Greetings noble readers,
First, let's get to the reviews:
Phoenix4Lord = Thank you very much for the tips, the next chapter will be longer than the first one.
Guest-Questioner = Unfortunately the original story is already well advanced in the Portuguese version of it, even so I thank you for your explanation about the systems, your explanation was very enlightening.
And now let's go to chapter 2.
Staring at the window in disbelief and without having the strength to process what was happening, I was tired and my body aching. You know what, I'm going to ignore everything and just focus on sleeping, what's more likely? That this is all just a dream or that I was reincarnated in the body of a white child in a world with a broken moon, like in RWBY?...
I don't remember my name or my parents' faces, but I REMEMBER A FUCKING WEB SERIES?!
I close my eyes, try to relax my body, and in a few seconds, I am sleeping.
- FUCK! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY LIFE!? - I screamed more to express my frustration than to get an answer, after all, I was in a white void and my appearance was that of a typical Brazilian adult of 37 years old with dark skin, dark brown hair, also brown eyes, and with a good old beer belly.
- Well, at least I don't look like Macaulay Culkin anymore and I feel more "at home" in this body.
After calming down a bit I look around once more, however, I still find myself in the middle of nowhere. And what happened to that rectangle? The one that spoke of a tutorial, it even looked like a quest…
!WELCOME GAMER!
Your soul has been reincarnated, do you want to start the tutorial?
Accept / Decline
As soon as I thought of the word quest the rectangle appeared in front of me, with a little fear I extended my finger and touched "Accept".
!TUTORIAL!
You find yourself in another world, but don't worry, you've been blessed by the ARCHITECT with a power you're familiar with, GAMER SOUL. However, we warn you that its power is not 100% equal to the work of Author Sung Sang-Young and Designer Sang-Ah. For more details press "NEXT".
NEXT
ARCHITECT? GAMER SOUL? Sung Sang-Yang? Was that "The Gamer" author? Even though I had a bad feeling… I decided to press the NEXT button.
!TUTORIAL!
GAMER SOUL:
Allows the user's body and mind to interact with the real world like a game. Unlike the original power, the protagonist does not ignore wounds or recover instantly if he goes to sleep.
PREVIOUS / NEXT
This isn't giving me much detail, but it makes it clear that it's not as overpowered as Han Jihan's skill, I'll have to do a lot of experimentation to know the potential and limits of GAMER SOUL, I once again press NEXT.
!TUTORIAL!
To finish the TUTORIAL think or say CHARACTER SHEET.
PREVIOUS
- Huuuum… CHARACTER SHEET!
As soon as I finished speaking a new window appeared with information.
!CHARACTER SHEET!
STATUS:
XBLOCKEDX
PERKS:
SKILLS:
XBLOCKEDX
XBLOCKEDX
XBLOCKEDX
QUEST LOG
!CHARACTER SHEET!
So I have STATUS, PERKS, SKILLS, and QUEST LOG to check and the 4 blocked ones make me intrigued… let's see if all these years of playing and GMing RPG will be useful now, without further ado I'll hit STATUS.
!STATUS!
Name: ?
Title: "Dream Wanderer"
XBLOCKEDX
XBLOCKEDX
RDP: 0.1% / XBLOCKEDX
MIGHT: 1
AGILITY: 1
MENTAL: 7
XBLOCKEDX
EP: 0
XP: 0
!STATUS!
Damn, this really looks like information from an RPG character, my name is hidden and there are many things blocked, what catches my attention the most is the title "Dream Wanderer", as soon as I touch it a small window appears as if it were a popup explaining what the title did.
Dream Wanderer:
This title gives the GAMER the ability to have "lucid dreams", almost all experiences gained in dreams apply to real life and vice versa. The limitation of this ability is that physical experiences are not applicable in real life.
Thinking more about the explanation I concluded that I could learn to speak another language here, but it wouldn't do any good for me to do push-ups or run because "physical experience is not applicable in real life?"
+1 MENTAL
I almost fell to the ground when the "+1 MENTAL" window popped up, is it just me or did I get that point for having reasoned more about my skill?
That's it... now I'm sure... there's no doubt.
- DID I BECOME A PROTAGONIST IN A ISEKAI GAMER FANFIC? - Once again I screamed more to express my frustration than to get answers.
