Instant Dungeon
It was the next two days when my Dad had managed to get us out of the hospital and away from the protective custody that the PRT insisted that we go into for our own protection after our kidnapping from Brockton bay general Hospital, it was around near the end of the day 4:15 that we entered into our house but we had an PRT van outside watching us in case of something happened to us but that only really made us more paranoid.
Truth be told we were more wary of PRT than the gangs at this point, considering how the Villain Coil, or better yet Thomas Calvert, apparently the man was the head of the business Fortress Construction a company specialising in mainly making Endbringer shelters and some other projects that I haven't heard about, other than that he was also an Civilian Consultant for the PRT but they didn't really explain how and why he even managed to get into such a position nor even tell why the man was so interested in me that he went through all the trouble of kidnapping I and Dad the day after the locker.
But right now I didn't want to think about it nor wanting to know if there was more seriously wrong with PRT, I mean what if there was a reason why they have neve been able to get rid of all the gangs. I really didn't want to go into a life and death situation at the moment.
And then more importantly was the near magical appearance of that note and the goggles along with the black out in that underground lair which happened to be right under an construction site of a building that would have been the new main branch for Fortress Construction.
The letter itself was never brought up nor the blackout by the Protectorate Heroes when they were questioning us once we back at the hospital, they asked how I managed to kill the guards along with my Dad murdering Thomas who was Coil and how it broke some unwritten rules, Dad was very political in that one moment, he acted like someone who I was confused to call my Dad, he somehow or should I say the Protectorate and another PRT Big Wig whose name I've completely forgotten allowed us to get away with the murders as well?
But more importantly what was actually going through my mind was the letter and the signature of C, who was C and why did they help me the way they did. How did they know me and why even go through all this trouble to unlock my cell door and cause the blackout and provide a means to navigate easily. Where they a hero? A villain? Or just an random independent Cape?
[+1 INT]
At least I got something right but which one was right?
I mentally shake my head before returning my focus on my hot chocolate that Dad made for me, thinking could only get me so far so I opted to just drink my beverage and look to the here an now topics.
Like my Dad for instances.
[Danny Hebert Level: 28 / Class: Imperial Guard]
Somehow in some way I had given my dad powers just by him stating he would stay with me and my power had found that to be enough to assume that he wanted to join my party and that gave him powers that were just like my own, a Game power.
However what really annoyed me about it was the fact that despite the fact I was the first one to gain this epic power he is the one that's 8 levels above my own causes the slightest of eyebrow twitches.
But then that's not what really cause of my focus but his appearance like mine changed dramatically.
Whilst I was a tall beanpole of a girl, Dad was a taller but leaner kind of man who did his hours and gained the look for it, and while being the head of hiring for the Brockton Bay Dockworkers Union and along with being really the only one left in charge he has done his fair share of physical labour.
But now after getting my game power he has changed but still you could tell it was him, he still had his messy short hair, still the same brown looking eyes and his glasses, though his old ones were broken PRT had given him a smart pair of reading glasses which I say enhances his new looks.
He wasn't lean anymore as his arms and legs buffed up and his shoulders became much more broader, his already tall nature seemed to increase a little, his pale complexion took on some colour and he looked overall like a piece of candy any women would love to claim as their own.
I blushed lightly realising that I was checking out my own farther of all people.
Supressing any and all perverted thoughts, Dad and I were sitting around the living room looking over the features of our game powers together.
Needless to say we both had the same sort of setup and menu items however Dad had somehow acquired money from killing Coil and could use it to buy items at the store, now I felt a bit put off from my power for a bit now, killing people to get money, I did not want to go down that road.
We went over what we could do and what we could probably do in the future, as the "Skills" we had did not just come immediate, they had come once we'd done certain actions before we could use them like, dad gained "Driving" as a skill even though he already was a driver, however with my praying to god but my power had called him the God Emperor of Man-kind and it turns out while using "Praying" Faithfully and Unfaithfully gave different results. Faithful praying increased its level faster than an unfaithful prayer.
Marksmanship was self-explanatory
but the perks on the other hand only made somewhat sense, I understood what they were implying but I wondered how the came into effect, like when do people start to like me more and how do I even make things like any old Tinker would as I don't feel the need to dismantle my toaster to make a crispy bread gun.
