Chapter 1-A Brand New Start
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Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or any of the characters, events, and ideas associated with it, that title goes to Rooster Teeth. I do not own The Gamer or anything related to it either. I also don't own the idea for this ability my OC will have. I only own the OC and his statistics within the game of life he plays.
Knight(Me): So, my second Fanfiction I'm deciding to post and decided I'd give a crack at a certain style of fanfiction that has a few fanfictions in it already. A character in a series or an OC gaining the Gamer ability from the Web-comicThe Gamer. I hope it goes well for me to write and for readers to read. This story will be mainly to help fine-tune my writing style for later stories. I got the idea to write this after reading The Verdant Gamer by Phoenix Champion for the fifth time. I've read multiple other Gamer fanfictions and gained a bit of inspiration from them as well.
"Hello There"-Character Speech
"Hello There"-Character Thoughts
Hello There-System Notifications, Gamers UI
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A young man is walking home from school, he is glad to finally be out of the school, with it being boring as all Hell. He is young, just barely 17 years old, and he doesn't look like much of a fighter at all, having glasses and a not so muscular look.
The sun is baring down on his face as he walks, his glasses causing the light to reflect and cause a bit of a glasses flair. He arrives at his own house within minutes of leaving his school. He quickly gets himself a drink and a snack before going to his room, not wanting to be spotted by anyone of his family. He hops onto his laptop and opens up a generic fanfiction site to see if his favorite story has been updated. Seeing that is wasn't, he sighs in annoyance.
"Guess I may as well just play some video games while I wait." He mutters to himself as he closes the browser and opens up StarCraft 2 to play a bit with one of his friends. As he plays, he gets focused on what he's doing, not paying attention to everything around him.
He eventually sees nothing but a black scene with red 1s and 0s that collect into a glitched sentence.
Ỳ̵̨͕͇͚͓̺͋̚o̸̧͓̫̩̽̌͂͌̕ͅụ̸̈́ŗ̸̤̻̣̬͛̇̈ ̷͍̗̦̫̟̄f̴̻̤̥̠͈͎͛̍͌́́͛a̷͈̿͌͐͠t̵̹̙͇̗͖̖̓̒̚͝e̷̝͍͉͖͗͗̿̌̚ ̷̪͒̑̓̿̈ḧ̴̗̊̄̃ȧ̷̢͉̥̞̫̓̔̌̚ŝ̴̖̻͕̪̋̌͆̕ ̷̬̎ͅb̶̬͓̚è̷̳͔̪̦̎̾͘e̵͙͕̹̽̑̈́̀͂͗ͅň̵̘̯͇̞͇ͅ ̵͎̓̃̈́̆ͅd̸̨͇̙̳̥̃̀̈́̓͘̚ͅe̴̳̍͋̒͠c̸̛̛̻͖̟̻͈͗ị̶̻͉̫̣̆̒d̸͔̆̋͋̊̓ḙ̶̛̘͐̀̈́̈́̚͜d̷̼͊̓̈́͘,̴̳̳͐ ̷̗̳͌p̸̜͚̰̍̆͊̔ļ̶̣̙͔̤̐̆̿̉̈́͠ḁ̷̖̱͎̦̝̾͂͂̉y̴̮̥͎̖̏̓̃͠ḙ̵̲͖̼̩́́̈́̑͘͠ͅṟ̷̊̀͠.̷͖͖̬̙̩̬̎̉̀̽
He shakes his head and he hears his friend over his headphones.
"Richie, are you alright?" His friend asks, concern heavy in his voice.
"Yeah, I am alright Eric. I think I've been playing top long today. We'll continue tomorrow after I get some rest, alright?" The now named Richie responds to his friend, Eric.
"Okay. Speak with you tomorrow."
Their game is stopped and saved for later as Richie gets up and starts going to his kitchen to get himself a glass of cold water to help himself calm down from that blackout situation he had.
He calmly sits himself on his bed in his room and starts watching RWBY to catch up with what the show. He stopped watching for a while and fell behind 2 seasons.
He watches and thinks about the words he saw, or at least what he understood of it.
