*FWOOOSH*
As the wind sharply raced by Elijah’s ears he began having doubts for the first time this entire year.
Would this fall not simply kill him? Were all these stories and visions about DToA just a fake?
It was irrational to deny what he was led to see for Elijah but this infinite darkness stretching around
himself like a giant monster ready to swallow the man up had a dangerous influence on his mind.
And then the scenery changed from the darkest black to a combination of bright colors so blinding that
the Elijah had to blink several times before he got used to the light.
He found himself in a room akin to a clinic’s reception room. The walls were colored in a combination
of bright yellow and soft brown with silver framing while the ground was tiled in aquamarine-blue. The
roof was dark with the exception of a bunch of purple stars decorating them like a starry night.
Elijah was not that knowledgeable in the area of Astrology but he did recognize some of the
constellations he knew about and deduced that this roof was modeled after Earth’s beautiful sky.
‘Back in London I could sometimes make out the cancer constellation if the sky was clear enough but
since coming to California this is my first time seeing them as clearly.’
A slight sense of longing tugged at the corners of the young man’s heart but he forced the feeling to be
buried underneath his passion.
Elijah continued analyzing the room for a bit more detail.
After noticing roof, walls and ground, for some reason only now did his gaze fall to the front wall.
In front of the man there sat a young woman behind a white reception-desk. Her long black hair fell
down the woman’s back like expensive silk and her purple dress stood out against the room’s scenery.
It was a combination of purple and violet with the ruches at the neck-area creating the form of a v-neck.
While the part from the waist down was slightly hidden behind the counter, the dress seemed to be
relatively tightly suited against her unlike the typical old-school dresses, which were made with a large
frame holding their form.
The part that stood out the most to him were the purple eyes looking him in the eyes. Elijah did not
understand their intention nor did he even start to try comprehending but he was still mesmerized by
the beautiful eyes like the most pure form of amethyst made into an iris of violaceous lights.
A second passed and then another.
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Her words snapped the young man out of his stupor as he belatedly cast his eyes downwards.
Her voice was bright and clear like a bell but at the same time it had a darker quality to it like soothing
syrup. It seemed like she wasn’t used to the language or at least the language coming from her mouth
somehow sounded off to Elijah’s ears, though it could have just been another trick of DToA.
“Excuse my rudeness, Miss…?”
< that reaction of yours. Though I personally just take a bit of fun and joy from them.>> Her smile beamed straight like a laser drilling a hole into the heart of a guy, that had not had a girlfriend for the last year or so. Seeing him fidget around like a young chick trying to move for the first time just made her demeaning laughter even stronger. All he could do was stand there with a red face and bear the embarrassment like dead wood. ‘Maybe I should have listened to the comments about her.’ _____ By user DocDocDoc Unofficial Event 1! So I have been watching some of the message-logs of the guys entering DToA. Apparently their descriptions of the tower secretary all overlap on 2 people. Analyzing their time of entering the dungeon provided by PotS and the appearance of the two secretaries I have come to the hypothesis that one secretary has an appearance-rate of 350 days a year while the second one seems to only appear every three weeks or so. The data corresponds with the data left behind by other species entering the tower, so I presume that this lady is the key to a hidden event! User xXD3monXx |→ Wow, that’s so smart! User Ifaq69 |→ Next time make your posts shorter. Who the F### would read that paragraph doc? User PsychologicalCyper123252 |→ Maybe it’s just that the second one is the real hottie. Ever thought about that before? User Masaman22 |→ Let’s be honest, you’re overanalyzing this. It’s probably what the before me said and nothing more. Otherwise we would have already found out what the hidden quest was, you idiot. User Bratwurstkoenigdie1 |→ No no, he has a point(+meme image) If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it. _____ Before entering the tower Elijah used many sources of information to gather information about the tower and the tutorial levels. His main source of information was the very useful and professional site called ‘Read-it’. Some people suspected a hidden event behind the second secretary’s appearance but no conclusive evidence has been found. Nonetheless Elijah was curious about the rumors and decided to come to this place to check out the place himself. That was something he regretted deeply now. < Her professional voice ripped Elijah out of his thoughts. He masked his insecurities with a practiced face of dedication and tentatively listened for the following process. < easier to - >> “Hold on. How do you know that?” At Elijah’s innocent question she simply smirked mysteriously. < surprised by such a small detail or the tower might not be the right place for you.