Charmtale

by Creative Lynx 13

"Why do you want to know if I'm superstitious?" "Because if you're not, then you might not survive this world." "Why do you say that?" "Because certain monsters have charm magic, making them far more powerful than most monsters. If you come across one. . . run away as fast as you can. Don't try to fight, just run. In fact, just run from every monster you see."

1. Chapter 1 : Choose A Name

Humans have a tendency to. . . create reasons behind certain circumstances. For example, someone finds a four leaf clover, and they receive good luck for some unknown reason. Another example is if someone comes across a black cat, they get bad luck not long after. Well, that's at least what humans think. Some humans don't believe such superstitions. They should, because such charms are real in this world. There are many other charms; There are charms that can bring beauty, strength, wit, creativity, naivety and, the two most commonly known of the charms, good luck and bad luck.

. . .

"Choose a name."

A black void of emptiness surrounded a single biotic entity, their eyes closed as they were currently in an unconscious state. They appeared to be levitating, only that there was no ground to walk on or a sky to see.

"Choose a name."

The entity opened their eyes upon hearing the voice that echoed all throughout the shadowy void. They looked around, trying to see where the voice originated from.

"Choose a name."

They looked around again to try to find the owner of the masculine voice, but all they found was what appeared to be a a hologram of a vertical keyboard which was originally behind them before they had turned around. The white letters on the keyboard contrasted greatly as they could easily be seen against the shadows that entrapped the entity.

After staring at the letters for some time, the entity spoke up so that they could hear their thoughts aloud.

"Choose a name? Name. What. . . is my name?" They continued to give it some thought, only to be even more confused as they could not determine what their own name was. Yet, they felt they knew what their name was. They just couldn't explain their reasoning. So, they slowly typed in one letter at a time;

F

r

i

s

k

"WARNING : This name will make your life hell. Proceed anyway?" The voice had returned, and, for some reason, it gave a warning because the entity had chosen the name Frisk. The options of yes and no appeared, no showing up on the left and yes being placed on the right. The entity chose yes, and the newly named Frisk became unconscious once again.