I got an ICQ from one of my RL friends (Bray). He was the guy who got me started in UO and showed me the ropes. Bray is potentially the coolest and craziest mofo to ever play UO. I haven't hung out with him in months and that's probably the reason that the game isn't as fun as it used to be. Anyhow, I got an ICQ from him....

"I want to join the JoV Army"

"Fuckin A bro... when and where?"

"Well, I just got my old account back with Bray and Pumkinhead. It's weird to see Bray not red! Anyhow, I don't know where I am and I have no town runes on me (he was a Dread back in the day). I'll just keep running until I recognize something."

"Well, what do you see now?"

"A rock and a tree."

Very informative. :) So, I wait for a few minutes and he finally ICQs me "Covetous!" Ok... off to Covetous entrance I go. I get there and up comes the character I hadn't seen in 5 months - Bray in solid black plate. Not many people run around in black plate (only) anymore, but I remember how it was the sign of "I'm so bad I wear my good shit to kill people".

He and I have barely said "hi" when a gray guy and a friend come running out from the dungeon and up toward us. Being old school hunting partners, we didn't hesitate.

"In Por Ylem" I say
"In Por Ylem" he responds

Bray was one of the first people on Baja to use archery after they made it so powerful (100 arch/100 tact), so he whips out his bow. "Christ, I need bolts" Good time to figure it out, Bray. He and I pound on this guy for a couple of seconds - when he gets to half health, his friend healed him. We hit him a couple more times and he's running. My ebolt hits him in the ass just as he goes in the entrance to the dungeon.

I cast another ebolt and enter the dungeon ready to finish him off. I saw his health before he went inside, and I didn't see any blue at all. I think I could have punched him to death. Unfortunately, his friend's heal was faster than my ebolt. Damnit. Oh well, I throw on my hxbow and go back to work on the original gray guy (they're both gray now because the 2nd one healing the first while he's gray). I mis-clicked and targeted the healer. Ooops.

"How yer gonna die", he says.

Heheh... whatever. Me misclicking and bringing him into the fight was just what we needed. Now that he was concentrating on fighting instead of healing, his friend dropped after 2 more bolts and a quick Corp Por from me.

His friend runs over, tabs out of war mode and starts to loot his fallen friend. Idiot. Why go out of war mode to loot? Well, I'm not a moron, so I stay in war mode, attack the other gray guy, and start looting also. While we're sitting there all happily looting, only one of us is dropping in health quickly. Hint - it's not Bray or I. ;)

Two hxbow bolts later the fool figures out that it's really time to leave. He runs for a second, think better of it, and the words you hate to see appear... "Kal Ort Por".

Before he recalls out, Bray yells, "That's what ya get when you fuck with JoV!"

Hahah... needless to say, I took him to the house and put him on the JoV stone immediately. It's good ta have Bray back as part of the wrecking crew. What a nice addition to the group...