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From within the slave camp I awoke in a cold, damp and dark room. Completely obvious signs of torture littered the room. Tied up and with nothing to do, I go over my status.
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="4">Status</td>
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<td width="25%">Name</td>
<td width="25%">Dave Grohl</td>
<td width="25%">Level</td>
<td width="25%">1</td>
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<td width="25%">Race</td>
<td width="25%">Human</td>
<td width="25%">Class</td>
<td width="25%">?????</td>
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<td width="25%">Health</td>
<td width="25%">100/100</td>
<td width="25%">Mana</td>
<td width="25%">100/100</td>
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<td width="25%">Strength</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Dexterity</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Vitality</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Agility</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Wisdom</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Intelligence</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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Blue and white now staring me in the face like always, but this time I smile. I have something I can use, I think back to all those games I''ve seen people play.
I was never much of a gamer myself but I''ve seen enough movies like ''Lord of the Rings'' to know what kind of fantasy setting I''ve found myself in, goblins and slavers where my first encounters. Most certainly though they won''t be my last.
It was enough to scare the shit out of me already. Tough people who see life and death, rule over them with an iron fist when they can and strive to live as long as they can. I''m sure that''s how it is for every living thing here, just a struggle to survive in a world where everything is trying to kill you before you get strong enough to kill it.
And now I''m here too, a struggler along with the slaves at the bottom of the food chain.
But I have knowledge that can help me.
I seem to have magic but no spells like fire and the like. Maybe I never will get to have those cool spells but I think I got something better and something that fits me perfectly.
I think I''m a Bard.
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Bard classification accepted
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Congratulations you are the first to discover this class
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For being the first to discover this class you have recieved Bonus Special Skills
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<td colspan="2">
BONUS SPECIAL SKILLS
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<td style="text-align: center">Perfect Pitch</td>
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Absolute Audio Memory
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<td style="text-align: center">Current Song List</td>
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Accessing Memory*ERROR* UNABLE TO ACCESS SONGS LIST OVER FLOW OF INFORMATION
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<td style="text-align: center">Accessing Memory*ERROR* UNABLE TO ACCESS SONGS LIST OVER FLOW OF INFORMATION</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Accessing Memory*ERROR* UNABLE TO ACCESS SONGS LIST OVER FLOW OF INFORMATION</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Requesting Use Of Prolonged Extraction</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Permission Granted</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Time Estimate To Extract Song List DATA</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">2,350,532,569,932,989 years, 7months, 12 days</td>
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And my jaw dropped. God fucking damn it, I have to wait that long?!Is there anyway to stop it or have it take the songs I sing first as priority and have it go back to doing what ever it is doing while I''m not using it for anything else?
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<td style="text-align: center">Parameters approved</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Memory access set to background state only will complete approximately</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">99,999,999,999,999,999 years, 99 months, 999 days</td>
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Oh my God, how fucking long is that going to be, 99 quadrillion years?! No wait 99 months?! Yeah looks like its longer than even this blue box can calculate.
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="2">Current Songs</td>
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<td>Not Named</td>
<td>
Effects
Speed Increase
?????????
?????????
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"That''s got to be ''Run to the Hills'' by Iron Maiden" I thought. Its the only song I''ve sung since I''ve been here.
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<td>
Run to the Hills
Written by Dave Grohl
Performed by Dave Grohl
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<td>
Effects
Speed Increase
?????????
?????????
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WHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT?!?!?!?!?!???!?!?
The blue screen thinks I wrote the song and sung it? But it was written by Iron Maiden back on earth and sung by Steve Harris.
Euphoria over took me as I realized I will be the creator of every wonderful and amazing song that millions have sung about and will sing about ever, EVER IN THIS WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!
I have my goal now: to bring and spread the music from earth into this world and show everyone what an amazing place I once lived in and maybe one day, all the amazing things that were there too.
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IRON MAIDEN WILL - Passive - MAX LEVEL
With the goal of showing the prowess of your otherworldly music and captured the hearts of the people of this world you are now immune to effects that would silence you and inhibit the abilityto play any musical instrument.
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Now that I think about it, what are these Special skills? I''m sure I have a skill list or something along those lines.
