4:35AM, Ed was already up, fully awake and getting ready to start preparing his mother's breakfast, she wouldn’t wake up for another hour and a half or so, but he liked to have everything processed so he did not need even 10min finishing making it when his mother wakes up.
[You are surprisingly early for somebody who is supposed to be lazy]
Ed[Hey, that’s really offensive, i always wake up early, that way i can spend more of the day playing games, listening to music, reading, faping, you know, doing nothing useful]
[...]
Ed[Besides, my late father always would wake me up early, so now is just costume for me to do it, even if a don’t want my body will wake up so I might as well enjoy while at it]
[I see]
As he was processing the material he was going to use for his mother’s breakfast, he started to look at the now new status window.
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Name: Edward(Eduardo) Edogawa
Status: Healthy
Titles:*Smart Ass**Annoyingly Smart**Emotional Manipulator*
HP:80
EP:100
Str: 5,31
Spd: 8,65
End: 10,96
Dex: 7,8
Vit: 8,13
Int: 33
Luck: ???
Quests⏩
Skills⏩
Awakening⏩
Shop⏩
Memo⏩
Inventory⏩
Locked
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Ed[Huh, did something change in the options that I already had unlocked?]
[Yes it did]
Ed[I’ll see it later, for now show me the shop]
[Right away]
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⏪Shop Rank:0
Celestion Coins-Gold:0 Silver:0 Bronze:0
Karma- Good:1.565 Bad:1654
Sell⏩
Buy:
Skills⏬ Magic⏬ Energies⏬ Knowledge⏬ Items⏬ Equipments⏬
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Ed[System sensei, explanation please]
[Yes yes, Celestial Coins are the currency used by higher beings and the ones that deal with them, in your case can only used in the knowledge, items and equipments tabs, other than that it can be converted in any world money having a proper conversion rate depending on the currency]
[Karma is self explanatory and is the main currency that you’ll be using in this system to buy or unlock all sorts of things, while karma is a more easily attainable then CC]
Ed[Ok, but why is there good and bad karma showing up? and how can I get more karma and CC?]
[Karma will be acquired by your actions, while helping an old lady with their groceries would give you a negligible sume, depending on your actions in a certain quest a high amount of karma could be obtained. Normally in these situations there would be only good or bad karma depending of the being that created the system if they wanted to corrupt with bad karma or have a flawed and moronic notion of what is it “good” trying to teach in the most inefficient way possible]
Ed[Did you read Larry Toddler?]
[Moving on, in this case while gaining good karma any action that would be considered bad karma would shave off the gain, and the same way when gaining bad karma. Since you pretty much loathe these notions differences had to be made, the proporcion shaved from good karma will be gained as bad karma and vice versa]
Ed[Doesn't sound so bad]
[Well, in that other case it would be possible to gain some kind of bonus by following the one straight path, in your case, since you gain both you can only get bonus karma it you find a way to do so]
Ed[Though as much, nothing is free]
[But you do some advantage on that, things considered “good” in the shop will be more cheaper if you use good karma and the same thing with bad karma]
Ed[heee, that’s interesting, and about these tab in buy, can you elaborate]
[Sure, for most part they are indeed self explanatory, but it is not buy and have the skill, what is being selled are book, tome, scrolls and the like giving you the best way to acquire said skill, magic, energy or knowledge, unless what is being selled something like a pill or a serum]
Ed[Is there a risk of buying something that I can't acquire?]
[No, although you are limited by the shop rank, the shop will only sell something that you have the ability to achieve]
Ed[Sweet]
Ed proceeded to flip around the tabs to see what was for sale and indeed even though he's rank is low, still had a good selection of products, but he still decided that it wasn’t the time to start buying, he doesn’t believe in waiting for the worst moment to buy something useful he’d rather be prepared for the worst. But this is still his first actual day with the system, he still had so much to plan and after scheduling his training regiment he’d start buying all that he deemed necessary to gain strength and have some countermeasures to whatever he could think of.
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Ed[Hey system, I have a request for whatever did this to me]
[I’ll pass on ahead, but you do know that, depending on what it is there is a great chance of being ignored]
Ed[No problem, *clears throat* Oh sadistic ones, please heed my request, ok i’ll stop now and get to business I want a place to train, you want something from me and need me to be strong, so i want a place to improve myself. Somewhere where i can have some kind of control of shape, equipment and time passed inside, it doesn’t need to something absurd but these are absolutely necessary]
.
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[I’m sorry but i th..]
