Chapter 24 - Call from real life -

Smoer stretched her legs. She yawned. On the computerscreen she saw the mayor of Sain City. She managed to get Azria tickets for everyone from Twilight Dentifrice for a cheap price. She gave the tickets to Sven and his friends, as a gift. Smoer smiled. She was so happy that she met this group. Everyone was so special and diffrent. She liked them all. Without them, her Flyff-life would be so boring. Probably she quit this game too without meeting Sam, Lari and Neocro at the cranes. It was weird, tought Smoer. They were all people like her, playing a game behind a computerscreen. Were they also how they are ingame in real life? Was Lari also an active girl in real? Was Sam also that shy? And what about David? He was a Hamba in this game... She heared Toro saying it. Laola learned Smoer about Hambas. Everything she learned leaded to that David was a Hamba, and herself? How could someone be a God in a game and a normal kid in real life. Kid... Maybe David was an adult? Maybe David wasn't a real person? She didn't know. The idea that David wouldn't be real made Smoer a bit sad. It would be nice to know someone like David in her life behind the screen. The group just never talked about their other lives, the lives at the other side of the computerscreen. "Triiing." Smoer looked around her. She found her phone near the keyboard. "Hello?" "Hi Muriel!" said the voice at the other side of the phone. "Oh, hi... Who is this?" "It's Lisa. You told me to call you." Smoer blushed. As soon she came home she forgot about school. On school the teacher gave them a project to work on with 2. Smoer her partner was Lisa. "Are you still there?" asked Lisa. "Oh, yes. Sorry." "Is it ok that I come to your place to work at the project?" Smoer gave her adress and looked back to the computerscreen. "Yes, see you soon." She put her phone away.

Everyone received their Azria ticket. Larimar, MrBored and Sven were very exited to go. "Where are those ships?" asked Lari. "I can't wait to kill monsters." "Ehm..." said Sam quiet. "Can we leave tomorow? I have a big test tomorow and..." Lari sighted. "Why do you have to study right now?" "Let's go tomorow." said Neocro. "Yes, go support Sam again." said Larimar angry. "I have to work for school too." said Neocro calm, ignoring Lari. Toro smiled. "That's ok. Go study you two. I'll take the rest to the arena so we can test how strong we are against other players." "Sounds cool..." said MrBored. "Yes," said Sven. "Now I can kill Lari without doing a crime!" "You, killing me?" laughed Lari. "We'll see who kills who..." Sven turned his knuckle around. "I'll annoy Toro in the arena then," said Foloya by shooting fire arrows in his ass." Toro sighted. "Do you really have to?" Foloya smiled. Toro shaked his head. "Fine then... Don't cry when I kill you. Anyway. David and Smoer, are you comig too with us?" David coughed. "I prefere staying out of the arena..." "Why?" asked MrBored curious. "It was amazing how you blocked the hits of the Blue Meteonyker. With those skills you could own everyone on the arena!" "You did whàt?" asked Toro. "I think I go study a bit more in the library. Do you want to come with me, Smoer?" "I... have also some schoolwork to do. I'm sorry." David nodded, turned around and walked away. Toro watched how David disappeared into the building where all the books of Sain City where hidden. He took a deep breath and walked into the direction of the arena. MrBored, Sven, Lari and Foloya followed. Smoer, Neocro and Sam logged out.

Toro was standing at the side of the arena. He saw MrBored and Sven running after Lari, trying to kill her. Foloya ran around them with her walkspeed skill and tried to slow MrBored and Sven down with her ice arrow. When Foloya saw Toro was watching to them she waved. "Aren't you coming in Toro?" Toro shaked his head. "Scared of me nubby?" laughed Foloya. Toro grabbed his axe. "Want me to show how scared I am?" Foloya giggled and ran after MrBored and Sven again. Toro smiled. Suddenly a group of higher levels killed Sven and MrBored. Lari turned around and ran to the group higher levels. Toro couldn't hear what she was saying but the higher levels were laughing with her. Toro ran into the arena. Lari was standing in front of a Billposter who seemed to be a lower level as the ones behind him. Foloya was standing behind Lari. The Billposter laughed. "Do you have problems with me?" Lari looked angrly. "I have alot problems with you and... Why did you kill them?" "Do I need a reason for that?" asked the Billposter. He and his friends laughed. "If you didn't need a reason then I don't need a reason to kill you!" said Lari. She lifted her sword. Lights surrounded her. The Billposter laughed again. "Does that sword actualy does any dammage?" Lari tried to run to the Billposter but... Toro hold her. "What's your problem kid?" asked Toro. "You got friends!" said the Billposter to Larimar. Sven and MrBored pressed lodestar and standed near Larimar now. "She has more friends as you, Zirion." said Sven. Zirion looked up. "Well, well... Our little Sven looks stronger!" Toro looked to Sven. "Do you know this kid?" "It's Zirion..." said Larimar. Zirion took a look to Toro. "So, you must be that new friend of them. I tought you got killed by the Blue Meteonyker that I put in Dekane mines." "What..." said MrBored. "Did you do that?" Zirion smiled. Toro lifted his axe in the air. "I would like that you leave my friends alone, Zirion. Or I'm going to use my axe." One of the friends of Zirion started to laugh. "Aren't you Toro? That kid that runs behind Souleater but can't be a Hero like him? I don't think we need to be afraid from something like you." This were words that Toro didn't like to hear. "You made him angry..." said Foloya quiet. Toro pushed Lari, Sven, MrBored and Foloya back. Then he punshed his axe on the ground. A big AoE circle appeared. Zirion and his friends got pushed away a bit. Toro repeated his AoE for a few times. Then he quit. He looked up to Zirion who lied on the ground. "Don't mess... With ANY of the Twilight Dentifrice members." Then he turned around and wanted to walk away. Lari, Sven, MrBored and Foloya turned around too and followed Toro. Zirion growled. He got up and grabbed his knuckle in his hand. He headed towards Toro. "Hi Toro! Want to see my new skill?" Toro turned around. He saw Zirion take the pose of Asal. He was too late to do something now. The knuckle of Zirion got closer. Suddenly a big fog cought them all. The expecting Asal didn't arrive Toro. Foloya grabbed Toro his hand and pulled him out of the arena.

