"You look tense. Did everything go okay?" Nora asks as Warwick leaves.
"Um... Yeah..." Warwick replies with a nervous chuckle, "I have to go take this to Dilys now," He holds up the bag of coins.
"Are you sure your okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'll see you around," Warwick runs off before Nora could get another word in.
He stops running at the town square and catches his breath.
"I think I'm a weeb now..." He states between pants.
Warwick rests for a moment on the steps of the square.
"How are you doing that?" Another player asks.
"Doing what?"
It takes about ten minutes for the player to respond.
"You have a part-time money pouch in your main hand," the player finally says.
"Well, It's for a part-time job obviously,"
About another ten minutes pass.
"How are you able to reply so fast, and with emotes I've never seen before?"
"You're playing a game, I'm living this."
About another ten minutes pass.
"That's... not legal... You're cheating..."
"I don't have time for this, it's tedious enough waiting for you to talk!"
Warwick gets up and walks towards Dilys's House.
"W8!" the player yells, as he enters the Healer's House.
"Hey Dilys, I've completed the delivery,"
"Give me one moment," Dilys says, bandaging up someone.
"That's fine. By the way, my name is Warwick."
"That's nice. There we go,"
Dilys finishes the job, and the person runs off.
"Now, what was it you were saying?"
"I finished the delivery, here's the payment."
Warwick hands her the bag.
Dilys takes the bag, pulls out 1,080 gold, and hands it to him.
"Thank you so much! I'll be back tomorrow!" Warwick states, pocketing the money.
"The pleasure is mine, thank you for your help!"
"It's no problem!"
Warwick turns around as the door opens regularly.
From the door, the player and a Game Moderator regularly walk in.
"Are you the one using Illegal Software?" the GM asks.
"We can continue this outside," Warwick moves past them, and out the door.
About five minutes after, the GM and player regularly walk out the door.
"What is your username?" The GM asks.
"Even if I was hacking, It'd be a mistake to tell you if you couldn't already tell."
"He's going to delete your account, and there's nothimg you can do about it!" The player mocks.
"One, watch your typos, two there would be no way I could respond this fast with this much text if I was using any kind of technology besides voice to speak, and if I was, my IP address would have been found by you by now, or at least where the signal would be bounced off of. Seriously! I've said all this within the time that a normal person would have typed the simple 'Sit!' command and pressed inter, and you'd expect that I'd be fast enough to type all this, ping it off of multiple signals in multiple countries, and respond almost instantaneously to your text as if this was real life at forty times the speed without typos!"
It takes about five minutes for the GM to respond.
"Touche. Then how do you explain what's going on?"
"I'm living this. A minute in Erinn time is a minute I experience. It's why I'm having a hard time keeping my temper, and everything I say comes with matching mouth movements and motions. You keep taking five minutes to say anything, and she takes longer!"
"What typo!?" The player asks.
"You spelled nothing with a 'm'"
Warwick waits about two minutes before speaking again.
"Mister GM, let's go somewhere more private from the presumptuous brat. Please join my party named 'Too long of a name to properly show up on a player's UI'"
About three minutes pass.
"Let's go,"
The GM summons a Bone Dragon, they both mount and the dragon flies up.
"Real quick, whit time is it?" Warwick asks.
It's about five minutes before the GM replies.
"About 11:20"
"Is it okay if we talk later? I don't have a lot of time before her part-time job."
About five minutes pass.
"Ah, holy water. That's fine."
Warwick gulps, "Geronimo!"
Warwick slides off the dragon and dies on impact.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Episode Seven: Wise Innkeeper Piaras
While resting, Warwick gets lost in thought.
"How can I get magic? I have the Druid talent, which means I have Meteor Strike, Snap Cast, and Spell Walk, but I have no mana to use them with. I could try to get Stewart to teach me Meditation, but that's unlikely. Plus, I'll have to make it to Dunbarton. I can't take for granted AI algorithms now..."
He sighs, then continues mumbling to himself.
A lot of time passes, and Nora comes over to Warwick.
"Warwick, it's about 5:45,"
"Thanks," Warwick says as he gets up and stretches a bit.
"No problem. Maybe tonight you can try it out in one of our rooms,"
"Hopefully!"
Warwick walks off to the Healer's House.
As he enters, Dilys welcomes him with, "Welcome to the Healer's House."
"Glad to be here, I was wondering if you needed any help with anything?"
"I will in a few minutes. I just need to finish up a potion for Piaras,"
"That's fine, I'll wait here so I can deliver it for you."
"That's very sweet, I'll be done shortly."
Dilys goes back to working on the potion at her desk, and Warwick rests while waiting.
A few minutes pass by.
"Finished," Dilys says, handing the potion to Warwick.
"Thanks, I'll be back in a jiffy," Warwick says, as he walks out of the Healer's House.
On his way to the innkeeper, he passes Nora cleaning up.
