Jenny Roman

Yo, The last few weeks have been hell. I already knew you can't trust men, see. That's why I'm not given this guy a chance to catch me off guard. Not like those assholes at the plant. Yeah, it was stupid to let our guard down, I won't be letting that happen again.

That first day my sister and me, we only had an hour left at work. Then that box pop up in my face. Yo, I Thought I was going crazy. But then, everybody said they seen it too. My boss and his boss, they shut down the place and call a meeting. Only thing happen is everybody say they seen the box too. Waste a time, but it takes two hours just to do that. Yo, It's alright though, overtime, hehe.

We got a lounge room though, So we end up watching the news to see what's up. Some people from the afternoon shift already show up to work. Everybody watching and getting worried, then some people try to leave, but it's too late. For some reason all them ittybitty monsters outside. They just rumour right now on the news, but they real outside our door. Must be because we package food here.

We was trapped! The Boss man try leaving anyway. Saw him get killed at his car door. He thought they small and he big, so 'no problem'. But they was a problem. Anyway, everybody who wasn't filming him get killed, was calling the police. Had to keep calling, the line was busy-busy. When somebody finally get through, they say stay inside. Gee, thanks, yo.

So now we stuck in the lounge, waiting for help, but I was thinking we might have a problem. A lot of young girls work here, the work easy and not a lot of lifting over 30 pounds. My sister Julia and me supposed to be the youngest with me being 18 and she at 19. But I know Emmy, Sophia and Claire really 17. No worries, It's an open secret here.

Not a lot of heavy lifting but there is some, and the guys here usually take care of that. They aint young like most of the girls though. I think the youngest one is, like 30, maybe. But they all grabby. Yo, even the boss man never wanted to keep his hands to himself. I aint nearly as sad about him dying as I should be. All of them been reported to HR at some point. But nothing ever seems to happen. Maybe because HR run by a man that's even worse about where he put his hands. Everybody needs this job though, so we put up with it. Emmy, Sophia and Claire needed it worse than most, maybe, 'cause they got most of the attention from the guys and complained less than most of girls about it.

It was bad, and I thought we might have to put up with some pushy, horny assholes until help came, but it was worse than that. Everything went to hell on the news. rioting and looting broke out the first night. Some of the guys think that mean permission to do whatever they want. Two of them dragged one of the girls, Silvia, away for a little 'chat'. When they get caught in the act by a third man, instead of helping her or getting help, he went next.

When we found out the next morning, Maria, the oldest women tried confront the guys about it. Yo! Everything went to shit pretty quick after that. The men denied it at first, but every night after that, more and more girls were dragged away. The few guys who might have said something were outnumbered and intimidated. Then when Maria really got mad and slapped one of them, it gets even worse. The next morning, nobody know where she is.

It wasn't until we find the roof access that we found her body thrown over the side of the building. They say she jumped, might even be true, but after that the men didn't even wait until night before having their fun. Even the few guys who had held out until then saw no reason to after that. Hahaha, Not even a whole fucking week, yo. My sister tried to protect me right up until that asshole Steve dragged her up to the roof. After that she just told me to close my eyes, when they come. And come they did, Steve and his friends made Julia watch while they take turns. They go real slow and my body betrays me, I get wet, I orgasms, they think they the world greatest lovers. It don't happen again though, next time they rush and rough. I'm glad for the pain, not fair to the other girls if I don't hurt too, I think.

Emmy, Sophia and Claire though, They got it worse than the rest, but never complained, like it wasn't even new to them. Sophia even had a line up sometimes. Seems she suffers from involuntary orgasms. These jerks pretend to think it means she wants them. Poor things, I'm going to kill these assholes one day. Every. Single. One.

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Leon

This girl looking at me like I'm dirt beneath her shoe. Her left hand tightens up, her right pulls back even further on the string... This bitch is going to shoot me! After I saved her.

"You're welcome!" I spit out at her. She's startled and jumps a little, then she blinks rapidly and her face becomes the epitome of guilt. Good! I have no idea who she was seeing, but she needs to see the guy who just saved her life. She lowers the bow and has the good graces to blush. It's hard to see, her skin is dark, probably mixed. Her eyes Brown, shoulder length hair is black. She has an athletic build with what I assume are B sized tits on her chest. Tight but dirty jeans and a small black t-shirt with some band I've never heard of are her only clothing. That and her white sneakers. No Jacket?

