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Hello! Just a brief explanation before I get on with the story, this is (as the title may have suggested) a RuneScape Creepypasta. If you didn't know, a creepypasta is a short internet story, intended to shock, scare and unnerve the reader. Sadly this was deleted from the Creepypasta wiki as they no longer accept gamepastas, but I always intended to post it here anyway. This is my first ever creepypasta and so the story may not be the best creepypasta, but never the less, I gave it my best go...

Potential game spoilers

Please note that this creepypasta contains major plot spoilers for the quest, Fate of the Gods. (Also, this is my very first attempt at a creepypasta).

29-Nov-2014 19:41:18 - Last edited on 29-Nov-2014 20:00:16 by Zylorarchy

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Runescape. To me it is so much more than a game, it is a way of life. While other teenagers go out, drinking and partying, I honestly prefer to just stay in and play Runscape. Many have said that the game isn't what it was, that it’s dying, ruined, that the Evolution of Combat (EoC) update wrecked it, whatever, to me that doesn't matter. To me, it is still the game I know and love. I probably play it too much too much to be honest… But anyway, I had just arrived home from school and instead of doing homework like I should, it was time to XP gain! And in any case, I still had the rest of the week to do that homework.
So, I turned on my computer and loaded up Chrome to play Runescape. Of course most people do use the client, and so do I normally. However, recently a virus wiped the computer of all data, and I have yet to re-download the game client. But re-downloading it? Forget that, XP Waste! Because I’m lazy (though not fat or anything just pointing that out), I had also not added Runescape to my favourites, well I hadn't actually added anything to that, I had just got into the habit of typing out the web addresses. Due to my poor typing ability, I accidentally misspelled “Runescape” when typing out “Runescape*d0t](0m”. Irritated at myself, I went to click on the address bar to correct my error, but to my surprise the spelling error corrected itself and I was seemingly taken to the website without further delay. Hmm… I know there are fake Runescape websites out there, I should probably do a virus scan considering my recent experience. But* the website looked identical to the normal one, and unlike fake Runescape sites, the web address itself was completely fine.

29-Nov-2014 19:42:27 - Last edited on 29-Nov-2014 19:43:41 by Zylorarchy

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Meh, forget it, I can do that later if need be. And I do have an anti-logger if by chance, this is fake and tries to record my login details. So, I logged in as per usual, and my character came into view standing by the Edgeville lodestone (those stone things you teleport to). Ah, this seems to be perfectly fine, this is where I logged out and my inventory still had all the same items and… Yeah, my skills are all the same too. I am still wearing my usual stuff, my Ganodermic armour which is a sort of magic fungus armour, my divination cape, and my magic staff, the Armadyl Battlestaff. No one seems to be around but I guess the EoC haters do have a point when they say that there are less people around these days. I walked towards the bank almost automatically, I mean I don’t actually think I have to bank anything but, as I say, it’s almost an automatic response.

When I reached the bank I was surprised to see that no one was there, I mean I guess it’s not impossible but there is normally at least two or three others standing around. I could check my Grand Exchange offers here but to be honest, I need to buy some new super restore potions for my slayer task so I made my way to the Grand Exchange itself. I turned run on and made my way to the shortcut. As I ran, a strange theme began to play, I recognised it though asFern’s theme. And trust me, for Runescape music, that tune is eerie and really quite disturbing. But why is it playing here? It*s only meant to play during the Death of Chivalry quest. I checked my playlist only to discover that I didn't have one. But I had reached the underwall tunnel by now, which would take me into the Grand Exchange in the city of Varrock.

