[Event]settles down next to a tree in a safe area, resting after a bit of leveling. She pulls up her message screen and hesitates before pulling up Soren. [Hello. How are you?]
flailed when he the message popped up, being engaged in a small battle. It threw him off a bit but he finished off the monster and headed for a safe zone before responding. [Hej. I'm fine. What's up?]
[Ah, nothing.] Somehow she couldn't think of anything to say now that he had responded...
blinked before chuckling. [Just wanted someone to talk to?]
sighs quietly to herself. [Sure... I killed a boss earlier.]
blinks a bit as he sipped a vial. [Wow. That's awesome. Ye doin' okay?]
[Yeah. I had no choice, I had to kill it.]
[I'm glad ye're well then... did ye do it solo?] He wondered why she didn't ask for his help...
[No, I stumbled upon someone else fighting it and struggling. It was a demon type so I used a few healing spells on it and that seemed to work.]
smiles a bit. [That's good, then. I'm really glad ye're safe...] He took a deep breath and sat down. [Yer levels risin' pretty fast, too.]
blushes faintly, glad he wasn't around to see it. [Ah, thanks. I've been working at it. The boss helped, too...]
nods a little. [That's good. I think... soon maybe we could try seeing what the front lines are like...]
hesitates before replying. [We?]
sighed a bit. [Ja... ye wanted to go there to heal. I figure with my level as it is, I could maybe help them.... not be apart of them or join their guild, but help.]
frowns. [If you do not want to go, it is fine.]
shook his head a bit. [I want to get out of this game. As 'fun' as it is, I miss the real world.]
smiles faintly at that before frowning suddenly. [Do you have a girlfriend in the real world?] She sends it before realizing what she typed and blushes deeply.
... didn't respond for a while. [... I don't know...]
stares at the screen. [How could you not know...?]
frowned a little as he took some time to reply. [... My girlfriend got mad when I constantly talked about this game. I bought her a copy, but when I gave it to her she got pissed and walked away. But she's
a closet gamer... so...]
frowns faintly. [Ah... I see. I'm sure she misses you very much.]
shrugged a little. [Maybe. She's either sittin' alone eatin' ice cream, by my bedside, or in the game. Or dead.]
sighs quietly. [If she's even half as good at this game as you, I'm sure she's not dead.]
nodded a little as he played with the grass. [Ja... I hope she's not in this mess. I've tried not to think about it... I've been too scared to look up her name...]
[You should. If she's not on the list, it probably just means she never entered the game.] Or she was dead but she wasn't about to tell him that...
hovered his finger over the username list. [... I can't.]
[Then don't.]
nods a little, dropping his hand. [Heh, I wasn't even this scared when I heard if we die, we're dead in life.]
frowns a little. [I'm sure she's safe and worrying over you.]
ran a hand through his hair. [I can only hope so....] He felt drained just talking about that.
felt bad for bringing it up now... She didn't know what else to say so she just stares at the message screen for a while.
smiled a little. [Want to go out for a few drinks....?]
takes her time to respond. She didn't know why she felt weird about Soren having a girlfriend. He certainly seemed the type to have one. [Sure...]
got up and headed to the trackstone. [Meet ye at the tavern in the centre then. They have the best deals.]
[Alright.] She stands up and heads to the nearest trackstone, teleporting nearby the tavern.
waited outside, smiling faintly when he saw her. "Hej."
nods in response. "Hello."
held the door open for her before heading to the counter. "It's good to see ye again..."
nods again. "Good to see you too."
got himself a simple drink and started sipping. "How've ye been doin' on yer own?"
ordered the cheapest drink. "I have been doing fine."
nodded as he walked them to a booth, sitting in it after. "Cool. That's good..." He was slightly curious if he had any word from Thora....
would have told him if she had... She sits down across from him and sips her drink, seemingly fascinated by the table.
watched her a bit. He was still thinking a bit about his girlfriend...
still felt awkward about that conversation...
doesn't think she should. It was a perfectly normal one.
...didn't usually have conversations speculating on someone's Schrodinger's girlfriend...
sipped his beer and smirked. "Yer levelin' is goin' real well..."
nods slowly. "Thanks."
smiles. "Soon ye'll have no problem at the front lines..."
nods and finishes her drink. "I'm getting better at fighting, too."
smiles more as he looked to her. "That's good. Soon I won't need to worry 'bout ye."
