I guess my brother-in-law would prefer if I said =
"Differently-abled".. but anyhow - another situation where an advantage =
sort of works to our disadvantage..

I had the nastiest of nasty corpse retrieval problems in lava in Sol =
A. Last week I fell in lava (not sure how it happened - I think it was =
lag relate.. So never having been in that situation I start running =
(swimming?) through the lava to try to find a way out. Can't figure it =
out - so I try to retrace my steps and eventually die. I petition to =
try get help - and the guide says no more than "get a friend to help". =
I had a gig Tuesday night so I had to leave..

After my Wednesday gig - I come on at 1:00 AM and my west-coast =
Druid buddy is about to log - so he agrees to help me. He casts =
levitate on me and I start looking for my corpse. He gets attacked and =
has to zone. I find corpse - and try to drag it out - and realize there =
is a zone to Sol B in the lava (not marked on any maps I've seen btw). =
Zone back - try to drag it the other way - and to my horror - I discover =
there's a waterfall (or should I say lava-fall type thing) that I can't =
climb over. Basically there is no way out of the lava in that area. =
I'm not sure what to do - so I start to loot my corpse when levitate =
wears off and I die - with my stuff split between two corpses. My Druid =
buddy has to log - so I put it off till later.

Another gig Thursday - late one - so I can't get on after. I had a =
date Friday - and a gig Saturday (great week huh - four gigs and a =
date!) but I got home again around 1:00 AM last night. I petition for =
help - and all the guide says is - "Get a Wizard or Druid with group =
gate to get out". Wonderful. My Druid buddy had just logged - and =
someone in my guild mentions he's not going to be back until Wednesday =
(which turned out to untrue - but whatever).. I start to panic because =
my corpse will disappear on Tuesday (they only last a week right?) I =
start telling a paladin friend - who mentions he has a Druid character.

So we meet up - but we get separated - I get lost and death number 3 =
(And I whole bubble of XP gone <sigh>). Run back from my bind point at =
Highkeep and try again. This time we get to the corpse. Okay cool - I =
loot it and say "Okay Gate us out". And then has says "We need group =
gate?" I say "Sh*t, I thought I explained that" "You said that was =
your plan with the other Druid, but I assumed if we could get in we =
could get out" "Didn't you hear me say we couldn't?" "No I must have =
been zoning when you said that"

So then I say "Oh no my levitate ran out" So he casts mine as his =
runs out. Tries to cast his own, fizzle, fizzle, he dies. So there I =
am in the lava - can't get up the Lavafall - Can't gate out. Then I =
remember the zone boundary there. I have a fresh levitate - so I have =
plenty of time - figure if I can't find a way in Sol B - I can at least =
zone back and be no worse than I was before (a bit better since only one =
corpse).

As it turns out - with Levitate - there was no problem getting to =
dry land in Sol B. The only problem I had there was that the higher =
level characters there were pretty much jerks and completely ignored my =
please to show me to the zone. Eventually I find a nice guy who does so =
and I'm to safety.

Meanwhile my Group-gate-less Druid buddy died trying to find the =
corpse on his own (didn't remember to ask me if I took loc). So I give =
him the loc - and tell him I'll help him with locate. So we are about =
to try again when the server crashes. By this point it's 3:00 AM and I =
tired. We both do get in - but there are like only 500 people on - and =
I decide a) I'm too tired and b) too few people on - with all the Gob =
Casters that have see invis - we'll get attacked.

Okay - assuming you're still reading this you're wondering what the =
hell the Subject has to do with the story - so finally I can get to the =
point. I log this morning at the set time I told him I would to help =
him get to his corpse - and he's already on (in his primary char) and to =
make another long story short (I can do so when I really want to!) he =
had a GM retrieve his corpse for him.

I start to get angry about this - why did they help him and not me? =
Basically - he did find the corpse - and could drag it - but he couldn't =
loot it. Being at the bottom of lava - there was no way he could target =
it. No target no loot. I was easily able to target it by using the =
locate song. So in a sense - by having the locate song - we were able =
to avoid a situation where other players can get GMs to help them get =
their corpse. We never have it easy <sigh>

Well anyway - I was ready to quit the game if I lost all my items; =
and while I'm a full bar of XP back - I have my stuff; my friend has his =
stuff - and I can go back to trying to get to level 32 so everyone will =
love me!

Slyde - 29 of Xegony