Stats, Planning, Comparisons

I ask myself what my immediate goals are. The two most immediate goals that I can think of are to use the spirit crystal and fuse it with the statue of Poison Ivy, as well as to level up more and get my stats to reasonable levels. I cast my thoughts a little further ahead, wondering what I’d like to do long term. The first thing that comes to mind is to solve the problem of gangs within Sydney, and possibly around Australia, if the problem goes that far.

Sydney is quite a large city, having 6 million inhabitants. There are a lot of gangs around here, and it really isn’t safe for decent people in the abyss - my experiences so far have shown that. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to solve that long term. I can see myself getting strong enough to be able to fight the gangs and drive them away for the immediate future, but what then? I’m no ruler, I couldn’t handle ruling a country.

I shake my head a little. I can cross that bridge when I come to it, first I have to worry about getting strong enough to not have to worry about the random gang attacks. That involves my earlier two goals: using the spirit crystal and levelling up. I finish my food, do the washing up quickly, then decide to head back out into the slime dungeon. I’m strong against both slimes and goblins, and if I alternate between the two, I should get a decent amount of experience while also levelling up my skills.

I only do two more dungeon runs for the rest of the day. I realise after my second time going through the goblins dungeon that I’m a little tired of combat, and in general. Instead I decide to rest for the day, relaxing the way I always do: alternating between jerking off, playing games and watching things on either youtube or Netflix.

I didn’t get any interesting loot throughout the day. More of the same crafting materials and things that are only worth selling. Unfortunately, that’s about it. I didn’t get the slime summoning skill book, which would have been interesting. I didn’t get any Trotium ingots, which would have been interesting for the sole reason that I could have tried to find a smith to make a new weapon or some armour out of it. The extra money I managed to get from both loot and abyss auction sales is nice though, and by the end of the day, the money I have is into 6 digit territory. My power progression is also a different story.

The new scaling increase has left my mana bar substantially more full. I now have a lot more room to throw out spells as I want to, and I’m very happy with that fact. Along with my new equipment, my newly increased cash reserves and the skill levels I got today, my character sheet is looking good and I’m proud of my progress.

After I spend the rest of the day relaxing, I spend some time texting Mia to catch her up on my progress and to see how she’s doing.

Mia: I have a surprise for you tomorrow! I learnt how to do a new trick, I can’t wait to show you! :P

Gemma: I can’t wait to see! I also have some stuff to show you tomorrow, although my surprise is different :P

Mia: Does it involve new panties I wonder?

Gemma: Maybe, you’ll have to wait and see

Gemma: On another note, I doubled my mana bar today :D

Mia: Seriously?? How’d you do that??

Gemma: I got my Intellect stat past 50, and it increased the same way that Wisdom did. I’m going to focus on my Strength stat now, I want to be able to use that axe!

Mia: Lucky. I wish I could just tap a button and have more mana

Gemma: Oi! You’re stronger than me! No complaining little missy!

Mia: Oh yeah? What if I do complain?

Gemma: ….you’ll see tomorrow

Mia: No fair, I wanna know now!

Gemma: Goodnight honey, I love you xx

Mia: Ugh! You suck!

Mia: But I love you too xx

Chuckling to myself, I put my phone down and take a shower, washing myself thoroughly after grinding. I dry off, get dressed, get back into my bedroom and turn on my music for the night. I turn off the light and wrap myself in my blankets. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to know that I have such an amazing girl feel so strongly for me. I drift off to sleep, wondering what tomorrow will bring.

I wake up, blink twice and get out of bed. The gamer’s body skill never fails to amaze me with how it influences these things. Today is Monday, so I unfortunately have class. If I’m completely honest with myself, I don’t really need to go anymore. Grinding is easily able to take care of any money troubles I might have, so I don’t need a mundane job or career. The cautious side of me wins out on this issue however, and if this somehow falls through and I need to disappear from the abyss, having something mundane to fall back on never hurt.

I get ready for class quickly, having breakfast, brushing my teeth, having a quick shower and pulling on an Exodus shirt and black leggings. I wear the slime panties of protection, which still surprise me with how they look and feel perfectly normal, despite being apparently made of slime. The rest of my armour, I make sure that I have in my alternate equipment slot for easy access.

