A.N: this is a fanfic that I wrote as practise but abandoned half a year ago. I've decided to come back to it recently. Before my muse gifted me with the draft that would become Abaddon's gift, this story was my brainchild. A gamer fic in the mass effect universe that takes the failures and strengths of the gamer genre to their limits. You have an ungodly strength stat? Well that guy over there can snipe you from fifty kilometers away with his level thirty thousand archery skill! Hahaha, look at that guy who can't even run faster than sound, he thinks he cool with his twenty thousand agility points. Do note however that this isn't a crack fic, it's a genre taken to its logical limits explored seriously by people in awful situations, there will be casual mentions of death and the timespans will be absurd compared to normal storytelling. I have another two thousand words chapter already written but after that, the chapters will be written by the current me. You might notice changes in the writing style due to this. Hope you enjoy, till next time.
When I woke up, I realized something was wrong with me in record time, feeling your flesh bubbling and your bones melting does wonders to your awareness. Next thing I realized was that I couldn't breathe and that I was completely blind, what did I expect, my lungs and eyes have probably completely melted by now. The last thing I realized was that I shouldn't be able to think right now, with all of my body melting like it is my brain can't possibly be intact meaning that something must be keeping it working, that same thing is probably what's keeping me calm and alive despite the situation I'm in.
It took relatively little time to get used to my situation considering I was born with a disorder that made me unable to feel pain. Honestly, the biggest problem that I could find with my situation was the sheer boredom of being stuck in my own mind while my body kept getting destroyed and, regenerating, for some reason. The only reason I know that my body is regenerating is because I had to develop extremely precise proprioception due to my inability to feel pain, my body never regenerates enough for my tactile nerves to regrow or for my sense of touch to return but the tension receptors in my body regenerate just enough for me to feel the parts of my body that regrow.
Those moments where I can feel my body usually don't last long before my body melts down again but I realized that the time it takes for my body to heal is getting shorter and the time it take for my body to break down again is getting longer by an extremely small margin. The only reason I realized this is because I have developed a tendency to count time due to the sheer boredom I'm experiencing. I'm not sure exactly how much time has passed since I first woke up but I'm sure that at least one month has gone by, i haven't slept one bit during that time but it doesn't seem to have affected my state of mind that much.
I'm pretty sure that whatever is keeping my brain intact is also keeping me sane because even a loner like me shouldn't be able to deal with the isolation and boredom I'm feeling.
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Days after days, time goes by. The moments when I can feel my body grow in length and the time it takes for my body to melt down again grows longer. Today, My nerves regrew enough for me to regain my sense of touch for the first time in at least 6 months, my body broke down again soon after. During the period where my sense of touch returned, it felt like I was submerged in a thick liquid that was extremely hot. Throughout that time I tried to get out but I didn't have enough strength to lift the liquid that was covering me. I can't do anything about it so I'll just wait until I float to solid ground or until I have the opportunity to get out with my own strength, I guess nows as good a time as any to try meditation, I never did have the time for it before now.
From time to time I ear popping sounds but I'm pretty sure that it's just an auditory hallucination since I haven't regained my sense of hearing yet. I think I might recover all my senses eventually but most of them would be useless considering where I am right now.
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I think it's been about 10 months since I first woke up here, I've regained use of all of my senses and I'm happy about that despite the fact that I can only see orange, that I can only ear low rumbling noises and that I can't smell nor breath anything. My body no longer melts nor breaks down from the heat and pressure it's subjected to, I still haven't had any opportunity to get out of the lava by myself and I haven't come anywhere close to hard ground as far as I can tell.
Even if I can't move my body enough to get out from under the lava, I can still move a bit. Because of this, I've taken to wiggling my arms and legs around for as much time as I can before exhausting myself, it may sound stupid but it staves off the boredom and if I'm lucky I'll eventually build up enough muscles to brute force my way out of here.
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It's been almost 2 years since I woke up here, a few weeks ago, I managed to get out from under the lava. My lower body surfaced and I took the opportunity to trash around as much as I could in order to get my whole body to the surface and when I managed to reach it, I saw the world for the first time in more than a year. I'd like to say that it was beautiful but what I saw was anything but. I was in a lava lake that extended for at least a few kilometers and further away from the lake were rocky plains dotted by smaller lava lakes for as far a I could see. I am in volcanic wasteland.
A few days ago I managed to reach hard ground after crawling on lava for weeks. I've finally had the time and opportunity to look at my body for the first time in almost 2 years, my skin now looks ash grey, my eye have a crystal like layer over them and the few strands of hair that I pulled out look almost like wires made of coal, other than that, not much has changed with me.
