Ravennittes

System Architect - Ch 37

I dumped my paper plate into the trash along with the others. Alex and Mac chatted about different types of video games.

“Scary games are really fun!” Alex said.

“No way!�...

System Architect - Ch 36

In the month that passed before I would go to camp, I took the time to harvest more vegetables from the garden. The prickly cucumbers came next. I was surprised that I didn’t bleed with just how ...

System Architect - Ch 35

After touring the campus, we returned to the hotel for the evening. Though Mom dragged me around to look at the sights in town and nearby, there was nothing for me to do aside from working on my qu...

System Architect - Ch 34

Three weeks passed quickly. Though I spent much of my time studying for exams and doing class work, I was able to take advantage of my daily and weekly quest refreshes. I sat at 94,315 experience w...

System Architect - Ch 33

Sunday was a free day where I was able to do more practical testing of the new features. I accepted all of the quests for the day and started from the easiest ones. Once I had finished each quest, ...

System Architect - Ch 32

Over the next week-and-a-half—while waiting for the next semester to begin—I used Search to poke around the system a bit. I didn’t have any pressure on me to do work for school or anything el...

System Architect - Ch 31

Author note: There will be no chapter tomorrow. Next on Thursday.

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When the snow stopped later in the day, Dad dropped me off at Mom’s. Part of the deal for the ext...

System Architect - Ch 30

Author Note: I will be reducing the amount of chapters per week to 4x this wee, 3x next week, and finally 2x after that. I write slowly--typically 2.6 chapters per week--so 2x a week is sustainable...

System Architect - Ch 29

When everything was packed away at Dad’s as much as could be done before actually moving, I used the extra time to rake a few more yards. I couldn’t do too much with finals coming soon, but a f...

System Architect - Ch 28

I awoke the following morning to find that the quest reward had been 102 experience. This brought my total available experience to 43,746. Between the costume and the quest, that was an entire day�...

System Architect - Ch 27

I was glad that I had a weekend to relax after the sheer stupidity I had dealt with during the week. Without any homework to do—for school at least, there were still quests—I had more time to d...

System Architect - Ch 26

The rest of the exams on the first day went well, as did the first of the exams on Tuesday. After a quick lunch between tests, I slowly walked to the exam hall. This one was the same auditorium I�...

System Architect - Ch 25

After a week of classes—and getting used to the workload—I decided to find a hobby or club in college to join. If I wanted to learn skills for the future, I may as well start now. I took an hou...

System Architect - Ch 24

When I awoke the next morning, I immediately began to collect my things. Mom was due to arrive around lunch time and I wanted to be ready to go when she did. I had bits and bobs all over the house ...

System Architect - Ch 23

The day began much like the others had: first breakfast, then some time on the beach, then lunch, before finally setting time aside for a nap—or at least quiet time. After my cousins’ nap—and...

System Architect - Ch 22

The next morning—after breakfast—I played hide and seek with my cousins. An impromptu quest netted me a handful of experience when I was able to find both of them in under five minutes. Dad got...

System Architect - Ch 21

A handful of faces poked out from the the corner behind the garage. I undid my buckle and hopped from the truck and onto the gravel driveway. I waved at the people who had come to greet me.

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System Architect - Ch 20

I woke up the next morning with a plan fully formed. I shot off an email to Grandpa Joe about using some of the cryptocurrency for book marketing before having breakfast downstairs with Dad.
Aft...

System Architect - Ch 19

Three days later was the final day of kindergarten. There was no actual teaching done that day. Instead, we would be spending the day doing contests and having a picnic. Mom couldn’t come—she c...

System Architect - Ch 18

I spent the rest of the week trying to get Crafting Experience to work. I had a lot of trouble figuring out what would count as a craft. Part of it—I thought—had to do with the...

System Architect - Ch 17

The mandatory quest weighed on my mind over the next few days. With the seriousness of it, I spent time studying. I wasn’t learning anything new. Rather, I was reviewing things I hadn’t tou...

System Architect - Ch 16

I was unable to figure anything about Harvesting Experience by the time the weekend rolled around—other than how randomly it gave experience. It wasn’t for lack of trying,...

System Architect - Ch 15

Through the rest of the week, I worked on my quests and my writing. Grandpa Joe gave me the go-ahead to start posting the story on a couple of the websites I’d found. Even if it didn’t do well,...

System Architect - Ch 14

“Figure anything out?” Dad asked

“Yeah. Looks like I can get a re-do if I need to,” I answered, summarizing the positives and negatives.

“Huh. That’s neat.”

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System Architect - Ch 13

I ran up to my room as soon as I got back from school. Dad had put the laptop on my night stand with a sticky note of the wifi name and password. I eagerly turned the computer on and went throu...

System Architect - Ch 12

“Were you able to get through to her?” Dad asked on the way home.

“Yeah,” I replied. “She said she’s got to talk to her father and to you.”

Dad gave me a look that...

System Architect - Ch 11

Acting my body’s age was hard. The other children were absolutely infuriating to be around. Between playing fast and loose with both reality and the truth—and their incessant need to b...

System Architect - Ch 10

The next morning, I woke up to Dad knocking on my door. I groaned. The interruption to my sleep the night before kept me up for over an hour before I’d been able to fall back asleep. As much of a...