An hour after the conference the pod had arrived. It was a sleek thing, looked space age. It was top of the line too. It had a gel chamber that produced electric tingles to exercise the muscles, and in an emergency could supply basic nutritional needs. For it to work at full efficiency you couldn’t wear anything so it could dispose waste too. It even warmed the gel for you so it wasn’t like submerging in ice water. As soon as it was set up, I jumped right in and started it up.
Starting Customization Process, Please Decide your character’s name.
*ok guys what’s a good gender neutral name?*
-hmmm, I’d like Yuki it can be male or female, and slides off the tongue-
_sigh, whatever. A real man can be manly with any name!_
~I would go for Yuki as well. At least until we can separate ourselves~
*Yuki it is*
“The avatar’s name will be Yuki” I say
That name is taken. You may add it as a first or last name
“Then Kiel Yuki”
Name is available. Race Selection process starting… Detecting Special Pod, Would you like to create your race?
“Yes”
Race Creation process starting
Error! Multiple brainwaves detected! Checking hardware for illegal modification!
*Oh shit!*
-Not me!-
_like any of us could have caused it, bimbo!_
~Hmmm, I think it is detecting all of us, and thinks we have somehow modified the capsule to incorporate more than one person.~
Error! No Modifications detected. Contacting Goddess Opellia
“Hello, Kiel Yuki. This is Opellia. Multiple Brainwaves have been detected, with no hardware modification. Please explain” said a soft female voice from all around in the blackness.
“Hello, Sorry to disturb you, it is just that I have multiple personalities. I would appreciate it if you kept that confidential.” I said.
“Tests have never been done when a person with multiple brainwaves have connected. Would you still like to continue?”
“Yes, we would” I say.
“Overriding Safety… Finished. You may now play CoK. I will continue assisting you in your character creation process.”
“Thank you Opellia. We would like for our race to be some form of mana being. Is that possible?”
“Yes, however several starting parameters will be placed to maintain the balance of the game. Please list all the qualities you wish your race to possess. I will then add negatives and display them”
“Alright. First we would like to be able to take any form, within limits. Second we would like to be able to manifest all elements equally. Third, We would like to eventually have the ability to split into separate forms, at a fraction of the original. Fourth, we would like to be a purely physical existence of mana.” I finish my list.
“Forming a race with those characteristics. Displaying race pros and cons.”
Racial Skill Polymorph:
Capable of changing form into any other form, as long as the stat points are available. Ex a dragon would need lots of strength to stand, as well as fly. (This skill will be locked until perquisites are met.)
Racial Skill Split Body, Split Mind:
Capable of splitting one’s mind and body. Limited to splitting into 5 total. Stats for each split are at the appropriate fraction of the original. 2 bodies would have half the stats of the original each.(This skill will be locked until perquisites are met.)
Racial Skill Mana Manifest:
Because you are a physical manifestation of many, you may change your elemental property at any time, however you need to have at least 10% affinity with the element. Starts with 5% affinity with all basic elements.
Racial Skill Not Dead, Not Alive:
Because you are a manifestation of mana, you cannot die easily. You are immune to different damage types depending on the current element affinity equipped. Air, water, fire, light or dark affinity cannot take physical damage, but will take double damage from their opposite element, as well as half damage of any other element then earth, and will gain health equal to the mana expenditure for a spell from their own element. Earth will take quarter damage from physical weaponry and all other elements other than water which does regular damage, but with a high chance to critical.
Racial Traits
Minimum starting stats.
Quarter Exp gain
Can only gain Exp from enemies of a higher or equal level
Gains double Exp from enemies of opposite element affinity equipped.
Racial quest access
Health pool stuck at 10
Mana Pool X10
Vitality stat removed, stat points added to intellect and wisdom
Stamina removed, added to Mana.
Mana Pool will take damage instead of health.
Mana Pool regen during battle halved.
When Mana is 0 health will take 1 damage for every 3 seconds
Health can only be lost due to mana being at 0
“Do you agree to these Racial Attribute?” say Opellia
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*What do you all think?”
-Its fine, but since we have to unlock the form change, we’ll need to make sure our appearance is nice!-
~as well as capable of growth even without being able to change~
_I don’t care, as long as I can kill things!_
“We agree to the terms!” I say.
“Very well. What do you wish for your first appearance to be?”
