[Date: December 19, 2050]
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[SignMage:
Hey, guys! Check out what I found!
(Link to a site)]
[BusyAsHeck:
[Basic Guide for Beginning Adventurers]... By [LowellWrites]...]
[BusyAsHeck:
Huh... I never heard of this guy before...]
[AirsoftKid:
That's because his series of beginner guides has been trending lately. All because of his intensive guide on the [Insignis] [Ancestry] that was just released a month ago.
To be honest, his guides helped me a lot when I was trying to get around the game.]
[SwordieGuy19:
I also heard he writes several novels published on those writing platforms. One of them was a collab with a writer named [WolfBoyWrites] and as you guys guessed from the handle, it's a werewolf story. Not a romance genre though...]
[BusyAsHeck:
If what you said is true, those guides would have helped Sign big time during our first days in the game. Heck, it might have avoided the
[SignMage:
Why do you keep reminding me of that event... >:( ]
[AirsoftKid:
In his defense, no one didn't know much about [Experienced Crafting] on [Magecrafting] including in the forums and the companion guides at that time. So the incident would have occurred regardless or no one knew that it is not impossible to do that method with that [Mastery].]
[BusyAsHeck:
Fair point.]
[SignMage:
But it looks useful. How about we check it out together after school? We might get some awesome tips on leveling up our [Masteries] and find some interesting [Dungeons] and landmarks.]
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[BusyAsHeck:
I guess.]
[BusyAsHeck:
But I have a sinking feeling I heard of this [LowellWrites] guy from somewhere...]
[SignMage:
Lowell...
Isn't that guy we met at the expansion release party?]
[BusyAsHeck:
...]
[BusyAsHeck:
Now that you've mentioned it, you're right.]
[SwordieGuy19:
Wait, are you guys saying you knew about the guy behind the guides?!]
[BusyAsHeck:
Not exactly. We only met a guy with a last name, "Lowell". He had two friends with him and was on tour like me and Sign.]
[SwordieGuy19:
Are they beta testers like you two?]
[BusyAsHeck:
Doubt it. But I also doubt they're there for the same reason. Either way, we have no right to butt into their privacy and I doubt he's the same person as the writer. Besides, we have a lot of Lowells in New York, not just in fiction.]
[SwordieGuy19:
Good point. It's not like we can weed out which one is the writer just by yelling in public.]
[AirsoftKid:
I can imagine that from you.]
[SwordieGuy19:
Don't even think about it, Kid. >:( ]
[AirsoftKid:
Right...
I know this isn't related to our current conversation. But I heard that name derived from a Norman French name, "lou". It translates to "wolf".]
[SwordieGuy19:
Now that you've mentioned it, he does sound like someone in a werewolf movie.]
[SignMage:
True. Which begs the question...]
[SignMage:
Are there any werewolves in
[SwordieGuy19:
I mean, there are werewolf monsters. It's not surprising they will appear here in a fantasy VRMMO. Especially with those rumors popping up in the forums lately...]
[SignMage:
True. But what about playable werewolves? As in choosing an [Ancestry] based on them?]
[AirsoftKid19:
I don't know. [Beast Folks] and [Feles] exist, so I think they count as werebeasts. Either way, it's not like you're asking to be a werewolf and an [Insignis] at the same time.]
[SignMage:
You're right. That's a dumb question. Besides, I prefer being a normal [Insignis] mage than being a werewolf fighter any day.]
[BusyAsHeck:
Still... An [Insignis] that doubles as a werewolf...]
[BusyAsHeck:
How likely would it be if that would happen in [Isekai]?]
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