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Orvis and Grumble waited anxiously in return, Orvis' unable to pry his eyes from the edge of the spear, how close the tip was to his poor creature. Grumble, however, had the same furious expression on his face, his eyes seemingly staring at the other man rather than the weapon. But the spear was lowered, and what was once a weapon become a crux for support. Something was wrong with this person, they were also injured, though it wasn't as visible. It was only now that Orvis realised he had small arrows stuck in him still, one in his shoulder and one in his back. The pain had faded, but he could feel them. [break][break]
"It's fine. I- It's just part of my class. You got one too, I assume?" Orvis was trying to make conversation, direct away from violence and show he meant to harm. But by the way this poor man was suffering, there were other things to attend to. "Here, let me h-"[break][break]

Bam!

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Orvis felt a hard force hit the underneath of his chin, making his head fly back. Grumble leapt out of his arms, purposely headbutting him as it landed on the sand and started making strange growling sounds at Orvis. A weird emoji appeared above its head, a mixture of scribbles and exclamation marks. "Why are you so angry?!" Orvis shouted, holding out a hand to try and calm it down. But it just huffed, and turned around to stop facing him. [break][break]
"I swear, if every egg I hatch is like this... I'm going to go insane." Orvis looked over at the stranger, "I'm Orvis, by the way. I'm from the UK. Do you know where we are? I don't remember seeing palm trees or sand this fine in Britain."

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"Oh?" Orvis blinked a few times, the corner of his mouth finally curving into a slight smile. "Hi."[break][break]
The slime remained still, staring at him with furrowed brows and a cute rumble coming from it. Orvis cocked his head to one side like a dog, confused by the monster.
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"I think I'll call you... Grumble!"[break][break]

At that point, Orvis and Grumble turned to face the incoming player, another individual who looked a little less rough than Orvis but more well-kept and slightly older. Cognitive functions felt incredibly slow at the moment, like a bran fog clouded over Orvis' basic thinking. It took a hot minute to process what was happening, and finally he understood how the situation looked.[break][break]
"W- Wait! Hold up!" He shouted, instinctively scooping up the angry slime and trying to hold it against his chest. It was a little difficult, but he realised it was more solid than he realised, scaly in places too. "It's mine! It's mine!"
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Orvis hoped he was quick enough, and he could already feel the surprise of Grumble as it wriggled around in his arms.

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Orvis didn't hesitate, his feet instantly started running and taking him in the direction of the golden rabbit. It darted about frantically, the larger enemy enraged and thrashing about violently. Rubble began to fall from above, chunks of wall being torn apart and more of the exhibition being smashed to pieces. Not wanting to worry about anything else, all he did was run. With the egg held tight in his arms, he had tunnel vision with a gold light at the end. [break][break]
It wasn't getting away, not this time. They had wasted enough of their energy, and nobody could last much longer. Even with the divine intervention happening behind him, the depictions of angels and heavenly light restoring the life of their allies, all that mattered was a way out of here. Health was restored somewhat, party members on the bring of death now stabilised.[break][break]
Yelping out in pain as small arrows were fired through the air and piercing his arms, Orvis kept his momentum and ignored the gecko archers that hurt him. To think he felt this much pain already, while others were continuing even with missing limbs... [break]
"I..." He drew in closer, cornering the golden creature, "Will..."[break][break]
Slowly stepping forwards, the rabbit beat its little feet against the ground, jumping off the walls and random information desks. Orvis slowly put his egg down somewhere safe, allowing him to have both free hands.[break][break]
"Catch you!" Leaping forwards, the monster rancher pulled out an arrow from his arm, outstretching his hands and feeling a fuzzy pelt in his palm. Quickly, he gripped on tight to the rabbit as it made frantic screeching sounds, nipping his finger. With the other arrow, he plunged it into the rabbit and pinned it to the floor. With a chokehold around it's throat, he lifted it up into the air in celebration. The golden glow now fading. [break][break]


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Sighing heavily, Orvis threw the rabbit to one side and scoped up the egg again, ensuring it was safe. The monsters and their weapons began to dissipate in chunks of computer code and red pixels, even some of the dead players began to vanish in chunks of blocky tech, leaving behind strange human-shaped craters in their wake. A small notification popped up, a small picture of a treasure chest with a shining aura. "Cecelia! We did it!"[break][break]
When Orvis started running towards her to make sure she was okay, he would vanish into streams of coding before meeting her.[break][break]

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TUTORIAL ZONE RESETTING

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trigger warning: mild gore (censored gif)

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Time just seemed to fly by. [break][break]
But nobody was having fun.[break][break]
The group was hesitant, injured, their morale was dangerously low as well as their health. Orvis saw the other members of his party more clearly now, Hilda, Greg and Aaron where slumped on the ground, trying to comfort Hilda. "O- Orvis, was it? Please tell me, have you seen Emma anywhere?! We got separated a couple hours ago-"[break][break]
Her voice cracked and she broke down again.[break][break]
How does he deal with this situation? Everyone had turned to face him, looking up in hopes he might have answers or be able to help them all somehow. But the only news he had was bad news, his head hung long, and he pulled his bandana off his head to wipe the blood and tears from his face. "S- She died." [break][break]
He said clearly, never one to disguise the harsh reality of such a fate with fancy words or metaphors. It was simple as that. Emma was dead. [break][break]
The morale lowered even more, and people started crying more audibly. "We need to move, or none of us will survive this. Please!" Orvis begged, some of the group nodded, clearly enraged by everything and running off pure adrenaline. There were some others, though, that took a bit more convincing. "The longer we sit around, the more people will share the same fate as Emma..."[break][break]
A slight bobbing of heads was noticed by Orvis, shuffling and groaning as people stood to their feet if they hadn't already. It was time, the final push, to get out of this hell hole. "There's still a bit of time before the next stage, we need to hurry!"[break][break]
As a large unit of around 10 people, they travelled together through the hallways and towards the sound of loud, bitchy arguments. The dinosaur exhibition, where the bunny and the nun stood arguing. They got there just in time to hear the end of the argument, Cecelia was standing on top of the brachiosaurus skeleton while the group was not too far from the giant rabbit monster. [break][break]
It glanced down at the tiny players in disgust.[break][break]

COUNTDOWN: 7 HOURS - ACTIVATING NEXT PHASE

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Everybody saw it this time, just as a group of players charged the rhino-sized rabbit with spears and swords, it was shrouded in a digital veil as its bones cracked and extended. Its form changed once more, far more ghastly and sinister. The gold was slowly leaving its overall image, and it had much more sharpened claws and fangs for a rabbit...[break][break]
"W- Wait, stop! Don't run in yet!" Orvis shouted, realising he never explained the plan of using the dinosaur ribcage. [break][break]
But it was too late.[break][break]
And what Orvis saw was enough to traumatise him for life.[break][break]





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