It hadn't yet been an hour since the game had officially opened, but already Renee had dragged Ashe around town, picked out armour, weapons and a couple of potions each, and then outside the town's borders to the fields. Equipped with her cutlass, the shorter brunette was making short work of the boars in the immediate area. Initially, it had been meant to show Ashe the game's mechanics and she'd coupled it with brief descriptions, a few words at most, on how to perform the skills. Now it had just turned into her having fun.
Another boar exploded into a flurry of light blue polygons before Ashe stepped forward and, leaning on her halberd asked, "Mind leaving a couple for me at least?"
Renee stopped and looked back over her shoulder at Ashe. She said nothing but looked around the area as if for the first time realizing that she'd killed nearly every enemy within thirty feet of them. She opened her mouth, but said nothing. Instead, she scratched her head and flashed her friend a guilty smile.
"My bad. Got a little excited there. But you saw it right? Think you can do it?" Even inside the game Ashe could still hear the faint accent that accompanied Renee's words. It never had gone away fully even after all these years.
"Once they respawn, yeah. I can give it a shot." Renee flashed her a wide grin and sheathed her sword as a promise that she wouldn't attack and kill the next one to appear. Smiling back, Ashe picked up her halberd and shifted her grip. She looked around for the nearest boar or wolf to spawn. The boars would probably be easier since they were slower, but she'd take either. Soon enough, she spotted one pop into existence a little over ten feet from where the two of them were standing.
"So, as long as I start the motion the game will finish it for me?" She looked back at Renee for confirmation and the shorter girl nodded before folding her arms away behind her back. Her question answered, Ashe started toward the boar.
Unaware of her presence, the mob grazed quietly. Ashe stooped down and picked up a small stone from the ground. She threw it at the creature and got it right behind the ear. The boar jumped to attention and the cursor above its head flashed red. Beside that its health bar appeared. It whirled around to face her and stamped the ground before charging. Ashe had seen about how fast it moved while watching Renee, so sidestepping the charge wasn't a wholly difficult task. She'd already reversed her grip on her halberd and wound back to slash at its side as it ran past her. The boar squealed as a chunk of its health bar vanished.
It recovered quickly enough and performed the same action of charging straight for her. Rather than step to the side again, Ashe pulled her weapon back and then thrust the spear tip into the creature's chest. The beast gave a dying cry before exploding into a cloud of pixels. Ashe recovered her halberd and stood straight as the notification popped up in front of her, informing her of the experience and col earned from the win.
"There ya go!" Renee called out as she walked over. The two girls high-fived in celebration of the small victory. "Now lets go find another one!" |