(Y/N): Ah, I love these mountains.
You did as you were hiking in the Appalachian mountains. You love being outdoors and hiking and the beauty of these mountains. You've been traveling cross country on vacation reconnecting with the outdoors from your job. You work with a game cooperation pitching and selling ideas for them and you've been looking forward to your vacation.
(Y/N): I haven't been out here in years. I missed these mountains.
Unfortunately you were never blessed with good luck in life and while out hiking, well a rockslide came down on top of you on the trail.
(Y/N): Wait what?
Suddenly a rock slide came down and was gonna hit you in the face when all of a sudden you were pulled from it. You looked down and could see your body and the rock slide but everything was stopped. As if time was frozen.
(Y/N): W-what. What happened? Am I dead?
No. At least not yet
Words began to be displayed in front of him as if on a game screen.
(Y/N): What the-
You have been selected to for a celestial project Mr. (L/N)
(Y/N): A what now?
Basically you've been given a restart.
(Y/N): A restart? So I'm dead then?
No but if you decide to refuse our offer. The alternative is riding under a rockslide all the way down a mountain.
(Y/N): ... I'll take it.
Excellent.
Everything faded to white for a moment then as if waking up from a dream you opened your eyes and look up at the clear blue sky.
(Y/N): *yawns* what a dream. Wait a minute. Why am I in the grass? And why do I sound like I'm back in high school?
You got up and ran over to a body of water and looked at your reflection and sure enough. You looked like you were 17 again.
(Y/N): how?
Suddenly a display screen popped up
Welcome (Y/N)(L/N) aka "The Gamer of Gensokyo"
(Y/N): The what now? I'm a gamer?
That's right. Would you like start the tutorial program?
Quest Alert: Complete the Tutorial
Reward: 1000 xp and 3 random skill books
(Y/N): Considering how out of touch with games I am. Yes
(You may be a designer, but not much of a player anymore)
Tutorial Program Activated. Initiating Phase 1: Status
A status list popped up
(Y/N)(L/N)
Titles: The Gamer of Gensokyo
Lv: 1
XP: 0
Health: 100/100
Stamina: 100/100
Magicka: 10/10
Strength: 0
Agility: 0
Athleticism: 0
Endurance: 0
Wisdom: 0
Intelligence: 0
Charisma: 0
Luck: 0
Active Effects: N/A
Passive Effects: N/A
Passive skills: N/A
Combat skills:
-Pistolero: (15/100) Novice
-Bojutsu: (42/100) Journeyman
-Hand to Hand: (25/100) Adept
Magic Skills:
-Instant Dungeon (0/100)
Items:
-Smith and Wesson M&P 40
-15 Rounds of .40 cal ammunition
-Expandable Bo Staff
(Y/N): Well at least I had the items to protect myself from before. Not much ammo though
Phase 1 complete. Initiating Phase 2: Combat. You currently have access to three combat skills, pistolero, bojutsu, and hand-to-hand. To advance your skills we have given you access to the instant dungeon and a base supply of magicka to activate it. Go ahead.
(Y/N): Ok let's do this.
You activated the instant dungeon and you were in an underground area.
Welcome to the level 1 instant dungeon "the sewers"your easy enemies are rats, medium level are zombies, and high levels are goblins. Here in instant dungeons time is slowed down heavily so you can practice leveling up your combat and magic skills. Two rats are coming use your skills and kill them.
(Y/N): Rats? How bad could they be?
Two very large rats rounded the corner
(Y/N): OH WOW! Those things are huge! Ok don't panic I got this.
You waited for the first rat to attack. As it pounced you punched it to the side killing it
Reward 10xp
Then the second rat scratched you hand
Health 95/100
(Y/N): That didn't really hurt huh?
You kicked the second rat killing it
Reward 10xp
Level up!
You looked to see you stats improved
(Y/N)(L/N)
Titles: The Gamer of Gensokyo
Lv: 2
XP: 20
Health: 100/100
Stamina: 100/00
Magicka: 10/10
Strength: 0
Agility: 0
Athleticism: 0
Endurance: 0
Wisdom: 0
Intelligence: 0
Charisma:0
Luck: 0
Active Effects: N/A
Passive Effects: N/A
Passive skills: N/A
Combat skills:
-Pistolero: (15/100) Novice
-Bojutsu: (42/100) Journeyman
-Hand to Hand: (26/100) Adept
Magic Skills:
-Instant Dungeon (0/100)
Items:
-Smith and Wesson M&P 40
-15 Rounds of .40 cal ammunition
-Expandable Bo Staff
(Y/N): Wait only my level and hand-to-hand increased by one.
Phase 2 complete. Initiating Phase 3 Leveling & Skills. With each time you increase your levels you acquire skill points to increase each skill. You get three point each level. Choose to add as you see fit.
(Y/N): Neat. Ok everything is at zero which is pathetic so I'll add one each to strength, endurance, and athleticism.
Strength: 1
Endurance: 1
Athleticism: 1
Excellent. Each skill had advantages for you. Strength increases attack and defense power. Endurance increases total health as well as health and stamina recharge. Agility covers jumping and dodging. Athleticism affects your speed. Wisdom affects your magic power. Intelligence covers how much magic you have. Charisma determine how well people like you. And luck well that's self explanatory.
Phase 3 complete. Initiating Phase 4 magic. You currently have no spells so we are giving you the flare spell. It's a ranged fire attack that deals 10 points of damage for 5 magicka. Just equip the spell and have at it.
(Y/N): Ok it's equipped.
Then two rats appeared ready to attack but were further away than last time. You extended your hand and a fireball was launched at he rat burning it all over and knocking it back killing it.
Reward 10xp
The second rat got angry and charged at you but you attacked it with another flare killing it and using up all your magicka.
Reward 10xp
Phase 4 complete. Congratulations you had completed the tutorial the instant dungeon is all yours now to explore, train, and level up. Also we're giving you a gift since you fancy the bo staff so were giving you a better weapon. Enjoy.
(Imagine it matching your eye color or the color you want)
(Y/N): Woah. A Protoss Psionic Scythe. I can definitely use this.
You activated it spinning and using you bojutsu techniques with it.
(Y/N): Oh yeah this works. Well time to go to work.
Quest complete. Complete the Tutorial. Rewards:
-1000xp
-Skill book: Destruction Magic basics
-Skill book: Outdoor Survival Basics
-Skill book: Charisma Basics
(Y/N): Excellent.
Ok there ya have it. I didn't think I'd ever do one of these but I decided. What the heck. Well the rest of the story will cycle between different pov's but mostly yours instead of narrated like this part.