"JohnWillStab: What the f#*k do you mean!?"

"XsuphicatR: I have really low rep - if I go I'll get killed..."

At this point, both parties were starting to get more and more frustrated.

"Bonifacius: Could thou not await our return outside the town?"

"XsuphicatR: I don't want random players going after me for the honour points..."

JohnWillStab wasn't sure what he meant.

"JohnWillStab: Do low-reputation players give you reputation when you kill them?"

"XsuphicatR: Yes - but we're getting the bounties for a good reason, so don't you try anything stupid, dagger..."

"Bonifacius: Please, let's calm down - there is no need for this kind of atmosphere!"

"XsuphicatR: When a high-bounty player is near a town or city local players get notified about it..."

In a private chat between Bonifacius and JohnWillStab;

"JohnWillStab: Do you think we could maybe... knock him down, take Jerry and run?"

"Bonifacius: Tis not the most honourable option..."

"JohnWillStab: Yeah but we can return Jerry afterwards."

"Bonifacius: Perhaps we should... he is clearly not co-operating with us..."

"JohnWillStab: Alright, you knock him down, I'll grab Jerry and then we run for it!"

"Bonifacius: Alright!"

Bonifacius cast master charge which launched him towards XsuphicatR who fell to the ground landing on Jerry, before JohnWillStab was able to grab him a loud crack came from his neck as he went limp.

Everybody froze.

XsuphicatR stood up, a limp Jerry attached to him back.

"Bonifacius: We apologise! We did not intend to kill Jerry!"

"XsuphicatR: Jerry's dead..."

"JohnWillStab: Can't we resurrect him?!"

"XsuphicatR: I missed my kid's graduation... for nothing..."

"Bonifacius: Quest NPCs do not despawn! We may be able to heal him!"

"XsuphicatR: You bastards killed him..."

"JohnWillStab: Are you listening? We can save Jerry!"

XsuphicatR's character took a different stance - his shoulder looked more slumped and his eyes were just white orbs surrounded by a red gradient - his head arched backwards almost resembling Jerry's broken neck.

"JohnWillStab: What's he doing?!"

"Bonifacius: I-I have no idea!"

XsuphicatR lunged at Bonifacius, scythe in hand, using it to slash down vertically.

JohnWillStab looked at Bonifacius' health seeing that the single attack took down almost 10% of his health, furthermore, the damage kept increating. Bonifacius's health was ticking away as if he was being drained of his very health.

"JohnWillStab: Poison?"

"Bonifacius: No, it's some spell called "Vampiric Drain""

JohnWillStab couldn't see it.

"Bonifacius: WAIT, VAMPIRIC?!"

"JohnWillStab: It's a vampire?"

JohnWillStab was feeling guilty for not being able to help...but if the man was able to do this much damage to Bonifacius- John would die before landing any solid hits.

At a distance he uses knife-throw, every time he uses it he misses, a low-level player rarely strikes a higher-level opponent, most of the time he misses.

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"XsuphicatR: I was hoping to build my reputation up soon - guess that's going to have to wait..."

"JohnWillStab: Stop it, man! We can heal Jerry!"

"XsuphicatR: Even if that's true - for every second he's dead the murderer could be walking off in the opposite direction..."

"JohnWillStab: Then fighting won't help! Healing him will!"

XsuphicatR stopped, seemingly realising the flawed logic of his.

"Bonifacius: He is correct, there is no need for more blood to be spilt!"

"XsuphicatR: You're the reason for it spilling in the first place..."

"JohnWillStab: We were planning to take him to the village and return him."

"XsuphicatR: Well, now neither of us can make use of him..."

"Bonifacius: I have a friend we can ask to resurrect Jerry!"

"XsuphicatR: You actually know someone with rez magic..."

"JohnWillStab: Is that kind of magic rare?"

"XsuphicatR: To resurrect someone, you have to be playing as a healing class, reach level 100 and do some quest..."

"Bonifacius: Four quests actually, each one requiring items from raids."

"XsuphicatR: And where can we find this friend of yours..."

"JohnWillStab: Would it kill you to use a question mark?!"

"XsuphicatR: "Question marks" and "exclamation marks" get removed from the text for vampires and a "..." is added at the end..."

"Bonifacius: That does explain a lot!"

"JohnWillStab: Yeah..."

