"JohnWillStab: I need one of you to attack me…"

The fact three of the people were able to smell curry in real life next to the in-game pot of curry was past the point of being considered a coincidence.

"Pedecree: You don’t think you’re going to… feel it?"

"JohnWillStab: I don’t know, but it seems like the rational thing to do…"

Without warning ♕ used a basic melee attack to smack John with her staff resulting in his character dodging the hit thanks to the stamina bar decreasing scarf.

"JohnWillStab: Sorry – I’ll unequip the scarf!"

John removed the scarf and ♕ proceeded to cast fairy flies at John, though the cancelled the spell after a second so as to not kill him – despite her attempts at preserving John’s health he was left with about seven HP.

He could definitely feel something, as if someone was pinching him all over, it didn’t hurt per se, but it was very unpleasant to experience.

"JohnWillStab: I think felt it…"

"♕: I’m starting to feel this is no a normal MMO…"

"JohnWillStab: What are we supposed to do in a situation like this?!"

JohnWillStab and Bonifacius exchanged a look of understanding before tying the following:

"JohnWillStab: THIS IS F#*KING AWESOME!"

"Bonifacius: WE HAVE STUMBLED ACROSS A GAME FROM SCIENCE FICTION!"

"♕: WHY THE F#*K ARE YOU PEOPLE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS!?"

"JohnWillStab: I mean, wouldn’t you buy a virtual reality headset if it was real?"

"Bonifacius: I would be the first in line! What about you Bromy?!"

From the distance Bromy replied,

"Bromy: Of course I want to make Sw*** art **line real!"

"JohnWillStab: Except with the feeling of pain!"

"Bromy: So the finale of season 2."

"Pedecree: …"

"♕: You people are actually mad…"

"Pedecree: This really is terrifying to thing about… the implications…"

"♕: I know…"

"Pedecree: I forgot to add black pepper to my curry!"

Pedecree played the /panic emote.

"♕: …"

♕ face-palms.

"♕: No I did not!"

Pedecree looks up at ♕ in confusion.

"Pedecree: OH S#*T! The emote wrote itself!"

The whole party went silent as JohnWillStab, Bonifacius, Pedecree and now Bromy (who just arrived, he came in search of this alleged curry.).

"♕: Did it finally sink in? We’ve gotten ourselves into some deep s#*t!"

Bromy let out a smile as he turned to the other four players beside him.

"Bromy: Bony, you know what we must do in this kind of situation!"

"Bonifacius: I think I do…"

Both Pedecree and Bonifacius nodded.

JohnWillStab turned to face the others, uncertain of what to do.

They proceeded to use the /victory dance emote, much to the confusion of all but the four of them, John just the /dance emote – making him dance out of sync with the rest.

"♕: BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DIE?!"

The whole party turns to ♕ confused.

"Bromy: Well, I assume we respawn like always."

"Bonifacius: Indeed. This is just a game after all."

"♕: IS IT?! IS IT REALLY!?"

JohnWillStab’s face lit up all of a sudden.

"JohnWillStab: Guys, guys, what about alcohol?!"

"Bonifacius: Tis a great question!"

"Pedecree: Curry and beer, can’t get any better than that!"

"♕: …"

Pedecree placed down a keg of beer (a toy item you can purchase for 100 gold during a festival).

"♕: Free booze is nice…"

♕ reasoned.

"Bonifacius: Fear not, crown – if the world becomes too real for any of us, we may leave!"

♕ let out a reluctant sigh as she grabbed some beer from the keg.

"♕: I guess you’re right…"

Twenty minutes later…

XxFoxlyxX opened the large gate leading a group for ten NPC he was able to convince to follow him to their base.

"XxFoxlyxX: GUYS!? YOU WERE MEANT TO TELEPORT ME BACK TO THE BASE!"

XxFoxlyxX was a little shocked at the sight before him, dozens of wooden kegs of beer littered the place, NPCs both passed out and partying, JohnWillStab, Bromy and Bonifacius were performing a synchronised dance atop some tables while surrounding NPCs cheered.

Pedecree stood near the entrance of the base, handing out bowls of curry to the NPCs while eating a bowl himself.

He was frying something in a pan, they looked like little white balls floating in a clear brown liquid.

Arachnophobia was sitting by a fire, eating a slab of meat provided by Pedecree.

Bournell was nowhere to be seen, he most likely left as soon as he finished with the building – JohnWillStab had his arm back, so Bournell must have either returned it or destroyed the original.

"JohnWillStab: Ah, come one in, guys! There’s enough curry left after all!"

"XxFoxlyxX: WHAT THE F#*K ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!"

XxFoxlyxX sniffed the air and realised he could smell curry.

"XxFoxlyxX: Hold up, why can I smell curry?"

That night, none of them actually went to sleep, it seemed both alcohol and their in-game stamina bar had an effect on them, the same way their real-life reaction had an effect in-game.

They also discovered that the hangover, is in fact, very much real.

JohnWillStab opened his eyes and realised he was sleeping in his chair, he felt a tug on his shoulder and spun around only to find the room he was in empty – he turned to the screen and saw that he was being shaken awake by Bonifacius.

"Bonifacius: Wake up! John!"

JohnWillStab sat up and immediately regretted the drinking contest from the day before.

"JohnWillStab: I’m alive!"

"Bonifacius: Good, I was concerned thou wouldn’t wake up!"

JohnWillStab looked around and saw the area seeing Bromy was back eating some leftover curry at a table which wasn’t there yesterday.

Crown was still asleep under said table, Pedecree was nowhere to be seen.

"JohnWillStab: Where’s Pedecree?"

"Bonifacius: He left yesterday, he does have to go to work after all."

"JohnWillStab: Damn, yeah, guess people do that… "

JohnWillStab started feeling something in his pocket in real life, he checked his pockets and found that they were empty, he opened his in-game inventory and found a note.

“I finished the construction, tell crown we’re equal now, good luck with whatever kind of roleplay you s#*tstains are doing… Sincerely, Bournell. ”