Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Congratulations

Chapter 17: Congratulations

 

‘Well, that’s better than I feared, but not nearly as positive as I might have hoped’ I thought. “Okay Bluebird, call it an 80 percent chance that it will get better without doing anything. But can you help me understand something else? Even without memories, I have lots of stuff that I ‘KNOW’, and I don’t feel like my brain is thoroughly juvenile.”

More tapping, well, quiet tapping, not a clacking, tap tap tap. Then a smile and more melodic Bluebird voice. “Hmmm, guess what? No one is sure, but it has been noted before. Reroll folks don’t come back lacking. Soooo, long story short? The System want’s rerolls to be aspirational and interesting. Records show the least expensive reroll is 10,000 experience. It is Lesser Reroll, per the records, which has generated some incredible individuals.” The guild rep stared into space for a moment before continuing. “Monday, most reroll information is from over 100 years ago. At that time there were over 5 times as many System Users in Cecal as there are now. Almost no one now will save even a fifth of that much experience at a time, so the System can’t acquire the amount of experience from users that it once did.”

“But with less experience from System Users and fewer System Users, how does that even work?”

“Things keep on keeping on, so ask the System?” Closing their eyes for a moment, they took a deep breath and continued. “Sorry, the System has been getting experience from additional sources for years. I’m not positive how it is making it up, or if there is a problem. Mostly what I wanted to say is that an expensive ability is valuable. The system isn’t trying to exploit the buyer, because it wants the buyer to be happy and have the same buyer, or other buyers, also buy it or other expensive things. Basic commerce.”

“Okay, but how does that make sense of me? I think I’m supposed to be about maybe 10-13 in normal human age, possibly a little older or even younger, but I don’t sound like it, or think like it. Or at least I think so.”

“Well, you don’t particularly look like it either, maybe a very fit but slightly late to develop 14 or 15? But if you didn’t have obvious advantages, would other System Users be tempted to buy what you did? My guess is that you bought an expensive reroll and got perks, maybe higher base abilities, maybe more complete personality encoding. Speaking of perks, can we talk about what you do have? As my Oath states, I will keep your secrets.”

Wondering if I was throwing away my secrets I nodded. “Okay, looking out to keep from harming me as your Oath dictates, what should I share, or should I share everything. If so, what is the best way to do so?”

The guild rep simply nodded. “To give the best advice I should know everything. If we party I can look at your stats with permission. Or you can simply answer what I ask. A little slower, but… Monday, just fill me in. Probably the best way.”

I listed my status and Bluebird commenced to ask me questions until they had accurately recreated it in full.

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“Impressive, I can understand why you had no issues bringing Buckle here. Did you manage to acquire any stats, skills or experience during the night?”

“Yeah, one to all my stats, and those 4 skill levels.”

Blink, blink, perplexed look, blink. “So you had 203 experience when you started?”

“200, I have an experience bonus.”

“25%?!”

“Only 20%, it appears to round up.”

My brain flooded with light and tingles before a standard interface with the System appeared. A style with which I was already familiar.

 

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