[ WP ] When NPCs are n't seen they are searching , constantly searching for places or items that will elevate them to the title of `` Side Quest NPC '' . It is fabled also that there is an ever greater title still .

Gary stood nervously on his regular spot, next to the cave entrance. It had been his home for as long as he could remember. `` Tonight is the night,'' he kept thinking to himself, `` Tonight at three o'clock I'll do it!'' 
 
 Back in the early days Gary was quite happy with his life. He was programmed with the purpose to hand out maps to the new PCs at the end of the tutorial area. He often would reminisce about the early patches, when hundreds of physically fit but somewhat scarcely clothed PCs would come running from over the draw distance, and interact with him. On rare occasions they would even jump around, equipped with torches and identically cracked shields, having a dual to the near-death. 
 
 Sadly those days had past. A long time ago Gary started noticing less and less PCs would come by, to collect a brand new map of the area lying beyond the cave. The few PCs that did pass by these days, all seemed to be in a hurry and would frantically spam Gary's interact button. He would sometimes wonder if they did n't want to be around him for a longer than a few seconds, because of the bug he caught in patch 1.7, where he would uncontrollably start attacking the PCs that would stand so close to Gary, that their bodies clipped through his. Every punch his NPC fists threw would chip away 1 hp from his victim's health bar, and with every hit, Gary desperately tried to apologize. However, the only words he could utter were: `` It helps to have a map,'' since it was the only line he knew. Most of the times though, the PCs would hit back or run away, cancelling the aggression Gary felt. Though on some dreadful 
 occasions, a targeted PC would apathetically stand there and all the poor NPC could do was looking anxiously at the health bar he was slowly diminishing, and wonder what the Programmers would do to him if he would murder an 
 innocent level 1 character. Luckily it did never come to that, and a few patches later Gary was absolved from the bug. 
 
 Even though Gary was relieved that he could n't hurt anymore PCs, the removal of the bug had left him a feeling of restlessness. Being in combat had awoken something inside of him and after each time a lonely level 1 PC would rapidly crossed his path, Gary caught himself peering into the cave, even long after his quick visitor would have disappeared into the unknown darkness of the cave. It was n't long before Gary also started having memories, while staring at the entrance. Memories of a place that he inexplicable called `` The Modeling Space.'' Firstly the memories were blurry, vague images of characters, sometimes way larger than his moderate NPC body. But with time the obscurity of his memories disappeared and images of glorious hero characters with glowing swords and flaming crowns grew clearer everyday. Even though Gary had never met the 
 characters he saw, or any other NPC for that matter, he never doubted for a moment these characters had to exist and since he had never given them a map, they could n't be PCs. Suddenly it hit him: `` The characters I'm seeing, they're NPCs, like me!'' 
 
 Realizing there could be more to the life of an NPC, and the fantasy of holding up a sword like the ones he had seen in his memories, filled Gary with determination. He had to venture into that cave, he needed to see what, or who, was on the other side. `` Just a peek just to see how far it goes,'' he thought to himself, immediately followed by: `` What am I thinking? What if an PC comes by and I'm not there to hand him a map?'' The will for of an NPC to carry out its task to whatever extend is immense. But after two days without any level 1 PCs running by, he made a decision. He looked up to the sky, at the server time clock suspended high above. `` It's five in the afternoon now,'' he thought to himself, `` This used to be the peak map-handing hour. Ill make my move in twelve hours, even in the old days those times were fairly quiet. Tonight is the night.'' 
 
 No matter how used Gary was to waiting, the minutes seemed to crawl by and after what felt like an eternity, the server clock finally told Gary it was time to move. He suppressed a nervous `` Helps to have a map,'' and he ran into the cave. He was immediately filled with excitement and felt an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Running deeper into the cave, after it made a sharp turn to the left, he came across several large boulders that he had to jump over to get any further. Still anxious he might miss any PCs he decided to only jump over one, just to see if he could do it. He started running at the first boulder at full speed and the moment he jumped, a chat message appeared in the world. A PC had typed: `` WTF, where the map guy at?'' The moment Gary landed on the other side his excitement had been replaced with guilt and remorse. `` I need to go back before there are any more PCs without a map,'' raced through his mind. He turned around, and proceeded to jump back to the other side of the boulder. This time however, instead of flying over the it, Gary clipped through it and was caught inside it, from the waist down. `` Have a map!'' he cried. In a blind panic Gary tried to perform multiple jumps in a row, at first to no avail it seemed, but then he suddenly clipped further into the boulder and started falling. 
 
 Further and further Gary fell into darkness and he could see the boulder get smaller and smaller above him. He closed his eyes wishing he would have never left his home next to the cave entrance. Then as suddenly as he had started falling, he was back on solid ground. When he opened his eyes he found himself in a large hall, in front of a large door. The walls were grey and there was a grid projected on them, which strongly reminded him of the memories he had of `` the Modeling Space''. On each wall there was a large text written in orange. It read: `` //DLC_Raid_Boss_server_Stress_Test.'' Even though he did not exactly know what some of those words meant, they could only mean trouble. He ran towards the door and tried interact with it, but a series of loud and thunderous sound effects that came from behind him, made him immediately regret his decision. When he turned around he was staring into one the eyes of a character bigger than he could have ever imagined. A giant three-headed, four-armed demon had appeared behind him, wielding a battle axe, two times the size of Garry, in each hand. The demon started charging and Gary desperately tried to interact with the door as fast as he could. Right at the moment he thought the door could not be opened by a mere NPC, he heard a clicking sound. The door opened away from Gary, then he fell again. 
 
 This time however, not into darkness. He found himself high up in the sky falling towards a huge city while being blinded by the most beautiful sunrise he had ever seen. As he fell closer towards the large square in the middle of the city he could see hundreds of PCs running around, even though it was still early in the morning server time. Some of the PCs he even remembered giving a map because, because they had a clever name or they had dueled in front of him, back at home. This time, however, they were not equipped with torches but with the most incredible gear, that could only be described as legendary. A chat message appeared: `` Dafuq is that in the sky guys?'' It read. The moment Gary landed in the city square, a number of PCs had already gathered to see what came thumbing out of the sky. Another chat message: `` HOLY % # @!, Gary the map guy just fell out off the sky LOOOL!! 1!'' For a brief moment Gary was filled with joy since recognized right away by the PCs. But then with the same series of sound effects he had heard before, the demon appeared above the city, at the same spot Gary had appeared some moments ago. The only thing Gary could exclaim before all hell broke loose was: `` Helps.'' Then the chat exploded. 
 
 Now I would like to tell you all, that the battle that followed was an epic one. And that with all of the extra PCs that logged into the server, when they heard about the demon, they were able to defeat it. But the sad truth is, they stood no chance. Unleashing tornado's of fire and ice upon any target-able character it could find, the demon marched through the city and with every character that died by his hands the sound evil_laugh.wav played in all corners of the city. The massacre continued for 89 minutes to be exact. After that the admins saw no other option than to reset the server. 
 
 Now you might feel bad for Gary. Because he was responsible, for the deaths of thousands of PCs, and NPCs alike. And he was also the cause of the first server reset in five years. But, you do n't have to. Legend has it that the developers contributed to the inevitable Reddit Gary memes. It is told that he was given a new home in the middle of the city square, with recognizable battle axe equipped, proudly carrying a new title: `` Gary, Harbinger of Destruction'' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 First pose, not a native English speaker, feel free to give your criticism. 

