I searched all around the temple just to make sure it wasn't tucked away somewhere, but to no avail. I walked onward, following a path leading out of the back of the temple grounds. With any luck, the quest would be linear.
I encountered several monsters along the way, but they fortunately ignored me. Either it was some strange aspect of the collar or, more likely, because I was now one of them. Good that I get something out of it...
I had walked until twilight when I heard voices. Not the cruel disembodied voices from the temple, but other players like me. I crept off the path and followed them to their source: a group of people in a small clearing, standing around what appeared to be some sort of crushed scifi vehicle with parts strewn around.
"...And channel the fusion core into the wand to release the demon," a tall thin man wearing a Middle East-ish desert outfit, totally out of place in the jungle, was saying.
"The demon will help us out?" grunted a satyr wearing what I realized after a moment was a bulletproof jacket.
"It will be under my direct control," the man said confidently. "We'll get the ship repaired in no time."
Ship? Demon? I wondered if the men were actual players or characters thought up for the quest. One way to find out... I took out my map and aimed it at the man dressed for the desert.
NAME - QASEEM ZAMAN
RACE - HUMAN
AGE - 31
LEVEL "“ 46
EXP "“ 5645/50000
BASIC MALE APPEARANCE "“
HAIR COLOR: BROWN
COMPLEXION: DARK
EYES: BROWN
HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 180 LBS
HANDEDNESS: RIGHT
ADVANCED APPEARANCE "“
TATTOOS: 7 (DEMONIC CONTAINMENT)
PIERCINGS: NA
EQUIPMENT:
WEAPONS -
RIGHT HAND: BLOOD WAND
LEFT HAND: NA
ARMOR "“
HEAD: [HIDDEN]
TORSO: [HIDDEN]
LEGS: [HIDDEN]
FEET: [HIDDEN]
UNDERNEATH: [HIDDEN]
CLASS - MAGE
PERSONALITY "“ SMART, DEVIOUS, HEDONISTIC
SPECIALTIES "“ BLACK MAGIC
ITEMS "“ [HIDDEN]
Well, now I knew he was a player. An extremely high-level player. Maybe it was a good idea to leave. Fast.
I started to turn away when it occurred to me that I could try to seduce him or one of his buddies. After all, I was a succubus, and they did look kind of hot... Maybe they could lead me to the statue?
