Everfree Survival (Comment driven story)
Chapter 9: Okay, do we get to visit the wizard now?
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThank the tree.
You get down on your knees and thank the tree profusely for killing your predecessor instead of you.
distribute a point to melee and a point to physical
[Melee has been increased to 1.]
[Physical has been increased to 2.]
sharpen simple spear
carefully sharpen knife
You find a flat rock and grind the spearhead with it for a while. Your spear is now sharper, but you wouldn't use it to shave. When you're done, you inspect it, and decide it would probably work for the knife too. You sharpen the knife. You think you could use that to shave.
examine materials inside first aid kit
examine materials inside sewing kit
close both kits
You examine the first aid kit and the sewing kit.
The first aid kit contains: Bandages (8cm wide, 10m in 2m rolls), gas mask, band-aid (plaster på godt Norsk), epinephrine self-injecting syringes (10x), scissors, needle with biodegradable thread (will dissolve if you leave it in your body), iodine, ammonia, ethanol, duct tape, tweezers, dietary supplement pills, and some miscellaneous items. You're not sure how it all fits in the kit, but it does. The magic of games, you suppose.
The sewing kit contains: Rolls of thread in the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and needles of varying sizes and shapes.
When you're done taking stock of your supplies, you close the kits and stow them back, leaving the first-aid kit in an easily reachable location.
meditate and expand personal awareness
check stats
You sit down and cross your legs, shouting "ohm!" at the tree now and then. It seems to take offense to the shouting and smacks you gently with a branch. Nonetheless, you're able to access your stats. It reminds you of the D&D system.
STR: 15
DEX: 13
CON: 13
INT: 14
WIS: 14
CHA: 11
diggy diggy hole.
You're not sure why, but you dig a hole and bury the skeleton.
"Help freeform mage."
Freeform mage
The laws of the cosmos bend to your will
Most spells are included as part of this skill
You can weave magic to do what you want
Within limits - there are things magic can't
Shout my speech at the admins.
You're angry. Grrrr! You rant out loud at the admins for being complete dicks to you.
"Hey assholes! Feel good about yourselves now? You have godlike powers in this universe, and I STILL fucking outsmarted you! This isn't a WIN. You're scared of me! You don't like that I'm messing with you, you don't like that I've seen through this simulation, do you!? You'd think you'd feel secure, what with the whole ability to REMAKE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AT YOUR WHIM and everything, but I guess that just isn't enough. Now you decide you're going to fuck with my head too. Well, at least that removes the possibility of some sort of military experiment. The army wouldn't be pussy enough to do this shit. You're just like DM's with a lot more power. BAD DM's. And like all bad DM's, you can't bear when someone goes against your plan. So here's how it is. If you want me to play by your rules...fine. I'll play. Will you at least tell me if I can use the butane? I have unlimited butane. I'm guessing if I find a way to abuse that shit, you're going to nerf that too, right? See that stick over there? I'm going to ignore it for a few minutes, and then go over and look at it. If there's one notch in the stick, I'll take that to mean "Yes, you may use the butane.". If there's two, I'll take that as a no.
See... I don't really care about this anymore. I was enjoying the idea of actually testing myself against gods. But this isn't testing myself against gods. This is testing myself against humans. Humans who've stacked the deck in their favor. And hey. I've figured you out. That's enough of a victory. I'm happy to play through the rest of the game any way you want, as long as it gives me the best chance to get out of this simulation and back to my real life."
Finish the 433 test.
You look around. You see two 433's on a tree to your left, so you carve another below it and compare the three. They look almost exactly the same, but the first is noticably older.
Check the stick for notches.
You walk over to the stick you pointed to during your speech and check it for notches. There's... Three? Three notches. Oh, and a note! You consider burning it without reading, but you decide it might as well be worth reading.
Dear player,
The admins do not interfere in your actions unless one of the following conditions are met:
You exploit a glitch,
You reveal a bug and let them know (produces rewards depending on the bug),
Or you ask them to.
Other conditions can qualify, but only after the admins consult the Big Boss. No, not Naked Snake. Seriously, what's with you and trying to up the rating? He wears clothes like most humans.
As for the butane, you get to use it, but it will be tedious. It's made for injecting into a refillable lighter (which will run out), and if you cut off the top of the bottle, the "unlimited" part will be difficult to justify to the laws of reality. Hence, three notches. I'd suggest you instead purchase the firebolt skill, throw the bottle at what you want to obliterate, and then blast the bottle. This will fuck with the rules so that it will be quantum-limited. You get a big boom, but not infinite.
~Big Boss
PS: Don't let the admins know I wrote this! Burn the note!
You burn the note, seeing as you can retroactively read it again if you forget what it said.
Retroactively read the map of Everfree.
You remember taking some time to study the map while Zecora was stunned after your speciesism rant. Along with the castle, there's the hut and a variety of skill trees marked on the map. And... A temple? Some kind of large structure of religious origin. There's a road between the temple and the castle. The castle seems to be roughly northwest of your position. The temple seems to be east-northeast of the castle.
Head towards the castle.
You walk towards the castle. With nothing much to do on the way, you hum to yourself. Lalalalalala, lalala, okay, that got boring real quick. You see a plant you know can be used as an ingredient in a Potion of Skill.
A wild wild boar has appeared!
Wild boar uses Snarl!
It's not very effective...
Protagonist's Special Attack fell.
FIGHT | ITEM
PKMN | RUN
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