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Post by Dust on Apr 2, 2016 6:46:20 GMT
Dust saw him lick the blood from the axe. He didn't know why but he moved covering Luna from the attack shielding her. He grunted in pain as he fell to one knee with about as low Hp as you can get. He hadn't healed since activating Tyrant and legion. Luna looked at the Impmon and quickly got out the staff healing him, they didn't see what events unfolded Dust turned around and Luna to worried about his wounds.
Once they stopped Dust from dying they saw what that other guy did. He killed himself to take out that opponent, and then got revived by Luna a moment after. Like really white mage was the best class they could have with them it took like a second.
Dust slowly got up and shrugged. "I suppose so, but it isn't important right, we said we weren't going to be bandits." Dust said, that was the whole reason they started fighting, they didn't need to help Dust nor Luna they chose to do that.
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Post by Dante on Apr 2, 2016 7:11:53 GMT
The party exits out the large door and loot whatever they can find. They get ready to go turn the quest in. "It would be faster to transfer back over to the town. Let's log out and log back in." "Sounds good, I could use a break." Dante and Wormmon sign out of the game and take off their helmets. Dante takes a big gulp from his energy drink and checks his phone. It's almost midnight. He has things to do later tomorrow, but he wanted to keep playing. After taking a short break Dante and Wormmon sign back in, and the party meets up in town to turn in the quest. They follow Soulja to the back alley behind the inn and see the quest giver.
For completing the quest, the party is rewarded with a large sum of in game currency, some legendary gear, and a zeppelin load of experience points. Dust, Luna, Dante, and Wormmon all hit Level 5, unlocking a new subclass of their choice. They spend some time checking out their new moves and upgrades. "Thank you for helping me with the quest guys! I can't believe I killed the Bandit Leader." "You're not gonna go back to the base, are you?" "No, of course not. I'm actually kinda bored of this game. I'm gonna get off. Thanks again!" Soulja Boi salutes the party and signs off. "Maybe it's for the best that the Bandit Leader is an idiot."
The party has finished a difficult quest, and now has the option of questing in the area, or continuing on to a higher area. "So what was it you were going to show us?" "Oh, that's right. Well after that battle I think we will be fine. There is one place I want to go." "I wanna level up my professions! Going to build up my rank in gunsmithing." "We don't have time for that. Besides we don't really need to worry about leveling them up." "But Dante! The upgrades!" "Fine, go work on your upgrades." "I still have some things to take care of first. Let's meet back here in about a half hour." The party splits up to explore the town some more before going to the next map.
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Post by Dust on Apr 2, 2016 8:10:02 GMT
Dust and Luna stuck together when everyone split up, since they didn't know anyone else well enough. Dust sighed and wandered off towards the main part of the city till some player walked over to him. "Subclass, warrior." He muttered out before giving Dust something. "For a noob I suppose." He said before leaving. Luna watched. "Creepy." She said before dragging Dust away from here.
Dust looked over the weapon and wow did it have some weird strength. "Onslaught, kills any enemy with 20% or less health instantly." He read over the skill it gave him before equipping it. Dante was dual weilder and Dust did set his sub class to warrior. Luna set it to brawler and was currently making bets with other players, beating them then taking their money fair and square.
They did this till it was time to head back.
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Post by Dante on Apr 2, 2016 8:53:12 GMT
The party finishes tweaking their moves and meets back up outside the inn. Wormmon comes out of the inn shoveling bread into her face. "Careful now, your body is testing the tensile strength of that bikini." "Oh relax. It's not like my character model is going to change." Wormmon's weight goes up, and their top bursts into shreds, unleashing the twin cannons mounted on her chest. "Ohh, they're so bouncy." Wormmon equips a space combat mesh vest. "Why did you have to make your character look like that?" "The bigger, the more powerful." Aria just scoffs at Wormmon. "We're wasting time. Let's move."
The party follows Aria to a large building a few blocks down. Inside is a portal that transports the player to one of the main cities in the game. "We are going to pick something up." The party enters the portal and arrives in a large futuristic city. Players run around all over the place, forming big groups at some of the vendors. There is also an auction house where players can buy and sell gear, or sell their creatable goods like ore and herbs. They head to a vendor and see some sweet space bicycles. They have more than enough money to buy some high level transportation. "Whoah, check this out!" Wormmon gets on their bike and takes off, popping a wheelie. "Now there's just one more thing we need. It's a special event they only give out occasionally." The party heads towards the center of town where a large group has gathered.