"You shouldn't be worrying about me in the first place."
shrugs. "I do, though. I don't want to risk losin' someone again."
sighs and scratches the back of her head. "We hardly know each other..."
sighs. "Ja, but... ye're one of the closest I've gotten to compared to everyone else I know."
frowns faintly. "That's not true, you've got your family and your girlfriend and I'm sure you have plenty of friends."
sighs. "I only have my brother outside of this game. I don't even know about my girlfriend..."
sighs. "You shouldn't give up on her."
nods a bit, opening the interface and glancing at the memers list.
watches him, wondering if he would actually look for her this time.
hesitated but dropped his hand again after, shaking his head as he closed the interface.
...pats his shoulder awkwardly.
smiled a little as he finished the rest of his drink. "Tak..."
pulls her hand back.
smiles a bit more. "I'll check for her name later, maybe..."
nods. "Whenever you feel you can."
nods as he got himself another drink.
watches the rest of the people in the tavern.
continued to drink quietly. "We need to get out of here..."
raises an eyebrow. "Why...?"
shrugs. "We need to get back to the real world. I can't live in a game the rest of my life."
thought he meant the tavern.. "Yeah, me neither."
meant everything in general... Though, he enjoyed drinking.
"I really hope we can get back..."
nods a bit. "If we get another person I know, we'll get there for sure."
"Another person...?"
nods. "He's pretty good. But I'm not sure his stand on the situation..."
glances at him. "Who?"
sighs. "He's a demon class rogue. He knows his shit, too."
"So you want the three of us to go to the front lines?"
nods. "We can help, but don't have to listen to them. We're above most, so they can't force us."
nods as she thinks about it. "I guess that could work."
smiles a bit. "We could end the game togehter..."
nods and orders another drink.
just kept drinking, losing count quickly.
wondered how he could drink so much...
Søren
was
a heavy drinker in real life, so he guessed he was just use to it.
still had a hard time understanding how things transferred over from real life.
did too, but he wouldn't complain. He felt as alive here as he did in life. And felt better when he had food and drank.
just watches him. She wasn't fond of drinking much...
finished his drink and sat back, sighing. "This was a nice outting at least."
nods. All she had really done was have a drink and watch him drink, though...
still liked the company. "Ye gonna stay over again?"
shakes her head.
frowns. "Where're ye gonna go then?"
shrugs. "An inn or a local healers guild."
sighs. "Ye know it's no hassle for ye to stay at my place."
nods. "And I appreciate the offer."
nodded a bit, looking down. "That's good, then."
sighs. "Really, don't worry about it."
smiles and nods. "I'm not, don't worry." He just didn't like being lonely.
liked her alone time. She nods and starts to stand up.
got up with her. "Want me to walk ye to where ye wanna go?"
shrugs. "If you want to. I'm not quite sure where I'm going next, though."
nods a little. "I need a walk anyways..." He started heading out, his vision a little hazy.
frowns and follows closely. "I'll walk you home. You shouldn't have had so much to drink."
smirks and shakes his head. "It's okay, I feel fine. It's just my vision. It's really, really cool."
..."No. I'm going to make sure you get back safe."
rolls his eyes. "I'm not gonna leave the town, and people can't rob me. I'm safe."
sighs. "I wasn't asking, I was telling you. I'm taking you home."
pouts. "But I dun wanna go..
"But you're drunk."
shrugs. "Only my eyes. I still think fine."
rolls her eyes. "Sure..."
nods as he looked around. "It's fuuuun."
"You are soo drunk."
shakes his head. "Neeeej. Just my eyyyyyes."
"Then walk in a straight line."
nods and looked for a straight line, and started following it. Though, it ended up to be curved and he just staggered around it.
...sighs. "Yes. Drunk."
laughs a bit. "Just my eyes! I told ye!"
grabs his arm. "Come on."
hummed and just stood close to her.
tugs at his arm. "Come on."
nodded and followed her, still looking around
drags him towards his home.
swayed around happily, swinging their arms around in glee.
rolls her eyes. "Idiot..."
chuckles. "Aww, come on. This is fun. I feel great."
"Because you are drunk."
shrugs. "Ja, but... virtual drunk. So it's not real."
stops when they arrive in front of his house. "You're just really drunk."
slumped against the door and smiled. "It's still fun..."
rolls her eyes. "Just get inside."
opened the door, falling flat on his face.
steps over him to get inside and starts pulling him the rest of the way in.
hummed, even though he was being dragged. "This is fun~"
rolls her eyes and starts dragging him upstairs to his bedroom.
watched her as she did this. "Do ye want help~?"
