AN: why did I take so long to write something be it a new chapter or story? The answer: lack of motivation, loss of interest, being a master procrastinator and being a "genius" and deciding that putting out a new chapter every week was something that I (doesn't mean that other madlads can't) can do, almost instantly (in the first month or so) I learned that I can't do that so I stopped until I got my shit together and put out something that I will mange in a realistic manner and also have a better writing style because that other fic may as well be read for giggles ,if anyone feels like adopting or whatever that other fic feel free, no need for pm's or whatever but try to do better then me.
Anyway here is the new fic which tries (cough steals cough) to take inspiration from another fic (Dungeons and dragongirls by lorechaser) but with someunderstandable differences, namely that I will be using 5e because I have much better understanding of the system and secondly that there will be more changes that the world of mgq (not including paradox except maybe a cameo because I haven't played it yet) experience thanks to the fact that our lovely r.o.b decided to let our players enjoy not only the world of mgq but also the abomination of a campaign setting that one of the players and the dm crafted together.
Also I may get things wrong about mgq or other franchisees and if I do then please leave a comment that will show me what I should correct and which chapter it's in.
Also I will only put it here once: the campaign setting is in fact one that me and a friend of mine actually made and we acknowledged that it's that fucked up(halfling orphanage which "disappears" some of the orphans to make "soup" and not to mention a numerous Lovecraftian cults) that we decided in our infinite wisdom to make that some if not all aspects of the following franchises are canon to our setting in some capacity: wm40k, dc comics, marvel comics, transformers and possibly warcraft , I and the guy who helped make this setting don't own any of that or mgq.
An2:(I hate having to make long ass AN)
Anyway let's get to it! (and try not to abandon this fic this time)
We arrive in a medium sized apartment to see a group of nerd gathered here for a special occasion: a game night of d&d 5th edition!
Unfortunately for them the dm Jermy was running late due to traffic so they had to entertain themselves by discussing nerd topics that they enjoy but before we get to that we should introduce these soon to be unlucky champs.
Sitting to himself in the chair facing the kitchen was one John Miller (I'll say it now that he's basically an si with some exaggerations of me because I couldn't be bothered with making another oc and having to make him stay in character) the resident expert in d&d and also one knowledgeable in many other areas, essentially the resident nerd except he has quite the dislike to people and has morbid thoughts running in his head, has great appreciation to creativity though.
On john's left sat Jacob Walker otherwise called jake, a cool down to earth guy that everyone likes and you have a hard time hating, he never skips leg day…or anyday for that matter, guy could probably beat up the collective janitors of all school in our area, grew up a transformers fan and it carried over to now and he has tons of comics about them and a few of the games, also made him quite the comics buff in general.
On john's right sat Michael turner or mike as everyone called him and he was the group diplomat as he pretty well like and generally got along with most people he met and when arguments or disagreements came up he usually was the guy that helped mediate problems with rational solutions as he was known for trying to be rational, he was also the designated degenerate as he didn't just know a lot about anime and manga but also a lot about hentai and h-games of all genres though he didn't talk about it often for obvious reasons, though if you needed to learn about it or get into it he was the perfect guide.
And finally across john sat Thomas Davies or Tom, the embodiment of what it means to be a chad, he's strong and works out with jake, can understand john's often twisted but logical ideas and often aids mike's peacekeeping, overall he is someone who tries to be the best person they can be in spite of the stress of trying to be a role model for others, an avid fan of whm40k and fantasy and uses said hobby to relief stress mostly by painting said minis.
With introductions out of the way let's see what they are doing to help ease the boredom of waiting for jermy.
"sigh" I sigh as me and the others wait for Jermy to finally arrive so we can start the session. "how long until he finally gets here?" I ask jake who seemed like he was actually going to die of boredom.
"last time I asked he said he'll be here in half an hour" said mike and upon hearing this me and jake groan in frustration "he said that half an hour ago" complained jake.
Meanwhile tom took a light nap which he earned after setting up all the things for our game by himself, from the table to snacks and décor in the background, he even painstakingly painted in great detail our minis each of us bought and all the ones Jermy was going to use, the whole thing took a week or so mostly because he is apparently allergic to not being everything people aspire to be.
"anyway while we wait, any of you play some good rpgs lately?" asked jake as we turned to him while tom stirred a bit "I started 'yakuza:like a dragon' not too long ago and planning at some point on playing the original ff 7" I answered
"does undertale count?" asked mike as we all shared a good laugh "but if I'm being honest the only rpgs I recently played that were good are persona 5 royal and monster girl quest and monster girl quest paradox" mike said in resign.