>> *Gulp* With a simple nod of affirmation she continued her explanation: < not to overload the ascenders’ minds with information and power the starting capabilities of every player have been strongly limited by the tower. In order to make communication easier based on cultural appropriation the people in your age will typically be called ‘Players’ by the tower while the older generations will be called ‘Ascenders’. The communication with DToA will also behave differently. Is that much fine for you?>> “Yes”, the man nods affirmatively. < appearance and want to change. This change in bodies includes the treatment of any previous injuries as the player sees fit.>> “I do not wish for anything but the treatment of my right ankle! Anything else can stay the same!” The answer came off a bit more forceful than initially planned but the secretary only nodded with a light smile on her slightly pale lips. *Blink* It took nothing more than the blink of an eye. Elijah blinked a single time and only after seeing Miss Elsa gesturing downwards would he cast his gaze along with his internal senses on the once broken ankle. *Teardrop* It took only moments for the realization to kick in: The ankle had healed. The limp dragging the man down the swamp of self-depravation was lifted back up. As it did, a huge load of over one year worth of stress fell off Elijah’s shoulders. The secretary simply stood there in silence as she watched the boy wail out his heart, the emotions on her face hidden underneath a mask of professionalism. Only after several minutes would the grown man catch himself back up and look back into her beautiful eyes. “I am deeply sorry you had to see me in such a state. ” This response carried a new sense of self-confidence that seemed to have been lost to time as he looked her in the eyes. < seen many a human and many more a living being coming to this tower only for their emotions to get the better of them!>> ‘How old is she?’ < yourself with serious repercussions!>> The smile as beautiful as a summer day in the forest, the eyes as cold as pure metal in the coldest winter, both led a tremble to go through the grown man’s body and completely stopped his ability to think for a moment before he firmly swore to adhere to this one rule: ‘Never again will I speculate about a woman’s age! Not even in my own thoughts!’ A few months later Elijah Winchester would eventually publish his first message back to Earth and it would contain this very advise for the future generations to see! Its repercussions were yet to be seen for decades to come! < let us get back to the matter at hand!>>, Miss Elsa said with a beaming smile. < call it. If you have some experience with the genre of RPG-games of your world, you might recognize this as a type of tutorial-cutscene for convenience sake. Do you wish for me to elaborate?>> “No, that will be fine! Thank you very much!” Of course, Elijah learned about this method of procedure first things first. ___ By user Loafpotato91021 Tutorial information #1 Hello guys, two weeks ago my brother went for a dive into the volcano (emoji) and he has now sent me a message with information on the whole thing. In this thread I want to share with you information about the first tutorial: So before the game actually begins, you will get handed a generic class and level with generic stats. My bro was oddly unspecific about the exact stats but apparently you play mostly as a balanced all- rounder. You can use weapons and magic and are given some starting gear to choose from. After that, you are send to a party of NPCs and given a set of 3 moderately difficult quests to clear with that group. As long as you stay in the back of the group you mostly cannot die. After the quests are over you are given the option of choosing a class to use for the rest of the levels. The class selection is wide enough without contributing anything to the quests but apparently you can get special classes based on how you perform in the quests. The basic classes will be detailed in #3 of this thread. Please Upvote and share so that more people can see this! ___ Note: People on Read-It refer to DToA as the Game and use appropriate analogies throughout their conversations. An easy 30% of Elijah’s information on the ‘game’ came from Loafpotato91021 and this was included in them. < you did give me a good time down here, I will reward you with a rare quest.