//------------------------------// // Chapter 17 (Game Life & Fancy Looks) // Story: The Game Players // by GamePlayer64 //------------------------------// Author’s Note: Let’s recap from 2 chapter ago; Game Life’s friends agreed to help him, had became Gamers like him, now seeing the new world he’s in. “Hmm… If it was me. I want a I.D. containing a fantasy creatures.” Game raised his brow. “Fantasy? Containing monsters from folklore. Why?” She looked embarrassed a bit. “I… want a dwarf as my ally. I know its weird but I also thought dwarfs were cute and amazing allies for people.” Said Fancy as she fidgeted when saying that but Game Life put some thought into it. “Okay.” She looked at him “Okay?” “When I was leveling up my ‘I.D. Create’ skill. I was thinking of monsters that I would meet on a beginner level; slimes, ghosts, goblins and that Zombie I.D. that your cousin was in before I meet her. I even thought about magic to earn some magic books from monsters or that Book I.D. in the school library.” Fancy looked at him and snickered “I’m sorry but are you serious? A Book Dungeon? Let me guest, its filled with flying books that bash you?” Game closed his eyes half way looking annoyed “No… more like books that are brain eaters and unleash magical spells. That dungeon exists by the collected thoughts of every reader who read there. Every genre of books and ideas of their imagination created that dungeon and the monsters.” Fancy looked shocked “And that’s how I got that Book Shield and learn fire and darkness magic.” “Oh my. Sorry for that joke. I thought book monsters would be silly but if I remember correctly, there were Mimics.” Game Life nodded as looked around to see no at the park “Huh. Where is everyone? I thought the park would be full of people?” A wind breeze blew them in the face a newspaper hit him in the face. “What is up with the‘paper in the face’ clique shit?” He looked at it and saw that a contest is today, a boy band contest “BLECK! Thank the games I was born a guy.” Fancy hugged him from behind as he got willies. “I keep seeing them when I was spending time with the daughters of my mom’s friends. Most of them saw me as a weirdo for choosing videogames over boys.” Game rolled his eyes “We can't all be the same.” “Well, except for one. Her name was Relaxing Massage and she’s a great masseuse.” Game raised his brow “Like her mom, she works at a massage parlor for women only.” Game realized why it was only for women. “Let me guess, her mom hates perverted men.” She nodded “Called it. I used those massage chairs since I have a distrust to people I don’t want to socialize.” “She also has a fear of men and had been send to an all girls school for a good reason and… she’s like me.” Game looked at her “A gamer?” “No.” “Rich?” “No.” Game put some thought into it, imagined Fancy Looks, cartoon arrows pointed at her chest & butt and widen his eyes. “Oh… shit.” She nodded and pulled on his ear. “Don’t you dare stare at her. You’re mine by the way.” “Ow! One question though? How will she react when you tell her that I’m your boyfriend?” Fancy let go and sucked through her teeth “SHIT! I forgot about that! She’ll never go near me!” Game Life grabbed Fancy by the shoulders “Calm down! Calm down! She’s your friend right? I’ll just stay away from you for her.” Fancy looked at him and shook her head “No, I wouldn’t want that. I value our friendship but I would never do that to someone I love. I want to introduce you to her but I hope you wear a mask when you meet her. She know a male by his face.” Game Life looked at her and nodded “Majora’s Mask, that’s what I want to wear.” “Deal. Now that the entire park is empty, I want to level up my ‘I.D. Create’ skill.” Game nodded as he crossed his arms. “I decided I also want to level up my skill and know what I want in my I.D. list.” Fancy looked curious and smile “Oh! What do you want?” She asked “An I.D. that has plant monsters.” She tilted her head “A Plant I.D.? What would an I.D. of plants monsters be good for? I’m just wondering?” “A Plant I.D. would have some seeds for Large Harvest to grow food and also some ingredients to create our own potions, antidotes, poisons and Helldrops.” She looked surprised “Oh right! Potions are rare items and with that Abyss website, we would make a boatload of money! Now I.D. Create!” Everything went silent “Escape!” The sky cracked and shattered and birds chirped “Again!” yelled Game Life. 30 minutes later Fancy got on her knees as she was gasping for air and sweating heavily “*GASP* *GASP*” She used ice magic to make a cold breeze to cool her off. “Aaaahhh… that’s better.” Game lifted her up back on her feet. “That skill don’t take MP but it does take stamina. Too bad there’s no stamina bar. I’d checked ever if my observation is high.” She checked her skill when she was practicing [Making Instant Dungeon (Active) LV 4 EXP: 7.91%] A Skill to make an instant Dungeon. You can create a more powerful one by increasing your skill level. 