Chapter 1
It was a calm day, possibly the most relaxed day there was upon the Emerald Forest. However, for our newly-transported resident, he didn't expect to be any forest around him or grass for that matter. Lying upon the unsettled grass was a man… Or rather, a young adult by the age of 20. He groaned, his head throbbing from due to unknown reasons, "Goddamit, wh-where the hell am I? Did somebody put roofies in my drink?" The man sat up, rubbing his temples with his hands, "No wait, I live alone." He sighed, before reaching for his pocket whilst completely ignoring the entire scene that was fuzzy in his vision. "Th-The hell's my phone at? Wait, what the shit? Where in the blin am I?"
He sat up, his eyes adjusting from the sun's rays looking upon the incredibly calm forestry. "Shit, I guess this is what happens when you go eight hours without sleep playing CS:GO…. Oh, son of- God Dammit! I lost the match!" He threw his hands in the air before shouting, "Why must I lose a competitive match against four untr- Wait, I'm not hallucinating am I?" He patted himself before pinching himself to see if this was real, unfortunately for him, it was real so he felt a slight pain when he pinched himself. This time, he stood once the headache was gone, taking in the clear view of the forest that was before him.
To the right of him were trees, to the left…. Was even more trees, yippee. He turned around, more trees he silently thought to himself before he noticed something was off…. When he looked down at himself, he was no longer wearing the Adidas tracksuit that he usually wore when he was gaming, instead it had been replaced with some sort of kevlar vest and military uniform. "The hell is this? Is some sort of suka trying to mess with me?" He checked his patch on his left arm before noticing something very familiar to him. On his left arm, was a Freedom patch from a russian-developed game called, 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R'.
Looking down at the patch, he checked his suit's pockets. In the uppermost left pocket of the kevlar vest was a PDA, "Shit, the hell is this? Am I some sort of Stalker game or something? I dear hope to god that this isn't Clear Sky, heard it was trash." On the PDA, it showed only his tasks, all of which were empty when it booted up, his diary (Which he had not written in yet), his contacts which were presumably empty, and a map tab all at the bottom. However, when he checked his map, all that he saw was nothing but an empty blank nothingness.
Looking up from his screen, a large white screen much like when you would first boot up a game, appeared in front of him. Upon first reaction, he jumped slightly, not having expected the screen to be there in the first place. However, upon further inspection and a slight amount of reading, the screen in front of him was rather basic with only a single sentence and (possibly) an intractable choice.
[Welcome, Player 1]
[Start Tutorial? Y/N]
Now normally when one would react to this sort of situation, they would think they would have gone insane…. Unless you were a gamer, in which case it would practically be heaven for you. That is, if you're not one of those who play Dark Souls, in which case to put it simply : You're fucked. Nevertheless, he was happy that he got the chance to get a tutorial…. Wait, there wasn't a tutorial for Stalker was there?
"Eh, I guess why not?" Upon pressing his hand upon the 'Y' on the screen, a new sentence came up.
[Great! Let's get started!]
[First you want to look around your surroundings]
"Ah piss, it's one of those games isn't it?" He mentally groaned, looking to see if there was any sort of 'skip' option. Thankfully, in the bottom right hand corner, there was a skip button.
Upon pressing it, it skipped to the next stage of instructions... Which was to move around like some sort of dumbass. He didn't have time for this modern triple AAA game bullshit, instead, he simply skipped until he got to the weapons.
[Start wal-]
[Now bega-]
[Stop skipp-]
[Okay fin-]
Eventually, it forced him to stop by removing the Skip option, greeting him with a rather sassy remark which even for a game was pretty sassy.
[Fine you little ####head, I hope you enjoy your three choices you lil' #####. Don't skip my instructions next time.]
[Sidequest Done : Piss off the tutorial]
[Rewards : ]
[+50 EXP]
"Wow, I even got 50 EXP for that…" He said, looking at the new and smaller screen in front of the bigger one. He pressed a small 'X' in the upper right corner, much like you would when exiting out of this Fanfiction tab. Now, the bigger window only showed three items to be chosen from. One was a SKS Rifle with a bayonet with ammunition off to the side, the others being a Skill book for fire casting and the other being some money or rather, plastic cards.
Looking at the three choices, he started to list off the most useful one he could take, "Hmm…. Let's see…. The SKS rifle is pretty useful in combat, and while i'm not sure how reliable it is from memory, it's definitely a great rifle. Now, the skill book is also useful, but I prefer to not run out of energy casting it or I might end up like swiss cheese. Besides, a gun is more practical in combat than fire. And the wad of… plastic currency, while useful, is not helpful in my immediate situation or if there's even an economy on this world.
Upon choosing the SKS Rifle, a new screen popped up once again,
[Quest Completed : Complete the Tutorial]
[Rewards : ]
[+50 EXP]
[Chosen Item]
[Congratulations, you leveled up to level 2!]
[Thanks for completing the tutorial, and welcome to your new world, Player {Adam 'Vladimir' Cry} ]
After a moment, the screens disappeared and all that he was left with was a rifle with a strap and a scope along with some bullets in his hand. Looking down at himself, he thought, 'How in the hell did I get into this situation?'. The next thing Adam knew, was that his PDA beeped to life, much like how in Stalker you would get a notification for a new quest or something.
On the PDA, it read, 'Find Civilization'. It was a rather simple task to do, but it was rather difficult when you don't have a map of the goddamn area! Sighing, Adam slung his rifle over his shoulder much like how a soldier would. He also put the ammo away in his pouch, unsure of where to keep them when the time would come. Right before he left the immediate area however, he couldn't help but look back at the sights of the area. The calm, the undisturbed quiet of the forest, it was almost like a new beginning… A new beginning for Adam, leaving behind everything he ever knew… For a new life ahead of him.
"Wait shit, did I forget to turn off the goddamn stove before I disappeared? Blyad! I forgot I was cooking cabbage rolls! Shit, I hope this world has cabbage rolls."