"Hey, I don't believe I got your name," Nora states in his passing.
"Sorry Nora, it's Warwick. I'm in a bit of a hurry with a job right now," Warwick responds, walking into the inn.
As soon as Warwick walks in he freezes, seeing his own character standing in the corner.
"Are you just going to stand there too?" the innkeeper asks.
"Sorry, is that normal?"
"Surprisingly, yes. Normally they only do it for a few hours. Nice to meet you, by the way, I'm Piaras."
"I'm Warwick. It's a pleasure to meet you as well. I have a delivery from Dilys."
"Ah, my potion. Thank you so much. I have the payment here." Piaras says, placing a bag of coins on the desk.
Warwick places the potion on the desk.
"Now how do I know you'll deliver this coin safely?"
"Because Warwick over there is going to give me 150,000 gold as well as some other stuff," Warwick informs, pointing at the guy standing still in the other room.
"What are you up to, pray tell."
"Currently, thriving in this town on honesty. Tell me what's in that potion, and I'll explain everything as long as it stays confidential."
"Don't worry about it."
"Fine then don't worry about it," Warwick says, grabbing the bag of coins, and turning towards the door.
"Tell me this honestly then. Where do you stand with Tir Chonaill?"
"This is my favorite town in the world, and is very dear to me, as are the people here. As long as the Goddess doth not forsake me, I shall side with the Goddess Morrighan."
With that, Warwick leaves the inn.
"How can I get magic? I have the Druid talent, which means I have Meteor Strike, Snap Cast, and Spell Walk, but I have no mana to use them with. I could try to get Stewart to teach me Meditation, but that's unlikely. Plus, I'll have to make it to Dunbarton. I can't take for granted AI algorithms now..."
He sighs, then continues mumbling to himself.
A lot of time passes, and Nora comes over to Warwick.
"Warwick, it's about 5:45,"
"Thanks," Warwick says as he gets up and stretches a bit.
"No problem. Maybe tonight you can try it out in one of our rooms,"
"Hopefully!"
Warwick walks off to the Healer's House.
As he enters, Dilys welcomes him with, "Welcome to the Healer's House."
"Glad to be here, I was wondering if you needed any help with anything?"
"I will in a few minutes. I just need to finish up a potion for Piaras,"
"That's fine, I'll wait here so I can deliver it for you."
"That's very sweet, I'll be done shortly."
Dilys goes back to working on the potion at her desk, and Warwick rests while waiting.
A few minutes pass by.
"Finished," Dilys says, handing the potion to Warwick.
"Thanks, I'll be back in a jiffy," Warwick says, as he walks out of the Healer's House.
On his way to the innkeeper, he passes Nora cleaning up.
"Hey, I don't believe I got your name," Nora states in his passing.
"Sorry Nora, it's Warwick. I'm in a bit of a hurry with a job right now," Warwick responds, walking into the inn.
As soon as Warwick walks in he freezes, seeing his own character standing in the corner.
"Are you just going to stand there too?" the innkeeper asks.
"Sorry, is that normal?"
"Surprisingly, yes. Normally they only do it for a few hours. Nice to meet you, by the way, I'm Piaras."
"I'm Warwick. It's a pleasure to meet you as well. I have a delivery from Dilys."
"Ah, my potion. Thank you so much. I have the payment here." Piaras says, placing a bag of coins on the desk.
Warwick places the potion on the desk.
"Now how do I know you'll deliver this coin safely?"
"Because Warwick over there is going to give me 150,000 gold as well as some other stuff," Warwick informs, pointing at the guy standing still in the other room.
"What are you up to, pray tell."
"Currently, thriving in this town on honesty. Tell me what's in that potion, and I'll explain everything as long as it stays confidential."
"Don't worry about it."
"Fine then don't worry about it," Warwick says, grabbing the bag of coins, and turning towards the door.
"Tell me this honestly then. Where do you stand with Tir Chonaill?"
"This is my favorite town in the world, and is very dear to me, as are the people here. As long as the Goddess doth not forsake me, I shall side with the Goddess Morrighan."
With that, Warwick leaves the inn.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Episode Six: How to Rest and Tell Time
Warwick sets up his laptop as soon as he arrives back at the dorm, loads Mabinogi, and moves his character into the inn.
"Okay, he'll approximately arrive back at 1, so I have about an hour and a half."
Warwick writes a note saying "I'll be back about" stopping for a moment to think.
"It's about 10 pm, At 15 seconds per 10 minutes, it will be 5 am in about 9 minutes. Due to the reward, he'll be okay with waiting a few, and I can stay on for 3 days and get back here at about 1:35 without much issue. Good!"
He finishes the note saying "I'll be back about 1:40." heads to the same spot as earlier, and in a flash, he is behind Tir Chonaill Bank.
"Okay, and it's... I don't have a clock... No one has clocks in Tir... HOW DO I TELL TIME!!!"
