Swamp Time

[Vitae]

 It was around three o'clock in the afternoon, clouds covered the sky, rain made the water rise, and a thick fog was forming while a thunderstorm brewed above. Amongst this fog was a crouching shadow ready to pounce, meanwhile there was a disheveled and frightened goblin making its way through the swamp with water up to it's stomach. Carefully following its prey the shadow crept across the many thick tree branches that covered the swamp with some ease while breaking some of the small twigs that would create an even larger fear factor to the weak goblin and a greater advantage to the shadow. Constantly on guard the goblin turned its head side to side frantically while holding the butcher knife it had like it was a sword and not a knife trying to gain any sense of protection it could get even if it only lasted for a second. Suddenly a flash came above which was followed with a loud roaring thunder which caused the pitiful goblin to jump in fear and give out a yelp only to realize that it was just thunder. Feeling like a fool it stood straight, hardened its nerves, and marched on only to shake in fear again at the sound of the snapping twigs.

 The next flash of lightning is when I'll strike I've scared the beast enough thought the shadow and thus prepared to strike the monster. Pulling out its long spear, Notus, the shadow got in the best stance it could since it was standing on a tree branch and waited for lightning to strike once again. Within thirty more seconds the next bolt of lightning flew across the sky and the boy leapt off the branch with the spear ready to throw through the goblin's head. The sound of the shaking branch caused the goblin to turn around and see the last few seconds of its life. The spear came downward towards the goblin's head in slow motion while the goblin moved its butcher knife to block it, but was and too slow and right before the spear pierced through its head the goblin could swear it saw a large green dragon with its mouth about to close down on the the goblin's head and past the dragon the goblin saw a boy in the air with piercing red eyes that could kill something if he tried. Afterwards the spear pierced through its head and it exploded into bubbles and gold.

 Not giving a care about the gold the boy landed in the water, walked over, and grabbed his spear. After making his way back up to the tree branches the boy thought about the monster he just killed, it had been his thirtieth one over the span of the day. The boy had come to the edge of the forest last night and woke up before dawn due to the rain. Already in an upset mood he was new to the area, but to do his journey across the world he was able to get ahold of the terrain. After an hour of exploring he found the first goblin, finding out that they were easy prey if you played it tactful the boy easily killed more of them. Now he had killed thirty of them he was rather exhausted, so deciding to take a half an hour break he sat on a tree branch looking out into the swamp with his piercing red eyes.

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[Bei Fong]

Sometimes the only pay-off for having any faith
Is when it's tested again and again everyday
I'm still comparing your past to my future
It might be your wound but they're my sutures

No matter what game you were playing there was always a marsh and it always sucked. Either the creatures in it did poison damage which was annoying to deal with or it was hard to navigate. In this instance it was hard to navigate which was made worse by the fact that there was some sort of freak storm going on. Normally this would be an awesome thing except now she was in the middle of it and it was no longer a game. Bei Fong muttered every curse word under the sun as she "dashed" through the waters of the marshes which made a sickening suction sound every time she stepped down. She was no princess but neither did she enjoy being covered from head to toe in mud which only served to slow her progress.

In a fight the extra weight counter acted her class and made her slower and she knew there were more sentient enemies out here. Boars, plant monsters- they lacked the true intelligence to adapt to a situation. Goblins, orcs and anything of that sort could put up a good fight she knew and were likely to be wandering out here. The idea of fighting something that could think excited her more than one could realize. Her abilities in this world remained untested and she was dying for a chance to push them.

Without paying much attention to where she was going she stumbled upon a Goblin who seemed to be distracted by something. Distracted wasn't really the right term for it- it was more like terrified. Crouching to observe the creatue she noticed it was looking around for something before a lightining flash sealed the little monsters fate. Bei Fong didn't really catch what had happened, one moment he was standing there and the next he was anima bubbles.

It wasn't until someone came down from the trees to retrieve their weapon that she understood what happened. 'Another player huh? Spear hunting goblins like fish..' she thought to herself as she tried to decide whether or not she was going to show herself. If she truly wanted to hide she would have activated her tracker subclass but the need to engage someone overcame her common sense. She didn't want to be lost out here and they clearly knew what they were doing out here.

Instead of hiding she simply threw her hands behind her head and stomped out into the opening. Probably not the most intelligent thing to do but she was confident here that she could handle herself. Once she was in the open she put a smirk on her face and looked around. It seemed that they had left behind the gold coins from their kill- however she could not loot them right now. 

"Help a girl out? Sort of lost." she called out.

Vitae - 473 

MADE BY VEL OF GS

[Vitae]

 The boy saw the girl come marching towards him in the muck of the swamp like she owned the place and then started issue what the boy took to be an order. Not liking to take orders the boy rose up from the tree branch and then pointed his spear at her while he studied her. The girl had long crimson hair which reached down to around her waist which was made more beautiful by her fair skin and her green eyes. From her clothing he could tell that she was a beginner like himself except that she was a Monk due to the fact that she didn't have a weapon on her while the boy was a Druid and used a spear. Deciding to give the girl a chance the boy redirected his spear towards the exit but then spoke, "That is the direction towards Rome, but I suggest that you don't go now earlier I heard loud snapping noises which makes me believe it's a beast or extraordinary power, not the field boss though. I would personally recommend that you come with me and kill more mobs since I have experienced as a explorer." Ending after that the boy hopped down from the tree branch into the swamp and threw his spear right past the girl into a snail of small size.  As he walked to grab his spear he stopped by the girl and said one more bit of information, "There are some excellent monsters that with the proper tools you can kill in one go making for a good experience grinder." After that he walked over and pulled the spear out of the tree trunk the inevitably sunk itself into. The boy clutched the spear, then spun it around a few times to get anything on it off and finally walked back to the girl and stuck out his hand in a manor of greetings, "It's nice to meet you ma'am my name is Vitae, a Druid."

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Bei Fong