kill a person. Not only that, but there were no clues from Lady Tarbuck or her sons on how to find the robbers. It took the better part of the day examining the Tarbuck estate and the surrounding area for some sort of lead. It was only when they found footprints at the foot of the Tarbuck home''s back windows that they had a lead. One impression in the ground had a single oak leaf pressed into it, though none of those trees were in the area. Ragen deduced that the leaf must have come from afar.


    hate, anyone breaking character and meta-gaming.''


    are the rest of the Job Classes?''


    ''You know, for strategy.''


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    Ran away? I can''t say that. Ragen remembered the first bout of violence he ever saw in the game. Nothing like the highly choreographed violence he had seen in other games.


    Guns? Fire magic? Why doesn''t Butler seem impressed by any of these? Ragen was certainly impressed by the variety.


    That''s all? Ragen held his tongue. I could be a gun user? Or use fire magic? Or jump and climb really high? I would have chosen any of those to give me an edge... Now I''m stuck with a short sword swung by my short arms, I''m useless...


    Wait a minute... Ragen thought to himself. I''m worrying about causing a ruckus when it''s just a game? The game world was catching Ragen off guard with its realism, he was naturally considering consequences as he would in his own life.


    I don''t remember you having that sword drawn at all. ''OK.'' Ragen leant the threshold, not daring step into the single room shack fully. ''We should probably search the place quickly, that bang might bring someone back here.'' He looked around for their objective, but could only make out a ring of metal at the centre of the room, reflecting what little light there was from outside. A trapdoor maybe?


    Jeremy or Roger was it? He could not think of what to say. Does your mother know you''re out this late? That was his first thought, but all that came out of his mouth was: ''What the bloody hell?''


    relax when you fall!”