Analyzing ID: 1d3n71fy…
Name: Joshua Drummings…
species: human…
Age: 18 Earth years, considered a young mature human by earth standards…
huh? Am I imagining things?
Attributes: imaginative, resourceful, weak willed, intelligent, sheltered, prideful. processing…
I’m not weak willed, what the hell!
Job: Food transportation excelling at speed of delivery, head administrator of the system…
Experience: Head of the class in 4th Stage of academic development…, Employee of the month an earth year, 3 months and 17 days ago.
This is bullying… I’m being bullied by my own mind… again.
information ID confirmed.
Welcome, head administrator
“Where is that coming-“ was the last thing Joshua thought before an all consuming darkness made him fall down right where he stood, which sadly for him was the set of stairs from outside the pizza place where he worked.
Starting briefing protocol.
“what is this thing?” Joshua said, slightly horrified, slightly intrigued, and very much confused by all that he was reading / hearing.
Generating briefing according to system needs and parameters.
A system? What does that mean? What kind of system? What the fuck was going on around him? Hell, where even was he, all he could see around him was a blank room, how did he know it was a room if he couldn’t even see the limits of it? It was unclear.
“focus Joshua, that doesn’t seem to be important” he said trying to gather himself as much as he could.
While he tried to gather his thoughts a voice / text suddenly appeared in his mind, but no matter how hard he tried he genuinely couldn’t know at all what it was and he felt that his head was working overtime for him to even process the things that were appearing in his mind.
You are the Head administrator of the system.
Your job is to adjust and expand and distribute the system for human use.
This task is to be done before 12 years
“w-what?” he thought or said, he somehow understood what all of that meant, but for some reason his brain couldn’t quite comprehend it. He grabbed his head, or so he thought, for he couldn’t quite be sure if in that space he actually HAD a body at all, and started trying to nurse a headache that was coming over him that he somehow COULD feel… great “I really wish I could get all of this in written, it’d be so much easier” Joshua thought, he had always been quite good at remembering things from books as such and it would be much less of a headache inducing thing than whatever it was happening in his brain.
Analyzing request
Base configuration of the system set to "Written"
analyzing language
Analyzing layout configuration.
All set, Implementing changes
...
Base configuration complete
“This thing… can read my thoughts?” Joshua thought “that’s slightly concerning, not to say very rude”
The system had changed once already because of him so, perhaps he could do it again? “don’t read my thoughts” Joshua thought to the system
Setting system to vocal commands mode
Codifying mental space to allow voice simulation to be separated from mind devices
After reading and processing what he was reading he thought for a moment, whatever this was, it seemed computer like, perhaps he should use… commands? Or maybe not, it seemed to at least understand what he thought, and if he understood correctly, now it understood what he said, so he hesitantly asked “what are you?”
Processing
Query detected
Looking for suitable answer
I am/ this is/ we are/ the system for human defense, part of the *********************
Waiting for input…
Human defense? Huh, it had said something about earth years, though he did not understand most of that part, it just felt wrong, probably because his brain was not wired to get such stimulus? that meant that this… system thing did not know how humans worked or how to pass information effectively to them? was that what the head administrator was? a beta tester of some sort? a Tester that made changes? was this system made by aliens? he really wasn't the science fiction kind, he actually despised it a bit, he was more of a fantasy kinda guy... anyways, he needed more information
“What is the head administrator’s job? And why am i the administrator anyways?”
Processing
Query detected
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Looking for suitable answer
The head administrator is the one charged with making the system suitable for human use in order to defend against the *********** threat
You have been chosen at random
You may not reject being the head administrator, it is your duty to push humanity to defend the world against the ************* threat as you see fit
Strive to be the best you can for the sake of humanity.
Waiting for input…
does that even mean?” to say he was confused would be the understatement of the century.
The system seemed to suggest that humans were in some sort of danger, but what use would the system be to defend humans? And what could he, a simple pizza delivery guy, do about it? Joshua sighed “try to look the bright side… at least I wasn’t isekai’d or something of the sort, that would suck so much… imagine being taken from your friends and family to fight for some world that isn’t yours and people that you don’t know.”
Where even was he by the way?
“where am I?” he asked slightly disturbed by his surroundings, or lack of it
Processing …
Query detected…
Looking for suitable answer…
User is in the system basic arrangement area (part of the greater system area)
In order to snap back to reality, the user must finish the basic configuration of the system
Warning: do keep in mind that the system must strengthen human characteristics in order to maximize the possibility of survival against the *************** threat
Warning: do keep in mind that after exiting the system area, all changes to the system will need "Super-Modular" energy
The head administrator also may use "modular alternative nano-biological" (MAN) energy, in large quantities to make changes to a lesser extent
Right, right, of course, MAN energy, right.
