My name's Dummy, full name Lavender Dummy. I'm currently 19 working full time at a bookstore. I have a decent appearance with a sharp face, black hair and light orange eyes with a slightly short build.
My life is relatively carefree as I come from a wealthy family. My parents both work in the tourism industry and is never at home. In return, they allowed me to do whatever I want as long as I don't break the law.
If you've only seen my life till here, you would probably think it's a good life to live. And it's true! This is the best life I could have asked for, if I don't have an annoying plushie following me everywhere that is.
That's right, many people have different talent, some may be strong, some is smart while others have charming personality. Me? I got this plushie that follows me everywhere!
In reality it's not really all that bad. Despite the fact that it's invisible making me seem like a creep in my childhood, I've now mastered the art of ignoring troubles and is impervious to the little thing.
At least that's what I thought... On my fateful 18th birthday, the thing started talking. It might seems like no big deal and I thought so at first. It doesn't say anything creepy and is only acting all buddy like with me, that I can ignore.
What I can't ignore however is the fact that IT. WON'T. SHUT. UP.
Do you know how annoying it is to hear the thing talk for 12 hours per day NONSTOP? And most of the time it only describes the surroundings. I tried to ask it to stop, which it did for ONE HOUR. Worst of all, it can pick any time of the day ramble. Oh how many sleepless night I've had since it started talking. Eventually I even had to buy sleeping pills to get a wink of sleep.
Anyway, since then I have been trying to get rid of it ever since. However something unexpected happened on my last attempt.
It seems like I have stumbled across something amazing as I was exposed to a different world entirely. The supernatural world!
I don't actually remember any of it happening but the plushie has showed me incredible life like scene of that day, making me have no choice to believe it.
After all, even if the supernatural world doesn't exist, this plushie still has some weird power. As such I asked it to give me a way to join the supernatural world.
Which bring us to our current situation.
"A... smartphone?"
What lays in front of my hand is the key to a world full of adventure, unnatural existence and much more. And that thing is precisely a smartphone. Why a smartphone you may asked? Well here's what the plushie said...
"I intend to make a system like in one of those game you played but there's already a few systems existing already and I'm too lazy to make another copy and just giving things out isn't fun.
That's when I thought 'why don't I just smash them all together and give it in the form of something you're used to' and here we are." [Plushie]
That sounds reasonable actually, beside all the lazy part. Excited to get started, I open up the phone. It doesn't any of the same function as a normal phone. There's only 5 apps in the menu, those are:
[Missions], [Shop], [Database], [Help and advice] and [Special Tab].
Before I could check out any apps, the screen darkened before turning on again, this time with only the word 'Tutorial'. Soon the sentence 'click anywhere to continue' appeared.
...? This feels exactly like a game...
I decided to speedrun through the tutorial as I had always hated this part in every game. Well not really since I still pay full attention to what's on it. Wouldn't want to skip over crucial details and suffer later on now would I.
Soon the tutorial finished and I managed to get a good grasp on thing.
[Missions] allows me to earn points and other rewards.
[Shop] let me use points to buy things such as abilities and items. I can gain points from [Missions] or [Special Tab] I could also buy apps to make things more convenient for myself.
[Help and advice] is exactly as it sounds. I can seek help and advice from the creator of this app, the plushie. However it did state that there's a price to pay which was never really explained so I'll need to check it out later.
[Special Tab] is... not explained at all. The only thing said is to treat it as achievements tab for now. I'll have to check this out later too.
However what I'm most excited about is this app: [Database]. According to the tutorial, the app isn't created by the plushie but rather it's an app given to all members belonging to any official organizations. It contains the necessary information for everyone, especially for a newbie like me!
Before the tutorial end, a notification popped up.
[Consider this my early birthday gift for you! After this I'm going to go to sleep and won't annoy you anymore. You can wake me up through the [Help and advice] app. Have a fun time!
Note: You should protect my body if you want an easier time getting help.]
Shocked I raise my hand to my head, bringing down a small plushie. The plushie was small, cute and... lifeless.
I feel the urge to shout out of happiness. I have managed to endure it's torment and now I'm being rewarded for it!
Afterward, I decided to spend this day celebrating and figuring out this phone so I asked for a day break. After ordering a pizza for lunch, I started to check out the phone in full.
First the [Missions] app. Since I have just received this I didn't expect for there to be any missions available. Surprisingly there's one and a timed mission too at that.
[Mission: Get noticed. (Time limit: before 28th of July)
Difficulty: Basic (Extras: Basic difficulty is a special difficulty. After the first 5 basic missions there will be no more basic missions so don't miss them!)
Description: A newbie in the supernatural world? Don't fret! As we, the supernatural community is always willing to help an unlucky one in need.
Tasks:
1) Be involved in a supernatural incident with a member of any official organization.
Special information: go to the Lunar street at midnight on the 21st of June. (An early birthday gift from me)
Rewards: 1000 points and a free [Rank 10 ability creation card].
Failure: Nothing.]
It's seem like I'll have something to focus on in the next week. Next is the [Shop]. The shop has 3 section: [Abilities] section, [Exchange] section and [Extra] section. I decided to check them all in order.