If this was 2 weeks ago, I might be tempted to ask for her phone number. She really is super cute, but right now all I see is someone who just held an arrow on me.

I look around me and see that 4 of the [Rodentia] have arrows in them. Oh, that explains why I'm not dead. I look up at the girl, who doesn't seem to know what to do with herself.

"I was going to ask if that's how you thank someone for saving your life, but I guess I should be thanking you instead, My health was pretty low. I might not have made it without you so, thank you."

"Nah," she replies. "I'm the one who was gonna die without help, thank you. I'm sorry about, huh, that. I haven't had a good experience with men the last couple of weeks"

'Would you like to?' I almost say. But that's just my usual smart mouth when dealing with other people. I can guess what type of week she's had if her automatic response is to kill me for having a penis. Too bad, I think it's a rather nice penis. Anyway.

"Sorry to hear that, I can only imagine, given the state of the world, what you've been through. Anyway you should be more careful, someone wont always be there to save you." I was going to walk away at that point, but I'm bone tired and another round of shaking hits me. Seriously trying not to freak out at the fact that I almost died. I've got bites everywhere and that bleed status has made everything from my mid thighs down into a blot test of blood. That much of my insides being on the outside would normally bother me, but I can see my HP rising so it's a distant seven on my list of worries right now.

I do drag myself over to the tree the girl was in, though. I sit and start to meditate, determined to recover as much as possible before moving on.

This girl hasn't said anything and hasn't moved on, but I'm actively trying to forget about her. "Yo, do you know where I can find the police?" She interrupts my recovery to ask that? what planet as she been living on. I open one eye to look at her, raise the brow and reply.

"I imagine that all front line first respondents are dead. Most of them anyway." She thinks for a moment then opens her mouth, but I cut her off. "Whatever problem you have, whatever sob story you escaped from, whatever you need help with, solve it yourself. You have a weapon, 2 in fact, and that is the only solution your gonna find today. Either realize that or you wont make it a week in this new world."

It's harsh but it's my way of helping. It would be such a shame if someone as pretty as this chick were to go die looking for help that doesn't exist. This chick this, this chick that. I really need to get my head in the game. I look at her and think 'Identify'.

Human NameJenny RevengeLevel2 Health110 Mana110 Stamina185

Ok, couple of things, why does she have a last name and I don't. Maybe because I don't have a real last name to claim? But no, Revenge isn't a real name, that's definitely a system mechanic. I'll have to look into that later. I was hoping to find out her class, but [Identify] isn't high enough for that yet. Second, her stats seem low to me, but I quickly realize she probably has some in [Dexterity], that wouldn't reflect in the status bars. Dexterity is a jack of all trades stat. Boosting melee weapon damage and crafting chances. It works behind the scene in little ways.

Must work for an Archer too I guess. I wonder if...

"Can you help me then?" Jenny interrupts my thinking. Before I respond, I think at the system to 'Hide all my information.' I don't know if it'll work, but I'm trusting to its intuitive nature. Then I answer her stupid question.

"Hell to the fuck, no!" Then I precede to tell her why, "Listen sweetheart, you obviously want somebody dead, that means you need to kill them. I don't know this person and don't want to kill anyone. That right there is problem one. Don't get me wrong, They probably deserve to die, but that makes them no different than most people in my book. I'm not strong enough to challenge anyone and I don't even know if I can kill someone anyway."

Plus there was the slim chance that this girl was in the wrong, I doubted it, but it was a possibility. No, this was a problem I didn't need, doesn't she realize how close we came to dying today? Now she want to keep testing her luck? Bitches be cray.

She looks like she's getting ready to argue, but just takes a deep breath and turns around. "Fine," she throws over her shoulder, "I'll do it myself."

"Ok, but how?" I throw back at her.

"What?" She stops.