Warwick facepalms as he struggles to figure out a plan.
Warwick thinks of something and runs to Duncan.
"Hey, Duncan. Do you know what time it is?" Warwick says, panting from the run.
"Approximately 4:45."
"How do you know what time it is?"
Duncan points up towards the sun, then at our shadows.
"Huh... Guess it'll take some getting used to."
"It does, I often forget that you milletians aren't from here. Still, none have ever asked me what time it is."
"Yeah, I'm used to having an accurate clock in most rooms."
"I do not know of anyone that has their own clock, bigger towns have towers that ring every hour."
"Yeah, I know of one, but he's in Emain Macha."
"If anyone there did, it would probably be Huw. Unfortunately, I don't know a lot about him."
"That's fine Duncan. I'll see if Nora can show me how to Rest well while I wait."
"That sounds like a good plan. Let me know if you need any more help."
"I will!" Warwick says cheerfully, as he runs off to Nora.
Warwick runs downhill to the inn, and Nora approaches him before he can get a word in.
"You look like you could use a rest. We have rooms for 120 gold a night!"
"That's great to know, but I currently have no money. Do you think you could help me learn to rest better? Because I'm going to be on the streets for the next two nights."
"That's soo sad! Of course, I can help. Come over here."
Nora walks over to the hill next to the inn, and Warwick Follows.
"So we start off just by sitting down here, this hill and the soft grass makes this an ideal place to rest," Nora explains, as she sits down on the grass.
Warwick does the same.
"Next is to try to listen to your body and see what needs the most rest. There are cases where part of you is injured or especially tired. In these cases, you want to make sure this part is elevated and relaxed with extra care, but normally you can relax with your head and feet are slightly elevated and either sitting or laying back."
Warwick follows these instructions, laying back on the grass.
"Once you're sitting comfortably, focus your gaze at a far off object like the trees on that hill or the clouds above, making sure not to accidentally stare at the sun of course." She giggles at her own remark.
Warwick forces a chuckle, and they both stare off into the clouds.
"This tends to help rest your eyes from having to focus on any particular thing. Lastly, try taking deep slow breaths in and out, but make sure you're breathing with your stomach, and not your chest."
They both take deep slow breaths, as she pauses from talking for a moment.
"With these, you can gain a largely better rest than just laying down any random place."
"Thanks, Nora, this really feels great," Warwick peacefully states.
"I'm glad to have been able to help!" She smiles back at him, as she gets up.
"One more thing, would you let me know when it's about 5:45?"
"I can do that," Nora states as she gets back to cleaning around the front of the inn, periodically rushing off towards passing travelers to try to get people to stay at the inn.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Episode Five: Plan of Darkness
The two arrive at the second class a few minutes early.
"Good afternoon class. Before we get started, I'd like everyone to pass this week's homework to the front." The professor announces.
Warwick quickly fills out some unfinished questions and passes the paper forward.
"Every week you do that. Why would you pay for the class if you're not going to put in any effort?" The girl next to him whispers.
"One sec," Warwick replies, grabbing some papers from his bag and handing them to her.
Her eyes go big in shock.
"This is simple calculus, I couldn't fail if I tried."
"This is calc 3!" She loudly whispers with surprise.
"The other subjects I have to try at, this is my freebie."
"That's not how this works!"
"Oh, but you are wrong. The only reason you could say that is if you haven't learned the game yet!" Warwick replies in a Khajiit accent.
"You need to stop treating life as a game."
"But then all my cheat codes would go to waste!"
"Are you two about done?" The professor yells.
"Yes, ma'am!" The two say in unison, as the girl hands Warwick back his past homework.
As the class gets rolling, Warwick starts researching paladin armor on the Mabinogi wiki, and wanders off to various other websites.
He opens a stickynote, and starts taking notes on the research.
Get Aer to give me her note to Gilmore.
Trade it with Edern for the pass
Collect plenty of Mithril, and get the Blacksmith Manual
Gain Undead Scourge skill
Collect Blacksilver Ingots and Nightmare Fuels
Collect Ebony Ingots and Daedra Hearts
Combine Mithril and Nightmare Fuel
Combine Ebony and Nightmare Fuel
Craft armor at the Skyforge
Get Hircine to bless it.
Go through Ciar Dungeon like normal
By the time he finishes his notes, the class is over.
"Did you even pay attention, or were you just doing your gaming stuff?" The girl asks.
"I heard a little, I'll figure it out as I go."
"I give up!" She yells as she storms off.
"What's her problem?" Warwick asks himself as he packs up.
He rushes to catch up with his roommate before he leaves.
"Hey, can you help me out with something?"
"What is it?"
"I need to deliver something to someone on my game, and won't be available to do so IRL."
"Not a chance!"
"I'll pay for delivery dinner for this coming week. Wherever you want to order from!"
