3 First Mission
"Status."
A translucent blue screen appeared out of thin air.
[Name: Shinji Ikari]
Age: 7
Level: 1
Next Level: 0/100
HP: 100/100
CP: 350/350
STR: 1
VIT: 1
DEX: 3
INT: 6
CHA: 3
Points – 0
Ryo – 0
"Fuck."
"Shinji, language!" A matronly voice came from the room door. I turned to the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged woman frowning at me. I tilted my head in confusion for a second before a surge of memories flashed through my mind. Kuroda Rie, the head caretaker of the Konoha orphanage. She was a kindly mother-figure for the 30 or so other orphans along with several other part-time workers or volunteers.
"S-sorry, Rie-baasan." I hesitantly replied, unsure of whether she would be able to notice that I was not acting like I used to.
"Come on, you woke up late. Go get your morning chores done quickly or the other kids won't leave any breakfast for you."
[Quest Alert!]
Morning Chores:
Complete your chores within 20 minutes!
-Make your bed (0/1)
-Water the garden (0/1)
-Wipe down room windows (0/10)
-Dust room surfaces (0/1)
Rewards:
+20 Exp
REP slightly increased with Rie
REP slightly increased with Konoha Orphanage
Failure:
REP slightly decreased with Kuroda Rie
REP slightly decreased with Konoha Orphanage
No breakfast
Accept? (Y/N)
"…I'm going to have to get used to this." I muttered under my breath while reading through the latest quest notification and absentmindedly accepting the quest.
Rie clapped her hands to get my attention, "What are you spacing out for, get a move on."
I gulped and began making my way to my bed, looking down at it in confusion. How do I make a bed?
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Quest [Morning Chores] failed!
Time's up!
-Make your bed (1/1)
-Water the garden (0/1)
-Wipe down room windows (7/10)
-Dust room surfaces (1/1)
Failure:
-REP slightly decreased with Kuroda Rie
-REP slightly decreased with Konoha Orphanage
-No breakfast.
[Note: Did you really just fail your very first quest?]
[Congratulations! You have just failed your very first quest. You have earned title [Incompetent]!]
I cursed in my head at the quest failure notification, my hand still wiping down one of the goddamn windows. Why did the first quest have to be chores, damnit! I have literally never once in my life ever made a bed or watered a garden for crying out loud!
I had servants to make my bed, housekeepers to clean windows and gardeners to tend to the garden. I wasted 5 minutes alone just trying to figure out how I was supposed to wipe down the windows. Turns out, just using a dry rag didn't cut it. I figured that out after wiping repeatedly only for the quest window to remain unchanged.
I had to seek out Rie and ask her how to clean the windows properly which prompted a strange look from her as she chastised me for not remembering something that I have been doing everyday for the past year. Rie pointed out I had to first wet the cloth before wiping down the windows, which worked immediately as I saw the updated quest window.
I did receive a stat point during the course of the quest, however. When I decided to look for Rie for some guidance I received a notification message that stated:
[For thinking things through logically and making a rational decision, +1 INT.]
That wasn't bad at all, but I still failed the quest though. Grumbling to myself, I called out my status window to check out the newly added title. Really? Incompetent? How could I be expected to automatically learn how to do chores when I have never done anything remotely alike for my whole life?
[Incompetent: -20% for all EXP gained.]
WHAT THE FU- That's way too harsh just for failing one quest right? Is it permanent?
I continued my internal protests as I now lost all motivation to clean the stupid windows infront of me.
How do I get rid of that title? Goddamnit system, can you provide some help here?
Wait, could it possibly be…
"Help."
Nothing happened.
"Menu. Settings. Options." I rapidly fired through a few more prompts but no dice.
"Grr… Skills."
[Skills]
[Gamer's Body] LVL: MAX
Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game.
After sleeping in a bed, HP and MP is fully restored and status effects are cured.
No physical injuries will be taken from attacks, only pain for a few seconds and loss of HP.
[Gamer's Mind] LVL: MAX
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through
Allows peaceful state of mind
Immunity to mental disorders
The gamer's body and gamer's mind skill worked as I expected it to.
"How about Inventory."
The classic translucent blue screen appeared again, this time containing a grid like structure containing 5x5 squares. Nothing was in it except three items within.
Hand-me-down shirt [E]
Durability: 3/5
Hand-me-down shorts [E]
Durability: 4/5
Worn sandals [E]
Durability: 4/5
Out of curiosity I slipped off the sandals and saw the [E] symbol beside the item disappear. That probably stood for equipped. This system is really not explaining anything at all. I was going to have to figure it all out on my own.
