" Ugh, did someone get that truck's license plate? "
Asked the boy who groggily opened his blurry eyes, his ears ringing and head hurting. He rubbed his head and his eyes slowly cleared.
' What the... Where am I... '
He looked around finding himself lying in the middle of the living room floor of a house. He realized he didn't recognize where he was.
' Whose house is this? '
The boy wondered as he looked around himself and slowly got on his feet. He is in an average-income-looking house, standing in front of a couch with it in front of him and a T.V. behind him.
*Ding*
[System integration starting]
[0%]
[5%]
' No way... I must be dreaming, if I just close my eyes I'll wake right up '
He closed his eyes and counted to 5.
'1... 2... 3... 4... 5...'
He opened his eyes with hope, only for all his hopes and dreams to be crushed by the full force of reality.
[25%]
The boy stared stunned with his mouth wide open, big enough for a fly to go straight in as the percentage slowly grew closer to 100.
[35%]
Eventually, He composed himself and started trying to think about what he was doing before he woke up here.
'Arghhh'
As he thought long and hard he, unfortunately, couldn't remember and his head started hurting as he tried to at least remember his name.
'NO, This can't be true. How is this possible, did I die? Did I transmigrate? Dammit, my head!!! Ok. Ok. Calm down, Deep breath. let's focus on where I am first. '
He took a deep breath and exhaled multiple times and then grabbed his head and started trying to calm down as he looked around, The system window following his point of view.
[70%]
He looked to his left and saw a hallway probably leading to the front door. then he looked right towards a table next to the couch. He noticed the table has a lamp and a few photos on it, so he walked toward it and reached out to pick it up for a closer look, hopeful for a clue as to where and who he is.
' What the !!! '
As he closed his hand around the photo frame his fingers went straight through it. flabbergasted with a million thoughts going through his head he suddenly realized that there are no lights on in the house but he can still see. After finishing that thought he heard another sound.
*Ding*
[100%]
[System integration complete]
[
Name:Jack
Race: Ghost(???)
Lvl: 1 (0%)
Energy:10/10
Regen: 1/h
Haunt location buff: None.
]
[To access this menu from now on just think "Status", Think "Help" for a one-time quick guide.]
The boy stared at the screen in front of him in disbelief. How should he process this? Should he be thankful that at least he knows his name and that he isn't human anymore? At least he thought he was human. Suddenly his headache came back with passion and as he clutched his head in pain he started remembering what happened before he woke up here.
*FLASHBACK START*
A somewhat handsome black-haired hazel-eyed boy wearing a white t-shirt and jeans was walking down an empty street muttering to himself.
" I can't believe I missed the pilot episode for season 25 of ghost adventures. "
The boy is a diehard fan of all things paranormal and occult. He has seen many ghost investigation-type shows and even dabbled in some games like phasmophobia.
" Move it, Jack. You need to hurry back as soon as possible. "
Said the boy now known as Jack as he sped up to a brisk walking pace that is almost a jog.
*BEEP*
As he was crossing a street all of a sudden a loud horn blared at him and he turned to look only for everything to go black, The last thing the boy sees is bright headlights blinding him.
*FLASHBACK END*
' God dammit truck-kun!!! WHY ME??? '
Wailed Jack while clutching his head.
' Deep breaths Jack. '
He starts breathing deeply and exhaling again while thinking about the memories he regained after the system integration.
' At least I know my name now, but I still died. *Sigh* I hope wherever I am they have season 25 of ghost adventures... WAIT, How am I supposed to watch T.V if I can't even touch things!! '
Before Jack can have a mental breakdown about never being capable of watching anything he wants he suddenly notices the text window below his status.
[To access this menu from now on just think "Status", Think "Help" for a one-time quick guide.]
' Well let's hope this quick guide can tell me what is going on '
'Help' Thought Jack.
*Ding*
A new window popped up over the status with an explanation for everything.
' Name and Race are pretty obvious... Only that race has a bunch of specializations that I can choose at the start of a haunt. A specialization allows me to choose the type of ghost that I want to be. '
Jack reads through the guide pondering on the specialization he should pick. Each specialization has its strengths and weaknesses, it reminds him of phasmophobia. His race "Ghost" allows him to do many things he saw ghosts do in T.V. shows and games just at a varying energy cost.
Speaking costs 5 energy per word however if there is special ghost-hunting equipment that cost will reduce depending on the equipment.
Touching/moving an object costs vary with the amount of force used.
And finally, any visual phenomenon costs also vary depending on what you want to be seen as, an orb costs 1 energy per second and increases by 2 for mists and then by 4 for full-body shadow figures.
' These costs are insane and with my regen rate being this slow... At least if there are objects like cameras or recorders the cost will go down to only interact with that specific object. '
Jack thinks to himself as he continues to read about how he can level up by scaring and absorbing that fear from people inside the haunted location. After leveling up he can store more energy. Haunt location buffs are self-explanatory, depending on the location there are buffs to regen or specific interaction cost decreases.
' Let me try and turn the tv on. '
Jack thought as he walked over to the T.V, he started focusing on his finger and pressed the power button on the T.V.
*click*
He sighed in relief at being able to interact even just a bit with the living while looking at the T.V that was turned on. The T.V was playing a commercial about a family selling their house to buy a haunted funeral parlor to renovate into their new home.
*Jingle*
Jack looks away from the T.V toward the hallway where he heard keys jingling, he assumes someone is about to enter the front door, so he starts walking over to take a look at his new roommate/s.