Haiku Reborn 5

My rage does not match

the girlishly high pitched scream

that escapes my mouth.

Two scenarios

seem to fit my circumstance,

and both enrage me.

Yet another bug.

Caged here by incompetence,

would be pathetic.

Worse still would be spite.

Taunting with a broken button

will call down vengeance.

I steam while sitting

in the fuzzy, green grassland.

Shrill profanity.

In my excitement

I become aware of birds

converging toward me.

High up in the sky
feathered shapes make their descent
towards delicious me.

Thinking about it
don't rabbits have quite a few
common predators?

That's what I heard on
those wildlife-habitat
television shows.

Another reason
picking fluffy,blind, no-thumbs
as a race was dumb.

At a break-neck pace,
my death on wings drew closer
while I sat thinking.

Before more cursing
before it hit me, it did:
I should be running.

My very first hop
was out of the sharp talons
of a monster bird.

It was so damn huge.
Seriously ginormous.
Or maybe I'm small?

Seven times my size,
black wing tip to black wing tip,
with glinting steel claws.

Awe-struck to the core
by its splendor, I barely
dodged its two brothers.

Kicking the hard ground,
without using my full strength
I would be lunch meat.

Almost by instinct
my body starts to zig-zag
to shake off pursuit.

Without direction
I flee from the close fly-by's,
my fur soaked in sweat.

My back screams at me
wet and sizzling in the heat.
A beautiful day.

Were it not for fear,
watching this aerial dance
would be a delight.

They circle and dive.
At the last moment I leap
and they flap past me.

One of monsters
has claws that glisten bright red.
What an odd color.

Left. Right. Left. Left. Right.
Each leap, each breath, each heart-beat,
pounds out a rhythm.

Was it an hour,
or a minute until there!
Dive into that bush!

A few cuts and scrapes
from the thorns do not matter
for such a refuge.

I am exhausted
so I think I'll rest a bit
just a little bit.

Haiku Reborn 4

I was expecting

to wait on a loading screen

but my eyes adjust.

Grass, sunlight, and wind:

I can feel the gentle touch

on my rabbit shape.

Am I in a game?

Am I even in a dream?

This is quite soothing.

Such a wide, green plain
stretching out before my eyes.
Above, bright blue sky.

Wait, this view is odd.
why can I see all around
and above right now?

Pointed straight ahead,
I shouldn't be seeing up
to view all the clouds?

Also, right in front,
there is a small little gap.
I can't see my nose!

The flat grass texture
isn't bad graphics either,
just my split vision.

One eye sees my left,
the other eye sees my right,
and both eyes look up.

I see the cloud puffs,
white whorls in striking detail,
amidst blurry grass.

How do I explore
if my sight is terrible?
I'll just hit my head!

Picking a rabbit
just to minimize point loss:
a bad decision?

Am I stuck like this?
No, let's first calm myself down.
Maybe I can change?

First, are there settings?
Can I change from first-person
to third-person view?

When I think "Settings"
all is quiet: no response.
Is the game buggy?

Perhaps it's "Menu"?
So I think it and AHA!
Menu seems to work!

Still, this hurts my eyes.
The menu is right in front
in my vision's gap.

Translucent blue bars
left and right of the center.
Who designed this shit?

If it doesn't move,
I will be forced to rage quit.
Thankfully, it moves.

Now, in my left eye,
<Status>, <Skill List> and <Quit Game>
in a floating box.

The <Quit Game> Button
is quite tempting at this point,
what with all the bugs.

I'll check the first two
before I decide to quit
just to see what's there.

Another blue box
that I drag to my right eye.
I'm so gonna quit.

<Status>, which was first:
an empty "Conditions" box
plus race, stats, and health.

Nothing new to see,
so let's move on to <Skill List>
and then I shall quit.

Blue box number three.
Where's the bug report forum
for this interface?

I am not surprised
at how unhelpful it is,
history in mind.

