《Blue Screen Blues》Chapter 37: A Brief Interview With An Unsung Hero
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Zephyr wakes up in the morning hugging Liz, and she had throbbing headache. She looks around and tries to find Ryan, but he wasn’t here. She couldn’t remember anything. At the same time, she had to pee really bad. She walks downstairs and it was 3am in the morning.
Breanna was not here, she already went home for the night a few hours ago.
She then runs outside to the outhouse and relieves herself.
She then runs back inside the Inn and crawls into bed. She was trying to remember last night really hard. In her bra she felt a few pieces of paper and pulls them out. There was a Receipt for a House that was bought by her for 1.5 million gold, an Official Receipt from the bank saying she Pulled out 1.5 million gold, and some Bar tabs from Breanna.
She doesn’t understand what the hell she did last night, and just decides to go back to sleep.
Meanwhile…
Ryan was in the woods having an Erotic dream and had a calm presence over him. Suddenly he forces himself to wake up. He knows this ecstasy feeling means by heart now.
He opens his eyes, and Citra was laying right next to him with her head over his heart.
“Ugg Why does my head fucking hurt so bad!” He asks Citra.
“You had a fun night last night” She tells him.
“I don’t remember shit. What did I do?” He asks her.
She wipes the sweat off his face and plays with his head.
“I already scanned your head, You got Drunk with the guys at the worksite, Walked into the inn, The girls confronted you about something you did to Zephyr, You walk into a Room they were sharing with Kannell drunk, You get in her bed thinking it was Zephyr and make out with her, and Now your 5 miles away from town”
“Oh, come on!” Ryan Cries in annoyance at his Headache, his bad luck, and his bad choices.
Suddenly his Phone beeps.
He pulls it out and he ended up getting a Message.
“New Skills Unlocked!”
You unlocked the “Fuckboy” Skill tree! Your Current Fuckboy level is 2!
“Beginner Fire mage Tree has been Maxed!” Please see your Trainer to unlock the next Set of Spells!
“Your Skills in Sailing has increased!” 674/1000
Your Luck has Increased!
You have unused Stat Points Waiting!
“Hey this is Pretty awesome! I been too busy working I didn’t read my messages…Hey wait a minute!” Ryan said while rereading his stats.
“Fuckboy Level 2? I am not a fuckboy!” Ryan said defensively.
“You Did sleep with Vedra on the first date, after I told you Last thing you needed was sex. This is so comical!” Citra said while laughing.
“You know shes gone right?” Ryan said while trying to make the Scene seem more Serious.
“I know, I talked to Liz already” She said.
“But I haven’t seen her leave town, or Zephyrs side at all and aren’t you not allowed in the town?” He asked her.
Citra smiles at him and Transforms into a White Caucasian woman in front of him who had Green eyes and Brown hair.
“Not if I enter like this” She said while smiling at Ryan.
“Ahh So we know both each other’s dark Secrets now. Great. That’s a fair trade” Ryan said while sitting down in front of her.
She turns around and leans back into him and grabs his arms and puts them around her.
“Yes, I was told to keep my eye on Liz a while back. Vedra saw this coming. She said she saw great things coming for her, and some dark times before that. Her Accuracy isn’t great, but I see you coming into Liz’s life was the start of her Prediction” She told Ryan in her human form.
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“You know Zephyr was almost the downfall of Liz, right? She got thrown in Jail, and could have been Executed because of her betrayal the other morning, If not for the fact of my bad luck gave her the ability to lock my ass down to her” Ryan said while hugging her and wishing his headache would go away.
“I know, Look I been talking to her secretly in this form. Me and her are all caught up. But even then, if she was going to be executed I could of Broke her out. Warren is a man after all, it’s not that hard to seduce him, paralyze him, and make off with her” She explained to him.
“Oh, that’s right” Ryan said while piecing all this together. Suddenly he realizes something she said Earlier.
“Did you Say I made out with Kannell again, and she was sharing a room with the girls?”
He asked her.
“Yes, it was so funny how she punched you, bit you on the neck, and teleported you out” she said while recalling his memories she read while he was asleep.
Ryan looks down on his neck and pulls out his phone. He takes a Selfie, and in the picture, he can see he’s been marked.
