The first thing on Darknym's menu was to log out and eat something as he begun to feel hungry. In-game you could taste food but it wouldn't stop you from feeling hungry, it just refilled your stamina. You needed to log out and eat, it was a measure in order not to have people starve to death inside a capsule.
After a short break Chris was once again inside the game, chose the Allastar world and entered it as Darknym. He was lost in part of the town, he wanted to go to the training hall but he was not sure where he had to go so he did the most common thing to do in such a situation, used his Intuition to guide him.
He was now still lost in another unknown part of the town, but here there were many stalls and players, it seemed to be the market place of the town.
He walked a little looking around until he reached a building will lots of animals that looked like a pet shop and some other stores that were bulked in that corner of the town. There were lots of players walking around, talking about quests and monsters. He was Starting to like this part of the town until he saw a strange guy running with his sword out as if in a frenzy.
He was a wood elf and his clothes revealed he was a noob like himself. He wanted to warn him that running with the sword outside it's sheath is dangerous so
He touched him as he passed by.
The guy fell on his own sword and died, for some reason Darknym's name shone in brilliant red upon his head, for some reason he was registered as his killer.
'well he did touch him but he was bound to have some accident eventually'
When his name flashed red all the players around just went for it.
Next thing he knew his head went flying and he was logged out for the first time. He was locked out of Allastar for a whole day as a penalty for PKing but he could still enter the other two worlds and that's what he was about to do.
There was no penalty for normal death other than the pain you feel, 1-5% of a fatal wound is still breathtaking. Unless you are a PKer you can enter the game after a small 10min break but he was banned for a 24hours, of course he did gain some exp and drops from the kill but most likely is that he will have dropped them after death. Next world In his log in list would be Destros.
He checked again the description of Destros
"Destros, a ruined post apocalyptic world without magic, ranging from low technology to science fiction, Ideal for anyone who likes the struggle to survive and scavenging through the endless radioactive deserts"
-Destros offers a variety of races to select from-
The list of races was much smaller than the Allastar and most of the races were different human factions. There were four playable faction.
They were
-Scavengers
People of the desert, the most uncommon
of races as they live in small communities,
they are low-tech and mostly live in the
wilds.
-Mutants
People who have some strange mutations
they hide in plain sight and are in
danger of death and exile.
-Industrials
People who live in closed factories,
their dream is reviving the planet.
-the New order
People who have abandoned the surface
and left for the outer space,
they wield high-tech weapons but are
at a loss due to Infighting.
Chris selected the "scavenger" race there were no subspecies but he could see the starting stats the races gave.
-Scanning has recognized you as a male, you can change your appearance but your real gender will show if you try evolving in any sexual activity identifying what you are in real life, this measure was created after trial and error, any Inconvenience this might implicate is non of the company's responsibilities-
-you have been warned!-
Once again Chris chose the Male
-You can now change your appearance, know that your appearance in-game will be affected by your race and actions in-game-
This time he begun tinkering with his appearance, it took him some time to create a young man, looking nothing like his normal life,only problem was he was limited to a darkened skin tone and the color of his eyes had to be a glittering green, showing signs of exposure to radiation, he used red hair with a strange mix of green and red.
-Choose your Avatar's name-
"Darknym"
Once again he used the same name, there was no problem with naming your avatar the same as in another world, it even helped in some circumstances.
-Chose a starting location or criteria for a random spawning location-
Darknym clicked farm and water tanks, those things were a must for survival.
-Would you like a brief tutorial?-
"Skip"
A blinding light and he found himself in a dessert all alone, around him he could see a crushed water tank and what seemed to have been a farm long ago. He checked his equipment, and found ten dry ration, and a flask of clean water.
