The World

"That does seem kind of dickish," Mortal said, "I mean, PKing is one thing, but trying to get someone banned is forcing them to waste real life money. That is just rude, besides, who are you to say who is playing the right way and who isn't? Between you and PKers, I can understand why some people would rather play the game alone."

Zalera: Anyone stupid enough to fall for a flame bait scheme is just going to get themselves banned anyway. I only speed up the process, & get rid of the annoying ones. Also, a lot of the targets I just described are PKers. They don't usually form parties.

*He turns to Euryale.*

Zalera: By the way, congrats on hitting sixth level.

Thiera: Oh...I didn't notice, but I leveled up too.
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*Monudon now spies a magic portal peaking out of the buildings to her left. Ahead of him are more hills.*
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*The Mushroom King groans & turns to attack Barrow.*

Monudon:[Finally!]

*Monudons heads for the portal*

"Its a better way of handling it than the Crimson Knights' draconian method of purging, at least marginally" the silver armored and haired blade master that PKKed Chim earlier walked up to the gate. This is noticeably the first time he had said anything of note to those who had seen him earlier.

"Not really a better way, anyone who isn't a PKer is just annoyed by your antics, and probably has more reason to stay a solo player thanks to you," Mortal said, "Wait, did I level up too? How do I know?"

Zalera: Open up your menu & select "status."

*When she does, she finds out that she is now Level 3. Should Sab try, she finds that she is also Level 6.*
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*When the Magic Portal opens, a giant turtle made of stone begins stomping out towards him.*

*Monudon changes direction and runs towards the turtle's side*

Monudon:[Finally!]

*Monudon stabs at the turtle*

"Oh damn, I jumped two levels," Mortal said with a smile. "I'm like, the best there is."

"Not quite, but you know what you're doing, more or less."

"Its a good start"

Zalera: It's a lot easier to level up early on in the game.

*He grins.*

Zalera: Not that I want to rain on your parade. Later.

*Zalera logs off, which uses the same animation as Gate Out.*
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*The turtle stomps on his leg, dealing moderate damage. By comparison, the spear scrapes across its shell, shaving off maybe 7% of its HP.*

Alto logs out wordlessly.

"Well then, I guess it is time for us to go too," Mortal said.

"Don't you want to get some member addresses?" Sab asked, "Then you can join a party when you log back on."

Thiera: There aren't really that many people on right now, & it's getting late. Just a thought. But you guys can have mine, before I go.

Euryale: The same goes for me.

"That is what I meant," Sab said, exchanging member addresses. Mortal does as well.

Hector dodged the dull attack and also dived into an attack against the Mushroom King.

*The Mushroom King dies.*
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Euryale: Alright, catch you guys later.

Thiera: Bye.

*Euryale logs off. Thiera follows suit.*

"Well, that was a little fun I suppose," Hector said, sheathing his weapon. "But now I have things to do. Elsewhere. Goodbye."
Hector logged off.

/logoff

*The next day, anyone who happens to log into Mac Anu would notice that there are now Crimson Knights positioned around the Chaos Gate. If they go to Dun Loireag, it's the same.*

Aqua Capital Mac Anu

*Thiera logs in.*

Thiera: Hmm...no one else is here. I guess it IS pretty early.

Sab logs in and looks around, noticing Thiera. She waves hello, "Good morning, Thiera."

Hector logged in just after Sab, and after taking a brief look around, walked past her.

Thiera: Good morning...no! No, it's not good, not at all! I just saw that thread about the Crimson Knights. How is that possible? Another virus, like the Deadly Flash?

OOC: I'm assuming Monudon lost the fight with the turtle.

*Monudon logs in and yawns*

Alto logs in.

"Some investigating might be in order"

Thiera completely obliterated Sab's happy smile when she started yelling 'no'. She smiled weakly when she realized she wasn't being yelled at for some strange reason, "Oh, oh yea. I read that too. I'm still not sure that has anything to do with the World, but it is sad to hear all the same."