It's Time to Jump! ; Jump 1: Chapter 1

It‘s Time to Jump!

Chapter 1: Approach

I wondered, as I sat here, what happened.

One moment I was pulling weeds in the backyard, the next I am here, in a… white void, I suppose? There isn’t much to look at, everything is a large, white expanse as far as I can see. No features, no walls, not even really anything I’d be sitting on, just the sensation really.

I had wondered if I had died or something, but dismissed the thought because I’ve worked in harsher weather, colder or hotter didn’t really matter. So it couldn’t be because of the heat. I had also been very careful to keep my hands scratch free and not to get any wounds that could get dirty or something, it was something I learned the hard way after all that this was bad.

As such I considered it may be a dream and thus, as you do, pinched myself, then slapped myself, then some harder. Nope, still feeling it, so this wasn’t a dream at all.

I don’t know how long I sat here, there was nothing to count time with as I had no clock or something like that, but from one second to another, as I blinked, a person stood there. It was a girl, perhaps 15 years old so older than me. She had… Okay, that is a weird way having hair, it keeps changing colors and I see flashes of something in them. She also have that effect in her eyes for some reasons, weird.

She is wearing casual home clothes, such as a T-Shirt, short pants and house shoes. I don’t know if she’s supposed to have these big mounds on her chest, I’ve never seen girls that age with ones that are bigger than my aunt’s, though then again I don’t know much about that sort of thing.

“Hello there. Seems my “Evil” plot has worked, huh?” Asked the girl with a grin and I cocked my head to the side, confused.

“Um, who are you miss?” I asked, a bit insecure as I tried to figure out who she was. Also, were those audible quotation marks? Was she making a joke with the “Evil” part?

“Well, normally it’s considered bad manners to not introduce yourself first, but I know who you are already so I’ll let it slide. I am a Random-Omnipotent-Being, ROB for short, but you may call me Jump-chan. I’m what you call a Hyper-Dimensional being, existing outside your multiverse and overseeing the Omniverse.” She explained something that went over my head.

She seemed to see that and sighed. “Let me put it this way kid, your world? Your Universe? It’s one of countless in the same cluster.” She stated, a globe appearing with countless lights within. “In each of them exists a countless number of possible realities, all of them differing in one way or another from the rest. One single decision can make all the difference, you see? Well, I’m outside of that.” She stated, and the globe shrunk to the side of a pea, joined by hundreds of more like it in other colors.

“I’m what you may call a goddess, one who governs the in-between of multiverses like your own, the Omniverse. The differences between Multiverses is much greater than just a single decision leading to a different outcome, in one universe humans died out, replaced by squids who gained humanoid forms along with a squid-like smaller form. In another aliens live alongside humans on Earth and it blows up every few years to be restored within a year with magical balls.” She explained, two globes lighting up at the mentions.

“Umm… miss Jumpchan? If you’re a god, then why am I here? My aunt won’t be happy if she finds out I’m gone.” I interjected, careful not to offend her. I knew enough about gods to know that they weren’t easy to appease once angry.

She however frowned which made me a bit fearful. “Those… People, let’s go with that, don’t hold control here. I’ve taken you out of time, for them no time will pass while you’re here, so long as you don’t return to them. And I think we both know that you won’t want to.” Stated Jumpchan and I flinched a bit, not really a secret, but still. “In any case, the reason I’ve brought you here is because I’m getting sick of universes where things go as J.K. wanted them, as most do, so I’m mixing it up by Jumpchaining you.” Stated the goddess and I blinked a bit confused.

“Wait, what?” I asked, confused by her strange choice of words and, well, what was I supposed to think about this? I mean, I don’t even know what she’s talking about, much less what it means!

“Okay, let me be blunt. You’ve got some massive problems in your world, or at least within your home country. To help you with what you’ll have to do anyway, I’m going to send you to different worlds, each offers certain perks and items you may purchase from a list with Choice Points beforehand. And before you say anything, it isn’t that you’re forced to do this, though you’ll need to do at least one jump before I can send you home.” Explained the goddess and my mind whirled, because, the hell? I wasn’t that important!

“Now stop with those thoughts, it’s just poison you’ve been fed for years. You have a destiny young man, and whether those people want to admit it or not, you have a far greater role to play than their son.” Stated Jumpchan and I blushed at those words, me? Important? She couldn’t be serious.

