Shankz: "Well it's been an hour."
Mightypie: "Where is he? I'm sick of waiting. I wanna get going on my journey so I can crush you!"
*The rest of the group looks at Mightypie and laughs hysterically
Mightypie: Fuck you guys! I got the highest rank out of anyone here. That means I did the best in the tutorial.
Sargon: "Mightypie, the rest of us just messed around on the tutorial. We took our time."
Mightypie: "Yeah right! You expect me to believe that! Face it I'm the best player here."
Yuki: "He's telling the truth."
Shankz: "Well you know how the mission was to defeat a large horde in the fastest time possible within two hours right?"
Mightypie: "Yea, so what?"
Sargon: "So we decided not to target the horde immediately
Shankz: "Well you know how the mission was to defeat a large horde in the fastest time possible within two hours right?"
Mightypie: "Yea, so what?"
Sargon: "So we decided not to target the horde immediately
Mightypie: "What! Are you shitting me? Why the hell not?"
Yuki: "We decided to explore the map first."
Shankz: "We wanted to get a feel for our in game skills and abilities before jumping into battle."
*Everyone nods in agreement
Shankz: "To be honest I never even finished that mission."
Everyone: "You never completed the tutorial mission?!"
Shankz: "Nope. I ran out of time."
Tman: "Dude you had two hours to defeat like 150 low level enemies. How didn't you complete it?"
IP Ninja: "Dude it took like 35 minutes tops. How could you fuck that up?"
Shankz: "Well I wandered too far out and got lost."
FallenMoon: "They gave you an area map so you wouldn't get lost. It was literally the only item in your inventory"
Shankz: "Oh yeah I remember that thing! I folded it into a paper hat and wore it around.
*Everyone takes turns either face palming or shaking their heads in disbelief over what they had just heard.
Shankz: "Besides I got hungry, so I said fuck the mission and got lunch instead."
IP Ninja: "Okay now THAT makes sense"
IP Ninja begins to laugh. Everyone including myself joins. After a moment, Mightypie cuts in with a realization.
FallenMoon: "They gave you an area map so you wouldn't get lost. It was literally the only item in your inventory"
Shankz: "Oh yeah I remember that thing! I folded it into a paper hat and wore it around.
*Everyone takes turns either face palming or shaking their heads in disbelief over what they had just heard.
Shankz: "Besides I got hungry, so I said fuck the mission and got lunch instead."
IP Ninja: "Okay now THAT makes sense"
IP Ninja begins to laugh. Everyone including myself joins. After a moment, Mightypie cuts in with a realization.
Mightypie: "Wait a minute. So my rank is only higher because I defeated the monsters faster than you guys? FUCK!"
*Everyone erupts into laughter once more
At that moment a surging light shot down from the sky signaling the Game Master's return to the Colosseum. He pulls out what looks like a tablet and begins to read through it. Whatever it is, it seems to amuse him greatly as he lets out a slight chuckle. It is at this time that he looks out at the crowd and says...
Game Master: "I see that out of the 10.3 million of you that started your journey inside DDO, there are only about 7 million of you left. Let me be the first to offer congratulations for making it this far. As a reward your gear and weapons!"
Each player receives their starter kit full of gear and weapons and begins equipping themselves. A great roar of excitement builds in the crowds as players take in their new found power. After a moment the crowd is hushed as the Game Master continues his deliverance.
Game Master: "Now my warriors let us test your strength in battle. I have randomly paired you all up for 1 on 1 fights to the death. The winner of each fight will receive a special prize, and the losers penalized. Begin!"
Millions of small platforms begin to form in the sky and two by two players are warped to each to begin their battle. Everyone just looks on in complete awe. We all loosely huddle together and begin to look at each other in uncertainty. Suddenly everyone began to fade and one by one we disappeared as we were taken to our battlegrounds. As I land I begin to assess my surroundings. We were definitely fighting in the sky, our platforms only floating pieces of earth about 30 yards long by 20 yards wide. I take a moment to take in the scenery
Opponent: "Don't take me lightly asshole!"
