*Like always, this are thoughts*
~and sound effects~
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Chapter 03: A new Friend
*Ok I`ll ditch the extra reward, fortunately there is no time limit, so I can take my time*
With that in mind he began to work on organizing the clothes in different stacks
*wait is that what I see there a dirty male underwear!?
*eeeeeeeeewwwww gross*
It actually was one, and it smelled to heaven
*What the fuck do you think I´m supposed to do with that thing?* he thought throwing it to one side of the room.*
But as he couldn`t do anything against it for the moment he finished organizing them, into different piles, one of them being made of shirts, was the biggest, then came pants, and socks, with the pile for socks being the smallest, but also the one with the most individual pieces.
Inside that pile he even found an evening dress and a tanga
While looking at, (ditch that), admiring the tanga Neuron wondered what was wrong with it because he couldn’t see any fault, and believe it he looked very hard. Because he couldn`t do anything with it he put it on the side, when a system Message came up
* 1/200
*So there are even pieces here that don`t need to be patched, damn I have been trolled*
But nonetheless he began to patch up the socks, because he fought, of them being the easiest.
So after three hours he patched 60 socks but the counter actually said
* 31/200
With the first socks being hideous, but his work steadily improving until they looked normal, at least to his eyes. And because of his experience increasing he patched them much faster than in the beginning, even without the help of the system. The only problem he got now was, not pricking himself with the needle.
When he figured out, that the socks counted only in pairs he went on a little rampage through the room coursing and shouting, hearing this, the tailor let out a loud laugh, unfortunately for him Neuron heard it and it and thus making him even angrier.
So with it being like that, he thought of some ways to make the Tailor miserable. This was when He found out, that there were literally no restrictions for the quest, it just said to patch them, so he made a grin and thought:
*I`ll sew them so terrible no one will want to wear them, and then letting the Tailor take the blame*
He continued to do so until
* Tailoring: -5%
It seemed like the system doesn`t award a work, if it was made worse on purpose. A good thing for the vendors, cause no one would want to decrease his skill proficiency, but bad for Neuron.
This fact made him think of other ways while working, thus being distracted and pricking himself even more in the process only increasing his anger and frustration until he couldn`t work anymore.
The only bright side was his level in tailoring, but also that was tainted, because it looked like this:
* Tailoring Beginner Lv1 95%
But while working on the last sock something happened that brightened his mood, if only a little
* Dexterity: +1
Now to calm himself down he went to shoot arrows at targets, which he pictured to be the tailor; this helped quite a bit.
Because of him being the only one to train, he took some liberties while shooting, meaning he shot his arrows on all the targets
Lucky for him the missed arrows ranged in the single digit number
Thus he was able to shoot all his 100 arrows before having to go to gather them he also switched between the targets at random shooting at them from where he stood, and thus having to aim different each time.
He repeated that one more time till
* Dexterity: +1
Now he was motivated again, and so he finished shooting all his arrows a second time.
When he went to fetch the arrows he gained
* Strength: +1
While pulling on a stuck arrow, delighted that because of this pulling out the arrows was now a little bit easier. Nonetheless he thought, that he should do something to bypass gathering the arrows each time he shot them.
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After gathering all the arrows he logged out to sleep.
After logging out, he looked at the clock and was surprised, at how little time had actually passed, and then he remembered that the time in RR is actually 4 times faster, but nonetheless he went to bed exhausted. It wasn`t fatigue that he felt, at least no bodily fatigue, but a mental one, because he had to do annoying and repetitive tasks.
*wow, I have to get accustomed to that, as I read in a forum, you can only build up your skills with repetitive work*
With that in mind he finally went to sleep.
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The next day he woke up, and did what every human does when he gets up after a good night of sleep. Then he of course logged back in.
Finding himself in the archery where he logged out yesterday, well yesterday in Real time anyway.
Looking around, he found out, that he wasn`t the only player inside anymore. At the target standing at 10m he saw a boy with short spiky hair, and a rather slim frame, shooting at the same.
Neuron decided to talk to him, because he hoped, that it won`t be so boring in here, if he had someone to talk with.
He approached him from behind, and called out aloud:” Hello!”
“Hello, I didn`t see anyone, while I was shooting.”
Neuron noticed the hidden question and said:” Well I just logged in”
“Oh, that explains it, wait so you are a player!
“Well yes” Neuron answered, not finding anything strange in that outburst.
“Have you decided which bow to use?”
“No Bow”
He said, while pointing at the target which he thought was self-explanatory, there were three arrows stuck in, one in the white section, one in the red, and one in the yellow.
“Not so bad” Neuron replied
“NOT BAD?!” The guy cried in disbelief
“I shot fifteen arrows!”
“Oh”, was the only reply Neuron could give in this moment
“Well let me help you gather the lost arrows.”
Thanks a lot…ähm?”
“My name`s Neuron”
“Hello Neuron, my name is Kyle” he said making a sheepish grin and in a tone they used in the gatherings of the AA.
While searching they became close together, because doing the same annoying task while cursing actually helps developing a friendship, well that is, if you work together.
“So Neuron would you like to add as a friend?”
“Well, yeah”
* Kyle has been added as a Friend
“Then what are you going to do now?” Neuron asked
“Well. I`m now giving fighting a go, I just wanted to learn archery, to draw mobs towards me.”
“Well then good luck, and I heard, that the training ground will prove good results, if you have the willpower to overcome it.”
“Great, thanks I appreciate it, so how long is your ban”
“Ban?”, Neuron asked
“The one month in game time thingy”
“Ah! I bought the capsule yesterday, and you?”
“Today is my first time playing, So have a nice day” he saluted and went off
“Wait!” Neuron shouted, before Kyle could completely leave the building
“Whatsamatter” Kyle mumbled
“Well, it’s kinda embarrassing, but do you know where this city is, and how it is called?”
“You don`t know, then how did you get inside this city?” Asked Kyle while going back to where Neuron stood.
“Well when I had to decide where I would like to start I said Random”
Wow, you’re really lucky!”
“How so?”
“Well this city got discovered quite recently, actually just a week in game time ago”
“And why do you know that?
“My brother and his party discovered it” he said sounding really proud.
“So that’s why you were so surprised when you found out, I was a player?” He said, suddenly realizing that Kyle looked shocked when he heard of Neuron being a player
“My brother wanted to explore the region, before he posts the news on the I-net”
“That, I can understand, he wants to discover all dungeons alone, and using the double item drop and experience for himself!”
“What you got something against it?” Kyle asked jumping into defense
“No of course not, I’d actually do the same” Neuron said with a smile, that from his point of view was playful, but missed its mark by a wide margin.
*Creepy*
“So could you now tell me the name of this town, don`t worry, I’ll keep it secret, till they decide to make it known to the public.”
“Ok”, Kyle answered, in a not so happy tone anymore, still remembering the smile, “its name is Gaber, and its located in the west of the continent, maybe you already noticed it, but it’s a small town, with small houses, but the territory it controls is pretty large, the entire forest you see out there, and also the mountain range behind us. There are likely many dungeons in the forest and mountain, plus there is the possibility of finding many mines, so if someone is able to become the Lord of this town, they may get the jackpot”
“And your brother is trying that right?”
“Yes” he said with a grin, “and thanks for keeping it secret, so I`ll go now to give some scarecrows a beating they`ll never forget” and with this he exits the training hall while laughing.
End of chapter 03
Well as always…
Comments are welcome
And i just wanted to know, which close combat class i should choose for Kyle.
If you have any suggestions I`ll be happy to read them^^