LIAG of Life
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these dimensions or characters.
Ground rules for all readers: look up all appearances of characters because they are the same unless otherwise stated in story.
"Hello" – regular speech
'Holy Shit' – Thought/Telepathic communication
"Sacrifice" – Technique/Demon
WARNING: The following story may contain images and circumstances that may or may not be comfortable with anyone lacking mental maturity. READ AT YOUR OWN CAUTION
Ch. 1 WTF
Ideas are such wonderful things. They are inspirations from nothing to form something great to withstand the test of time. So many great ideas are made every day yet so few of us act upon it. But this story isn't about them; it is about those few that took the opportunity to become something that was truly great. But yet, even their story has its beginnings. This is the tale of three such people who will be forever known across history.
(Typical English class in Pennsylvania)
It was a typical day for one Ty Marc as he walked right into his 5th period English class from his free period earlier. You see, the fact was, last period he was struck with an idea that raised a valid question, at least in his opinion, 'What would happen if a couple friends and I lived life in a videogame?'
This question led him into a whole thought process as to how it would all turn out. So in a quick decision, he hastily came up with a rough outline for how the game would be run and basic stats with what time was left within his study hall. With the little time he had, he thought that he really got a lot done, even coming up with a couple of character ideas for him and his two friends that were in next period.
With anticipation clear in his pace, the young junior quickly left his study hall just as the bell started to ring and took off up the stairs to the main hallway of the school that he was in. His English class was right down the main hallway while taking the first right into the English wing. It was in this hallway that he would meet up with the first of his friends that shared the same English class as him, Ian.
With Ty seeing his friend just as he got to the top of the staircase, he quickly made his way to rendezvous with him before he lost sight of him in the crowd. Ty had made it just in time to meet up with Ian. Quickly making his way over to him Ty got his attention with a quick question, the same question that he had asked himself earlier that day. "Hey Ian, what would you think we would be like if our life was just a videogame?" Ian took a few seconds, quietly mulling over the idea as the two students quickly climbed up the stairs to the second floor heading towards Ian's locker that was on that floor. As he put in the combination, Ian gave his reply, "That would be epic. Just imagine what we would do in a videogame." Just as Ian finished giving his response, the locker was open and he was exchanging the books he had for the books that he needed for the upcoming class. Ty, liking the response he heard, quickly said, "Hey, bring your laptop, I have something that you and Shade might like to see." Seeing no reason to argue, Ian got his laptop and quickly closed the locker as the two students continued their trek towards their English class.
As always, the two made it just in time for the bell to ring. Quickly taking their seats in the island of desks in the middle of the classroom, the two quickly realized that no one was paying them much attention as most of the attention was centered around the incorrect sentence that was up on the board for SAT review. With that fact in mind, Ty discreetly got the attention of Shade as Ian was trying to figure out why Ty asked him to bring the laptop to the class in the first place. Taking out the flash drive that had the basic idea stored on it, Ty quickly said to put on the file named 'A Real LIAG' and tell him what they thought.
It was silent during those couple minutes as both Ian and Shade were skimming the Word Document in question. As he waited, Ty decided to try his luck with the problem currently on the board. However, he was quickly disappointed as he found the problem relatively easy and had the answer figured out just before his two friends were done looking at the document. Seeing that his two friends were done, Ty diverted his attention back to them just as the teacher, Mr. Garou started to explain the problem in great detail.
As the explanation was going on, the three friends were conversing their thoughts on the document in front of them. Starting it off, Ty asked the one question that was on his mind, "Well?" Shade was the first one to respond with an "I like it" that was just under the volume that would allow others to listen in on the conversation. Ian was next with his comment, "Really, a priest?" That caused a couple silent laughs to erupt among the friends as the two other friends knew of Ian's religious alignment.
However those laughs were stopped short at Ian's next response, "I like it and all, but what is with the hyperlink on it?" Now that brought up question marks in Ty's mind as he didn't put in any hyperlinks or anything really that connected with the internet and he made that clear with the other two. It was with that that Shade came up with a simple idea just as a small quiz was being passed out for the book chapter that was due that day, "Might as well click on it." Seeing no problems with it, Ian quickly clicked the hyperlink. What happened next would forever imprint itself in the minds of the three friends for the rest of their lives.
