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Well you gotta' remember that this is a story. The characters in it haven't been playing RuneScape for years and don't have access to a knowledge base or spellbook tab to learn about magic. So this part is showing how actual people living in the world of RuneScape might react to something like magic.

25-Apr-2008 21:13:16

Lost King
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"Can you show me it?" Rosco reached for a rock on the ground and held it up in his palm. "Can you grab this from my hand with that spell?"
Tash snickered, "That's too easy. I'll go for something a little more exciting." His eyes surveyed his surroundings for a suitable target eventually landing on a rock across the river roughly two feet in diameter. "See that boulder over there?" He pointed. "Keep your eyes on it and make sure not to blink."
Rosco nodded, turned his head, and locked his gaze like a dog, which happened to match his appearance quite well. Tash prepared a law and an air rune in his hands. At the sound of a clap the boulder was dislodged from its resting place on the opposing bank and placed at the base of Tash's feet. Rosco leapt at it to make sure it was the real deal.
"This is...I don't even know how to describe it anymore!" Rosco was past the kid in a candy store stage. "I've been risking my neck attacking bears with sharp rocks and my fists and this stuff has been around the whole time??"
"Well it's not like now that you know about magic you'll be able to take down any foe you find." Tash cut off to look back to his tent. Through the wavering flap he could see a blade resting on the ground. "I've spent seven years with these things and I still have new spells and formulas to learn."
Rosco began to settle down once again. "I...guess you're right. But still, this is so awesome!" He motioned his mouth to start another sentence when he was interrupted by a low rustling noise in the bushes on the edge of the forest. Tash caught on to the sound and twisted his attention to the crackling bushes.

30-Apr-2008 00:34:52

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Both of the boys stood perfectly still with their eyes transfixed on a moving pile of green next to a tree. Tash positioned his fists into a readied stance to prepare for whatever was about to emerge. It seemed to be something larger than a rabbit and even larger than a fox, and there also appeared to be more than one. Letting one hand slip to his side, Tash slid his fingers into his satchel. After a couple more seconds Rosco eased his body and let out a sigh of relief.
"Aruu," howled Rosco in a subdued tone. It sounded something like a dog when they wanted to get your attention without using an all out bark.
A similar grumble came out of the bush as Rosco moved in closer. He bent down and scrambled past the bush leaving Tash alone in the opening with a dumbstruck look across his face. More growling commenced and soon enough the boy crawled back out from the overgrowth with a wolf at his side.
"Tash, I'd like you to meet my leader. Arr ra ra rr," Rosco said first to Tash then to the animal at his side. Somehow he had managed to learn the wolf's language, yet it really just sounded like he was making random barking noises.
Tash approached the two of them and could see more wolves edging their way out of the woods. "I assume these would be your friends?" He crouched down and raised a hand above the wolf's head standing next to Rosco, but stopped and looked up for permission. Rosco nodded to him to let his leader's head be pat.
"Yup." Rosco waved his left hand at the beasts behind him to signal them in. "Looks like the whole pack came looking for me, I'm surprised." Another wolf walked up to his other side and barked more dog gibberish, yet somehow sounded concerned. Rosco smiled and pointed to his patched up wrist then to Tash. "Graa rra ra."
Tash ceased his petting and straightened himself out. "So you actually know how to speak with them? Your grumbles are real words?"

30-Apr-2008 00:36:38

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"Course they are. I was still young when they found me, and they sorta' taught me how to speak to them. Really weird, don’t cha think?" Rosco asked laughingly.
Tash chuckled. "Actually, it's pretty believable. I can actually talk with cats, although when I talk it's in human language and the cats talk back in the same language. For some reason I seem to be the only one that understands them though. Everyone else says they just hear meows." Tash looked up to the sky in a daydreaming pose as if he were having a flashback. "But I guess that's a tale for another time," Tash said as he snapped back to reality.
The pack of wolves centered in around Rosco and began to sniff all over his body. When they were done they moved over to sniff Tash and explore his new scent. Tash was astonished at how tame a wolf could be when it was just there to sniff. All of his past encounters usually included him being chased off or having to stun one of these beasts in order to save his hide. Generally he would try to not physically harm a wolf so as to keep the rest of the bunch from hunting him down. It was a sort of his rent payment for living out here in the forest. Apart from fish, a majority of his meals would come from Seers' Village. Luckily for him none of these wolves seemed to have met him before, or at least not in a dangerous situation.

30-Apr-2008 00:46:07

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