30 Isll see you all again (1/2)
”Thanks.” Jericho half smiled.
Princess beamed. ”Well, at least you can earn some money while I am at school now.”
Jericho gave a nod back and pulled out his wooden flute and resumed playing the calming medley he was playing back at the elven village.
The girl turned to her friend. (By the way Ken, you look great! You look a lot like Lux did before everything happened this morning.)
The boy's short tail wiggled happily out of sight. (I look much cooler now right?)
(Definitely; how is it walking on all fours like that?)
Ken looked around to make sure nobody was around before reverting to his human form. ”With the game system's help I am getting used to it. I prefer my human form still.”
Princess laughed. ”Alex would mention something about the glory of technology right now.”
He inwardly grumbled that she brought up Alex again. ”Truly, it is still strange how natural that body feels but how much it doesn't seem to affect my normal self. Oh, Princess, can I ask you for a favor?”
”You need a new collar right?”
”Um, I didn't mean that.” He shuddered at the thought. ”I know how honest you are. I was wondering if you could not say anything about my current condition to anyone except me and your brother.” He shuffled awkwardly.
Princess smiled. ”You are right, I don't really have much of a filter, but I am good at keeping secrets. You will tell people about your condition on your own. Even my brother has secrets I'm helping him keep. Your secret isn't mine to tell. Besides keeping secrets and being honest are two different things.”
”Thanks.” He replied. ”By the way, Jericho, how high is your luck stat?”
Jericho lowed the flute, ”fifteen.” He resumed playing.
”No wonder, if that was tripled in earlier levels…” he replied. ”Princess, I know you prefer dancing outfits but here are some sandals and a cape. They are level 10 equipment so we will need to level up a bit more before you can use them, but it will at least give you a bit more defense in case you get attacked.”
Princess smiled. ”Thanks Ken but…”
”Take them; they are too weak for me right now. Besides, I got them from the people that attacked us. If you don't like them, you can switch them out later for better ones.” He interrupted.
”Thanks.” She replied taking the items.
”And for you Jericho, here is some leather pants armor. It shouldn't affect your movement much but it will at least keep you safer once you can equip it.” He handed over the pants.
Jericho grabbed the armor and put it in his inventory with a swift motion as he took a breath to keep playing.
[You have gained the Flute skill 8/10 Master]
”Oh yeah, Jericho, you wanted to try out something with my human form skill?” The pre-teen recalled.
The bard snapped out of his thoughts. He put his flute away and pulled out the guitar. ”Right.” He started strumming while focusing on the blond haired pre-teen's 'Human Form' ability.
Ken received a few notifications. [You are under the effects of the Composition of (Human Form). While the piece is playing, your human form timer will reduce at half speed. After the composition is completed a minute will be restored to your transformation timer. Because you are the only ally with this skill, the effects will be doubled. The timer will reduce at quarter speed and two minutes will be restored when completed.]
The bard ended the melody.
”Jericho, the effects are amazing! Not only is the timer slowed down while you play, when you finish it gives me extra minutes.” Ken exclaimed excitedly. ”If you use your song, I can be human all day long.”
Jericho gave a nod. ”Today it won't make much of a difference though, right?”
A server announcement was made. [The server will shut down in 30 minutes and will be offline until 7:00 PM tonight. Please finish up what you are currently doing and log off. The game company is not responsible for any items, progress, experience, or other things lost or misplaced because of a failure to log off.]
The three put away their items and logged off.
***
The day was festive as Moira and Kenneth danced.
”Ken, I have a great idea!” Moira shouted.
”What's that?”
”You should learn a line dance with me. There are quite a few of them that fit with what we have been practicing.”
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”A line dance?” Ken asked.
”Yeah, it is a type of western dance that has a series of steps that are performed before you rotate and do it again. Normally they are done with lots of people and they are a lot of fun. Jericho wrote a song that I made a dance to. It will be perfect for you to practice your swing steps with.”
Ken chuckled awkwardly. ”Will I have time to learn it?”
Moira gave a nod. ”Yep, most basic line dances like the one my brother and I made are fairly easy to follow even if you don't know the dance.”
Jericho turned on a partial recording and started playing a melody on fiddle.
Moira started to dance. ”Ken, watch me and then when you think you can follow along stand next to me and dance too!”
Ken's eyes widened with both shock and excitement. ”That almost looks like…”
***
Purai looked calmly around the forest before receiving an anticipated system notification. [Your friends Dancing Princess and Jericho the Bard have come online.
She sent them a message. [I'm on my way over to Lilly's flower garden. I will meet you there. How are Lux and Ken doing?]
The bard promptly sent a reply to Purai. [They are doing great, they both seem much happier after your serum removed Ken's curses. See you there.]
Purai excitedly traveled over to where Lilly's flower garden was. ”Finally, I did something right.” She clenched her fist happily. ”I can do this!”
The flowers and the young elf came into view. ”Lilly!” Purai called out.
”Purai! You are back! Did my new friends find you?” Lillith inquired with a bright smile.
The healer nodded. ”They did and what is even better is I was able to get rid of the lynx's curses!”
”I knew you could do it!” She gave the healer a hug. ”I bet they were so grateful! I should tell everyone to be nicer to my new friends since they brought you back happy.”
Purai smiled sadly and patted the young elf's head. ”Lillith, I'm leaving.”