“I would like it to be human, with my basic body structure except at average weight. I would also like to have heterochromatic eyes. One blue, one yellow. For the hair style I want it as I currently have. The color of the hair will be half green and half yellow, from the front. Also reduce my avatars age appearance to 18. As for my skin color I want it to be normal. Though, in the future, I might consider making it a mixture of black and white.”
“Very well. Where will you start? Would you like to see your options?”
“Unless the starting towns have changed since the last time I looked at the site, no. I would like to start in Kuroue, the border town of Noirei.”
“Alright. Sending you there.”
The world goes fully black once more and I find myself in a plaza, not! That scenario is far to cliché. I find myself in the Town Hall in front of an old man sitting at a desk with a quill and some parchment.
Old man, “Hello, and welcome to Kuroue young voyager. I am the Official Immigration Officer, but you can just call me Grein. There are several things you need to do before you can exit this office. You need to sign the contract that you will obey the laws of this area for as long as you are in it. If you are caught breaking any rules there will be consequences. After that I will need your name and race.”
I obediently read the contract, and then sign it. I also told him my name, and that I was human. I then left the office. Outside was a town similar to those of the old west, except far greener, with a forest to the east. To the west was a large plain, as well as a road that led into the kingdom. To the north and south was an ocean. In other words this town was placed on a tiny strip of land between the unexplored forest to the east and the kingdom to the west. Although I called it a town, there was also an outpost that is considered part of the town. Occasionally monsters attack this village from the forest so it isn’t too popular a starting point. I, however, thought differently. There were plenty of unexplored areas, so there is the possibility of undiscovered dungeons. A wide variety of monsters and animals made hunting more interesting, and while the levels tended to be higher it should be goo hunting. Due to the concentration of hostile life the town had all the combat guilds, as well as a few crafting guilds, particularly Tailors, who could make nice gear from the animal hides. This means that I could get tailoring up fast, as well as make very good leather armor, at a relatively cheap cost. I could have chosen a mountain town, but that would mean less xp from hunting, as well as expensive tools needed for mining and smithing.
The first thing I decided to do was to get a combat skill. Particularly, unarmed combat. Unarmed combat is a very useful skill, because one does not always have a weapon available. So I head to the Warrior Training hall, and start punching dummies. Now I don’t want to brag or anything, but I am really good. Apparently the me from before practiced many martial arts. So I was able to generate the skill in about an hour, which also gave me a bonus to vitality, and strength. The boost is apparently at a 2:1 ratio so every level of mastery I gain 2 Vitality and 1 Strength. As soon as I generated the skill I stopped and grabbed a practice naginata and started going through the forms and practicing. It took me another hour of hard work to generate the skill. This time the bonus was to Agility and Flexibility. In a 2F:1A ratio. I would have continued but I started feeling hungry so I took a piece of bread and ate it with some water. I then started my training again. Now you might be wondering why my other personalities were being quiet well I’ll let you know. They weren’t.
-ew. An old man!-
_oh be quiet, not everyone is pretty you know?_
-But! But!-
*Po is right you know*
-aw, alright-
~No not yet, it takes a reaction and time for explosions you know.~
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-Oh! That instructor looks H O T! And those ears! I think they’re bear ears! AWWWWW!-
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_Oh hey there’s an elf girl over there with huge boobs! I think she’s practicing with a rapier. And that long golden brown hair! And hazel eyes for that matter! Beautiful!_
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-ugh, guys-
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-ew this bread tastes horrible!-
_Then get cooking woman!_
-Hey! That’s Genderist!!!-
_Your the one that said you wanted to cook!_
-That doesn’t mean you have to ORDER me to cook-
~Well I guess I could cook. After all soup is basically Na and Cl mixed with H and O as well as some carbon based proteins, and plant matter.~
-… I think I’ll cook afterall-
_For once I agree with you_
~What? Did I say something wrong?~
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Of course time passed like this for about another 6 hours in the game. Taking occasional breaks to eat and drink. It was about 7pm in-game at this time, so it is time to find a place to sleep. I go to the local Tavern and negotiate with the owner. We came to an agreement that every afternoon I will serve tables, and clean dishes from 12-3 and I could stay the night, as well as learn to cook. Once I learn to cook I will also help prepare meals. I go to the room for the night and fall deep asleep. Of course, Rose did make some comments about a waiter.
-OMGOMGOMG SO CUTE!! A PANTHER BEASTMAN! AND HE IS SO CUTE! LOOK AT HIS EARS SWIVEL! AND HIS ASS LOOKS SO YUMMY!-
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