So, yeah it's been forever. This is more of a filler chapter than anything, but Bella learns some new stuff so yay for that.
Chapter 12
It wasn't until Bella was finished with her morning workout that she realized something was wrong. She didn't gain any experience points.
"Pause." The world grayed around her and Bella played around with the stats menu until she found a problem.
Temporary Effects: Game Glitch
Type: Experience Glitch- No experience points can be gained while the glitch is in effect. However relationship points can be gained and daily quests can still be completed for gold.
Time remaining: 24 hours
"Well fuck." Bella hadn't really made any plans this weekend other than to grind her skills until she dropped. Looks like she had to change her plans up a bit.
Bella wracked her brain for a minute. She was still on the outs with the Cullens and her relationship with the pack was still nonexistent. She could always hang out with Jake or Leah, maybe even bond with Charlie for the day.
Or maybe…maybe she could experiment with the game a bit.
"Save game slot 1."
Bella walked downstairs and noticed Charlie pouring a bowl of cereal in the kitchen. She crouched down and began sneaking behind him.
Skill discovered!
Sneak Lv 1
300xp to level 2
Sneak: Sneaking around can come in handy. Who knows maybe it can be combined with something useful later? *cough* pickpocketing *cough cough*
Cool. Too bad she couldn't level it up yet. She crouched right behind Charlie and reached into his pocket and pulled out…a rubber ducky?
"What are you doing, Bella?"
Skill discovered!
Pickpocketing Lv1
300xp to level 2
Pickpocketing: Money? Feathers? A key to an ancient city? Who knows what you're going to find in someone's pockets?
Bella stood quickly.
"Nothing! I was trying to scare you, but you are too observant. Darn you Chief Swan!" Bella scowled dramatically. Charlie chuckled at her and finished making his cereal.
Bella left the room in deep thought.
"I wonder what it would take to pickpocket and sneak around vampires and werewolves without getting caught."
Long term Quest discovered: Undetectable
Reach level 25 of pickpocketing and sneak to pickpocket humans without getting caught. Reach level 50 to pickpocket werewolves. Reach level 75 to pickpocket vampires. Warning: Those who are not friends will act violently if you get caught! Only Charlie will allow you to keep the item without losing relationship points or having to give it back.
Bonus: Successfully reverse pickpocket all three species in order to automatically reach level 100 of all skills. Level 100 sneak awards invisibility.
Rewards: Undetectable status: You can crouch down and nobody will be able to detect you, even those lucky buggers with heightened senses.
Bella momentarily mourned the fact that she couldn't again any experience points today.
"Hey Charlie do you mind eating out tonight? I kind of want to go to the diner."
"Sure bells! I'm sure they missed me over there anyways." Charlie chuckled to himself.
Bella sat on her bed somewhat at a loss as to what else to do.
"I could…always read." And man was that a depressing thought. She couldn't gain any experience points from reading and besides she had done enough reading for pleasure in her first life. In that life she had far too much time on her hands, it was kind of off-putting actually to think about becoming a vampire again.
-5 relationship Jasper Whitlock
+5 relationship Caius Volturi
Bella snorted. Figures.
Charlie poked his head in the room.
"You okay bells?"
"Yeah, I'm just trying to think of what to do today. I had some plans, but they kind of fell through."
"Why don't you go explore in the woods? I mean, before I wouldn't recommend it, but you're hardier than you used to be and I'm sure you're not going to trip over a branch and break something or fall off a cliff to your death anymore."
"Oh ha ha!" Bella laughed throwing a pillow at him. He caught it and chuckled.
"I think I might do that actually."
"Great. Take this compass and map. I don't want you to get lost." He said producing the objects out of thin air.
Bella stared for a minute and waited for a quest to pop up, but nothing happened. She grabbed it after a moment.
"Thanks dad."
So, fifteen minutes later and Bella was traversing the woods of forks. The map proved to be an ordinary map and the compass was pretty normal too.
"I guess everything can't be a part of the game." She said almost disappointed. Bella explored for a while going deeper and deeper into the forest before sitting down for a break. She pulled out a bottle of water, sat down on a rock, and took big gulps.
Overall, she wasn't having a bad time. The first time around she didn't really get to explore the woods much. Her dexterity and strength was far too low, and every time she entered the forest something usually tried to kill her, or scar her emotionally (Edward). She briefly wondered if she would gain points from hiking if the game wasn't glitching.
