Note: “Speech”
‘Thoughts’
*Actions*
Maris’s P.O.V
I sighed as I scanned the food court of the market.
‘Just where are they and how did they get there so fast?!’, Cecil and Thomas ran off to ‘Of course those two would go gallivanting off in the search for food’ It was then I heard a distinct yell.
“COOOFFEEE!!!!” I sighed and smiled, of course it was Coffee that would reveal Cecil’s location. I quickly followed the sound to find Cecil and Thomas sitting at a café, a large plate of donuts and what seemed to be cupcakes before them. Cecil appeared nose deep in his coffee mug and Thomas was indulging his sweet tooth…by shoving cupcakes into his face.
(PR.N-FJirum-san also always loves and needs coffee.)
“There you two are!” Thomas jumped when I spoke. He did his best to swallow the food in his mouth which resulting in a little bit of coughing.
“Oh Maris…don’t sneak up on me like that!” I giggled and smiled as Thomas went red, Cecil on the other hand didn’t seem to notice me as he was way too busy downing his coffee to well see anything. ‘No Shame!’ I stood there for a good few seconds before Cecil was done, he slammed his mug down, I took a step back as I saw that look in his eyes, the one where nothing was going to get between him and his goal….his goal in this case was more coffee.
“MOAR COFFEEEEE!!!” Thomas called the waitress over and ordered another coffee for Cecil, I quickly interjected.
“Better make that three.” the waitress seemed a little confused but nodded and was quick to bring out the coffee all the same, each of them was quickly downed by Cecil he slammed the last mug down and I swear that I saw steam emanating from his mouth and nose like one of those really pissed Anime characters.
“You done?” I asked him not knowing what sort of response I’d get. He was silent for a few seconds before raising his fist to the sky and screaming at the top of his lungs.
“BREAKFAST COMPLETE!” Thomas paused for a second looking at all the doughnuts and cupcakes left on the plates.
“But…we haven’t even….finished the cakes!” Thomas spoke in-between mouthfuls. Cecil turned his attention to the confectionaries left and he practically turned into a vacuum cleaner and soon with the combined efforts of Cecil and Thomas the cakes and doughnuts were gone. I sighed and smiled, but at the same time my stomach was grumbling, Cecil then leaped up and balanced precariously on his chair pointing out to the horizon.
“NOW IT’S TIME FOR LUNCH!” it was at this time I noticed Cecil had a new title Oddball
Oddball:
Not everyone wants to be normal so there are some strange people out there…. But then there is you. You are a strange one aren’t you…uh huh, very strange?
Effects: Bonus to dexterity and speed.
I sighed again, of course he’d earn a title like that, he and Thomas seemed so alike he was bound to get a title that he had, why would he not. I didn’t get much more time to think as Cecil grabbed my wrist and then charged off to the nearest place selling lunch foods.
“I’ll have the thickest steak you have, drenched in the best gravy you have!” He exclaimed as he took a seat and dropped me onto a seat, I was a little bit disorientated but soon I realised that everyone was looking at me as it seemed as if somewhere in-between that blur Thomas had already ordered and now they were waiting for me, I quickly blurted out whatever came to mind.
“Seafood platter?” there was a nod and the waiter walked off, Cecil and Thomas exchanged worried glances.
“Um…Maris, are you…” Cecil picked up Thomas’s sentence.
“Sure you, Want to try the seafood platter?” I raised one of my eyebrows at that.
“Why would I not?” Thomas and Cecil both pointed towards a nearby board which had several names and times on it, I was then shocked to hear an over-loud announcer.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Gather round, for today we have another challenger for the seafood platter challenge!” As he spoke an instant crowd appeared around us, I turned back and saw the boards title: Seafood Platter Challenge board. I sighed, ‘Just what, have I gotten myself into?’
Meanwhile Calder’s P.O.V
I sighed as Elias and I jumped up onto the horse drawn cart. A grateful farmer had offered us a ride into town for slaying the Ratmen that had also been capturing his stock. *Sigh* ‘That quest had taken it out of us, when I took it I thought this was gonna be easy, but NOOO that would be too easy wouldn’t it? shits always gotta be a lot more difficult than it needs to be.’ Elias sighed again, bringing up his inventory and taking out his elvish rapier and began to examine it.
“Hey Elias…mind if I take a look at that?” He nodded, but before he handed it over he asked to look at my new spear, I obliged and we swapped weapons to examine.
Duellist’s Elvish Rapier
Base Attack: 65-75
Crit chance: 67%
Attack type: Thrust.
Description: A Rapier of Elvish make and design, while in your hands it seems to soothe you, almost making you feel at peace with nature and your surroundings.
I sighed this was a decent weapon for a duellist, I handed it back to Elias and he passed my spear to me and I examined it’s stats for the first time myself.
Rune Knight’s Spear
Base attack: 65-85
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Attack Type: Thrust, Slash
Description: The standard spear; for a rune knight journeyman, simple and true and serve their wielders quite well.
I gave a low growl why did Elias’s weapon get the better flavour text....I sighed oh well I’m sure I’d have plenty of chances to get my hands on some shiny new weapons with some badass flavour text. Elias then sighed, we were both tired as hell, it was then Elias started to hum a tune something we both knew very well I picked up with the lyrics.