"My fate has been decided? What does that mean?" He mutters to himself as he thinks about that line.
He doesn't pay attention to the show as he thinks. His thoughts clouded with possibilities, but his main conclusion is.
"I think I've gone crazy." He mutters again as he hears his mother tell him that dinner is ready. He goes to get his food, but right before he gets to his door, his vision is filled with binary again.
P̷̥͝l̶̟̕a̶̛̟y̶͖̿ḙ̶̿r̴͇̐,̷̬͊ ̷͓̕ḭ̵̌t̵̝̒'̵̙̈́s̴̠̔ ̷̞̃ä̸̜l̴͕̒m̴̙͝ö̸͇́ș̶͝ṫ̴̬ ̴͙̎t̸̛̜i̷͍͊m̴͔̀e̷̛̳ ̵̘̾f̸̡̋ō̶̠ŗ̷͌ ̴̞̋y̷͚̽o̷̩͝ú̷͙ ̴̜̀t̶͇͌o̴̪̔ ̸͇̀j̴̠̔ȯ̸̟ḯ̸͙n̴̬̈́ ̴̱͗i̶̜͒ñ̶͜ ̸̝̈ö̸̜n̵͚̐ ̴̠͘y̸̪̐ŏ̴ͅu̵̹͌r̷͓̓ ̶͎͐n̶̊͜è̸͍x̴̢̔ṫ̸̤ ̸͍̀s̷͚̀ạ̵̈v̷̟̋ě̷͓.̷͙̔
He quickly shakes his head, grabs the empty water glass from his nightstand, and heads to the kitchen. He smells that his mother made taco meat and re fried beans,
"Mm, burrito time." He smiles to himself as he puts together a few burritos for himself and getting another glass of water before going back to his room to eat his burritos.
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Richie starts playing RWBY Grimm Eclipse an hour or two after eating dinner, wanting to do something to help relax himself in some way.
"Hmm. So I first see something saying that my fate has been chosen. Then I see another of that saying to join in on my next save. I think both of them called me Player. And the binary that I saw along with the messages was red. Either my sanity has finally tanked and my love of gaming is haunting me now, or some being out there loves to make game references is is going to claim my life." He says to himself as his phone screen turns on, showing that its almost midnight.
He moves onto going to bed, turning off his computer, his TV, and his lights. After that he lays down onto his bed and turns on his music before trying to go to sleep.
He seems to sleep peacefully during the night, nothing happening.
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Red binary fills Richie's dreams, along with lines of code from different programming languages. Python, C++, JavaScript, etc.
In the dream, he looks around trying to find a way out of this location. He panics as he tries to get out of there, but he can't. No matter where he goes, he sees walls of scrolling binary and other types of code. He suddenly find himself unable to move.
W̶e̴l̵c̸o̵m̷e̵,̵ ̶P̵l̸a̶y̶e̶r̷,̵ ̷t̸o̷ ̶t̷h̵e̴ ̴t̷u̸t̸o̸r̴i̴a̵l̸.̵ ̵H̴e̷r̴e̵ ̸y̴o̶u̴'̶l̴l̸ ̴l̶e̶a̷r̴n̵ ̴t̴h̶e̷ ̵b̷a̵s̴i̴c̴s̴ ̶o̴f̸ ̴T̸h̴e̵ ̷G̸a̸m̷e̴.̸
He stares at the words in wonder for what seems to be an extremely long time.
"W-what?" He stammers. He closes his eyes and shakes his head to try and clear his mind, hoping majorly that he is hallucinating. When he opens his eyes, instead of not seeing the text at all, he instead sees it clearer then it was, and the red binary is replaces with a sky effect of blue with white clouds.
Welcome, Player, to the tutorial. Here you'll learn the basics of The Game.
"The Game?" He questions as he looks at the words. The words start changing.
Yes, The Game. I'm sure you know what it is, with it not being that new of a concept for you.
"Do you mean, living my life with the ability from The Gamer?" He asks, confused.
Yep! I have decided to have you be my gamer.
"Your gamer?" He asks, confusion lacing his words.
