2025-05-29 02:56:43Aiden didn’t sleep that night. He found shelter in an abandoned rooftop greenhouse. Glass panels were cracked, plants wilted into skeletal vines but it was high, dry, and quiet.
The city buzzed below, oblivious to the fact that something unnatural was hunting him. He stared up at the night sky, trying to breathe, but the silence only made his thoughts louder.
SYSTEM UPDATE: Status – Host Safe Temporary Adrenal Levels Returning to Baseline
Safe. For now. But Rhea had fought that thing alone. He clenched his fists. How long before Harrow finds me again?
[NEW TASK AVAILABLE: Adaptive Challenge – “The Choice”
“The system tests more than strength. It tests your will.” Objective: Locate and engage one of the following:
[Corrupted Civilian – Extraction Potential]
[Medical Outpost Breach – Ongoing Hostage Scenario]
Reward tier and impact will vary based on action and outcome.
Aiden’s eyes widened. “…What the hell?” Three missions. Three radically different consequences.
The first might let him save someone and learn how corruption starts.
The third was an active crisis people’s lives on the line. The system gave no guidance. No morality.
Just a menu.
[Choice must be made within 60 seconds.]
His mind raced. “I’m not ready for a full assault…” But standing by while people died? That wasn’t him. Not anymore.
Selected: Medical Outpost Breach
Location pinged.
Aiden crouched at the edge of the alley, watching. Men in cracked armor stood outside with stun rifles. Symbols glowed on their gear clearly modded. Not soldiers. Mercs. System-linked scum.
[Scanning Target: Tier-1 Fractured Users – Moderate Threat]
[Recommended Approach: Distraction + CQC (Close Quarters Combat)]
Aiden’s breathing slowed. His hands shook slightly. But his feet moved.
[PASSIVE: Urban Evasion (Lv. 1) Activated]
He moved like a shadow, slipping behind a van. Tossed a bottle. Clink. The guards turned he struck. Fist to throat. Knee to jaw. A rifle fell. His foot smashed the trigger hand of the second. A takedown that felt like instinct but was more.
[BONUS XP: Tactical Execution]
Skill Learned: Pressure Point Combat (Lv. 1) Aiden blinked. Did I just… unlock a fighting style? But no time to process. He ducked into the building. Inside, flickering lights revealed a grisly scene. Patients bound. A medic crying silently. And at the center her. The leader. A woman with white dreadlocks, red irises, and tattoos that pulsed like living code. She floated above the ground barely.
TARGET ID: Nyra Veil – Rogue Host – Ability: Flamebind // Tier-2
Caution: Heat field active. Approach with non-metallic weaponry.
She turned slowly. “Well well,” Nyra purred. “Another boy with a shiny toy.” “I’m not here for you,” Aiden said. “Let them go.”
“You think this is about them?” Her voice cracked like a fire. “These people watched me rot when I collapsed with a broken spine and a glitching system. Not one of them helped.”
“So now you’re killing them?” “I’m repurposing them. Fear is an excellent upgrade tool.” Aiden’s system chimed.
OPTIONAL PATH: Persuasion // Probability of Success: 12%
Alternative: Engage Host – Initiate Trial Battle
“System,” Aiden muttered. “Give me something to tip the odds.”
[UNLOCKING: Experimental Combat Module – Flame Breaker Shell (1 Use)]
Deployable heat resistance + knockback shield. He activated it. Energy crawled up his spine. A translucent barrier formed around his arm, humming softly.
Then she struck. Nyra’s flame whipped toward him like a dragon’s tail. He rolled, the shield absorbing the first arc. His boots skidded across scorched linoleum.
Another blast he dove behind an overturned stretcher. Fire licked the metal but didn’t pierce his shell. Aiden rose and charged. He slammed the shield into her gut.
Nyra gasped, staggering her flames guttered for just a moment. Aiden followed through three fast strikes to her midsection, then ducked as she lashed back. ENEMY STAGGERED – Weak Point Exposed He drove a final blow into her solar plexus. Her glow sputtered. She fell.
HOST DISABLED System Lockout Initiated
Option: Absorb – Purify – Extract – Terminate
Aiden froze. The options hung therewaiting. Like the system was curious what kind of person he’d become. “I’m not like Harrow,” he said. Selected: Purify “You may not always win... but you don’t have to lose yourself.” Nyra collapsed to the floor, unconscious. Her tattoos dulled to gray. The hostages sobbed in relief.
The medic, a young man with wide eyes and trembling fingers, whispered, “Thank you.” Aiden just nodded exhausted.
TASK COMPLETE – Heroic Action Path
Reward: Level Up – Tier-1 Host (Fully Stabilized)
Emotional Trait Unlocked: Moral Anchor
You chose the harder road. The system acknowledges your integrity. Back in the shadows above the city, a different figure watched Aiden through a shimmering panel of light.
A tall woman, eyes glowing silver, dressed in a high-collared coat stitched with data-wires. She smiled faintly. “Subject 17 has stabilized,” she said into a comm device. “Initiate Phase Two.
He’s ready.” From the other end: static. Then a voice. “Does he know who he is yet?” “No,” she replied. “But soon.”
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