章節 2: Birth.
Birthday... Oh, how much is in that word! For some people it's a holiday, a day of happiness and gifts. For others (losers like me) it is a day of terror, pain and trauma. Will I be able to look at a woman differently again? I don't know. Akasha, honey, will I be able to look at a girl again the way a thirty-five year old fat Japanese man looks at a schoolgirl?
THE REQUEST IS INVALID, CHECK YOUR REQUEST AND TRY AGAIN!
Ehhh, no joy in life... OK, I'll tell you in order from the moment I passed out in the Library.
I woke up to an unpleasant sharp sound. My first thought was to explore my surroundings, and to do that I had to open my eyes. So I opened my eyes, and then I opened them again and again... Scared? And that's how fucked up I was when I realised I couldn't see... Well, I can't tell you in ordinary words. I was somehow quickly calmed down for such a situation (in a couple of seconds), I must have had a crazy and terribly scary thought in my head even then.
I tried to feel the area around me, but it was very difficult, my hands were almost impossible to obey, and this surrounding mousse that restrains my movements... And also this pounding sound a little higher... Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What kind of mush? No, no, no, I don't want any. I was distracted from beating myself up by a mechanical voice and the pictograph of a twelve-ray star with a book in the centre, which appeared before my eyes.
AKASHI LIBRARY SYSTEM DOWNLOAD COMPLETE!
REQUEST TO RECONFIGURE THE SYSTEM FOR THE USER... ...
REJECTED, LOW USER RANK, SELECTION WILL BE MADE AUTOMATICALLY!
REQUEST ACCEPTED! WAIT FOR PROCESS TO START... ...
What? What kind of system? What kind of reconfiguration?
ATTENTION! THE USER WILL BE DISCONNECTED WHEN THE RECONFIGURATION STARTS... ...
ATTENTION! 10 SECONDS BEFORE RECONFIGURATION BEGINS!
WAIT 10... ...
What's going on here! And this "user will be disconnected" sounds unnecessarily dangerous!
WAIT 8... ...
No, no, no, how do you turn it off? Where are the buttons! The cancellation system!
STAND BY 7... ...
Shut it down! Override! Terminate!
STAND BY 5... ...
Ahhhh, what do we do?!
WAIT FOR 4... ...
Okay, system, Akashi Library...
STAND BY 1...
"Akashi Library - cancel reconfiguration!"
CANCELLED!
ATTENTION! BEGIN RECONFIGURATION, 34 DAYS TO GO... ...
"Bitch!" - I managed to shout in my head before I passed out.
-= 34 days later =-
CONGRATULATIONS!
RECONFIGURATION COMPLETE, TRAINING IS AVAILABLE!
SAY "START TRAINING" OR SELECT THE APPROPRIATE WINDOW IN "SETTINGS" TO START TRAINING
I woke up and started by swearing at the Librarian (damn him), and at the System, which does whatever it wants WITHOUT consulting the user (a shame, actually). So, seems to have calmed down. OK, what did Akasha say?
SAY "START TRAINING" OR SELECT THE APPROPRIATE WINDOW IN "SETTINGS" TO START TRAINING
Um, thank you?
THE REQUEST IS INVALID, CHECK YOUR REQUEST AND TRY AGAIN!
Okay, okay.
"Start training!"
WELCOME TO "START TRAINING"!
TO FIND OUT YOUR CHARACTERISTICS, SAY OR THINK "CHARACTERISTICS".
TO KNOW YOUR SKILLS, SAY OR THINK "SKILLS".
TO SEE YOUR SETTINGS, SAY OR THINK "SETTINGS".
TO FIND OUT YOUR TITLES, SAY OR THINK "TITLES".
PLEASE SELECT ONE OF THE TABS TO CONTINUE TRAINING!
Well, let's start in order.
"Characteristics!"
Level: 0
True Name: %O#SH%";:" :B%"; "A:
Name: not selected.
Race: Faun.
Age: 0 years 0 months (3 days old)
Title: Unborn.
Health: 100
Stamina: 100
Mana: Blocked.
Power: 0
Vitality: 5
Speed: 0
Coordination: 0
Intelligence: 23 (10)
Wisdom: 29 (13)
Spirit: 42 (35)
WELCOME TO YOUR CHARACTERISTICS!
Sounds silly.
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, JUST THINK ABOUT IT!
Oh-kay! When I select "True Name" it gives me "YOUR TRUE NAME". Intriguing. Same with level, name, age and title. The race tab opens, but oh-so-empty! Just fine, what if I'm an obscure xenomorph? How am I supposed to live? Oh, OK, let's move on.
"Health!"