For now, the most incredible thing with my situation is the game screen that's in front of me. What I'm reading on it may seem unbelievable but it's the only explanation I have for my situation at the moment, it would also explain the noises I've been hearing.
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Welcome to the game. You are the chosen gamer of the human race, you and the chosen gamers of other races of the galaxy have been transported to the past, more precisely, 9.8 billion human years after the Big Bang. Each gamer has been placed on their planet of origin. You are the first wave to appear, others will appear every 50,000 years for approximately 1 billion years.
Gamers are free to form alliances between themselves. The act of killing other gamers is heavily discouraged and will be punished if done more than once or with insufficient reason.
The game will make only three gifts to its users, any further perks, skills, objects or stats must be acquired through the users own efforts. Any individual found to be attempting to cheat the system will be condemned to 5000 years of suffering, repeated offenders will be erased from reality.
Common achievements will be rewarded with small amounts of experience points and uncommon achievements will be rewarded with high amounts of experience points or a title fitting of the achievement.
Good luck.
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Character sheet
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HUD management
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Notification settings
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Inventory
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World map 0%
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Galaxy map(locked)
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I decided to check the character sheet first, not like I have anything to do. After doing that i'll probably be doing physical activities. After being unable to move for so long, just the thought of being able to move around without any restrictions makes me feel giddy like a little kid on Christmas Eve
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Level: 34(180/350EXP)
Age: 30
Class: none
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HP(health points): 2400/2400
MP(mana points): 12,160(364,800)/12,160(364,800)
SP(stamina points): 5940/5940
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DEX: 80
AGI: 5
STR: 310
END: 1270(2970)
VIT: 1200
INT: 125
WIS: 3040
Internal clock ( 2:1 )
Maximum movement speed: 0.5 meters per second(human best: 18 meters per second)
Points: 175
Perk points: 3
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Skills
[Gamer's mind (passive) LvMAX]
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through.
Reduces the power of psychological status effects.
Completely nullifies outside influence on the users mind.
[Gamer's body (passive) LvMAX]
Your body no longer ages.
Your body no longer needs to breathe.
Your body no longer needs to eat.
Your body no longer needs to sleep.
Your body changes according to your stats.
[heat resistance (passive) Lv130]
(endurance type)
This skill defines your bodies ability to deal with heat.
At the current level, the skill makes you immune to heat damage below 1300 degrees Celsius.
[total points granted by the skill to the endurance stat: 160]
[meditation (passive) Lv700]
(mind type)
You can reach trance in 60% less time than what is normally required at the level of your wisdom stat. Mana regenerates 7 times faster while in trance.
This skill defines your ability to meditate and think things trough.
[total points granted by the skill to the wisdom stat: 2800]
[creation (active) Lv0]
This skill is used to create.
At lower levels, the skill allows the user to create common elements.
At higher levels, the skill allows the user to create rare elements.
At higher ranks, the skill allows the user to create a high variety of minerals.
Further capacities of the skill will be revealed when you reach a higher level or by testing the skill yourself.
[warning: the skill cannot be used without mana manipulation. Since you do not posses the mana manipulation skill, the skill will be unusable]
[cost: 10,000 MP per kilogram created]
[range: as far as your mana manipulation level will allow you]
This skill was gifted to you by the game system, use it well.
[health regeneration (passive) Lv725]
(vitality type)
This skill defines your body's ability to heal.
You regenerate 72,5 health points every second.
[stamina regeneration (passive) Lv100]
(endurance type)
This skill defines your body's ability to regenerate stamina.
You regenerate 1 stamina point every second.
[mana regeneration (passive) Lv1]
This skill defines your mana reserves ability to replenish itself.
You regenerate 0,01 mana points per second.
[mana awareness (passive) Lv60]
(perception type)
This skill quantifies how much awareness you have to mana.
At the current rank of this skill you can only sense aggregations of over 3,600,000,000 units of mana.
[range: 0 meters outside of your body]
This skill gains 1 level for every 50 points you have in the wisdom stat.[levels gained from WIS stat: 60]
[mana density (passive) Lv30]
(mind type)
This skill defines how many units of mana can be compressed to take up the same amount of space as a normal unit of mana.
You can now fit 30 compressed mana units in the same space as a normal mana unit thus maximizing your mana reservoirs capacity.
This skill gains 1 level for every 100 points you have in the wisdom stat.[levels gained from WIS stat: 30]
[mana quality (passive) Lv2]
(mind type)
This skill defines the amount of energy that each unit of mana contains.
Each of your mana points now have twice the energy as a regular mana unit.
This skill gains 1 level for every 50 points you have in the intelligence stat.
[levels gained from INT stat: 2]
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Perks
[earth terrain based immortality]
You cannot be killed by earth's terrain.
