"The hell!? Why am I uer?"

  [System reboot]

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  [I'm your o survival system, you are my servant]

  [Feed me points, and I'll show you the secrets of survival with the aid of body upgrades]

  "Oh for the love of..."

  ...

  [Your first task = Locate a any small species of the crustacea ignatius family, juveniles are preferable… less steamy.]

  This message in his head was very fusing. That aside, he, Timothy Lake, a human, didn't have the slightest clue, regarding how he suddenly appeared uer! It was nothihan absurd.

  He pletely ignored what the system said. In fact he wasn't even sure what the 'system' was, and thought that craze was creeping in. He could hear the system but not see it, which was a rather radiant hint of auditory halluation, if not other things!

  "Who the hell are you? How did I get here?" Tim excimed, as his panied.

  [I'm your inbuilt, o survival system. You, Timothy, are the new owner of this newborn, stingray body.] It answered.

  But, it didn’t stop there either. [As for me, I have knowledge equal to one world and beyond it, I help any oic creature survive this cruel, magical enviro.]

  "Damn this thing has a lot to say." Tim thought briefly and privately, as the system's disruptive voinoyed him shitless.

  [I heard that,] It said.

  "Oh so you read my thoughts too, perfect." Tim added, he felt embarrassed, especially sihe system sounded like a dy, though her tone was puterized.

  [Yes,] It followed along.

  Sileretched after that point, for a whole minute, as Tim was given a lot to think about. The system eventually broke the silence, in a way that was a bit annoying; Basically, she started spamming some information.

  [Avaible system points = 10]

  [Purchase options = 1]

  Tim would rather not i with the system, but she ersuasive. Since he was almost vihat what he was experieng was a dream, he saw no harm in pying along for a while. Dreams must eually, even nightmares, and this felt like a nightmare!

  He said, "Let's hear that option out, I guess."

  There was no harm to that, as everything about this truly felt like a dream. He even tried to swim fast, as fast as he could, but that effort was dimmed by sloale results. Just like in htmares, he moved really slowly!

  [Option number one, and the only optiht now = A brochure, expining the details of your new body, and species ih.]

  [Price = 3 system points]

  "Kind of expensive for information that is solely about 'my' new body." The little stingray tinued pining, though he khat he was being a bit annoying.

  He khat he wouldn't be here for long, so he gave in pletely. There was no point in being all grumpy, he started pying nice-er.

  He sighed and said, "Whatever, okay. I'm purchasing the first, and only option."

  [Purchase firmed,] The system said.

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  [Species = Bluespotted Ribbon-tail Ray]

  [Family = Dasyatidae extingius]

  [Gender = Male]

  [Age = 29 days]

  [Length = 15 timeters]

  [Width = 7 timeters]

  [Weight = 0.3 kilograms]

  As a closience, she [Your purchase is plete, and as a result, 3 system points have been ed. Due to this subtra, only 7 points remain in your total sum.]

  Tim ignored all that talk about points, and said. "Sounds like I'm very small."

  He expected an answer, but the system wasn't very responsive. Instead, it tinued spamming information that may only be iing to her and her alone.

  She said, [Because of your most ret purchase, three more purchase options have been unlocked.]

  [Option number one = Learn your current location]

  [Price = 14 system points]

  "A geo-tagger?" Tim recalled this modern, human phrase.

  Afterwards, he joked. "Yeah, fish definitely hat. Nothing like a good old GPS to get you across the Pacific O."

  He started being more and more sarcastic, because he was getting nervous. Everything that was happening didn't feel like a dream anymore, so he had to cope somehow.

  The system, however, didn't respond to such sarcasm whatsoever. She tinued going on with her business, by spamming more of her information.

  She said, [Option wo = View the chart of your current capabilities. This one is essential to have and memorize, therefore it's priced cheaply, 3 system points.]

  "That sounds iing." Tim thought, he felt intrigued. "I want to buy that one."

  [Purchase firmed,] The system said.

  It was o hear her respond instantly for once. sidering the circumstances, he'd love to be distracted right now rather than face the problem at hand. Somehow he was a fish, and he wasn't quite ready to accept that.

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  Afterwards, the system described. [Your capabilities will be listed shortly. Levels state just how strong a specific capability of yours is, with level zero being the lowest.]

  [Hunting, jaws, and natural camoufge = Level two]

  [Barb, and barb venom = Level zero]

  [Bodily strength, and speed = Level one]

  [Sight, st and overall senses = Level one]

  [Intelligence of either, four forms = Low]

  [Mana = Pathetically low]

  [Magical powers = None]

  [Sex appeal = Level zero]

  "Wow, pretty low. Looks like anything kill me, though." Tim pointed out, and tried to ighe devastating fact that his 'sex appeal' was down to level zero.

  [Everything kill you, yes.] She firmed.

  Afterwards she said, [Your purchase is plete, and 3 system points have been ed in exge. Now, only 4 system points remain in your total sum.]

  Tim was given a lot to think about. This world started feeling more and more real, and the salt water hi it so, but that wave of realization wasn't the worst part.

  If everything was real, and as it appeared, it was, then he was given the worst cards to py with. He was just a tiny, weak, stingray! He didn't know how his soul ended up in this body, but it would be embarrassing to die in this same body, as much as it was embarrassing to own it and live in it.

  In the meahe system didn't care about his feelings whatsoever, and tinued making her sales pitch.

  She said, [Option hree = Upgrade Hunting, jaws, and natural camoufge to level three. This option is priced at 28 points.]

  "Kind of expensive for a pair of jaws, don't you think?" Tim asked.

  Now he didn’t have any idea of how these points were attained, but they seemed like a lot. Part of him sidered suicide, rather than to gh with everything a fish had to do on a daily, but the rest of him was curious. Sure he was also terrified, but if this world truly had magic within it, then it was worth expl!

  The system decided to respond to his question for once. In fact, she even wao help him bee a bit more practical.

  She said, [Let me show you some statistics, free of charge. The following sists of your current state of overall health and well-being.]

  [Health bar = 87/100 points]

  [Hunger bar = 3/15]

  [Sleep, and stamina bar = 11/35]

  [Mana = 0/0]

  At st, she sealed the deal off by adding. [You o be a good hunter in order to survive. Now you 't afford 'purchase option hree' for the time being, but you still hunt. As I said before, find a crab that you kill, you and you definitely he points that it give you in exge, once you kill it. Good luck, Timothy Lake.]