EveIris

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Kali had forgotten that his profession was cooking, it meant he could just make more. Still she felt it was a bit of a waste considering how they wouldn't really benefit much from it. She didn't say anymore though, figuring that his point of appearing kind would prove beneficial to them. Eventually they would get used to it, she had to agree with how strange it was for a npc to communicate so naturally to them, then again it was even more strange that they were stuck in this game, capable of feeling pain. Kali shook her head deciding to ignore it for now. Pondering on it wouldn't be much help. Kali was beyond thankful that Alakai had remembered the pathways. The creature that had spawned back at the entrance was no match for Alakai. In fact he was able to finish it without any of her heals. The moment they were out Kali rejoiced by running ahead, "Oh the sky! The sky looks beautiful!" She cried out happily. She tossed aside the torch though the moment it landed on the ground it vanished into thin air. Soon she realized that because it was an item obtained from the cave and an items not capable of collecting it returned back to the cave. It was an interesting thought. "Our village is a about twenty minutes from here. " Reynes explained before pointing south. Since he didn't have a mount she figured they would be walking. She wasn't sure his mount could carry more than two since the most she had seen was 2 people per mount. Perhaps there were mounts out there but they were probably limited and extremely rare. She soon realized that they were headed the direction they had came from. As they began their walk Reynes went ahead to explain what kind of village. It was small but they made decent profits off their crops. When they finally arrived Kali took notice of the sun's position. She had woken up when it was during the day, she assumed that was morning time so they probably had a few hours before nightfall came. They passed by a few farmers who recognized Reyne and came over to express their concern over his absence. They also mentioned how worried his wife had been. Waving them goodbye he showed them to his house only for the door to slam open as a woman came out. She was dressed in simply cloth, but her eyes were swollen. Kali was surprised to see how realistic it all appeared. Running over to her husband she slammed into him wrapping her arms around him as she began to cry. Kali watched the scene unfold awkwardly before leaning over to Alakai. "They really seem so real," she whispered. After a few words were exchanged between the couple the woman finally took notice of the two strangers behind her husband. "Oh! Are you the ones who saved my husband?" she questioned.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Ahh alright so we'll go with that. Npc out of city zones will be hidden until they introduce themselves. We can go with your guild idea, what level do you suppose this should happen around? We also haven't spoke about if there is a max level yet.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Kali was more than thankful that Alakai had stepped in since she was beginning to feel a headache come on from trying to figure a way to get their reward. She hadn't really interacted with NPCs before, it was just a little strange for her. In game it was fine because she was well aware that they were computer generated and they usually said the same thing, but now that they were actually physically in the game it felt a little too real to assume they were just computers. She watched him bow and immediately felt awkward as Alakai did though she didn't say anything since he was showing his gratitude. "You must miss her huh?" she lightly joked before standing up as she held up the torch once more so the area would be lit. She was surprised that Alakai gave him food, she figured it wasn't needed by an NPC. "Hey, isn't that a bit of a waste," she muttered just loud enough for him to hear. She motioned for Reyny to walk behind her as she walked ahead to illuminate the path. "Oh how horrible rude of me. I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Reyny Ames." He said as Kali smiled wondering if small talk was actually possible with this NPC. "This is Alakai and I'm Kali," she replied. "It is a pleasure to meet you adventurers." "Hey Alakai.... was it the left tunnel we came from or the right?" she asked him having grown confused. SHe hated dark places and with good reason too considering her sense of direction was pretty much nonexistent. She was reliant on the map but whenever she accessed it it just showed her in some cave. It hadn't shown her the exact details of the cave itself. "Please don't tell me we're lost, maybe it was this one? No no I swear we came from that one," she replied as she paced herself over to the right tunnel before quickly moving to the left.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Oh I like that idea, yeah I would assume people would do that cause Alakai seems real determined to level up as quickly as he can so they both would be fairly high and known for the ability to fight well together. Hm for the guild idea perhaps maybe instead of a guild it could just be a small group like with only a few members so it's not a guild but they don't want to join any other guilds because they have to be 'really good' or 'contribute' but they do want to make a guild for casual sake? The smaller amount of people would attract Alakai better since he doesn't really like crowds and maybe after a while it becomes a proper guild. I don't mind either really. Oh and for the names. I figured since it was in game if they aren't in main cities or towns maybe the npcs don't have names until they introduce themselves cause they always have that introduction paragraph before the quest is given. So shall I just scrap that idea? I'll change my post now but you can let me know on it.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Kali blinked before frowning. “A escort quests huh? I always found those kinds to be boring,” she admitted. She remembered in past games there were quests where she had to escort people from point A to point B and if they were to take any damage they would drop dead and the quest would end in failure which of course meant she would have to redo the whole thing over again. This one however seemed a bit better, since they pretty much cleared most of the cave the journey back outside would be safe. “Well that sounds good, the item I mean. Not the babysitting,” she mumbled before stretching her arms out. She went ahead and began checking the rooms as he did, but found nothing interesting. “Level fast huh? We won’t be able to start any proper raids once we max levels, we’ll have to wait for the others unless they allow lower levels in,” she mumbled to herself. She wasn’t entirely sure if Alakai was on board with the concept of raiding since he didn’t seem very found of large groups of people. She eventually followed him to the third chamber watching him move over to what appeared to be a cocoon. “Oh ew. Don’t touch it, that could be fresh,” she mumbled as she watched him. She wasn’t really fond of dark caves and oversized spiders especially not after the boss they defeated. A man appeared once the silk was pulled away, he laid on the ground barely breathing which caused her concern to rise. “Odd, usually they don’t actually make someone heal the npcs.” She muttered before asking him to move out of the way. Crouching down she touched his body before lifting her staff slightly for a strong healing spell. She could not see his vitals. All she knew was that it said ‘Reyny Ames’ above his head which was his name. The moment she finished healing the man woke up, blinking with surprise. Quickly he sat up and stared at his hands before he burst into tears and practically threw himself into Kali’s arms which of course surprised her. “I don’t remember them getting physical either,” she whispered over to Alakai. “Praise the lords, I have been saved. Thank you, you have saved my life, those awful creatures managed to sneak up on me. I thought I wouldn't see the sun anymore,” the man cried out though Kali only glanced over to Alakai for help. She couldn't exactly say 'hey okay give us the reward,' could she? Not when he actually seemed to show how scared he was. The game was very different from the experience they were having now.