I can hear my opponent charging me from the rear, trying to catch me off guard. I draw my sword sword and spin to face my opponent. At this moment, my opponent lunges and throws a heavy punch my way. he is wearing some sort of metallic gauntlets. I deflect the attack with the broad side of my sword sending him flying to the edge of the platform.
Shankz: You're gonna have to be quicker than that if you want to beat me! You... Wait, you're my opponent! This is perfect. Don't you agree, Mightypie?"
Mightypie: "Shankz?! Holy shit dude. I didn't know I was fighting you.
*We both grin and laugh hysterically
Mightypie: "Now I'll prove I'm better than you."
Shankz: "Talk is cheap. Just shut up and FIGHT ME!"
Mightypie: "FINE!"
We both charge at each other with the intent to kill, screaming with the fierceness of a thousand warriors. Mightypie throws several offensive punches my way causing me to take the defensive. After a few moments of deflecting punch after punch with my sword, I seize an opportunity to take the offensive after Mightypie over-extends on a punch. I swing my heavy sword through the air, slicing in every direction. Mightypie manages to dodge each attack I throw at him with ease. My sword too heavy to match his speed. Finally I manage to catch him tripping up from one of my initial attacks. I quickly follow up with a secondary attack that is sure to hit the target as he lay there on the ground. Almost as instantly as I was certain I had won the match, Mightypie throws up a fist catching my sword with his metallic gauntlet.
Mightypie: "You're gonna have to be quicker than that to beat me."
Suddenly he jumps to his feet and charges at me, my sword still buried between his reinforced knuckles. He throws his fist to the air dispelling my earlier attack, thus throwing me off balance and open for an attack. Mightypie then launches a straight punch to my forehead that launches me through the air toward the edge of our stage. I can feel my blood run down my face, the pain excruciating. Mightypie charges forward, jumping on top of me, and unleashes a flurry of attacks. I do everything I can to block the assault. Through his attacks I managed to create another opening and land a swift blow to his gut with the hilt of my sword. This causes Mightypie to stagger back a bit and I manage to kick him off and regain some ground. Mightypie falls to the ground, gasping for the air that was just so viciously knocked out of him. He coughs up a mouthful of blood and begins to breathe normally again. We are both showing signs of exhaustion by this point. We can see the pain in each other's faces and feel the determination in our blood. Neither one of us willing to quit.
Shankz: "You know... I thought you were a deadly martial artist with a mean pair of fists, not some preteen girl taking part in her first pillow fight?"
Mightypie: "Yea?... Well I thought you were some incredible swordsman capable of carving people into mince meat? You look more like a blind drunk swinging for a pinata!"
*We share a slight chuckle
We charge at each other once more. I take a swing at him with my blade. Once again he deflects the shot and swings back at me with an elbow. I am able to duck away from the attack but he returns heavily with a swift combo. I manage to deflect each blow but not before being pressed to the edge of the platform. Then out of nowhere, Mightypie lands a colossal blow to the ground right in front of me causing the earth below my feet to crumble and become unstable. I begin to lose balance and start to fall from the platform. At the last second I thrust my sword downward, digging it into the now loose dirt in front of me stopping my fall. I then use my momentum to swing my body around my sword back toward the middle of the platform. This action catches Mightypie off guard and in the spur of the moment I uproot my sword and tackle Mightypie off the edge of our platform and we begin to fall back to earth. If we hit the Colosseum, or even another platform from this height we will both surely die. This however, does not stop our battle as we plummet downward.
Each player receives their starter kit full of gear and weapons and begins equipping themselves. A great roar of excitement builds in the crowds as players take in their new found power. After a moment the crowd is hushed as the Game Master continues his deliverance.
Game Master: "Now my warriors let us test your strength in battle. I have randomly paired you all up for 1 on 1 fights to the death. The winner of each fight will receive a special prize, and the losers penalized. Begin!"
