The 3rd (and final) Attempt: Demi-Boundaries
You may be wondering why this is called Demi-Boundaries. Well, it was originally going to be No Boundaries, but in a free world, that's kind of untrue.
So, it was another day, but this one is worth noting. I had spent a few hours earlier trying to find my way out of Varrock, but I had no luck. I had gone from the Wilderness to the Blue Moon Inn to the fountain, to the Phoenix Gang hideout, to the Barbarian Village (which I was scared out of after a Barbarian tried to massacre me with a giant axe…), to the Dark Wizard circle. I logged in near the Varrock Palace, by where all the guards gather. From there, I set off towards the fountain, where then, all of a sudden, I saw a cat. This was no ordinary cat, I guess, because my character clearly said "Aaaaahhhhh." Oh, I've heard about this guy, It's Evil Bob. Now, why the HECK would a black cat be wandering around RuneScape teleporting people to jail? I just don't find it very fair.
So, now here I was, in a place known as ScapeRune, I believe. There was Prison Pete, standing there, pondering what he'd done and how to escape. Oh, escape. Sounds familiar. Well, I went over to talk to him, and he said I had to pop some animal balloons. Now that I'd come to my senses, I see all these purple balloons shaped as various things, dogs, cats, and the like. But the strange thing was that THEY MOVED. At first, I was a tad scared, I mean, if there were a jail cell full of purple bouncy animal balloons, what would YOU think? But then I was instructed to pull a lever. What does this lever do? Oh, it shows you a picture. Wonderful. How? This is a good question, though, I mean, how would pulling a lever on a jail cell's wall do anything? But it showed me a picture of a balloon animal. Oh, great. What am I supposed to do? Be a clown and make one? Nah, I have to pop it. Oh, sounds fun. Well, I popped it. What did it drop? A key. Now, how the heck would a balloon animal be holding a key? Okay, enough of that. I handed the key over to Prison Pete, who unlocked some kind of force field. How? Who knows? But it worked. So, I had to do this two more times. I did. Then, Prison Pete said some kind of cheesy goodbye, and I walked out.
Pavement. Fountains. Castle. Noobs. Everywhere. Oh, I was back in the Varrock Palace courtyard. Phew, sigh of relief. But wait, what's this? Prison Pete popped back up! I tried to run, but all he wanted to do was give me a present. I halted and took it. OH JOY! I had just got my first best present ever. 9 law runes! HOLY CRAP! And he just gave them to me, freely! Well, I'm always going to help that guy from now on (not like I have a choice, or anything).
After that little dilemma, I headed south. I had noticed this structure before, it looked like a RuneScapian Stonehenge. Well then. But the only thing was that it was run over by some hooded gansta… err… I mean, wizards. And they shot stuff out of their fingers. This was a discovery. A major one, at that, too. So, I killed one. Ooh, what's this? He dropped a staff? A STAFF? Awesome. Just awesome. Too bad I died from them after wielding it. But my day was not over.
So, I was back in Lumbridge. Nothing new, but it seemed as if something had changed. Nah, only joking. It was still the same, boring, old, nooby, bland, meh, tasteless ol' Lumbridge. I had so grown used to seeing this place that I could actually name every building by heart. Actually, I couldn't exactly, but it seemed like that. So, I headed back to Varrock, which became my epicenter for trying to escape. On the way, I saw a bald, green clothed man, who was freely being attacked by a chicken. WAIT. It was the chicken. And what was this man doing? NOTHING. Absolute zero. Or something. Right, so I went up to him and said, "Hey, man, are you gonna let him do that to you?" No response. Odd. I just continued on, wondering about how common those chickens were, and how good they would taste with some ketchup. Or with a few potato sticks.
Well, I made it to the enterance to Varrock, and I spotted the place where I had died earlier. I ran away from it. Of course, not wanting to die again. It was the only reasonable choice. I ran to the fountain. Then, out of an impulse, I decided to try to go east. I had never really been to the east side of Varrock yet, so it was a good decision. There was another bank over here, and a rune store, and a church, and another church, and some muggers (scary), and some more guards, but nothing much else. Oh, and there was an exit from the city. But that's it. Oh, wait, an exit? EXIT? FREEDOM? I hastily rushed out of the city, and headed south.
As I ran southwards, I encountered a giant rodent and a grizzly bear, and even some unicorns. How odd, seeing these three creatures together. There was also a mine here, which I had visited before, but the most important thing was what was to the south of that. I was looking on my screen, when all of a sudden; I saw a sanded area, one that I had never really paid attention to before. How not? I have no clue. But I followed the sand. There was some kid handing out fliers, so I grabbed about a dozen and tried to sell them to people. No luck. I just continued heading south. There was another mine here, infested with noobs and giant scorpions, and a few really good players. I still headed south, though, with a sense of adventure in my body. I had finally conquered the exodus of Varrock. I was free! A whole new area to explore, to play in, to enjoy. According to some local noobtalk, it was called Al Kharid.
It was at this time that Silent Once had logged in. When I saw this note, I started telling her about all of my experiences, and she just laughed. A lot. I didn't see how it was funny, it was a whole new world to me. Sand? Turbans? Tropical trees? Rocks? Wait, rocks aren't new. There was even a furnace! I thought I was very lucky to have stumbled on this place. It was like I had discovered the city of gold (or sand, yes, sand is a better word). It was a great feeling, to have found someplace new. I wondered how many of my friends had heard about this place, and if they did, why I hadn't heard of it. But then, something happened.
I was just exploring the bank when all of a sudden I moused over a name that was familiar. I didn't pay too much attention to it, and I banked some of my belongings, but when I had exited the bank interface, there the name was again. If you can't guess what name it is, I'll tell you – It was none other than Wormat22. Holy heck, he's still alive?! At first, we played passive and just disregarded each other, but then, after a while, we started smelting, and he noticed me. He exchanged a few harsh words, and some intense taunts, none of which I liked very much. Oh, joy. It's Wormy again. After standing his taunts and unnecessary comments, I just left him, and added him to my ignore list. He's still there to this day. So, even if he tried to talk to me, he would have little to no luck at all. Stinks to be him.
Moving on, now that I had got out of Varrock, I needed a new goal. What was it? Only the most awesome goal ever – to get level 30 combat. Well, it started out rough, because I was training on goblins, then I thought I could take on some higher level things. I don't remember my combat level exactly, but I'd say it was around 25-27, and I thought it would be a good idea to take on some Ghosts. I went down into the Varrock sewers to slay some of these transparent fiends. Unfortunately, I didn't realize their full potential and wound up dying a few times. What a big surprise.
I started coming here often, as it wound up to be a cool place to train. Then, I thought I'd invite Silent Once to come visit me, because as everyone says, time flies by when there are two people killing things together, or something like that. So, she came down, and we slayed a couple dozen skeletons and ghosts. I do recall her laughing at my deaths a few times, though. I tended to die a lot. A lot a lot.
With my new goal set, and after Silent Once had to leave, I logged out.
Well, here's a longer chapter. Sorry for the delay, I've been busy/not really wanting to type too much, but I finally got to it. ;) I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Hopefully, during the Summer, I'll be getting more and more chapters up, because there's no school or homework to stop me from doing so. This chapter is a shout out to Silent Once, who's been a good friend for what, two years now? Awesome. Possum. Cherry blossom.
