her tastes. The woman breathed a sigh of relief and listened to the man speak. He had the same idea of taking shelter in here no doubt, but what interested Panya was looking inside of this museum for knowledge rather than just the loot that was inside. Even if he didn't share the same outlook, the woman was happy to help him out. Better strength in numbers, after all. He gave a few shots to jump up towards the vent, but only really managed to slap his body against the wall a couple of times. She said nothing, really just awkwardly watching until Rory would give up. "I don't think either of us is reaching that without some help."

He asked what her PWR stat was, which did make her have to pull up her phone to gauge herself. "It's likely weaker than yours, to be honest. My class isn't really offensive." Panya explained while they brainstormed ideas. He must have been magic based if he didn't think he could lift her. They spent a minute or two thinking of ideas before Rory would summon a car inside of the room with them. Like, an actual car. Panya watched in amazement, then cheerfully pumping up this man for such an idea. "This is perfect! Now I can get up there for us. You're a genius." They enacted the plan as Panya gently climbed on top of Rory and managed to squeeze into the ventilation system. It rattled and moved around as she pushed on forward. All seemed well before the sound of creaking and groaning could be heard. In an instant, the vents would collapse on the opposite side of the wall, bringing the ceiling down and exposing most of the things around them. Panya had fallen just outside of the office, landing face first with a smack. "Ugh, I'm okay...I think." She walked towards the entrance booth door and-

Locked. She frowned, having not expected just that. Crap, now what was she supposed to do?! Panya would glance between the door and Rory some before it smacked her in the face. "Oh, right. I think I know how to unlock this." She summoned her class ability as a large sarcophagus would manifest itself on her back. It was grabbed by her hand and carried as if it was weightless. With the weapon in hand, she'd swing at the door to knock it open. The result was the door being blown off its hinges as well as half of the booth gaining foundational damage with a resounding slam. Panya blushed, though would quickly move inside and hit the button for the front gates. The metal bars slowly creaked open, allowing Rory access inside. Once reunited, Panya desummoned her weapon and nervously smiled.

"Thanks for the, ah, help! I owe you." She fidgeted around a bit, not knowing if she should offer some help inside. If there were any more gates, she could try and help! Or at least make sure that he wouldn't get hurt. But what if he wasn't the type to accept help? She didn't want to be a bother. The Egyptian woman would look down the hall some, twiddling her fingers while trying to speak with him.

"I think i-it would be beneficial for us both if we kind of...U-Um, stayed together. Just in case there's monsters inside of here too. Not because I'm scared! I'm just worried about you is all..."

Rory Perkins

"Ah-I'm okay!" Panya called out after blowing the door off of its hinges. She had forgotten about how strong her weapon was and feared about the consequences of whether or not she might accidentally dismember somebody with it on of these days. The button was hit and Rory was free to meet up with her as she waved at him. His care for her made her feel a bit bad for making him worry like that. But she could at least get the obstacle out of the way for him! "I just needed to take care of the door was all, hehe." He pointed out the sarcophagus in her hand just as she would have summoned it away. "It's Stalwart of Bes. I, uh, just...swing it around, I guess. I haven't tried leveling any since a lot of my work is done on the fly and in safe zones. But I killed a slime with it once! That counts for something, r-right?"

To her surprise, Rory even agreed to let her tag along with him on his adventure inside of the museum. "Really? Thank you! I promise I'll do my best not to hold you back." She smiled and followed Rory to the beginning of their dungeon dive. They came to the main hall, with a bunch of different arrows leading across the differing halls. "It's even larger on the inside. How fascinating. Do you think we can visit the History and Civilization wing? I'd like to see if they have anything to do with Egyptian. It's where I was born."

Rory then went to roll a dice for her, landing on a one as she winced. He did managed to up it to a 2, but she still suffered a debuff. The archeologist didn't mind much, though. She preferred having company more than determining the best course of action. "Th-Thank you." Her wounds were healed, though as minor as they were, the gesture was well appreciated. "Is there anything besides the loot here that you're after, Rory? I was trying to find some kind of mysterious secret, or some artifact. Anything that would be unearthed by Earth-chan, really."

Rory Perkins

"Oh my. Before the slime, in my tutorial, it was some sort of giant spider. Just thinking about it makes me....Ugh." Panya began to shiver at the thought of such an insect, though would look up at Rory and smile at his assurance. It was a breath of fresh air not to listen to her own self doubt bringing her down all the time. Something about him seemed to be oozing confidence in himself, a trait that Vanya had grown envious of in people. She did appreciate his concern for her and even seemed happy about this little trip in the museum about what they could find. Maybe it would be something good! Or maybe it would just be trouble, like all of the places in this world now. He'd explain his class to her as she listened intently. So unlike her own, his seemed to be way more luck based if anything. Even his subclass shared the godly name that her own class had. Although she wasn't able to see it in action yet, there was no doubt that Panya would be able to guess it was just as manic as this first one.

"Those are interesting abilities you have." She began, putting a finger on her chin. "At least you have more experience than I do. Still, if everything you do relies on luck, we should still be careful." Rory announced that they could go to an Egyptian area on their way which elated the scholar. She seemed to have a bit more pep in her step and followed him inside of the first Ancient Civilization wing. It took the appearance of a massive cave and had a lot of information about Neanderthals. Panya had already known most of the basics, but was holding in how much she wanted to nerd out in front of Rory. She didn't know how he'd react to her quizzing him on things and rambling on about her specific interests.

The two of them were looking at a group of cavemen fighting against one of the largest sabretooth tigers Panya had ever seen. It was pretty massive, at least a full human on the size in length and height. "I'll say. I doubt even the Paleolithic Neanderthals could take down something like that without at least an entire tribe's worth of people." Just as they had finished saying something, the mannequin would rear its head towards them, its eyes a fearsome red. Rory reassured themselves that it was behind a plane of glass that was containing it. He'd then notice that Panya was hiding behind him, shaking trembling in fear as she peaked her head out from behind him. It wasn't until the glass had disappeared that she'd summon her sarcophagus and swing it at the exhibit wildly, pushing Rory away.

"Eeeeek! That's too scary!"

Rory Perkins