Tuesday 12:34 Alana turned to Val who seemed to have a rather confident expression etched upon his face. He held one hand out and the wind around them started to whip into a frenzy. Air started to come in from every direction and coalesce into a visible ball of ice, which began to chill their surroundings. Terrified citizens gasped and even Alana took a step back when confronted with the sudden chill, which felt a lot like a refrigerator.She already saw condensation forming on nearby windows while the beast itself came in without hesitation. "Cmon val any....moment now", Alana said while gripping her spear. The ball of ice formed the shape of a spice which Val thrust forward, like some martial arts move from The last Air Bender, sending the chilly vortex of wind flying toward it. The beast just a few meters away stopped dead in its tracks and gurgled in a confused tone as the ice overtook its body. Alana grinned and said, " Ehh works for me kid"! She burst forth using her heroic might and then used the huge blotches of ice to climb the beast's body. Even as she traveled up toward its head, she saw its viscous interior rapidly oscillating, the sound of the ice cracking stirred Alana. She jumped up once and over its brain where she grasped the shaft of her Brandistock with both hands and drove it into the beast's brain. It had a look of rage in its constricted eyes as weapon shattered the ice and ripped through its brain. There was no epic roar or explosion, but rather just the sound of ice and goo being splattered against everything in the area. Alana fell onto the ground hard on her back, which knocked the wind out of her. She gasped her breath and looked at herself, covered ice and gooped, dripping off her clothing. Her eyes widened for a moment as she realized what had happened and almost panicked when Dorlan walked up to her covered in the same shit with a grin."Don't worry, slimes have to actively try to digest you for their goo to hurt ya. Otherwise more adventurers would die every day if they were always dangerous", he said with a shit eating grin. " Tch someone help me out of this shit", Alana said with a grouchy expression. Citizens from honeyhome began to gather around Val and Alana, to gaze at the corpse of their tormentor. Some were looked on in disbelief, others weeped for their loved ones. Alana slowly rose to see who surrounded her and thought to outloud, " Wow these npcs sure are realistic". "What's an npc"? Alana looked to him and saw the genuine look of confusion. She grinned and marveled at the intensive ai and said, " Ehh don't worry about it. but uh are we in trouble"? The crowd started to disperse and make way for the priest, who approached them cautiously. The town watched in anticipation for his response to the situation. He nodded his head and said, "Thank you kind strangers, we are in your debt". The other villagers looked to eachother for a moment before cheering synchronously. "Tch t'was nothing much". Epilogue Val was the center of attention for that celebration which followed the defeat of Big Bubba. His move was far cooler than Alana's and it had set up for the kill, so most of the children and thankfully, men showered him in attention. Alana on the other hand, sat back after changing, to view all the festivities. Although he liked talking to others, the npcs still sort of perplexed him. He would sit on a roof and rub his chin as he watched the town festival take place. There was food, women dancing in revealing clothes, and displays of magic which took the place of fire works(done by the priest). Alana took hold of her first cigar in the game world and lit it up, feeling the rush of tabacco for the first time again. She looked at it with wide eyes and tossed it away. " Tch what's with this wierdo game lol"? Akio was a heavy smoker in real life, but this game made his mind think he was somehow a first timer, in this avatar's body. " I'll figure out what's going on later though", he said sighing and watching things unfold throughout the night. The next morning Akio would dive in quickly before work, to look for a friend button. He sat on his Inn bed and scrolled through his palm interface."Inventory, GM request, quests, maps.....c'mon where ar--- ah ha! Friend list"! It was a simple pop up which asked for the person's name and to send them a message before the request. ------ Uhhh eyy Val. Let's team up some other time! Gotta go to work, peace player...playe---whatever the girl version is. Okay bye ----- Send After sending the message Akio whipped off the helmet and stretched to the sky, with a shit eating grin. He looked down to see Dog wagging its tail and tongue hanging out. "Right it's summer time, let's get cha some water boy". Dog barked once and Akio said, "ya ya hold yer horses", before setting off to work. It was odd to him,but he didn't think much of it. His body felt refreshed on such an ordinary day. The game gave him that passion back, which he had searching for, for the greater half of a decade at that point. It was a foreign giddy feeling he didn't have since his first run in with a game called Hades II. Exit @Valentine Wylde
