I was woken up to the blaring alarm that always played on my phone signaling that it was time for me to get ready for school. With burning and tired eyes, I grabbed my phone off of my night stand and shut off the alarm and unplugged it from the charger before stuffing it in my pajama pants pocket on the right side of my leg. As I shuffled my feet into the bathroom, I began my morning routine of rinsing my mouth and wiping off the dried drool as well as removing any eye boogers that accumulated while I slept. I looked at myself in the mirror noticing that my light brown hair was in dire need of a haircut. My name is Mark and I’m just an average looking guy maybe slightly taller than average standing at around 5 feet 11 inches. I’m not too skinny but not very muscular either. I wouldn’t say I’m ugly, but it’s not like I’d be getting any super model gigs anytime soon either. After drying my hands and face I went over to the toilet and took my morning piss. After I washed my hands I walked into the kitchen and started to prepare my usual breakfast of eggs with a glass of milk before browsing the internet on my phone as I ate. When I finished, I quickly washed my plate and glass before returning to my room to get dressed for school, relieved by the fact that it was the final day before spring break. I quickly brushed my hair and grabbed my wallet, keys, and backpack before leaving my apartment and locking the door behind me as I made my way downstairs to the bus stop. When the bus arrived, impeccably on time as usual, I made my way towards the middle to take an empty seat all to myself as I looked through the window watching the buildings pass me by.
It wasn’t always like this, I had grown up with loving parents up until I was 16 when a tragic car accident struck and killed my parents. My mom would always drive me to school but now I’m stuck taking the bus. My uncle wanted to take me in but as an international business man he was always traveling to different parts of the world. At first, I travelled along with him and usually stayed in hotels and continued high school through online programs. This didn’t work out for me and his grades started to plummet causing me to have to repeat a grade which is why I’m now an 18-year-old Junior with stunted social skills. My uncle was worried for me and so he offered to pay for an apartment back in my hometown so I can go back to my old high school.
As the bus pulled into its normal spot I waited for everyone to get off before getting up from my seat and making way towards my homeroom class. On the way there I noticed Evie, the girl I’ve crushed on since freshman year. She had a shy personality and always sat towards the back of any classes I shared with her and she was wearing her typical oversized hoodie, her hands hidden inside the sleeves that were too long for her arms, and her usual pair of jeans. I was about to greet her in good morning when the bell signaling the start of home room rang. She quickly shut her locker and started to quickly walk towards her class.
“Shit.” I muttered as I jogged my way towards my class.
“You’re late, Mark.” My homeroom teacher accused as I entered the room. “You’re lucky today’s the last day before Spring Break so I’m in a good mood just quickly take your seat.”
“Yes sir, thank you.” I responded and headed towards my seat.
The day then progressed like usual, and as I went through my classes most of my teachers didn’t even bother with teaching and just played movies throughout the day. Some of my classmates watched while others like myself used their phones. The final class of the day, however, had to be with the teacher that was the biggest hardass and my worst subject, Physics.
As he was in the middle of his lecture something odd happened, and by odd I mean something absolutely insane happened.
Welcome Beta Testers to the Beta Test V.0.001
The Beta Test is a year long test where you and 999,999 randomly selected people get to experience The Game before the rest of your species.
This means you get a limited access to what The Game has to offer and can start leveling up, gain skills, and increase your stats. As Beta Testers you can only choose between one of three classes however to compensate, the bonuses you recieve from your class will not be availale to regular players once [364 days 23 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds] has passed!
Fight for the amusement of the gods and defeat monsters of varing types and strengths! Level up and achieve strength beyond your wildest dreams! Will you bring glory to humanity or will you die trying?
Please choose a class Warrior Rouge Mage (Conditions Not Met)
Status
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Mark Campbell
Level: 0
EXP: 0/10
SP: 40/40
SP Regen/M: 4
MP: N/A
MP Regen/M: N/A
Class: Unchosen
Strength: 4
Endurance: 4
Intelligence: 6
Wisdom: 7
Dexterity: 3
Charisma: 2
Skills:
“What the fuck!” I jumped out of my seat in shock eliciting laughs from my classmates at my sudden outburst.
