I'm currently laying on my back thinking things over as best I can with what I found out from my character screen. My head hurt reading all these almost aliments that plagued me called passives. Never in my gaming life have I seen such bizzare things, losing hope kills me? Hope isn't a stat that can be measured through a monitor, yet here I was staring at my percentage of "Hope" if you can fucking believe it.

-5 Hope, total is 35%

My fucking god, what the fuck? Why weren't these pop ups showing before?

The information that is displayed is based on ones knowledge of the systems in place, you didn't even know how to show your status screen, why would It bother to show you pop ups of stats you don't know how to use? You can toggle these settings in your meditive state we call "Inner Status Inspection". Be warned though unique paladin, it isn't adivsed to turn off Hope notifications completely.

Who the fuck are you? I've always had a feeling this sytem bullshit could read my mind based on the messages displayed, but that was clearly directed at my exact thoughts, with a clear response! Answer me!

I am you. I am the system, I am the air around you. I dictate all things. I'd advise you not adress me so angrily when I only offered advice.

Or else what!? Huh!? Fuck you big guy, if you are this so called system and all knowing being, then you watched me get raped and didn't lift a finger! If you are all powerful and have time to chat with me, then surely you could've done some shit!

-10 Hope, total is 25%

Barely I was able to let out gasped breaths as an invisable force pushed me onto the ground, cold icy fingers around the back of my neck held me down.

I choose not to intervene, for reasons I care not to explain to a human. My better judgment tells me to try though, this world is real to you, this world is real to me. I want people to experience it without the intervention of a force that can change everything with the snap of a finger. I want you, to become the you that was meant to be. Do not try me again.

"You know, you really shouldn't suprise me anymore. A clock that is stuck on a number in front of me, what exaclty is even going on with your life?" A cold icy voice spoke hovering about me as I barely managed to creak my neck from the force on my neck.

I'd rather choose this guy over a fuck of a "god" that just wants to watch people suffer. I'm not sure why, but I decided to reach out towards the hem of death's cloak.

It's a wierd feeling, extremely wierd, when a hand made entirely of bone clasps around yours. Not only because the texture and feel of bone, but.. the shocking warm embrace. It felt like my entire body was sinking, in a bath of hot water, just relaxing, my entire lifes worth of  suffereing sinking away. This is nice..

Hope criticaa..crit.. ct-- 5% hope rem--n-- 

The world was fading as if someone snuck up behind you and clasped their hands over your eyes. You could still see some light through their fingers, but darkness ensued.

"Ahh, It seem's you've finally made your choice."

"You shall not have her."

Death was flung back with the sounds of bones shattering before he even landed. His jaw hung unhatched from one side as he slid down the trunk of a tree.

I've interfered enough for the both of you, forgive my actions. You wouldn't have embraced death if I wouldn't have spoke, I just fixed my mistake. As for you "Garry" you shall heal soon and pester other people, her time is not yet.

I came out of my trance barely catching death's name.

"Ahahahah! Fucking Garry!? Seriously?"

+50 Hope, total is 51%. Notifications will stop untill below 50 again.

Before I could laugh even harder, his body disapeared, the notifications stopped, and I layed on the ground in front of the cabin still giggling lighty to myself at death's name. What a fucking interaction, I'll have to be more careful around little bitch god complex... opps. A snicker appeared over my face.

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Hey... nevermind

It was a good feeling knowing you had the edge over someone, it seems whatever he/she it is can't or doesn't want to "Interfere" with anything, so I may be tortued and not expect savior, but at the same time he won't be the one torturing me anytime soon. I shouldn't try to push my luck too far though, if it has sentience, then it must have emotions. I don't particulary want to be the one who finally causes some omnipotent being to have a mental snap. So.. I Apologize.

To my suprise no message popped up. I guess the silent approuch is appearing more favorable for it. Now I lay face first in the ground with dirt all over me, contemplating my next course of action. Thinking over my passives and abilites, I decided it was time to experiment.

Adjusting myself up to a sitting postion, I grabbed the sword I left leaning against the cabins porch. The sword was pointed directly at my arm as I held it out like a sacrificial lamb. Trying my best to not think about it, I pushed into my arm gently looking away.

