I start harassing GREGORRIO and I begin talking in all caps, making fun of his name. I swipe a pile of 20 arrows, and he runs out of the mine. Now all I had was a heavy crossbow, 20 bolts, and 20 arrows. My preferred weapon is a bow because of its speed and range, but I could work with these. He runs back in, goes into war mode, and attacks me. Wanting to try out my new archery skill of 95, I run closer to him, so he is within the range of my heavyX. I hit him once, getting him down to 2/3 health. I hit him again getting him down to 1/2 health, and he quickly runs into town yelling "GUARDS!!! GUARDS!!! GUARDS!!!" I laugh as I hit him down to 1/4 life, but a passerby who knows of my reputation quickly heals him back up to 3/4.

You'd be amazed how pissed I get when someone gets involved in someone else's fight. I chase him through town, missing more than I should with 95 archery, and a crowd begins running with us. That is my number 2 pet peeve, people who follow a fight around. I push one out of the way and then I got the rubber band effect where you have to wait like 5 seconds to move again. I decide to heal, and hide near the bank, hoping for him to come back. I see, him, and shoot him once, bringing him to full red, but not quite dead. I take out my newbie dagger (don't leave home without one) and hit him once to his death. I take his remaining 70 arrows, and grab an eminently accurate bow out of my bank, and drop off my Xbow equipment.

I stand near the bank, waiting for him to come back. He does, and I say "Hi". He banks, and hides. He unhides with a warhammer in hand, and attacks me in town. (I am perma-flagged, so he can do that) Millions of people begin yelling "GUARDS!!!" and an even bigger crowd begins around us. I kill him with my warfork, hoping to gain a little fencing in the process. He dies, and people begin to loot him. His corpse was technically blue, and only gray to me because he was an aggressor to me.

"Guards, I need your assistance" I quickly type in. Out of the blue, 7 guards teleport in and kill about 5 people, 2 of which in full plate. I quickly loot their corpses, grabbing reags and armor. I bank them, and I wait near the bank once again for GREGGORIO to come back. He does, and he says

"You suck"

Wondering about his deduction methods, I ask him

"How do ya figure?"

"I would have killed you" he replies.

"But... what?" I ask.

He pulls out a magic bow, and attacks me. Still being semi-overloaded, I quickly tab out of war, and bank the rest of my loot. I put my elite eminently accurate bow in hand, and snoop him to see what I'm up against now. 10 piles of 40 arrows.

This guy must be fucking stupid, If 20 or so arrows that he had before didn't do much to me, I highly doubt that 400 fucking arrows is going to do much either. I steal a pile for kicks, and to unhide myself. He attacks me, and I proceed to beat the fuck out of him with my bow and warfork.

He dies, and I take the arrows. Banking all my loot, I run into the front of the bank where I meet The Big Grey Mouse (I hope that the name is right, but anyway, it's Lenny Reeferstal). He said "hi" to me earlier, but I couldn't stop to talk because I was fighting. Up until this point, I didn't know this was Lenny. Anyway, I find out it was him, and tell him a quick version of my story.

I see one of my guildies, Kronos, and talk to him also. What a great day it was, and DAMN! DID I GET A SHITLOAD OF LOOT!

Crime Does Pay

Cyle of EiG