[table] [row][cell][h2] Z O E & H A N N A H[/h2][/cell] [cell][right] 7 days and counting to floor collapse Floor 1 Viewers: 0 | Followers: 0 | Favorites: 0 [/right][/cell][/row] [/table] [hr] She had just woken up to start getting ready for work, stepping out into her backyard to have a smoke. She liked this time of the day, it was dark, and quiet... the only real noise was the quiet buzz of the streetlight. Which was a sound that had been present for most of her life... that quiet thummmmm, of those lights. They sounded the same everywhere... every city, street, or prison. She had drawn her cigarette up for a long drag, when it happened. When humanity was ended... well, most of humanity anyways. Zoe had debated... before eventually deciding to enter the dungeon. She was not dressed for this. Tiny little shorts, and a loose tank-top, atleast she could scrunchie her hair into a ponytail. [center] [table] [row] [cell]NEW ACHIEVEMENT!! Your wearing that? [hr] So your just gonna waltz in wearing your PJs and take on something called the world Dungeon, pretty brave girlfriend. [hr] REWARD!!! Silver Costume Box [/cell] [cell]NEW ACHIEVEMENT!! What's your plan here [hr] Girl! Don't you know there are monsters in dungeons? How you gonna kill these things? Witcha bare hands? [hr] REWARD!!! Bronze Weapon Box [/cell] [cell]NEW ACHIEVEMENT!! Trailblazer! Missing pieces? Uh-oh. [hr] Be one the first 100 crawlers to enter with missing body parts! We have the technology, we can rebuild you. [hr] REWARD!!! Gold Skywalker Box [/cell] [/row] [/table] [/center] The only sound in the hallway was the soft clacking of her Birkenstocks. She had a few achievements flash past her face, one of which was basically taunting her for entering the dungeon horribly unprepared. She had found a fountain, with some dead lizard looking things... that the system helpfully labeled as Wet Wily's. She didn't find much, expect a purple backpack... which looked comically small on her. She had been in the middle of looting when she heard several more enter the large chamber. It had been a rough brawl, the whole time... Zoe wished she had a knife, or blade. She really really hated the feeling of bones snapping, especially when she was doing it with her hands. It had been four of them, and being an experienced brawler... Zoe had made short work of them, just based on the size difference. She was however bleeding from several bite wounds. She had spent a lot of time in the computer lab while in prison... learning and goofing off. Video games had a surprising place in prison computer rooms. So Zoe was able to transfer some skills and thoughts to this system. She even found out she had a heal spell! Which sorted out her bleeding wounds, and that was a welcome boon. As she looted, and rummaged through the pockets of her kills... More of these little freaks stopped in, but these ones were armed! I mean their little swords were like knives... Zoe liked knives. It was over very quickly after she got her hands on a blade. Zoe was VERY practiced with a knife, or shiv... a sharp object, hell even a shaved toothbrush! She got that annoying glitchy flash in her eyes, of the system awarding her something... She found her experience bar had reset, no... That wasn't right, she had leveled! Now she was even more keen to find a tutorial guild. She took every blade the "Life Guards" had been wearing. That was kind of fucked up, but she guessed these were aquatic themed lizards? really more pool themed. It was strange. Zoe decided to follow the bodies. Hopefully there was a guild ahead. Zoe turned a corner, and found a pack of 6 of the armed Wilys. With her heal spell, and new found weapons... well she wasn't John Wick, so there was plenty of blood spilled. Both hers, and the Wilys. The system reminded her that in 5 minutes there would be a special announcement... and that she should do her best to be in a safe room, or guild. "Fuck me." She grumbled seeing another pack of the damned lizards between her and the shining guild sign. There was a ten minute cooldown between heals. So... By the time Zoe reached the door to the guild, she was a bloody mess. She looked like she had just reenacted the infamous scene from the movie Carrie. She entered from the opposite side Loralie and Sharod, and she was nearly level 3! [center] [table] [row] [cell]LEVEL UP! Level 2 [hr] You get 3 stat points! You must reach floor 3, and choose a race and class before placing them. [/cell] [cell]NEW ACHIEVEMENT!! Trailblazer Level-Up, Baby! [hr] Among the first 100 Crawlers to level up! That's amazing, you bloodthirsty little savage! [hr] REWARD!!! Silver