"that porn game you kept talking about a while ago?" I said while trying not to sigh after hearing him talk about those games again "weren't those games where if you lost at best you got raped and enslaved and at worst got eaten and had your soul trapped inside whoever ate you?".
"yeah! Those ones" mike said excitedly "I tried the first one a week ago" said jake "how was it?" mike asked expectantly "it was shit" cue sound effect of glass shattering "I kept losing to annoying attacks and it was a bit too hard, it also doesn't help that I couldn't install the translation" .
"well….the game being hard might be because you accidently selected hard mode while the translation thing I can help you install it" mike explained.
"what's the plot of it anyway?" I finally asked after sitting here counting the seconds while still waiting for the game to start.
"well…" mike began giving us a brief summery of the game "it's about a boy named Luka who travels around fighting monsters who try to drink male semen and rape people while promoting coexistence between humans and monsters all the while his companion Alice watches him"
"so she just watches as he gets raped and devoured while doing nothing to help him? What a bitch" I said while slightly scowling, like really? What sort trash bag of a person travels with someone all around the world and basically doing nothing when your partner is in trouble.
"well….she is a monster who helps him from time to time and also teaches him how to fight" mike tried to justify "that's no excuse, like really, if we were there and some monster who's just vibing gets attacked by a human then are we supposed to just twiddle our thumbs because we're also human? That's dumb" jake added in.
"hey mike" I called to him
"yeah?"
"who's the bbeg in that game?" I asked him
"um, that's a sort of/sort of not a spoiler, you sure you want to know?" mike answered while somewhat happy that they were discussing a game quite dear to him without making fun of it or him.
"meh, I don't care, I might even play it to see how good the story is, who knows" I replied to him while hoping he doesn't give generic anime villain name number billion.
"while initially it's made out to be the monster lord ruler of all monsters, whose Alice by the way" he started "of course it is" me and jake quipped while high fiving each other as tom slowly got out of his nap.
"but it's later revealed to be Ilias, the goddess of light whose been guiding Luka from the start"
"doesn't seem like that much of a twist to me, but I assume they are both introduced at the start of the game" I retorted.
"that's because they are" mike replied. "Ilias and her angels have fought against each monster lord and their…monsters" he continued.
"so Ilias has angels and the monsters have their monster lord, so what do humans have? What benevolent god or goddess helps them?" asked tom who finally inserted himself into the conversation.
"no, Ilias is the one helping humanity by baptizing heroes in her temple on her birthday" mike proceeded to correct tom while sweating a bit as they began to go near a major plot hole in the game.
"what does that baptizing thing do? Does it make you like a paladin with magic or is it like being a space marine?" asked tom.
"nah, it makes your "mayo" taste horrible" .
"and?" asked jake with a goofy smile ready to burst laughing at something stupid related to the topic at hand.
"that's it, it just makes your semen taste like garbage to monsters" mike replied blandly "so it's worthless then?" I added my bid "wait, if that's all this blessing does, and I'm assuming monsters are stronger then humans are in the lore, then how did humanity survive for how ever long they exist without either being enslaved or going extinct?" tom questioned while quirking an eye brow.
Mike was busy trying to come with a logical answer that isn't a copout or something that he pulled out of his ass all the while he was sweating "um..uh….because…uh….because magic?"
"really?" all three of us collectively asked.
"yes?...i mean there is the rare human here and there who learns magic and some have monster blood that makes them stronger and the super rare case where you're like Heinrich and you are super strong because anime protagonist thing" he elaborated all the while farther proving that humanity in those games should either be extinct or at the very least enslaved.
"so humans only survived because of plot armor?" i asked "basically" he replied with a resigned tone.
we continued talking a bit about this before we went on with the topic of our conversation.
"can we go back to how fucked up it is that most enemies in the game that eat you from what you explained either a) trap your soul inside them until they do something with it or die b) straight up assimilate it to be a part of them or c) destroy it completely and that monsters have the audacity to think that humans should beg them for coexistence, like if they were in the forgotten realms they would have found papa primus's inevitables and the motherfucking raven queen at their doorstep asking why so many human souls don't go the afterlife for some reason" I vented out with extreme frustration while tom being the chad he is went to get everyone something to drink and coffee for me to calm down a bit.
"for crying out loud, most d&d monsters who can do this are either endgame enemies or are supposed to be evil and hated, seriously! A number of undead can just do that and you're not supposed to like that random nightwalker whose sole purpose is ending anything alive that it seees, unless it's an evil campaign and you're a necromancer, either that or you're just a necrophiliac" I continued complaining before finally taking a few seconds to breath and calm the fuck down while tom came back with everyone's drink of choice.
