When Ryan wakes up, it's daytime. He can barely feel the bed he's laying on, and in the bed next to him is a young woman. She's asleep, but covered in a black slime that also covers the bed and most of the floor of the room.

He failed, Ryan knows it. He tried to fight the giant sea monster, but it slapped him aside like a mosquito. Most importantly, using Locate did not give Ryan any sense for where his parents were at. When trying to find Logan, Ryan felt a pull from the west, showing the skill was still functioning.

Ryan sits to the side of the bed, facing the mysterious woman, and places his head in his hands. 'I failed,' He thinks and sits there for a few minutes.

"You're awake," The woman says, facing away from Ryan. "I thought you'd be out for days after getting hit by that thing."

"That thing, where is it?" Ryan asks.

"It swam south, probably in Lake Erie somewhere," The woman replies and slowly begins to panic. "Ew, I fell asleep in this!"

The woman rolls off the bed and begins pacing back and forth. The black goo has mostly dried to her clothes, but small amount flick off and land on the walls, carpet, and furniture.

"Oh, I'm Mindy, and I kinda saved your life," The woman says and walks to the door. "Stay put for a while."

Mindy leaves the room, leaving Ryan alone. He didn't know what to say to the clumsy woman, so he kept his mouth shut the entire time she was in the room. Now that she's gone, Ryan stands up and looks at his body. Most of his clothes are torn, and the assault rifle is gone. His shoes, socks, and helmet are nowhere to be found, and the electronic earplugs are gone too.

In several places on his body, where the clothing has been completely ripped, Ryan feels several inches of scar tissue. Ryan's injuries consist of three long scraps on his abdomen, a chunk missing from his left leg, dozens of smaller cuts on his arms and legs, and a bump on the back of his skull.

When Mindy comes back, Ryan has finished examining his body and is back to laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Mindy is now wearing a too-large sweatshirt and sweatpants, and has a pair of huge circle sunglasses resting on the top of her head.

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"The people who lived here were really overweight, but you can probably find something to wear in the next room over," Mindy says, stopping at the door.

"That's fine," Ryan says and buys clothing from the shop to replace what he had, minus the helmet and gloves. After buying each piece, he places it into his inventory. "Do you want to... meet in another room?"

"Oh, sure," Mindy says and backs out the door. "Down the hall on the right, that's where I'll be."

Mindy closes the door behind her and Ryan beings to change clothes. Most of the floor is covered in black goo, and some of Ryan's body is too, so he cleans himself with water before putting on his new clothes. After putting on his new pair of shoes and adding an assault rifle to his inventory, Ryan exits the room.

Down the right hallway is a living room area, where Mindy is laying down on a sectional. When she sees Ryan enter, she perks up.

"You took a shower too?" She asks, unsure how Ryan cleaned himself.

"Yeah. And, uh, my name is Ryan," Ryan says and walks to a recliner to sit down.

"Nice to meet ya, Ryan!" Mindy says with her thumb up.

"Why'd you save me?" Ryan asks. It's clear to him that Mindy took him from wherever he landed to this house, and at some point healed his wounds. Either that or his enhanced stats made his body heal at an accelerated rate.

"I did it because you can fly!" Mindy says. "You must have a powerful class if you can do that. It'd be a shame if you died because of some freak sea monster."

"Yeah, it's a pretty powerful class," Ryan says, unconcerned for further secrecy. "It lets me buy anything I can think of from the system, including objects and skills."

"Wait, what? You can buy anything? From where?" Mindy asks, sitting further up than before.

"The system," Ryan states and buys a motorcycle in the center of the room. "If I have enough credits for it, and I can properly imagine it, I can buy it."

"So, can you buy me a Galaxy Knight cosplay?" Mindy asks.

"Sure. As thanks for saving my life," Ryan says and buys the cosplay outfit from the shop, then hands it to Mindy. "Here you go."

"Thank!" Mindy says and walks back into the hallway she and Ryan came from. "Wait here a minute."

When Mindy comes back, she's changed clothes and is wearing the robes Ryan bought. The cosplay fits perfectly, as special adjustment from the shop filling in details Ryan forgot to mention when adding the cosplay to the shop.

"This is great," Mindy says and presses the side button on a flashlight-looking tool in her hand. "Yeah."

"How'd you get a laser sword?" Ryan asks, marveling at the electric-blue laser sword in Mindy's hand.

"Oh, it's part of my class." Mindy says and reaches out to make the television remote on the end table levitate. "Cosplayer."