This Broken Sword: TOL Online Episode 1: A Lit RPG Saga by TJ Reynolds

Author:TJ Reynolds [Reynolds, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TJ Reynolds
Published: 2019-10-31T06:00:00+00:00

Fishing with Abra: Minor Quest. You have struck up a friendship with Tael’s young Abra, the local expert fisherman. He has agreed to teach you how to fish for the native species. This is a multiple stage quest that continues to develop until every season and fish type has been explored. Status: 0/4 complete. Rewards: Skill in fishing various species; 150 XP per phase; additional rewards upon full completion unknown.

I smiled as I dismissed the information, clearing my view and preparing myself for town. Gaining XP just by hanging out with little Abra would be a treat. Who said all quests needed to be hard?

I swallowed down a bundle of nerves as I entered town. I had not expected a confrontation with the law on my first time into town. Abra had a good point though. I’d head first to the seamstress to make some coin. It had to be enough to tip the scales regarding the fine for… fish poaching? I wasn’t even sure what to call my accidental crime.

The town opened up into a wide patch of well-worn earth and ran around half of one bank of the pond. Down the center lay a cursory path of cobbles, tipping the hat to the notion of a proper street. Not a city by any means, but Taelman’s Pond had plenty of citizens.

Various shops had every telltale sign above their doors. This was what one might expect of an RPG game, but the convenience still reassured me. Tol Online had been anything but convenient so far.

I passed a stand of produce, a butchers shop, and the anvil and hammer sign of what I assumed to be a blacksmith. I heard no clanking when I passed, but rushing gouts of air consumed by a hungry fire. Bellows?

A needle and thimble above a small cottage drew me in. Soap, and some harsher chemical, made the air thick and hard to breathe. I winced at the intensity of the fragrance. A young woman, not much older than myself, stepped forward. “Ya get used to the smell. May I help you ma’am?”

“Yes, um, I’m new here and need to sell some items if that is okay.” I said with a blush. The first interactions were always the hardest for me.

“Depends on what you’re peddling miss. My name is May. Nice to meet you.”

She made no move to shake my hand, so I remained likewise reserved. “My name is Hana. I have some ratkin and kobold claws that Abra thought you might like.”

She gestured to the counter between us and I fumbled with my bags, pulling out the herbs and claws.

“Ask the cook if they can use any of those herbs, otherwise you might need to find the herbalist that lives in the hills. These though, not bad. Ratkin claws are needle sharp!” she said with a grin.

“The rest were blunted.”

“As they often are,” she said, then pointed with her fingers at the claws. “I’ll pay good for this lot. I’m short on needles of any sort right now.

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