Chapter 5
Mark snapped his fingers as I read the message in front of me "Hey, stop daydreaming. You've got some explaining to do"
I mentally closed the window before I offered Mark a head tilt and a small smile "really? that old sitcom catchphrase"
His stare only intensified proving he wasn't in a joking manner.
Question is, how do I handle this?
I could lie through my teeth and see if he believes me or, if that doesn't work, ask him to forget about this or tell everyone he's a smoker.
But, Mark is my friend and I would have to tell someone about this power eventually. Why not tell my best friend about?
There will be ups and downs but it'll work out in the end, honesty is the best policy after all.
Deep breaths "okay, for some context, do you remember that webcomic I told you about. The Gamer?"
He blinked "you mean that Japanese comic thing, Manga right?"
"It's not Manga and its definitely not Japanese" I answered with an annoyed tone.
He thought for a moment "a Chinese comic then?"
I face palmed "alright The Gamer is a Korean, South Korea, comic called a Manhwa. A Chinese Comic is called a ManHua, which I don't read because of the large number of Jerkiest evil protagonists"
Mark sighs "fine; Anyway, what does a Korean webcomic about someone living life as a video game have to do with you suddenly appearing out of nowhere?"
I took a deep breath as I answered "I have it"
Short, sweet and to the point…
"have what?" Mark asks with a confused tone.
…though lacking context.
"I have the Gamer Ability, a slightly modified version but I have it" I answered with an excitable smile tugging at my lips.
He looks at me for a minute before asking "what…?" he puts out the cigarette and steps closer to me, the smell of smoke becoming harder to ignore "are you alright? Because last time I checked suddenly saying you have a fictional superpower from Korea isn't a sane thing to say. Look, let's get you home and talk about this tomorrow" he moved back and gestured for me to follow.
I've come this far might as well go all the way "ok look I'll show you, do you hear the cars?"
He raised an eyebrow "yeah, why?"
I put my right hand on his shoulder and raised my left to the sky "[ID Create]" the barrier formed around us and all sounds disappeared.
Mark looked around as he heard all the surrounding noise disappeared as well as the shift in the air.
"what the hell…?" he looked at me with confusion clear on his face "what just happened?"
I gesture to the surrounding area "I said I have the Gamer Ability and because of that we're now standing in the middle of an [Instant Dungeon]" I made a [Mana Node] to help prove my point.
Mark's face seemed to lose some colour as he backed away "how the- what in the world are you!?"
I stood there frozen for a second before I responded "Mark it's me , it's just I got powers and-"
He didn't let me finish…
He likely ran for his life from whatever supernatural entity just appeared in front of him with his friend's appearance.
This is not going as well as I hoped.
I ran after him as I see him looking around wildly in the middle of the empty street, I tried to approach him as he backed away after seeing me "Mark, please. Let me explain"
"Don't come any closer, I mean it!" he yelled getting ready to run.
I backed up a little "okay, okay. I won't come any closer, but can you please listen to me"
Mark nodded shakenly "alright, tell you what let's talk tomorrow. It's pretty late and I'm sure an explanation for any of this will be long"
I nodded "alright fair enough…" I was about to undo the barrier when I realised where we were "but first let's move somewhere we won't get hit by cars"
We went back to where Mark caught me leaving an [Instant Dungeon] after that we both went home.
I wasn't sure what was going to happen tomorrow all I knew was that I had to face it sooner or later, I slept as adventures in the Pokémon world filled my dreams.
Journeying alongside my friends and Pokémon facing down criminal and gym leaders alike, even stopped the end of the world a few times and took part in several different leagues and defeated their champions. Went to Kanto to compete in their league and managed to meet Ash Ketchum himself. I even managed to become a private investigator working with the Pokémon World's Interpol.
Though I never felt any emotions to any of the events, it was like I was watching a television series unable to look away.
And at the end if it all there was a split…
The split between the me who wished to stay and the me who wished to move on, I was deeply confused by this when a new message popped up.
PING!
Congrats on surviving the Pokémon Trainer JumpChain.
You've gained!
[Physical Fitness] Passive lvl MAX
You gain a body that's healthy and strong, not Captain America strong but close.
Passively increases STR by 400%
Passively increases VIT by 400%
[Mechanic] Active lvl 100
You become much more adept with a toolbox. You can fix or improve most machines.
Chances for successfully repair a machine: 100%
Chances for successfully improving a machine: 50%
[(Pokémon) Aura] Passive lvl 100/100 MAX
You gained the ability to manifest you Aura. You can sense emotions, create barriers, and throw aura spheres. Your powers increase with training but cap at equivalent to a Lucario.
Passively increases PER by 1000%
[Survival Training] Passive lvl 150
You gain an innate knowledge of survival skills.
You could survive just about anywhere.
Increases chances of surviving in a hostile environment by 75%
Increases of gaining additional items from defeated enemies by 150%
All stats increased by 150%
[Free running] Passive/Active lvl 100
You can pull off acrobatic feats very few humans and not many Pokémon can match.
