He'd been playing for two days and already KG needed a lot of things, like new clothes. These ones sucked. And there was some really cool stuff in the Stokbon market, like, wizard cloaks and stuff. That would totally suit his gamertag name—Merlin— like the guy in that one TV show about the kingdom with the knights around the table or whatever. What was it called? Well, it doesn’t matter. It wasn’t very popular anymore anyway. But the point was that KG needed a badass staff and a magical robe and a spiky mace for whacking bad dudes before he could be awesome, and to do that, he needed money.
Why did everything in the world go back to that? Even in a game, there was always loot crates and in-app purchases and gem upgrades and blah blah blah whatever. KG was a pretty business-savvy kid: he got it, he just didn’t like it. Besides, he’d already talked the shopkeeper in Stokbon down to letting him get some clothes at a discount.
Discount still meant he needed something to pay with, though. He wished he’d chosen Beast Taming as his mastery, then he could get a monkey or something and they could do street performances for tips. Or he could have gotten Harmonic Magic, and played a totally sick electric guitar for tips. Or he could have gotten Pyromancy, and been like one of those fire-dancer guys who took their shirts off and swung batons for tips. Or—wait, why did he need masteries to get tips, anyway?
Well, KG had a whole plan, but first he had to wait for someone. Ordinarily, people used the Terrasphere private messing system to contact one another, but Kenny had always hated reading and writing, so he didn’t bother. He sent Manish voicemails all the time anyway, they’d been online gaming friends for like, forever. The last one he’d left had been the following:
Hey Manish!! Ohmygod, Terrasphere is like… so rad, dude. Thanks so so so so so so much for helping me get the console and stuff, it’s the best thing ever, thanks a ton! You’re the best. Hey when you get on for the first time or whatever check your map and make sure you’re in northern Brisshal, ok? That’s where I am, and if you ping me I’ll come pick you up! SEE YOU SOON, it’s gonna be AWESOME.
He’d gotten the ping a little while ago, so the Faerin was on his way to go pick @Manish up. Oh man, I wonder what his avatar looks like. KG had personally augmented himself with sharp little teeth, pointed ears, and a little gnome-like body that was perfect for cannonballing into people. I hope he has like, cool blue hair. Maybe he’d made himself an elf! Or a cat-guy, nya! KG snickered to himself as he inched up a crabapple tree to get a better view of the hills, pulling himself onto a low limb. He grabbed a fruit to munch on while he checked his map, screwing up his face at the bitter flavor. It was so cool that he could eat and taste and stuff in this game, though.