Every system Admin gets to choose someone and give them the ability of The Gamer. We all are allowed to customize the ability in minor ways so they aren't all the same.
"System Admin? You mean there are more people in the world that can have this ability?"
Kind of? We aren't actually allowed to keep our Gamers in their home world if we choose them and meet them, as their home world tends to already have a gamer in it, and there is no fun in keeping them in there home worlds.
Richie thinks to himself at the information he has just been given. Then a thought comes into his mind.
"What of the Gamers that go into a world of the same universe? Such as all the OC characters that gain the gamer ability in fanfictions and they go through the same events as each other, with the only difference majorly is who has the ability?"
Simple, they may be in the same general world, but they are in a different set up completely. The situation is like a video game where all of them know each other are there, and can contact them, but they don't interfere with anyone else.
"That sounds like it could be a hassle to set up."
From what I heard from the older admins, it was. Apparently people have crashed their ability and caused problems with glitched items. That's also why Admins now also speak with their Gamers more often then not.
"Huh. Okay then. Shall we get into this tutorial then, Admin?"
We shall, Player. First though, you need to pick your name for the world, as Richie is not that good of a fit for it.
He thinks a bit about the name he wanted to choose for The Game. He debates between going with one of his go to character names for RPGs, or going with something he wanted to be named.
He chooses the latter types into the text box that was given to him, Obsidian Shadows.
Hmm, interesting name, Obsidian. Very fitting for the world I'm sending you into.
"Thank you, Admin" He says and his features change a bit. "Hmm?"
Don't worry. Just making sure you're fit for your new world. Here, let me bring of your stat page for you so you can mess around with your stats
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Name: Obsidian Shadows
Race: Human
Title: The Gamer
Class: Drifter
Level: 1
Exp: 0/300
HP: 400/400
MP: 1175/1175
?: 980/980
STR: 7
END: 10
AGI: 6
RES: 6
INT: 15
WIS: 15
CHA: 7
LUK: 3
SP: 20
Wealth: 0?
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OwO? My, aren't you smart and wise already. How'd you do that?
"Well, I've been playing a lot of strategy type games lately, and I tend to be ahead of everyone in my classes. Actually, these stats explain a lot about me. 3 luck because RNG doesn't like me, 7 charisma because I am likable, but not very social, 6 in agility because I can sometimes dodge or catch projectiles, resistance 6 because I can get hit by something and not feel much from it. Endurance at 10, I believe is because I haven't broken any bones in my life so far. Strength at 7 is most likely because I walked to and from school with a lot of weight on my back." He explains what he thought caused his stats to be how they are.
Well, that's a lengthy explanation that actually makes sense. Here, have a +1 to INT, WIS, and CHA.
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Name: Obsidian Shadows
Race: Human
Title: The Gamer
Class: Drifter
Level: 1
Exp: 0/300
HP: 400/400
MP: 1330/1330
?: 1030/1030
STR: 7
END: 10
AGI: 6
RES: 6
INT: 16
WIS: 16
CHA: 8
LUK: 3
SP: 20
Wealth: 0?
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Now, why don't you move around those 20 SP into your stats?
"Alright then, once I do, will you tell me how my stats affect HP, MP, and the ? bar?"
Definitely!
He thinks over his stats before deciding to put 1 into STR, 4 into END, 5 into LUK, and 2 into everything else.
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Name: Obsidian Shadows
Race: Human
Title: The Gamer
Class: Drifter
Level: 1
Exp: 0/300
HP: 610/610
MP: 1670/1670
?: 1630/1630
STR: 8
END: 14
AGI: 8
RES: 8
INT: 18
WIS: 18
CHA: 10
LUK: 8
SP: 0
Wealth: 0?
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So, HP is calculated (STR*END+Level*10)*5. MP is calculated (WIS*INT+Level*10)*5. The mystery bar is for a slightly more used resource, so it's calculated (END*WIS+RES*AGI+Level*10)*5.
"Huh, that explains why it's they are so high. Am I gonna have to deal with a lot of lethal combat?" He asks.
