Under a nest

Waking up to the sounds of crashing and screaming, Pleas for help, and cries of bloody murder.

There was a long silence, before the sound of gnawing and chewing.

The sounds were loud, rugged, and then strange!

Pounding and some nasty screeching, loud guttural grunts, and certainly more than a slow rhythm began.

The sounds of screaming earlier were very much human For a short time then it became animalistic freakishly...

I was curious but not curious enough to join them!

Although curiosity killed the cat...

After wondering about It.

I snuck out like an assassin to the window!

At least I thought I was like a ninja or assassin.

Peeking through the window closest to our basement.

I wasn't too far from our doors, it was just a few steps away to be exact but when I saw in I froze!?

My brain Melted like it was miles away trying to un-see... Te.. terrible things like stuff that can't ever be unseen

Bodies on bodies on bodies!

That will haunt my nightmares for many years to come.

All the horror of the sites, I quickly found myself mentally numb.

Now the problem is the number of creatures I guess?

We are in more than an uncomfortable position.

To my left was a black-furred figure it was not bigger than me but it had sharp muscles, six legs, and tendrils like a large antenna.

It hadn't noticed me as it walked past or it hadn't cared about me with a piece of its prey in its mouth.

It thrusting its chest out flicked the carcass forward out of my sight, then roared before disappearing also.

Without hesitation, I took my strongest steps and slid into the cellar like I was sliding for home base.

Above us in the house was a guaranteed death trap Especially a situation with that many bodies moving around.

Oddly enough it was not just one type of animal or creature there were multiple races cats, dogs, rats, birds, raccoons, orcs, goblins, snakes, and unknowns.

It was like a menagerie I saw some stray things in there Not missing out on anything...

I guess they didn't want to miss much but how does that work?

I slid back into the basement like I was sliding for home base and I closed the doors silently with extreme speed and caution!

I woke Rory and began to give her the info on this situation keep in mind!

I didn't scare her with the details, nor did I bring up my mental scars.

We devised a few plans Then eventually weeded out All but a select few.

We would have to act fast and the only problems were the simple things.

Like our wagons and bikes, That would all make noise.

All of our stuff together was also heavy, and the probability we had to fight our way out was high.

Alas, the real issue!

We were all way too comfortable to pack it in and run...

I mean the noise level in the upstairs room is high but they probably have a much greater hearing than us.

Making the most out of my situation I thought of three plans.

One: Is waiting it out.

This is a simple plan not much to it...

Two: Burn it down.

This would require some sort of work a little bit more so since we are in the basement!

I don't think I could stand the heat.

Three: We could run like hell!

Out of our options No, Neither of us wanted to try out running a beast made to hunt!?

I mean Me not wanting too was the key ingredient.

So now we are down another plan, only Two left if we burned it down We would have to stand the heat then fight whatever survived...

it's not like we can't fight but why would we want to endanger ourselves?

Especially things that I haven't seen the abilities of Nor, do I want to see them be honest

Also what if the fire draws worse in than what we are already dealing with here like the explosions in the city!?

That brought things to then detonated as a trap this would just be big, bright, and loud.

We decided it down to option one!

Wait it out.

It can't be that bad we got earplugs!

It is fine I have never been so happy I grabbed six extra of the big earmuff sets and the military-grade interlope earplugs.

I told perv what they were for but perv insisted it wouldn't need them...

Again I didn't even think of checking the bird.

Until I did...

It did have an ear!

When I tried to put them in it insisted that it didn't need it either.

It would use its wing rather deftly to remove it then chirped at me in disgust!

After a check of the inventory.

We got enough MREs, jerky rations, and aging steak for a few weeks, but hope only for a few weeks, hopefully for less.

I would hate to be here for too long.

We earplug up simply because the noise got louder at one point we had to stay out of the center of the room.

The roof bowed under the weight of the creature feature above making us hide in the corners.

Rory ate and laid back down.

I on the other hand thanks, Rory.

Had a few hobby kits allowing for me to keep myself busy.

I got a few books of "how-to manuals"

she got whole kits for beginners!

To start, I chose the beginner book, I picked the thinnest book, with the biggest supply kit.

my intentions were that of a person with nothing to do.

Not like I can pick up a cellphone and just read a book or call my parents...

I started with the crafts kit for leatherwork to keep my mind from Wondering.

It seemed it was a book and work set kit so it had all the tools one needed for beginners.

I on that note have been making my meat and leather since I started traveling.

I figured that I would need it like currency, or things to trade.

It was not like I could trade my food away...

Upon opening the book it sucked me in, I began focusing my thoughts on my task at hand.

I didn't notice at first well to be exact there was so much more to it.

my focus wasn't just on one thing.

I also saw that there were screens in my view in all this time I had not noticed them...

Okay, I am lying I did notice them but it was because of the debacle with that goblin horde and the cat wait.

I am not too sure I can call it a cat anymore.

Can any of the animals on earth be called what they originally were?

Meh!?

Sparkle was its name...

I had let it slip my mind, not the cat or... big cat or no, no I mean the screens, not sparkle but there were two others.

I had no clue where they came from.

