Bonifacius started telling the story of what happened about forty minutes ago...

While JohnWIllStab was away doing the "missing child" quest, Bonifacius was standing outside the entrance to the two-story inn.

"Bonifacius: My ally is away at the moment, but I must return a quest to the man whom you've killed!"

Bonifacius gestured to the NPC that was not stuck in the ground, the glitched-out ragdoll was shaking violently.

"Boopnsnootn: Too bad! Perhaps if you were to offer me a hundred gold as tribute I could spare the NPC..."

"Bonifacius: I do not have that kind of money!"

"Boopnsnootn: Don't lie, shield! I can tell by that armour of yours!"

"Bonifacius: I am not deceiving you, if you do not grant my wish I shall remove you from the inn myself!"

"Boopnsnootn: you hear that my knights?! Show him the might of the new power-guild on the server!"

Out from the inn marched out three wolfkins, each one wearing matching, black overcoats and black leather trousers, they wore tall leather boots and no shirts - atop their head they wore cowboy hats.

They took out their weapons one by one, a pistol, a rifle and a boomstick - also known as a primitive shotgun.

"Rootin': Howdy, roleplayer..."

"Tootin': No point drawin' out the introductions..."

"Shootin': It's nothin' personal, man..."

One after the other they fired, each shot creating an explosion of red particles as it hit their target, they timed their attacks such that the cooldowns would run out just after the previous one fired their weapon leaving their enemies no time to react.

"Bonifacius: Do not underestimate the abilities of a tank!" he called out as he cast Master Charge followed by Shield Bash knocking Tootin' further into the inn - next he cast Tremerous Stomp which knocked the other two to the ground as he charged into the inn where Toonin' was already pointing his rifle at him, casting Aimed Blast, in the last second before he would have been shot Bonifacius emoted /crouch allowing the bullet to barely miss his character.

An explosion rang out as a bomb tossed by Shootin' exploded pushing Bonifacius in ragdoll form across the room and behind the counter, as soon as his character stood up he emoted /crouch narrowly missing the storm of bullets which battered the wall above him.

While the fight was going on, Boopnsnootn was AFK, watching some videos online and tabbing back in to see how the fight went.

"Boopnsnootn: What's taking so long?! It's just a shield!"

"Shootin': Looks like he wasn't kiddin' bout being a tank..."

"Rootin': Mmm, too bad we're ranged fighters..."

Bonifacius sat crouched behind the counter seeing the corpse of the innkeeper.

"Bonifacius: Do you not fear the arrival of the JGuardian guild?"

"Boopnsnootn: Why should I concern myself with those idiots!? I have the three best gunslingers on the server in my service!"

"Tootin': Kinda' gun slinger'd be afraid of a fight?"

Bonifacius was stalling, but not for the JGuardians, suddenly the innkeeper's body disappeared before he reappeared, now standing like always.

In an instant he was shot, causing him to explode into meaty chunks and blood.

Bonifacius stood up and as the three unleashed their skills at him he cast his own spell Taunting Cry, suddenly the ground shook as over a dozen of the guards charged in through the small doors of the inn, they were aggroed by Bonifacius, but since Rootnin' Tootin' and Shootin' were low reputation criminals they were targeted first.

"Tootin': Shootin' die!"

"Shootin': Gotcha"

Shootin said before casting Scatter Blast which shot all the nearby guards with weak projectiles - but since Rootin' and Tootin' didn't attack the guards, Shootin' had the highest threat and as a result was quickly surrounded by the guards who kept beating him until his character was covered with blood particles and scar textures and went limp, but not before emoting /salute making his character play the two-finger salute.

For those not familiar with the concept of 'threat', basically, it's a variable which determines who the enemy will attack, threat is increased by attacking the enemy, healing the attacker or by using threat generating spells such as battle cries.

Tootin' and Rootin' already ran towards the stairs, where they crouched down and started shooting at Bonifacius who was the next target for the guards, he cast Defence Stance causing the three shields to appear and protect him from the bullet shots as he took on the weak attacks of the guards himself.

Bonifacius cast Severing Smash - he swings his sword horizontally causing all the guards before him to burst into meaty chunks, however, to do that he had to disable the Defence Stance giving Rootin' the opening to shoot him with Piercing Shot leaving Bonifacius with only 3% health.

Suddenly from nowhere appeared Boopnsnootn, he was wearing green robes with a yellow trim and an axe in hand, he started playing the casting animation and before he could reach Boopnsnootn cast Paralysis on Bonifacius causing him to fall limply to the ground before stiffening resembling a statue.

"Boopnsnootn: Got him!"

"Rootin': Mmm, we'll go tend to Shootin'..."

"Boopnsnootn: Yeah, you two can go do your rp thing."

"Tootin': Right..."

Boopnsnootn played the /slap emote.

Boopnsnootn slaps Bonifacius

Boopnsnootn slaps Bonifacius

Boopnsnootn slaps Bonifacius

"Rootin': Just kill im', boss - he was a good fighter..."

"Boopnsnootn: I don't know if you forgot, but I don't take orders from anyone! Never mind you three!"

"Tootin': Still, nothin' to gain from doin' that..."

"Boopnsnootn: you cowboy wannabees should take those hats off some time, they must be stopping blood flow to your brains."

Boopnsnootn kicks Bonifacius

"Bonifacius: You have an interesting boss..."

