As soon as you got off your block things seemed to get strange. Every 2 minutes, like clockwork, a squirrel, chipmunk, or bird would dart across the road and Rosco would go absolutely bonkers lurching forward and drag you along.
"No! Rosco! Stop!" you begged time and again but to no avail. You had seen Mrs. Brandson and Rosco countless times and he was never this poorly behaved. Your goal was the park a few blocks away, and then back but at this rate your arms would fall off before you get there.
Slowly it dawned on you that this might actually have something to do with the game... You stood there staring at Rosco, pondering what that could mean when a bird flew inches from his snout causing him to lurch to the right, jolting you violently.
After the bird was gone he was back to normal and you realized that if this was part of the game, you were in a section of the game with infinite distractions... nothing will change until you get past this area, the next road or possibly to the park. With that coaxed Rosco into a jog then a run. After what you guessed to be 45 seconds you slowed down and stopped, you quickly stepped next to Rosco and stepped on the leash with one foot and put all your weight on it. you stood there for a few more seconds before a squirrel darted across the street and up a tree. This time however, Rosco couldn't drag you around and calmed down sooner realizing he had no chance of getting the small furry thing.
You repeated this process and got to the park having made up some of your lost time. Rosco sniffed around and eventually peed without any wildlife distractions. You continued deeper into the park hoping he would do the rest of his business.
After 10 minutes of nonstop sniffing, Rosco eventually decided a patch of grass was special enough to poop on... you used the bag Mrs. Brandson gave you to collect it and gave Rosco a treat. As you passed the dumpster you dumped the bag only to hear movement and a hissing growl from within. Alarmed, you jumped back as a huge raccoon scuttled up, and hissed at you! Foam dripped from its mouth and its eyes seemed to glow a sickly yellow.
You took two more steps back tripping over Rosco who was cowering behind you. The raccoon hopped down with an audible thud as it hit the ground, it stalked forward seeming to be unafraid and on the offensive.
You kicked your feet just as the raccoon bit at your leg and managed to kick it back. You had just enough time to get to your feet before another attack came. As it did Rosco backed away wanting nothing to do with this creature, and pulled you off balance, your foot instinctively rose, kicking the creature, though not hard.
This only seemed to anger the raccoon making it charge you. it was on you in a flash, much faster than you expected, but your years of gym class kickball had prepared you for this moment... The raccoon lept as it was three feet from you, you kicked as hard as you could...
The raccoon flew into the air, hitting the ground hard a few seconds later. It immediately stood as if unharmed, looked around confused and then locked eyes with you. It looked normal, and smaller than a moment ago. It immediately bolted to the nearest tree and scampered up it as fast as it could.
You hurried home unhindered, dropping Rosco off as quickly as possible. As you expected, dinner was ready when you got home and you ate as quickly as you could without being rude, racing to your pc as soon as you were done.
Moving the mouse ended sleep mode, "Quest completed!" was on the screen and once you clicked okay, a tally of points began to appear. Starting with 5 + 1 for unspent points + (1 for the quest x 16 due to flaws) Then a box appeared, this quest would be easier if you add, defensive ability, offensive ability. transportation ability, special ability, or remove flaws.
Clicking okay the tutorial popped back up offering assistance and by specifically recommending added strength, speed, and/or a ranged defensive ability. The next popup recommends defining your background to specialize yourself into something, physical, plague, and nature were the relevant suggestions based on the last quest.
Plague surprised you and you wondered what your neighbor came down with, You begrudgingly accept that you should take a superpower, or background but where to begin? This feels bigger than choosing a career path. Basic abilities cost one point, then to make it stronger it costs two, then three and so on. Special abilities cost twice as much and if you nullify your flaws progression could get really slow.
You can take one ability up to level six, or have a number of weak abilities, and in poking around you see the option to allow the power to effect your physical form or not.