YOUR HEALTH. CANNOT BE INCREASED BY ORDINARY MEANS. CAN BE CONSUMED OR REGENERATED BY USING CERTAIN SKILLS. IF IT REACHES 0 YOU WILL DIE. CAN BE RESTORED BY: HEALER/DIFFERENT ITEMS/HEALING SKILLS/ELIOS/SPECIFIED FOOD TYPES/INTERVENING DIVINE ENTITIES OF 6TH OR HIGHER ORDER.
Well, that's clear too, since there's mana, maybe something like blood magic? And just now it dawned on me... Mana, which means... Magic! Everybody's dreamed of a fireball at least once! I used to... Ow! Another migraine coming on, eh, I was beginning to think I was going to remember something... And then there's the "interference of divine entities of 6 or more orders of magnitude", what am I supposed to do with that, eh? OK, just don't think, yeah, don't think, OK...
OK, moving on.
"Endurance!"
"YOUR STAMINA. IS SPENT ON ANY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. USED IN A VARIETY OF SKILLS. CAN BE INCREASED WITH A VARIETY OF SKILLS (BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE)/DIFFERENT ITEMS/ZELIJAHS/SPECIFIED FOOD TYPES/INTERVENTIONS BY 6TH OR MORE ORDER DIVINE ENTITIES. WHEN YOU REACH 0 YOU WILL STOP MOVING."
I think my eye is twitching. OK, let's just close our eyes to this... Oh yes, that's right, they are CLOSED as it is! I'm already scared to go any further and look at the information. But you have to, am I a man or a faun? Hehe. Ahem, Mana!
CLOSED. LOCKED. BLOCKED... ...
That's just great! Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale. Nothing, hopefully it can be unlocked... no, not "hopefully", I'm definitely going to get it! I'll also shoot a fireball or my name won't... Ouch, BLEEP!
-= 5 minutes later =-
I've got to pull myself together, I'm not stupid, but I'm acting like... Ehhh, okay, moving on.
"Power!"
"YOUR POWER. AFFECTS IMPACT STRENGTH AND CARRY WEIGHT. CAN BE INCREASED WITH DIFFERENT SKILLS (BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE) /DIFFERENT ITEMS/VESSELS/SPECIFIED FOOD TYPES/INTERFERENCE OF 7TH OR HIGHER ORDER DIVINE ENTITIES."
It's easy to guess that the strength, agility and coordination characteristics are all nil because I was, ahem, not born, yes. Right, next.
"survivability!"
"THE CHARACTERISTIC OF SURVIVABILITY. AFFECTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT AND SPEED OF STAMINA DRAIN, SLIGHTLY INCREASING ALL KINDS OF RESISTANCE AND HEALTH REGENERATION. CAN BE BOOSTED WITH VARIOUS SKILLS (BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE) /DIFFERENT ITEMS /SELENIUMS / CERTAIN TYPES OF FOOD / INTERVENTIONS BY DIVINE ENTITIES OF 7TH OR HIGHER ORDER".
That's where it gets interesting. A very useful characteristic, especially for a child. I don't yet know what kind of world I'll, er, appear in. Perhaps it'll be the undeveloped world of the Middle Ages? And the one-year rule might work there... Also, the more survivability I have, the more I'll be able to explore the world around me (naively) and use skills (which I don't).
So-so, speed! Well, it's all clear here: faster running, hitting, reacting and using skills. Masthead, you know.
"Co-ordination!"
That's where it gets tricky.
"THE CHARACTERISTIC OF COORDINATION. IT INFLUENCES THE SUCCESS OF YOUR MOTOR TASKS. IT ALSO AFFECTS THE SUCCESS OF YOUR ACTIONS IN PHYSICAL SPACE. CAN BE INCREASED BY..."
Yeah... I'll have to try to pump it up with my own efforts, in the future it will help not to pick up all the floors with my knees (when I learn to walk).
"Intelligence!"
"THE CHARACTERISTIC OF INTELLIGENCE. AFFECTS HOW QUICKLY YOU PROCESS AND SAVE INFORMATION. ATTENTION! A HIGH LEVEL OF THE CHARACTERISTIC DOES NOT MAKE THE USER SMARTER. IT ALSO AFFECTS THE AMOUNT OF MANA AND SLIGHTLY AFFECTS THE WIDTH OF ENERGY CHANNELS. MIGHTY WELCOME..."
Well, well, well, what are those brackets next to intelligence, spirit, survivability and wisdom? I can assume they indicate how effectively I'm using them at the moment. That's why I feel so dumb....
HAPPY!
YOU GET +1 TO INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM FOR CORRECT LONG AND VARIED REFLECTIONS!
That's great! So, stats can be pumped that way too! Heh heh heh. Alright, that leaves wisdom and spirit!
"Wisdom!"
