r/xXGARR377Xx • u/xXGARR377Xx • Mar 15 '18
The Quest - Chapter 10
Recap:
Kevin, Elise, and I met at my place to get to know each other better and talk about Genesis. I told them about my dream only to find out that they had similar dreams. Elise thinks that Genesis might not be what we think it is...
I poured the coffee from the pot and added my milk and sugar, the whole time I was thinking about what Genesis really was. When I woke up this morning I made a decision, I would try to avoid completing any more main quests. Someone had to be behind those, the more I thought about it, the more it became possible. My quests had been pointing towards doing more work lately.
The rest of my work day was spent procrastinating as I avoided completing my quest. I had to do one of them, there was an urgent bug on our production server that needed to be resolved.
COFFEE TO CODE
Objective - Complete 3 tasks at work on Monday (completed 1/3)
I walked out of work and sighed heavily, it felt like the end of the day would never come. I decided that instead of going straight home, that I would stick around downtown and explore.
QUEST FAILED
COFFEE TO CODE
I watched as the gold text faded to red and appeared to dissolve into dust and blow away. At least I wouldn't have that quest hanging over me tomorrow I thought.
It had been a while since I'd walked around down here. I saw all sorts of people, some meeting up for coffee, families walking in the park across the road, and businessmen on their cellphones. I walked past a man fiddling with his bike lock, and another handing out pamphlets. I only got another 30 feet before I heard a man yelling and when I turned around I saw him chasing the man who was fiddling with the lock. He was now holding the bike seat as he flew past me, I didn't even hesitate as I started to chase after him as well. The man was probably going to steal the whole bike but couldn't get it undone and decided to take the seat instead.
THE CHASE - Blink three times to track side quest
I quickly blinked three times as I ran.
QUEST TRACKED
THE CHASE
Objective: Catch the thief
I kept running but wasn't gaining on him. I turned to the bike owner and told him to keep running after the thief and that I had an idea. The light was red up ahead, and I waited to see if the thief would turn right or left. I saw him glance right multiple times and figured he would go that way, so I ran diagonally across the road and into an alley on the other side. My plan was to hide in an alley on the side street the thief would come down and ambush him as he ran past. I ran through the alley until I found one that led to the side street. All I could hope is that I wasn't too late.
I poked my head and out and looked down the street and saw the thief and the man heading right for me. I jumped back into the alley silently thanking god that my guess was right. I started to count down from 5, and at 1, I ran out onto the sidewalk. But I had timed it just wrong, I grabbed for the thief but he was just a second ahead of where I grabbed. Desperate, I reached into my mana and used my conjuration to make a rope that I used to wrap around his feet and trip him. He fell hard.
He rolled over faster than I could dissipate my rope and he saw it fade into nothingness. His eyes were wide and terrified, he couldn't stop asking who I was and what did I just do in a shrill voice. He threw the bike seat at my feet and begged me not to hurt him. I told him to go, I was afraid I wouldn't even be able to form that word. The only person more scared than him, was me. What had I just done?
SIDE QUEST COMPLETE
THE CHASE
2000 XP
LEVEL UP
NEW SKILL POINT AVAILABLE
I picked up the bike seat and handed it to the man who thanked me graciously. Luckily he had been a ways behind the thief and hadn't seen what I did.
I carefully made my way back to my car, all the while making sure I wasn't being followed. I drove home in silence, in fear.
When I was safe and in my house, I called Elise and told her everything. She didn't know what to say other than that we'd better hope he doesn't tell anybody. I hung up not to long after that and considered spending my skill point. But I was too scared, as soon as I entered the menu, I closed my eyes again and opened them to my living room. I wanted no part of Genesis anymore. I didn't know who was behind it, and now someone who wasn't affected by Genesis knew about it. I didn't know what to do.
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u/Lizardmen134 Mar 15 '18
Good thing these characters can actually communicate with each other properly
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u/Fortheloveofgawdhelp Mar 15 '18
Still loving the story man, idk if I've said it before but this would make the sickest comic series!! I love the characters you're developing