29-Nov-2014 19:44:41

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Zylorarchy

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I made my way into the Grand Exchange, the centre of all trade in the game. Upon reaching the North-West “pillar” where the exchange clerks stood, there was still no one there… I ran south to that South-West pillar, no one… Not one single player. I ran to the two remaining pillars and again was disappointed to see no players. Now, I know there is a new Grand Exchange in Prifddinas, recently added to the game, but surely there are some who have to still use the Varrock one? Not everyone in the game has access to that much higher level trading centre…

Maybe I’ll change worlds, let’s see who’s online on my friends list and I’ll join their world via that. I opened up my list, everyone was offline. Fine, I’ll do it manually then. I pressed escape and up came the “Options Menu”. I clicked on “Exit to Lobby” and there was no response. I felt a slight shiver, admittedly at this point the Fern song had entered its most eerie stage, surely there must be someone around! I ran to the eastern exit of the Grand Exchange. The Varrock yews, I was thinking, there’s always some woodcutters around. But as I ran to the trees, the screen went black and flashed before recovering claiming that the display driver malfunctioned… When I got there though, no one cutting yews, no one cutting ivy. I clicked to move and the ground turned light blue as the game froze for about a second, before continuing again.

29-Nov-2014 19:45:13

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I ran south, all the way through Varrock, down the path all the way to Lumbridge. I encountered no one on my journey. Was I in some sort of abandoned server or something? But why couldn't I log out? But then I thought well, I was only prevented from lobbying. I haven’t actually tried logging out. Standing outside Lumbridge castle, I pressed escape and clicked to “logout”. The display driver crash occurred, and then I tried again which resulted in the same response. Fine Runescape, you want it this way? I moved my cursor up to the top right and pressed the cross. The whole screen flashed at me this time before recovering. I was pretty worried now, clearly that website was a fake, this is some sort of malicious private server which stole my account details when I logged in.

As I was about to try and cross the game off again, I saw a flash of black out of the corner of my eye, which looked like some sort of shadow. I whirled around to face whatever it was but nothing was there. I was pretty scared by this, and as my back was turned from the computer, I saw how dark the room was seemingly getting (My desk and computer were right by the window, so I sat with my back to the room and the door). I got up and turned the light on. As I turned to go and retake my position at my desk, I noticed how dark it had become dark. I went to sit back down feeling anxious. I was determined though, no virus would best me. I clicked the cross button and immediately someone screamed “ NO! * from my laptop at such a volume that I fell out my chair.

29-Nov-2014 19:45:53

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I quickly got up stumbling and trying to make my way to the door. I saw the shadow again, looking exactly like those shadows from the Temple of Light in the game, but then it disappeared. I desperately grabbed the door handle but couldn't open the door. I tried to pull it open, my eyes burning, my heart pumping with fear as I saw the shadow creature closing in on me. “I suggest, you play the game you love so much…”. The voice sounded like Zaros, the god of control, from the Fate of the Gods quest, and I froze. I turned, and saw that I was still logged in. *Come…” said the voice. I slowly moved over to sit down at the computer. As I sat down and looked out of the window, I saw it was completely black with no building (or anything else) in sight. *Play with me” said the voice again, which I pinpointed as coming from the computer itself. Not daring to disobey what was seemingly the most powerful god in the game, I grabbed the mouse with a shaky hand, breathing deeply, and prepared to continue playing the game.

29-Nov-2014 19:47:02

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As though I had marked an area on the world map to go to (I hadn't), a blue arrow on the minimap had suddenly appeared. I knew, that I had to follow. I walked to the back of the castle, towards the large empty crater and as I approached, the screen faded to black. The crater was gone but, wait a second, this was the opening cutscene to theBattle of Lumbridge, the first world event. Zamorak, the god of chaos appeared, just like he did all those months ago, enlarging himself to several times the size of my player, and just like then he fired spells as the ground tearing it apart. Then, he turned to look directly at myself. By this time the Fern song had stopped, when Zamorak looked towards me, theZamorak Zootheme played but… it was much slower than usual which made it sound distorted. Why am I really observing these facts though? Because looking at Zamorak himself... He looked not at my character, but directly at me, he was smiling an unnatural smile, one which the Runescape graphics could not possibly produce as it spread right up to his ears. His eyes were white as though he was blind and as his smile widened, a single trickle of blood left his lips. His red wings, his demonic grey body, looked even more menacing and destructive than usual as they seemed far more detailed than they were in, what do I call it? The real Runescape?

