Chapter 8: //allies
Kindle felt as if he was going to pass out. He was left light-headed, and forgot where he was or why he was there. He even forgot that he was in a game and thought he was lying on his bed safely at his old house. But all too soon it swept over him. He had gotten his first friend in the game immobilized. Now he was on a quest to gather data strong enough to override the infection. And he had just used to data drain for the first time on a data bug of his friend Jonathan or Saiwroth as he was in the game. He looked up. There was Senuke, the warrior who had stuck with him in the battle. "I have no idea of what just occurred, but I know it was a good thing. Travels with you could prove quite interesting, brave one. Here, will you accept my member address?" said Senuke, impressed by Kindle's skill. Kindle had only been playing in "Journey for Power" for a day, and had already built a reputation as brave and strong. He liked it. "Sure! And same to you Senuke, I could use your help someday!" Kindle replied. The two friends shook hands and Senuke slipped something to Kindle. "It is called upgrade matter." He said. "Use it on your weapon to power it up, but for a limited time." Kindle pocketed it for later. He wanted to talk about what had happened with Saiwroth, but the Rorouni logged out before Kindle had the chance. Kindle was still reflecting on the feat he had just accomplished. He didn't like using data drain; it put strain on his body that he had never felt, probably a side effect of using the technique before he even knew it. He resolved to use data drain only three more times, against the triangle of death that Jonathan told him about.
"Excellent job, Kindle!" It was Saiwroth. "My body is intact and functioning properly, you removed every inch of bad data inside of me. Are you hungry, would you like to return to the real world and get something to eat?"
"I'm not hungry, I think that I'll just play some more. I think I am getting the hang of this game. But Saiwroth, I have one question for you, well actually two."
"I'm listening"
"Why don't you just go collect that data yourself, and data drain the three monsters."
"Well that is simple," replied Saiwroth. "I have put up barriers so that certain monsters, such as those, cannot be data drained. To rewrite that I would need to destroy the servers, thus destroying Quall's mind. And what was your other question?"
"Umm" said Kindle. "Why don't you travel with me" Saiwroth laughed, almost in a nasty way. "I am far too busy to travel with you, but allies are a good idea, I suggest that you recruit some more." Kindle wanted to ask if Saiwroth was too busy to help someone's life, but Saiwroth logged out at that moment. Kindle did take the advice to heFirst he needed to find out about the triangle of death that he needed to beat. He walked up to a knight in shining armor riding some pig thing. "Excuse me Mr, do you where I can find the triangle of death?"
"Get out of here" the man barked and his pig looked menacingly at Kindle. Kindle walked away, mad that people could be nasty in a game as well as the real world. He wasn't a very social guy, but usually wasn't rude like that. He commonly saw men walking around with swords, and all of them were mean. He walked over to the area board, and a tall girl with blondish brown hair, taller than Kindle, was reading it. She was holding a long staff made of wood, and held a book her other hand. Kindle gulped, he hoped that she wasn't pretty, he wondered if he could blush in a game. She was wearing a white skirt, and a white hoody on top. He couldn't help but try to figure out who she was, and tapped on her shoulder. She turned around, and he instantly knew that he liked her. She had makeup on, and her green eyes matched that of Leer's in real life. Leer was surprised that they could make such nice looking girls in a game. He realized that this girl could be a fifty year old man and became serious. "Do you know where I can find the triangle of death?" he blurted. "More n00bs are not what the game needs. I hope that the worldwide release won't be a n00b attracter." She said. "Sorry for being a n00b, then" said Kindle wondering what a n00b was. "I know what you are after, and trust me, a game is not the place to pick up girls" she said again. "I only talked to you, I didn't mean to insult you though" said Kindle. He walked away. "Get back here" said the girl. "Sorry about that, but I played this game to escape people hitting on me all of the time." Kindle didn't understand, but he figured that this was her way of making it up to him. "I'm Iris in the game" she said. "And I'm Kindle" said Kindle back. "What is your class, mine is the waveblade."