Number goes up box [/cell] [cell]NEW ACHIEVEMENT!! DAMN BITCH, you scary. [hr] Alright, I know I gave you a hard time earlier about not having a weapon, but I wasn't prepared for this! [hr] REWARD!!! Gold Cutting Edge Box [/cell] [/row] [/table] [/center] [hr] Hannah watched as the door burst open. Two people entered, looking like she had when she first stumbled into this room. Pale faces, a mix of human and inhuman blood covering them. Igva jumped straight to ordering them about. They had barely finished dealing with the irate little goblin, when the message blasted into their brains. It explained that on this season of Dungeon Crawler World[sub]hosted by the Squim Conglomerate[/sub] would be featuring a new never before seen feature. Soul binding, in which the lives of two crawlers become twisted together... if one dies, the other will be struck dead instantly. "What the fuc-" Hannah said jumping from the couch, only to be shushed by Igva. "Let the message finish, kid." The goblin said sternly, sitting on a chair near the middle of the room. The announcement promised more information, and a run down of potential rewards would be coming at the end of the day. Hannah was about to start questioning the goblin, when the safe room door slammed open... and in stepped probably the scariest person Hannah had ever seen. Hannah thought when she had arrived, she had been slathered with lizard blood... it was nothing compared to this woman. This lady had the posture and demeanor of one of the caricatures of an old tough tom cat... right down to the missing eye. Igva jumped up, "Nu-uh you ain't coming on my carpet looking like that!" She said, pointing a green finger at the woman. "The fuck do you want me to do about it?" The woman asked in an annoyed and angry tone. Igva snapped her fingers as the woman attempted to step off the tiled entry way. There was a woosh, Hannah could feel it... it was like a gust of hot air. "I'm not supposed to use spells on you ungrateful bunch... but I was not given a cleaner bot, and I refuse to have my room messed up by you dolts." She jumped up on the table, and point at each of them in turn. "You four should be soulbound. As you heard, that means if you-" She pointed to Loralie, "Die, that one also kicks it." This time she pointed to Hannah, and then alternated between Zoe and Sharod. "Same goes for you two, and vice versa." "It ain't rocket science, and usually if crawlers traveling together start to die... they start dropping like flies anyways. This just makes it instant, instead of a grueling grinding agonizing game of when. I'm sure you idiots have a bunch of questions, and I probably got the answers... but your gonna listen to me talk first." She said looking them up and down in turn. "I am Igva, and I will be your guide through the first 2 floors of this hellhole. I was once in your fucking shoes, so I understand how unbelievable this shit is. You need to. Get. The Fuck. Over it. Your part of the dungeon now, baby, just roll with the damn punches. You literally don't have time to whine, bitch, moan, or complain about being stuck here. You-" She pointed to Sharod, "What did you do before the dungeon?" She waited for him to start answering, and blow a big raspberry. "Doesn't matter, your a crawler now. Your life started 40-ish minutes ago, Kapeech. Same goes for the rest of you fucking yahoos." Hannah sheepishly raised her hand, and got leveled with a glare from the 3 footish tall ball of sunshine. "Why only the first two floors?" She asked, in a quiet tone. "It's called the TUTORIAL guild for a reason. After my time trying to pound the basics of Dungeon Crawler World into your thick skulls, I will be reassigned to a deeper part of the dungeon. Now! I assume you all are familiar with the idea of RPGs? Stats make you stronger, Gear makes you stronger, Abilities and Spells get stronger, the monsters get meaner and tougher... Yada Yada Yada...? Right?" She waited for a round of nodding heads. "Good." She snapped her fingers and all four UIs flashed to life in front of them and her. She picked at the screens, "Which one of you bloodthirsty little cretins is Zoe?" She asked looking up, and the late joiner made a move of acknowledgement. "What did you do out there? Almost level 3?! Damn!" Zoe made a noise, but didn't really answer. "Well I don't want to keep you all very long... So lets get to opening some boxes, and see what exactly we are working with!" Igva said, pointing to Loralie. "You first, and we are gonna do this one at a time as a class. Once we get the basics situated, you all have a quest. Your gonna have to find a saferoom."