Inverse by Mikey Luke Mitchell (top 100 novels of all time TXT) 📕

within minutes of gaining it. This guy wasn’t experienced.” I felt bad explaining it, I felt like I just shat on Rachel’s christmas tree and she definitely gave me the look as if I had just did that.
“What I’m saying is, the guy was anonymous, if you just gained Moonstar’s Forte Power you would want to shout out to the world, it’s quite achievement, don’t you think it’s a bit weird for this randomer, to keep something quiet, maybe they want to be on the low down, maybe there orchestrating it.”
“Or maybe you think too much.” I scowled at Ray to remind him he should definitely think twice before saying anything, or make that think three times.
“Well excuse me for wanting to keep our three years of achievements in-tact what if they get Will’s Forte, we will lose everything.”
“Rachel. You think the Vampires are part of a plot?” I had thought about this, how it was weird the way the Vampires had been acting, sure we had to face people who thought they were too big for their boots, but never had they pestered us with so many threats.
“That’s ridiculous.” Ray speaking outloud… again.
“You are so much like Moonstar.” Ray’s face tensed, Rachel’s voice now raising, and Brett’s hand on her shoulder, this is the last thing we need, that I need, it was meant to be a relaxing break so we could be rejuvenated for the battle, but it seems the only people relaxing where at it like rabbits on the beach. “I bet that’s what Moonstar thought, ‘oh that’s ridiculous’” Imitating Ray.”’Oh, they could never beat us’ then bam! Forte gone and were back where we were.”
“I’m nothing like Moonstar, and were much better than Moonstar.”
“Get over yourself Ray!”
Now it was time to intervene.
“Stop it guys, come on, there’s we can do now we’ve agreed to this battle, they wont steal our forte’s and definitely wont get there hands on mine, I’ll use it against them if I have to.”
“Using your forte against Vampires? That’s laughable.”
“Ray shut it. I see your point and I see Rachel’s we shouldn’t be so quick to under estimate them, they’re messed up in the head so it’s possible they could be planing something, but they wont get passed us.”
My words sunk into the tensed atmosphere. There was a pause were we gathered our thoughts. Brett broke the silence with more re-assuring words, towards Rachel. I was glad to see his hand off of her shoulder.
“I’ll buy some potions, the sacred water, so if one of us is ambushed, it’ll buy you some time, before Will uses his Forte.” I have the strongest Forte it’s what makes me leader, I have the most desirable Forte, I’ve never actually used it, tried it out once, but never been in the situation to use against another guild.

Now feeling anxious for tomorrows battle we decided to keep our new information and mixed suspicions hidden from Randeep and Coleen, Coleen worried a lot, Randeep not so much but he would share the info with Coleen. Everyone to their rooms and into and I stayed behind downstairs in the kitchen staring into my screen finishing buying some battle products and other things, whilst searching news for anything that could lead us to what happened to our house and my emotions. I could say that me and Brett were fine now, but for some reason I can’t fully talk myself into thinking he is innocent. There is still a lingering feeling, that somehow he is involved in the house trashing or at least involved in something, he may well have been experiencing these emotional glitches for a month, but they have come so far apart in a minute or two episodes it doesn’t explain other things, his tardiness, his sudden impatience and now to add to the list, keeping secrets, and it doesn’t explain the look on his face when we walked into the house, when he shied away so quickly. Moonstar had been attacked on the 14th the night me, Randeep, Coleen and Ray had been chasing that petty demon creature, the night Rachel was having family time and the night Brett had been ignoring us, telling us he was busy doing something else and to ‘mind our own business.’

After not coming to much of a conclusion, I decided it was time to go to bed and to let my Avatar rejuvenate and my real body to have a proper deep sleep. Before I shut down my computer I received an email, from Amy Waddell, I had heard of her before, also a nomad player but no guild a loner, very skilled one as well setting up an assassinations business.

“Will Johnson,

I send you this warning. Your next, not just your guild, you. Don’t get me wrong Johnson, I don’t do threats, this is a general warning. I think you are in danger.


Kind Regards,

Amy Waddell.


Inverse™ FAQ:

Rejuvenation?
Your Avatar may sometimes need rejuvenation, which is just to sleep. You can do this by going to bed in your home, this does not log you out, this will send your real body into the usual sleep cycle until your Avatar is rejuvenated however you can choose to log out and your head set will wake you up but you can not log back in until your Avatar has had the full rejuvenation rest. This is not a necessary process unless you choose to battle opponents in Inverse™. Rejuvenation is only recommended for when you desire that realistic sleep effect in the game and before Battle, otherwise it’s deemed useless.