“At any rate, I’ve done some purchases from the document for your world, you won’t be able to visit it explicitly but in return you get a lot more out of it from the start. I already selected what you would’ve had by default and applied some… unique discount rules. Also, for this and a frontloaded jump only, you’ll have 2000 CP to spend.” Explained Jumpchan and I frowned, that was… odd.

In front of me then appeared a screen. Made of… light I suppose? On it however was an image that shocked me, because it had written on it a name that shouldn’t be there. “Harry Potter CYOA, Jumpchain Compliant”. It had an odd font but I found myself liking it to be honest, but that name? That was mine!

15 minutes of me acclimating later Jumpchan had explained what was going on.

For starters, I, Harry James Potter, was the Main Character of a novel series by J.K. Rowling, who was in a completely different reality to my own. In two years my adventures would have started there but, well, Jumpchan had picked me out early at a mere age of 9!

On the document a few options were already selected, those being the “Origin” of a “Half-Blood”, which was the child of a Wizard/Witch and a “Muggle” or someone who was born to two “Muggle”, called a “Muggle-Born”. In my case it was the combo of my father the Wizard and my mother, the Muggle-born.

Furthermore, the “House” I’d be sorted into, had been selected as “Gryffindor”, which come with a freebie to enhance my bravery and a number of other freebies that come with being wealthy and/or Half-Blooded. Yes, turns out I’m rich. Some of the options purchased included “Brave at Heart”, the Gryffindor Freebie I mentioned, “Occlumency”, another free perk for Half-Bloods this time and, according to Jumpchan, something she had chosen for that reason alone as normally I’d be bad at it.

“Quidditch Star” was another perk I had but that hadn’t been naturally free, but discounted. However, if Jumpchan says the truth, then I’d be like that anyway so it just boosts me and she gave it free because… she wanted to. Fourth on the list of pre-selected perks was “Parselmouth”, according to the text it was a rare gift that let’s you talk to snakes. I know snakes can’t hear at all, but that’s magic I guess. It hadn’t been discounted on it’s own, so it took 100 CP from me.

After that only Items were selected. They were an Owl, Hedwig apparently was her name and she was super intelligent, a Wand which was free like the “Pet Owl”, but for everyone while the owl was free only to rich Half-Bloods and Purebloods, a Nimbus 2000, which was also free for the rich and was a racing broom. Yes, kinda clishee there.

I also got an Invisibility Cloak, something about a “Deathly Hallow” according to Miss Jumpchan’s notes and the one I would’ve gotten anyway, it was discounted to Half-Bloods so it was free now. And that was literally all that had been given to her, for 100 CP she had a huge package now.

That left her 1900 CP and she couldn’t just store them for later either, until she had paid at least 1000 CP for things on the list. Well, I wasn’t stupid and there was only one thing more that would be for free for me in this document so, yeah.

The first things I purchased were “Great Cunning”, the Slytherin Freebie at 100 CP. It would boost my cunning and made me a natural social manipulator. I also got a great sense for how far to push it before it become too bad and then get out of there. Then there was “Wit beyond Meassure”, the Ravenclaw freebie, aka, 100 CP cost, was basically a boost to basic intelligence and puzzle solving. Being smarter couldn’t hurt really in my opinion.

I didn’t take Just and Loyal of Hufflepuff, not wanting some sort of memetic effect that would basically make friends for me rather than me doing it on my own, and Memory Spell Specialist was also out, because handy or not, editing memories just seemed wrong. Dedicated, the Muggle-born Freebie, was on the other hand very handy and would give me another boost to learning and intelligence for 100 CP.

The Pure-Blood freebie known as “Clean Blooded”, while sounding fairly weird, was also something I’d like. No diseases? No sickness? Sign me up! The Muggle-born Discounted “Muggle Duelling” at another 100 also sounded good, albeit a bit martial. It meant training in meelee and firearm weapons like guns, which was good in my opinion if I really needed to fight, as Jumpchan told me.

The 200 “Animagus” perk would let me turn into a mundane animal, at will that is. It was discounted to Drop-In and would make a fairly fantastic ability in my opinion. Therefore, I took it. For my animal I took a Little Owl, which were small birds with night vision and all and I thought that being a small, flying animal would be handy. Next was “Set-Up Wizard”, which would let me meld magic and technology. It was a nice deal at only 200 CP.

The first discounted perk I saw was then “Non-Verbal Specialty”, at 200 it would cost 100 CP here. It would mean I can cast spells without saying anything for only 100 CP, which would be handy. Legilimency on the other hand, discounted for Pure-Bloods so I had to pay the full 200 CP, which would let me scry the minds of others. How cool and useful is that? I took it, even at full prize.

