“Okay, let’s spend these skill points and get back to safety quickly,” Brian said.
Jack bought: Mana Manipulation: Rank 1
Lucas bought: Mana Generation: Rank 1
“I”ll decide what I get later when we’re safe. I have no idea what to get. And now that these skill points are so much hard...
2023-09-29 07:12:23 +0000 UTC
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“Finally!” Lucas yelled.
“Yes bitch! Let’s go!” Jack yelled.
“System, I love you baby,” Brian said.
They had no idea why, but the system finally gave them a challenge they could accomplish.
“Maybe it’s because we got this Mexican with us?” Brian said.
“I dunno. Or finally the system decided to ...
2023-09-28 03:45:51 +0000 UTC
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The team of three hispanic grinders were speaking in Spanish to each other.
“Can’t we just keep one of the crystals for ourselves?” one of them said.
The other three eyed him suspiciously.
“And then you take the crystal and snitch on us and get us killed like that other group?” the other one said.
“I’ll have...
2023-09-27 11:07:55 +0000 UTC
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“So my idea is this: We need to get more achievements. It seems like everyone and their mother in this game have more achievements than us. We saw with the 100 pushups that it isn’t even that hard, you just have to be creative. So I say this. Instead of grinding for silk and crystals, let’s try getting achievements,” Brian said.
...
2023-09-26 04:12:49 +0000 UTC
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“You wanna kiss my ass?” Lucas immediately said
“Bro,” Jack said.
“Sorry about that,” Brian said and shrugged.
“What do you mean team up against Fernando?” Jack said.
The stranger sighed. “My name is Steward. I’m the leader of a small group out of the Commercial District. You three boys are kind of a l...
2023-09-25 04:06:09 +0000 UTC
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I think I’m in love, Jack thought as he stared at Miranda’s cleavage.
“And then it fucking bit my fingers off!” Lucas said.
“No way!!! Oh my god, really? But, there’s no wolves in Greentown?” the cabaret girl next to Miranda said.
Jack saw Miranda give her an annoyed look. The other cabaret girl got the m...
2023-09-24 04:49:18 +0000 UTC
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“One, two, three, four,” they were chanting while moving the makeshift siege tower into the new zone.
Last time they went into a new zone farther inland it took a long time before they finally ran into a new monster.
“Oh shit! It’s here! Drop the tower now!” Brian yelled.
This time, it only took five steps before a mo...
2023-09-23 05:03:08 +0000 UTC
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“One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four,” Jack and Brian were chanting.
The contraption was heavy, so they needed breaks.
When they were inside the siege tower, they had to crouch.
“One,” Jack and Brian said. They grabbed the top of the siege tower with their hands and supported it on their ...
2023-09-22 09:23:38 +0000 UTC
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They stared at each other after getting the notification.
“I’m too tired for this shit. We can think about it tomorrow. Let’s head back to the Balloon zone and sleep,” Jack said.
“Sounds like a good plan,” Brian said.
Near where they cut down branches for spears they had sort of made a camp.
“It’s my turn....
2023-09-21 06:53:46 +0000 UTC
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… please choose a skill related to innovative warfare
“Okay, let’s think long and hard about this,” Jack said.
“What’s innovative warfare even?” Brian said.
“I have no idea. But when we ask for shit, let’s be very, very specific. We don’t want a repeat of what happened when you got that shie...
2023-09-20 04:02:14 +0000 UTC
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The air molecules of humans drifted into the Wolf Monster’s nose.
A hormonal cascade started inside its brain and it rushed off in the direction of the smell.
As it came closer, the smell became stronger.
It could see two humans in the distance. So it increased its speed.
Just before it was about to lunge for the one wh...
2023-09-19 04:16:24 +0000 UTC
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“No way Jose,” Jack said.
“Hello oh great system. This is what you would define as, FUCK NO! You tryna get us killed?” Brian said.
“We already have the fucking burritos after us. Now you want another super big gang try to kill us? Fuck you!” Jack said.
“What should we do? We need skill points. We need other challe...
2023-09-18 04:21:41 +0000 UTC
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Five Hispanic gang members were standing in the middle of the stone plaza.
“This is a waste of time,” one of them said in Spanish.
“We wouldn’t have to do this shit if Rodrigo and Hernandaz weren’t drunk when those white trash left the metal building,” another one said in Spanish.
“What a waste of time. Three redn...
2023-09-17 04:11:52 +0000 UTC
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“Mhmm… Is that so… Well, I think we won’t do that,” Eugene said.
“The fuck you saying! You want Fernando to hear about this!” the hispanic gang member said.
“Yeah sure, go on ahead. You can tell him. The agreement was neutrality. I don’t see why I should waste my time chasing a bunch of nobodies. I’ve got shiz to ...
2023-09-16 06:42:06 +0000 UTC
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It looked very ugly. It reminded Jack of a mummy. The way the skin had turned black around where that big wolf bit off Lucas’ fingers.
“Fuck that’s gross,” Jack said. He looked away.
“Okay, we’ve gotta change plans again. Lucas, let’s try what we talked about. Using Jack’s mana to power the blueprint.”
They ex...