...sighs. "Just get up."
slowly got up, making it as flowy as possible. But it just looked sloppy, and almost made him fall backwards.
grabs his arm to help support him.
leaned on her as he slowly made his way up the stairs. "This is awesome."
grumbles under her breath. She was tempted to just let him fall down the stairs...
doubted he'd get really hurt anyways. He soon stumbled at the top of the stairs and looked around. "... How what?"
*now
"You're going to sleep off all of those drinks."
chuckles a bit. "Ye think I'll sleep?"
....pulls up a spell screen and changes her active spell. "I have my ways..."
... tried to run away.
casts a sleeping spell in his direction.
instantly felt tired and just fell. Though, he wasn't out yet.
rolls her eyes and resumes dragging him to his room.
just stared up at the ceiling. "Mmm..."
struggles a little to get him on the bed.
made a few quiet sounds. "Murr..."
eventually gets him in bed and catches her breath. "That should keep you knocked out a few hours..."
just kept 'murring' quietly. "I dun like thiiiissss...."
shushes him lightly. "You'll be asleep in no time."
scrunched his face a bit and held his head. "I don't wanna..."
"That's what you get for drinking..."
pouts. "The drinkin' was fuuuun. This spell... isn't."
"You need sleep. Just let the spell take over."
frowns. "I don't wanna..."
pulls out an amulet and slowly swings it front of his face.
looked at it before smiling and going to touch it. "Shiny..."
swats his hand away. "No."
pouts and kept trying to touch it. "Shiny~"
supposes it's not helping him fall asleep. She sighs and puts it away before starting to walk out.
pouts as the shiny left and frowned a bit as he watched her. "Where're ye goin'?"
"Letting you sleep."
pouts. "But I dun wanna..."
sighs. "You have to at some point..."
siiiighed. "I've not since startin' this game..."
"Then do it now. It might help you more than you think."
sighed and closed his eyes. "I'll try, for ye."
nods. "Thanks... and good night."
smiled a bit. "Godnat..." He got a bit comfy and tried to focus on sleeping.
steps out of the room and walks to the kitchen. She figured she might as well practice her cooking...
Søren
was
glad she wasn't leaving at least.
wouldn't leave. She knew that the spell could have weird side effects. She had mostly improved it to the point that there weren't any, but she couldn't be sure.
.... wondered what side effects they had.
knew the spell could cause sleep walking, hallucinations, temporary paralysis...
... didn't like this idea anymore.
had nearly perfected the spell so she doubted anything would happen.
would hope so. He tried to relax, but wasn't able to actually sleep.
normally had no issues with the spell making people sleep...
guessed it was his mindset screwing with the game.
really hopes he'll get some sleep...
Søren
was
trying... it was just difficult.
finishes cooking a stew and looks at it, disappointed.
groaned and turned onto his side. He was having issuueeess.
walks upstairs and opens the door slowly to check on him.
had his eyes open faintly, and when he saw the light he turned to face her.
notices and sighs quietly. "Still not asleep?"
shakes his head. "Nej.. but my vision is better..."
frowns. "Well at least that's a good sign..."
nodded. "Ja..." He sighed a bit. "So what's up?"
shrugs. "Want me to cast the spell again? Might work as a stacked spell."
shakes his head. "As longas I'm lyin' down I should be okay... m'not really drunk as it is."
rolls her eyes. "But you were..."
smiles. "Not as much now, though. My eyes aren't nearly as blurry."
sighs. "Just take it easy until they're back to normal, then."
nods. "I didn't plan on gettin' up..." He sighed a bit. "What're ye up to?"
scratches the back of her head. "Nothing."
sighed. "I see..."
turns and starts to walk away.
frowns. "Ye can stay... ye know. I like talkin' to ye"
stops and turns a little to face him. "Mmm... okay."
smiled and sat up a bit. "Ye can sit on the bed too if ye want."
shakes her head. "I'm fine."
nodded and ran a hand through his hair. "I like drinks in this game..."
rolls her eyes. "Really? I couldn't tell."
chuckles a bit. "I'll not have too many next time."
nods. "I don't want to have to drag you home again."
smirks. "I'll not let it happen again."
brushes her hair over her shoulder. "Good. Next time it won't just be a sleeping spell if you break your word..."
raises his brow. "What'll ye do?"
...smirks ever so faintly, a dark aura surrounding her.
made a quiet sound and shifted away from her.
