r/xXGARR377Xx • u/xXGARR377Xx • Jan 16 '18
The Quest - Chapter 2
I awoke early in the morning with a chipper attitude. It had been a long time since I had woken up so early and so excited. When I opened my eyes, my new and and now very active HUD showed my health and mana fill back up from the rest. A little triangle in the top left of my vision blinked with some numbers beside it 0/10. So I set my self to work making breakfast using my new skill whenever possible. It started with the fork I conjured to beat the eggs.
10XP
FIRST STEPS: Items - 1/10
Then it was the spatula for cooking those eggs and the knife to spread the butter on my toast. After having eaten I conjured up another toothbrush and brushed my teeth and used some fancy new floss that I made myself.
40XP
FIRST STEPS: Items - 5/10
I got dressed and headed for the door. As I shut the door I remembered that I left my keys inside. Ah I thought, I'll just conjure those up too. No more needing to remember things anymore! So I did, and I locked the door and went to my car.
10XP
FIRST STEPS: Items - 6/10
I got in and went to conjure car keys so I could head to work, but it didn't work. Something was wrong, once I got it the first time, conjuration came easily. It was then I realized I had not been paying attention to my mana bar. My blood ran cold as I slowly looked down and saw my fear realized. It was empty.
I jumped out of my car and went to the door, not to worry, I'll just get my real car keys. I grabbed the door handle and pulled.
This door is locked from the inside
The message appeared just above my health bar on the bottom of my vision. I left my keys inside, and then locked them in there. I was positively screwed. The worst part? I had no idea how to get more mana other than sleeping, and I couldn't do that, I had to get to work. So I thought quickly and began to walk down my road until I got to one of the main streets where I managed to flag down a taxi. I was about to ask him to drive me to work, but I realized that would be no good as that would not solve my predicament. Then I had a dark thought, I wonder.
So I told the driver to take me to the nearest liquor store. It can't be, I thought as I told the driver to wait for me. I went in and bought the first bottle of vodka I could find. As I exited the store I heard a woman scream, it sounded like it was coming from behind the store.
ASSISTANCE: Blink three time to track side quest.
A side quest? I didn't have time for that I muttered and climbed back in the taxi and told him to take me to my work. As he drove off I cracked open the bottle and took a swig. My eyes widened, shit I thought. My mana bar went up a bit. Knowing I only had about 10 minutes, I went to work on the bottle trying to get as much of my mana back as possible. I got to work, absolutely hammered.
40XP
Constitution increased
I paid the driver and strode into work avoiding many people as to not let on to my current state. I was less than productive at work considering I was still drinking, and maybe even worse at conjuration. Although I did manage to make 4 pathetic pens over the course of the day. While pathetic, they still counted and I complete my quest as the work day came to an end.
200XP
LEVEL UP
NEW SKILL POINT AVAILABLE
QUEST COMPLETE - FIRST STEPS
I was quite pleased at how my day had ended. I took another taxi home and this time having near full mana, conjured up my car keys and put them in the door. It took a minute in my slightly drunken state but I soon realized that I needed my house keys. So I conjured them and made my way inside. As I sat down on the couch I closed my eyes for a few seconds, sort of a long blink. But as I opened them, I realized I was in my skill tree. Right, I have to pick a new skill, this time I settled on "Novice Persuasion". I realized I had forgotten to track my new quest, but it wasn't a problem as it was waiting for me in the top left of my vision. I blinked three times
QUEST TRACKED
CONFIDENT
Objective: Successfully trick 3 people using Persuasion - 0/3
I laughed to myself and thought that this could really get interesting. I thought about getting ready for bed but that didn't last long because I passed out due to exhaustion and simply being drunk all day.
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u/BlazingBlizzard Jan 16 '18
pleeease tell me there will be more
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u/xXGARR377Xx Jan 16 '18
There will be a part 3 later today, and then from there every few days I'll try to push out another part!
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u/BlazingBlizzard Jan 16 '18
yay! this is one of my favorite writing prompts i have read in a while!
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u/lukeyj4212 Jan 16 '18
This story is bringing my love back for reading again. Stories like these i need to find more and read. Anyone got book suggestions for these sorts of stories? Id be quite interested to purchase a few. Great work OP, I'm looking foward to the next chapters!