Bella sat the bottle of water down beside her and much to her shock the stone suck inward. In front of her the ground shifted and opened. Stairs led down into a dark abyss.
"Uhhh."
Cave 1/4 discovered!
Long term Quest Unlocked: Cave explorer
Find all four caves in Forks and La Push.
Reward: 4 skill points. +500 gold coins
"Holy jeez." Bella looked into the cave and before picking up her bottle of water and entering. The stairs were longer than she thought and soon all light was gone.
Bella heard something skitter past on her left and she jumped. Suddenly, Bella had a bad feeling about this.
+90% death meter
She nearly tripped running out of that cave. She collapsed on the rock and the stairs shut behind her.
-90% death meter
+1 WIS
Caves are full of dangerous creatures. You made a wise decision leaving. Come back when you have a weapon or maybe a body guard or two.
"Thanks for the warning!" Bella stomped her way back home.
Unfortunately, for her it was just after one. She still had a whole day to go. Bella sat down on the couch with a sigh and stared at the tv.
"I think I need a flashlight or a lantern or something. And maybe get my strength up some before I go back down there. Or maybe if I fight things I can level up my strength faster." That was a nice thought actually.
Bella imagined punching Victoria right out of the window or throwing James into the ballet studio mirrors and chuckled to herself evilly. She entertained the fantasy for a few more minutes before shaking herself out of it.
Bella pulled out her phone and invited Leah over to hang out. Time to be a regular teenage girl.
-Time skip-
Bella and Leah headed to Walmart to browse. It wasn't until Bella walked by the pet section that she had a very, very evil idea.
"Hey Leah."
"Yeah?" Leah turned to her friend.
"Have you ever used a dog whistle before?" Bella asked innocently.
"No," Leah looked at her friend oddly, "I don't even know anybody with a dog."
"All the more reason to buy one! They are pretty fun. Here try this one." Bella smiled.
Leah shrugged and blew into the whistle and seemed fascinated by the light hissing noise it made.
"This is kind of cool."
"Probably great for stress relief too." Bella nodded enthusiastically. Leah looked at the whistle thoughtfully.
"I think I'm going to buy one for me and Charlie too. I think he'll get a kick out of it." Bella grabbed a few more.
All of the whistles only came up to $20. Bella covertly stashed one in her inventory when they got back to the car.
It wasn't until they headed to the rez that Bella put the rest of her plan into action. Leah and Bella just happened to pass by a diner occupied by three currently non-furry werewolves. Bella slowed down her truck to a crawl. Thankfully, traffic was congested a bit so Leah didn't think it out of the ordinary.
"Hey Leah. Give wanna do a duet with the whistles?" Bella asked.
From that day on Sam, Paul, and Jared hated 'I'm a Little Teapot' with every fiber of their being.
New item discovered: Dog Whistle
Use this fantastic instrument and watch the wolf boys dance on the ground…with their hands over their ears.
25% chance of incapacitating a werewolf for one minute; 75% of incapacitating a werewolf for one minute if caught off guard
+1 INT
Bella gave in and cackled evilly. This was a powerful weapon indeed.
+5% Relationship Caius Volturi
Bella paused in her maniacal laughter and shuddered, before continuing.
Leah eyed the door handle and wondered if traffic was going slow enough to jump out of the car without breaking something.
-stats begin here-
Level: 4
2350xp LV 5
Death meter: 5%
Gold: 40
Cash: $11180
Race: Human
Special Skills: Intuition, Voice of Reason, Sewing
Character Traits: Lack of Common Sense, Sense of Humor, Stubborn, Hopeless Romantic, Compassion, Lucky
Backstory: Bella has just moved in with father in Forks Washington, but Forks holds a few secrets and some of them are deadly
Skill Menu
Sneak Lv 1
300xp to level 2
Sneak: Sneaking around can come in handy. Who knows maybe it can be combined with something useful later? *cough* pickpocketing *cough cough*
Pickpocketing Lv1
300xp to level 2
Pickpocketing: Money? Feathers? A key to an ancient city? Who knows what you're going to find in someone's pockets?
Intelligence: Lv 8 (+2)
Intelligence: Good grades come easy to you
350 xp until lv 9
+1 wisdom
Wisdom: Lv 6 (+1)
Okay, apparently all decisions have consequences.
650xp until lv 6
Relationships:
Jasper Whitlock: 15/100 Romance: Unlocked
Caius Volturi: 15/100 Romance: 5%
