ushernet Chapter 1: A [Rolling Stone] Gathers no Moss
Chapter 1: A [Rolling Stone] Gathers no Moss
Chapter 1: A [Rolling Stone] Gathers no Moss
On a certain mountaintop, high above the clouds, a hero and a villain were having a grand battle.
Take this[Holy Infinite Beaming Sword of Banishing the Nasty Darkness]!
Hah, that is nothing against my [Aegis of Divine Darkness for Repelling Pesky Heroes]!
Grand spells and abilities were flying every which way, tearing apart the landscape and slicing up the clouds below. It was a very grand battle indeedone that would decide the fate of the world.
But did it really matter? Like, really really?
Because the fate of the world was constantly shifting this way and that. There was always balance. Another hero and another villain. Yes, it was the fate of the world, but
Only for like30 years or so, probably.
The record was half a year before a new villain rose up. A rather short eternity of peace that turned out to be.
Therefore, it really was not that special of a battle. Similar battles had been fought before. Similar battles would be fought again.
Whichever side won; the other side would eventually strike back.
Ultimately, it was a pointless story that would lead nowhere.
Luckily, they are not the main characters of this story. In fact, they will be left as mere footnotes in history, while our hero will lead a much grander tale.
On the violently shaking mountaintop sat a stone. It was a nice stonea gneiss stone in fact. It might have been more accurate to call it a pebble. The type of pebble a child might take along due to its nice shape and pretty coloring. This pebble was spending its time as stones tended to, minding its own business. The racket nearby was quite annoying, and it wished that it could get some peace and quiet.
That however threw the stone for a loopwishing for peace and quiet? Since when had it wished for anything? Since when had it had thoughts anyways? The stone strained its mind but could only recall a long time spent in comfortable silence. Was this awareness a new thing?
It was.
Just a few minutes ago, one of the heros stray spells had hit this very pebble, causing some strange changes to come over it. The pebble found the situation quite odd and wished it could go back to the relaxing state it had previously been e
Who wanted to be aware of eternity spent waiting on a mountaintop?
As it tried to relax its mind, the pebble noticed a strange screen hovering in front of it. Had that been there before? Noit had to be new. Curious, the pebble focused on the little grey box.
[Unnamed]
Title(s): None
HP: 1/1
Mana: 0/0
Level: 0
Experience: 0/10
Class: None
Sub-class: None
Race: Gneiss Stone
Gold: 0
STATS
Diameter (d): 0.06m
Mass (m): 0.3kg
Velocity (v): 0 m/s => [0,0,0]
ABILITIES
Collide
Crash into a foe and inflict damage equal to m * v / 4.
Bounceback damage is reduced.
The stone found the screens rather curiousit somehow understood the contents. It understood that the screens were referring to itself in some way, and that they indicated that the pebble was not a very mighty pebble currently.
That thought saddened the pebble somewhat.
Now that it was aware of things, it considered itself superior to all the other pebbles around, but its statistics indicated anything but!
Discarding overflow xp
You have reached level 1!
Stats up!
Mass (m): 0.3kg -> 1.0kg
Diameter (d): 0.06m -> 0.09m
HP: 1 -> 1
[Unnamed]
Title(s): Enemy of Demons
HP: 1/1
Mana: 0/0
Level: 1
Experience: 0/20
Class: None
Sub-class: None
Race: Gneiss Stone
Gold: 0
It had grown!
Immense joy filled the pebble as it noticed that it had become a larger pebble. This was the start of a path to greatness! It celebrated for quite a while as it rolled down, then finally noticed more screens.
You are eligible for the class: Rolling Stone
Accept the class? Y/N
A class?
The pebble slowly considered each new screen as it flashed by and judged that it indeed did want to be a Rolling Stone. To be quite frank, it already was onethe pebble was making good speed down the mountain.
The pebble focused on the prompt and accepted the class.
Congratulations!
You are now a level 1 Rolling Stone!
New Ability Gained!
Steer
Subtly shift acceleration vector into desired direction
The pebble parsed its new ability and stats and felt satisfied. It had grown bigger! Moreover, it had received some sort of new, complicated ability. It didn't quite know what an acceleration or a vector was but had time to learn. It would experiment.
Eventually.
A stone was a patient one after all.
The pebble continued rolling down the mountain, eagerly awaiting a chance to test out its new ability. It rolled onward to its grand quest.
Down the mountain.
Towards the unknown, dark horizon.
To where no pebble had gone before (probably).
And so, a brave hero set forth, as many had done before.
This is its story.
Quest:
Current Altitude: 9 673m