I skipped most of the rest until I come to the 400 pointer discounted to Drop-Ins, “Metamorphmagus”, which would let me change my appearance at will, including my gender. That was interesting. It wasn’t discounted but god was it interesting. I purchased it immediately. Seer was interesting but I wanted to look at the rest of the items first, I had 400 left.

At the items I disregarded the various low-cost items. Another broom, a “Deluminator” and “Flask of Polyjuice”, which the second was a lightswitch basically and the third was a non-refilling item that Jumpchan told me would turn me into someone of whom I had put a hair into a portion of it. All for 25 CP, but nope.

At 50 we had “Flask of Felix Felicis”, “Liquid Luck” in other words, non-refilling, Refilling Zonko’s Bag which was for pranks and both not worth it in my opinion. At 100 I already had “Pet Owl” and “Nimbus 2000”, while “Sneakoscope” was a “Detect suspicious people” item and “Dark Arts Cache” was… well it would be spellbooks so a maybe?

“Dragonhide Jacket”, at 100 still, was basically a Anti-Magic armor of sorts. It was also free for Wealthy jumpers. Got it. “Extended Mokeskin Pouch” was a definite need it, even if it was neither discounted nor free, still 100 CP. As for Assault Rifle… what? Nope.

Skipping the “Companions” bit, since I had no interest in taking Dudley along, I looked at the list of 4 200 CP items. There was the discounted “Thestral”, which I wouldn’t be able to see, a winged, skeletal horse apparently that only those who have seen death can see. Nope. A House Elf, also discounted to wealthy Half-Bloods, a servant/slave but mistreating them wasn’t needed. They would be very loyal and some help would be welcome, especially with magic of their own. But… slave?

There was one 300 pointer that would be interesting, “Phoenix”, which would cost 100 more than I could afford. I could theoretically drop one perk of 100 for it, but at the same time I wanted Seer or Dark Arts Cache… I could purchase some later, Jumpchan said that would be possible later after the first jump, even for this document… In the end I decided that the ability to perhaps interpret the future with Seer and some magical knowledge, even from dark sources, would be more valuable than giving Hedwig a friend in the form of a phoenix for now.

For this purpose I dropped “Muggle Duelling”, since I could get that somewhere else probably better, and purchased Seer and “Dark Arts Cache” to help me prepare a bit.

As soon as I had punched in the confirm button I felt a lot of knowledge suddenly flood my brain and a small chest appeared near me, along with a pouch. Checking inside the first I found a collection of books, all of them looked rather ghastly to be honest.

“Well, that’s naughty.” Commented Jumpchan as I looked up to her, blinking. “Be glad that you can get Anti-Corruption perks, this may be a bit bad an influence to have those books to study.” Stated Jumpchan as I blinked in confusion. “Anyway, want me to offer you a frontload, that is a document to take perks and items from without going there?” She asked and I was surprised that she would offer.

I blinked, frontloading something? “Doesn’t that sound like what I did just now?” I asked this question, seriously confused at this point, but Jumpchan giggled. Like a girl.

“Not at all, that was your Home Build, you will return one way or another, either at the end of the Chain, when you archieve the ultimate goal, or when you decide to head home. You will return there only at the end, while a Frontload means that, while you can’t take the jump afterward, you can still use the “Return” option, which lets you return to any jump you were to before, once every 10 year, or at least one jump after your departure. At which point you’d start it properly.” Explained Jumpchan and I nodded, it sounded like it made some sense.

“Now, I will be giving you a few to choose, you get 2000 CP for one, but may take up to two more if you wish, but each would only have 1600 CP.” Explained Jumpchan and I nodded, that sounded reasonable. Though I’m also only nine years old at this point so… yeah I’m not a good judge.

“Well, my first idea for you is Doctor Who, it is a Science Fiction series which has a few nifty perks for you in the version I’m giving you.” Stated Jumpchan and a new screen floated to me, this one being more text based than made of an image of some sort.

Seeing as I wasn’t going to go there, I skimmed the description and, well Timelord sounded cool. For Origin I went with Madman to save some time, it sounded a lot like that doctor compared to the rest. Then Timelord for -800 of my 2000 CP. That meant I had 1200 left.

I took the Timelord Freebie “I Speak Everything”, as it would be really cool to be able to talk to anything that could hear and the like. Next come “Rule 1”, a lie booster apparently. I don’t like deceit much, but this sounded like something I may need later.