"Only if you get drunk again..."
nods. "I-I won't get this drunk again. I swear."
makes a small noise that might have been a laugh.
huffed and pouted a bit after as he looked away.
laughs a little more. "I was mostly joking..."
glanced at her. "I can't tell. Ye don't joke normally. And ye're a class that can do weird stuff."
shakes her head. "Not really, it's a standard class. And as if you're one to talk...."
smirked faintly. "My magic is only good at night. And even then it's mostly attacks, not anythin' else."
tilts her head a little. "So I'm weird because I can use magic at any time?"
shakes his head. "I just..respect that about ye."
frowns. "I don't see how that has anything to do with respect..." She smirks faintly. "Unless you are confusing fear for respect..."
huffs. "I'm not scared. I just respect yer use for magic."
shrugs. "It's just part of the game, nothing to respect."
shrugs as he rubbed his eyes. "Still. I don't want to risk it."
...hums under her breath. So he was at least a little scared. "Spell wearing off?"
nods a little. "I think so... I have a bit more energy. And don't feel so lazy."
"You really should sleep sometime..."
sighs. "I tried... my mind just won't turn off."
frowns. "Just keep trying..."
leaned against the headboard. "I have... I tried when I first entered the game, when I was actually tired from energy. I just... can't."
"If you ever want me to try the spell again..."
shakes his head. "It's okay, really. If I take a few energy potions I'll be good."
sighs. "That's not as good as natural sleep."
sighs. "What in this game is natural?"
...scratches the back of her head. "You got me there..."
smiles. "Tak, for tryin' though."
shrugs. "Just thought it would help keep you out of my hair."
chuckles. "Ja, 'cause I was a big pain before."
"You were drunk..."
sighed and looked down. "Jaaa... that... won't happen again. I promise."
smirks ever so faintly. "So now you admit it."
nods a bit. "I kinda was. Not.. real world like. But virtual world. It was weird."
frowns. "That sounds strange..."
nods. "It was. And I don't have any side effects, so that's a bonus."
rolls her eyes. "Glad I knocked you out, then..."
smiles and nods. "Ja. Tak, again." He got out of bed a moment later.
waves her hand dismissively and starts back downstairs.
followed her a little, noticing a few things out of palce.
*place
didn't move much outside the kitchen.
hums. "Were ye practicin'?"
quickly moves the stew to her inventory so he wouldn't see how bad it looked. "Mmm... Just passing time..."
nods. "Made anythin' I could try? I'm hungry."
...sighs. "Sorry... I ate it already."
pouted but nodded. "I see..." He went to go make something quick for himself.
's stomach growls.
... slowly looked to her.
looks over an interesting display of pots.
"Are elves more hungry than other races?"
shrugs. "I suppose so..."
nods a little. "Want some food then?"
glances at him. "If you don't mind..."
shakes his head. "Not at all. I have plenty of ingredients." He got to making a soup for them.
nods slowly. "Thank you."
smiled and shook his head. "Don't mention it."
looks over a few things in the kitchen.
hummed as he cooked, knowing exactly what to do. He was great at this~
watches him cook out of the corner of her eye.
finished a bit later and handed her the soup. "Dig in~!"
nods and takes the bowl before sitting at the table.
sat down as well and started eating instnantly.
starts eating, really liking the food.
smiles as he watched her. "Glad ye like it."
nods as she finishes her food. "Thank you, it's very good."
nods a little. "I'm glad I learned how to cook... even if I get nothin' from it 'cept a few select items."
shrugs. "Who knows, maybe it unlocks something you don't know about yet."
shrugs as he licked his lips. "Maybe. I'm just glad to get good tastin' food in me."
nods slowly. "It was very good..."
smiles at that. "I could teach ye that recipe if ye want..."
glances at him before nodding again. "I would like that, thank you."
got a few things set up, putting out ingredients on the table as well as starting the stove. "Cookin' really depends on how long it's cooked for... it doesn't matter how the ingredients are set up, or in what
order ye combine them."
frowns. "The ingredients aren't important?"
shrugs. "Not really. When yer level gets up high, ye can really have fun experimentin'. Sure the recipies help, but ye're not bound to them."
"Doesn't sound like it's the same as real life then..."
shakes his head. "It's game logic." He took a few common ingredients and pushed them in front of her. "I'll let ye do this so ye learn more. But cut those up and put them in the pot, then turn the pot on and
stir everythin'."
nods and starts to chop the ingredients. "Does it matter how fine I cut them?"
shakes his head. "It all kinda forms into whatever ye're makin'. It's almost imporssible to choke with iin game food."
puts the ingredients into the pot and turns it on. "It's weird... some things are so much like real life and other things aren't..."
nodded as he watched carefully. "It'll be interestin' to see how people react once they get back to the real world.."
finishes cooking. "Yeah, I'm worried about that... I'm afraid I might try to use magic on a patient..."
laughed a bit at that. "I doubt ye'll do that. Ye seem smart enough to know which is reality and which is game." He smiled when he saw what she had made.
blinks at the stew before looking at him. "It looks good..."
nods. "Try it. Though, from the looks I know it's good. Food here isn't decievin'. If it's bad, ye can tell just lookin' at it."
nods. "Most of the food I make looks really bad..." She eats the stew, glad that it tasted as good as it looked.
smiled at that. "Ye'll improve quickly, now that ye know the correct cookin' time. Trust me."
smiles faintly back at him. "Thanks."
smiled more as he nodded to her. "No problem..." He was glad and happy he could help her.
