Disclaimer: I don't own either The Gamer or Persona. They are owned by their respective creators. I just own this excuse of a plot.
AN: Hey, hey everyone. Thanatos D.E.M. is here, safe of COVID and he hopes you guys are safe too~! This story is my own take at The Gamer, one of the most famous writing topics here. I've been reading a lot of these and I wanted to try my own, even if it ends up badly. So... Let's get started.
Hey, hey. Wake up... Being here for so long must have dulled your senses... Wake up! For crying out loud, wake up!
What in the world? I could only stare in abject disbelief at the blue text floating in front of me.
Ah, you finally woke up, sleeping beauty! You must really like your naps. Whatever, this isn't what I'm here for.
Huh? Sleeping beauty? Well excuse me for not having anything to do other than sleep.
Ahahah! Don't be like that! After all... You have been chosen as a new host of the Gamer System!
Gamer System? Ah, I see. This must be another weird dream due to being cooped in here for so long...
Hey! Don't write me off as a hallucination yet! Tell me, do you remember your name?
My name? Yes... my name is Makoto Yuki. Why are you even asking? I have been in this seal for long enough to forget the passage of time but not long enough to forget my name!
Testy, testy~! Alright Yuki-san, let me explain what I'm doing here then.
My name is Asteos, one of the many wills inside the Gamer System who travel around the multiverse, yes the multiverse, to find new hosts to give them the power of the Gamer and the winner is you!
You must be wondering 'What the hell is the Gamer System and the Power of the Gamer?'. Well, the Gamer is a power that boasts infinite growth for their hosts!
It's usually offered to those who are already dead as a second chance alongside reincarnation. A great fate awaits for those who accept this power.
After all, History will always remember those with legendary strength. Unless you are an idiot who dies early, but I don't think you are like that!
So, tell me. You interested?
I see... But what if I refuse? After all, I have a duty to safeguard this seal. I can't just leave like this after... after all the sacrifice I did to be here in the first place?
Hah! Did you really think I haven't planned for that? I have something set up for a perfect replacement for you in this seal.
And if you refuse? Oh well, I'll just have to start another search for a host whose personality doesn't piss me off, talent or potential be damned. I'm picky about my partners in crime.
I see... But even if you have something set up for me to leave this place, do you think It'll be so easy to go back from my choice to be here? Even If I hate to be here, I made a promise to be responsible for my own choices.
...What about your friends though? Do you think they like the fact that you might be trapped here forever?
Don't bring my friends into this, you-!
Shut up and listen to me! Your friends out there are looking at every nook and cranny for a hope to get you out of here. They are grasping for straws at this point...
Do you want them to live with the fact they couldn't even free you from here, less help you light the load from your shoulders somehow!?
You think Erebus is gonna have mercy on your soul? Get real, he will get worse and worse until at least one hundred years have passed or your soul and the seal itself break under his pressure!
What will happen then? If you go with me I'll make damn sure this seal stands forever until it isn't need anymore, that I swear on the origins themselves!
So take my hand and break out of here, go and be selfish, have the damn life you deserve to have instead of rotting here alone! Go out, make new friends, get a girlfriend or ten, go on big journeys, fight strong enemies and become stronger than anyone else!
Let's go onto the next big adventure together, what do you say? This is the last chance before I leave.
...You don't have hands though.
Eh? First you get me all worked up and then you ruin my try at a badass speech? Don't you know how much practice I put into this?
Heheheh! So the guy I'll be traveling with is a dramatic ham? How funny.
I'm not a ham-! Wait, you mean that...?
You are right... I can't just stay here forever can I? It wouldn't be fair to them and myself. Like you said, be selfish. I have been putting my own life aside for the sake of others. But will you really keep the seal safe?
Didn't I promise that already, you worrywart? But yeah, I swear.
Then yes, I'll accept the power of the Gamer.
Fantastic! Oh, this is gonna be awesome! You, and me exploring the universe together partner.
That sounds nice... Maybe, I'll even meet them again...
Who knows? The multiverse is a big place. But I'll be cheering on you. So, you ready partner?
Yeah, let's go... partner.
[You have acquired 'The Gamer'!]
Thanatos D.E.M. presents...
A Shin Megami Tensei/The Gamer story...
THE VELVET GAMER!
So what do you guys think? I hope it isn't too bad for your eyes to read... Oh who am I kidding, pretty sure your eyes are burning after reading what my mind vomited but I hope you'll stick with me in this new journey that this story will be.
Ah yeah. Before I leave, lemme present you guys my beta Minzhire.
Minz: Hello. Hope you enjoy reading the novel. I tried my best to proofread it to the best of my abilities. Hope you were immersed in reading the prologue! I just proofread out of the blue to help out the author.
Me: You make it look like I asked you out of nowhere, when you were the one to offer help man.
Minz: kekw
Minz: Nah bro, I enjoyed proofreading it, it's still a fact that I popped out of nowhere to accept and help out rofl.
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Thanatos D.E.M. out!
Changelog 1.1: Changed Makoto's last name.