3 I AM ORDINARY(3)
Chapter 3
"Hey! Did you know there's a new candidate?" a hoarse male voice speaks up with a hint of excitement.
"Which one is it? An enthusiasts or a whiner?" an indifferent sweet voice of a female answers back.
"No, the important question is, is it male or female? Another follow up would be, is he gay or straight?" another male asks excitedly as he bites at his sandwich.
"It's a male, and I'm not sure to the answer for the rest of your question, Jackie, but apparently, he's different…" the initiator answers some of his companions' questions.
"Oh!" the female has a touch of interest in her voice this time.
"Aww, I guess I have to wait to find out" Jackie sighs in disappointment. He takes another taste out of his sandwich; he is tall, about 6 feet, platinum-blonde hair cut short in a trendy bucket shape, a part of his hair falling one side of his left face, in contrast to his deep blue eyes.
"He's different in a sense, that he's too calm…isn't that weird…even I showed a lot of anxiety and tension…" he contemplates.
"Joar, quickly open the window-share, I want to see his progress too!" the female has become involved now.
"Hale, stop moving my arm! Calm down, I'm sharing you the footage" Joar exasperated, as he moves away from her sudden rough excited demeanor. He is an inch shorter than Jackie, with dark-blonde hair, and gold-eyes.
"Share it to me too! I want to see what he looks like" Jackie straightens up.
"Ha! What's the point, you won't be able to see his face, becuz of the system confidentiality," Hale snorts at his enthusiastic response. She has a pixie hairstyle, bright orange that compliments her bronze skin, and dark-orange eyes.
"I can't see his face but I can see the rest of him, sheesh! Hale, get of my back" he shakes his head, despite his cold tone, he has a smirk on his face.
They are at the canteen, the noise drowns away their conversation, as bunch of people talk loudly, while some groups of people scuttle closer to gossip in whispers. The walls and floors are made out of pure white tiles, the square lines give off a blue hue, indicating a futuristic decoration, but it is actually a set of data and magic combined together, to give the rest of the player's interfaces.
"Oh, the guide left him alone?" Hale points out in surprise.
"Yeah, I was wondering what he would do, but it looks like he's calmly trying to understand the system"
"Did he choose a class?" Jackie asks after finishing his sandwich.
"No, that's what I meant, he's slowly trying to get to know the system"
"Hmmm, I hope we can recruit him, only if he shows some promising results," Hale forcefully holds back her robust physical reaction.
"Attention, all units, please report to your respective leaders, for further notice" a robotic female voice instructs all the players in the vicinity.
The three individuals ignore it since they already reported to their leader, watching the new player, instead.
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Why did I think about that! I'm a spoiled brat from a burger (1) family, how the heck am I supposed to survive in a jungle! It doesn't look like I can reach my destination in just one day. I kept my eye on the map; it's too far away! I get food, meticulously prepared by my mother, and I have no issue about clean drinking water…
(1) Burger family: a social term in Pakistan for spoiled kids. (I heard about it too many times...)
Although, that is concerning enough, as Ahmed notice more about his surrounding, he starts realizing that surviving is not a simple matter. Different species of plants are scattered here and there, blue-hue of roses pop up in between the wild bushes, and there are some various red, yellow and green hues that sprout from plants and trees. For the first time, Ahmed raises his head to look at the sky; it is bluish and green.
Is that…three suns in the sky? There is a sun, larger than the two, side by side.
I don't think even if I knew survival strategies, it won't help me here. Ahmed starts feeling the anxiety and stress ready to burst out. I feel like my heart will come out if I don't start panicking! However, before he lost control, something happened; it is as if small needles prick at his brain, making him feel like someone putting a large hand on his head. It made him feel tingly on his head, as soon as he felt that, the anxiety, fear and stress in his heart went away like a breeze picking away the dust and dirt.
I sigh, and shrug away the concerns like I do with my incomplete homework.
