Surviving the Beastworld

Relax?

Yeah so clearly it's publish chapters late week for me... I'm really sorry about the delay for publishing bonus chapters, but I hope you enjoy<3

Once a large basin we found in the house had been filled with water, Ahi left to go hunting, leaving me to bathe in privacy. I took the time to really enjoy the time alone and relax in the lukewarm water.

I would never take bathing for granted again.

As I washed up, the stress of the last few days also washed away with the grime and dirt. I left my hair for last knowing it was going to be a mission.

I had barely kept it untangled and contemplated cutting it short. But decided against it. It was a crazy decision, but I loved my long hair.

Crazy and maybe a little vain, however, I didn't want to cut it just yet.

Eventually, my hair was properly washed and conditioned after so long. The water was getting cold by that time so I decided to get out and change into the gift the system had given me.

It was a whitish cloth with tings of yellow and felt a little rough to touch. I guessed it was wool or something close. The design was similar to the Ancient Greek clothing, but much simpler.

The dress reached mid-thigh and I had to knot the shoulders to hold up the dress. It did cover up most of my shoulders, so it was a win. Didn't need anyone seeing that tattoo and freaking out like Ahi hadn't...

Speaking of the man, he wasn't back yet, so I decided to explore the hut and check out my rewards.

I first went around the hut, finding them to be spotless and Ahi had opened up what looked like wooden shutters which allowed the afternoon light to enter into the hut.

The rooms were all quite big and I even found what looked to be a kitchen. Well, it had a hearth and some mud cupboards in it which made me guess the room was for cooking and storing food.

Once I was done looking around, I headed to the main room where my bag was. My things lay around it in a chaotic mess because of my earlier rummage for clothes and toiletries.

A small leather book caught my eye among the pile of things and I immediately went over to pick it up. There was a title written on it in some fancy golden font. It read "Guidebook to the Beastworld"

It was something I definitely needed to learn about this world. Otherwise, I was going to look strange for not knowing much about the world when I interacted with others.

The weird thing though was the book was quite thin. Maybe twenty pages long and there was no way everything about the Beastworld was written on twenty or so pages.

Maybe it only gave basic information. Whatever the case was, I wasn't going to wait any longer. Cracking the book open, slightly nervous and excited, I found myself staring at a blank page.

This motherfuc-

[Quest Triggered]

[Quest 2: Learn About The World]

[Now that you've found a safe place to live, it's time to write a guide about the Beastworld and the things you've learnt.

Journal everything you learnt that day every night for a month. Missing a day or not adding new information will lead to penalties.

Should you fill the pages before the month is over, you'll receive bonus rewards.]

[Rewards: Skills Unlocked, Bonus TBD] [Penalties: Loss of past memories]

[Time Remaining: 29 Days, 15 Hours, 39 Minutes, 41 Seconds]

As the screens came up suddenly, I couldn't help but think that this system must hate me. Like this quest was literally essay writing homework because the system was too lazy to give me the information I needed.

If I ever got my hands on the creator of this system...

Still, I had to take the quest seriously. If I failed, I would lose my memories of Earth. And as much as those memories hurt right now, I couldn't lose them.

Not when there were so many good ones. It would be like losing a part of me and I'd never realize it. At least the reward was equally as good as the penalties were bad.

The thing was, how do I write in this book? I did have a pen, but what would happen if the ink ran out? I would be royally screwed.

As I thought about the problem on my hands, black writing began appearing on the blank page.

Instructions Manual

If the user wishes to write in this book, they are to hold the book with one or both hands. Both hands are however recommended for better connection.

What do they mean better connection? I wondered before shaking my head. Better to just keep reading. Half the things this system does doesn't make sense anyway.

No need to stress over it. Just go with the flow...

User is then to say Guide Write. Afterwards, they are to narrate the information they want to write down in the book in their head. Speaking aloud is better, but not necessary.

Everything that is said or thought will be written down as the user thinks or says it once Guide Write is uttered or thought.

If the user wishes to stop writing, they must use the command Close Guide. Additionally, Delete Guide will delete a page of writing permanently.

To remove a paragraph, the user must use the command Undo Guide. This will remove up to a paragraph of writing unless the user adds a specific word to the end of the command...

The instructions continued until the end of the page and I couldn't help, but feel a headache coming on as I read through the manual. Why the system made this so complicated and with so many commands, only it knows why.

But now that I knew how to write another problem showed its ugly head. What was I going to write about for today? The quest was pretty vague, just wanting me to write about what I learnt about this world.

Did it mean everything everything or just like customs and that?

Maybe I was overthinking this. I'd just write about everything and fill up the pages quicker. With that in mind, I put the book away, deciding to leave it alone so I could look at the other things the system had given me.

The crystals were quite small, the size of a marble, and I wasn't sure what they were used for. As for the seeds and the other outfit, they were useful along with the hygiene pack that included sunscreen.

Hallelujah!

Once I went through the rest f the pack, I began organizing everything back into my bag. And that's when I suddenly heard some rustling at the door.

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Who's at the door? Find out in the next four minutes when I publish Chapter 19. XD

Sigh... Why is my humor like this?

Anyway, next chapter is coming as soon as I can hit that publish button (so four minutes max).