“Oh, you Gotta be kidding me!” Ryan screams in disbelief
“I Have to go Citra! Thanks for the chat!” Ryan screams in anger as he runs toward town in the dark. He puts on his Night vision Widget buff, and then Puts on the song “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba and starts Sprinting angerly.
“Alcohol+ Me= Bad choices” Ryan said in frustration.
He runs until he gets tired. Then walks.
He takes out his phone and looks at his current stats:
Vitality 18 Strength 11 Intel 27 Agility 14 Spirit 15 Spell power: 0 Precision: 2 Armor Rating 0 Mobility: 100
Luck 10 Resistance: 5% universal Skill/Spell Improvement: N/A
He notices his Luck has Jumped by 5 points. This makes him smile, and then he looks at his Skill points he had available to spend.
He had 18 points to spend and thinks really hard about what he wants to cash in on.
He puts 3 points in Vitality, 2 in Strength, 3 in Intel, and 10 in Spell Power from his phone.
When he hits enter, he feels Lightheaded and happy. He stops walking and enjoys this character Improvement High.
He then Looks at his stats again.
Vitality 21 Strength 13 Intel 30 Agility 14 Spirit 15 Spell Power: 10 Precision: 2 Armor Rating 0 Mobility: 100
Luck 10 Resistance: 5% universal Skill/Spell Improvement: N/A
This gave him 1680 Hit points, and 3000 mana Points.
He starts running again and rushes to make it to work on time. He knows his shift doesn’t start until 9, but he really wants to get there early and volunteer for Sailing duty again.
He gets back to town in 1 hour and it was 4 am. He realizes the City gates are shut and gets pissed at this.
Ryan then walks to the seawall and grabs his Sailboat. He raises the Sail, and then runs out into the water and goes for a Sail to the north. He notices a Lantern on the floorboard and lights it up. His Night vison buff already Wore off, and now this lantern offered just a little bit more light for him while he sails off looking at the Purply plasma galaxies in the sky, the sun was coming up soon, and the sky was slowly turning Red. He lands at a clearing 3 miles away and explores this area.
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He heard some girl screaming for help in the distance but doesn’t really pick up on it at first. He hears some metallic banging, and what sounds like a sword bouncing off something glassy, and then he hears screaming again.
A girl was screaming and sounded like she was fighting for her life. Ryan takes out his phone and fires up his light and carefully charges ahead. He finds a 16-year-old girl fighting a giant 10-foot angry Crab.
“Holy shit are you okay?” Ryan asks as she holds on tight to her 2 handed sword, which blocked a Slamming attack against the Crab.
“Help me Sir! Please!” She begs him.
Ryan then Casts [Detonate] on the Crab, and this blows a big huge hole in its shell.
Ryan then tries to grab his sword, but realized he left it with Zephyr when he went to work.
The crab then starts Charging at Ryan and the Girl takes the time opportunity to cast [Amber light] on herself and heal just 15% of her health a little bit.
Ryan Knowing, he has the attention of the Crab Casts [Detonate] again and blasts more of the shell off of it. The crab then goes to attack him with its claw and Ryan casts [Detonate] again and blows pieces of its exoskeleton off its claw.
The girl then casts [Taunt] on the crab and takes its attention off Ryan . Ryan then starts his 3 second cast of [Fireball] and aims for where the armor was blown off. The girl engages with head on combat against the crabs claws, and Ryan Aims hard and lets loose his spell.
The Spell veers too wide to the Right and hits the girl instead and damages her and she screams in pain. Ryan who is panicking, then Starts spamming [Detonate] on the armor of the Crab. He starts feeling lightheaded at around the 9th [Detonate] and knows He’s low on mana the crab then loses it lock with the girl and comes running after him. The girl sees a Clear gap in its shell, and then picks up her sword and charges at the crab from behind and impales it. This pisses off the crab, and she goes in and tries to pull out her sword, but it swings around still stuck into its body and goes to attack her. With the sword clearly pierced through the back of it, Ryan knows he has 1 last spell in him before he gets the world’s worst headache.