I am going to take a wild guess and say when you get one screen and ignore it the others will not notify you.

on that note, Maybe I stopped it?

My hands broke from moving while in my hand the task ended.

I had only read the beginning portion of the crafts leather workbook in the beginning section.

Nothing too hard just some shaping and cutting it showed how to do a few things like making a pair of shoes or the satchel bag.

It showed in a step by step motion what to do.

Which out of the two I chose the bag because if I can make a few for plush It won't just be eating for free on the days we don't hunt.

Now don't get me wrong!

I don't care about feeding him like I feed perv but it is not like im going to allow anyone to live off me.

Perv eats what Perv wants because It makes the kills and works for its share.

Now I'm sure the bird will do the same but I am not going to ask it to provide meals for us like I would from Perv.

I mean there will eventually be a time when I make Perv hunt for its own, but as it is my strength right now that means we must fight together!

In my steady thought, the concentration I held began to slip, it ended up making me lose track this time.

That was me wasting time trying to find that focus once again.

Well, I had completed the whole satchel portion making the leatherwork like second nature.

Im not saying I made the best work ever!

Especially since I have never done this before one can color even be surprised!

Once-over!

I practiced the knowledge gained I was able to retain it very well.

Im not saying I was mindlessly doing it but it was like Zen!

When I was working I felt like the world was calling me!

After so much trauma, how can I find peace...

I found out after a few looks I would need a major amount of actual practice, but it seems I can at least understand what I need to do.

The wild focus is like a dark trance.

it's rather bland to me... I figured out what the hammer/quill tattoo was for moments after looking at this bag I thought to myself.

"I need to complete this with a branding....but what?"

I mean these tattoos, The one on my arm seems to be more elaborate and tiers higher In meaning.

I was given clues many of them in fact and I took the rank as one such clue, I have three blessings one lesser, one medium, and one high blessing.

I am pretty sure this one on my shoulder is the high blessing, The one on my hand is the medium one, and I can't seem to find the third one.

Maybe low blessings don't get one?

This led me to believe I have a craftsman type of deal for a medium blessing it was a good blessing but deep down in my heart that deities words stung, What a Jerk!

I am hovering on the positive that it was a crafting person though.

Since Diana said the one on my arm was hers, I took it as another clue, also my other clue was the things it does?

In my mind, I heard a trill like an achievement type of thing and another screen popped up in my lower vision.

It made the small purple icon on my view change from stacked squares into what it is now.

'N^5' So im sure either this was karma or this system was making fun of me.

Focusing on all of them bringing them up to my field of view and I have to say that this was a rather neat function.

I guess the alert was just it or this system, saying, to tell the truth, and the truth is I just didn't want to think of it at the time.

I mean we had plans already why am I gonna burden myself!

I had a lot on my plate and yeah okay sweet stuff kind of made me a bit blind!

But who wouldn't want something like banana pudding or the cookies mmm the cookies!

I can make up for it now, right?

I can read the screens and think about it after yeah see compromises I guess...

∆(Loki's status update!)∆

'ta-da me again Loki that is!'

"My message to you albeit not what I expected in my agenda Yet you surprised me!

It is in the works but maybe now... No here goes.

Thanks for the contribution every little bit counts.

As for my disturbance, the one yesterday I was meaning that to just kill you but it seems you prevailed ouch though!

To think someone trying to kill you would have to reward you!

Since I have taken your Ability map with a curse, I am also receiving a small amount of power from you as you are a holder of my high curse.

It's called the Trickster screen.

Which has helped you way more than I wanted it to!

It removes the importance of leaving only irrelevant info.

I hate to say this...

I don't know maybe pray to me and I'll be able to pity you.

-Contribution- I Have seen you worthy of a rate Increase you can now sit at stat rank (Z).

[diety has offered a price for penitence]

P.S.

It's Pissing me off knowing I was played by that wench!

Don't forget to pray!

That's all sincerely Loki"

"P.P.S. Im quite busy thanks to you!

Don't expect me to help you for a while!"

∆(Fin)∆

∆(H the anonymous)∆

'aye, you trash of a runt, a mere boy ye be.

Who told you that you could be first to figure it out!'

'Why is it people who seem so smart are so damn dumb.'

'I refuse to tell you my name now take the damn gift and use it don't you dare let it go to waste!'

Being the First little bastard!

(+ one mystery item)

∆(Fin)∆

∆(warnings) ∆

{1} You have found a nesting ground.

♤ Increased Fertility Active♤

{2} Energy potency has reached a peak and has become hazardous.

♤cultivation required♤

[Mana\Qi\Ki\Psy\Core\spirit\cybernetic energy]

{3} you have been cursed by Loki, Artemis, H, and ?.

The first being cursed by three or more deity class beings,

Lesser being has cited the attention of the seven sins.

♤You have been chosen as An Heir!♤

"( S class trial) "

you have stumbled into a nest by one's fault.

As you are blessed by the deity Diana, & have enough knowledge to have claimed one tamed beast, creature, or monster.

You have been given a chance at claiming a true piece of knowledge into your traits and abilities.

