As I regain consciousness, a dull ache throbs throughout my body. 'Literally every inch of me aches - like when you do very strenuous exercise, and muscles you didn't know you had ache? Yeah, take all of those unknown muscles and add in a pinch of a few more just for funsies, and that about sums up how I feel right now.' As I become conscious of this fact, I realize I am lying on my back, and a cold feeling of wetness lies against practically all my skin. Starting slightly, I quickly force myself up into a sitting position, letting out a pained groan as I do so. Opening my eyes, I flinch slightly at the dim light emitted from the ceiling lights. 'As I said, I'm not a morning person. My eyes do not adapt well to sudden changes in lighting - and that does not help getting up in a morning, let me tell ya.'
Looking around with squinted eyes, I have a sudden, disgusting revelation of what the cold 'wetness' I was feeling before is. The floor is covered with ankle deep sewage water - even complete with floating logs, and not of the wooden variety. As I contemplate my surroundings, the second notice - or blue screen - appears in my vision.
*Ding!*
Update!
Hello and welcome, one and all, to the start of your new reality!
As I'm sure you've realized, you 'passed out' with a flash of pain, and woke up in a semi-familiar environment! Well, I can safely tell you that all who are reading this message have successfully adapted to your new world system.
Don't worry, less that 1% die from the transition, but suddenly being exposed to energies withheld from your reality for all of your existence can cause... negative side effects... in some.
Well, you are all in individual instanced dungeons based on your location before you were 'Shifted' over to here. Good news is... hmm... well, you have a decent chance of survival from now... Or at least you should do.
But it's mostly bad news, for you lot anyway, I'm afraid. These 'instances' will all collapse in exactly 24h from this message, at which point you will be destroyed utterly by primordial energies if you have not yet left. So, you must fight your way through the dungeon, and complete it within this time frame, to live.
Good luck!
-Earth's Moderator
Note - all stats changes are unavailable for the next 24 hours. They are locked at the basic stats you had in this world before the dimensional shift.
Call out 'Dungeon Timer' mentally for the remaining time.
Time Remaining : 23h 59m 59sec
'...'
'REALLY. REALLY NOW. Huh, so reality really has gone to 'shit' - I was thinking it was just my reality that had. So, it looks like we are in some sort of game-system-based reality now.'
'Status!'
This Feature Is Unavailable While In This Dimension
'Inventory!'
Inventory
'Okay then. Some features still work. In a dungeon, especially, having something like an inventory feature will be very useful.' I look up once again, and remember that I'm sitting in a sea of shit. Hurriedly standing up once again, a slew of 'Ding' s and notice screens appear in my vision
Welcome To The Flooded Toilet Dungeon!
These toilets were once clean and proud, dutifully maintained by a group of unwilling employees. Now, they lie in ruins - sewer pipes burst open and toilets flooded. Now infested with monsters, these toilets are a shadow of their former self.
Environment type - Sewer
Mob type - Sewer
Recommended Level - 3
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Achievement!
You have discovered a Dungeon nobody has ever set foot in before!
Title 'Explorer'
2x XP gain withing the dungeon for the next 48hours
2x mob drop chance for the next 48hours
100XP
Title - Explorer
You have gone somewhere no-one else has! Congratulations - it's not like every Earthling got this title or anything...
+10 to perception
+1 to core stats - (Int, Wis, Dex, Agi, Str, Vit, Con)
Skill - 'Inspect'
Skill - Identify
A skill needed by most adventurers (and owned by all Earthlings), Inspect allows you to see the basic stats of items and monsters. Details depend on relative level of skill, user, and object.
No cost to use.
1 second cooldown.
Novice lvl 1 - 0.00%
'Phew, that was a few tables. Was not expecting that. Hey, at least it seems like I got some genuinely useful benefits from all that, even if it does involve standing ankle-deep in sewer water... hey, that gives me an idea...'
'Identify!'
Log Of Shit
Log Of Shit - What did you think it was, muddy gold? No, it's shit, you fucktard.
+0.1%
'...'
'Is this system mocking me. Scratch that - of course it is - but does that mean it is some form of AI, or something of the sort?' Now is not the time, however to contemplate such things *shelved*. Now, let's just stop and contemplate what the fuck is going on for a minute;
1. I am now in some sort of game-like reality where I currently have to fight to survive.
2. I am in a dungeon.
3. My whole family is in another dimension *buries note*
4. I am probably going mentally insane.
'Okayyy then... let's just ignore note 4 for now, as if it is true, then this is probably all just fiction, and the others have no impact of reality whatsoever. So, fight to survive huh... but I'm trapped in some form of toilet dungeon. What the fuck am I supposed to fight with? Logs of shit?'
*Gurgle* *Gurgle*
'Uhhhh, what the fuck was that?' My head snaps up, breaking me from my reverie, as a wet 'Splat!' echoes across the room. In the dim lighting, I see the deep sludge ripple outwards from one of the cubicles. As I approach, I almost trip as I kick the broken broomstick, and I grab it as some sort of weapon - for if push comes to shove. Soon, I can see a raised lump within and above the sludgy layer.
*Identify!*
Sewer Slime - lvl 1 - (8/8hp)
A type of slime evolved to live amongst utter filth. They mostly feed off of excrement and other crap in sewage, but will happily accept whatever unfortunate beings stumble across it.
+5.0%
'A slime... right, time to use game knowledge to my advantage! They are immune to physical damage, are generally made up of an acidic slime, weak to magic damage, and have a vulnerable core - which can be harmed by physical damage.' The slime continues approaching me. 'So, this spear is practically useless, right?'
*Swish* *Splat* *Thud*
-0hp - 8/8hp remaining
My spear goes straight through the slime, and I back up quickly as it approaches. 'Yup, I was right... so, I can hit the core... but in this sludge that is probably never going to happen. What else do I have? Cleaning fluid, and a mop bucket... wait, slimes are made up of acid, right? And cleaning fluid is alkaline, generally. So, shouldn't that neutralize the slime, and if not kill it let me remove it's core?' I hurry back to the mop bucket, where I left the cleaning fluid, grab it and turn around. By now the slime has nearly reached me, so I take a step forward and squirt cleaning fluid onto the slime.
-4hp - 4/8hp Remaining - Chemical Burn Debuff Inflicted (-1hp/s)
-1hp
-1hp
-1hp
-1hp
Sewer Slime - lvl 1 Has Died
+50XP
Drops;
Vial of neutralized slime x1
'Yes! I killed the damn slime, thank god. At least I should be able to kill a few more like this.' The bottle was only half full, and that took quite a bit, so I'll have to use it sparingly. The sound of a slime emerging - not unlike the sound of a plunger being used on a toilet - once again echoes out. Except, this time, it appears as though there is more than one. 'In the room, there are five cubicles, so there should, theoretically, be five slimes here, right? I've killed one, so that leaves four. Let's hope that the next wave isn't any more than two'
*Splat* *Splat* *Splat*
'Oh fuck...'