"Fine... I guess you’re right..." I muttered. "We haven’t been good friends."
"I didn’t catch that, what were you saying, Cory?" Ann said.
She must’ve been ssing with , I know for a fact she heard those words clear as day, yet, when Ann told to repeat myself, I believe the subtext was that she wanted to rephrase what I said.
"I haven’t been a good friend." I muttered.
I stopped walking when I noticed that the sky was darker now, a single ray of dying sunlight cutting through the trees. I could see my reflection in the fountain’s water as I approached it; I disdain myself, my tired, pale, hollow eyes.
"Very well said, Cory."
After Ann said that, I heard so clinking from her side, like tal or glass, perhaps she was busy with sothing as I gave her this call.
I took a deep breath and continued:
"I want another favor," I said. "Sothing important... It’s a big favor, so I guess, if you agree to this, compound with the aforentioned Jared favor, I’ll let you have for 3 debts, instead of 2."
"Cory... Does this relate to the fact that I didn’t see you in my friend list? I would only assu you unfriended or... You got your account deleted by a mod. The latter of which I doubt, because you’re in the heart of the mountain, the forr I also doubt by the fact that you called in for a favor... So it could only an that your character died, Cory."
Hearing my na this frequently kinda ssed with my head.
"... You can say that." I answered, "A whole party die, 5 total."
"... Five?" Ann sounded suspicious for so reason.
"Just... Get to the point, please." I stopped anymore of her questions.
"Tell more about how you die." She demanded.
I sat down the walls of the fountain, letting lil splashlets of water touching my neck and dress as I began to explain.
"I’d assu you know about Worsetingale the Dragonborn wizard, his tower, and his nineteen experints. Well, one of our teammate got a quest to check out his tower... Now I’d assu his experints wouldn’t be around, because he shouldn’t be relevant until the Eastern continent gets unlock, but I was wrong... and this woman was faced with the Eastern Blue-Winged Butterfly."
But then Ann Murphray cut off.
"I’d assu you took advantage of the butterfly impersonating the woman and having her body?"
"HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KN-"
I decided to not cave into her words as I continued,
"Then, the quest got updated, and we’d assu we should get back to the quest giver to finish it up... But then I saw signs of the Sacrilegious Druid, one of the stronger experint of Worsetingale, so we voted, and we decided to pursue him."
"You rember how I was the one that took him down with a group of Danielle NPC? I thought it was going to be easy like that... But instead, we got separated with zero counterplay and warning, before long, I saw that we got dragged up this massive, giant, tree... And you are not going to comprehend the aning of the word massive in this context, it is taller than at least 10 raid Titan of Ashen Bark bosses stacked on top of each other, I believed the clouds was not even half of its height. I sincerely do not comprehend how such a thing exist in the woods."
"So... I got dragged up, and about one kilotres above, I cut the vines and fell to my death... Uh- I got stunned by a lightning strike and could not break the fall to save myself using this faulty physic engine."
Ann Murphray stayed quiet for a bit, I heard random noises over there before she took a deep breath.
"What do you want to do?" She asked.
I paused for a second.
"I want you to force Darkmoon Adventure VR to rollback its server ~36 hours. Reverse all the progress of the entire ga to before our party even embark on that quest. I die around 24 hours ago, but to be safe, I’d want it to be at least a 30 hour rollback." I said with full confidence.
"You are not serious." Ann’s voice got deeper.
"Three debts that you can strung out of , Ann. You know I’m good for it, I always pay my debts." I bargained.
She sighed, and I could distinctly hear the sound of a chair squeaking as she stood up and started walking, too.
"Why don’t you just create a new account?" She asked.
"I haven’t been well ntally." I answered, "I just need this to take so loads of my shoulders... I know that being in debt to you might cause more strain in the future but right now I’m living for today, not for the future."
"How long have we been friends?" Ann suddenly asked.
"...? At least a decade, yeah, or more." I answer, "So like... When I was in middle school."
"We’ve known each other many years, with him was a crucial part that held us together, and when he’s gone, we should’ve parted ways, yet we didn’t, how miraculous right, Cory?"
"Ann, I do not have ti to-"
"But for past few years... I can’t rember the last ti that we hang out like good friends, maybe over a cup of coffee, a few cheap pastries we could stuff our face with over a pirated TV show, yet I’ve been very confident that you’re my best friend... And I think you share the sa sentint."
Her words had, more or less, struck a nerve in my empty shallow heart. And once more, I felt genuine disgust of myself.
"I’m sorry..." I muttered, "I know that I’ve only been asking for favors from you, and yes, maybe this back and forth of favors and debts isn’t what made us friends."
"That make us savages, my friend." Ann said, "Savages, animals, barbarians, neanderthals, whatever you labe them... Those trades food, leather, and slaves. One of these days they’ll just going to stop trading and start pillaging, because that would gain them the most even in the long run, only a matter of ti before they realize that."
"... Please help this once, Ann."
"I understand... You found ease in the relationship you have with , every ti you needed sothing done, you co to , and when I need you to repay ? I gave you a job that suits you perfectly, you get to watch won have sex. And you even joined in on their fun, if what I’ve heard is correct? Oh, so horrible of a punishnt I gave you, such an unbearable thing."
At this point, I started tearing up, my nose swelled and my eyes started stinging.
"You didn’t need a friend like mine. You needed a person you can ask for help anyti you wish without any major consequences, and then you get to be groggy and bitch about it whenever that person ask you to pay your debts."
"So today, you’ve co to and ask for such a ridiculous request, knowing full well I will do it, and we both know how to achieve that. So? You abruptly call up on the day my boyfriend needed my full-attention, and you ask to risk everything I have in Darkmoon Adventure... Just so that the admin will rollback the server, effectively revive five level 40 accounts by reverting everything back before they died? And for what, three favors?"
I started breaking down audibly at this point.
"... Ann, I’m sorry... I’m sorry... I’m so sorry-"
I couldn’t contain my sadness anymore as I realized I shouldn’t have called at all. But now I don’t have the balls to hang up, so I just bit my lips, hand gripping my thigh, and stick through the conversation.
She must’ve felt pity, or remorse, or sothing at least, because she lowered her voice.
"But at least, Cory... We are on first na basis, and that ans a lot to ." She said, "So stop crying as I lay down my additional conditions."
I didn’t stop crying for another minute or two, as I kept saying "yeah... yeah... I’m not crying... I’m okay- I’m okay" repeatedly for a few hundred tis, until the tears finally stop and I wouldn’t hiccup anymore.
Ann then cleared her throat and lay out her conditions, as she said.
"I’ll do this, in exchange for five debts instead of three."
I nodded, even though she couldn’t see through the phonecall.
"And since you’re living with the Sonder’s daughter, I expect you to try and convince the developnt team to actually use rollback. Because they might have different ways of handling the situation, I can na at least 3."
I didn’t have access to the developnt team, but I guess it was... Reasonable of her to say that, so I nodded in silence again.
"That’s it, Cory." Ann sighed out loud, I can hear her drag her breathing, "So day, and that day may never co, I’ll call upon you to do five tasks for to repay your debt, or at least, one great task that equals to five in value and difficulty. But until that day... I hope you rejoice in knowing that Darkmoon Adventure VR will surely change forever, starting in a few hours once I’ve distributed the unintended riches."
Ann Murphray, my good friend, hung up, leaving sitting under the bluish grey shade of the night.
I lost all strength in myself, and I just... Kind of, let loose of all my muscle, and lay down flat on the grass of the garden below , smashing my face against the grass.
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