Four skills in a list.
Just some color-coded names.
Descriptions absent.

To top it all off,
all of these are still "Egg Skills"
which means they don't work.

Color equals rank,
so <Random> is higher rank
than my <Senses> skill?

My other two skills

<Magic:Cast>, <Affinity>

are both still white rank.

I refuse to play

as a blind guy with no skills

so let's quit the game.

I "click" on <Quit Game>

the same way as the others.

Hoping I'd wake up.

The button is grey

and nothing seems to happen.

This is the worst dream.

Haiku Reborn 3

I haven't looked yet

at the skill selection screen.

Anticipation.

There should be cool skills

like <Disintigration Stare>

or <Telepathy>.

Yet the weird stat page

really should have tipped me off

that skills would be strange.

Two catagories:

One is way too expensive

the other, too bland.

A divine blessing

may be good or super good,

but one hundred points?

Looking at skill names,

despite"blessing" as the type

they're "____'s interest".

I blanch at the thought

of spending so many points

to perhaps be smote.

There's no description

for names such as "Min" or "Tal"

and most are greyed out.

That leaves me with those.

The ones that look super lame.

They are called "Egg Skills".

Written at the top

of the Egg catagory:

"Hatch real skills from eggs!"

At least they look cheap,

at least comparatively,

at thirty points per.

But seriously,

I have to spend thirty points

for these vague pre-skills?

The names are bad too.

Egg Skill:<Communication>

or Egg Skill:<Senses>.

Some just make no sense.

If there is a <Racial> skill,

can't I have it free?

Poor selection too.

There are only twenty some

Egg Skills to choose from.

I think that's because

the skill titles are too broad

so nothing's left out.

I'm disappointed,

severely disappointed

in this game's maker.

Oh well, let's pick some.

It doesn't interest me

as much anymore.

I decide on four,

and leave the remaining points,

nine, still unassigned.

An obvious choice

is <Magic:Cast> 'cause magic.

It's a no-brainer.

For a support skill

I'll go with <Affinity>.

Let's hope it's dark type!

I take a moment

to pick between the <Senses>

and <Movement> Egg skills.

Both of them sound dull

but by RPG logic

they should both be good.

I can't stand the thought

of filling two of four skills

with boring ones though.

<Senses> it is then,

but only because the list

is scrolled towards the end.

For the final skill

I just pick the <Random> Egg

hoping for secrets.

There may be more skills

that are not shown on the list

yet <Random>-able.

Popping back to stats

I spend the last of my points

raising Endurance.

From Pink up to Orange

Endurance rises two steps

to toughen me up.

With every point spent

my vision is fast engulfed

in a bright white light.

At last I can play!

Unless I'm waking up now.

Then I'd be grumpy.

Spending all that time

creating an avatar

would be sad to waste.

Haiku Reborn 2

I think I'll choose stats

before I assign my skills,

saving best for last.

Instead of numbers

a list of words in colors

appears before me.

A typical set

split in three mind, three body

a role-playing trope.

The ranking is shown

from the lowest to highest;

from white up to black.

White Pink Red Orange

Yellow Green Blue Purple Black.

Nine ranks in total.

For the body set:

Strength, Nimbleness, Endurance

are my colored stats.

As for mental stats:

Wisdom, Intellect, and Charm

are shown floating here.

For some odd reason

the mental sliders don't move

despite my efforts.

Fifty-seven points

invested in my mind stats

that I can not change!

Bugs are annoying

especially in my dreams.

Is this a nightmare?

Thankfully for me

the body sliders do move

but movement costs points.

Mental stats seem set

to the average human stats

or something like that.

The floating bunny

seems to become more bulky

when I mess with strength.

I don't change much though.

just spending four points in strength

maximized at red.

It seems that rabbits

are limited in their strength

since they are so small.

Seventy-one points

spent out of the two-hundred.

Now on to my skills!