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2.1 Fire

Everything is dark around you. Faint memories of your life float around in your mind, but it looks like you can't remember the details.

Let's recap, what happened to you? And more importantly who or what are you? Let us start with your gender. Can you recall being a female, a male, or was it a bit more complicated than that?

[ ] Female.

[ ] Male.

[ ] It's complicated.

You chose: [x] Male.

Good, now that that is out of the way, what about your name? Your name was... Vince Reese. During your short life you endured quite a lot of hardships. Your father wasn't around when you were growing up and your mother couldn't handle the pressure of raising a child on her own, thus she turned to drinking -becoming an alcoholic-. You started working at the age of 16 to provide for food and to pay the bills. When you turned into an adult, you left home and got a steady job. It all started looking a bit better for you, but what happened next? What went wrong?

You died.

For someone who died, you seem quite calm, talking to some kind of system. This isn't a game, you know. Or is it? You get the chance to reincarnate into another world. The chance to relive your life and turn it all around.

You are reduced to a baby of the race beastkin. You have a tail, two fluffy ears on top of your head and something what feels like fangs when you slide your tongue against your teeth. Later, you'll discover that you share a few features of a wolf. The strength and speed of your races are above average, but so is your whimsicality.

"Congratulations, it's a healthy boy," You hear the voice of an old man and your ears twitch. The cooing of two people follows soon after, you assume they are your parents. A warm blanket is put on you to keep you from being cold and you get snuggled into an embrace. You could get used to it, don't you think?

For the next ten years you are happy with your family. Oddly enough, your name didn't change in this world. Your parents, Anita Reese and Carlo Reese, are lovely people who try their hardest to provide you with whatever your heart would desire. Carlo Reese is a hunter and from the moment you turned three, he let you tag along with him. On your fourth birthday, you got a bow. Trying to help your father with hunting, you trained. At the moment you're almost as skilled as that snotty little brat that lives a few houses further who pays the highest ranked rangers to be his teachers. You're a hard worked, aren't you?

Aside from learning how to hunt and skin your prey, what else do you do in your free time?

[ ] Geography.

[ ] Healing.

[ ] Handicraft.

[ ] Potions.

[ ] Stealth.

[ ] Nothing. After all, what else could I need?

You chose: [x] Stealth

A sneaky hunter that can approach his prey without being noticed. You're bound to go far with that choice. Thanks to your devotion to your training, an old lady who's rumoured to be a witch took an interest in you. She teaches you magic to the best of her abilities, but you must promise her to not use it in a flashy manner. The woman explains that magic can be your trump card. It might be the deciding move in a battle later one.

During one of the times you go out hunting with your father, you bump into another group. It's one of your classmates, Cedric, and his father. The two older males decide to hunt together and tell Cedric and you to stay put and play. You're a bit disappointed that you can't tag along, but you figure your father might want to take this chance to hunt down a bigger prey. Even though you're told to 'play nice', the two of you ignore each other and Cedric turns his back towards you. He starts training some kind of martial arts. You assume that he's too focussed on his training and that it wouldn't hurt to try out a few minor spells you learnt. Soon enough, a small flame is dancing over the tips of your fingers.