As I look around my home to see everyones reactions to this fucked up message I see some horrified expressions, some looks of disbelief and some like myself thinking about how to prepare and doing mental checklists in their head. How am going to rally them? I have to think of something! I think in my panicking mind. First we need weapons, the message said guns dont work so that means... swords or clubs? I think to myself.
I look over to Krista and she looks back to me and nods her head, and heads over to her girlfriends who look to be the worst off of the bunch, while my mind races, thinking about some of the possabilities of whats to come... well WTF if there are monsters and blue screens its almost like.... FUCK!!! I yell in my mind! followed by screaming profile, stats, and then STATUS... thankfully also in my head...
Name: Thomas Reddy Age: 21 Race: Human Level: 1 Title: ??? HP: 200 MP: 100 VIT: 17 DEX: 24 STR: 19 WIS: 48 CHA: 47 Unallocated Points: 99 INT: 43
LUCK: 50(Given at birth)
Well CRAP! that can be either really good or bad! he thinks grimly to himself, hoping to whatever god is out there that those are amazing stats.
Thomas: GUYS! and girls... this bullshit is setting up like an old fashioned RPG right? well say STATUS outloud or in your head and you will see your stats! you also should have unspent stat points, leave them that way for a few minutes please! we need to discuss what we are going to do and what our roles are going to be for the immediate future!
The girls and gregg look at him in dismay as they think of those implications but they all do as he asks quickly, talking among themselves comparing stats, as Thomas listened, it became obvious that he by far had the best starting stats and most points to spend, he didnt think that out of malice, just that meant most others would probably also start at a lower point and give him and his friends a better chance to surivive whatever hell befalls them in the next hour or so.
Thomas walks up to the group to talk to Gregg and Krista to tell them his stats also so that they could better prepare later, he also lets the rest of them know about his collection and that they wont be completely defenseless. he motions for gregg and krista to walk with him while the other girls talk among themselves, still looking a little nervous but not in a full blown panick anymore. He also looks at Mel to see how she is doing, she looks back at him and just gives him the thumbs up. Well better than the middle finger i suppose hahaha! and he gives her a small smile and nods to her.
Thomas: Gregg, Krista, we gotta go to the safes before the time runs out and whatever fucked up shit that is going to happen starts! It says the guns and stuff along those lines wont work anymore but you know i collect older weapons, I should have enough to arm our group semi decently. but i dont know how much help most of the girls will be if it comes to up close fighting, so we should atleast try to watch out for them, and get them to be more ranged based, that should mean the DEX stat. Krista most of your friends live more than an hour away and will be fucked if they try to leave and get stranded in the middle of nowhere....
Krista: yah.... il try to explain it to them, they are all smart enough to do the math, theres no way for any of us to get home quickly enough, but we should atleast have them try to get ahold of their families and tell them all to hunker down, eventually we may need to try to liberate them depending on how badly things go down throughout the state.. and the world.
Gregg: Yah id like to try and get in touch with my brother and sister or have them speed over here, if they can get here or atleast close enough to walk in time before everything dies.
Thomas: yah your right, if you got family close enough, have them evacuate here, we got plenty of supplies for a while, even if its not yet secure from monsters. HEY EVERYONE! CALL YOUR FAMILIES AND TELL THEM TO TRY AND STAY IN THEIR HOMES WHEN THE TIMER RUNS OUT AND TO ARM THEMSELVES WITH ANYTHING BESIDES A GUN, SINCE THEY WONT WORK ANYMORE! IF YOU HAVE FAMILY IN DRIVING DISTANCE, LESS THAN AN HOUR, THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO WAIT THIS OUT HERE AS WELL, OK!?
""Yes"" "Thank you!"
So as everyone is trying to call their loved ones, I end up going to the basement where i keep most of the weapons in combination safes, so i dont need to worry about the electronics going out atleast. once i start going through everything i begin to wish i had made some different choices in some of my purchases over the years, it would be nice to have a sturdy leather armor but the only armor i have is an old knights full armor but its currently too heavy for anyone here to wear. So I change out of my clothes and put on a black T-shirt and a thick leather jacket with some cargo pants and combat boots, the only other armor i can use are a pair of simple gauntlets that I then proceed to put on. after changing I start sorting through my weapons, swords, long knives, and bows/arrows, putting them on a table in the middle of the basement. I then begin to put my favorite Katana and sheath in my belt, as i notice everybody else walking down the stairs to the basement, most of them with tear streaked and red eyed.
Thomas: did everybody manage to get in touch with their loved ones?