1.Empty I.D. - Monsters: None 2. Slime I.D. - Monsters: Slimes 3. Myth I.D. - Monsters: Mythology Creatures [Escape from Instant Dungeon] (Active) LV 4 EXP 7.91%] It aids you in escaping an Instant Dungeon. Which is one of the ‘Protective Spaces’. Fancy was happy “Yes! Myth I.D.!” Everything went silent as they looked to see creatures moving around “Wow!” Game Life saw actual mythology monsters, Driders, Dwarfs, Elves (Dark and Non-dark), Fairies, Gorgons and many creatures from Mythology, folklore and fairy tales. “Holy shit balls.” He grabbed her by the hand and pull her behind a tree “Observe.” Game Life and Fancy Looks observe them and their LVs were between 30 and 35. “I’m guessing without a difficulty setting, the monsters are strong as you or different.” Fancy gulped “I thought they’re levels would be at 25 at best.” She looked worried “This would make getting a Dwarf harder. Where are they anyway?” Game and Fancy searched around without being seen as a shadow loomed over them. “Huh?” They turned around to see a huge Chibi-looking human woman, pale skin and a brunette ponytail wielding a large mallet which frighten them by her “Gamey... what is that?” “Observe.” Name: Vivian Race: Dwarf Gender: Female LV 41 HP: 4220 MP: 660 Power: 260 Strength: 260 Intelligence: 230 Wisdom: 170 Dexterity: 240 Endurance: 240 Speed: 160 Charisma: 70 Perception: 150 Points: 0 “Oh crap balls.” Fancy looked at him “What?” “I got good news and bad news.” “What’s the good?” Asked Fancy “We found your dwarf.” She widen her eyes “She’s a dwarf?!” “Yes and her name is Vivian.” She looked horrified. “A named monster!” Vivian lifted her mallet as Fancy and Game dodge rolled from her attack. “Tell me if I’m right about named monsters. When a monster has a name, their stats are higher than normal monsters plus they give more EXP and better items than their nameless companions?” Game Life jumped back on his feet and prepared himself for a battle “Yes and taming one is the most difficult of them all.” Fancy gulped as Vivian swung it as them as they duck. “BIND! BIND! BIND!” Mana ropes wrapped around Vivian as she tried to escape by breaking the ropes. “Hurry and Tame this woman! I’m getting the feeling that this is wrong!” Fancy ran at it “TAME!” She kicked it at the chest as she waited a bit ‘You failed to capture the monster’ “I forgot! My ‘Tame Skill’ is too low!” Vivian was breaking free of the bind with a murderous intent. “Then let’s do it together!” Game grabbed her hand as they charged together at Vivian “TAME!” They yelled as they dropkick her in the face as she fell down. They were sucking the air through their teeth. “Man that hurts so much!” Said Game Life as he grabbed his feet “I forgot that that she has high Def.” Fancy was shaking her feet “I think we should go to the Abyss Auction website for equipment that makes you stronger physically or Tough Exo to tame Monsters with high Defense.” “Agree on both. Man Vivian’s strong!” She got up and looked at them. They grabbed each other in fear as Vivian smile and a screen appeared between them ‘Congratulation! You have successfully tame a named monster. For this act, you have earned the title ‘Pro Tamer’ Game Life and Fancy was surprised as they looked at the title Pro Tamer - You earned this title after taming a named monster - You are a new talented Tamer - When you tame a monster: The chances of taming a monster are increase by 30% “Holy…” They looked at each other as they turned red “Sorry.” Said Game Life. “I… didn’t mind it.” Said Fancy as she smile. They turned to Vivian as she bowed down to Fancy. “...” Fancy looked confused “Can you talk?” Vivian shook her head. “Oh… but it’s nice to meet you.” Vivian smile as she swung her mallet at a ghoul as it vanished into smog, leaving rotten skin. “Are you going to…” “NO!” yelled Fancy it was drawing flies. “I got my Dwarf and I want to leave.” She raised her hand as Game grabbed “Wait what?! We’ve only been here for I don’t know, 10 minutes. So why not we farm a bit?” Fancy put some thought into it and looked embarrassed a bit “I’m acting like a impatience player! Once I got it, I give up on what I’m doing! God! I’m acting like a whining gamer who blames the games for his pathetic skills and never learn from his failures. I’m sorry for acting like that.” Game shrugged his shoulders. “It’s cool. Now let’s summon all our monsters.” She smirked “You’ll copy the heal skill to me right?” “I will but it will have to wait.” During the battle The slimes de trio were absorbing and smashing some monsters as Seth was consuming the creatures weapons, Gilgador and Permafrost were attacking and freezing some Cyclopes as the Mammal & Reptile Beastmen were slaying elves and fairies. Game was a bit disgusted “I know I shouldn’t feel sorry but they have some human traits in them.” Fancy looked nervous but she shook her head “I agree but mom said that everything in a I.D. aren’t real. Well... except for the dropped items and Tame