29-Nov-2014 19:47:41

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At that point, Saradomin appeared, the god of order and wisdom, who also enlarged himself to the same size of Zamorak. Zamorak quickly turned to look at his enemy, and Saradomin's theme played (Strength of Saradomin). I was relieved that it played at a normal pace, perhaps Saradomin was here to save me. After all, while his methods in the actual game are questionable, and due to recent lore I have come to dislike him, he does essentially stand for good. Perhaps, like in the real world event, they would battle and I could get away from here. But then he turned his head to face me, just like Zamorak did. His eyes were white, just like Zamorak's and his beard was stained with blood. Although Saradomin had retained his blue, human-like appearance just like in the game itself, he too looked more real. His godly robes were torn and the huge four pointed star that was his symbol, was broken in two, almost like a broken heart. The music then slowed just like Zamorak's had. The cutscene ended… and the gods were both standing there looking at me and they laughed, an awful noise ridden laugh that was distorted as though the sound had badly glitched. Saradomin's theme still played slowly, and instinctively I made my character run.

I ran as fast as Runescape would let me, which to my horror, I quickly remembered was very slow. I ran through the combat academy and made it over the bridge. I immediately clicked to run north going past the cows and chickens. The screen faded out to black and showed Saradomin casting a spell out of his staff, just like he did in the original world event cutscene, but with distorted colours. All around him was black, while he was bright green. It then showed a massive explosion, like the one which wiped out half of Lumbridge, except it was red and looked very real. The screen faded back to me and I could run again.

29-Nov-2014 19:48:20

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Zylorarchy

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I knew the explosion was spreading, just like in the film Independence Day. It was slowly getting louder and louder as it drew in closer and closer. I knew I had to get away, but how could I survive this? I was sweating in real life, I felt the tears pouring down my face, what if I died? What would happen to me in the real world? I knew some force was keeping me here. And I jumped as I saw the shadow flash right in front of me and the light bulb shattered plunging the room into darkness, with the computer screen now the only source of light. As I ran into Varrock I saw it! The solution to the problem. To my immediate right, there was a red arrow on the minimap indicating that I could go underground.

I ran towards it, past the thief I had so often killed. I approached the building with the golden plaque on, frantically clicking I kept missing the door. The sound of the explosion grow louder and the entire game colour scheme was turning darker and redder. But I managed to get the door open and climbed down the ladder to where the NPC Straven was. The whole of the screen shook as I heard the flames consume Varrock, and I can only assume that the city was burnt to cinders. I had to get away from here, what if the Gods find me? I know they can easily shrink down to human size. I opened up the lodestone (teleport) interface, Eagles Peak, yes that was far enough away. I teleported…

29-Nov-2014 19:49:07

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Zylorarchy

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To my horror however, I did not land where I had intended. But in a far worse place, a place thatevenin the normal game, I would fear. I had teleported to the Wilderness lodestone. In the Wilderness, players could attack and kill each other at will, and considering the circumstances, I had never been so keen to stay alive in Runescape. The voice then spoke to me again, still sounding like Zaros. *What do you want? Tell me young one and perhaps* we can come to some sort of arrangement. I am glad you got away from those gods, it makes for better entertainment. After all if you had died… Well… You’d get very bored sitting in your room forever,” I gulped, but this was no time for fooling around. “Where am I?” I demanded. “Your room is in my world now, separate from yours, and until I deem otherwise, you shall stay here, playing what I find to be a more interesting Runescape. But you have not answered my question. What do you want?* I stood up from my chair and said in a shaky voice “Take me b-back. Bring me back to the real Runescape. Get me out of your world…” There was silence, for a long time.

29-Nov-2014 19:50:08

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