Mac*Anu Tavern

[Spiral/Aust]

spiral walked into the Tavern quietly, pushing the western-style flapping doors open simultaneously. He looked around. Mac*Anu realy was similar to the way it used to be. Though he found himself at level one again, he knew he'd regain the levels he'd lost two years ago. after all, climbing the lader is half the fun, right? He stalked up to the stools lining the bar, marveling at the improved graphics The new World had to offer. as he sat down, the fact that all this was real hit him again. He gripped the bar akwardly. "hello?" the bar tender said, the NPC was quite elaborate, Spiral thought. and a Transparent Menu apeared before him. wow He thought, scroling through the alchoholic beverages that were listed it the prompt.

"I'll have this one." He said, touching the translucent screan. It tingled slightly. The bar tender said a short affirmative, and turned around, apearing a little later with a mug. Spiral lifted the liquid to his lips. It was cold to the touch, and went down smoothly. He could hardly beleave he was on the 'net. It was so real. He decided not to drink too much, after all, you could probably still get drunk on an online game like this one. "Thanks," He said as the Bar tender looked at him contentedly. he realy does look like a real person Spiral thought, taking another drink of his alchoholic beverage.

[collosus]

collosus opened the still flapping doors to the tavern after the player who had already entered the tavern. he felt the wooden doors scrape against his hands as he let them fall behind him flapping back and forth. his eyes automatically fell upon the person who had entered before him already with a drink in his hands drinking slowly. he sat down next to him ordering a shot of whiskey from the 'keep.

"you seem like a person who shouldn't be drinkin' kid." collosus said putting the glass to his lips and downing the cold alchohal in one gulp. he knew he had seen him around before, but he couldn't remember where. he tapped the cold marble bar initiating another drink before him. he couldn't believe how real this all seemed. he could feel the coldness of the counter under his tapping fingers as he started to pick up the second glass.

[Spiral/Aust]

Another man entered the tavern soon after him. he could sense that the man was larger than himself. maybe a heavy axeman or a lord partizan? he wouldn't have been able to sense something like that it not for the Realism of The World...he silently marvled at it while that man took a seat beside him. somehow he looked familiar. He was a large, armoured beast-type character. his rough skin-hide was rough-looking, he was sure it would feel rough as well.

"you seem like a person who shouldn't be drinkin' kid." The voice behind the character seemed to fit. The content of his statement made spiral lurch forward in surprize. "um....what?" spiral looked up at the face with a wry smile. "I think I can make my own decisions mister. don't worry, I know how to not get drunk..." His voice trailed off as he looked at the taller mans composed countenance. "what about you? are you realy as old as you sound?" he had forgotten that the new system couldn't allow for voice modification systems, unless Hacking was involved.

[collosus]

"heh, nah. my voice just always sounds a little gruff. i'm actually only 22." he picked up his drink and downed it. the cold liquor slid down his throat as he sighed and turned to talk again. the stool spun with amazing ease as he used his foot to slow him down, he fealt the friction of boot against wood floor. he looked at his foot for just long enough to see the ground then looked back up to spiral as the name over his character called him.

"Spiral eh? that's a strange name kid, how'd ya come up with that one?" he knew he had seen him somewhere before but he just couldn't place it. '! this is really startin' to piss me off!'

[Spiral/Aust]

"spiral?" he laughed. "I named myself after my girlfriend's favorite Anime show. to tell you the truth, I think it ended a little too soon, but what ever, she never takes my criticism." He laughed at the thought, his fingers sliding down the half-empty, half-full glass of alchohol. He took a slow drink. "but that's enough about me." he said, after gulping down the cold, slightly bitter liquid. "you're name's collosis. trying to scare some n00bs or something?" he askes sarcastically. This guy seemed too honorable to be a PK but that didn't realy make a difference, he supposed. when in the moment, everything could change. he knew that first hand. He realized his face had contourted into a thoughtful frown. He fixed his smile, and stared whistfully into the slightly rippling liquid.

[collosus]

((dude you should so put in a new cbox, it was freezing today!))
"heh, no it was my name in R:2 and i guess it just stuck. as it happens i used to be a PK, i'm not proud of it but hey we can't change our pasts right." he finished with a thoughtfully sarcastic smile. "no i've changed my ways, now i've decided to only PK when i'm in a battle that the loser won't let me out of. i realized that in this world, i would be causing actual pain and that's not right." 'why am i telling him all this? i don't even really know him yet i know i've seen him somewhere before.'
((would ya take the hint already!?! !))

[Spiral/Aust]

((LOL I don't know how.^^)
"oooooooooh that collosis! you were in kestral back then too, huh?" Spiral said, snapping his fingers, suddenly remembering the name. He took another drink from the glass, setting it down hard on the counter, the actual noise it created startled him. "my name in R:2 was Stalion. "bloody Geminai" Stalion was my Chaotic PK name. That was a long time ago wasn't it?" He smiled. "it realy has been a long time....so you turned around too? alot of us in kestral were just a little too cocky or a little too immature. I'd expect most of them realized it too. or at least, I hope so..."

[collosus]

"oh my god! it's so obvious now! i knew i'd seen you around before but i just couldn't place it. so you changed your ways from kestrel after the shut down too huh? good, i just hope that all the others can realize the error of their ways as well." he tapped the cold marble counter one last time to signal another shot of whiskey. again he downed it then got up onto the wooden floor. he felt a rush of air blow his fur in the direction of some guys on the other end of the tavern.

