《AverageMan》 prologue-Every day life for Hayden .............................. hi guys im new to RoyalRoad and will do my best to be the most active author possible at least 3 chapters daily maybe more depends on you all. p.s im bad with grammar but can be really detailed so if you can correct me in comments it would be great ill fix it fast i can. thoughts will be in % here % speech will be in " here " shouts in CAP ................................ Dark clouds covered the entire sky and pressed down towards the ground. Loud thunder noises resonated in the sky as lightning flashed and roared. A guy was rolling about in an uneasy sleep you could see his eyelids twitching in the dark recesses of his bedroom, suddenly his alarm clock blared at maximum volume. "FUCK!" then he falls out of bed on the floor still rolled up in his duvy " who the fuck set my alarm clock, ill freaking punch them in the face!" he sits up on the floor and turns to the alarm clock " its 4:14 am i haven''t got work till 6, signs bitterly to himself" he uses the bed to help himself get upright and then switches on the lamp next to his bed on the desk.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. he takes stock of his bedroom and looks at all the paper on the floor and random pieces of junk he picks up a piece of paper with information that was needed for work. Dear Mr Hayden Droven we regret to inform you that this is your 2nd warning in the workplace and we will require you to come in for a disciplinary meeting today at 6:30 am at... Hayden rips the paperwork up and chucks it into the air somewhere towards the corner off his room. %stupid idiots like i care about your warning, it was my co-worker''s fault, to begin with, why am i getting flak for this.% Hayden walks towards the bathroom which is down the hallway from his bedroom and turns on the light switch on the wall. Suddenly with no warning, the light bulb exploded everywhere and it went dark but there is still a light in the hallway you could see that the mirror was cracked with a piece of glass shard stuck in the center of the mirror. it was also showing Hayden''s horrified expression and you could see from the mirror he had huge bags under his blue eyes making him look like a raccoon Hayden had messy charcoal hair, Hayden looked like 20-year-old man. " what else can go wrong today! you know what screw this" Hayden throws a bar of soap at the mirror and it reflected off and hit him in the eye. "fuck you why did i do that!" ahhhhhh Hayden rubs his eyes and then Hayden looked back up into the mirror he saw a man just behind him in his reflection with what looks like a Darth Vader mask. Just as Hayden tried to spin round to swear, the man in the blood-red mask stabbed Hayden in the stomach with a butter knife. "What the Fuck" Hayden was in immense agony and then Hayden fell over onto the floor clutching onto the blunt knife half in his stomach whilst on his knees, the last thing he could see after been stabbed by his killer was a steel toe capped boot bashing his eyes into the back of his skull and killing him. Chapter 1- Taking stock of my situation ... hi guys will do my best to be the most active author possible at least 3 chapters daily maybe more depends on you all other then that on with the story! p.s im bad with grammar but can be really detailed so if you can correct me in comments it would be great ill fix it fast i can. thoughts will be in { here } speech will be in " here " shouts in CAP *system* on with story ..... "what the fuck was that!" Hayden looks around in disbelief and notices that he is no longer in his house, instead, he seems to be in what looks like the African rainforest. Hayden rubs his eyes making them sore. looking around at the scenery you can see that trees are in a rainbow of different colors and some of them even seem to move on their own "i don''t think im in Kansas any more should i tap my shoes together too, like where am i.!" Hayden checks his condition to see if he has any injuries from where the man in Darth Vadar mask stabbed him with a butter knife, Hayden feels around where the wound should be and nothing but a small scar can be found. * learned appraisal level 0 - 0.01%*This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. *A scar* "what the fuck is that!* Hayden jerks slightly in shock as a blue floating screen can be found just in front of his eyes at around arm''s length. Hayden pokes the blue screen and see''s only a slight ripple where he has poked his finger at. When the blue screen disappeared a short time later, if you could see Hayden''s expression now you would see an expression a fish makes when you watch them, eyes wide and mouth agape. "Has my life turned into a video game?" Hayden mumbles to himself. Hayden then screams out random words "Menu?", "Start?" and then "Status?" suddenly a blue screen pops up shocking Hayden again. {Ive got to stop jumping to these random screens popping up.} * Hayden Droven title: None class: None race: human Level: 0 - 0.00% ..... Strength- 1 1-2 damage Vitality- 1 10/10 health points (per point 100 years lifespan) Intelligence- 2 20/20 mana Wisdom - 1 1 mana regen per min Agility - 2 7 mph running speed Stamina - 0.5 50/50 stamina Health regen- 0.5 per minute stamina regen- 0.5 per minute Skills Appraisal level 0 - 0.01% As the blue screen faded from Hayden''s sight he started looking carefully at his surroundings and moved towards a bush that had weird green berries with pink spots on them, he then appraised the berries on the bush. * Unknown berry''s* Hayden then opened his status page again to see if there was any change to the appraisal stat. *Appraisal level 0- 1%* { i see so the appraisal stat goes up as long as i use it on anything from what i can see so far.