He Runs over to the sword and starts casting Fireball through the sword. He lets the spell mature to as big it can get and injects it into the crab. This instantly cooks the inside meat of the crab and the fireball comes flying out the other side hitting the girl again. The crab falls over dead, and the hole of the blast was cooked from the inside perfectly. .
The girl shoots Ryan a Pissed off look but smiles at him and gives him a hug.
She then heals herself up with [Amber Light] While Ryan suffers a Headache that was not as bad as he expected,
She pulls out her sword, then Takes her sword and with a mighty blow cuts off all the legs, and the Claws. She doesn’t say a word during this whole process. She takes these 40-pound Limbs and puts 8 them on this handmade Bamboo drag Sled. She then Runs a Rope around them and secures them and comes out with a Donkey that was tied to a Tree.
“You can have these 2 legs. Thank you, sir, for your help!” She told him.
Ryan turns on his phones light and shines the light on her rig while she hooks up her donkey.
“No way! You have a Cellphone? That’s Soo cool!” The Girl said in Excitement.
Ryan suddenly gets a little excited by her knowing what a cellphone is.
“You know what this is?” Ryan asked her seeming interested in how she knows what this is.
“Ya, I come from a World where those were all the Rage!” She said while she finishes hooking up her drag sled.
“Hang on, Are you from earth too?” Ryan asked her to seem Very excited.
“YES! Oh My God!” She screams in excitement.
Ryan suddenly flashes the light on her and gets a little better look at her.
She was a Black girl, with Black and white Stripped Plate Armor on a black and pink undershirt, she had Jet black Emo choppy hair like a white girl, and she had a Short Small Frame. She didn’t really have any boobs at all, and she had a small Butt. She had a lot of Scars all over her Legs and her arms. Her sword had a Winkey Tongue face Emoji stamped on the blade, and the front of the blade had a whole bunch of XOXO’s engraved on it.
Her hilt had a Hot-Pink colored Wrap on the Grip, with 7 tally mark Scratches on the Pummel and Had the word “RAWR!” scratched into the Fuller of the Sword it.
“Holy Crap! You’re an Emo girl!” Ryan Screamed in Excitement.
She frowns at him and laughs.
“No Silly, I am Not Emo, I am just Alex!” She said with an upbeat attitude.
Her voice and Dialogue was dead on proper and on Par of a White girl. He couldn’t even tell this girl was black at all
“No way, you clearly have the cute Emo Fashion thing going on here. It’s pretty freaking awesome! I used to be an upbeat Emo kid before I died so don’t be ashamed” He said while trying make her smile.
“Alrighty fine, Yes I am Emo it’s so good to find somone from earth, and someone who also understands my style” She told him while giving him a Warm and Exciting hug.
“So, what are you doing out here?” He asks her.
“Collecting Crab legs to sell to the camp down the road. It’s a Military Camp and they keep growing in size, so That means These bad boys are going to Go up for pretty penny!” She excitedly.
“Ahh ok. Hey dumb question, would you like to join my party? You look like you’re a Tank, and we don’t have one yet” Ryan tells her.
“Depends, what do you have?’ Alex asks him.
“I got a Clingy Scene Rogue, an Arcane mage, and Me I am training to become a Blackfire Battlemage” He tells her.
“Mmmm. Do you have a Healer?” She asks him.
“Kind of, but I am not really sure if shes going to tag along. I know she is running her own Business” Ryan tells her.
“Well healers are rare down here in Tourterra. You need to go up to Sivika, Wyozonia, Ala-Ash, or Faterra. You may get better luck getting a healer if you get into Eyefore as well, or northern Tourterra. But other than that, when would you want to start questing?” Alex Asks Ryan.
“Hmm, I have a project I need to do in Staug for about a month, then I can get my ass out of here” He tells her.
The girl frowns at him.
“I can’t hang around that long, I want to get out of Tourterra as soon as possible. I’m tired of these Mosquitoes the size of Cellphones, this annoying humidity that keeps fucking up my hair, and The Rush of Careless Delander’s Flowing in here for the winter, and at the same time the server glitched really bad over in Gainer quite a few times this week. The whole damn town mysteriously and randomly would start Blasting “Despacito” at Earthquake inducing levels. I thought it was funny at first, but the quest givers stopped giving quests during those times. I moved on to this area over here because of that” She explained to Ryan.
