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“Of course I will!” Guin told him, accepting the quest.

The little fox jumped up and put his front paws on her chest and licked her nose. Guin giggled. “Thank you, Guin!”

“Take a rest before you go,” said the Webspinner with a pleased voice. “Here is where I leave you, but the spirits of the forest shall keep you company.” With that, the pretty spider disappearing into her stump.

Though she was a little torn, Guin decided that taking a rest wasn’t a bad idea. It gave her a chance to take in her surroundings and nibble on some of the bread she had left in her pack.

The little fox eyed her expectantly. Patting him on the head, she looked up and leaned back. The trees surrounding the clearing framed the perfect blue sky. The warm sun penetrated the leaves, kissing her face as she smiled. Guin closed her eyes as she listened to the wind blow through the trees.

Living in the Enclave, the environment was created and controlled. The sun, the sky, the wind; they weren’t real - more to the fact, they didn’t feel real to her. The environment in TheirWorld, however - probably due to the brainwave technology - felt right.

Soon, however, the sun began to drift closer to the horizon as night fell. After resting a bit, Guin felt a little more relaxed, and nibbled on some bread, offering some to Tik-Tak who, after sniffing it with suspicion, gobbled it down quickly.

Before they moved onward, she decided to do some character maintenance. She spent some time fidgeting with her [Call: Menu] command, and eventually got it down to a hand motion after twenty minutes. Sighing, she could already guess that she would have to log before she had a chance to move on with her quest. Luckily, it seemed that Tik-Tak was being patient, and had curled up on the side of her leg, apparently sound asleep.

Looking at the [Call: Menu] screen, she noticed a bright, glowing yellow exclamation point on the [Notifications] icon. Clicking it, she was a little taken aback. It listed every major thing she had done from the beginning, including things she hadn’t even noticed, like extra stat points.

Guin read the list twice, then pulled up her [Character Screen].

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< Body - 5 >

< Endurance - 6 >

< Resilience - 2 >

< Reflexes - 9 >

< Intellect - 6 >

< Spirit - 16 >

< Presence - 3 >

< Resolve - 7 >

< Perception - 5 >

< Fate - 18 >

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“Hmm…” She furrowed her brows. Her stats were rising quickly, but many of them were still very low. She was shocked to have received so many during the events with the Webspinner and Tik-Tak, but she saw the logic in it. After all, Tik-Tak seemed to be some sort of special event, and the Webspinner did deal with spirits and fate. It made the benefits of taking advantage of any bonus objectives very clear.

Already knowing that at this point it wasn’t worth starting something, Guin pulled up the [Menu: Abilities] screen. She had a total of three skills: [Fox Form - Level 1], [Spirit Armor - Level 1], and [Veil Phase - Level 1].

According to internet sources, there were three known ways to to gain skills.

One: Learn them according to a class advancement. This was, arguably, the easiest way to gain skills, as you got them for free from your class trainer after attaining an appropriate level. However, these skills were ost if you decided to change your class unless the class you changed to was also capable of using them.

Two: Monsters throughout the world dropped tokens, like the Tutorial Skill Tokens, which you could buy skills and equipment with. These are special tokens that only teachers will take. Only the one kind of token drops in the tutorial zone, but in the real game, there are many special tokens that you can collect for special teachers. Of course, these tokens can also be used to purchase special, or even hidden, classes.

Three: Real life experience. While this mechanic gives a slightly unfair advantage to those who had studied combat before, it also made a lot of sense. It also gave a person the ability to learn as they went along, and in fact, the game was even used to train others in real life skills. If you see an ability, you have the chance to copy it, and thereby earning the skill. The game did give an option to allow for players to use commands to execute the skills that they might otherwise not have the know-how to do, however, on activation, they were significantly weaker than the skills of someone who bypassed the commands.

There was a potential, unofficial, Fourth way to acquire skills, but as it relied heavily on experience, there was still a heavy debate about it. This was skill creation. The idea was that in applying one’s personal ability and combining it with a game ability just right, the game was set up for you to create whole new skills. One of the only examples on record as a potential case of this was a beta player called Ollia Rhye.