A Completionist Heart (Pixels)

I Zix, bring you another egg, hatched to maturity. Pixel brings a new take to our story. I've read his first chapters. Trust me. This branch will soon be your favourite.

Self gratification was a core part of John’s usual morning routine and the incentive of getting some experience points for essentially doing nothing new wasn’t a hard pill to swallow for him. His hand started to slowly caress his balls as the steaming water rolled down his back, and his phallus slowly became more turgid with movements of his finger, stopping at a respectable length of 15 cm while his imagination built a facsimile of a familiar spirited blonde, slobbering all over the crown of his cock, her mouth sucking him inside with gusto.

This mental picture usually did the trick and it seemed that he would not be disappointed as his breathing hastened, his jerking hand following suit. The next few motions of his hand were followed by thick blobs of white goop plastering the light blue tiling of the shower as his body stiffened, his grip firmer, his toes curling under the peak of pleasure.

Recovering from his messy orgasm with slow shallow breaths, his heartbeat gradually matched the pace of his breath. He took a moment to bask in the post-orgasm afterglow, leaning his forehead against the cold tiling of the shower, yet it was short lived for as soon as he had closed his eyes, he heard a small jingle that sounded quite like a notification alert from a smartphone.

His vision cleared as he blinked away the water from his eyes. His quest window had manifested before him and he noticed that the optional objective was now ticked as expected, which brought a smile to his lips as he proceeded to rinse his mess from the wall and give himself a thorough lathering of bodysoap.

A quarter of an hour later, John stood before his mirror buttoning up the collar of his uniform’s polo, and a tight check of his belt. Now dressed, he went down the stairs toward the kitchen with an energetic gait, seeing objectives being ticked never failed to bring his mood up, and his new skill notification helped too.

New Skill : Masturbation lvl.18
The art of administering pleasure to oneself, levels in this skill slightly increase sexual endurance, ejaculation amount, semen production, and reduction in refractory period.

‘Well, that ain’t the most exciting skill to get, but it’s fitting, I guess?’ he mused to himself as he neared the kitchen’s entrance, toward the metallic sounds of cutlery and the enticing smell of fried eggs and bacon along with the slightly smoky aroma of crispy toast. Evidently his mom, Brenda, was hard at work in the kitchen fixing up breakfast. When he entered she gave him a surprised look before giving the clock on the oven a swift glance before bringing her gaze back to him with a warm smile.

“Quite early today, huh?” She paused for a moment before seemingly thinking about something before continuing in an upbeat tone. “You wouldn’t usually be up for uh… another 30 to 45 minutes still,” she commented off-handedly as she focused back on working the stove. “Take a seat, sweetie, I’ll be done in a couple of minutes.

John chuckled briefly as he took his usual place at the dining table. “Yeah, I’m kind of surprised too, I just happened to wake up early, wide awake, and I felt too energised to go back to sleep so I decided to go on early with my day,” he explained while Brenda filled both of their plates with a small breakfast feast before chatting away for a while.

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Some time later as John was leisurely walking toward his bus stop, he noticed a small icon with a timer at the lower left corner of his field of view. Focusing his attention on it brought up its description.

Hearty Breakfast :
Boost mana regeneration by a flat +2 MP/min.
Time remaining: 2 hours, 35 minutes.

John whistled with appreciation at the free buff before taking a quick look at the time. He realized he had left home quite earlier than usual and as such he had arrived at the bus stop far ahead of the scheduled arrival.

He stood still for a few moments, debating with himself if he would rather wait a good while for the bus or steel himself for a long walk to school. Scratching his chin, after a minute or two, he then resumed walking, unwilling to wait for the bus and reasoning that some exercise would do him good. He might as well make use of the fact that he felt so energetic this morning; he wondered if his new powers were the reason behind it.

On his way to Ashcroft, he glanced around while using Observe on other pedestrians that crossed his path. John noted that their level mostly averaged between 9 to 13 for adults and between 7 to 9 for teens and young adults. This fact soured his mood a little as it made him realize his level was noticeably below average.

Shortly past the midway point of his path to school, as he strolled past a gas station, his gaze locked onto a raven haired woman, whose lustrous hair was styled into a singular butt length ponytail. However, John was thankful that her back was facing him as she was filling her car which prevented her from noticing his gaze on her generous rump which was making her jeans work overtime as she was slightly bent toward her car.

When his gaze drifted upward and caught a side glimpse of her face, his breath froze in his throat, his mind enraptured by her features, and he only remembered to breathe moments later when the lack of oxygen was becoming painful. He wondered what that feeling could be. He had of course felt lustful at the sight of a beautiful woman many times before; however, never had his heart drummed against his ribs in such a manner. This sensation brought forth a strong sense of curiosity which prompted him to cast Observe on the Asian woman before forcing himself to detach his gaze from her form and bringing his legs back into action, resuming his walk to school.

Renka Tamamo
Level 21 ?#$!&@’s Shrine Priestess
Opinion: Neutral 0 (Total Stranger)

His stride broke as he read the result of her Observe causing him to trip over the uneven sidewalk and almost landing face first upon the rough concrete.

-1 HP

He grunted in pain as he got back up, inspecting his stinging hand where he observed the minor scratches slowly closing and fading away with the pain. Goosebumps ran down his back at the uncanny sight before remembering what was distracting him prior to his fall. “TWENTY-FREAKING-ONE!!!” he exclaimed before covering his mouth and giving his surroundings a look. “Thank God,” he whispered under his breath when he was convinced no one had heard or seen his random outburst, but he was interrupted by a new notification in the corner of his vision.

GodDESS. However, you may address me as Gaia.

‘Wait, God- I mean the capital G God exists, and she is called Gaia. Oh boy, this day is getting weirder and weirder.’ His thoughts kept swirling between this revelation, the way above average level of that girl, and her strange censored title.

OBSERVE LVL UP 1 -> 2 !
Observe now gives the general opinion of the target toward the caster.

“Can I get one minute, one minute from this rollercoaster!?” he exclaimed once more before being interrupted again by another box popping into his visions.

Sure! I muted notifications for the next 20 minutes. FYI, you can mute them in your setting. Talk to you later ;) -G