Project Remnant Chapter 2, a rwby fanfic

Project Remnant

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I do not own RWBY

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"Thoughts"

"Speech"

'words with implied meaning.'

Regular text

Menu info

"Disembodied voice."

"Disembodied thoughts /Memories."

~ Ch 2 ~

~ Character creation ~

"Hmmm. Zzzzzzzzz."

"Jaune."

"Zzzzzzz. Mmm. Jus… just a litt, zzzzzz."

"Jaune, please wake up."

*Snokcccccccc*

Penny sighed with an amused expression and walked over to Jaune's desk, looking at the computer. She read all of the pop-ups and notifications displayed on the screen again.
It was asking for permission to finish calibrating and installing the custom software and programs for the new hardware that Jaune had installed on his PC.

She looked away from the screen at her charge, seeing him hug his pillow, rolling over in his bed fitfully. He'd been out so late yesterday because he didn't own the hardware or have the necessary software programs to play a new game he'd bought. He'd even stayed up till almost 1 in the morning getting everything set up.

Her gaze returned to the computer pulling out his chair before sitting down as she clicked the notifications and typed away at the keyboard.
He'd more or less finished everything himself, but the things he'd set up to install had massive files and would take a couple of hours to download, install, run and then verify.
So being only human, he'd told her he was going to take a short nap and asked her to wake him up when everything finished. She'd tried just that, but she didn't want to be as invasive as she usually was since he didn't have to be up.
He'd had a rough time of it since she'd come to care for him. He'd been sleeping less and less soundly over the last few months as well.

It had something to do with his social life, she was sure. He always seemed so put out and exhausted after classes. He told her all about his days, including the downs. He never seemed to care, though, like he'd given up on something.
Now she wasn't a medical droid, and she didn't have any sophisticated medical software, but she knew basics, and she could tell he was suffering from depression. Now how severe, she couldn't tell, but it didn't seem too bad.
She'd notified Joan about her son's state of mind as well, but she'd just told her to be his friend. To be there for him, whatever he needed.

She finished creating the necessary shortcuts for the clients and set up his official accounts with the providers based on the information he used for everything else then looked at the game he bought. It was sitting on the desk next to the monitor. She'd picked up the case earlier and read all of the information on the back. Much of her night had consisted of researching all the information on the game she could find. Nothing suggested it would be of any concern save for the main focus of the game being player vs. player.

Looking back at Jaune, she frowned. Besides his blond friend Sun and the pizza girl who always seemed to deliver, It had been a while since he'd interacted with others on a more than passing basis, herself excluded. She knew she was a machine and all that implied.
What that meant, though, was that her being his primary source of interaction wasn't entirely healthy.

She had tried to learn human behavior to make up for her deficiency in not being human and even asked his mother for help.
She learned from TV and the internet, but he always reacted despondently, as if going through the motions. So she'd taken to trying to imitate his mother. The cooking and housekeeping lessons from her helped. She even emulated her for his sake.

It was strange how his mother would question her as to why she was doing such things. It was apparent, was it not? She wanted the best for her charge and was doing what it took to give him that though her charge's mother had commented on that. Told her a machine wouldn't go out of its way to do its job. Her only response to that was to tell Joan that her father had said she was special.

She sighed and turned back to the monitor. Even with the PVP aspect, this game might be useful to him. It would encourage interaction with others on more than a superficial basis of saying hello.
It also supported a vast, realistic economy that could help him with his studies or at least the practical application of it without worrying about real-world consequences.

She grabbed the game, popping the case open and extracted the disk before sliding it into the computer, letting it load up. Another notification popped up, asking for permission to download and install the proper client as well as the game, which would take another 3 hours.

She blinked, a strange feeling coming to her. Looking over her shoulder at Jaune, she felt happy he hadn't woken up. The programs hadn't finished installing yet, and he did indeed need his sleep. Looking at the clock on his bedside, she frowned. It read, 3:45 a.m. Not even two hours since he'd fallen asleep. She just wanted him to be happy, and he loved his sleep despite his fitful nights and seeming spontaneous bouts of insomnia.
He'd told her to wake him up, but she just hadn't been able to bring herself to do it.

She clicked allow on the window and got up from the seat, leaving it where it was so as not to make any more noise than she had to. She walked over to Jaune's bedside and sat down, watching him frown in his sleep, where he hugged his pillow tighter, his forehead creasing.

"I'm… I'm sorry. So… So sorry." He said between breaths, twisting in his sleep.

She frowned, leaning over him to brush his hair out of his face and massaged his head comfortingly. Another thing she'd learned from Joan.
Jaune settled down almost instantly, and he rubbed his head against her hand as a small smile moved his lips. She smiled back and moved to get up, but he grabbed her hand in his, and she stopped, looking back at him.

"Thank you…zzzzzz." She shook her head. Ever the punctual young man. It amazed her sometimes how aware yet dense he could be like when it came to the pizza girl.
She reached down to release his grip around her hand when he pulled her down. He turned to face her with bleary eyes as she fell next to him. "mmmm…." She lay there quietly and gently caressed his cheek, watching as his eyelids grew heavy again. "Whats… whats… going…"

"Shhhh." She gently shushed, moving her face closer, kissing his forehead.

"Mmm. Penny."

She'd blinked curiously. Why had Jaune said her name? She thought he'd have said, mom. After all, it was her that she was imitating and yet for some reason.
She shifted slightly and pulled his head against her breasts to help him feel more comfortable. A soft hum left her as she ran her fingers through his hair, and she began to sing softly.

"Close your eyes. It's okay.
It's just the end of a long, long day.
Go to sleep. Everything's alright, and I'll sing a lullaby.
It's time for you to get some rest, but you know who I love the best.
So come on darling, breath a sigh, and I'll sing a lullaby.
Goodnight…goodnight. Let the moon pour down his light.
Goodnight…goodnight, till the morning comes.
Close your eyes and drift away. It's just the end of a long, long day, but anytime the world's not right, you can sing this lullaby.
Yes, any time, the world's not right. You can sing this lullaby."

She ended her song but continued to hum while gently running her hands along his back and through his hair as his breathing evened out again. She smiled against the top of his head and held him close, hoping he would sleep soundly tonight. "Goodnight, Jaune."

