HA HA HA, Is this a joke?
I turn my head to look at balrow who's still following my lead, he look stoic, like usual, but the way his eyes are staring ahead tell me I'm not the only one shocked.
How could it be, how could I be the only one shocked after this, after THIS!
Do you realise what's happening? I don't think you do man.
"Balrow" hearing his name, his gaze come to mine. "Do you see that?" I can't stop the fucking giddy smile on my face, can I do it? Can I just go ahead and do it?
I can hear the small laugh coming from me, I didn't control that, whatever, it doesn't matter, not now, not ever.
"I do"
I smile wider, I'm not crazy he saw it too. "You do?"
"I do ludger, I do" why is he talking to me like that, I don't need reassurance old man.
Ignoring him for the sake of....doing it, I keep walking forward, will I never be stopped, is this the path to earth, to IT!?
My body feel so light, my steps are light, easy, like a weight has been taken off my back, fucking finally, tutorial all day I don't care, I'll do your fucking tutorial, I just need to do something first, just one thing, just let me get home for one second.
One small second.
I keep walking, and walking "ludger?" I hear the old voice behind me.
I don't stop.
[Do you wish to leave the tutorial]
YES
[By leaving the tutorial you forgo said rights:
-guiding and teaching over the tutorial attendee tier
-free passive skill
-bountiful rewards in function of your performance
-bonding and the ability to build a loyal team, filled with people specifically picked to fit your current believed needs.
-basic knowledge of the multiverse
-system protection
Are you sure to leave the tutorial?]
Yes yes I get it, I'll regret it later. That sounds like great rewards, I get it, but, not now, just not now, I need, I just need to do something, just let me go back to earth, I wish to leave the tutorial.
[-system protection:
Following the basic guidelines of integration n°72910, you shall be left in your current place, on planet exaldion, no free transportation shall be given]
I look to my left.
I look to my right.
I don't know what I hoped for really.
I look up, there is a sun.
I look behind, there are goblins. It's obviously not earth.
A hand come to rest on my shoulder, I don't need to look at it to know who's hand it is.
"Welp, no exploring for us, shame"
I turn around after talking to balrow and come back to the goblin camp, weight on my shoulders well back on here, yep.
It's stuffy, heavy, making my shoulders ache as if a backpack was constantly there.
You know what, that weight feel pretty comfortable, I mean, it's annoying for sure but I'm used to it.
The grass beneath my feet get crushed under my weight.
I feel like there is a double meaning in that sentence for a reason.
Walking toward the tent I do my best to keep monologuing.
Maybe I should talk about how I learned how to do backflips? Guess who taught me!
That...I look down at the crushed helmet, I'm back in the cafetaria, when did I came here?
Kicking gently the helmet I put it in my inventory before freeing it and grabbing it as it appear back, I try to put it on my head.
I have a hat.
Laugh fucker.
I throw the helmet as hard as I can on the wall.
It dissapear in my inventory before I can throw it.
What the fuck am I doing? Like, litterally? What am I doing.
I look around me, barlow isn't even here. Seperating wasn't smart.
I sit down against the wall.
Will I go back home if I finish the tutorial?
No answer.
I don't really know for how long I just sit down here.
I feel like my mood is shifting a lot those last few days, that's really not normal, what's normal though, is my reasoning, usually after a tutorial you're transported back to earth right? It wouldn't be a stretch to think that wouldn't it? I'm sure dad would have made the same conclusion.
And I'm sure dad would have finis....THAT'S IT!
I jump up and run as hard, as fast as I can in the corridor, I pass balrow, but for the sake of my idea, I keep running, as I run, my hair finally not bothering me, I see a door.
There must be something like this, there are armors after all.
My shoulder give a greeting to woody wood the door.
Woody wood don't like the greeting and decide to run away leaving the way open.
my head bend down, passing the door, before looking left to right, nothing interesting.
I jump outside but my hand grab the doorframe.
You sure there is nothing interesting?
I jump back inside and run toward the empty bunk, my hand fumble over the strange material used to protect the bunk, what is that bunk even made of anyway?
Rough is my middle name, and my third is flying cloth.
Wood, it's just a big piece of wood, and a soft cloth encircle it.
I grab the pillow, inside, a strange shit, I would say it's straw but I have no idea what straw look like. I'm sure someone with more knowledge could do something with it.
Me however?
I'll focus on stocking any pile of cloth I see in my inventory.
Dad would have done the same right?
I litterally jump outside and go on my run again, another door, another meeting, another piece of cloth.
What am I going to do with it? That's not the right question, what would dad do with it?
I shove myself inside a room, it was already open, I almost fall in.
Hello dead goblin, how you're doing? Dead? Sad.
Everything and anything that's what I'll do. Just like dad would do.
I jump outside, litterally, hole in the wall remember? Don't forget basic things like that, I have tents to loot I can't always help you guess basic shit like that.
Why do I need tents? Follow up already, I need fabric, why do I need fabric? I TOLD YOU ALREADY! What, you want an example of what I'll do?
Alright.
Grabbing some piece of fabric I took out of my inventory, I try to rip them, it barely work, I bite it and with a small hole made ripping this shit apart is way easier.
Now with a smaller piece of fabric I try to stock it, it dissapear on my inventory, fuck yeah, I love that shit.
I take out the piece of fabric, I put it back in.
I take out my spear, I put it back in.
See!? I take out my spear again.
I throw my spear away. I try to put it back.
It just stare at me from the ground.
IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T WORK!
BUT! I take the fabric out.
Kneeling in front of the spear so fast I can feel my knees scratch against the ground, I attach the fabric on it, I try at least, I do a basic knot. Will that be enough? Dunno, we'll see, grabbing the end of the fabric I jump up.
I try to put it in my inventory. It doesn't work.
I SAID, I PUT IT IN MY INVENTORY.
1 second later, nothing happen.
2 second later, nothing happen.
3 second later, salvation happen.
It feels as if I'm flexing an invisible sense first, as if I was grabbing something with my mind, or as if I was trying to grab some steam only to end up with nothing, the second I vocalised it though, I felt it.
My spear, so far and so close, it was just here begging me to grab it, to put it back in it's rightful place, in my inventory, it was hard, my hands were soapy, and my weapon covered in oil, it felt like seperating a 2 by 2 lego with no nails and hands covered in oil.
But it's here.
In my inventory.
Without me needing to touch it.
Heeding to my call with only a rope, if it can be called a rope.
I fucking explode in laughter.
THIS WAS IT! THIS WAS IT! I KNOW WHAT TO DO! I just need to do the smart thing, like always, I just need to act like I was raised for a single fucking minute in this damn tutorial!
I take out my spear, the quote on quote rope still tied to it, I attach the other end on my wrist, I throw my spear on the ground, 1 second, 2 second, and it's back in my inventory.
See!? Look, if humanity was raised to the top of the food chain with a pointy stick, and some throwing, well listen damn fucking well to me you dumb ass system.
Taking my spear back out. It's still attached at my wrist. I throw it. Right on the ground, close to me making sure that only the fabric around my wrist connect me to it.
After 3 seconds of work. It comes back in.
I'll abuse the hell out of you, do your dumb little tutorial, make friend friend with those guys, for sure, I'll do it. But every single step of the way, every, single, one, I'll do anything and everything to finish it as fast as possible.
I'll speedrun your shit so hard I'll break you in half.
And then, and then, and then.
And then I'll go back home for a day, just a single day.