Chapter 4

It has now been five months since I been in the game World of Elders. Many of my friends have split up and joined other teams. Teams that are much larger then I wanted to be responsible for, and a few going and opening up their own shops. Since the game started we have what was a city population now down to 75, 000 last I heard. Just recently floor 24 open in the last hour, and not much explored yet. I have saved up so much coin in hoping a nice place was available to live in.

I came to the cities teleported and set up the teleported to the 24th floor. The portal open, as I walked in going through the other side. I came to a large meadow surrounded by mountains as they had light snow on top of them. A light breeze was blowing, I thought to myself.

"This would be a nice place to live at. I wonder if there is a house somewhere near here."

I walked along the path to see a separate path break off as I followed it. Going up the small hill to come upon a large house. Enough to fit five or six people in it. I made my way running to the house to see it available.

"Oh sweet it's available! Let's see how much."

A key pad open up as it showed 250,000 gold coin.

I smiled and cried lightly in my hood.

"I… I have my own place to stay finally. No more inns…. A place I can call home for once."

I activated the panel as 250,000 coins out of my 500,000 was taken.

"Congratulation, you own Meadow Valley House!"

I walked inside my home to see it empty, walking around to thinking of everything I need to get.

"Well let's get some furniture and food in this place. Hey… I wonder…"

I pulled up my friends list to see many of my friends alive still. Some not too far down in the other floors from where I am. I walked to the portal and activated the first area. I headed to the 21st floor as my friend Ivory owned her own little shop in Chedinhall. A damp area, but one of the more popular cities to go get your best gear and food.

I walked around the city finding Ivory's, small shop even went and got some furniture for my place. I got four beds, a nice big dinner room table, chairs for it obviously, and other nick knacks to sproce up the place. I wasn't paying attention for a moment and turned my head last second to see Ivory in her shop.

I stumbled slightly and ran in to her shop.

"Hello, how may I… wait… Sissthiath?!"

I smiled and took my hood off looking at her with my green eyes.

"Hello Ivory, been a few months since I last seen you."

"It has, how have you been?"

"I been well, just hit level forty a few days ago. Been doing lots of side quest for the npc's and helping some of the players doing dungeons. Hey… I was looking to ask something."

"What is it?"

"You see… I just got a place. On the newest floor that just open."

"You're living on the 24th floor? Man you sure travel a lot."

I smiled lightly with a chuckle.

"That I do, but see… it's a large place enough to fit 5 or 6 people in the place. I was wondering if you like to come live with me. Just so I don't live in house all by myself. Be nice to hang with my friends again. Since we split up on the 10th floor and that was months ago."

"I really do have a place to live. Though I be happy to live with you, but I can't leave my shop."

"Oh am not saying you have to leave it. You can live with me at my place and go work here."

"Oh, well if that's how it will work I be happy to live with you. Though do you have furniture and things?"

"I do, I just got lot of the necessities. Though I have not gotten food or anything yet."

"Well, I close shop soon. I have some food in my inventory. I can give you a friend's discount."

"What do you have?"

"Let me show you."

Ivory's inventory open up as I saw lots of apples, meats, vegetables, lots of herbs and potions.

"Well… I'll take it all besides most of your herbs and potions. I don't make potions, I just buy them when needed."

"It's all good silly lizard. That will be 500 gold coin"

I smiled and nodded handing over the coin. Knowing what I spent would have at least been 1500 as I took all what she had. With everything I bought I'm only down to 50,000 coin. I should have enough to build back up again and survive off of if something did come up.

"Well it's on the 24th floor just follow the trail for a few minutes and turn right. You'll see the trail leading to the house. Here is a key to the place."

I had a duplicate key to the place as I also sent Ivory I invite back to my team. She accepted and took the key.

"Thanks Sissthiath for this. I'll see you at the house. I close soon, so I'll see you there."

"Sounds good, I'm heading back to set the place up and look for the others. It be nice to have the gang back and maybe work our way back up to the other floors."

Ivory smiled and nodded.

I left her shop heading back into the portal again appearing back on the floor. I walked back home with humming a small tune in my head from song I listen to outside of the game, while I finally enter in my home.

The large empty living room with a small fire place was my first area. I open my inventory placing couches, chairs, small tables, even lamps, and a few pretty nick knacks around the room. I even got the small fire going to get the place a little toasty.

I made my way into the kitchen. Nothing large but enough to do some cooking and a nice area to the left of the kitchen to eat dinner. Everything was placed as some of the fruit was laid out in a bowl on the table.

"Starting to look like a house. Now let's get the four bedrooms put together."

I took a look more as I two bedrooms downstairs. Placing the beds, dressers, and other little things in both of the small rooms down stairs. I walked up the stairs and did the same for the other two, as the last room I walked in was mine. A large master bedroom, it already had a large bed that looked like it was fit for a king, and a few other little things. I placed some other small tables and lighting in the room. Even placed a lot off my weapons I acquired in the room and around my home. To give it a feel of what I earned in these many past months. Not realizing the time, a knock came at my door as I open it to see Ivory.

"Oh hi Ivory, come on in."

She walked in seeing the huge house and smiled with a light blush.

"Wow Sissthiath, how did you get a nice place like this?"

"Well…. I saved a lot of my coin. It doesn't cost me much to get my armor repaired as Spartacus helps repair my armor. I was planning on going out and getting the rest of the gang for the night. See if they want to live here or not."

