"Why the hell are we riding a Giant sodding Gerbil?" Lone asked as he laid back on the large saddle and sighed.
"It's a Guinea Pig." Juliet replied with a small smirk as she looked over the edge of the large saddle on the Guinea pig. Raze was there "driving" and didn't say a word; Lone looked over to him, "It's been a week since your probation started, Aren't you at least a bit excited about murdering more players once your off the lease?" Raze gave a sharp glance to him and increased the speed at with the Guinea pig was going by whipping the reign forcefully; with a small squeal as the rodent picked up the pace.
Lone sighed and returned back to his original question. "Anyway, why are we on this rat?"
"Do you prefer to walk between towns?"
"Ooook, but why pick a Gerbil?"
"Guinea pig, and because it's the only thing we can afford since you blew all your money on food, I needed to buy supplies; By the way you're welcome, that I even bothered getting you some new arrows; Then Raze is broke since all he really has is the armor and weapons he has."
"Then how much do we have all together?"
"I don't know. If you're bored, start counting while we reach the next town." She said as a small coin purse was lazily tossed at him. Lone sighed and picked up the coin pouch and bean counting the copper coins by 5's.
As Lone was summing up the money, Juliet had to ask. "Raze, What exactly is an In-game criminal?" Raze looked over to Juliet, and saw the curiosity in her eye and sighed deeply. "In-game criminals are players who break the rules of the game but the System cannot catch them."
"Why not?"
"Mostly, Due to a hacker protection. Hackers somehow found a way to get around the system and now can give players of their choosing a program that hides them."
"I think I get it…, but then how you become one?"
"Well, I met a hacker named Yumi. She said I could become one of the most powerful players if I killed certain others; which I did."
"Certain others?" Lone jumped into the conversation, bored of counting.
"GM's, All were GM's who were sent to hunt Yumi. The System got mad at me, made me an In-game criminal and I went on my merry way."
"By murdering other players who were weaker than you?"
"Yep, I was bored."
Lone had nothing more to say and continued his counting their money supply which now was at 135 copper. Juliet said nothing more but looked down the path they were going. After about a hour of riding, night was just starting to fall and the town just came into view.
"About time, I'm done with counting. By the way we only have 168 copper coins." Lone stated as he jumped off their mount as it was coming to a stop on the outskirt of town. The town had simple wood-built cabins and all were lined up along the simple beaten path, but nothing was there to greet the group. "Seems quiet…" Lone said, looking for signs of the town abandoners.
Raze and Juliet both got off as their mount came to a stop. "Usually these little towns are full of merchants wanting to rip players off." Juliet says as she began to walk down the road, peeking into buildings. Raze stayed quiet and walked down to a building with the sign "Inn" and opened the door.
"Is anyone here? He called out in a roaring voice. After about a minute, a loud crash was heard. Lone and Juliet both rushed to Raze, who was already climbing the stairs as his armor began to make a just as loud clanging sound. The group drew their weapons and Juliet also called Mamoru forward to help.
Raze took point as he lead the group through the hall, Mamoru flew in air; signs of anticipation obvious from the growing flames he withheld. Lone and Juliet both were opening and searching rooms that were passed by.
At the end of the hall, were sounds of footsteps and moaning. Raze whistled the team over. "I hear zombies."
"And I see dead people. "So, what?" Lone said sarcastically which already earn him more anger from his "manservant".
Juliet broke it off with her explanation. "Mobs don't spawn in town unless it's completely abandoned; which is never. Towns always have at least one person in them or they are ordered to be destroyed." She said and looked around the Inn more. "And this town is new. Nothing is broken down as far as I can see."
Raze drew one of his two swords and opened the door. The zombie all turned towards the Tiger man at the doorway and charged. Raze just stood there, slashing away the mobs within the room. Lone, Juliet and Mamoru all went outside and sat on the porch on the Inn. "What do you think happened?" Lone asked her.
"Don't know."
"Any ideas?"
"Nope."
"You know, You're practically useless." Lone said and sighed.
"Why, Thank You." Juliet said with an innocent smile and laid back. Lone scoffed and stood up. "Well, I'm going to explore."