His roommate gulps at the opportunity. "What do you need me to do?"
"I'll have the computer set up for this. Someone will come by and say a password. At that time, you just drag some stuff from the inventory to the ground. It's like moving desktop items, but with different icons."
"Sounds simple enough, I'm in."
"Great! Meet me at our dorms after lunch, and I'll set everything up and show you how to do it."
"Real quick, where are you getting this money from, because if this is on the food card, you won't have enough for the semester."
"Student loan refunds."
His roommate's eyes open wide. "You have to pay those back, you know that right?"
"That's future me's problem, It'll be fine!"
"As long as no one is starving from it. I'll meet you after lunch."
"Great! See ya then!"
They both go their separate ways, as Warwick heads to the dorm room.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
"Good afternoon class. Before we get started, I'd like everyone to pass this week's homework to the front." The professor announces.
Warwick quickly fills out some unfinished questions and passes the paper forward.
"Every week you do that. Why would you pay for the class if you're not going to put in any effort?" The girl next to him whispers.
"One sec," Warwick replies, grabbing some papers from his bag and handing them to her.
Her eyes go big in shock.
"This is simple calculus, I couldn't fail if I tried."
"This is calc 3!" She loudly whispers with surprise.
"The other subjects I have to try at, this is my freebie."
"That's not how this works!"
"Oh, but you are wrong. The only reason you could say that is if you haven't learned the game yet!" Warwick replies in a Khajiit accent.
"You need to stop treating life as a game."
"But then all my cheat codes would go to waste!"
"Are you two about done?" The professor yells.
"Yes, ma'am!" The two say in unison, as the girl hands Warwick back his past homework.
As the class gets rolling, Warwick starts researching paladin armor on the Mabinogi wiki, and wanders off to various other websites.
He opens a stickynote, and starts taking notes on the research.
Get Aer to give me her note to Gilmore.
Trade it with Edern for the pass
Collect plenty of Mithril, and get the Blacksmith Manual
Gain Undead Scourge skill
Collect Blacksilver Ingots and Nightmare Fuels
Collect Ebony Ingots and Daedra Hearts
Combine Mithril and Nightmare Fuel
Combine Ebony and Nightmare Fuel
Craft armor at the Skyforge
Get Hircine to bless it.
Go through Ciar Dungeon like normal
By the time he finishes his notes, the class is over.
"Did you even pay attention, or were you just doing your gaming stuff?" The girl asks.
"I heard a little, I'll figure it out as I go."
"I give up!" She yells as she storms off.
"What's her problem?" Warwick asks himself as he packs up.
He rushes to catch up with his roommate before he leaves.
"Hey, can you help me out with something?"
"What is it?"
"I need to deliver something to someone on my game, and won't be available to do so IRL."
"Not a chance!"
"I'll pay for delivery dinner for this coming week. Wherever you want to order from!"
His roommate gulps at the opportunity. "What do you need me to do?"
"I'll have the computer set up for this. Someone will come by and say a password. At that time, you just drag some stuff from the inventory to the ground. It's like moving desktop items, but with different icons."
"Sounds simple enough, I'm in."
"Great! Meet me at our dorms after lunch, and I'll set everything up and show you how to do it."
"Real quick, where are you getting this money from, because if this is on the food card, you won't have enough for the semester."
"Student loan refunds."
His roommate's eyes open wide. "You have to pay those back, you know that right?"
"That's future me's problem, It'll be fine!"
"As long as no one is starving from it. I'll meet you after lunch."
"Great! See ya then!"
They both go their separate ways, as Warwick heads to the dorm room.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Episode Four: Prophet of Deception
As color fills his vision, he realizes he's walking into the town square of Tir Chonaill.
"I actually made it. I'm in Tir!" He gleefully states as he spends a moment soaking it in.
He takes a deep breath in, and calmly breaths out.
"I can't feel mana... Even with the moons overhead..." He mumbles to himself.
"If you want power, I can lead you to it," a mysterious cloaked figure informs.
"One of the prophets. Any chance you're taking orders from Pennar? No, I suppose it's from the Black Wizard."
"So, you've heard of our great leaders?" The Prophet says, with a cringe of shock.
"Something like that. Any chance you know where Pennar is?"
"Unfortunately I do not. However I-"
"Unfortunately that's all I needed to know. Have a nice day,"
"You will regret not giving everything to HIM!" The Prophet yells as Warwick walks into the bank.
"I'm sorry, we're closing up for the night." The banker informs.
"That's fine. I was just hoping to make an account and drop something off real quick."
"I can do that. What is the name for the account?"
"Warwick Mayham Crone, Pin: 3327"
"Okay, it's all set up for you. What would you like to deposit?"
"This," Warwick says as he pulls out the lamp.
"Okay, that will be a depositing fee of 13,500 gold."