It's a lot of information all at once, I need to go by parts I'll finish familiarizing myself with my STATUS later I think more about it.
This reminds me of high school, I spent over 2 hours reading windows explaining each of my statuses and I can come to some conclusions, better to order them cohesively using RPG logic:
MIGHT, AGILITY and MENTAL are attributes that represent my raw potential, the values define how "good" I am at each attribute.
MIGHT: Defines how strong and durable I am. My strength, resilience, physical performance, build and stamina are linked to this attribute.
AGILITY: Defines how fast and physically coordinated I am. My speed, reaction, mobility, dexterity, and reflexes are linked to this attribute.
MENTAL: Defines how smart and shrewd I am. My intellect, willpower, memory, wisdom, and cognitive ability are linked to this attribute.
PDR: PHYSICAL DAMAGE REDUCTION is how resistant I am to physical damage, and how thick-skinned I am.
EP: EXTRA POINT is the extra points I can allocate to any other attribute.
XP: EXPERIENCE POINTS, it's experience points, so should I have levels?
What is locked will unlock with time… I think. Can I open the other windows just by saying their names?
PERKS! I think and the window opens.
!PERKS!
GAMER'S SOUL
HERITAGE AND ANCESTRY
SPECIAL TALENTS
XBLOCKEDX
XBLOCKEDX
!PERKS!
GAMER'S SOUL has the same information that was presented to me in the tutorial, let's go from HERITAGE AND ANCESTRY.
!HERITAGE AND ANCESTRY!
Traits:
- XBLOCKEDX
- XBLOCKEDX
- XBLOCKEDX:
- Patch Up: Your XBLOCKEDX, wounds, and breath recover 5 times faster. But mental fatigue builds up faster.
[This is an active skill]
Drawbacks:
- Oblivious to Love: You don't realize that other women might be interested in you.
[This is a passive skill]
- Social Awkwardness: At social events, you may have anxiety attacks.
[This is a passive skill]
!HERITAGE AND ANCESTRY!
One of them is blocked and I don't know what benefit it brings me, I have another ability to recover from injuries, breath, and something extra that I don't know either... and it seems I have an anxiety problem at social events? THAT IS GREAT! I also have the power of a Manga Shonen protagonist to not understand women.
- FUCK! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MY LIFE!?
Is this serious? I may not have my memory and I've never been a big hit with women, but at least I wasn't at the retarded level of an anime harem hero? Or was I? I hope I didn't die single, or at least I didn't die a thirty-something virgin, this situation is only getting worse and it's starting to feel like I'm being punished or the victim of a bad joke.
SPECIAL TALENT.
!SPECIAL TALENTS!
Eidetic Memory:
You can store memories almost perfectly and instantly, not just the image itself but a combination of factors, being the image, the sound, and the space.
Perfect Ambidexterity:
You are ambidextrous, and your dexterity with both hands is perfect.
!SPECIAL TALENTS!
Cool, I'm ambidextrous... will I be able to write with both hands? Not that ambidexterity is a bad skill, but eidetic memory, also known as photographic memory, this is the most amazing skill I've received so far, in my previous life I kept forgetting important passwords and using the same sequence of letters and numbers in all your passwords is not the safest thing in the world and studying now should also be a lot easier, I went back to the initial window of CHARACTER SHEET and touched SKILLS.
!SKILLS!
Combat:
XBLOCKEDX
Physical:
XBLOCKEDX
Technical:
XBLOCKEDX
Social:
XBLOCKEDX
Knowledge:
XXBLOCKEDXX
!SKILLS!
I found that skills are divided into 5 categories and nothing else relevant. Why is so much blocked? If there was only 1 item missing from the CHARACTER SHEET I would give up on it.
QUEST LOG.
!QUEST LOG!
ACTIVE QUESTS:
COMPLETED QUESTS:
TUTORIAL.
!QUEST LOG!
According to this window I'm not doing or even completed any quest (the tutorial doesn't count), this is very frustrating, I just wanted to wake up from this nightmare.
Skip Dream:
User activated skip dream ability.
User activated what? - Without receiving an answer, my vision darkens and everything begins to mute.
