Delivery - Aincrad Excerpt! · 12:38am Nov 14th, 2020
Excerpt From Episode Episode 79 - Coming Tuesday!
Knightstar sat in her study, sipping on tea. It was simple, store-bought tea that a NPC shop sold. Heating water for tea wasn't something that required the Cooking Skill. AFCK didn't make tea, but her flavored waters were something Knightstar did miss.
Knightstar sighed and set down the paper she was reading. She was bored with it. Nothing good had happened. The Assault Team had cleared the last field boss several days prior, leaving today's edition bland. The gossip columns were even lackluster.
Knightstar didn't have any consultations. She had already spent the morning with her last client. He was working hard to get into the Divine Dragon Alliance. Despite her personal preferences, Knightstar did the professional thing and gave him the best path to take to achieve his goals, exactly like she had been paid to do. He wasn't Knights of the Bloodoath material anyway.
The store was doing well, but it was running itself at this point. As Floors were opening up, her information became less relevant. Knightstar needed a way to get new statistics and information about what each Floor offered.
But for now, she was set. Those problems would be solved soon. She was scouting several players and even a five person guild who could info gather for her.
The front bell chimed as the door was opened. She didn't hear what was said between her NPC shopkeeper and the customer. She was about to get up, but she heard the footsteps of her NPC shopkeeper come down the hall. She had a very telltale pace to how she walked.
She stopped at the open door and bowed. "Sage Knightstar, there is a delivery for you."
"A delivery?" Knightstar asked, surprised. She had never had a delivery. She didn't even know there was a delivery service. She stood up and walked out front.
A young boy probably 13, was on the other side of the counter. His shoulders were barely above it. On the counter was a simple, but large, box.
"How can I help you?" Knightstar politely asked.
"You are Knightstar?" He asked.
"Yes. And you?"
"Lepul," he shrugged. "I just had to make sure that you got the package, and not an NPC. I won't get in trouble for an NPC error or someone saying they didn't get what was ordered because it was left with the NPC."
"Oh," Knightstar said. He started to walk out. "Wait! What am I receiving?"
He shrugged as he got to the door. "I am just the delivery kid. I pick things up from the crafter and deliver them to the recipient. My fee was paid in advance, so you owe me nothing."
He left without letting Knightstar ask more questions. She was not going to try and chase him down. She was in a safe zone. Whatever it was, it had to be safe. Unexpected, but safe.
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This put a smile on my face
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I was considering not posting an excerpt...but nothing is shown except we finally see Knightstar after all the months. lol
Yay!! We finally see knightstar again
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I know! Finally. I didn't mean for it to be soooooooo long.
the bit about it being self run by this point? means she can focus on other things if she wanted. that also means she COULD rejoin the guild and not worry about it- other than stopping by to check up on it couple times a week.
side note- I'm curious how much money she has now? since she didn't have to spend any on weapon/armor or anything more than food as a constant. (not including w/e she pays for the store, that's a given)
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Well off, for now, but her information loses its value the longer the game goes on if she can't get more. I have avoided specifics on costs for a reason. We only get a few markers for Col drops and costs.
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true, the longer the game goes on, the more known the different data is to everyone. you also uncover more details the longer it goes on too, which means less info hidden. likely those who haven't left floor one are the only ones who would need that kind of thing anymore
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She will still be quite relevant to the middle players for a while, but that will be dry up eventually.