《The Forsakens》The Celebration
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They were checking the quest board. There were many quests there. Olga began to read them aloud.
Olga: "To cut lumbers, help to find a girlfriend, to find some herbs, to find some lost animal..."
Kepyun: "How about we pick the one to cut lumbers?"
Olga: "I was thinking to pick the one to help to find a girlfriend."
Kepyun: "What do you think, Sakar?"
Sakar was reading another quest document in his hand.
Sakar: "I was thinking to be the nude model."
Olga: "Can you give me the document in your hand?"
Sakar gave it. Olga checked it and read it aloud: "A male and a female nude model are needed for the painting course."
Olga: "Do you really plan to accept that quest?"
Sakar: "Let's do it together, what do you say?"
Olga: "Of course, NO!"
Sakar: "Check the reward."
Olga: "A hundred coins per person and a two years unlimited free ice cream coupon for ColdBreeze brand."
Olga's eyes were shining with excitement.
Olga: "I am in! Let's go do it, now!"
Sakar: "Don't you see it? The date is next week."
Olga: "Let's reserve this quest."
Kepyun: "They drawing my magnificent body would be fine. I think I should go."
Sakar acted like a kid: "NO! I FOUND IT, IT IS MINE!"
Kepyun: "OK, relax dude. The honor of drawing my body is worth more anyway."
Kepyun: "We need a quest to do tomorrow, too."
Olga: "The one to help to find a girlfriend, the rewards include fifty kilograms of meat."
Kepyun: "Forget about the lumber thingy then."
Sakar: "Who rewards meat for a quest? Who is the issuer?"
Olga: "Let me check. A man named Reyansh."
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Kepyun: "I know that guy! He is the son of the butcher. This must be the reason."
Sakar: "I get it now. Then let's accept those and go to enjoy a rich life for today."
They went to the annoying receptionist once again. Sakar handed over the two documents: "We would like to accept these."
The receptionist stamped them and gave back. Even stamping two documents and noting them to her notebook took her something like one minute. How slow can one be really? It is like she is living life in slow motion. Sakar took the documents and they left the quest hall.
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People in the City of Old Marmara would go to the street of Tharis, named after a hero of them if they were seeking entertainment, any kind of it. That street wasn't long that much but had enough enterprises for each kind of taste. Gambling, music, dance shows, prostitution... Whatever you can think of was there.
Of course, our trio also went there. The street stalls in the street were selling many different kinds of food. They were looking at everything in a different way this time. It wasn't like anyone of them was rich. Since they were able to buy whatever they saw this time, things were different. They first ate meat as Kepyun requested from a shish kebab store. The shish kebab they ate was super delicious. This was Sakar's first time eating such a thing. Sakar paid 15 coins for three portions. Normally, 10 coins would be enough to feed a family of four for an entire day.
Olga excitedly said: "It is time for dessert! Let's eat ice cream."
They found the ice cream stall.
Sakar: "A mixed portion."
Kepyun: "Just chocolate flavored, one portion."
Olga: "I want three portions, all of it strawberry."
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Sakar: "Isn't three portions too much?"
Olga: "I won't share any, if you want, buy some more."
Their ice creams were prepared. Olga was eating it in a way looked so hot and sexy, Sakar was watching her with a daze. He even missed his own mouth a few times.
Two of them were finished, they were waiting for Olga to finish hers. She was enjoying every part of the strawberry flavored ice cream. They even got bored waiting for her. She was finished and said: "Guys, I am thinking to buy a new one. What do you say?"
Sakar: "What?"
Olga: "I told that I am thinking..."
Sakar interrupted her: "I heard you. I meant that isn't it dangerous? How about we go and ride that earth coaster?"
Olga: "It is much more dangerous!"
Kepyun: "It would be fun! The thrill of the coaster is high as I have heard. Let's do it!"
The earth coaster is a kind of amusement activity in which a few earth shamans work. They have a designated place in Tharis street. This street really had everything for people of every age and gender. At the end of the street, there is an amusement park where there are incredible toys such as the earth coaster. People who work in facilities such as those are called commercial shamans. They mostly aren't as strong as the fighter shamans since they use their abilities for daily life and entertainment.
They decided to ride it despite the protests of Olga. Since they will be riding and earth piece controlled by a shaman, the earth pieces were flexible such as they had the option to prepare a seat for three people.
Olga: "Since I fly every day, this device is fine by me. But I warn you guys, it makes people puke."
They didn't heed to her warning. Jumped on the earth piece and made a wave sign to the commercial shamans to make it start.
The beginning was alright. Sakar was right in the middle of them. The earth piece accelerated each second. It vibrated and went high and down. As it made every movement, Olga's boobs were bouncing. Sakar's eyes were glued to them instead of the road ahead. Kepyun was having fun, he made a wave to the shamans to make it more violent. They approved and made it so the earth piece would move crazily. It was shaking them a lot. Sakar was having a stomach problem there but he kept looking at Olga's bouncy jellies instead of complaining that he had a problem.
It was the moment when the time has stopped for them. It was that very moment Olga learned what relativity of time was. It was like in slow motion to her. There were small and big particles of food and liquid all around, slowly coming to her body and face. They were like meteors she had no way to run from. A warm meteor shower washed her entire being. She has never have gone through something more disgusting than that. There are things you wouldn't want to experience in life. This was one of them. She wanted to die without someone vomit on her. But from now on, she was someone that had been vomited on. To her, her screaming was also in the world of slow motion, to the shamans beneath, they heard it instantly, the view what they witnessed made them feel so bad. They were used to people vomiting here but they have not seen this kind of thing, what they saw may have been called the 'vomit girl'.
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