“Watchmaker” made me a Reality Enforcer, meaning that Magic didn’t work properly in my presence thanks to this. Unless I was willing them to work. It was discounted for Timelords as it referenced them. It also cost 200 CP with discount. Fourth on my purchase list was the 400 CP “Omega Level Intellect”, which would be one of, if not the biggest intelligence boost I could get.

As this left me with exactly 500 CP, I skipped the rest of the perks because, honestly? I read them through and most of the rest weren’t anywhere near interesting enough for me, or something I couldn’t buy later when I got back some CP for whatever condition I meet.

So Items it is. I skipped the undiscounted Ray-Gun but the undiscounted 200 CP “Flying Aircraft Carrier”? Cool Ship Ahoy! Seriously, with what I already got from this stuffing it with high-end fighters or whatever and upgrading it later would probably be easy if I wasn’t applying logic wrong at this. I mean, holy shit that’s a ton of stuff to be given in one hull!

I decided to name her [Enterprise], I heard that was a famous aircraft carrier back in school. The next item I took was the “Type 40 Time Travel Capsule”, it cost 400 CP but was free for Timelords. Yeah, that’s weird. It was apparently the same as the “TARDIS” used by the Main Character and, uh, duh. It’s a Time Machine but with infinite space within! And it could shrink!

Looking at the other Items I skipped “Reality Bomb” for obvious reasons, other than it’s 800 if you’re not a “Dalek” or something, and went to “Archives”. Tons of tech for the taking, heh. I could take the 400 CP version for a discount, so it would be 200 instead, because I’m a Timelord. So I took basically the low-grade Timelord tech from this if I read this correctly.

Anyway, fourth on the list of items I took was “Timelord’s Basic Gear”, which was free for the Madman Origin. It was an outfit with infinitely deep pockets and a “Sonic Screwdriver”, which was basically a supercomputer and “Can anything” tool at the same time. It was also a universal key apparently so… hurray?

After looking at the rest of the items and seeing that nothing else in the 100 CP range was interesting, I went back to the perks into the “Madman” line. I decided to take the “Madman” freebie “Run!” after all, it was was a perception booster. Handy. She also spent her final 100 on “The Fury of a Timelord”, which was discounted from 200 to 100. It was an aura of terror if I got angry that was felt by those who oppose me.

Clicking on confirm I got almost blown away when my mind suddenly, well, went into Quantum Drive? Holy shit this was- how primitive were those game consoles actually that Dudley got?

Groaning as I sat up again, having fallen onto my back by the sudden whiplash of brain enhancement, I noticed a small matchbox close to me along with folded up clothes, along with a small screwdriver-like device. She also heard… was that honking of a car?

“Oh my, already getting your first ship? I guess it’s good I skipped the “Drydock” and just went with that “Shipyard” alternative.” Noted Jumpchan, startling me just a bit. Not much. Not at all. “Before you ask, the “Drydock” would be one of a few normal storage locations for vehicles and the like, like a spaceship. The “Shipyard” replacement for that is different. You won’t need to pay for it but instead any time you get a new vehicle, it will be stored in a new parking slot. This instance has also normal, non-space based slots for your normal ships or other large vehicles.” Explained Jumpchan and I nodded, that sounded okay. And cool.

“Anyway, here is the second one I think you’ll like even if not for the setting.” Stated Jumpchan and threw me another holo screen, it was weird really and how did I even know what that was originally?

Anyway, looking at the document I noticed that it was for something called “Paladin of Shadows” and the premise… I’m not sure what year that was set in, later than my home time, I’m sure. Also, how racist (that’s a word I learned now thanks to Omega-level Intellect) was the author if the description is right? I mean, only perfectly white people are depicted as smart? Uncle Vernon wasn’t smart, he says magic doesn’t exist after all!

Looking at the perks I noticed that “Drop-In” had been taken, I guess she didn’t want me to end up with memories of a world that may as well be completely corrupting to me. I’m nine, I may be smart but I don’t think I want to have memories of that place, any time, at all.

There were also highlighted perks and items I noticed, they all added up to the allotted 1600 CP I got to spend here from what I could see, with discounts and all:

PERKS

• A Strange Charisma [Free/1600]
You’re smooth, Jumper. Smooth as silk. Your skills at social interactions are through the roof, you always have a witty line or a quip at hand, always remember people’s names and birthdays and faces. People tend to defer to you, preferring to see you in leadership position and being oddly accepting of your authority, even if they normally reject it.

