Chapter 17: What happened last night?
Chapter 17
Monday, December 22,2012
7:38 am
(Ivan's POV)
I open my eyes and I'm immediately greeted with a headache. I slowly sit up and I feel like my stomach was about to explode. I take deep breaths until I feel better. When the pain subsided, I start to look around, one thing I noticed at first was that the place was almost all white. Other than that, I see that I was on a couch that was backed up against a wall. I look to my left and see a window that showed that the room I was in was high in the air. On my right there was a kitchen with a kitchen island in the middle.
I get up from the couch and my headaches suddenly gets worse. I feel something come up my throat and I try to hold it in. I run to the kitchen sink and I open my mouth. Vomit comes out of my mouth and I stand there vomiting for a what seemed like a long time. When I my stomach was finally emptied out, I quickly start gasping for air. For some reason this made a box appear.
Thanks to you doing a specific action you unlocked a new skill!
Lvl1 (32%)Alcohol Resistance- You are immune to alcohol, except you can't finish half a bottle without getting drunk. You are such a light weight.
H-how? You know what I don't want to think about. I take my head out of the sink and start wondering around the apartment for a way out.
After a few minutes of searching the apartment I noticed that the apartment had jewelry laying around the place. Without thinking I grabbed every piece of jewelry I saw. I going to make so much money off this. When I was done collecting the jewelry, I start looking for the exit. It took me a few minutes to kind it, but when I did, I quickly ran out of the apartment.
I took a few steps until I started to lose my balance. I look down and notice that I was still in my eighteen-year-old form. How do I even survive in the future with this height? I really wish I could be a lot shorter, its kind of hard keeping my balance with this height. I slow down to a jog until I got used to my new height. I find an elevator and I get in. I go to the first floor and I had to wait a few minutes until the door opened. When the doors opened, I saw that even the lobby looked fancy. The floors were made out of marble and there was even some expansive looking paintings on the walls.
I walk to the entrance of the apartment complex and wonder, 'How did I get here?' I walk out of the complex and immediately see that I was in front in Lake Michigan. My eyes widen and I immediately start to panic.
"Norridge is nowhere near here!" Norridge was pretty much on the other side of Chicago! Okay, Okay just calm down. On the bright side, Christmas Break just started! I somehow calm myself down and I begin to think of how to get back to the little village called Norridge. Should I take the bus? My thoughts were interrupted as a box appeared in front of me.
New Quest!
Get back to Norridge!
Rewards:
250 xp
$30
Map of Chicago
Possible failure consequences:
Death
You'll never see Norridge again
Accept?
Yes
No
I click yes, and then I start looking for the nearest library. I walk aimlessly until I somehow run into the Near North Branch Chicago Public Library. I walk inside and I sit down at a computer. I type in Norridge and I find directions on google maps. I study it for a while until I decide to take out my math notebook and a pencil. I draw the map in my notebook, after a little bit of me constantly erasing my drawing, I was able to complete it. I look down at it and I cringe at my drawing. My drawing looks like I was in a moving car with potholes in it while I was also having a seizure. I notice a box appear and I put all my attention to it.
Thanks to you doing a specific action, unlocked a new skill!
Lvl0(12%) Drawing (Personal style)- You can draw, hooray for you. Just maybe don't draw often, no one wants to see your work of art.
I feel my pride shatter when I read this. I tear out the page and I start again. I don't know how much time passed but I stopped drawing until I was satisfied with my drawing. I look at the map and notice a huge improvement in my drawing. Unlike before this drawing looked almost identical to the map on the screen, I even could make out where the places were at. I smile and I feel a wave of accomplishment wash over me. Even my new skill leveled up ten times! I tear out the page and I get up from my chair, I walk out of the library; I stare at the map and try to figure out which way I should I go. I was finally able to figure out where to go but when I decide to not waste any more time and I follow the map.
Hopefully it doesn't take me more than one day to get to Norridge
Monday December 22, 2012
9:02 am
I stare at my map and I let out a sigh. How did I get lost? I look around and I couldn't tell if I was in a alley or if I was in a neighborhood. I guess it was an alley if you think about it. The street was about 5 feet across, but it also had houses with very tiny lawns. The houses themselves looked like a cabin. The alley didn't even have a lot of cabins, it like two cabins on each side.
I walk through the alley until I hear footsteps behind me. I look behind my shoulder just be safe, what I saw sent shivers up my spine. Behind me there was a small blue creature that only had one eye. The size of the creature didn't immediate me, it was about the height of my ten-year-old form. What did intimidate me was its face, its face had an unhealthy amount of wrinkles and its skin was sagging. I try to summon Anenoid, but I notice that I didn't have my ring on. It opened its mouth and I try not to gag at the sight of it. I swear its mouth was even worse than its face. Its teeth were yellow, and there were gaps in between the teeth. To my surprise the creature actually said something.
"Do you want to sumo wrestle me?" Of course, I don't that's a stupid question. Just to be safe I use Inspect on it.
Ao bōzu- Lvl69
Description- A type of Yokai that is very dangerous. In Japanese folklore it approaches young woman late at night and asks them, "Would you like to be hung by your neck?" If they ignore him, don't answer, or answer yes, it attacks the woman with lighting fast speed and knocks her out, then it hangs her by the neck with by the neck. If they answer no they disappear without a trace. They also kidnap children who are playing in the open and they challenge people to sumo matches. Their physical appearance are usually depicted as a blue one eyed priest that is the size as a small child.
