The Chronicles of Runescape

I had actually meant to work on the quest as early back as June, when I made my first re-appearance in the game, but ended up quiting before I could even start it. Although I still prefer Swan Song over its sequel, Love Story was still very much an excellent quest in its own right.

While Swan Song adopted a more serious tone characteristic of quests that place an emphasis on lore (in this case, the Wise Old Man's legacy), Love Story was noticeably sillier. Not that the label is without its merits, of course. A lot of humour was employed, mostly in the form of the NPCs and cut scenes poking fun at several aspects of the game.

The opening cut scene concerning the Wise Old Man's love affair with Zenevivia showed the two of them continuously circling and walking past one another in an awkward fashion, an obvious nod to the "Follow player X" option in the game. This was followed seconds later by yet another cut scene which depicted the Wise Old Man camping at a spot and performing High Alchemy, whilst Zenevivia used him as a human shield to "block" the Fire Giant she was Maging down. I'll admit I'm not usually fond of breaking the fourth wall, but watching the entire flashback sequence did make me smirk.

The final battle with Zenevivia was also fun. My only regret was not engaging in the fight with my Red Partyhat equipped (to complement the Wise Old Man's attire), but given the battle mage's high combat level of 246 and the laggy Internet connection at the time, I had thought it a frivolous risk.

The rewards were great too. I was treated to a final cut scene of the couple trying to rob the Wizards' Tower, and was later given a large exp reward in Construction, Magic, Crafting and Smithing.

Stuff achieved today: Completed Love Story quest

What started our as an innocent hour-long appearance to complete this year's Halloween event eventually convinced me to jump out of Runescape retirement.

Anyway, I just read the opening paragraph of my latest post from months ago and am downright embarrassed. To clarify, I've decided to start playing once more because I missed both the game and writing about it. I keep an RL blog as well (that's also been abandoned), but for the most part, this site's my only outlet for actual recreational writing.

I have no idea whether I'll be staying for the long term or whether my interest in RS will inexplicably fizzle out like in July. I also don't know whether or not I'll resume blogging at my usual frequency of a new entry every other day. Time is tight back in the real world for both clocking hours in the game and then writing about them; unfortunately, I had chosen a really bad time to start playing again due to the arrival of my A-Level examinations.

I'll probably be spending what little time I have online Dungeoneering and attempting to complete any quests that were release during my absence. Can't wait to see what the new Void Knight series is all about.

And finally as a side note, I realise that this is a little late, but please ignore any messages made under my name in the site's chatbox from July onwards. For reasons completely unfathomable to me, someone thought it amusing to impersonate me during my spell of inactivity.

Stuff achieved today: Level 72 Dungeoneering