Game Over
By Steven Silvey
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"Beep beep beep beep," rang Huey's alarm clock. It was 4 a.m. and time to get back online. He went to the fridge and got his case of Red Bull. He went to his dresser to grab the box of No-Doz. He hit the power button and the monitor flashed to life, and so he began the daily grind. If he was going to join his guild on the raid of "The Avatar of Fear", he was going to have to level up. He sent a message to his buddies Nottyplay, Minos, and Pooseyisgood, and they arranged to meet up in the human city of Freeport. They joined into a group and set course for the Tish' Kar pyramids, to battle the lizard people. "Ding," the monitor sounded, he had reached level 60! He looked at his clock, 3 a.m. was approaching, he had better get some sleep for the raid later on. He finished what was left of a bottle of sleeping pills, and he drifted off to Grobb, the city of Trolls.
"Beep beep beep
"Server down," it flashed. Huey began to shiver, "no...no...this cant be." He couldn't believe what was happening. The server was down, he couldn't get on. He became enraged, nobody was going to stop him from playing his game...Nobody. He went to his closet, and he grabbed his Seafoam soiled robe(str+7 int+8 dex+17), and his Pillar of Truth(str+19 wis+5 agi+22) that he ordered off of the internet. He turned and exited the house. As he began walking he noticed the neighbor's dog Max. "Die worg," Huey screamed, bashing the dog to pieces. "2500 exp earned," he announced. After gathering some parts, Huey kept walking down the street. About half a mile down the road, he spotted some local kids. "Noobs," he screamed, beating them with his club. "27000 exp earned, -3000 faction with Queynos Humans," he announced. He turned around to find the cops behind him. "They must have caught my aggro, but they'll never catch me if I cast my Spirit of the Wolf spell," he laughed to himself. He began to run but the police made short work of that. "See you in the graveyard," he sighed, and he passed out.
His attorney argued him mentally insane, and suggested he be placed in an institute. After a few days of planning, Huey had devised his escape.
"O.K., if I can stay far enough away, the Human guards won't be able to see me...and even if they do, I can run to Neriak, and the Dark Elves will help me."
He found his winged boots and other supplies in a locker in the back.
"With these, I should be able to float at least to Jared's Plight."
He got a running start, and dove through the 16th story glass.
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