Patricia Smith
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Crucis saw with frustration that the Queen was back to 67% HP, after draining HP from Grisier. However, her tussle with Grisier had allowed him to quietly sneak up behind her. He cracked her collarbone with a firm from behind, then followed it up with a fast stabbing roughly through a chink in the back of her skull. This was enough to lower her back to 60% HP, but, without looking backwards, she reached around as Crucis was withdrawing his sword and grabbed him by the chest. He was surprised, as she…-
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"There is usually some noise on the rooftop when the King dies, but I always assumed it was because the Throne Room was collapsing," DicingDevil said. "Maybe the leaping figure shows up more clearly when you kill the King's deteriorated form," Grisier suggested. "Anyway, is this guy a threat, or was he just celebrating the King's death?" "I don't know if he's a threat, but he could be. He's celebrating for now, though," Akshel said. "Alright. Me, Grisier and Dionarcy picked up some water, but I hear…
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"As soon as we got near, the creature started banging against the door," DicingDevil said, "It's probably going to try attacking as soon as we open the door." Crucis heard a loud, persistent thud from the door towards the round room. "Do you think it can get here if we block the door?" Akshel asked. "Probably, especially if it uses the iron nail," Grisier replied. "Blocking the door could still be useful," Crucis said, "because we could get some early strikes in to stack the effect. Fighting this boss…
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"The other room is empty now, it just contains the King's pet bat. Not sure what else it would have been used for," DicingDevil said. "He has a pet bat? Awfully fancy, this monarch, wonder where he keeps his slimes, giant rats, and spiders," responded Crucis, ducking into the last unexplored room. The door to this room was painted across with gold and red lyre. Crucis wasn't sure what this image signified, and he couldn't see any sign of instruments in this room. While the King's study had contained a…
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As Crucis approached the throne room, he closed his eyes for a few seconds due to the brightness of the pale, golden glow of the door. Since the rooms on the way here were dark and had barred windows, the rest of the group also slowed their pace slightly as they approached the blazing light. Large, high windows were placed on each side of the throne room, and Crucis could soon hazily make out the tips of a few hills rising in the distance. While the doors of the throne room were wooden, they were covered…
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As the so-called Man-Bird lurched towards the group of players, it raised its hands, which had shrivelled to look like melting claws. The wing-like sheet of torn, blood-stained skin beneath the creature's arms rose as well and briefly billowed out, making a soft sound like a sail raised in a slight breeze. Anticipating an attack, Akshel leapt out hastily and tore across the creature's chest with a descending . While this left a slight dent, Akshel was surprised to see that less than 1% of the creature's…
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"Wish there was some exposition NPC to explain the plot of this dungeon, it's weird having this lavish court filled with undead, and I demand an explanation," said Akshel light-heartedly. "Why should this game have a plot?" Crucis laughed. "Reality doesn't have a plot. If you want plotting, go and find the Illuminati or something. Here, there's a lot of different stuff scattered around, and we have to make something of it. You can't pursue things freely if you're stuck to a railroad." "Good analogy, but…
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The grey, stony walls of the Black Crescent Cave dungeon were dimly lit by fiery veins of magma radiating orange-red light across the stones. Crucis found the transition jarring as he shifted from his agile Mount to stooping and scuttling across the hard floor of a cave tunnel. He stumbled over a couple of sudden drops in the tunnel ground, since the light was still only faint, but managed to stay on his feet by placing his hands across the tunnel walls in order to keep balance. The sound of loud…
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"The war was a hassle, but I enjoyed the fall-out and teary speeches. Next time there's a war I should just sleep through it, and set an alarm to not wake me until the mourning afterwards," Crucis said. After he joined Akshel and BlazeKey in Northern Kruxol, the three set off North to meet with DicingDevil. They had been walking for about five minutes. "Ha, this is the light at the end of the tunnel for sure," Akshel replied. "By the way, did you hear? Some people in Kruxol were holding an event to mourn…
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A small crowd was gathering near the South-West of Kruxol. As Crucis joined the crowd, he saw that some players were fighting at the edge of the woods South of Kruxol. Looking closer, there were four players: three Hashin were taking on one level 50 player, but seemed to be losing. The crowd around Crucis were cheering for the solo player. The Hashin players were all over level 50 as well, so this lookeed like a surprising case of underdog resistance. The level 50 player was a Ranger, a sub-class of…
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