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[Group][Aconite]: Aw, don’t make sadface. I was only teasing. I’m sorry.
[Group][Efthalia]:??
They pressed on to the next area and rained arcane death on their next batch of completely innocent bystanders. By the time they returned to the quest-givers, they’d accumulated enough XP to hit level two, which meant their quests sent them each off to talk to their individual class trainer. Drew got a baseline healing spell called Nourishing Soil, and Solace got Infestation, which turned out to be completely useless at this level because between the two of them, they could kill everything they met before the DoT had a chance to tick.
Over the next few hours they massacred most of the native wildlife, collected the lost personal effects of a thirtieth-level magistrix who should really have been able to deal with this shit herself, and tracked down a highly dangerous mad oracle who, when they met her, turned out to be level four. They also spent more time talking, overanalysing quest text, and lookingat scenery than Drew had over the whole of the last three years. It kind of meant that by midnight they were still level ten, even with the XP nerfs that had come in with the last couple of expansions. But Drew honestly didn’t care. He was having… Oh, what was that word again? Fun.3
And the more time he spent with Solace, the harder it was to remember his “don’t fall for imaginary elves” rule.
[Group][Efthalia]: shit i should probably be in bed
[Group][Efthalia]: do you ever sleep?
[Group][Aconite]: I’ve got a touch of insomnia
[Group][Aconite]: And I kind of like HoL late at night
[Group][Aconite]: It’s all quiet, so the game feels like it’s just mine
[Group][Efthalia]: except when orcs come and hang out on your rock
[Group][Aconite]: I like that too
[Group][Efthalia]:??
[Group][Efthalia]: do you want to do this again sometime?
[Group][Aconite]: Definitely
[Group][Efthalia]: Tomorrow?
[Group][Aconite]: Oh, it’s the Masqueraid on Fridays
[Group][Efthalia]: Yeah I saw that on the guild calendar
[Group][Efthalia]: I have no idea what it is
[Group][Aconite]: It used to be our night for farming RP gear
[Group][Aconite]: But it’s just sort of evolved into a be slightly drunk, wear a silly costume and do something random night
[Group][Aconite]: It’s fun. You should come.
[Group][Efthalia]: Uh
[Group][Aconite]: We’re going to do Traitor’s Spire.
[Group][Efthalia]: I farmed that to death last expansion
[Group][Aconite]: But did you ever do it in a [Lovely Red Dress].
[Group][Efthalia]: I don’t think that’s Ella’s style
[Group][Aconite]: I can tailor you the tuxedo set
[Group][Aconite]: If you want to be all Radclyffe Hall about it
[Group][Efthalia]: I don’t know what that is but it sounds like a late vanilla dungeon
