Disclaimer: I own nothing but a cheap ass hand-me-down of a pc from 2001. Any recognisable characters are owned by their creators.
I have read too many gamer stories and decided to pitch in on the idea.
This chapter is more or less just me trying to write for the first time so any comments or reviews will help.
Here's to hoping that my first written craft is not too horrible for the world.
MC
Pain, numbness, and fear. That's what I felt after flashes of the past zoomed by my vision. I wanted to scream, only gurgling sounds were heard. I felt my lungs drowning. Metallic taste overwhelmed my orifices.
Screams of terror, worry and shock were all around but those were tuned out. I took a look at the reason for my shitty situation to find two pairs of teary red eyes filled with confusion and shock.
As I felt my condition worsening every breath I take, resignation washes over me.
Past regrets started to haunt me, so many things on the bucket list.
Heck! I'm even dying a virgin on my wedding day.
This day couldn't get any worse even if I wished for it.
RUMBLE
…
RUMBLE
That's Murphy isn't it?
BANG
Lightning struck… surprisingly not me but the tree next to me.
Flames started spreading around, it somehow snakes its way towards my position igniting my battered semblance of a body.
As they say though, silver linings. The body of a human can only experience so much before shutting down completely so at least it was swift.
3rd person POV
"Oi! Who threw that?" an overly baritone voice exclaimed.
"He's the one who provoked the law! You can't blame me on this." defended another, this one with a squeaky voice.
The two kept exchanging jabs against each other with increasing intensity.
Suddenly, a heavily distorted voice interrupted the two beings' bickering.
COMPATIBLE SOUL DETECTED
BEGINNING TRANSFER TO THE HUB
"Those guys again? How many does that make this century alone?" asked the first.
"70, not counting the originals" answered the other.
"And we're not doing anything about it?"
"Not worth the price of this multiverse"
"Right, well it's not our problem anymore so more me time for me~"
"Oh no, you are not dumping me with more work this time…"
MC pov
SCANNING HOST…
I feel… numb? Empty? What is this?
SCANNING COMPLETE
Who.. What-
GREETINGS HOST
THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVOR
Wait.. slow down.
What do you mean?
Who are you?
What happened?
CLARIFYING TO HOST
THIS UNIT IS THE GAMER SYSTEM
HOST'S SOUL HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SYSTEM HENCE THE MAIN FRAME HAS DESIGNATED THIS UNIT TO YOU
HOST IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE BEGINNING OF THE TUTORIAL
YOU MAY PROCEED BY THINKING OF 'NEXT'
Well whaddya know, a gamer system. The multiversal omnipotent power trope that a lot of fanfics use a lot. This isn't so bad after all. Sign me right up.
But why the hell do I feel so… empty? 'Feeling' isn't really a good term for not feeling anything.
ANSWERING TO HOST
AT THE CURRENT STAGE HOST DOES NOT HAVE A VESSEL TO RESIDE IN
HENCE HOST IS JUST A SOUL, UNABLE TO HAVE ANY SENSATION.
That explains that. So … I guess I'm gonna proceed. No point being a soul floating around in this... whatever place.
When I thought of next, the scenery around me suddenly blurs into motion with colorful lights sparkling.
ERROR DETECTED
SCANNING FOR CAUSE
INTERFERENCE OF ANOTHER GAMER FOUND, ACTIVATING COUNTERMEASURE.
I screamed. Can a soul scream? Whatever all I know is that it felt like scalding hot mud pouring over my unbodied form. This time, I don't have the salvation of a fleshy body to limit the pain.
HOSTILE TAKEOVER DETECTED, ATTEMPTING REBOOT
...
REBOOT FAILED
…
CHANGING TO OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS
For what felt like an eternity passed as different forms of torment diversified itself upon me, never constant as if to never let me familiarise myself with the pain.
OPERATION SUCCESS
APPLYING PENALTY TO PLAYERARIEL
I heard a scream as the pain slowly started to fade away. Good , whoever that just tried to fuck with me just got their just dessert. A moment passed as I heard unfamiliar grumbles of dissatisfaction.
Fuuck, I failed. Shit. Stupid self updating piece of garbage. Let me out of this wuss.
THE PLAYERARIEL HAD INTERFERED WITH YOUR INTEGRATION WITH THE GAME
DUE TO THIS, THE PROCESS OF [CHARACTER CREATION] HAD BEEN FORGONE TO COMBAT HER ATTEMPT. AS A RESULT THE PROCESS HAD BEEN SET TO RANDOM.
Great, could this get any wor… Nope not tempting Murphy again.
