RPG event - Quest NPC Contact

[thalassino]

◣ Quest NPC Contact ◢

Below is a place to thread out quick little conversations with the NPCs that aren't worth an entire log. Vatheon's staple NPCs will have postings here, and all the other new quest NPCs will simply be listed under the "Quest NPCs" comment header. Please put in the subject line which quest you're talking with an NPC about!

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[stridercentric]

[If there's one thing Bro's lamented ever since this curse started, it's how slow he is. He's in the fastest character class and he's still too slow. How he wishes he could still move the way he normally does, it'd make quests so much more fun to do. While invisibility isn't the same as flashstepping, it's probably the closest he'll get.

So he situates himself in the casino and waits, scanning the crowd for anyone suspicious. It doesn't take him too long at all, there's no mistaking that shady look. As the light-fingered man draws away from the crowd to retreat somewhere more secluded, Bro follows. It's hilariously easy to corner this guy.]

Sup dude. You know, maybe if you drew less attention to yourself, you wouldn't need to become invisible.

[thalassino]

Buddy, if I didn't draw attention to myself, how would all you newbie rogues find me?

[He actually sounds annoyed. It's not his fault that the setup of this whole quest has it so he has to be relatively easy to spot! If he had his way he'd be cleaning out this casino and ditching the whole damn city! Being an NPC is suffering, though, and he has to keep lurking this casino for two whole weeks with the manager growing increasingly angry at him.]

[stridercentric]

[For a few seconds, Bro is silent. Then he cracks a wide grin because... this is hilarious fourth wall breaking logic he can't argue with, really. It's definitely true.]

Hah, yeah, good point.

[thalassino]

You're damn right it is. Look, I'll just be straight with you - the key to becoming invisible is being really, really desperate. It's not something you can do all the time, you have to be in a real pinch.

[This is code for saying: it's a skill with a long cooldown that you can only use when your number's just about up.]

[stridercentric]

[Yeah, he gets the code. He figures it's a skill that'll become available when his health is low or some shit. Certain parameters that have to be met. Maaan, the best skills are always the most difficult ones to activate.]

That ain't exactly music to my ears, but I guess it's still better than no invisibility at all.

[thalassino]

Yeah, it's...

[DAMMIT there's the casino manager again, here to catch him! The light-fingered man glances back and forth, then tosses his weighted dice at Bro. Sorry, Bro, you're up! With a wink and a wave, he vanishes.

Thankfully for Bro this a tutorial and he won't find the skill all that difficult to use this time.]

[stridercentric]

[Tempted as Bro is to just... not use the skill and face the casino manager head on, he knows how tutorials work. He probably can't get out of here without using the skill.

So he does.

He'll exploit the invisibility for all it's worth by sticking out a leg to trip the manager and then dropping the weighted dice on his head. Another quest brought to a satisfactory conclusion, he leaves the casino.]