A/N: The Worm and Gamer are not mine by copyright.I am just using the characters there to write a story of my own fantasy. And as such this is my first story and would like your constructive criticism.
DAY 1
I opened my eyes slowly with a groan. Everything aches. My whole body, no...,whole being is a massive exercise in pain. Everything's so bright that my vision falters, questioning whether am I in hell or slowly my vision focused the pain receded. I am in some kind of alley. With my body leaning on a dumpster,I removes the possibility of heaven.
I wait for a few moments to get bearings. First, I need to get out of this , I adjust myself and try to lift myself up, grabbing the dumpster for balance. With the pain gone, I am able to move a bit faster and get on my feet. I look down and find that my clothes in rags. My pants are ripped apart. Did I transform in the Hulk? No, I don't think so as I don't think I went near any nuclear devices emitting gamma radiation nor did I inject myself with some super serum.
Coming to think of it. What did I do last night to be in this state or the night before. I wince a bit as I close my eyes to remember. I don't recall anything. For that matter I don't remember anything. My breathing hitches as I start to hyperventilate and panic. I don't remember anything, no name,no home nothing. Who am I?
Fuck,fuck,fuckity fuck. My breath calms down. Something forces me to focus. I look around for any clues. That's when I notice something flashing in the bottom corner of my vision. I tilt my head in that direction. The flashing moves along with it. Again, What the fuck?
I close my eyes. I see it still flashing. Am I going Insane? I punch the dumpster, strangely when my hand passes through the flashing I see a blue transparent screen.
"Trigger in progress"
What? What the fuck is this? I see a close button "X" on the prompt just like a computer message. What to do now? May be I finally cracked. Delusions are my only company for now. I murmur "Close" to try and close the message. It closes.
I need some help.
A screen fills up my vision.
Help - Commands
Status
Skills
Inventory
Am I in a Game? An A. ? nope. An AI won't have these options, probably or they have. Virtual Reality perhaps? I don't know. Everything looks real to me. And why would I forget myself in a VI game, if this is a game? So mostly I think I am real. This is the real world. This concludes that I am an Amnesiac with weird delusions. Probably am going to the nuthouse when someone discovers it. For now I think I'll just go along with it.
I called out "Status"
Name : Iravan Kalvahn
Class : ?
Job : Student
Age : 16
Level : LV2
HP : 100/100 Health( Base Level(100) + Custom Points*10)
PWR : 50/50 Power Level( Base Level(50) + Custom Points*10)
STR : 8 Strength
DEX : 6 Dexterity
AGI : 4 Agility
INT : 5 Intelligence as a measure of Knowledge
INL : 12 Intellect as a measure of "Smartness" of "Brain
Capabilities"
PNTS : 5 Unspent Points
MNY : $0 Money on Hand
?
My mind is blank.
A few minutes pass. Okay. This list is interesting. The definition of and differentiation between Intelligence and Intellect is Insightful, Proving that it's not a delusion as how could I create something I don't know. Or maybe my subconscious knows and accessing past memories to come up with it. But the subconscious is just a basic reptilian functions acting like a computer with the rules governed by basic instincts. It doesn't have any higher level reasoning. Ahhh! so confusing.
For now I close the prompt and call out Skills.
"No skill books or manual learning aids for skills"
That makes sense. I call out Inventory . Same result, empty. Okay.
One positive thing is that I got my name, Iravan. Apparently am an High School Student and Now the only thing left is to remember the rest of my life. Easy peasy.
"Due to figuring out a part of your problem and understanding it, your INL grows by 1"
Ah! Progress. At Least one good thing happened, even if it's in the delusion. Gotta take positives when we can right? Now to get out of this hellish place.
I start towards the street when an Idea struck me. I look around the dumpster and inside it also. I notice a damaged wallet and a School ID. Wallet is empty predictably. The school ID is a Find. Hurrah for Iravan.
The ID gives my Home address and School Name. I am apparently living in Brockton Suburbs and am going to Brockton school. My next of kin is listed as Mira Kalvahn, Mother. Hopefully I can find my home and my mom before dawn.
With purpose now I move towards the street and look towards the road and search for any street signs. With any luck I might figure out a way home.I start to hear a high pitch noise and my mind explodes with pain.
"Due to Integration of the module ...error...error...error...error"
Shut up.
My vision fades.
