"Remember to look to the visual aide often, a lot of this story is visual."
*Let the Gaming begin*
You know, I find this kinda funny.
Let me explain, my name is Wes Verdant, and up until now I've lived a somewhat normal life on Earth. Well as normal as you can get with a sister like mine but let's not get off track.
"Wes? That's a strange name." Weiss said.
"Why yes."
My life completely changed when I woke up in a completely black area with a holographic blue screen in front of me with a message on it.
"Direct your attention to the aide."
[Congratulations, you have become The Gamer, you will wake up soon in a new, but perhaps familiar world, there you will meet new people and go on amazing adventures!]
'The Gamer… I love that series… wait. I'm The Gamer!? This'll be interesting. Please tell me there are thought commands because I don't want to yell out my next attack to do it.' I thought.
"I suppose this story needs a bit of an explanation. Wes Verdant comes from a world with nearly endless stories in many forms, one of which is a comic called The Gamer, which is a story about a person who gains the powers of a video game character, which explains how Wes reacts to this whole situation." I explained
[Would you like to go through the tutorial? (New players are recommended to do so)]
"Yes." I said, I really don't want to be sarcastic around this thing because The Gamer ability knows not sarcasm.
[Let's begin with basic commands, Commands come in two varieties, Soft and Hard,
Yang chuckled slightly, earning a glare from Taiyang.
Soft commands can be activated with thoughts or speech, while hard command can only be activated through speech. Please choose which form of commands you would like to use.]
"Soft." I said almost instantly, why use hard commands and risk causing everyone to think I'm crazy, I have no idea where I'm going so better safe than sorry.
[Now don't worry too much, Soft or Hard commands won't be activated if you use a keyword in the context of a sentence. To continue the tutorial think or say 'Next']
'Next' I thought deciding to test soft commands a bit
[Now, what's a game without a Menu of some kind, now open your menu by thinking or speaking Menu.]
'Menu' I thought and a blue screen opened up with several options.
[Status]
[Skills]
[Inventory]
[Quests]
[Let's start with your Status shall we?]
'No! I wanna check my pockets first, Inventory' I thought.
[Now, now, experimenting with the system is encouraged, however let's follow the tutorial for now shall we?]
"Some sort of supernatural force starts guiding you with instructions, and your first thought is to ignore them?" Taiyang said.
'Okay, just had to test that. Status.' I thought smiling
[Wes Verdant]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 85]
[HPR: 1/min]
[MP: 60]
[MPR: 1/min]
[Str: 5]
[Vit: 5]
[Dex: 5]
[Int: 5]
[Wis: 5]
[Luck: 5]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Exp: 0/100]
[Money: 0 ?]
[Condition: Normal]
'Well the currency type is unknown, and that's fair, I have no clue where I'm going, but still my stats are kinda… bland right now.' I thought.
[Hmm, your stats really don't look like anything spectacular, here let's give you 5 Stat points to alter your stats so you can stand out a bit more.]
"That's nice of it." Nora said.
Ravrn spoke, for the first time. "This... 'Gamer', it appears to me that Wes believes it is sentient. Is it?"
"I believe it is, in a sense, sentient. If to a lesser degree than humans. At least as far as we've read." I said.
'I bet it won't let me continue until I use those points, okay let me think. Strength will allow me to hit harder, Vitality will allow me to take more hits, Dexterity would allow me to move faster, Intelligence will increase my total MP and the damage output of my magic attacks, Wisdom would increase my rate of which my MP regenerates, and Luck would be that factor that saves me a little time in various things.' I thought examining my stats.
"I think he should atleast put some points in Luck." Jaune spoke. "At the least, it couldn't hurt."
"But what if Luck means he'll meet rare bosses more often?" Ruby said. "If it's a game, then there might be rare boss monsters, that are too powerful for him to fight without training on normal monsters?"
Ren mumbled, "May you live in interesting times."
"Then he should dump in Strength, punch things hard enough then you don't have to worry about them hitting you." Yang, unsurprisingly.
"If he does that, if he is caught off guard then he couldn't react fast enough, then he would most likely die. He should put the points into Dexterity, so he could react fast enough, and if worst comes to worst, run fast enough. If you can hit the enemy without them hitting you, you win." Blake said, getting a nod from Weiss.
[By calling upon your memory you have increased your INT by 1]
'Oh goody, free point! Let's see… I'll put 1 point into Luck everytime I level up, that way I can cut down on chance giving me the finger, 2 points into Dex because I prefer to avoid damage than try to block it, 1 point into Str because that never hurt anybody, and my last point into Vit because my Dex is nowhere near high enough to rely on right now, Plus I don't have any real reason to put points into the magic based stats right now.' I thought applying the stat points.
