Waking up from my nap, I felt pretty good, until the twinge of pain was back, slightly less than it was previously. So I went to my mom and get a puff before going to my room too look at the manual and statistics for my new chrome, I would have to watch myself, that inhaler is very close to a Vape.

While everything was pretty much to my expectations, there were a few things that actually helped from the manual.

For one, there are a ton of menus on your eyes to change everything you can think of from Brightness, contrast, and even what what the hud color would be for yourself.

I did settle for a nice low brightness gold for the hud, and went to look over the manual again.

After going through the tons of Menus, I found a symbol I didn't expect, A guitar with a red flashing 1 on it, like a notification was present in the app.

Not knowing what the app was, I launched it. Only to have the state screen for the game Cyberpunk:2077 pop up.

To say I wasn't expecting this was a major understatement.

I started to realize this would help with my growth, or at least to see my growth in numbers and statistics.

It was weird though, there were 6 totals displayed instead of the normal 5, at the bottom in the middle where the "Glitched Relic" would show in game, it had a stat I hadn't expected "Rockerboy"

And I wasn't exactly pleased with the totals I was seeing as well.

Body was (1), Reflexes was (1), technical ability was at (2), Intelligence was (4), Rockerboy was (0), and Cool was flashing with a red (1)

Clearly Cool had leveled on the way home today as we had been shot at.

I most certainly was not please to find out that was the kinds of activities I would have to do to level either.

Looking to the top left by habit, I notice my level is 1, and street cred is 1 as well, to be expected honestly.

Having decided to look at all of this later, and just relax for now, I exited the weird menu and added to my home bar so that I wouldn't need to search for it when I wanted to find it again.

I walked out of my room and across the hall the my dads study, luckily the door was not closed so I knew he wasn't working, I peeked in and he was reading next to the window with the window open letting the breeze in.

So I came into the room and my dad saw me enter, so he book marked the book and closed it on his finger, intending on continuing to read if I didn't need anything from him.

"Hey, how the new gear. Everything working alright?" he asked

"Ooh, yea actually. Its like I have always had it. I was actually coming to see if you can show me your pistol now!" I said with a big grin

Which he returned in fashion, not marking the bookmark with a slip of paper and setting the book on the end table.

"I didn't expect you to like guns as much when you always seemed to go after things you mother wanted or liked, But I can certainly show you. Did you just want to see that one, or was there others you might want to see?"

"Theres more!?! yea, I want to see them all!" I was excited now, I can't wait!

"ok, calm down. I have to clean a few of them so its fine. We can start in a bit, I have some things to do before we get started. I think you mother had something she wants to talk to your about as well, be sure to talk to her first."

"Ok dad! love you!"

"Ahah Love you to sport" he chuckled while cleaning up his desk.

So I walk into the living room where my mom is watching a weird game show mixed with the Bachelor, honestly the tv-series are trash in this world. Absolute brain rot.

"Mom, why is this show weird, I don't like it" Showing a disgusted face, trying to play it up.

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"Sorry honey, its just a grown up show, you wouldn't like it yet."

"Ok, well dad told me you wanted to talk to me?"

"He did, did he?" Mom clearly not wanting to deal with alyn antics she started

"This year, we will be having you start school, so you will need to be ready when its ready to start in a few months. As well, some of the kids around us are starting, or going to continue to go to this school as well. So you can make some friends!" She sounded happy about that last part

It wasn't that I didn't make friend, kids could just tell I wasn't like them, sensing I am more mature and would tend to avoid me.

And honestly, it was for the best, I was good at being a kid let alone being friends with a kid. But I could tell it has made my mother worried, so I guess I can give it a show.

Ok, so I will make 1-2 friends, that should be enough. I can always make friends with the big goofball jackie, and the main character V as well, so there is two people at least.

But it will likely take me some time to get to know them, as they are kinda deep in night city, and I live on the outskirts.

Plus I doubt my mom will want to wait that long, so 1-2 friends for now should be plenty.

