(or, How Janey Lost A Bit Of Innocence)

Since I am a little bigger now, I can go hunting with Davian. He is fun to hunt with. And he does nice things for me, like:

It's nice to have a partner.

We walked West from Britain, and ran into an Orc Party. We killed them. They even had chests full of stuff! I got some Arrows and a magic wand. While we walked, I tried to Item ID it over and over. Finally, I found out that it was a Wand of Fireballs with 19 charges. Neat-O! I asked Davian if he wanted it, and he said No. So I kept it.

Then we walked through Rivendell, and got attacked by some Red People. At first I thought they were Real People and got scared, but then I looked at the way they were dressed (no wild colors, no funny hats) and decided these were the "NPCPKs" that Davian told me about. So we started beating up on them, and killed the whole lot of them. One of them had sandals (Brown. Sorry, Dundee) and I put them on. They are better than boots.

Via ICQ, Hearding asked if he could come with us. So we met him at the Yew Bank and I put my new Wand and some other junk away. Then we walked West again, above the mountains to the coast. Davian said, "If I told you what I've fought in this area, you'd scream." I said, "Well just don't tell me then."

We killed a bunch of animals in one area and made Bras out of them. Then we moved a little south, and met a lady named Passion. She was dishonorable, but seemed polite. She helped us kill a bunch of things like... a Gargoyle... and a couple of Corpsers, and...

After killing a few big things, Hearding and I were standing around making stuff. Off on the right side of my screen, I see: "HELP" I walk over there, and see Davian surrounded by about six orcs, at least 2 of them mages. I said, "ROFL!" and started helping.

... orc parties.

After picking up the loot, I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to what was going on. Arranging inventory or something, I guess... but then I saw somebody shout "NORTH!!" so we all ran north after her. I was thinking: "Ooh! What's north? Another orc party? A gargoyle, perhaps? Oh wait, I know, an elemental!" And then a guy in chainmail armor doubled back and ran south. I thought, "Oh great, a guy. That's it??" But he was Red... so all of them were attacking him, or trying to attack him, anyway.

We all followed him south, south, south... right into about eight of his PK friends. I didn't even really realize what was going on until I heard a cry of "Ughggh!" come from Davian and saw his body go limp and slump to the ground.

Then... I wanted out. I tried running... but all of a sudden I was "too fatigued to move." Then I saw black. Then I saw black again, but mixed with white and shades of gray.

Davian started off to find a healer... and Hearding and I stood around and watched the PKs loot our bodies. I wondered if they were going to take everything, or leave some stuff for us to get. But then one guy said, "Hey, somebody mark a rune so I can come back and get the rest" so I guess that answered that question. They killed Smoke, Hearding's horse.

The guy in chainmail said, "Doodz, u skared me. I was wurreed that u wernt gunna get their soon enuf." Then I figured it out... this guy was a decoy.

We got sandbagged.

I wasn't mad or anything... but I was sad. I was sad that I had lost all my stuff. Magic Leather Leggings & gloves - gifts from Keith the Bowman. A special Scimitar, a gift from Joran the Smith. And a whole bunch of arrows. And I was sad that I had gotten sandbagged. A gift from Janey the Idiot.

Afterward, Hearding said, "BTW you should've run when Davian went down. But, I like that you chose to die with us :)" I said, "Chose nothing! I got... confused. Then I was too fatigued to move... and died." I was heroic and didn't even know it. I said, "If i had known we were following that guy, I never would have come." Hearding apologized for dragging me into it, and I said, "Oh it's alright. I didn't lose much, except a bit of innocence."

The good part is that I am back to being The Fair Janey.

After walking back to the Yew bank, I decided I didn't really want to go hunting big things any more. I wasn't really in the mood. And replacing *all those arrows* just didn't seem like fun just then. It was late, so Davian decided to call it a night. I told hearding i was going to go hunt wolves outside Britain, and if he wanted to come with me, he could.

I bought a new Scimitar, and tailored myself a new Green Fancy Dress. I was ready. I about got my little buttocks kicked by a Great Hart, but ended up replacing some of my armor with his skin instead. I realized I had forgotten to buy cloth for bandaids. I went and bought some from Alison.

When I came back, Hearding was talking with two people. We chatted for a while, but then I started to get antsy. We killed some more wolves, and then went to sleep.

I have been Player-Slayed now. Can I quit calling myself a newbie?