But where this truly shines is in the matters of romance, where your skills leave all sense and reason behind. Your skills at flirting and seduction are utterly ridiculous, to the point it looks practically like mind control to an outsider. A few minutes spent talking, a wind and a smile, that’s all it would take for you to get complete strangers into bed, and it doesn’t even stop there, letting you play them like a fiddle even beyond that. You could charm them into thinking it’s okay to invite others to your bed, into acts they’d never have considered before... pretty much anything.

• Civilian Skills [Free/1600]
You’re a master of any one field of civilian expertise, a leading authority that ranks among the best in the world. You also have some considerable ability in using those skills to aid your operations, be it through contacts, peripheral skills, or something else.

• Certified Instructor [100cp/1500]
You’re good at teaching things to people. Be it teaching college coeds how to fish properly, or educating ignorant villagers in the latest 21st century technology, you find all your efforts take far, far less time and effort than they should.

Just about any skill or knowledge you have can be imparted to people in ways they clearly understand, and you can do it to any number of people you want, directly or through videos or manuals or whatever. You could turn farmers stuck in the 15th century into the sharpest internet experts of the 21st in months, if not weeks.

• Indistinct [100cp/1400]
Between the guns and the bombs, people can ever so often forget that part of spycraft is to stay hidden. You don’t, though. You have the ability to, at will, simply fade into the background. With a bit of work, some minor posture adjustment and disguise, you could pass for anyone just about anywhere.

You also have a flawless poker face, never showing any emotion you don't want to. Even the greatest experts at the art find it next to impossible to tell what's going on in your head.

• Conspirator [200cp/1200]
It isn’t easy to execute an attack, not with everything they’re doing to try and stop it nowadays. Good thing you’re around, then, isn’t it? You are a planner and schemer beyond peer. You have a flawless grasp of how people are going to react to any given situation, and know just how to tailor your plans accordingly.

You plans always have a drastically higher chance of success than they ought to, even plans that really don’t make sense. You know how to setup plans within plans, to build whole schemes while keeping practically everyone involved other than you in the dark, and do it all without so much as a whiff getting out where you don’t want it.

• Hard Man [200cp/1000]
You’re one, with a lot of experiences that would have left anyone else broken. To you, they just left you changed. Your willpower, pain tolerance and stamina are all unlimited and unbreakable, no matter what you end up facing.

You could be tortured, need to fight for days on end, or have to awkwardly hang on to the outside of a plane for a cross-continental flight, but you’re always fine through it all, with minor issues at worst. You can work through any amount of pain and emerge okay, and while you do get tired, it’s never enough to actually force you to stop doing whatever it is you’re doing, and you recover from even the worst mental or physical exertions in minutes.

• Special Operations [200cp/800]
You’re a trained spy, one of the very best operatives in the world, skilled in assassination, infiltration, and the other usuals. You know all the tricks, how to tail someone without being spotted, how to skip tails placed on you, setting up safe houses and dead drops, how to covertly surveil someone, torture and interrogation, making and defusing bombs, and so much more.

You can figure out a man’s temperament and fighting skills with a look, know the entrances and exits of a building just as you step into it, know how to wheedle information out of people, how to trick and seduce them, the whole nine yards.

Not just this, but you’re a consummate actor and infiltrator as well, being able to be anyone with just a bit of makeup, all the tricks to hide things on you or in places properly, the whole nine yards.

• Genius [300cp/500]
You are a genius extraordinaire. You’re a polymath with near-perfect memory, and your thoughts run far faster than anyone has a right to. In addition, you’re really good with the technical stuff, like coming up with nifty gadgets or devices, being up-to-date with all the latest sciences at the absolute cutting-edge level.

You know how to make useful gadgets out of ordinary things, like a bluetooth antenna out of a pringles can, a blowtorch with spaghetti and and oxygen tanks, and other things like that. There’s no bomb, including nukes and their like, that you can’t build or defuse, given the right tools.

One field you truly shine in however is computer hacking, where you’re close to the best in the world, if not already there. You can move through computer networks like a hot knife through butter, penetrating firewalls and proxies in seconds, modifying, creating or deleting records, steal money from digital accounts, write incredibly advanced viruses and worms to do all that for you, take over whole infrastructural systems, and a whole lot of other stuff. No matter how advanced a system or how elaborate it's protections, for you it’s only a matter if time before you own it.

