After a while, Jack just felt numb and laid on the bed half awake. He could tell Veronica was sitting in a chair nearby, and that it was turning night. Getting a handle on himself, he sat up and wiped his face. With Carol, he now had seven users. He considered his classes for a moment, while another user could pick one of them, he still felt they lacked variety.
Jack decided to add another four classes to the list. In the future if the list became to big, he could simply just offer the user the classes that suited them the most. For right now, he had two ideas of classes that would be beneficial at the moment.
However he was stuck on the last two. Looking at Veronica who was sitting dozing in a chair, Jack said "Hey Veronica, get up."
She snorted and woke up stretching her arms "My Lord I apologize for falling asleep."
"It's alright, it's been a long day for you." Jack replied.
Veronica stood, went over to Jack and sat at his feet. "Are you okay My Lord? You looked ill, and you laid crying for a long time."
Thinking on what to say, then deciding to keep it vague, he said "Yeah, one of my Users was suffering, so I shouldered some of their burden. It hit me harder than I thought it would."
Frowning Veronica said "Your Users are meant to help you, not cause you suffering."
"Veronica, I feel what my Users feel, they are a part of me, and I them. When they suffer, I suffer, when they are happy, I am happy." Jack said cupping Veronica's face in his hand.
Veronica said "Yes My Lord, I will strive to make sure I never cause you suffering. Would you like to continue what we started earlier in the day?"
"No, I'm sorry Veronica, I'm not in the mood. Right now, I'm actually considering adding more classes for my Users. Since you are a User, I could use your perspective on which classes to add. I already have two in mind, and just need two more." Jack said, playing with her hair in his hands.
Silent for several moments as she thought, Veronica said "I am eternally grateful that you would seek my opinion, My Lord. From your words from before about the difference between Gods and Systems. You said it was a simply different energy types more or less."
"Yes, I did say something like that." Jack said.
Continuing Veronica said "I have observed several types of energy in this world, besides divine and your energy. You already have a magical and divine class, why not choose a class for one of these other energies, My Lord?"
"That is a good idea Veronica. I will have to see if I have classes that could be useful, but this has definitely put me on a great track. Thank you Veronica." Jack said, pulling her up and kissing her lips with a peck. "I'm going to be concentrating for a while, just keep watch over my Avatar."
"Yes My Lord. Thank you for listening to me My Lord." Veronica said.
Taking a look over the classes he had available, he quickly narrowed it down to the one he would select first. Since he had added a new Stat to his Users, it would make sense to add a Class that would use it. As fate could be very fickle, this class was far more risky than his other ones. He would have to keep a close on the Users who chose this class.
Next he wanted a User that would help him manage his dungeons, specifically being able to keep the stock of monsters stable within. Jack searched for classes that could help him do it and he settled between two. Both could be useful, and he may pick the other later, but one could quickly help him. Choosing it, he moved on to looking for Veronica's suggestions.
Within the world there were eight basic types of energy, with various variations on them. Taking a look at those other energy types classes, he quickly settled on two. One dealt with the energy within the body and would be a more combat focused class. The other was interesting as it was basically several classes in one, each user would be vastly different to the other.
Finished he took a final look at the classes he had chosen.
Class Selection List
Daredevil
A Lucky fighter. Those who dare to control their own fate face great risk. They often spend their luck to accomplish great deeds +1 Luck, +1 Con per lvl.
Summoner
An Ally fighter. From beyond space and time, a summoner can pull forth allies of great renown to wreak havoc on foes. +1 Wisdom, +1 Con per lv
Monk
A Martial Arts Fighter. Ki the power of the body flows through them, allowing them to accomplish feats that no mere being could dream of. +1 Dexterity, +1 Con per lv.
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Elementalist.
A Elemental fighter. The hidden energies of the world will bend to their will. +1 Intelligence, +1Con per lv.
Returning his concentration back down to his Avatar, he looked at Veronica and said "Okay, I've picked the four classes. Now I wish to talk about those Nobles, and this expedition."
"Yes My Lord." Veronica said.
Jack asked her "Hey were you able to get Yukali to say anything about the expedition?"
"No, My Lord." Veronica said "I did however find out that Lord Attomas would be bringing a very small amount of people for this expedition. To be faster apparently, though he is also strangely going to be bringing three of his lovers, one of which is currently pregnant."
Pausing at that information, Jack said "I can see a noble bringing a lover for fun, but Lord Attomas struck me as a man who is fascinated by these ruins. What time would he have for a lover down there? How far along is she?"
Veronica said "Very far along, she is practically due any day."
"Strange. The both of them are entirely strange. Tomorrow try to find more about them before the auction in the evening. Especially if Lady Niadas had a lover or suitor." Jack said.