"Sounds good, I'll be here reading my book I have."

"Alright, I'll be back late tonight if not in the morning. If I don't see you have a good night and a good day at your shop."

"You as well Sissthiath."

I left my place leaving Ivory, as I went to the 15th floor. Knowing my two non-blood bros are living together somewhere. They may not leave but it may be worth a shot. Who knows I got a big enough place for them to stay in, plus last I heard they live in a village.

I appeared out of the portal on the 15th floor to see find Liki and Scath right when I enter in the village.

"LIKI… SCATH!"

I ran up to approach the two, as I smiled at the two.

"Hey little bro. What are you doing here? I though you…"

"Nope…. Sorry I don't mean to interrupt you but it's kind of a secret right now."

"Oh yeah… well anyways, what you doing here?"

"Well… I came to tell you I got my own place on the 24th floor. I thought you two like to live with me and a few other of my friends."

"Honestly bro… we love to, but we have our own little place. It's enough for us. Not that we wouldn't, but with everything going on. I just like to be here with Liki himself." Scath said

"I understand, though if you ever like to visit just stop on by alright."

"We will."

I turned and left leaving the 15th floor.

"You know we could of. I mean… we have not seen Sissthiath for four months now. I know you're afraid with what's been going on. You know he has a good heart to protect us."

"Yeah… but they still keep coming."

"Scath… lets not do this hear. Let's go back home."

He nodded as the two went back to their place. I came back out again back to the 19th floor to see Spartacus at his shop repairing his armor a bit.

"What's up dumb dumb."

"Oh ha-ha Sissthiath, what is your scaley butt doing back at my shop. I just repaired your armor, don't tell me you got into trouble again."

"No no… I came to tell you I got my own place on the new open floor. I just got my place, I have not explored it much yet. Trying to get some of my old pals again and see if they want to live with me. It's a big place and it be nice not to live alone. I have Ivory at my place, and though you and neon like to live there."

"You know, I would honestly. It be nice to work with you again. I even know the skills to make a forge there. I can repair your armor for free on your land and things."

"That be great man! Well here is a key to the place and where the house is."

"Sounds good man, I'll be getting my inventory all packed up and put this place on the market. I can get a forge and a little place for it made in three days. You'll be able to make some profit off this."

"Thanks man, I'll see you in a bit."

He nodded and started getting his things packed up as I now was looking for Neon. It shows he is on this floor himself. Now where could he be?

I looked around the area to finally see him talking to a shark. I approached him and smiled lightly

"Hello Neon"

He looked at me.

"Do I know you?"

"You should, I was one of the first people to let you in my raid team. When the game started, it's me Sissthiath."

"Oh Sissthiath, long time no see."

"Indeed, hey… I'm looking to get the gang back together. Ivory and Spartacus are in with me on this. I was wounding if you were?"

"Another raid?"

"No, to live at my place. I have a large place five people can live in there. I have two plus me, so I was wondering if you were."

"I mean… I would. Though I have a place already."

"Sell it man, come live in a nice place. It's a large meadow that overlooks the mountains. It be nice to be with some friends now wouldn't it?"

"Well… your right. I have not seen Ivory in a long time and she was a cool friend to chat with and thing."

"That's the spirit man. Here is the key and location of the place. I'll see you later on, even if you don't come till tomorrow that be fine."

Neon nodded as I left heading back home. It was going on midnight in the game, as I came back to my home. Seeing Ivory in some nice house cloths she had. I open up my inventory and did the same. Feeling the armor off me.

"First time in ages I been in some regular cloths. Too bad it's not in our time though." I chuckled

"Yeah… but oh well right."

"Right." I laugh

"Well… Ivory. I plan on exploring this floor some more in the morning and I'm really tired. I'll be going to bed. Spartacus and Neon will be staying here later on. I know liki wanted to but scath didn't…. I was hoping us all."

Knock knock knock

I looked at Ivory and went to the door.

"Who could this be?"

I open to see it was Scath and Liki at the door.

"Oh, hi you two. Something wrong?"

"No, but me and scath had a long talk and we want to stay here. I have everything we need already, but using our place as second area for if we want to stay there at times."

"Oh that's fine, come in come in."

They came in seeing the bat.

"Oh Sissthiath got a girlfriend huh? I thought you were with Letra?"

Ivory and I blush bright.

"What! No! She is one of my friend here in this game and I offer her to stay here."

"Oh!" They chuckled.

"We are just yanking your chain."

"Well hey you two. Pick a room that has not been taken yet. One room left down here, if not two more available upstairs."

They both nodded and left going to bed now.

"Sorry about that Ivory, they like to tease me a times."

"It's okay, for a moment I was going to be like what!" she giggled

The other two came in not to shortly after my friends and I told the same thing to them. Spartacus pick the one down below as neon got the last bed upstairs.

"Listen Ivory, I know you sleep upside down and things, but if you ever want to sleep in the bed don't hesitate to use it. That's what it's there for."

"I will, thanks Sissthiath. I'm off to bed, thanks for inviting me to stay at your place. I do hope to meet you for real."

"As do I Ivory, you have a good night."

She left to her room as I turned the lights off, and went to my bed. Climbing in it felt kind of like home to me. I finally got a place of my own and my friends to live with me. Tomorrow will be a great day, as I hope to find more to this floor then I see already.