I woke up and stretched myself out. The dream from the night before was still fresh in my mind. So for shits and giggles I think status.

  Experience gained/needed

  Stats

  To get rid of curses or blessing you must get the opposite curse or blessing to cancel it out.

  Fuck. It wasn’t a dream. I mean sure this was awesome but at the same time I’m pretty much certain that I can’t tell anyone about this.

  Aww that’s nice. Well I might as well get ready for work. I look at my phone and notice that it is ten in the morning. I’m late. I also have a text from my boss. It simply said that I was fired. I guess I forgot to set my alarm. Hopefully I can earn money with my new abilities.

  Fuck yea! A thousand buck just to increase my stats! Now I imagine I just need to work out. I drop to the ground and start doing push ups till I fall out. I hear a nice little *Ting* and check my stats to see that my strength has gone up by one.

  I then changed into some running clothes and headed out of my apartment. I needed to get to a track to increase my DEX and AGI. my plan was to sprint as hard as I could and make sharp turns while sprinting. Lucky for me I lived near a college so I could just use the track.

  I lock the door behind me as I leave. I heave a sigh as I stare at my door. I turn around and come face to face to the girl that lived across the hall from me. Her name is Alex and she is a knockout. Blond hair and deep green eyes. Some freckles dot her face and big pouty lips.

  I see her occasionally but today was different. Today I saw that she had her name floating above her head. I just stood there for a moment reminding myself that I was changed and things would get even crazier. “Hi Alex.” I said.

  “Hey. What ya up to?” She asked.

  “Just gonna go for a run.” I replied.

  “Ah well that’s good. Have a good one.”

  “You to.” I nod as she goes into her place and I leave.

  I walk out of my apartment complex and head to the college. On my way I see the names of everybody near me. It was surreal. I just kept going though. I mean how odd would it be to go up to a pretty girl and ask how she was doing, even using her name. They would think I was a stalker or something.

  Once I reached the track I did a couple stretches to try and help myself from not cramping up. I set my stance and start to jog.

  Long story short I got the point in DEX and AGI. The last thing was my CON. I honestly have no idea how to do this so I figure I'll head back and take a shower while I think of a way to accomplish my goals. It’s only noon now so I have time.

  Back at my apartment and feeling fresh I look into some RPG games online to find out how you could increase your CON without stat points. There was only one result that came up… you had to be hurt. Over and over again.

  I figure that i should just do it and see what happens. My first thought is to stab myself with a pen however that is a stupid idea so I’m not doing that. I will just kick my chair over and over again. The point was to do damage to yourself so I had to kick hard.

  I ready myself in front of my new mortal enemy, the gaming chair. I bring my leg back and with as much force as I could muster I kick. “Fuck!” I scream out. I think I broke my shin.

  Stupid notification.

  I hop around for a moment and steady myself to kick again. This process repeats eight more time and I am on the verge of death before I hear that ting sound again. I finally finished but I feel like death.

  My health is at 20 and I collapsed onto the ground. I wait for a couple hours before my health comes back to full. I see a notification window.

  Huh. Well that is odd. I figure that While I wait to see what is going on I will fix myself something to eat. I fix myself some rice and chicken with broccoli. I know it sounds bland but it works and has what I need.

  As I eat I figure I should look at my status screen now.

  Experience gained/needed

  Stats

  To get rid of curses or blessing you must get the opposite curse or blessing to cancel it out.

  Huh I lost a pound and I now have an inventory. Why do I just now have an inventory?

  Makes sense I guess. Actually that makes perfect sense. I guess all of the items on earth will be replaced by system items soon then huh?

  Shoot random box thing.

  Can it be Rum instead?

  Transported?

  No sooner do I finish that thought I find myself squeezed from all sides like a baby going through birth! It felt so weird and wrong at the same time. The next instant I find myself in front of a very short, fat and yet muscular man.

  “What ya starin for runt? Never seen a dwarf before?” He shouted at me. Guess I was staring a little. You would be too though because he had a beard that just made me super jelly. Fucking thing was magnificent!

  “No I haven’t. In all honesty though I was staring at your glorious beard.” I reply honestly. “By the way are you a God?” I ask.

  “Glorious! Glorious you say? I like you kid. Also yes I am a God and you have earned my blessing. No one comments on my beard anymore. I mean if they had any idea how hard it is to maintain then they would have a little more respect!” He shouts. I can say that I made a wise decision with my compliment and that I don’t regret sounding like a kiss ass one bit.