Monsters. I think The Gamer itself is the reality bender of the impossible.” Game sighed “True.” He looked up to see some Harpies flying around. “I’m gonna tame some more monsters. You want to join?” Fancy looked around and nodded “I could use some more.” “And no attractive males!” Said Game Life as he jump to the sky which nearly tripped Fancy “HEY! NO SEXY FEMALES FOR YOU!!!” She looked pissed “Why would he said that?” She turned to see a pissed Dark Elf male with a look to make a woman faint “Oh. TAME!” 1 Hour Later Game Life and Fancy Looks were panting for air “We need to leave before the boss appears.” She nodded as they raised their hands in the air. “ESCAPE!” The sky shattered as Game and Fancy’s Monstpals were with them. “Uh-oh. Forgot that you guys. Monster Farm.” “Monster Farm.” Two portals opened as they pushed them in “Sorry about that sweeties. Some people aren’t ready for you guys.” Apologize Fancy Looks as the monsters were pushed in. “Sorry, I’ll promise to get you guys some meat and vegetables. Also let’s see the list of the monsters we tamed. I tamed a Harpy, a Human-Scorpion boy and a male Drider.” ”And I have tame Black Cait Sidhe girl, a adult Nekomata and a... Bugbear was it called?” Game looked at her monster farm and nodded. “I may know a bit of mythology from videogames. Them game designers know their knowledge of the supernatural.” Fancy smile but paused “I wonder if actual demons and devils from hell itself exist?” Game looked horrified since he never imagine that actual devils and demons exist but with what he’s been doing. Anything is possible; Heaven, Hell, The Underworld, Aliens. This has gone beyond even the world itself. Game Life looked at the time on his phone. “It’s 2PM, all that fighting made me a bit hungry. Wanna grab a bite?” Asked Game Life as Fancy hold her stomach “I could have another lunch. I can see why you want to get strong. Doing it solo is a workout, no wonder you dropped some sizes.” Game widen his eyes “You know my clothes sizes?” Fancy turned red “Uh... I just saw that you’ve been pull your pants up and they have been falling down.” Game blushed as he had to buy a belt, a flexible belt. “I have to admit. I hate exercising but since it’s a must, fighting monsters in I.D.s are much better than the gym.” Fancy smirked as she smacked Game Life’s ass. “Gah!” He looked at Fancy who smirked “You got a hot ass, Gamey.” Game Life blushed “And slapping yours is sexual harassment?” She smiled “Unless I place your hand on it.” She walked ahead of him as he walked faster and smacked hers. She blushed but laughed at him as he smirked “Maybe I should tame some female cyclopes. I always find them very attractive.” Fancy’s eye shrunk as she grabbed him “OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!” She yelled at him as he kissed her in the lips “Gotcha.” She blink and turned red while looking annoy “Flirt.” She put herself around Game’s arm as they walked out of the park “Hey I wonder what the others are doing with their new skills? I hope they don’t go overboard.” Fancy looked worried “Don’t worry, I’m sure... the most responsible ones are with Tough Exo.” Dark Speed’s Location: Dark Speed was running in an I.D. trap and was being chased by female warriors in skimpy outfits and animal skins with blowguns and arrows that he was avoiding. (“Dark Speed was hoping to train Dark Speed’s new abilities, Dark Speed has manage to raised ‘I.D. Create’ by 10 and now has unlock the possibility to create 9 dungeons but are not label except for three that are ‘Combine’, ‘Darkness’ and ‘Light’. Dark Speed must balance light and darkness within Dark Speed’s body to never become a corrupted either of them. Dark Speed has tamed an Little Devil of darkness and Little Angel of Light and a learn the books of Light and Darkness to summon the spirits of Light and Darkness; Lumina and Shade. Dark Speed’s speed has unlock a skill of ‘Super Speed’ giving Dark Speed the ability to run as fast as a go kart. Dark Speed was training to be fast and undetectable but Dark Speed has fallen to a trap by these... Amazons.”) Dark Speed turned around to see them still after him “DARK SPEED HAS SAID THIS BEFORE AND WILL SAY AGAIN! DARK SPEED WILL NEVER BE YOUR MATING SLAVE!!!” “CAME BACK MALE!!!” Yelled an Amazon Woman “YOU’LL BE THE PERFECT MALE FOR OUR DAUGHTERS!!!” Dark Speed hissed at them “NEVER!!!” He used the magic of darkness and light to blind them of their sight as he made a sharp turn as they continued to go the same path. “Stupid bitches. Dark Speed will never allow Dark Speed to be a slave to them.” “I’m afraid that you won’t escape.” Dark Speed turned his head to witness a 16 year old teenage with lime green long hair and skin of a sunflower while her eyes are shut in skimpy battle armor (And the cup size of E) while wielding a double blade sword. “In the name of the Amazons of The Blood. You are our slave.” Dark Speed’s eyes narrowed in rage and disgusted “How did this as happen?”