“Boys and Ghouls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange…..” we continued with our song, we couldn’t care about transit time we were both exhausted and sore and all we wanted to do was relax and sleep for the next century or so. I chuckled at my inwards joke, and continued with the song, because right now. Nothing in this game world could get between us and the tune we were singing.
Meanwhile Maris’s P.O.V
My breath was heavy and slow as I struggled to down the massive plate of seafood before me, when it had come out I was amazed at how much there was on it, about fifteen fish fillets twenty calamari rings and a ton of chips, we are talking about four buckets of chips.
I was struggling to get through it all, I had eaten all of the fish and a decent half of the chips all that was left was the rest of the chips and the twenty calamari rings, I was amazed to find out that deep-frying was a technic of cooking that was actually used in this world, but then again they have street lamps and running water why would they not have deep fryers.
I sighed once more and steeled my nerves and my stomach for the rest of my meal, I didn’t have that many issues with eating this much but now that I’d started I might as well finish it. I began to eat again, taking my time I had rushed the first half and that hadn’t gone so well, time for a different approach.
The crowd around me had only grown and it seemed as if some were taking bets as to if I would finish it, there was even a small group cheering me on. I had to finish this. I continued to eat, slowly eating all that was before me, the cheering grew louder and louder as I approached the final stretch about five calamari rings and a handful of chips left.
‘What the? How did Thomas and Cecil get cheering gear……..Oddball! That title is at work.’
Almost there, I then felt like something had kicked me in the gut, and the rumbling began as I felt like I was going to puke, I hardened myself I wouldn’t puke…at least with all these people around. I downed the rest and all went quiet and turned their attention to the announcer.
“….Ladies and Gentlemen….I must inform you all that….” He paused looking around at the crowd and then to me. “THAT WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION!!” The crowd erupted, it seemed as if this challenge was a big thing. The announcer walked over to the board and wrote my name on it with the time it took next to it a grand total of a minute thirty the previous high score was two minutes.
I gave a sigh of relief but the rumbling was getting stronger, Cecil and Thomas came up to me a grin on both their faces.
“Well done Maris my dear, very well done indeed!” Thomas seemed almost jubilant at my victory, Cecil however seemed to be counting coins.
“Well done indeed Maris, thanks to you I’m now one fifty gold richer!” He deposited the coins in his pouch which quickly disappeared and was no doubt added to his wallet. I grabbed my stomach and began to feel weak at the legs.
“T-Thomas….Ce-Cecil I need to get Ba *Urrr* Back to the Inn” Thomas seemed confused at first but Cecil Clicked on the moment I spoke.
“Right then” He Grabbed me by the wrist once more and asked which way it was, I quickly brought up the map and set a waypoint a new feature we had noticed during all this madness. He saw it nodded, and all around us became a blur as we sped off towards the Inn.
I closed my eyes doing my best to not puke at such high speeds as I knew it would ruin someone’s day. It was then I began to wonder how Cecil had gotten so fast, maybe it was a piece of gear he’d picked up or something. I shook the thought off plenty of time for that later for now I needed to focus on not puking all over the people around us.
A few high speed seconds later
My eyes burst open as Cecil called out, my eyes were automatically met with the toilet bowl and I let it out *HHHUUUURRRRKKKKK* My breath became fast and heavier as all the food that I had just eaten was sent back up and down into the toilet.
Cecil’s P.O.V
*SIGHHHH*
“Jeez Maris it isn’t that bad!” Her response was another loud gagging noise followed by the sound of puke hitting the water, I sighed again. Well that’s what Maris gets for trying to take on an eating challenge. She had quite the appetite…but she had no real control over it. I then took the chance to look around the room it was nice, better than I would have thought.
I saw the bed nearby and collapsed onto it with a sigh of relief this would be the first actual bed I’d been in since I was booted from the Beginner village, and besides it’s not like I meant to burn down that barn, I was just trying to put on a little show, make the lives of the NPC’s a little more interesting, I sighed again.
“Some people just don’t appreciate what I try to do” I rolled over this bed was beyond comfy, I felt like falling asleep as I hadn’t gotten much sleep recently.
Sometime later (When Maris was over the puking) Maris’s P.O.V
“Right I’m all good now I-” I sighed, of course he was asleep on my bed the little shit, I yawned realising how tired I was myself I check the Clock on My HUD and saw it was now 2:30 PM, a bit early to go to bed, but oh well. I needed the sleep more than anyone. I collapsed onto the couch deciding to let Cecil have the bed and let myself drift off into slumber.
Sometime later Calder’s P.O.V
I stepped off the cart and shouted out thanks to the farmer as Elias stood next to me and stretched.
“UUUHHH well I think I’m ready to sleep for a week or so.” We dragged ourselves into the Inn, I then walked up to the counter and handed up my quest completion marker getting a small reward for handing in the quest as well as a decent sized pouch of coins for the trouble, we ambled our way upstairs and we fell into the beds in my room.
There were two because I’d gotten a two bed room. I rolled over and stared at the ceiling, then over to Elias’s Display as it slowly began to fade as he fell asleep. It was a strange that the system made the displays vanish as we went to sleep maybe it was to prevent PK’s from happening while one party was weakened. I slowly let my eyes close and vanish into much needed sleep.
Author-sama: Danube
Proof Reader-san: FJirum