Once again I smelled ether when I woke up, but it was less intense than yesterday and the sound of hospital machines was no longer present. When I open my eyes, I notice that the room is lit by a ray of sunlight that escapes through the crack in the curtain.
-I'm not in the same room as yesterday? - My question was not answered, after all, I was alone.
The new room had bigger windows with thick curtains, making a little effort to sit up in bed, the pains in my body and head were still present, only less intense, and the physical and mental suffering I went through the night before felt like a horrible distant past.
Will I be able to get up? Although it takes a while I manage to turn my body and position myself on the edge of the bed, my feet were dangling on the side of the bed and as if my body was a child I couldn't reach the floor, I stop for a second, take a deep breath and jump out of bed
With a thud, I fall to the ground, but I can't even be happy to have landed on my feet, the only thing I can do is moan very low.
- SHIT! My foot.
Pain surged through my heels as they hit the ground, the sting of intense pain shot up through my legs and became present in my column.
- I'm dumb as fuck, I could have stayed in bed resting and just waited for the nurse to come in the room to open the window, but nooooo, I'm in a hurry, I have to jump out of bed and almost BREAK MY FYCKING LEGS IN A JUMP… and I have to stop talking to myself. - After cursing and complaining softly, I walked towards the window and opened the curtain.
The landscape was breathtaking, looking out the window I saw several buildings and even some skyscrapers, this city was a metropolis crammed with people and all of them with colored hair? Their clothes were very colorful and flashy, but what caught my attention the most was the noise of the city, or rather the lack of it, the cars on the street still made noise, but it was very little compared to any other vehicle I've ever owned. Are all the cars in this city electric? In the distance I see a white plane taking off vertically silently, it's only when it passes over the hospital that I can hear the noise of its turbines. What kind of technology is this? What world is this? Who am I? Why even though everything is so different…do I still feel like something is familiar?
!WHERE AM I? WHO AM I?!
You are a stranger in an unknown land, information about you and your whereabouts is vital.
Objective:
[ ] Find out your name.
[ ] Find out the name of the world you are in.
Bonus Objective:
[ ] Discover information in less than 24 hours.
Rewards:
Unlocking SKILLS
+ 100 XP
Bonus Reward:
+1 EP
Failure:
You don't know where you are and who you are.
Accept / Decline
!WHERE AM I? WHO AM I?!
As my wise father would say "what is a fart, for those who have already shited themselves"... wait... I can't remember my father's face or name but I can REMEMBER THE CRAP HE USED TO SAY? I'm not even frustrated, I'm pissed off, with a frown I stretch out my arm and accept the "mission", with my hand outstretched I notice that I don't have the probes and other devices connected to my body, so I start better analyze my body.
The small body looks like a five or six-year-old child, with white skin, blue eyes, and light blonde hair. Am I a kid version of Steve Rogers before I got the super-soldier serum and I don't have any wounds or scars?
- Why did I end up in the hospital? - I spoke without realizing it out loud.
- Traumatic brain injury, the fact that you only stayed in a coma for two weeks can be considered a small miracle young man, and another thing, go back to bed now little boy.
At the door of the room was a lady with black skin and straight and snow-white hair, she resembled the X-men's Storm but with dark circles under her eyes and a very tired expression.
- According to your chart you made a recovery in record time even more for someone without Aura, now that you are awake I would like to do some tests. - Said the doctor looking at the clipboard, she pauses for a second, looks at me and leaves the clipboard on a support on the wall, and then helps me (carries me) to get back to bed.
Without any kind of warning, she took a small flashlight from her pocket and put it in my eye, after she took my blood pressure and listened to my heartbeat, wait a minute, did she say anything about Aura?
- You seem to be doing well, but I would like you to stay for a few more days under observation and we are also going to do some more X-rays to see if you have any sequelae, fractured or broken bones. - The doctor continued without looking me in the eyes.
- Spend as much time as you want doctor and don't worry, money is not an issue for the Arc family. - Said a new cold female voice that attracted my attention to the bedroom door.
The sentence was spoken by a blonde, she spoke in a serious and emotionless tone, the woman appeared to be in her mid-thirties and is wearing one of those business suits, her blonde hair was tied in a short ponytail and her eyes were golden and didn't show any emotion she is quite tall almost two meters tall.
