Alex's mind was filled with a vibrant blue glow and the smile of a little girl. Then he awoke, he checked the time.
-5:59pm-
He felt nauseous as the remnants of his dream remained. The horrors he had witnessed and his own death. Then as if to pull him out of his thoughts he heard a loud ticking. Just like at the start of his dream. Unsure why he checked the time he watched as the clock rolled over to 6:00, the tram stopped and all of the lights turned out simultaneously. Voices begin to cry out in fear and panic. Chaos fills the tram. Alex began breathing heavier, it is the same as his dream. Which would mean that only three people would survive what comes next. Once again four pillars of smoke began to seep up from the ground in various colors. Blue smoke to the east, red smoke to the west, white smoke to the north, and green smoke to the south. The smoke swirls and shapes the form of a small scaley beast. It was dragon like in structure but was in an upright position as if they were human. The beast with white scales spoke in a voice loud enough to pierce through the endless noise and chaos of the tram.
"Greetings players, I am what you humans would call a game master. You all have been selected to take part in a very special game. But-"
Before the beast could finish speaking a nicely dressed man with silver hair called out.
"Hey, you scaley bastard you can't hold us here. That is illegal, and I will have whoever is controlling you thrown in jail."
This time the beast with green scales spoke.
"Jail? Laws? None of that matters anymore because all of that is from the simple carefree lives you lived up till now. You'd do well to listen, after all it could very well save your life."
Alex, in an effort to save the man called out.
"Think about it. Does any of this make sense? The tram stopping, the lights, and these things, doesn't it seem a little too elaborate for a prank?"
The well dressed man glared at Alex then turned back towards the beast.
"YOU SON OF A-"
Before he could finish his sentence the beast with red scales bathed the man in fire, burning him to a crisp. More and more passengers began to panic and the chaos that had ceased temporarily resumed in full force. The scaled beast just laughed. Alex called out to the crowd
"Calm down, calm down, panicking will only get us all killed."
He heard a woman call out. It was Aliza,
"And do what? listen to those monsters?"
Alex responded
"If it means survival then yeah"
The blue scaled beast smiled towards Alex then addressed the crowd.
"We wanted to give you all a warm welcome to this game and so, we have prepared the very first [Main Quest], the goal of this quest will be to hunt the beasts that will flood the tram until reaching the next station, or you can end the quest early by finding the hidden item in this car."
At that the four beasts vanished.
Aliza called out
"So much for surviving"
A GUI window appeared in front of Alex's face.
[Main Quest]
victory conditions: finding the hidden object in the car, or fight off the waves of beasts till reaching station 14
Failure: Death
Rewards: ???(additional rewards may be acquired)
Time limit: 20 minutes
Alex spoke as calmly as possible.
"Don't worry if this truly is a game then the beasts we face shouldn't be to difficult. And we can always just hunt down the hidden item."
He gazed around at everything you had pushed past the fear and panic, in opposition to his memories there were fifteen people prepared to fight, among them were Ellis, and Aliza. In total there were six girls and nine guys including Alex. Then came the howl and the sound of glass shattering. two new windows appeared in front of Alex's eyes. The first was his total kills, the second was the number of passengers remaining in the tram car.
[Main Quest]
kill total: 0
[Main Quest]
passengers Remaining: 22
Alex readied himself,and as the wolves poured into the tram car. The fifteen passengers that were prepared to fight were plowing through the first wave, but those who had not been prepared quickly perished. Before long the first wave had been cleared. Alex checked his total kills it was much lower now with more people.
[Main Quest]
Kill Total:2
time remaining to next wave: 2 minutes
[Main Quest]
time remaining: 17 minutes
However the current number of survivors had also grown
[Main Quest]
Passengers Remaining: 13
This was more than last time but it meant two of the people who were fighting had died. Alex thought back to where the hidden item was originally and placed himself accordingly. As the countdown to the next wave wound down, he prepared to strike. As he did he felt something poke his side. He looked down and was shocked to see his dagger from his memories.
Curious he spoke under his breath
"Player Window"
A familiar GUI appeared in front of him
[Player Window]
Name: Alex Joseph
Age: 22
Soul:
Skills: {Insight lvl 1}{Player List lvl 1}{Trauma Resistance lvl 2}
Abilities: {Combat Prowess lvl 1}
He tried to access his stat window
"Stat Window"
[Stat Window]
Strength: lvl 3
Endurance: lvl 4
Agility: lvl 3
Stamina: lvl 2
Mana: lvl 1
His stats from his memories were the same as when he had died
*Ding*
The familiar ding pulled Alex from his thoughts as the second wave had started. Alex drew his dagger and prepared to massacre the oncoming beasts. It did not take long for chaos to fill the tram car as the wolves just kept coming. Alex saw many members of his party being bit and scratched. He had no time to help however and settled to end this quest before anyone else was lost. He dove into a big group of wolves and in one fell swoop killed five that were clumped together. He continued fighting through the large horde of wolves and as he reached the location the item would appear when he heard a notification.
*Ding*
Wave three begin
Wave three had begun with the amount of people left in the car being at ten; it did not take them long to reach the necessary number of kills to progress the wave. But it didn't matter to Alex, he was only one kill away from the kill total he needed to receive the hidden item. As he went to strike down the last wolf he needed he was struck from behind. He spun around to see a much larger wolf. Above it he saw {Wolf Lvl2}. Alex was startled, because the way the level system works in TRC is in relativity to the player. So level one would be a really easy fight, but a level four would be very difficult. So for this wolf to be level two while facing Alex to the rest it would be at least level three if not higher.Alex activated his skill insight. As the notifications poured in he would parry the wolf as it scratched at him, and proceeded to slash it immediately after. It did not take long for him to defeat the wolf. The glowing square appeared on the wall, and without hesitation he slammed his hand down on it. He was engulfed in the light, and once again as the light faded Alex was holding a golden chalice in his hands.
*DING*
{Side Quest}
Hidden item found
Hidden item: Golden Chalice
[Main Quest]
Time remaining has been force set to 0
Quest completed
you have qualified for a new reward
[Main Quest]
Kill total: 24
[Main Quest]
Passengers left: 7
(Rewards will be handed out upon arrival to station 14)
Alex spent most of his life playing video games he became very good at one game in particular. One day as he was heading home from work, he received a notification. It mentioned a once in a lifetime event. When the time for the event arrived the world of the game merged with reality now, he has to fight for survival in a world that's falling apart at the seams.
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