《Duality》Chapter 9 - Escape and Steal
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Demonic Cult Labyrinth (Abandoned Corridors)
tHe QuEsT HaS bEeN gIvEn.
“How am I supposed to read that?! Get that shit out of here!”
“I think I just became dyslexic.”
(´;ω;`)
…
Quest - Escape the Demonic Cult’s Super Duper Secret Evil Lair/Steal the Pink Egg
“Do it again and I’ll take your emoticons away.”
“Don't spam us with boxes either. Keep it short and sweet.”
(iДi)
They sit up and look around while dusting off the various trash stuck on them from the fall. They were in a corridor that reminded them of something that would fit on some sci-fi B-movie. Below them were various discarded trash and a large freshly dead minotaur that helped break their fall.
“Wasn't this a wuxia world?”
“Yeah, why the sudden genre shift to sci-fi?”
“Scientific advancement is the natural course of civilization.”
“But wuxia worlds don’t ever progress aside from individual cultivation. Scientific progress is usually driven by a reason for it to happen.”
“Isn't that just a stupid plot point? Real people always innovate to make their lives easier.
“There he goes underestimating ‘stupid’ narrative power.”
“Besides let's look around there might be some loot in this trash. The tutorial always gives something to the player right away.”
"You do realize this is real for us?"
...
Searching around the trash all they could find was a lab coat with a tag on it denoting it belonged to a #38. Shaking off the bones that were still in the robe he quickly put it on to give himself some decency. After putting on his coat a clipboard fell from the chute and hit him in the head.
“Ah, exposition has fallen from the sky.”
“Excellent deus ex machina timing system!”
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The clipboard read: Experiment number 29A.
Hypothesis: A resurrection of the great Demon gods.
Methods: A constructed Humanoid using Demonic essence recovered by scientist #21 mixed with virgin blood.
Results: Failure in kinesthetic control.
Discussion: Intended uses included worship and demonic cult leader replacement.
Conclusions: Add virgin sacrifices to increase body and soul amalgamation.
Acknowledgements: May the former demonic cult leader rest in peace after he ate a mistakenly poisoned cupcake.
Note to self: Reorganize the ingredient cabinet. I seem to have misplaced the Angelic Essence recovered by scientist #15.
°˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
Status page unlocked
“Oh, we unlocked the status page … why wasn’t this unlocked to begin with?”
Name - Failure
Titles - Experiment #29A
Race - Angelic/Devil
Health - 100%
Health regen - 2%/Hour
Level - 0
Total power - 2
System points - 0
Special moves - none
Cultivation Power
Perks
Spiritual - None
Hardship - None
Other - 2 (Total)
Innate power per soul - 1
none
“So much for keeping it short and sweet.”
“Seems pretty useless.”
“No point even having it at the moment.”
“At least the clipboard gave us some background as to where we are.”
(╯°益°)╯彡┻━┻
“Alright, let's give constructive criticism instead of just bashing on the AI.”
“We know our name and we don't have any cultivation so why take up space?”
“Yup, yup. We only care about our health, power, and… can you think of anything else?”
“Hmm… maybe a reputation section would be nice.”
Health - 100%
Total power level - 2 (Weakling)
Reputation - Experiment Failure
“Yeah, now that’s actually useful, if also hurtful.”
“It's alright. So we’re an experiment by a cult. I can think of worse cliche origin stories.” Shrug
“Yeah but why is there a demonic cult here in the first place? Why is this our body? Where are we? Will these questions ever be answered?”
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“That's why we have quests to learn about what happened. Oh, and add our current quests but not its full title, just its objective.”
Health - 100%
Total power level - 1 (normal person)
Reputation - Experiment Failure
Quest - Escape/Steal
“That’s all we really need.”
"So now how do we leave the labyrinth?"
"Keep a hand on the wall and just keep walking."
After placing a hand on the wall, a beep could be heard from the tv speakers. The wall besides us opened up to an elevator.
"Well that's boring."
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