Oi! You know I'm still here right? You caught me so just give me the penalty and be done with it.
And newbie, show some respect while you're at it. I've been with it for longer than you.
Well according to the game, you just tried something that cost me my whole gamer initiation process so forgive me for my supply of respect is fresh out.
TO THE PLAYER ARIEL,, YOUR PENALTY HAS BEEN SET
[PENALTY QUEST ADDED]
[ASSIST THE NEWBIE]
Description: Assist the new gamer, as a system, to reach your previous highest level before your penalty.
Objective: Raise the new player to lv. 348
Bonus Objective: Finish the quest within 100 years
Reward: 1000 credits, pardoned from more penalty, return to own multiverse.
Bonus reward: ?
What?! I have to babysit this sack to get me back? You gotta be kidding me. I thought I could pay it off?!
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AMOUNT TO PAY OFF THE PENALTY
PROCEEDING TO THE NEXT PHASE
[ TUTORIAL ]
Stats shall now be explained:
Health Points (HP): The amount of health you have. If this reaches 0 the player dies and suffers a penalty depending on the circumstances.
Stamina Points (SP): the amount of energy you have. If it falls below 50% you suffer the [tired] debuff decreasing all physical stats by 25%. If it falls below 25% you suffer the [exhausted] debuff decreasing all physical stats by 50%. If it reaches 0 you fall unconscious until SP is recovered to at least 10%.
Mana Points (MP): [LOCKED]
Constitution (Con): The amount of damage you can take before being incapacitated. In addition you recover from physical exertion faster.
Strength (Str): The amount of strength one has allows for the lifting of heavy objects and harder melee strikes.
Endurance (End): How long you can exert yourself physically before you tire. You also recover faster from injury, sickness and poison. Dexterity (Dex): How well you can handle objects precisely and move as you desire. The higher this is the better your accuracy, ranged physical damage, as well as all stealth and theft based skills.
Intelligence (INT): How well you retain knowledge, learning speed, and memory.
Wisdom (WIS): How well you apply the Knowledge that you have. Increases mental cognitive abilities.
Charisma (CHA): The ability to communicate, inspire, socialise, command and attract other beings.
Luck (LUK): How lucky you are.
Skills Gained
[Gamers Mind] (Passive)
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Grants immunity to psychological stratus effects.
[Gamers Body] (Passive)
Grants a body that allows the user to live life like a game*.
[Observe] (Active)
Provides information on the target.
Hey hold up you buggy piece of void, how come his [ Observe ] is already at max level? I had to slog my way to reach half of that shit!
THE PROCESS IS RANDOMISED HENCE SOME OF THE SKILLS GAINED ARE NOT AT STANDARD STARTING LEVEL
Oh? Does that mean that I'm really OP now? HaHAHAHA.
No it doesn't you little shit. It just means that you get to skip the boring monotonous grinding of observing every spec of sand in order to level that shit up.
…
At least I don't have to do that now so Suck it bisch.
Perk Gained!
[Cunning Linguist] - Your tongue is an instrument and you know just how to use it. People are far more likely to believe you and girls just love the sound of your voice. You also become skilled at using your tongue in all sorts of other ways.
[Polyamorious] - You can navigate your way with your partners, expertly navigate your way in multiple relationships. Any partner in a relationship with you will not suffer a decrease in affection or reputation when new partners are introduced.
Flaw Contracted!
[Lustful] - The urge to partake in the more carnal desires are often at the forefront of your mind.
[Stutterer] - You stutter when you talk…. Need I say more?
Great, he's a pervert. And I see that he got more high level perks.
Hey I didn't ask for that. And what's with the stutterer?
STATUS
Kayaba Suzuki
Overall level - 1
Class - Healer Level - 1
Alignment - Lawful Evil
AGE: 12
HP - 100
MP - LOCKED
SP - 100
STR - 10
END - 10
DEX - 10
INT - 29
WIS - 40
CHA - 5
LCK - EX+
Hey WTF Game, his LUK stat is way too high. It's the only stat where you can't grind or spend points on, so how come it's so high as if the goddess of fortune herself has wet dreams of him?!
PROCEEDING WITH WORLD TRANSFER
DON'T IGNORE ME!
Wait! Don't I get to choose which world I go to or something?
Another sudden bout of blankness overtook me before I fell into unconsciousness.
A/N: Well there's really not much action on this at the moment so bear with me as I try to make a story out of this raw idea.
Let me know if anyone wants to pitch in about the world our MC is going in.
I will be uploading at my own pace so don't expect any lightning quick loads.
