Chapter Eleven: Time to signup!
~Floor 49, Myujen. Revenance's new Guild House. Halo's pov~
I get through the door first before Cy does and make a brief announcement to those on the first floor of the house. "Hey guys! Guess who decided to join us this evening?" I say as I see eyes looking my way. I step away from the door, revealing Cy walking in with a smile on his face. "Our reclusive admin, Cyrus."
"About time you showed up" one of the members says.
"We still up for lunch this weekend?" another says while running. He nervously chuckles while nodding his head.
"Partner! I see you decided to change your style" Kaz shouts as he walks up to him as well as Rei. Coldfang flies over and lands on Vile's head. "What's that in your hand?" Cy, fighting off a random Yumiko who decided to be clingy, gives Kaz the tourney sheet. Rei looks over his shoulder to see.
"Cyrus! Stop leaving me all alone!" Yumiko yells as she holds onto Cy's arm like her life depends on it.
"A tournament? Sounds really fun to watch" Rei says with a smile on her face. Kaz smirks as he looks at Cy who shudders.
"I see why you brought this here. Don't worry at all partner, of course I'll be on your team." Cy opens his mouth to say something but Kaz sticks his hand out. "No need to thank me, it's quite alright."
"Uh... I don't mean to disappoint you Kazama, but I was actually gonna ask Vile to be my partner" he replies. Kaz reacts with a surprised face followed by a wide open mouth. Cy then turns to Vile, ignoring Kaz who is slowly reaching his hand out to Cy. "So Vile, mind being my tournament partner?" Cy takes the tourney paper back and hands it to Vile.
Vile looks at the paper for a moment and then stares at Cy without saying a word. From the looks of it, Vile seems to be staring into Cy's soul as though he wants to see every bit of him before responding. "Sure" he replies with a thumbs up. At this point, Kaz falls on the ground from his "partner" betraying him. It's like some type of soap opera where the husband willingly cheats on the wife while she's watching.
"Nice. Once it stops raining in Danac, we'll go sign up. Till then, we should-"Cy gets cut off by a small orange message icon popping up. "Actually, I'll be right back in a few. By the time I get back, the rain should have cleared." Cy then opens the guild house door while Coldfang stays on Vile's head.
"Watch out for pkers." Cy turns to see Vile's wide smile. He then shudders before slowly walking out.
"Kyuu" is heard from Coldfang. I turn and see him now curled up into a small ball, ready to sleep on Vile's head.
"Funny how he likes to sleep on my head even though I have the least amount of hair in the guild."
~Floor 57, Marten's Field Area. ?'s pov~
I stare at my target from the hiding spot that was in a tree. A white haired boy with a white coat, black pants, white boots and two gloves, one black and the other white. "Looks like he has some decent items. Let's take them and kill him" my 'partner-in-crime' Zezima whispers. I nod as the white haired boy keeps walking. "Recheck the surroundings."
I look around and see that it's only us three with a few abandoned buildings in the direction the boy is heading as well as a few monsters. "We're clear. It'll be easy to pk him. If that fails though, monster pking will do just fine as well" I whisper back. Zezima pulls out his dagger as he silently jumps off the tree, hiding behind it to avoid being seen. He then signals me to make the first move. I nod and then jump into the air, making sure to avoid making any sound while doing so. I position myself to be able to land and grab him with my dagger right at his neck. Once I get close, he moves right, too fast for me to even react to which causes me to fall on my face.
"Can I help you?" I hear him say. I slowly stand back up while glaring at him. Zezima tries sneaking up behind him, but the boy somehow notices and jumps over me, looking at both of us now. "Anymore of you guys that I have to worry about?" I shake my head no. "So what's up?"
"Hand over all your items and we might just let you live" Zezima says with a hint of anger in his voice. The boy simply rolls his neck and lets out a sigh.
"Hmm… no thanks. I happen to like some of the drops I got." I feel my eye twitch as he scrolls through his items. Zezima runs up and swing his dagger at the boy. The boy, still paying attention to his items, dodges while he continues to scroll. "Someone's very impatient." Zezima growls before jumping back to me.
"You better give up your items before we really kill you!" I shout. He raises an eyebrow and stares at me. "W-what?!"
"Are you a girl, green player?" My eyes open wide as I pull my hood down a bit further.
"C-course not you idiot!" I make sure to deepen my voice while saying that. He shrugs his shoulders and holds up one finger.
