I smile sarcastically at the stunned gorillian before I mention how I'd like to take a walk with Zadin and have him help me barricade the entrances. As he nods quickly and gets up I'm already walking towards the entranceway we first arrived in, my pace slow giving Zadin a chance to catch up.
"Dude! Wait, Chill, Aw cmon just hold up for a second!" I yells before finally catching up to me and smiling nervously before lowering his voice.
"Your a person too! I mean obviously they're people but we're "people" people! Where are you from? What's your real name? How did we end up here? Do you know if there's a way back? Why are you really here?" The gorillian shoots off question after question, blathering so fast that I can barely understand him before he finally stops asking and stands to my side taking large gasps of air.
"Calm down big guy! Damn I didn't take you for the babbling type honestly. So for starters I'm from LA. I prefer Noortain or Noor to my actual name now so lets just keep it at that since this is who I am now. If there's a way back I have no clue but I was brought here by a god and the one time I spoke to him in depth he explained that I died and this is like a second chance to be greater. And I'm actually here for a quest the god gave me. I have to do something never done before, something creative and new and he brought me into this world as a gremlin which is apparently a race that's rare or gone or something. I chose to create this worlds first city where all species whether they're monsters or the so called civilized races can live in harmony against this weird ass world. We came to the swamp to originally maybe find some new citizens and crafters as well as any resources we could find but when we entered we were attacked by some psychic monkeys. After we killed them I used one of my daily skills to steal one of their skills and from there we ended up here where we found you, recruited a siren, lost a friend, and finally killed that monster." I say before taking a deep breath before realizing that I'm babbling almost as badly as he is and start laughing while wiping tears from my eyes as I hear him join me.
"Damn bro sounds like you've been through some shit but the whole dying thing makes sense. Last thing I remember is hiding behind a dumpster from some gangbangers before hearing a boom then next thing I know I'm waking up 3 feet taller than before and sporting fur, fangs, and an extra set of arms. Not gonna complain to much though, always loved playing those MMO and RPG's when I wasn't running or working and with the levels and skills and monsters this has been fun. Plus Keeg might look gnarly but the dudes a badass, so if he's gonna work with you so will I in whatever I can man. And I think your right new world means new name, Zadin will work but do you think there are others?" he asks as I mull it over before answering.
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"I'm not worried about there being others dude, my biggest fears are if there's us what if there are others that aren't from Earth. And on top of that what if they aren't friendly?" I say quietly and watch his eyes widen before he nods his head as we finally reach the entrance and I motion towards some random pieces of debris and we begin covering the opening before Zadin claps his hands together to brush the dust off before speaking.
"Guess it's not to out there to think there could be aliens here as well as other people from our world. You've got my axes if it comes to it though so I say we stick together and maybe if we run into anyone else brought back we can hopefully get along instead of offing each other." he says confidently before we glance at each other and smile.
After we finish up we bump fists again before making our way back to the rest of the group, Zadin's towering form leaving me in its shadow. Before we reach the camp Zadin stops me before looking around and motioning me to get down.
As I lower into a crouch and draw my dagger I hear a barely noticeable slithering coming from our left, the building that stands there caved in and burnt through. Zadin motions for me to approach from one direction while he pulls a small tomahawk from his waist and raises it in defense before moving forward silently.
Right as I reach the debris a shriek is heard before a dark shadow lunges from the remains of the enclosure towards my chest, a glint of light showing through the darkness as I stumble back in surprise of the speed of the attack as I slash my dagger in a wide arc in the hopes of hitting whatever it is.
Right before the mystery creature lands its strike the red furred hand of Zadin swiftly darts out and grabs the form of a large snake, it scales dark as obsidian as they release a dense black smoke from the surface. Just as the creature rears back in surprise a tomahawk effortlessly glides through its neck as the rest of its body falls to the ground and writhes in place before stilling.
"Fuckin hell my dude, you see these ninja skills I got? Shadow snakes like this are pretty common but this is the biggest I've seen. can't really eat them but the scales can make gear and the fangs can be milked for liquid darkness which Keeg says is super useful. So bam new resources for the town! I gotchu fam no worries." Zadin says cockily as I can't help but laugh while shaking my head at him. As I watch the snakes head I notice the jaw is still snapping at this air even though its obviously dead, so I approach from the severed area and carefully grab the head before motioning for Zadin to grab the body. After we pick up both pieces of the dispatched creature a prompt appears before me and I hear Zadin gasp silently in excitement.
"Donation of player *Zadin* received. Zadin is not a member of your faction so donation cannot be transferred to faction storage. ERROR! ERROR! No faction detected! Please name your faction! Only Faction leader and officers may accept new faction members! Some factions may cause others to become enemies upon learning of your allegiances."
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