How does Inverse™ work?
Inverse™ Headset sends your brain into a sleep-like state*. A general sleep cycle has stages from Non-REM to REM. The headset prevents your brain from entering the REM stage of sleep (the dreaming part of sleep), allowing it to be stimulated by the external electro-signals, however still allowing you to be consciously responding back in a constant communication. The end result is you and the game in unison providing the best experience in online gaming, of actually feeling everything your Avatar goes through. The process is natural and doesn’t affect your physical health in anyway however Inverse™ can be an overwhelming experience we advise you take it slow for the first few months of gaming.

*Inverse™ will not affect your sleeping patterns and using Inverse™ in replacement of actual sleep is causing blatant sleep deprivation and is extremely dangerous to your mental health and may cause your brain to be slow in response to the game.

If at any point you find it hard to control your Avatar, or you hallucinate during gameplay you need to seek immediate medical attention.


Chapter 4: Number 33.

2057 April 16th - One day till the incident.


After the strange email from Amy Waddell I emailed back with:

Hey Amy,

I’ve given you permission to fly to our island, meet me outside the house tomorrow morning. You wouldn’t be able to come into the house, so don’t try anything funny, not really in the mood for it.

Will


I put my avatar in the rejuvenation state in my bed and let my real body fall into it’s normal sleep cycle.

I woke up in a middle of the medieval fields, unusual bumps and humps reaching far out into the distance, the various castles on the horizon some small, some really massively boasting empire. I looked around gathering my bearings wondering how the hell did I end up here in some medieval instead of my manor house on the island. I looked at my feet and noticed where I stood the lush grass is dead. I shuffled around a little bit and watched as the grass where I stood slowly keeled over and turned into a nasty crispy brown. What kind of strange customization, either that or something designed to track undesired folk like me. My eyes searched back up and everything had changed from a green blanket of romanesque wonder to a dead mess, smoke gathered from the castles in the horizon and the sky turned a deadly shade of violet.

Maybe there really is a glitch in Inverse, I couldn’t really comprehend what was going on but I was getting slightly panicky and it was best to look at this from the outside. I closed my eyes but no pause menu… violet outside glow seeped in through my eye lids and that was the only color I could see, not the silvery sophisticated matte finish of the pause menu. I re-opened my eyes, half expecting another change to the scenery, but I was left disappointed, no wrong word, scared fucking shitless is a better way of describing it. I picked up a few rocks off the floor choosing the sharpest one and I started feel hyperventilating, a flight or fight moment rushing through my avatar.

I grabbed the rock and pierced my wrist… I heard this painful bass screech, I didn’t realize it was coming from my own mouth. The pain hit me like a tsunami radiating from my wrist to my brain. WHY AM I NOT LOGGED OUT! I tried to scream but the sound was suddenly muffled, as I tried to tourniquet my wound with my sleeve I tried to scream help. But all that would be audible was H. I tried again but as my voice glided into full volume it would end up muffled.
“Sound proofing, once any type of sound goes over a certain decibel, it’s blocked. Were equal again Will. I urge you to try your forte, see how loud it can go.” A familiar, but dark voice seeped through muffled sound, perfectly audibly and elegant.

The pain started to numb and my world suddenly felt blurry, distorted. I looked up to horror as I seen Brett standing over me, smiling. He didn’t look the same, he looked older, changed in some way, his warm happy-go-lucky features have swapped to a harsh hardened face, like a war prisoner diseased by revenged.

“Wha…?” I tried to muster.

“Can’t do it? Always boasting your Forte Will, but even though I now have the same Forte, I wanted to make this fight fair, let’s see your hidden powers Will… I dare you to fight me.”

He came running at me in normal speed and kicked me in the face with his leather boots with a thick metal rim around the soles. My head felt woozy, the pain was unbearable. In super speed he was at the side to me, leant down towards my face chuckling to himself. I could feel the surrounding energy brush past me as he gathered it into his hand staring at me. Everything turned even more blurry, muffled light rotating making me feel sick the deadly sound like a small hurricane mixed a plane starting up. The bright violet energy forming in his hand stopped rotating.

I woke up in my bed with my headset on, still disorientated it took me a second to realize that it was a dream, or at least I am pretty sure it was, my computer screen was flashing a message telling me I had twenty minutes left before my avatar will be ready for use again. I took my headset off, removing the small