And then there was the Instant Dungeon
[Instant Dungeon Create: transport yourself and party members to an Mirror World of your choosing and fight NPCs to gain Money, Levels and Skills]
[NOTE: Defeated NPC will not drop Wargear]
[Available Worlds]
[Underhive: fight techno barbarians who dwell in the deepest part of the hive / level 5-6 recommended]
[Astra Militarum Recruit Station: fight conscripts of the Imperial Guard / level 8-9 recommended]
[Corrupted Town: fight the many cultist of the four ruinous powers of Chaos / level 12-15 recommended]
[Adeptus Arbites HQ]: fight the law, the judges, jury's and executioners of the Imperium / level 16-18 recommended]
[Astra Militarum Barracks: fight many garrisons of the Imperial Guard / level 20-22 recommended]
[further worlds are locked until player has reached a higher level]
I didn't really understand many of the titles but I did understand that this was akin to a training mechanic and because of that fact our power allowed us an whole other worlds to get stronger without having to fight anyone on our world to get stronger, once more I am led to believe that this power is the best thing that has ever happened to me minus the whole kidnapping fiasco.
"What do you think, should we give it a try" I ask my dad who was likely also looking through the worlds accessible to us.
He gazed at me with a look that told me he wasn't really into my idea.
"Taylor I don't think it would be the best to go to another world and fight the things there" he said nearly hoping that I could be swayed from my thoughts of going.
"Dad you seen the description, It'll make us stronger and more able to face off against the gangs in this city, it is quite literally the best form of training we could ever ask for, heck we can do the lower level ones first before we feel comfortable enough to face the higher level ones, come on you know I'm right" his gaze wavered a bit as he took in my incredibly important counter point, I bet he could see how much we needed this to handle our state of being and the world we live in.
Still I pushed on "If we do this you'd be able to help your workers more than you could before you gained this power, you wouldn't have to worry constantly over my own safety because I too would get stronger from leveling like you form this." It was probably not fair to bring in his work into this, but dad had a strong connection to his pals in the Dockworkers Union and he had invested so much into to the company just so it would fall to ruin like so many other businesses in this city have.
I see the gears in his mind turning as he thought about what I said and little by little I could see in his eyes that he was giving into my logic. He knew I was right that he could do much more good with his power for his workers, heck maybe he could ask for his colleagues to join our party just to get our type of power then he wouldn't have to worry about their safety when Empire and ABB came knocking every so often.
In the end he sighed and sunk a little into his chair.
"Alright" he said finally in a near reluctant tone "We will go to the Underhive together" I needed to suppress a small grin trying to spread across my lips as he made his decision.
So get up from my chair I went into my inventory and equipped my Common Scout Armour which looked pretty standard for Armour chest and back metallic carapaces with some shoulder pads and forearm protection along with knee guard and nice boots but the colour was a bit plain in only a cream white on the fabrics whilst the Armour plates are plain silver, I wondered if should could paint it someday, other than that the Armour gave me an Armour Rating of 5.
Once I was dressed I equipped my Common Bolter while Dad got his Common Lasgun in his hands and the Common Laspistol on his side. Dad didn't have any Armour but I felt as though that would change as we selected the Underhive for our first training trip in the Instant Dungeon.
I saw the world go white before my surroundings completely changed from my homey living room to a really depressing dump.
The ceiling was metal and was super high up with lot of crisscrossing metal works a strewn about in such an unorganized mess you think a child designed the place. Tubes were leaking green glowing goo, the frames everywhere looked rusted and many were broken scraps.
There was just so much shit everywhere that it was even more shit than the cesspool that Brockton Bay had turned into, now I'm feeling very lucky to live in my city, its far more preferable the way it is rather than this place.
Though quickly the peace of the morbid place shattered as an eight limb monstrosity came charging at us through a large sewer pipe and it didn't look all to friendly for a chat
[Savage Mutant lv 4]
Yep definitely putting that thing down.
Raising my gun up I was about to fire instead a burst of red shot past me in a straight line impacting the Savage Mutants head before a spray of blood erupted out from its headless corpse, but once its body had hit the ground and stilled for about a second or two, its form shimmered before bursting into blue lights and pixels.
