Usernames || A Garmau Fanfic

Seventeen

Level Eleven

With the first boss down and a newfound determination in our spirits, we head out of "noobie village", as it's informally called by the locals from other villages. Before leaving, we stock up on everything we could possibly need while we journey to the next village. We lose a lot of the money we'd just earned, but it's for a good cause...

...making sure we don't die.

"Everyone set on supplies?" I ask as Ungrth and Dmitri approach me by the gates. They nod.

"Yup! I'm pumped for this!" To emphasize, Dmitri pumps a fist into the air.

"I'm set." Ungrth grins. "Let's get into trouble."

"I second that notion!"

"You two..." I roll my eyes. "Trouble will surely find us, now let's go before it gets too dark."

"Lead the way, Cap'n!" Ungrth mock salutes, Dmitri following suit. I shake my head with an exasperated sigh, beginning to walk from the village.

"Why am I stuck with you two?" I mumble to myself. Ungrth gasps, dramatically, and catches up to me to smack me in the arm.

"How rude! We're delights!"

"Maybe if I was deaf."

"Ouch." Dmitri runs up to the other side of me. "Harsh."

"No, just honest."

"Raven's a meanie."

"You're tellin' me."

"Yeah yeah. Okay, will you two be useful for once and get the dang map?"

Ungrth groans: "Ugg! Fine..."

He waves his hand and the menu pops up in front of his face. He presses a little icon up top which brings out the map. Every area we've been so far is highlighted; the rest of the world covered in black. We only really know where we're going by a little white flag placed about a day's walk away from where we are now.

"At some point," Ungrth starts, studying the map, "we're gonna need to go right. Just...keep that in mind when we come to a fork in the road."

"Right." I nod. He closes the map and the menu disappears.

"Sounds like we've got some walking to do," Dmitri says, moving to the front and waking backwards in order to face us. "So, who's up for some travel games?"

"Count me out." I smile. "I don't like that look in your eye."

He holds his arms out, as if showing he's harmless.

...I don't believe it.

"Come on, Raven. I've got nothing to hide." His smile shows otherwise.

"Sure."

"I'm in." Ungrth grins that mischievous grin he has. "Do your worst, Dmitri."

"Alright." He clicks his tongue. "Would you rather make out with a zombie or eat five silverfish in one sitting?"

Ungrth makes a face and I chuckle.

This might not be so bad...

***

"Seriously?!"

"Dude, I thought we were friends!"

"You gave me an impossible question, so I gave you an impossible answer!"

"Yeah, but getting brutally mutilated by a werewolf--"

"--only to escape sleeping inside a giant spider?"