Ask for karma and it will come!

I continued moving through the forest, I took off my suit jacket and tied it to a stick in order to make a bindle. Now, in case I get any items, I’ll be able to carry them easier. Eventually I found a tree with apple shaped fruit. They had a red and yellow checkered pattern, I wonder how they taste.

*Grumble*

Oh yeah, I skipped breakfast today. I decided to grab an apple, and prayed before taking a bite. Just in case, I cut it open with my knife to check if it was a monster or was a fake. On the inside, was the flesh of a normal apple. Alright let’s give this thing a try, WOW! This is the best apple I’ve ever had, it’s so sweet and sour at the same time! Then again, I love fruit so of course it would be delicious. I decided to knock down a few more, and I put them in my bindle. That's when I heard footsteps behind me and turned to see an anteater-like creature. I looked at it and it did the same to me, it then pointed at my bindle and began rubbing its belly. Oh, so it wants my apples.

“Sorry champ, I got here first!”

It looked like it took offense to that, and began entering a combat stance. Well then, I guess it’s time to assert my dominance in this world’s food chain.

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“AAAAAAHHHHHHHH, STAY AWAY FROM ME! YOU PROBABLY HAVE RABIES OR WORSE!”

So there I was, beating the anteater-man thing and using my bindle’s stick like a club to do so. Eventually it fell back with bumps on its head, and for a moment I stood there not doing a thing. The moment I realized I won the fight, I did what any one would have done.

“YYYEEEAAHHHHH!!!!! I WASN'T SCARED AT ALL! TAKE THAT YOU BIG JERK!”

I cheered for myself, I’ve never felt so powerful before, maybe coming to this world has given me courage. Then I noticed the thing was still alive, so I began walking with a smirk on my face ready to finish the job. That’s when I noticed something, it pointed at the tree I got the apples from. I looked and noticed a senile doodle on the tree, it was shaped like its face. Wait don’t tell me-

“...Is this your property, or rather your tree?”

The anteater-man gave me a thumbs up, as for my response. I immediately gave it all the apples I took, and put my office training to use.

“I’M SO SORRY! I DIDN’T KNOW, FORGIVE ME ANTEATER!”

I spent five minutes like that, in the end the guy got up put it’s hand on my shoulder and gave me half the apples I gave back. What a guy!

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“I can’t believe I did something so rude, I’m so embarrassed I want to die.”

I was so mean to that creature, all it wanted to do was get its apples. More importantly, I'm starting to notice something. On the side of the forest I was on before, there seemed to be deadly monsters. However, this side has more docile creatures and I brought hostility to this peaceful land. I’m the monster here, I deserve to be punished!

“This must be the only time I hoped for my bad luck to trigger.”

Actually I take that back, the last thing I want is to enter a situation I couldn’t get out of. Yeah, I take it back, I feel guilty but I don’t want to get into any-

*BOOM*

I immediately turned around to see what caused a tree to fall behind me, what I saw made my skin crawl. I was a hulking behemoth, it wore a pelt to cover its body, its carried a club that clearly used to be a tree itself, its skin was red, and its face carried the traits of a wild boar.

“Uh, is that an Orc?”

“Oink?”

The Orc began looking at me, it started scratching its head. It must’ve never seen a human before. Then that when things took a dangerous turn.

*Grumble*

Its stomach grumbled, it began to hold its stomach. It was probably hungry, should I offer it an apple? It then saw me, and it began salivating. No not like this, I started to think of ways outta this.

“H-Hey, I know how you feel, but I’m not tasty at all! I swear, I’d probably give you the runs anyway!”

It began to start hobbling towards me, death is imminent. That’s when I thought of something!

“TURN AROUND AND LOOK! IT’S A PLATE OF ROAST BEEF!”

It began to look behind it, mouth visibly watering. Meanwhile I ran for my life, I thought I would be safe until-

“OOOOOOOOIIIIIINNNKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“Don’t tell m-OH MY GOD! IT’S CHASING ME!!!!”

The orc is now chasing me down, and in its eyes was hunger and fury. Why did I curse myself!?!

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BAD LUCK COUNTER: 1