} Hayden constantly uses his skill appraisal and managed to get it up to 19% by appraising his surroundings. Now he''s trying to figure out what he should do and with how the sky looks it doesn''t look like it will be long before it will be dark, so whilst Hayden has the chance he will have to access his situation and see what he needs to do to survive the night and considering he isn''t familiar with most of his surroundings its best to be prepared for anything if possible. Chapter 2- Killer Grass ... thoughts will be in { here } the speech will be in " here " shouts in CAP *system* Hayden Droven title: None class: None race: human Level: 0 - 0.00% ..... Strength- 1 1-2 damage Vitality- 1 10/10 health points (per point 100 years lifespan) Intelligence- 2 20/20 mana Wisdom - 1 1 mana regen per min Agility - 2 7 mph running speed Stamina - 0.5 50/50 stamina Health regen- 0.5 per minute stamina regen- 0.5 per minute Skills Appraisal level 0 - 19% ..... {I need to consider what is most important at this time in the evening, even though not long ago it was morning, i was either knocked out most of the day and dragged here, which is unlikely with all the weird floral. Or i ended up in some sort of fucked up reality. ill first consider my location and basic needs first.} Looking around at the surrounding environment, Hayden seems to be in a small enclosed area in the forest around a few meters from the dense jungle landscape. {Other than the almost empty lighter in my pocket, i should consider setting up a fire without lighting it ready for nightfall at least that''s what all the television programs show and i don''t really want to be freezing my balls off when its time to sleep.} So i start off by walking into the jungle whilst trying to avoid anything that might have a pointy edge to it, as there were some particular plants that im really not going to go near you know, what with 2 inch thorns and what looks like a breathing venus flytrap the size of my head im not taking my chances. {im looking either for a river or even a puddle which seems unlikely considering i dont know the first thing about looking for sources of water, but my main goal is to appraise my surroundings as much i can so the skill can provide more information, so that i can search for edible food without dropping dead from eating something poisonous might as well collect the wood whilst im at it.} whilst Hayden picked up some firewood whilst spamming appraisal at his surroundings he didn''t notice that he stood on a strange patch of purple grass. The grass slowly crept up Hayden leg whilst he was gathering firewood and gripped him hard. "What the fuck! get off me, get off!" Hayden was trying to kick the grass off with his other foot but then the grass seemed to become more lively and the edges changed into a silver color it was now starting to painfully cut into his leg. hayden was panicking as it was starting to hurt so he scrambled his hands around looking for any object nearby as grass started to pull slightly into the undergrowth. not wanting to see where this might lead Hayden managed to grab onto a stone and stab at the grass holding onto his leg freeing him but his leg had some quite deep cuts in his leg. Hayden started running whilst limping like crazy as he ran back where he came from with tears streaming from his eyes.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. { Like what the fuck none of this makes sense, my leg hurts dammit! i need to get out of here.} hayden managed to make it back to the clearing that he started at. Then he sat on the floor to look at how bad his leg was. there were 3 slash marks on his leg about 2 cm deep. { i can''t let this get infected, what do i do maybe i should cauterize it with my lighter .} Hayden pulls out his lighter and with a shaking hand starts slowly drawing the flame along his cuts whilst screaming like a girl he accidentally burned some extra skin as well with his unsteady hands. whilst waiting for the pain to cool down a bit Hayden checked his status. * Hayden Droven title: None class: None race: human Level: 0 - 0.50% ..... Strength- 1 1-2 damage Vitality- 1 6/10 health points (per point 100 years lifespan) Intelligence- 2 20 mana Wisdom - 1 1 mana regen per min Agility - 2 7 mph running speed Stamina - 0.5 50/50 stamina Health regen- 0.5 + 0.2 per minute (due to cauterisation) stamina regen- 0.5 per minute injuries leg laceration minor 10% movement slowed till healed Skills Appraisal level 0 - 97.6% { i almost died to freaking purple grass! but at least its showing that i will be healed soon. i best stay close to the enclosure and just pick up some wood i can find on the floor.} Hayden stands up and limps to the edges of the enclosure, carefully picking up any broken branches that he can find and brings it back to middle till he has a sizable pile of wood. { now i just need to surround this pile of sticks with stones so it doesn''t go out of control i just hope this will set on fire.