Wait there is a city?

I turn to my left and across the field quite a distance away is the tall walls of a medieval looking city. Off on its side is a large gate which is open letting many ant sized people going in and out along with a variety of strange beasts I can't get a good look at pulling carts and carriages. I take the chance to get a better look of my surroundings once I finished looking at the city. It seems I in the middles of a field of crops I do not know what to call within a valley of some kind with a small river flowing down it. The city is off to the side, occupying a large hill in the shadow of a small mountain with the land surrounding it cleared for agriculture but significantly smaller than was would be the norm for my world as the crops only goes up against one side of the river, the side the city is on which is no where close to it, with some minor irrigation. It looks like the farmland is more of a boundary to separate the civilized territory of the city and the untamed wilderness of the forest in the valley. Just looking into the forest causing me to shiver and my hair, no fur to rise. My instincts are telling me that place is not a place I would want to go to.

Yeah the city is a good idea, thanks brain. Wait, the voice I heard did not sound like me at all, more feminine and I say robotic? Oh no, am I hearing voices in my head? Of course, I'm going crazy. Now everything makes sense.

{You may be hearing me in your head but an analysis of your mental capabilities show there is a slight increase to adrenaline production signaling distress but no emotional instability nor any mental disorders.}

Who is that? I begin shaking my head back and forth to see the person that is speaking.

{You may refer to me as any designation you wish but I am the manifestation of the [Skill] [System Assistant].}

As she or it spoke, I notice within the bottom left corner of my vision, a small, blue, wavy ring light up every time she or it responded and would wiggle when she or it spoke.

"Um, ok. If you are a [skill], why can you speak or the matter of fact look like that in my eye?"

{As a [System Assistant], it is my job to assist you in the acclimation in this would and answer any questions regarding the [System]. I took this form because I felt with your experience with digital assistants in your own world, this would be the easiest for you.}

"So you are a magic Alexa?"

{Do you wish to change my designation to "Magic Alexa".}

"If I have to, just Alexa would be fine, [System Assistant] is too much of a mouth full. Anyways, if this [System] is something I think it is, should you be going over the tutorial for me?"

{Accepted designation "Alexa". There is no such thing referred as the "tutorial" but I can go over the basics of the [System] and introduce you to it. First I would like for you to bring up your [Information Page]. There is no keyword that is necessary to bring it up, you could use variations of [Menu], [Status Screen], or [Character Sheet]. You could just will it to appear and it will.}

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"Ok, um [Status Scre-"

Name: Mark Thompson

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Title(s): N/A

Class(es):

Otherworlder

Wisdom: 8

System Assistant

Cat Boy

Fluffy: 5

Sapience

"Woah, it actually worked."

{The first part is general information regarding you.}

"Seems about right but should my [Race] be there instead of with my [Classes] since that is where it usually is for most fiction I have seen?"

{[Race] is a [Class] no matter if the entity in question is designated as a [Person] or not. A [Person] may not be able to utilize their [Racial Classes] like entities designated as [Monsters] do as they are locked from gaining experience in said [Class] due to the fact [People] are more than what they are born as or what their biology is. The ability to be more allows them more easier access to [Profession Classes].}

"So If i cannot gain experience for [Cat Boy], I cannot level it up?"

{[Classes] do not level, only [skills] do as you gain more proficient in it. You do not get stronger just being a [class], you are already it. To get stronger in a [class] you must train the [skills] you have or gain new ones while also increasing your attributes or [stats]. A [Class] does not make you powerful, it gives you a base to grow on but also as a guide to become powerful.}

"That kind of makes sense, a little philosophical if you think about it in a certain way. But why do classes gain experience if they can't level up?"

{[Classes] need to be fed some base experience to maintain itself. If not fed, it will degrade and weaken and may even disappear. Example would be, you can't call yourself a [Warrior] if you had not fought anything for decades. So feeding a [class] not just makes it healthy but feeding it excessively more than it needs to maintain itself would result in the experience building up. If this build up reach a certain threshold, the experience can be converted into a [Stat pt] and a [Skill pt] which can be turn into a free [Stat] or [Skill] respectfully. This may not be the only way to gain [Skills] or increase your [Stats] but it is seen as an easy way to increase one's power. Many people refer to this as leveling up despite [Classes] having no levels. [Classes] like [Racial Classes] for [People] or [Unique Classes] in general may not be able to gain experience themselves but in exchange does not require experience to maintain themselves.}

"Wait, I only have a [Racial] and [Unique Class], if I can't level those, how am I suppose get stronger."

{You are not exclusively locked to the [classes] you have now. You could always gain more.}

"And how do I do that?"

{There is nothing preventing you from gaining any [class] you wish, besides [Unique Classes]. They can only be given to individuals who meet certain criteria. In exchange for fairness to other [users], [Unique Classes] are much fewer than normal [Classes] and do not gain experience.}

"So I can be anything I want? That easy?"

{All it can take sometimes is will and effort. To prove to the world and in turn the [System] that you desire to be something else, to decide who you are and define it, then it will echo within you soul and reality will recognize it. All the [System] does is advocate on your behalf and write it down on you [Information Page]. As the saying in your world goes, "The sky's the limit."}