“Mark! How dare you curse in my class and disrupt my lecture!” The teacher screamed before opening up a draw in his desk and pulling out a detention slip, writing my name and reason. “Go to the principal’s office immediately!” I had trouble processing just what the fuck was going on and I just numbly grabbed the detention slip before heading towards the principal’s office. When I opened the door I saw Evie almost in tears as she desperately tried to explain what had happened.
“Principal Anderson please! There was this blue screen that appeared talking about a Beta Test and I’m a Beta Tester and there’s stats and levels and I don’t know what’s going on!” Evie desperately tried to explain.
“Evie, I can’t hear a word you’re saying you have to speak up.” Principal Anderson tiredly said.
Now hold the god damn phone. Evie was practically yelling how the hell did he not hear her? … Hold the fucking phone!
“You’re a Beta Tester too?” I yelled in surprise.
She yelped and looked at me tearfully and in shock. She grabbed my arms and looked at me in fear.
“You can hear me? You’re a Beta Tester?” She pleaded.
“Mark? Just what the hell are you two on about I can’t hear a word you two are saying!” Principal Anderson yelled.
The bell rang signaling the end of the day.
“Look, it’s Spring Break and I need to get going, the Mrs. and I need to catch a flight to Fiji in 2 hours so whatever it is that is going on with you two I don’t have the time to deal with it so just give me those detention slips and get going just please don’t do…" He waved his arms. "Whatever it is that you’re doing when we come back.” He said as he tore our detention slips before rushing out of his office.
“Evie, I don’t know what’s going on but I think it’s best if we figure it out together can you come with me over to my place so we can figure out just what the hell is going on?” I asked, not being able to enjoy the fact that she’s holding my hands.
“Okay.” She meekly said as she softly nodded her head. And so with that we made our way back to the bus and made the trip to my apartment in a tense silence.
We quickly rushed off the bus as I pulled her by the hand and went up the stairs to my appartment. I opened the door and set my backpack off to the side before closing the door after Evie had entered.
“Okay. So let’s think about this logically. The… screen… thing was talking about a Beta Test and something about stats and skills. I mean, I never played many video games but this sounds like some bad RPG.” I said running my hand through my hair stressfully as I paced back and forth. “What does this mean though what the fuck is going to happen in a year after this test is over? Wait let’s look online maybe there are people talking about it.” I started searching up key words like “blue screen” and “beta test”. I didn’t get shit for dick when I searched “blue screen” other than that computer crash thing and as for “Beta Test” all I got was basic information about developing video games.
Suddenly, Evie said, “Why were you the only one who could hear me?”
My eyes widened. “Shit.” I muttered. “C-could whatever is doing this be at fault? I mean you were practically screaming and Principal Anderson couldn’t hear shit. F-f-f-f-uck this is crazy.” I started pacing more erratically.
“Mark? I’m scared.” She looked at me with tears running down her face and so I hugged her, not because I liked her but because I was damn near in tears myself and I had no idea of what else I can do.
She yelped as another screen popped up in front of me and I assume did for her too.
Reward Processed
Congratulations!
You are the first Beta Tester to find another Beta Tester and have been granted access to a Tutorial Level!
Teleporting Beta Tester(s) [Mark Campbell] and [Evie Wood] in
[07 Seconds]
“The fuck is this shit now?” I muttered in frustration as Evie held me tighter. I watched as the timer counted down all the way to 0 before we were suddenly in the middle of some forest. There was no flash of light or anything that would suggest we had been teleported we just appeared as if we had always been here. I heard rustling in the bushes as a group of 20 short beings surrounded us and pointed their spears at us. I quickly raised my arms in surrender.
"Shit."