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Loki was a bit annoyed that Nightshade ignored her and greeted only Yuna, but let it cool.

"Whatever, doesn't matter to me anyways."

Really? Well alright. Then mind holding on until I can hire a replacement for you? I'll try to make it as soon as possible, but I'm not sure how that'll go, so I'll notify you when I've got someone."

Mahan then said something interesting.

"Huh? This is the first I've heard about sub-classes. What are those? Oh, and should we get ready for tomorrow? What should we make for the menu? Any preferences Yuna?"

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"Blacksmith, eh? I'll have to give that a look," Max said. He decided to crack open his UI and take a glance at the subclass options he had. As he did this, he began giving advice to Yuna.

"Well, you'll definitely need Work Of A Master ranks," Max said,"Which, from the looks of some achievement descriptions, might be in limited supply, so you'll have to work fast. Maybe you can get a few levels helping me with my tools?" Max decided to offer her the opportunity, since she seemed interested in crafting.

Meanwhile, Clancy was discussing his work with Loki. "Yes, I understand, thank you," Clancy said, "Although I doubt it will be hard. 12k gold a day? That's a fortune, especially this early in the game." Clancy then decided to look through subclasses himself, and his face lit up immediately when he saw all the options. "Damn, there's so many to choose from, I doubt I could only pick one. I like the look of Fencer, though. Ooh, and Bounty Hunter; sounds like good income for good deeds." He then chuckled; he imagined himself--not his in-game avatar, mind you, but his actual self--chasing bandits through the countryside. What an image.

"Hey Mahan, Lurie, how about it? All of us chasing bandits across the Empire? It would make for a hell of a tale, I'll tell you that much."

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Sitting on a rock near the edge of the Great Elven Forest was a young elven girl with bright purple hair was rubbing her tired feet.

"Ahhh, why is the ground so hard outside of the forest?" The young elf complained while trying to comfort her aching feet.

"Akakaka! Silly elf. Your paws haven't grown in like Kah'Ner. The forests isn't everywhere, shoes, shoes. Very useful for the furless ones!"

Speaking to the elf was a ferret-looking humanoid. They were know as Shugos and inhabited the Northern part of the Great Even Forest near the tundra. Due to their racial trait of liking shiny things and gold, many became traders in the forest. Kah'Ner was slightly different as he traveled around the world to trade the things he finds in the City of Light.

"Come, come purple one! Only about a day's journey left to the shiny, sparkly city and Kah'Ner doesn't want to be late!"

The elf groaned and got back up. Kah'Ner watched the little elf and lamented silently to himself as he adjusted the huge pack on his shoulders.

"Ah, indeed a pretty elf. Well, all elves are pretty, but this one much so. It's a shame Kah'Ner didn't become a slaver, much value in this one. However, that job as too many grudges and Kah'Ner wasn't built for fighting; he wasn't, wasn't! Kah'Ner became a successful merchant however. Many gold coins pass from the furless ones to Kah'Ner. So no regrets, none akakaka!"

The elf tilted her head wondering what the shugo was thinking about looking at her when he suddenly spoke up and started moving.

"Come, come purple fur. Don't get left behind!"

The elf puffed her cheeks annoyed. "I have a name. Like I said, it's Rita, Rita!"

"Yes, yes purple fur. Akakakaa."

Kah'Ner waddled down the hill as Rita ran after him to catch up, her tail swaying in the air.

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"Oh yeah sorry about that they are an extra feature I was working on a s a side project. It was suppose to be a way to give more flexibility to the players. But yeah we can work on the party first before we get into that business." Mahan was going to have a lot to explain just with that but preparing for Yuna's birthday was more important for now.

