5 A Pirate's Life for Me
ding! after running an analysis on the host the system has confirmed that the host has completed the assimilation
ding! after running a diagnostic of the host and comparing his actions to all known safety procedures the system has determined that the host should not be allowed near sharp objects for the fear that he might be a danger to himself and those around him.
I woke up groggy and sore hearing the same mechanical, mocking voice of the system looking down my left foot was a mess, taking the knife out I noticed it wasn't actually bleeding despite being caked in blood, thinking about how to fix this mess of bloodied flesh and muscle I asked "hey surly, how do I use skills"
ding! the system after extensive analysis has determined that the user is hopeless
uploading all relevant knowledge to host consciousness now...
Along with a splitting headache everything I needed to know came pouring in, I suddenly began to learn every inch of my new body, starting with a new unfamiliar power it contained, every strand of muscle fiber, every drop of blood and all the oxygen it contained. Then came the skills a flood of knowledge , concepts I never encountered before and all manner of associated knowledge became mine, as if I had spent years learning them.
with the new knowledge I had fixing the wound was as easy as breathing, guiding the blood from my heart through my arteries and down into my foot the blood began to rapidly seal in repair the muscles so that I could move them into their original positions before sealing anything exposed with a layer of crystallized blood.
The process was mentally taxing and it left me a bit light headed probably a combination of using a skill for the first time and the resulting anemia from the blood to flesh conversion. Picking up the dagger I got to feet and noticed a triangle with an exclamation point some kind of notification maybe.
opening up the system menu I saw an exclamation mark by status and quests
"status"
under status there was a new skill and perimeter, I now had a display of how much blood I had in my body as well as the skill pain tolerance
Pain tolerance
Grade: F-
Category: misc.
Effect: Able to endure a much greater amount of pain without inhibiting combat ability or falliing unconscious this skill is always active and cannot be deactivated without system consent
Description: A skill created for the users own good
gritting my teeth, I closed the status window and opened the quest menu, there were 4 quests.
Main Quests: 1
KILL THE HEALER part 1 Boot Camp
Type: main quest
clear condition: bring attribute total up to 120 and reach novice level
Failure condition: death, 3 months pass
Description: DROP AND GIVE ME 20 MAGGOT!
Reward: 3,000 essence, entry level gunsmithing manual, four 1911 handguns, 6 months additional lifespan
penalty: death
Sub quests 4:
A pirates life for me
type: side quest
Clear condition: buy a magic flintlock class firearm of your choice
Failure condition: buy a modern firearm, 7 days pass
description: Almost all rouges spend some time as a swashbuckler, embrace your inner scalawag.
reward: self adjusting brace of pistols with ammo belt, 3 matching flintlocks( to weapon purchased) , operational manual and cleaning kit, 200 bullets with paper wads, 1 barrel of low quality black powder and loading rod, fancy tricorne hat and whalebone powder horn set, and 1 flask of rum.
penalty: random essence deduction
No one wants to see that!
Type: common decency
clear condition: put on some clothes
failure condition: embrace your inner exhibitionist, arrest for public nudity
Description: My eyes! , It Burns!
reward: element proofed protective coat
penalty: a complete loss of respect.
Frontier Life
Type: side quest
Clear condition: Buy Camping set from the shop
Failure condition : sleep on the ground
Description: we're civilized folk Y' hear
reward: Canned baked Beans x50 , canned soup x50, 10 lbs beef jerky, 10 lbs dried sausage, 500 water purifying tablets, 1 canteen
Magic Bullet
type: side quest
Clear condition: create a bullet engraved with a working spell matrix that uses blood runes
Failure condition: purchase an enchanted bullet from the shop
Description: People are always looking for that single, magic bullet
Reward: automated engraving , reloader's bench in design suite, 49 identical bullets
The quests were a pleasant surprise offering me all the essentials opening the shop and looking at the shop I was very alarmed the first thing I noticed was that the price for cartridge operated guns was sky high, even if I spent all of my essence would barely be able to afford an unenchanted .45 derringer and 100 bullets for it and that was before the camping supplies and clothes.
Purchasing and wearing a warm but easy to move in set of thermal clothing and one of the better camping sets for 500 essence I was left with 2,000 as a budget for a gun and other essentials. the gun I chose was the user friendly flintlock pistol priced at 670 essence it had enchantments that expelled all fouling upon firing , prevented moisture from entering the barrel and made loading easier by sucking in the powder wad and bullet and perhaps most importantly it had an enchantment prevented any part of the guns load from falling out removing most of the hassles involved in using the most primitive firearms.
turning in the three quests netted me living supplies, a very sturdy coat and a very interesting vest, this vest was the brace of pistols it was designed to hold the flintlocks across the chest angling the barrels down and towards the navel it had a belt sheathe that adjusted to fit the dagger and a pouch for shot, it came with the powder attached. As for the tricorne, with Alexander having been scalped several times in addition to everything else wearing the surprisingly warm hat in the middle of winter was a no brainier.
