Leon had just woken up in the middle of the flight. Since he had spent the entire previous night in the airport preparing for his trip, he was quite exhausted and decided to take a nap soon after the plane took off.
Despite the fact that every seat in the plane was taken up, the cabin was utterly silent. Although it was 05:00 AM, and he was tired, he couldn’t go back to sleep. He was excited to finally be returning home after four years. He was eager to see his parents and little sister. Seeing them up close couldn’t compare to communicating through a screen after all. Besides, he finally had his chance to mend the mistakes he’d made in the past.
As Leon considered his destination, he was distracted by a sudden jarring feeling. His body was pushed forward violently, and he felt the air leave his lungs as he hit the seat in front of him. Then he heard the sound of the alert and realized that the plane had hit something. The impact hadn’t been all that powerful, and the rest of the passengers seemed unharmed..
“Oww…” he said, rubbing his head where it had smacked against the seat in front. “What just happened?”
As the other passengers were trying to recover from their surprise wake-up call, Leon looked out the window to see what had caused the impact. He saw a large object flying alongside the plane. It looked like a bird at first but was clearly too big to be one. It wasn’t like birds could fly as fast as planes, after all.
Suddenly, the creature drew closer, and Leon noticed that it looked more lizard-like than a bird. Without thinking, he immediately sat down and put on the seat belt. If he had to explain why he did that, he wouldn’t be able to. He only did it automatically, as if he were a robot. Besides, the answer to what that thing was appeared just as soon as it opened is mouth, spitting out a jet of fire that hit the plane.
Oh my god! That’s a dragon!
That was the last thought that went through his mind as the fire instantly melted the center of the plane, killing dozens of passengers at once. Then, the rest of the plane simply fell out of the sky.
Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Fear Resistance! You have gained 01 status points. |
His head spun just as fast as the plane did as it fell. He was seated in the back of the plane, so he had a complete view of what was transpiring around him. The two halves of the aircraft were plummeting at incredible speeds, and the lack of oxygen at this altitude were making his consciousness wane. At a fearsome pace, all parts of the plane were disconnecting. He wanted to scream in terror, but his voice was robbed from him by the air pressure.
What is going on…
Although a small part of his mind was trying to convince him that this was a horrible dream, the pain and horror of it all told him it was real. Part of him wanted to give up to escape the fear, but he forced himself to stay conscious.
Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Mental Fortitude! You have gained 01 status points. |
It looked like he was already losing his mind. Leon heard voices in his head, even though the other passengers were gone, their screams lost to him. He forced himself to look to the sides to check, but saw no sign of the other passengers in their seats. They must have been unhooked when the plane had broken apart and had been sucked out. Since his seat was starting to tremble uncontrollably, he was sure he’d be following them soon.
Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Perception! You have obtained 01 status points. |
His seat had finally been thrown out of the plane, and he felt the dizziness ease a little. But without being able to control his body or movements, Leon started to spin out of control again. The dizziness returned in full force, and this time, it also brought a companion: migraine.
Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Pain Resistance! You have obtained 01 status points. |
At this point, it was too weird for it to be a hallucination, which meant the voice must be real. Once he recognized that fact, Leon knew what to do. He thought about a status screen, and something and something appeared in front of him. However, with all the spinning, he couldn’t read it at all.
He moved his arms to unlock the seatbelt, and noticed that the seat was long gone. He was free-falling now, with nothing holding him. Little by little, his spin decreased until his body stabilized mid-air, like he was a sky diver. But then…
Oh shit. Oh shit!
Now Leon could see a game-like screen in front of him. He could also see the plane falling towards the ocean in thousands of little pieces, and the passengers also plummeting towards the water below. He didn’t know how much time had passed since that monster attacked the plane, but judging by his altitude, he knew he didn’t have much time left.
Health: 10 + |
Mana: 10 + |
Stamina: 10 + |
Strength: 06 + |
Dexterity: 08 + |
Speed: 07 + |
Intelligence: 09 + |
Endurance: 06 + |
Control: 05 + |
Mentality: 08 + |
Luck: 01 + |
Recovery: 01 + |
Willpower: 08 + |
Coins: 00 |
Status: 04 |
Leon started to wonder why he was staring at that screen. It wasn’t like he would find anything that could help him survive the fall from that height. The voice he heard made him remember the notifications he heard in some games, but it wasn’t like he had played a game where his character could survive that.