"That... Really makes sense. Why would you dump your points into one stat, if you can be kinda good at everything." Pyrrha said.
[Your careful planning on how to apply your stat point has increased your WIS by 1]
"Okay let's stop that right or else I'll be in this tutorial forever, because these things go up really fast early on." I deadpanned
[By understanding lower levelled stats rise faster you have increased your WIS by 1]
'FREAK!' I thought,
Looking to Yang, and Tai, it looked like she appreciated that.
Qrow was drinking a bit more.
[Good, now I believe that a gamer like you knows about most of the things listed in this screen, if not refer to the manual available in the Help section that will be available after the tutorial ,now let's return to the menu.]
'Good, I don't have to listen to the things I don't care that much about learning right now, Menu.' I thought.
[Now let's go into the Skills menu.]
"Skills." I said deciding to use my voice for no real reason.
[Gamer's Mind- Level: Max]
[Gamer's Body- Level: Max]
[Observe- Level: 1]
[This is your skills list, while it may seem like you don't have very many now, you will gain many more within the coming months.]
'Okay let's see if I can recall these things, Gamer's Body makes my body just like a video game characters, meaning so long as I keep my HP up I won't be affected by pain as much, Gamer's Mind allows me to keep calm in any situation. And Observe is my standard observation skill.' I thought.
[Your use of memory and common sense has increased your INT by 1]
'Good, get those stats going.' I thought
[Let's return to the menu]
"Return." I said, then once the menu showed up I figured I'll hit the next on the list, "Inventory please."
An empty screen appeared.
[So polite, this is your Inventory, perfect hammer space to store anything and everything you can horde, it's empty right now so let's get you something, take your pick.]
"Hammer space is a term for a place to either store infinite things, or simply store things, to a limit.
[A Weapon.]
[A Skill Book.]
[A Cookie.]
Ruby looked like she was about to judge Wes's character based on this choice.
"Oh choices… Okay the cookie would be nice, but a little impractical right now. So Weapon or Skill Book. Hmm… A new skill would be nice but I think I would prefer a weapon, that way I won't be limited if I get a situational skill." I said.
With that being said a pair of knives appeared in my inventory.
Ruby looked like she just now realized there were two correct answers to the choice.
[Your careful consideration of the choices given to you has increased your WIS by 1]
I pulled out the knives from my inventory and saw they had a curve to them, "Observe." I said focusing on the knives.
[Pair of Kukri.]
[The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the curve of these daggers makes it possible to do so.]
"A scythe works just the same." Qrow said, earning a nod from Ruby.
"No, a scythe believes the best way to a man's heart is through his back." I said.
Kukri, the curves of these daggers could prove rather useful, would have preferred a sword or something like that but I can't be picky, I should just be lucky I got two of these.
[To the left of your inventory is your Equipment screen, while it's not necessary to use it to alter your equipment, it can sometime be faster than what you've got equipped, now let's check out the last screen, your Quest screen.]
"Return." I said, "Quest." I said returning to menu.
[Current Quest's]
["Learning the basics" (In Progress)]
'Learning the basics' I thought
[Learning the basics]
[Main Objective: Complete the Tutorial]
[Reward: +100 Exp]
[Bonus Objective: Disobey a system command- +50 Exp]
"I think that's the first I've seen someone get rewarded for disobeying something." Qrow said.
'Okay that's about everything, Finish.' I thought.
[Congratulations, you have completed the tutorial and now prepare yourself, for you are about to wake up in a new world, Wes Verdant, The Gamer.]
[Quest Complete: Learning the basics]
[You gained 1 level]
At that moment my vision blacked out.
"So, I think Ruby should read next, and following down the line, the rest of RWBY, JNPR, then the rest, Taiyang, Qrow, Raven, then Ozpin." I said, handing the book to Ruby. "I'll still deal with the visuals, don't worry about that. Everything in brackets is visual. Next is the second chapter." I finished, leaving the title of the chapter out.
After all, I can't wait for their reactions when they realize Wes is in Remnant, I don't really get too much entertainment otherwise.
Here it is, Chapter 2 AKA Chapter 1 AKA Let the Gaming Begin.
Hope you all enjoy, and once again, thanks to Phoenix Champion for writing the story, as well as all the other's he's written, be sure to check them out.
I have edited the chapter, adding some interjections.
The shower really is a good place for thinking.