"THE CHARACTERISTIC OF WISDOM. IT AFFECTS YOUR LOGICAL THINKING AND DEDUCTION. IT ALSO AFFECTS YOUR MANA REGENERATION RATE. THE HIGHER THE WISDOM CHARACTERISTIC, THE EASIER IT IS FOR YOU TO COMPREHEND INFORMATION AND MAKE LOGIC CHAINS. IT ONLY SLIGHTLY AFFECTS HOW FAST YOUR ENERGY CHANNELS CIRCULATE. MAY BE WEAK..."
Just juice. Everything you need to live. Information awareness and deduction. Well, it's pretty high as it is, second only to spirit, speaking of which.
"Spirit!"
"THE CHARACTERISTIC OF SPIRIT. AFFECTS YOUR SPIRITUAL POWER. ALSO AFFECTS YOUR MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL RESILIENCE. THE HIGHER THE CHARACTERISTIC OF SPIRIT, THE HARDER IT IS TO INTIMIDATE YOU AND THE CALMER YOU WILL BE IN UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS. MOST IMPORTANTLY..."
So that's why I had so little to worry about. And I already thought I was going, and I even managed to get used to the idea... Well, one does not preclude the other. But hence another question: why do I have the highest and most efficient one? Eh-heh, just new questions. Well, we're done with the specs. Moving on.
"Skills!"
WELCOME TO YOUR SKILLS!
Skills:
1. :%O; "*SH;%:?
Ur. ?%№
:;"; "O;:*?;";?SH:?I; "*;"?:?B%"?;? "K?;?*":?A:; "*?
2. :%; "*;%;;%:;?%"A
Ur. ?%№
:; "O:;";:*;";?"::*;":?B%"?;? "K?;?*:??A:; "*?
3. :%O; "*SH;%:;?I%"K
Ur. ?%№
:;";";:*O;";";?SH:;?I; "*;":?B%"?;?K?;?*:; "*?:A
4. :%O; "*SH;%:;?I%B "A
Ur. ?%№
:;";;O;:*SH;";;???; "*; "I?:?%"?;B??;?K*:?; "*?
...
...
What the fuck is going on here?! It's just more of these cracks and errors! What kind of bugs are these? Or... Maybe it's my skills. Skills from my past life... Well, I can't solve anything with a grudge, but what's Akasha gonna say?
IN THE "SKILLS" TAB YOU CAN SEE YOUR SKILLS (BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE). UNDER THE NAME OF THE SKILL YOU WILL SEE ITS LEVEL. SKILL LEVELS RANGE FROM 0 TO 100. THE SKILL RANKS ARE: BEGINNER (0 - 25), PROFICIENT (25 - 50), PRO (50 - 75) AND MASTER (75 - 100). UNDER THE LEVEL THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SKILL. WHEN A SKILL REACHES 100 LEVEL POINTS, IT EVOLVES INTO A MORE POWERFUL VERSION. FOR A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SKILL, YOU'LL NEED TO BLOCK!
I just won't pay attention to the bugs, yes, but when I think it's my soul's mistakes, it makes me kind of sad...
Well, okay, on that one it's clear.
"Settings!"
WELCOME TO YOUR SETTINGS!
SELECT ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE SETTINGS PANEL TO CONTINUE YOUR TRAINING!
Settings:
1. Saved progress.
2. audio/video.
3. LOCKED.
4. INITIAL TRAINING, PROGRESS 70%.
5. LOCKED.
6. Link to the Akashi Library - online.
W-what? Saved progress? No, that can't be right. I don't believe it...
"Saved progress!"
"PRESERVED PROGRESS. THIS ITEM INDICATES YOUR OTHER REBIRTHS. YOU CAN PERFORM THESE DATA OPERATIONS: DELETE/MIX/MOVE/CHECK INTEGRITY. WARNING. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM OPERATIONS ON CORRUPTED FILES."
Saved progress window:
1. %O#%B:#!A?;"
Ur. Unknown.
Inactive.
Integrity - 17%.
2. ?OW;%"SH?!#AND B;%;???????????????????????????????????????????????
Ur. Unknown
Inactive
Integrity - 59%.
3. --------------
Ur. 0
Active.
Integrity - 100%.
Clicked on the third tab. Of the active choices for me, there was only delete and move... Akasha, why was it even necessary to add such a feature to the system?
SENDING A REQUEST... ...
REQUEST ACCEPTED. ANSWER:
A LOT OF GUARDS ARE OVER A COUPLE OF MILLION YEARS OLD NOW, SO THAT THEY DON'T GO CRAZY, THIS FEATURE WAS ADDED. WITH THIS FEATURE, A GUARDIAN CAN LIVE A NEW LIFE DESPITE FAMILY, ATTACHMENTS, MISTAKES AND THE ACTIONS OF PAST REBIRTHS. IT ALSO HELPS TO SET/REMOVE MEMORIES (ATTENTION, FOR USERS+ ONLY).
