I feel like I’ve been drowned.
Why do I know what that feels like you may ask? Well, when I was 14, I ignored the warning sign on the beach sand that said “Warning: Rip Currents, Stay Clear of Brown Water” and got pulled out from the shore. It's a freaky experience really, no matter how much you fight the current you just get farther from shore and weaker as well. Lifeguard managed to reach me right after I sunk. The ungodly hours I spent on ocean safety was soul draining, but hey anyone's parents would be terrified after that.
Anyways,
Why am I ying halfway inside a pond feeling like a drowned rat? Last thing I remember was walking towards the tackle shop to pick out lures for an office retreat in the woods.
Sitting up after the shock wears off, I notice that I’m on a gravel beach in horseshoe shaped spot of still water next to a river. Surrounded by a seemingly endless number of evergreen trees that block out most of the sun, creating a sort of magical sight around the water as if the trees are pushed away from it. Laying a few yards away is a rather ft looking tangle of branches most likely driftwood from the current.
As I look around taking in this untouched wilderness that I woke up in, silver swirls of energy begin to glide from above and condense in front of me. I watch as after about a minute it shapes itself into a panel and text begins to write itself onto the silver square.
Rise and grind champion! The world isn’t going to loot itself! I stare baffled at what game bs I seem to have been dragged into.
Just kidding!
Not quite sure why so many of you little ones were sent towards this ball of chaos posing as a pnet but your here now!
But I’m give you some guidance to keep you busy bees alive while I do some investigating.
Sorry if you were dropped in a poor spot, but safely pcing nearly a billion humans is as hard as it sounds.
Chuckling softly at the antics from the voice behind the box, he noticed instinctual feeling of trust. As if this was the godmother that cared for him as a baby but couldn’t remember. That this person would do its best to care for him in this world, unafraid of pushing her children so they can grow. Feelings of care and nostalgia kept flooding my mind until the light disappeared, only now noticing that the light making up the screen had been flowing into my chest.
“What??..” Standing their confused struggling to process emotions that overcame me and the fact that silver light just flew into me.
As I stayed there regaining my thoughts, listening to the sound of the river flowing, a moment of crity strikes as I mutter “Guidance”.
Hello again kiddos!
If you're reading this it means you accepted the guidance and its amazing features (sorry about the mind muddling, divines tend to do that to mortals)
Anyways time for some expining,
Welcome to pnet Vestia, where the world’s energies have gone chaotic, causing dangers to lurk behind every corner with the surface constantly being rewritten. Until I can figure out who dropped you on my doorstep, I’ll be helping you bunch survive.
Now first thing to note is that the energies I mentioned are constantly rewriting the ndscape. With the Miasma destroying it and the Aether rebuilding it.
It sort of moves in waves meaning staying in one pce isn’t an option. Lucky for you Vestia is covered in moving bodies of water that aren’t affected by the waves.
So, for the timing being you and friends get to go on a river cruise.
Now... my powers aren’t infinite, so you’ll be mostly on your own until I’ve gathered enough energy to boost the Guidance.
Good Luck Everyone and...
please survive...
After reading the message, I look up staring at the river that I’m supposed to be going down. Watching the occasional branch race down in dumbfounded silence. Is this real I wonder? Then a moment of crity hits as a word pops in my mind and I mentally command it forth.
‘Status’
Name: Eli Carter Age: 22World Story: Protected Squib 0%
Race:HumanTraits:NoneBody:2, 0%Mind:3, 0% Magic:0, 0% Innate Abilities Eyes of the currentSkills None “Huh, sure is helpful information” I sarcastically mumble.
“Hey, why am I a Protected Squib? What even is World Story?” Almost yelling in protest at the jab. Quickly pausing as another screen pops up.
New Quest!
Quest (Personal): Time to Leave the Nest!
You’ve woken up on a random beach and need to get ah movin before the storm starts heading this way. Grab that pile of sticks!
Tasks:
Grab the pile of sticks and wish it into raft Make a makeshift oar Push off the bank and into the river (it's not as scary as it looks) Rewards:
Your very own Bonafide raft! Skill [Inspect]-Can’t expin everything can I? System Privileges Closing the window, I take a gnce at the pile of sticks that supposed to be my ticket out of here. I begin to walk through the sand as I say the first thought I had after reading that quest.
“How do you wish some sticks into a raft?”
TheMissingOtaku
