15 Crash course

During the 20 minute french lesson Zach gained many insights about his Language comprehension ability, it's a lot more powerful than he first thought. After doing a small basic lesson with Mr. Robinson he has become able to hold a casual conversation in french.

"You're a real talent!, i have never met someone so quick to pick this stuff up."

.I have always been good with languages, i never properly studied french beforehand.

"So this progress is all in a day? You could probably master the language in a week or two."

.It's a shame i'm being suspended on monday, huh.

"I can assign you homework and give you a few books"

Zach thinks it over and gets an idea.

.Would it be possible to send me many different languages?.

"Yeah... your not planning to try learning all of them though, are you?"

.I don't know, i would like to try see how far i can get.

Mr. Robinson sets down the book he has open in his hand and closes it,

"Fine, come by the classroom at the end of school tomorrow... Ill have a selection of books for you to pick from. Remember i'll be taking them from the library with my own name, Any damage to the books and ill be the one in trouble."

.Don't worry, i'm not that stupid.

Zach says with a smile.

The bell rings telling the two that class has just started,

"There goes my break"

.Mine too.

They both look at each other and laugh as students start entering the class,

"Hey Zach"

Tom walks in with bags under his eyes and greets Zach.

.Dude, you look rough.

"Yeah, some problems at home. Don't worry about it"

.If you think so.

Class resumes as Tom and Zach catch up on all the latest gaming trivia under the guise of actually doing work.

After school Zach says bye to Mr. Robinson and Tom then leaves, He heads out of school and goes toward a highly populated street to walk to Kevs shop.

.They won't chase me if there are people around right?.

[Likely]

The system misinterprets the rhetorical question and replies.

.Is the system learning as time goes on?.

[likely]

.Where does the system come from?.

[Information limited]

As Zach walks towards Kevs shop and talks to the system he realises that people are staring at him,

.Crap, am i gonna be attacked again?.

As he thinks this he hears people walk by while talking to themselves,

"That weirdo is talking to himself, lets go before he attacks somebody"

The smile on Zach's face disappears and he continues walking towards Kev's shop.

As he enters he sees a young woman with black hair covered in tattoos sitting on the chair.

.Sorry, am i interrupting?.

"No, the trash is in the back... just clean the place up for the cleaners to pick it up."

The girl perks up at his words,

"You found yourself another lackey Kevin?"

"Don't call me that. And no hes just helping out."

She purses her lips and smiles towards Zach,

"Don't mind me, off you go.

Zach goes to the back and starts cleaning, while the girl watches him leave she says to Kev,

"He looks familiar, who is he?"

"Hes Mikes kid."

"Ah, he does have his eyes... although his frame is abit different. I haven't seen him in a couple years, has he changed at all?"

"That playboy found a job... can you guess what hes doing to pay the rent?"

"When we left didn't he get treated?"

"They tried, but he still can't work a normal job."

"So its something you can do without concentrating... many choices"

"Hes a gigalo for a very wealthy woman."

The girl hears this and burst into laughter,

"NOOO WAYYYYYY!"

"Don't laugh, it might be funny for us but the job is just as dangerous as his previous one."

"Why's that?"

"Because she is just as possessive over her employees as she is with money."

In the Back alley, Zach is casually absorbing the blood from the trash before he cleans it.

Wiping the sweat from his brow he checks the notification,

[Absorbed human blood +1]

[Absorbed human blood +1]

[Absorbed human....

.Show me the status.

[Zachary Miller - Human+ - Male

Condition - Fine

Strength - 11 > 12

Intelligence - 10

Agility - 11

Stamina - 11 > 15

Spirit - 10

Luck - 10

Skill: Quick retreat, lv3 Pain resistance, Unveiling eye, Language comprehension,

Body mods : Prehensile tail,

LV4 Exp: 15/40]

As he walks in he finds the girl Giggling on the chair, it wouldn't seem weird but she is doing so while being tattoo'd. She must be a very peculiar person.

.Jobs done Kev, ill be heading back.

As he walks towards the door he is stopped by the woman's voice,

"My name is Carmen, what's yours?"

.Err Zach, nice to meet you. He looks at Kev and leaves after the awkward introduction.

Zach heads to the library to pick up some books, he doesn't have a lot of money to make a deposit so he needs to choose wisely.

He gets to the rather large building that has an academic air about it.

Walking inside he approaches the counter and asks for books about languages such as Russian, Arabic and Japanese.

"What are you studying for?"

.I'm gonna try become fluent in all of them.

He says this and the librarian almost coughs up a lung, she begins to say something but holds it down and smiles.

She retrieves the books, takes the deposit and says goodbye to the young Genius/Idiot.

Zach walks back with a stack of books in his hands, he wouldn't be able to carry this many if he hadn't raised his strength or stamina.... or read them.

Zach thanks god that hes the one that got the dreidel.