A thought comes into my mind, after trying to jog down the hill, I frown, as I almost fell over my own two feet! It happens often when I try to run or jog. Why is that? Then I notice something particular; am I taller? I immediately stop to observe my hands again.
Because of the initial surprises, the new environment caused him to overlook the fact that something about him is different. My hands are bigger, and I'm taller too, almost my brothers' height.
What's happening? Is it because of this, game-like features? I shake my head and move onwards; there are too many things to worry about, most concerning of all is how to survive until I reach the destination.
Oh well, even if I don't know any survival tactics, I just need to pick up a sharp rock if any creature comes at me.
Rustle…
I freeze at the growl coming from my left, something was waiting near the piled up tall grass. What the…where is it coming from? Is it a dog?
Gradually, the tall leaves move aside; a beast as tall as 10 foot came out, I could not discern due to its camouflage, with the surrounding grass. It's eyes were also green of the same color, one could not tell until it opens its mouth, showing sharp purple teeth.
Why did I say that!
I gulp; a rock would do nothing in this situation! Am I going to die? If that were so, why would the guide leave me alone?
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Chat room: SSPlayers
(Jackie entered the chat)
Jackie: Oh Sh*t! A Saber-Tooth!
(Percious entered the chat)
Percious: Ah! Where's the guide!?
(Hale entered the chat)
(Slushie entered the chat)
Hale: why are you asking that? I'm surprised that he met a saber-tooth!
Slushie: Calm your frits, Hellish! why're you talking about that?
Hale: Stop calling me that, Slooshball! Or else I'll really drag you to hell!
(Joar entered the chat)
Joar: he's a new player, why is he ambushed by a saber?
Slushie: WHO'ER YOU CALLING SLOOSHBALL!!!
Hale: fix your grammer mistake and I'll tell ya!
Percious: Ha! Good example of a pot calling the kettle black! Lol!!!
(Nile entered the chat)
Nile: hey, Joar! What's going on? Isn't that a beginner level?
Slushie: Whos this new guy anyway?
Nile: Slush, we don't know that, it's a new trainee.
Slushie: oh right, right I knew that…
Hale: haha, slooshball!
Slushie: hellhound!
(Jones entered the chat)
(Host Jones blocked Hale and Slushie for one day)
Jones: I've been keeping up on all the newbie updates for years, this is new for me too; any theories, Joar?
Joar: same for me…
Nile: ah, looks like he's going to die in the first round.
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A green colored tiger gets ready to pounce at me…is it just me or is it smirking at me?
A sudden sound comes from behind me, since I can not move my eyes away from what looks like a huge tiger, I couldn't tell what it is, until it jumps over my head.
The tiger stops growling and looks at the thing jumping towards it. Confused and angry for interrupting its dinnertime, it pounces at it. Usually at this stage I would be closing my eyes frightened, maybe it's because of the intense change in my environment but I keep my eyes open instead of closing them.
A red and white three feet lizard comes out of nowhere. It has small wings; one red on the left and right is white. It just stands in front of me, as if protecting me from the beast. I notice these details closely in mere seconds, but it felt like minutes have passed by, before I realized that the monster had its head cut off.
I just stand there with my mouth open.
The lizard turns around, face-to-face; it tilts its head, examining me. It has dark-green eyes, which appears beautiful as it glows like flickering lights. It had a mix colored scales of red and white. On its head, there are two small white bumps, indicating horns are in a process of growing. It has six-inch long ears, like a rabbit, but in red and white scales.
It's…so adorable…
"Human, you're weak!" a cute young voice talks back
"Huh…" my mind goes blank. It can talk!
"But don't worry, I can protect you!" it puffs up it's chest, proudly.
"T-thank you?"
"So I need you to do me a favor!" it talks like a royal personage.
"Yeah, sure…" what else could I say in this situation.
"Since I am so kind as to be your guardian, you need to keep me safe when I'm going through my transformation phase!"
"The what now?" confused at what is going on, I can barley keep up!