"anyway, while john calms down and we try to think of more ways to entertain ourselves, did you get any update from Jermy about when he's finally going to come start our session? Because the only thing I can see making everyone engaged this much in the lore of a smut game…no offense mike " jake said while drinking his tea and sending mike a somewhat apologetic look "some taken" he so generously replied to him "is just pure boredom"
Tom quickly pulled out his phone and when he saw the message let out a tired sigh while expressing a frown "he said that there was a car accident ahead of him, there are no injured or killed he says but he also says that the accident blocked the road so now everyone waits until someone gets sent to move the damaged cars".
We all collectively sigh in frustration as thanks to traffic our game night which we planned for over a month has now been ruined and who knows how long it will take to organize another one, if we're lucky we might just do it next weekend but if not as I suspect, we'll take around more or so to schedule a new date to finally get started.
"this is stupid" mike says with frustration "I mean – we all prepared so much to start playing this game and we we're all excited and everything and it gets ruined because of fucking traffic" he huffs while embodying in one way or another how we all feel right now.
"you're right but there's nothing we can do, accidents happen and we have to deal with them" tom added trying to calm the situation.
"I know but it just feels so unfair, I mean we put all this effort for nothing, I just wanted to have a fun game night with friends is that too much to ask for?" he retorts before calming down and sighing while seeming to deflate being too exhausted mentally to add anymore.
"you're right! maybe i can help you guys!, what if i gave you the game you all worked for and then some?!"" said an extremely loud and childish voice exclaims as suddenly a great whirlwind springs in the room knocking things around as electricity crackles in the air while the four of us float unnaturally in the air before a great flash of light radiates briefly and afterwards everything calms down albeit without us in the room.
I woke up that day feeling amazing, I mean it's not everyday you get a vision from our goddess telling you to be a hero!
Today I'll finally receive my baptism and become a hero! I'll go fight monsters and eventually stop the monster lord.
I get off my bed and quickly go through my daily routine which naturally starts with a prayer to IlIas after which I great my keepsake from mom, and with everything done I start to get ready for my journey and then go get my baptism and then go begin my quest to stop the monster lord!
I take a look at my house taking it all in, I let out a breath of excitement and a little worry, I won't see this house for quite a while, "well, enough deliberating, I can't stay here forever the monster lord won't go and defeat herself Afterall".
I begin taking care of the last few things in my home before I set off to my quest, just because I'm leaving for a while doesn't mean I shouldn't clean before leaving.
As I was starting to clean my house I heard cries for help from outside, sounded like Hans, soon after he yelled that there was a monster outside.
How? How would there be a monster in this village of all places? The giant temple should deter any monster attacks from occurring let alone have any monsters think about even coming near here.
I can hear the villagers panicked screams from outside and the rampant hysteria that's quickly spreading through the village, of all times this had to happen it had to be on the day of my baptism?
I wondered for a moment what I should do? For I never fought nor seen any monster until that day, quickly however I got rid of my doubts, after all if I run away from one monster attack then I may as well run from all of them.
I quickly grabbed my sword and made haste outside, as I was rushing I heard the cries of my fellow men in panic, betty tried to stop me but I continued anyway.
I was wandering through the forest looking for the monster that instigated this chaos in our dear village before hearing a noise behind me and seeing a monster appear before me.
It was a slime girl, she was blue in color and had big glassy eyes and her body or slime shaped like a curvy woman along with a cute belly button (what purpose does it serve?).
"hahaha, a delicious looking boy showed up!" she called once she saw me, making her apparent desire quite obvious to any who would observe.
I tremble a bit, after all not only is this my first fight but the first time I saw a monster as well, though she looks human like her movements and the way her body jiggles remains a stern reminder that she is anything but human.
"oh my, oh my ?" she said upon seeing my expression "am I the first monster you've seen by any chance?" she said with a lewd and teasing smile.
I did not grace it with a response, I can't replay in case she may realize that I'm a bit scared at the moment, I try to steel my nerves and tighten my grip on my sword, I try dissuading her into leaving the area and ask her politely to go away.
She graces my plead with mockery and talks about her hunger as if it's more important then the lives of everyone in the village, even if she isn't enough to be an actual threat to it the sheer panic and mass hysteria will have some consequences as all things do.
