Jason waited until they were far enough from the guards to be both out of sight and out of hearing. He looked around the foggy streets. Noting the atmosphere registered more as smoggy than fog. The flickering lights giving intermittent pools that made the rest of the streets shadowy; the way the buildings angled against the lights created long shadows and the colors themselves seemed to absorb some of the light. It was the perfect atmosphere to lurk from area to area and get away with, well not murder since you couldn't die in a city.<br/><br/>Once he was relatively sure they were alone he put his arm around her and drew her against him. His voice soft as he spoke into her ear. Not wanting his words to carry.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 102, 255)">"I'm not sure Penelope; but I think that evasive crap was there way of saying there is no real law in the city; except don't get caught. It sounds like the laws are so nebulous that if a guard sees <i>anything</i> it decides is illegal they can use it as an excuse. But at the same time, they basically said you can do anything if nobody sees you. Its the same free moral system as the wild areas. Nothing is against the game rules because the players signed consent when they entered. Except; we can't leave."</span><br/><br/>He had a bit of concern as he looked into her eyes. His voice a bit mild and his throat should have felt dry. It didn't, but he felt it should have.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 102, 255)">"It's like the game is a giant test to see how people will react when they're in a world where they don't think consequences matter. Because there are going to be a ton of players who think that its still a game no matter what. That its a glitch or a hoax, or some kind of publicity stunt. Others who just can't handle the situation so they refuse to believe. Then... there are going to be the people who are standard gamers and think the NPC's don't matter. Except you can't easily tell NPC's from players except from their appearance, and the game master just gave us all equipment and levels to let us match generic NPCs."</span>