Tower Of Change

by animelie

Change can occur at anytime, so Ryan found out in his way into the critically acclaimed Tower Of God. Building yourself into someone of valor was never easy but with time, all things are possible.

2. Floor of Test

Continuation of the story that has given me life. I can't stop smiling!!!! I'm so excited. yay!!!

I do not own Tower Of God in the slightest of ways. I'm very much a fan and wish my character can find new life in a world of amazing truths and hardship.

The story continues...

I make my way into the TOD, Tank of Demise, to confront this test that Headon was so gracious to present.

The Tank is unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life. The thick almost jelly like substance constitutes the atmosphere of the inner tank, making it difficult to breathe let alone move. Two steps in, my body starts to convulse due to an overwhelming pressure that drops onto my shoulders. This is what Atlas must have felt like when he had to shoulder the world, a true fest of strength that I am unlikely to accomplish. Within three breathes my knees hit the ground and my upper body sags to the ground, my chest is tight and my eyes start to leak tears that stain the floor. Is this what the Tower is like?!?! Shock radiates from my core at the severity of the tank even without mention of the evil eyed eel that slinks in the corner of the tank, ready to pounce on me at any moment.

'Such a pity you are so weak...a simple shinsoo field of this caliber has you on your knees?!?! hilarious!!!'

' Now this is a predicament, voice in my acting like a know it all'. I really do think that this is too much. A rabbit-man, a door and now voices. This is going to drive me crazy in a moment.

Suddenly, The world around me shifts into hues of violet and royal purple. I look up instinctually, seeing a beautiful woman of an indescribable beauty. Chestnut colored locks that cascade down to her shoulders, eyes the color of burning embers, an hourglass figure that bellied those of any supermodel of my previous life, perky D cup breasts and a smirk that told of unrestrained blood list and utter arrogance. These traits however were only exacerbated with the traditional kimono of purple hues, accented with gold butterfly's along the hem of her sleeves and flowing leg slit. Her beauty radiated from the inside out, my eyes just caught in her magnitude.

'Rude to stare boy... Let's start this conversation, then you can admire my existence', she hugged in a refined and gentle way.

" Ok, so you are who and why are you here now?", I ask with an inkling that if I survive this conversation, I might be able to get something decent... selfish as it might sound.

' I am in your hand, a weapon to survive this Tower of Continuous Bloodshed...a name of the Jasmine flower, Riki. I came before the Series, those youngsters who are barely sentient. I will help you to survive because a certain lady has taken a liking to you. To survive, all you need to do is ignite. Good luck my baby master, make good on your hope.' She fades out, leaving so.many questions and not enough answers.

Sigh* "Great, now I still have to kill the eel, pop the ball and figure out what shinsoo is and all the other name drops without explanations Riko made. However, She is going to be helpful as I now have a weapon with a beautiful body... *Grin* Nice!!!".

After my casual rant to no one in particular, the weight of the tank broke around me. I even felt lighter than before, as if my body has been rejuvenated with whatever the shinsoo is, in accordance with my magical new friend. I look forward at the eel, knowing that now I am going to conquer this test and get moving.

The eel, sensing my intent, darts forward , mouth wide bellowing blood forward. As soon as the eel gets within four feet, I flit to the right of its face and jab Riko straight into the eels eye, A fountain of blood Cascades over my body, leaving me in a Carrie-esque clothing disaster. The eel then darts away to the corner of the tank, eyeing me with a tinge of fear and pure anger. With a full tilt of it's body, the tail whips out to slam me into the wall. Before the tail swings into my face, I flop straight to the ground, letting the tail swing over me as the wind of a near hit pushes my face straight into the ground. ' Ok, I am just getting lucky. The only reason I got that first hit was due to its mouth being injured. My only hope is to give a stab to it's brain through the roof of its mouth. Ugh, how do I generate that much power?! Riko said something about ingite? Fire related... hmm... nope, I have zero options to make a fire. In most games/anime, they just yell their attacks. maybe... I'm so down!!! DBZ here I come!!!'. My mind made up, the eel makes it way face first with it's mouth ajar, blood clinging to it's dagger sharp teeth.