Krista: yah everybody managed to get ahold of somebody atleast, my sister and greggs brother and sister, and Mels younger sister should be able to get here around when the timer runs out, speaking of... we only have 20 minutes left! do you have everything useable out here?
Thomas: yah this is it, everything I thought would be useful is on the table in the middle, EVERYONE load up on what you think suits you! we only have a few minutes left to prepare for what ever shit hits the fan!
I watched as Krista chose a small Roman Gladius and a small round shield for defense, as expected, light and quick for her. Gregg chose a long iron tipped spear, and Amber, Ariel, and Autumn were given short bows and long daggers for long/close range, the girls were happy with that because Ariel and Autumn were on their highschool archery team so that was a small blessing atleast! And Melody chose a Composite Bow, and it really looked like it suited her! The only issue was that they only have about a dozen arrows each, so they wouldnt last long if they couldnt retrieve them after shooting at the enemy..
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Can we help him Gaia? He is my favorite descendant, and after all these centuries my blood flows strongest through him still! Yes we can, we will help him and his chosen team get started but we dont have much time Athena.. The System will be spawning monsters soon, but I also have a plan, if it works it should help to make him a little stronger quicker and give him a better chance of surival towards the future! Athena: Thank you Gaia! Gaia: You are welcome child. goodbye for now!
Then a bright light washed over the room engulfing all within. All were temporarily blinded but Thomas and Krista also felt different as well, so he was shocked when he decided to check his stats and how they changed!
Name: Thomas Reddy Age: 21 Race: Human Skill: Identify Level: 1 Title: Chosen of Athena Skill: Auto Loot HP: 350 Skill: Heal MP: 200 VIT: 27 DEX: 27 Skill: Purify STR: 28 WIS: 48 CHA: 50 Skill: Sword Mastery - Beginner Unallocated Points: 150 INT: 43
LUCK: 50(Given at birth)
Skill: Aegis of Athena
Thomas looks a Krista and she just looks back at him with a small smile, knowing something for the positive happened to her as well he just smiled back and gave a small laugh. then asks her what changed for her? He also gives her a recap of what he learned about his new skills and abilities as well.
Name: Krista Brooks Age: 22 Race: Human
Skill: Identify
Level: 1 Title: Chosen of Gaia Skill: Auto Loot HP: 275 Skill: Life Giver MP: 200 VIT: 22 DEX: 31 Skill: Swords Mastery - Beginner STR: 17 WIS: 39 CHA: 45 Skill: Shield Mastery - Beginner Unallocated Points: 100 INT: 37 LUCK: 25
Identify: Identify items
Auto Loot: You can instantly loot creatures and people you've killed. A window will appear showing you their equipment and items that you can take.
Heal: Heal light to medium wounds - limited
Purify: Cures dieases and tumors that Heal cannot
Life Giver: Heals one person that is even on the brink of death no matter the cause, as long as they are still alive - can only be used once every 24 hours!
Aegis of Athena: Creates a shield of magic, size depends on magical abilities and MP
Thomas: well damn that should be helpful, our skills seem seriously OP but im not going to complain since Goddesses gave them to us! THANK YOU! Krista with your skill, Life Giver, you should stay back as a second line for whatever happens and protect the girls, and use your ability to heal me or Gregg if we get seriously wounded!
Ding! For planning ahead you have earned +1 WIS
Well damn! Thomas thought to himself. How else can i earn stats?... He immediatly got in the pushup position and started to pump out pushups as fast as he could as the others just looked at him stupidly. and after about 80 pushups he was rewarded with the sweetest sound in the world DING!
+1 to STR for physical training!
Yesssss! he thinks to himself. now do we have enough time to take advantage of this new information is the question....?
Thomas: Krista! how long do we have until time runs out!? I just raised my stats from doing physical excercises so if we have any time i would sugguest trying to raise something, if not we will just have to take our equipement upstairs and experiment later when we know we are secure!
Krista: REALLY!? ok yah FUCK we dont even have time, lets head upstairs and wait and see if anyone manages to arrive before things go to shit first! we only have a few minutes left i think...!
Everyone grabs all their gear and a few bags with supplies for later and weapons and gear for whoever manages to make it here when they hear that horrible voice that sounds so pure... and dread washes through the group..
The System: The timer is ending, prepare for System activation in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... 0! System Activated.... monsters spawning in 30 Seconds...................... 3.. 2 ...1 ...0 monsters spawning! Good luck Humans of Earth! - End Message
"""FUCKING HELL""" there were several words of equivalent meaning said in that moment in time throughout the world.