I wake up by the sounds that are bothering me. I look up to see where I am, but all I see is darkness. I stand up and walk around, trying to find some light. After a minute, I find it, and I walk towards the light. As I enter the cave, I find myself halfway up a mountain.
After looking around for a while, I still don't know where I am, but my head is clearer now, and I can think as I try to remember. I don't remember anything—not even my own name. It seems I do remember some things, though, as I do remember what a name is. So, it's better to say I don't remember myself.
The sun is about to go down, and I still don't remember, but now I have an instinct that I have to find something to light up and go back to the cave or something bad will happen. I can't seem to put my finger on what that bad thing is, so I let go of that thought and go around, looking for some thistle to pick for burning and some stones, as I do remember that the stones you can light a fire with aren't common.
I can see thistles everywhere, so I start to look around for the stones. After looking for a while, I find them, so I start picking up thistles. After struggling for a minute or two and getting a few scratches, I finally manage to pick one. As I turn to go back to the cave, I suddenly remember that one thistle isn't going to be enough for a night. With a sad face, I again start to pick up thistles.
After about half an hour, the sun has gone down, and it's completely dark here. I have picked nine thistles and am struggling with the tenth one when I start to hear some noises that make my instinct go wild with wariness. I hurry to pick the last thistle and go back to the cave. I finally manage to pick it, and when I do, something strange happens. Immediately after I pick up the thistle, some half-transparent paper appears in front of my face, and it's written on it:
"Congratulations!
You have picked 10 of an item necessary to survive in the wild.
Acquired the skill'simple gathering'"
I stared blankly at the transparent paper for a few seconds before I heard those noises again and decided to go to the cave first.
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After reaching the cave and going further inside, I settle down and, after a few tries, manage to start a fire. After feeling comfortable beside the fire, I look at the transparent paper again. It still reads:
"Congratulations!
You have picked 10 of an item necessary to survive in the wild.
Acquired the skill'simple gathering'"
I still have no idea what it is, but I think it means that as I gathered stuff, I became skilled enough in gathering that I got a skill named'simple gathering.'
Pretty simple, I would say, so I still can't get it: What is it, or why and how it suddenly appeared? There's nothing like this in my memory, not that my memory can be trusted.
After contemplating about it for a few moments, I decide to touch the paper. As nothing happens as I touch it, the writing suddenly changes, and it reads:
"Congratulations! For getting the first skill!
From now on, you can access your system status window by calling it.
You can also get the initial proficiency by clicking on the skill in the status window, or you could set it so you get the proficiency automatically."
Things get more complicated, but I get the gist of it. I call out for my status window, and another page comes up:
{STATUS}
Name:???
Job: None
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Title: None
Level: 1 (exp: 0/100)
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Basic Stats:
Intelligence: 2 Strength: 1 Endurance: 1 Agility: 1
Vitality: 1 Resistance: 1 Charisma: 1 Luck: 1
Mana: 0 Ki/QI: 0 Sense: 1 Dexterity: 1
Will: 1
(Unused stat points: 0 (3 stat points per level)
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Status:
HP: 20 (Vitality + Endurance) * 10 (Recovery: 0.0001/s)
MP: 0 (Recovery: 0) Ki/QI: 0 (Recovery: 0)
Fatigue: 10 (recovery: 2 per hour)
Stamina: 8 (Endurance * 8) (Recovery: 0.01/s)
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Status effect:
[???]:???
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Skills:
[Passive]:
[???]:???. + locked.
[Active]:
[simple gathering]: Have basic knowledge about gathering. Proficiency: [1/100]
{Quests}
Quest 1:??? Reward:???
Quests are currently locked.
As I look at the status window for a few minutes, my questions only grow further. Apparently, I'm a normal person with a slightly better brain, and this system also doesn't know my name. There are a few things in it that are currently locked.
As I don't fully understand anything that could be attributed to my lack of memory, I decide to put it all aside and, after securing a simple barrier with rocks and dirt, I go to sleep.
