Killing Time [Vexx - Hacker Event]

There was a deep unnatural groaning noise as the exuterian cart was twisted over onto its side and further, forcing the people inside to hold on or fall out. They held on of course, screaming even as a potion crashed to the ground beneath them and created a fluffy cloud for them to land on. With one last shake of the cart the people tumbled out and onto the cloud, landing more softly than they had thought they would.

As if irritated the creature tossed the cart aside, toward the three dimensional cars that were flying about. The cart landed with a huge crash on the edge of the area that the carts could fly blocking anyone trying to flee that direction. Not that the cars would have carried anyone outside their boundary anyway.

The crowd was full on fleeing now at the ruckus, particularly when the skeletal creation turned on the people now that there wasn't a cart in its hands. People were stepped on, bumped into, shoved into stalls. It was dangerous to be on the ground, and growing more dangerous by every moment.

Which is when suddenly a massive naga appeared out of nowhere. The summon flexed its tail and the skeletal man pointed his finger at the creation which opposed his plans of disruption. "Monstero."

His voice was a deep growl as he commanded his summon forward to fight the naga. The two summons were about the same size, but Monstero as the skeletal beast was called by its master was taller and broader where the naga was long. Immediately Monstero moved to grasp the naga however it could; its long claws looking wickedly sharp.


"Log off now, if you want to live. I will not warn you again."

The kart flew through the air, knocking into Artemis, sending her flying out of her seat.  Falling to the ground, she remembered the feather fall potion she had gotten recently.  She pulled up her inventory and started scrolling until she found it.  Grabbing it out of her inventory she readied to take a swig when *THUD*. She hit the floor and so did the bottle,  splintering and shattering underneath her.  Pulling herself up,  she opened her inventory, this time looking for healing potions.

    As she brushed the shards of glass out of her chest and hands, Artemis looked around.  No longer looking at the giant skeleton or the mystery figure,  She noticed an individual.  The reason this person stood out to Artemis was the fact that they were wearing bright and fluffy clothing, so she could have been an NPC but they were aiding others.   NPCs wouldn't do that... would they?

    Seeing this brilliantly dressed character fighting back,  Artemis felt braver, more courageous.  Rushing forwards Artemis thought This is crazy.  This is crazy.  This is crazy.  Oh my god I'm actually doing this.  This is crazy

Panic had spread. People pushing past him roughly pushed others to the side. They were like fish in a barrel. Garrak needed to get their attention before he or someone else gets trampled.

Looking around, he spotted a nearby roof. Teleporting to it, he began to wave his arms violently, desperately trying to get thier attention. Sure he was terrified, but were they not all heroes in this game? "I might get a scar for this but he would get it for bravery" thought garrak. "Just imagine the gold he has as well"

He started shouting " Calm down! We must stay and fight and help evacuate those who are hurt or young. I see one villian, and he stands to cause fear. However we should not succumb to this fear, for we are heroes."

Unfortunately his speech fell deaf on most ears. Too many people were busy panicking. He thought for a second before he came to a realization. Sparks lept to his hands. He would definately get thier attention with this...

Chaos sprang around her, but Delilah remained steadfast. Helping those who have fallen to stand up and carefully herding the crowd away from the giant summon. There wasn’t even just one anymore. She noticed another one, a giant pretty snake, that got promptly shredded by the skeleton monster. Out of reflex she hurled the first health potion from her inventory onto the Naga. The candy red liquid splattered across the wound just in time before the skeletal armour popped. She kept another one on hand just in case. Which turn out to be soon as she looked around and immediately spotted one of the players that fell from the kart.

She rushed towards the orc lady and pushed the potion into her hands. “Take this and go somewhere safe if you need to.” She smiled, gentle and reassuring. “It’ll be alright. Let’s keep ourselves safe first.”

Then the man spoke again. This time Delilah did send a report. Hopefully someone will give this player a stern talking to. It’s okay to have fun and show off in a game but to make so many people panicky and scared was just so mean! And saying scary things like “if you want to live” was too far. Many seemed to agree with her, as she could see and hear a handful of people staying back and try to keep some sort of order.

