Chapter 1: all things great start somewhere
"Raven, can you come do the dishes?" your mother calls from the kitchen.
A NEW QUEST HAS BEEN CREATED
'What?' you think as you see the floating text-box in front of you. You see a button reading NEXT, you press it and the popup disappears and a much larger one appears in front of you.
DOING THE DISHES
DESCRIPTION: DO THE DISHES, ALL THINGS GREAT START SOMEWHERE!
OBJECTIVES:
DO THE DISHES [0/26]
DO ALL THE DISHES (OPTIONAL 1) [0/94]
HUG YOUR MOTHER AS A GREETING (OPTIONAL 2) [0/1]
REWARDS:
100 XP, PRIMARY
350 XP, OPTIONAL 1
50 XP, INCREASED BOND WITH MOTHER, OPTIONAL 2
'Ok this is weird' you think to yourself as you press the CLOSE button.
"Yeah I'm coming" you yell as you agree with yourself that you are going to think about this later. As you near the kitchen you can smell the delicious bacon your mother is currently making. When you enter the kitchen you attempt to sneak behind your mother and surprise-hug her.
THROUGH A SPECIAL ACTION A SKILL HAS BEEN CREATED
As you fall on your ass in complete surprise at the text-box, your mother turns around and looks down at you. "What are you doing on the floor?" your mother asks in surprise. "I was going to surprise-hug you" you say awkwardly as you stand up. "Well it's not too late to hug me" your mother says as she spreads her arms. Without saying anything you hug her and notice another text-box appearing behind her.
OPTIONAL OBJECTIVE 2 SUCCESFUL
You close the new text-box and press the next button on the skill box.
BY MOVING STEALTHFULLY TO AVOID DETECTION THE SKILL [SNEAK] HAS BEEN CREATED
[SNEAK] LV. 1 (PASSIVE/ACTIVE)
THE ABILITY TO WALK UNNOTICED
MP COST: 1 PER 5 SECONDS
1% LESS NOICE WHEN USING [SNEAK]
0.5% LESS NOICE WHEN MOVING SLOWLY
'Well, this is my life now' you think to yourself as you close the text-box and end the awkwardly long hug. "I'll go do the dishes now" you tell your mom as you move towards the kitchen sink.
You begin with a plate and think to yourself 'Is this my semblance? Has my life become a video game? I should probably go test it out when I'm done here'.
THROUGH A SPECIAL ACTION A SKILL HAS BEEN CREATED
'What now?' you think as you press the next button.
BY DOING THE DISHES THE SKILL [CLEANING] HAS BEEN CREATED
[CLEANING] LV.1 (PASSIVE)
THE ABILITY TO CLEAN
5% BETTER RESULTS FROM CLEANING
'Nothings sacred eh?' you think as you close the text-box. 'I wonder if it is like in the upcoming Fall-in 4 where at higher levels the skills also have other effects' you wonder for a moment, and then you continue to do the dishes.
THE SKILL [CLEANING] HAS GONE UP A LEVEL
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SUCCESFUL
THE SKILL [CLEANING] HAS GONE UP A LEVEL
THE SKILL [CLEANING] HAS GONE UP A LEVEL
OPTIONAL OBJECTIVE 1 SUCCESFUL
'Wow, I may have overdone that a bit' you think to yourself as you look at the pile of 94 plates, 'hey, when did we get this many plates?' you think.
[CLEANING] LV.4 (PASSIVE)
THE ABILITY TO CLEAN
20% BETTER RESULTS FROM CLEANING
5% FASTER CLEANING
'Ha, I knew it, it is like Fall-in 4' you acknowledge at seeing the extra line of text.
QUEST COMPLETED
LEVEL UP
LEVEL UP
'2 levels in one quest, I can totally live with that' you happily think to yourself. 'Now how do I open the stats tab' you wonder. "Are you done with the dishes Raven?" your mother asks from the living room. "Yup, come and see for yourself" you answer her with a proud tone. "When did we get this many plates?" your mother asks you when she enters the kitchen, "I honestly have no idea" you answer her. "I'll be in my room" you tell your mother as you turn to leave.
As you shut the door to your room you think about this new ability, maybe your semblance, and how it's going to affect your life, you had the skill to graduate Signal and get accepted into Beacon without a semblance, but now, with this semblance, you are going to become awesome.
You try to call forth the stats tab "open stat tab" you say, but nothing happens "open stat window" you try, still nothing "stats" you say and suddenly the stats tab opens before you.
RAVEN DARKE – THE GAMER
LV.3
100 HP
100 AP
100 MP
STRENGTH 10
PERCEPTION 10
ENDURANCE 10
CHARISMA 10
INTELLIGENCE 10
AGILITY 10
LUCK 10
AURA 10
10 UNSPENT STAT POINTS
'I have got to change that' you think as you put 2 points into perception, 2 into endurance and 6 into intelligence and you see your HP increase to 120 and your MP go all the way to 160. 'I suddenly feel more intelligent' you think. 'This is real, this is actually reality, this is my reality now. I am the gamer now, and my life is now a game' you realize. This sudden clarity is scary, but you don't feel scared, nervous? Maybe, but you are mostly just curious, how OP is this ability going to become? You have a feeling that the answer lies within the realm of totally OP and that you suddenly have a massive potential. "I'm going outside" you tell your mother and you proceed to walk out of the door with your trusty great sword/anti-material rifle Shadowfury strapped onto your back.
