Server: Raed

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Nakatutok ako sa bagong windows ko at pinag-aralan ang mga nandoon. Ang mga stats ng Players, mga Owl o Day Players na nakalabas, ang mga commands para ma-summon ang kahit anong items, I'm basically like the cardinal system.

Hindi ko pinansin ang mga pumasok at nagpatuloy lang sa pag-aaral. It's been three days since Fuego and I came back and it's sill hard for me to process that Jia and Draco's part of Project Malthus, especially Draco. Hindi ako humingi ng explanation o nagtanong kung paano sila naging parte o ano man, pinipigilan kong magtanong dahil gusto kong manatiling kalmado.

"Reports, please."

Fuego sounded so exhausted but still managed to bring up this meeting with the others. Executioner pa rin siya at hunter pa rin ako kaya mas naging busy kami dahil ayon sa kanya, we have "administrator" duties.

I heard Aidan talk first, he reported how the Players were doing fine or are there any problems with the quests, markets, or boss raids, Volos followed and reported the emotional stats of the Players. Apparently, he's in charge of the emotions of the Players, if they are acting fine or doing crazy shits. Si Jia ang in charge sa in-game couples, kung ilan na ang total number of couples at kung sino-sino ang mga may anak.

Nawala ang concentration ko nang marinig ko ang boses ni Draco. He was in-charge of guilds, kung may mga Player na walang guild ay magsa-suggest siya ng mga puwedeng masalihan at binabantayan niya rin ang galaw ng ibang guilds.

"Raed, how about you?" Umangat ang tingin ko at nakitang nakatingin silang lahat sa akin. Tumutok na lang ulit ako sa windows ko at sinabi ang report ko.

I was in charge of the Rad Players and the Players who've been killed by either quests or Rad Players. I was also in charge of the growth and regression of the population. Fuego's an executioner but I have to count how many were executed by other executioners too.

"Masyadong mabilis ang pagbaba ng populasyon. Rad Players kill more than five and the average Rad Players to execute each week is 50 per executioner, so in a week we lose more than 1250 , kung isasali pa ang mga Players na namamatay dahil sa quests we lose 2000 or more each week."

"What can you suggest para bumaba ang bilang ng mga namamatay?" Tanong ni Fuego.

"Nothing. Players can have their own children, parang IRL lang. It's the same death rate." They moved on after that.

Saglit lang ang meeting at umalis naman na silang lahat. Naiwan kaming dalawa ni Fuego, siya nakasubsob na ang mukha sa mesa at ako ay tutok pa rin sa windows ko. We have plans after the meeting but seeing him so tired maybe we should just cancel.

"You've been so quiet, Raed." Rinig kong sabi niya.

"What do you mean? This is my normal state."

"Nope, mas tumahimik ka. Do you want to ask why or how are they part of Project Malthus?"

"No," agad kong tanggi, "I don't want to lose my cool so I'm just letting it go, kahit mahirap." Nakita ko mula sa peripheral view ko na tumayo siya at lumapit sa akin. Umupo siya sa table at hinawakan ang kamay kong pumipindot sa windows ko kaya nawala ito.