~*Heart of Gold*~ FlyFF fanfic
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:37 am
Heart of Gold: Chapter one; Dreams and Parties
Disclaimer: I do not own FlyFF, Aeonsoft does.
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There was blood everywhere... Distant cries of pain and anger rang out as I walked among the trees on my way to Flaris. I broke into a run, fearing the worst.
When I made it to the northern entrance, a terrible sight befell my eyes. A huge ClockWork of the likes that had never been seen before, was slaughtering the poor vagrants and lower level Mercs, Mages, Assists and Acrobats.
Higher level people were fighting it off, or should I say trying to? Most of the higher level fighters were having problems too, the Ringmasters AND Billposters healed and refreshed buffs as the others fought this monstrosity!
I quickly summoned my Yakshadain stick and buffed myself, hoping to aid in the fight. Being a Billposter has it's advantages.
Dashing into the fray, I managed to save a vagrant boy from being crushed. "Th-thank you sir!" he said gratefully, "A-are you here to help?"
"Yeah. I'm here to help fight!" I said, wanting to go help.
"Good luck Mister!" The boy called, dashing to an Elementor who was giving them Blinkwings to Saint Morning, where it was safe. I smiled at the Elementor. He was in the same guild as myself, and we were really good friends. As I dashed into battle, I could hear him call to me, "NOOO!!! SPARROW!! DON'T!!!"
I ignored him and started punching the monster. Naturally as I was AoE build and didn't have much attack power, my blows did nothing but irritate the monster. It turned to me, anger seemed to pour out of it, filling me with fear. I leapt quickly out of the way as it brought down a giant scorpion-like tail, shattering the paved road where I had been standing just a few seconds ago.
Everyone else had stopped attacking to watch me. They were baffled, until now the ClockWork had been killing at random. Now it had targeted a foolish Billposter, who had only just joined the fight.
I managed to lure it out of town, yelling for my Elementor friend to contact a GM a.s.a.p! This ClockWork wasn't normal, and as far as I knew there were no plans for an invasion this month.
I glanced to my left for a split second, seeing a scared vagrant girl. She couldn't have been more than level 2. She wore the red cotton dress and carried a wooden sword. Her hair was very short and blond, blue sapphire eyes met my emerald ones.
That was when the ClockWork struck a near-fatal blow! Were it not for my high stamina, it would have killed me. It had brought it's tail down while I was looking at the girl and made a huge vertical slash down my chest from collarbone to pelvic bone!
"GAAHHH!!" I cried out, feeling the blood gush out of the new wound as I tried to hold my arms over the huge cut in the vain hope of getting the bleeding to stop. The vagrant girl screamed and ran into town, yelling, "Oh Gods! Someone help that poor man out there! That giant monster got him!!!"
My head swam... I felt as if I was fading... But, somehow, I managed to evade it barely until the GMs finally arrived. YokoshimaNeko, Xagel and Sabroso were the ones I saw before fading into blackness..
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I sat bolt upright on a bench next to the makeup artist and hairdresser. Damn, that dream again! Relieved as I always was to see Flaris looking like a happy little town and not a devastated battlefield, I couldn't help but curse myself for my own weakness and paranoia. Groaning, I pulled my body into a more appropriate sitting position for the bench and sighed.
Nothing new going on today, I'm still a poor Billposter who can't even afford a house and sleeps on benches, like a homeless person... I had enough money to buy food and equipment, but that was about it. My chest felt a tad cold, damn Billposter armor wasn't good for this Autumn weather. I'd end up catching a cold and then I'd never get to level 70. I was only one level away, but I've always been a slacker when it came to leveling. I just couldn't seem to keep fighting for long periods of time. I got bored with it too fast, or I began feeling rejected by everyone in Madrigal and lost my will to fight.
The only people I really felt comfortable with in this world, were my friends, fellow guild mates and my Psykeeper sister, of whom I rarely saw anymore. Removing my helmet to brush my almost shoulder-length hair, I saw a small group of FlyFF denizens. They seemed to be trying to get a party together, but their leader didn't seem to have much experience with handling parties. I watched as the small band eventually grew to eight people. Three Mercs, two Mages a Bow Acrobat and two Assists, one fighting, the other Full support.
They clambered on about a party quest, I assumed that the leader must have engaged in the Dradpet quest. The Leader was the male assist and he seemed to be the FS. This amused me somehow, that a FS assist would take on such a perilous quest.
