Monsters and Mazes

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

As you enter the Sensorium today you find a most peculiar sight.

A large black wall with a 8-bit logo reading "Monsters and Mazes"

And two simple words.

"Start Game."

Upon choosing this a new menu appears showing a series of options:

Fighter
Paladin
Hunter
Rogue
Wizard
Cleric
Bard

What to do what to do?

Comments

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Sparkles of magic indicated it was trying its best to overcome the Bandit. He slowed to a trot gripping his blade tightly. "No, you fool! You have no idea what you're doing!"

He tried to say more, but Amy ran him through with her blade and lightning raced through him. She looked positively horrified at what she'd done as he fell away from her slipping off her blade with a wet thud.

"I-I'm sorry!" She apologized despite that he probably couldn't hear her anymore.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay. That was a little unexpected. She didn't think Repair Light Damage was going to fix that one.

"Uh, no sense apologizing. I think he's already dead." And without coughing up any valuable information, either. "...quite a sword you've got there."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Y-yes, it was given to me by the head priest. He said it was supposed to ward off evil...I didn't know it was so strong!" Her eyes were wide like she was afraid of the blade she was holding.

Oh by the way, there's still that other guy laying on the ground, he's got his bow back and is about to take a shot at Amy, fighting through the burns on his body.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Well, time for questions later. "Aw, come on. Don't you know when to call it quits? Shocking Grasp!"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Her hands lit up with lightning and crackled dangerously. The Bandit looked at it, his face masked but no doubt weighing his options. He let loose the arrow at Amy who let out a cry of pain as it caught her in the left arm.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Well, shoot. She thought it would fire on its own. Midna rushed over to where the bandit was lying, thrusting both hands forward to zap him. After she took care of this guy, she could fix Amy up.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Hey Midna, ever seen what happens to a sausage when it's left to cook too long over a fire?

Yeah what happens to the bandit, it's kinda like that.

Amy was in tears on her knees clutching the arm and babbling, "G-getitoutgetitout." But too scared to pull it out herself.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that's enough." Midna dropped her spellbook, glaring out at the surrounding trees, hopefully at whoever was behind this. "I don't know who you are or why you felt like luring people in with that cutesy little introduction, but I'm not playing along any more. What kind of game is this?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Aw but you were doing so well!"

Just to do something different a green owl lit on a nearby rock and addressed Midna, "That was just the first encounter. And it's not like she's that badly hurt." He held out a wing to indicate Amy who for the moment had stopped crying and was sipping some water. Like the arrow was no bother at all.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Actually, in Midna's book, she was doing pretty badly -- Link would have finished them in a flash, and no doubt gotten Amy out unscathed, too. Though in her defense, the powers in this game weren't what she was used to at all.

"Yeah, she's only got an arrow or two sticking out of her; she's fantastic." She glared at the owl. "Oh, it's you. This place is really a barrel of laughs. I'll remember to call you next time I wanna smell someone being set on fire."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Well we can't all be the legendary hero.

"Geeze sorry dude." He waved his wings again to get rid of the bandits bodies, "I guess this adventure got a little too rated M for mature too fast. I was just following the book ya know? Anyway I'm really sorry you didn't want to play..."

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

"The book? What book?" And what the heck was 'M for mature'? Midna's game was T for Teen

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"OH um...this one." The owl dug about in his feathers and produced a book titled "Monsters and Mazes adventure compendium"

"I just was using it to help guide the story a little better is all." He admitted sheepishly.

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

Midna looked skeptical, but at least she wasn't as annoyed as she had been at the start. "What's that? Some kind of storybook? You're into some pretty gruesome reading."

It wasn't that Midna had never killed anyone; it just hit a little close to home. Especially since she was all in for a lighthearted adventure.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy flapped his wings in protest. "Look if I'd known you wanted the more kid friendly one I would have done it that way."

As if to give an example the bandits reappeared but one was on fire and crying big crocodile tears while the other was poking the hole in his stomach from the sword. There was no blood however.