What seemed like an eternity passed from Hyro’s perspective, he could not move, could not talk, he could not do anything but stare at those words. System Initiated that part was easy enough to understand, he was trying to activate the Adventurer’s System after all. Welcome Hyro, We have been waiting for you. Who was waiting for him and how did they know his name? After what had to be hours the words finally faded away and Hyro was left in complete darkness before seeing a new prompt, now instead of just floating the words appeared to be written in a giant floating book in front of Hyro.
CHARACTER SHEET
Not everything in his so called character sheet was filled out, in fact most seemed to be empty or having some sort of issue. While staring at it more words started to pop up and the sheet updated itself. First, Hyro saw a prompt appear over the abilities section, “SETTING TO BASE POINTS, ADJUSTING BASED OFF OF INTERNAL READINGS AND ASSESSMENT.” Next Hyro saw all of the numbers just to a ten except for Luck, which showed a zero, then all of the numbers started to fill in. The Skills and Spells stopped showing the word Error but did not look much more promising. What caught Hyro’s attention was the Achievement and Quest sections. They both had the word NEW next to them, and when Hyro shifted his focus to them he heard a voice in his head, somewhat robotic but slightly sinister. “New Achievements. New Quests” After observing all of the changes taking place Hyro looked over all of the information again, completely shocked to see some of the things written about him.
CHARACTER SHEET
Hyro looked over every piece of new information available to him, he may not understand it all, but he can still commit it to memory. As he is focusing on each area, some words open another description page with some more information. NAME: THE NAME THAT YOU ARE KNOWN TO BY TO OTHERS. AGE: THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU HAVE BEEN ALIVE ON ORABIS. RACE: THE LINEAGE(S) THAT YOU ARE CONNECTED TO. CLASS: THE ROLE AND ABILITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOCUSED ON. LEVEL: THE ACCUMULATION AND PRACTICE OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. That is all pretty basic, I hope no one can see this information though, it will blow my cover, Hyro thought as he continued looking through.
ABILITIES: DIFFERENT METRICS AND GAUGES THAT REPRESENT A BEINGS TALENTS. BASE FOR MOST BEING’S IS 10 IN ALL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES AND IS 0 FOR LUCK. STRENGTH: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE'S PHYSICAL POWER. DEXTERITY: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE’S AGILITY, REFLEXES, BALANCE AND SPEED. VITALITY: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE’S LIFE FORCE AND ENDURANCE. WISDOM: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE’S COMMON-SENSE, PERCEPTION AND SELF DISCIPLINE. INTELLIGENCE: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE’S ABILITY TO LEARN AND RETAIN INFORMATION ABOUT A VARYING DEGREE OF TOPICS. CHARISMA: THE GAUGE TO MEASURE ONE’S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. LUCK: THE GAUGE USED TO MEASURE ONE’S LUCK. I guess that I should be happy that almost all of my abilities are above the base of ten… but why is my Luck such a high number and what does it mean? I have never really felt lucky. Hyro again found himself again hoping that no one was able to see his information, or that he could hide it somehow. Maybe I can find a way to ask Buck or the other staff more information about that.
ACHIEVEMENTS: A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU HAVE EARNED OR WERE GIVEN. NEW ACHIEVEMENTS: NEW ADDITIONS TO THIS AREA SINCE YOU HAVE LAST OPENED THE CHARACTER SHEET. Hyro spent a long time looking over his apparent Achievements. Unfortunately the achievements themselves had no more information for him than what he could see. What did the system mean by Reborn? Did I die somehow, or is this something everyone who gets the system uses? Reborn into the System maybe? Hyro had a thirst to find more information. Chaos Magic really drew his attention. So that must be how I used actual Magic in the Tournament. Why did it never activate before? How can I use this again? What constitutes a crisis? Eager to test this out and have real magic at his disposal, Hyro kept investigating. Luck of the draw, there goes the System saying I have Luck again, but what Entity is interfering with me? I wish there was more information. Against the Grain and below the fold makes sense at least, even I was not sure I would make it this far. Achievements seem to be easy to get, I just got the System and already have four. Hopefully I will gain more power as I unlock more achievements.
CURRENCY: THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU HAVE, LOCAL CURRENCY IS TANGIBLE AND IS COMPRISED OF COPPER, SILVER, GOLD AND PLATINUM. 10 COPPER = 1 SILVER, 10 SILVER = 1 GOLD AND 10 GOLD = 1 PLATINUM. ADVENTURER WORLD CURRENCY (AWC) IS INTANGIBLE AND IS CALLED CONTRIBUTION. IT IS AWARDED BY THE SYSTEM FOR DIFFERENT QUESTS OR ACHIEVEMENTS AND HOW MUCH YOU ASSISTED IN THEM. Well that is obvious I have little to no currency, it is no secret I do not come from money, but what is contribution? Is one hundred contribution a good amount? More questions to ask the staff at Terraqua. SKILLS AND SPELLS: A LIST OF SKILLS AND SPELLS AVAILABLE TO YOU PROVIDED YOU KNOW THE PROPER WORD OF POWER. No spells is what I would expect to see, but why is there an infinity sign next to my inactive spells? Does that have to do with my Chaos Magic Achievement?
