Friendly Neighborhood Wilderness Man

Marcus woke up to a tingling sensation all over his body. It felt like little bugs massaging his entire body. The sun was still in the sky, so not too much time had gone by but these blackout were getting on his nerves.

Sitting up and looking around, Marcus noticed the lack of animals in his area. A couple of hours north, it was Animal Planet in real life. He spent all of his time on the screen, it was weird noticing that there wasn't any animals nearby. Just towering trees with shrubbery of many colors.

"SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW" Marcus shouted to the system

[Changes Complete]

[In selecting ability (**Wonders of Silk) you now have access to two kinds of silk, 'Hunter Silk' and 'Omni Silk']

[The silk can be produced and ejected from the skin at will]

[As a result of your choice, Skill List and Balance stat are now unlocked]

After reading the notification, Marcus' first instinct was to do the Spiderman finger pose, which actually worked. The silkline spat out and stuck to a tree. He took the other end and pinned it to another tree 20ft away. The silk was a perfect rope because he could dictate how taut he wanted it. To a certain extent, he could also change how thick he wanted the line to be. It took something out of him if he made it too thick.

Sitting on the line, he felt at peace. Even though he was starving and thirsty, he felt a calm that he hadn't felt in a while. Leaving the circus after his Dad's death he hadn't been on a slackfline since he was 17. He missed the callouses, chalk and the ability to do a muscle up. Being homeless, chances of eating a lean healthy diet were slim to none.

Speaking of diets, he needed to get something to eat and fast. It is getting close to a day of not eating anything. Getting off of the line, a notification from the system fills his vision.

[As a result of acquiring an ability more than 50,000 points you now have temporary access to the item shop]

"Wow, the blessings keep coming" Marcus sarcastically remarked under his breath.

Looking through the item shop, was quite similar to the ability compendium. There were many different swords, halberds, and mystical armors. As much as he wanted to indulge, he only had 3,000 points and a desire to eat.

"Hey system, where are the items that are great for survival in the wilderness?" Marcus asked

The screen flashed to a page full of survival gear and items. Marcus ended up buying a hunting knife, a lighter, a compass, and bandages all for 2700 points. He was going to buy hunting gear except his outfit fit the environment perfectly. A long sleeve shirt, cargo pants, and timbs.

Before leaving to hunt, Marcus noticed that earlier the system said he had unlocked the balance stat. In order to see what it meant, Marcus called up his status sheet.

[Marcus Grayson lvl.1]

Strength: 0.8

Speed: 0.6

Intelligence: 0.4

Balance: 1.0

[Skills]

Slack-lining: lvl 2

He saw that balance was a stat that needed to be unlocked. That meant that there were other stats that were locked because his ability did not fulfill the requirements to open them. He also saw his skill list, in which he was only level 2 in slack lining.

"I guess skill levels only count, in this world" Marcus extrapolated. When he was 14 he already edged toward expert level tight rope walking as well as high lining. If he had to guess he should have had a slack lining level over 10!

Undeterred by this setback, Marcus got his knife and slowly creeped north into the dense foliage.