The doorbell rang. Smoer closed her MSN and turned her computescreen off. She ran of the stairs and opened the door. Lisa smiled. "I found it pretty fast. It's really not that far away from my house." Smoer smiled too. "Let's go to my room, there we can work without getting disturbed." The door from the living room opened. Magali stared with big eyes to Lisa. "Lisa kneeled in front of Magali. "And who are you?" Magali murmeled something. "Her name is Magali." said Smoer. Then she said to Magali: "Go back to mom." Magali nodded and ran away. "Funny, I know someone else with a little sister with the same name as her. I like the name." They walked to Smoer her room and worked at the project. When they were finished for the day Lisa got up. "I should head home, dinner will be ready soon." Smoer nodded and let Lisa out.

Toro looked angry to David. "Why did you do that?" David sighted. "Don't tell me you're angry now cause I saved you..." MrBored looked admiring to David. "I knew you could do it..." "Do what?" asked David. "You killed all that high levels and Zirion!" said Sven. "It's the arena... I don't need to get saved there." Sudden Smoer and Neocro appeared at the group. They smiled. "We're back. We heared your voices so we came walking into this direction." said Smoer. Then she saw the angrly faces of David and Toro. "Don't tell me you were having a fight again..." Neocro sighted. "David saved Toro in the arena when Zirion wanted to do asal." said MrBored. "Zirion..." murmeled Smoer. "Not only that." said Toro angry. "He also killed the high levels around Zirion. Just with one winfield." "What's wrong with that?" asked Neocro. "Don't you get it? He's not like you. He's not around level 90 like you are. He looks like it but he's not. Also, he's a Hamba." "Are you there again with your Hamba theory?" asked Neocro angry now. "Who cares if he is one! And if he doens't say his real level then he has a reason to, like I had. Also, Lari, Sam and Smoer accepted me when I apoligzed. Why wouldn't you accept David how he is?" The group was quiet. Neocro turned
to David now. "And if you keep your secret for us, then that's fine. But don't forget none of us has a secrets for you." Neocro ran away to Sain City The others stared how Neocro disappeared into the city. "Well..." said Smoer. "She's right." said MrBored. "You also accepted me in the group." "And me..." said Sven. "Why wouldn't you accept David like he is, Toro?" "I'm going to take a look if Sam is back..." said Lari. "And I'm going to look where Neocro is..." said Sven. Lari and Sven walked away, Foloya and MrBored followed them. David
and Toro were alone now.

A bit later David and Toro walked into Sain City. At the main square they saw the group sitting near the fountain in the middle. "We talked..." said Toro. David nodded. The others looked up curiously. "And...?" asked Larimar. "Where is Neocro?" asked Toro. Sven lifted his shoulders. "We couldn't find her. We only found Sam." Sam smiled. Toro and David greeted her. "Where can she be?" asked Toro. "Here..." said a voice. Sudden Neocro appeared. "I was in Dark Illusion..." "She was with us, Toro. She was listening all the time to our conversation." said David calm. "Couldn't you tell..." asked Toro annoyed. "If I told you then you would have acted diffrent like you did now, so I decided to not tell you." Toro sighted and looked to Neocro. "Could you forgive us? We'll try to not fight anymore..." Neocro smiled and hugged Toro. "I take that as a yes." said Toro smiling. Then David took the attention. "I... Have to tell you something." "Finaly..." murmeled Lari. Sven hit her on her armour. For one Lari ignored it. "Like Toro let fall a few times, I'm a Hamba." "Cool!" said Lari. "Now we have a God in our guild, isn't that awesome?" David was surprised by Lari her reaction. "A half-God actualy and I don't know if I can handle the task of a God..." So, now we never have to be afraid anymore that we can die cause you'll protect us?" asked MrBored. "Well..." said David. "My powers aren't complete yet. So the actions I did like in the arena or with the Blue Meteonyker were with a bit of luck with the timing. I'm like you just around level 90 but sometimes I'm like a full trained Hero. That's why I'm scared to use my powers. I prefere to train alone with no one around so others can't see who I really am." David looked nervous to Smoer. She just smiled. "So... Aren't you going to kick us out of the guild now?" asked Toro. Everyone shaked their head. "You have to do more to escape from us." said Larimar. She got up. "When are we going to Azria?" David and Smoer walked away. "It surprises me that you could keep this as a secret for us for that long." said Smoer. David looked to the ground. Smoer took his hand. "I knew what you were David." David looked up. "How?" "I don't know." said Smoer, she smiled. "I'm happy to have you by my side."