It started when the flash drive that held the document started to glow a soft blue that slowly started to increase in brightness. Then, as the glow continued to increase in brightness, the trio was saw, what looked like to them, everything slow down around them till it looked like everything grounded to a halt.
Just as that happened, the light emitting from the flash drive started to compress into the shape of a rectangle that latched itself onto the door that lead into the hallway. Now let it be said, though if asked they would never admit it out loud, the three friends just had the shock of their lives as none of them had read the chapter and really wanted to take the test. So, while doing victory dances in their heads, the curious juniors started to try and figure out just what the hell had happened. After five minutes of looking around and thinking with many wild guesses said, Ty, Ian, and Patrick found themselves in a triangle formation with Patrick in the lead and the other two on either side of him in front of the only thing that may have their answers, the rectangular light that was situated in a door like manner in the door.
Being the curious one, Patrick stuck his hand through the light and quickly pulled it out, asking the unasked question, Ian asked "Well?" After thoroughly examining his hand, Shade gave his observation, "Everything is still there and not in pain, but I couldn't feel anything on the other side" As Patrick turned his attention back to the door shaped light, Ty and Ian shared a look that said it all, 'Well, only one way to find out'. With the next action agreed upon, Ty and Ian lifted up their feet near Patrick's back. After a silent countdown from three, the two aspiring high school students simultaneously kicked Shade through the light and waited to see what happened.
After a minute or two of nothing happening, and no regret shown on the two remaining heads faces, they decided to choose who would go next in the most intense game of strategy the two could think of.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot." The two said in unison. Ian laid out rock while Ty had paper.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot." Said the two again. Ty had out scissors and Ian had rock yet again.
"Rock-Paper-Scissors-Shoot." Was the saying said for the final time that day? Ty had rock while Ian had a gun. After a few grumblings on how unfair that last move was on his friend's part, Ty cautiously walked up to the light while Ian took cover behind his newly upturned desk. Deciding to get it over with quickly, Ty jumped through the light into parts unknown leaving Ian behind all alone in a classroom full of frozen students and a teacher stopped mid-sentence.
Seeing as no one else would be going anywhere anytime soon, Ian quickly said a load and clear "Shiiiiiiit" while exaggerating the 'I'. So it was with a slowly crumbling confidence and a copy of the test answers for that test (Never will know when Gatsby may be of use) that Ian took his turn jumping through the now almost white light.
The experience was really weird in the opinion of all three. If asked, they would compare it to a blind freefall from the top of the Phantom's Revenge without knowing when it will stop. However, just as quickly as the experience started, it ended as Ian ended falling headfirst into a pool about five feet deep.
What greeted him as he came up was the sight of Ty and Patrick giving each other a high five while congratulating each other on a job well done. Quickly getting out of the pool, Ian took notice of his surroundings for the first time. They were in a room that looked like it belonged on the top floor of a hotel somewhere expensive. The walls and floor were a pure white without a speck of dust on them while pretty much everything else was a dark black. Sitting on two armchairs in what looked like a living room area was Ty and Patrick still congratulating themselves while holding a can of pop in their hands.
Outwardly deciding to take an honorable approach to this, and inwardly vowing revenge on the other two, Ian took a seat on a couch that was situated across from the two armchairs and in front of a glass coffee table, an eerie silence fell on the group.
Deciding to break the silence, Ty asked the question that was on his mind, "Well, anyone know where the fuck we are at 'cause I sure as hell don't?" As if out to answer the question, an envelope appeared on the previously clear coffee table. Opening up the envelope, Ty began to read the paper that was inside, eyes getting wider and wider until he tossed the paper back onto the table with a prompt "Well….shit". Seeing the reaction, Shade picked up the paper to see what was going on for himself quickly followed be Ian.
'Dear unfortunate souls,
Congratulations for I, God, have gotten bored to the point that I have decided to make this little idea of yours into a real thing. I have taken the liberty of taking your idea, as basic as it was, and expanded upon it to include the travelling of other dimensions or, as you know them videogames, anime, and books. Make no mistake, this is not because I like or hate you, it was just a matter of who could provide the most entertainment for me and you three were foreseen (by me) to be just that.
