His room

The light is blinding an LED bulb that would not even be functional any more and the system far as he knew did not sell. As his eyes adjust to the brightness and he looks around he recognizes the room he is in. "No way... is this my room? This place was rotted away I know it I saw it. The first one allowed me to come back to see it myself so how..." Malik whispers to himself as he looks around seeing the few DnD posters he had. The bookshelf with various TTRPG books. His desk with his notes and miniatures for the session he would be hosting that week and the book he was referencing for monsters.

Malik gets up and it is with a strangely practices ease no aches deep in his ass or heaviness of his chest shifting to strain his back. 'Was it all just a dream? No I know I died at the end I could feel it and dreams only allow for near death not actual death... I did not wake up I can tell...' He correct his thoughts as he moves with a practices grace of a person who has moved like this a thousand times not cause he needed to but cause it was second nature now. "And dreams to no impart memories like that..." He mutters to no one but himself as he reaches his desk. Looking over the prep work he was doing it looks like a DnD session normally the first week of the month. He only had the module and monster manual out and a his session notes from last time out meaning it was the very start of the month. Malik grabs his cellphone from his desk charger and looks at the date. June 1, 2026 3:36 AM.

"No way... That is... 5 years ago. 1 month before integration day." he stammers as he looks around his room again noticing piles of his laundry waiting to be done on the floor. His comfy sitting chair where is in use clothing rests waiting for him to put them back on. He checks over his body is ebony skin the shade he was born with not what it was forced to become to be pleasing to some one eye. Hairy chest sure, but at least it was not breasts that made his back scream in agony. His exploration goes further down and he finds his dick below his bush. Soft sure, but it is not like he was thinking about any thing interesting this was just checking after all. Most importantly it was not a constantly hard and drooling dicklet. Finally he reaches around behind and bites his lip. "Just do it you have to know this is vital." he whispers again to himself as he presses his finger against his ass hole. Resistance a lot of resistance no give at all unless he really pushes and he was not going to. "Thank you thank you thank you who ever you are million thank you for this small mercy..." he says to the universe.

Just then a familiar chiming can be heard and a familiar blue screen appears before his eyes. His pulse quickens when he sees it and he almost yells in protest, but manages to hold himself back as he notices what the screen says:

Congratulations Malik Okafor for being selected to be a Beta Tester for the Harem System.
Please make use of this 1 month bonus time to prepare yourself for integration day.
Bonus quests for the beta tester will be assigned to help you prepare for System roll out.
Please take full advantage of this time to work out the kinks in the system and ensure a smooth public release.
Notice: Daily Quest: Physical conditioning has been assigned.
20 push ups
20 Sit ups
20 Squats
1 mile jog
Consume at least 2,400 calories but not more then 2,600 calories of which 130 grams must be protein
Reward: 10 attribute points to be assigned and 1 system credit as well as access to the Beta tester system store.

Malik looks over the screen and grins when he sees the quest. "Well I guess I know who I just thanked... I think I will add a fuck you to that thanks as well just one cause you made me go through all that hell. Well your making it up to me now so I guess we can call it even." he says firmly as he uses his mind to flick through the various menus: Stats, system store: locked, territory: locked, Skills: none, building catalogue: locked, harem: none, titles: Beta tester, Monster manual: Human other then that empty. "Looks right other then it is all locked. Stats are as I recall what I had at integration as well. Strength: 15 / Constitution: 12 / Dexterity: 7 / Intellect: 13 / Wisdom: 10 / Charisma: 11. All of it tracks. Though I do recall having a skills on integration wait never mind makes sense that I dont have that either those skills are needed for that portion of the system." he says as he involuntarily calls up the locked out Harem screen, "Well makes no sense to delay the quest." He says as he sets up he was not out of shape given his job as a seed and feed delivery guy, but he was not used to doing these work outs. Unused muscle groups complain as he pushes out the push ups and his core screams as he does his sit ups protesting their use. The squats are easier specially since he knows to lift with his legs and has done it thousands of times normally. This just leaves the jog and the calories which is honestly less then he normally eats at least he thinks it is. Grabbing his phone he was about to download a tracking app for that when he noticed at the edge of his vision a quest tracker forming.

"Well now your just bending over backwards to be helpful. Fine thanks for that." He says as he digs into his dresser for some drawl, wife beater, and sweats. He then pulls a wind breaker from his closet and gets dressed with a purpose. By the time he is ready it is already 4 in the morning and he is headed downstairs to do the jog.