Finally having disentangled my dark chestnut brown hair, I replaced my BP helmet carefully, so it wouldn't pull hair out. It was very good at that and, boy, did it smart! I couldn't wait until I could get Male cat ears, that way, their magical properties would hide my helmet and keep it from pulling out hair.
I sighed and finally got off of the bench, stretching and deciding that I would buff some Vagrant players until one asked me to buff him/her until they got to level 15.
Sometimes I even helped them with the job quest as well. Because some of them wouldn't know where to go or what to do. I did this quite often and I'm sure most of the Vagrants were grateful for it.
As I walked off towards the Aibatt herd near the Northern entrance of town, I heard someone call out to me. I turned to see who it was, but I was tackled to the ground mid-turn. It was Jlyons, co-leader of the Meow guild and one of my best friends in Madrigal.
"Hi Sparrow!" Jly said cheerfully, "How are you doing today?"
"Fine, now get off please. You're kinda crushing me and those two girls are staring." I managed to say, though the wind had almost been knocked out of my lungs completely.
Jly got off of me, then extended his hand to help me up. The two girls were giggling now, and I couldn't help but wonder if they were yaoi fangirls. I blushed a bit as I got to my feet.
Jlyons was an AoE Elementor and his new Elder set +3 flattered him and made him seem even more powerful then ever. He was pretty well-built, though nothing like Billposter build, and his dark indigo hair was about as long as my own, though styled a bit differently. Jly also had Male cat ears he had gotten from the GM YokoshimaNeko and Shineglasses, I think? His Cat ears were a bit different from the normal CS ones, the ones he had gave him a Sta +1 boost.
All in all, he is a very handsome guy and a great friend. Him and Paw run the Meow guild wonderfully. Paw is the Guild Leader, she's a Psykeeper and a very fun person to be around.
I couldn't help but smile at Jly as he explained builds to a new level 15 mage who had asked him for help while I had zoned out. He was almost always helping someone out and it made me want to do the same. So, while he was talking to the Mage, I buffed him.
"OMG! THANKS!" The young Mage exclaimed happily," You guys rule!"
We both smiled, "Thank you." Jly said calmly.
I was a bit more reserved, "Thanks." I said shyly.
Jly had put his arm around my shoulders and hugged me. "So, want to see if the Guild wants to form a party?" He asked me, smiling.
"Sure, sounds good!" I said with gusto.
Disclaimer: I do not own FlyFF, Aeonsoft does.
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There was blood everywhere... Distant cries of pain and anger rang out as I walked among the trees on my way to Flaris. I broke into a run, fearing the worst.
When I made it to the northern entrance, a terrible sight befell my eyes. A huge ClockWork of the likes that had never been seen before, was slaughtering the poor vagrants and lower level Mercs, Mages, Assists and Acrobats.
Higher level people were fighting it off, or should I say trying to? Most of the higher level fighters were having problems too, the Ringmasters AND Billposters healed and refreshed buffs as the others fought this monstrosity!
I quickly summoned my Yakshadain stick and buffed myself, hoping to aid in the fight. Being a Billposter has it's advantages.
Dashing into the fray, I managed to save a vagrant boy from being crushed. "Th-thank you sir!" he said gratefully, "A-are you here to help?"
"Yeah. I'm here to help fight!" I said, wanting to go help.
"Good luck Mister!" The boy called, dashing to an Elementor who was giving them Blinkwings to Saint Morning, where it was safe. I smiled at the Elementor. He was in the same guild as myself, and we were really good friends. As I dashed into battle, I could hear him call to me, "NOOO!!! SPARROW!! DON'T!!!"
I ignored him and started punching the monster. Naturally as I was AoE build and didn't have much attack power, my blows did nothing but irritate the monster. It turned to me, anger seemed to pour out of it, filling me with fear. I leapt quickly out of the way as it brought down a giant scorpion-like tail, shattering the paved road where I had been standing just a few seconds ago.
Everyone else had stopped attacking to watch me. They were baffled, until now the ClockWork had been killing at random. Now it had targeted a foolish Billposter, who had only just joined the fight.
I managed to lure it out of town, yelling for my Elementor friend to contact a GM a.s.a.p! This ClockWork wasn't normal, and as far as I knew there were no plans for an invasion this month.
I glanced to my left for a split second, seeing a scared vagrant girl. She couldn't have been more than level 2. She wore the red cotton dress and carried a wooden sword. Her hair was very short and blond, blue sapphire eyes met my emerald ones.
