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The raid immediately erupted into a menagerie as everybody pulled out their favourite noncombat companion. Drew wasn’t a big collector either, but it was impossible to play the game without getting a pet or two, just for buying expansions, doing some questlines, or getting them as random drops. He summoned a squirrel that he had no memory of acquiring. Solace had an incredibly cute baby hippo. Drew didn’t even think there were hippos in the game.
“I see what you are doing,” Bjorn went on, “and I am ignoring it. As our loot master, I have two suggestions for how to dispose of this nauseatingly cute little artefact. Either we do a raid roll like normal, or alternatively we give it to Magda as a reward for kicking the crap out of its original owner. I will now initiate a readycheck vote. If you wish to give this seedling to our kobold, please click Ready, if not, click Not.”
Drew voted to give it to Jargogle. It seemed fairest to him.
“All right, we have a nine-to-one majority. Jargogle gets the seedling, Friday we go to the opera. Good job, everyone.”
After a bit of dancing and gratsing, and admiring Jargogle’s new pet, they gradually logged out or teleported away.
To [Solace]: Alarion?
[Solace] whispers: Yes??
Drew left the raid, grouped up with Solace, and they made their way together to their usual rock, where he got his usual hit of being slightly nervous.
[Group][Orcarella]: good run
[Group][Solace]: Yeah, that was kind of crazy at the end there.
[Group][Orcarella]: you must be totally sick of me
[Group][Orcarella]: you were stuck with me this afternoon and then all evening
[Group][Orcarella]: and half the time i was whinging about wiping
[Group][Solace]: I’m really not
[Group][Solace]: I kind of miss you actually
[Group][Solace]: Sorry, is that weird?
[Group][Orcarella]: no i miss you too
[Group][Solace]:♥
[Group][Orcarella]: i totally lost track of time this afternoon
[Group][Orcarella]: you didn’t think I was too creepy or intense or something
[Group][Orcarella]: i was worried you’d think i was holding you hostage in starbucks
[Group][Solace]: Me too
[Group][Orcarella]: lol we suck
[Group][Solace]: Maybe we could have a pact or something. To say if we’re getting bored or want some space.
[Group][Orcarella]: that sounds way too sensible
[Group][Orcarella]: okay
[Group][Solace]: we can shake on it next time we meet up
Drew took a deep breath.
[Group][Orcarella]: so like when do you want to do that?
[Group][Solace]: Whenever you like
