A new home [solo]

[Aiden]

Aiden opened his eyes, just like as if he was awaking from sleeping. A sting in his eyes from the bright sky and with a soft breeze in his face. Just to find out he had no clue where he was. A bit dizzy, he started looking around. He was somewhere on a big square. In the middle of the square was a fountain, with many people around. They all seemed confused as well. Weirdest things was they where not all humans. Amongst the crowd where cat people, some weird looking people with fox ears and a tail and someone that looked like a dwarf. "What is going on here, where am i". Aiden thought. He started looking at his own hands and found out he wore some old looking gloves, barely.... But even though the horrible fit and the horrible look they seemed to fit him perfectly. "I need to figure out what happened".

The crowd in the square got louder and louder and Aiden started to get annoyed. "I have to get out of here, i need a place to think" , Aiden looked around for a direction he could get away. He found a perfect one on the corner of the square, a small alley. It was a bit dark and it seemed like not many people noticed it. He took a sprint towards it and got there in "no time". This confused him even more, "I might be a decent runner but there is no way i am this fast. What is happening here!!!!" He ran around the corner of the alley and "BOOM!!".  Aiden ran into an old man. The old man looked up at him and started shouting, "Watch where you are going!!, you adventurers think you can do anything!! Have some respect!! "Excuse me sir, i didn't see you" Aiden reached out his hand to help the old man up. But instead of grabbing his hand, the old man ignored it, stood up by himself, and continued wherever he was going with a degrading "Hmpf".

Even more confused aiden looked after the old man and decided to enter the alley. It was very dusty and smelled a bit muddy. Not something a lot of people passed through. "Great some personal space" Aiden walked a bit further into the alley and found a box. There where some holes in the side but it looked like it would not collapse when he sat on it, or at least he thought, nothing was certain at this point. He tried to sit down, but only now he noticed he had two katana's hanging by his side. "Wow, i got katana's" He thought happily, already forgetting everything that just happened. Like a little kid he got them out of their sheath and started trying them out. Even though he never even hold a sword the movements felt very natural. Just as if they where an extension of his body. They felt like more than just blades. "These things are amazing!" After the initial excitement he remembered what kept him busy, before he found his new "toys".

He put his katana's back in their sheath and sat down on the box, it made some cracking sounds but it could hold his weight. He started thinking and quickly got to the conclusion this should be the character he made in his new game: ELDER TALE. Everything seemed to match, the weird cathumans which he tough about choosing himself, the weapons, adventurer's. It could have been something else. But since he got to this theory, his attention quickly shifted to the huge amount of possibility's in this new world.


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[Aiden]

It kind of felt like he was starting over. Getting a brand new life. He still didn't knew what exactly was going on, but it felt good. A new life, endless possibility's and best of all a new place with possibly a new place to call home somewhere in it. He was used to moving to new places so i didn't really freak him out.  So after the initial shock he was ready to see the things he was capable of. He stood up quickly with a smile on his face and a burning desire to explore this new world.

Aiden walked out of the alley on the other side and started wandering around town. He came across adventurer's, some still freaking out, some like him curious about this new world. A few shops scattered around, a bakery, a butcher, an armor shop, a few clothes shops, nothing really to special. He saw some people of the land going about there daily routine, some doing the laundry, a man arguing with his wife, some kids running around. In fact it seemed like a completely normal town, it looked a bit different from the towns he was used to but nothing too drastic. It felt like a town he could stay for a while, at least until he would be able to find anything better.

After walking around for a while he started to hear a distinguished sound. His stomach had started complaining about the lack of food. Time to find something to eat. "How am i going to get some food, i do not even have any money" He considered his options: Stealing, working for it, maybe doing some hunting and gathering or even grinding. The last one would however mean he could prove his suspicion about this world. "I am not much of a thief, so that is not going to happen" Stealing was out of the picture as fast as the thought came up. "I can work for it, but where do i find a job around here" it was a decent possibility, if he could find a job. "Hunting and gathering might be the best option. But that would mean venturing out of town, and i want to get a decent meal before even considering that. So thats was not it either. And since grinding pretty much would mean the same thing, that was not going to be it either. "So working it is!"