Warwick gulps. "Um... Is it okay if I instead pay it when I need to withdraw it?"
"That can be arranged. How do I know that you aren't just going to drop it off and never return?"
"I'll be coming back often, and will be around town a lot. There won't be a month that I don't visit you until it's paid off."
"And what happens if there is?"
"If there is, I'm sure you could sell it for a lot more than the fee."
"That sounds like a deal,"
The two shake hands, as Warwick hands her the lamp, and precedes to walk out.
He walks around to the other side of the bank, then returns to Earth in a flash.
"AHH! You startled me!" His roommate says as Warwick shows up.
"Sorry, I got lost in thought,"
"You shouldn't be hiding in the corner like that! It's too hard for people to know where you are!"
"That was the point," Warwick says, playing it cool and rolling his eyes.
His roommate sighs, as they both head off to their next class.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
"I actually made it. I'm in Tir!" He gleefully states as he spends a moment soaking it in.
He takes a deep breath in, and calmly breaths out.
"I can't feel mana... Even with the moons overhead..." He mumbles to himself.
"If you want power, I can lead you to it," a mysterious cloaked figure informs.
"One of the prophets. Any chance you're taking orders from Pennar? No, I suppose it's from the Black Wizard."
"So, you've heard of our great leaders?" The Prophet says, with a cringe of shock.
"Something like that. Any chance you know where Pennar is?"
"Unfortunately I do not. However I-"
"Unfortunately that's all I needed to know. Have a nice day,"
"You will regret not giving everything to HIM!" The Prophet yells as Warwick walks into the bank.
"I'm sorry, we're closing up for the night." The banker informs.
"That's fine. I was just hoping to make an account and drop something off real quick."
"I can do that. What is the name for the account?"
"Warwick Mayham Crone, Pin: 3327"
"Okay, it's all set up for you. What would you like to deposit?"
"This," Warwick says as he pulls out the lamp.
"Okay, that will be a depositing fee of 13,500 gold."
Warwick gulps. "Um... Is it okay if I instead pay it when I need to withdraw it?"
"That can be arranged. How do I know that you aren't just going to drop it off and never return?"
"I'll be coming back often, and will be around town a lot. There won't be a month that I don't visit you until it's paid off."
"And what happens if there is?"
"If there is, I'm sure you could sell it for a lot more than the fee."
"That sounds like a deal,"
The two shake hands, as Warwick hands her the lamp, and precedes to walk out.
He walks around to the other side of the bank, then returns to Earth in a flash.
"AHH! You startled me!" His roommate says as Warwick shows up.
"Sorry, I got lost in thought,"
"You shouldn't be hiding in the corner like that! It's too hard for people to know where you are!"
"That was the point," Warwick says, playing it cool and rolling his eyes.
His roommate sighs, as they both head off to their next class.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Friday, July 19, 2019
Episode Three: Stairway To Heaven
After rushing to catch up, Warwick slips into class only a few minutes late.
"You're late, I was worried." The professor states as Warwick takes his seat.
"I'm sorry, I got distracted with a new game."
"If you need to talk about anything, I'm free after class."
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Okay now class..." The professor goes into the lesson.
While everyone else goes into the lesson, Warwick is focused on Tir Chonaill.
He uses the computer to research and perfect his plan, while a speech-to-text program runs in the back.
At the end of the class, he quickly copies sections of the text and pastes them into his notes.
As everyone is leaving, the professor asks him "Are you sure everything okay?"
"Yeah, it's nothing I can't handle," Warwick explains as he leaves the class.
As he leaves, he slips away before his dormmates notice him.
In an act of diversion, he goes the wrong way, then doubles back to his dorm.
He walks into the doorway and leans his back against the wall, out of sight of the stairs and the door.
"Okay Warwick, you ready?" He says to himself.
In an instant, everything goes white.
He stands looking down on a staircase, the way up looks to go on forever.
The way down leads to a platform with another staircase going down on the other side.
The platform is white with a Celtic knot carved into it.
"Now to just not die on the stairs, and I'll live indefinitely."
He carefully walks down the stairs, as he reaches the platform.
After a few seconds, a beautiful woman shows up.
Hair like snow, and fair skin, her black dress flows in the wind despite a lack of wind.
Warwick walks up to her asking, "How are you doing Nao?"
"How do you know my name?" Nao asks in response.
"In the world I come from, anyone could find out your name in seconds. Truth be told, I need your help."
"My job is to help milletians as they enter or return to the world of Erinn. If you have any questions, let me know."
Warwick smiles as if he's actually happy. "I will. I'd like to know how to purchase pon if I need to."
"I'm not sure what that is. I'm sorry, can we talk about something else?"
"No worries. I would like to join Erinn as the Druid talent."
"That's a difficult one. Can you please pick something else?"
"I'm sorry. I really need the Druid talent. Just this once, can you help me with this?"