That was when the ClockWork struck a near-fatal blow! Were it not for my high stamina, it would have killed me. It had brought it's tail down while I was looking at the girl and made a huge vertical slash down my chest from collarbone to pelvic bone!
"GAAHHH!!" I cried out, feeling the blood gush out of the new wound as I tried to hold my arms over the huge cut in the vain hope of getting the bleeding to stop. The vagrant girl screamed and ran into town, yelling, "Oh Gods! Someone help that poor man out there! That giant monster got him!!!"
My head swam... I felt as if I was fading... But, somehow, I managed to evade it barely until the GMs finally arrived. YokoshimaNeko, Xagel and Sabroso were the ones I saw before fading into blackness..
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I sat bolt upright on a bench next to the makeup artist and hairdresser. Damn, that dream again! Relieved as I always was to see Flaris looking like a happy little town and not a devastated battlefield, I couldn't help but curse myself for my own weakness and paranoia. Groaning, I pulled my body into a more appropriate sitting position for the bench and sighed.
Nothing new going on today, I'm still a poor Billposter who can't even afford a house and sleeps on benches, like a homeless person... I had enough money to buy food and equipment, but that was about it. My chest felt a tad cold, damn Billposter armor wasn't good for this Autumn weather. I'd end up catching a cold and then I'd never get to level 70. I was only one level away, but I've always been a slacker when it came to leveling. I just couldn't seem to keep fighting for long periods of time. I got bored with it too fast, or I began feeling rejected by everyone in Madrigal and lost my will to fight.
The only people I really felt comfortable with in this world, were my friends, fellow guild mates and my Psykeeper sister, of whom I rarely saw anymore. Removing my helmet to brush my almost shoulder-length hair, I saw a small group of FlyFF denizens. They seemed to be trying to get a party together, but their leader didn't seem to have much experience with handling parties. I watched as the small band eventually grew to eight people. Three Mercs, two Mages a Bow Acrobat and two Assists, one fighting, the other Full support.
They clambered on about a party quest, I assumed that the leader must have engaged in the Dradpet quest. The Leader was the male assist and he seemed to be the FS. This amused me somehow, that a FS assist would take on such a perilous quest.
Finally having disentangled my dark chestnut brown hair, I replaced my BP helmet carefully, so it wouldn't pull hair out. It was very good at that and, boy, did it smart! I couldn't wait until I could get Male cat ears, that way, their magical properties would hide my helmet and keep it from pulling out hair.
I sighed and finally got off of the bench, stretching and deciding that I would buff some Vagrant players until one asked me to buff him/her until they got to level 15.
Sometimes I even helped them with the job quest as well. Because some of them wouldn't know where to go or what to do. I did this quite often and I'm sure most of the Vagrants were grateful for it.
As I walked off towards the Aibatt herd near the Northern entrance of town, I heard someone call out to me. I turned to see who it was, but I was tackled to the ground mid-turn. It was Jlyons, co-leader of the Meow guild and one of my best friends in Madrigal.
"Hi Sparrow!" Jly said cheerfully, "How are you doing today?"
"Fine, now get off please. You're kinda crushing me and those two girls are staring." I managed to say, though the wind had almost been knocked out of my lungs completely.
Jly got off of me, then extended his hand to help me up. The two girls were giggling now, and I couldn't help but wonder if they were yaoi fangirls. I blushed a bit as I got to my feet.
Jlyons was an AoE Elementor and his new Elder set +3 flattered him and made him seem even more powerful then ever. He was pretty well-built, though nothing like Billposter build, and his dark indigo hair was about as long as my own, though styled a bit differently. Jly also had Male cat ears he had gotten from the GM YokoshimaNeko and Shineglasses, I think? His Cat ears were a bit different from the normal CS ones, the ones he had gave him a Sta +1 boost.
All in all, he is a very handsome guy and a great friend. Him and Paw run the Meow guild wonderfully. Paw is the Guild Leader, she's a Psykeeper and a very fun person to be around.
I couldn't help but smile at Jly as he explained builds to a new level 15 mage who had asked him for help while I had zoned out. He was almost always helping someone out and it made me want to do the same. So, while he was talking to the Mage, I buffed him.
"OMG! THANKS!" The young Mage exclaimed happily," You guys rule!"
We both smiled, "Thank you." Jly said calmly.
I was a bit more reserved, "Thanks." I said shyly.
Jly had put his arm around my shoulders and hugged me. "So, want to see if the Guild wants to form a party?" He asked me, smiling.
"Sure, sounds good!" I said with gusto.