He started asking around if anyone knew some place they needed any capable hands. He came across a young lady that pointed him in the direction of an old lady who might needed some help around the house. "Miss, since i am not familiar with this town and if it is not too much to aks can you walk me there by any chance?" If not he would probably be lost in no time, he could not even remember which road he took to get here. "Ah sure, it is only a small detour. Can you tell me your name adventurer?" She said with a smile. "Ofcourse, my name is Aiden. And with whom do i have the honor?" "I am rose" She said while they started walking. They talked a bit and arrived just beyond the outskirts of town. Aiden thanked Rose and she continued to her destination.

Aiden had arrived at a small farmhouse, it was made of old planks and was barely bigger then a small sized bungalow. "Okay here we go" Aiden walked towards the front door and knocked. He heard some rumbling sounds and after a while an old women opened the door.

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[Aiden]

There was an old lady standing in the doorway, probably the old lady Rose told about. She looked like she has been through a lot in life. Pale white wrinkled skin. Her eyes, over the years, had grown dull and cloudy as though she had seen too much suffering. She laughed at me, but you could see it was a forced laugh. It seemed life has taken away the reasons for her to smile. "Hello young man, what can old women like me do for you" She said with an surprisingly soft voice. "Good day madam, i am looking for an working opportunity and i heard you might be able to offer one?" Aiden carefully said. "Ah yes, i am in need of an adventurer. There is a rabbit plague at my apple orchard. The rabbits are eating all the overripe apple's i need for my special apple pie recipe. Can you get rid of 10 rabbits and bring me 20 overripe apple's? I'll give you one of my pie's if you agree." She asked him. Aiden found it kind of strange she talked about a specific amount of rabbits he should get rid of. Since that would not solve a plague. Even though it was a bit strange. A apple pie sounded pretty good, especially on a hungry stomach. "I agree your proposal, thank you for the offer. Where might i find this orchard?" Thinking this was an easy task for a pie. "Just on the other side of that hill" She pointed him in the direction of a small hill. He greeted the old lady and off he went.

While walking he came to the conclusion that the work he got, sounded a lot like the beginner quests you get at the beginning of mmorpg's. That together with his initial thoughts about the situation made him decide to try a few things. Normally in a game there was a menu of some sort. "Let's hope this works" He thought about getting a menu and right away a floating menu popped up. "It actually worked, this is amazing!" He cruised through the menu and found a skills tab. He opened the tab and three skills appeared before him: Blind bet, Fold step and Viper Raise. Blind bet was a skill that applied the blind debuff, Fold step was some sort of dash and Viper raise applied a bleeding debuff. "Okay i can work with this"

By this time he reached the orchard. It was a small orchard with only about 9 apple trees. surrounded by a small white wooden fence. The apple trees where full off apple's. And just when he started looking for an opening in the fence, he noticed a apple drop in the corner of his eye. Before the apple even hit the ground, at least 7 rabbits came running in to get a piece of it. Although this where not normal rabbits, Aiden looked a bit better and noticed the name "Frenmic rabbit". "Alright, time to try out some of those skills" Not knowing quite sure how, but he would just try and see what came from it. He jumped over the fence, and right away the rabbits dashed out in all directions straight into their holes. "Okay this is going to be harder then i thought it would" He decided he would gather the overripe apple´s first, it took him a while but by occasionally shaking a tree it was not that hard.

"Now how am i going to get those rabbits" He decided to plug all holes, except for one in the corner. He then would lay down an apple at the other side and stand on the fence above the open hole. After a while a rabbit came peaking out and ran towards the apple. "Now let's do this" He jumped down on top of the hole and tried using his Fold step skill. Right away he dashed forward but ended up hitting a tree next to the target. The rabbit flinched and quickly ran back into his hole. "Au that hurt, let's try this again." It took him a few hours but eventually when he was able to hit the rabbits, it was done quite quickly. Since it only took one attack to kill them. Good thing too because it was getting dark outside. 

Aiden rushed back to the farm of the old lady. Knocked on the door again and waited. The old lady opened the door. "Ah thank you, those rabbits where buggering me for quite some time." She said while i get her the apples. "Wait here, i am going to get your reward." Aiden received the reward and walked towards a quiet place to eat his newly acquired pie. He found a bridge and sat down on the side. He happily ate his pie and was satisfied with his first day in this new place. "I can get used to this" He thought and he decided this was his new home. Or at least for now, at least until he got back to his own reality.

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