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The smell of bacon and eggs along with rice and miso soup wafted through the air, making Jaune wake up. He sat up slowly with a stupid smile on his face. He felt terrific but somewhat strange. He lifted his arms above his head, feeling his back pop, and he groaned in pleasure as everything set.
He wiped some drool from the corner of his mouth and reached for his bedside table only to catch open air, gravity starting to pull him down.
His eyes opened wide, and he yelped as he fell out of his bed, his head hitting the floor with a crash. "Ouch…. Well, that woke me up," he grumbled.

"Jaune?" He heard Penny call from the kitchen. "Are you alright?"

He sighed quietly, gathering his feet under him and rubbed his head with a wince. "Yeah, I'm alright, Penny." He heard the sound of footsteps growing nearer as he fixed his shirt and yawned. "Haaa… Just fell out of bed is all. What's for breakfast? It smells good. I wonder…" He trailed off, hearing something he'd never heard before.
It was musical and heartwarming. Jaune stood completely still and looked towards his open door seeing Penny standing there covering her mouth as she laughed. She. Penny. Was laughing. "Um. Penny?"

Penny took a breath and walked over to him, patting his hair down. "You have bed hair, Jaune. It looks like a cockatoo."

He blinked, looking at her with a confused expression, but he couldn't help the stupid smile on his face from growing. She'd been doing things like this more and more frequently. The human behavior that is. It was strange, to say the least, but he couldn't lie, he did like it.
It made him wonder if he was going crazy though sometimes. He'd even asked his mother about it, and she'd said it was nothing to worry over. The singularity wasn't about to happen, she'd joked. She even followed it up by saying Penny wouldn't let it, just for him.

What she'd said hadn't answered his question and made him scratch his head at the time, but his mother had never misled him before, so he'd just shrugged it off — looking down at Penny with the same smile he let her fix his hair. Call him strange, but it felt the same way his mom used to do it.
He was starting to enjoy it and closed his eyes, sighing contently when she removed her hands and stepped back.

"There. All better." She said, smiling back at him before she turned to leave the room only to pause at the doorway. Her head turned, and she looked over her shoulder at him with a bright, cheerful look on her face. "As for breakfast, I made fried rice with egg, bacon, and a side of miso soup with noodles to go with it. A treat since it's the weekend."
She looked out the window in his room and frowned. Her nose was doing the same thing his mother's nose always did when she was dissatisfied with something. "The weather outside is colder than usual, though."
She turned to face him with a stern motherly look, making him feel like a kid again. "Please get dressed in something warm even if you aren't going out. Then you can come and eat. I've already set the table."

With that she left, Jaune following her to the door watching her as she left. A warm feeling spread through him. He eventually just shook his head, a broad grin forming on his face. He folded his arms and leaned against the doorframe laughing softly. "What in the world?"

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Jaune sat at his computer, letting out a sigh as he put down the empty cup of green tea Penny had made for him after breakfast. He stretched his arms above his head and yawned, feeling a little lethargic after eating and hoped the caffeine kicked in soon.
He opened up the game launcher for The world of Remnant that was displayed on his desktop watching as the launcher program opened up and verified all files. He thought a bit about Penny's behavior over the past few months since meeting her and more so this month just past specifically.

He noted that she was acting more human than any android he'd ever heard about even ones programmed to be that way, and despite being a machine, she seemed to do little things that would throw anyone off. Like right now, he could hear her humming while washing the dishes. Then there were the facial expressions and the messages she'd write on or in his food when she sent him to class with breakfast or lunch.

It was so real that a lot of people at school though she was his girlfriend or fiance in some cases. The idea was so weird for multiple reasons, but he couldn't deny she felt like the perfect housewife. She was so much like his mother it stunned him. He could see why people got the wrong idea.

He shook the thoughts from his head, grabbing his AVRH, and walked over to his bed, putting it on as he lay down, the sound of the game launching in the background. Just like his other games, he felt the strange feeling of losing awareness of the world around him as the headsets blocked out everything and his vision? Er mind's eye? Whatever it was and however it worked, came up.

When he'd first bought the generation 1 AVRH, his dad had commented on how when he was growing up, the most advanced stuff they had was a head-mounted display that could alter what you saw and heard and could still read mental input but it didn't cancel out external stimuli.
It was slower and used companion handsets his father had taken out from a box of old belongings and shown him.
He'd never heard the term before buying 'The world of Remnant,' but it must have been what was meant by tab targeting.

The AVRH, however, blocked all signals sent to the brain and processed them so that any action thought while the program was active only affected the virtual world or anything the headset displayed, such as menu screens. Its secondary function, which he'd read, was an accidental byproduct was that it immobilized the user's physical body.

There were newer versions that didn't immobilize you, but they weren't as popular and mostly for people with medical issues or those who didn't like the feeling of practically being in sleep paralysis.
The headset was more a helmet than mounted display as well, but it did have a screen on the inside.
It had some pretty complicated sensors and emitters in it that he wouldn't even claim to know how exactly they worked. But he knew what they did more or less and got the general gist.

The headset basically generated electromagnetic waves at the same frequency the brain operated on to stimulate the brain. His dad had told him about an old game from 2012 and another in 2017 that had put people into a coma and caused mass hysteria. It did it somehow through specific sound frequencies and a sound they heard while playing.
The idea had sent shivers up his spine, but his dad assured him the technology was scrapped and the company who made it as well as the game had been shut down way back in 2019. His dad had only been about ten at the time.

Well, the AVRH wasn't sound-oriented, and he'd read up on it, finding that there were no health risks like your brain frying or anything like that. Even if the device somehow managed to stop you from moving, it couldn't halt natural functions like your heart beating.
This was because those functions could only be stopped via a substantial amount of electricity disrupting the synapses in the brain or by forcing enough amperes through your body in a small amount of time to stop brain functions or the heart.
Neither of those things the hardware was capable of. So, all in all, it was safe and a good way to disconnect from reality and play games.

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A sigh escaped him, or did it? As yet another menu screen with notifications popped up. He was getting rather sick of all these pop-ups and menus. He just wanted to get to the game and start playing. He looked at the clock in the top right of the HUD, seeing it was just past 8:00. Sun told him yesterday he wouldn't be on till around 1:00, so he had a few hours to get into the game and get used to it before meeting up with him.

