Okay everyone I have read several 'The Gamer' type RWBY fic's lately and I have enjoyed most of them, some cut off after the first couple of chapters sadly, and others that lasted a good long while before cutting off.
Now after reading so many Gamer fic's, and spending all of yesterday reading all of the original The Gamer in a single sitting I have decided to amalgamate all the idea's I enjoyed the most of many stories I've read and added my own touches to create my own story.
Now, no-one does the Gamer the same, and I am no exception to this trade.
Now let's begin this story.
*Let the Gaming begin*
You know, I find this kinda funny.
Let me explain, my name is Wes Verdant, and up until now I've lived a somewhat normal life on Earth. Well as normal as you can get with a sister like mine but let's not get off track.
My life completely changed when I woke up in a completely black area with a holographic blue screen in front of me with a message on it.
[Congratulations, you have become The Gamer, you will wake up soon in a new, but perhaps familiar world, there you will meet new people and go on amazing adventures!]
'The Gamer… I love that series… wait. I'm The Gamer!? This'll be interesting. Please tell me there are thought commands because I don't want to yell out my next attack to do it.' I thought.
[Would you like to go through the tutorial? (New players are recommended to do so)]
"Yes." I said, I really don't want to be sarcastic around this thing because The Gamer ability knows not sarcasm.
[Let's begin with basic commands, Commands come in two varieties, Soft and Hard, Soft commands can be activated with thoughts or speech, while hard command can only be activated through speech. Please choose which form of commands you would like to use.]
"Soft." I said almost instantly, why use hard commands and risk causing everyone to think I'm crazy, I have no idea where I'm going so better safe than sorry.
[Now don't worry too much, Soft or Hard commands won't be activated if you use a keyword in the context of a sentence. To continue the tutorial think or say 'Next']
'Next' I thought deciding to test soft commands a bit
[Now, what's a game without a Menu of some kind, now open your menu by thinking or speaking Menu.]
'Menu' I thought and a blue screen opened up with several options.
[Status]
[Skills]
[Inventory]
[Quests]
[Let's start with your Status shall we?]
'No! I wanna check my pockets first, Inventory' I thought.
[Now, now, experimenting with the system is encouraged, however let's follow the tutorial for now shall we?]
'Okay, just had to test that. Status.' I thought smiling
[Wes Verdant]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 85]
[HPR: 1/min]
[MP: 60]
[MPR: 1/min]
[Str: 5]
[Vit: 5]
[Dex: 5]
[Int: 5]
[Wis: 5]
[Luck: 5]
[Stat Points: 0]
[Exp: 0/100]
[Money: 0 ?]
[Condition: Normal]
'Well the currency type is unknown, and that's fair, I have no clue where I'm going, but still my stats are kinda… bland right now.' I thought.
[Hmm, your stats really don't look like anything spectacular, here let's give you 5 Stat points to alter your stats so you can stand out a bit more.]
'I bet it won't let me continue until I use those points, okay let me think. Strength will allow me to hit harder, Vitality will allow me to take more hits, Dexterity would allow me to move faster, Intelligence will increase my total MP and the damage output of my magic attacks, Wisdom would increase my rate of which my MP regenerates, and Luck would be that factor that saves me a little time in various things.' I thought examining my stats.
[By calling upon your memory you have increased your INT by 1]
'Oh goody, free point! Let's see… I'll put 1 point into Luck everytime I level up, that way I can cut down on chance giving me the finger, 2 points into Dex because I prefer to avoid damage than try to block it, 1 point into Str because that never hurt anybody, and my last point into Vit because my Dex is nowhere near high enough to rely on right now, Plus I don't have any real reason to put points into the magic based stats right now.' I thought applying the stat points.
[Your careful planning on how to apply your stat point has increased your WIS by 1]
"Okay let's stop that right or else I'll be in this tutorial forever, because these things go up really fast early on." I deadpanned
[By understanding lower levelled stats rise faster you have increased your WIS by 1]
'FUCK!' I thought,
[Good, now I believe that a gamer like you knows about most of the things listed in this screen, if not refer to the manual available in the Help section that will be available after the tutorial ,now let's return to the menu.]
'Good, I don't have to listen to the things I don't care that much about learning right now, Menu.' I thought.
[Now let's go into the Skills menu.]
"Skills." I said deciding to use my voice for no real reason.
[Gamer's Mind- Level: Max]
[Gamer's Body- Level: Max]
[Observe- Level: 1]
[This is your skills list, while it may seem like you don't have very many now, you wil gain many more within the coming months.]
'Okay let's see if I can recall these things, Gamer's Body makes my body just like a video game characters, meaning so long as I keep my HP up I won't be affected by pain as much, Gamer's Mind allows me to keep calm in any situation. And Observe is my standard observation skill.' I thought.
[Your use of memory and common sense has increased your INT by 1]
'Good, get those stats going.' I thought
[Let's return to the menu]
"Return." I said, then once the menu showed up I figured I'll hit the next on the list, "Inventory please."
An empty screen appeared.
[So polite, this is your Inventory, perfect hammer space to store anything and everything you can horde, it's empty right now so let's get you something, take your pick.]
[A Weapon.]
[A Skill Book.]
[A Cookie.]
"Oh choices… Okay the cookie would be nice, but a little impractical right now. So Weapon or Skill Book. Hmm… A new skill would be nice but I think I would prefer a weapon, that way I won't be limited if I get a situational skill." I said.
With that being said a pair of knives appeared in my inventory.
[Your careful consideration of the choices given to you has increased your WIS by 1]
I pulled out the knives from my inventory and saw they had a curve to them, "Observe." I said focusing on the knives.
[Pair of Kukri.]
[The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the curve of these daggers makes it possible to do so.]
Kukri, the curves of these daggers could prove rather useful, would have prefered a sword or something like that but I can't be picky, I should just be lucky I got two of these.
[To the left of your inventory is your Equipment screen, while it's not necessary to use it to alter your equipment, it can sometime be faster than what you've got equipped, now let's check out the last screen, your Quest screen.]
"Return." I said, "Quest." I said returning to menu.
[Current Quest's]
["Learning the basics" (In Progress)]
'Learning the basics' I thought
[Learning the basics]
[Main Objective: Complete the Tutorial]
[Reward: +100 Exp]
[Bonus Objective: Disobey a system command- +50 Exp]
'Okay that's about everything, Finish.' I thought.
[Congratulations, you have completed the tutorial and now prepare yourself, for you are about to wake up in a new world, Wes Verdant, The Gamer.]
[Quest Complete: Learning the basics]
[You gained 1 level]
At that moment my vision blacked out.
Wes Verdant
Level: 2
HP: 100
HPR: 1.25/min
MP: 70
MPR: 1.15/min
Str: 6
Vit: 6
Dex: 7
Int: 6
Wis: 8
Luck: 6
Stat Points: 5
Exp: 50/200
Money: 0 ?
Condition: Normal
I know this is shorter than most first chapters I make but this is trying something new for me so please forgive me. Also please forgive me about the stats, I'm not the best when it comes to inferring them so I'm trying my best to keep thing's simple for myself, I might not even put in the ending Stat report at the end of chapters after this because of that
Anyway I'm going to get going now because I have to write out the next chapter now.
Goodbye everyone.