With one final thought of ' this is gonna be awesome', I let loose a roar into the chaotic universe "Riko, Ignite!!!!!". The purple luminescent Needle starts to vibrate at its core, releasing waves of dense shinsoo into the tank. With a thrust upward, the Needle plunged into the eels upper mouth and piercing into the brain. However, the thrust doesn't stop, as a purple pillar breaks through the back of the eels face frying the brain and leaving the eel to slump into a lifeless mass in the tank of its own demise.

' My word this kid is brilliant. A beautiful weapon and a will of steel. This irregular will make some waves'. Headon whispers in his mind, eyes shining with furvor and untold sorrow.

Inside the tank, My mind is shot. That last attack did not leave me unscathed. The front two daggers in the mouth of the eel are stabbed into my upper arms, leaving two minor wounds that leak small amounts of blood into the floor. ' that was... amazing. With a power like this, I would have been unstoppable in BG...nah, let's try to ignore that for the moment, I don't need any more complications in my attempts at a new story.'

With a pull of Riko out of the eel, I stride over to the ball to finally progress forward. With a firm thrust, I try to pop the ball. As soon as the Needle hits the ball, miraculously the ball splinters into multiple black shadow pieces. These shadows envelop my body, enveloping my conciousness and I finally let myself rest after taking my first step towards power and my new future.

As Ryan is being sent up to the Floor of Tests, Headon senses a presence behind him, " Did you enjoy the show? Nice trick you did giving him that type of weapon, something that will help him grow. What are your intentions this time?".

A woman chuckles in the darkness, " He is gifted beyond any you have seen, all he ever needed was the opportunity. It is also none of your concern. The Tower Will's have made a decision , a change to the core." She leaves at that whispering in the wake of the boy, " We will meet at the Abyss of Turns, a floor undiscovered."

Mic test* *Mic test* One, Two, Three!! Hello Regulars and welcome to the second floor, EvankHells Floor!! Now that everyone has been gathered, let's begin the test!! There are 400 of you in this beautiful location and now I need 200 of you to disappear. So... make it happen. Those 200 left will be able to carry on to the next test. Let us Begin!!!!!

I wake up just two minutes before this magical speech radiated from the light yellow box hanging in the sky. ' God damn, you would just think I was a drug addict with these type of things I keep running into. Well, the guy in the sky called for 200 to... disappear?!?! O Lord, is this going to be a common thing, killing others? I really don't want to but I have to. I will not lose to anyone in this world. I finally have a new lease of life, a chance to be free. Maybe killing is apart of my new freedom? Now isn't that something... let's go with that and push any insecurity to the back of my mind. For now, survival.' Though it seems like a lot to fathom, the thoughts raced over my mind and the conclusion was made. I will survive no matter who must be crossed from my path.

I take a look around the field, scattered with 6' grass, African Sahara cliffs and cropings in the distance and a pretty beautiful blue sky dabbed with fluffy clouds and bright sun. The atmosphere doesn't feel nearly as dense as the first test floor, shinsoo concentration being lesser or so I am guessing. With a creak of my neck, I move forward into the grass on my left hand side to test out these other "regulars" that were mentioned by the pie in the sky.

After ten minutes of casually walking through this bullshit grass of muted green coloring, I notice two people on a nearby rock sitting and eating from a small basket. I take the known risk and walk out to make the first introduction that actually meant something to me.

" Hi!! My name is Ryan. Really don't know how to make a good introduction but how is it going? Fight anyone decent here?", I managed to stutter out while gripping my weapon with whitened knuckles in case I need to put a bitch to rest.

