[Forest sounds]
Camera pans down
[Sounds of chopping wood]
{Sunny} Phew! Chopping wood sure is hard work!
{Grampy} Sure is!
[Ominous music]
{Magnus} Hold it right there noobies! Give me all your stuff!
{Sunny} Huh?
{Grampy} Whaa??
{Magnus} You heard me. Hand over your starting packs or I'll beat you up!
{Sunny} You can't beat us up. That would make you corrupt.
{Magnus} Ha! I've been beating people up all morning. Do you think I care?
{Sunny} But your face is all purple.
{Magnus} So?
{Grampy} The more corrupt you are, the more your combat experience goes down. After a certain point you won't be able to fight in the arenas at all.
{Grampy} Unless you get killed or do a bunch of religious quests first.
{Magnus} Ha! Who's going to kill me? I'm super powerful!
{Sunny} The game will put a bounty on your head. Someone will collect it, eventually.
{Magnus} Not you twerps, that's for sure. Now hand over your goods!
{Grampy} Well, before we do that, at least tell us your name.
{Magnus} Sure, why not? I am... MAGNUS CORRUPTUS!
{Grampy} I thought so!
[Fighting sounds]
{Magnus} Uuugh~
{Sunny} Grampy! Are you okay? How did you do that?
{Grampy} Heh heh. Back in my day I punched out Mike Tyson. Uppercut get's 'em every time. He he he.
{Narrator} Bounty collected!
{Narrator} At the end of this episode we showed Grampy killing Magnus Corruptus and collecting the bounty on him. However, for the sake of this story we need Magnus alive.
{Narrator} Call it, writer's prerogative. In the next two episodes we'll follow Magnus as he tries to remove his corruption without being killed.
{Grampy} Ring the bell for Grampy, or I'll ring your bell.
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