In the center is a patrol captain that has just returned from an expedition. Apparently some of his men were captured by mysterious assailants. The players scramble around, putting groups together to go save the captives. "We've got this. Are you ready?" "Oh ya, we're gonna kick butt and save those soldiers!" The party gets on their bicycles and takes off, following the other players to the spot. They burn rubber out of the city and continue across a rocky terrain, until reaching a large volcanic area. "The captain said they were ambushed about half way to the top of that volcano." Groups of players travel across dangerous paths surrounded by liquid hot magma. Suddenly one of the volcanos erupts, triggering a wave of lava that completely engulfs some of the players. The party will have to think fast if they want to avoid the same fate.
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Dust
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 0:27:11 GMT
Dust and Luna managed to arrive before the gun show Wormmon had just done, neither of them knew what that was but Luna just looked at herself. Since she had picked the female modal she wondered if that was true if whatever those were made you more powerful. She turned to ask Dust but he seemed to already know exactly what she was about to say and out his hand up. "No." He bluntly said before following the group, he really had no time for questions he had no answer to. That was also because he had no answer and didn't want another human to fill her minds with things, like what Maia did before.
Dust had little to sell but a lot to buy. The duo made a lot of money by kicking people who didn't think a white mage could kick their ass. They were quite wrong when that's exactly what she did. All he bought was stuff that was a higher level so nothing that big of a boost, though when it came to the space bikes Luna seemed agitated. "I have no idea how this works." She said kicking it once, Dust walked over and got on his managing to figure out what to do, which prompted the Mercenary to hop on his back. "Lets go Dust." Luna said pointing in the wrong direction, Dust sighed and followed the group.
Dust arrived at the area and shrugged, he supposed he was ready. Dust was a bit peeved they had spent so long in a game when he could be doing more important things like figuring out his past or finding the girl. But he couldn't really argue with Luna at this point they were already here.
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Post by Dante on Apr 3, 2016 0:55:13 GMT
After some hijinks from Wormmon's wardrobe malfunction, the party was ready to tackle the next mission. However, the lava was hurtling towards the players. The party went into action, running and jumping across the terrain to avoid the lava. They reach a spot they think is safe, but another wave of lava comes flowing down the volcano. The party gets on their space bicycles and ride down the side of the volcano, jumping off of ramps and flying right over other players, soon engulfed in the lava. After having successfully avoiding the lava in a badass chase scene, the party regroups on the far side of one of the volcanos.
The party gets of their bikes and recovers lost stamina. "Holy crap that was so awesome you guys!" Aria checks the event details. "Looks like we are getting closer." Before they can continue on, a strange gust blows through the air. Several long lanky lizard like creatures come jumping out of the lava. They wield sharp daggers and spin around rapidly through the air. "These must be the assailants." Wormmon charges up their laser cannon and fires a blast, but the lava lizards dodge with ease. The blast keeps going and triggers another wave of lava, this one engulfing even more of the other groups attempting the event. "Look what you did!" "Who cares? It just makes it easier for us." The lizards spin around and charge the party, causing deep cuts into their flesh. The pain the players feel is excruciating.
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 1:05:31 GMT
Dust was having some trouble, that trouble being the Mercenary that wouldn't get off him holding her eyes shut. "Luna what the hell get off." Dust said trying to remover her, She held her eyes closed and shook her head. "And why not?" Dust asked giving up on that attempt. "I'm afraid of Lava." The Lunamon admitted still holding on. Dust would of said something but that was a good fear to have considering it could easily kill you were you not careful, still why she was hiding on his head he had no idea. Dust also had no idea that the lizard was around and strikes him but he was a bit to worried to really feel any pain from the attack.
Dust sighed and pulled out both of his guns firing them having the bullets run through the lizards and bounce off other objects getting more strikes while avoiding the party with pin point accuracy, he was lucky that was a gunner skill itself. Dust kept shooting to keep the lizard things at bay while Luna blocked one of his eyes with one hand, she was really scared.