The two, one male and one female now that I am closer, just stare awkwardly at me from their resting spot. The young girl, with a beautiful angular face blonde hair and cerulean eyes, starts to cackle with glee at my awkward introduction. Her bright teal dress and black tights match her blue diamond hair pin making her a close second in beauty next to my Riko. The boy next to her just stares at the mad girl, shaking his red hair and glaring at me with chocolate eyes. As the first male I've seen in this accursed place, he is of the same model quality. A dashing red vest with a hood, angular jaw and muscular forearms and a black Capri pant make him breathtaking and I can't stop staring.

" The name is Coca Galop and my red haired beauty is Friday Blitz", the young woman throws out after Friday gives her a smack on the back of her head to shut up her witch laughter. " It is lovely to meet you in this test. Why not stick around and wait for the next part. My instincts are telling me you are going to be integral to passing." Friday stares in disbelief between Coca and myself as he starts to accept her words. Oddly, the bond between the two transcends that of anything I have seen before.

' Well that's not scary... this Tower is just a wreck. There should be a tutorial', I sigh internally at the audacity of meeting Coca and Friday, ' I better just go along with this and get some information. Plus they are beautiful...which will probably be a common theme in this Tower. Fuck".

" *Sigh* ok, I stay with you. I am Ryan, not exactly beautiful like you two but I get by. I really have no idea what to expect from any of this but fuck it, I'm game." I finally utter to the two picnic enthusiasts.

As if on cue, The cube int he sky rings out, " Finally, we are down to 200!! Good job children, we can finally move on to the next part. Make some friends! Find two people in the next five minutes to make a team that will take the next couple of preliminary tests with... easy right?! Just have physical contact with two people and Bam, you are a team. O and if you don't, you fail. See you later regulars."

" Hahahaha perfect timing ", I say to my new team as of a second ago. Friday rolls his eyes and Coca just laughs with a glimmer of knowledge in her eye.

After touching Coca's hand, as Friday glared daggers when I approached him, we are teleported into a waiting hall surrounded by ten other teams. Without dropping a beat, I take a gander around the room. I am in love with the diversity. There are so many cool lookers in this room!! I'm jealous. Looking down at my body, I finally notice something strange. I seem to have had my stomach shrink from a casual pot belly to a flatter physique. Furthermore, My clothes are radically different. I'm wearing a random purple hoodie, black cargo shorts and a black t shirt. Strange, not my uniform from the first floor test, thank God because of the blood from the eel. Things are looking up, I can tell with my cool outfit.

With a couple minutes of time, I notice a fight occuring to my right... yeah, no. I am not even going to pay attention to the samurai wanna-be who is trying to intimidate the bee girl with the bad ass wings. My team, as I use the term loosely, seems underwhelmed by the other regulars.

With a bang and some slight smoke, a man's voice radiates through the hall, " Weak Regulars are not needed in this Tower. Those who fear death must not make it through." Out walks a tall man with a muscular, lithe frame. Black hair frames his emerald green eyes and stunning pale white skin. A black suit studded with the three eyes I saw from the door makes him radiate a noble and fierce aura.

" I am Coal Boya, a Ranker of the Tower. I will be your administrator. You will be good regulars and follow my instructions,yes?", he croons out almost sweetly while glaring daggers at the two fighting in the background. They each gulp and settle down while feeling the controlled killing intent from Coal. " Ok, so for your first examination let's pull out an old favorite", he states as his hand starts to glow and the shinsoo around him flows out in a wall form. All the regulars are blown back, leaving a beautiful undulating wall of pure blue to separate himself from the crowd. " Get through the wall, all members of the team you created on the lower floor, and you can take the next test, Good luck weaklings".

The regulars are shocked to their core, a Ranker just used a shinsoo skill around them. Many realize that he could have killed them with a flick of the wrist and with his detailed eyes on his suit, wouldn't have been punished. Without further Ado, the regulars start to prove the wall looking for weak points for the intelligent and running face first for the rash, strength driven.

