Me on a date? Too funny, yet what a way to ring in the new year. But the way Cindylou has been acting lately (such as calling me ‘hun’), I’m getting a bit concerned that..well, maybe she likes me a bit more than just a friend? Maybe I’m overreacting as usual.
And yes, you may say “Oh wow. Ok. So, you wouldn’t mind if Champagnedragon had sweet emotions for you. But you’re freaking out over someone who might have (and doesn’t have ‘dragon’ in their name)? You need help. Seriously.”
Anyway, I went to go see her deed in Pristine today(then would take her later on to see mine by her request). She lives SE of Blossom (Pristine’s starter town). I was to meet her at Blossom and she’ll take me to her deed. But before I headed to Pristine, I decide to stop at Pilot’s Point and ask Pryath if there’s a mine in Tap Dance(that has Marble). He says there used to be, but that was four years ago and is unsure if it still exists. Thanked him and left, feeling that if I head to the central point of the server and go South, it’ll take me close enough to Blossom.
As I’m enroute, I get a PM from the new guy that I met last month. It(when I’m unsure if the person’s a guy or a girl, I use ‘it’) says they have 272 marble bricks and 9 slabs. Said that I mainly need slabs, and how I wasn’t sure 9 would be enough. It says they would drop off the slabs. I’m thinking “well, I thank you” and tell him to drop them off infront of the gate. Then remembering I had expanded, I quickly give them access to unload and drop in the deed (while also tweaking a few other settings).
Made it to Pristine no problem (and on the correct side). Pass by a bridge named ‘Northern Causeway’. Immediately I get lost and get forced to dock at the nearest deed I see, and get out to try and triangulate my position (by using the Pristine community map). Cindy tries to help me, but since she’s also new to the server, she unfortunately cannot. She however manages to ask the Alliance she’s in and relays what they say to me.
A few minutes pass. I’m still scratching my head and feeling quite angered seeing this “North” bridge with an East/West crossing. But after walking around, I finally pinpoint myself and head straight for Blossom. Arrived there and park on the Southeast side. This time she’s the one lost while trying to find me. I give her names of structures and items to try to find me, but it’s not helping. Thankfully she eventually does find me and shows up in a large cart. Though she doesn’t know how to set perms (or knows that you have to have a lock in order to set them). Instead she allows me to barrow one of the two horses attached to the cart. Tried to tell her that she’ll only be slower with one, and then realizes I’m right after.
Had a quarrel with two greenish scorps. I felt like “I got this, let a Dragon Warrior show you how it’s done!”..before they started kicking my ass, even with my armor on. Ohh FUCK me, seeing Mediums appearing. Luckily we were close enough to a deed with spirit templars. Cindy however doesn’t follow me to save herself, and dies. Ohh, way to GO, Dragon Warrior! You let the civilian die! “Oops” I wanted to say, yet “Crap” was used instead. Was able to use the templars to LT away the Mediums into Lights.
So yeah, greenish scorps hit VERY hard (nearly to the point of a troll). But I think the fact there were two of them, there was no way I could take both of them on.
The rest of the journey was nice (even though I was actively looking for a wolf or something to LT this near Medium wound away). She saw I was hurting and freaked the fuck out and told me to come back to her to receive treatment.
Um, look. Even though I forgot to save you back there, you don’t need to patronize me like this. However, I do appreciate the cotton (as I forgot to grab some).
Halfway there, someone named ‘Dragonkeeper’ logs in. Of course I say “Love the name!” to the person. Didn’t get a response, sadly. Though I would assume the person was all “who the hell is this guy?”
So we made it to her place. She said to not expect much(as it was completely empty apart from a lone large cart), except I did..for one thing. The size of the deed. This thing is is twice the size of mine! I asked her “who’s paying the upkeep?” Didn’t get a response, but I did give her the horse back that she loaned me.
She went off to go get a lock for the cart, in order to set perms. I decided to follow her, and wound up in ‘Wurm Academy’. The last time I saw this name was when B2 was going to pick me up in Release after Saint left me, and saw a banner named this.
The place reminds me of that deed Saint is apart of in Xan, except without the trees and the elevation. She told me that these people took her (and all other new people) in and give them food and shelter until they feel they’re ready to head out on their own. That is really, really nice of the deed owner to take care of newbies like that. Perhaps my opinion on Pristine has been misjudged. It deserves a second chance (especially how I found lots of Steppe tiles nearby.. didn’t find a horse though). We were also quite close to the server’s Rift beam. I wonder if Cindy knows what happens during a Rift event.
Before we left to go see my deed, I had to leave to go eat. Came back on much later than I said I would. She had to come find me. When she did, she tried to set the perms on the cart to allow me to be a passenger. As much as I really wanted to help her, I didn’t know how to go about showing her how to do it. But I believe her alliance people managed to help and I was able to hop in. As we’re heading to my boat, I get a PM from one of Cindy’s alliance members telling me what the deed is about. I thank them for what they do, then ask who’s paying for Cindy’s deed. It says..she is. And adds that the upkeep is.. 10s per month. WTF?! There’s no possible way she’ll be able to keep paying for it. What is she THINKING?! Even I never had a deed this big when I started!
So now we’re enroute back to my place. The new person hasn’t messaged me back saying they dropped off the marble slabs, and I asked them. It says they have and apologies for not telling me. After crossing into Cele, I’m in a heavy fog bank. Though thankfully even with the limited visibility (and Sol going down), I was able to get to Pilot Point and to my deed. Overall, she really liked it yet was unsure why I wanted to tear everything down and redo it. I told her how inefficient the deed is(mainly having to balance fuel between the forge and the stove).
I also told her about what happened with the dragon. She felt quite remorseful, hugging me and stuff. Ended the tour of the deed by showing her the horse pens (which she really liked the most, being a fan of all animals). After that, it was time to take her back to Pristine. As I’m pulling out of the deed, she asks “are you ok?” This question could had gone two ways. “are you ok?” as in “do you need someone to be with you?” ..or “are you feeling OK in the head?”(aka questioning my sanity for having an emotional feeling to a bunch of code in a video game).
I went with the former, saying I’m fine and that it’s just been a bit rough, and that you just got to move on. She seemed to understand that.
Back in Pristine, I dropped her off. She hugged me and expected a hug back (which I did). I said for her to take it easy, turned around and went back home. And now I seem to be unable to really do anything, now that I’m back home again. Something about her just.. I dunno. I hope this weird feeling will go away and allow me to focus.
(Look, I don’t even know how old she is, and I’m not going to ask her either as that’s wrong)