You can take damage from earth's terrain but the system will prevent you from dying to it. Do remember that you can still die to asteroids and other threats from outer space.
This perk was gifted to you by the game system, use it well.
[fight or flight response]
Your strength stat will be multiplied by 3 when you are in a dangerous situation.
You receive damage proportional to how much higher your multiplied strength stat is than your endurance stat divided by 100.
This perk can be used without receiving any damage if your endurance stat is 3 times higher than your strength stat.
This is one of the ten specie-locked perks/skills of the human race.
This perk can rank up.
[emotional suppression(passive)]
[rank S]
You have enough control over your emotions to completely sidestep the usual problems associated with emotional suppression. Instead of repressing emotional responses, you essentially edit your brains software so that the emotional response doesn't happen in the first place.
[extremophile]
You are an organism that thrives in extreme conditions and environments.
This perk makes resistance/endurance type skills level up 2 times faster.
This perk is obtained by surviving conditions that could damage someone with 10 times your endurance stat.
[living punching bag]
You are an organism that survives trough its ability to survive high amounts of damage.
This perk makes vitality type skills level up 2 times faster.
This perk is obtained by surviving conditions that could kill someone with 10 times your vitality stat.
[mana generator]
Your body is good at generating mana.
The mana regeneration skill levels up 10x faster.
This perk is obtained by reaching a wisdom stat of 1000 and by completing a hidden condition.
[heightened health regeneration]
[rank 1]
Your health regeneration skill is 10 times more powerful than what is normal.
This is an acquired perk gained from intense regeneration training, this skill will rank up after 10 years of constant, uninterrupted health regeneration.
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Racial perk
[persistance hunter]
This is a perk that defines the human species extremely high stamina.
The title holder gets a 50 point bonus to the endurance stat per level.
Points given by the title don't contribute to exp.
Points given by the title: 1700
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Traits
[fast muscle growth]
Your muscles get stronger faster.
You gain points to the STR stat at 2 times the normal speed.
This trait is linked to the heightened health regeneration perk.
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Inventory
Gift subsection
[gamer's writing/drawing pencil]x
[gamer's note/sketch book]x
[gamer's one piece suit]x
[10 kg refined element zero rods]x 10
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Talents
Stat subsection
[dexterity]
The dexterity stat represents the senses, coordination, the complexity of movements and the precision of movements.
You have a talent for the proprioception aspect of the dexterity stat, this means that the sense of proprioception will experience the greatest growth as your dexterity stat rises.
[agility]
The agility stat represents your body movements speed limit, your balance and your 3 dimensional awareness.
You have no talents associated with this stat.
[strength]
The strength stat represents your body's ability to move mass.
You have no talents associated with this stat.
[endurance]
The endurance stat represents your body's ability to not fall apart under damage and your body's ability to exert itself for long periods of time.
You have a talent for the recovery and hard bones aspects of the endurance stat. This means that your bone hardness will experience the greatest growth as your endurance stat rises.
Your bones will have a hardness corresponding to an endurance stat 6 times higher than your current endurance stat.
[vitality]
The vitality stat represents your body's ability to survive taking varying amounts of injuries.
You have no talents associated with this stat.
[intelligence]
The intelligence stat represents your brains ability to remember and understand, it also represents your brains processing power, the ability to automate bodily processes and speed of thoughts.
You have a talent for the 3D visualization and thinking speed aspects of the intelligence stat, this means that your 3D visualization and thinking speed will experience the greatest growth as your intelligence stat rises.
[wisdom]
The wisdom stat represents your mind's efficiency.
You have no talents associated with this stat.
This doesn't change my situation that much, I'm still stuck in this hellish place, I'm still alone and I still need to find something to do to pass the time. I could eventually get off the planet if I create technology with the help of the creation skill but the skill needs mana manipulation and I have no clue on how to acquire that. I decided that I'll try to make my time here as productive as I can until either I find a way to get out of here by myself or another gamer reaches me.
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Learning to walk again is proving to be rather easy, I just need to rebuild my muscle memory to the point that I can walk and run instinctively as opposed to having to actively focus on each step I'm taking. At the rate I'm going, I'll be able to walk slowly by the end of the day and I'll be able to run in a week maximum.
Day by day I made progress, walking further and running faster each day. Finally, after two weeks I could safely say that I could run and walk as well as I could before I arrived here. Before, I thought that since I was a gamer, learning to walk again would be extremely fast but it seems that certain actions such as walking aren't considered skills by the system so I was stuck with good 'ole muscle memory in order to relearn to walk. Maybe normal walking isn't considered a skill but other types of walking and running that actually need you to be skilled to learn are, I'll probably have to test that eventually.
For now, I'll go on a journey to get used to my newly attained freedom.