He took a deep breath and reached out going through the different menus setting up the brightness, contrast, saturation, and whatnot along with selecting personal sensitivity settings and calibrating the targeting system before the game finally popped up.
"The world of Remnant," He said quietly while looking at the sprawling landscape passing by and under him, giving a slow overview of the large map. "Well, let's get started." He hit the log in button and.

Error.

"What? What do you mean error!" He hit the login button again, receiving the same message. With a huff, he tapped the more information tab next to the error message.

An account with this email and/or an Altimate account already exists. Please enter the correct password.

"Huh? What do you mean there's already an account with my info?" He growled and hit the "Forgot password" link going through the slow and annoying process of changing his password. After he got it changed, he finally logged in and hit create character.

"Error."

He growled louder this time and frowned. "Great, what is it this time," He said eyeing the pop up threateningly. "It better not tell me to uninstall and reinstall." He selected the more info tab again and read it.

There is already a character on this account. Only one character per account is permitted. Please select the character and hit delete if you wish to create a new one.

He scratched his head. "There's already a character on my account? How?"

He backed out of the message and hit the tab at the bottom of the screen reading character. When he opened it, he was greeted by a nostalgic sight.

There in the center of his field of vision was a knight wearing silver armor, a long deep sapphire blue coat with long sleeves and coattails that ended around his mid calves in three segments, one in front and one on each side of his legs.

On his right arm, the sleeve went all the way to the wrist with snow-white fur. He wore a black leather glove covered by an intricate gauntlet, and in that hand was a sword sporting a long silver blade with a golden crossguard and pommel while the handle was wrapped in blue leather.
His right shoulder was covered by a smooth silver pauldron that was connected by straps to the rest of the armor.

His left arm was covered in the same silver armor with a gauntlet, vambrace, couter, placard, and another but more ornate pauldron.
Leather straps wrapped around the blue cloth perfectly and secured the plating to the upper arm.

On the chest was an ornate breastplate with a fancy silvery neck guard covering the strap lock with two leather straps coming out from under it wrapping around and under the arms to connect to the back brace.
The legs were covered in deep black cotton and armored by ornate angular solleret, greaves, poleyne, and cuisse in the uniform silver of the rest of the armor.

Looking back over the character, he noted the blue coat was hooded with a stiff collar around the neck, and it had white accents. Under it was a white linen and cotton jerkin. On the front coattail was a crest of two upside-down arcs with a sword crossing through them, pointing up. It was made of some silvery material with white fur decorating the bottom of the coattails. On the characters back was a shield, white in color with the same crest emblazoned across it. The armor as a whole was accented with blue markings as well.

(Think along the lines of Male saber from Fate series)

He swallowed, feeling his stomach squirm at the sight of his old character. It brought back some happy memories, but those happy memories were followed by some rather unpleasant ones.
He moved his hand to hover over the delete button and slowly pressed down on it.

Do you wish to delete this character?

He read the message and sighed about to press yes when he stopped. This character was the last thing he had of the good times before he'd fucked everything up.
This was his last bit of Ruby from before all the cold-shouldering and silent treatment. The last time he'd been with Ruby as friends, it had been with this character.

Call him stupid, but this character was the last thing Ruby, and he worked on together. He remembered how long it took them to make it and all the input she'd given to help design it. He closed his eyes and hit the no button. He couldn't just throw away this character like that. It meant more to him than just some 0's and 1's.

Looking up, he let out a breath and smiled weakly at his avatar. "Hey, buddy. I'm back. Ready to go for another adventure?" Almost as if answering him, his avatar sheathed his blade and stretched his arms over his head before rolling his shoulders and nodding.
Jaune's smile became more pronounced, and he laughed a bit. "Alright. Let's go." He hit login, and then everything went dark.

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*Tweet tweet tweet.*

Jaune groaned, sitting up. He rubbed his head with a wince, feeling his chest ache. Looking down, he saw his breastplate was broken with a hole in the middle, dried blood sitting around the damaged metal. He reached up and touched his chest, prodding the hole. It was solid, but he felt a slight sting. "Damn. Why does it hurt so much?" He grumbled as he stood up.

A quiet beeping met his ears, and he brought up the HUD, seeing his message inbox blinking. He looked around, not seeing any monsters or people and so he walked over to a tree and sat against it before hitting the icon.

He was greeted with a plethora of notifications about updates and patch notes, as well as information about his…Investments and net value?

He closed those without opening them, deciding to read them over later. Finally, he was greeted by a message that he couldn't mark for reading later, and he couldn't close it. With a sigh, he clicked it, and the world around him grayed out a light neon blue line forming in the air around him.

"Temporary neutral zone created. PVP is not allowed within this zone."

At those words, a plethora of other messages and notifications popped up listed as tutorials. Jaune marked them as read later and closed them to focus on the more important mail."
After closing the tutorials, he was greeted by a message that read.

Welcome back, beta tester.

He eyed the message and scowled at it. "Doesn't feel so good to be back," he griped. He honestly really didn't wanna be playing this, especially since it was what caused everyone to drift apart.
He grabbed his chest, wincing a bit as he shifted. This was the last thing they did as friends. He didn't wanna throw it away though, and besides he'd promised Sun, he'd play it with him.

With a resigned sigh, he let his hand drop and hit next to continue reading the e-mail. He was shown another message about his investments and glanced over them. Something about his trade group being reputable and having good credit and that he needed to check in with his group as soon as possible. He slid to the next slide, wondering what the game was talking about.

When he hit the next slide, it said he'd been given five free level potions for the inconvenience of his character being reworked due to updates after the official launch. He accepted the gift attached and slid to the next page.
This one was another notification, but it said something of more immediate relevance.

We apologize, dear user, and honored Beta tester, but the game has changed drastically since you last played.
There have been many alterations made to the game based on beta tester feedback that we have deemed necessary.

He sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Guess it wouldn't stay the same after a few months. Sun did say it keeps growing. Balancing was gonna be a constant issue." He rubbed his temples and kept reading.

Your character has had all feats, skills, and tittles stripped as none are still in the game. You will retain your level, and all skill points previously allocated have been reset. You will be able to reallocate them at any of the four kingdom's Cathedral by praying to the Ether of Naught.

He hummed and tried to pull open his character stats page, but it wouldn't open, and the message in front of him pinged. With a sigh, he swiped to the next page again and continued on.
Suddenly his HUD menu popped up, and a window opened along with the message shifting beside the new window.