Loading my pistols and holstering them in the brace I left the smoldering village in a hurry, In the pirate getup any normal passerby was likely to assume I was the one who burned it down.
Analyzing my current situation going into the forest and hunting weak magical creatures is the best coarse of action, the knowledge primers that came with the welcome package have a bestiary that has already been integrated into the system and as long as I stick to the edge of the forests I can avoid the more dangerous magical beasts, hunting the weaker ones and slowly moving in.
Sighing I gave myself a once over and headed into the hungry looking woods outside of town moving into the edge of the woods I set up a tent past the tree line and just out of sight, the only camping I had ever done was for a company trip that had unsurprisingly turned into a disaster when the tents collapsed in on themselves and the only food people brought was gram crackers chocolate and marshmallows. despite this the camping set was made with durability comfort and ease of use in mind, the tent was pitched with little trouble.
A hatchet was included in the camping package, additionally the mystic eyes made it possible to fell a tree in one swing as long as it was already dead after finding a suitable tree I managed to cut it done without much effort unfortunately the wood was mostly rotten, using the exchange function it was possible to get rid of the rotten wood while leaving the more usable firewood intact, I was unable to get essence from the spoiled wood.
returning to camp I made a fire in the fireplace provided it took some doing but the lighter and fluid took most of the guess work out of the equation, curling up next to the fire with a can of soup I had warmed and the flask of rum, I began to end my very long day, and to think that it had started out as just another day at the office.
drowning in my sorrows I was feeling a little melancholy, drunk, and out of sorts I perhaps found myself infected by the systems sense of humor.
" hey ho hey hum an office worker on the run,
hey ho hey hum a corporate slave no more,
hey ho hey hum fin'ally feeling free,
hey ho he hum he died by cop' ier machine
hey ho hey hum with this timely flask of rum,
hey ho hey hum he found himself relief,
hey ho hey hum it's a pirates life for me"
ding! after running a diagnostic of the host and comparing his actions to all known safety procedures the system has determined that the host should not be allowed near sharp objects for the fear that he might be a danger to himself and those around him.
I woke up groggy and sore hearing the same mechanical, mocking voice of the system looking down my left foot was a mess, taking the knife out I noticed it wasn't actually bleeding despite being caked in blood, thinking about how to fix this mess of bloodied flesh and muscle I asked "hey surly, how do I use skills"
ding! the system after extensive analysis has determined that the user is hopeless
uploading all relevant knowledge to host consciousness now...
Along with a splitting headache everything I needed to know came pouring in, I suddenly began to learn every inch of my new body, starting with a new unfamiliar power it contained, every strand of muscle fiber, every drop of blood and all the oxygen it contained. Then came the skills a flood of knowledge , concepts I never encountered before and all manner of associated knowledge became mine, as if I had spent years learning them.
with the new knowledge I had fixing the wound was as easy as breathing, guiding the blood from my heart through my arteries and down into my foot the blood began to rapidly seal in repair the muscles so that I could move them into their original positions before sealing anything exposed with a layer of crystallized blood.
The process was mentally taxing and it left me a bit light headed probably a combination of using a skill for the first time and the resulting anemia from the blood to flesh conversion. Picking up the dagger I got to feet and noticed a triangle with an exclamation point some kind of notification maybe.
opening up the system menu I saw an exclamation mark by status and quests
"status"
under status there was a new skill and perimeter, I now had a display of how much blood I had in my body as well as the skill pain tolerance
Pain tolerance
Grade: F-
Category: misc.
Effect: Able to endure a much greater amount of pain without inhibiting combat ability or falliing unconscious this skill is always active and cannot be deactivated without system consent
Description: A skill created for the users own good
gritting my teeth, I closed the status window and opened the quest menu, there were 4 quests.
Main Quests: 1
KILL THE HEALER part 1 Boot Camp
Type: main quest
clear condition: bring attribute total up to 120 and reach novice level
Failure condition: death, 3 months pass
Description: DROP AND GIVE ME 20 MAGGOT!