Finally Hyro looked into the Quests in as much detail as he could. QUESTS: A LIST OF SYSTEM OR PERSONAL TASKS WITH POTENTIAL REWARDS LISTED. NEW QUESTS: NEW ADDITIONS TO THIS AREA SINCE YOU HAVE LAST OPENED THE CHARACTER SHEET. Adventuring 101 and Become Classy have to be ones that every Adventurer starts with, they seem fairly basic and straightforward. The Luck of Chaos is more confusing, I have never heard of the Order of Chaos before, but I guess that's why my quest is to find out more information on them. Hyro tried to focus on many more parts, such as the Variable reward and the infinity Symbol next to the inactive spells but he was not able to get anything more out of this sheet. While not everything had more information and not all of it was useful Hyro must have spent at least an hour going into as much detail as he could. After he got all of the information that he could get more words appeared below his page.
FINALIZE CONNECTION TO THE SYSTEM?
YES NO
Hyro focused on the YES and a white light started emitting from it until it encapsulated his whole vision. What seemed like only seconds later Hyro was able to open his eyes, He was laying on his back on the bed that was in the room. Buck was standing right over him, he appeared to be checking Hyro’s vital signs and consulting a book that he had open on the desk. “Am… Am I still alive?” Hyro croaked out, his voice horse. Buck jumped up and looked at him, “Yes you are alive boy, but in all my years as an adventurer, teacher and headmaster I have never seen or heard of any System integration taking as long as yours or affecting you the way it did.” Buck said while handing Hyro a glass of water which he graciously took. “Sip, do not chug that, now, I am going to need to do more of an analysis before I can let you go for the rest of the day to familiarize yourself with the System.” Buck grabbed a small rod from the desk “Revelare!” Hyro suddenly saw a popup window in his vision
BUCK IS TRYING TO VIEW YOUR INFORMATION USING A TOOL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AND STOP VIEWING ACCESS? (CHANCE OF SUCCESS 5%).
YES NO
Hyro has not known Buck that long and wanted to trust him, but was not sure what he should do. Only five percent chance, it is not like I really have a chance anyway. But I could try, just to see what happens. Hyro focused on YES and another screen was shown.
BUCK HAS OVERPOWERED YOU AND HAS BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION… LUCK OF THE DRAW ACTIVATES. YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE ACHIEVEMENT, QUEST OR SPELL TO CONCEAL FOR THE NEXT 1 HOUR.
Only one, if I pick Chaos magic he will still see that I don't have any spells. The Luck of the Draw and The Luck of Chaos still would not hide the fact that his Luck was so high. No matter how Hyro thought it through, there was no great option. Then He had a thought and quickly focused on the infinity symbol next to inactive spells.
OPTION SELECTED ∞ HAS BEEN HIDDEN AND REPLACED WITH NONE FOR 1 HOUR.
“Hmmm interesting.” Buck muttered to himself while looking at screens only he could see. “Did something happen when you integrated into the System? Not only do you have achievements and quests I have never seen, especially from someone still in training, but you have no spells, something called Chaos magic…” Buck trailed off in thought and started transcribing Hyros character sheet onto a piece of paper. What he wrote down was exactly how Hyro saw it, except for the inactive spells, which Buck wrote as showing ‘NONE’. Buck then showed the paper to Hyro, “It is important to know how we can train you, or if we can train you, is this exactly what you see?” Hyro wrestled with his options, Should I tell Buck that the System let me hide something? Is there a reason the system let me hide a fact about my sheet, or was it just random luck? “Yeah that looks like what I see.”
Buck stared at the paper with Hyro’s information on it getting lost in thought. Pulling out a small pen looking item and holding it to his lips Buck spoke with an amplification that somehow made it seem like his voice was everywhere, similar to this morning, “All Academic and administrative staff please report to Exam Room four immediately.” Buck put the item away without another word. Hyro was unsure if he should say anything but within a few minutes the small room was crowded with the Staff of the Academy. When everyone was situated Buck handed the sheet to Tracey, “Tracey, please make copies of this for everyone that will deteriorate in ten minutes, that should be more than enough time for everyone to go over everything.” Tracey took the paper and, tracing a line on her palm, “Tempus Exemplum ten.” She said as the paper glowed and she started handing it out to everyone in the room. Did Tracey keep the original document? Maybe Buck has her organize documentation on students. Hyro thought as everyone looked over the information. Hurly was the first to speak up, “Aye did he get a broken System? We have seen him use his spells and no one has ever been documented with one hundred luck, it just is not sustainable.” Buck responded quickly, “I checked his system, it is no glitch or accident, it appears this Order of Chaos is manipulating the boy for some reason.” The room fell quiet for a long moment as those words hung in the air. “Who is the Order of Chaos?” Hyro finally worked up the courage to ask. “I have no idea.” All of the adults said in an almost perfect unison.