Yes, you are. In fact, you'll be dropped off in a hostile area right off the bat, so I'll be giving you something after the tutorial.
"Okay then." HE takes another look at his stats and smiles. "What next in the tutorial?"
The next part of the tutorial is to get you used to the commands. So, would you like to use Soft or Hard commands?
"I'd like to use soft commands, please. I don't want to look crazy in front of any of the friends I get."
Alrighty then. Think or Say "Menu"
"Menu!"
A box with 9 sections, 4 of the 9 sections are labeled as ? with them being a dimmer color, signifying he cant use them, shows up.
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Stats
Skills
Inventory
BGM
Options
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?
?
?
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"Hmm interesting. I have background music?"
Yes you do, though you'll have to set it up yourself.
"Understandable. Skills!"
A box with his skills pops up next to the menu box.
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Gamers Soul
Level: Max
You are a gamer, as such you don't experience as extreme of emotions as others, and are immune to most mind effects. An illusion created by someone 20 levels higher then you cannot be seen through.
Gamers Body
Level: Max
You are a gamer, rejoice in the fact that whenever you take damage, you don't feel as much pain as many would, and damage goes straight to your HP and ? bars.
Observe
Level: Max
Upon using Observe, you gain information about whatever you're using it on. That information is dependent on your level and WIS stat. If you're level 1 with base wisdom, you'll only be able to know base info about those people under level 10
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"Observe at max level eh? So personal stats and level will help with some of the more common skills I'm guessing?"
Correct.
"Inventory."
Another box pops up, this time showing him the equip screen, which shows him in his current clothing, which is his Jeans, T-Shirt, and Glasses. It also shows that he has his computer in his inventory, which looks as if it's an infinite inventory.
"Why is my laptop in my Inventory?"
Because it'll be useful for contacting the other Gamers, and so you don't get bored you can watch videos and anime. Maybe play a few games.
"The Verdant Gamer type situation?"
Yep
"Okay. Options!"
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Visual
HUD Toggle-Off
Subtitles-Off
UI Color-Red
Gameplay
Auto Loot-On
Invert Y Axis-Off
Use ? as Sheikah Slate-On
Audio
Mute-Off
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Visual
HUD Toggle-On
Subtitles-On
UI Color-Blue
Gameplay
Auto Loot-On
Invert Y Axis-Off
Use ? as Sheikah Slate-On
Audio
Mute-Off
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"So, there is something in the world that can be used AS a Sheikah slate from Breath Of The Wild. Guess that means I'm not going to Hyrule."
Nope, defiantly not Hyrule. You're going somewhere you've liked longer.
"Oh, that's exciting." He smiles to himself.
A young women suddenly appears in front of Obsidian holding 2 weapons, a relatively large sword, and a Halo DMR.
"These are the weapons I'm giving you, Obsidian." She smiles kindly.
Admin Sarah has gifted you a "Basic Broadsword" and a "Short Scope DMR".
"Hmm, these are nice looking weapons."
"Yes, they are. Place them in your Inventory and I'll send you into the world."
"Okay then." He says simply as he places the weapons into his Inventory and closes all the boxes.
"I'll meet up with you when you reach a safe spot after reaching Level 10." She says before she waves her hand.
After she waves her hand, Obsidian's vision is filled with Blue Binary code and the system gives him a quest.
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Guest Alert!
A Brand New Start
You've been given a new life, but you've been told it will start off with combat.
Main Objective(s): Survive Your Opponents
Bonus Objective(s): Figure out where you are before you catch sight of your opponents.
Main Rewards: 300 Exp, 1000 Local Currency, Skill Book
Bonus Rewards: 1000 Exp, 3000 Local Currency, Skill Book
-Cannot Be Refused-
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Knight: This entire chapter was annoying to write, as the software I was using is something I haven't used before. Before, I was using Google Docs and just Copy/Pasting the text for Unexpected New Life into the doc manager of the site. For this, I thought I'd try using one of FFs highly supported formats. If this chapter was successfully posted, It'll have worked and I won't place anything excepts a line here _.
The period and this doesn't count. Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of my second fanfiction!