"Oh no thanks Clancy as much as I like stopping PK's I have no intention of doing that all the time." Mahan wasn't surprised that he found the basic menu for subclasses. In fact Mahan could remember even the ones that are secret and was more inclined to pick one of those over hunting people down for fame points and gear. "Oh but by all means don't worry because you can pick up to three so if you fit the criteria you can pick and change them anytime you want." It was a built in option to subclasses that Mahan thought was very interesting. Most games he played or worked on gave options for only one or two subclasses so letting someone have three was an amazing change depending on what they picked.

"Anyways if we all have things to do or just want to relax I suggest we go on and head to it before the day is over. Oh and yeah Shade I totally recommend that you see about getting the Blacksmith subclass just for now anyways."

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Loki nodded after Mahan said he would talk about the subclasses in detail later.

"Alright then let's relax and get ready for tomorrow. I have somethings to do, so I'll catch up to you guys later. Oh yuna, if you want some pelts to practice on then I can bring some back for you. Just message me in the chat alright?"

Smiling, Loki hopped back on Vincent and flew out to the outskirts of the city. Picking out the rabbits and wolves out of the animals, Loki killed lot of them and collected their meat and pelts. Realizing she leveled up, she put in her skill points and went back to town.

Loki entered the cooking guild building and bought some spices to start on her partbof preparing for tomorrow. Loki didn't know how to makr a cake at all, or even what one did at a party, but she was confident in her cooking from living mostly alone. If there was one thing she did know how to make, it was a famous stable of Germany; bratwurst. Taking out the rabbit and wolf meat from her inventory, Loki rolled up her selves and got ready.

"Alright then. Let's season the meat first."

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yuna listened to the advice that Shade gave her, it sounded pretty helpfull. "well, if you need help then I guess I could give it a try" she said with a smile "but I am not sure how helpfull I'll be" she added as a warning.

then she opened her UI to see what those subclasses were all about, but she was pretty interested in what she found. they sounded like fun, especially the dancer and the bard subclass, those sounded perfect for her but she'd look into them more detailed later.

loki went away, Yuna didn't know to where but she remembered that she had said something about cooking before so maybe she was headed to the cooking station? how impractical that we always need to go to the cooking station to do our stuff, and then to the inn, it would be so much more practical to have our own house so that we wouldn't have to wander around the town all of the time she thought. maybe she should safe up for that, for a patch of land where she could eventually build a house, that would be nice.

she realised she had spaced out so she looked at shade again "do you need help with making those tools right now or are you going to do that later? if you do that later then I'll check up to see where loki has gone too" she told shade.

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"It's alright, you don't need much skill," Max said, "Anything that's difficult to do, I'll direct you on. I'll begin work on those tools on my own, you can go look for Loki." He then turned and left for the workshop. He didn't get why her and Loki got along, but he didn't lose sleep over it. No, he had much more important things to lose sleep over.

Clancy left when nobody was looking to go powerlevel.

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Yuna smiled "heh, I hope you're right, don't want to mess up anything for you but if you think I can do it then I believe you" she replied "are you sure you don't need any help though?" she asked just to be sure. she hadn't seen shade a lot in a few days and she felt kinda bad about it.

she noticed that Fabian was walking around and sniffing some of the tools, Yuna quickly picked up the fox because he could hurt himself. then she smiled to herself as she realised she was being pretty overprotective of her little friend, maybe she should work on leveling him up aswell. she wasn't sure how but she would figure that out.

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Plinto slipped away from the group like a ghost heading to the armor shop to buy the Renegade armor set. He could now afford to spend some gold on preparing for the future. After that he spent his time walking around town to think what was a good gift to get Yuna. He only met her and the other only a day or two ago but wanted to still put some effort into finding a gift. He would make something but he doesn't have the time to learn and he wasn't that good at crafting things. He would of bought hr an armor set but that would just be a waste for her at this point. She even had the best weapons that an archer could have so far so that was out of the question. Why does this have to be so hard?

He only had one choice at this point and that would be the jewelry store. Which at it happened as he was going around the corner he saw Mahan running. Wonder what he was up to?

