William Jones
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Name: Ozzy Title: none Race Mixed Race, Human: 96% Heritage Bonus: +3 STR, +1 CON Class Contract Worker Specialty Butcher Perk Description Sleepless in Seattle: For every one hour of sleep, you will get two hours of rest. Tastes Like Chicken: Anything you are eating can, at your option, taste like delicious boiled chicken. Endure VI: You can easily shrug off effects such as boredom, mental fatigue, anxiety and other negative mental effects. Be happy and keep working! Haul III: When moving heavy objects by…-
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Professor Henry Sutton: As I'm sure you all know, today's guest lecturer is Professor Emmeritus Phineas Horton. If your household uses an android servant, then you've met one of his children. If you were in one of the newer hospitals and were operated on by a Robodoc, you may owe him your life. And if you enjoy automated driving, like we all do, you can see how his work in Android and Artificial Intelligence changed the world. Welcome, Phineas, glad to have you back at MIT. Professor Horton: Thank you…
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During their first session with the new pods, they got to look at their characters. They weren't actually logging into the game, just making sure nothing was wrong with the pods, running through tests to make sure their minds integrated correctly, and all the machinery that kept their bodies alive worked at 100%. 250 200+200 per level, +10 per point of STR, +20 per point of CON Stamina 810 (200+200 per level, +10 per point of CON, +20 per point of STR) x3 Mana 200 200+200 per level, +30 per point of INT,…
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"Not to be nit-picking, Ozzy, but shouldn't we have done this research before we signed the five-year contracts?" Ben was working on an ancient laptop computer hooked into Ozzie's data net connection. Like anything designed to work with the old internet, it was slow and prone to just giving up. Ozzie was using a research program to scan all the video sites for any information on GENESIS ENGINE. The game would be their employment for the next five years, they needed information on how the game worked,…
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In its day the Grand Malkavian Hotel had been one of the top ten meeting places in any online game world, but that day was long past. A fading game meant a fading game world, without much need for extravagantly decorated, fifty story hotels. Currently its usual staff consisted of a dozen human workers and a hundred two-dimensional NPCs. But tonight, it was alive, lit from top to bottom, and humming with the sound of thousands of guests and hundreds of real human workers, many in the posts usually taken…
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Xin couldn't help but be curious about the artifact. It was unexpected to find such a rare and meaningful item in the hands of an old woman NPC like Elinor. In Guildbane, Xin knew about the concept of . It was one of the reasons why the game was so popular among players. However, there were age restrictions in place for getting married. Both partners needed to be at least eighteen years old in the real world. While the in-game marriage didn't grant any legal rights, in reality, it provided numerous…
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With a gleeful expression, Xin went on to inspect the other rare equipment he had acquired. ? Beast Butcher, Axe (Legendary, requires attunement), given by the NPC Cleaver This formidable weapon is crafted from the bones, claws, or teeth of a fearsome beast. When wielded, it allowed the user to tap into the wild nature and savage strength of the creature, granting them a 100% critical attack bonus against beasts. Furthermore, while attuned to this weapon, the user gained a portion of the beast's…
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Skylark continued to grumble to herself as she walked around town, trying to recruit members for the quest. "Ugh, that guy is so frustrating," she muttered under her breath, remembering Lord Schrodinger's refusal to join their group. "Why is this so difficult?" she grumbled to herself. "I should have just followed the guide and bought the instead of trying to take the boat like those other fools." She had never attempted this quest in the past, considering it to be not worth the trouble, so it…
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The next day, Xin woke up to the sound of his mother's voice, shouting at them to wake up. "Come on, you two! It's already ten in the morning!" Still feeling sleepy, Xin tried to go back to sleep, but his mother's voice persisted, as if she was right beside him. "Wake up? It's a Sunday! We're supposed to rest!" Xiaxia complained groggily, clearly not pleased with being woken up. "We've already done all the chores yesterday. We have every right to sleep in," she added. "It's already ten in…
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"The Floating Market will be closed for a few weeks unless you get more oil," Glesga explained. "We'll offer rewards if you retrieve the oil barrels stolen by the Reef Raiders a few weeks ago. I don't want to risk sending patrollers since the town will be left undefended, so we could only rely on adventurers to retrieve the oils. Do you want to accept the quest?" Xin nodded, accepting the quest. There was no time limit, so he might as well take it. He planned to gather better equipment from NPCs and…
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