"Status"
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Race - Scavenger
Gender - Male
Level - 1
Physical
Hp 100(health)
Sp 100(stamina)
Tp 100(Tech)
food - 100%
water - 100%
Mind
Knowledge - 0
Charm - 0
Morality - Neutral
Soul
Aura Color - Dark Purple
Integrity - Unharmed
Ki - 1000
Detailed stats
Physical
+Strength - 10
+endurance - 0
+constitution - 0
+Agility - 10
+speed - 0
+reflexes - 0
+Intelligence - 10
+wisdom - 0
+leadership - 0
Mind
radiation resistance - 11
Social status - Outcast
Fame title - None
Soul
Daily luck - (default)
Karma - 0
limit break - Astral projection
Techniques
Scavenging - N/A
Hand-crafting - beginner 1
Traits
-10% bonus to radiation resistance(race)
-10% better luck(race)
-can carry more items(10 extra item slots)(race)
-Night sight(race)
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Well not a lot better than the Allastar only difference is the exchange of magic with tech points, tech points are used for techniques(skills) but Destros has the same profession system so he will be able to gain a few skills eventually.
Scavenging - N/A
you are able to gain Items from any prop
on the map, even if they are useless,
like a small stone on the road.
Hand-crafting - beginner 1
Creating Items with your hands without
the use of tools(basic for all races)
raises durability of item by 1point
Darknym's first job on the line was to scavenge anything of use from the farm and if possible to seek for any living person nearby. He found a lot of seeds at the ruined farm field but he had the Idea of starting the farm anew rather than eating the seeds, he logged out and looked up for primitive farming ways used by ancient civilizations. Next he looked at the forums where he found the in-game farming methods it was a lot easier if you gained the farming profession but for him who was stuck in a dessert it was Impossible.
He logged In again and begun digging a well in the middle of the ruined farm, it took longer to dig without proper tools but the small fence was rather helpful in digging. He found sprinklers and tubes running throughout the farm, if only he had a way to make them work he would have the farm running in no time.
The clouds were restless in the sky, he had a bad premonition but there was no cover from rain in sight.Small droplets started falling down from the sky bombarding his half naked body, as he lacked even the most basic of clothing, he was like a prehistoric man trying to find a shelter.
Darknym had dug many holes and he was now falling into them one after another in a struggle to find something that could help him until he saw a small corner of nylon protruding from the ground, probably used for a greenhouse or something.
He begun digging it out of the ground he had lost a little Hp from the radioactive rain but he had no real problems after he created a makeshift shelter out of the fence and a few parts of the water tank.
It was everything he needed for survival He had a lot of work but the rain wouldn't let him do even half of what he wanted. He was forced to log out for a few hours waiting for the rain to stop.
He turned on the TV as he knew IM Tv decides to focus on the Virtual Reality MMO game FSK.
A large uproar begins on the TV as a revision of the special event is shown once again, the event that made FSK the talk of the year and made all players talk about cheats and unbalanced worlds.
A young man and a beautiful woman were the spokesmen for the event it was Bob and Nancy, the two most popular people on the TV, they were paid to make a grand advertisement but not all goes as planned.
"Hello everyone, I'm Bob Serius and this is Nancy Stew"
"Hi Bob, what are we supposed to see today?"
"Just a revision of the tragic downfall of FSK's first Interstellar championship"
"Boo, again with that, we have been doing that every Sunday now"
"Well it's not my fault that someone went and became a cook inside the game"
"But they were so Yummy"
"Don't cry Nancy, it's not your fault, at least 75% of the male spectators think so"
The Movie started with a panoramic view of the endless space and focused on two large fleets closing In to one another slowly.
It then zoomed towards one of the fleets showing a huge swarm of demons and dragonoids mounted by mages and mage-warriors. it's said one of those beasts needs at least a month in real life to summon and at least a year to raise from an egg.
Suddenly a startling large White passed near the mage missing by a hair. It was a star trail as those death beamed were called because they traveled a long way after being shot.
The bombardment was merciless beasts and mages fell while few mages begun raising their magic shields while the beasts roared in pain, as the trails passed through them as if they were made of nothing but butter.
Opposite to them you could now see a fleet of numerous spaceships from Destros, Large rectangular boxes that had one star trailer(weapon) each, shooting without a care in the world, they are called the new Order and they are the survivors that run into space to survive the fall of Destros and they were winning.
The flow however switched when mages begun shooting many numerous attack spells at the ships, their range was definitely lacking to that of the spaceships but it took only a few seconds before the first ship ejected their survival pods and exploded.
The leader Allastar's group was the No 2 player Loki the Archmage, a "Death elf", a fabled species of elf that uses death magic to create undeath and can be evolved into a Vampire through a real troublesome process.
