2 Reawakening
My eyes flutter open as I breathe in the cold damp air. 'Am… am i dead…?' I slowly sit up, groaning in pain as my torso feels a ghost pain from the crash. The cold stone slab beneath me chills my bare skin… 'wait… stone slab? Why am i not in a hospital?' I glance around and notice I'm in a circular room, there seems to be a small rickety wooden desk with a simple piece of parchment laying perfectly in the center, a small white candle illuminating the paper. I slowly get off the slab, the chilled air making me shiver. On the paper read one simple phrase…
"Begin a new life?"
'What is this? Some prank show? No way i can really start a new life… what am i gunna do? Be Reborn into some fantasy bullshit world? Sure. Ill play along…'
I grab the parchment and hold it in front of me. "Yes"
I wait for something, anything to happen but nothing does. "Hello? I agree to a new life…"
Still nothing… but wait… whats the red writing thats appearing? A name? I place? No its for sure a name, 'Jack Tradesman… who is this Jack Tradesman?'
I feel a warm surge of energy flow into my body before my vision goes dark. I blink yet it doesn't help, before my eyes or maybe in my mind i see letters form, at first they make no sense, before they rearrange into a sentence that makes sense.
"Welcome to the world of Kefari, you've been chosen to be reborn, may you find success in this dangerous world."
'What the fuck is this? This has got to be some sort of joke, but i give them props, making this seem very real…'
The air changes noticeably, i smell fresh air from a meadow, the sun beats down on my face and body, warming me. My vision fades and and confirms what me nose and skin told me. I look around to see a grassy meadow, not a single tree in sight yet tons of different plants all around me. I look down and see i have no clothes as in the upper left corner of my vision i see something like a game quest pop up appear…
"Gather plants: gather some of the local flora to unlock their secrets.
Rewards: 10 XP, 2 crafting blueprints."
"Interesting…." I stand up and see a variety of plants… "if this is like a game maybe these red plants are medical? And maybe the white ones might help me with clothing?" I approach a group of red plants and grasp them firmly in my hands and pull.
The plants dissipate as they leave the ground and a notification pops up in the bottom right corner of my vision, "5x Heeth Bloom gathered, added to inventory."
"Ok then… time to gather some white ones i guess…"
Upon collecting the white plants the same thing happens "5x Coffen Bloom collected. Added to inventory."
I walk around gathering more and more of the plants before a satisfying sounds rings in my ears, i see that the quest is completed and watch the read out.
"Quest completed, you have been rewarded 10 XP and 2 random blueprints related to gathering.
Rolling rewards…
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Blueprints rewarded, Common healing salve unlocked in crafting, Common thread refinement unlocked in crafting.
Congrats! You've unlocked the inventory and crafting tabs! You can now also access your status menu at any time, be warned, while entering your status window or related tabs will slow down time, it will not come to a complete stop, you will still be able to take damage and be affected by status effects."
'Great… sounds similar to that one game franchise, what was it? Nuke town? I don't remember, all I remember is they made two back to back almost, one was good as it followed the single player aspects but changed to a slowed time inventory system, the other was an absolute failure at launch and received a lot of hate, partially because it was online but mostly because of all the bugs and glitches… whatever… how to open this status menu then?'
As i finish the sentence and think about opening the status tab i see it pop up in my vision, the background beings semi transparent and i can see the plants wave in slow motion from the slight breeze… 'seems time really does slow…' i read along the main stats:
Name: Jack Tradesman
Level: 1
Experience: 10/50
Class: None
HP: 10
Mana: 5
Armour: 0
Strength: 5
Dexterity: 5
Constitution: 10
Wisdom: 5
Intelligence: 10
Charisma: 3
Skills: None
Titles: None
Passive Benefits: Second Chance
Inventory
Crafting
'Second chance as a passive benefit? Whats this?'
I mentally examine the word and a detailed menu pops up with the effect of the passive; "you've been given a second chance to make something of your life, your potential is unrestricted and you have no growth cap."
'No growth cap? Does that mean others falter after a while? And un restricted potential… that sounds… interesting…'
Just then im scared as an alert pops up for a new quest.
"Near by dungeon detected,
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Floors: 2
Bosses: 3
Enemy types: Goblins, Slimes
Rewards for clearing floors:
1st floor: 200 XP, mystery uncommon weapon, mystery uncommon helmet.
2nd floor: 1000 XP, Mystery Rare weapon, Mystery rare Chest Armour.
Do you accept?"
'Hell yeah i accept! First dungeon raid? Why not, lets see how far this prank really goes!' At this point i had become familiar enough to navigate the system screen mentally and with being able to accept the quest following similar principles as the inventory screen i readily accepted it. I notice a faint yellow mist appear before me leading presumably to the dungeon. Seeing as i had no weapons or armour I decided to gather more plants before checking my inventory.
Inventory:
Weapons;
Armour;
Crafting materials;
47X Heeth Bloom
24X Coffen Bloom
Valuables;
I returned to the main menus and went to the crafting menu where i saw my two available options
Common thread:
requirement's; 2X Coffen Bloom
Yield; 5X common Thread
Common Healing Salve:
Requirements; 5X Heeth Bloom
Yield; 2X Common Healing Salve
I quickly turned all my materials into thread and healing salves, thank god this wasn't like most games requiring a certain amount of time for these basic crafting recipes… but i doubt it would stay the same…
Inventory:
Weapons;
Armour;
Consumable's;
18x Healing Salves
Crafting materials;
2X Heeth Bloom
0X Coffen Bloom
60X Common Thread
Valuables;
'Neat… that should hopefully help i guess…'
I followed the trail to the dungeon and saw what looked like an old run down mine entrance almost. I cautiously opened the door and saw the immediate area was empty…
'time to go in i guess…'
