Curiosity of the Masses [Event]

As she approached the area, the pink-haired girl’s heart sank. It appeared to be mostly empty; she had expected there to be an entire crowd of people gathering at the location. If the rumors were true, everyone would have been swarming the place to logout, unless she was one of the first to find out about it? Information was spotty nowadays; it traveled at weird speeds and always got altered somewhere along the way. She wasn’t sure if this was something she could trust, but a little sliver of hope was better than nothing.

Besides, she had a store back at home to tend to.

Walking closer, August noticed another player sitting underneath a tree. No, he wasn’t sitting. Sleeping? Rather dangerous to do out all by yourself when everyone had weapons and getting hit one too many times meant death. She strengthened her footsteps as she had no intentions of startling him. With a heavy stroll she approached with a smile on her face, mouth opening to chirp out a greeting. “HEY!” she half-yelled with enthusiasm, “did you hear about the logout button too?”

PAXILON

“I’m sorry if I woke you up, although it isn’t smart to be sleeping out here all by yourself,” she noted as she pressed a finger to her chin and smiled widely. Talking to strangers was never a problem for her; it was probably going to get her killed one day, especially in an environment like this. “Ah well, you know how rumors work,” she laughed at his correction. At least she had heard the specifics well enough to know the general area of where to go.

She took a slight step back to give Paxilon room to get up. Personal space wasn’t really a concern, she was more worried about accidentally being hit. Groggily people sometimes didn’t have good balance (she was guilty of being one of those people). “You can call me August! Nice to make your acquaintance, or rather not so if you think about the cirumstances, but I'd rather not dwell on that.” Maybe they would have met in the outside world, who knew.

“I was planning on it, yes! But, not alone. I don’t have much on me and I’m afraid I’d be in some trouble if I ran into a mob on my own.” There was safety in numbers, weren’t there?

PAXILON

"Yes!" she agreed as she clapped her hands together, "No one is ever going to make it out if we continue fighting. I've been seeing a lot of that in town." It was getting to the point where August just avoided large gatherings in general. People were starting to get antsy and taking their frustrations out on one another, never a good way to solve anything.

She wasn't entirely sure if it existed either, but it wasn't as if August had other plans for the day. "Even if it's not there, it would be a story to tell later. If it is, I'll ship you whatever baked goods you want once we're back in the real world," she promised. It was a small price to pay for getting back there. She was too poor and too low level to be able to create anything up to the quality she used to be able to in the real world. It was such a shame; she missed her own freshly made bread.

"If we run into anyone in there, lets hope they're friendly."

PAXILON

His reaction only made her grin harder. Was this type of bribery frowned upon? He was already willing to help her anyways, but maybe this would add in some extra effort for the promise of a homemade cake of some sort. She had a sword on her, but absolutely no idea how to use it virtual or real or otherwise.

Give her a knife and maybe then she’d understand how to hold it better, but even then August wasn’t really a fan of using kitchen utensils to personally gut a live animal. “Oh, thank goodness. I mean, I hope you mean that in a diplomatic sort of way,” she added.

He was still green, a good sign. She had yet to run into any orange or red players, but that was to be expected given how she rarely ventured outside of the town. It was good dangerous out there for her and while she could have always asked her friends for help to make her stronger, she wasn’t sure if she even wanted to travel outside of the safe zones without a reason.

PAXILON

"A party?" Someone had explained that game mechanic to her once, but their words didn't come back into her memory until she clicked the invite button. This was going to make it much easier for them to keep track of one another, not that August could really do much with the information given how she was only a little over useless. "I never really ventured out of town," she admitted, "I'm regretting that just a little bit right now..."

She didn't have a game plan in mind for how they were going to search the woods for a cave. In theory caves were already supposed to remain pretty hidden, so she doubted it was just going to be hanging out in the middle of an open field for them to stumble into. "Have you ever been around here before?" she asked. If he had felt comfortable enough to fall asleep here, maybe he knew the area better than she initially assumed.

Her foot got tangled in some vine for only a moment, but the snag in her walking had been enough to cause her to yip suddenly as she yanked it free. She looked over at Pax with an apologetic smile and tried to pretend the entire incident just didn't happen.

PAXILON

"Maybe," August laughed, "but this is the first video game I've played in at least a decade." She was probably being way too casual about how dire this situation was. She knew a little bit about how they work; her friend was an internet star with 'let's plays' and she found herself watching her streams on occasion to show support, but August was still unsure about how most things worked.

She wasn't even sure if it was correct to call this a video game anymore. It felt more real than anything else she had ever watched her friends play. There was no part of her that felt as if it was misplaced or translated long when she put that helmet on. She wondered if there were people who sometimes forgot this wasn't real.

August trotted along behind Pax has he made his way through the woods. Her eyes lit up when she slightly hopped over the crushed bush. Maybe traveling through here wouldn't be that difficult with him leading the way. He could certainly clear a path for her.

PAXILON

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