Entering the store he seemed to understand a little why Mahan had happened to be running, or running away as it seemed.

[Welcome it is always good to have a member of the master's guild as a customer. How can I help you sir?]

Plinto was scratching his head on what just happened. He could believe Mahan bought the shop easily, but the shopkeeper had completely changed.

"Ah yeah I need some help buying a gift for a friend." He wasn't sure what happened but he did think that Mahan might of done this on purpose some how.

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Lurie was busy putting in her class points while the others talked. She looked up when she thought she heard Clancy and Mahan address her but Clancy was gone. Since everyone left by the time she was finished, Lurie decided to go vist the sweets shop she had seen yesterday and buy a cake for Yuna. While walking, Lurie saw Mahan leave the jewelry shop quickly and Plinto enter it.

"Guess they both had the same idea for a gift too maybe? I can't say they went in there to buy Yuna a gift though."

Thinking such, Lurie opened the door to the sweets shop and waved at the shopkeeper with a smile.

"Hey there."

"Oh, hello again! Is there anything I can help you with young lady?"

The shopkeeper smiled back at her as she noticed Lurie walk in the building.

"Yeah, I'm looking to buy a cake for my friend's birthday. You have any suggestions?"

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when she didn't get a reply form shade she assumed it was allright and she left off towards the cooking station where she guessed Loki would be. It was almost strange how much Yuna liked being around Loki, she was really nice but in a different way as she had ever seen before.

she reached the cooking station where she indeed found Loki "hi Loki!" she greeted her friend, she looked over her shoulder to see what she was doing "what are you gonna make?" she asked with her head slightly tilted "and a more importand question is, can I help you with it" she added with a smile. then she remembered something "oh, and also, would you like to join me when I try to level up fabian a bit?" she asked.

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After Loki had seasoned the meat she tried thinking about what would make for a good replacement for the lining. Loki knew back in the day they used to use pig intestines, but she figured that would be a bit much for the group. Thankfully the cooking vendor seemed to have a suitable replacement. After buying the lining and making a mental note to throughly check all that the cooking vendor had the next chance she got, Loki started on filling the lining with the meat when she heard someone calling out her name.

Turning her head she saw Yuna. She was asking if there was anything she could help with. Normally Loki would be happy to see Yuna, but right now she was slightly conflicted.

"I don't know how birthdays work but one doesn't normally cook on their for their own birthday party right? Ah, but I don't wanna say no either....well, it'll be fine right? I'm sure it will."

"Sure, too both." Loki said to Yuna giving in to her own want. "There anything you'd like for tomorrow? We can make it together."

Loki filled the meat into the lining, giving the meat a sausage shape, then tied the ends closed and placed it into the open fire oven. It was nice that the city had plumbing, but it wasn't far enough advanced for gas or electric cooking just yet, so open fires were used for cooking needs.

"As for what I'm making, it's bratwurst. It's been awhile since I made it from scratch, but it's something I'm confident it. If there's one thing I miss about Germany, it's all the European dishes that I can't find in the States."

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Plinto had looked through all that he could at the jewelry store while trying to not focus on the storekeeper realizing that he would not be able to find the perfect gift there. The storekeeper Catria happily said her good-byes to him as he left and wished him well on his search for a gift. He wasn't sure really what to get her since he hasn't really ever given anyone a gift and he didn't have much gold or the ability to craft anything. He specialized in just killing stuff but was sure that would not help at the moment.

Maybe there is something else I can do for her birthday?

He wasn't sure if he could do anything but decided that it might just be best to just be there. It was her birthday and she wouldn't be able to spend it with her family so as a friend it was important to be there for her. Or that is what he thought about the matter. He wasn't really an expert on the matter but was sure that if it was him he wouldn't care if he got anything as long as someone was there for him.

After leaving the store he resigned himself to head back to the inn and wait for the others. Hopefully they at least could have something that he could do so to contribute for the party at least.