Unexpected. What's even more unexpected is that I have three saves. The third is me, the second is past me, and the first? My reincarnation the day before? Ehhh, the farther into the woods the bigger the tomatoes... Ugh!
"Audio/video!"
IN THIS TAB YOU CAN CONFIGURE THE DISPLAY OF HUD, AS WELL AS THE APPEARANCE OF SUBTITLES WHEN YOU ARE APPROACHED. USER+ HAS A MORE EXTENSIVE FUNCTIONALITY.
I'll play around with hud later, but subtitles... What do I need them for anyway, eh? Akasha, what's user+?
REQUESTING... ...
REQUEST ACCEPTED. ANSWER:
USER+ IS A UNIQUE ADD-ON PACKAGE. IT ONLY COMES TO THOSE GUARDS WHO HAVE SAVED THREE WORLDS (NOTE: IF YOU SAVE THE SAME WORLD THREE TIMES, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE UPGRADE PACK). YOU WILL RECEIVE THE FULL LIST OF FEATURES WHEN YOU ACTIVATE THE USER+ ADD-ON PACK.
I see, I see, ooh-ooh-ooh. Shall we move on?
"Titles!"
Titles:
1. :*;:О*;»Б%»?**А?;»%;?»*
2. *)(%?K#*%A?":?":%.
3. Guardian of Knowledge.
+5% to book reading speed
:*; "*?:%
?";"?(: "*№;?
Possible upgrade to Guardian of Knowledge+1 etc. if all conditions are met.
4. Unborn.
+2 to survivability while in the womb.
THIS TAB LISTS ALL THE ACHIEVEMENTS YOU HAVE GAINED. YOU CAN ONLY EQUIP ONE TITLE AT A TIME. A TITLE CAN BE REMOVED OR RE-EQUIPPED WHEN ALL CONDITIONS ARE MET. TITLES CAN EVOLVE AND CHANGE BASED ON YOUR ACTIONS. NOT ALL TITLES ARE POSITIVE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO!
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR INITIAL TRAINING. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE BASIC TRAINING YOU RECEIVE A +1 LEVEL AND THE TITLE "THE WAY TO A THOUSAND LI BEGINS WITH...".
"The path to a thousand li begins with..."
Every road starts with a step, you've set out on your path and only you know where it will lead you.
+5% to cross-country speed.
Oops, that's a lot of messages. What did it say about level? Let's see.
"Characteristics!"
Level: 1
True name: %O#SH%";:" :B%"; "A:
Name: not selected.
Race: Faun.
Age: 0 years 0 months (2 days 14 hours before birth)
Title: Unborn.
Health: 100
Stamina: 100
Mana: Blocked.
Power: 0
Vitality: 5
Speed: 0
Coordination: 0
Intelligence: 23 (15)
Wisdom: 29 (17)
Spirit: 42 (39)
Unallocated points: 7
So, one point per characteristic... And where should I cram them in, of course, as we're scoring spirit, intellect and wisdom for the time being... Well, shall we put two to the first three and one more point to survivability? All right, two here, two here, and-and click ok!
ARE YOU SURE OF YOUR CHOICE?
Of course I am. I choose "accept." And the pain comes...
****
I woke up to the walls of my dwelling shuddering and some sounds being heard. Unfortunately, I knew almost immediately what awaited me next. Yes, I began to see a tunnel with a light at the end, what came next I can describe in one word, but I will keep quiet...
After my release from captivity I realised why babies cry at birth. One word: pain. It hurts to spit the fluid out of your lungs, it hurts to take your first breath of normal air, your eyes, unused to the light, sting and you cannot see anything anyway, someone's hands are squeezing your delicate skin painfully. I was about to drift off into a rescue nap, but then some not-so-good man slapped my ass, causing me to growl at him. I was so surprised by this that I didn't pay attention to the voices and laughter, but was dumbfounded. I - roared, who the fuck am I, eh?
Then the giants - my mother and father - started to cuddle with me. I could hardly make out their faces, and they passed me from hand to hand, telling me how pretty I was and how glad they were. I would say, "Augugugu" to which they would smile at me sincerely and keep on kissing me. If this continues, I will go crazy... Yes, even the spirit is in agreement with me, it has dropped from (38) to (30).
After that I was carried somewhere and put in a small cot. I lay in it and looked at the wall to my left. Why am I doing this? Well, it interested me, yes. Why? Well, it's so big and smooth and soft grey, and I can't turn my head because my muscles are too weak, but that's a minor problem, yeah. Oh, I almost forgot, did I mention that I understood what my parents were saying? Well it's as simple as that, they spoke English! I think my right eye is twitching. Right, I'm off to bed, too much action for tonight, yeah...
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