It was now about 6:00 pm, and all I heard throughout the house was silence. The power was barely working for the past hour, and I was bored.
'I guess this is what happens when you don't do anything but be on your phone for a hobby, Ethan.- Quote from mom.'
"Huhhhh", I exhaled while lying on the cool, hardwood floor.
'Why does it feel good to lie down on cool, hardwood floors? Is it because I do this when I'm bored? Or stressed? Well, it works either way.'
I look around the house to find something to do while in 'captivity' and find nothing.
"I've been lying here for a couple of hours… I should practice my powers or try to make a new skill that will help me take down monsters in one attack, an [AOE]."
I stand up and move to a relatively empty area of the living room to practice, "I shouldn't try to practice the [AOE] here. I probably should just try to keep it in the same form, and see how long I can use my powers without passing out or heavy-powered attacks."
'Video games, fanfics, and novels have prepared me for this moment….'
I sat down in a 'crisscross applesauce' pose to practice. Summoning my power, I think of myself making a ball of air and holding it.
Expectedly, it comes out of my hands.
I sit in that spot, focusing on keeping it in the same shape. Within 10 minutes of me holding that pose, with a bit of difficulty on my behalf, something….. unexpected happens.
[Mastery of {AIR} has reached: 3%]
*Sschhss*
I lost focus as my power dispersed without the room, almost knocking the couch over.
I looked at the screen that was blocking my face, almost completely obstructing my view of the living room.
"What?"
With my surprised, a bit confused, face staring at the screen that's slowly fading away, I say, "System?"
[Yes, Ethan?]
I almost screamed.
"Where was this when I was gonna die? When I did die? Right after I came back from the Afterlife?"
[If you are asking, "Where was this system when I needed it?" I was still assimilating to the new user.]
"New user?" This part of the sentence was throwing me off because it could have just said 'user' if it never had one before.
[Yes. You are the current user of this system. You are the ##### owner of this system.]
The '#####' part is probably an error or something I most likely can't get access to.
[The latter is the correct answer.]
'Great….. the AI can read minds. This is probably the reason the Earth is in this state now. With monsters running amok.'
[You are correct about the 'reading' minds part. Your other assumption was incorrect.]
"Nice to know that you don't know a joke when you hear one."
[You are correct about that assumption.]
Laughing at the unexpected answer of the AI, I stand up and go sit on the couch that was almost flipped over earlier.
"System, do I have a Status or something? If I do, can I see it?"
[Yes, Ethan. Here is your {Status}, ]
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Name: Ethan Caldwell
Species: Human
Age: 18
Titles: Little Bro, My Little Boy
Level- 1
HP- 100/100
MP- 40/60
Strength: 5
Agility: 6
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 6
Vitality: 2
Luck: 4
SP: 0
AP: 0
{More}
Note: 10 is the max for a 'Human' without a {System}. If you would like {More}, please click the {More} button.
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I tried to touch the {More} button with my pointer finger, but it just went through the virtual screen. Then I tried to click it by just thinking about it, and it worked.
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Abilities:
AIR- 3%
Skills-
Barrier: A force field made of your {AIR} ability to protect you or others from your surroundings. (Level-1)
Constrict: A {Barrier} you can put around enemies that shrink into a smaller area to kill or incapacitate them. (Level-1)
|||||||- 1%
Skills-
None
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'A pretty decent explanation of myself and abilities, I suppose. I think I should just sleep and get ready for tomorrow. This is a lot of information to process….'
I lay down on the couch with my hands under my head, on the armrest, and fell straight into a dreamland.
'Anything other than the situation I'm in is pretty much a dreamland to me at this point…..'
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