Notail Simulator Beta (4/4)

"I'll take the brand new faces! =3"
The Z-class howls in laughter.

"Hooooo! Yeah kid these guys sure are going to protect you in the woods! Well good luck, here you go! :3"
The Z-class hands you all 3 masks in this set, after you let them go they spin around checking around the area before floating around your head. If you didn't look like an anomaly before you sure did now. The Z-class is still trying to contain her laughter.

Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 15 is rolled.

"Look kid I'm going to take pity on you. I see you got a tiny capture cage, let me take that. :3"
You hand it to her and she in turn hands you a full sized capture cage and some beast bait.
"There you go. Hopefully you can catch yourself a proper capture creature in your first year in the woods. :3"

You say thank you out of formality and leave. You and your best friend walk home, he doesn't question your capture creature choice, even though you're sure anyone would ask why you did this. Even you're starting to wonder why you just didn't pick a plain ole tailmic. You and your best friend hang out all day. All of his other friends are his age so he'll be going with them into the woods tomorrow and will be with them until he leaves 5 years later.

You'll be in the woods for 8 years because of your class.




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It's getting late but you and your friend are still playing by the river, skipping stones and gathering up notails and putting them in one big pile just because you could.

"It doesn't feel like you're leaving tomorrow. =3"

Your friend looks up into the sky thinking for a moment.
"Same face, there's people out there called aliens. Up there. =3"
He points to the sky and the stars starting to appear. You've never heard of these sky people before.
"What are they doing in the sky? =3"

"They're living, just like you and me, and having their own adventures, and guess what Same face? Even though you're having problems making friends here, you're going to be those alien's friend! =3"

You clap your hands, now excited.
"I get to be their friends? =3"

"Yeah! Ok, but you can't tell anyone I'm telling you, shuush shuush! I was talking with one of the notail traders who came by and he said that there are smart species that are up in the sky. He said that extra E-classes are being made to meet them! =3"

"I'm an E-class!!! =3"

"Yeah! I didn't ask him too much about E-classes cause I wanted to know what F-classes do in the real world outside this village, but I'm sure you're going to be going up into the sky and making friends with those aliens! =3"

"Do you think they'll like me? =3"

"I bet they will! Maybe you have a hard time getting along with notails because you're built to get along with aliens! =3"

You look up into the sky, thinking of the aliens you're going to meet.
"Do you think the aliens have cool stuff? We don't have cool stuff. =3"

"I bet you the aliens have the best stuff! I bet you they're better than us. We can take their stuff and use it to make notails better! Then we can help more people. =3"

"And I'm going to be the one to greet them.... I'll make sure I'm the best greeter ever! =3"

"I want to see the aliens too same face, so maybe if we don't meet in the woods, we'll meet among the stars! =3"

"Yeah! =3"

You and your friend run around talking about all the amazing aliens that have to be out there. Both of you don't know what any of them look like so you make up wild aliens and how you would deal with them, most of them are dealt with offering them food and then becoming the best of friends.

When you're both done playing you head back home.

You were so excited about the aliens you were going to meet you forgot about how your friend was leaving tomorrow.

You wonder if there were any aliens already on the planet already.

You can't wait to get out of the woods and see what the real world is like.






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Your friend knocks on your door in the morning and the moment you see his face you remember what today is. You and him go to the entrance to the woods. His friends are making up plans for what they're going to do, your best friend already told them he'll meet up with them soon. Both of your stare at the entrance to the woods for a long time until he turns to you.

"Well....goodbye same face.....I hope we meet again in the woods even though it's unlikely, but no matter what, we'll meet in the stars ok? I promise you! Just promise me you won't die ok? If you die I'll never see you ever again. =3"

You try not to cry but fail. You're 8 years old you shouldn't be crying like this.

"Y-Yeah! I won't die! We'll see each other again! =3"

Then your friend does something completely unexpected. He takes off his face.

You never knew he could cry too. He's so much better at hiding it than you.

He puts on a new face and holds out his old face.

"Here! You can have my face, I got a new one so you can have my old one to remember me by! =3"

He accidentally uses his old face as a sign off. It'll likely be awhile before he gets used to his new face. You take his face and hold it before talking.

"But now we don't have the same face. =3"

"Don't worry, we don't need to have the same face to be friends. Our friendship is stronger than our faces! Plus, we'll always have the same face to me, even if our faces don't match anymore. =3"

You give your friend a hug before both of you have to part.

You watch him enter the woods.

You wish you were born 2 years earlier.

You spend the whole day watching kids say goodbye to their younger friends and heading out into the woods.

You have two more years until you have to go into it as well.

Currently you have no friends.

You can't swarm like the other E-classes.

And you're nowhere near as smart as the other kids.





But you're stronger than them.

You gotta make sure you don't die, you promised you wouldn't.

You gotta see those aliens. You're going to make friends with them.

But most of all you gotta meet up with your friend again.

You got work to do, you have to make sure you make the most out of this year, and then the one after that. Your caretakers don't care what you do this year cause they still think you're a failure, so it's up to you to decide what you'll do this year.