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Post by Dante on Apr 3, 2016 1:24:45 GMT
While Wormmon was having a blast riding down the volcano, Luna was terrified of the lava. She clings on to Dust, covering one of his eyes. Even with Luna distracting Dust, he was still able to unload a barrage of bullets, hitting several of the assailants. They continued spinning around striking the party members. One of them flies towards Wormmon, but Wormmon channels all his character's strength and swings their laser cannon like a baseball bat, smacking one of them and sending them flying through the air. "And it's out of here, a home run!" Dante deflects the incoming attacks with his swords. He counters one of the lizards and slices right through one of their arms.
The lava lizards backup a bit, and decide their next plan of attack. One of the lizards pulls out a staff and raises it up, causing the lava to start flowing higher and higher, until the party and the lizards are completely surrounded. The Mage lizard starts summoning balls of lava into the air and launching them at the party. Aria equips a large legendary shield and blocks some of the incoming attacks. "These things mean business. It's no wonder they were able to capture the patrol." "Well we are not gonna give up that easily!" Wormmon activates the grappling hook feature on their cannon and fires at one of the lizards, bringing them in close. Aria equips a short cyber blade and stabs in right through the skull. "This game sure is full of blood and gore. Even beyond my taste."
One of the lava balls rises up from behind the party and hits Wormmon in the back. Wormmon screams out in pain as he feels the sensation of the lava burning his flesh. "AHH HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!" These assailants mean business. Was Aria being to hasty sending them on this event? The lava continues to rise up, shrinking the area around the party. "Now's the time when all this legendary gear is going to save our butts."
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 1:36:22 GMT
Dust was managing kinda well against this, as good as was to be expected with Luna clinging to him for deal life, that was until she opened her eyes just in time to see the lava balls and the lava start to rise and she screamed again closing them and gripping tighter. Dust tried to shake her off once again but it didn't do anything, luckily she kept spamming Healing Field so that was a plus, she was doing it on total accident though. After Dust missed several shots he figured it was time for that sword to come out. Dust grabbed the two handed sword with one arm and proceeded to beat the shit out of enemies with it easily around him, this didn't solve the lava problem but it did solve the annoyances he was experiencing. Dust stopped when the ones around him were done and looked around for something to help.
Dust looked up and saw a cliff above them, thinking fast he threw the large blade which got caught in the rock, he then fired a shot at it, two since he missed the first time thanks to Luna and knocked the sword and the rock down. "We really don't have time, get to higher ground." Dust said, Lava hurt a lot plus it didn't help they were down one person due to their fear of it, leaving was a good idea.
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Post by Dante on Apr 3, 2016 1:59:24 GMT
The group watched as Dust threw his sword into the cliff above, and hit it with a blast. However, this got Dust more than he bargained for. The cliff starts to crumble apart, sending large boulders crashing down. The ground starts to shake, and all the falling boulders causes a wave of dust engulfing the party. It's almost impossible to see. One of the boulders lands behind the party, providing a way across the lava. Dante grabs Wormmon by the arm. "Come on, we have to get out of here!" The party jumps on top of the boulder, however the added weight causes he boulder to loosen up. The party gathers towards the middle of the large boulder, as it is carried down the volcano by a stream of lava.
The party continues riding the boulder down the lava, the ground still trembling below. The lizards dive into the lava and chase after the boulder. "Man, these guys don't know when to quit." Aria equips a laser pistol, and fires at some of the lizards. "Was this also in the event details?!" "They didn't mention this!" The boulder continues down the volcano, until reaching a large fissure in the ground. The party goes over the top of the waterfall of lava, (the lavafall?!) and tumble down into the canyon below. The party takes serious damage from the fall. Dante struggles to stand up and looks around. While still surrounded by lava, there is a path leading into the center of the volcano. "That's where the captives probably are. Let's move, but be careful!" "Yes, because things have been going so well for us so far..." Aria looks over at Wormmon. "Is he always this sarcastic?" "Yes."
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 6:35:18 GMT
Dust had noticed he missed his target and caused something even worse. this was all Luna's fault though and now they were surrounded by Lava while she held on foot dear life. "Luna, do not open your eyes." The girl nodded and moved her arm away from Dusts eye. "I promise I'll protect you so just calm down." Dust said and managed to stop her from shaking and messing him up.
"Alright good." Dust said actively shooting the enemies.
