Drew is still Level 1. Permanently.
That’s fine. He doesn’t need numbers to win—just a bench, a breath, and a room that remembers its manners.
After turning a ‘public hearing’ into a masterclass in calm, Drew opens the cheapest training yard in the city: pallets, chalk lines, free tea, and hard rules posted where knees can read them. Paywall’s thugs rebrand their protection racket as ‘Priority Lanes.’ A royal inspector tries to sell a license to walk. The streets answer with receipts: Cup Rail moons, NO PASSES, INSIDE VOICES, and a guild that teaches holds instead of heroics.
When a rigged tournament comes calling, Drew reframes it as drills—Clinch → Knee Tap → Sit, Stage Door II, and the crowd-control upgrade Barrier Bash—Crowd V2 (night)—proving again that quiet competence beats shiny violence. But the real test waits at the road edge, where tolls hide under new names and the wind loves a spectacle. Drew’s objective is simple: export the rules to the bridge… and keep the clap out of it.
What you’ll get
That’s fine. He doesn’t need numbers to win—just a bench, a breath, and a room that remembers its manners.
After turning a ‘public hearing’ into a masterclass in calm, Drew opens the cheapest training yard in the city: pallets, chalk lines, free tea, and hard rules posted where knees can read them. Paywall’s thugs rebrand their protection racket as ‘Priority Lanes.’ A royal inspector tries to sell a license to walk. The streets answer with receipts: Cup Rail moons, NO PASSES, INSIDE VOICES, and a guild that teaches holds instead of heroics.
When a rigged tournament comes calling, Drew reframes it as drills—Clinch → Knee Tap → Sit, Stage Door II, and the crowd-control upgrade Barrier Bash—Crowd V2 (night)—proving again that quiet competence beats shiny violence. But the real test waits at the road edge, where tolls hide under new names and the wind loves a spectacle. Drew’s objective is simple: export the rules to the bridge… and keep the clap out of it.
What you’ll get
- A stats-lite LitRPG with HUD snapshots (no power creep—ever)
Street-level ‘progression’ through skills, drills, and posted doctrine
A training-yard guild that fights rackets with receipts, not ribbons
Set-pieces that favor craft over brawl: bench turns, door clicks, hush cones
Found-family vibes, sardonic humor, and zero patience for bullies
If you like competence porn, civic magic, and heroes who fix the room before throwing a punch, this one’s for you.
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Genre: Science Fiction
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