[Rewards to be claimed upon completion]

♤Time Limit: Ten years♤

♤No Set Condition For Completion♤

=free bonus knowledge=

; The word of the wise creator!

∆"There is nothing one cannot gain from knowledge, as this is not a game!

We encourage everyone to be rational as the power of the system is a mere conduit to one's true self.

Knowledge is all one needs to gain power!

Do not think we are giving free powers to you.

One must earn and learn to use them, one must face a deficit and overcome the trials.

Everyone is different!

A class does not make one stronger, one makes itself stronger within its bounds.

A wrestler can train to be but is not a boxer,

A dragon grows to be a dragon, not a lion!"∆

~Returning to my thoughts.~

I can see what this thing's saying some people may get the idea they are super powerful now but get cut down in a few short moments...

So no hero business I am not anything close to one so we are good.

We have too many games that are like that, ah now that I think about it society didn't care for leaving earth.

We were more engrossed in social media and virtual Reality-based tech to the point that the quality would have been equal to space travel.

I mean we all had prospects for it, I at the least did like a few others I wanted to see the stars up close!

But even I played a VRMMOs on the fantasy side and the sci-fi side but, it was just nothing like the thrill of actually owning my space ship, or doing magic.

I haven't checked for anything like a game set or for that matter I didn't look for much entertainment, Nor have I done much of anything, to be honest, I was focused on surviving regular life...

Enjoying the prospect of the Stars, the virtual world was never that attachment I wanted.

I guess I can thank Loki sincerely!

I am not the one to enjoy number gains or stats...

Even in video games I ignored that and set my stats to auto set.

On second thought maybe I shouldn't leave that alone?

I noticed it said N^5 but I only got four screens?

I decided against worrying about it and began to explore my other options, I looked at my stats just because.

∆(Stats)

[name]Rico Silver

[Class] [blank] /Avarice's heir

[stats sealed] Rank {Z}∆

Exactly what I had expected nothing besides the avarice thing.

I have questions so many questions but I am assuming this Hier thing is it's doing.

That screen I couldn't find maybe it was an update to this page?

I haven't done a single thing and so many people are already angered at me.

Getting over it I decided to try looking for other screens, So to run down my list of screen ideas.

Well, the first thing on my list was the screens so mentally.

I called up all the screens I can think of or may have missed since it was a good start with my top choices being.

group screen, party screen, inventory screen, bag screen, store screen, companion screen, help screen, and my last one was a resource screen.

Out of the choices, I got screens to come up.

Then I started with my second idea.

Since this is real life, not a game then can I modify the system more?

Willing it with my mind I tried to see the extent of the mess I can make!

Then I focused on molding it after that I will its origin making full contact with it!

It worked although after a few minutes my head began to spin.

I tried to hold onto consciousness but it eluded me.

Watching the screens as I was passing out trying to change it however way possible.

I noticed that a few seconds before I passed out there was an oddly black and blood-red screen that said "curse screen".

To be exact it looked like it wanted to show me!

Since this what I saw when my conscious faded it was brief but I know it was there.

(curses and cursed skills)

The user is heir to avarice the cursed man.

{curses}

[greed] The owner of this curse will constantly seek more than needed, lose all consideration, and lose all spiritual connections.

♤demonic connection gained♤

[Diana] Silver Child: Second place is never-ending for you.

[redaction] Loki has redacted your important knowledge one must work harder to grow and understand.

♤The effect is dependent on Loki's condition.♤

[Prometheus's curse] Through one's will they draw the attention of all other beings, as such the owner will be drawn to the strong through the hunt.

[Moon curse] Beast by night man by day

♤bloodline Inactive♤

[curse of production] the owner of this curse always seeks to create, be it a failure or a success {does not effect greed}~

♤due to your nature, this has increased the persona of Avaritia♤

[Seeker of sin] You have pleased one or more sins but are too weak to contain them, thus seals will be placed on your being.

♤2 Sins sealed♤

♤2 Vessel's needed♤

[Gate Of Seven Seal]

{skills}

[Persona of Avaritia] {passive} this skill is part of the owner as you are greedy and always want more you have been given more.

♤Avaritia will only share it with you!♤

♤one must speak to their inner being.♤

[Greed] The owner of this skill is extremely greedy!

Can use any type of connection or power through practice.

♤ Exceptions: Spiritual.♤

♤Reduced spiritual power [75%]♤

[Tamer] The owner of this ability has tamed any creature, beast, or monster.

♤Can become a class♤

[appraising Eye ] The owner of this skill can ascertain informational knowledge.

[mansion of avarice] the owner may stockpile in their mansion the spoils of war and plunder.

♤The mansion is also accessible to the tamed, and party as the owner sees fit♤

[two-face]????????....????????....?

That is all I saw Burning into my mind as I faded into a deep black.

I heard a voice speaking to me but it was not exactly to me it was more like talking at my soul.

It echoed off of my very being but I just couldn't get its meaning, I tried for what felt like forever but to no avail, it was just mind-numbing.

Whispers which eventually died out as the black became solace and the sounds became inexistent I drifted off to what felt like an even deeper sleep.

Those words floated in my soul but still, I couldn't understand them.

♤You have found the one who makes you two¡¿♤