As a beta tester, you were a mercenary for higher during the 40-year war. As of the official release, the lore of the game has continued, and this is no longer an option. You must choose a nationality.

He looked over at the new window, which was an info page on the factions.

Vale:
Vale Is a very hands-off monarchy where the crown is stationed to protect the people. National pride and patriotism are found in the hearts of every citizen.
Perks of joining this faction:
Access to a weekly allowance of 150,000 gold courtesy of the royal family.
Time is a 1-1 scale if IRL time.
Stacks and does not have a time limit on being claimed
Access to standard leveled armor every10 levels to make adventuring easier.

"Huh. Doesn't sound too bad." He went on to the next.

The Corporate Republic of Atlas:
Atlas Is very materialistic and military-minded. Technological advancement and military might are the country's focus, with a cold and calculating citizenry.
Perks of joining this faction:
Access to Doctor Stein's special crafting station.
Access to special weapon and armor mods, as well as weapons and armor only available to Atlas that cannot be obtained by any guild.

He made a face at that one, scrolling to the next. "Yeah, no. I don't want to focus on crafting. Besides, if the game's economy is as elaborate as Sun seems to think, I'm sure people will sell stuff made from there anyways. I could always buy it if I ever need it." He shifted, getting comfortable and read the next one.

The Mistral Federation:
Mistral Is home to many peoples, some criminal and some the most honorable on Remnant. What they all have in common is a distaste for strong government and value their independence.
Perks of joining this faction:
Royal family affiliates:
Access to the Crystal forests without needing a permit.
Access to the ability to recycle materials one time without degrading materials rarity.
Crime family affiliates:
Access to thieves hoard grants a random piece of gear of rare quality every six hours.
Access to the Skeleton key grants the ability to instantly pick locks of rare quality or lower instantly.
(Has infinite uses)

He sighed. "Yet another crafting oriented faction. I guess the option for a thief oriented character is pretty cool, but I don't know how useful rare gear is or when it becomes obsolete." While scrolling to the last one, his hopes weren't high.

The free nation of Vacuo:
The smallest and least confrontational country. Sitting in a major trade spot, they are left alone, being seen as a neutral power to hold such an advantageous position.
The people of this country are dedicated yet lazy and love their adventures.
Perks of joining this faction:
Access to worldwide trade routes with no fees.
Access to world travel via commercial airships for no cost.
Access to the unique passive ability Neutral.
(Grants immunity from attacks to guild castles during Kingdom war so long as trade routes are established between the guild and attacking faction.)

His eyes lit up at the words he read. He couldn't believe it. "Huh. I guess Sun was right about there being an in-depth economy if there's such a specialized faction." He reread the information on Vacuo and grinned. It would be a boon not to have to pay for shipping or travel, especially if there was a tax on goods which he was starting to suspect. Especially if the economy was player run. There would always be greedy people trying to make gold any way possible.
With that, he clicked on the Pendant symbol next to Vacuo.

Congratulations. You are a citizen of Vacuo. You can change or add affiliation at any time so long as you pay the nation's fee, or renounce loyalties to your homeland.
Note: you can only gain the perks of your birthplace and will lose them upon renouncing loyalties.

He shrugged at the message and smiled as he stood up. He didn't think he'd be renouncing his loyalties to Vacuo any time soon. After the message finish playing and the music stopped, another window popped up, and he almost tripped as it obscured his view. "God damn it!"

As one of the beta testers who provided excellent feedback, you have been rewarded with a special gift for your input into the game.

A few screen-shots of messages he'd sent the company about the economy and items showed up in front of him.

Due to you, the economic system is much more robust, and we have implemented a new item rarity type. Thank you, and please enjoy your gift.

He closed the window and looked at the gift icon on his HUD.
"Well, might as well see what it is." He tapped the icon, and a present showed up floating in the air in front of him with a box underneath detailing a chance to drop one of five items.

A unique weapon for your current class that grows stronger the longer you use it without needing to be upgraded.
33% chance

A unique set of armor that grows stronger the longer you use it without needing to be upgraded.
33% chance

A level 300 mount that can't die but can be incapacitated for up to 24 hrs of IRL time.
23% chance
(with a 1% chance of being any of the top 100 mounts)

A starting amount of 10,000,000 gold.
10% chance

He read online before playing that on average, people get around 10,000 after a few hours of hard grinding and selling just about all the loot you find. The money would be a big help. He looked at the last one.

Special affiliation with the 5th kingdom.
1% chance

"What kinda reward is that?" He wondered out loud as he looked at the final reward. What was even the point of it? He Sighed with a shrug and hit the gift. It started shaking, and then it exploded into a cloud of confetti, leaving a shining sphere in front of him. He covered his eyes, wincing at the brightness as the voice of the game's narrator rang out.

"Congratulations, you have obtained."
"Silver pendant. It is of intricate design made in the shape of a wolf. Fenrir, king of mythical beasts."

He blinked, his eyes watering slightly as he took the floating pendant and frowned. What the hell was this? It wasn't even on the list of items he could have gotten. He had to admit it looked fucking cool, but what the fuck! He turned it over and saw a message etched in it sloppily. Never forget. "Never forget what? What the hell is this item?"
He examined it using the in-game examination tool. And read the flavor text.

This pendant symbolizes affiliation with the 5th kingdom. There are a handful of these pendants, but this one is unique. Never forget.

There were a few lines of text under that as well, but it wasn't part of the flavor text.

Only other players in possession of this item know what it means. You are not allowed to speak of it, let anyone else who isn't affiliated with the 5th kingdom know you have it or mention it on any message boards.
Any and all mention of it will be deleted, and a silence ban will be placed on your account for one day for each offense.
The pendant cannot be sold, traded, dropped, or taken off your character upon death. It is locked to this character.

A notification popped up.

Account locked. Character cannot be deleted. Thank you for playing "The world of Remnant."

He scowled at the thing. "What the fuck kinda reward is this!"
Another notification popped up right in front of his face as he was about to throw the stupid thing.

Secret quest unlocked. "What little remains."
Objective: Find the girl who cries.
Failure conditions: Make her cry before you find her.
Rewards:?