Millions of small platforms begin to form in the sky and two by two players are warped to each to begin their battle. Everyone just looks on in complete awe. We all loosely huddle together and begin to look at each other in uncertainty. Suddenly everyone began to fade and one by one we disappeared as we were taken to our battlegrounds. As I land I begin to assess my surroundings. We were definitely fighting in the sky, our platforms only floating pieces of earth about 30 yards long by 20 yards wide. I take a moment to take in the scenery
Opponent: "Don't take me lightly asshole!"
I can hear my opponent charging me from the rear, trying to catch me off guard. I draw my sword sword and spin to face my opponent. At this moment, my opponent lunges and throws a heavy punch my way. he is wearing some sort of metallic gauntlets. I deflect the attack with the broad side of my sword sending him flying to the edge of the platform.
Shankz: You're gonna have to be quicker than that if you want to beat me! You... Wait, you're my opponent! This is perfect. Don't you agree, Mightypie?"
Mightypie: "Shankz?! Holy shit dude. I didn't know I was fighting you.
*We both grin and laugh hysterically
Mightypie: "Now I'll prove I'm better than you."
Shankz: "Talk is cheap. Just shut up and FIGHT ME!"
Mightypie: "FINE!"
We both charge at each other with the intent to kill, screaming with the fierceness of a thousand warriors. Mightypie throws several offensive punches my way causing me to take the defensive. After a few moments of deflecting punch after punch with my sword, I seize an opportunity to take the offensive after Mightypie over-extends on a punch. I swing my heavy sword through the air, slicing in every direction. Mightypie manages to dodge each attack I throw at him with ease. My sword too heavy to match his speed. Finally I manage to catch him tripping up from one of my initial attacks. I quickly follow up with a secondary attack that is sure to hit the target as he lay there on the ground. Almost as instantly as I was certain I had won the match, Mightypie throws up a fist catching my sword with his metallic gauntlet.
Mightypie: "You're gonna have to be quicker than that to beat me."
Suddenly he jumps to his feet and charges at me, my sword still buried between his reinforced knuckles. He throws his fist to the air dispelling my earlier attack, thus throwing me off balance and open for an attack. Mightypie then launches a straight punch to my forehead that launches me through the air toward the edge of our stage. I can feel my blood run down my face, the pain excruciating. Mightypie charges forward, jumping on top of me, and unleashes a flurry of attacks. I do everything I can to block the assault. Through his attacks I managed to create another opening and land a swift blow to his gut with the hilt of my sword. This causes Mightypie to stagger back a bit and I manage to kick him off and regain some ground. Mightypie falls to the ground, gasping for the air that was just so viciously knocked out of him. He coughs up a mouthful of blood and begins to breathe normally again. We are both showing signs of exhaustion by this point. We can see the pain in each other's faces and feel the determination in our blood. Neither one of us willing to quit.
Shankz: "You know... I thought you were a deadly martial artist with a mean pair of fists, not some preteen girl taking part in her first pillow fight?"
Mightypie: "Yea?... Well I thought you were some incredible swordsman capable of carving people into mince meat? You look more like a blind drunk swinging for a pinata!"
*We share a slight chuckle
We charge at each other once more. I take a swing at him with my blade. Once again he deflects the shot and swings back at me with an elbow. I am able to duck away from the attack but he returns heavily with a swift combo. I manage to deflect each blow but not before being pressed to the edge of the platform. Then out of nowhere, Mightypie lands a colossal blow to the ground right in front of me causing the earth below my feet to crumble and become unstable. I begin to lose balance and start to fall from the platform. At the last second I thrust my sword downward, digging it into the now loose dirt in front of me stopping my fall. I then use my momentum to swing my body around my sword back toward the middle of the platform. This action catches Mightypie off guard and in the spur of the moment I uproot my sword and tackle Mightypie off the edge of our platform and we begin to fall back to earth. If we hit the Colosseum, or even another platform from this height we will both surely die. This however, does not stop our battle as we plummet downward.
