[OOM] Izabora - Total Immersion Virtual Reality Program: Age of Ooze. Stromgard Rich District.

[stuck_mynock]

Atton's woken up by the sound of a drum banging.

"By order of the Grand Vizier!" Somebody yells from the street outside. "Any and all heroes willing and able to undertake a dangerous quest to fight the Infection should report to the Vizier immediately!"

Atton groans, sitting up.
"I can never figure out if it's the Infection or the Corruption."

Comments

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hey come on, you know Frogspawn bought her contraceptives online from the same company as she gets pet pills from and mixed them up with pig vitamins." Guppy says.

[will_scarlett]

Will just keeps laughing quietly.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's what you told us."

[guppy_sandhu]

"I'm ready, what's the mission?" Guppy says, unable to think of an answer.

[will_scarlett]

"Tryin' to figure out what's goin' on with the Infection thing."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton feels triumphant at Guppy's lack of an answer.

"If we go see this Vizier guy, he should have more details for us, right?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods.

"Okay, let's go."

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, guessin' we should just look for the line o''eroes."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Or the palace. He is a Grand Vizier, after all."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods.

"Maybe he'll be marked on the map."

[will_scarlett]

"Probably is since folks must get quests from him."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully."

Atton heads downstairs, paying the tavern keeper and shaking her hand, quickly. There's a few moments of tugging as she clings onto his hand, staring at him with wide, mad eyes.

Eventually he gets away, hurrying outside and pointing a large structure in the distance.

"Palace, I think."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy blinks at Atton.

"What was that about?"

[will_scarlett]

"'rhaps she wished to 'im to take 'er with 'im. Did ye sleep with 'er, Atton?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"We shared a room. Don't you think you would've noticed if I had?"

Headshake.

"She's an NPC, not a player - remember the one we spoke to in the Garden? And the blacksmith? They've all gone insane from hundreds of years of dealing with the players there. Seriously, when I bought the room she started telling me about her collection of knives."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hope she's not contagious with this Infection thing."

[will_scarlett]

"Well ye do like knives an aye tis kind o'worryin'."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"I think they have the natural form of insanity, not a crazy file-corrupting thingymajig Infection."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay. Well tell us if you have any weird symptoms."

[will_scarlett]

"If this thing is like what we saw in the forest, should be easy 'nough to spot."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Just look out for flashing colours."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Oh, that kind of infection."

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, computer thing."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton falls silent as they head up to the palace. There's a slightly ferrety looking man outside.

"Oh, I say, are you here to answer the summons?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Probably." Guppy says.