Reign With Axe And Shield: A Gamelit Fantasy RPG Novel (Metamorphosis Online Book 3) by Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle

Author:Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle [Grey, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Jay stared at the database and wanted to beat his head against the desk.

When they had started this a few weeks back, he'd been filled with inspiration. He had been doing something he wasn't supposed to do: fighting against a common enemy and trying to help Gracie finish the quest he earnestly believed she was meant to finish. He'd been searching through the database, following the clues in each encounter…

And now he couldn't even think of where to start.

If he were Harry, how would he hamstring the game? Where would he put the bomb? Jay had no earthly idea.

The urge to beat his head on the desk got stronger.

He rolled his chair over to the whiteboard at the side of the room, took a marker down, and stared at the shiny surface.

Nope, that wasn't working either.

He looked around his office. This place was soulless—that was part of it. He had been in a cubicle before, but now he had an office with white walls and a plain desk and absolutely nothing to make it look like it was his. No desk toys. No pictures. Not even a pen.

That gave him an idea, though. Jay considered, then brought up the global rankings screen. It took a few clicks for him to get to where he needed to go, and he was smiling as he made some adjustments on his screen. He wasn't a graphics genius by any stretch of the imagination, but he could do basic things.

He hit Print and headed to the printer on the other side of the floor. A few people called hellos, and he waved. It was good to be back. He hadn't let himself think about how much he’d missed this place, but he really had. He'd missed his teammates, and he had genuinely enjoyed the work he did here.

The printer was almost finished by the time he got there. Jay waited, then went back to his desk and looked around for some tape and scissors. It was fairly quick work to put the picture up.

He didn't have any pictures of Gracie, after all...so a picture of Callista would have to do. He grinned at the blue-skinned face. The tank was staring imperiously out into space in her screen grab from the global rankings. You could fully believe that she was some long-lost queen, ascendant in this new world.

At some point, he'd have to get a proper picture, though.

He went back to work with a renewed sense of purpose. He took the marker, went back to the whiteboard, and began writing down what he knew about Harry.

1) Metamorphosis Online was Harry's idea.

Harry had come up with the world back at the start. Jay didn't know quite how that would inform things, but that was the deal about making lists like this. You didn't know what was important until later.

2) Harry believed that people should not be allowed to do whatever they wanted in-game because it would make them bad people outside the game.

Which led quickly to more points.

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