My System! Finally!

It was now about 6:00 pm, and all I heard throughout the house was silence. The power had turned off an hour ago and I was bored.

'I guess this is what happens when you don't do anything but be on your phone for a hobby, Ethan- Quote from mom.'

"Huhhhh", I exhaled while laying on the cool, hardwood floor.

'Why does it feel good to lay down on cool, hard wood floors? Is it because I do this when I'm bored? Or stressed? Well, it works either way.'

I look around the house to find something to do while in 'captivity' and find nothing.

"I've been laying here for a couple hours… I should practice my powers or try to make a new skill that will help me take down monsters in one attack, an [AOE]."

I stand up and move to a relatively empty area of the living room to practice, "I shouldn't try to practice the [AOE] here. I probably should just try to keep it in the same form, and see how long I can use my powers without passing out or heavy powered attacks."

'Video games, fanfics, and novels have prepared me for this moment….'

I sat down in a 'criss cross applesauce' pose to practice. Summoning my power, I think of myself making a ball of air and holding it.

Expectedly, it comes out of my hands.

I sit in that spot, focusing on keeping it in the same shape. Within 10 minutes of me holding that pose, with a bit of difficulty on my behalf, something….. unexpected happens.

[Mastery of {AIR} has reached: 3%]

*Sschhss*

I lost focus as my power dispersed without the room, almost knocking the couch over.

I 'looked' at the screen that was blocking my face, almost completely obstructing my view of the living room.

"What?"

With my surprised, a bit confused, face staring at the screen that's slowly fading away, I say, "System?"

[Yes, Ethan?]

I almost screamed.

"Where was this when I was gonna die? When I did die? Right after I came back from the Afterlife?"

[If you are asking, "Where was this system when I needed it?" I was still assimilating to the new user.]

"New user?" This part of the sentence was throwing me off because she could have just said 'user' if she never had one before

[Yes. You are the current user of this system. You are the ##### owner of this system.]

The '#####' part is probably an error or something I most likely can't get access to.

[The latter is the correct answer.]

'Great….. the AI can read minds. This is probably the reason the Earth is in this state now. With monsters running amuck.'

[You are correct about the 'reading' minds part. Your other assumption was incorrect.]

"Nice to know that you don't know a joke when you hear one."

[You are correct about that assumption.]

Laughing at the unexpected answer of the AI, I stand up and go sit on the couch that was almost flipped over earlier.

"System, do I have a Status or something? If I do, can I see it?"

[Yes, Ethan. Here is your {Status}, ]

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Name: Ethan Caldwell

Species: Human

Age: 18

Titles: Little Bro, My Little Boy

Level- 1

HP- 100/100

MP- 40/60

Strength: 5

Agility: 6

Dexterity: 3

Intelligence: 6

Vitality: 2

Luck: 4

SP: 0

AP: 0

{More}

Note: 10 is the max for a 'Human' without a {System}. If you would like {More}, please click the {More} button.

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I tried to touch the {More} button with my pointer finger but it just went through the virtual screen. Then I tried to click it by just thinking about it and it worked.

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Abilities:

AIR- 3%

Skills-

Barrier: A force field made of your {AIR} ability to protect you or others from your surroundings. (Level-1)

Constrict: A {Barrier} you can put around enemies that shrink into a smaller area to kill or incapacitate them. (Level-1)

|||||||- 1%

Skills-

None

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'A pretty decent explanation of myself and abilities, I suppose. I think I should just sleep and get ready for tomorrow. This is a lot of information to process….'

I lay down on the couch with my hands under my head, on the arm rest, and head straight into a dream land.

'Anything other than the situation I'm in is pretty much a dream land to me at this point…..'