Right then and there, Joshua felt that if he went around calling it MAN energy he’d get into a lot of trouble real soon so he decided to just… not touch that one with a stick “from now on change all references of the MAN energy into MANA energy or just mana for short”
Processing …
Request Accepted
So, basically, the system’s whole thing was making humans stronger right? Joshua was quite the avid fan of LitRPGs and cultivation novels so he at least had a few ideas about how to strengthen others. Of course he doubted the system could help a human swallow the sun or creating universes and such, but that was not what Joshua wanted.
making someone able to lift a bit more or to think better and faster would strengthen a person a lot so, if he made it based on an RPG’s system of progression maybe he could accomplish his objective.
Assuming the system could impart knowledge, which it most likely did, being an alien system and all, perhaps he could make a system of skills ranging from mundane things such as cooking, to martial arts, swordsmanship, and such.
If he could indeed do the things that he wanted to do, that could change everything, and by everything, Joshua meant EVERYTHING, every big and small facet of life could change, he could stop being a simple pizza delivery guy, an unlucky one at that, and become the architect of this brave new world. Goodbye Mr. no-friends and hello grand adventurer and mastermind of the human world, defender of the human race, protector of us all!
Best of all, nobody had to know he was the one doing all these things! Joshua generally had no problem accepting criticism, the problem was that, Joshua knew himself, he was actually VERY accepting of criticism, to the point where he would change his mind very easily, making him slightly fickle, however it was different when nobody was criticizing him directly to his face.
he was a bit of a wimp
however, if people did criticize him, they probably would tell him how he was clearly going through a whole ass power fantasy right now, so he’d AT LEAST would try to keep on his toes, not let himself go too much to coocoo-town, crazy was very hard to get rid of once it took ahold of you, that he knew too well from that one time in 4th grade.
Not that he wanted to remember that particular time…
This would do, it most certainly would, but perhaps Joshua was getting ahead of himself, if he was to do this he should first establish a solid foundation from which to erect his ideas and plans. Sure, some could say that perhaps this all was getting to his head, but Joshua didn’t really have anyone to actually say so.
Perhaps if he was at home he’d look at his little Aane and she’d look at him and he’d somehow would feel her disapproval and the glint of pity from her cutesy being for making the faces that he probably kept making while he formulated plans and imagined dumb things like right now. She was one of the people… or snakes that was able to somehow keep Joshua’s head from flying away in dreamland.
It was sad, for the only person to keep him on his toes to not be a person at all, but a pet he has kept for 15 years of his life, that granted, knew him like a glove.
Talking about that… perhaps he should try to get over with making the base system to wake up quickly, he had to feed Aane and he couldn’t do that if he was still here.
Let’s see, a system like the ones on the rpgs… well first of all everyone should have a status window.
“system, create a window to allow each individual user to check their status”
…
Processing …
Instructions unclear, Define “Status”
What the heck system, do you not know what a status is?... well, I suppose that makes sense after all the system shouldn’t know about videogames… how to explain this? What a headache
“the status should contain a person’s physical qualities, like their reflexes, stamina, strength, intelligence, and that sort of thing”
Processing
Status
Reflexes:
Stamina:
Strenght:
Intelligence:
ERROR!
ERROR!
ERROR!
ERROR!
That’s quite barebones isn’t it? not to say unpleasant to look at... what else is missing, let’s add agility and an overall level, I suppose the personal information of the person should also be needed, right? name and age would be good to have, a class? Perhaps.
Those without class should be called classless or null or void… I’ll go with classless, then maybe separate those into 2 sections, and what is up with those errors? hmm let’s make it so 10 points in stats is the human average… the average exactly right now when I’m making the system, I don’t want stats to change because the human average changes, that should fix it hopefully.
Oh! Right the skills tab should be there too I guess, even though there aren’t any skills yet, hmmm… I suppose I do know how to write fast, let’s make that into a skill I suppose? Just to test it out, it should be level 1 from 5 levels, I have no idea how to improve it later but, let’s just put that in there.
there also should be a mana counter showing how much mana you’re able to use… I guess we humans can’t use mana but… let’s make it into an ability… how do I make it into an ability though?... let’s just have the system analyze how much mana the brain is able to manipulate…
“I’ll just call it "mana usage" and make it the level 1” said Joshua.
this ability should change the brain towards a better capacity to use and manipulate mana… that should be it I suppose or am I forgetting something?... oh right! Let’s make a class specifically for me! Ideally classes should have perks and abilities specific to them but… let’s just make it so my class gives me absolute control of the system (even though I already have it) and … I suppose that should be it
Status
Name:
age:
class:
Lvl:
MP:
Joshua Drummings
18 (Earth Years)
Head Administrator
1
0.000001 / 0.000001
Reflexes:
10
stamina:
7
strength:
4
intelligence:
11
Skills
Mana Usage Lvl 1 Fast Writting Lvl 1
Joshua sighed and looked at what he had done… he was proud, he was happy, he was content… he was a fucking nerd wasn’t he?.