Xavori
The Annoying Newbie
I was wandering the land solving the puzzle of gravestones and
killing the large numbers of undead that seem to have sprung up
recently. While standing outside the gates of Trinsic, a very
young fighter approached me.
"Xavori," he called out.
As we had never met before and he looked like he had very
little of value, I chose to ignore him.
"Xavori. Xavori. Xavori. Xavori. Xavori. Xavori. Xavori.
Xavori," he kept repeating.
This was very annoying and a major mistake in my book. His
second mistake was the name he decided to go by
"MaStUrBaToR". Not only was it crude but I found people
who used this strange upper and lower case method of naming
themselves and speaking to be very immature. Deciding to spare
the others at the gate his annoying behavior I answered him.
"Yes, child?"
"Do you have a good sword I can have?" he begged.
Okay, this was the final straw. Whether he had anything of
value or not, he deserved to die.
"I left some corpses with a bunch of equipment on them in
a hidden area west of here."
"Can you show me?"
Of course, you complete idiot. Luring you out into the
wilderness was the whole point of this exercise, and seeing if
you’d follow someone who is talking about recent killings
was just final proof of the favor I was doing Sosaria by
dispatching you.
"Yes, follow me."
"Okay" he answered.
I immediately set off for the hidden valley and the very
narrow cave that leads into it. Several times during the walk
there, he said he was getting fatigued so I gave him food. This
let him keep up and built up his trust in me. I enjoy gaining my
victims trust right before I betray them. After a bit, we reached
the cave.
We started through the cave, and I let him get a little bit
ahead of me. I paralyzed him.
"What are you doing?" he asked confused.
"Give me thy gold and equipment or die."
"No. Besides, if you kill me, you’ll hurt
you’re notoriety."
"Nay, fool, ‘tis a minor thing to regain my
reputation in the eyes of the populace."
My paralyze spell wore off (I wanted to give him a sporting
chance), and he took off running. I then attacked him and gave
chase. He ran straight into the valley. I paused a moment to put
an energy field in the entrance to make sure he couldn’t
escape, and then resumed the hunt.
"Help! He’s a PK!" he blubbered as he ran past
some fighters in the valley.
"You’re on your own. He’s a grandmaster
warrior," replied on of them.
I smiled to myself as I ran by him and finally caught the
knave. With two quick thrusts, he fell. He immediately
resurrected and hid behind a house.
"You’re gonna regret that, bitch" he wimpered.
"Nay, knave, I think not," I replied and turned to
leave.
"Do you know who Cockface McGee is?" he blubbered.
"He’s my brother and he’s gonna kick your
ass."
For those of you who don’t know, McGee is a member of the
Magical Bubba’s Insidious Brotherhood. The Brotherhood is a
band of killers who prey on those of negative notoriety, and of
course, the occasional noble. I’d run into Bubba one time
while explore [backpacks] in front of the magic shop in Trinsic.
I was pretty sure I could see his outfit coming from a mile away
and make myself scarce in the unlikely event they actual did
decide to come after me.
I sighed and replied, "Again, I think not."
One of the fighters who had watched the fight looked at the
fool in disgust and said, "You are really pathetic."
I turned to him and said, "Truly he is milord. I shall
pay thee 250 gold for every head of his thou bringest me."
I had no intention of paying, and "forgot" to tell
him where to bring the heads as I walked away, but I figured it
would keep the fool busy for a while running from the rest of the
people in the valley.
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