"confidence?", said a confused Derek as he stared at the thin air but upon closer inspection one would realise that Derek wasn't just blankly staring, but was actually looking at the contents of a screen a few inches away from his face and the content of the screen where as follows;
----------------The rakesystem------------
Confidence: 2
Social intelligence:4
Status:0
The above status will cap at 10
***Locked content***
""Wow, the universe really does give a shit about me," said Derek as tears ran down his eyes. No one could know what this meant to him; because of the deal he made, he had been trapped in a perpetual cycle of social anxiety and low self-esteem. He wasn't even angry at the devil merchant; he just wanted to be normal again. But if what he saw on this screen was real, he could change.
You may think this is strange why didn't he yearn for something that would give him superpowers, to make him a god who could fly. But a wise person, having read novels about losers gaining sudden strength, knows it's a little irresponsible. Because no matter how much power you give a loser, a loser will still be a loser. However, consider this: changing the loser within, making him better from the inside. To him, even though it could be better, this was actually a good deal, something he didn't even know he wanted until the revelation.
The the first thing Derek taught to himself after glansing through the screen was so 'if those are my stats how do I improve them and what's that locked content about, isn't there a tutorial for this stuff because if there isn't this might as well be useless' as soon as he said that a genie looking creature appears right out of the screen and slammed him in his face, "uhh sorry" it said as it got up and flew in the air.
"So I'll be teaching you about how to use the system, the confidence stat represents how much confidence you have, status stat represents how much status you have and so on and so forth, to improve these stats you have to complete Quests or missions,To activate, simply think 'mission window' and you will be able to see the missions you have to complete and improve your stats. Any questions?" "Yes," Derek said. "What's up with the locked content?" "Oh, that isn't part of the tutorial material. I don't know anything about that. Any other questions?" it said. As Derek pondered, "Um, I guess I don't have any at the moment. It seems simple enough." "Ok then," it said as it vanished. "Man, this is crazy. A status window, missions... Am I a game character? I don't know if this is weird or just awesome; I guess it's both. Well, let's see these missions then. Missions window."
---------missions window----------
°Do some sort of public speaking--2points
°Find a populated area and strip naked--3points
°makeout with a girl you just met--5points
°pick a fight with a guy you know is stronger than you--2points.
"Wat !!!!!!!"