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Since Yuna didn't seem to want anything special for her birthday, Loki had Yuna help with seasoning the meat, while she herself filled it into the lining and cooked it. After all the meat was cooked and turned into bratwurst, Loki stored it into her inventory. Then she went back to the Inn with Yuna and Fabz. The sun was starting to set as they left the cooking shop. As they walked they talked about random stuff. Likes, dislikes, books, places they've been, places they'd like to go, ect. The conversation was slightly all over the place as Loki was bad at small talk, but it was nice. She definitely didn't mind talking with Yuna. She seemed to have a calming presence to her, which made being around her enjoyable.

Once they reached the Inn, they desided to retire early today and headed back to the room they rented out last night. Laying on the bed, Loki though about the future, and what was happening inside the game. The world was becoming more and more real as time passes. Tomorrow marked the 5th day stuck in the game and Yuna's birthday. Just what was gonna happen after they had spend a week in the game, after that a month? Loki was actually a bit worried about that. She needed to become stronger. Alot stronger so they didn't need to worry. Closing her eyes, Loki fell asleep, the last thing she thought of was that it was odd they also needed to comply with their bodily needs as well in a game.

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The night before after Mahan returned and told Plinto that he didn't have anything for him to do they both went to go aleep. Now in the morning he made sure to wake up early and message everyone to make sure they got up in time to get ready for Yuna's special day. Heading down stairs he got himself some coffee and waited for the others.

Next time we need to have a better place to celebrate these kinds of thing.

"Uhh... I wonder where Clancy and Shade are?"

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Yuna fell asleep quickly with Loki by her side. Her last thoughts were that she was exited for her birthday tomorrow but during her sleep that happy thought turned into a nightmare. She had wanted to spend this day with her family, with little Peter and Wendy. She wanted to bake a cake for them, pretend to be surprised by their drawings they made for her. She wanted to have a fun time with her family but now they had probably forgotten her, they carried on... Or worse, they missed her, they'd cry over her on her own birthday. That image was almost unbearable. She didn't want them to be sad.

A few hours later she woke up from that nightmare with the image still clear in her head. The sun hadn't even come out yet so she decided to try and get some sleep, ban that immage from her thoughts. She was eighteen now, she should be happy and exited. At least she didn't have to celebrate it alone as she had found some lovely friends. She cuddled Fabian and fell back into a light and dreamless sleep.

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Max trudges through the door of the inn, wearing brand new steel chainmail, propping himself up on a massive greatsword with a gold core and a steel blade.As usual, Max didn't sleep, so he instead opted to begin experimenting with his flying design and forge himself some new gear.

"Good holy GOD this is heavy," Max said, "I don't actually know how I'm going to swing this damn thing."

He looked at Mahan. "Hey, where's Clancy?"

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Mahan had not been waiting long until he saw Shade decked out in some new gear. Well someone has been at work making new gear.

"Sup man, I'm not sure he disappeared when we got back yesterday." It was true that right when they got back he just seemed to not be found. In that moment he just remembered that he still never gave him his ring that he made. "Oh but I forgot to give you this when I saw you yesterday." He pulled out the ring and handed it to Shade.

"And I forgot to ask you about seeing about making a new sword for me for a price." He didn't have the money now but with a little time he would have enough to pay him for another sword. In fact he didn't need it now but something better for the future could never hurt.

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"Thanks," Shade said, taking the ring, "He's probably asleep in a different town, probably closer to where he was grinding. Maybe we should message him? He owes me a lot of money, so I hope he didn't skip on me." He looked at Mahan's sword. "Old Silverlight is getting obsolete quick, huh? Well, I could give you this one since it might be too heavy for me, or I could upgrade Silverlight a bit, but I don't feel comfortable splurging on a new sword to make for you until I know I'll have enough to make my workshop. However, I've heard a rumor going around that a rare-weapon-dealing NPC is coming to town. He might even be here already, maybe you can find something with him?"

