Delayed Transfer

Armina and Enleed arrived from their grocery run while Mark and Robert were talking.  Albert and his mother, Danielle was still at the back, with the kid spending the charges of the Displacement skill from the amulet.

Mark introduced Armina and Enleed to Robert and informed his guild mates that Robert was the father of the kid who he cured from ALS.

Armina brought the groceries to the kitchen to put away while Enleed talked to Robert about the items that the guild members were currently using.  He also showed his website to Robert.  When Robert saw the video from the dungeon, he looked at Mark questioningly.  At first, Mark would have liked to make excuses about how good the CGI were but then again, Robert was already in the know seeing as how his son was cured by magic and how he already purchased some dungeon items from Mark.

“Yes, what you’re seeing is real.  We have a dungeon that we fight monsters with and the monsters drop items with magic.  That’s how we’re getting the items.” 

Enleed look at Mark then asked, “I’m sorry, I thought he knew already!”

“Robert knows some but not all, well now he knows all.”

Mark wondered if him being careless with his secrets would bite him in the ass someday.  “But then again, even if it did, I only have one year left here in this world.”, Mark thought.  The only problem that he was thinking of was how all of these would affect his friends but knowing who they were, just like him, a gamer through and through, they would have chosen to be part of all of these regardless of the consequences but to make sure, he would need to talk to them one by one.

“Do you know anything about MMORPG?” Mark asked Robert.

“Yes.  I was in college when the WOW craze took over the world and was one of the earliest player.  So correct me if I’m wrong, you have a dungeon and your getting loot from your dungeon? Do you level up as well?”

“No, we don’t level up.”  Mark lied.

“The spells or skills that we cast came from the items that we get from the dungeon.  Unfortunately, the time that we have on the dungeon will only last for a year since the item that the dungeon came from will disappear in a year and I’m the only one who can use it.”

“Can I join you? Of course the items will be yours, I’ll just buy what you’re willing to sell to me.”

“Don’t you have businesses to take care of?  You and Donald are the same, dropping everything to have fun.” Mark laughed.

“Since you mentioned that it will only last for a year, I can take a sabbatical from my businesses for a year.  That’s one of the perks of being very rich.”

“I’ll need to talk to the gang first, is that okay?”

“Yes of course.  You’ll call me once your team have a decision?  I will stay here in L.A. for a few more days.”

Albert and Danielle returned and the kid was excited to have something magic that he could play with.

“Mark, if you have more magic items, can you give me some more?  The non-lethal kind please so I can play with it.”  Albert asked Mark.

“Sure kid, I’ll call you when I have one.”

Mark assured Robert that he would call him once the team gave a decision regarding his placement on the dungeon dive.

Robert and his family said goodbye to the Mark and his gang then left.

Mark decided to tell about Robert’s request the next day when they went to Sam’s parents house.  He would of course assist Sam concerning Luis’s funeral.

Mark called Sam to ask what would be their agenda the next day and Sam told him that they would need to get Luis’s body from the Coroner’s office to the funeral home.

The next day, Mark, Enleed and Armina went to Sam’s parents house.  During their group session, Mark asked everybody what their thought of letting Robert Scott join them on their dungeon dive.  He told them that Robert would take a year vacation to join them.  He also told the group that he would of course asked Robert to pay, just like Donald and he would also purchase items that they don’t need.  Everyone agreed since they only had a year to enjoy the benefit they could get from the dungeon.

“Guys,  I need to ask you about one thing.  You joined me on this adventure and for that I’m thankful but you do know that it’s a huge possibility that sooner or later, this secret will be find out by the government specially since were not…I’m sorry, I’m not careful about keeping everything a secret.”

The group pondered for a bit and Enleed was the first one to speak.

“My opinion did not change ever since I thanked you that day in the restaurant.  This has been the best days of my life.  I’m now part of a family doing a magical adventure every week.  Whatever comes will come and together we can handle it.”

“Honestly, it’s a bit scary to think that the government will lock me up and slice me open but as long as were together, I’m the same mind as Enleed.”  Armina said.

“We just need to be extra careful and if the day will come that we will be hunted down, we should make a plan on what we need to do.  In my opinion, the best plan is for us to continue dungeon diving since we already started it and just to make sure that we keep getting stronger.”  Sam added while Melissa just stated that she would just follow everyone along.

After their group session, the gang went to the coroner’s office to check what they need to do next so they could start planning for Luis’s funeral.  When they got there, they were able to transport Luis’s body to the funeral home and Sam started planning the funeral.  Miguel and his family agreed that they could finish the funeral by Saturday since all their relative was in Mexico and Luis’s parents were already dead.  That was why he was very close to Sam and Melissa since Luis thought of Miguel and Sonia as his second parents.

When Mark learned of this, the guilt came welling up and he thought that he should have made sure that the Mexican gang were wiped out that time Melissa was kidnapped.  Now Sam’s family were grieving.  Mark went to Miguel and Sonia again to apologize but Sonia hugged him and told him repeatedly that it wasn’t his fault.