You Were Gone For Too Long!

I'm Major Majormajor. This story I'm about to tell you is a one that I'll truly never forget...

I remember it was a Saturday afternoon in the summer of 2016. I had finally collected an headdress after many, many tries of trading (and failing). I entered my den that was filled with betas. I checked my inventory and everything was there. From my long green spike, to my arctic hood, you could say I was an rare person. I admit, I kind of was, but not so rare to where I owned a Founders' Hat. Everything I wanted was here in my account.

Then, I got the message...

"You were gone for too long and got logged out! Click 'OK' to play again!"

I was confused. Nobody knew my password, and if they did, they wouldn't of logged in right now! I hit the 'OK' button to log back in, and it wouldn't allow me. After a few tries, it finally allowed me to click it. I logged back in and continued to play the game. I then noticed something suspicious.

Someone had an black long on trade, and I wanted it. I traded a couple of pretty good betas and a couple of good pieces of clothing, but they declined. I was confused and asked why. Their reply was this:

"They were all store-bought items."

I panicked and checked my inventory. Everything I worked on was gone, including my headdress. My den inventory was nothing but an small table and a rug, you know, what you got when you joined Animal Jam.

I cried softy, hoping this was an dream. I then glanced at my screen and heard a chuckle. "Thank you for the items. Oh, and now you know how it feels to scam someone!"

I stared in shock. "Scam someone? I don't recall...."

The mysterious figure growled. "Don't think about pretending! Now, if you excuse me, I must do something to all greedy jammers who steal rares from poor, innocent jammers. Like, how I used to be."

They knocked my animal out, and the screen faded to black.

A cut scene was shown with my animal pinned to an metal table, the sight of dried blood spilled everywhere. My animal was panicking, trying to breathe as they looked around. Medical equipment was beside the table, alongside a couple of large mason jars. I couldn't do anything but just watched. There was no option to exit out of the cut scene, nor was there a pause button.

The mysterious figure walked over to the table and smiled. "It seems like you're awake now. Good, time to play." They chuckled darkly as then pulled out a saw. They sliced open my arctic wolf's stomach, her entrails getting pulled out of her at the same time. She screamed in pain and kicked her paws, hating the excruciating pain. She felt her two livers get yanked out and tossed aside to a pile of old and fresh livers. I gagged in disgust, as the organs looked so realistic.

Next thing I knew, the figure grabbed a chainsaw and sliced off my arctic wolf's head. They smirked and glanced at the pile of rares and betas that I owned. "I didn't want to kill you. As a matter of fact, you never scammed me at all. You were so rare!" They chuckled and wiped the blood of their fur. Then as the screen faded to black, a message popped up.

"You were gone for too long and got logged out! Click 'OK' to play again!"

I blinked a couple of times as my mind tried to process what happened.

I never played aj again, after that experience.

Beware to rare jammers, for you might be next. The last thing you will see is the 'You were gone for too long!' message.

Transfer your rares to storage accounts, or lock your accounts, or even just simply not wear them or put them in your trade list.

They still lurk out there... Wanting to claim some more jammers with amazing rares.

And eventually,

You were gone for too long.