For your benefit, I will make it so that your avatar, game character, will be different from your regular appearance and will allow you to have romantic affiliations with one person that you encounter(remember: marriage before sex: Commandment 5, and no adultery: commandment 6) and you will gain the perk tree of yourself designed by one Ty Marc.
Beyond that I have nothing else to sway other than time in your own dimension will be halted while you are here (a penthouse I have that rests between dimensions) or another dimension and to have fun, 'cause I sure as hell, I'm allowed to use this word for I created it, will enjoy watching you guys fuck, once again created it, it up only for me to fix everything when we are done with this whole charade.
With Great amusement,
The All Father, God
PS: if that non believing atheist bitch even thinks to perform a 'Religious Conquest' on me, I will personally send him to Heaven Containment Area 6: Home of the 'Proud to be Gay' movement that you mortals are controversial on for 1000 years of 'torture' at their hands. '
After a moment of shock at what they had just read and Ian spending a solid hour or two in a state of denial, three doors appeared off to the side of the living room area. Each door was different in design and had their own nameplate inscribed on it.
The first looked like it came out of a volcano as it was what looked like a slab of rock covered in ash with orange lines running through it reminiscent of lave and the name of 'Patrick Shade' in an eerily clear cursive. It only had a handprint where the doorknob would have been.
The second was about as similar to the first as a demigod to Chaos. This door was made of what looked to be obsidian with a pentagram going across the entire door. The pentagram itself was covered in a pale blue flame that functioned as the lines. The doorknob was a clear silver handle that curved outward to the left. In the top right corner, in an elegant silver color, the name 'Ian Black' was etched for all to see.
Where the other two doors were dramatic, the third was relatively simple in comparison. The door was a simple white oak with various strings that crossed the door in the pattern of a spider's web. In the center of the web, spelled out with gold string, was the name 'Ty Marc'.
Seeing no other options available at the time, the three entered the marked doors, unsure of what would happen in the future.
Chapter End
Sneak Peeks (Maybe)
In an elegant school with centuries of history in the teachings of magic, everyone was gathered in the Great Hall for the initiation ceremony for first years, three travelers were waiting for their chance to be called for when the first of them was called by the Transfiguration teacher. "Ian Black."
Ian was ready as he was up to the hat in the first place. Already knowing what to do from the Harry Potter books, he freely let the hat enter his mind to find what house he truly belonged to. After a couple of minutes waiting on Ty and Patrick's part in complete silence, the sorting hat broke it with what everyone thought would be his house name. it wasn't. "Get me the hell away from that twisted son of a bitch before he kills me! Lord help whatever house he gets sorted into."
With that said the hat looked at the stunned house tables before, much to the amazement of almost everyone started to do 'eenie-minie-moe' with the four house tables eventually landing on the Hufflepuff Table. With a sudden somber expression, the hat said in a haunted voice, "Good luck fools for if he actually tries anything I saw in his head, you will need it."
During all this time, Ian wore an eerie smile as if actually looking forward to their conversion to atheism. His two friends on the other hand, could barely hold in their laughter and at the situation and the hats possible reactions at what was in their minds.
Sneak Peek (Maybe)
At a local summer camp for those special kids of the gods, a game of capture the flag just wrapped up with one Patrick Shade trashing the Ares campers in front of Percy Jackson. It was with all as the young half-blood watched how the ¼ demon dealt with the intolerable children of war. Just as he was about to make one Ares camper pay for messing with him at the toilets, the horn sounded for the end of the game.
Just as Chiron arrived to see the down and injured forms of the Ares campers, a symbol of a bloodied war axe appeared above Patrick's head. Seeing the symbol, Chiron immediately shouted
"Hail Patrick Shade, The True son of War, Ares. God of War, Weaponry, and Combat"
Sneak Peek (Maybe)
It was just after a grueling battle with a dragon that three companions left the town freshly healed of their injuries. As they were crossing the plains of Skyrim arguing about the advantages of close ranged combat versus long, a fact that Ty was quickly at the disadvantage, Ian suddenly spotted something shiny that was heading their way.
It was a simple question really "What the hell is that?"
It turned out to be an arrow that miraculously, or not really, hit Ty right in the knee.
As Ty fell down from the sudden impact his two friends fell down from laughter, it was all that Ty could do to glare at the two.