Lucan's final shot was a failure; right before the blade could make contact, the spider man shot a web at lucan's sword, sticking it to the wall.
“Welp, we’re out of weapons now,” Lucan said to Ironrein.
“How are we supposed to kill this guy…uh…thing now?” Ironrein asked as she was checking her lifecom. Suddenly an arrow struck through the head of the spider-man, it turned around and saw a Nightilian standing there.
"What kind of mob is that?" Asked the Nightilian "I never saw that thing on the wiki." The spider-man jumped at him, but the Nightilian rolled away and fired another arrow at the spider-man’s head. Aiming at the his legs, the Nightilian fired off an arrow. The spider-man crumpled to the ground, and the Nightilian used that opening to slit the spider-man’s throat open.
To their surprise, the body of the thing did not dissipate like the other spiders.
“Maybe it has loot?” Lucan said to the Nightilian.
”Nope it doesn't have any,” the Nightilian said.
“Wait a second, you seem familiar,” said Ironrein to the Nightilian whom they realized was named DarkMist.
“Thats weird, because you seem familiar to me too, aside from the fact that you’re a walking tree,” DarkMist said.
"Hi, I'm Lucan.
”Yes I can see that above your head, kid," said DarkMist.
Then Ironrein said "That voice, I know who you are!" She then opened up her menu, and logged out of the game.
"What was that about?" Asked Lucan who went to retrieve his blade.
"Just flick your wrist" said DarkMist, "it comes to you."
Lucan did as DarkMist said and the blade flew to him. "Got money for bullets by any chance?"
"Hold on I'm getting a call irl," replied DarkMist who then left the game. Because that wasn't awkward, Lucan thought to himself, he looked around to assess the damage.
"This place is creepy when you’re by yourself." Lucan said aloud to himself, and he left the game as well.
Donatello looked for Luk for an hour the next day, but he didn't find him at his coffee shop job, at the park where Luk likes to hang out, or at the center where Luk volunteers on weekends. He finally went to Luk's house after he didn't pick up any of Donatello's calls. He rang the doorbell and a maid to answered the door.
"How may I help you?" Asked the bot.
"I'm Donatello Yards, Luk's friend. Is he here?" Asked Donatello.
"Yes, he is-" but the bot was cut off as Luk ran in front of it, grabbed Donatello's arm, and pulled him in with speed Donatello had never seen him reach. The boys went up to Luk's bedroom and Luk shut the door.
"Dude, there is something up with that game." Said Luk.
"I know" replied Donatello, "I felt that pain like I really got shot in the ear. After you got killed, me and that Ironrein girl fought that spider thing. We would've been toast if that DarkMist guy didn't show up."
"That's cool and all for you, but I'm talking about something even more weird than you having a girlfriend." He took off his shirt and had a scared expression on his face. Donatello looked away before Luk's shirt was completely off.
"Hey man, we're friends and all, but calm down there." Said Donatello as flushed bright red. Luk wasn't laughing, and with a stone cold look on his face he said, "I'm not joking around, dude. Look at this." Donatello looked and his smile immediately went away. On his chest, the same area where the spider struck him, a scar etched its way down his chest.
The scar was strange in that the skin was twisted in weird spirals unlike any scar you would get in real life.
"This is bigger than us, Donatello. We should quit." Luk said in all seriousness. "No! This gives us more reason to play! We can get to the bottom of this, we can save Infaverse!" Donatello said loudly.
"Shhh! Keep your voice down, my parents don’t know about the scar yet and I don’t intend on letting them find out this way. Besides, you think too big. We're merely pawns in a game much larger than us. Pawns do not win games, they are more along the lines of sacrificial pieces to help the others win. We can't risk that now that there are real life consequences." Luk said.
"We're not pawns. We're Lucan and Haron, spider slayers. We've encountered too many of the games oddities to give up now. Especially since we just bought it last night."
"Alright, we'll go back in. But this time, you take the hit from the man, spider, thing" Luk said as he went to lay in his bed.
"I'll just take the couch" said Donatello, "alright, so the plan is, find Ironrein and DarkMist, and then figure out what’s going on. Is that good with you?"