The darkness of my closed eyes and the resitance I met was kinda scary. Looking back at my should be bleeding arm, was a shattered sword.

The Crimson Paladins nature means that no one with honest intent of never hurting you, can hurt you. Yourself included. You cannont pre-emptive cover yourself in blood for the benefits, nice try though!

"Elzare!!" I need to prove this prick a point.

"For fucks sake woman, don't you know how to leave someone alone?" was uttered behind me.

"Cut yourself."

"What?? Excuse me?"

"Cut yourself and let it drip onto my arm! It's related to a passive, please?" I used all my new womanly exploits and gave big golden puppy dog eyes. He didn't reply, or even move, but in the next instant blood was laying on my arm, and Elzare couldn't be seen in a mile radius.

Feelings of saftey swept over me, feelings of being unstoppable crept down my spine, the feeling of wanting more blood across me was cutting into my brain like a lumber mill. Stop! I screamed to myself, actually managing to break the trance as I looked at the blood drip down me.

.1 defence per ounce eh? How many ounces did Elzare give to me?

Quickly shooting up into the sky for inspection, the stat window of blood read this

Blood : 10 ounces Defence : 1

That really isn't a lot of defence though is it? Sweeping back down to earth with a quick motion as the world blured, I looked at my arm again trying to figure out how long blood takes to dry. While I waited I further thought about future tactics and how to approuch survival in this fucked up world.

I couldn't continue like this for long though, my stomach rumbled interupting any thoughts I could have, and letting any I did have escape me.

Now I stand walking down what appeared to be freshly disturbed leaves into the forest, looking for those deer like creatures, however, I was much more cautious and crept through the forest, keeping an eye out for goblins or any other menace in this still unfamilar forest.

It did pay off rather quickly to my suprise.

Sneak skill aquired! Level 1 Your patience and caution has payed off greatly, this skill can't be actived in the normal sense of the word, to use the benefits simply "try" to be sneaky. Current benefits are, 96% visibilty while "sneaking" and 5% less sound created from the user. 

Moving my hand in front of me to wave at myself it was true. I knew because of my time playing as Elzare of this skill, but in the game you could always see yourself, only a notification on top said you were in sneak mode, yet looking ever so slightly through my hand was a unique experience.

Another thought occured to me, was Elzare using this the entire time!? His sneak skill was maxed at 20, I don't remember the exact stats though, I think they were 20% visibilty and no sound at all.

The thought of other people that can become almost ghost like creeping up from behind scared the living hell out of me.

Also, fucking Elzare, always disappearing, I really want to talk with him, disect his brain, try to explain to him that I made him.. err.. maybe not that last part.

I highly doubted Elzare was using sneak though, I really do believe he was that quick with this new transformations of the game. Maybe Agility affected your speed now? If that was the case then very few could run from Elzare.

Stuck in thoughts standing in the middle of the forest, great fucking idea. Not! The deer like creature became the hunter instead as its thick antlers penetrated right through my back.

Calm down, calm down. Its level is probably low, don't let the blo..RIP ITS FUCKING THROAT OUT.

I couldn't finish my thoughts, what stood in front of me was the body of a deer smashed into a tree trunk, organs collaped, missing its head. I moved my body with such vigor to twirl around to it face it that its entire body moved with me, slammed against a tree but my force didn't stop, my anger not quelched, I kept forcing its body against the tree as my chest grimaced in pain at the resistance of the antler inside me.

The antler did come out of me though, by cutting right through my side. Not stopping my assualt I grabbed and pulled out the antler that stabbed me, full force as guts oozed out. Using the deers own antler I stabbed into its neck multiple times untill I heard a sickening pop.

I finally regained myself after a long pause, letting out troubled breaths.

Critical injury(s) sustained, collapsed lung, broken rib cage in several segments, severe bleeding, minor infection  

I popped the cork of a healing potion, slammed it down in one go, and stopped thinking anymore.

Skinning +1, Animal Harvesting +1

It's dinner time.