Living on the island called Patch your entire life means that you now know the place like your own back pocket, but this place, this place is new to you. You wandered deeper into the gray woods near your home town than you have ever been before, and now you stand before a temple of sorts, maybe a dungeon? The place seems ancient, even older than the temples in the Emerald Forest that you have seen pictures of.
This is your first major decision as the gamer, raid the dungeon or go find a party, and then raid the dungeon? You think about it for about a minute, and suddenly an old video comes to mind and you make your decision. As you mindlessly charge into the dungeon a yell comes from your mouth, "LEEEEROY JEEEENKINS!" echoes through the halls and creatures long forgotten soon awaken to the sound of stupidity.
As you reach the end of an extremely long hallway your battle cry ends and you stop to look around. The walls are decorated with ancient symbols and runes, cracks of various sizes appear in many places and inside the cracks you can see cobwebs and dust that has been here for centuries. You suddenly feel a strange sensation and look around; in the corner of an open doorway you notice something, a book, a shining hovering book chained to a pillar with what seems to be a silver chain.
Curiosity gets the better of you and you walk towards the book. As you come closer the book begins to hover towards you outstretched hand and when you touch it a text-box appears.
YOU HAVE FOUND A MYSTERIOUS SKILL BOOK
DO YOU WANT TO USE IT? [YES] [NO]
'This is a choice? Of course I want to use it!' you think as you press the yes button. As you are blinded by a bright yellow light you see another text-box appear.
BY READING A MYSTERIOUS SKILL BOOK THE SKILL [NECROMANCY] HAS BEEN CREATED
[NECROMANCY] LV.1 (ACTIVE)
THE ABILITY TO RAISE THE DEAD
MANA COST: 200 PER USE
YOU CAN RESSURECT MAX 1 WEEK OLD CORPSES AS MINDLESS SLAVE ZOMBIES
"WHAT!" you yell as you look over the new skill again. 'Necromancy, really?' you think as you read the name again. You need to test this, now. You rush towards the exit but in your haste you don't notice the creature blocking your path before it's too late, you ram straight into the creature with all your might and find yourself rolling into a wall. As you rise you look at the creature and see that it is some kind of Grimm that you have never seen before: towering you with a height of about 4m the giant arachnid looks furious and hungry, which is understandable since it hasn't eaten anything for the past who knows how long.
You draw Shadowfury and get into a fighting stance. The arachnid lunges at you and as you sidestep it, Shadowfury comes crashing down onto it and one of its massive legs fall to the ground splashing the ground with sickly green blood. The creature skitters in a rage and lunges again, this time however you stand strong and as you lift Shadowfury the creature falls right onto the blade. You become crushed under the weight of the massive arachnid corpse whilst also being covered completely in the sick green blood. The corpse doesn't dissipate like it should and you have to struggle to crawl out from under the humongous corpse.
LEVEL UP
'Nice level 4 already' you think as you put your 5 new stat points into intelligence and see your MP go from 160 to 260 having it jump with 50 after increasing the stat to 20. 'Now of to find a corpse' you think as you successfully rush out the dungeon.
As you walk through the forest you reach a cliff and you are surprised to see a grave on the edge of the cliff.
YOU HAVE ENTERED AN EVENT ZONE
SOME OF YOUR SKILLS ARE TEMPORARILY EMPOWERED
You walk closer and on the grave marker you see the name "Summer Rose" and underneath it "Thus Kindly I Scatter" carved into the stone with the marking of a rose on top.
BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORAL EMPOWERMENT OF YOUR [NECROMANCY] SKILL THIS CORPSE IS A VIABLE TARGET
'Well, it's now or never' you think as you cast the necromancy spell on the grave.
BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORAL EMPOWERMENT OF YOUR [NECROMANCY] SKILL THE TARGET WILL RETAIN THEIR MEMORIES, BE IN A BETTER CONDITION AND HAVE A FREE WILL
'Not expected but not unwanted' you think as you close the text-box. At first nothing happens but soon a green and purple light begins to shine from the grave. After a few moments of nothing you can hear a heavy thumping from beneath the ground, after about a minute of thumping you hear a crack and a digging sound. After a few moments of digging a pale and bony hand pierces the surface and is soon joined by another hand, both of which try to pull the rest of the body out. Soon thereafter dark, dirty and bloody hair pierces the surface and you get a look at the eyes of the zombie: beautiful pale silver even though they look quite dead and you suppose that makes sense. After staring into the eyes of the digging corpse for about a minute she has completely escaped from the ground and is currently trying to remove some of the dirt from her hair.
She finally looks at you questioningly and asks in a dead and raspy tone "what did you do?", "well I resurrected the dead for one" you answer her truthfully. "How, why, what?" she asks in a confused tone. "Well I found this skill book and found out how to do necromancy so I just had to test it, and here you are!" you answer trying to sum up the events of the day as quickly as possible. "So I was just a test?" she asks in an offended tone. "No, I mean, yes, but, that's not what I meant, I, yes" you answer her in a shameful tone.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Summer gets a look on her face as if remembering something. "I have to find Ruby" she says in an almost panicked tone. "Ruby Rose?" you ask thinking of your neighbor and childhood friend. "Yes, how did you know?" she asks you in complete surprise. "Well I know her as my childhood friend and also she was accepted into beacon two years early for almost catching Roman Torchwick by herself" you answer her truthfully. "Well let's go!" she says shambling in the wrong direction. "It's this way" you call whilst slowly walking towards the town. "I knew that" she says turning around and zombie shambling after you.