Oh god… I’m going to die.
Fear gave place to despair in Leon’s heart, and once he recognize that fact, his heart went cold like ice. Something messed up was happening to be sure, but he would die without knowing that. He wanted to know why a dragon had suddenly appeared. He wanted to do so many things with his life, and now he wouldn’t be able to do anything.
Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Rage! You have obtained 01 status points. |
Despair gave place to rage. None of this was fair! Why the hell did he have to die like this, after working so hard for so long, away from his family and friends!? Why the hell did a monster appear out of now where and attack the plane he was in? It was unfair, and it didn’t make sense. Then the fear returned quickly as Leon saw the bodies of the other passengers falling into the ocean and breaking like twigs.
Congratulations! The skill Fear Resistance has leveled up! You have obtained 01 status points. Congratulations! The skill Fear Resistance has leveled up! You have obtained 01 status points. Congratulations! The skill Fear Resistance has leveled up! You have obtained 01 status points. Congratulations! The skill Fear Resistance has leveled up! You have obtained 01 status points. Congratulations! The skill Fear Resistance has leveled up! You have obtained 01 status points. |
Leon’s body gave up at this point and accepted the imminent death. But his mind refused to accept it. His eyes focused on the screen, and he put all his status points in health. It probably wouldn’t change a thing, but at least on the other side, he could be proud of himself for actually trying to survive.
Then he hit the water, feeling as if he’d collided with a speeding cargo truck.
edited by TheFrozenPriest
Yeah... I don't think that would do much realistically... he would have been better off putting it all into luck for a all a few health points would do...
He was free-falling into the ocean after a dragon burned his plane down and his 'last thoughts' were to at least try to survive falling into deep waters at terminal velocity, with no warning before that. Could you do any better without any warning?
Kinda sound passive-aggressive here, don't I?
Luck is not going to help at all in this situation; he's much too close to the surface of the ocean at this point for anything to save him; his body will break almost certainly upon his landing, no matter what is below him; putting points into health is the most sensible thing to do in this situation.
I would have put it in a 2:1 ratio of health then luck.
@Rezkin_kdt some games done even allow you to touch luck, it might be a predetermined number.
@Reminiscence Yeah lol, don't think any amount of luck can save you in that situation
@Help Yeah, but it's also a waste to put it in Health, I would just dump all of my points on Endurance, why would he dump it on Health that increases with Endurance?!?!?
@Reminiscence So, dumping points in a stat that increases when you increases another stat is sensible?
How is it sensible to waste points on Health when he could increase Endurance, which increases Health and increases Defense?!?
@Adypoker Did it say anything anywhere about Endurance increasing Health? For all we know Endurance might just increase the bodies natural resistance to outside and inner forces such as blows, extreme temperatures and poisons? That would also be useful, but even then will you be able to survive that fall with just Defense? Plus, can a normal non-gamer go through all of those thoughts and make the correct decision before going splat?
He may have been better of doing that, but people tend to be single minded when they’re about to die
@Reminiscence i guess we’re all just gonna pretend that we don’t know endurance has a multiplicative affect on health and vice versa meaning he would’ve been far better off pumping endurance and if we really wanna overthink it then don’t put any into health because it might only increase max and not current or if you really really wanna overthink it then save a point for later in case it restores your physical condition.
@dripdropfrickinstop regardless you dont wanna be puttin points into luck
@Reminiscence obviously 1 point of luck is shitty enough to get him spawn killed and 11 points of luck aint gonna be even comparable to the standard plot armor so yeah luck is worthless.
@Reminiscence All luck probably could do is leg he be able to use his top half while his bottom half can’t never be used again. Def or hp is best, maybe def might be better but I dunno. He has plot armor
Imagine that you put all your stats into health and magically have twice or thrice the ability to tolerate injury compared to before, and you manage to handle more injures because of that. Then compare that to putting it into luck where your just more lucky, unless you have miracle level luck, you aren't going to have anything saving you or stopping you from dying, you might land with slightly less resistance due to your position from your luck, but that doesn't matter when your that high up right?