"if you've really changed, i'm trying to get a buch of people together to start a guild called 'the black hawks'. now know that while it's not a PK guild it's not a 'moral defender' guild either. what we would do is try to level up as much as possible while trying to keep PKers in check. sound good to you?"
((sorry i couldn't think of a better purpose at the moment ^^))

[Spiral/Aust]

Spiral smiled as the realization rushed over his old Party member. they had entered the Arena together a couple of times in R:1 they'd lost the holy palace emperorship to Knight and the Gate masters, that was why Spiral started wondering about what he was doing. Then collosis stood, and the way he was talking seemed like he was questioning the validity of his statement about changing. when her heard the proposition he perked up.

"what we do is level up as much as possible while trying to keep PKers in check. sound good to you?"

"sure" Spiral smiled "I'll be your secondary member!" The thought of being part of a more productive guild than his own was apealing. a game's no fun without a reason for playing. a cool wind whispered through his hair as some random PCs walked through the doors. Spiral finished off his drink and stood. "so have you made the guild yet, or are you planning on it still?" he asked, spinning the stool idly as his glass dissapeared.

[collosus]

"nah, not yet. it makes me sorta mad that the game won't let me create my guild until i have three members. and i haven't found anyone else yet; ya know, considering how i've only logged on for a little while once before." he started walking outside with spiral following him. he stepped out into the bright light. he reached to cover his eyes with his hands. 'wow, this game is so real it's not funny.' he kept walking along the road until he reached the fountain in the middle of the street. he sat on the edge and looked at his character in the water. he looked back up at spiral. "so, do you know anybody who might be interested in joining 'the night hawks'?

[Spiral/Aust]

"well you only need a secondary member to make a guild," Spiral replied, as Collosis started walking out into the light. He fallowed him, sheilding his eyes to the mid-evening sun. as they were walking to the square, he noted how large mac*anu seemed to have gotten. with it's reality, it seemed to have taken on a much larger, more capital-city-material sort of appearence. He listened to the tapping -or clanking in the case of collosis- of their feet on the cobblestone walkways, dyed a briliant orange-brown by the sun.

They reached the square where the fountain was mounted beautifully. it was ornately decorated with jems the size of fists, glinting in the ever-abundant sunlight. The water drifted around in a slow swirl, around a pedistal representation of the God Folset, the last god of The World. when they arived, Collosis sat down, seeming to watch himself in the water. "so do you know anybody who might be interested in joining 'The Night Hawks'?" he asked, looking back up to him. Spiral thought for a moment. "well, maybe. I could ask some of my guild members. they might be interested in doing something. Oh! have I told you about my Guild? We're The 'Agents of Catharsis'."

[collosus]

(sorry dude, long day, not very typative :])
"the agents...of catharsis? what's that some sorta new slang word or somethin'. i don't exactly keep up" collosus stared down at the water again, the light was reflecting off of it like some sort of mirror place in the street. when he looked back up spiral seemed to be thinking hard on something.

[Spiral/Aust]

"The agents of Catharsis...at first I thought it was just a cool name. but then I met Aust. He hangs out in my guild @home." spiral said after a time. "it's hard to explain, but we're on a sort of...quest. we're trying to find an Item called the 'Wings of Catharsis'" he quoted Aust's words. "it's the only thing Aust remembers." he shifted to sit beside collosis on the fountain. watching the water cascade down from the spout in the Palm of Folset. He reached a hand out slowly, letting the water sift through his fingers. it was cold, he could feel it. it was a nice feeling. He pulled his hand back and licked his fingers. It was clean. He smiled lightly.

[collosus]

'hm this guy could be something of use to us.' "the wings of catharsis? seems like a strange name for an item. is it armour or an accesory? it actually sounds like a pretty cool item to be sure. so does it give you wings or what?" he looked up at the sun and squinted into it. 'the wings of catharsis huh. this has possibilities.'

"speaking of guild's purposses, we at the night hawks would be serching for some special accesories as well. they're called 'the god's eyes' and they each have a special ability. they're eight in all 'the eye of fire', 'the eye of water', 'the eye of air', 'the eye of earth', 'the eye of darkness', 'the eye of light', 'the eye of curse', and 'the eye of poison.' each has their own attributes. as the names intell."

[Spiral/Aust]

"the wings? nah, I don't know what they do. Aust won't tell us. it's kind of annoying. but I've since stopped worrying about it. it's realy none of my business, I guess. After all, this is His quest, I think. I wish I knew what he was...oh well." spiral smiled up at the sky, to happy to worry about stuff. for some reason it was always hard to be too serious in this new World. that was probably because he was so hyped to be where he was. The World. what a wonderous place it was. "possibilities?" he answered forlornly. "I don't know about that. but knowing Aust, it probably isn't worth a thing." He laughed for a minute. then heard Collosis say something.

"...they're called 'the god's eyes' and they each have a special ability..." wow realy? he asked, when collosis had finished explaining. "that sounds pretty cool. so are they accessories or are they weapons?" he didn't figure they were armor. it didn't sound like a name for armour. He shook his head, and looked around at the users walking around the town. just having fun. he was glad he was able to do the same now. it realy felt good to be out there doing something he loved, without the guild master telling him what to do or anything. He was glad The World was back. so glad.