Good news- we made it through the busy season at work! Peak’s over! Bad news- the computer I use to make my art, is still down. May not be up for a while. (Amazon screwed up my order- Rather than receiving my new part on the ninth, as promised, I now have to wait ’til the nineteenth! Ten freaking days. Free two day delivery my ass. Yeah, Amazon SUCKS! sry, had to be said.) ty, DD
By David C. Daoust
Chance’s face was lit with delight as his Spidermech gained control of the massive Behemoth. A veritable fortress of a beast that had been locked away within the confines of the Arachnoid nest, it was a fury russet colored creature with an unusually shaped head and four thundering legs. A creature so large, Chance mused, it could swallow up five or six native Drumps in one bite! Who comes up with this stuff? He had to wonder what this thing could feed on- especially on such a rocky barren moon. Games were weird sometimes!
Chance had complete control of it! As though his controls were rewired from his Spidermech to the seriously oversized monstrosity!
The best part, was all the grief people gave him for pursuing the ‘Splicer’ profession.
‘Splicer’ was, in Chances opinion, an underrated profession. Most people just went in for Mining or Engineering; these were the professions with the obvious benefits. Of course you could only take one profession, so a profession like ‘Splicer’ got over looked nine times out of ten. Especially considering it seemed completely useless in the single-player campaign.
It allowed his Spidermech to ‘mind control’ non-player monsters. He was able to put it to use in the single-player mode, but yeah, it kind of seemed like a useless frill compared to the rest of the professions. Well, Chance had to assume there just was not much development for that aspect of the game. Yet!
Chance knew what he liked. He thought it was fun, so raised his stats in the Splicer Profession as high as he could during the single player mode- despite all the elitist ‘know-it-alls’ telling him he was wasting his time.
And now, that he was storming back to home-base with such an outrageous monster– he could not wait to show it off!
He half laughed, half checked his map display as he guided the creature out of the nest; tearing through the rough terrain at break neck speeds. There was not even any resistance to the theft! Yet his heart pounded with excitement all the same.
He could not help but check who was online, he called up his ‘friend’s list’ almost everyone was on. As they had been since they were finally able to re-enter the game. Penn and Colbert were missing, but they were kind of annoying anyway…
He noticed Rowdy was online, though the list showed he was not in game. He’d been keeping an eye out for him for weeks, and was somewhat disheartened that he would miss his big crazy display. Chance did not really know what he was going to do with the beast, probably just thunder around the mine the raid team had set up, until people started to notice him.
He wanted Rowdy to see this! He wanted EVERYONE to see this. So Chance sent out a call and, once Rowdy answered, told the absent gamer he was about to bring the whole game down. It was hard for Chance to keep a straight face, so he grimly studied what he was doing, as though it took serious concentration. Rowdy asked some questions, but really Chance just wanted him in to witness the beast. He agreed to get in game, and Chance closed the chat. His smile was re-plastered across his face.
Everyone else had been rebuilding their Spidermechs since they got back into the game. Either mining up the resources that allowed them to run repairs, or running the repairs on the kayo’d mechs. Chance the Slicer did not have much to do but hang around waiting for the whole raid team to get back on their feet.
They had to assume their next assault on the Spider Queen’s nest, was going to be pure mayhem. Not only was it probable that she was awake for the next phase, but all those Drump- were hostile now.
It was going to be a blood bath!
Chance could hardly wait.
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