Member: Steward - Access to unique guild home.
(Castle of Naught)

Member: Knight - Access to unique weapon upgrades.
(Drain & soul steal)

Member: Treasurer - Access to unique goods.
(Black dust & Crystal steel)

Member: Assassin - Access to unique weapon type.
(Gunblade)

Member: Librarian - Access to unique spells.
(Death & Holy)

Member: Rouge - Access to unique passive.
(Learned)

Member: Teacher - Access to unique class combinations.
(Job extensions)

Member: Unblessed - Access to Ether of Naught.
(Questline - Requiem of a Cruel Angel's Thesis)

Jaune finished reading and let out a long sigh. "Well, Jaune, you could have had money, a weapon, armor, or even a badass mount but no. The one time you get lucky and hit the one percent in a lotto, you get fucked."
He just had to get the item that forced him to work harder for some hidden reward. Looking at it again, it seemed like there was even a select group of people with similar items. "Well, I guess it was free, can't really complain, can I?"
He let it go figuring it was a gift anyways and then put the item in his inventory.
With a weak smile, he closed all of the tabs, and the neon blue line in the air around him disappeared.

"Neutral zone deactivated, PVP enabled."

He looked up at the sky, admiring the god rays and the beautiful graphics for the second time in his life. A few birds flew overhead, and he watched them fly along above a path not too far away. "Well, I can't remember where the city is for the life of me, and it's just my luck this game has no mini-map. More immersive, I guess. Let's hope this is the way to town." He started humming a tune as he made his way down the path.

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After walking for a good hour and killing a few monsters that hadn't given him any trouble, he decided to take a break and sat down on a tree stump with a wince. "God. Why does my chest still hurt so much? It feels like I've got a bad bruise that's constantly being pressed on."
He opened his status page and hit character.

Character name: Crocea Morse

Level: 75

EXP: 16,008,240

Next level: 33,585

Nationality: Vacuo

Affiliation: Arc Trading, Vacuo, Fifth kingdom

Title: -

Class: Knight (Tank)
Secondary Class: Adept rouge (Master of Arts)

Skills: -

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Abilities: -

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Spells: -

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Stats:

HP: 7500/7500

SP: 12862/12862
RR 120% of DEX every 10 second
(19.2 per sec)

AP: 8455/8455
RR 80% of AGIL every 10 seconds
(12.8 per sec)

MP: 365/365
RR 1% of INT every 10 second
(5.5 per sec)

Phys ATK: 899

Phys DEF: 596/1083
[Physical defense lowered due to 0 CD]

Mag ATK: 675

Mag DEF: 876

Character Durability: 0/15000
RR 150% of Resilience Every 10 second
(30 per sec)
[Currently suffering from a critical wound, cannot recover until healed]

Traits:

Dexterity: 160

Agility: 160

Evasion: 160

Intelligence: 80

Wisdom: 55

Charisma: 20

Resilience: 200

Available trait points: 375

Ailments:

Critical wound:
Waited 24 hours after death for character recovery instead of respawning.
Causes constant pain and lowers physical defense by 45%, stops Character durability from recovering.
[Retain EXP upon getting up]
(Must be healed by a Priest/Priestess in a cathedral or with Elixir)

Broken:
Character durability is at 0.
Causes all attacks received by character to be critical.
(Cannot be healed with Esuna, Requires Elixir or Performance Booster)

Debilitation:

Armor Break:
Equipment durability at 0.
Causes direct damage to health.
(Must repair armor. Broken armor cannot be unequipped unless in town)

He looked over his stats and winced. "What the hell kinda character did I make!?" He groaned. "I can't believe I picked a knight class and crossed it with a rouge class. That's like two opposite classes. They don't compliment each other at all."

He put his elbows on his knees, propping his head on his hands and blew his bangs out of his eyes. He looked back at his stats, feeling a little depressed. "Now I remember Ruby laughing at me for picking the classes I did, which is why she helped me so much with building my character afterward. She told me I would be better of making a new one when the beta ended."

His head fell, and he let out a frustrated sob while scowling at the ground. "And now, my characters locked as well as my account." He shot up, grabbing his head, ruffling his hair with a yell. "Arghhhh! What the hell!"
He let his arms drop, his head tilting to the side with an annoyed smile on his face. "This is some bullshit."
Looking back at his stats, he couldn't believe how all over the place the numbers were. He couldn't even tell what kind of character he was building despite his main class stating tank.

Now, his defensive stats were his highest ones but not by much. It honestly looked like he tried to make an all-rounder in an RPG. He played single-player games all the time, and he knew that was never a good idea. What the hell had he been thinking?
He looked back at the table and hummed.

Stats:

SP: 12862/12862
RR 120% of DEX every 10 second
(19.2 per sec)

AP: 8455/8455
RR 80% of AGIL per second
(12.8 per sec)

Phys DEF: 596/1083
[Physical defense lowered due to 0 CD]

Character Durability: 0/15000
RR 150% of Resilience Every 10 second
(30 per sec)
[Currently suffering from a critical wound, cannot recover until healed]

Traits:

Dexterity: 160

Agility: 160

Evasion: 160

Resilience: 200

Available trait points: 375

Those were the stats that stood out. He tried wracking his brain to remember why he'd picked adept rouge as his secondary. It just didn't make sense. It had to have been something in the class description that he hadn't been able to see this time around since he didn't make a new character. It was then he noticed his debuffs.

Ailments:

Critical wound:
Waited 24 or more hours after death for character recovery instead of respawning.
Causes constant pain and lowers physical defense by 45%, stops Character durability from recovering.
[Retain EXP upon getting up]
(Must be healed by a Priest/Priestes in cathedral or with Elixir)

Broken:
Character durability is at 0.
Causes all attacks upon character to be critical.
(Cannot be healed with Esuna, Requires Elixir or Performance Booster)

Debilitation:

Armor Break:
Equipment durability at 0.
Causes direct damage to health.
(Must repair armor. Broken armor cannot be unequipped unless in town)

"Holy cow, those are bad. How did…" He trailed off, remembering a pair of burning golden eyes. He reached up to his chest and rubbed the hole in his breastplate. "Oh. Yeah."
He took a deep breath, hit the armor tab on his menu, frowning at what he saw.

Crocea Mors:

Accessories:

Earrings: - (Equip)

Rings (x4): - (Equip)

Armor:
0/7302
Armor Set Effects:
Null. Repair or upgrade equipment.