Loki spread a huge mist that entered a ship and in a few minutes it became silent, in another few It turned around and begun shooting at their own allies. There was a movie of what had happened inside the ship, the crew saw a strange mist coming inside the ship, it was strange as the ship had no hole or air leak, the mist begun engulfing them one after another, those who exited it begun killing the rest of the crew, their HP was zero and conventional guns did no damage only flamethrowers and freezers had an Impact.It didn't take long before the mist engulfed the last survivors.
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The New order ships were now rapidly losing in numbers and although the mages also lost a few of their familiars the mages were still alive shooting offensive spells at the large ships of the New Order and then out of nowhere. they were the alien races of Altgaia, many ships and mechas that flew surrounding them from all sides but when they started to shoot it was evident they only attacked the mages due to some under the scenes agreement.
Ten minutes passed and the two factions were at a standstill on one side were the mages and on the other side were the spaceships and mechas. They would have continued for another ten minutes but a calamity stroke in the middle of the battlefield "TOBO" appeared, he's called the strongest player of Allastar a vicious Pker who is said to have reached level 1000 in the game, he had even appeared in some tv shows accepting award money for local tournaments and even gave hints for how to play the game.
His dark armor and dragon winged helmet hid his whole face and made him almost invisible in the darkness of space, only his golden dragon aura could be seen at first as he appeared out of nowhere and then a zoom in showing his red name "TOBO".
His name is Toshibo and his character TOBO is a "dragon knight" a class of mage-warrior that are said to be able to rival a dragon in might and magic.
Two red orbs of light in the dark helm as well as the two large now glowing gems that are placed like eyes in his chest armor representing the head of a dragon.
He unsheaths his red-bladed sword decorated with a ruby and dragon wings, and swept the battlefield with great speed, the camera wasn't able to catch all the high speed carnage and all could understand why. TOBO teleported from one place to another cutting and smashing spaceships and mechas alike as if they were nothing after he had seen them burn and all escape pods destroyed he turned against the few remaining mages and familiars.
In the end he was the sole survivor and although it was kind of cool, him floating alone carelessly in outer space surrounded by debris, it rose many questions about the balance of the worlds and even remarks about him cheating, which was until then thought to be impossible.
"So Bob what do you think about TOBO's disappearance after the event"
"Well Nancy, rumors have it that he was cursed by someone and remains trapped somewhere until someone saves him and since he's a PKer not many care about rescuing him"
"That's just sad ,can't he just suicide in game so that he reappears again in some town"
"I have sources that say he cannot unless he is keen on losing his character"
"why not consult the administrators about it, I'm sure they would help"
"It would seem he had it coming, TODO tried to do a group quest alone and now he's paying the price of his actions Of course If he can get even one ally to help him he can revive once more, it sure sucks being the worst solo PKer of FSK"
Chris closed the TV it has been over a year that TOBO has disappeared and most players were glad about it, most would be happy if he remained so. However there are also those that want him back, his fun club who have searched for months for a way to revive him. Their guild is called "TOBO is God" and they named all their avatars TOBO, as the system allows having the same name as someone else.Lately they are running all over the Allastar in pitch black armors PKing people while searching for "TOBO's legacy", as they call it but non knows where he died or where it might be there were even rumors of someone seeing TOBO's ghost.
After a he ate something and the used the WC, Chris logged in, entering Destros once more.
The rain had stopped and now he had to think of what to do, the ground was a bit soft and it would be easier to dig but his target had changed now. He went to the spot he found the nylon and begun scavenging for more nylon, underneath the nylon it was a true treasure trove.
he unearthened some strange machines and everyday items, he had no idea what most of the Items he got did but his greatest finding was a trapdoor that went underground. He had been digging for a long time and his dried ratios were running out, the entrance was half submerged in dirt making it impossible to enter.
He had gained a lot of stamina and the digging and soft walk skills.
Although both are passive they would count a lot.
the sky had darkened before he had unburied the whole entrance, but he had no problem due to his night vision, an hour passed and the trapdoor was uncovered from the dirt and sand, in the process he had gained a strength and two reflex stats.
The strength stat was because he dug with his own hands and bits of wood as the fence had broken down due to the moisture of the ground.