"I will do what I can. Walk down the staircase when you're ready to enter Erinn."
"Thank you so much Nao, it was a great joy getting to meet you."
He leaves with a smile, as he walks down the staircase.
Everything fades to white.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
"You're late, I was worried." The professor states as Warwick takes his seat.
"I'm sorry, I got distracted with a new game."
"If you need to talk about anything, I'm free after class."
"I'll keep that in mind."
"Okay now class..." The professor goes into the lesson.
While everyone else goes into the lesson, Warwick is focused on Tir Chonaill.
He uses the computer to research and perfect his plan, while a speech-to-text program runs in the back.
At the end of the class, he quickly copies sections of the text and pastes them into his notes.
As everyone is leaving, the professor asks him "Are you sure everything okay?"
"Yeah, it's nothing I can't handle," Warwick explains as he leaves the class.
As he leaves, he slips away before his dormmates notice him.
In an act of diversion, he goes the wrong way, then doubles back to his dorm.
He walks into the doorway and leans his back against the wall, out of sight of the stairs and the door.
"Okay Warwick, you ready?" He says to himself.
In an instant, everything goes white.
He stands looking down on a staircase, the way up looks to go on forever.
The way down leads to a platform with another staircase going down on the other side.
The platform is white with a Celtic knot carved into it.
"Now to just not die on the stairs, and I'll live indefinitely."
He carefully walks down the stairs, as he reaches the platform.
After a few seconds, a beautiful woman shows up.
Hair like snow, and fair skin, her black dress flows in the wind despite a lack of wind.
Warwick walks up to her asking, "How are you doing Nao?"
"How do you know my name?" Nao asks in response.
"In the world I come from, anyone could find out your name in seconds. Truth be told, I need your help."
"My job is to help milletians as they enter or return to the world of Erinn. If you have any questions, let me know."
Warwick smiles as if he's actually happy. "I will. I'd like to know how to purchase pon if I need to."
"I'm not sure what that is. I'm sorry, can we talk about something else?"
"No worries. I would like to join Erinn as the Druid talent."
"That's a difficult one. Can you please pick something else?"
"I'm sorry. I really need the Druid talent. Just this once, can you help me with this?"
"I will do what I can. Walk down the staircase when you're ready to enter Erinn."
"Thank you so much Nao, it was a great joy getting to meet you."
He leaves with a smile, as he walks down the staircase.
Everything fades to white.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Episode Two: Checkmate
Warwick sneaks back into the apartment, carefully and quietly turning door knobs and walking upstairs till he gets on his laptop, and sits there thinking.
"...You're back early..." His roommate says after waking up with a groan of annoyance.
"SHH! I'm trying not to die!"
"Then just play like money-whatever where you didn't actually die...Or go to sleep..."
"YOU'RE A GENIOUS!!!" Warwick yells.
"WHAT THE HELL!? Why are you yelling at four something in the morning!?" Warwick's roommate yells back in annoyance.
"I'll be quiet, just go back to sleep,"
"You better, or I'll turn you in or something..." His roommate says as he starts to dose back into sleep.
Warwick rapidly types through Wikipedia pages, mumbling under his breath.
He comes across the Milletian page on the Mabinogiworld Wiki and his eyes gleam with delight.
"Got it. As soon as I go into Tir Na Nog, or Erinn, I will enter the Soul Stream and become immortal as long as I can have Soul Stream access. I'll stay in Tir Chonaill, go to classes, master those skills, and go from there. Now, what's number two?"
He leans back as he ponders where number two is.
"So this is the plan. Take magic from Mabinogi, and find any Mage's College in Mundis, and impress them with magic they've never seen. After I survive Elder Scrolls, I'll head to Metroplexity. Question is, when will I be in Elder Scrolls..."
He then looks up the Elder Scrolls timeline, and dives into researching the timelines.
"You're still awake?" His roomate asks, already awake and dressed for class.
"I'll be fine, I'll sleep at the inn once I go to Erinn," Warwick smugly explains.
"You're going to get sick or something playing all these games. You're making me genuinely worried,"
"Just go to class, I'll catch up."
"Oh, I am. I'm not going to be late waiting for you to finish gaming," The roommate says as he walks out the door.
Warwick quickly gets up, locks all the doors, and covers all the windows.
He sits back down at the computer, pulls out the lamp, and gives it a good rub.
"How can I help you master?"
"I have my worlds selected, my lovely servant."
"What worlds are they master?"
"First world, Erinn from Mabinogi, entering through the Soul Stream. Second world, Elder Scrolls, arriving in the third era year 401, in Cyrodiil. Third world Metroplexity arriving at Metroplex U."
"Verry specific master. Do you mean Vindictus?"
"Absolutely not! I meant it exactly how I said it. Nice try though!" A smug smile like someone who just called checkmate crawls across his face.
"As you wish master. You should head off now."
"I'll go later. I have a class to go to. You're free to leave."
