Ch. 2
There was a bright flash, a brilliant
light shining over me. Wait. Who was I? Suddenly, I was standing in a
house. There were pots with ferns in them, some chests in the corner,
and very many people. There was only one man who seemed to actually
know anything about where I was. I walked over to him, pushing
through the crowd. "Hello," he said kindly to me.
"Welcome
to RuneScape, also known as Gielinor. What is your name?"
"Tutmosis25," I said without thinking, as if i knew it all along. The man smiled at me.
"Well then, Tutmosis25, walk out the door to learn all about this place, and get what you need to survive. RuneScape is a very dangerous place, you know. But before you go, take this. It is a magical bag, and can hold just about anything, even entire swords, without filling." He handed a brown pouch to me. "Here it is. Clip it to your belt." I did as he said, and walked out the door. I saw a woman in a blue and white dress, and people around her cutting down trees and lighting fires, and some were casting nets into a pond. I walked up to her.
"Hello, I am Bryanna, and I am here to teach you basic survival here in RuneScape. Here, take these, and make a fire." I smiled as she handed me a bronze axe and a tinderbox. I cut down the nearest tree I could find. My axe bit deep into it, and after about three more strikes, the tree had fallen. It was hard work. I sliced up the remnants of the tree and had three logs. I showered them with sparks from striking the steel with the flint from my tinderbox, and lit a fire. I walked back up to her, expecting instructions.
"What do I do now?" I asked, wiping sweat from my brow.
"Take this net and fish in the pond. You will get some shrimp. Here," she said. She handed me a wooden stick with a pointed end and a net. "Take this cooking stick." I nodded and walked to the pond. A passing man said, "Get two sets of shrimp," I looked at him, and he winked at me. I smiled back, and followed the man in the house's advice. I took my tinderbox and axe, put them in my pouch, and guess what? It fit! I was confused on how this was possible, but I shook it out of my head. I dipped my net in the water, and pulled it out. There were a number of shrimp stuck in it, wriggling. I did it again, and then stopped fishing. I slid my shrimp onto my cooking stick and held it just above the fire. Suddenly, the flames leapt up, as if propelled by some sort of magic, and my shrimp were burnt. I frowned, slid them off and onto the ground, and then tried again. This time, the flames were tame, and my shrimp were orange-brown and crusty. They looked good enough to eat, and so I did. I was hungry, ever since that flash. I decided to do it one more time, in case I got hungry later. I was also very thirsty. I caught the shrimp from the pond and gulped down some water, too. It was clean, and cool. I got up, refreshed, and happily strode towards the gate in the corner. I didn't know what got me going towards the gate, but I went anyways. I never thought about why I went, I just did. I opened it up, and there was a small house. Fresh food smell wafted from the open windows. I ran as fast as I could and opened the door. I saw the man who told me to get two sets of shrimp inside. He wore white pants with a black stripe, a white tuxedo looking shirt and coat with black buttons, and had brown hair. He was standing by a range in the corner, looking frustrated as a piece of bread slowly rose. I heard him mutter something about hoping it wasn't burnt that time. I walked over to a large looking man with a silly chef's hat and apron.
"Hello there," said the cook. "I am going to teach you about cooking." I looked at him disbelievingly.
"But Bryanna just taught me that!" I said angrily. The man chuckled.
"Not that sort of stuff, not shrimp. This stuff is food for kings! Now, to start off, you shall make some bread. Take this pail and this pot, and get some flour from the bin over there. Fill the pail with water from the sink." I nodded to him, relieved that I wouldn't be learning the same thing. I put the pail in the sink, and turned it on. Water poured out. I assumed it was from the pond back with Bryanna. After it was full, I set it down on the counter and dipped my pot in the pile of flour, pulling it out, full. I went back and poured the flour into the pail of water, and then mixed it up with a large wooden spoon hanging on the wall. There was also a fork hanging there, just higher than the spoon. I mixed the flour and the water, making some nice gooey dough. I cleaned the pail, spoon, and pot, and then put them all in my bag. They miraculously fit. Then, the spoon reappeared on the wall! I looked in my pouch, and the spoon was still there. I looked up at the wall, and it was there, too. I glanced back and forth for a moment before just leaving it alone. I took my dough and plopped it onto the range. The man was still there.
"Your bread still isn't cooked?" I asked him, puzzled.
"Yes, but I've tried three times, and it was all burnt." He looked down. There was a nicely coloured loaf of bread. He cheered. "By the way, my name is Cookiebird. What is yours?"
"Tutmosis25," I answered. He smiled.
"Want to be friends?" he asked. I was happy about making friends so quickly.
"Sure!" I told him. I happily took a nice loaf of bread, mine, from the range and shoved it in my bag. Cookiebird and I walked out, friends. While we walked towards a house down the road, I looked down at my clothes. I hadn't yet. I wore a white shirt and gold pants, with a green coat over my shirt. I had black hair, short but shaggy. We arrived at the house, walking inside. I was amazed to see mounted dragon heads on the wall. Cookiebird and I walked over the the man in the room.
"Hello, I am here to teach you about quests." Said he. "Quests are errands people need done, and they reward you nicely for doing them. Sometimes the task is hard, but the harder the quest, the better the reward. I have completed every quest in RuneScape, so I came here to Tutorial Island to teach you newbies, otherwise known as noobs, about quests. Anyone can give you a quest, so make sure to talk to everyone you see so that you don't miss a reward. Well, that's about it for quests, and you'll be moving on to mining and smithing next. Go down into the cellar in the corner." Suddenly, there was a pitter-patter sound, and rain began to fall. Then we heard a thunderclap. "And quick - We don't usually get storms here on Tutorial Island." Cookiebird and I looked at each other fearfully, and then climbed down the ladder into the darkness below.