" Sir, I think there might be a problem", I say to the Ranker who just performed an extreme magic act right next to me. " I think you missed me. "

Coal stares at the voice right next to him and finds a young chubby man, average beyond the beautiful purple weapon in his hand. His eyes widen as he realizes the shinsoo he used should have pushed the boy away and on the opposite side of the wall. " Well, that is your own form of luck to evade my attack. however, I am not like the other examiners, You will be tested to see if you can survive in the shinsoo of the tower. Now take my hand." Coal lays his hand out and I instantly grab it in fear of the Ranker, which i am going to have to ask Coca about later.

When I take his hand, I feel him build a pressure around us, similar to the tank of demise. Slowly, I see Coal's confusion as he layers shinsoo around us. I don't show my shock at his variation of the test, but just maintain hand contact and smile into his face. With a sigh, Coal releases my hand and turns away. With a murmur he states, " You pass this test, now we must wait for your team." He then takes a seat and watches the other regulars take the their chance at the wall of shinsoo. After three minutes the first regular, Friday of course, comes through and plops down next to me. Ten minutes later and after a melodramatic detonation at a regular with idealized self grandjour by Coal, we finally pass the test and get to keep moving. Friday and Coca both stay close to me, looking confused and dreamily in my direction when they think I am not watching.

I really didn't care for the next test, just choosing a door, so I let my new teammates just take over and I put myself on autopilot to process the fact that I am in a new world. A grandiose, magical world that takes me understanding of the world and flips it on my face. Magic swords, beautiful models of people, tests that incorporate logic violence and teamwork, and even shinsoo, the magical liquid of the universe. I felt a sense of true bliss unlike anything before. It was like being drunk, high and having sex at the same time but being in total control of my every action and thought. I loved this new life and everything I have had to go through. I fought an eel the size of a truck and won, I made a team that I hope to be friends with as soon as I got on the floor and even seemingly impressed a Ranker, which Coca told me all about when we stood in line for that dumb door test.

I know in my heart that this was the place I needed to be no matter the emotions that I battled with throughout the experience. And yes, I still had some reservations. Being thrust into something so anxiety ridden and magical from my normal life is a huge adjustment. Even if I wanted to instantly accept my new existence, I still felt the fear of the unknown. I still felt so low about myself and the way I knew people saw me. All around me during the line for the test, I saw the regulars staring at me with disgust in their eyes. I've always been susceptible to this type of peer abuse, no matter the facade I flaunt to the world. It's dark in my mind and my hate for myself keeps me shackled to inferiority. Even with my shocking relegations and new adventure, I felt the subtle click of manacles on my metaphorical wrists. ' I get so melodramatic when I'm tired, need to end this test and get some rest', I mutter to myself as I got through the random door and end up in front of Coal.

" Congratulations regulars, you live to see tomorrow. Now take three days rest and come back to the auditorium, which you can find through the map on your pocket. That's all" , Coal states then uses shadows to melt into the adjacent hallway and scuttle off to gods know where.

" Well, I need a nap. Thanks for everything Coca and to a lesser extent Friday, especially for the pocket you gave me when we got through the shinsoo wall. Life saver. Bye Y'all", I yell back to my aquantinces as I run to the room the pocket says is mine.

While Ryan runs away Friday looks straight into Coca's eyes and asks," We have to make sure he gets through this test. He is going to need massive amounts of strength to even survive the next test."

Coca stares off in the direction of the effervescent yet oddly dark young man and whispers, " That's why we were chosen. Two Banished can make an irregular shine ya know!" Coca giggles off into the next hallway with an exasperated Friday shaking his head after her.

That's it for now. Position test and all that. Also didn't want to have another bamm moment and throw my oc into that. He gets to experience some other stuff before he meets bamm. The floor of tests is going to be a strange one. Straight AU. I love it. This worked out great for me. Also Thanks for the review. Made my day. I will try and post as often as I can. I like how this flows. yay. see you next time.