"You know I'm not done."
"You can finish whatever you want with me later, I've already won."
"We shall see, master," She says sarcastically, as she disappears.
Warwick carefully places the lamp and laptop in his messenger bag, slips on his uniform, then heads to class.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
"You're still awake?" His roomate asks, already awake and dressed for class.
"I'll be fine, I'll sleep at the inn once I go to Erinn," Warwick smugly explains.
"You're going to get sick or something playing all these games. You're making me genuinely worried,"
"Just go to class, I'll catch up."
"Oh, I am. I'm not going to be late waiting for you to finish gaming," The roommate says as he walks out the door.
Warwick quickly gets up, locks all the doors, and covers all the windows.
He sits back down at the computer, pulls out the lamp, and gives it a good rub.
"How can I help you master?"
"I have my worlds selected, my lovely servant."
"What worlds are they master?"
"First world, Erinn from Mabinogi, entering through the Soul Stream. Second world, Elder Scrolls, arriving in the third era year 401, in Cyrodiil. Third world Metroplexity arriving at Metroplex U."
"Verry specific master. Do you mean Vindictus?"
"Absolutely not! I meant it exactly how I said it. Nice try though!" A smug smile like someone who just called checkmate crawls across his face.
"As you wish master. You should head off now."
"I'll go later. I have a class to go to. You're free to leave."
"You know I'm not done."
"You can finish whatever you want with me later, I've already won."
"We shall see, master," She says sarcastically, as she disappears.
Warwick carefully places the lamp and laptop in his messenger bag, slips on his uniform, then heads to class.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, a meet with a Djinn
11 at night, Warwick attempts to sneak out of the seasonal school apartment.
"Warwick, just for once, can you not break curfew?" Peter, his roommate asks?
"Absolutely... Not! There's too much to learn, too much to explore, and that cave where people keep disappearing," Warwick replies, not halting from climbing out the window.
He jumps down from the window, straightens out his cloak, and begins wandering off.
He pulls out his dimmed phone, turns on Google Maps, and starts walking to the location he saved during the day, all the while staying out of sight.
He's able to make it out of the city in only a couple hour's time.
He slinks towards the cave, sliding his way past the security tape.
The sand here is so fine, it's like dust. He pulls up his muffler, to make breathing easier.
Nearing the back of the inclined tunnel, his phone light reflects off of something golden.
"Jackpot!" He exclaims, sliding down towards it.
"Where are you going to take me?" He states, picking it up.
He rubs the sand off of it, revealing it's a lamp.
"A lamp? Where's the Djinn?"
"Oh, my. I've never met someone so... perceptive." A beautifully seductive voice responds from behind him.
He turns to see a beautiful woman with blood red skin, soul black eyes, sharp teeth and copper red hair.
"A... Female Djinn?.." Warwick asks.
"Perceptive again, my wise master." She flatters.
Warwick takes a moment to mentally go through everything he knows about Djinn, while not only struggling to resist the well-deserved ego stroking but make it look like he's in shock that this is actually happening.
"So, about my wishes?"
"I'm so sorry master. Unfortunately, I don't grant wishes, only worlds."
"What do you mean by worlds?"
"I grant the ability to go to any three worlds you could wish to go to. There are some rules though. Would you like me to explain master? Or, would you rather just let me know what worlds you would like to go to?"
Warwick gives a smug smile. "Tell me the rules, oh lovely servant."
She struggles, yet succeeds, to hide a grimace. "The rules are simple, master. You can pick any three worlds you would like to go to, though once you decide, you can't change them or the order they come in. You can go back and forth between any of the four worlds you've been to freely but have to visit each new world in the proper order to go to and from that world. You will not be anyone from that world but will enter that world as yourself. You can take anything you can hold back and forth between worlds, and anything you learn or abilities you gain will stay with you."
"That sounds simple enough."
"Simple master?" She says, hiding concern.
"Yes, my lovely servant. Do I have to answer now?"
"No, but if someone else gets the lamp, it will be too late."
"That's fine. Please return to the lamp."
She disappears as he clips the lamp to his belt with a spring snap link clasp.
Keeping the lamp concealed under his cloak, Warwick makes his way back to town.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Introduction: The Protagonist
Monday, July 15, 2019
Introduction: The Protagonist
Our "hero" of the story.
Warwick Mayham Crone didn't become the protagonist solely because of luck, but skill.
Our protagonist grew up in a household where his parents were old school gamers.
From a young age, he grew up gaming, learning to read by playing card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic The Gathering, and Pokemon.
During childhood, he always had his head in his Gameboy, playing Hoyal Casino, Neopets, and many k-6 grade games on the computer.
Eventually, he moved up into MMOs, playing D&D and breaking through the school's content filters for him and his classmates.
From a young age, he became a rule shark, finding loopholes in rulebooks to get what he wanted.
