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Dawn719

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Ow, my ribs. I stumble away, and she pokes me again. Again. Again. Once more, into my stomach. At least, she isn’t using her axe for the poking. I try to flee, but she runs after me. My back is now being poked without mercy.

“Stop!”

“Not until you apologize!” she snaps at me.

“Waaaah!” I cry. No one seems to pay mind to my cry. All of Runescape’s residents walk by as if I weren’t being murdered. “The Pokey Lady is hurting me! Help! Help! Help!”

“I am not the Pokey Lady!” Dawn argues. Her pokes come harder upon my back. I finally run into a fence, fall over said fence and land headfirst against the ground. My neck, my neck!

Dawn finally ceases, and she looks down at a discomfited me with satisfaction. “There, noob. Never mess with me again.”

“Okay,” I agree weakly. Everything hurts. Before Dawn leaves, she leers over me with a smile.

“I suggest you try attacking a cow if you won’t try the chickens,” she tells me.

“Sure,” I agree again. I’m so afraid of not agreeing with her, I’d even agree my name was Flowergirl101 or something.

“All right. Have a great day.” The Pokey Lady skips away, back to her happy, little willow trees. The world, for me, has turned upside down. I hurt so much. Ow.

I pull myself into an upright position and sneak past the Pokey Lady, who is chopping at her tree happily. Then I find the cows again. I also find the drunken farmer asleep outside the gate of his cow pasture. I guess yelling at the high levels tuckered the poor guy out.

“Good-night,” I whisper. I open the gate and enter a world of cows, calves, meat, bones, and stinky cowhides.

~End of chapter 3~

04-Aug-2010 14:08:47

Fireheart449

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Well, here's the answer to your question:

Chapter 4 -- A Noob in Danger

The first thing to greet me is two fighting high levels. Both of the combatants have bright blue armor like Wolfbane, and they seem to be fussing over the skin of a cow. The hide is being stretched as they tug and pull, back and forth.

“Hey…guys,” I say hesitantly. I’m half-afraid they’ll knock me over with the cowhide.

“Oh, hey look, Monty, it’s a noob.” One of them lets go of the skin and the other high level goes flying. “What’s your name, noob?”

“My name’s Freak449, but you can call me Freak.”

“Nice to meet you,” says the first one. Monty is lying dazed, paces away. “Oy, Monty, come take a look at this kid.”

“I think Monty is a bit stunned,” I point out. Suddenly Monty leaps to his feet and whips off his helm. I’m met by a head of bright, orange hair and a dazzling smile.

“Monty is not stunned,” Monty says, “only slightly bewildered. Kenshin, you shouldn't have let go so suddenly.”

“Sorry,” Kenshin apologizes. The high level turns to me. “My full name is Kenshin345, and my friend there is Monty90. We love noobs.”

“You love them?” I repeat. Um…

“We’re here to help.” Monty grins at me as if he had just told me a fabulous joke. “We can provide cowhide, bones, and cooked meat, all for the measly price of 1gp…each.”

“I don’t have any money,” I say. Monty and Kenshin both tilt their heads at me with a frightening togetherness.

“Then why are you freakin’ wasting my time?” Monty cries. The high level doesn’t look happy.

“A noob who can’t pay, is a noob who won’t last a day.” Kenshin giggles. “I rhymed, Monty. I can’t believe it.”

“Yeah, yeah, tell it to your mother.”

“I did not give you leave to speak of my mother in such a manner.”

“Sometimes I think you’re from another planet altogether.”

“Are you accusing my mother of being an alien?”

“Uh…guys?” I interrupt. They both glower at me. “How do you kill a cow?”

06-Aug-2010 19:44:47

Fireheart449

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The lowing of nearby cows suddenly distract me, and I examine my sword.

“Well, you take your sword and you attack," Kenshin says. “I’ll demonstrate.” He lunges at a cow with a bright red scimitar in his hand.

“He has a dragon scimitar,” Monty tells me with great pride. He winces when Kenshin suddenly bellows in pain.

“Owww!” Kenshin is hopping around like a madman, holding his foot. “The cow stepped on my toes!”

“Quit being such a baby!” Monty admonishes. Monty grins at me. “Kenshin is overly sensitive. I love him like a brother though. He and I are in this noob business together. Since you don’t have any money, I suggest you scram before I take you out into the wilderness and kill you.”

“Are you threatening me?” I ask. This wilderness again! I must visit it some time and see how bad it is. Of course, the likelihood of me being killed there is very high.

“Of course,” Monty answers. He slaps his head in frustration, noting Kenshin still hopping around while the cow watches in amusement. “Hey, Freak, finish off the cow for Kenshin, won’t you? He’s been rendered incapable…like always.”

