Chapter 3: Chapter 2 – The Tutorial Begins (Day 0)

[This Tutorial has three stages]

[Rewards for completing the Tutorial depend on achievements and contribution]

[Stage One - Training]

[Assistants will be provided to explain the basics]

[Welcome to the Tutorial]

[Time Remaining in Stage One: 32:12.00]

The message disappeared, and Thomas found himself standing in a crowd. Most of the people close to him looked like people from the hospital - both staff and patients - but there were also a number of people who had to be from other buildings.

He tapped his injury. The pain told him it was still there.

The crowd started slowly moving. When they reached the front, they heard “Injured or ill to the left. Healthy people to the right. If you’re with someone, you may stay with them. Pick up one bag each, it’s some basics but you’ll want them.”

Rissa started to go left, but he directed her right. “I’m fine. It’s just a scratch.”

“It’s a gunshot wound!”

Thomas sighed and pulled the bandaging off. She hadn’t seen how bad it had been, so she might not realize how much he’d healed. “It was really just a long scrape. They were just being careful.”

After looking at the nearly healed injury, she agreed to move into the “healthy” line.

While waiting, Thomas decided to check on his Status, but all he got was a single line.

[Please select your name for the tutorial]

He remembered that. The first time, he’d known about Rissa’s death for only a few hours, and the name he’d selected was Vengeance.

Huh. He’d never known who killed her. He had succeeded in his revenge, after all, when he killed Macho.

That didn’t matter now. He definitely wasn’t choosing Vengeance as his name this time. He also didn’t want to choose something that made it obvious he could either see the future - though he thought that wasn’t the future anymore - or that he’d been through it before. Whichever. Also, nothing to do with death. Protection, maybe? But he couldn’t come up with a name. Guard? Shield? Praetor? Nothing sounded right.

He supposed he could use Thomas, but there were two problems with it. First, it wasn’t memorable (and wouldn’t be allowed if someone else picked Thomas first anyway).

Second, it didn’t feel like his name anymore.

Fortunately, neither did any of the names he’d used in his past life.

They’d nearly reached the front of the line when he leaned over to Rissa, “Think about a name you want to be known as for the Tutorial. Something memorable is best. We’ll need to pick soon.”

“Groups of ten, please. You ten will be with me.” Their guide looked like a middle-aged man, in better shape than anyone in their group. “Before you ask, yes, I’m human. I’m also not from Earth. This is my job right now. I’m your guide for the first stage of the tutorial. I’ll answer more questions later.”

The guide led them to a small courtyard and had them sit down.

“So, first of all, you need to pick a name. Don’t worry, it can be changed later. Most of you will probably keep the first one you pick. Yes, they can be the same as someone else’s, as long as the name isn’t a recognized title for someone else and no one else picks the same name in this Tutorial. If it is a duplicate, you’ll have to choose another name.”

That sent Thomas’s thoughts off in a different direction. The first title he’d gained translated as “the peace of the grave.” It had been fairly literal, he’d killed a lot of Sterath. It was the name of their boogeyman.

Literally translated into English, though, it was a single word. Serenity.

Both meanings seemed appropriate.

“Now, everyone, think “Name” and then choose your name…”

Thomas just pulled up his Status again, to get the same prompt.

Serenity

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[You have selected a Recognized Title to be used as your name. Continue?]

Huh. He hadn’t thought that would carry over. Still, it was by far the best name he’d thought of.

Yes

He felt a ripple run through reality, and everyone else turned as something grabbed their attention - but he was pretty sure that even the guide didn’t know what had just happened. Recognized Titles were rare, especially at low Tier.

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