Draig was what you would call a scumbag, with much of his youth spent committing juvenile crimes ranging from smuggling to dumping bodies. He had seen many things during this phase of his life, eventually it had caught up with him. He looked at his left arm that had been severed at the elbow and shook his head.
After his 'Accident' he was unable to continue that type of lifestyle and was forced to become a civil member of society... Alas it wasn't much different.
He helped anywhere he could and through the process learned many things, it was as if the scumbag from before had disappeared but alas it's in the worst situations where your past will rear it's head.
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Draig awoke and looked into the mirror and it revealed his average features, his body was slim but toned showing the results of his constant tasks. His expression however was disinterested, brushing his teeth and turning on the tv.
[As you can see the earthquake that started at three this morning has yet to cease and seems to be spreading and growing in ferocity. We advise viewers to seek shelter far from this odd anomaly until it subsides.]
Draig looked towards the screen oddly as it seemed to be frozen as he rose to his feet to inspect the faulty contraption.
{Player selection start: Choose Class}
After reading the floating message ten medallions appeared before him with odd symbols engraved on them each of them possessing differing number of stars. Draig was uncertain of what to make of this but looked at each of the medallions which seemed to shine brightly in the light that is until he got to a black medallion. He couldn't see a star ranking on it but for some reason the former scumbag felt drawn to it and thus clutched the medallion. It was a couple seconds later before he watched as three other medallions disappeared and the rest just ceased to exist after a minute.
It was after the medallions had vanished that the tv resumed playing as if nothing had happened but even so it was soon out of commission again when the earth began to shake violently.
Draig tried to stabilize himself but ended up falling to the floor where he was quickly knocked out.
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Draig awoke once again but was greeted by darkness other than the odd orange lights outside, rubbing his eyes to clear his vision the scumbag realized the lights were actually fires and that the city was wrecked beyond belief.
He could hear screams ringing from outside.
'It'll be best to stay here until help comes' thought Draig as he pulled out his phone.
{Accessing Player Information: To use the Scout application please scan class authenticator}
The black medallion in Draig's pocket was glowing slightly causing the scumbag to frown as he pulled it out and scanned it causing his phone to suddenly flash before it restarted.
After a few moments his phone had finally turned back on however it was different as the home screen possessed no call features and all the apps were things he had never heard of.
'Bestiary, Items, Quests, Friends, Status...' the apps continued but Draig stopped at status and clicked it to find out what the black medallion really was and if he picked a good class.
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{Error: Restoring Player to Optimal Capability}
{Player: Draig}
[Class: Shinobi: As a Master of the Shadows they tend to thrive in the underbelly of society carrying out various tasks of different nature. However having mastered many professions Shinobi are truly a jack of all trades]
{Professions: (Due to inactivity player's professions have been selected by system)}
[Thief: LVL 1]
[Merchant: LVL1]
[Classes extended professions list locked]
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Draig frowned at the class description and seeing the first of his professions, he then looked towards merchant and couldn't find fault with it. He had indeed been a merchant of sorts but it didn't mean he was proud of it.
He stared at the thief profession a little longer as he seemed to think back to that day, he clenched his fist for only a second before his face returned to it's uncaring state.
However his face quickly contorted as he felt a searing pain coming from his stub of an arm, he watched with morbid fascination as the limb regenerated painfully. Flexing his hand a few times dazedly the former scumbag was in awe before a grin broke out on his face.
{Restoration Complete}
"I'm beyond that now" stated Draig under his breath though he was alone.
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Draig spent a few more minutes inspecting the apps on his 'Scout', this was how ended up looking at the odd little leg pouch.
[Initiates Shuriken pouch- Initiates due to their lack of formal training have trouble hitting their mark thus the necessity for a bottomless pouch of these low damage shuriken]
Draig read the message and opened the pouch pulling out a few of the little stars, he was doubtful of their effectiveness but the description did say it was bottomless. Worse comes to worst he would pepper any would be aggressors with the little blades of metal, though he hoped it wouldn't come to such.
With this tiny bit of resolve the scumbag turned Shinobi foraged around his house before finding an old backpack which he stuffed with food.
Looking around his old apartment one last time Draig threw open his door and was welcomed to the new world.
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Smoke filled the air and flashing lights with the occasional bit of screaming could be heard, however the sounds of fighting could also be heard and not too far away.
Draig decided to investigate the source to see if he could get any information on what had happened. However along his wake he found the corpses of people and skeletons littering the ground, he attempted to look closer but ended up being struck from behind by a bony fist.
It seemed as if that attack had been a signal of some sort when the other bones laying on the ground began to reassemble into living skeletons. The former Scumbag watched in horror as weapons were grabbed from the bodies of the people that had been killed.
'So it's safe to assume I'm not the only one who chose a medallion' thought Draig as he saw a familiar device reminiscent of a phone laying on the ground nearby.
Draig looked at his oncoming opponents somewhat hesitant before he began slinging the Shuriken at the skeletons wildly.
The skeletons despite onslaught continued walking towards Draig menacingly.
"Low damage is right" grunted Draig as he sped away from his attackers before continuing his barrage of stars.
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It was around thirty minutes later when Draig fell on his butt breathing heavily, his fingers showed various nicks and cuts from his frantic throwing.
[Defeated small squad of Skeleton soldiers- XP 20]
Draig saw what could only be the experience gauge appear and fill up a little bit.
Pulling out a bottle of water Draig stood up and began rummaging through the belongings of these fallen people. Looking at his face it seemed the former scumbag was reliving his old habits as he picked through their pockets and collected their weapons and devices.
[Acquired Shortbow- 10 dmg]
[Acquired scrappy Leather Armor-+3 def]
[Flame Knight's Sun Sword- 15 dmg +3 dps if target is burning]
Came the messages before he could look at the things he had taken from the corpses himself.
[Profession Trade skill unlocked- Active skill Looter has been activated]
[Professions lvl up, Thief- Lvl 2]
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Draig looked at the rapid string of messages before coming to another conclusion, you had the potential to unlock skills through certain actions. His eyes seemed a bit amused by this concept but turned back to the stack of weapons he had pilfered only to find them gone leaving only the scouts behind.
He picked up the two devices he had managed to find intact and inspected them until he felt his Scout start buzzing.
'Scan enemy Scout to Loot' came the notification from his Scout.
Raising his device he scanned the Scouts and watched as new notifications lit up on his phone.
[Map updated, +75 gold, Bestiary updated, +1 new App Installed]
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Draig had checked out and read all of his new notifications and now he was checking out the new app which he was curious why he didn't have it already.
[Contracts- Allows you to spend a certain sum of gold to take control of a beast as your companion, note that the price of Contract Slot is dependent on the power of the Creature you are contracting]
'Did others have different apps preinstalled on their scouts?' came the curious thought as he grabbed the Flame Knight's sword he had acquired. It would prove more valuable in future battles than his shuriken, Draig was certain of this.
It seemed that Draig had been out for some time as he watched the sun begin to peak over the horizon bathing the world in light. The Shinobi hid himself as he heard a loud ruckus begin....