"I'll give you all my items if one of you can do one thing." I slightly move, giving him the indication that I was a bit interested. "If the orange player can break my sword, I'll happily hand over all my items." He pulls his sword out of its sheathe, shows it to us and then puts it back. "Of course, I doubt a noob like you can even handle a simple task like that." I growl loud enough for him to hear. This guy is really pissing me off!
"I'll take you up on that" Zezima says as he equips his sword. I step back as he points his sword at the boy. "No need to request a duel, I'm a pker so this is just fine."
"Suit yourself. Just don't cry if you lose." The boy slightly turns the side and signals Zezima to 'come on' with his hands. Zezima charges at him with his sword glowing red. Once he gets close enough, the boy in white draws his sword, immediately swinging it with such speed that it was hard to keep up. His sword ends up going through Zezima's +15 sword with no problem, which is the reason Zezima has on a very surprised face. "You lost. Now get out of my sight."
"You… You god damn bastard!" Zezima quickly equips his dagger and begins swinging at the boy, who effortlessly dodges. "Stay still!" The boy manages to grab Zezimas arm and flip him onto his back.
"Recklessness will get you nowhere. Go back to training before you attempt to pk again." He smirks at me before walking away. I clench my teeth as I get up and run at him. I point my dagger at his head as I swing. He dodges and manages to get behind me. I turn around to see him with two throwing picks in his hand. It's just a throwing pick. What can that do? He throws one at me and the other at Zezima. It manages to hit me even though I attempted to dodge.
I feel my body not respond to my commands as I fall down. I look up at my health bar and see the paralysis debuff. How did he…? "Just who are you?" I say out loud, thinking it was in my head. He throws a paralysis potion at me and Zezima.
"Just a green player dressed in black and white. Memorize it, forget it, whatever works best for you." He jumps onto the closest abandoned building and turns back to us. "Just don't try that futile attempt you call pking on me again." He then continues walking away.
~Halo's pov~
Kaz and I stroll through town, doing our usual lady search. "I'm telling you Kaz. A direct approach is the best approach. Talking to them while they're turned around can result in you meeting someone you don't wanna know or coming off as a creep" I tell Kaz as I lean against a building. He passes me a water bottle and I take a sip of it.
"You don't understand. Talking to them from behind is what sparks up the relationship from the start" he retorts. I turn my head away from him, seeing a girl turned around in the process. "I'll even show you since you seem to think otherwise." He walks over to the girl I was just looking at.
"This is going to end badly..." I mumble to myself as a grin goes across my face.
"Well hello there, beautiful. How are you on this fine day?" I watch as Kaz's face changes from a flirtatious smile to a scared-out-of-my-mind face. The one he thought to be a girl turned out to be a man with long hair. I begin laughing as Kaz slowly walks back over to me with a depressed face.
"I see you have a very unique taste in women." I continue laughing while he growls at me. "See why you should approach them from the front and not from behind dummy?" He goes to grab me but I move out of the way and begin running. "You're grabbing skills are just as bad as your flirting skills!"
~Guild house, Vile's room. Vile's pov~
While I wait for Cy to come get me when he's ready to sign up for the tournament, I lay on my bed in deep thought about Lily's answer. "If this wasn't a life or death situation, then yes." After that thought, a glimpse of Petra's face pops out of nowhere into my mind. Why did Petra just cross my thoughts? Confused at the sudden thought of Petra interrupting my train of thought, I sit at the edge of my bed and start to ponder why this happened. The more I thought about Petra, a sudden ache in my heart starts to form and I clutch my chest where my heart is. Is this frustration? Anger? As I sit there confused at the sudden aching in my chest, I can feel the air around me feel thinner and a dark depression start to form over me. "What's happening to me…?"
"Kyuu?" Coldfang's sudden interruption brings me back to normal and I start to inhale some air.
"What the hell just happened?" I ask myself after regaining my senses.
"Kyuu!" Coldfang files over to me and sits on my lap.
"You saved me there little guy. I owe you one" I say while Coldfang yawns and falls asleep on my lap. But what was that about? I've never felt such emotions before. What would you have told me father?
"Done being emotional, meatshield?" Cyrus' voice knocks me back out of my thoughts as I turn to him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "Rain's cleared and signups are still going on. Let's get a move on."
Current levels:
Cyrus – Level 76
Cross – Level 82
Lily – Level 75
Vile – Level 76
Kazama – Level 70
Rei – Level 65
Halo –Level 69
Yumiko – Level 65
To Be Continued in chapter 12
