I got bored... thought of this... thought it fitted here... sorry >.>
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The strange adventures of NPC Ann
The following recorded event started about 3 weeks ago. More of these cases are being reported all over the land.
Ann was what you would call a regular woman. She lived in the little village of Muckville and ran a granary she inherited from her husband, after he had died in last years Whippletail plague. She didnt mind though. She, and most of the village, always knew that Derrick would meet his end to something as simple as that one day. He wasnt really the smartest guy around. But she loved him nonetheless. And now she ran the Muckville granary with some help of her neighbors.
Ann felt a tingle in the air that morning, as she got up at the first orange rays of sun. As if a electric charge was floating in the air. Much like you'd feel when Zomzom's are around. But Ann didnt think much of it, she had work to do and it sure wasnt going to do itself. So she went to work, till it was finally in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, the sky baby blue, the grassy hills green and the birds where chirping. So far she hadnt left the granary yet, and was glad to smell some fresh air. As she made her way to the city square she saw Tom standing still in the middle of the street. She'd known Tom for a long time now, so she moved a little closer to see what was troubling him.
She said hi, but he didnt respond. She asked if there was any trouble, but he didnt respond. A bit curious she waved her hand in front of his face, but again he didnt respond. He was just standing there, breathing and staring at some invisible point in front of him. Slightly worried Ann made her way into the town quickly, hoping to find the town' doctor Benny. Inside the town she saw little groups of people, all huddled around something. Upon closer inspection she saw that all these groups were surrounding more townsfolk that stopped moving.
She hurried to Benny, and quickly saw she wasnt the only one who had that idea. Townsfolk were questioning him as if he was the cause of this all. Benny never was a great speaker, so he just cowered for the mob. Ann jumped forward and tried to calm the mob down, before the torches and pitchforks would be pulled. She took Benny alone and asked him what was happening. Benny said that he had no idea, he'd never seen anything like it. The frozen people where perfectly fine, in fact they where in better shape then ever. He said he already send out a messenger that morning, to the nearby city of Lolendale, asking the local mage's guild for help. He told Ann that there wasnt much he could do about it.
And so the frozen people stayed where they where for the next few days. More townsfolk started to join them in their endless stare. With still no word from the mage's guild, Ann and some others started to worry. Strangely enough the frozen people didnt seem to need food or sleep anymore. But they where starting to creep out the remaining townsfolk, so all the frozen people where moved to a nearby empty barn until a cure could be found.
A week had passed now, and with Ann only 4 others had so far not 'turned'. Something weird had happened overnight that had Ann worried sick. All the frozen people had moved into places scattered around the town and where now doing... things. Normal everyday stuff. Like sweeping the floor or walking around town. But that was the only thing they where doing, looping even. As if scripted. Badly scripted though, as some townsfolk where even walking into walls.
Around halfway into the second week all the remaining townsfolk were 'turned' as well. It was a strange sensation, you kept full awareness of your surroundings, but your body was taken over by a invisible force. Ann soon found herself standing in front of her granary, with something strange floating thing above her head. She couldnt quite see it from her perspective, but she was sure it was a exclamation mark. A big golden, glowing exclamation mark. For the rest of the week Ann just stood there, staring off in the distance with her neighbor Margret standing next to her clipping away at the bushes, even though she was standing 3 feet away from it.
In the third week Ann finally saw something on the horizon. Even though it was still too far away to tell for sure, Ann knew it was an adventurer. They'd sometimes come by the village and help out with some minor problems, like last year's Whippletail plague in exchange for money. Soon the adventurer came into vision, and Ann could see that it was a female warrior. But Ann also saw that there was something wrong with this adventurer. First of all, she was constantly jumping. As if that made her faster or something. Secondly it was the way she was dressed. Now fashion for female warrior has always been about showing off skin, but at the same time maintaining functionality. She however didnt seem to have gotten that last part of the message. She was wearing a single mail shoulder pauldron with a single mail glove, both on her right arm only. Her chest armor consisted of two metal hands holding on to her breasts. She didnt wear any pants, sufficing with only what looked like a metal thong. At least her plate boots looked reasonable, Ann thought. Until the adventurer was close enough to reveal they had in fact high heels.
The adventurer has the same gaze in her eyes as the frozen people had, but her expression was fixed to that what probably resembled seduction or something. She ran straight at Ann, who was hoping she had a solution to this all. Instead she felt a shiver running over her body, almost as if somebody had touched her and was surprised to find she was suddenly talking! "Oh thank god you're here <xXFighterGirlXx>, our crops are being attacked by wild Whippertails and we cant do anything about it! Please help us out and kill those Whippertails. Bring me 10 tails as proof and I'll reward you." The adventurer jumped off to the fields, leaving Ann behind in confusion. The exclamation mark had gone gray.
back to work then... I'll get it right and it'll be a masterpiece when I'm done I tell you!