} hayden gathers some stones from his surroundings and suddenly a blue screen appeared in front of him scaring him out of his mind again "stop doing that you piece of shit." * Appraisal Level 1 - 0.03% - can show very basic information* { great this will be useful! for once things are going great now} and immediately he tries it on the weird berry brush that he found when he first appeared here. * ku''it berry edible Unknown effect * chapter 3- Safety Hazard ... thoughts will be in { here } the speech will be in " here " shouts in CAP *system* Hayden Droven title: None class: None race: human Level: 0 - 0.50% ..... Strength- 1 1-2 damage Vitality- 1 9/10 health points (per point 100 years lifespan) Intelligence- 2 20 mana Wisdom - 1 1 mana regen Agility - 2 2 mph Stamina - 0.5 50/50 stamina Health regen- 0.5 + 0.2 per minute + 0.2 per minute (due to cauterisation) stamina regen- 0.5 per minute Skills Appraisal level 1 - 0.03% if you have noticed i have made some changes through all the chapters the stats should make a bit more sense and if you check my author notes on the bottom of this chapter you should see how stamina was affected ..... {for now i will leave these so-called ku''it berries for later if i can''t find anything else to eat that looks more familiar for my last venture out into the jungle as eating anything with unknown written in should be a last resort and ill need to build a rudimentary shelter very soon as its almost sun down} Hayden got up and started walking carefully back into the forest whilst his leg still hurts and still has a minor limp due to pain but it won''t impair his movement too much so it does seem to match his status page but that doesn''t mean the injury won''t be weaker due to scar tissue been softer than regular skin. Hayden was a lot slower onto his venture into the jungle, and was careful of what grass he was walking on and for anything strange or unfamiliar a few minutes into his small hike, he found a clearing just behind some bushes that he really wished he hadn''t seen as he saw as there was a puddle of muddy water only a few meters away from him. Whilst most people would rejoice at this scene Hayden can''t as this puddle just happens to be surrounded by a few meters of purple grass!. "FUCK!" {whatever divine being brought me to this world i hope he steps on a lego brick because that is just pure evil! the only source of water i found so far and it has that freaking grass that lacerated my leg how am i suppose to get it.} At first, Hayden thought he could make a bridge across, but planks aren''t natural to find in a jungle so that idea was out and whilst people in novels with a system seem capable of lifting trees as bridges, he can only pick up a couple of bricks at most in weight. Hayden then thought about bunching up the sticks and laying them across but the grass seemed almost sentient when it grabbed him and there''s no way he could prevent all the grass coming through the branches so that was out.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. hayden looked up above the puddle and saw a canopy of trees around him and there was a lot obviously, with all sorts of colors like the rainbow even some purple ones and ones with thorns all up the bark which Hayden is tempted to avoid seems bias, but when purple grass tries to kill you then you tend to avoid anything with weird colors or spikes. However, there were some normal trees in the vicinity with some tough looking branches going above the pond and twirling around other branches. {Maybe i can consider climbing up a tree and slowly go over the puddle, but how would i collect the water there''s nothing here. Maybe i can use my t-shirt to soak up some of the water as i did at home when i was whipping my brother in the back after i soaked it. I might not be able to hold the water for long but it would be good enough to get a drink from even if it''s slightly dirty.} So whilst Hayden gathered up his resolve and rubbed his hands together he gave a mighty jump towards the nearest hanging branch and barely managed to grab it. Whilst it was a struggle to get up onto the branch Hayden managed it. Then Hayden only had to climb up onto the remaining branches but there spread closer together so it was a lot easier. hayden signs whilst perspiring with slight sweat. {Ok now the easy parts over, its time to get to the hard part, praying i dont fall onto that grass or snap the branch, but nothing should really happen to this branch given how thick it is. But i dont really have much choice otherwise if this is the only source of water i have nearby its best to take the risk. As at the moment, it probably is more dangerous the further into the jungle as its mostly unknown territory. Best to stay close to the initial starting zone first and learn about my environment better, even if it means i have to suicidally hover over purple grass, it''s better to get killed by something which abilities you understand then something you dont cause it means you have a higher survival chance of getting away.} Hayden sat down on the branch he was on then took off his shirt holding it in one hand then he used his other to slowly pull his way across the branch. " fuck me why am i even doing this" Hayden was shaking in slight fear as he neared his possible doom and managed to reach the center of the puddle or near it and started clinging like a koala to the branch. "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK! why am i doing this if i screw up even once im gonna look like an alligator victim! from both ends of my body." Seeing no reaction from the grass Hayden lowered his tee shirt into the puddle and waited a few seconds for the shirt to soak up the water then he brought it back up and drank the water dripping from his shirt he repeated this a few times till he had his fill. Hayden then pulled himself back into an upright position and nudged backward before finally climbing down from the tree in relief he sat at the bottom of the tree thankful for still been alive. Hayden started walking back to were he started when he came here had he looked back at the puddle he would have seen a purple bulb sticking out the grass with a slitted purple eye looking at him seemingly glaring the reason was just behind the tree from Hayden a purple vine was just about to come round the tree to get him.