by Canis Rex » Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:58 pm
by American Pere Housh » Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:29 pm
Canis Rex wrote:Link to the OOC viewtopic.php?f=31&t=493577
Acer crossed the town borders, checking her level again with a disappointed look. She had spent all day, a twenty-four hour cycle anyway since there wasn't a sun here for a day/night cycle, grinding the local mobs. They were decently leveled, being between Firelight Compass and Veilheim, but the LV wall was starting to materialize. Not many levels ago she would have shot up one and made good progress on the next. Today she made it only three-quarters to LV 816.
And you weren't even considered an elite player until you hit 850. She could only imagine the difficulty the big guild leaders had gaining EXP. Did they do anything but kill mobs and bosses?
She could always head for the mountains in the north but her confidence in doing something like that by herself was not quite that high. She was good at this game, she really tried to believe that. She was good. But this game also didn't tolerate overconfidence or mistakes. It took far too many people dying for that lesson to sink in.
11,454 was the updated body count. They had dropped like flies for the first few months, a thousand, two thousand, nearly hitting three thousand at one point. But the last few months people seemed to have found their comfort spot, their niche in this new life. Player deaths were down considerably, some were new spouses or parents, jobs had been found, those that couldn't handle it were no longer trying to fight on the front lines nor even dreaming of taking on the Crowned Corpse.
She mostly spent days trying to raise her level and helping out her new friends. The door to one such friend's shop, a blacksmith, opens and Acer calls out since the store seemed to be empty.
"Mira? You here? I got that ore you were wanting!"
"Great!" The response comes from the storage room in the back, a brunette woman a little taller than Acer emerging. "You're always so helpful. I think it was two hundred Rivs per ore?"
"Call it one fity." Acer offers. "I'm pretty good on money right now and you sending me out there helped me find out something."
"Are you sure...?"
"Positive. On one condition." Acer grins. "Next time you make those little pastries with the jelly topping, can I have some?" Mira laughs in reply and nods.
"Of course you can. I'll make a batch especially for you."
"Thank you!" The pair embrace in an energetic hug, eventually separating to exchange items and currency.
"Will you be staying tonight?" Mira asks.
"Yep, the local inn." Acer nods.
"Nonsense, you can always stay with us. You're a good friend to me and Joshua and the girls see you like a sister."
"Wellll I can't say no to free food and a room."
"I'll see you later tonight then, right after the shop is closed up."
"Great. See you later then, I'm going to check the market and see if any of the vendors lucked out on some rare material."
The pair said their goodbyes and the player departed from her close NPC friend. She had to give the nutcase Tobitaba for one thing at least, if not for the little blue indicators that popped up above their heads the locals would be difficult to tell apart from real people. They were the whole reason she was reluctant for the game to end since that very likely meant the whole thing would be shut down and deleted or at least have only its coding and engine preserved as building blocks for future games. She was closer to a bunch of AI here than humans in real life, she didn't want to say goodbye. But escaping or staying meant saying it to one family or another, either the one she was born into or the one she had made here.
She tried to bury such thoughts and instead bought an ice cream concoction flavored with local fruits before strolling around to peruse merchants' material wares.
by Canis Rex » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:05 pm
by Old Tanokiana » Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:37 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by American Pere Housh » Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:59 pm
Canis Rex wrote:Acer looked over at the person speaking to her, pausing mid-bite, then quickly crunching what was left of her snack to tuck her hands behind her back and give a shallow bow upon realizing it was a human player.
"Acer Kagigara, at your service!" She reveals. "And thanks, I didn't think many people actually knew me. You kind of look familiar too. I try to keep up with news about famous players, and there's been chatter about a girl that uses red blades. You wouldn't happen to be...?"
by Canis Rex » Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:57 am
by Old Tanokiana » Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:00 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:01 pm
by American Pere Housh » Wed Feb 10, 2021 3:59 pm
Canis Rex wrote:"Acer Kagigara!" The female gives another shallow bow in introduction. "And no worries, I understand. The NPCs here are super realistic. Hmm, let's see though." Her finger taps at her lip while thinking. "I'll take the purple one, KT."
She opens her menu to make the necessary clicks to go through with the exchange. "As for coming along, I'm fine with it if Izumi is."
by Canis Rex » Thu Feb 11, 2021 12:39 am
by Old Tanokiana » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:43 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:11 pm
by Old Tanokiana » Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:30 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Old Tanokiana » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:58 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:42 pm
by Old Tanokiana » Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:06 pm
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:37 am
by Old Tanokiana » Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:46 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:23 am
by Old Tanokiana » Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:53 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:50 pm
by Old Tanokiana » Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:47 am
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
by Canis Rex » Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:33 am
by American Pere Housh » Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:17 pm
Canis Rex wrote:Acer sat quietly for a few seconds at first, still nibbling on a bowl of seasoned fruit and nuts along with a dish of fried meat chips the bar had provided. Her leg was restored at least, the eating at this point being more for comfort than health.
"I was planning to visit my friend after grinding." She looks to KT. "She's a NPC that runs the blacksmith shop in this town. I don't know if you socialize much with the NPCs but I can introduce you if you want. I'd also like to check and make sure that ai change didn't affect them, hopefully it was just an update to some monster behaviors."
by Old Tanokiana » Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:34 am
Canis Rex wrote:"I was planning to visit my friend after grinding." She looks to KT. "She's a NPC that runs the blacksmith shop in this town. I don't know if you socialize much with the NPCs but I can introduce you if you want. I'd also like to check and make sure that ai change didn't affect them, hopefully it was just an update to some monster behaviors."
TNBN News: Colonel Freeman has peacefully passed away in the Djinkian Local Hospital, he shall be held a military funeral on Saturday// #Justice4Rojava and #FreeRojava have been surging the internet's trending topics// Are the NS mods incompetent?// More later this evening on TNBN
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