- Yes, Lord Councilor. - Answered the doctor turning to the blonde.
"Lord" I thought she was an executive secretary because of the suit, I think the concept of fashion in this world might be different.
- Let me know when he's ready to be released, I'll arrange for someone to pick up the boy here at the hospital.
Before she even finished her sentence, the Lord Councilor had already turned to leave, why had she come to visit me? Friend of the family? It looked more like she had come to pay a visit, my curiosity got the better of my caution and I ended up screaming.
- WAIT! - I screamed desperately.
She turned and looked into my eyes, her gaze was intense, cold, and emotionless, she was stoic and intimidating at the same time.
She looked noble and very intense and the idiot here was speechless, my mouth opened and closed but no sound came out of her, who or what is this woman?
- Speak up child, I'm very busy today. - shouted the Lord frowning.
Frustration was evident in her eyes, but why was she treating a child just awakened from a coma in such a harsh manner? Did she hate me? I need more information I can't stand to know anything anymore.
- Who are you? - I answered her.
The doctor was gaping and the Lord Councilor sketched her first emotion since entering my room, ANGER, the anger and disgust on her face were so clear that when she turned to the doctor she took a step back with fear of the 2-meter blonde.
- Is this some joke? Did you think it would be funny? To occult from me that he has memory problems? On the call, you told me he was fine. - Despite her neutral voice tone, it was possible to notice in her speech an icy fury directed at the doctor.
The doctor started to break out in a cold sweat looking at that woman annoyed with the fact that I didn't recognize her, the doctor swallowed hard and tried to explain herself.
- M-I'm sorry Lord Councilor, I swear I didn't know, but you d-don't worry Lord Councilor this will pass, he...
The Counselor raised her hand to silence the doctor who was already starting to babble.
- Alright, I apologize for my aggressive stance, I was just… caught off guard by the situation as a whole. - Taking a deep breath, all the fury and hatred was washed from the Lord Councilor's face, it was as if she had pressed a button to stop being angry.
The tall and beautiful blonde woman approached the foot of my bed without bending over or making any kind of affectionate gesture, she placed a hand on her chest where the heart is and started to introduce herself formally as if talking at a business meeting.
-I am Eleanor Arc one of the 6 Lord Councilors who rules the Kingdom of Vale, Matriarch of the Arc family and I am also your mother. - I heard a strange ping noise, but I ignored it because in front of me was proof that I was in the world of RWBY, not being able to contain myself I asked one more question.
- And who am I?
Without changing her expression and without being shaken, the woman answered quickly.
- Rouge Arc.
Once again I heard the ping and once again I ignored it, I lowered my head and stared at my blanket, despair began to take over my mind, was I reincarnated in the world of Rwby?
- Now that your questions have been answered I'm going to leave. - As soon as my "new mother" finished talking, she turned and walked away.
What's going on, I'm reincarnated in the world of RWBY and with the powers of THE GAMER? What year will I be? How long until the Fall of Beacon? If I'm an Arc where is the rest of my family? Where is Jaune? Should I talk to Ozpin? Will they believe me? Should I interfere? Feelings of fear and confusion started to affect my breathing and my stomach started to ache with nervousness.
- Don't be like that Rouge. - Said the doctor.
The time I spent reflecting with my head down was enough for the doctor to approach me and place her hand gently on my shoulder.
-Your mother is a very busy person and she has to take care of an entire Kingdom, she sure loves you and wants the best for you.
- ...Thanks? - Why was she feeling sorry for me?
- It's all right kid. - Said the doctor patting my head before leaving me alone in my room.
The doctor interpreted my time of silent reflection as if I had been saddened by my mother's cold reaction. Now... come to think of it, she was very cold, like her son wakes up after two weeks in a coma and the most reaction you can get is irritation at the possible amnesia he's suffering? Any normal person would cry at a time like this.
- OH MY GOD ROUGE YOU ARE WELL!
That cries of relief too…but huh?
Before I could think of anything else I was engulfed in one of the tightest hugs of my entire life, this one and maybe the other too.
- I… WAS… SO CONCERNED… YOU UNCONSCIOUS… AND WE… JAUNE… I'M SO HAPPY YOU WAKE UP! - The crying was loud, desperate, and relieved at the same time.
