Sorry about the last chapter, I still feel really bad because of the CANKER SORE FROM HELL, but here’s the second chapter:

Hauling her solid horns, Tranq decided to pay a visit to Staff Sergeant Charlie. “He’s always pretty pleasant, and at five experience per horn, his trading program isn’t too bad,” she thought.

“Man, this is annoying. If I were in Trickster Online, then it would take me forever to get to the other end of this map!” she groaned as she moved around. She usually got bored while traveling across towns, so just for the heck of it, she jumped onto one of the platforms next to the potion shop and tried to activate a portal.

*POOF*

Unexpectedly, the electrons around her swirled rapidly, canceling her existence and forcing her to reappear… on another platform three feet away.

“Well, that was unexpected,” Tranq said dryly.

A young boy in a white shirt, a pair of blue denim shorts and carrying a beginner’s sword walked in front of her. “Mesos plox,” he said pleadingly. Tranq had dealt with these urchins before, and she had no inclination to repeat the same unpleasant experience. Ignoring the boy, she proceeded to jump platforms across the town. The boy trailed behind her. “Mesos plox. Items plox. Im just a lvl 8 beginner,” the boy said, causing metaphoric needles to prick Tranq’s brain and making her fly into irate fury.

“Defame,” she roared, “Report!” The boy looked at her like she was completely insane.

“Mesos plox?”

“Stop harrassing me!” she yelled, and she lashed out with her staff. It collided with the boy’s head, incapacitating him and causing him to cascade several meters before crumpling to the ground. “Hmph! Good riddance,” she said before proceeding to meet Staff Sergeant Charlie.

“Hello,” she said. Staff Sergeant Charlie merely look straight forward and greeted her in a militaristic, generic manner. Suddenly, he said:

“So you have met Master Sergeant Fox? I will give you something to prove that you have met me… but only if you bring me two plates of orihalcon!”

Tranquilled had been expecting this: After all, her well-connected acquaintances had informed her that she needed two sapphires, two orihalcon plates, and two adamantium plates in order to collect the three pieces of map the sergeants possessed to present to their Master. “How many maps can these guys possibly have?” she had wondered to herself. “Everyone I know has done this!”

Tranquilled said, “I’d like to trade.”

After telling her the ramifications of the trade, she proceeded to trade a hundred solid horns at a time until she didn’t have any space left in her “Use” inventory. She then loaded all the useless potions she had obtained onto the armor-selling fairies. She did this again. And again. All afternoon.

Until she had an aneurysm and died. The end. ;D Just kidding! The next chapter might be a bit boring, same as this, but don’t worry, I’ll get to something good eventually…

In the meantime, is anyone willing to tell me how you get Halloween candy?

Sincerely,
Tranquilled