Ryan then Facepalms.
“That was because of me. My Cellphone plays music. I ended Getting my ass almost arrested when I realized It was Trolling the capital with Despacito when I would play my songs”, He explains to her.
“Ahh hahaha! That’s So Funny! You really made my day with that unintentional prank.
To be honest that incident caused some Distubian Spies to be caught in the Capital. They had the audacity to have a meeting outside during the “Air Raids” and a few of the “Spanish Folk” who weren’t bothered by the song, Reported them. Alex explained while laughing.
“It Seems like everything I do has a Silver lining” Ryan told her.
“Well anyway, I know you want to get going, but it was super nice meeting you Alex, May I Buff you Up Before you leave?” he asks her.
“How are you going to buff me up?” She asked him seeming Excited.
“My Phone is magical. I got this when Alexandria Spawned me into this world. She let me take a magical Cellphone full of Songs, Useful Apps, Maps, everything else when I spawned in” He told her.
No Fair! Gerard let me come into this Game world with “Party Poison”! She tells him while pointing to her super awesome sword.
“Ahhh that’s super Awesome! So, we both have these “God Tier” Items that the mages Keep freaking out about” Ryan says
“Hey who is Alexandria?” Alex asks seeming Curious.
“The person who “Judged” me and sent me here after my Suicide” Ryan told her.
“Oh, you got someone Different from me then” She tells him
“Yep, I’m stuck here as consequences for my actions. Supposedly if I learn something from all of this damn shit I can go to heaven or something like that” He explained to her.
“Ahh you killed yourself, that sucks” She said while feeling sorry for him.
“Hey, do you have the song “Jesus of Suburbia” from Green day on that thing? She asks him.
“Yes, I do” He tells her as he scrolls through and looks for the song.
“I want to hear it Soooo bad right now!” She said excitedly.
Ryan finds the song and puts it on. The song granted her 30% All stats in everything for the next 3 hours.
When the song starts, she cheers in excitement and starts dancing.
“So How did you die?” She asked while relaxing to the song and seeming interested.
“Had a Bad day at school, and long story short Crashed my Motorcycle at 160 MPH” He told her.
She walks over to him and gives him a Hug.
“Want to hear my story?” She asked him.
“Sure” He replied.
“I never expected to die the way I did. I grew up a Black girl with no father and grew up in the hood. I was always living in fear that somone of my own race, or another race would Kill me just because of the color of my skin, or me being at the wrong Place at the wrong time, or being a victim of a Random bullet come flying through the walls because of a Drive by, or gang war” She told him while smiling at him, and maintaining an Upbeat attitude.
“I was always in constant fear of being killed because of being black. So, I changed my style up from Ghetto to full on White girl. I did not at all resemble any other members of my Family. I acted differently, and I had some emo friends at school that helped me try out this fashion, and it stuck. My Family hated me for it, and in return we always got into fights at home. This led to Depression, and to ease my mind, I got into this Genre of music. The music spoke to me and helped me get through being an outcast” She said while smiling and taking a deep breath.
“A lot of people liked me, and I was doing really great in school and all that. I stuck out and made sooo many friends and started only dating White guys since they would keep me out of my Neighborhood and treated me extreamly nicely and took me on really nice dates. This led to further Chaos at home, and then one Tragic night when I was walking back home with my Sister a car full of Thugs came speeding around the corner and started shooting at some gang members hanging out at the corner. When we ducked down to avoid the fire, a Few black women got out of the car with guns and shot at the other gang members. One of the men Mistook my sister as a rival gang member that was shooting at them, and Shot her 8 times and left me alone due to my white girl appearance
This Killed me because I got my wish, I wasn’t targeted unlike her for her style. Then later down the line I was blamed by my family for her death and was told I should have been killed instead of her. She then takes a deep breath tried to keep her composure. She lets one tear fall but keeps smiling.
“My mom told me “I wouldn’t have been missed” If I died that day.” She said while laying down on the ground and looking up at purple nebula of Stars above her.
