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[ZBridges]

Should we wait to unlock a stasis cage until we have more materials and money?

[Maximum Spin]

Should we wait to unlock a stasis cage until we have more materials and money?

I think so, yes.

[King Zultan]

Should we wait to unlock a stasis cage until we have more materials and money?

I think so, yes.

Sounds good.

[Weirdsound]

Deciding to hold onto the disturbing key for now, you climb back down the ladder, walk back down the hallway, and return to the control room.



Once again the elevator controls are at your disposal.

Floor 1 -----> Basic Dungeon Tutorial
Floor 2 -----> Combat Tutorial
Floor 3 -----> Scholarship Tutorial
Floor 4 -----> Introduction to Friendly NPC Archtypes
Floor 5 -----> Introduction to Common Mini-Boss Archtypes
Floor 6 -----> Lock and Key Tutorial, Exit

Where to now?

[King Zultan]

How about we go and see what that Scholarship floor has in store for us.

[ZBridges]

How about we go and see what that Scholarship floor has in store for us.

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[Weirdsound]

How about we go and see what that Scholarship floor has in store for us.

You push the button for floor 3 on the elevator controls. The door to the control room seals behind you, and the whole chamber shakes violently for a few seconds. The shaking stops. The door opens once more, and you note the colors on the elevator controls have changed slightly.

Floor 1 -----> Basic Dungeon Tutorial
Floor 2 -----> Combat Tutorial
Floor 3 -----> Scholarship Tutorial
Floor 4 -----> Introduction to Friendly NPC Archtypes
Floor 5 -----> Introduction to Common Mini-Boss Archtypes
Floor 6 -----> Lock and Key Tutorial, Exit

You stand up and walk down yet another new hallway, at the end of which you find not a room, but an office cubical. On the desk is a computer, which switches itself on as you approach. You hear a whine and some static, indicating that the PA system is also switching on.



"Students who choose to grow by level rather than age often miss out on their school work, and we can't have that, mmmmkay? You can increase your grades by investing memories into your courses at scholarship stations such as this. Investing in coursework gives you some immediate rewards, but the real payoff will come when you level up. Leveling up isn't trivial, and the higher your GPA, the more a level up will give you. Take a look at the screen Randy."

You do as instructed, and can't help but shudder thinking about all those classes you dislike and the bad grades you are getting in them.

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Welcome to the Scholarship Station! To check your memories, please view your character sheet at: http://kotodes.wikidot.com/level-up-club-party

Course: Shop
Current Grade: C-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts All Memories
Special: You can invest two "Source of Wood" Raw materials in place of a memory. Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Artificer Class

Course: Literature
Current Grade: D
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (H)eartfelt and (C)reative memories
Special: Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Epic Bard Class

Course: Communications
Current Grade: D
Investment: 0/1, Accepts Co(L)laborative and (T)riumphant memories
Special: Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Salesman Class

Course: Life Sciences
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts Co(L)laborative and (F)rustrating memories
Special: Increasing your grade grants a Scroll of Dissection, which allows you to harvest extra resources from a fallen enemy

Course: Algebra 1
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (B)urning and (F)rustrating memories
Special: Increasing your grade grants a Scroll of addition, which allows you to increase your next d20 roll by +3

Course: Physical Education
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (B)urning and (T)riumphant memories
Special: Increasing your grade increases your max HP by 1d2

"A few more quick rules and notes while we are here. You may only invest in each course once per Scholarship Station, so even if you find a quiet place to study that you can easily return to, it is probably in your best interest to keep exploring dungeons in search of new ones. Also, keep your eyes open for CD-A discs. You and your party members can use them at scholarship stations to grant new classes or raise class ranks. And with that, I bid you happy studies!"

Once more the PA system falls silent, leaving you alone with the specter of homework.

Which courses, if any, do you invest memories in? Is there anything else you would like to do in this room?

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[Maximum Spin]

Put a HEARTFELT in Literature.

[King Zultan]

Put a HEARTFELT in Literature.

+1 Also look in the cabinet next to the computer.

[ZBridges]

Put a HEARTFELT in Literature.

+1 Also look in the cabinet next to the computer.

+1

[Counterfactual]

If the cubical is made of some sort of wood or particle board, try hacking off a corner of it with your machete. If that counts as a source of wood raw material, invest that and the peg leg into Shop.

[Weirdsound]

Put a HEARTFELT in Literature.

You reach for the keyboard to work on your Literature homework, and suddenly your mind passes into a deep haze. Words and sentences and ideas and love form and intermingle in your mind, before skipping down your neck, vaulting over your shoulder, rolling down your arm, and riding your fingers into the keyboard. Time dialates... or does it compress? You temporarily lose track of your sense of self; There is no you, no dungeon, no galaxy, now universe. Just a singularity that also happens to be a book report... and it is good. The very colors of labor itself become briefly, or perhaps eternally, visible to you.

-1 Heartfelt Memory



You come back to reality, unsure of exactly how much time has passed. You satisfied, if slightly tired. The text on displayed on the screen has changed slightly.

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Welcome to the Scholarship Station! To check your memories, please view your character sheet at: http://kotodes.wikidot.com/level-up-club-party

Course: Shop
Current Grade: C-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts All Memories
Special: You can invest two "Source of Wood" Raw materials in place of a memory. Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Artificer Class

Course: Literature
Current Grade: D+
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (H)eartfelt and (C)reative memories. FURTHER INVESTMENT NOT AVAIBLE.
Special: Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Epic Bard Class

Course: Communications
Current Grade: D
Investment: 0/1, Accepts Co(L)laborative and (T)riumphant memories
Special: Reaching the grades of B and A+ will rank up your Salesman Class

Course: Life Sciences
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts Co(L)laborative and (F)rustrating memories
Special: Increasing your grade grants a Scroll of Dissection, which allows you to harvest extra resources from a fallen enemy

Course: Algebra 1
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (B)urning and (F)rustrating memories
Special: Increasing your grade grants a Scroll of addition, which allows you to increase your next d20 roll by +3

Course: Physical Education
Current Grade: D-
Investment: 0/1, Accepts (B)urning and (T)riumphant memories
Special: Increasing your grade increases your max HP by 1d2

+1 Also look in the cabinet next to the computer.

You search the cabinet, and indeed the entire cubical, for anything of use. Aside from the computer, which you decide to leave for now, and various school and office supplies that are made redundant by the contents of your backpack, you find two items of note.

The first is a compact disc in a nondescript case that is labled "CD-A - Jock". The second is an old fashioned parchment scroll with the word "Identify" scrawled across the top.

+CD-A - Jock
+Unidentified "Identify" Scroll

The PA system flickers to life.

"Good finds, Randy boy. That disc is one of those CD-A's I was just talking about. You can use it at a Scholarship Station to gain a new class, or you could if you had a free class slot. For now, your gonna have to level up or find another party member to use it. As for the scroll, I'm going to assume you have played enough fantasy games to take a good guess as to how that works, mmmmmkay? Now then, it looks like you still have enough memories to do some more coursework if you wish, or you could move on and continue the tutorial. The choice is yours."

What do you do next? Study? Move on? Something else?

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[IronyOwl]

Invest another Heartfelt into Shop Class, then head to Floor 2 - Combat Tutorial.

[ZBridges]

Invest another Heartfelt into Shop Class, then head to Floor 2 - Combat Tutorial.

+1

[King Zultan]

Invest another Heartfelt into Shop Class, then head to Floor 2 - Combat Tutorial.

+1

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