Elppa Kingdom
Age 673 AC
In a small cave deep inside of the Dark Forest during the second Earthen month of Lirpa a litter of goblins were born and among them resided the soul of a young human boy named Jack.
I had died… As my vision had blurred into darkness so too did my consciousness.
An indefinite amount of time passed when my consciousness had been snapped back into existence it was abrupt and without reason.
My eyes they're heavy…
(*Growl*)
I'm hungry... NO I'M STARVING!
(*Growl*)
I tried to force my eyes open but they were too heavy my body was heavy everything was too heavy I couldn't move !?
W-Where am I, what's going on!?
I still couldn't talk only grunt nonsense I was panicking I felt weird, hungry and, dehydrated and I couldn't move or see anything this place had a bad smell.
I was suddenly interrupted from my panic attack by a soothing yet familiar voice.
Chuck: "Pssss. Jack, hey buddy can you hear me?"
Jack:(Chuck! Is that you! Oh my god where's my mommy and Julie? Where are we!")
Chuck: "Shhh shhh it's gonna be fine Jack, they're fine, they're fine just sit tight okay pal."
Jack: (They Are! Chuck where are we.... Chuck? Chuck? Where are You? CHUCK!")
I forced my eyes open with all of my might and was greeted with more darkness and silence my only companion Chuck was gone and to make things worse it was still so dark and smelly in here.
I was lying against what felt like cool dirt and a few rock pebbles my head was too heavy to turn around and look so I was stuck facing the ceiling.
My eyes eventually became accustomed to the dark and In my peripheral vision I could see what looked like sleeping ugly green skinned babies lying around me, they had big noses and yellow eyeballs.
Goblins! That's what they look liked to me!
(*Growl*)
Urgh I was reminded of my appetite I looked around to find food my desire to eat was overwhelming never in my entire life had I felt this hungry even when I was being kept in that scary room was I ever this hungry.
I desperately looked around for food forcing my small body to move when I saw it a large dark purplish blue centipede with orange tipped legs.
It looked poisonous but I was too hungry to care and I squashed with my small hand bringing it up to my mouth squeezing the juice out, I had no teeth so I had to squash it and rip it into smaller pieces to swallow it.
The taste was bitter but it alleviated my hunger a little bit.
I was sucking on the left over juices of my little fingers when a bright blue screen with white text popped up in front of me.
It was like a projected screen in the middle of the air and in big white letters it read
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{Level up 0-1} X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 1
Stamina : 1
Magic: 0
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I could only grunt in confusion it was like something out of a video game or a phone app I clicked the X button and it closed the screen vanishing into thin air.
What the fuck was that? I tried to get it to open again by waving my arms around however maybe it was voice command that would be a problem given my current lack of speaking skills.
I could only sigh and look for more bugs because as weird as that was, I was still starving I had managed to catch a few but no matter how many I ate I was still hungry.
They're were around four other goblins with me, they all reeked of piss and shit I tried calling out to Chuck again in hopes that he would help me but there was no reply.
The more time passed looking for bugs the hungrier I got.
A crazy idea had flashed inside of my head what if I… No that's to crazy I don't even have any teeth… but even if I did it's not like I would actually do it….
(*Growl*)
I clutched my stomach and looked at the sleeping infants with drool leaking out of my mouth.
I shook my head and that idea out of my head I continued to look for bugs finding a few on occasion as the seconds soon turned into minutes and the minutes turned into hours.
As I was in the process of crushing my recent catch the blue screen appeared again.
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{Level 1} X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 1
Stamina : 1
Magic: 0
Skill slots remaining : 3
Skill: Bug Catcher
You have unlocked skill slots
New Skill : Bug Catcher
You will now be able to detect highlighted bugs
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I looked around the cave and it was true I could see small highlighted bugs around the cave I licked my lips in anticipation.
I couldn't do anything else with the screen and it were so bright to my eyes that I closed it and began eating every bug, the room of this cave was small and there were no exits the entrance was blocked by a wooden wall with a red cloth over it.
Out of curiosity I poked a hole though it to peek outside and was disappointed to find another empty cave room I wanted to get out of here and find Chuck as soon as possible but it was impossible right now so I continued hunting bugs.
I huddled into a corner away from the other goblins and waited as the days turned into weeks and the weeks turned into months I waited.
Luckily there was a seemingly endless supply of bugs to quench my hunger for some reason I didn't need to poop or pee but I still smelled like shit I never had to use the bathroom.
As time passed by my body grew really fast I and the rest of the goblins were the size of toddlers and I had finally grown teeth but instead of being straight and square they were jagged pointy and scattered.
The other goblins were too stupid to talk too and only spent there time eating bugs and sleeping I didn't enjoy their company coupled in with there stench and loud snoring it was really really boring.
Every now and then I would think about my parents and I would fall into a depression and outbreak in one of my episodes I had unintentionally killed one of the goblins by crushing its neck while it was sleeping.
I couldn't feel bad for this "thing" after all it wasn't human to begin with and I was quite happy with the out come after all it meant one less nuisance and more bugs for me.
I did not want its corpse to decompose like the ones in movies did so I ate it.
It smelled god awful but its flesh was good despite it being raw I guess my new body wasn't as sensitive to these kinds of things as my old one.
Goblin meat was a lot tastier than bug meat so I kept eating picking everything until the bones when I had finished eating it the screen popped up mid burp as I patted my full belly
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{Level up 1-2} X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 2
Stamina : 2
Magic: 0
Skill slots remaining : 2
Skill: Bug Catcher, Goblin Cannibal
New Skill : Goblin Cannibal
You will now be able to gain extra experience from eating fellow goblins.
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Chuck: "Very Interesting."
Jack: ("Chuck! You're back I missed you!")
