[Name]: Perfectly Normal Jeans
[Rarity]: Common
[Slot]: Legs
[Profession]: Anomaly
[Description]: A pair of old blue jeans. When equipped, it will make you completely forgettable and average.
[Social Cred Bonus]: None
[Attribute Boost]: +1 END
[Style]: 1
[Armor]: 1
[Skill]: None
[Set Bonus]:
+ 4/7: Unknown
+ 7/7: Unknown
Joe put on the pair of jeans. It made his height average. He was originally tall and skinny. The shirt made him lose the skinny. Now the jeans made him lose his above average height.
"I should have known."
Then Joe clicked on the Feet Tab in the Honey Wardrobe. There was a single icon of a pair of white sneakers.
[Name]: Perfectly Normal Sneakers
[Rarity]: Common
[Slot]: Feet
[Profession]: Anomaly
[Description]: A pair of white sneakers that are neither new nor old, clean nor dirty. They are simply average.
[Social Cred Bonus]: None
[Attribute Boost]: +1 DEX
[Style]: 1
[Armor]: 1
[Skill]: None
[Set Bonus]:
+ 4/7: Unknown
+ 7/7: Unknown
"Hmm. This doesn't say an effect when equipping, I wonder if it will have any effect at all."
Joe put on the pair of sneakers. They fit perfectly. He received no change to his physical appearance. However, a new notification appeared in his Honey Wardrobe App.
[CONGRATULATIONS]
[A new set is discovered]
[Set Tab is unlocked in the Honey Wardrobe App]
['Average Joe' is added to the database]
[Set Bonus 'Perfectly Average' is active]
[PERFECTLY AVERAGE]: 4/7 Set Bonus of 'Average Joe'. You cannot experience critical failure or critical success for any action. All social stats changed for Honey are negated while this bonus is active.
"Perfectly Average, huh? That seems… correct."
Joe stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself. The man in front of him was someone he couldn't recognize. The image in the mirror bore few resemblances of the man Joe one was, even though there were a lot of similarities.
He had average height, an average face, a forgettable hairstyle, a pair of unremarkable sneakers. But at least, Joe looked presentable and wasn't a homeless man like he was a moment ago.
The stained yellow shirt turned into an old grey shirt but it was clean and spotless. There weren't even any wrinkles on it.
The pair of jeans that was full of holes turned into a normal pair of unimpressive jeans.
The disrespectful flip flops turned into comfortable white sneakers.
And his hair was nicely cut and rocked a faint chestnut color.
Joe rubbed his chin and scanned himself up and down a few times.
"Now I know for sure girls won't just run away from me."
Joe grabbed his phone and checked the Honey Wardrobe App again. A seventh tab was added to the app, 'Set'. The Set Tab was a list with only one item: 'Average Joe'.
He clicked on it.
[AVERAGE JOE]
+ Head: Perfectly Normal Wig (Equipped)
+ Torso: Perfectly Normal T-shirt (Equipped)
+ Legs: Perfectly Normal Jeans (Equipped)
+ Feet: Perfectly Normal Sneakers (Equipped)
+ Accessory A: Unknown
+ Accessory B: Unknown
+ Tool/Weapon: Unknown
"There are more items belong to this set? What is the next bonus going to be? 'Exceptionally Average'?" Joe joked with himself then closed the Honey Wardrobe App.
He opened the Honey Game App again and tapped on the Player Tab once more to check his stats.
[NAME]: Joe Avery Smith
[HIT POINTS]: 28/28
[DEFENSE VALUE]: 12
[ATTRIBUTES]
+ Social
• Aura: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Persuasion: 5
+ Physical
• Dexterity: 8 (Equipment Bonus +1)
• Endurance: 7 (Equipment Bonus +1)
• Fitness: -1
• Senses: 6 (Equipment Bonus +1)
• Stamina: 8
• Strength: 5 (Equipment Bonus +1)
+ Mental
• Cool: 3
• Intelligence: 8
• Wisdom: 12
+ Temporary:
• Armor: 4
• Style: 4
[SOCIAL CRED]: NONE
[SKILL]: NONE
[EQUIPMENT]
+ Head: Perfectly Normal Wig
+ Torso: Perfectly Normal T-shirt
+ Legs: Perfectly Normal Jeans
+ Feet: Perfectly Normal Sneakers
+ Accessory (A): None
+ Accessory (B): None
+ Tool/Weapon: None
[HONEY COIN]: 190(EXCHANGE)
[WALLET]: $985
[WARDROBE]: NONE
[OWNED RESIDENCE]
+ Apartment A7: Level 0 Residence.
[OWNED CREDENTIALS]
+ 'Joe Avery Smith': Identifications of your true identity.
"Nice." After checking that every bonus was added correctly, Joe switched to the Honey Tab.
In the tab was a single icon of a blonde hair girl with glasses, Elara Evans.
Joe opened her profile then clicked on 'Current Location'.
The map appeared and Elara's current location was revealed.
Le Petit Café showed up on the map. It was a cafe in a secluded area inside the Conorian District. To reach it, one must go through several small alleys to find it.
"A public location? That's good. I can finally approach her."
Joe looked at himself in the mirror one last time before bolting out of the apartment. The door clicked shut behind him, locking itself away.
Joe was in the Far Ark District, the residential area. It was quite far away from the Conorian District. Walking on foot was not an option. He also didn't know the way in this city.
Joe waved a cab and got inside. The driver greeted him shortly and asked him where to go.
Joe told the cab to drive him to the closest ATM first. He needed to withdraw some cash and checked if it's possible to do so.
The cab drove him to an ATM of AR Bank. AR was short for Ark Regional.
Joe stepped inside the ATM booth and pulled out his phone. He didn't have any physical credit card so he wasn't sure how he was going to withdraw the cash. But it dawned on him immediately when he saw a QR code on the side of the ATM machine.
Joe scanned the code with the Honey Wallet. It connected to the machine quickly and provided options to withdraw money as usual.
Joe withdrew five hundred dollars. The machine pushed out five green bills of one hundred dollars.
[WALLET BALANCE]: $485
Joe grabbed the bills and examined them.
They were very similar to his original world's bills but with completely different symbols. He couldn't recognize the man on the paper at all.
"A completely different world with a completely different history." Joe contemplated shortly before entering the cab again and told the driver to drive away.
They left the Far Ark District and entered the Conorian District.
After thirty minutes, the taxi stopped in front of a small alleyway.
"We arrive." The cab driver said. "Total forty dollars for the fare."
Joe glanced at the meter in the front seat, making sure it was correct, before pulling out a one hundred dollars bill and giving it to the driver.
Joe now had 460 dollars left in his physical wallet.
"Here. Take my card. If you need another ride, call me." The driver gave Joe a business card.
"Got it."
The average man went inside the alleyway. This area was a collection of narrow alleys connecting with each other. It was too small for a car to get into, only bikes or motorbikes might enter.
Joe would definitely get lost in this place if he didn't have the map on his phone.
"Luckily the Honey Game provides a precise map with no mistakes. I can easily navigate by using it. Unlike some other maps…"
Within a few minutes, Joe found himself in front of an ancient multiple-story house, stuffed between two concrete walls of a long extended alleyway.
Above the entry way of the house was a small sign with golden carvings that said: 'Le Petit Café'.