"Boopnsnootn: Shut it"

"Bonifacius: Why join an impulsive fool like him? I'm sure thou could find a good job with the kGuardians!... or a more legitimate guild!"

"Rootin': We're repayin' a favour is all..."

"Tootin': A gunslinger's worth as much as their honour."

"Rootin': Not the honour points, that’s different."

"Bonifacius: And you claim massacring a town and aiding an unworthy man to bully the weak is honourable?"

"Boopnsnootn: We can get the cheater to fix up our honour stats, dumbass!"

"Bonifacius: Is your definition of honour blindly following the rules!?"

"Bonifacius: If he told you to kill each other would you?!"

"Boopnsnootn: Course they would - after all, they owe me their characts' lives!"

"Boopnsnootn: I found these dumbasses trying to cross the desert as wolfkin!"

"Tootin': He's right - t's for the best..."

"Boopnsnootn: Why don't you prove it to this idiot! - Shoot each other!"

"Rootin': ...is there really much point to that?"

"Boopnsnootn: Are you refusing the orders of your boss?"

"Tootin': ..."

"Bonifacius: So you will choose to follow the path of a villain who would abuse your morality?"

"Tootin': ..."

"Rootin': ..."

"Boopnsnootn: Fire you [email protected]#rds!"

A loud bang ran out as the two cast their attack and blood particles spewed across the floor.

"Rootin': Guess not…

"Tootin': Looks like we got carried away..."

Boopnsnootn fall to the ground limply, dead, turns out he was only level thirty...

Five or so minutes later the JGuardians appeared, they cured Bonifacius' paralysis and arrested Boopnsnootn, Rootin' Tootin' and Shootin', carting them away towards their base once more.

Before they got arrested they had a chance to say their goodbyes to Bonifacius.

"Rootin': I dunno if we'll be out in the world any time soon after this ordeal... but if we will... We'll take your advice to heart, Bonifacius."

"Tootin': Yeah, and we apologise for attackin' you earlier."

"Bonifacius: Do not worry, I'm sure thou will not serve a harsh sentence for this, after all, thou did only slay NPCs, worst case scenario thou can say Bonifacius vouches for you three."

"Rootin': Let's hope so..."

Bonifacius finished explaining the events of the previous forty minutes.

"JohnWillStab: Huh, guess we both had weird adventures..."

"Bonifacius: Indeed! I shall greet you outside the town soon, first I shall finally return the quest!"

Moments later JohnWillStab erupted into even more light, he levelled up again, although this time he didn't get any spells.

"Bonifacius: Ah! Good to see you again, friend!"

"JohnWillStab: Yeah! I was sure I'd be dead alone in the woods!"

"Bonifacius: But thou persevered! And advanced to level four no less!"

"JohnWillStab: Yeah, but I didn't get a new skill this time..."

JohnWillStab was looking at his skill-bar in disappointment.

"Bonifacius: Tis unrealistic to expect fifty spells per every class!"

"JohnWillStab: Guess you're right... so what now?"

He let out a sigh.

"Bonifacius: Well, I took the liberty of accepting a few other quests for us!"

"JohnWillStab: Good, as long as we don't have to desecrate any more graves I'm in!"

"Bonifacius: Alright, then we shall skip the first quest for now!"

"JohnWillStab: ..."

"Bonifacius: Let's see... we must bring back a 'toast fish'"

"JohnWillStab: Just one first? That should be fairly easy!"

"Bonifacius: Apologies - I made a spelling error - I meant 'Ghost fish'"

"JohnWillStab: ...I knew it wouldn't be that easy..."

"Bonifacius: We must make haste to the ruins of Maroshire and explore the sewer system underneath in hopes of finding this ghost fish!"

"JohnWillStab: ...why do they need a ghost fish anyway?!"

"Bonifacius: It's a preparation for Ghostfall, tis a holiday!"

JohnWillStab was following Bonifacius who was walking towards Maroshire as the two conversed.

"JohnWillStab: This game has holidays?!"

"Bonifacius: Naturally! Multiple in fact! There is an event every month - although only four are considered major events!"

"JohnWillStab: So what is Ghostfall like?"

"Bonifacius: It's a joyous time! There are events, food, special games and costumes!"

"JohnWillStab: Sounds fun!"

"Bonifacius: As well as an invasion of the undead!"

"JohnWillStab: Of course there is a downside..."

"Bonifacius: I would call it the best part of the holiday! The forces of the world united to fight off the hordes of corpses!"

"JohnWillStab: So... when is the event?!"

"Bonifacius: fear not, it only took place recently, that's why there are few new players, the undead legion is like a culling for them!"

"JohnWillStab: So what's going to happen this month?"

"Bonifacius: That would be Fourthmead, the merfolk celebrate the end of their 4-batch brewing cycle by setting up an event in Greyspring, it's great, many players choose to partake in alcoholism in real life whilst playing for better effect as well!"

"JohnWillStab: There is so much stuff in this game!"

"Bonifacius: true! They say the creator of the story, a man only known by his in-game name of 'Lorb' would refuse to work on the major lore plots sober."

"JohnWillStab: That... explains a lot..."

"Bonifacius: Aha! We've reached our destination!"

They stood by what looked like the ruins of a small city, not a town.

'Maroshire' read the wooden sign which remained the only intact part of the area.