Seeing another player shouting from rooftop, trying to encourage others to stay back and help. Not many really listened but she was rather happy that some wanted to help out. Between the naga and their summon, a small goblin on roof and a guy that just rode in to field on a mount. She felt pretty reasonable the man would stop. Still he has to hear a piece of her mind.

“Don’t be a meanie! You are scaring the children! That’s not very nice!” Delilah shouted.

Most people were running away and Vexx nodded to himself in grim satisfaction. Even more had simply logged off like he had told them to, including all of those that he had forcefully disembarked from the roller coaster. Now however his summon was engaged with a large naga and there was a small resistant cell of players growing who were refusing to log off or even to flee. Which left him with little choice but to deal with them directly.

Four were not so many, though he knew that security for the game would be arriving eventually.

The naga could not bleed, but Monstero's attacks were slowly but surely wearing it down. In spite of this the undead naga wrapped itself around Monstero, containing the summon for the moment. A red potion healed some of the damage done by Monstero, and the original summoner of the beast added a layer of armor to it. Working together the players were making this a far more challenging fight than the hacker had anticipated.

Lich blue eyes flickered from one to the other, but it was a defiant voice which cinched the decision for the hacker. In a flicker of blue light the hacker's avatar vanished briefly only to reappear behind Delilah. Six arms reached out for her from the dark. Those clawed fingers held power too, the power to wither and decay anything that they touched.

I'm sorry.

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Garrak sprung into action. Flinging foreballs at the Monstero. He rapidly expended his mana and it was taking a toll. His breath was getting ragged and his vision was fading. Fire and dark magic is a truly unstable form of magic and with power comes price.

His hands started smoking and shaking. A fire started inside his skin scorching it from the inside. Garrak was bound to self destruct. However, out of the corner of his eye, Garrak saw the hacker teleport behind the Kind One. The one who valued her life below others and was willing to stay and protect the others. Skimming the player list, he found the name Delilah. He teleported using the last of his mana, toppling Delilah out of the way.

"Run, and remember me if you have some excess gold"

Cracking and crumbling, Garrak became consumed by the magic and begin to fall apart, releasing massive heat waves. Garrak fell apart like a statue that had been dropped, limbs dropping and cracking.

"This is it. My fourth death"

Suddenly there was a shove from behind her back. Delilah hit the floor with an adorable oof. She got up just in time to see her saviour about to be consumed by his own magic. Her brain scrambled in trying to find out what could possibly save the little goblin, but there was simply no time. As fast as she could she cast Divine Protection, throwing the ice shield as far and wide as possible. She made sure it was at least close to the blast so that maybe both the other two players could be shielded behind the ice. It does leave her partially exposed, but that was not important to her.

She looked around frantically trying to do a quick head count on who still stayed in the area. Hopefully most of the others already left and logged off. Also hopefully the mean skeleton man could get to safety as well. Even though it was absolutely horrifying for the man to hurt another, but she doesn’t want him to be hurt as well. She doesn’t want any fighting – period.

Delilah mentally promised herself she would definitely learn how to craft a sleeping potion.

Even as the skeletal hands reached out for Delilah, a second player came hurtling out of nowhere to push her aside. The small figure hit her and continued to roll away, and the hacker was surprised to note that the little man was falling to pieces. Pixilating before his very eyes already. No need to destroy what was already being destroyed, the hacker merely backed away slowly from the sight of the small figure that was rapidly disintegrating from his own power.

The hacker wasn't the only one moving away from him, everyone was save the girl that the hacker had reached out for. She alone remained where she was, throwing up a barrier to protect the other players from the intense fireball that rocked the fairgrounds. Bright light lit up the area briefly and the last of Garrak faded into pixels and dust leaving Delilah's barrier barely intact.

Even so her timely spell had protected the other players. The hacker himself included among them.

Suddenly there was a blaring alarm in the area, and a loud voice came over the game.

"Players in this area are asked to log off while a problem with the game is assessed. Thank you for your understanding." The words made the hacker tilt back his head and a synthesized sound came pouring out. The sound of laughter. Lich blue eyes fell on the players remaining, those that had so far fought against him. Silently asking them what they were going to do now.