2023-09-15 04:34:37 +0000 UTC
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“These mana waves aren’t dense enough. We can’t do anything with them,” Brian said.
“And we can barely control them. Takes forever to even get a little bit into this damn blueprint,” Lucas said.
Lucas thought for a moment.
“Maybe we should try with Jack’s mana. It was way denser than this shit out here,” Lucas...
2023-09-14 05:47:05 +0000 UTC
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After the adrenaline wore off, the pain kicked in.
After they realized he was missing fingers, they grabbed Lucas and rushed to the safer Balloon Monster territory. Then Jack and Brian quickly used the first aid kit on Lucas’ left hand where he was missing 4 fingers. They disinfected the wounds and wrapped it in gauze. It took a while be...
2023-09-14 05:41:56 +0000 UTC
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“Let’s think about this first,” Brian said.
“What’s there to think about? We need those skill points,” Jack said.
“It’s too dangerous. We know jack shit about what’s out there,” Brian said.
“Listen, the only way we can get skill points to spend is by completing those challenges. The skill crystals are shit...
2023-09-12 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Both groups froze for two seconds. Then the dozen gang members rushed towards Jack, Brian and Lucas.
Brian pulled out his gun and shot at the oncoming gang members.
“Run! Run! Pull out your QR codes!” Brian yelled and pushed them back inside the metal building and slammed the door shut behind him.
They ran down the hallway ...
2023-09-11 03:26:56 +0000 UTC
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And now, it was finally time to unlock mana.
“So I’ve been thinking about this a lot,” Jack said, “the system is kind of tricky. When Brian asked for that defense skill, it just gave him something related to it but not exactly what he wanted. I think we have to be very specific with what we ask for. But I also have another strategy...
2023-09-10 02:47:48 +0000 UTC
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“I hope this one is finally a useful one,” Brian said.
“Please don’t jinx it,” Lucas said.
All three agreed that it was Brian’s turn to get a skill crystal.
“I just squeeze it like this?” Brian said, and squeezed the crystal.
It popped and yellow energy went into his hand.
Right Arm Increased...
2023-09-09 05:36:44 +0000 UTC
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The three hispanics heard Brian yell after Jack, and easily spotted Jack running towards them with a knife in his hand.
One of them dropped his backpack and took a stance with a machete. The other two followed his lead, though forgot to drop their backpacks. One of them pulled out a baseball bat. The other one pulled out a golf club.
2023-09-09 05:36:00 +0000 UTC
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The skill crystal cracked, and warm, yellow energy ran up into Jack’s arm.
Python (programming language): Rank 1
“Are you kidding me?” Jack said, and chuckled.
“What? Another useless skill like this shield skill?” Brian said.
“Ehm… I still think that shield skill isn’t useless, but yeah ki...
2023-09-09 05:35:24 +0000 UTC
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“... which defends me,” Brian said.
This was the first time Brian was getting a skill and he had secretly been jealous of Lucas and Jack already getting skills, so he was excited for this.
Jack and Lucas looked on with excitement as well.
“So what’d you get?” Jack said.
Brian was silent.
“What...
2023-09-09 05:34:29 +0000 UTC
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“We don’t have all day,” Brian said.
“Make something happen, I’m bored,” Jack said.
“Shut the fuck up and let me focus!”
Lucas was crouching next to a line of ants, with his arms out towards them, trying to activate his Insect Movement Control: Rank 1. Five minutes passed, and he was still faili...
2023-09-04 14:50:02 +0000 UTC
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+1 Skill Point
“Oh shit,” Jack said.
“What did you get?” Brian said.
“One skill point.”
The other two finished their challenges as well and also got 1 skill point each.
“Yes! Okay I’ll try to get something now, which skill should I choose?” Lucas said.
“No! We agreed that a...
2023-09-04 14:48:53 +0000 UTC
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Unlike the other times, a small yellow marble dropped.
Challenge: Kill 100 Balloon Monsters. Reward: ?
053/100
When the Balloon Monsters popped, they would leave behind some blue leather sheets only. But this time, there was a small yellow marble — or now that Jack was looking closer at it, a...
2023-09-02 13:32:00 +0000 UTC
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Knife Fighting: Rank 1
Suddenly, his vision and senses were overstimulated. Pure blue filled his eyes and he couldn’t tell up from down and the backside of his body was cold and pressed against something hard.
A warm feeling washed over him, especially his head, and then cooled down. Suddenly, foreign knowledge app...
2023-09-02 13:30:25 +0000 UTC
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I used the following prompt on DALL-E to make them: “POV camera angle realistic picture. Foreground: Hand holding knife. Middle ground: Balloon Monster with scary teeth and scary eyes looking at camera. Background: Forest”.
Afterwards I kept running variations until I got something I liked. ...
2023-09-01 03:46:04 +0000 UTC
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We were outside selling drugs to a group of homeless men.
“You should be careful, this is Fernando’s spot and I don’t think he’s gonna be very happy when he finds out you’ve been dealing here,” the homeless junkie said.
Brian looked over at Jack for some kind of confirmation. Jack just shrugged.
How should I kno...
2023-08-31 04:25:09 +0000 UTC
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