• One Man Army [400cp/100]
You’re one of the best fighters in the world, no questions asked. You have beyond-excellent reflexes, able to act and react in less time than it takes most people to realize anything is happening at all, and similar situational awareness, letting you flawlessly keep track of everything in even the most chaotic gunfight or battle.

Your body is a wonder, capable of lasting through the kind of strain that would destroy most people. Your skills at armed and unarmed fighting both are just ridiculous. Guns, knives, sniper rifles, swords, your skills with every weapon are phenomenal, bordering on supernatural, especially the guns. Your aim is flawless at all times, no matter what. You do not miss. Period.

As soon as you pick up a weapon you get a workmanlike understanding of how to best use it, and it continues to improve at a ridiculous pace until it’s all but perfect. You could take on a small army single-handedly and come out without a scratch.
ITEMS
• Bounty [Free/100]
Not much to say here. Ten million dollars every year, which convert to an equivalent amount in whatever is the highest denomination of any and all future worlds you visit.

• Numbered Accounts [100cp/0]
A collection of secret bank account somewhere out there, this is the perfect way to move immense amounts of money absolutely tracelessly for whatever purposes you might intend to achieve. These accounts are all perfectly untraceable, meaning no one can know the details of transactions conducted via these unless you tell them yourself.

In addition, you can deposit any amount of money into them at will, in any form, from cash, to bonds, or metals, from any location that can be said to be under your control at the time, or is in your proximity. Moving all the gold in Fort Knox while you’re in Monaco is not possible, doing it while you’re standing in the vaults is.

You can withdraw money under the same rules, and any money in these accounts receives the same protections. You can withdraw the balance in any and all currencies, no matter how exotic.

This sounded reasonable, I had to wonder why she picked them but, oh well. My super brain said it would be a huge boon to have those I would guess. Also, another boon to my brain was always good.

Jumpchan was giggling for some reason though. “Well, one last one, this one also with a 1600 CP grant.” She stated, handing me another of the screens, the other one fading just like the first two. This was getting a bit weird to be honest.

This one was labeled “In another World with my Smartphone”, and the description was… odd. Though some of the stuff, at first glance, was basically magic heaven from the looks of it. I didn’t know anything about the source material but holy shit, that was some seriously cool stuff.

For starters, I took the “Smartphone Owner” origin, as a lot of the stuff I wanted was on that one. Next I took the perk “All Magic Affinity” which had a [400/1200/1600] cost, which was fair enough for what it did. Namely, allow me all the Magics. It was also a “Capstone Booster”, which I assume means it enhances the strongest perks or something.

Next was the discounted “Inoffensive Everyman” perk which went for [100/1100/1600] and would make it so that people would have a naturally good opinion of me from the start. Which would be nice to have I’d say. I didn’t bother with “Superhuman”, which was a 400 points perk that was also discounted but I had no need for it thanks to everything else.

What I took was “Impossibly Lucky”, the perk which would make me absurdly lucky, and capstone boosted that got even better and more ridiculous to have! This cost [300/800/1600] with the discount. I also purchased “Technomagical Genius”, which would let me create any magical item and make technology that was basically the same as magic too! This was ridiculous, even though it cost [600/200/1600] to get it.

There was nothing else I wanted from the perks with my remaining 200 CP, so I went to items. I purchased first the [100/100/1600] item “Magic Book”, which was a list of spells from this setting, including Null Spells that would normally be unique to everyone but I had it all thanks to my first perk. I also got “Magic Coat”, which was an item that negated spells I had an affinity to and was free if I had them all.

After a moment of checking the other items I also got a free smartphone but dropped the “Clothes on your Back” item as it served no purpose to me really. That was for free however, so I was left with 100 CP, albeit also with a phone with internet access to any world I went to. However, nothing of the 100 CP items was interesting to me. I ultimately decided to take “Know the Ropes” for [100/0/1600] from the “Surprisingly Talented Local” as it would give me knowledge of the world and even as a Drop-In I’d have knowledge of that world then. Which was good.

With that I confirmed this and found myself finally owning a phone, it was more advanced than anything Dudley ever had too, though it did look a lot more fragile too. There was also the book I had purchased along with the mantle. And along with it come a large rush of power.

“Well, look at you, you little munchkin.” Noted Jumpchan smiling, looking at me, now surrounded by all this. I nodded, grabbing my stuff and putting it into my bag, as it still had a larger opening than my pockets on the new outfit from Doctor Who. “Then let’s finish here, you still need to choose your first jump after all.” Stated Jumpchan with a smirk.

I wondered what worlds she would choose for me.