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I'm not even going to try. My mentor and I had only about 4-5 sessions and we didn't get anything done. I don't even have a team of my own (I can not stand to use a generic cookie-cutter team), and I just have shitty luck today. Maybe I'll have a chance to fight Novaray later, when the fight...
The good: We have the same timezone, so we don't have to do any 'odd' arrangements.
The bad: I can't battle tomorrow, I just remembered, something came up (family stuff). I'm open Thursday and Friday though, preferably at 6:00 p.m. If we need a different time though, just tell me and I'll see...