Max then sent Clancy a message. "Get your lazy as up, you owe me 12k, motherfucker."

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The duo traveled the rest of the day and into the night, stopping a few times to rest and take small naps, then continuing onwards. For Kah'Ner, years of traveling the route made such a travel easy for him, however by the time they reached the City of Light, it was taking all of Rita's will not to trip over her own feet. Being bothered to look around her or even hold a conversation wasn't at all possible for her at the moment.

"Oi, purple fur. Purple fur!"

Kah'Ner 's screech woke Rita out of her daze slightly, getting her to look up. "H-huh?.."

The city was mostly quiet as they had arrived before daybreak had even set in. It was 2am after all. Only very busy people, city guards and people trying to stagger back to their homes drunk were awake right now. The shugo pointed to a building that they were nearby.

"That's where traveling furless ones that lack permanent shelter pay to sleep. You have gold on you yes purple fur?"

Rita nodded, she had giving up on trying to get him to say her name once she realized he calls everything by terms of having fur or not and what color it was.

"Good, Good. Then we've made it. guide complete. Kah'Ner goes to merchant guild, writes on papers then sets up shall. Your feel to do whatever purple fur. Good luck. Akakakaka."

With that Kah'Ner walked away. Rita stood there for a bit then walked into the building he had pointed at earlier. Rita then paid the host a sum of money. SHe wasn't sure how much since she paid close to what she thought she hear then took her key and sleep asleep on the bed. it was 7:30 in the morning when she woke up. Rubbing her eyes, Rita headed down stairs and overheard two people talking. One was wearing causal clothes while the other had on heavy looking armor.


"Hmm, you mean Kah'Ner?" Rita joined in their conversation when the one wearing chain mail called Kah'Ner something weird. "We arrived this morning, he probably has his shall up by now, but... what's an N-pee-see? Kah'Ner is a shugo from the northern part of the Great Forest."

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Max looked at the person who came down the stairs in the inn, a girl with purple hair, who was asking what an NPC was.

"What do you me—oh." It didn't take long for Max to realize that it was another NPC. However, it was unsettling how lifelike its personality was. It was enough to convince him that it was another person for a moment, at least until the lack of self-awareness gave it away. "Well, it's just a... turn of phrase. We'll be paying Kah'Ner a visit, probably."

He hoisted the large greatsword onto his shoulder, resting it on a special flat edge on the blade he made so that he could carry it on his shoulder without getting cut. It hurt his back a bit to pick up off of the ground, but he'd have to get used to it. "Mahan, Clancy isn't responding to me, he's probably running because he doesn't have my money. Try messaging him yourself."

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Mahan was a bit surprised to find a purpled haired elf girl. Elfs were not rare at all but she looked way more different than how most do. And it just happened with their luck she happened to be an NPC named Rita. He was glad that Shade did his best to make what he said sound like something else than what he really meant. They weren't sure yet what would happen if they found out that they weren't real and that the players were. In the worst case they could be hunted down day and night for them being considered as invaders. Well that wasn't just gonna happen out of nowhere but still it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Yeah just give me a sec," he said to Shade. Quickly without drawing any attention he typed out a message to Clancy to meet up at the Inn. "He might be somewhere most likely risking his life again. Oh and I don't know if I will buy a new sword since I won't have the gold for a quality weapon until tomorrow and merchants tend to want be paid up front."

Looking at Shade's sword again Mahan just realized that he would never use something like that. He didn't even care what options it had he had only one rule. If you can't use a shield with it or it is too heavy then he won't use it. "Dude you might want to think about making a weapon that doesn't slow you down so much." Even as a tank he knew well that if you were too slow you could die if the conditions become unfavorable. Besides it really was just not his style, not every decision he made was solely based on his stats. Taking a minute he also sent a message to Loki to come down soon so they could get things ready before Yuna could show up.

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