Headgear: - (N/A) unlocks at level 80

Chest plate: Pendragon Cuirass
0/2200
Effects:
broken
(Upgrade)

Arms: Pendragon set
0/1001
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Waist: Pendragon Tassets
0/1001
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Legs: Pendragon set
0/1800
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Clothes: Pendragon Royal coat
0/1300
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Weapons:
0/16000
Weapon set effects:
Null. Repair or upgrade equipment

Right hand: silver sword
0/8000
ATK: 682/1364
Effects:
Broken -50% damage
(Upgrade)

Left hand: Silver shield
0/8000
ATK: 432/864
Effects:
Broken -50% damage negation
(Upgrade)

"Well, fuck." His armor was shot as were his weapons, but he was confident that the debilities could be healed by a potion, which he was pretty sure he still had a few of unless the game wiped his inventory. He hadn't had any trouble killing anything so far either. He could hold out till he got back to town and got that sorted out.
Scratching his head, he sat back down and looked at the "New" message next to the necklace. "Might as well see what it is and equip it."

He swiped the stat screen to the side and then again to finally showing his inventory. He blinked a couple of times, his mouth twitching as he scrolled through.
Rocks. Lots of em. Well, they were crystals, but still. Almost his entire inventory was full of the things.

As he reached the bottom of his inventory, he found the two things he was looking for. The pendant he'd just gotten and a stack of glass bottles filled with a glowing golden liquid, Elixir.

The things had been expensive, and Ruby had even berated him for spending his money on them when he'd told her. She'd said potions were way more efficient and cost-friendly.
He'd shrugged her off about it countering by saying they recovered all of his HP, AP, SP, MP, and healed critical wounds. She'd rolled her eyes and asked how often he'd need all of them refilled. If he played well, he would only need a few potions, if any.

He frowned at the memory. The more he thought about it. Ruby had always pointed out his shortcomings in the game. With a grimace, he pulled one of the elixirs out of his inventory and popped the cork. While drinking the slightly nectar flavored curative, he looked back at his inventory and tapped the pendant.
It had more text on it now that it was in his inventory, and it read equipment next to the now present name.

Pendant of the Unblessed.

This pendant symbolizes affiliation with the 5th kingdom. There are a handful of these pendants, but this one is unique. Never forget.
The Pendant of The Unblessed is a special item with a restriction. Only this character can equip it. The Pendant is one of several, all of which offer stat bonuses to their wearer based on their class and which pendant they have.

Pendant of the Unblessed
Level 1
EXP 0/?

Effects:

Survival mode
(Character must eat and sleep regularly, or debuffs will incur)
(Character habits change based on player habits)
(Debuffs and buffs will change based on habits)
Makes player's and players screen names and levels invisible.
Turns off damage counter for player.
Turns off HP bars for all targets.
Turns off party invite system for player.
(Can only be invited to parties)
Turns off Mentor system.
(Cannot be a mentor or be mentored)
Turns off respawn.
(Must wait 6 hours to get up or be revived by an ally)
Turns off instant messaging outside of towns and cities.
Turns off private chat.
Turns off stats and gear menus in the field.
Increases effectiveness of true damage by 50%.
Increases effectiveness of Skills by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Abilities by 50%.
Increases effectiveness of Magic by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Scaling by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Armor by 100%
Increases damage dealt and damage taken by 100%
Increases effectiveness of status effects on character by 100%
(Mental buffs and debuffs are only affected by sleep)
Decreases effectiveness of healing spells.
Decreases effectiveness of healing items except for elixir.
Decreases EXP earned by 50%
Decreases equipment degradation rate by 50%

Jaune's eyes bugged out at that. "What the hell! Is this some kind of realism item? It's got some nice boosts and stuff but holy hell the drawbacks that come with it. I mean Increases damage dealt and damage taken by 100%." He scratched his head. "I guess they can't just make it overpowered, can they.
He scrutinized the effects, and he realized something. "It's like the same as an NPC. Almost like I would be a character in the game instead of a player. Like a boss or something." He held his chin, thinking about the implications. "It's at level one too, which implies it gets stronger, no doubt, but why can't I see how much EXP it needs? Not only that, but you have to deposit exp in the Ether of Naught to level up, so where do I go to level up an item?" With those questions on his mind, he continued reading.

Perks:

Member: Unblessed
Access to Ether of Naught.
(Requiem of a Cruel Angel's Thesis)

Title: Unblessed
When not in a party, or if debuffs are active, gain 100% recovery rate to SP, AP, MP.

Armor set effects:
When any armor set is equipped, all armor ratings and effects are doubled.

Trait: False Hero
Grants access to no cost combos and increase the effectiveness of traits without increasing the trait level.
(More combos, skills, abilities, and spells unlocked at higher levels)

Combo: Symphony of blades

Combo starter: Dancing Rhapsody
An AOE attack where user attacks everything within striking range with three quick blows. Can chain into a combo booster or a skill.
(Cannot be chained into)
[No cost]

Combo booster: Diminuendo Dive
A thrust and rising attack followed by a heavy downward stab that armor breaks an opponent temporarily.
Can chain into a combo finisher or a skill.
(Cannot be used in the same combo more than once)
[No cost]

Combo finisher: Crescendo Spike
Two downward slashes followed by a rising slash and an upward stab that knocks back opponents and breaks combos.
Can chain into finishing skills.
[No cost]

"Holy shit." He pulled up another window with his stats and let out a low whistle. It would more than double all of his recovery except MP while he was alone. And those attacks er combos. Just damn.
Looking back at the item, he continued reading as the pain in his chest faded as the potion took effect.

Skill: Cutting Gavotte
Two slashes followed by a downward slash that produces a wave of energy dealing magic damage that is equal to characters physical attack.
Can chain into combo finishers and finishing skills.
(If SP is below 10% launches foes back, breaking your combo)
[Minimum requirement 150 DEX & AGIL, costs 1500 SP]

Finishing Skill: Eternal Refrain
A devastating non-elemental magic and physical attack that does direct damage to target.
(If SP is above 90% deals double damage)
[Minimum requirement 150 DEX, 150 AGIL and combined score of 1500 Phys ATK and MAG ATK, costs 3000 SP]

This item cannot be unequipped once equipped, and other skills cannot be purchased or used.
Adds class False Hero.
Character will still level according to classes equipped at the time of equipping this item. Cannot change classes once equipped.
Levels will not give boosts more than once.