I reached out too hug Chuck but my hands passed through him I just realized that he was an imaginary friend and not a real person, prior to my imprisonment I hadn't seen Chuck since I was in kindergarten and even then he never really talked before.
Chuck was a teddy bear my mom got me when I was very young and I had imagined him being alive even when I lost him he was still alive and around in my imagination however like all imaginary friends they would disappear as we grew older.
Chuck only came back when I was alone in that scary room he was the only one that was there for me in that hell.
I started to shake violently I wanted to cry but these eyes of mine did not produce any tears so i just sat there staring at the ground.
(*SMACK!)
My head bobbed forward and I began to rub the back of my head I looked at Chuck in disbelief
Jack: ("Chuck You're Alive? No Wait You're Real?")
Chuck: "Eeeeh did I bonk your head to hard buddy, of course i'm not dummy."
Jack:(B-but but you hit me, if your not real how did you hit me!")
Chuck shrugged his shoulders and began to float into the air vanishing into the ceiling.
Chuck:"Don't forget about meeeee."
Jack:(Chuck No! Don't go! I wanna go home!, Chuck…")
The pain in the back of my head disappeared along with Chuck.
(*Growl*)
Jack:(Again C'mon I took piece of sharp bone from the skeleton remains of the Goblin I ate and made my way to the other Goblins they were still sleeping.
These things sleep like a log and it would take a lot to actually wake them up mid sleep given how most stayed asleep during my tantrums but when they did wake up they would start crying and screaming like pigs.
I diddin't really know where to stab these things to kill them after all given that they were a different species from humans things like hearts and internal organs could be located in different areas.
The first one died by me stepping on his neck so I decided to try that, kneeling down beside the sleeping goblins I would raise the sharp bone piece above my head and slam it down through there throats.
Thankfully they couldn't scream and could only gurgle out blood quietly when they were all dead I began eating them.
I was gorging myself on Goblin flesh I had the urge to vomit a few times given how they were all roughly my own size but I forced it down and continued until they were all gone I missed a few pieces here and there but the centipedes took care of it.
My belly was bloated and I was very fat from all the eating I leaned against the wall and closed my eyes and fell asleep, unbenounced to Jack he was entering his hibernation period.
I slept and slept for a long time my peaceful slumber was disturbed by loud knocking against the wooden wall blocking the entrance when I opened my eyes I was blinded by the bright light of the blue screen.
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{Level up 2-3} X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 5
Stamina : 5
Magic: 0
Skill slots remaining : 2
Skill: Bug Catcher, Goblin Cannibal
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When I closed the page and stood up stretching my arms yawning I realized that I had grown again I was now as big as I was when I was alive in my past life.
I looked around and saw the bones of the other four goblins I thought this could be really dangerous if whoever or whatever came in here became hostile.
The wooden wall was being removed I hid by the corner of the of the wall opposite to where it was being slid open from with the sharp bone in hand it was a lot smaller in my hands now so I picked up a palm sized rock instead.
A plump female goblin wearing a fur outfit walked in with a big smile on her face She was shorter than me and in her hands she carried a basket of fruit nuts berries and what looked like a few white rabbits with a light brown polka dot pattern.
She dropped the basket and gasped at the sight of the goblin bones not noticing me standing behind her before she could run and call out for help she turned around in time to see me slamming the rock down on her face knocking her down.
I smacked the rock across her face repeatedly the first few strikes broke off and tore at her face and large nose I kept slamming the rock down until I heard the sickening crack noise of her skull being cracked open like an egg.
Her body became limp and she would occasionally twitch but every time it did I would smash the rock down on her head again.
The opening oozed blood her face was an unrecognizable mush of flesh some of her jagged teeth became lodged onto the rock I got off her panting and tired.
Jack:(*Pant*)(I think it's dead now),(*Pant*),(*Pant*)
I slumped down and began eating the contents of the basket and made my way to the female goblins corpse.
I took its fur waist cloth and wrapped it around my waist it looks like no one else was coming I slid back the wooden door as best I could and began to bury the bones and basket so no one would find out it was me when I had finished the Blue Screen appeared again.
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{Level 3} X
Name: Green Goblin
Species: Goblin
Race: Green
Health : 5
Stamina : 5
Magic: 0
Skill slots remaining : 1
Skill: Bug Catcher, Goblin Cannibal
New Skill : Grave Digger
Corpses buried will leave no traces of burial.
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Jack:("Well isn't that convenient.")
I sealed the cave room with the wooden wall and began to explore the caves despite the darkness my eyes were somehow able to see everything perfectly in the dark tunnels as clear as day.
As I continued walking I was careful to look around and not bump into any trouble along the way I had seen an almost blinding bright light shine through the tunnels.
Sunlight! It's actually sunlight I haven't seen any Sunlight in over a year I had died without ever seeing the beautiful blue sky and sun again when I had escaped my fathers madness and ached for its grossly incandescent glow and fresh air.
I dropped all regard and ran for the light at the end of the tunnel with everything I had but when I got out instead of seeing the clear blue skies and sun my eyes were completely blinded before I could get a good look.
Jack: "Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!"
I screamed out in pain rolling around the cool soft grass on the floor taking in the fresh air of the outside world as I covered my eyes with both hands.
I smiled at finally being able to make it outside after a year in that scary room and who knows how many months in that smelly cave I was Free!
Free! I broke out into a goblin laughter as i maniacally jumped up and down swinging my arms freely with my eyes still tightly shut smiling and cheering.
Jack: "Ga! Ga! Ga! Ga! Ga!"
To anyone viewing this display of fanatical joy they would think that he had gone crazy that is exactly what the two goblins standing guard by the cave entrance thought when they saw this strange Goblin rush out and begin cheering like a madman after being blinded by the sun.