The Chronicles of Runescape: Journal of Longdude58
Written in First person by Greg Bice (Longdude58 is my real Account)
I awoke to some mysterious place. It was on an Island. I was on a bed not of my own… Strange, I was in my House last time I remembered. All I heard was a voice that said " So now your awake, get up. I'm Tutorial Tom" he said to me. I turned around and saw him. He was a few inches shorter than me, old, has a beard and was wearing all red. "Umm… Ok, I'm Longdude58. What is this place? Why am I here?" I said. "Why everyone asks that. This is Tutorial Island and you are to learn the basics so you can survive in Runescape." "Tutorial? For what? And what is Runescape?" "Runescape is a Land of Magic and Mystic. Great Warriors are sent here and learn the ways so eventually they can claim the prize and become the King/Queen of Runescape." "Alright im getting it now, So what do I do next?" " Go through this door and head down the hill. The survival expert will tell you what to do." Listening to him I made my way to the door and opened it, went out, and closed it behind me. I looked around and saw it was bright, really bright. There were trees around and there I saw a few other people and saw a women wearing a hood and dressed in pink. I walked over to her. "Uhh.. Hi, Im Longdude58, Who are you?" "I am Leah, the survival Tutor. I will teach you how to Cut wood, Make a fire, Fish, and then Cook the Fish. Ok First take this" She said as she handed me a net. "Go in the river right over there and catch some fish. I would recommend getting more than one because you might mess up and burn it." I did as she told me and went to the pond. I looked over at what the others were doing and copied. I bent over and put the net in pond and pulled it out. I had nothing, so I tried again. I pulled out 3 shrimps. Instead of stopping I kept fishing and pulled out 2 more shrimps. At that moment, Sparkles formed around me and then Leah noticed and came over. She was smiling a mile a minute. She told me "Congratulations, you have advanced in a fishing level. When sparkles like that come around you, you know you leveled up. Also take these two items, so you can keep track of your skills and not have to hold everything in your hands. She handed me a brown sack and a booklet. I put the shrimps and everything in my sack then asked "How does this book keep track of my skills?" "Well that's easy." A voice said. "Down here." I looked down and saw a mouth and eyes on the book. It was enchanted! "You see every time you advance in a skill my numbers here go up one. The max amount your skills can get to is 99. Look in me and see everything there is." So I did. There were many skills.
Attack, Strength, Defense, Hit points(Health), Magic, Fishing, Mining, Smithing, Archery, Fletching, Prayer, Crafting, Slayer, Thieving, Woodcutting, and Fire making. But for Some reason 3 were blocked out: Summoning, Runecrafting, and Herblore. I asked why and they told me the skills can only be accessed after certain quests. I put in a side pocket of my pack and continued. She gave me an axe and tinderbox. I went over and cut some trees. I got 7 logs and leveled. I minus well get some levels for free. I set the wood on fire with a tinderbox and then leveled in Firemaking. She then told me that before the fire goes out to cook the shrimp on it. Apparently she had seen it a lot, she was right, I burnt my first ones but perfectly cooked the other ones. My cooking level raised. She tried it and let me pass on to the next tutor. I was ready for what was next.