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">SKILL LIST</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Special Skills</td>
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<td colspan="15">
Complete Audio Record From ????????If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.
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<td>
UNABLE TO USE
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="14">UNABLE TO USE</td>
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<td colspan="15">
Dimentional Traveler - Passive - MAX LEVEL
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Retains knowledge of a plane unlike that of our own.
Unable to Calculate stats, set to level 1, set to base attribute of an average human male.
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<td colspan="14">
Stats adjusted to level 1, Base 10 to all attributes
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<td colspan="15">
Iron Maiden Will - Passive - Max LEVEL
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<td>With the goal of showing the prowess of your otherworldly music and captured the hearts of the people of this world, you are now immune to effects that would silence you and inhibit the abilityto play any musical instrument.</td>
<td colspan="14">
While Playing Music And/or Singing
Immune to Silence
Immune to Paralyze
Immune to Petrification
Immune to Confusion
Immune to Stun
Immune to Fatigue
Immune to Poison
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Perfect Pitch - Passive - MAX LEVEL</td>
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<td>Ability to Never be off Key while Singing</td>
<td colspan="14">Can Hit any note able to be heard with human ears</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Absolute Audio Memory - Passive - MAX LEVEL</td>
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<td>Automatic Memory of everything you can hear</td>
<td colspan="14">Perfect Memory of Any Auditory Sound</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Bard Knowledge - Passive - 25 LEVEL</td>
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<td>As a bard you have a basic understanding in all Musical Instruments And Singing</td>
<td colspan="14">+ 25 level on all Musical Instuments And Singing</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Musical Knowledge - Passive - LEVEL 25</td>
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<td style="text-align: left">As a bard you have basic undestanding on how to make, tune, and care for all your musical instruments</td>
<td colspan="14">+ 25 level on Creating, Repair, Enhancing to all Musical Instruments</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="15">Mana InfusedBody- Active- LEVEL 10</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">With Mana Infused Body you can withstand more damage than normal</td>
<td style="text-align: center" colspan="14">+ 10 to defence when using Mana Infused Body</td>
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Why does it have to take up everything I see? Can''t I have a simplified version of everything I see?
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Well that was easy, what does it look like?
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<td colspan="4">Status</td>
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<td width="25%">Name</td>
<td width="25%">Dave Grohl</td>
<td width="25%">Lvl</td>
<td width="25%">1</td>
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<td width="25%">Race</td>
<td width="25%">Human</td>
<td width="25%">Class</td>
<td width="25%">Bard</td>
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<td width="25%">HP</td>
<td width="25%">100/100</td>
<td width="25%">MP</td>
<td width="25%">100/100</td>
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<td width="25%">Str</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Dex</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Vit</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Agi</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Wis</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Int</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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Thats all neat and tidy I guess, can I add skills to that list as well? A quick overview of everything I have?
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<td style="text-align: center">Parameters Aproved</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Special Skills to Status Screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Skills to Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Inventory to Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">
Adding Complete Music List From ??????
*ERROR* UNABLE TO ACCESS SONGS LIST OVER FLOW OF INFORMATION
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Simplified Music List to Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Defenceto Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Regento Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Attackto Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Elemental Defenceto Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Adding Jobto Status screen in Abbreviated Mode</td>
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Wow that is a lot I have to look into now, ''Status'' I thought.