Again I wake up to nothingness. Apparently I just triggered. Useless delusions are my powers I think. Where the fuck would I get a skill book for skills? And whom do I get to help me?. And who would believe me. Heck I wouldn't believe me. I think I should just play along but keep this to myself.
Time to open my eyes.
First thing I see is the room is bright. Very bright. As my eyesight adjusts, I look around and notice the room is very spartan. There is the bed I am lying on in a corner facing the door with no windows to the outside world and a desk.
I try to rise up. Hopefully no pain.
My muscles screech in exertion but no pain. What the fuck is wrong with me?
"Status"
Name : Iravan Kalvahn
Class : ?
Job : Student
Age : 16
Level : LV2
HP : 700/700
PWR : 50/50
STA : 80/100
STR : 8
DEX : 6
AGI : 4
INT : 5
INL : 13
POINTS : 5
MONEY : $0
No changes...wait.I notice my HP has leveled up and a New stat I think STA meaning stamina was introduced I think. "Skills"
Physical Endurance Lvl 25(Passive): Due to error causing prolonged trigger event you have toleratedhighest amount of pain. This has made you to tolerate high levels of pain.
Body of Endurance (Passive): Due to tolerating high levels of pain you have developed indomitable endurance causing an increase in your health. Addition two points every time you level up.
This is good news. To check I bite my little finger enough to cause pain. I feel it, but it doesn't affect my ability to think. Good...very good.
The door opens and a girl walks in. I just then notice I am naked with only a blanket covering my privates and my legs. Fuck. With high level embarrassment and a manly squeal I throw a pillow towards her and pull the blanket up. See, I have a pudgy body with manboobs, I don't want others to see them.
"Sorry" she says.
"Its..its...okay, .. an accident" I stutter.
This is not a romantic comedy damnit. But i had never talked to girls before let alone letting them see me half naked. Did I mention that I have a body complex? For a good reason too. She was probably attractive under that mask too. Did i say she was wearing a mask? Yeah she does. So does that mean we have superheroes and supervillains and other cliched and assorted comic book stuff? But all that aside first and foremost,
"Where am I?" I ask.
"You are in my hide out in Brockton Dumps. I brought you here when i found you in the alley"
"You didn't take take me to the hospital?" An Obvious question and what does she mean by her hideout? Is she a villain? Nah then she would have said domain or something cliched like that.
"Yeah I didn't. I know a bit about medicine. I thought you had undergone a triggering as you had bloody tatters on but no wounds on you. Didn't want you to get the notice of the PRT without any reason. Thought you could get more choices this way"
That was a good choice.
"So, who are you? Sorry for sounding like an inconsiderate ass, but i find you helping me a bit worrisome"
She stared at me for a moment.
"I am Lady Bug. An independent super. Or trying to be one anyway. I found you in my patrol path and thought I could help you. What about you?"
Lady bug? Okay. A hero at least. That's good.
"Thank you. I am Iravan Kalvahn, I think. I don't remember much and I don't even know my powers yet. By your note I think I have regeneration. As you can see, I am not even that built. So no physical strength or agility or anything." If this is a super power then the key word is 'Yet'.
"Oh fuck. You have amnesia? I should have taken you to the hospital...fuck...fuck...are you alright? do you any pain in your head? any swelling?", she comes over and fusses over my head checking for the swelling. With her close proximity swelling in my head is not the problem, swelling in other places is. GOd she smells heavenly. Oh no, Bad Iravan, Bad thoughts. Down boy.
"Hey ...no down. You didn't know." I say and move myself a bit away from her to prevent any embarrassing accidents. Probably she had seen everything when she had removed my clothes. Damn, not fair, she saw me and I didn't her…...BAd Iravan...Very very bad.
We stared at each other for an awkward while.
"I should probably leave then. I have to find out where I live and meet my mom. Hey that reminds me, did you find my student ID near where you found me?"
"Yeah. I have it with me. Dont worry. I found out where you live. I can take you there after some now just rest for a while... I'll meanwhile see if I can get any other information on you. I know someone who goes to your school. I can ask if any other info on you is available or not."
"Alright. I just need to inform My mom that I am okay. She's probably worried...I think...not sure"
"Sure. It's been 6 Hours since I found you in the alley. That's a bit near your home if you wanna know. I'll meanwhile investigate a bit and let you know by noon today. Cya"
With that she left. And I drifted of to sleep.