I suddenly don't feel all to bad about murdering these things now.
Looking back I see that my dad held out his Lasgun smoking from its barrel.
"nice shot" I commented he just nodded at my praise.
So together both I and Dad trekked around this near labyrinth like place with its twist and turns and surprise enemies trying and failing in causing any damage to us.
It was odd being hit and not feeling bite of the claws and swords from these NPC's, it was mesmerizing seeing how they broke on my skin when they hit but being shot still felt like a pin prick.
It was also very amusing to Dad charge on in with his sword and pistol really having the time of his life despite his initial caution and worry over the really ferrous looking enemies we faced down here in the Underhive.
I don't know really know how long we spent having a good time casually slaying these ganger and mutants in this world but it must have been over an hour at most.
Because by the time we had enough of one shooting these NPC's we decided to head back home and count our spoils.
We didn't level up much to my disappointment as the XP the mobs gave us was really pitiful. Like they only gave us at least 20xp and 50xp at most but nothing higher.
But more importantly they gave us an nice source of income as I'd gained nearly over 2 thousand dollars' worth of cash from them and I had sparkles in my eyes at the amount, this could solve most of our household problems.
Skillwise neither of us acquired any through any sort of certain actions taken.
However apparently Dad completed a Quest by going through the dungeon with me and had been given some [Common Flak Armour] so that was neat for him I guess.
So after discussing weather or not to go into an much higher leveled world to actually gain some levels we decided to go into the dungeon again only this time we would be facing the cultists of the Corrupted Town.
And it was a whole other experience going through the place.
It was very unnerving if I am being entirely honest. The town was something I'd see out of a horror film or really disturbing comic or something. For one the ground was painted dark red and there was so many corpses everywhere, ether in iron cages or on pikes or anything spiky. The sky and clouds had mouths and eyes of baleful looking creatures and looked be alive as they moved across the skies.
But it was the cultists which were the real danger. Most where human but others were disfigured and horribly mutilated with burns, cuts and disgusting metallic implants protruding form all parts of their bodies.
Some where bloated maggot ridden walking abominations cackling in glee and sickening happiness.
Others were rage filled brutes of bulging muscle that just screamed bloody murder and charged in with anything that could rend flesh.
Then there were those wizard looking ones that used spell books and staff to shoot fire balls and lighting at us.
And don't get me started with the ones wearing the BDSM clothing, oh my god I am going to have so many nightmares about those ones in how they screamed in pleasure at being hit and always demanding harder hits.
And the worst of it was that there was so many of the mad men and women constantly popping out of the wood work as soon as my Dad and I thought we had a moment of rest.
While I got nightmare fuel for my dreams I and Dad also gained some Skills out of it and levelled up some more though it was mostly me.
After reaching level 25 I agreed with Dad to leave this crazy place, and thank god we did as once we made it back to our living room we collapsed onto our chairs.
Finally, no more screams of pleasure, the cackles or 'BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD' and 'SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE' assaulting my ears. Just pure peace and quiet.
"I don't think we are doing that again for a while kido" Dad said quietly in his chair, I just numbly nodded. I whole heartedly agreed.
Idly I just started assigning my unspent Stat Points and checking the new Skills I had gained from that place.