“Okay,” I agree eagerly. I lift my sword and solemnly decide being a pacifist is not for me. I can't survive here as a pacifist. People like Wolfbane would make fun of me forever, and I can’t have that, can I?

I step towards the cow, and it eyes me warily. The cow moos, and I give the cow a look. I hope my expression is challenging rather than disgusted. Killing cows appeals to me no more than killing chickens does. My sword is heavy in my hand; my wooden shield weighs down my other hand.

I poke the cow with the sword, and then it attacks! The cow butts me again and again, and I’m helpless. I try running, but the cow is fast. It follows me to the fence, and then I’m stuck. The gate is all the way over there, and other people in the pen appear not so eager to help me.

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Fireheart449

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Kenshin is watching the entire scene with a pitying look on his face. He runs after me as I flee in another direction from the following cow. Jogging by my side, he says, “You should have trained on chickens first.”

“I hate CHICKENS!” I screech. For that matter, I hate cows too. They hurt. I hate Wolfbane and the Pokey Lady. I won’t go so far as to say I hate Runescape, but it comes close.

“Okay, Freak, keep your head on.” Kenshin rolls his eyes. “Don’t worry, buddy. Just let the cow kill you, and you’ll come back.”

“You swear it?” I gasp.

“Swear on my dragon scimmy,” he replies. “Monty, I never break promises on my scimmy, do I?”

“No!" comes the faint answer. The cow’s still huffing after me, and I’m running out of energy. Kenshin stops and gives me one last smile.

“Farewell, noob.”

“This can’t be the end,” I groan. How embarrassing to be killed by a cow! I do wonder if I will lose my memory. I hope not. I’ve worked so hard and gone so far to be who I am right now.

I stumble and fall, and the cow descends upon me. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

***

The surrounding area looks familiar. I think I’m back in Lumbridge. I take out my Friends List and look for Lady Lore’s name. The name is dull, so she’s not here. I need her! I need help! Kenshin and Monty were no help.

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Fireheart449

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Well, at least, whenever I die (which is sure to be often) I’ll come back... though Lumbridge is nothing pretty to look at. I stop at good, old Freak’s Bane (that inconveniently placed fountain). I fill with memories, and then sulkily I make my way from in front of the Lumbridge Castle to a path. I cross a bridge and find a number of repulsive, green creatures.

“Ew, look a noob,” one of them chuckles.

“You’re ugly,” I reply.

“You’ll regret that.” The ugly green thing attacks. I step backward and try to flee, but the thing catches me in the side with a dagger.

“What are you anyway?” I say, regretting that I was dying so soon.

“I’m a goblin, of course: the most fearsome creature in Runescape.” Somehow this hideous, green, wrinkly goblin doesn’t seem to be what he claims. The cow seemed a lot worse.

My world goes black, and then I wake up in Lumbridge. “Great. Lumbridge. I’m going to get sick of this place,” I mutter to myself.

~End of chapter 4~

06-Aug-2010 19:47:44

Dawn719

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Chapter 5 Trip to Varrock

Leaving the familiarity of Lumbridge behind, I follow a person. The person doesn’t know he’s being followed, but I feel no need to socialize. Finally, I catch up with him because I’m bored beyond belief. Hey, a guy needs to speak with someone! Maybe I was a popular person…once. Now I’m just a noob.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to Varrock,” responds the man. Curiously, he has bright blue hair. My eyes hurt looking at it.

“Varrock’s a big city?” I guess.

“Well, it’s bigger than Falador. Varrock’s the best if you’re trying to get new weapons buying archer’s equipment or buying armor. There’s a staff shop for wizards.”

I’m speechless. A city with tons of stuff! There must be something interesting to do in Varrock…The question is: do I like shopping?

“There’s clothes and magic runes to buy, and of course there’s easy access to the wilderness.”

The words “the wilderness” catches my attention. I look at this guy again and decide he’s far more trustworthy than Monty or Kenshin. Maybe he could take me to the wilderness and protect me?

“Can you take me to the wilderness?” There’s no harm in asking.

“I hardly know you,” the guy answers.

“I’m Freak449. What’s your name?”

“Redseed112.”

“Great, now we know each other,” I say. Redseed looks unconvinced.

“I’m meeting someone in Varrock.”

“Who?”

“Her name is Fireheart449.”

“She has the same numbers as me!” I exclaim.

“Yeah, sometimes that happens. She’s a nice person even if she’s a high level. Though you should know she gets irritable when anyone asks to be her bf.”

“Her what?”

“Boyfriend,” Redseed informs me.

“Oh.” I giggle and then give a coy wave. “I don’t think I could ever date a high level. She would kill me.” My laughter falls away, and I realize the truth behind my words. I could never reveal my love to Lady Lore. What if she kills me? What if she’s as cantankerous as Fireheart?

“Hey, little buddy, you look depressed."

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