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Kali grinned at him as she waved it around showing off how much nicer it was compared to her other one. “Indeed and you know what that means. Better heals!” She exclaimed with excitement, still she couldn’t imagine if she used her staff to whack one of the monsters. Their items had durability and in game it was physically impossible to change an action mages used spells for damage so she made it a note to try hitting something with her other old staff. “Oh give me the legs I can add that to my current collection,” she stated before moving over to them to collect them into her inventory. She was surprised to hear that the items would be three times the normal price staring at the legs she shook her head wondering why anyone would ever think that they were rare. They were nasty little things and the thought of someone needing for any kind of reason was horrifying. They couldn’t be cooked or rather it shouldn’t. She lifted her head up in surprise when he mentioned that there was something to do. Watching him collect the items she tilted her head and placed her hand over her hip. “The quest?” she asked softly before tilting her head as she began to ponder about it. She had forgotten it since she was caught up with the fun of killing the spiders and healing Alakai. “Ah! Was it the clearing quest? Or the one to find an object?” She asked him before making her way over to him with the torch. “We might as well clear it up though, the experience is good and we might find treasure if we search the place thoroughly?” she suggested though she wasn’t too sure if they would. In some games rare gear could be found if they managed to unlock hidden quests, in previous games she had played she managed to unlock hidden quests by further examining everything so it wouldn’t be much harm, but she was fine with whatever Alakai wanted since they had been at it for a while now.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Haha no worries. Have a good time!

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

He hadn’t shown any signs of hearing her which had worried her slightly, still it wasn’t all bad that he was entirely focused on the boss because that meant there was a chance of landing a critical hit and ending the fight a lot sooner. She continued on cleansing the poison off him though she was pacing herself trying to save up the mana in case she needed to do a large heal. She worried that the boss would do a special attack and reduce his health dangerously low in which she could use the remaining of her mana to boost his health up to safer levels. Her breathing hitched as she watched the spider shoot back up to the ceiling, immediately she took a step back watching the spider webs shoot around them. She had been hit of course since it was impossible to avoid but because she was further away she wasn’t pulled completely in. The aoe damage took off a bit of health, but she could still manage however Alakai had taken a hard hit like she suspected he would. “Keep going!” She shouted as she lifted her staff using the amount of mana she had reserved she healed him back up to 600 ensuring their victory. Kali watched the spider squeal out in agony before dropping onto its back as its legs twitched. Immediately loot was formed around it one being a staff. “Oh my gosh,” Kali cried as she ran over to get a better look at the creature. “You just took it down! That was amazing!” Kali was completely stoked probably because it was so realistic. Watching him actually hit the monster was frightening as it was thrilling. “Look at all this loot.” Kali had gone ahead to looking around, the name of the objects hung in the air and she immediately moved over to the staff to examine its specs. Picking it up she saw a screen form beside it explaining how good of an item it was. There were a few others but they weren’t much use to her, but they would be worth something if sold. The staff she held proved to be better than her current one since her current one was an item she got from level one, but she couldn’t use this one for long since boss drops weren’t always as good compared to dungeon drops or raid drops. “Hey Alikai!” She turned over and swung her new staff to show him. It was still made of wood but this one had a stone embedded at the top of it. “Pretty hot huh?” She teased before healing him up to a thousand hp.

Elder Tale. (Sanquin / EveIris)

Kali had only three quarters of her hp left, she was intent on focusing her heals on him and removing the poisons. Luckily she wasn't hit by the poison but another attack like that could kill her if the boss managed to land a critical hit on her. It had amazed her though, the harder the hit the more painful it was. It felt like her strength had been zapped out of her, and she felt symptoms that were similar to fatigue. She felt her body stiffen when she thought about death. Would it really feel like dying? Shaking her head she decided to focus on the fight, she wouldn't die today. She kept an eye out on his life watching it deplete a lot faster than it had been earlier. Glancing over to Alakai she saw him battling seriously, he was smiling clearly enjoying this, but his body and swings had a lot more force into them. Kali was preparing herself in case the spider were to attack again. She positioned herself a little further but close enough to be able to provide heals. "Try not to drag it, I'm down to my last quarter of mana!" She shouted at him as she kept herself alert in case there were any more surprises.