Arthur slowly wakes up in his bed and hears a voice faintly "ART GET UP AND STOP LAZING AROUND. IT'S ALREADY 1PM". Arthur thinks to himself "Mom?".
Arthur quickly arises and feels his body. He slept without a shirt and feels that he has no injury. Baffled as to what happened. He looks around and sees that he is in his room and sees how it looks and then looks at his phone. He looks at the date and sees he has come back 5 years. He gets a message at that moment it says "Thank you for applying to become a porter. We have an opening tonight with the raiders guild."
"ART" his mom shouts again. Arthur hears that voice and quickly gets out of bed. he opens the door and sees his mom in the living room with lunch on the table. He sees her standing there and he walks closer to her softly saying "mom". He starts to break down crying and he gives her a hug. He bawls out. They stayed like that for several minutes and he finally calms down. "Are you ok dear?" she says to him. "I just missed you mom" says Arthur. Arthur goes to sit down and she replies "You saw me yesterday". Arthur looks down and says "To me it's felt like it's been forever".
Arthur with his red eyes starts to eat, scarfing down the food she made because he feels like his missed his mothers home cooked meals. and starts to cry again. She says to him "You missed that too?" talking about the food and he nods. She sighs and as she is turned around in the kitchen says "Just yesterday you were insulting my cooking" and Arthur gets a flash back of what he did at that time in the exact moment.
Arthur spits the food out and with his coat on, he says "I'm going out" to his mother. "You didn't finish your lunch" she says and he replies with "I'm going to eat out".
"Well that person must be an idiot to say something like that" says Arthur. He thinks to himself "I was an idiot back then". "Besides that Mom." "You may not be the best cook, but you're my favourite". "Distinct flavours in every dish" says Arthur. His Mother slaps him on the back of the head but Arthur does nothing. "Feels like Home" he says to himself.
"You really are strangle today" says his Mother.
"Oh yea by the way Mom" "I became a porter. I'm going to a rift tonight". She replies with "Isn't that too fast, have you properly thought about it?". His Mom kept asking questions and making statement to him but he continued to scarf down his food.
Deep down she had a feeling that he didn't make this choice on a whim and just smiled at him. "Thank you for the meal" says Arthur before going back to his room.
He sat on his bed and looked up at ceiling and it just hit him. "I can't go down the same path in life." Arthur remembers the pain and hardships he had to endure.
"Mom has been through a lot and so much has happened that i will not let it happen again".
Arthur has a serious look on his face and the status window popped up.
Name: Arthur AldridgeAge: 18Unique ability: PerseveranceRank: F
Stats:
Strength: 22Agility:20Intelligence: 12Luck: -43Mana: 10
Points available: 0
Skills:
Last StandFighters spirit
"Woah these are good stats" says Arthur. "What is Perseverance?" he questions.
Unique Ability: Perseverance
The path forwards is always the right choice. The grit and courage you show will be rewarded in kind.
(Abandoning a fight can cause a reduction in stats overtime)
Rewards vary on enemies defeated.
Reward: Skills and stat points are gained randomly.
Last Stand:
In a moment of desperation, you will have awoken a strike that withholds the power to incinerate everything in it's path.
Skill proficiency: 2
Fighters spirit:
The ability to break down any fighting movement and use it as your own. With keen insights comes forth a new understanding.
Skill Proficiency: 4
Skill proficiency is the growth level of a skill that directly goes towards output or usage of the skill. The max level of skills are 5.
Skills can upgrade beyond that.
"YESSSSS" he screams as he looks at his stats and abilities. Arthur falls backwards on his bed as he screams in joy. The once powerless boy who strived for strength has finally taken a step forward. "Now it's time to take down those arrogant pricks".
Arthur gets ready and goes towards the front door with the family pictures. He stands there looking at it, saying to himself "Hi Dad." He tilts his head down in shame "I've changed and I'm going to get stronger. I will not let Mom down again."
His mom sits on the sofa not looking at him saying while Arthur stands in the doorway "I feel like you've changed Art. But please come back home safely and don't get too hurt my dear".
Arthur feels happy but tearful at the same time as he steps out of the door. Arthur composes himself and walks with a new found motivation to always strive forwards.
Arthur gets to the rift and starts to act up for the raider guild.
"Here you go sir." "Ma'am. Anything I can help with?" "Let me get that for you" says Arthur going towards each EVO. "Showtime boys" says team leader of the raid, codename Rider. The EVO's start to move and they whisper "Wow that porter is really something".
While Arthur stands behind then all with a sadistic look on his face.