Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #21 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Azazel was fading fast. Battling, even at just the first level was exhausting. Fighting in this capacity was so much different than it was when she could hide behind her keyboard and punch keys to attack; that she could do for hours. This was almost like actually fighting herself, and Anna had not been this active since she was a kid. This was probably why so many of the younger players made battle and leveling look so easy: they had the stamina to do it. 15260 2015-05-03 19:05:56 BD: 6 MD: 9 She attacked once more, and landed another hit. The Watacco wanted to show her it also meant business by landing another nasty scratch on the woman. Its health meter was low, and animals that knew they were done for were always at their most dangerous. Zaz was going to have to be careful she wouldn’t get seriously injured when she went in for the kill. The Watacco was looking to take her with it. Azazel: 7/17 Watacco: 2/11 5/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #22 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Azazel was not the only one who was worn out. The Watacco flew at her, but both she and the creature fell short of their attacks. The yellow puffball tumbled across the ground and when Anna went to pierce it with her sword tip; she stumbled and grazed the dirt instead. She quickly regained her footing and looked about hoping no one noticed her spectacular fail. Thankfully, there was no one there but her and a bunch of Watacco, and they would not tell anyone of what just happened. 15263 2015-05-03 19:14:36 BD: 1 MD: 3 Azazel: 7/17 Watacco: 2/11 5/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #23 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 It was a Mexican standoff. Both she and the Watacco had reached their limit. Only one of them would make it. The pair stood there just waiting for the other to make their move. Moments passed and both the lady and the wee beastie sped toward each other ready for the final showdown. 15265 2015-05-03 19:20:18 BD: 7 MD: 8 LD: 7 The Watacco thought it would be sneaky and zoom around Anna and strike, but she saw through the creature’s attack. The Watacco moved in close and scratched at her cheek. As it went to leap away, Anna thrust her weapon forward and jabbed the rapier into the back of the animal’s skull. It let out a death cry and pixelized; the little particles floated off. The only thing left behind of the Watacco was its little cotton head fluff. It didn’t drop anything else. “Good for nothing little monster!†She spat as she kicked at the fluff of cotton. She frowned and then picked it, up and dusted it off and then added it to her inventory. That was a whole lot of work for just one piece of cotton. “I’m not even half way there with my quota,†she lamented and she closed her inventory and flopped down into the grass. This was going to be a very loooooong quest. Azazel: 7/17 Watacco: 0/11 DEAD! 6/20 Cotton No additional loot found. Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #24 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Azazel lay in the tall grass panting exhaustedly with a huge grin on her face. She had fought something, and had won her first fight. Granted, she had only killed a small fluffy thing, but it was a lot tougher than it appeared to be, and gave Anna quite a run for her money. The other Watacco bounced unaware of the fact that there was one less of their number, and soon to be even fewer. That was the thing of nonaggressive mobs; they went about their way carefree and unaware of anything going on around them. From the suns’ position she could tell it was sometime in the early afternoon. There were still plenty of hours of daylight left to complete her quest. She sat up after a time. She opened her character panel and saw that her health bar had slowly ticked up one more. It would be a little while before she could fight another monster again. She decided that she would just have to rotate between gathering and fighting. This would be the most efficient use of her time and could in theory make her work go by more quickly. Zaz got up onto her feet and began to walk down the path back toward the cotton patch. All was well in the little community near the cotton field, and there was no danger in sight. She was glad as she could not battle a boar at this time and expect to live. She reached the cotton field and tapped on the closest plant, starting her searching process all over again. After that tiring fight, she was glad to do something less-exertive. 15286 2015-05-04 09:30:38 LD: 15 It seemed the game gods were being kind and allowed her to find another piece of cotton.If she was lucky it would only be a little longer that she need to do this in order to finish her quest. Azazel: 8/17 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #25 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 As before, one plant would produce a piece of cotton, and the next several would not. This did not trouble Anna very much now. She was only biding her time until her health bar was full and she could go back to the field of Watacco and proceed to slaughter the fluffy heard of cute but nasty little animals. She clicked in the next plant in the progression and shrugged when there was nothing for her to collect. It was times like these that Azazel missed music. In the real world, she would wander around everywhere with ear buds in each ear, and her music playing at a volume where the rest of the world was drowned out. It was her shield; a border between her and other people that most dare not bothered to cross as headphones were always a sign that a person was not interested in conversation. If she had a prettier voice she would just sing aloud to herself, but Azazel did not; she was quite tone deaf. Instead, the lady hummed softly as she worked to make the time pass by all the more quickly. 