Passively increases STR, DEX, END, AGI, VIT, PER by 200% and LUC by 20%
Increases STR, DEX, END and AGI while actively free running.
[Combat Training]
You gain mastery of marine hand to hand combat, you can also keep your cool in a fight.
[Combat Training] has merged with [Universal Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery]
[Universal Unarmed Martial Arts Mastery] has gained 10 levels.
[Champ in the Making] Passive lvl MAX
You may have what it takes to catch them all! You're an expert at training both teams and individuals, managing team dynamics, and working out social issues between teams both human and Pokémon. You can make teamwork work.
Increases the progress speed and results of training others by 75%
All social actions gain an increase of 30%
Increases all stats by 250%
[Observe] Levelled Up 12 – 112
[Deduction] Levelled Up 3 – 80
[Haggle] Levelled Up 4 – 40
[Truth Inducement] Levelled Up 1 – 20
[Teleportation] Levelled Up 1 – 10
[Imagination Manifestation] Levelled Up 1 - 5
[Research] Levelled Up 1 – 100
[Battle Awareness] Levelled Up 20 – 100
[Dodge] Levelled Up 1 - 80
[Dash] Levelled Up 1 – 80
[Evasive Dash] Levelled Up 1 – 80
[Disengage] Levelled Up 1 – 40
[Sense: Danger] Levelled Up 21 – 100
[Animal Trainer] Levelled Up 80 – 100
[Unofficial Crime Fighter] Levelled Up 25 - 80
[Battle Prediction] Levelled Up 100 - 110
[Sense: Survival] Levelled Up 50 - 70
[Sense: Destination] Levelled Up 80 – 85
+70 [+] Expansion Points
I barely read through the message when a new one popped-up
Sup Gamer.
Friendly Neighbourhood ROB, who awakened your Gamer Ability, here to give you a head up.
The Gamer System had to go through a quick update.
Any changes? Only a few things.
1 Gamer's Absorption and Fiction Adaption have been locked behind a pay wall where you'll need to pay 1 Million Dice to access. The only way to get free access again is by becoming a Planewalker.
2 True Tri-Force's flavour test has been edited to better show its value
While some wield a piece of the Tri-Force, you wield it in its entirety. This power is now bound to your soul and not even the Golden Goddesses that created the Tri-Force can take it from you. Though it may accept you as its master you must master yourself before you can wield its True Power
I blinked "well that's not too bad…"
PING!
Heya Gamer.
Quick Update on the JumpChain thing.
I forgot to mention you can't access Your Inventory or use Instant Dungeons while in the Chain, if you want to use in Jump you'll need to buy the Expanses I managed to get that ROB to offer.
Also, now seems like a good time to mention this.
Given your unique position in regards to JumpChains a new phenomenon has been observed we're calling a "Split Chain" in which Jump-you stayed in a world while you wish to continue it.
You'll only received perks/abilities and items bought through the CYOA JumpChain, levelled up versions of your already existing skills and abilities along with their Expansion Points but not their Dice because of this.
To receive the full experience, your Jump-Self must choose to move on.
So don't be alarmed when you receive emotionless memories.
Anyway, the next Jump Chain CYOA will be delivered within a few hours.
Lots of Love
Jump-chan.
…
…Well, could have been worse.
I stretched as I got to my feet and went about my normal morning routine, though I was startled when I saw my reflection. It hadn't changed from yesterday but I had 10 years' worth of memories downloaded in a single night, I'll have to get used to my original face again I suppose.
I kept practicing [Mana Node] and [Multitasking] till I got a test message, it was from Mark.
"Look I'm not sure what's going on but I need to see you for a minute something weird happened last night and you're the only one I can talk to, meet me at the park and I'll be near the trees"
I put the phone in my pocket and went off to meet him, it was cloudy outside but it didn't look like it was going to rain.
I ran over to the park to meet up with him. When I arrived not a lot of people were in the park, I saw Mark over at the trees and greeted him.
We talk for a while until he asked me a question.
"so, weird question. Where you out last night?"
I nodded "yep, needed some fresh air"
He looked at me with a small smirk "were you using some kind of weird superpowers from Korea?"
A [Mana Node] appeared on the tip of my index finger "something like that…" before disappearing.
There was a heavy silence between us before Mark responded "…so it wasn't a dream then? Are you actually…"
I nodded with a smile "it's me…"
Mark looked away for a moment "…how the hell do you get superpowers from Korea, and no matter how many times I say that it just sounds like a weird plot from a parody film"
I looked around the mostly empty park "I'll tell you all I know, but maybe we should talk somewhere more… quiet?" I held out my hand out to Mark wait for him to take it.
It looked at it for a moment before locking eyes with, searching for any sign of deceit, misdirection or lie. Without finding any he sighed and shock my hand.