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Post by Dante on Apr 3, 2016 7:31:50 GMT
The party ventures onward, heading towards the heart of the volcano. They've actually stumbled upon part of the game's map that was previously left off limits. They've actually glitched to a part of the map that players are not supposed to be. "This is strange. No one said anything about an underground network." Dante notices some of the game's textures don't appear right. Up until now, the game had been relatively bug free. Well, other than Wormmon. "I don't like the looks of this. Are you sure we should be here?" "Do you have any other suggestions? Who know what we will find." Little did they know, but the party had stumbled across a level that had been cut from the final game. A boss encounter that was still in the programming, but inaccessible without glitching through the map.
The party searches the area, walking through the network of underground tunnels. "I don't like it here! It's too dark and creepy!" The only thing lighting up the tunnels was occasional pools of magma. One misstep, and a player might find themselves experiencing a burning sensation. The party comes across a staircase leading further down. It's too dark to see how long the staircase is. "Well, might as well give it a shot I guess." "Oh, this stinks! I don't wanna play anymore!" Wormmon would rather be killing bad guys and talking to players instead of exploring these caves. Their patience was wearing thin. The party heads down the staircase. "I hope this is the right way to go. We've got to find the captives." The staircase was not taking them to the event location, but instead they were about to become the first players to stumble upon a boss battle that was removed from the game for being too gory.
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 7:42:24 GMT
Dust and Luna followed behind them, Luna was behind Dust holding his hand but acting a bit braver. Dust led her down the staircase towards a large door. The door was faded and nearly unreadable and glichy beyond belief. Dust followed through since it was the only way to go and saw a humanoid figure. Standing there looking up was someone, was he a player. He wouldn't respond to anything anyone said until he stopped looking up and turned around. Over his head large words were up, level was And the name simply said Keith. On his back was a large weapon even bigger then Wormmons laser rifle. It was a sword with one attachment on the front, a cannon on the side pointing downward and a large cylinder connected to it pointing outward. A air cannon, bazooka and machine gun, the weapon looked primitive to even now age tech. He wore a trench coat with pants under and boots, one glove on his left hand and a strange marking on the right. His hair was a ash black swept back a bit and two steel grey eyes. "Who, are you?" He asked in a chillingly neutral voice void of emotion. His hand however made no motion towards his weapon, he awaited the player to speak.
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Post by Dante on Apr 3, 2016 8:15:00 GMT
Dante, Wormmon, and Aria were all in shock at seeing this person below the volcano. What were they doing here? Such a detailed character. Were they an elite player? Or possibly a game developer? Wormmon is taken in by the sheer intensity of their weapon. "Whoah! Check out that gun! Want want want!" "Well, we're kind of lost. Shit be getting crazy up there." "Dante! You never swear!" "I do when I'm playing video games, ya skank." Aria gives Dante the stink eye. "Can you pull yourself together for 5 minutes so we can finish this event?"
Dante and Wormmon shut up, looking like two sad little puppy dogs. "We're trying to locate the captured soldiers. However, we got a little side tracked. What with the lava and all." The party was indeed lost. Still close to where they needed to get to, but underneath the game's map. It is at this time that the game developers are made aware that several players have accessed outside the set boundaries. *An employee alerts one of the lead developers* "Hmm, this is not good. They could be attempting to hack the game's software. I want any information you can give me on these players at once!"
It will take time before the developers can do anything to stop the party. Truth be told they had no such intent to break any of the game's rules. They had stumbled upon an off access area by mistake. The party had more urgent matters to attend to. Who was this man they found deep below the volcano?
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Post by Dust on Apr 3, 2016 8:31:30 GMT
Keith turned his back to them again looking up at seemingly nothing again. "There are none here, this is a sacred place. You should stay here no longer." In almost a flash his sword was drawn holding such a large weapon with only one hand. "Leave now, or I will kill you." He said turning around and pointing his sword at the group. It was obvious now this guy wasn't a player but he responded like he was, he acted like a human. Some sort of A.I?
All he had made were threats now but they didn't need to worry right? This area was supposed to be in their level range. "Maybe we should go Dust." The gunner shook his head. "No, there is no way back. Only forward." Dust said, he was right there was no way back.
Still Dust was scared, the ominous presence that was apparent and the fact this thing was humanoid. Should they attack?
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