Hunting in the market [open for any/everyone]

[Codex]

<sub>"Oh shoot, shoot, shoot..." Cyd muttered as she tried plugging her microphone back into the computer. Usually the microphone was never unplugged - ever! But she had been mucking about in her seat, seeing how far she could lean back when.. Woosh! Over she had gone, pulling the microphone cable down with her. Not her best moment, Cyd had to admit. She had been about to log into The Game as well, but she wanted to set the microphone up first.

And finally! There it was! All plugged in and ready to go. With a satisifed and pleased smile on her face, she sat comfortavly on her chair. Dragging the mouse along the screen she double-clicked on her shortcut into the game and waited for the screen to appear. There.... Now all she had to do was log in and then...

And then she...
was...



Codex. The fearless Priestess! Well, practically fearless... There had been that one time with that rogue gargoyle thing, and then that time with kittens... But no, she wouldn't dwell on that.

Codex took in a deep, virtual breath, and flicked her hair back over her shoulder. Her eyes sweeped the market place, surveying the area, looking for anything that jumped out at her, or for any Guildies that were around. She was sure that by this point there would be a new quest up and she was just itching to go and do it! Even if it was something as silly as picking flowers, or whatever.

With a sigh, and a small pout emoticon at not seeing any of the Knights of Good just yet, or seeing anyone she knew, Codex made her way towards the nearest end of the market. She would start at that end and work her way along. She knew she had enough gold to buy something pretty - was there a new upgrade for her staff out yet? Hm... No, she didn't think so - after all, she had only recently gotten the one she wsa holding in her hand right now. A new one wouldn't be issued for a while. So, what else did she need?

Head tilted, she looked over the first stall, standing confidently and proud, not caring about those other avatars wandering past her and jostling her. Why should she, Codex care?

This first stall was selling protective items. Meaning, jewellery mainly, but there were a few common orbs as well. They were unexpensive and for a moment Codex was tempted to buy a particularly pretty and shiny orb that would ward off certain wraiths for a specific period of time, but she pushed that thought and offer back down and away. it would be useful, yes. But even though it was quite inexpensive it would take a chunk away from her spending gold! And something like that couldn't be done lightly, oh, no. Codex wanted her gold to be put to good use. It took time to accumulate the stuff, wasting it now would waste everything she had done!

So she shook her head and moved onto the next stall, wondering what she would find there.</sub>

[Clara]

Clara was finally alone. And that was how she liked it. She had convinced her husband to take her little brats out. She needed some alone time. She called it her "Me Time." She wished she could have a whole "me weekend" like when her sister got married, but she didn't see that happening anytime soon, especially because George had found out that she lied about the groom squeezing her boob. But, oh well. She couldn't worry about that now. She had a few precious hours alone without kids or husband. And she wasn't going to waste it in the real world. Reaching into a bag of powdered mini-donuts (the fetus inside her made her eat junk, all the time), she powered on her computer and logged into the game.

Clara waved her blue wand around a bit, just for fun. She looked around as she did so to see if anyone thought she was actually casting a spell. It was funny to see the virtual people duck and cover from nothing. She admired her blue dress. She wondered if there was anything she could buy to match it. And with that she went off to the market-place. It was the best place to buy something. Anything you needed, they had it. Well, not anything of course. Somethings were so rare you could only get them if the enemies you defeated dropped them. And other things you had to go on major quests for. But here and now, she just wanted a pretty bracelet that could protect her from fire spells. That was all she really wanted.

Clara wandered around the market-place, wondering which stall would be best. Her avatar shifted her weight from the right leg to the left. They did this if you left them standing for too long. Finally she just decided to wander down the aisle and look at the wares different vendors were selling. Nothing was really interesting to her, until she saw a flash of familiar red hair. It was the exact shade as the real life Codex, except way prettier and curlier. Maybe she should take Codex to get a make-over! Ooh, that could be fun. She would remember to mention it to her healer friend. Clara jogged over to wear Codex stood and entered into group chat with her. "Hey Codex! We both had the same idea to shop. That's so great! Do any of these vendors ever sell anything good?" Clara had found a couple gems in this place before. But usually you came up empty when shopping here and in other places, especially if you were as high a level as she was. She was very surprised to see one of the Guildies there. But it was a welcome surprise.