"Let's just do this quick," replied Luk. They both turned on the game and logged in.
“Welp, we’re out of weapons now,” Lucan said to Ironrein.
“How are we supposed to kill this guy…uh…thing now?” Ironrein asked as she was checking her lifecom. Suddenly an arrow struck through the head of the spider-man, it turned around and saw a Nightilian standing there.
"What kind of mob is that?" Asked the Nightilian "I never saw that thing on the wiki." The spider-man jumped at him, but the Nightilian rolled away and fired another arrow at the spider-man’s head. Aiming at the his legs, the Nightilian fired off an arrow. The spider-man crumpled to the ground, and the Nightilian used that opening to slit the spider-man’s throat open.
To their surprise, the body of the thing did not dissipate like the other spiders.
“Maybe it has loot?” Lucan said to the Nightilian.
”Nope it doesn't have any,” the Nightilian said.
“Wait a second, you seem familiar,” said Ironrein to the Nightilian whom they realized was named DarkMist.
“Thats weird, because you seem familiar to me too, aside from the fact that you’re a walking tree,” DarkMist said.
"Hi, I'm Lucan.
”Yes I can see that above your head, kid," said DarkMist.
Then Ironrein said "That voice, I know who you are!" She then opened up her menu, and logged out of the game.
"What was that about?" Asked Lucan who went to retrieve his blade.
"Just flick your wrist" said DarkMist, "it comes to you."
Lucan did as DarkMist said and the blade flew to him. "Got money for bullets by any chance?"
"Hold on I'm getting a call irl," replied DarkMist who then left the game. Because that wasn't awkward, Lucan thought to himself, he looked around to assess the damage.
"This place is creepy when you’re by yourself." Lucan said aloud to himself, and he left the game as well.
Donatello looked for Luk for an hour the next day, but he didn't find him at his coffee shop job, at the park where Luk likes to hang out, or at the center where Luk volunteers on weekends. He finally went to Luk's house after he didn't pick up any of Donatello's calls. He rang the doorbell and a maid to answered the door.
"How may I help you?" Asked the bot.
"I'm Donatello Yards, Luk's friend. Is he here?" Asked Donatello.
"Yes, he is-" but the bot was cut off as Luk ran in front of it, grabbed Donatello's arm, and pulled him in with speed Donatello had never seen him reach. The boys went up to Luk's bedroom and Luk shut the door.
"Dude, there is something up with that game." Said Luk.
"I know" replied Donatello, "I felt that pain like I really got shot in the ear. After you got killed, me and that Ironrein girl fought that spider thing. We would've been toast if that DarkMist guy didn't show up."
"That's cool and all for you, but I'm talking about something even more weird than you having a girlfriend." He took off his shirt and had a scared expression on his face. Donatello looked away before Luk's shirt was completely off.
"Hey man, we're friends and all, but calm down there." Said Donatello as flushed bright red. Luk wasn't laughing, and with a stone cold look on his face he said, "I'm not joking around, dude. Look at this." Donatello looked and his smile immediately went away. On his chest, the same area where the spider struck him, a scar etched its way down his chest.
The scar was strange in that the skin was twisted in weird spirals unlike any scar you would get in real life.
"This is bigger than us, Donatello. We should quit." Luk said in all seriousness. "No! This gives us more reason to play! We can get to the bottom of this, we can save Infaverse!" Donatello said loudly.
"Shhh! Keep your voice down, my parents don’t know about the scar yet and I don’t intend on letting them find out this way. Besides, you think too big. We're merely pawns in a game much larger than us. Pawns do not win games, they are more along the lines of sacrificial pieces to help the others win. We can't risk that now that there are real life consequences." Luk said.
"We're not pawns. We're Lucan and Haron, spider slayers. We've encountered too many of the games oddities to give up now. Especially since we just bought it last night."
"Alright, we'll go back in. But this time, you take the hit from the man, spider, thing" Luk said as he went to lay in his bed.
"I'll just take the couch" said Donatello, "alright, so the plan is, find Ironrein and DarkMist, and then figure out what’s going on. Is that good with you?"
"Let's just do this quick," replied Luk. They both turned on the game and logged in.