"My transformation or you can say, my growth phase is tomorrow, I'll be…asleep, I need someone to look after me…can you do that?" it squints at me, as if rejection should not even be considered.
"Sure, but I'm weak, you said so yourself," I scratch the back of my head. What is it talking about?
"It's okay, you just need to hide me, and make sure no one sees me" it smiles happily at my answer.
"Okay I guess" Why not?
"My name is EElai, Strong and majestic!" he pronounces it as 'ee'lai'.
"My name's Ahmed…"
"No! Your name shall be Leo'cor! Short for Leo!" he snickers, "Let's go, I'll get you somewhere safe!"
"But I need to go to a village…" I interject; did he just give me a name or a nickname?
"It's getting dark soon, and why do you need to go to a village? Humans are troublesome! I have a better place, and it's mine, hehe"
"But I'm a human" amused, I point out this fact; this little one thinks he owns everything.
"You're different! I can tell since I'm one and only dragon"
"Dragon?" I distinctly remember what a dragon looks like…stunned I observe the little kid again.
"Of course…" he scrunches his face in a frown in pain. That's when I notice there's blood on him, I didn't notice because of the red scales.
"Are you ok?! You're bleeding!" shocked, I kneel down to get a closer inspection.
"I got wounded from being attacked but I was able to survive because of my parents…" EElai says in a sorrowful tone. I can tell he's in grief.
"What happened?" I open my window to see if there's anything to heal the wound. I try to understand how the system functions (it's nothing I have ever seen before!) until I found the inventory; I quickly reveal the contents.
"We were attacked by demons…" he shakes his head, it seems he doesn't want to talk about it, "Anyway, let's not waste time! It's getting dark"
"Okay, wait I'm trying to find something to heal you…" Dang, I meet a wounded dragon as soon as I get here. Who would hurt the little guy? Demons? What the heck is that? I sigh, there's nothing useful in my inventory except for a rusty sword, and are those carrots? Why the heck did this stupid system give me carrots?
There's also a shop so I go there, my eyes slowly widens in shock…so…so expensive! I only have 10 silver coins. There's a healing potion but it's for 10 gold coins, and it's not even a high-grade one it's below average.
"Sorry, I don't have anything to help you with," I look down at my feet, sad and embarrassed.
"It's okay, I'm a dragon, I heal on my own, it's only been few hours since I got injured. Come on! My place is not far from here!" EElai moves.
"Really? Is there food and water there?" while I ask; I follow him as he leads me towards the right side of the forest. I still browse the shop; I found that I could get bandages and some bottle of disinfection, at least, for 16 copper coins.
"Yip! There's a nearby waterfall, it's a nice place…I could take the tiger for dinner…." He stops and contemplates for a second before he points at the corpse with his small white claw. The corpse of the tiger disappears.
Wow…
"When we get there, I can still do something about those injuries" I stop myself from asking about how he did it. Too much things to know, but first I have to help the little guy.
"Do whatever you want…" he shrugs in indifference, Ahmed doesn't know but the little dragon could not help but feel the warmth. I knew this human is different; it's a feeling in my gizzard.
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Chat room: SSPlayers
Nile: what the f***!
Joar: WHAT THE HELL!
(Jones unblocked Hale and Slushie)
Slushie: no..no way!
Percious: ….
Jackie: where the hell did the dragon come from?!
Jones: that world is not supposed to HAVE a dragon!
Hale: yeah, it's only supposed to have humans since it's a beginner training level…
Nile: is there a glitch in the system?
Percious: no way! It cant be! But theres so many things wrong with this…I don't even know where to begin!
Slushie: huh…let's first pick at the most weirdest one…
Joar: how…did he befriend a dragon?
Jones:….
Hale: !!!!
Jackie: we should tell this to our leaders…maybe they'll know…
(Joar left the chat)
(Jones left the chat)
(Slushie left the chat)
(Hale left the chat)
(Jackie left the chat)
(Nile left the chat)
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