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// Initiation 
// Story: Quiet Mountain Town 
// by Darth Severus 
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As you get your plastic knife out to begin your battle with Spike, he tells you, "Don't worry, I'm only a level five Dragoon, defeating me won't be super hard, but I won't let you win on purpose."

You smile and say, "I wouldn't have it any other way. By the way, what kind of skills do I have as a Thief?"

Spike facepalmed and said, "I knew I was forgetting something! Right now as a level one Thief, your only skill is called Backstab. You get to go behind your opponent and cause a Damage over Time status. It can't be guarded against by shields, so it's a good skill against opponents who are carrying a shield or have strong armor. Once you win more battles and level up, you'll gain more skills. One last thing, we use out phones to keep track of our health and mana. My father created the app for us, so I'll send you a download link. It works automatically, so there's nothing to worry about."

You hear your phone beep and take it out to see that your D&D profile was set up with some simple things, and things you would have to fill out later, as well as your Health and Mana bars, both of which were full right now. "I guess I'll finish setting up my profile later, thanks Spike."

Spike nodded, "Now, come at me!"

You decide to try out your new Backstab skill and run behind Spike and jab him with your plastic knife. His phone beeps and a computerized voice says, "Bleeding, 3 turns of damage over time activated. 15 damage dealt, 45 health remaining.". The same computerized voice on your phone said, "6 mana used, 6 mana remaining."

Your eyes widen as you go back to your place on the battlefield, "Your father must be an amazing coder to have made such a cool app."

Spike smiled, "Thanks, my dad's been coding for a long time. I'll make sure to tell him your impressed. But now it's my turn!" before going towards you with his plastic sword. When you block his sword with your knife, he seems impressed, "You've certainly got guarding down without me needing to explain." before heading back to his place.

As Spike returned to his place, his phone beeped, "5 damage taken from bleeding. 40 health remaining."

As the battle continued, both of your phones beeped, Spike's saying, "Health depleted, KO" and your phone saying, "25 experience gained from victory, level 2 achieved."

Spike smiled, "Not bad, you win. You're a member of the Kingdom of Eorzea now. Let's get back to the castle." before leading you back to the cardboard castle and telling Gallus "Quch rinv, hto nofyequok tuj mujjox tij hkiup, unx ij kouxch wek inihiuhien." (My king, the newcomer has passed his trial, and is ready for initiation.)

Gallus smiled and nodded, "Welcome Astral Shadow, you are now a warrior of Eorzea. Here, this is the badge of our kingdom, it will show you are truly a member of our kingdom. Now for the initiation ceremony." before standing up and walking to you. He said, "Let it be known that on this day, Astral Shadow has gained the favor of our Dragon God Bahamut, and is now a full fledged member of the Kingdom of Eorzea." before placing his fake staff to each of your shoulders.

Spike clapped, along with the other kids who were playing, only for one of them to come in yelling, "Hto vezpin rinv'j wekyoj uko uhhuyrinv! fo'ko eahnaquzokox!" (The Goblin King's forces are attacking! We're outnumbered!)

Gallus's eyes widened, "To battle! Astral Shadow, you're with Spike, don't let those goblins get into the castle!" before running out to fight.

You run out of the castle, and somehow, you manage to say, "Kuijo hto zkixvo! htoch quuch zo vezpinj, zah htoch'ko jhipp neh wikomkeew!" (Raise the bridge! They may be goblins, but they're still not fireproof!) before realizing, "How did I know how to say that? Whatever, now's not the time." as the bridge of plywood being taken off the Lego moat.

As you fight against the kids dressed up as goblins, you see two of them jumping the fence behind the castle, dodging the Lego moat. You yell to the others, "It's a set up! They're jumping the fence!"

Gallus looked over, "That's cheating and you guys know it! Spike, use your Thunder Dragon Strike!"

Spike nodded, "As you say my king!" before throwing yellow Lego bricks at the two goblins jumping the fence. The two fell off the fence, acting as if they had been electrocuted. "Astral, you make sure nobody else tries to cheat like that!"

You nod, "Aye sir!" before heading to the other side of the fence to see a fat kid trying to jump the fence, but he just couldn't gather enough energy to pull himself up and over the fence. You jab him with your plastic dagger and he yelps falling off the fence and face down. As he got back up, the fat kid yelled, "Goblins, retreat! We'll be back!"

As the kids dressed as goblins fled, one of the kids who was still in the castle, "They got in! They stole our piece of the Star Rod!"

Gallus growled, "Darn those dirty cheating goblins! We have to prepare for our counterattack!"

The others nodded, "Yes sir!" before going to get ready for the next battle

And so, you have been initiated into Eorzea, only for the Goblin King's forces to steal Eorzea's piece of something called the Star Rod. What is this Star Rod? You don't know yet, but you know it's important, so you prepare to go and get it back from the goblins.