Reward: 3,000 essence, entry level gunsmithing manual, four 1911 handguns, 6 months additional lifespan
penalty: death
Sub quests 4:
A pirates life for me
type: side quest
Clear condition: buy a magic flintlock class firearm of your choice
Failure condition: buy a modern firearm, 7 days pass
description: Almost all rouges spend some time as a swashbuckler, embrace your inner scalawag.
reward: self adjusting brace of pistols with ammo belt, 3 matching flintlocks( to weapon purchased) , operational manual and cleaning kit, 200 bullets with paper wads, 1 barrel of low quality black powder and loading rod, fancy tricorne hat and whalebone powder horn set, and 1 flask of rum.
penalty: random essence deduction
No one wants to see that!
Type: common decency
clear condition: put on some clothes
failure condition: embrace your inner exhibitionist, arrest for public nudity
Description: My eyes! , It Burns!
reward: element proofed protective coat
penalty: a complete loss of respect.
Frontier Life
Type: side quest
Clear condition: Buy Camping set from the shop
Failure condition : sleep on the ground
Description: we're civilized folk Y' hear
reward: Canned baked Beans x50 , canned soup x50, 10 lbs beef jerky, 10 lbs dried sausage, 500 water purifying tablets, 1 canteen
Magic Bullet
type: side quest
Clear condition: create a bullet engraved with a working spell matrix that uses blood runes
Failure condition: purchase an enchanted bullet from the shop
Description: People are always looking for that single, magic bullet
Reward: automated engraving , reloader's bench in design suite, 49 identical bullets
The quests were a pleasant surprise offering me all the essentials opening the shop and looking at the shop I was very alarmed the first thing I noticed was that the price for cartridge operated guns was sky high, even if I spent all of my essence would barely be able to afford an unenchanted .45 derringer and 100 bullets for it and that was before the camping supplies and clothes.
Purchasing and wearing a warm but easy to move in set of thermal clothing and one of the better camping sets for 500 essence I was left with 2,000 as a budget for a gun and other essentials. the gun I chose was the user friendly flintlock pistol priced at 670 essence it had enchantments that expelled all fouling upon firing , prevented moisture from entering the barrel and made loading easier by sucking in the powder wad and bullet and perhaps most importantly it had an enchantment prevented any part of the guns load from falling out removing most of the hassles involved in using the most primitive firearms.
turning in the three quests netted me living supplies, a very sturdy coat and a very interesting vest, this vest was the brace of pistols it was designed to hold the flintlocks across the chest angling the barrels down and towards the navel it had a belt sheathe that adjusted to fit the dagger and a pouch for shot, it came with the powder attached. As for the tricorne, with Alexander having been scalped several times in addition to everything else wearing the surprisingly warm hat in the middle of winter was a no brainier.
Loading my pistols and holstering them in the brace I left the smoldering village in a hurry, In the pirate getup any normal passerby was likely to assume I was the one who burned it down.
Analyzing my current situation going into the forest and hunting weak magical creatures is the best coarse of action, the knowledge primers that came with the welcome package have a bestiary that has already been integrated into the system and as long as I stick to the edge of the forests I can avoid the more dangerous magical beasts, hunting the weaker ones and slowly moving in.
Sighing I gave myself a once over and headed into the hungry looking woods outside of town moving into the edge of the woods I set up a tent past the tree line and just out of sight, the only camping I had ever done was for a company trip that had unsurprisingly turned into a disaster when the tents collapsed in on themselves and the only food people brought was gram crackers chocolate and marshmallows. despite this the camping set was made with durability comfort and ease of use in mind, the tent was pitched with little trouble.
A hatchet was included in the camping package, additionally the mystic eyes made it possible to fell a tree in one swing as long as it was already dead after finding a suitable tree I managed to cut it done without much effort unfortunately the wood was mostly rotten, using the exchange function it was possible to get rid of the rotten wood while leaving the more usable firewood intact, I was unable to get essence from the spoiled wood.
returning to camp I made a fire in the fireplace provided it took some doing but the lighter and fluid took most of the guess work out of the equation, curling up next to the fire with a can of soup I had warmed and the flask of rum, I began to end my very long day, and to think that it had started out as just another day at the office.
drowning in my sorrows I was feeling a little melancholy, drunk, and out of sorts I perhaps found myself infected by the systems sense of humor.
" hey ho hey hum an office worker on the run,
hey ho hey hum a corporate slave no more,
hey ho hey hum fin'ally feeling free,
hey ho he hum he died by cop' ier machine
hey ho hey hum with this timely flask of rum,
hey ho hey hum he found himself relief,
hey ho hey hum it's a pirates life for me"
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