{*ding* new option acquired}
[WHAT]
Ed[Ok, what is it]
[*sigh* how did you…. you know what, never mind.
You acquired *The Room*, you can rename it later, is a 30 square meters training room(322ft²) with two other adjacent rooms, one is a workshop and another is a bathroom. You are able to modify the training room to some extent but any equipment used there you have to be made or acquired by you, for now you are only able to double the time in the room( Real World 1hr x The Room 2hrs) the two adjacent rooms are a Workshop and a “bedroom”]
[Although you are going to train, it is more correct to think your essence will train, meaning, you can’t train your physical body, but you are able to acquire and improve any of your skills, magic energies etc.. In there. But even if you’re not using your actual body, you will spend all your energies normally and the limits will be the same.]
Ed[Ok i still have one hour till my mom wakes, i’ll try this room for now]
As I lay on the living room couch and started The Room What I was in a white room where the wall, the floor and even the ceiling looked like they were made of boxes and for the next half hour I tried as much as he could to see what the room was really capable of.
I was really pleased with the place, like REALLY enjoying what I had discovered. Anything in this room could be freely moved and become stationary like he had telekinesis but not only squares. As in the intersection between the squares there were thin platforms that could also be used, and in the cross section also hidden poles. All of those could have their shape changed to some degree, I couldn’t transform the square into a platform, but could change into a ball shape. I could also split them into smaller pieces although it did have a limit in how small those pieces could become and there was the fact that they couldn’t go very far from each other. Like they had a magnetic field that wouldn't allow them to go far.
Ed: System, are you able to take some control of the room, like, make some movement automated or a cyclical thing?
[Let me see]A few seconds later the room began to move and it’s parts began to change shape.
[It appears I have indeed some control over the room]
Ed: Nice, maybe we can experiment later, like, take the layout of my neighborhood and have you recreate it here and change it depending on where I go.
[...That’s a wonderful idea if we can do it, how did you came up with the idea]
Ed: Actually the first thing I thought when I saw this place was the training Room from one of my superhero comics, it just seemed as practical as that room.
[I see]
Ed: Well, let’s see what else we have here.
Taking a look at the other rooms, there was a bedroom with a bathroom and a kitchen like area. And the other room was a workshop, although big, was still smaller than the training room but at least had some equipment, the most basic desks, smithy and the like, but at least it was something.
And I decided to start my training for the next hour and a half with something I deemed absolutely necessary. Since living in the city and if he were to have a battle or run situation it would be the most essential skill in my arsenal, Parkour, it did not have anything to do with my favorite Assassin’s game, nope, na ha, not a chance.
Ed: System, what is the difference between buying a book in the store and the one that i can buy in any other place in this world.
[There’s a big difference actually, although you can’t simply acquire an overwhelmly more advanced knowledge right now. Some of the knowledge present in your world is still a little crude. So if you, for example, buy a book about anatomy it will be more complete to any book that you can normally acquire in your world]
Ed: Neat, how complete would this anatomy book be? It will be an all encompassing encyclopedia or I would have to buy more than one volume?
[That would depend in the subject matter, like any medical college there would be the general material and the more specialised material for professions]
Ed: Ok, I want one about Parkour and another about weak points in the human body.
[One second….Found it there’s a Parkour manual that encompasses everything, from better swifting your body weight to how to land on various surfaces to better mitigate damage it costs 450 karma points. And and Wing Chun pressure points manual for 620 karma points]
Ed: Geesh that’s some price, Why just karma point? Nor positive or negative.
[This tab of the shop is made to be used with CC but it can be used by Karma points with some added price. It doesn't have any karma inclination because they are neutral. Parkour it’s a traversal technique. Although Wing Chun is indeed one of the most lethal fighting styles out there it still can be considered a self defense mechanism]
Ed: I see, buy both and share the cost 50/50 between KP.
[Acknowledge]
{*ding* Bought item Mastering Parkout: The traversel of the city}
{*ding* Bought item Mastering Wing Chun: Knowing pressure points}
{*ding* Items stored in the inventory}
Ed: That reminds me, how big is the inventory?
[At this stage it’s is only about 64 cubic feet]
Ed:....... I got a bag of holding.
Exciting the Room I found myself tired like I was really really running and jumping so I took a quick shower to relax and get ready for his mother to come down. Writing a few things in my notes session that I would be buying today, as well as first drafts of my training regiment while thinking about how I could be as efficient as he could. I look at the watch as I start to hear a sound from upstairs, knowing it is my mother I started to make the breakfast, which was Tapioca with chicken and catupiry.