Gjertrud
was
looking forward to eating good food, now. She hadn't gotten too used to eating the food she cooked in game.
hums a little. "Do ye want a few special ingredients? They're harder to find, and harder to cook, but once ye get the hang of it they'll give ye tons of health. Pretty much a mouthful could fill the whole bar."
sahakea her head. "No, I'll just use what I get."
*shakes
nods a bit. "Alright, but if ye ever wanna experiment, I got tons of stuff to play with. Just contact me and we'll have fun~"
shrugs. "I'll keep that in mind."
nodded as he leaned against the wall. "Or if ye wanna go huntin' for ingredients, I'll come too."
"I'll just use what I get, I don't want to waste time going after things like that."
chuckles a bit. "Kay. The sellers in the town next over have pretty good prices if ye wanna buy stuff."
rolls her eyes. "I'm not that particular about food."
shrugs. "I am. I love to eat."
laughs under her breath and moves her hand to cover her mouth.
smiled a bit more when he heard her laugh.
blushes faintly. "Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh..."
shakes his head. "It's okay. It's a nice laugh."
fidgets and looks away, her awkwardness showing for once.
smiled a little. "It's nothin' to be ashamed about. Ye should let loose more often. It makes people happy to hear other people laugh."
turns stoic again. "I don't 'let loose.'"
rolls his eyes. "Ye should."
raises an eyebrow. "Why?"
shrugs. "It's a nice way to live. And it's fun.
*"
sighs. "I don't think so..."
sighed. "If ye say so. I find it fun."
"You are easily amused."
nods. "Yep. There's a reason I'm popular."
rolls her eyes. "Sure you are..."
hums. "I am! Well, at least back home I was."
nods stoically. "Okay."
nods at that as he cleaned up. "Good. Ye believe me."
"I never said that..."
pouts. "Ye should. I'll prove it when we get back to the real world."
...smirks faintly.
nods. "I will! I'll bring over all my friends."
nods. "Sure you will..."
nods. "I willl. We'll all have fun in Oslo, together."
smiles faintly. "I'll hold you to it."
nodded and looked to her. "Ye have my word. We can all go out for a dinner or somethin'. It'll be great..."
fidgets. "Maybe we could..."
nods. "I'd like that. M'sure my friends would wanna go out too... it has been a while since I've seen them..."
"You do have a good excuse...."
sighs. "I just... wanna get home."
frowns. "Yeah..."
sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Hopefully soon... we'll be free."
nods slowly. "I'm sure we will be."
sighed. "I really want to see ye, surprisin'ly."
raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean, surprisingly?"
shrugs. "I dunno. I mean, I only know ye from this game. And all I wanna do is see ye in real life."
fidgets. "I don't look that much different. I mean, I have normal ears and am shorter and not as pretty..."
chuckles a little. "M'sure yer as beautiful as ye are now."
blushes ever so faintly and looks away. "Ah, sure...."
smiles. "I'll bring ye flowers then when we meet."
shakes her head. "No, you shouldn't."
nods. "I will. Even if ye're not as beautiful as I see now, ye still deserve flowers."
avoids looking at him, a little embarrassed. "You don't have to..."
shrugs. "I know a nice place down the street, I've gone to them a lot, so it's not like it'll cost a lot."
had never had anyone buy her flowers... She was secretly looking forward to it.
thought that every girl deserved flowers.
figured his girlfriend would get jealous...
knew she'd understand, he did it often. He liked to help improve peoples self-confidence.
"I should probably be going..."
nods a little, figuring she'd had spent enough time in his house. He headed for the door to see her out.
follows him, still blushing faintly.
got to the door and opened it for her, smiling. "Just gimme a shout when ye wanna visit or use my house again, kay?"
steps outside and nods. "Alright."
smiled more as he looked to her a bit longer before waving. "Take care of yerself. And if ye ever need help... m'just a PM away."
nods and waves back at him. "Same to you."
smiled still as he watched her, eager to meet her outside of the game.
waves at him one last time before heading towards town.