[Dawnpath joined the game]
Dawn spawned in her house, as usual. "Hello, Sta-" Dawn chirped happily, then stopped short. Looking around, she realized she actually hadn't spawned 'as usual'; instead she was standing in the remains of her bedroom - a small, ragged wooden platform with a charred bed standing at its corner and pieces of shattered glass scattered over it. The rest of her house was a pile of burnt logs and planks. "What the...?" she stammered, staring at the disaster before her in shock. Her shock quickly turned to anger. Opening up her chat screen, she furiously started to type;
[Dawnpath] someones going to die!
[Samwigenshi] geez calm down. whats the matter?
[geckosrule] :o why!?
[Dawnpath] somebody blew up my house... and killed me kitteh, star... D:
[Samwigenshi] well that sucks
[geckosrule] what really?!
[Dawnpath] come on over and see :/
[geckosrule] k be there soon
[Samwigenshi] can't right now but sorry about ur place (im kinda fishing in a small boat in the middle of an ocean...)
[Dawnpath] um... ok? cya l8r sam
[Samwigenshi] Oh my flipping cats I got one! :D
Dawn sat down on her blackened bed, her anger boiling inside her. Her bright blue eyes blazed, her catlike ears were flattened down, and her tufted tail was swishing from side to side angrily. I can't believe this, she thought, sighing, Who would do this? Even Eli wouldn't go this far... Just then, Dawn heard a voice far away, coming closer. "Hey, Dawn! Oh... oh wow, this is a mess..." Dawn looked up to see Gecko running towards her. She quickly stood up and walked over to meet her. "Yeah," Dawn replied as they met in the middle of the yard, "Who in the world would do this?"
"Eli, perhaps?" Gecko replied, looking around at the scattered piles of debris. Dawn sighed, noticing that more than just her house had been destroyed; where the tree farm once stood there was a blacked patch of earth, the garden was just a crater in the ground, and the barn was in as bad of a condition as the house.
"No, I don't think so. Even he wouldn't go this far..." Dawn muttered. Gecko was kneeling on the ground, examining a charred log.
"I'm not so sure..." Gecko said quietly, "Come and take a look at this."
"What is it?" Dawn asked, walking over.
"Take a look," Gecko replied. On the log was a small, wooden sign with a short message on it:
That was fun.
-Eli
"WHAT?!" Dawn shouted, fury flashing in her eyes, "Oh, I am going to absolutely kill him!" However, only a few seconds later, her shoulders slumped, the flame in her eyes extinguished. "Not that I have anything to do so with," she sighed, "I mean, everything I had was blown up with the house. I hadn't even kept anything in my inventory when I last got off the server..." she looked down, defeated. "There's nothing I can do about it, and he knows it." Her tail drooped.
"Hey!" Gecko shouted firmly, startling Dawn and making her jump, "Don't just give up! Eli's gone too far this time, and he could do it to any one of us. Anyway, you're my friend, and I'm not going to let him get away with this! I have lots of stuff back at my house that you can use, and I'll help you take him down!" Her sapphire-blue eyes blazed.
"R-really?" Dawn stuttered, shocked, "You'll help me? Thanks so much!"
"Of course!" Gecko replied, smiling, then she spoke more seriously, "We might need some more help though... Eli's a superpower on this server."
"True," Dawn said thoughtfully, looking up at the darkening sky, "However, right now we need to set up some sort of shelter. It's almost night."
"Oh, darnit!" Gecko exclaimed, looking up at the sky, "You're right!"
"We'd better get to work."