And then it appeared, shifting from side to side, barely open eyes, dropped shoulders and almost hitting every wall and door on her way to the kitchen, the cutest morning zombie the you could ever see. My mother. waist length brown hair, green eyes, F cup breasts, medium hip and the typical japanese baby face, everything about her was beautiful.
Ed[Ahhhh milf]
[...]
Barely avoiding stumbling and falling, she was always very weak in the morning at home, as she stopped at the kitchen entrance, looked at me and said.
??: D-chan….. gohan….
---[Song Change My Mind from Peach Tree Rascals]---
I chuckle and start the small radio that we keep in the kitchen and put on some music. And her body starts to move at the beat of the song even in her “zombie” state as she follows the plate in my hand to the table and starts eating like a squirrel while still moving to the sound of the beat.
??: hehehe, thanks D-chan.
Says her moving from side to side in the beat while moving her legs under the table like she was A kid. Edogawa Shouko, even being a little airhead she’s still a really good mother that works her best to give all she can to me and my sister. Even if I had to step up when I was 13 to help her with the house finances, and then I hear her.
??: I’m home.
Ed[Tsk, why did she had to come]
[...]
Shouko: ehe, Sara-chan welcome back~~^^.
My sister Sara. She was a little version of our mother. It would not be difficult to think they are sisters when she grows up. I don’t dislike her, actually our relationship is pretty good, but…
Ed: Welcome back Sara, good morning.
Sara: Good morning nii-sama.
Ed: Here, today I made tapioca.
Sara: Thanks.
Ed[The timer has began]
Sara: Sooo, nii-sama, what are you going to do for summer vacation?
Ed: Nothing much i guess.
Sara:....I see.
Hey stop looking at me like I'm doing something wrong and mom, why are you looking at us as if we were some kind of k-drama, where did your sleepiness go??
Sara:The senior in my kendo dojo is going to take the boys to a training camp so they can improve their strength.
Ed: Oh good for them.
Sara: It will improve not only their physical strength but their friendship bond.
Ed: Ahhh it must be so nice to be young.
At this moment of the conversation my lovely little sister already had a vein popping out in her neck.
Sara: Soooo….
Ed: Sooooo
Sara: Are you gonna join?
Ed: It does sound interesting, like a new experience where I could possibly be friends.
Sara: Un Un.
Sara looks proud and happy with what I'm saying as I’m heading to the kitchen’s entrance.
Ed: DAGA, KOTOWARU.
Sara: Wha… Wait a minute nii-sama.
Ed[Dammit, every time is the same thing, so annoying]
I begin to wear my shoes as I’m preparing to go out.
Sara: Nii-sama, why do you keep going like that, everybody keeps calling you a waste, you have to change your life.
Ed: And why would I do that? I’m perfectly happy the way I am.
Sara: But grandpa keeps talking about how you are a disgrace and doesn’t want you anywhere near our clan.
Ed: Then I’ll do so.
Sara: But nii-sama, they are our family.
Ed: No they aren’t and….. You know what, nevermind, I’m going out, MOOOM ALL THE FOOD IS READY IN THE FRIDGE YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAT IT UP, I’M GOING TO THE STUDIO.
Shouko:OKEY D-CHAN STAY SAFE.
Sara: No nii-sama, you have to..
Ed: Goodbye Sara, see you later.
*Slam*
Ed:*SIGH*
[Perhaps you don’t have a good relationship with you sister]
Ed[No, I actually do. But is our grandparents, to them my mother is a disgrace for marrying my father even though they say the accept me and my sister is just on the outside, they are just trying to “salvage from a worst situation”]
[What do you mean?]
Ed[Is all of that noble clan idea bullshit, since my fathers death they became more aggressive in their approach, trying to remarry my mother saying that she owns them. And since both my mother and I were pretty busy dealing with the properties and business we couldn’t keep our eyes on Sara all the time and they managed to implant some of their brainwash into her, she was 8-9 years old after all.]
[I see, seems like a complicated thing]
Ed[Yea, they tried to approach me talking about how sad were they about how my father split the family apart and saying that as a member of the clan i had to put in some work, but i had none of their bullshit and just ignored it]
[You love your sister don’t you]
Ed[Hell yeah, how could a syscon like me not love my sister]
[.....Pervert]
Ed[Thank you]
[That was not a compliment]
Ed[You sure?]
[...]