Hp:150/150
Stamina:800/800
Mp:1200/1200
Str:990
Dex:1005
Vit:567
Wis:760
Int:905
Luc:230
Why is that little thing so strong? I don't think I should his accept his challenge, I think if I accepted, I might be thrown across the city. Should I fight it, or run away? If I run away it would just catch up to me, on the other hand it might be completely useless in a fight. I can already tell I don't have a way out of this situation. I guess I have to accept his challenge, maybe if I lose I won't get killed.
"S- sure." The Ao bōzu spreads his legs and I do the same. Every bone in my body tells me to run, I ignore the feeling and I get ready to be thrown. The creature puts its arms around my body, somehow it lifts me up into the air. I knew I should have ran away! I don't even know how to wrestle! I feel my feet leave the ground while it starts to bear hug me. I let out a groan as I feel my spine getting crushed. Suddenly I get dropped to the floor. Where the hell did it go?
Out of nowhere I see someone appear in front of me. I look up and see that it was Jana Saxe standing over me with a gun in her hand. God dammit! I thought I would never see her again. Hopefully she thinks that I'm someone else. I notice that her eyes were red, almost like she was just recently crying.
"Ivan Torres where were you yesterday." Her voice quivers and I try not to look at her. For some reason this angers her, and she smacks me in the nose with her gun. My head turns to the side, I raise my hand to my nose and feel blood flowing from it. I ignore the pain and I give her an answer.
"I was in a dungeon yesterday." She presses her gun into my forehead, and she puts her foot on my chest. I get forced onto the ground and I hear her scream.
"Don't lie to me! You are the only person who knows where my sister is!" How dumb can she be? Anyone with a Soul ability that gathers information can find your sister. Hell why are you even upset about me knowing where she is, she's probably still safe. I close my eyes and I start to think about what may have happened to make her upset. Since she said something about her sister, maybe she was murdered. Maybe someone wanted revenge on her and decided to kill her sister Well she does sell people for a living, I bet there are some people who would do anything to get revenge on her, I guess one of those ways is doing something to her sister. I take a deep breath and I hope what I'm about to say won't trigger her.
"Did your sister just die? If she did, I had nothing to do with it. I'm just trying to train."
"Well someone killed her. I know you did it." So I was right!
"Didn't your sister have cancer? She probably died from that."
"I doubt cancer causes stab wounds." I see tears start to form in her eyes, after a while her tears fall onto me. Ew! If you're going to cry do it somewhere else that isn't on me.
"I don't even know what room your sister is in, I only know the hospital. Anyone with an ability for gathering information can easily find where your sister is." She quickly calms down and she gets off me. I quickly wipe off the tear stains off my face. Suddenly a box appears. What could it possibly be about now?
New Quest!
Find the killer of Jana's sister!
Rewards:
750 xp
$500
Jana's trust
New skill
15 to Int
+15 to Wis
Possible failure consequences:
You get brutally murdered
Jana sells you as a slave
Jana makes you her slave
Nothing happens
Accept?
Yes
No
Why does death always have to be a consequence? I click yes and I see Jana starts to walk away. I guess I should ask her if she will let me help her find the killer.
"Jana wait!" She turns arounds with her eyes looking like she wants to end it all. "If its okay with you, can I help you find the killer?"
She looks at me with a skeptical look in her eyes. I feel my body tense up and I wonder if she would let me help. "Why would you want to help me?"
C'mon I need an excuse! "I don't know if the killer was just doing it randomly or if it was a grudge against you. But it could be me the next time and I don't want to take that chance."
She scoffs and she turns her body away from me. "Fine. Meet me at the Caffe Pronto tomorrow at Seven in the morning." With that being said she disappears. She could have at least given me a ride back to Norridge. Well she did help me with the Ao bōzu I take out my map, uh what street Am I on again?
Monday December 11,2012
11:32 am
I stared at my map until a box appeared. What now?
Quest Completed!
Rewards:
250 xp
$30
Map of Chicago
I look around and I start to notice some parts of Norridge. I close the box and start to jog to Dominique's apartment. This bastard better have a good excuse as to why I ended up on the other side of Chicago.
I reach his apartment and I walk up to his apartment door. I turn the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge. I get frustrated and I think about breaking down the door with Wind's Cannon. I raise my hand up to the door until I suddenly remember the skill Shadow Picking. I make a shadow by making my body block the lights, then I raise my hand to the lock and send a shadow into it. A few moments later I hear a click. I turn the knob and open the door.
I step inside the apartment and I walk into the living room. I call out for Dominque, but I got no answer. I walk to the couch, but I notice my ring on the table. I pick it up and put it on my ring finger. Instantly I hear Anenoid scream in my head.
"Why did you leave me here! It was so boring here!" I wince from how loud his voice was.
"I somehow ended up on the other side of Chicago." I get no response from him. I wonder if he knows anything? "Do you know what happened when I passed out?"
"You didn't pass out. You just kind of started to act like a zombie, you know mindless and stuff like that." I think of what happened last night and I remember of the water bottle Dominque gave to me. I feel my chest tighten and I feel tears form in my eyes. Why would Anenoid do that?
Before any more tears formed, I feel Gamer's Mind activate. I walk out of the apartment and I decide to go live somewhere else. Should I go back to my tent back at Wal-Mart? I sigh and I remember how used I was to sleeping on the couch. I will miss that couch. I walk through the town until I remember about the Ao bōzu. If Jana wasn't there I would've died. I should train more. I decide to go back to the dungeon instead of going back to my tent. I get to the entrance of the dungeon and decide to try to at least get to the third hallway before leaving.
Hopefully the second hallway isn't that bad.
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