It was about noon when I woke up again. On the desk next to me was a note, underneath a glass of water and a bag which I assumed to be food.
I saw blinking icon in the bottom of my vision again. I concentrated on it willing it to maximise.
"Main Triggering complete. Problem with memory module, working on it.Please access Help for options available"
I thought "Help"
HELP
COMMANDS
OPTIONS
I accessed commands and saw that I can access Inventory, Skills and Status.I accessed Options. It gave me the options to toggle minimised notifications which I kept minimised, transparent messages which i also kept the same, and oddly auto application of stats was on and which I toggled also had a message that as I leveled I would be able to create options myself.
Now back to reality I drank the water on the table and started reading the note.
"Hi Iravan. Found some detail about your parents. Your mom is single, I don'tknow about your dad. She also works for the PRT as a scientist working long hours. As of now she had been working on some projects consecutivelywithout break and has left the house in your care. Also you go to school at Brockton Bay. I managed to get my friend to inform your homeroomteacher that you are down with some nasty bug and got you some leave for a when I came here I saw that you were sleeping and not wanting to disturb you I got some soup and veggie sandwichesnot knowing your health.I'll come by in the evening, meanwhile feel free to explore the hideout – LB"
Nice. Now onwards to food.
I realised I was practically starving as I practically inhaled all the food and still wanted more. But not wanting to be ungrateful, I pushed that to a deep corner in my mind and stood up. As I did so, I found another package near the foot of my bed. I opened it and found a black t-shirt and a black track bottoms. Also found some shoes near the same place. Shrugging, I just wore them. This girl is really a good girl. I need to repay her somehow for help.
I went outside the room and found it connected to a large basement which was empty but clean, was about five times bigger than the bedroom and had some lights to illuminate it. It also had a ladder in a corner. I walked to the ladder and found that It ended with a trapdoor at the top. So this was a hidden basement I concluded. I went up and opened the trap door and climbed up. What I saw completely blew my mind. The land was literal garbage dump with flies all over the place. The place I came up from was a clearing fortunately. I think from observing further, I inferred that this place had been abandoned after filling it up. Fortunately for my savior, this gave her a perfect place to hide and also a good base of operations. Wonder how she found the place.
"Impressive , isn't it?"
Squeaking , definitely in a manly way I jumped around to find Lady Bug there with a school bag.
"Stop doing that! You almost gave me a heartattack"
"Sorry. Couldn't help myself, hehe." she replied smugly. "Like the place?" She enquired.
"Yeah, Yeah, A perfect hideout". Though I wanted to, I didn't ask too many questions to not come off as nosy.
"Let's go inside. Got some school work for you to finish when you return. Also have some things to talk about".
I nodded and followed her through the trapdoor to the inside. What a great view. I meant the dumpster. Definitely the dump. Great dump. Great ass. No great dump. Bad Iravan. No inappropriate thoughts about your savior.
Once we made ourselves comfortable on the floor resting our backs on the wall, She started.
"So, what have you decided to do about your powers?"
"I still dunno, probably gonna keep my powers a secret which probably gonna be hard and all, with my mom being in PRT. Other than that still figuring out my powers. Probably the week you bought will be good enough to get an Idea."
"Good Idea. No need to rush through anything. I did the same when I triggered. Though my triggering put me in coma for a month and made it easier to hide." She agreed.
Then she removed her mask and I was dumb struck again. In front of me was a beautiful girl with almond shaped black eyes and brown hair in a pony tail.
"Um...You...you look b...beautiful"
She blushed. So CUTE.
"Th..thank you. If you wanna talk to someone, you can talk to me. My name is Taylor, I have been the friendly neighbourhood bug whisperer for about two days", she smiled. God she was beautiful.
Then it stuck me. She's my age and she also mentioned she 'knew' someone in my school which was her I bet. Oh fuck.
"DO we know each other before?" I asked, scratching my nose sheepishly, "Were we friends or something? Cause if not I apologise now. No I apologise anyway for not remembering you. You know..Amnesia and all"
"Wow, that was a good guess. It's alright, If you wanna know we were kinda acquaintances and common victims to the Bitchy triumvirate."
"Oh...okay. Bitchy triumvirate?" So i was bullied a bit in school. Alright.
