Chapter 14 - Teaming up (2/2)

"Screw balance, I just want us all to have at least one girlfriend!"

"At least one Gray?" said Geoff slightly exhausted from Gray's short-sightedness.

"If I had it my way, you and any other guys would be my lackeys and the girls would be part of my harem." Gray said passionately looking off into the distance like some anime hero.

"While you are undoubtedly as dense as a male protagonist in a harem anime, I'll be impressed if you attract even one girl."

Gray and Geoff frequently got into these types of boasting 'competitions' with each other, just showed how well they got along.

"Anyways, let's at least ask Stacia and Yurika if they want to join us. Only twelve of us are in this camp so we should pick from our own camp until we are able to better gauge other's skill through matchmaking." Said Geoff.

"On it!" Gray tapped his Armlet and searched for nearby friendly players. He saw that Yurika and Stacia were already together online and were near the simulators. They seemed like a strange pair as Stacia was very calm and down to earth while Yurika was very loud and loved to be the center of attention. Still, girls like to form groups so Stacia and Yurika teamed up and the other two girls that Gray never got to know had formed another group.

Gray walked up to Yurika and Stacia and said with a very confident tone. "We have deemed you worthy to join our group, you are welcome." Gray flashed his best playboy smile while slicking his hair back in a typical cocky playboy manner. Both girls stared at Gray then looked at Geoff next to Gray and watched as Geoff slowly started to creep away from Gray.

"I am sorry Yurika and Stacia, it seems my friend here forgot to take his medicine this morning." Said Geoff apologetically. "What he REALLY means is that we were hoping to be able to work together with the both of you as we believe it is in all of our best interests to work together."

Stacia whispered something to Yurika, Yurika nodded back at Stacia.

"We agree, we just want to play the game so if guys hit on us too much or make us uncomfortable we will leave." Said Yurika pointedly at Geoff and Gray.

"Agreed, we just want to play and win as well!" said Geoff while holding Gray in a headlock while to keep him from saying something stupid.

"Have room for one more?" Caleb asked after overhearing their conversation. "I admit I am at a loss on teammates until the game fully launches and we get more people here."

Geoff and Yurika both looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, let's give another quick introduction about each other and what we want to specialize in." said Geoff as he finally released Gray.

Caleb spoke up to the group. "Wanting to specialize and actually being able too are two different things. I would suggest we let our AI trainers suggest our roles based upon our performances in matchmaking."

"It is different, but it's a game, we can just do what we want and have fun. If all of us want to be assaulters, then we can all be assaulters!" said Yurika excitedly while making shooting gestures with her hands.

"Well, let's just jump in to matchmaking and go with our own preferences and see what happens from there." Said Gray to everyone. "I might end up liking a different role than what I first wanted to be."

Geoff stared at Gray in awe. "That's the first normal thing you've said!"

"I am perfectly capable of being normal!" yelled Gray.

When he looked back at the other 4 in his new team, they had ignored him and were already walking away to the matchmaking station to find a match.