Now, in The World there are many wondrous, pretty, dangerous, funny, scary, creepy and bizarre stuff.
The "thing" in front of Lethalette was dangerous, scary, creepy and bizarre.
That earned the "thing" a mental "What the fuck!"
Now, as a male, the player who controlled Lethalette had never worried about meeting a monster like the on top of the hill, but he had expected a few things to weird him out, after choosing a female character to play the game.
The "thing", though lacking eyes, seemed to be staring intently at Lethalette, and the silence in the battle zone stretched. The "thing" shifted.
That earned it a loud "TENTACLE MONSTER!" and a female character played by a male running as fast as she could in the opposite direction. The monster followed easily, seemingly able to keep up, but suddenly the Wavemaster gained more speed, increasing the separation between her and the tentacle monster.
'I should have stayed out of this area! What kind of Game Master programs a tentacle monster in a MMORPG. And I swear those tentacles look horny, dammit!'
After gathering a lot of experience and leveling up, Lethalette was unwilling to waste 10 hours of monster battling in one fell swoop, but...WTF! Tentacle Monster! Female Character! Virtual Reality! You do the math!
Activating the especial effect of the suit she was wearing, and she recovered her ability to cast spells, and promptly began to hit the monster with them. Though they were effective, and the tentacle monster slowed down, it was not enough, and the monster got inside tentacle range.
'Shit! That happens when you don't save every so often! 10 hours of my life, wasted!' preparing to forcefully disconnect before going through THAT.
BOOM
And the tentacle monster grayed and died. Lethalette turned, and saw a Wavemaster lower his staff.
"Thank you. Stupid thing almost got me"
"You're welcome, but you should leave this area, modified monsters have been appearing, and the administrator are tracking the hackers right now," said the higher level player.
"And this monster was one of those?" asked Lethalette.
"Yes. But there's also been a few monsters from other games, so a few high level players came here to gain experience and fight them. We think it's a group of people, but I'm not sure about that"
"I see. What is you screen name?"
"Altagrave. And you should really leave this area unless you want a modified monster to kill you" answered the player now known as Altagrave.
"It's okay. I was leaving anyway, but I met an ugly complication on the way" said Lethalette.
The last thing Lethalette thought before saving was 'I Hate hackers'.
