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Here, level one monsters roam free. Its the perfect area for starting out, with vast fields freckled with trees and breezes ruffling the grass. Nothing here is much of a threat, but its a good place for anyone to start.

Chacho was whipping through kills, watching her EXP counter rise as she slashed and blasted through mobs. She was utilizing her unique skill, spells tumbling out of her mouth as she slashed through the creatures with her rapier. Being level one, she wasnt used to her speed skill being so low again, and one of the boars had actually flanked her and knocked her over. With a sigh, she summoned her pet. About the size of a lynx, it sported a cheetah pattern with a black mane and dragon wings. It was her pet, as a beast tamer, and one for the use of attacking. Her pet, named Lola, started her own small rampage, taking anything down that tried to attack her master. Once again, Chacho was able to continue her charge.

I don't miss the dying part... Chacho mused. Lola had her tail curled around her paws as she lapped up her bowl of water, her master sipped hers less fervently. The cait stretched back, looking warily at the walls of water. Chacho hated water which might have been because of her more cat like tendencies. Instead, she scooted a little further away. She flicked her hand open, looking at her stats. Already her sword and magic skills had gotten to level three, and because of Lola, her taming skill had also increased. Nodding with satisfaction, she closed her menu, eyes lingering on the space where the logout button was. What happens when we die in here. She blurted out, regretting the question once it left her lips.

Chacho sat up quickly, her green eyes catching her friend's. How many people have died. It was more of a demand than a question, but there wasn't any way Teddy was getting out of this one. How many, Taki. Her voice was dead calm, void of emotion, which was never a good sign. She sat, staring him down, as she waited for her answer.

14..She murmured. That either meant that the level one monsters was way too overpowered or some people had raced off into the stronger areas, and none but a few were that stupid. Chacho hissed, mimicking Lola, and her pet purred affectionately behind her. The cait growled a little more noticeably and stalked out to the edge of the island, facing the tower. If the memory lapse was only a week, it wasn't too terrible. But the ethics were still just wrong. She crossed her arms as a strong breeze blew her long hair over her features. She looked completely serene other than her flattened ears and lashing tail, which were the only dead giveaways to her anger. She was tempted to fly back, but that would achieve nothing. She traced the health vial absentmindedly with her hand, just thinking.

Jayson Matthews

Jayson crouched in the tall grass of the Hunting Grounds, back on the main land. He had made note of 2 others whom launched themselves off toward an island, but he didn't expect them to have made the jump. As the man sat hunched below the meadow grass, he watched: wild bore, wolves, and foxes race through the land.

Jay chose stalking the wolves above all, because it increased his stealth tremendously, as well as giving combat expierience for each kill. He had been killing wild-life for what felt like an hour, and his level was just reaching the end of two. Jay stood from the grass, causing several animals to scatter from him, but also caused two wolves to move in on him.
Jayson's vision flashed red from the edges to alert him of the danger. He pulled Bolrikai from his back, and waited for the attack. His blade began to glow red as Jayson focused his attack. He slashed the first wolf, cutting down its side. As he finished the initial slice he spun and stabbed his sword into the second wolf.

Jayson heard a ping and his sword flashed gold, and Bolrikai transformed into a Barbed Sword . He swung the blade around his body and sheathed it on his back. "Guess it's time to call it a night." He said walking back towards the Town of Beginnings.

{exit back}

XXXSitting up, he stretched and yawned to the sunrise. Looking over, the bed-roll beside him was empty. Looking at the respawn history, Chacho had been fighting all night for whatever reason. Well, at least she has a high level now. She can take care of herself for a day. He thought, growling lightly. But she just left him up on the island; goof friend, eh? Shaking his head, he stood up as he grumbled, putting the bed-rolls back into his inventory as he picked up both his bow and sword with his telekinesis, testing to see how he could do the two at the same time. Unhappy with the slowness of the ability at that time, he just grabbed his sword from mid-air and charged through the water-wall. His eyes widened as he skidded to a stop, almost the entire island absolutely covered in monsters. Leaping back, he started to use magic when they began to charge him, leaving him out of time for parlor tricks. He smiled and shook his head, charging forward. Dodging bodies and slashing fiercely, the bow that stayed locked by his side essentially never stopped shooting arrows off into the monsters. Apparently, enough people had logged in to call for a higher quantity monster respawn, using the same respawn timer as before. Goddamn...

Breathing heavily, he stood on the empty island eyeing the Tower off in the distance. His health bar was deep in the red, the numeric value in the single digits. He drank a health potion, noticing he only had one more left. He had leveled an unprecedented amount during that fight, and it almost cost him his life. Forming a quick wall of water, he looked at the mod menu to compare his level with everyone else's; the only player who outranked him was Chacho. He audibly laughed, shaking his head; did she leave right before he woke up? He accessed the mod menu again and reset the respawn timers for the floor, making the max amount of monsters appear everywhere. A reckless decision, but he really wanted to level some more. Yelling words to a spell, the wall of water shot outward, casting a multitude of rapid fire ice spears toward the angry beasts. Most of them were killed, and his magic skill skyrocketed upward, causing a smile to surface to his lips; he could do this. Hesitating for a second, he accessed the mod menu and reset the respawn timers once more; other than him, no one else had killed any monsters in that short time frame, so it wouldn't affect anyone else. He then charged through the wall, fighting once more for his life.

This time on his knees, his health was almost down to one as he stared onward off the island, his breathing ragged and forced. D-damn... He thought, getting up. taking his last health potion, he felt perfectly rejuvenated. Spectacular, even. He checked the menu again to see that many characters were approaching Chacho's level, but he was already surpassed her then some. He sighed, running his fingers through his hair. That would have to be the only time he would access the mod menu for personal gain; now he really felt guilty about it. He walked to the opposing edge of the island and saw Chacho zooming toward the island, so he dashed across and slid off, catching himself on one of the vines hanging down from the rock. From where he was hanging, he was invisible to the Cait Sith who was just landing on the Island. Silently and expertly, he launched himself perfectly downward and then jetted across the ground, headed back to the town of beginnings.

((Exit;; Town of Beginnings))