"I'll tell you about them later if you don't get your memories back. Though you weren't as victimised as me you did have some moments with them"
"Okay, I guess. Hearing about them bullying me would be so awkward" I replied. Yeah really, who would want to know about their moments of wimpiness. Then remembering the clothes and other stuff, "Hey, thank you for taking care of me and the clothes and now trusting me with your secret identity and probably my you. If you need any help let me know, I would do everything i could to help you.And I promise I won't betray your trust however my character was before."
"Hey..hey..chill out, no need to stress over it. I am just glad I found someone going through the same stuff as me." She smiled. I just smiled back. A few moments passed, thankfully not awkward this time.
"So, I think it's time for me to leave. Do you want to stay here today or do you want to leave?" she asked.
"Yeah, Wanna go home. Have to see the place and also see the way to school"
"Ok cool. Just wait a bit. Let me change my costume and I'll guide you home and see the school".
"Sure"
With that we left for my home. I saw the school on the way and after some time walking we reached the suburbs and a few minutes walking further we reached a house with the door with "Kalvahn" engraved on a gold plated plaque. Damn, my mom must have been rich. Definitely upper class.
"I think the spare key is under the pot over there. Managed to locate it in the morning", She pointed out. Throwing a grateful look towards her, I went and found my key and opened the door.
"Come in." I invited her.
"It's alright. I have to leave anyway. My dad would get antsy waiting for me as he doesn't know my alter ego. My patrol also doesn't start again for another week by my schedule, so, am saving my excuses till then",she laughed. It was musical, enchanting and absolutely captivating. Need to resist Taylorinol. I shook my head clearing my dirty thoughts.
"Okay. Let's meet again when you have time again. I'll be mostly at home. We can figure something about this business together if you like".
She nodded to that and agreed with a handshake and after that with a wave she left.
"Okay time to learn about me", and I entered the house.
I saw that it was a decent sized home with a door on the left to go to the basement I guess. There was a living room with a visible kitchen further inside. The living room had a big TV and a DVD rack with movies. Moving towards the kitchen I saw another door on the left. I opened and looked inside. It was a study with a round table with sime chairs and a computer on a table. Also it had a few shelves with books inside.
I closed the door and marking mentally to look inside the study later, opposite to the study I saw stairs going up, which I guessed to the bedrooms. The kitchen had a Table with all the standard cooking items and a fridge with some sticky notes on it.
"Hey Iravan. Have stacked some food for eating inside. Also have stored some vegetables and meat for you to cook later. Make sure to eat properly and sleep. Call me every other day. This is office number in case you forget and love you – Mom"
Cool. If I guess right I should be at least calling her today or tomorrow. I'll call her tomorrow. With that I moved to the stairs to go up. There was a hallway with three rooms. One of those is mine I guess. I opened the first one It was a master bedroom and looking into it I found it's my mom seeing, some lady stuff on the chair. Closing I went to the next room and opened it to have a queen size bed with nothing else inside. Guessing it to be the Guest room I went to the last room. I opened it and saw inside.
Holy fucking shit. I must have been living like a pig. There were clothes strewn about. There was a laptop on the desk with a smartphone connected to the socket on the wall. First I went inside and managed to locate one laundry basket. I picked it up and started to fill it up with the clothes on the floor. After that I got the vacuum cleaner I found under the kitchen sink and cleaned my room. After an hour of back breaking work,
"Skill Housecleaning added to repertoire. Due to diligent cleaning your perception has increased. 1 to INT. Also due to your physical exertion 1 to DEX"
Cool. This is like my own personal organiser and tracker. After all the work and feeling a bit happy with the results, I opened the desk my computer was on and started going through stuff in my drawers and room to get myself familiar with myself again. And I want to know if I can get any clues to what happened yesterday that lead me to be mugged. Meanwhile Seeing my phone dead, I switched on the charger to charge my phone.
After going through the Drawers and the Closet I found a stash of diaries and a photobook.
"Personal memorydata books obtained. Integrating memories and releasing hold of the Memory bank in 5 minutes"
Before I could react I again blacked out with the diaries burning into ashes and them entering my head.
Name : Iravan Kalvahn
Class : ?
Job : Student
Age : 16
Level : LV2
HP : 700/700
PWR : 50/50
STA : 80/100
STR : 8
DEX : 7
AGI : 4
INT : 6
INL : 13
POINTS : 5
MONEY : $0
DAY 1 End