Floating on the sea of conciousness, carried on waves and currents of pain and thoughts drifting in a world of dreams and memories Allen couldn't tell in from out, up from down, being became his truth, restless thoughts of somewhere he needed to be.
[System: Notice your current respawn location is invalid will you pay 2,000 credits to return to your last safe respawn point? Y/N]
As soon as Allen approved his avatar appeared in the captain's cabin on board the Odacious, it cost him a hefty sum of credits because his last respawn was chosen for him by a player but he still had a good balance from years of not bothering to pay for anything.
[System: Notice captain, your ship is wrecked, do you want to contact its owner and initiate a salvage quest? Y/N]
As soon as he replied another window opened in Allen's user interface;
[System: Notice a captain of your ship has suggested you issue a salvage quest to regain facilities of your ship would you like to do it now? Y/N]
When he approved the quest he got another poppup
[System: Notice your ship location status is
When the sum of about 10% of his life's savings was deducted from his account it was noted by the system and mail was sent to the company's accounting division.
[System: Notice captain the player holding the deed to the ship has issued a repair quest to local NPCs, do you want to start now? Y/N]
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[System: Notice captain to exit the cabin you will need to repair the cabin door would you like to do so now? Y/N]
Walking to the cabin door he examined it as the system prompted him to do.
[System: Notice the door hinges cracked, do you want to pay 50 credits and bash the door open now? Y/N]
Putting his weight behind his push he broke the hinges and the door slammed to the floor throwing him into the hallway.
[System: Notice the door to the captain's cabin is broken do you want to earn 350 credits to fit in a new door? Y/N]
He selected the first door from the menu and lifted it to the opening, it was a heavy steel door gilded with pictures of sea monsters and ships.
[System: Notice most the ship is filled with water do you want to earn 1,100 credits to fix the magical pump? Y/N]
Walking down the hall following the instructions of the system map he came to stairs that were sunk from the third stair onwards, the system prompted him to dive and he soon found himself floating in the dark bowels of the ship.
Coming to the main magic room he was prompted by the system to redraw the magical runes on the floor and soon his efforts were rewarded.
[System: Notice the magical pump is now functional do you want to earn 750 credits to start extractinging the water from the holds? Y/N]
The system moved him in a strange dance inside the magical circle and soon the ship was surrounded by a magical shell and water vanished from its holds, he started examining the rest of the ship by the system prompts and highlights.
[System: Notice the main mast is broken do you want to earn 350 credits to fix it? Y/N]
He selected the mast offered him, made from magical wood that helped shaped the wind around it.
[System: Notice you haven't eaten in 3 days, do you want to pay 5 credits for a fresh meal before 'hunger' condition is applied? Y/N]
Eating the plate of fish he was soon filled and read the next message on his interface
[System: Notice local wildlife asked to join in the repair quest, do you want to delegate parts of the repairs to them? Y/N]
The Orcas were fast workers, fixing the breaches in the ship hall in minutes, it didnt seem strange to him to see killer whales using hammers and placing planks, because he had no other memory related to them, his life was summarised by system analysis and prompts.
A ship surrounded by hard working sea life was being repaired before embarking on its next adventure