Chapter 9 Crisis

Friday Morning 1:00 Am

Theodore was panting heavily after completing his 6-hour workout.

[ >Strength 20<]

[Task: Increase Strength to 20 Completed]

[For completing the task before expected time, additional reward is given]

[>Reward:Inventory<]

[>Additional Reward: 3 stat points<]

"Holy shit is that the inventory that I know, let's see"

[>Inventory: Hold stuff<]

"For something so amazing the description is really crap"

Looking at his inventory he saw that it is made of individual blocks, he currently has 4 blocks and in each block, he can put up 20 items in it.

Theodore picks up a rock from the side and places it in his inventory.

[Rock 1/20]

He tried to drop his bottle inside the same block but it put it in a separate block.

[Bottle of water 1/20]

Then picking up another rock he drops it in and it placed it in the rock block making it two out of ten rocks

'Hmm so it's one item per a block but I can stack that one item but what about taking it out, where does it appear'

He thinks of the rock that is in his inventory 'I want it in my hand' then it appeared in his hand

Then he looked at a bench that was a few meters away from him and thought 'appear on the bench' but nothing, looking down at the floor 'hows about the floor' and a little rock appeared.

after experimenting a few more times.

Theodore came to a conclusion that he can make objects appear from his inventory in specific spots as long as the spot is within reaching distance.

It's the same for putting objects in the inventory, he doesn't have to be in contact with the object but it has to be within reaching distance.

He was kinda disappointed by his additional reward but he still accepted it and looked at his stats.

Status

+Physical: Tired, Healthy

+Mental: Excited, PTSD

Intelligence:14

Strength: 20

Stamina: 15

Agility: 13

Appearance 7

He puts 2 points into agility and his last point into intelligence making it 15 agility and 15 intelligence.

. . . .

Sitting at his table he finishes his breakfast before playing with his inventory.

Putting water in his mouth 'go into inventory' then it disappeared into his inventory and saw how the block changed too actually seeing a water level on the side of the block.

Putting his cup down 'put it back into the cup' he saw the cup fill up instantly.

"hahaha I'm the best magician in the world"

[<Ding Task: Perform a mind blowing trick to a live audience of 3000 people before midnight>]

{Reward: +1 block for inventory}

{Failure: Inventory is locked and is filed as a sex offender}

" Me and my big mouth, what the fuck is up with this punishment and where the fuck am I gonna find 3000 people to perform magic. Even if I get 3000 people its gonna be terrible since I most definitely have stage fright"

"System add at least a week to the Time limit"

"System! System! System!!! Stop fucking ignoring me you asshole"

[Shut up, I have no control over tasks, it runs on a separate operating system. I'll give you a clue, you don't necessarily have to physically be in front of an audience they just need to see you. now leave me be]

"Are you shitting me, this is a crisis I don't need riddles I need answers"

Theodore was genuinely scared 'With a title such as sex offender I'll have no chance at being a star or just having a regular life. Think Theodore think, where can you get 3000 people and not be physically in front of them..... Live audience..... Live TV no but I can do the next best thing'

Running to his study he quickly turned on the computer and searched for any streaming sites.

He clicked on the most popular streaming site that goes by the name of "Live it" looking through the terms and services.

He was about to make an account but couldn't come up with a name 'I need a simple name That's rememberable..... how's about Hood hmm maybe MrHood or DrHood I'll just go with MrHood'

"What's the time now 12:15 I have 11 hours and 45 minutes to do this task but I need some supplies"

He rummages through some papers on the side and found a clear white paper "Okay I need a good camera a regular size microphone and a small microphone, mask, tricks to bring in an audience or skills and I need a mind blowing routine"

. . . .

Theodore just got back from town and bought back a decent cameras with tripods, 15 packs of playing cards, 10 giant watermelons, metallic silver eye mask, half face respirator, long pieces of velcro and spray paint.

The half face respirator mask is bulky with the cartridge so he removes it, he grabbed some masking tape and covered the area where the cartridge would go.

Shaking a can of metallic spray paint he sprays the mask till it's completely silver, he then sprays the eye mask navy blue and waits for it to dry before adding several other layers.

He gets changed into black jeans and a white top, going through his draws he looks for white thin summer hoodie that will match his masks.

Eventually finding his hoodie he cuts the hood off and sewed Velcro to the bottom of it, then he sewed Velcro to the inside of the suit jacket and puts it together.

He puts on the jacket, flips the hood over his head then he put on his masks.

Looking in the mirror he was engrossed by the mysterious figure that is his own. In particular, his eyes seem to shine with the Navy blue background of the eye mask, his whole look, just fits so perfectly.

It finally came to make a routine. In his old life, he had one odd skill, that was completely useless in life but great for impressing people by how simple it looks.

That useless skill was pen tapping, the skill required three things a pen, your hand and table. As one could guess from its name you simply tap the pen on the table at different angles to get different sounds the use of wrist is needed to make a kick drum and taking those sounds you make a beat.

Theodore spent 30 minutes getting his hand to remember the movements. Theodore then spent some time learning other skills like coin rolling, cardistry, juggling, pen spinning and slight of hand tricks.

It took him around 3 hours to learn the other skill especially cardistry even though he wasn't sure if he was gonna use them.

The clock struck six and James went into the living room and moved everything so that he has space and moved the piano out of the corner so that's closer to the centre of the room.

He then moved his computer to the living room and sets up his camera so that the audience can see everything he's doing.

He turned the computer on synced up his audio and video, taking one last look at himself he lets his hair flow down as he puts his hood up and starts streaming.