Chapter 3: Understanding the System

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Shortly after reuniting with my Partner, I returned to the entrance of the forest. The worry was visible on my mother's face-Unsurprising since I'd been gone for so long- but she soon calmed down once I told her I was safe, and got my bite wound patched up.

And so there I was, lying on my bed again after an incredibly long day. I really, really wanted to sleep, but there was a small problem.

The window was pestering me. 

Normally it had vanished after a few moments, or once I had finished reading it, but this time it had stayed by my side for the entirety of the trip home, bath, and bedtime. This window had appeared directly after I caught Yeller.

[Tutorial 1: Catching (Complete!)

- Learn how to Catch a Pokemon. (Complete!)
- Discover a Pokemon suitable to be your partner and capture it. (Complete!)

Congratulations! You caught your perfect possible partner! Bonus rewards will be distributed.

Rewards: Gain Type Proficiency + Status Points
{Claim Reward}]

It just sat there, in front of my face, doing nothing. The description had changed to say I'd get bonus rewards, but I hadn't seen any sign of that so far. 

Hurry up and distribute my rewards already then!

Well, the window did seem to be prompting me to claim the rewards somehow, but I had no clue how to do that. In the first place, I didn't really have anyway to interact with the window anyway. When I tried to touch it before my hand just phased right through it.

Hm? Wait, that's not quite right, is it?

I stopped and put my head on my hand. I had the strangest feeling that I had been able to do something before... Right, I'd punched the window and it reacted to that. Why had I been able to do that?

Sitting up in my bed, I tried to touch the window in front of me, and I felt my finger hit something. It wasn't like any material I'd ever known, it was just like the air itself was solid where I was touching. 

Come to think of it, no-one had noticed this window before, aside from me. Even my Mother and Oak acted like nothing was there the whole time. Was it bound to me somehow?

I slid my finger across it's surface, until my finger was over the {Claim Rewards} message. Once I was touching it, the message seemed to change colour. When I withdrew my finger, the window finally disappeared. 

And a moment later a new window appeared.

[Type Proficiency added to your Status Window!
+5 Status Points]

I furled my brow in a hint of frustration. "Seriously, what is this... Status-"

The moment the word status left my lips, another window opening, causing me to jolt in surprise. 

[Cyan Hughs

Status: 

HP: 16/16
Atk: 5
Sp.Atk: 0
Def: 5
Sp. Def: 5
Spd: 10

Stat Points (10)

Skills:

Eye to Eye
Regression System

Type Proficiency 0% {Tap to Expand} ]

I blinked a few times, trying to understand what had just happened. "Is... Is it voice controlled?" I asked. No response. "Close."

Both windows disappeared. 

"Status."

The status window re-opened. 

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