I put the lingerie sets in my inventory, along with some food and water for emergencies. I need to start being prepared for things. I’m about to leave, when I pause. After a moment’s deliberation, I put the statue of Poison Ivy in my inventory. I don’t know when I’m going to be able to use the spirit crystal, but it’s good to have on hand both the necessary components for what I want to make. One never knows what might happen.

The bus ride to school passes fairly quickly, and soon I’m dropped near the gates to the campus. Mia is waiting out the front for me, and upon seeing me, she bounds over, squealing in happiness and gives me a tight hug. “Babyyy I missed youuu!!” She giggles happily, and the sound is infectious. “I missed you too gorgeous.” I reply, hugging her back just as tightly. She pulls back a tad, kissing me lovingly. I hold one arm around her waist, the other hand resting on her cheek as I kiss her back.

We separate after a minute, and I can see Mia is slightly red in the face. “I missed that too.” She says and I giggle. “Get a room you too.” A dry voice with a trace of amusement comes from behind me. I turn and Mia yelps at the sight of the person. “Skylar!” She says, embracing her in turn. Skylar is taken aback and actually stumbles back a step. She seems absolutely unsure of how to handle Mia suddenly hugging her.

Mia releases her just as suddenly. “Oh my god, I’m sorry! I should have asked if you were okay with hugs!” She apologises. Skylar goes a little red and mutters. “Oh…uh…yes, I’m okay with hugs…” Mia yelps again and immediately resumes hugging her. “It’s so good to see you!” She exclaims. “Good to see you too…” Skylar responds, awkwardly wrapping her arms around Mia. “Come on, let’s go inside.” She says, breaking the hug with Skylar and taking a hold of my hand.

Class isn’t very interesting. The topics that my math teacher is talking about seem dull in comparison to what my life has become. I grasp the concepts intuitively, I’ve always had a decent head for math and numbers, but my increased intellect and wisdom stats are further boosting my skills in these areas. Biology isn’t any more interesting, especially since I absorbed all the knowledge in that textbook. Finally, the bell rings and I head out to first break.

“How did you two get so much stronger in just one day?” I ask in disbelief, looking between the two character sheets. They were talking about having gotten stronger over the weekend, and with their permission, I observed both of them to see just how much stronger they had gotten. Now, as I look at the numbers, I can’t help being a bit jealous. That’s a bump of 10 levels for Skylar and 12 for Mia.

Mia giggles and a small smile forms on Skylar’s face. “Well…” Mia says, taking the lead in the conversation. “My grandfather taught me a new technique to fighting with my air magic. I got used to it quickly, and I guess that boosted my power levels.” She explains. Skylar nods. “I did the same.” I look back and forth between them, shaking my head. “Bullshit.” I reply flatly. That gets a laugh from Mia and even a small chuckle from Skylar. “Oi! No complaining miss ‘I doubled my mana by tapping a button’.” Mia shoots back. “Not the point.” “What? Lucky.” Skylar says and Mia shouts in triumph. “See! You have no room to complain!” She exclaims and I giggle her reaction.

The rest of the break passes uneventfully. I happily note that according to the relationship box of Skylar’s character sheet, she is warming up to us. I can see it in her behaviour. She’s allowing herself to smile or chuckle here and there, and she’s chiming in more in the conversation. Mia and I make an effort to include her, both hoping that we can get her out of her shell a little and show her that opening up to people isn’t always a bad thing. One day, we might get her to open up fully. Not today though, as I reflect when the bell rings.

The next two classes are just as uninteresting as the first two. Art class isn’t anything useful at this point in time, I once again try to level craft in the back of the room. I have no idea what for, I really don’t use the skill at all besides upgrades to my armour and repairs. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make anything useful out of it, partially because my skillset lies more in being a combat oriented mage than a crafting oriented one.

Chemistry class isn’t very useful either. I’ve never been interested in the subject, so I don’t pay much attention. The bell rings for second break, and I quickly make a beeline for the door, eager to get out of class and spend some more time with Mia and Skylar. I spot them quickly and start to walk over to them. I blink, and they’re suddenly gone. The window that I was really hoping not to see today, appears.