The first was [Abilities]. The abilities shop is... entirely gacha based. From [Basic skills] to [Rank 1 abilities], all of them are random. However they are all separated by tier which at least help me know what to expect. The lowest is [Basic skills] and [Rank 10 abilities] both costing 125 points and 250 points respectively.
Next was [Exchange]. This section areas relatively simply but is also what gives me hope. I can exchange points for cashes and random missions.
The most important thing is that I can also exchange an ability to a different one between 3 other abilities with similar effects. The new abilities can be 1 rank higher or lower than the one used as base. Finally, there's a 50% points fee according to the rank of the ability used as base and a cooldown of 2 months per use.
The last part of [Shop] was [Extra]. It sells apps to add onto the phone, an item shop that refreshes every week and an ability shop that refreshes every month. However everything is blurred out with only a text saying 'Complete your first mission to unlock'.
The shop has already given 250 points to help start out. However I decided to keep it for now.
Next was the [Database]. Truthfully I was most expectant of this one but soon the harsh cold reality hits me. The app has a huge amount of folders, each one of them contains information about a certain thing in the supernatural world. The problem is my security clearance isn't enough for any of them.
[Clearance Rank 10: available documents(0)]
... I felt like a fool. Of course the thing I had the highest expectation for is a disappointment.
[To increases your security clearance you need to:
A) Get your rank updated to the main database. Afterward, whatever your rank is your security clearance rank will be the same.
B) Buy security clearance rank.
Clearance Rank 9: cost 1k points. (Note: security clearance rank is always x2 more expensive compared to an ability of the same rank.)]
I guess I'll have to put it away for now. As for the [Help and advice] app, there weren't much to see. There's a button that says 'buy help' and another that says 'give advice'. It seems like both have a cooldown for half a year. There's an extra trivia tab which I decided to check.
[Trivia: Timed mission always has extra rewards. Complete it's hidden tasks to earn them. The rewards for the mission will be given as soon as you complete the main objectives however extra rewards will only give them when you hit the time limit.
Trivia cooldown: 2 weeks]
It's surprisingly informative however there's not much else worth noting here.
Last is the [Special Tab]. As expected most of it's features are blocked off. It doesn't even show the requirements needed to unlock it. The few that aren't locked are like this.
[The basics. (0/5)]
[What an overachiever you are! (0/5)]
[Speedrunner. (0/1)]
[HELP! HELP! (0/1)]
And similar things like that. I can guess what they are but it doesn't help that there's no description. There's one that's already completed though.
[Birthday gift. (0/0)] (Claim)
It seems like the plushie has prepared a lot of birthday gifts for me albeit a bit too early. My birthday is all the way at the 29th of July. I won't stand on ceremony though and this gift is greatly welcomed!
(Claimed a [Rank 10 ability creation card]! You can use it in the [Shop] under the [Extra] tab.)
Isn't this pretty amazing? It's almost as good as the quest reward! Such thing is really allowed?
From how the [Shop] works, a creation card is much more valuable then buying an ability of same tier for multi reason. Firstly it's consistent, you won't have to worry about useless skill. Secondly, it works well with [Exchange]. Thus I would rate a creation card a rank higher than the rank it could create. So I just got given a rank 9 item right away.
Isn't this a super cheat? Well it doesn't matter since I'm the one enjoying the benefits. And I've already thought out a strategy. I'll use the card right away.
[Using creation card. What skill effect do you want? Since the creation is under rank 6, you can only choose a core aspect of the ability.]
Well that's a bit less than I would have hoped for but it's still very good. After all, if my abilities are gacha based, there's only really one ability to get early on isn't there?
'I want luck!'
[Confirming choice...
Generating ability...
Finished!
Ability rank 10: Active chance up!
Description: all chance based ability has a slightly better chance to activate.]
Since I don't have any other abilities right now, it's useless. However I've expected this. Ability regarding luck is too absurd to make and rank 10 is too low. That's why I didn't specify anything as it's not needed.
Truthfully my plan is actually just a big gamble but I don't want to have a steady and slow start. It's go big or go home!
[Exchange]!
[Exchanging ability. Exchanged abilities will be related to luck.
1) Lucky shot: any range attack you do will always have a 0.01% chance to hit it's target. (Rank 10)
'It's not something I need right now.'
2) Finder's keeper: you can find treasures related to an item you have. (Rank 9)
'Decent, however I need more than that!'
3) King of luck (Active): Can remove luck factor to directly get to your desired results, doesn't work if the target rank is higher than this. Cooldown: 1 month. (Rank 10) (Growth type)
Description: Once the ultimate ability of the legendary king of luck.]
Jackpot! There's no need for hesitation, a growth type and a strong ability.
[Picked ability [King of luck]. 125 points deducted.]
I'll also spend 125 points on a [Basic skill] and use [King of luck] on the purchase. What I need right now is better constitution, more specifically better stamina.
[King of luck activated.]
[Points deduced. Basic skill [Athlete's boost] obtained.]
[Athlete's boost (Active): When use, make the user's stamina return to that of an average athlete. Cooldown: 1 day. (Rank Basic)]
I've done all my preparations for the future, now I just need to wait for my investment to bloom.
Soon I'll join the official ranks of Extraordinary!