I was chasing down this guy who took my wallet from my pocket how did he do so?
well maintaining vigilance 24/7 going down a street isnt my forte but thats for my stupidity later
winding down streets going through alleys and going up a buildings outside stairway I managed to crash into him when he went through a window
he looked a bit hurt but he isnt going to get sympathy or help from me the bastard.
grabbing my wallet I saw he had a few more in his bag so I grabbed them out
"alex, janice, a kevin and todd? you were quite busy huh" I look down to the guy who was out "hopefully you wake up in a bit I dont think I rammed you that hard"
I got up to look around what I assume is his house its a bit dull but it looks better than mine by a long shot so I opted to explore a bit till he awoke
as I left him there I went around the house opening doors and from the kitchen I went to the loungeroom which had a huge ass tv
"oh shit he still has a xbox 360?" I bent down to the tv cabinet taking a closer look he even had quite a collection of games to boot alot of main ones I could see even some I havent seen before like what the hell is ovelfrost?
sifting through more he even had some that shouldnt be on the console "can helldivers 2 even run on an xbox 360?" I checked the inside and it turns out it actually did so I placed it in the console letting it boot up
"I havent seen this thing in years now" I hadnt seen a xbox 360 since I upgraded from console to pc those years ago so it was a nostalgia trip
I made a new avatar and profile quickly hitting play on helldivers god thats weird to say
[BZZT... det#cting ri#t ene#gy... sta#ilizing...]
huh? did they have one of those new 3d tv's would they even work on a old console
[Us#r... detecting emperor-class entities nearby I advise you to flee immediately]
weird prompts from a cooky tv but oh well but then I heard a shriek from outside the window so I did as any manly person would and got to the ground and walked to the window with only a little piss in my pants
I got to the window I jumped in from a peered out realizing I may be fucked
outside I saw a humanoid figure with his skin grey wearing some sort of skull or maybe his head is the skull which is hopefully not the case as that would be more terrifying
[Entity discovered would you like to view its description? Y/N]
uh sure why not
[ERR#R insufficient power reallocating power to observation function]
[ERROR insufficient power switching to alternate forms of power]
[insufficient magicule level trying other sources]
the system prompts shoot to the floor I scroll down it seeing it attempt to try a few thousand sources ki. chi. emperors lifeforce? hell theres even a few I know like falna, magicules like it started with, haki even just straight mana
[found energy convert lifeforce to power observation? Y/N]
I quickly press no as I have no clue what that will do
[returning to low power mode remaining charge: 1 ]
the hell does that charge even do?
[USER can use that charge for one of the systems abilities before even repairing it]
[WARNING system will hibernate after the charge is used so be warned]
weird but okay I will save that in case I need it
but if it went through that many sources than where am I
maybe I can use them in the future but thats if I live. I check out the window again to find what I hope isnt what it is and look for the wendigo but it wasnt there anymore
maybe spiders arent the worst thing to disapear from sight anymore I look around keeping myself low to the window but outside looks odd?
the lamps are all uniform and only a cold light which isnt much to notice if it wasnt a street I saw earlier which didnt have lights on the telephone poles. A few other discrepencies began to show like how the streets were empty not from just people but nearly everything even the bins that were nearly full all the time are spotless
why am I worrying about the street? well I think its safe to say I am not in my city
I'm screwed aren't I?
I look around the apartment completely forgetting the pickpocketer was still on the ground
[Detecting anomalous object consume? Y/N]
"so he has something weird sure" I focus on the yes prompt wondering what he had or maybe it was one of the wallets? Nope I saw his skin burst into a fine red mist coelescing into a marble sized ball and shot towards my chest
[User has absorbed an object tainted with rift energy... it has a coordinate attached save it?]
I confirm
[saving coordinate 04950123562-D "earth"]
earth? so im not on earth anymore, I collapse to the ground and vomit not from the realization but from the skinless body in front of me
"system can you get rid of the body aswell instead of making a gorey mess"
[dissolve {Max welsh}?]
"Yes Please"
I watch as the body levitates swirling as I hear crackles as the body is compressed down to a ball making squelching noises and promptly shoot into my body making me double back
"is this how its going to be everytime?"
[Would you like to change absorption method Current efficiency 64%]
i"s there less gross methods"
[scanning users memories to find better and less "gross" methods]
It takes a while with a small loading bar at the bottom
[found {1} sub optimal method (lifeforce drain) estimated efficiency - 46% ]
"can I use that instead"
[USER current absorption is considered second most optimal and can gain skills from method]
"skills like game skills?"
[Yes if user wishes to see skill use the s#atus prompt]
[ERROR insufficient power unable to use status prompt]
"what can you even do?"
[At full power I can do nigh endless things User but for now only Absorption is online]
"so how do I get more power? wait a minute didn't you say there was more entities nearby can they be used like that guy over there"
[Yes user but they are out of your league by {12} Ranks It would be advised to flee the area to avoid being terminated]
"alright then how do I do that?"
[By using your legs User]
"touché"
I make my way to the door but I freeze choosing to look outside the peephole only to find a humanoid figure in front of the door