So sorry for not posting chapters in a LONG time! Been working on school projects and now I have to look after my baby bro more often, but don't fret! I am still here! ^_^ Man, hope you guys aren't sick of me apologizing for not being too active. xD If so sorry. :P
Anywho, on with the story! Hopefully I'll be more active in the summer! B)
Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and High Five ghost where walking on a wide stone road while tall rickety pillars are standing on the paths side. In front of them was fog dense enough to not see very far ahead.
"This place is creepier than the forest, are we there yet?" Rigby said.
"Pipe down Rigby." Muscle Man said. "According to the map, it should be straight ahead at the end of this road."
"You better be right." Mordecai said.
"Hey man," Muscle Man said, "you're not the only one who can read maps."
"Just saying considering we travelled, like, half way around the world to get here."
"Guys look!" High Five Ghost said.
The rest of the group including Fives looked forward then slowly panned their heads up. They saw a huge wooden oval shaped door. Around the door were torches that lit up one after another quickly. The four looked forward and treaded onward towards the door. They stopped in front of the door. Mordecai laid his hands on the door.
"Alright guys," Mordecai said, "help me open this huge door."
Everyone went beside Mordecai and prepared to push the door.
"One… two… Three—EEEEE!"
They all pushed on the door. The door didn't move, however Mordecai fell inside a door with in the door of the dungeon.
"Huh," Fives said, "guess the big door was for show.
Mordecai limped out the door and grunted.
"You think?" Mordecai said.
Everyone walked inside the door with in the door. In front of them was a stair case that leaded down deeper into the dungeon.
"Alright," Mordecai said, "let's do this, don't split up and proceed with caution."
"Guys, look!" Rigby said. "I found a map!"
The three walked towards Rigby who was standing in front of a map being held up by two poles.
"Nice job Rigby." Mordecai said. "Now we can see what we're in for! Let's see… 'You are here', and the guy we're looking for is here. Now between that is… okay… traps… traps… monsters… traps… uh oh."
"What?" Rigby said.
"The door to the guy guarding the orb is sealed with a level 10 lock."
"What?!" Muscle Man said. "Do you know how much dynamite we had to use to blow up such a lock?!"
"Oh don't remind me!" Rigby said. "It nearly cleared out our savings! I wanted to save up for horses.
"Dude, we found magic carpets for all of us in that door." Muscle Man said.
"Well… I like horses better." Rigby said.
"Can't we just pick the lock?" Fives said.
"'Can we just pick the lock'." Rigby mimicked. "Spoken like a true noob."
"Rigby's right… well besides the noob part." Mordecai said. "A level 10 lock is the highest type of lock in the game. Even if we were to go all around the game to train our lock picking skills for who knows how long, only the thief class has the ability to pick locks."
"Well it stinks that not one of us didn't choose it." Rigby said.
"Who could blame us?" Fives said. "It looked like a dumb class."
"Can't one of us just choose a different class?" Muscle Man said.
"No, we can't do that." Mordecai said. "If you did, you would lose all your progress in your current class. What we need is to find someone who would help us out… but who?"
"You're kidding, right?" Rigby said.
"What do you mean?" Mordecai said.
"Come on, Mordecai!" Muscle man."
"Come on what?" Mordecai said.
"Man you're and even bigger noob than I am." Fives said.
"What the heck are you guys talking about?" Mordecai said.
Mordecai paused for a moment and his eyes opened wide.
"Ooooohhhh." Mordecai said. "Right, right, I knew that."
"Save it and let's just go get him." Rigby said.
"Get who?" Mordecai said.
Everyone stared at Mordecai with unimpressed looks.
"I'm kidding guys! Man, take a joke." Mordecai said.
Everyone walked all the way back to the hideout. Mordecai touched the stone in the middle of the room, and regained consciousness in the real world. Mordecai walked up the stairs, exited the basement and ended into the living room.
"Thomas!" Mordecai called out. "Thomas! Hmm… Must've finished what he was doing here. Better go outside and see if I can catch him."
Mordecai walked toward the front door. As soon as he opened the door, Mordecai immediately shut his eyes and put his arms in front of his face.
"Arg…" Mordecai grunted. "Was the sun always this bright?"
Mordecai walked slowly along the porch of the house. He tried to find where the first step of the house was, but placed his foot in a weird way and fell all the way down the steps. Mordecai groaned and as he did, Thomas ran to him.
"Are you okay Mordecai?" Thomas said while helping Mordecai up?"
"Yeah…" Mordecai said. "The sun was just a bit too bright today."
"Well that might be because you were cooped up in that basement for too long." Thomas said.
"Probably." Mordecai said. "Speaking of which, the guys and I were talking, and we decided to let you play!" Mordecai said.
"Oh really?" Thomas said unconvincingly.
"Yeah! We'll teach you everything you need to know and you'll be fighting monsters in no time!"
"Alright," Thomas said. "Let's go!"
Mordecai and Thomas returned to the basement. Rigby, Muscle Man, and Fives regained their senses. Rigby took out a sheet of paper and everyone gathered around him. Rigby took a couple of dice and rolled them. Each time he rolled them he would write something on the paper.
"What's Rigby doing?" Thomas said.
"He's just calculating your base stats." Muscle Man said.
"Which I just about finished." Rigby said. "Now all that is left is for you to pick a class. The classes, along with their description, is at the bottom of the page."
Thomas looked at the page.
"Ummm… oh! The mage class looks cool!" Thomas said.
"Umm… you can't choose that class." Fives said.
"Why not?" Thomas said.
"Because… I'm a mage." Fives said.
"So?" Thomas said.
"Its better to add variety to the party so we can battle more efficiently, and you're not fighting for loot with someone of the same class." Mordecai said.
"So just pick something else." Muscle Man said.
"Alright…" Thomas said. "Are any of you guys a necromancer?"
"Well… no." Rigby said.
"Then I'll become that class!"
"Eh, you don't wanna be that class either." Muscle Man said. "I mean seriously… summoning dead guys? Psh, totally lame, plus they're smelly."
"Then what do you guys think I should be?" Thomas said.
"I know the perfect class for you." Mordecai said. "Thief."
"Thief?" Thomas asked. "Isn't picking locks the only thing thieves are good for?"
"Not entirely!" Mordecai said.
"They… they can also stab things." Rigby said.
"And uhhh… sneak around." Muscle Man said.
"They can… do back flips?" Fives said.
"Well… alright I'll give it a shot."
"Excellent!" Rigby said.
Rigby wrote on the page again.
"Alright! Your character sheet is complete!" Rigby said.
The sheet began to turn blue and slowly faded away.
"Woah!" Thomas said. "What happened to the paper?"
"Don't worry, it imputed your details into the game." Mordecai said. "Now all that is left is to touch the stone in the middle of the board."
"Does it hurt?" Thomas said.
"Nah, its compactly painless. You may just feel a bit weirded out on your first go." Muscle Man said.
"Okay… let's do this." Thomas said.
"See you on the other side." Rigby said.
Everyone except Thomas touched the stone. Their eyes began to change color as they displayed once again a blank state. Thomas stared at the rock for a bit, and slowly reached out for the rock. When he touched it, colors began covering his vision. He felt like he was falling through a vortex. Thomas screamed as he fell through the vortex, but stopped when he bumped into Muscle Man.
"Owe!" Muscle Man said. "Watch where you're falling, man!"
"Sorry!' Thomas said.