**Shadowfax, Guildmaster of The Riders Of Rohan, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
Shadowfax: I'm calling out to all guild leaders. I've got something unusual going on, and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced something like this today.
**Wolfensteiner, Guildmaster of The Wolf Guard, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
Wolfensteiner: I'm here. What's the situation, arf?
**UndefeatedOfTheEast, Guildmaster of The Defenders Of The Rising Sun, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
UndefeatedOfTheEast: I'm intrigued, if it's something so strange that you're using the 'Neutral Ground' line, rather than the general chat.
**TerribleThunderLizard, Guildmaster of The Ancient Dragons Of Destruction, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
TerribleThunderLizard: Present, and listening.
**MelonFudges, Guildmaster of The Joker Kings, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
MelonFudges: You have my undivided attention.
**EatsYourFace, Guildmaster of The Crimson Viper Army, has logged into the guildmasters only chat**
EatsYourFace: ...Shoot.
Shadowfax: I saw an NPC getting hounded by a monster mob. They were all level 5's, so I stepped in, and... well, you know how that song and dance goes. Anyways, the NPC was at one hp, so I dropped a healing potion. I meant it to be a regular one, but I dropped a top tier one instead. The NPC picked it up and used it, and recovered. Then, to my surprise, I got an invite from the NPC to join my guild!
Wolfensteiner: Whoa. Really, arf?
Shadowfax: Yes, really. I clicked yes, and she's been added to the roster. She's wearing the guild cape and everything. I'd screenshot it and show it, but that's not working today. I tried to shoot a message to the admins, but that's not working, either. I think it's part of the April Fool's event, but I don't know if it's a unique thing, or if there are events like this everywhere.
EatsYourFace: Nobody has reported anything like that to me, but I will admit, NPC behavior is weird today. Nothing I can put a finger on, but just a sort of overall weirdness in general. It's all quiet here in 'Manehatten'. I'm thinking it's the event, too.
UndefeatedOfTheEast: I don't have anything that weird to report, but me and mine are in a town, not out and about. I've heard some folks on the general chat in the area, here in Van Hoover, and they're saying that there are no monsters in the area. This used to be beast central, with guys in the 60 and above level, but today there's nothing.
TerribleThunderLizard: I found a kid, or filly, I guess, getting chased by a bunch of weird electric insects out in the field. I took care of them pretty easily, and while the little lady didn't offer to join my guild, I did get a hug out of it, and a quest update telling me to follow her home. I escorted her to Las Pegasus, and when we arrived, I received a message indicating I was invited to go on a picnic with the kid and her parents. I'm there now. It is a pretty quaint scene, although my guildmates hopping around all over the place kinda spoils the picture.
Wolfensteiner: I just got on, but my guys are telling me that that NPCs were avoiding them when they first arrived, here in Appleloosa. I'm wondering if it's because they're in wolf-form, arf?
MelonFudges: I'm here in the hub city, currently called Canterlot. My mates and I decided to barge into the big castle here, and play around in the throne room, where two big ponies with wings and horns were holding court. Weirdest thing: When it became clear we weren't leaving, the seemed to decide to close shop, and everyone left. Although, the big white pony came back a few minutes later, and is sitting down and eating cake, watching us hold an epic dance party. There's like five other guilds in here with us, and everybody is dancing. Gotta tell you, The Renegades Of Funk guild lives up to the name. I wish we had screenshots right now: This is shaping up to be the single biggest dance mob in the history of the game!
Shadowfax: Okay. Noted. Thanks, everyone. If there's any new developments, I'll let you know. Please do likewise?
TerribleThunderLizard: Deal.
MelonFudges: Fair enough.
Wolfensteiner: Of course, arf!
UndefeatedOfTheEast: Hai!
EatsYourFace: ...Agreed.
Wolfensteiner: ...Man, I really hate how the game adds barks, woofs, and arfs to chat when I'm in wolf form, woof.
MelonFudges: You could just change out when you need to chat.
Wolfensteiner: Now you're just talking crazy, arf.
Shadowfax: On an unrelated note, has anyone heard from TheLionOfTheNorth?
