Nate managed to sneak inside the house and quietly ran upstairs to his room. He shut his door with a sigh of relief at not having been caught. That was one of the things that worried him-he didn't want to have to explain why he was naked or in torn up clothing to his parents or his brother.
As he stretched out on his bed, his mind was still whirling about what he'd gone through. The reality was staggering; he'd changed into a werewolf the night before. He'd change again tonight. And the night after. And the night after. Somehow, beyond all hopes, possibilities, and weird science or strange magic, he'd become a werewolf. Nate smiled. His wildest dreams had come true. While he wouldn't have admitted it to anyone, he'd long fantasized about being a werewolf. Some of his hottest, wettest dreams had involved either himself or someone else transforming. There'd been plenty of times where he'd woken up in the middle of the night, rock hard and needing release due to an erotic fantasy of transformation.
He'd started to get hard again as he thought about his transformation the night before. Despite how hellishly painful it had been, he still found himself turned on. His phone dinged, pulling him out of his reverie. Glancing at it, he saw he had an email alert, and he logged on to check his email, and saw that the message was from the game site.
Subject: “MOONLIGHT RHAPSODY-GAME UPDATE”
Hello User,
We are happy to announce that version 1.25 of Moonlight Rhapsody has been released.
We have heard your feedback, particularly about the early stages of the game, and have added the following content:
Daily Login Bonus: Log in each day to collect Moonbeams, our premium currency! Moonbeams can be redeemed in our store for a variety of in-game benefits and boosts for characters!
Quests: Complete quests to earn points for your character to further customize your game experience!
WHEEL OF THE MOON! - In our most exciting feature yet, players can spin the wheel of the moon once per day for a random event. Some are good, some are bad, but all of them will spice up your game!
Thank you for playing Moonlight Rhapsody, and stay tuned for more exciting updates in the months to come!
There was a hyperlink in the email to his player page, and when Nate clicked on it, he saw that the website had seemingly undergone a relatively grand update.
His player page showed an avatar that reflected he was in his human form.
Player Name: Nate
Level: 1
Species: Werewolf
Quests completed: 0 -Complete quests to earn points to level up your character!
(click here to see available quests)
Elemental Affinity: Fire
Elemental Affinity Level: 0
Pyromancy Skills: 0
(click for skill tree)
Free Points: 0
(click to redeem your daily login bonus)
Spin the Moonwheel for a free random event (limit once per day)
Nate immediately clicked for his daily login bonus; he'd played freemium games before and knew that one of the easiest ways to get ahead in the game was to collect bonuses like these. His points total updated from 0 to 1.
“Nine more to go, if I want to get rid of the pain of the change,” he said to himself. That was Nate's main focus at this point. If there had been one regret, it had been making himself endure the pain. As much as he liked the freedom he'd felt once the change had completed, most of him had hated the pain.
He clicked on Available Quests next.
There were three. The first:
Successfully hunt two (2) deer. “The beast inside you needs to be sated. Hunt wild game twice to receive 3 points.” (Repeatable, does not stack, one turn in per day.)
The second:
Bite a human “Wolves are social creatures. Give someone else a taste of the wild life to receive 5 points.” (Repeatable, stacks)
The third: Hunt a human successfully. “They say man is the most dangerous game. Prove that you are an apex predator by taking one down to receive 10 points.” (Repeatable, stacks)
Nate considered his options. Just one kill would give him enough points to get rid of the ten point penalty painful change. Two bites would do the same. Or he could avoid bringing someone else into the game, and avoid harming a person at all..but it would take a few days to lose his painful change. Nate wasn't sure what to click.