The entrance was now free from dirt but it was shut locked he could see the pass code device at one corner but the energy was out and he had no Idea where to get energy from. The sky was starting to get cloudy once more, he though about what to do until a crazy Idea came to his mind, he begun moving a long Iron rod that was used ages ago to hold the Nylon greenhouse.
It took time and the rain did radiation damage as he moved the long broken rod. he raised it high and waited. It only took an Instance and he was forcefully logged out, without even seeing what hit him.
He could log in again in ten minutes or so but he preferred to take a break and take a light nap. He could only sleep for two or three hours as the agony and stress to see if his plan worked woke him up, he wanted to see what had happened after his death.
He logged in and respawned right next to the broken water tank, which was now full of radioactive water, he took a sip as his own water was long gone and ate a few seeds to refill his hunger bar to a bearable minimum.
He sprint towards the trapdoor, it was a bit buried by sand but he could see something that made his day, the pass code device was fried. Now there were two chances either the door was unlocked or lost forever.
He begun digging the door up once more and as he pulled he could tell that it wouldn't budge at all , he tried again and again, but the large horizontal handle didn't make it easy for him.
He then took the rod that he had used as a lightning rod and after breaking it even more, which was now easy he used it as a lever.
It took three tries and his lever broke he was about to give up but in the darkness he saw a small light coming from a corner of the door. Something he hadn't seen before, he scavenged the area for a new rod and begun trying once more, and this time it was a brilliant success.
In reality it was the raising of his strength stat that made it possible as with each try he gained a little Hp raising his strength to 15.
The trapdoor opened and he saw that there was light inside he closed the door behind him after leaving a little shortstop metal, so that he could open it once more.
After closing the door, sand and dirt instantly begun falling through the cracks of the door. inside he saw lights and a metallic staircase going down, further down he saw something that made his hair rise in surprise.
Numerous huge test tubes were everywhere and dozens of computer Screens and other hardware shone as if unaffected by the passage of time.
There were a few small robots roaming around looking like spiders, they didn't seem to mind him at all as he passed through the room sometimes they scanned him and after their red light eye turned green again they left.
He saw one of them making repairs on some of the hardware and then he thought of something, he placed all of the unidentified devised he found down on the flour and after a few moments he saw one of the robots coming close to them, it scanned them and took them apart, it was like looking at a sci-fi crazy scientist with six legs unwinding screws and taking apart their components so fast it seemed as if it was simple.
He waited to see what the robots would do with the components but to his surprise the robot only took a few of them and left. Other robots came and did the same to the other devices taking only a few parts and leaving.
The components that were left over were probably broken beyond repair or unwanted but to him they were a treasure non the less as the monetary value of the desert were chips(microchips) and what was left was a lot.
The metallic components that were mostly small boxes and other containers he could use for other purposes while the colorful wires he wanted to create a necklace or something, he bound them in a chain like design and made a wire chain, it wasn't the most sturdy but it looked good.He could probably sell it for a few chips.
He spent a few hours looking inside he even found a library but to his surprise he found that his avatar couldn't read the books, as it only showed question marks inside the books. Now he regretted being a scavenger, the place was most likely a secret research facility.He had read online they were, remnants of technology that could give a hidden profession to anyone who found it, but he couldn't even read so it was hopeless, he was about to exit the facility when he saw a robot coming from the exit of the facility. He had a bad premonition about it, he rushed to the door and it was locked.Now he knew where some of the components went.
It was probably morning in real life as he was looking around for food or for some sort of exit, his hunger and thirst bar were almost out and he was about to die when he found that room.
It looked like a capsule like that of the game but it was a lot different, it had many tubes coming out of it and they all where of different colors.
He wanted to try what it did or if it worked. He would have died anyway and respawned with 50% of the bars full but the 10minutes brake and the chance of respawning outside gave him little choice. He lied Inside the capsule and a message appeared.
-Your Avatar is undergoing genetic modifications and will be locked for a week, you can chose to delete your character, due to unwanted modifications or wait a week for him to become a mutant-
There were two buttons
-Keep- and -Delete-
He chose keep and a confirmation button
appeared next -Yes- "I'm sure"
Once again he was logged out but he was Relieved that he wouldn't be revived outside next to the water tank.