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<td colspan="4">Status</td>
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<td width="25%">Name</td>
<td width="25%">Dave Grohl</td>
<td width="25%">Lvl</td>
<td width="25%">1</td>
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<td width="25%">Race</td>
<td width="25%">Human</td>
<td width="25%">Class</td>
<td width="25%">Bard</td>
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<td width="25%">HP</td>
<td width="25%">100/100 (1 Per Hour</td>
<td width="25%">Job</td>
<td width="25%">None</td>
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<td width="25%">MP</td>
<td width="25%">100/100 (1 Per Min)</td>
<td width="25%">Body</td>
<td width="25%">Slightly Fatiuged</td>
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<td width="25%">Attack</td>
<td width="25%">5 (+0)</td>
<td width="25%">Defence</td>
<td width="25%">0</td>
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<td width="25%">Str</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Dex</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Vit</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Agi</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Wis</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
<td width="25%">Int</td>
<td width="25%">10</td>
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<td width="25%">Earth</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
<td width="25%">Wind</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
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<td width="25%">Water</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
<td width="25%">Fire</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
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<td width="25%">Light</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
<td width="25%">Dark</td>
<td width="25%">0%</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="4" width="25%">Special Skills</td>
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<td width="25%">
Musical Knowledge
</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- Lvl 25</td>
<td width="25%">Perfect Pitch</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- MAX LEVEL</td>
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<td width="25%">Mana InfusedBody</td>
<td width="25%">-Active- Lvl 10</td>
<td width="25%">Iron Maiden Will</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- Max LEVEL</td>
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<td width="25%">Bard Knowledge</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- lvl 25</td>
<td width="25%">Dimentional Traveler </td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- MAX LEVEL</td>
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<td width="25%">Absolute Audio Memory</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- MAX LEVEL</td>
<td width="25%">Complete Audio Record From ????????</td>
<td width="25%">UNABLE TO USE</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="4" width="25%">Skills</td>
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<td width="25%">Soul Scream</td>
<td width="25%">-Active- Lvl 2</td>
<td width="25%">Crafting (Musical instruments only)</td>
<td width="25%">Lvl 25</td>
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<td width="25%">Singing</td>
<td width="25%">-Passive- Lvl 25</td>
<td width="25%">Repair (Musical Instruments Only)</td>
<td width="25%">Lvl 25</td>
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<td width="25%">Musical Instruments</td>
<td width="25%">
Strings Lvl 25
Woodwinds Lvl 25
The Brass Lvl 25
Percussion Lvl 25
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<td width="25%">Tuning (Musical Instruments Only)</td>
<td width="25%">Lvl 25</td>
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<td colspan="4" width="25%">Song List</td>
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<td width="25%">Run To The Hills</td>
<td width="25%">Speed Increase</td>
<td width="25%">????????</td>
<td width="25%">????????</td>
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Wow that is a lot to take in, but more information is more helpful than no information.
As I sit and ponder what I should do with all this info, I hear multiplefootsteps coming from outside my cell room.
As they approach I try to think of a way to escape.
(Leader) "Should be soon that Dave Grohl character wakes up from his being knocked unconscious. I want you to stay here and watch him, as soon as he wakes up come get me"
(Gaurd K) " ''ome ''n boss he ain''t gat nuffin on ''em, just s''me strange man out ''n'' ''bout far as I c''n see, tis just free money"
(Leader) " I don''t care what you think, sure it might seem like it''s easy free money but one wrong move and we are off and running from the patrols again after we just set up out here. And If I find out that it''s your irresponsibility that lead to this the first person who''s head is going to roll, IS YOURS!!!"
(Gaurd K) "Sorry ''bout it boss, I ain''t mean nuffin by it, ''ll watch, ''ll watch"
(Leader) "See that you do"
As I hear the footsteps fade away, I wait in silence. A few moments later I hear the guard walking closer, and just as he is about to open the door to my cell, I hear a faint but strong strumming of a Lute. Startled by the sudden noise I realize that he was walking away.
(Gaurd K) " ''ey knock it off, a''ready ''ave troube ''n'' I ain''t ''bout to be yelled at ''gain"
(????) "sorry, sorry just thought it was so dull, dark, and dreary that a little music would cheer it up"
(Guard K) "Don''t go sta''ting nothin'' w''ile ''m ''ere, you ''eard t''e boss it''s my head so keep it down...."
(Old Man) "Then here, how about something soft"
As he started to play I heard how off every string was. Probably an old Lute. I don''t even know how I know that, probably from my bard knowledge or something. It''s quite eerie knowing that you shouldn''t know this information at all, hell I shouldn''t even know what a Lute looks like. But as he playes it I can see the instrument take shape, its bowl like bottom worn out from wear and tear, its 15 strings needing love and care that hasn''t been provided in months on the verge of snapping. But it plays none the less, a soft and soothing old time tune from ages long ago.
And as it plays~~
*DING*
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