Page 8 of Lucky Shot
A grin splits my face as the mage in front of me does a little wiggle and then spins around.
PrettyInLace:So, is this place as amazing as they say it is?
It takes me a minute to catch up to what he’s talking about. The game? I mean, he’s been playing it for a while. Level seven isn’t kindergarten level or anything.
Then I realize we’re both standing in the doorway to the vanishing shop. I step back inside to give him room to enter.
DemiDefenseKip:It’s okay. I’ve been here a few times, so I didn’t find anything extraordinary today.
PrettyInLace:Of course, you have! You’re a god. Now let us mere mortals shop.
DemiDefenseKip:Yet you’re the one with the cute as fuck necklace that you carry your pet around on.
The next thing I know, there’s a little gift box bouncing around on my screen. When I click on it, a notification pops up.
You’ve been gifted an enchanted necklace.
{Accept} {Reject}
And there it is: Pretty’s cute little necklace with the puppy running about.
DemiDefenseKip:You can’t just give away your pet. That’s heartless. Besides, this is totally cool. You should keep it.
PrettyInLace:Don’t make me cry. You can’t reject a gift like that!
His character moves in front of mine, and I see tears in his eyes as he looks up at me. I hit accept and his character grins. Before he can walk away again, I grab his arm and keep him there while pulling up my bag and rummaging through the gathering of weird shit that I brought with me. There aren’t any necklaces, but I do have a collar. I think it’s actually a pet collar. One of the quests I was doing last time was trying to domesticate a badger cat or something.
Pulling it out, I wrap it around his neck. The screen zooms in so I can watch as my character fastens the buckle and then gently turns it on the other avatar’s neck. Straightening it.
When I zoom back out and drop my hands, Pretty’s eyes are wide as he stares. For a minute, I forget that he’s a character and I wait for him to respond.
PrettyInLace:You didn’t have to do that.
DemiDefenseKip:It looks good on you.
No kidding, his character bites his bottom lip and I wonder if the person behind the character is doing the same. It makes me smirk.
PrettyInLace:Want to coitus in the woods for a while and we can judge our animated characters’ performance?
I laugh out loud. While I normally refrain from any kind of casual encounters with even online people, I’m not sure what has me intrigued by this guy. So I nod. My character nods too.
DemiDefenseKip:Lead the way, precious. I’ll follow your cute little mage ass.
PrettyInLace:Wait until you see what this ass is wearing! *wiggly eyebrows*
I laugh again and follow Pretty out of the shop. My character can fuck at the drop of a hat. Something we don’t have in common. At least one of us can have debauched fun.
For a minute, the chat between Pretty and I is silent while we wander through the trees until we find a thicket and then hit the ‘sexy time’ button. Again our chat remains static while we watch our characters do their thing. I’m not surprised when mine takes the lead. I’m not sure if these automated personalities are based on behaviors we show in the game while we play or whether it’s random, but I nod as he begins kissing Pretty and slowly undresses him.
Slowly.
PrettyInLace:I like that.
DemiDefenseKip:They’ve just started. Have we even gotten to the good part yet?
PrettyInLace:I guess. But I like the sweet stuff. Your guy is like… treating mine like he’s special.
DemiDefenseKip:You are special. You made a pet necklace.
