Escutcheon and his handler ascognati were never really on the same page. One was a sturdy Force Shielder that spent a lot of his time on the go and highly productive. The other was a sensitive slacker who sat in front of a computer all day for a living. This odd pair of handler and avatar could not have differed more than day and night but there was at least one thing they had in common: their hatred for Green Despair. To Escutcheon, the town was filled with a bunch of tree-hugging hippies and the mosquitoes carried malaria. ascognati was just pissed off at how everything seemed to take longer than it should. Getting from one area to another in Green Despair was just too troublesome.

“Who the hell put all this grass between the spawning points?!” was ascognati’s constant complaint. Escutcheon found only one saving grace in the god-forsaken hippie farm that was Green Despair. Kallua.

Every visit to Green Despair was generally a hassle and unpleasant but when Escutcheon would get sight of Kallua, ascognati would roll his eyes and grab a snack as Escutcheon tried to break away from his usual stammers and stutters of Lv. 1 Social Skills.

Escutcheon still hated Green Despair. Every quest (except the occasional errands that involved Kallua) was an absolute horror for both avatar and handler. But this one quest was different. Escutcheon was on another errand for that bastard Schuteberk and he was on the prowl for abominations to kill. A scream from the distance caught his attention. It seemed awfully familiar so Escutcheon followed the plea and found a familiar face. It was Artemisia; a Force Archer… under a Plant Toad. It was as if all justice had found its way to him. Both avatar and handler laughed and rolled. Escutcheon kicked off the Plant Toad and whacked it with his shield.

Green Despair wasn’t such a bad place.

**Pics to follow