It was late into the night when it happened, a normal Friday night of booze and merriment. Leon was outside smoking a cigarette as his friends drank the week's stress away. Leon had always liked to star gaze, it always eased his mind thinking about how small he was when compared to the grand scheme of things, how he too was like a tiny speck much like the huge stars which seemed so small when viewed in the night sky.
" Leon! Do you see this? How drunk am I?" Called out Simba a close friend of his as he pointed towards the once illuminated sky now dimming as the stars started fading into nothingness. Leon rubbed his eyes in disbelief, but the stars kept on fading. Trey, a guy who stayed at the same boarding house, alerted the group to the possibility of the situation resulting from cloud cover and this somewhat calmed the group's worries but as the group started calming down they noticed a mysterious figure standing on the roof of their boarding house. At first they thought maybe someone was about to commit suicide cause why else would someone be on the roof late at night, but upon closer inspection and shining the torches on the person they discovered that what they thought was an emotionally unstable guy was something far from it.
The being had two pairs of black gold eyes and a single eye on its forehead which was pitch black and menacingly horrifying. It was pale white in complexion and has silver hair that shone like the stars that where no longer up in the sky. Aside from its face everything about its frame seemed human, a classy one since it was adorned in a black three piece suit with gold stripes. It grinned at them showing off horrifying spike shaped teeth it made an action of opening it's mouth to speak but instead of words sounds unlike ever heard before tormented their ears causing the group to fall to the ground wreathing in pain.
Blackout.
When Leon woke up he was surprised to see that he was no longer outside of his lodgings with friends but was now in a poorly lit room with granite walls without a single exit in sight. As he adjusted to the darkeness he noticed that the room was no bigger than three square meters and at the centre was a wooden office table with a book with a leather cover with his name, innitials and surname on the muddy brown cover. Inside was the story of his life, even things which felt familiar to him but where too distant for him to remember.
For such a small looking book it contained a lot of information. Upon scheming through the book Leon set it aside and started collecting his thoughts trying to figure our how he had gotten there and why. He then remembered the man on the roof. The memory had such an impact on him such that it made his body shudder. Although Leon had many vices he always had a unique trait that always made him react in calm and calculated manner so long as the issue didn't arise from social factors. He looked around the room trying to find a way out.
In his pursuit, Leon noticed a brick that seemed to be uniquely positioned as if it didn't fit. Leon played around with it until it came out of the wall and in it was a key. He put the key in his pocket and started searching for a key hole. After countless hours of searching he relented and decided to rest for a while to refresh his mind. He decided against sitting on the floor and started walking fiddling with the key as he walked towards the table. As he walked towards the table he realised that the key started glowing though faint, it was a clue.
The closer he got the more the key glowed. When he reached the he noticed that a small slit on the neck of the book was glowing in the shape of a key hole. Leon took the key and inserted it in the glowing part of the book and as he did the book broke out into bright flames causing him to drop the book and cover his eyes.
Leon slowly uncovered his eyes to dicover that in front of him was a blue traclucent screen with the words, [ Congratulations on being the first in all severs to pass your unique awakening trial.] As he finished reading new words appeared stating that he had awakened the rare unique skill :
[Quick thinking Rare] Due to being the first in all severs to finish the awakening the player will be allowed any of the three,
1] Unique skill upgrade.
2] Title equivalent to the achievement.
3] A +1 increase in all stats.
Please choose.
Having been a manga addict Leon quickly grasped what was happening but was shocked.
At this moment he considered the possibility that he was dreaming and decided to just roll with it. He considered the increase in stats but decided on upgrading his unique skill since in most of the comics he had read it had a great impact on the skills he would acquire and the level of his growth so he decided on the upgrade. Now the issue was how to select, does he just say it out loud or press the screen in front of his face.
As soon as he thought deeply about his choice the words on the screen started changing.
Congratulations on selecting option 1 the upgrade shall commence now. May the Stars shower you with their favor.
Commencing upgrade [0.01%]
As soon as the upgrade started Leon felt pain unlike anything he had ever felt in his entire life. It was like his whole body was being torn apart and being reattached again. And when the progress bar reached 30% he fainted from physicalandmental fatigue.
Whe he woke up, Leon realised he was lying on a thick patch of grass that stretched further than his eyes could see. It was a meadow green with grass without a single tree, building or animal in sight and when he stood up the screen appeared again and on it was written:
Status window ( to access just call out Status Window inwardly or out loud)
Name: Leon
Constellation: N/A
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Title: N/A
Level: 1 ( novice)
Exp: 0/10
Stats
Strength: 0.7
Constitution: 1
Intelligence: 2.3
Dexterity: 1.2
Mana: 10
Unique Skill
Hyper-thought Processing [legendary]
Description
Passively icreases quick understanding, reaction and mastery of skills and scenerios.
Doesn't require mana to activate but consumes and strengthens the intelligence stat. The player starts off with 10 stats of mana. Reduces the exp needed by 50%.