"What is school like mom? What do we get to learn" I asked, to make my mom take her mind off my lack of friends

"Ooh, honey! I love that you love to learn so much! You can learn anything there, and the school is not like it was in my day, now, you just meet in a virtual learning space, which helps to memorize things more quickly, but for 3 out of the 5 days, you will actually be here at the house, with the other 2 days being Monday and Friday, where an AV bus will come to pick you and the other kids up to take you to the school location, so you can socialize primarily on those days and get anything the school deems you need for class that week or next week."

I was certainly not expecting that, so I will VR to school for 3 days a week? Easy, so I don't have to spend as much time near kids as I thought

"For now, the school is just sending out of the items you will need for class, and as they get set up in your room, you are even able to login and do a walking tour of the Grounds of the school before school actually stated."

"Nice, that sound cool! I can't wait, when will it be here?" I asked

"Shouldn't be to long, school for you starts in about 2 months, and a few days!"

"Ahh, well while I wait for the stuff to come in, can I have a personal computer? That way I can do more research into things I might want to learn?" I asked, I know it was a stretch, getting a kid their own computer, especially with how expensive it would be, but I had to ask.

"Yea, should be fine and I can understand. I will talk to your dad about it later."

"Ok, and I asked dad about his gun and he is gonna show me all of them!"

"Is he now, ok go along, and just be a good little sweety and tell your dad that "mommy is hungry!"

I ran to dads study, and as I entered, I saw my dad finishing clearing off his desk and shut it, before pulling a lever, and the desk sink downward as a big metal work bench goes into its spot.

"Coooool, I was one in my room!" I said walking over to the workbench.

"Ahaha, it is "cool" isn't it, we might be able to do something like that for you later!" He said, dripping irony while saying cool

Should play again me dad, I play dirty. "When can we start with the weapons? Cause I told mommy and she said to tell you she was hungry!"

He cringed at hearing that, clearly he had messed up, but not my problem "Ok, We can do a few, but lets try not to make to much noise, or take to long. I will need to cook dinner soon."

Over the next hour, he showed me the Overture, and another signature gun, The Nue, every noobs starter pistol, it really was just like as it showed in the game, other then the Overture had a kind of tacky Grip on it of Pearl.

Yea, my dad didn't have the best sense in that fashion for sure.

But my tastes lay in plating everything in Gold, so not exactly to much worse then what I would do.

After learning how to break down each of the weapons, he should me some tell tell signs of wear and what to look for when cleaning them.

It was really little things that stood out on the guns that he would spot and show me, so I would know to look out for it.

It was nice being taught something from my dad, I hadn't interacted alot with him so far, but guns were definitely cool and I am glad I shared that with him.

"And thats it, with knowing some of these details to look for, if you can break down a gun, and put it back together, you should be able to clean most guns! Now you just wait until I show you how to take apart a car, then that will be alot to learn!" He said just continuing on in teacher dad voice

"I get to learn about cars as well? I asked, already knowing he wanted to teach me, it wasn't really something I liked previous, but I may come to like it if he teaches me

"ooh, sorry, I got a little ahead of myself! I can certainly show you some things on my car, but for now, I might want to clean and clear my table so I can clean myself up to cook dinner, you mom might attack me if she has to wait any longer for food!" He laughed at that last bit, uneasily, but he did. Clearly a story there.

"Ok, what are we having?"

"Its a surprise, but just promise me you will at least try it before you say you don't want it. I don't make this often, It doesn't look like the store bought food we normally have."

"oooookkk dad, I will give it a shot, but if I don't like it, I want a ice cream!" laughing that I will get something good to eat or ice cream.

"Ok, you little punk, think your ol' Dad can't cook hmmm? Well I will prove you wrong! Just wait and see!"

I have to admit, it was the best Battered Tenderized Fake meat steak, with rehydrated starches, and imitation greens I had in a minute.

I still can't get use to the foods they have to deal with, fake meat grow in a lab, starch proteins designed in a way to mimic Mashed Potatoes, and Basic Vitamins stitched together to look like Colored greens or green beans.

Nothing is real in this world, but It was good!