Magik Online

Chapter 42: Lost in the Save

Somehow, Shroud had expected Celia to live in a Gothic mansion.

Instead, she used an ancient, derelict hotel as an Underside resort. The place might have once been a luxurious inn, before the decay and rust plaguing that side of the Midnight Market consumed it. Faint, ghostly green light came out of the windows, and the building was almost as unwelcoming as Stitch’s own clinic.

“When you said to meet for a drink, handsome,” Ace said. “I expected a warmer, lighter place.”

She had changed her dress for a golden and red ensemble, more fashionable yet as utilitarian as her common outfit. Very dashing.

“Don’t you find meeting an ancient vampire to talk over ancient artifacts romantic?” he replied. He thought he might as well mix business and pleasure, making an effort to dress well for her; setting aside his helmet and refashioning his glass armor into one of knight-like, dashing elegance. After his discussion with Manah, it was nice to relax in good company.

“The artifact hunt, yes,” she replied with a smile. “The vampire, no. I already have enough trouble with a living chest, thank you very much.”

“You like ancient artifacts?” He hadn’t imagined her to be a museum person.

“I worked as an archaeologist and re

Shroud froze. “What do you mean?”

“We still need to assign the White and the Red, no? Then we can call ourselves a true team.”

He had a gnawing feeling. “They are assigned. To Sol and Maggie.”

“Who?”

… shit, shit, shit!

He immediately checked his Magik Online account, finding it mostly unchanged, except for two very important missing elements. He immediately sent a message to the Administrator.

SHROUD: Where did the accounts of Solomon and Maggie go?

ADMINISTRATOR: I am sorry, Mathias, but I do not understand your question.

SHROUD: The Players, Sol and Sharpshoot. Solomon Nicholae and Maggie Powells. Where did they go?

ADMINISTRATOR: Let me check… We do not have these Players in our database. Why such a question?

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Spell of the Day

Echocall

Affinity: White

Dot: 2

Price: 6-10

Activation: Active, Voice Vector.

You radiate an aura of White Flux which summons echoes, a Flux leftover of a deceased person. The Echo repeats the person’s latest actions; the stronger Echocall, the farther back in time.