"Be back before your curfew." Juliet called after him as he left towards the forest nearby.
The forest was seemly eerie at night, but it was beautiful. Through the leaves and branches of the trees, it seemed like every star was out in the sky. Lone sighed, content with what he saw. He rarely ever see sights like this in the Real world. Lone climbed into tree and rose to the top, where he saw nothing but the lights of the night. Lone sat there for who knows how longs before a rustle in the bushes broke him of his trance. "Juliet? Raze?" He called out with no response.
The rustle grew louder and before lone knew what hit him, he felt himself being tackled. Lone felt heavy once again and began to look around for what attacked him. He found his answer sitting on his chest, tugging his wolf ears. Oh why does this bring back some memories? He thought but looked at the girl who was crushing him.
She had straight long, brown hair that reached just beyond her shoulders. Her eyes were a light hazel color, along with her skin. Her clothing was the most casual Lone had seen, she simply wore a black undershirt, and some shorts which had a pouch tied on; which had a zigzag pattern on it along with some regular sneakers. The girl had the modern casual modern look he seen in game so far.
"So, they are real." Her voice was smooth as silk; each word came out in sweet voice. Lone somehow managed to hold back some blushing though he felt some of the red tint on his cheeks. Luckily it was dark enough to not be noticed.
"Yea, they are. Now would you mind getting off of me."
"Should I?"
"Why shouldn't you?"
"I'm bored."
"So you sit on people?"
"You're a start."
"Riiiight…. Well, can you get off now?"
"Maybe"
Lone sighed as he stopped what could be an endless conversation, before felt the weight being lifted off his chest. "So, what bring you out here in the night?"
"Exploring; the nearby town is abandoned, So I'm looking for what made them leave."
"I see… Well, have you tried looking on the Bulletin Board?"
"The what?" Lone looked confused which made the girl giggle as she rose to her feet. "Every town has a Bulletin board somewhere, So look at it and see what happened last."
Lone looked completely dumbfounded. And here he thought he could go all Sherlock Holmes on the town. He sighed and stood up as well. "Alrighty then, Do you know where it is?"
"Probably, but what fun would that be if I told you?" She continued to muse as she wandered away from lone, arms crossed behind her head. "Well, see ya another time dude." She winked and gestured as she left. Lone headed back towards the town before he realized he never got her name! He groaned in disappointment but returned back to his unofficial and undesirable "team". Raze and Juliet seemed to be discussing something until he showed up. Juliet smiled and was first to speak . "It past your bedtime, you should go to sleep now." she continued from her joke as if she was his mother. Lone rolled his eyes as he spoke about what he just found out but left the details about the girl out.
"I think the bulletin board should be where the mayor's office is, considering he orders everything in town." Raze suggested not bothered by the lack of details though Juliet seemed curious of it. She ignore her need to ask for now as the team walked towards the second largest building in the small town besides the inn.
The building was made of wooden planks and stood at maybe 20 to 25 feet. Actually now that lone gets a look at the building structures, this place looks like one of those towns you see in the Wild West movies. But now it was eerie considering that almost no lights were in sight instead of some in the buildings who's light were probably never turned off as it was abandoned. Lone drew Evergreen from his back and transformed it into a sword. "Raze, keep watch outside in case more mobs show up." He nodded his head in reluctant agreement. "Juliet I guess you're coming with me." Juliet had already called Mamoru and ordered him to follow Lone. "I think I'll stay with Raze, Two on guard duty is better than one."
Lone felt his eye twitch in some annoyance and walked inside the large building, looking for what could be a cause for the town's demise.
Well… I'm running out of characters to use because I'm uncreative and generally boring. So I'm gonna host something like contest where you, people who for some reason keep reading my story, can create your own character for me to add. How long you will see the character depends on how much I enjoy writing about them. So they may only appear once, or maybe you'll see them fighting with Lone and his soon to be full team or even fight against them.
Here's a basic skeleton for you can try (You can make your own as long as I can understand it clearly)
Name –
Race –
Class –
Level (optional )–
Appearance –
Personality –
How do they meet the team(optional) –
Skills (optional) –
And that be all. Thanks to anyone for reading my story I guess.
