Patricia Smith
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As he waited for the children's classes to finish, Crucis sat on a bench near a large tunnel entrance. Kleoboule had told him to wait here. The earthy tunnel led Northwards towards the woods, and was located just behind the school buildings. He noticed some activity in the party chat, and joined in. DicingDevil: akshel said u guys were with some children and teachers? lifelong learning? Crucis: haha. learning? i never learn. Starfighter: they were impressed at crucis' greatsword. Grisier: Can he even…-
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Since Crucis and Starfighter had no Guild tag, they were nominated to explore Mokra's residential area. A group of explorers from DeathGang would be suspect, especially due to the Guild's recent notoriety, but the high-levelled Crucis instead just attracted interest and curious looks from the low-level players nearby. Before entering the residential area, he had worn a cheap dark-green coverall from the village's clothing store, as well as a peculiar plundered from the dead Grandos. He had noticed that…
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Crucis turned towards Starfighter, who was carefully reading through Grisier's notes. "What have you figured out so far?" "I can't read most of this, but I can recognise a few words. I can explain some things about the letter from 'Jack,' though." "Go ahead," DicingDevil said. "There's a faint imprint of some text written in local language on the bottom of the paper. Seemingly they drafted the first three paragraphs there, then flipped the page and translated them to English. Firstly, the word that…
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The EXP from the minor dungeon was enough for Crucis to reach just over three-fourth of the way to level 58. He might manage to reach there by the end of today. However, for the moment, DeathGang were resting in the empty area near the dungeon. Crucis drew out the book marked from his inventory, and began to read, curious about why it dropped from the skeleton boss. Once upon a time, Alice was wandering in a large garden. There were short trees filled with all sorts of flowers, as it was summer. She…
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The group tried to enter the minor dungeon, but were blocked by the entrance. "The entrance is defective," Starfighter said, "I think that the game has issues with dungeons where the entrance is covered by terrain. But it's easily solved. The party leader just has to set a teleport point for the team, then everyone can teleport and will be in the dungeon." "Alright, will do," DicingDevil replied quickly. He navigated the dungeon's party leadership menu. It asked him to create an instance, then began a…
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"Your knowledge of this area is impressive. So you're saying that there's a better minor dungeon slightly to the North?" DicingDevil said to Starfighter. "Yes, but it requires a slightly higher level. At least 4 or 5 guys some way over level 50. It's the same as the dungeon you use, but a bit obscure. I guess they forgot to add it to the map, and to set the entrance up correctly," Starfighter replied. "They probably aren't in much hurry now, too many other issues," Crucis said. "Well, why doesn't our…
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"They confirmed my report, and said that they were already on their way to deal with the Hashin," JoDark said circumspectly. "Good to hear," Crucis replied in a similar tone. "So were you guys all from Kruxol before coming here?" "Yes, actually," said Emmy excitedly. "It's a shame what happened there. I miss the earlier place," Crucis said with a sigh. "Yeah," Emmy said nostalgically, "All of those big, wooden buildings. It was nice, I learnt stuff there. Here in Kaxil, it just doesn't feel as…
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As the three players made their way back to the dungeon entrance, a soft, metallic rumble resounded from above a corner of the courtyard. It sounded like a soft thunderclap. Looking up, Crucis saw a gaunt figure crouching inside a large crack in the roof. He could dimly make out a white mask on its face as it turned to gaze regally at the players. It tossed a scroll of paper towards them, and then leapt heavily away out of sight. Crucis walked up to the paper, and saw that it had a long, thin golden…
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"This says that we'd need a 'communing spiral' to carry out the instructions. What is that?" "I saw that in a store in Sanra," Grisier replied, "I think it was a round board with with a black spiral painted on it, and a round hole in the centre. It curved lightly downwards near the centre." "Oh, that? There's one of those on the right edge of the pews," DicingDevil replied. "That's great, I was afraid that we'd have to go to 1800s Paris and die in order to carry out this 'communing' spell," Crucis said…
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"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder..." "I found some rusty nails in a glass cupboard here, can't inspect them further, though. It's obvious there was some spread of disease here, but do you reckon some sort of drug culture helped?" DicingDevil said from the corner of the room where they had fought the Queen. "I mean, the King was injecting himself with the nails, and got a notable increase in speed and strength. It does sound a bit like 'roids,"…
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