They appeared to be standing in a room perhaps twenty feet across on each side, and equally as high, ringed with marble pillars that led to an intricately designed marble ceiling. In the middle of the room stood a stone pedestal carved into the shape of an outstretched hand, and around the room on all sides stood various shelves that held not only books, but all sorts of items as well, including armor, weapons, bottles of liquid, and all sorts of other things he did and didn't recognize.

"This is your Talent Repository and a.s.set Acquisition Terminal. Or, if wanna use less words, The Repository. This is where you can not only see a full list of all of your earned talents and rewards, but also see how much you have progressed, and even purchase new perks and loot in addition to the rewards I grant you. a.s.suming, of course, you figure out how to get the currency to do that." Frumpkin said.

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"I can use this to buy new perks? You mean, I don't have to just wait for you to decide to give me one randomly?" Jack asked.

"Well, of course you don't have to wait on me, if you have the money to spend on something. That's kinda what this place is for." Frumpkin said, before gesturing in the air with his hand and producing a sandwich out of the aether. "It's where you can spend gold you earn in the world to get cool stuff you might otherwise not have access to in it. Think of it as an extension of the perks I've been awarding you so far. Except not free. And you still can't get the best rewards from here. Those come from me."

"And when, exactly, were you planning on telling me about this place?" Jack asked, crossing his arms and glowering at the old man.

Frumpkin took a bite out of his new sandwich and replied with a mouthful "You know, I meant to tell you about it after you met your wish harem, but I was so busy having fun at your expense that I kinda just up and forgot about it. Sorry about that. But hey, you've got access to it now, right? No worries!"

Jack had the overwhelming desire to grab Frumpkin by the beard and punch him in the nose, but thought better of it.

"So, how does it work?" He asked, glancing around at the various parts of the room.

"Well, you walk over to the pedestal there, and- well, you know what? Why don't I just show you? Probably be easier than spending ten minutes of watching you b.u.mble around trying to figure things out based on my descriptions." Frumpkin said, taking another bite.

He floated over to the stone pedestal, and Jack followed after. As soon as Jack stepped in front of the pedestal, there was a small flash of energy, which congealed into a small sphere of yellow-white light that floated a few inches above the surface of the palm.

"Alright, now the first thing you're going to do is reach your hand out and put it on the pedestal." Frumpkin said, gesturing towards the pedestal with his half-eaten sandwich.

Jack did as he was told. As soon as his hand made contact with one of the fingers of the large stone hand, the energy in the palm s.h.i.+fted and spread, flattening and stretching before lifting a little higher into the air. It looked a lot like a holographic computer screen floating above the outstretched hand, and in the middle of the flat white blankness were two words, written in thick black letters:

"WELCOME JACK."