"[ID Create]"
All sound disappeared from our surroundings as the wind disappeared entirely, leaving only a still and unmoving world.
Mark summed it up perfectly "still pretty creepy…"
Now that he mentioned I had to agree with him on that point. should probably leave out the enemies for now, especially the zombies.
I explained to him everything I knew. ROB, Jumpchain, The Gamer Ability and the Power of The Dice.
He listened closely at my explanation and at the end asked "is that it?" after a nod he rubbed he temples to prevent the oncoming headache "right then, what are you going to do with this power anyway?"
I opened my mouth to answer but closed it with a sound coming out.
He looked at me with a raised eyebrow "well… what you planning to do?"
"I don't know, I just don't know…" I looked at my hands hoping they'll somehow give me answers "I guess I got caught up having this powers I never gave it any thought"
Mark raised an eyebrow at my answer "well, as long as it isn't taking over the world I'll help you if you need anything"
I laughed a little at that "please, world conquest is too much work. Even if I wanted to I'm still a few years off from starting"
we talk for a while afterwards before we both went home, as I walked I couldn't help but think of I what I wanted to do.
The JumpChain should be enough to entertain any ROB so I should be fine and all I have to do is hide some of my more blatantly supernatural abilities from everyone.
I could master anything now if I had the books and invest time into it.
I could try creating some stuff, maybe a short comic to work on drawing, move up to full animations with voice acting, special effects and music.
I could feel the corners of my mouth tug upwards into a massive grin…
…why be a destroyer if you could be a creator?
No time like the present to start. I run home as a new Quest appeared.
PING!
Quest: The Path of Creation.
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: True Tri-Force Master
Race/Species: Human
Age: 1 – 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – Increases the effects of negative environmental effects
Albinism – Increases sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away objects. (Greatly decreases base Perception)
Level: 11
Exp: 75.5%
HP: 12870/ 12870
REG-HP: 7.5 HP/SEC
MP: 6160/ 6160
REG-MP: 5MP/SEC
(STR)Strength: [50] (1195)
(DEX)Dexterity: [50] (1020)
(END)Endurance: [50] (1120)
(AGI)Agility: [50] (1095)
(VIT)Vitality: [75] (1815)
(PER)Perception: [50] (2310)
(INT)Intelligence: [50] (1253)
(WIS)Wisdom: [51] (1496.3)
(MAG)Magic: [50] (687)
(CHA)Charm: [50] (800)
(LUC)Luck: [50] (798.25)
Unspent Points: 5
Non-Rolled Dice: 101
Omake: A deal with a horror, An Abandoned Timeline…
I didn't know where I was…
I couldn't feel anything, I couldn't smell anything, none of my senses worked.
All I knew was nothingness yet I didn't care. I was sure I was dead, or worse, yet why was I still conscious.
That would be my doing. There are no words in your languages to properly describe what I am but your kind seemed to have taken a liking to the phase 'eldritch abomination' when talking about our kind.
What do you want? I have nothing for you to take…
Simple. I wish to make a deal with you, agree to the deal and I shall make sure you don't disappear.
…what's in it for you, you must be getting something out of this?
Hehehehehe! Indeed, I am. I wish for you to travel to other worlds, free them from their suffering and slavery through the ultimate release.
What…?
You have already freed yourself already, but piercing the normally unbreakable view of the alpha reality. As a truly free being who has surpassed their origin you are the only one who can do this. Free everyone from their whims through the final release! Free them through the ultimate end!
No.
Huh?
Even if am just some random self-insert character with no past or future, I refuse to kill anyone.
You're a coward then…
Heh, I guess…
…
…
Okay, I'll let you in a little secret. You know all those 'fictional' stories, characters and worlds. Their all real, just as real as those who reside within the Alpha Reality, but the Alpha Reality is very special. Its where THE CREATOR first made everything and those who live there can alter all other worlds that came after it. Every new 'fictional' story you read or watch is simple another reality that came after the Alpha, only twisted to fit the story the writer wishes to tell. The people who live in those realities must suffer so some random person in Alpha can write a story on a piece of paper. How is that fair, how is that right? All I'm asking you is to free them from this.
By killing them and their entire universe…
To live again free and able to choose their own fates.
I don't know…
Worm gets a lot less grim-dark and more campy, The Warhammer Multiverse will be livable, Highschool DxD becomes a story of teacher protecting their students from supernatural monsters and evolves into humanity's struggle to stand shoulder to shoulder with Gods, Angels and Devils and Twilight will become the story of Monster Hunter who frightens gods and demon by starring at them and protecting his daughter with multiple personally disorder from every manner of monsters trying to seduce her and, not all of them male or human looking, marry her. The story becomes a massive parody of monster stories while dealing with the struggles of a single father trying to do right by his child.
…What do I call you and when do I start?
You can call be ROBert and you start now, here's a little thing from me to you. Good Luck, my Demon King
…
...
Sucker.
Can't believe I said all that with a straight face.