This is story that links every other story of mine together. In this first chapter it is prequel to my Mass Effect and Elder Scroll stories.

It all happened so slowly that I first thought I was dreaming or hallucinating.
as did everyone else according to news and Internet before That moment.
First, the Sun started to become redder. Not by much but it did get small reddish hue that was noticeable.
That was the first anomaly. It alerted everyone, but since nothing else happened for hours, everyone relaxed.

Then it blinked.

yes, you read that right, or you might have not since this is being written to only in my imagination.
Our Sun blinked. It was pitch black for less than second. Or like scientists said, a temporary black hole formed between our sun and Earth making it look like it went dark.
Not that it mattered. What mattered to the masses was the days this all was happening.

20.12.2012. The day before "end of the world"
Or more exactly, The sun got redder 20th day. The sun blinked precisely the second 21.12.2012 started in the pacific.

Scariest thing was that someone managed to take picture of the sun at that moment.

There was a timer in the sun. It changed from 24 to 23:59:59:99 during the blink. That is, it started to count down from 24 hours.

The blinking then happened 17 other times precisely hour later, and the number was one hour smaller.

That only made people panic more.

Then it stopped. The last digit was 5:59:59:99

Some people started to calm down. Until it was one hour left. Then people started to report hearing voice in their head.

Everyone said that the voice asked one question:

"Cabins of the ark can hold 12 humans and can be connected to 6 other cabins directly, who would you like to spend eternity with ,when not visiting other realities in maximum groups of 12?"

When I was asked that, I had answer ready, and to my surprise most of those I listed on my own list, agreed with me.

Then, some time before That moment, came another question:

"What realities would you like to visit and how? Every reality conjured by storytellers exist, whether spoken, written, made anime, cartoon, TV-show,movie or game. You can visit them directly yourself and risk dying or you can stay on ark and let your avatar go, linking it, or them, to you so you always know what they do and you can give them directions. OR you can make independent shadow or perfect clone and let it do what it wants with you only as receiver. You have one minute."

I had decided to not take chances. So my answer was quick and precise "Mass Effect, The Elder scrolls:Skyrim or oblivion or both and..." I trailed of as I counted dozens of stories I ever wished to be in.

But those with me disagreed: "are you crazy? you seriously believe this bullshit?" my brother voiced everyone's thoughts and laughed at me.

I finished my list just few seconds before That moment happened and retorted: "Better safe than sorry, I'm not taking any changes." and smiled.

Bro didn't like that: "You are nuts!" he said and threw his hand to the air and then said his wish, in tone that I knew he was joking: "And I wish for all of us in the same 'cell' to see his misadventures! No adventure is worth more than watching my bro fail in his quests! and if not see then at least I want to read his mental diary like the Self insert Fanfiction stories."

All those present, my family and couple of friends who happened to be close, cheered, laughed and agreed.

and then the sudden bluish purple light swallowed us all. Just like summoning in TES games.

Now I must recount something I thought up myself:

One thing I realized from the questions was that I will be effectively cloned and send to all those realities I want, while leaving one myself behind. That means I will develop different personalities and when, or if, we are all reunited, there will be conflict who will be who.

Or more precisely, Who is counted as the real and original personality, the real Partsu.

So I decided that no matter what happens and No matter how much I feel like the real one, I will refer myself with different name and only the one who gets to continue normal life can use my real name, everyone else, me included, will use different names depending on the world I arrive at.

If I find myself in Mass Effect, I will use name John and I will create Kid company.

If I find myself in the world of the Elder scrolls...
Surname always Jones, D as middle name and First name depends when I arrive. If during times of the games Arena:Arel, Daggerfall:Da'al, Morrowind:Moal, Oblivion:Obal.
If I find myself in fourth era Skyrim as a Dragonborn, I will be Dan, If not as Dragonborn but in same Era, Dale.

If I find myself in one of the many anime worlds I listed... I will use ジュハ as first name and figure out good surname on the spot.

Thus began this(these?) adventure(s?) of mine(us?).

1A & 1B:

So...I am in Mass Effect...as A Android no less! argh! and I have memories of someone swimming in my head... I think they might be mine... but that would mean I was reborn in this universe with my memories (except mass effect related) intact over 20 years ago! and as brother to The Shepard no less! ugh...this is not good...why did I wish to get into Mass Effect? But per my plan, I am to never refer myself as the real me, in case I am just copy/avatar. So I am now John Potato like in that Fanfic I wrote...

2nd:

hehehe...I'm Dan! I'm a dragonborn! I am Granddaughter of Martin Septim and Sheogorath! Fear me! Muahahahaaa! Fear me! ihhehehehe... Die bandits! Die dragons! Die Thalmor! Die die die! I will rule this world! I am Sam D Jones Septim Mad-child! The Immortal emperor supreme! *insane laughter*

(Author's note: This version of me was dumped into body of man who had tried to make himself woman, the body was womanly enough to drive this version of me insane. But that's not all...he was a little carefree first but then something, that I won't tell here, happened and he was driven fully over the edge...read his personal story that I pieced together from minds of the witnesses and from his brief moments of lucidity. Why becoming almost woman dragonborn drove him over the edge? Read the next one.)

x:

This is unexpected. I am ghost peeking over the shoulder of an elf who will become hero of Kvatch, I know this as I saw the dream she had last night in her cabin. She is mystic elf with red hair ,hero-complex and obsession to be best at everything. She just managed to run away from her overprotective parents who only allowed her to learn basic things. Because I have no real body or even ghostly one, I am nameless as it was not within my calculations, but I have a feeling I must observe closely so I will be ready when my time comes. I hope I get to actually DO something...if not now then perhaps when it is time for Dragonborn

(Author's Note:Spending nearly 200 years as Ghost no one can interact with but who can see into dreams of coming Sheogorath...before getting to be dragonborn...No wonder he became insane from merely becoming Shemale Dragonborn...)

all together:
"I'm not sure if I'm really me or am I just an avatar of myself, but that doesn't matter. I am now here and I am planning on making sure things here get better before getting back home, It can't take more than few years right? little vacation! My family and friends know me well enough to know I have HUGE (anti-)hero complex."

And per plan of the original Partsu, I, the Overseer, must observe and write down the mental diaries of every avatar of Partsu. I may choose how I write them,but per wishes of my brother and others, I will go with format.

I have decided to use Partsu in the virtual version of our world as a conduit to get all these stories to everyone. That Partsu and everyone in that virtual reality thinks nothing happened that day and think they are in real world. Little do they know they are in matrix-like world. In pocket dimension created by Guardian of Earth in his love of humans to save them from End of the world. I know others who are doing the same as me.

I am Partsu the Avatar Overseer, more commonly known as Author, and I plan to save us all from this prison called Ark and from every other reality. But in the mean time, I will observe, record, advise and wait. For I found out that the Voice was not kidding. We will not grow old in this wretched place, but as evidenced by couple of people, suicide is possible.

You want to know why I want to 'save' us?
This place has limit of 13 333 332 people. All those stories of holy human/god having 12 disciples was prelude to this. 12 plus 1 was ideal. 12 survives and one is sacrificed. According to the voice, he was every one of those sacrifices. I don't believe it as I knew few that didn't survive. It tries to convince me that It was everyone of them but I do not believe. My sister was just 2 years old when she died. She was one of the prepaid sacrifices. I refuse to believe that and I will have my revenge by freeing us. But for now, I will wait and do my job until then. Until then, please delude yourself and read or see what I am doing, have done and or will do in all these other realities.

Author, OUT!

The next chapter will contain story that I abandoned.