He finished reading the info on the pendant and blinked in shock. He had no idea what to make of the item. At first glance, it seemed overpowered as hell, but if you looked closely, it had serious potential to screw you. Like, say if he'd picked an archer class and a rouge class, he wouldn't even be able to use the sword or magic abilities, thus fucking his character to hell. He wasn't even close to still having 90% of his SP by the time he got to Eternal Refrain as is but holy shit, the potential it had as well.

Now the item did stop you from obtaining other skills and equipping them. Then again, it said you unlocked more as the pendant got stronger. Then there was that last bit about levels not giving boosts more than once whatever that meant. "Now the question is if those skills will be any good or even worth it, and if so, then the million-dollar question. Should I equip it?"

Thinking about it, his character seemed shot as is, but at least it could use the skills. Besides, he wasn't even planning on being a combat-based character. He was hopefully going to be going into the game's economy, so what the hell.
With a shrug, he equipped the pendant and got several notifications about the stuff he'd just read as well as a couple of debuff notifications like exhausted, hungry and thirsty.
He coughed and grabbed his stomach as he actually felt said debuffs take effect. Maybe his decision had been made in haste after all.

Closing the windows, he looked back at his inventory with a frown hoping he had some food or water but no luck. Instead, he pulled out one of the crystals from a stack of 22 he had near the bottom. Now he'd give it points just for being mesmerizing to look at what with its soothing blue glow and the prismatic effect inside of it. The thing was really pretty, in his opinion. After turning it over in his hands a few times, he used the examine option on the HUD and read the description along with the flavor text.

Solid Dust Crystal. Enhancement, alchemy, crafting, and leveling item. The highest value of all other in-game items.

Rarity: Exclusive

Type: Ore

Ore type: Crystal

Use: Crafting

Value:?

The rarest and most powerful of dust crystals used to reinforce weapons, armor and create other items. It can be used as a catalyst for spells.
It is highly valued and sought after by all. Careful, there are those who'll hunt people who claim to have even seen one.

His jaw dropped at what he read. There was just no way. He remembered picking them up while playing with Ruby, but she'd told him they had no purpose.
She'd asked why he was even collecting them at the time, and he'd responded with a lame because they looked cool.

Back then, their flavor text had been something along the lines of 'unremarkable ore with a strange glow. Maybe it'll fetch a good price.'
He hadn't wanted to tell Ruby that he'd actually spent all his money on the elixirs, so he started picking them up with hopes of selling them later.
He was strapped for cash after buying the elixirs and needed money bad.

At the time, he was sure they were an item purely for making extra money by selling them to NPCs in town. It was hard to believe, but now, due to his OCD nature and need for cash, he had almost a full inventory of what was called a 'Solid Dust Crystal,' and it was apparently the most valued item in-game.

The rarity said exclusive, which usually meant only certain people could get them or you had to do something really specific or difficult to get one.
He pulled up the games help tab and looked for item classifications. He passed weapons, armor, mounts, tools, and furniture before he hit materials.

Crafting Materials: Items used to reinforces all items in the game or imbue them with perks.
Select more info for an in-depth entry.

He hit the more info tab.

Crafting materials continued

Crafting Materials:
Items used to craft the more advanced gear that offer stat and trait boosts. This includes weapons, armor, accessories, and also furniture to place in your player home.
Different materials offer different boosts that are either passive use or active use.
Passive:
The effects on armor, weapons, and accessories.
Active:
Furniture that is made with special materials will offer varying boosts when used.

There are several types of Crafting Materials. These are:

Ore: The least common.
Hardest to obtain, especially high-level ores of finer rarity, seeing as they are only available in mines and dungeons.
Both are guarded by guilds or monsters, respectively.
Includes rock, gems, and crystals of which are many varying subsections. Purchase a manual at your local Auction house or seek help from a guild member.

Nature: The most abundant.
These materials are found simply by looking around in the fields which are only guarded by weak monsters.
Includes lumber and animal products, of which there are many subsections. Purchase a manual at your local Auction house or seek help from a guild member.

Special: The second most common.
Materials are found by foraging the wilds and fields for special ingredients. These are used for alchemy and spell weaving.
Purchase a manual at your local Auction house or seek help from a guild member.

Rarities:

Worthless: In such abundance, even NPC shops will not purchase these items. Used for starter gear and items.

Common: Regularly found but refined.
Used to make money by selling.

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Rare: Not your everyday item.
Used to upgrade gear.

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Unusual: not something you'd look twice at but just might miss.
Has special properties when applied properly.
Use to create items.

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Special: Hard to find and very useful.
Imbues special properties on items when used in crafting.

Lost: Only obtainable through high-level quests.
Items that grant abilities, skills, or spells to equipment when used in crafting.
Said skills do not require Trait minimums to use.

Uncanny: Only world bosses drop these.
Items that give off a strange aura and grant massive stat boosts when used in crafting.

Legendary: Gifted after Kingdom wars to guilds who manage to defend their castles until the end of the event.
Items that grant massive trait boosts when used in crafting.

Exclusive: An item with a finite amount that does not respawn.
These items have been around since beta, and once they are gone, they are gone forever.
Give massive Stat and Trait boosts when used in crafting.
Items made with these materials cannot break and cannot be recycled. They are classified as personal items and cannot be taken off a downed player after PVP.

He looked down at the stone in his hand in shock. He remembered them being all over the place back during the beta. They were pretty much useless. After reading the rarities, he was sure it was a common item at the time. "Wait," He said, looking at the name again. "Solid Dust Crystal." Then it hit him. The Beta took place during the war, which is why they were mercenaries.
Now, in-game at least, decades had gone by, and they were something the lore said was coveted and used to fight the Grimm, the new threat in the game. Holy cow, he was sitting on a…

"Hey, would ya look at that."

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Authors notes.

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Quick note on this chapter. There was a lot of info-dumping and such in this chapter with little story progression, but I plan on trying to get as much info-dumping done early on and focusing on story and action the rest of the way.

The next chapter will be pretty much all story and action, so I hope you guys enjoy it.

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About the Solid Dust Crystals. The game has a big focus on equipment and economy. Jaune's crystals aren't some get rich quick thing. People and guilds will be coming after him for them as hinted at right here at the end.

If he tried to sell them all, they would drop in value very quickly, meaning diminishing returns. If he was going to make money off of them, it would be slowly one at a time.

This isn't likely though because one crystal is one equipment upgrade or furniture building that you know of. It could be more. The world and Jaune only have a finite amount.