The Jaune what?
With a thumping sound, my "bully" released me and I beheld the image of two blondes staring at me.
The one who had hugged me was blonde with short hair and was wearing jeans and a green jacket next to her was my savior who freed me from the hug of the one in the green jacket, she was wearing clothes similar to the nurse's but it was blue, she's almost as tall as Eleanor, her hair is long to her waist and a light blonde color similar to mine and my mom's, WAIT! I know her...
That was Saphron Arc the older sister of Jaune Arc, she was the same as her version of the series except her eyes were orange and a little younger.
- My head, why did you do it Saprhon?
The one with the green jacket and short hair was stroking her head where her sister had slapped her.
- Our little brother is recovering in a hospital bed, Verte you know he is weak, be careful... if not. - Saphron replied in a menacing tone.
- Are you okay Rou? - Saphron asked looking at me.
- Rou? - Answering her with another question.
- What's the matter, Rouge is already too old for an affectionate nickname? - replied Sapron.
- No, he will always be my little and beautiful little brother of the heart who will never become a soulless teenager who plays with women's hearts. - Verte declared as she held my hands.
After Verte's outburst and a minute of sepulchral silence, Saphron coughed into her hand and tried to change the subject.
- So… do you know when you'll be able to go home? - Said Saphron trying to change the subject and end the tense atmosphere in the room.
- I'm not sure, there's a complication… - I said softly, looking away, trying to avoid their gaze.
- What's the problem? - Verte asked as both sisters approached my person.
- I have amnesia and…
A lump formed in my throat, but I had to deal with it now, I know the longer I take the worse it's going to be for me to explain.
- I...
My throat dried up, my stomach started to churn, even if I was on an empty stomach it didn't matter to anxiety, the uneasiness set in me, I started to sweat cold, and my hands were shaking as I squeezed my blankets.
- I...
Suddenly I felt a strange twinge in my chest and my breathing started to get erratic, what if they hate me for forgetting them? Even worse, what if they found out that a stranger was in their younger brother's body? My breathing started to get more intense, my vision started to blur, and that's when I felt something squeeze my hand.
- It's okay Rou, we're here to help you. - Saphron was holding my right hand and looking at me tenderly.
I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, my breathing calmed down, I looked into their eyes, and the only thing I could see was the love and affection she had for me, I mean for Rouge, my eyes started to tear up and I was finally able to speak.
- I have amnesia and I don't recognize any of you. - As soon as I finished the sentence I looked at the floor, how would I face them now? Knowing that their little brother had forgotten who they were, tears streamed down my face.
Once again the anxiety returned, my stomach was churning, my chest had started to hurt again and this time even my hands had started to shake.
- S-sorry, I don't.. - I was interrupted before finishing the sentence.
Someone had pulled me into a hug, it was just as tight as the one before, but he wasn't suffocating, it was warm… full of love, tenderness, understanding, and compassion.
- Calm down, it's okay Rouge. - It was Saphron's voice. - You went through something very traumatic. - Her left hand started making circles on my back, and her right hand was caressing my head.
- You can be sure that we love you very much and I promise that we will be here to help you, regardless of whether you remember us or not. - Saphron put his hand on my shoulder and released me from his embrace looking into my eyes.
- And an Arc never goes back on his word, that's the first thing you'll learn about this family. - Verte said smiling at me.
I was speechless, this body is not mine, this life is not mine, but for some reason, tears started to flow through my eyes, tears of sadness, tears of relief. I was impersonating Rouge Arc and lied to these two wonderful people.
I swear on my soul and on my new life that you two will not regret giving this support, I swear you will be proud of me.
!GO BIG OR GO HOME!
In your moment of loneliness and despair, Saphron and Verte Arc promised to help in this difficult time. Inspired by them, you swore to make them proud.
Objective:
[ ] Choose your destiny and walk towards glory.
Rewards:
It depends on the chosen destination.
Failure:
Saphron and Verte Arc will be disappointed in you.
Accept / Decline
!GO BIG OR GO HOME!
Greetings once again,
When I wrote this chapter in Portuguese I still didn't have a 100% clear picture of what the matriarch of the Arc family would look like
...
She's Saber Alter in a suit.