Veronica said "I thought you said you weren't interested in her."
"I'm not, she just seemed very certain that she would be having children soon." Jack said.
"Very well My Lord. To be honest, both of these siblings disgust me. They aim to use you as a pawn, like you are some simple oaf to bend under their wills. If you set me loose on them, I would bring back their heads for you." Veronica said.
Jack patted her head and said "No, that won't be necessary at the moment. They treat me as a pawn, but they don't realize i'm making my own moves on the board, and creating my own pieces. Tomorrow I want to head down to the temple district, and find more about the gods and potentially pick out a priest. If we go on the expedition I want a healer I can trust for my Users along."
"You plan to have more Users come along with us on the expedition?" Veronica said.
Nodding his head, Jack continued "Yes, I plan to message several of my Users tomorrow to see if they would be willing to accompany us on the expedition." Jack took off his clothes, till he was nude and slid under the blanket. "I find being in this body to be a bit tiring. After I check on one of my Users, I will fall asleep."
"Yes My Lord, I will watch over you as you sleep." Veronica said.
Shaking his head, Jack said "Please don't, just take off your clothes and join me under the blanket. I would rather you sleep next to me, then sleep watching me in that chair."
Veronica nodded and pulled off her clothes. Her plump breasts fell from the shirt, with rosy little peaks, and as she pulled down her pants, he could make out a blond patch above her crotch. She placed her sword within easy reach of the bed and slid in next to him. He truly was tired for he found he didn't react to this beauty next to him.
He went to check on the User he hadn't checked in on for the day.
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"No, Stop, it's not fitting Nicholas. Move it to the side, yeah like that. You got, now push it in." Frankie was whispering in Nicholas' ear pressing up against him.
Getting a little frustrated with her, Nicholas said "I know what I am doing Frankie, now please back up." Returning to picking the lock of the side door of the mansion. With the guard so active in the city, he had no desire to be caught breaking into a place. So he wished his friend would shut the hell up, even worse she seemed unaware of the effect she was having on Nicholas.
Due to her short nature, Nicholas could only find a small shirt and even smaller skirt for her. Her assets nearly spilled from the shirt, and when she leaned over, he could clearly see the underwear he had given her. Frankie had never been this touchy feely when she was a man, and now she kept rubbing herself on Nicholas.
Hearing something click in the lock, he quickly tried the handle and found it opening. Being careful to be quiet, he slipped inside followed by Frankie. Nicholas locked the door behind them, to make sure no one followed behind them easily. Now they were in the mansion, they could start with the plan Nicholas had come up with for his friend.
Knowing how fickle and crazy the gods could be, and the nature of the goddess that cursed Frankie, Nicholas did not believe simply returning the statuette would help Frankie. No, to break the curse, Nicholas would have to seek the help of these other statuette gods who seemed to be this goddess friend. Which means they needed to know where they got them from.
This mansion was owned by a friend of Mark Writhing, and they were the one who contacted the thieves guild on behalf of Mark to set up the job to get the statuette. Hopefully they would find notes or maps of where the original temples would be.
The mansion was eerily quiet, the owner had been taken into custody by the guard early in the day because of his connection to the Writhings. Fearing to be caught up with the mess that was coming, the servants had also fled. No doubt the guard would come tomorrow and strip this place bare, so they needed to finish searching this place tonight.
Making his way down the dark halls, Nicholas checked out the rooms. Seeing nothing of usefulness, he kept moving on, only to realize that Frankie was no longer following him. Backtracking he found her playing with a mannequin in front of a mirror, in a small ballroom. The room was filled with mannequins. Taking a second he realized that she was pretending to dance, he could hear her whispering to the mannequin.
"What are you doing Frankie?" He whispered.
Startled Frankie nearly dropped the mannequin. "Oh it's you! You scared me."
"Frankie, what are you doing? We really don't have time for this." Nicholas whispered annoyed.
Frankie shyly whispered "Well I've always wanted to be a big shot and get invited to one of these dances, I wanted to pretend I was dancing."
"Frankie, first off this room is very creepy. I don't know why you wanted to dance among these mannequins. Second, you're dancing with a male mannequin." Nicholas replied.
Looking around Frankie said "Yeah you are right, this is kinda creepy, wonder why they have all these mannequins. It's not real so what matters if it's a male or female mannequin?"
"Your right, it doesn't matter. Let's get moving out here." Nicholas said. He didn't want to argue with Frankie, when he had come in he had clearly heard her pretending the mannequin was him.
Heading back into the hall, they went along the doors, until they found a study. Closing the door behind them they each went to the opposite ends of the desk. Finding the drawers were locked, Nicholas began to pick the locks, and open the drawers.