Jaiden was a little worried that the party had been leaning toward the direct fighting option. While, if it was a matter of a fair fight the numbers and levels would seem in the group's favor.
However, it seemed that this jester resembled that of the rumored one and had similar mannerisms. He had heard plenty of rumor over at the smith's den for various crafters that had to reforge equipment for high end adventurer's and guild members that had lost their equipment. On top of that, hearing a few player reports to the GM's and adminstration about the jester here or there from Global Chat.
He was somewhat wondering if the other party members recognized the figure, or at least the player character. As many jumped to the immediate aggression and insults. Not that they were unwarranted, but immediate death on his first adventure, seemed like a souring experience he wanted to avoid.
Then Uriel's message came through team chat. He certainly didn't mean, the artifact but just a piece of the loot from the boss in general. However, he wouldn't tell Uriel not too. It could very much work.
Team Chat:
Goibniu_The_Waylander: There's a problem with a direct fight here. A fair chance that this guy is an outright hacker. The Jester that's been beating trained raid parties, and raid bosses. Which our current group wouldn't hold much of a candle too. If your HP is modded not to go down, or be infinite... or have instant kill enabled. But otherwise, we still might leave here with all of the loot we gathered already if we co-operate a little. If not, probably not as good but guess it was still a little fun for a first dungeon. |
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There would be a bit of a pause as The Jester would seem to say some of the player's actual names versus their character names. Which unless they had a friend in common with the Jester, and said their names online frequently. It felt pretty... confirming. Jaiden had safeguards in place against his information getting leaked, thank goodness. Otherwise he may need to write a report, and likely uninstall the game all together for work related reasons.
Team Chat:
Goibniu_The_Waylander: So.....definitely a hacker. Someone else kindly gather up the stuff. I would ask a fast runner do it and prepare to leave the dungeon, probably after a few swings.
Goibniu_The_Waylander: If you do grab, something important, Uriel. I would recommend handing it to auto, and uh.. maybe say 'a', or a ping in chat |
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Once it seemed clear that the jester was likely a hacker.
Jaiden would slowly reach to open a few, programs himself. It would take a few minutes for them to load, but depending how long things were drawn out, maybe he could do more than just read in depth chat logs and recording.
Goibniu would set the automaton to a 'follow' mode. Directed to follow Uriel. It would be of little used should they be fighting a high level player, or, in this case a hacker. As it would've likely been one-shot either way. So it's use in defense would be rather ineffective.
At least everyone should have their cool-downs removed at this point. Given a few extra minutes to chat should recover most MP.
Goibniu would do his best to memorize the knife that the jester was using. The way it was styled, along with what metal it would likely be. In truth, this was just a vague background roleplay aspect that.... wouldn't likely carry as well over into game mechanics.
"While it seems like most of you are ready to fight. I just want to ask, are you willing to lose everything we've gathered and learned here? There's more of us true, but should this be the jester of tale our current caliber is far outclassed. While I obtaining the key treasure would be wondrous, even... seeing it to form a diagram around or knowledge on it is a treasure. The science behind it and decoding it is far more precious than the object itself alone."Goibniu would state.
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