EatsYourFace: He's logged in, but he's not answering any pm's right now. Why do you ask?
Shadowfax: He'd wanted to talk about a joint guild raid with us and The Ancient Dragons Of Destruction. He wanted our help to take down the one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater.
EatsYourFace: You mean The Unmaker? The Seven Starred Raid Boss? The one that most people call The Guild Eater?
Shadowfax: Yeah. Terrible and Lion wanted to take the guy down, and since me and mine are the first guild to have succeeded in doing so...
EatsYourFace: You and your PVE buddies. If you want a real challenge, PVP is the best place to be.
Shadowfax: Do a raid against the The Unmaker, and then tell me that there's no challenge to it. Heck, you can check out the video we made of it on youtube: 80 million views and counting. Took two hours, but we did it, and we got the legendary item out of it, no less. Well, I did, anyways: I offered, but nobody in the guild was willing to take it, even after the second time. I ended up with two identical legendaries... which is pretty cool, but if we go after him again, somebody is going to have to take it, because I can't wield three.
EatsYourFace: ...Epic loot aside, I'll never understand how you losers can have so much fun doing that stuff: What fun is there in defeating someone who isn't real? At least when I shank a scrub, I have the satisfaction of proving that I'm better than a live person, not a combination of ones and zeroes...
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this is a great story so far good job kinda reminds me of SAO :P
6304956 Reminds me more of Log Horizon, if only because of the fact that VR and actual player deaths aren't involved (not counting that one guy that's terminally ill here). Though there's also a lot more of the "let's all work together to figure out what's happening here" a la Log Horizon and a lot less of the "I don't want to die!" of SAO.
Celestia taking a cake break to watch a dance party
Can't get over the picture of them barging into Day Court and jumping all over the place. Videogame players in a nutshell.
6305104 Completely agree. Also, it is good to see that even the "Bad Guy" has reasons for acting like that instead of just being a troll/ evil bitch.
The Lion of the North huh? Guess Gustavus Adolphus has returned to the land of the living to enjoy this game as well, that or theirs some Lannisters in Winterfell.
IN all seriousness though its interesting to watch our guild masters of the internet chat starting to puzzle over the days shenanigans.
What I have been especially amazed by you Bucking Nonsense is that your characters always stick out of the mold of the mild class white man in his early to mid twenty's and give them a great and unique back stories to them. Also, they are often have already overcome difficulty in the course of their humane life or have lived trough hardships that have they have fond strength in it, that is to your credit. the only complaint that I have in them is that they away seem to be mentally on top of the situation being coolheaded and victory seem too easily obtain and don't seem to be rely emotionally engage in the cause.
I also love your incites that you make with often with a video game analogizes giving making what would be a some what abstract concepts to a more repeatable approach.
hope you will keep on writhing
Ahh, the good ol' PvP/PvE divide.
I am very happy you added this to the story. Helps make it more... Don't want to say immersive, but it helps to show the depth and how far-spread the prank/whatever is going. Definitely glad this story seems to have more of a Log Horizon vibe than something like SAO. Log Horizon is far better IMO. Really captures the essence of the MMO.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Nice chapter, but i hoped for a bit more "out of chat experience" too.
6305589 PVE will eventually surpass pvp in difficulty when dark souls finally realizes it's full potential. Then we'll have people crying for raids of players to assist them when adventuring into the dark and only surviving by the threads of their trousers against mobs containing skill equivalent to that of the most elite players.
LOOK, THE EAST IS BURNING RED!
Awww, I've already blasted through what is written so far?
That was way too fast.
Moar please!
Well then....i sense there will be trouble with our friend EatYourFace. Oh well. Or Discord will give them a quest to remember.
In other news, I would totally do what Celestia did.Just roll with it and you get cake. And no more politics for the day.
So when does Twilight get an eyepatch and fight the Strangers?
6307845 I can just imagine that day court.
The nobles stomp out like five year olds, Luna rolls her eyes and walks off to do Luna things.
...Celestia gets a cake and watches the show. LOL BEST PRINCESS FTW!!!