“My friend ariel is also a bartender, and we work


    together in the bar. Two weeks ago, we decided to


    clean the whiskey shelves from bad quality whiskey.


    The problem is that people in our bar know how to


    appreciate whiskey, and we found it too hard to get


    rid of the bad stuff. So, we asked the manager if we


    can throw it and of cores the answer was a hard no.


    but, he said that in the and of a shift we can drink


    and he would prefer that we drink from the cheaper


    drinks, so that what we did. Last night we had a half


    full bottle of grant’s, and in the middle of our shift


    ariel challenge me to drink it all. The and of that


    story is that I was the one to close the bar, and I was


    after a long shift of high end alcohol and cocktails, so


    I decided to take the challenge and drink and go


    home. Now. Let me tell you, that thing was nasty, I


    almost threw up. So, I closed the bar and went to my


    friend’s apartment. And what happened next is on


    you to explain Tolverstov.”


    Tolverstov looked like he has a lot of questions about


    alcohol and the people drinking it, but he nodded.


    “Tell me what happened, and I’ll explain what I can.”


    “Okey. As I said, I was very much drunk, so I don’t


    know if I remember everything. I remember myself


    entering the building, and then I think it happened. I


    opened the door to the building and let it close


    behind me, my eyes where closed, and when I


    opened them, I saw that I’m in a strange room, the


    room that your people found me. I thought that I


    entered the wrong building, and maybe I did, but


    apparently somehow, I teleported here.”


    “Interesting.”


    Nathaniel raised one eyebrow.


    “Anyway. I spent some time in that room trying to


    drunkenly understand where I am and what’s


    happening. I found out that I have a companion. Is


    that normal?”


    Tolverstov’s eyebrows went up. “You have a


    companion”?


    “Yes.”


    “that’s usually something that people achieve in high


    levels. The levels that use tools like the one you


    have.”


    “Well, I have one. Possibly two.”


    “Two what, companions”?


    “yes”


    “Why don’t you tell me about your companion.


    Possibly companions”


    “In my world there is a thing called virtual assistant,


    its like secretary, but it’s not sentient. People use it


    for a lot of things like information, appointment


    schedule, alarm clock, and so on.”


    “I’m confused. Didn’t you say that your world has no


    magic”?


    Nathaniel smiled. “My world has no magic.”


    “You just described magical being in your world that


    people use.”


    “it’s not magic. Believe me.”


    Tolverstov looked skeptical. “So, what about the non


    magical assistant from your world”?


    “One of those assistants is called Siri, and my


    companion is Siri but sentient. and she live in my


    mind and can read my thoughts. She claims to have


    no idea of what happened. She said that she came to


    existent in the room I teleported to, and she have all


    my knowledge.”


    “that’s make sense, companions are created in their


    master and are imprinted by him or her.”


    “She already has an ability, and I don’t.”


    “Well. It’s an unusual case. If you what essentially is


    level zero, you can’t have abilities. And companions


    are created with one ability. However, this is the first


    time I hear about a level zero with a companion. I


    guess that what happens when you do that.”


    “Her ability is spectator.”


    “that’s make sense. That why you can understand


    our language, but you can’t speak it.”


    “Why is it making sense? I would like you to explain


    You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.it to me. If you will.”


    “Of cores. The abilities are shaped by the absorber,


    in that case, the master of the absorber. You needed


    the ability to see and hear everything, and to learn


    everything, so your companion ability is spectator.”


    “wouldn’t it make mor sense to get something more


    combat related”?


    “When she got the ability, you were confused, you


    were trying to understand where you are and what is


    happening, so information related ability is more


    appropriate.”


    “Now that you’re saying it like that it makes sense.”


    “What about your other maybe companion”?


    “Well, it’s the system.”


    “What system”?


    “I have a system that control and manage my


    powers.”


    Tolverstov leaned forward enthusiastically like he just


    found a gold mine.


    “How is that system works”? he asked.


    “it’s in the form of black letters floating in the air that


    only I can see.”


    “and”?


    “There’s main menu.”


    “Like menu in a restaurant”?


    “Sort of”


    “Is it a list of your powers”?


    “no. it’s the main menu. It’s a list of different menus


    for information and powers management.”


    “Like an index”?


    “Dude. It’ll be a lot easier if you’ll shut up and listen.”


    “Sorry. Go on.”


    “it’s not like index, it’s a menu, you choose a menu


    and open it from the main menu.”


    “Okey.”


    Nathaniel took a long breath.


    “The first menu is simply my name. it’s showing my


    level, my points, and my abilities, which I don’t have


    any. Then it shows that I have a companion, Siri, and


    her abilities, which is one, spectator.”


    “What do you mean by points”?


    “I don’t know, next to the level it shows how much


    points I have.”


    Tolverstov thought for a second.


    “Maybe its referring to your progress to the next


    level.”


    “Probably. it says that I have zero out of ten abilities,


    and for Siri one out of five.”


    “that’s weird, in level zero you can’t have abilities at


    all.”


    “Well, I have none… anyway. Theres also my


    inventory and more stuff on the main menu.”


    “And you think that this system is a companion?


    Why?”


    “Because it can read my mind, and Siri said that it


    tried to communicate with her.”


    Tolverstov suddenly looked like a kid that just found


    out about ice cream.


    “How did it tried to communicate? What did it say?”


    “Siri said that it felt like someone behind a wall


    giving her a high five. Like a high five from another


    dimension.”


    Tolverstov jumped to his feet.


    “You have no idea how groundbreaking this is” his


    hands were shaking, and his eyes sparkled. “What


    more information do you have about the system”?


    “that’s it, I think.”


    “Well, we’ll have to help you gain levels, and study


    your advancement.”


    Nathaniel didn’t like tolvertov’s look, its maid him


    feel like a monkey in a lab.


    “Well, easy there boy, I’m not a lab monkey.”


    Tolverstov looked surprised.


    “I said that I’m going to help you.”


    “You starting to sound like an old man with a candy.”


    This time Tolverstov looked confused.


    “Why are you saying it like it’s a bad thing”?


    “Because I don’t like ‘that’ kind of candy.”


    “Old man candy”?


    “Exactly.”


    Tolverstov looked lost. “I have no idea what you’re


    talking about.”


    “Your parents didn’t teach you anything”?


    Tolverstov looked at him shocked. “My parents are


    the reason I know everything.”


    “Not everything apparently.” Nathaniel said bitterly.


    “What happened to you”?


    Nathaniel suddenly looked cheerful. “Nothing. How


    about we start with my magic advancement.”


    Tolverstov looked at him for a moment.


    “Okey. But there’s things you need to know first.”