The Roleplayer

Vigilante

Riley arrived home, and rushed up the stairs.

Slamming his room door shut, he waltzed into his bathroom and took a quick shower to wash off the dirt and blood stains from both the bullies and the thugs.

After scrubbing his body clean, he walked down to the basement and did the laundry. Riley was glad that it was a Tuesday; his mom was busy working the night shift at the grocery store today.

If it was any other day where his mom worked the afternoon shift, Riley would have gotten into big trouble with his appearance. It might have also raised suspicion from his mother; and that the last thing that he needed right now.

He threw his clothes into the washer, together with the other loads, and pressed "Start".

Once he was done with his basic chores, Riley made his way back to his room. Pulling out a notebook from his desk, he flipped to the latest page, where he had made notes from his research.

'Alright, time to test the extent of my newfound powers.'

Riley had done some testing and written down quite a few notes from the tutorial of his new character in World of Legend, "Qwerty1234".

'First thing's first, let's see what checks out.'

He started marking similarities between what the game covered and his abilities, such as the skill menu, quest functionalities, level ups, and stats.

'Ok, time to test items!'

Walking down to the kitchen with his notebook and pen in hand, Riley opened his fridge. It was fully stocked as usual, courtesy to his doting mother. Riley scanned the fridge, and pulled out his favorite drink, Bepsi.

"Analyze!"

"A soft drink produced by the company Bepsico. Very sweet, and provides the user with a sugar rush. Restores 20 HP across 2 minutes after consumption. +1 Strength, and +2 Dexterity for 30 minutes. Does not stack."

'Wow, that's a lot of stats for something so cheap. Let's try another one.'

Pulling out another popular soft drink, Doka-Cola, Riley used <Analyze> again.

Two windows popped up this time. The first was a window indicating that his <Analyze> skill had levelled up. The other window showed the stats of the sugary drink.

"A soft drink produced by the company ' The Doka-Cola Company'. Restores 20 HP across 7 seconds. +2 Dexterity for 30 minutes. Does not stack. Bought 3 days ago by Sarah Petesgeralt."

Riley smiled and summoned his Inventory, then proceeded to deposit both drinks.

'Well, that truly ends the debate. Bepsi is definitely better than Doke!'

Suddenly, he had a stroke of genius. He rushed to his room, and opened his wallet, pulling out a bunch of crumpled tenners.

'Right, I still have some money that I got from Jake. Might as well use it to fund my "research".'

Riley then proceeded out of the house, and headed off to the convenience store.

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On his way to the convenience store, Riley continued reading through his notebook.

'Alright, I've tested items, let's see what else I got from the tutorial.'

His finger scanned through each row on his notebook before coming to a stop at the row just after "Using Items"; "Leveling up and assigning points". His eyes lit up.