15288 2015-0504 09:38:53 LD: 5 Azazel: 9/17 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #26 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Zaz was feeling hungry. She had bread and water in her inventory, but she didn't want to take a break. She was going to finish this quest in one afternoon. There was no way she would come back out here a second day to look for cotton. She took her mind off of food by clicking another plant. Sadly, there was no cotton for her to be had. Her health bar was steadily climbing however and it wouldn't be long before she could go back to fighting. 15291 2015-05-04 12:001:01 LD:1 Azazel: 10/17 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #27 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 The pickings were slim in the cotton field. She had cleared at least three rows but there was nothing there. She was starting to think the field might be bugged, or the settings were set at some ridiculous setting so that it made finding materials near impossible. Instead of clicking the plants one at a time, Anna would walk down the line and hit the maximum number of gathers that she could. She would go back down the row checking to see if anything was produced, but her odds had not improved by this method. 15292 12:06:06 LD:13 Azazel: 11/19 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #28 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 Off in the distance, Azazel could hear voices. Outside of town, the woman had learned to be weary of unknown players. There were player killers all through the game. They weren’t allowed in town, so they stayed on the roads leading to and from towns, picking off easy pray and looting the corpses. Zaz was one of these easy pickings as she hardly had any skills to speak of, and was at such a low level. She ducked down in the row of cotton and waited, listening as the sounds of voices grew louder and then softer one more. Just to be sure the other players had gone; she continued to wait at least another ten minutes before finally coming out of hiding. One could never be too careful if they wanted to live, and Anna wanted to live. Everything was free and clear once more. Zaz got back to work clicking on plants and still failing to find any of the material she required. 15293 2015-05-04 12:10:35 LD: 10 Azazel: 12/19 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #29 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 The afternoon sun beat down upon Zaz causing her small, round face to get red. Even though she was of Latin decent, she tended to get beet red from too much sun exposure. Even though the sunlight and the warmth she felt we’re real, she could still feel herself flush. It was these small in game details that were so surprising to her. The game makers truly went for realism. Her health bar was still steadily building back up which meant she would still be picking cotton. The last five minutes of searching proved to be fruitless, but it was fine really. In the end she’d get all the pieces she needed because she wouldn't stop until she did. 15294 2015-05-04 12:26:26 LD: 13 Azazel: 13/19 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 4, 2015 Author #30 Report Share Posted May 4, 2015 “Stupid cotton picking!†Zaz complained after half an hour of finding no usable materials to collect. “This has GOT to be rigged,†she carried on. Her author wondered the same thing considering the last 4 rolls went in the pattern of: 13, 10, 13, 10. There had to be something not very random about the random number generator if it keeps repeating itself. BUT there was nothing Anna could do. It was either pick cotton, or fail the quest, and the second option was just not happening. Quoteception! Azazel: 14/19 7/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Author #31 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Just as she expected, as she started cussing out the loot generator, it allowed her to find some cotton. “If you think this is going to keep me from complaining you’re dead wrong!†Anna said aloud as she shoved the cotton into her inventory. “So stupid,†she whined and then cracked a smile. Yeah, for the moment one more piece of cotton would be enough to keep the woman from seriously cursing up a bitch storm. She continued on her gathering whining a little bit less for the moment. 15330 2015-05-05 08:44:33 LD: 18 Azazel: 15/19 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Author #32 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Just as she expected, as she started cussing out the loot generator, it allowed her to find some cotton. “If you think this is going to keep me from complaining you’re dead wrong!