"My class is wishbringer" said Iris. "I can cast healing spells and offensive summons." Kindle was impressed. With a healer around, it would be easier for him. "I'm at level 10" said Iris. "Not too impressive, but not a n00b either." Kindle decided that he wouldn't say that he had no idea what his level was at. "Take my member address" said Iris. "I guess that I will tell you about the triangle of death, but let's go to a dungeon first. Kindle looked at his cell phone. It now had Quall, Senuke, and Iris on it. "How about we go to an area for beginners on the public board, we will meet some new people there!" said Iris and ran for the chaos gate. Kindle lagged to keep up and went with her as she typed in the keywords "beginning new quest"
They arrived at a vast, hilly Grassland, with numerous people wandering about. Some were battling enemies, and some were talking. Iris wanted to go to the dungeon right away. "Come on, if you want to be my friend, you have to come!" she said. But Kindle was sidetracked by a very scary looking player. He had black armor with skulls for shoulder pads and spikes down his arms and legs. Perhaps the scariest part was his flushed white face with blood markings around it. "What a freak" said Iris. "Let's go" But Kindle couldn't help seeing a timid boy with a staff in one hand, and a long pointy hat on top being harassed by this scary player. Following his hero instinct, Kindle marched over to get an earshot of what was being said. "S, so what was your name" said the little boy, who actually was as tall as Kindle. "I am Cemetery, the legendary shadowknight" he replied. "And you" The boy looked at the ground. "I am Vivel, and my weapon is the Eleblade.."
"Hahahahahaha!!" Cemetery" exploded with laughter. "Do you summon powers of an elephant to attack for you, or are you one? Where are your tusks? Hahahahaha!!!"
"You said you would be my friend if I gave you my money" Vivel muttered to the ground.
"No backtalking" said Cemetery and with one swipe of his dark sword, Vivel was sent to the ground with zero hp. "Hey" yelled an infuriated Kindle. "What was that all about?" Vivel looked up at Kindle. "It's ok" said Vivel. "Cemetery is my friend" he then disappeared and the words game over appeared in his place.
"I thought there was no player killing anymore" yelled Iris, who had seen everything.
"Who are you people" Cemetery questioned. "I hacked in to the database of status ailments and learned how to put confusion status on me, letting me attack allies, with total control of my body." Kindle didn't really understand that, but know that Cemetery had to pay. "Well, tough guy, lets see that hacker magic stuff on me!"
"You want to fight me, you dip." Cemetery said. "I eat crap like you for breakfast!"
"You eat crap for breakfast, disgusting!" Kindle shot back. He drew his waveblade, ready for a fight.
Kindle felt as if he was going to pass out. He was left light-headed, and forgot where he was or why he was there. He even forgot that he was in a game and thought he was lying on his bed safely at his old house. But all too soon it swept over him. He had gotten his first friend in the game immobilized. Now he was on a quest to gather data strong enough to override the infection. And he had just used to data drain for the first time on a data bug of his friend Jonathan or Saiwroth as he was in the game. He looked up. There was Senuke, the warrior who had stuck with him in the battle. "I have no idea of what just occurred, but I know it was a good thing. Travels with you could prove quite interesting, brave one. Here, will you accept my member address?" said Senuke, impressed by Kindle's skill. Kindle had only been playing in "Journey for Power" for a day, and had already built a reputation as brave and strong. He liked it. "Sure! And same to you Senuke, I could use your help someday!" Kindle replied. The two friends shook hands and Senuke slipped something to Kindle. "It is called upgrade matter." He said. "Use it on your weapon to power it up, but for a limited time." Kindle pocketed it for later. He wanted to talk about what had happened with Saiwroth, but the Rorouni logged out before Kindle had the chance. Kindle was still reflecting on the feat he had just accomplished. He didn't like using data drain; it put strain on his body that he had never felt, probably a side effect of using the technique before he even knew it. He resolved to use data drain only three more times, against the triangle of death that Jonathan told him about.
"Excellent job, Kindle!" It was Saiwroth. "My body is intact and functioning properly, you removed every inch of bad data inside of me. Are you hungry, would you like to return to the real world and get something to eat?"
"I'm not hungry, I think that I'll just play some more. I think I am getting the hang of this game. But Saiwroth, I have one question for you, well actually two."
"I'm listening"
"Why don't you just go collect that data yourself, and data drain the three monsters."
"Well that is simple," replied Saiwroth. "I have put up barriers so that certain monsters, such as those, cannot be data drained. To rewrite that I would need to destroy the servers, thus destroying Quall's mind. And what was your other question?"
