5 Chapter 5 Tutorial (1/2)

”Okay, I have 10 points? What do I do with them?” Joseph looked at his dad, waiting for the next bit of wisdom.

”Photographic memory. It wasn't the first thing I took, but it should have been. I highly recommend it, because it will make everything that much faster to learn.”

(SEE LIST OF AVAILABLE ADVANTAGES?)

(YES) (NO)

”Yes,” he said without hesitation.

As a huge list began scrolling in his mind's eye, his dad spoke up.

”You don't have to answer out loud. If you think in your head, it will hear or understand. That way it's easier to keep a secret.”

”You keep saying it's a secret, but it hasn't mentioned that yet.”

”Trust me, you don't want to make it have to mention it. The System prefers to have a mentor available for new users. My mentor was a jerk and ran off without telling me anything.”

(CORRECT)

The list was replaced for a moment, by the one word, then returned.

”I want photographic memory,” he said, a little overwhelmed by all the options.

(PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY – COST 10 LIFE POINTS)

(PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY – REMEMBER EVERYTHING IN YOUR PAST, YES EVERYTHING)

(ACCEPT?)

(YES) (NO)

Of course he wanted to accept it, hadn't he just said so?

(DON'T TAKE THAT TONE OF VOICE WITH ME. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU REALLY MEAN IT, SO THAT YOU DON'T GET SOME STUPID ADVANTAGE AND THEN TRY TO GET ALL MAD AT ME!)

If he wasn't sitting, he may have fallen out of his chair. He looked at his dad with wild eyes.

”Oh ho! It's started talking to you now, hasn't it? Don't worry, I went through it, too,” he laughed.

(PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY ACQUIRED)

This time as images flashed through his head, they didn't fade from his memory. Joseph remembered another time and place. A place that had no magic, but technology instead. A time when he grew into an adult, and had a job as an accountant, and another time when he was a dentist. He didn't remember family or names, but the skills he had learned were there.

(SKILLS AQUIRED)

ACCOUNTING

ADMINISTRATION

ECONOMICS

FINANCE

MARKET a.n.a.lYSIS

APPLIED MATH

MERCHANT

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY

DIAGNOSIS

FIRST AID