NAME: TAYLOR HEBERT
LEVEL: 25
660/5,600 XP
CLASS: SISTER OF BATTLE
RACE: HUMAN
TITLE: NONE
RANK: NOVICE
HEALTH POINTS: 5,181/5,400
FAITH POINTS: 540/5,400
STRENGTH – 16 +6
VITALITY – 9 +4
ENDURANCE – 11
CHARISMA – 20 +10
INTELLIGENCE – 14 +1
AGILITY – 20 +2
LUCK – 10 +2
STAT POINTS (0)
SKILLS:
NEW: PURIFYING LIGHT LV4 (ACTIVE) SEVERELY BLINDS ENEMIES AROUND 25 METRES FOR 20 SEC COSTS 30% OF FAITH TO USE
NEW: AVENGING ANGELS LV3 (ACTIVE) SUMMON THE SPIRITS OF FALLEN SISTERS OF BATTLE TO FIGHT BY YOUR SIDE AS AVENGING ANGELS ARE IMMUNE TO ALL DAMAGE FOR 30 SEC COSTS 85% OF FAITH TO USE
UP: PRAYING LV5 (ACTIVE) BY ACTIVELY PRAYING TO THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKIND YOUR HEALTH REGENERATES OVER TIME AND REMOVES ALL DEBUFFS TO YOUR PERSON / RATE OF RECOVERY 30SECS UPGRADE TO 28.5SECS
UP: MARKSMANSHIP LV8 (PASSIVE)/ WHEN EVER YOU HANDLE ANY TYPE OF FIREARM RECEIVE 2% DAMAGE BUFF UPGRADES TO 2.9%
PERKS:
MIRACULOUS POWER/ FAITH IN THE EMPEROR GRANTS YOU POWER BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION ALL STATS 70% BUFF
ARMS AND ARMOUR/ YOU CAN CRAFT TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT CRAFTING 30% BUFF
ICON OF HOPE/ EVERYONE WILL BE DRAWN TO YOU AS YOU ARE A SHINING LIGHT IN THE DARK MAKING IT SO YOU ARE MORE LIKED.
The skills I gained were extremely useful in taking out large swaths of those cultists in just one moment, it also a great surprise for both Dad and I that I could summon Not Angles to the battle but Angles they looked like, I was also happy to see my other skills level up and improve I was satisfied with the gains made from today.
For my stats I quickly found out just how fast the improvements showed up on my body as by dumping 10 points to my Charisma I found my breasts swell up slightly, I must be ether a high A-cup or low B-cup now, I couldn't accurately tell but it made me all the more excited and happy at my power and much more eager to gain more Levels, how big could I get?
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
Both Dad and I looked towards the door as we hared what could only be someone knocking at the front.
Who could possibly be knocking at the front door because it wasn't anyone I would now to do that and dad probably wasn't expecting anyone from his group of friends to come over.
We both looked at each other for a minute before in a flash of light we'd equipped our arms and armour and proceeded to the door carefully.
Once pass the hall Dad went to the peep hole to see was on the other side.
He seemed to relax slightly at he saw, what exactly he saw I didn't know.
"Who is it" my Dad said loud enough for the person on the other side to hear him.
"Oh you know, just a former forced employee for Thomas, or as I like to call the snake bastard" ok I wasn't expecting that, and the person sounded like a young women but it was alarming that she knew about Coil and how we were related to that Villain, the question is why is she here, and what does she want.
I looked at my dad with a questioning look and he just shrugged his shoulders and mouthing a 'I don't know what to do'
I tried consider something, anything to do but I wasn't really coming up with anything useful for this situation.
"So uh, can come in and thank the people who saved me from that asshole, pretty please" once more I gave my Dad the look again and this time he unequipped his Wargear signalling to me to do the same as opened the front door.
On the other side standing on our front deck was a young girl probably my age or older with dark blond hair, mildly above average in appearance, her facile features seemed a little vulpine like with freckles on her nose and glass green eyes that told me she was in to messing with people.
[Sarah Livsey (formerly)/ Lisa Wilbourn(current)/ Tattletale lv38]
"Oh wow you look different, wait its power related oh aren't you the lucky ones, oh it gets stronger a bit scary aren't you" I blinked at such a random thing to say but that was not enough to distract me from her names.
More importantly she was a cape who used to work for that fuck Coil
"Oh and I was hoping to introduce myself that's a very nifty power you have their" this time dad answered.
"Ok we know who you are but why are you here"
This seemed to bring focus back to why she was here.
"Right sorry, ahem, ok so I guess I'm to thank you for taking out Coil, my former boss who pointed a gun at head when saying I was hired and doing a lot of shit for him so yeah thanks for killing him for me"
"uhm, Okay"
"Oh right what I was really here for was to ask to join your team"
[LISA WILBOURN HAS EXPRESS HER DESIRE TO JOIN YOUR PARTY]
[DO YOU ACCEPT]
[Y/N]
"oooh that's cool please say yes, I guarantee you won't regret it"
Once more I look at my Dad with a questioning look and he just sighs.
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Should tattletale join the party of 40k
Yes / No