Through middle school, his favourite games were: Maplestory and Mabinogi by Nexon America, PokemonCrater, Runescape and any BattleOn game that was popular at the time.
It was around this time, he found a card from a convention with Metroplexity.com on it; he would go forward to play off and on.
In high school, he kept his passion for Mabinogi, played AQWorlds from BattleOn, and used the download function of Runescape to make it so everyone could play, and used a Chrome browser extension to provide proxies for all of his classmates, same ones that tended to hate him until it got time to play on the computers.
While this happened, he started to fall into paganism, mysticism, and metaphysics.
He strived to understand the supernatural, so he could use it to his advantage.
In college, he joined the Gamer's Club.
With them, he played Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic The Gathering with every chance he got and played in D&D, Pathfinder, and Mutants and Mastermind campaigns.
While in his free time, he used his student loan returns to build up his decks, pay for a subscription for FFXIV by SquareEnix, and spent way too much on Nexon Prepaid and various Steam Games.
Games like Minecraft and Skyrim gave him the control he wanted and allowed him to craft his worlds to his own perfections.
One day he took a course that let him study abroad in Kuwait.
This is where our story begins.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Warwick Mayham Crone didn't become the protagonist solely because of luck, but skill.
Our protagonist grew up in a household where his parents were old school gamers.
From a young age, he grew up gaming, learning to read by playing card games such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic The Gathering, and Pokemon.
During childhood, he always had his head in his Gameboy, playing Hoyal Casino, Neopets, and many k-6 grade games on the computer.
Eventually, he moved up into MMOs, playing D&D and breaking through the school's content filters for him and his classmates.
From a young age, he became a rule shark, finding loopholes in rulebooks to get what he wanted.
Through middle school, his favourite games were: Maplestory and Mabinogi by Nexon America, PokemonCrater, Runescape and any BattleOn game that was popular at the time.
It was around this time, he found a card from a convention with Metroplexity.com on it; he would go forward to play off and on.
In high school, he kept his passion for Mabinogi, played AQWorlds from BattleOn, and used the download function of Runescape to make it so everyone could play, and used a Chrome browser extension to provide proxies for all of his classmates, same ones that tended to hate him until it got time to play on the computers.
While this happened, he started to fall into paganism, mysticism, and metaphysics.
He strived to understand the supernatural, so he could use it to his advantage.
In college, he joined the Gamer's Club.
With them, he played Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic The Gathering with every chance he got and played in D&D, Pathfinder, and Mutants and Mastermind campaigns.
While in his free time, he used his student loan returns to build up his decks, pay for a subscription for FFXIV by SquareEnix, and spent way too much on Nexon Prepaid and various Steam Games.
Games like Minecraft and Skyrim gave him the control he wanted and allowed him to craft his worlds to his own perfections.
One day he took a course that let him study abroad in Kuwait.
This is where our story begins.
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Introduction: A Djinn's Wish
This is less of a blog and more of a story.
I would call it a fanfic crossover, except it's technically is based on an Arabian and Islamic mythical creature, with liberties taken.
This is the Djinn.
A specific Djinn to be correct.
This Djinn doesn't kill ruthlessly, nor does it grant wishes as some Djinns normally do.
Oh, no.
This Djinn grants worlds.
When someone finds the lamp this Djinn resides in, the Djinn allows the person to pick worlds they can go to, but with some said and unsaid rules.
The Djinn will tell you:
- You can pick any three worlds you want to travel to.
- Whichever worlds you pick and whatever order you pick them, they will stay.
- You can go back and forth between any of the four worlds you have been to, but can only go to each world first in the order you have picked.
- You will not be anyone from the world but will be yourself entering that world.
- You can take stuff, and willing or willless targets, with you if in touch.
- Anything you learn, abilities you gain, or training you receive will persist in all four worlds.
What the Djinn won't tell you:
- You will enter the world however someone would enter that world normally if applicable.
- If it's not obvious, you can die there and are susceptible to anything in that world, even if the inhabitants are normally immune. Like going to the sun, and going to a realm of spirits.
- Once you die, your soul is devoured by the Djinn. There is no afterlife for you, just immense pain then nothing. Pure nothing.
- If you pick a fictional narrative, you won't have any advantages like the main characters would, such as a highlander's immortality. But you're not bound to their limitations either, such as the inability to forge tin in Runescape or having to stick to the crafting recipes.
- If you go to a live/real place, it will still be live or real. For example, choosing Runescape will cause you to be on with whatever channel you randomly log into, and would log in to whatever channel would be suggested at that time.
So far, this has been a 100% death rate, and thousands have died previous to the lamp being lost hundreds of years ago.
At the time this story takes place, the protagonist is one of the first to find the lamp in modern times, and things like the internet have never existed.
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
Introduction: The Protagonist
Episode One: Nighttime Detour, A Meet With A Djinn
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