>> A faint blush reddens her cheeks while Miss Elsa shyly averts her eyes. With a flick of her wrist a window pops up in front of the still mesmerized Elijah. [Welcome to the tower, Player Elijah Winchester!] [You will be granted an opportunity to change your name at a later date, system is booting up shortly!] [First Quest received!] [Displaying Quest contents!] [ Quest#0: Mysterious box! Difficulty-rating: 4! Rarity: Rare! Contents: Secretary Elsa has acknowledged your potential as a player! As a reward she has given you an opportunity for growth! Look inside of the Black Box that she provides you with and find what you are lacking! Clearance Conditions: Look inside the Black Box for 5 seconds! Reward: 1 magic-weapon voucher, Rarity level: A! Note: magic-weapon vouchers can be exchanged for skills or weapons of the corresponding rarity. The average floor that a player gets a Rarity-A level item is floor 22! Failure: A corresponding title, Secretary Elsa’s opinion in you might change! ] [Do you wish to Accept?] The still befuddled Elijah was bombarded with a bunch of message-windows bombarding his field of view accompanied with a robotic voice resounding in his ears. It was a similar feeling to a year prior, where the information was more or less projected inside of his brain as his knees buckled and he had to take a moment to recollect himself from the sudden nausea. This was the first quest he received and the start of his new life. And the rewards seemed to be incredible for him, who had done a year’s worth of research on the game. In other words: This was an incredible opportunity! How did the ambitious young man respond? In the hands of Miss Elsa there was a black cube silently levitating above her palms like a forbidden fruit inviting him to eat it. “Absolutely not!” *Tch* The blatant refusal is simply met with an annoyed tissing through the teeth. ___ By user Loafpotato91021 Tutorial information #2 Hello guys, two weeks ago my brother went for a dive into the volcano (emoji) and he has now sent me a message with information on the whole thing. In this thread I want to share with you information about the “Secret Quest”: My brother communicated with other people and they all describe that under certain conditions(don’t know which though) you can get a hidden quest called Quest#0: Mysterious box! The quest can simply be cleared by opening a mysterious box given by the secretary and staring into it for 5 seconds. The rewards are crazy enough that you could solo your way up to the 21st floor while being solo-carried by them. But: DO NOT ACCEPT THAT QUEST!! IT’S A TRAP!!!(+Meme gif) Apparently this quest is infamous in the tower as the tower’s hardest quest and EVERY ONE, that has tried this quest became MENTALLY DISABLED afterwards! I repeat DO NOT ACCEPT THAT QUEST!! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES!! Please Upvote and share so that more people can see this! User Kapaloro42 |→ Oh god that is evil. Why would the devs even implement such an evil quest? User EpicGamerrofl96 |→ The guy above me apparently can’t differentiate between a game and real life. I’m a psychiatrist. DM me if you need psychological help User Bratwurstkoenigdie1 |→ 7/10 creativity(emoji) |User Loafpotato91021 |→→ ? ___ [Hidden Quest rejected!] [Hidden Quest#0 transformed into Hidden Quest #0.5] [Contents will be displayed!] [Hidden Quest #0.5: Pandora’s Antithesis?] [ Content: Prometheus, the God of Fire and Life, wanted to bless the humans with his own fire! He broke the rules set up by Olympus and decided to gift his children with its flames! Zeus, the godfather of gods and ruler of Prometheus, was irate at Prometheus’ betrayal! He decided to punish their children for carelessly using what belonged not to them! Pandora, a woman more beautiful and perfect than any other, was sent to Earth. A box, that was filled with the most evil curses the Gods were able to think of, was sent to Earth. Pandora and the box met and curiosity took the better of her. Plague befell the world! Are you about to go down her path blinded by the metaphysical traps of such higher beings? Clear condition:??? Reward: Exp. Points +50, 1 magic-weapon voucher, Rarity level: D! Failure:??? ] [You have cleared the Hidden Quest #0.5!] [Exp Pts. +50!] [Level up x4!] [You have gained 1 magic-weapon voucher, Rarity level: D!] A cold shudder ran through Elijah’s spine as he looked at the disgruntled face of the until now purely seeming Miss Elsa. ‘This tower is truly filled to the brim with traps and tricks.’ <<*Sigh* All right, then. I guess this is enough of playing around. The preparations are now finished. I will now send you to the place of your first mission. You can open your stat-window with the mental command open and if you have any questions, the system can probably answer those for you.>> “Wait! I- !” < After cutting the man off from the rest of his words the strange secretary dropped those words and before he could even process her words, the scenery around Elijah had already changed. Out of the empty air a last pair of words from Mrs. Elsa hit the ears of the startled Elijah Winchester followed by a system notification. < [A new Quest has Arrived!]