"Umm" said Kindle. "Why don't you travel with me" Saiwroth laughed, almost in a nasty way. "I am far too busy to travel with you, but allies are a good idea, I suggest that you recruit some more." Kindle wanted to ask if Saiwroth was too busy to help someone's life, but Saiwroth logged out at that moment. Kindle did take the advice to heFirst he needed to find out about the triangle of death that he needed to beat. He walked up to a knight in shining armor riding some pig thing. "Excuse me Mr, do you where I can find the triangle of death?"
"Get out of here" the man barked and his pig looked menacingly at Kindle. Kindle walked away, mad that people could be nasty in a game as well as the real world. He wasn't a very social guy, but usually wasn't rude like that. He commonly saw men walking around with swords, and all of them were mean. He walked over to the area board, and a tall girl with blondish brown hair, taller than Kindle, was reading it. She was holding a long staff made of wood, and held a book her other hand. Kindle gulped, he hoped that she wasn't pretty, he wondered if he could blush in a game. She was wearing a white skirt, and a white hoody on top. He couldn't help but try to figure out who she was, and tapped on her shoulder. She turned around, and he instantly knew that he liked her. She had makeup on, and her green eyes matched that of Leer's in real life. Leer was surprised that they could make such nice looking girls in a game. He realized that this girl could be a fifty year old man and became serious. "Do you know where I can find the triangle of death?" he blurted. "More n00bs are not what the game needs. I hope that the worldwide release won't be a n00b attracter." She said. "Sorry for being a n00b, then" said Kindle wondering what a n00b was. "I know what you are after, and trust me, a game is not the place to pick up girls" she said again. "I only talked to you, I didn't mean to insult you though" said Kindle. He walked away. "Get back here" said the girl. "Sorry about that, but I played this game to escape people hitting on me all of the time." Kindle didn't understand, but he figured that this was her way of making it up to him. "I'm Iris in the game" she said. "And I'm Kindle" said Kindle back. "What is your class, mine is the waveblade."
"My class is wishbringer" said Iris. "I can cast healing spells and offensive summons." Kindle was impressed. With a healer around, it would be easier for him. "I'm at level 10" said Iris. "Not too impressive, but not a n00b either." Kindle decided that he wouldn't say that he had no idea what his level was at. "Take my member address" said Iris. "I guess that I will tell you about the triangle of death, but let's go to a dungeon first. Kindle looked at his cell phone. It now had Quall, Senuke, and Iris on it. "How about we go to an area for beginners on the public board, we will meet some new people there!" said Iris and ran for the chaos gate. Kindle lagged to keep up and went with her as she typed in the keywords "beginning new quest"
They arrived at a vast, hilly Grassland, with numerous people wandering about. Some were battling enemies, and some were talking. Iris wanted to go to the dungeon right away. "Come on, if you want to be my friend, you have to come!" she said. But Kindle was sidetracked by a very scary looking player. He had black armor with skulls for shoulder pads and spikes down his arms and legs. Perhaps the scariest part was his flushed white face with blood markings around it. "What a freak" said Iris. "Let's go" But Kindle couldn't help seeing a timid boy with a staff in one hand, and a long pointy hat on top being harassed by this scary player. Following his hero instinct, Kindle marched over to get an earshot of what was being said. "S, so what was your name" said the little boy, who actually was as tall as Kindle. "I am Cemetery, the legendary shadowknight" he replied. "And you" The boy looked at the ground. "I am Vivel, and my weapon is the Eleblade.."
"Hahahahahaha!!" Cemetery" exploded with laughter. "Do you summon powers of an elephant to attack for you, or are you one? Where are your tusks? Hahahahaha!!!"
"You said you would be my friend if I gave you my money" Vivel muttered to the ground.
"No backtalking" said Cemetery and with one swipe of his dark sword, Vivel was sent to the ground with zero hp. "Hey" yelled an infuriated Kindle. "What was that all about?" Vivel looked up at Kindle. "It's ok" said Vivel. "Cemetery is my friend" he then disappeared and the words game over appeared in his place.
"I thought there was no player killing anymore" yelled Iris, who had seen everything.
"Who are you people" Cemetery questioned. "I hacked in to the database of status ailments and learned how to put confusion status on me, letting me attack allies, with total control of my body." Kindle didn't really understand that, but know that Cemetery had to pay. "Well, tough guy, lets see that hacker magic stuff on me!"
"You want to fight me, you dip." Cemetery said. "I eat crap like you for breakfast!"
"You eat crap for breakfast, disgusting!" Kindle shot back. He drew his waveblade, ready for a fight.