  Nice! “Alright so lets play that game Gorn.”

  “Straightforward! I like it!” He shouts merrily. With a wave of his hand a table with two triangles of ten solo cups appears in front of me. Each cup is filled to the brim with Rum and I can feel my mouth start to water. “Ok Zach. This here is the best quality rum that money can buy, well for you at least. You see we both have different types of rum since I want the alcohol to play a part in the game otherwise you will be drunk and I will be fine. Ready? Good you first.”

  A ping pong ball appears in my hand. I widen my stance. Lift my arm. Eye the center of the opposite cups and flick my wrist. The ball arcs beautifully and goes straight into the center cup. Another ball enters my and and I do the same thing for the forward most cup. Gorn’s eyes were wide open in shock.

  “How? That was just amazing! Oh right before we continue I have ta tell ya the rules huh? Ok so rule number 1: no balls back. Rule 2: for every cup you make that is a 10% chance to gain a class in your favor, however if I make a cup that’s 10% against ya. If ya win though you get to pick from four races and classes that are the crem dela crem. Last rule is no cheating. Good? Alright! My turn. Oh yea for those shots you are gonna get the skill Precision shot. Good job lad, ya earned it.”

  Gorn then proceeded to sink two shots in less than two seconds. Never and I repeat NEVER play a drinking game with a dwarf or a God, much less a dwarven God! Thankfully my time gaming has also included many games of pong so I am pretty much a pro. I think. Right as I am about to shoot Gorn stops me. “Now we drink. After every two rounds we drink just to make sure no one is affected faster. I like it better this way.”

  With that I toss back the first full cup. Fire burned down my throat and ignites in my stomach but the taste was sublime! It was oaky and nutty yet fruity all at once. The flavor faded away almost as fast as it came. I was honestly ready to drink all the cups just to taste that ambrosia once more. I finish the second cup with my pinky up cuz this is some high class shit.

  I Look over at Gorn and see him doing the same as me. We share a knowing smile and get back to the game. What I wasn’t ready for however is for the rum to hit me like a freight train. My vision went fuzzy and i had a hard time focussing. I shot and made the far corner cup but my second shot went wide of the other corner.

  Gorn grimaces at me making a cup. “Hoped that wouldnta happened. I am terrible when drunk if I’m honest.” He then shoots and misses the front cup but sinks the second shot.

  We drink and repeat. I make one and miss another then he makes two. My head is swimming now and I can tell that Gorn isn’t too far behind me. He has 6 cups while I have five. I make two by pure luck and he makes two as well. “Hey can we interfere with bounce shots?” I slur out. Honestly I have no idea if it sounded right but Gorn seemed to get it.

  “Nah! We rant do that at allll.” He replies.

  I shoot and make one. He shoots and misses both. I then shoot and make one while he sinks both shots. This is the clutch moment. I have one cup left. He on the other hand has two. I know that I need to make both or make a double bounce.

  I focus and bounce my ball. It looks to have been too hard but it glances off the backside of one cup and lands in another. I can see sweat drip down his brow. I know that If I miss this shot then he has a chance at redemption. After all a common rule is that if both shots bounce in on three cups or less, well you don't get a redemption.

  My next ball bounces off the table and arcs through the air. Time seems to slow down as it hits the inside of the cup and spins rapidly around the inside edge. Honestly now I have no idea how that is possible since it was completely full but that’s what it did. Finally after what seemed like an eternity the ball sinks in.

  A fanfare of trumpets go off! “Congrats boyo!” Gorn shouts. I notice that I am no longer drunk and neither is he. “For winning you get four choices like I said but I would like to give you a skill as well. It is a passive skill. Is that ok?” He asks me.

  “Sure.”

  “Thanks Gorn!” I say enthusiastically.

  “My pleasure boy. Now Look through the race option and pick. After you are done you will be transported back into your room. We are gonna put you in your bed since it will take awhile to adjust your body. Tomorrow you will be a new man!”

  I thank him and he vanishes without a trace. It’s only now that I take a look around me and see that I am standing on a white floor with nothing but darkness surrounding me. NExt a window appears showing me four races to chose from.

  Honestly These are all pretty good choices. I like being a big guy however so I decide to go Goliath.

  With that I close the window and prepare to leave. The area around me disappears and I am once again squished into my room. Following Gorn’s advice I head to bed and lay down. Before I could fall asleep though I get one more notification.

  I hear the sound of a wheel spinning. When it stops another window pops up.

  Once I finished reading My world went dark and I drifted off into dreamless sleep.