†Anna said aloud as she shoved the cotton into her inventory. “So stupid,†she whined and then cracked a smile. Yeah, for the moment one more piece of cotton would be enough to keep the woman from seriously cursing up a bitch storm. She continued on her gathering whining a little bit less for the moment. 15330 2015-05-05 08:44:33 LD: 18 Azazel: 16/19 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Author #33 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 “Yeah… thought so…†Anna said as her search produced not even one more piece of cotton. The woman checked her health bar again; it slowly but steadily continued to climb, but it was still not yet full. “Just a little while longer,†Azazel told herself. She could do that… maybe? It was a battle of will now, and the lady needed to keep hers strong so that she could eventually turn this damned quest in. 15331 2015-050-05 09:09:51 LD: 9 Azazel: 17/21 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Author #34 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 “Nooooo,†Anna cried as she still couldn’t find any cotton. That brief moment of her not complaining had passed as she was not making any sort of progress what so ever in her endeavor to become a tailor. “Damn you Nana, you troll,†she cursed at the sky and shook her fist in anger. When she got back to town she was so going to run her sword through the old lady. Not really! Zaz tended to talk a lot of BS when she was angry or annoyed. 15332 2015-05-05 09:46:08 LD:12 Azazel: 18/21 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #35 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Anna still had no luck finding cotton. This was alarming because the woman was worried about being out of the town past dark. She had not found herself in that position before, and she worried about how things might change out here on the field at night. In some games, mobs tended to be more active, and more aggressive mobs could only be found out and about past sunset. The woman began to work faster, but she was still at the mercy of the gathering systems refresh rate which was not very fast. She hopped that her health bar would fill up soon. 15394 2015-05-06 06:53:56 LD: 13 Azazel: 19/21 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #36 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 This was bad. Gathering was still producing nothing, and she was eventually going to run out of daylight. Anna was now between a rock and a hard place. She could continue to look and wait for her health bar to fill, or she could speed up the process and go hunting now. Her health bar was already past ¾ of the way full, so she wasn’t in immediate danger of dying, but it was a possibility. Zaz continued to mull over her next course of action while she clicked on a few more plants hoping to find something soon. 15395 2015-05-06 06:58:30 LD: 3 Azazel: 20/21 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #37 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 The next few clicks were also fruitless. Anna decided that she could no longer wait. She was far too antsy now to keep searching the fields for something that just wasn’t there. “Screw this!†Zaz said as she marched out of the field. It was time for her to get back to hunting. Killing fluffy things would be a much quicker means to her end. 15396 2015-05-06 07:04:12 LD: 13 Azazel: 21/21 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #38 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Zaz ran back down the road, and in less than a minute she found herself back at the hillside of fluffy things. She smiled as she pulled her rapier from it sheath, ready to make use of it one more. She picked the nearest Watacco as her target and charged the animal. 15398 2015-05-06 07:10:58 BD: 4 MB: 8 The Watacco was on alert and moved just as soon as Anna was close enough to strike. The creature bounced overhead and landed a strike across her back. “Little bastard!†Anna growled. “When I get my hands on you I’m going to make Watacco stew out of you!†She cursed at it. Azazel: 20/21 Watacco: 13/13 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #39 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 So she was off to a less than spectacular start. It sucked, but there was nothing she could do. She was at the mercy of her low level skills and the system’s game scenario generation. This Watacco was even tougher than the last one. Anna managed to land a blow on the creature, and the Watacco also managed another hit on her. It was just too fast, she didn’t have time to deflect its attacks and hit it all at the same time. 15399 2015-05-06 07:17:49 BD: 6 (+1 DMG WS) MD: 9 Azazel: 18/21 Watacco: 11/13 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
Azrael 0 Posted May 6, 2015 Author #40 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Azazel’s confidence was shaken, both by the fact that she was running out of time, and the fact that this mob was just much tougher than the last. She tried to strike it again, but her swing was wide, and the Watacco evaded the hit easily. It came back at her clawing at her face again and leaving a bright red scratch across her little round cheek. She needed to kill it, and fast. How to do that thought, she had no idea. 15401 2015-05-06 07:27:41 BD: 4 MD: 8 Azazel: 17/21 Watacco: 11/13 8/20 Cotton Link to post Share on other sites
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