Explanations

With the troll dispatched the remaining hounds attacked the woman and Moonstone jumped to her aid, leaving John standing there, his mouth agape at the sight. The two women, sexy in their own rights but in different ways, laid waste to the hounds and when the final one died a pop up appeared before him.

Encounter finished.
+200 XP (Mostly just for surviving)
+$1000 (Yes, you are actually getting money. You better be thankful to me for being so generous.)
1 Skill Book
3 health potions. (You will probably need these.)

John checked his inventory, and sure enough the items were in there. But he had no time to look at them further as the two warrior women turned towards him as one. A shiver ran up his spine at the cold looks that he got from the pair and he almost took a step back.

New Skill Unlocked:
Detect Threat, Level 1, Passive
You can now detect when people mean you harm or there is a threat. (Surprised you didn’t get this earlier.)

You detect a hostile threat.

The two girls advanced upon him in a determined way. The woman in the armor was the first to speak up, as she turned to Moonstone. “What do you think you are doing here?” the woman demanded, “and to bring along a civilian no less. You are lucky that the Lady doesn’t smite you where you stand for this!” John used the break in focus on him to use the now free observe on the woman in armor.

Moria Brighton
Warden of the Golden Rose
Level 17 Paladin
HP: 566/700
MP: 25/100
RP: 0

Moonstone looked stricken about that and tried to stammer her way through the explanation before John spoke up, rescuing her.

“Moonstone hasn’t done anything wrong, I think,” John stated, trailing off slightly at the end of his statement. In a flash Moonstone had crossed the distance between the two of them and lifted John into the air by his shirt collar until he was held at her eye level. “What did you just call me?” Moonstone demanded, her eyes burning with the fury of the desert sun, “I dare you to call me that again!” She started to shake John back and forth like a rag doll, while Moria just watched, a private smile on her lips.

-1 hp
-1 hp
-1 hp

“If you keep doing that,” John stated worriedly between a particularly violent pair of shakes, “You will do what those hunting hounds failed to.” Moonstone, realising that she might be going a bit far, especially since he had only called her by her name, dropped him with a huff and turned her back on him. “You better watch yourself buddy,” Moonstone warned him, “you are already skating on thin ice with me.”

-5 hp

John was sure that if he hadn’t had the Gamer’s body skill he would have just twisted his ankle when he landed. Moria approached him, a determined look upon her face, her hands still gripping her hammer and shield. “Would you care to explain what you meant by your statement?”

John gulped slightly and started to explain, “As,” he paused and caught himself just before he said Moonstone’s name again, the woman in question raised an eyebrow and cracked her knuckles warningly, “she was dragging me along we both noticed that the area seemed strange. I don’t know if this has anything to do with these new powers I got, but,”

“What do you mean new powers?” demanded Moria.

“Well for starters, I can see both of your names above your heads, I know that you, Moria, are something called the Keeper of the Golden Rose…” John stopped talking as he watched Moria’s face take on the same appearance as when she had been fighting with the Troll looking creature. At least he assumed it was a troll, since he hadn’t had a chance to cast observe on it before it was killed.

Moonstone moved in between the two of them and gave Moria a stern look. “If anyone is going to kill him it is me,” she warned Moria.

“Just because he called you by your name Kelly, or should I say Moonstone?” Moria questioned back, and it suddenly dawned on John why Moonstone might want to kill him. John decided that it might be in his best interest to not be near these two if they should come to blows and he tried to sneak away.

Moria’s head turned towards John, which in turn alerted Moonstone that something John was up to something and she thrust her fist at the ground. Ice formed around his legs, rooting him in spot and preventing his escape.

‘Okay, that didn’t work,’ John thought to himself with a small sigh. It looked as though the two women were about to throw down when he suddenly noticed someone coming towards them. “What is our teacher Mrs. Wentworth doing here?” John asked aloud, trying to stop the two of them from fighting.

The two women turned their heads before moving to stand in front of John before the coming teacher. “Relax,” Mrs. Wentworth stated calmly, as if the two in front of her were like angry kittens, “If I had meant to harm you three, you wouldn’t be here now.” Mrs. Wentworth calmly sauntered around the two women, who seemed to be bristling at her words, and stood before John. John used this moment to try and cast Observe on her.

Victoria Wentworth
????? (Honestly, I just don’t want to tell you.)
The New Teacher
HP: ???/???
MP: ???/???
RP: ??? (I know this is just going to drive you mad trying to figure it out)

“So,” Mrs Wentworth began, “You are the new power that I felt in the area. Is this I.D. your creation?” John shook his head, both in answer to the question and at whomever was writing these weird things. “Well then, that does seem to complicate things a bit doesn’t it?” she asked turning towards the other women, “Because this isn’t my barrier either. I would never do something so crass at school.”