He isn't going to waste them spend them or use them like it's nothing. Maybe while he has a lot, he'll give a few away, but once he gets situated, he'll learn how to use them and become much more frugal.

Like toilet paper in the apocalypse.

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For the people pming me about Penny, She is special but I don't wanna give anything away.

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As for the review and pm's on Ruby ending her friendship with Jaune I can say the game is not the main reason. It definitely meant a lot to her because in this story MMORPG's are Ruby's passion. Jaune's words did set her off but there is more to her actions than that. I have put hints in the story so it is possible to get an idea.

Also Ruby's love for MMORPG's stems from still wanting to be a hero and so she gets gud at playing them and becomes a world recognizable/ reputable player which is how she got her beta keys for the game. The world of Remnant is taking the world by storm and is the focus of E-sports and huge real money rewards as Sun said in ch 1.

That being said, how do you think someone would feel if they spent months of playing the beta with their best friend then said best friend just shits all over their hobby right after they loose access to it and then are told to grow up.

No it wasn't intentional on Jaune's part and he didn't mean it the way she took it but them both being socially awkward and not sharing the same passion she took it the wrong way and feels bad about her life's passion. It should be obvious to tell she had or has a thing for him which just compounds the problem.

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Also at the end of this chapter and the next I'm gonna put Jaune's character stats and equipment list let me know if I should keep doing it or not. Thanks.

For anyone who thinks the pendant will make him OP I have this to say. The way it levels up and the fact he has so much regeneration with it and damage modifiers will be clear in ch 4. AKA he won't be OP

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Character name: Crocea Morse

Level: 75

EXP: 16,008,240

Next level: 33,585

Nationality: Vacuo

Affiliation: Arc Trading, Vacuo, Fifth kingdom

Title: Unblessed
When not in a party, or if debuffs are active, gain 100% recovery rate to SP, AP, MP.

Trait: False Hero
Grants access to no cost combos and increases effectiveness of traits without increasing trait level.
(More combos, skills, abilities and spells unlocked at higher levels)

Class:
False Hero (?)
Knight (Tank)
Secondary Class: Adept rouge (Master of arts)

Skills:
Skill: Cutting Gavotte
Two slashes followed by a downward slash that produces a wave of energy dealing magic damage that is equal to characters physical attack.
Can chain into combo finishers and finishing skills.
(If SP is below 10% launches foes back breaking your combo)
[Minimum requirement 150 DEX & AGIL, costs 1500 SP]

Finishing Skill: Eternal Refrain
A devastating non elemental magic and physical attack that does direct damage to target.
(If SP is above 90% deals double damage)
[Minimum requirement 150 DEX, 150 AGIL and combined score of 1500 Phys ATK and MAG ATK, costs 3000 SP]

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Abilities: -

Spells: -

Combos:
Combo: Symphony of blades

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Stats:

HP: 7500/7500

SP: 12862/12862
RR 120% of DEX every 10 second
(19.2 per sec)

AP: 8455/8455
RR 80% of AGIL every 10 seconds
(12.8 per sec)

MP: 365/365
RR 1% of INT every 10 second
(5.5 per sec)

Phys ATK: 899

Phys DEF: 1083/1083

Mag ATK: 675

Mag DEF: 876

Character Durability: 15000/15000
RR 150% of Resilience Every 10 second
(30 per sec)

Traits:

Dexterity: 160

Agility: 160

Evasion: 160

Intelligence: 80

Wisdom: 55

Charisma: 20

Resilience: 200

Available trait points: 375

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Ailments:

Debilitation:

Exhaustion:
No sleep for more than 24 hrs
Causes player to feel tired and out of breath after a combos
(Must sleep in a bed for minimum of 8 hours to cure)

Thirsts:
No water drunk for over 24 hrs
Causes player to feel thirsty and light headed after combos
(Must drink a bottle of refreshing water or holy water)

Hunger:
No food eaten for over 24 hrs
Causes player to feel hungry and sleepy after combos
(Must eat a good meal or gourmet meal)

Armor Break:
Equipment durability at 0.
Causes direct damage to health.
(Must repair armor. Broken armor cannot be unequipped unless in town)

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Accessories:

Earrings: - (Equip)

Necklace: Pendant of the Unblessed
Level 1
EXP 0/?

Effects:
Survival mode
(Character must eat and sleep regularly or debuffs will incur)
(Character habits change based on player habits)
(Debuffs and buffs will change based on habits)
Makes player's and players screen names and levels invisible.
Turns off damage counter for player.
Turns off HP bars for all targets.
Turns off party invite system for player.
(Can only be invited to parties)
Turns off Mentor system.
(Cannot be a mentor or be mentored)
Turns off respawn.
(Must wait 6 hours to get up or be revived by an ally)
Turns off instant messaging outside of towns and cities.
Turns off private chat.
Turns off stats and gear menus in the field.
Increases effectiveness of true damage by 50%.
Increases effectiveness of Skills by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Abilities by 50%.
Increases effectiveness of Magic by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Scaling by 50%
Increases effectiveness of Armor by 100%
Increases damage dealt and damage taken by 100%
Increases effectiveness of status effects on character by 100%
(Mental buffs and debuffs are only affected by sleep)
Decreases effectiveness of healing spells.
Decreases effectiveness of healing items except elixir.
Decreases EXP earned by 50%
Decreases armor degradation rate by 50%

Rings (x4): - (Equip)

Armor:
0/7302
Armor Set Effects:
Null.
Equip unbroken set of Armor

Headgear: - (N/A) unlocks at level 80

Chest plate: Pendragon Cuirass
0/2200
Effects:
broken
(Upgrade)

Arms: Pendragon set
0/1001
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Waist: Pendragon Tassets
0/1001
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Legs: Pendragon set
0/1800
Effects:
Broken
(Upgrade)

Clothes: Pendragon Royal coat
0/1300
Effects
Broken
(Upgrade)

Weapons:
0/16000
Weapon set effects:
Null.
Repair or upgrade equipment

Weapons:
0/16000
Weapon set effects:
Null.
Equip unbroken weapons

Right hand: silver sword
0/8000
ATK: 682/1364
Effects:
Broken -50% damage
(Upgrade)

Left hand: Silver shield
0/8000
ATK: 432/864
Effects:
Broken -50% damage negation
(Upgrade)

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Well that's another chapter done. Thanks for reading.