“I cried and was broken, through it all. I felt really bad about this and wanted to kill myself that night, but I Listened to this Song on repeat and cried all night. I ended up falling asleep without hurting myself or hanging myself like I wanted to alone in my closet. I just woke up the next morning to a Home that hated me but managed to force myself to go school. the next day after my sisters funereal and stayed strong, only to get my Ass Pwned by a School shooter!” She said while Laughing.
“Wait hang on how is that funny that h?” Ryan asked seeming confused.
Alex gets up and smiles at him.
“It’s funny because of the Irony. I was so distraught by my mom’s words and losing my sister, I went down a hero by charging into the gunfire while everyone ran out of the room and taking the last 7 rounds the pissed off kid had in his clip, instead of letting him attack the 5 other girls that were holed up hiding in the corner. When I took his last rounds in his clip, the kid then got his ass ROFLSTOMPED by the resource officer! She said with a giggle.
“ The Black Emo Girl went down a Hero saving 5 Redneck girls who always talked shit about her, and My mom ended up chocking on those words of hers.” She said with a Crazy proud smile to Ryan.
Ryan then thinks about his ending and feels like and extreme ass. He was secretly crying inside from story, while the song keeps playing.
“I died after I saw him hit the ground, and then I was met with My “Judge” Gerard and I saw my Funeral. I remember watching my mom cry her heart out, and me feeling really happy about it. I saw all the kids come celebrate my life, and then I was offered by Gerard the ability to come to this world and be happy, and have fun, and have an Adventure free from Prejudice.
I was given “Party Poison” as a starter reward and sent down here. I ended up dying several times learning this new world, but I made it to level 40 with 2 years of Adventuring, and slowly Grinding on my own pace” She said with her upbeat attitude.
“How old are you when you died?” He asked her.
“I was 14” She told him.
“Wow, that’s horrible. I feel sad now for throwing my life away for a bad day now, and I am 18” Ryan said with a heavy heart.
“You I’m not going to judge you, I mean I have accepted my Fate, and Don’t let it bother me anymore. I learned to live this wonderful life one day at a time and live life at 100% here” She said with a joyful smile.
Well anyway, I’m going to get going, with this short Vender quest, but before I do go, can you do me a Favor before I leave, Can you play a song for me I been dying most of all to hear again? She asks him excitedly.
Tell you what, why not you take my phone and listen to all the songs that are on it until the sun comes up? I know you know how to use one of these things, and I know you can’t break it or lose it. I will recall it at sunrise. Your Story has really Touched me and Made me sad at the same time Alex” He tells her.
He switches the Buff mode on the phone off, and then notices something that’s been right in front this whole time in the corner of the slider. There was a Lock tab on the left slider tab. He clicks on it and a Prompt appears for him to set a Slider pattern password so no one could waste the buffs, or the buff mode come on accidently due to a “Butt Dial” like input. He quickly puts a lock on the tab.
“Oh, that is so Awesome! Thank you very much! She said as he hands her his phone.
“Tell you what though, I am on my way to Sivika, I hope we cross paths again dude, you are Awesome!” She tells him.
“I hope we do to; I am so happy meeting you, and grateful You gave me info on this world I didn’t know” He tells her.
She gives him a warm hug and throws her sword over her shoulder.
“Like I said, I hope we cross paths in the future buddy. Take care. I will take care of your baby, you said you can recall it at sunrise, right?” she asked seeming interested.
“I can Recall it anytime I want from anywhere. You can’t lose it. I will just teleport it back to me” He told her trying to ease her mind.
“Well that makes me happy! I am about to go cut down some beasts to the north, and I didn’t want to accidently lose it, or get it taken from me if I die” She replied.
“Don’t Die on me Alex! I really want to quest with you sometime in the future, you’re an amazing person Alex and I look forward to being great friends with you” He told her while getting ready to walk back to his boat and sail back to town.
“I won’t, I’ll take care of myself Ryan. Have fun and be safe! Enjoy your Crab meat!” She told him as he walks away.
“Oh, trust me, this isn’t going to waste. Like I said don’t die!” he said while laughing.
As he walks away, she puts on the song “Calling all Cars” From Senses Fail and starts Crying silently inside.
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