Danny's POV
I awoke to pitch black once again, accept it was different.
It was comforting.
Honestly I could just stay like this forever, but if my memory of the past couple minutes is correct then I've been succesfully reincarnated.
And! I tricked a god!
Well, kinda.
I wonder if it counts as a trick because they really did just leave me there.
Well, I guess I shouldn't stress over it.
Anyways I have a system right.
[Initializing..]
Oh! There it is!
[11%..]
I've been strangley calm about this.
[27%..]
I wonder if it's like a perk of reincarnation.
[35%..]
Or a Skill that came with the system.
[44%..]
Or a parasite in my unborn baby brain.
[58%..]
How long is this gonna take?
[78%..]
Oh!
[94%..]
Here we go!
[99%..]
Come on!
[100%! System succesfully initialized! Welcome host!]
Eh. That's it.
Ok, well better get to it I guess, Status!
[ Level 1
Name: "Danny"
Title: N/A
Stats:
STR:0
AGI:0
DEX:0
INT:23
WIS:17
LCK:1
Skills:
N/A
Perks:
Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Assimilation
Untraceable
]
Okay! Cool, now let me take a gander at those perks..
[Gamer's Mind:
Keep a steady and cool head in any situation, limit the array of emotions you feel and gain the capability to block any that may hamper your judgement.
Gamer's Body:
Allows the player to live life as a game.
Assimilation:
Allows the user to target a specific thing to assimilate, recharges once a year on the user's birth date. More charges may be needed for higher tier items, energies, or concepts.
(3 charges have been gifted to the user as they have not been born yet.)
Current Charges: 3
Untraceable
Allows the user to perfectly hide from anything they wish.
Currently hidden from: Divine Beings (1/3)
Evolve your perks to gain more power!]
Wowee! That is pretty strong starter package!
[Starter Package Initialized! Please check Inventory.]
Holy shit! An actual starter package! Inventory!
A blue screen with a grid formed infront of my face, all the grids were empty except for one. In the top right corner sat a present icon, I willed it to open and a grin grew across my fa-well, I guess I don't have a face yet. Anyways!
[ Starter Package Opened!
Gained:
1 Random Skill Ticket
1 Level Ticket
1 Gacha Ticket
]
Nice! System use the first two!
[ Gained Skill: Woodworking LV. 1
Congratulations! You are now LV. 2!
All Stats have increased by 1!
You've gained 5 stat points! ]
Put all points into LCK and use the Gacha ticket!
[ You're LCK has increased by 5!
You gained the item: Sun Tzu's The Art of War]
Whoo! Pretty decent haul, not sure what I'm gonna do now though.
Hmmm. I guess I can try to assimilate something?
Willing upon the perk my senses expanded, everything was in black and white and could perfectly understand everything around me.
I was inside a woman, presumeably my mother in this life, and anything she was in contact with I could assimilate.
She seemed to be in some sort of club, and.. wait.. is that a cigarette in her hand!?
Lady! What the hell are you doing!
Shit! I'm gonna come out deformed!
Okay. Let's think this through how can keep myself from getting dumb?
Wait! I just have to assimilate it! That way it just won't affect me anymore, theoretically at least.
Okay, here I go..
[Are you sure you want to assimilate the item: Lit Cigarette? ]
Yes!
[Assimilating...]
Oh, that feels really weird.. It's like my whole body is itching.
[Gained Perk: Smoker's Lung
Contrary to the name, this perk enhances the user's lungs allowing them immunity to harmful substances in the air and gives them a 5% boost to all stats when said substances are inhaled. Additionally the user can now store various gases in their lungs to expel whenever they wish. ]
Holy shit! That worked way better than I thought it would!
Shit, now I wanna assimilate more stuff. Alright, oh shit. My mom's freaking out.
Well I guess having the cigarette you're smoking dissapear out of your hand might not be the most natural thing ever.
Wait is that alchohol? No! Stop! Gah! I don' t wanna waste another charge of Assimilation!
Oh no! She's downing the whole bottle! Okay, don't freak out.
This time I'll Assimilate it before it hits her stomach!
[ Are you sure you want to assimilate the item: Unbottled Jack Daniels? ]
Yes! Hurry up!
[Assimilating...]
Gah, I'm all itchy again.
[ Gained Skill: Alchoholic Domain LV. 1
Gain control over anything containing alchohol, additionally gain the ability to produce alcohol using SP or MP
Gained Perk: Alchoholic's Belly Gut
Gain a toggleable immunity to alcohol with a second stomach to store the liquid exclusively. ]
As I read through the changes the itching ramped up and my chest and stomach flared with heat, this I assumed where my new perks taking affect.
Additionally a bunch of information about alchohol was shoved into my brain.
God, the mental fatigue I'm expieriencing right now is insane.
I've only been awake for like 7 minutes!
Using assimilate I quickly checked by mother for strange behaviour.
Nope, she's still drinking.
I really hope she doesn't know I'm here, because if she does then that does not bode well for my second childhood.
God, this isn't gonna be as easy as I thought huh?