So I speak slowly, "How are you going to kill this person, without getting killed in turn? Keep in mind you are a level 2. This person is probably also getting stronger. So how are you going to do what you have to without dying. You're pretty enough, I'm sure someone will miss you if you die, you know. "

It may seem like flirting, but the fact that she has annoyed me to no end makes it easy to say whatever I want to her. Put me in front of someone I actually like, and I'm a tongue tied fool that forgets how to people.

"I DON'T KNOW!!" she yells. "They have my sister! I have to get her back!" Then she's a ball of cry and I'm holding a stranger telling her it'll be alright. Great move Romeo. Anyway, she cries and I think about copping a feel but teenage hormones aren't quite enough to turn me into a douche bag so instead I make a suggestion.

"Listen, if you want to help your sister then you need to be stronger. If you want to kill these people who have her, then you need to be stronger. And if you want to make sure something like this doesn't happen again, then.." I look at her and wait. Eventually.

"... I need to be stronger" she finishes.

Good. I might be wrong, but I can't think of any reason getting stronger would be a bad thing. I have nowhere to be but I feel like I'm wasting time here. I disengage from Jenny and get ready to continue heading out to the country. I'll let my regen work as I walk, but as I take my first steps. "Where are you going?"

Well, my plans are no secret. "Away from people. You've seen what kind of monsters people become. Just wait until it actually goes to their heads. That's an entire city behind you waiting to explode. They'll be killing each other by tomorrow, I guarantee it."

"Yo, If you stay on this road, you'll have to walk past my workplace and the guys that have my sister and the rest of the girls." huh, rest of... Some idiot trying to start some sort of forced slave brothel harem? I can go around but I wont. It's one thing to not go looking for a fight, but I wont run from one either.

Sigh. New plan then, I'll hunt around here until I'm confident I can make it past those guys in case they want to give me trouble. Everyone should be a pretty low level right now. If I really grind, I can get a few level, enough to be more trouble than they'll want.

I start back tracking looking for Goblin hold out spots and more rats to burns. Jenny probably thinks I'm just too scared to keep going that direction, but unlike whiskers on kittens, other peoples opinions aren't high on my list of favorite things.

I pick up the coins and [Sharp Tooth] from the earlier fight, then I'm walking back the way I came. Jenny catches up with me . "Yo, Aren't you even gonna introduce yourself?" She asks. Are we Bff's now?

"Jenny, if you want to know who I am, just ask."

"Ok, who are you? Wait, how you know my..." She stops abruptly and her eyes start scanning the air in front of her. Guess she didn't think to use [Identify] on people. Wonder how much info on me she's getting.

"Leon? huh, how come you don't pick a last name yet?" She looks at me as she keeps pace. Umm, where does she think she's going? Wait, what's that now? Pick a last name. Makes sense, I already thought her last name Revenge must have been a system thing.

I shrug. "Haven't gotten around to it yet." I say. Well technically that's the truth.

"What are you doing now?" She asks.

"I'm going to hunt rats and goblins until I'm strong enough to make it to the country with no trouble from the guys you're afraid of."

"Can you help me get my sister out after you get stronger?"

I stop and turn to her. "I don't see why I would. What's in it for me?"

I was going to blatantly look her up and down as a suggestion of what she could offer, but I have a rough idea of what she's been through, so that would just be a dick move. But I'm serious about not developing some weird hero complex. She wants help? fine, be willing to pay. This is the world now.

"I took a lot of food before I left the plant, I can pay you with that." She's not carrying any bags so I assume it's in her inventory.

"I don't need food, I have enough for now, and by the time I run out, I expect to learn what roasted Rodentia taste like."

"Eww yo, you would eat those things?" she looks shocked. Pssh.

"In a heartbeat. I don't play in this new world, girl. Live or die." I start walking again. She quietly trails behind for a few minutes. Then "You mind if I train with you?"

I do mind actually. On one hand we can level up faster together. On the other hand, if we do that, we become closer, become friends maybe. Then how will I let her just go get killed rescuing her sister? Maybe she isn't thinking like that, but I sure am.

"You can train with me if you want, but I'm still not helping you get your sister after."

"I wasn't asking you to!" she storms out in front of me, but doesn't go too far. After a while I get an idea. I look at her back... Ok, her very nice ass and think for a second. She stops suddenly then pokes the air in front of her.

Jenny Revenge has accepted your party invite