Chapter 3: Encounter

Gob readied himself. He knew his task, but wasn't mentally prepared for the results. He sat, and contemplated killing another creature. He considered himself too weak to have power over anything else. He reached his skinny arm out and poked the taskbox. It opened up to a more descriptive page.

Task: Kill any creature, with no assistance. Creatures Killed: 0/1 Rewards: Strength +2 Dexterity +2 Fortitude +2 Knowledge on creature killed.

"Look good, me like plus numbers." Gob said, his voice more hoarse than before "Me need food and drink."

He was ready, Gob was mentally prepared to end a life. He stood, dizzy from no food or water. His desperation pushing him forward. He looked around the cavern for any sort of way forward, finding a small crack in the furthest end, no wider than a foot. He squeezed through, his small stature helping him.

He squeezed through the crack into an almost identical cavern, but much more open. The ceiling reaching almost 60 feet in the air, several columns of stone ahead of Gob. He searched around the crack before pushing forward, finding a broken stalagmite on the ground, he took it to use as a weapon. His stomach now violently growling, he rushed forward trying to find any sort of creature.

"Me hungry" Gob shouted as he ran forward "Me need food"

He turned a corner and stood face to face with a small furry creature. About a foot in length, four little legs, a cute button nose, and a twisted horn on its forehead. "What is?" Gob asked the voice.

"This, Gob, is a small horned rabbit. It is edible, but very quick, you will have to be smart about thi-" the voice returned before it was cut off by Gob charging in.

Gob lunged forward with the sharp rock, missing by a large margin as the rabbit dodged to the side. It jumped forward scratching Gobs back as he fell forward, snapping his weapon. The rabbit stood, watching Gob try and maintain his balance. Gob stared at the rabbit, and it stared back in turn. They both lunged forward, Gob dodged to the side using his height to his advantage. He grabbed hold of the horn as it whizzed past him, holding the rabbit in the air. It sat there, unable to move.

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"Gob won!" Gob shouted "Gob caught something! Now Gob have kill."

Being careful to keep it off the ground he searched for a sharp rock. The rabbit having accepted its' fate awaited its' end. Gob then stabbed a rock into its neck, instantly killing it. He then held it above his head, drinking the falling blood. As he drinks his kill, the task box appears.

Task:  Kill any creature, with no assistance. Creatures Killed:  1/1 Rewards Earned:  Strength +2 Dexterity +2 Fortitude+2 Knowledge on the creature 'Horned Rabbit'

"Congratulations Gob!" The voice appeared "You killed something, you aren't as weak as I thought."

"Gob work hard" he replies, almost gargling the blood "Gob think hard."

"Well, use that rock to skin it. Oh, and use the horn as a weapon, it's much better than that rock you were using."

"Gob no think of that. Thank voice."

Gob lays the rabbit down and removes the rock. He attempts to skin the rabbit, completely ruining some parts of the pelt, when a new box that he's never seen appears.

Skill Earned: Skinning Level: 1 Skill Experience: 1/100

"Voice, what is?" Gob says as he gestures to the new box.

"Ah, this. This is a skill window, when you perform certain actions for the first time you'll gain a new skill. If you check your others there will be a few in there that you already had." The voice replies.

"How open boxes?"

"Just say what box you want open."

"Skills"

Skills: Level: Skinning 1 Dodge 1 Tactics 1 Obedience 100 Mental Processing 1 Surveying 1