19 What a freak
Zach is face down on the floor as he watches the giant man beat the girl to death,
.Please stop... kill me instead, leave her alone!.
He suddenly stops, approaches Zach and lifts his massive foot over his head.
CRUNCH!
.AHHH!.
Zach sits up quickly from a bed while screaming, the pain thats supposed to be in his head is coming from his right arm and shoulder.
"Stop!, calm down... you'r ok."
A girl gently lays Zach's ridged body back onto the bed.
.Where are we?.
"We made it back to my place, don't you remember?"
.Yeah, my bad... why do i hurt so bad?.
"You were running on pure adrenaline and by the time we got back you fainted from your injuries"
Zach gets a cold sweat and looks at her deeply, he then looks down at his body and visually checks if hes still hiding his tail.
...
.You didn't take my belt off did you?.
"No... your injuries were only on your upper body."
Zach doesn't trust what shes saying as he definitely feels leg pain.
He lays there for a while trying to get a gist of the situation, looking around the room he sees a clean looking bedroom covered in pink animals and furniture.
Glances at the girl she seems embarrassed by his inquisitiveness,
.We have met before right?.
"Yea, you remember me from the fancy dress store?"
.Yeah...
.What were you doing there?.
"Should you really be asking me that?"
She goes to give him an angry look but stops as she sees the seriousness in his face.
"On my way home i saw you drop this when you were walking with one of those guys,"
She picks up a book that says "French for idiots" and continues.
"I wanted to give it back immediately but it looked kinda dangerous, so i followed you... When that girl got the guys to attack you i tried to call the police. But i guess i was slightly too loud as one of them heard me, i tried to run but got caught."
She tears up as she tells the story,
"That's when you saved me"
She wipes the tears away and smiles.
.Your brave.
"I have pride too" Zach cuts her off mid sentence,
.And really stupid!.
"Why?"
.That guy was busy with me, he woulda gone down soon anyway so why put yourself at risk.
"You know why he fell?"
Zach stops and tries to think of an answer that doesn't incriminate him.
.I stabbed him with some poison, he is definitely dead.
"Dead!?!"
She seems shocked by the sudden escalation but regains her calm,
"So why were they after you?"
Zach sighs,
.My ex childhood friend hired them to beat me up or kill me... or both."
"But why wou-"
.Don't ask.
Quiet consumes the room.
.How long will i be in bed?.
"Your arm and shoulder have fractures, i was surprised when it was only to that extent. You should get yourself to the hospital."
.How do you know how bad my injuries are?.
"I'm training to be a doctor"
She says happily,
.So i can walk soon right?.
"A day or two in bed, a sling and you should be fine to walk."
.Can i stay here til then, i can't go to hospital for personal reasons.
"You did save me, ill just sleep on the couch til then. No big deal."
.Thanks... Zoey?.
"You remembered?"
.I saw your name tag on the way in.
"You still haven't told me your name."
She puffs her cheeks and crosses her arms, its really cute.
.I'm Zach, i need to use the rest room.
"Ok ill bring you there, give me a shout when your done."
She helps Zach into the bathroom and leaves to make food.
.Thank god i'm injured or i would've jumped her, i should probably give my dad a call telling him ill be away for a day or two.
Zach calls his dad and lets him know hell be staying at Toms house, He seems surprised but agrees quickly.
Zach sits on the side of the bathtub and pull out the dreidel,
.Time to level i guess, i wonder if i can get anything to cure this PTSD thing... or even my fractured bones.
[Host only needs to ask]
....
...
.Can i cure my PTSD?.
[Congratulations host for reaching level 5 and unlocking the Soul Store]
.Soul store?.
[Host can trade consumed sentient beings/Souls for various items]
.Anything? So the system has a stockpile of stuff waiting for me to buy it?.
[Impossible at system current power, The soul store uses souls to fabricate matter and create items needed]
...
.So you can create matter, isn't that on the realm of gods?.
[Consuming souls is also on the realm of [REDACTED].]
.Show me a basic list of possible items.
[Eye of skaadi = 10000 souls
Infinity gauntlet = 1000000000 souls
Immortality mantra = 1000000 souls
Boots of speed = 100 souls
Cerata = 70 souls]
.Even stuff from warframe, there is literally limitless possibilities.
[Correct]
.Huh, ok you got any medicine that gets rid of mental illnesses?.
[Soul strengthen pill = 1 soul (One use only)]
.This will get rid of my illness?.
[Correct, side effect = +1 spirit]
.How many souls do i have?.
[Souls 4]
.The two guys in the alley way, Raheem and the big guy, they all got completely absorbed. Makes sense.
.Ok purchase.
As Zach says these words light suddenly appears in front of him, particles gather together concentrating into even brighter light eventually become the shape of a pill.
It drops into Zachs hands and he observes it.
The pill looks like a regular pill you would get from a doctor except its colour is constantly changing.
.Weird, lets put all the bonus stat points into strength.
After he says this he gulps the pill down his gullet.
He immediately feels a lot calmer, like chains being lifted. Zachs not sure whether its the PTSD being cured or the gain in his spirit stat.
After wards he grabs the dreidel that always mysteriously close to him and gets ready to spin it.
Placing it on the floor and putting pressure on it ready to spin it,
CRACK,
The dreidel sinks into the floor and cracks the bathroom tile, Zach is surprised by this and almost topples over backwards.
He looks at his hands and squeezes the side of the bathtub as hard as he can, he lets go and sees light imprints left by his fingers.
.The strength increase seems a bit much for me right now.
He goes back to the dreidel and lightly spins it,
Shua Shua,
It falls to the side revealing a dragon with seven heads.
[Congratulations host, please choose from the Hydra bundle]
[Dragon eyelid] = (Nictitating membrane) Grows a "second eyelid" that can protect hosts eyes when without effecting sight when needed. Additionally the eyelids are as strong as dragon scale.
[7 Heads = Grows 6 more heads that have independent personalities and are able to spit different kinds of elements (Fire , Poison, Frost)
[Poison resistant Gills = Gills grow under the hosts arm pits and enable the host to breath underwater, additionally due to the environment where hydras exists poison resistance is added.
[Please select one]
.I'm gonna be even freakier than i am now?.
.Can i choose later?.
[Host has to choose within 3 days or it will be randomly selected]
Zach almost cries but forgets about it and checks his status.
[Zachary Miller - Human+ - Male
Condition - Injured
Strength - 12 > 17
Intelligence - 10
Agility - 11
Stamina - 15
Spirit - 10 > 11
Luck - 10
Skill: Quick retreat, lv4 Pain resistance, Unveiling eye, Language comprehension, Phase,
Body mods : Prehensile tail,
LV5 Exp: 35/100]