"XsuphicatR: So then, let's get going..."

Bonifacius sent XsuphicatR a party invite and a friend request.

"XsuphicatR: Are you sure about the friend request, I'm basically a wanted criminal..."

"Bonifacius: Naturally! I am travelling with an undead after all!"

"JohnWillStab: Yeah - guess we have nothing to lose!"

JohnWillStab sent XsuphicatR a friend request.

He accepted both.

"Bonifacius: Now then - we will be making our way over to Diasole!"

"JohnWillStab: Alright, is that far?"

"XsuphicatR: It's an island east of here..."

"JohnWillStab: Can we swim out there?"

"XsuphicatR: ......"

"Bonifacius: No, we will need to use a boat!"

"JohnWillStab: Can we really reach another island on a boat?"

"XsuphicatR: better than swimming..."

"Bonifacius: I would usually use a ship in one of the major towns - but our vampiric friend cannot enter towns without causing a commotion."

"XsuphicatR: Right..."

Bonifacius opened his map and started looking around.

"Bonifacius: Let's see... northeast of here I would be able to arrange for a boat for us!"

"XsuphicatR: That's Highpar..."

"JohnWillStab: A new zone? You got me excited!"

XsuphicatR glanced over to JohnWillStab's character profile and saw his level was only 10.

"XsuphicatR: I wouldn't bother getting excited if I were you..."

"JohnWillStab: ?"

"XsuphicatR: You're level 10..."

"Bonifacius: That is yet to hold our undead friend back! Recently he has carried out a raid on the JGuardian base!"

"XsuphicatR: ......"

"JohnWillStab: It's not like that! I just gave some instructions to a few guys there!"

"Bonifacius: Thou has single-handedly commanded an army which was doomed to otherwise fail!"

JohnWillStab and Bonifacius had drastically different recollections of the event, Bonifacius saw it as a great display of leadership skills, JohnWillStab saw it as a virtual bounty over his virtual head.

"XsuphicatR: I refuse to believe that this level 10 took down the JGuardians..."

"JohnWillStab: THANK YOU!"

John would have hugged him if there was a /hug emote...

"Bonifacius: In any case, the journey should be quick enough, let's make haste!"

"XsuphicatR: Right..."

With a whistle, XsuphicatR summoned a mount, it was a solid green deer, instead of fur it leaves. Its antlers were bark and its eyes glowed a bright amber.

"XsuphicatR: Aren't you guys getting on your mounts..."

"Bonifacius: I shall walk."

XsuphicatR glanced over to JohnWillStab and let out a sigh.

"XsuphicatR: Fine..."

"JohnWillStab: ...you're both walking out of pity for me, aren't you?"

"Bonifacius: Nonsense - I am simply leveling my speed skill!"

"XsuphicatR: I don't pity you, I just... feel really sad when I look at you..."

"JohnWillStab: THAT'S PITY!"

JohnWillStab activated his sprint skill as he cried:

"JohnWillStab: I JUST RUN BECAUSE IT'S HEALTHY! FEEL FREE TO USE YOUR MOUNTS!"

XsuphicatR summoned his mount again with a shrug and quicky outpaced JohnWillStab, soon John's sprint ability ended and he was forced to jog until he was able to run again.

About ten minutes later they agreed to walk since JohnWillStab had no chance of surviving an attack from the mobs(technically his scarf would absorb a few hits, but XsuphicatR didn't know that).

"JohnWillStab: So what's this healer guy like?"

"Bonifacius: Let's see... Bromy played as a druid if I remember correctly - he was part of a different raid guild before it fell apart and he joined ours."

"XsuphicatR: I suppose he was a good healer..."

"Bonifacius: Indeed, a great one! He had a subclass of medic on top of druidic magic!"

"JohnWillStab: I didn't see a medic option on the class selection menu"

"Bonifacius: Thou can learn a subclass around level 50, tis not like a regular class."

"XsuphicatR: Which brings me to my next question: what is he doing in Diasole, that's a mid-level zone..."

"Bonifacius: He's been renting a house there."

"XsuphicatR: You mean he can actually afford a house..."

"Bonifacius: Of course! He makes a good bit of money off his hobby!"

"JohnWillStab: Hobby?"

"Bonifacius: I guess you could call him... a scientist?"

"XsuphicatR: I have a bad feeling about this..."

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