4 Chapter 4 The System (1/2)

After they were done, his father took them upstairs to a very nice room. After he shut the door, he turned to him and smiled.

”Finally, I can talk to you! This room is one of the few rooms that are safe for me to talk to you about a very important topic.”

Joseph looked at his father, confused. What could be so important? His father knew so many things, Joseph was grasping at straws on what he might want to talk about. He didn't have a prayer of remembering everything his father had even mentioned that long day to know if he had hinted at anything earlier. Then a thought occurred to him.

”Father, how are you able to remember so much? You knew every person's name that we encountered. And you knew exactly where to go. This place is like a maze!”

”That's what I want to talk about! I have an advantage over other people called photographic memory. I cannot forget anything. It's not all that great sometimes, but has been incredibly useful. The reason I have such a fantastic system set up as a slave merchant, is because of the System.”

As his father stopped talking, a strange phenomenon occurred. In his line of vision, Joseph saw a series of words pop up.

(SYSTEM ACTIVATED.)

(ACCEPT OPPORTUNITY?)

(Yes) (No)

The yes and no were blinking, but the other two lines remained. His father chuckled at his startled expression, but said nothing, choosing to sit in a chair.

”Uh, yes? I guess?” said Joseph slowly, still not sure what was happening.

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, there was a flash of light in his field of vision and several things happened at once. He felt dizzy as images flashed in his vision and quickly disappeared. He ended up sitting in another chair across from his dad. Then a strange vision appeared, and he was sure only he could see it.

(STATISTICS)

NAME: Joseph Aurum

AGE: 7

(PRIMARY STATS)

STRENGTH: 8

DEXTERITY: 9

INTELLIGENCE: 13

HEALTH: 11

(SECONDARY STATS)

HIT POINTS: 8

WILLPOWER: 17

PERCEPTION: 11

FATIGUE: 13

(ADVANTAGES)

PATRON – Father, constantly around, provides all equipment

ATTRACTIVE - +1 reaction due to natural good looks

STATUS - +1 reaction due to being an elite merchant's son

(DISADVANTAGES)

DEAD BROKE – No money owned personally

SOCIAL STIGMA – Minor

(SKILLS)

-NONE-

”What is this?” his voice was quiet, as if he was afraid of his dad's answer. He honestly wasn't sure what to think.

”When I first headed out to become a merchant, I encountered a man. He was sitting on the side of the road, and looked like he had been beaten up pretty bad. I was going to walk by him, but something made me stop.”