Thread: A New Life: Cataclysm || ƒeral x Denna

Elayne dodged through the crowd, and headed to her favorite part of town, The Garden Quarter. Not many people went to The Garden Quarter, thinking the NPC's there were all garbage, and had little use. But she had been playing low level quests for so long, and had befriended enough NPCs to be given special access to three unique NPC's. David, a beggar who always knew the latest shift in NPC politics. Ryan, a trainer who had access to nearly every low level ability. And Rachel, the baker. Rachel made the most AMAZING pies. During one holiday event, a special quest had offered a single pie as a reward. After people had tried the pie, they became frantic to find a way to get another. Some even began to ambush those who had just completed the quest in order to get access to the pie, available only through a once-per-day quest. Only Elayne had ever learned who made the pies. Who would have expected that a normal baker could have made such an amazing pie? Everyone had gone hunting in the new areas, completing every new quest, in hopes they would find some rare creature who had made the pie. But no, it was just the baker in The Garden Quarter. Elayne's thoughts were as strange and random as ever as she headed to Rachel's to buy a pie. Since almost nobody visited her store, Rachel always had time to talk with Elayne, and LOVED to gossip. Apparently there was talk about a large number of immigrants coming soon. Elayne nodded along, expecting as much. There were usually new NPC's after an update. The AI knew that giving new, harder quests to older NPC's was difficult, as they would have to offer bigger rewards, be stronger, or be in different locations. This would change how you accessed older content, and would just make a mess. So new NPC's were a given. Elayne enjoyed her delicious pie, and headed to David, hoping to catch the latest political scandal. She went to a back alley, filled with level one rats. You had to avoid killing a single one in order to meet David, who had a fondness for the rats. Apparently they were his main meal, and any poaching was frowned upon. She hopped nimbly between the feeble attacks of the rats, not wanting to accidentally step on one, and inadvertently kill it. She reached the end of the alley, and sitting on Davids barrel was a small, crumpled note. Elayne picked it up with two fingers, and let it fall open. Dear Elayne, Im a bit busy right now, and I wont be around for a few weeks. Heard 'bout some new cities n such, gonna go catch the latest gab. Tell Rachel to hold off on her special Rat Pies, the population needs to grow a bit. Elayne started at the note for a long while, before slowly glancing at the pie in her other hand. Small slivers of meat, covered in creamy sauce and delicious vegetables filled the pie crust. No. It it cant be Elayne was interrupted by a sudden IM from Zel. Where are you atm? Hopefully you haven't fallen off a cliff yet in your excitement? I could practically taste it even through this message... Elayne just stared at the pop-up window, still trying to wrap her head around the fact that she had been eating Rat Pies nearly every day for the last two years. Zel, remember those special pies from the holidays two years ago? The ones no one knew came from, and started a huge ruckus? I remember you had a few saved for a special occasion. Sell them. Now. Elayne lacked any and all of her usual cheer, sticking to a terse, plain message. She trudged through the alley, not bothering to avoid the rats. She needed to beat someone up. Ryan might do the trick. She slowly wandered to Ryans training yard, small rodents nomming on her boots the whole way.