She asked for me to offer some of my semen but I quickly denied her, monsters treat semen as nourishment and gain strength from it as well but IlIas forbids from having intercourse with monsters or to give them semen and breaking said rule can bring only misfortune.
She quickly replies that if I won't offer her any then she'll resort to forcibly taking it, I gulp and prepare to fight.
She quickly takes off ensnaring me in her slime but after quickly struggling I mange to break free before slashing at her with my sword "luka attack!" I yell as I slash at her but to my dismay she dodges my attack and retorts with mockery.
She proceeds to attack me with a slimy tentacle that caresses my pants in an attempt to bring me closer to critical ecstasy.
This time I try a more precise smaller attack, with a yell of "luka small attack!" I mange to hit her and damage her before to my dismay she regenerates the injury as if it never happened.
After seeing how it takes me by surprise she mocks me once more "hehehe, I'm a slime you moron, sword attacks are useless", are all monsters a mocking cruel bunch? She's acting as if this is all just some game and not as if what she does might hurt someone or maybe she does and simply does not care?
In spite of having the opportunity to attack she proceeds to giggle seeming to be sure enough of her victory that she gives me the chance to attack her to toy with me to her amusement, note to self: monsters are cruel and arrogant.
I attack her again and just like before my attack seems futile and she laughs at it and makes lewd comments about giving up and what she'll do to me when she gets me, I can't let that happen.
This time growing desperate and running out of options I proceed to flail wildly and even though all the pilgrims and adventurers I met would probably yell at me for seeing something like this desperate times call for desperate measures.
As I flail my sword at her she yelps in pain as I see that my efforts are super effective while she is trying to regenerate in haste.
Before she has the chance to fully heal I press on with the same tactic yielding me similar results until eventually she makes a quick insult before running away.
After I was sure she was out of range I fall to my knee from exhaustion, who would have thought that my first fight would be like this, I was this close to giving out and losing…good thing I came up with that strategy when I did and not a second too late.
Oh well, all well that ends well, "i-I won" I tremble with excitement at the realization that not only did I fight a monster but I actually won, as horrible as the fight was I accomplished what I set out for, I was able to stop that monster and protect the village, now all that's left is to go back to receive my baptism and help repair any damages that may have been caused during the panic.
I even managed to drive her off without killing her, Afterall what kind of hero who fights for coexistence goes around killing the people he wants to coexist with?
As I walk back to the village i feel suddenly an impact of something crashing revibrate around the area and the ground shake as if some explosion near me happened, I quickly rush off to investigate what caused it and if it might be an attack by a monster then stop it.
As I was running off to the source of that crash feeling the wind in my face while pushing away any branches of trees that blocked me I made my way into a clearing and found a strange purple lamia laying in a crater.
From the way my surrounding looks it seems that she was the one who crashed here, trees lay broken, rock either in places they weren't before or smashed to pieces, yep, she was the one who crashed here, she must be quite the powerful monster if she caused such a scene yet having not a single scratch on her.
I ponder for a moment on what should I do before mentally slapping myself and go on to help her, I can't be a hero if I just leave people to their fate, no matter who they are or what I might be rushing towards I can't ignore someone who might need help.
I make my way towards her to check for any life signs "hello? Miss monster are you alive?" I ask her before moving closer to maybe check for a heartbeat.
As I get closer to her I get surprised as she opens her eyes before quickly getting up and demanding rather rudely to know where she is.
In spite of my surprise and her rather blunt question I answer her question "you're somewhat close to IlIas village" I respond to her.
"of all places…that damned girl, what insane strength" she grumbles to herself
"girl?" I retort, who is she talking about?
She then turns to me demanding to know who I am "anyway, who are you?" she asks ignoring my befuddlement at her attitude.
"I'm luka, I'm a hero apprentice from IlIas village" I respond to her with fake confidence.
She smiles cruelly after hearing this "a hero apprentice you say? So you haven't been baptized yet have you? You smell delicious" she says this before smacking her lips as though seeing an appetizing meal begging to be eaten.
I feel a foreboding chill run down my spine as my instincts scream at me in warning from what might ought to happen, after I snap out of that shiver however I'm reminded of my baptizing that I have to receive.
After a quick look at her seeing how she's completely fine and in no need of help I begin to rush back to the village to receive my baptism however before I can get more then two steps she coils her tail around me and brings me closer to her.
She then proceeds to reiterate what I just thought and the reason for my haste "ah, you're going to get baptized, isn't that right?" she rhetorically asks "that's right, so…can you please let me go?" I ask her while inside praying that she does let me go seeing how I'm at her mercy at this point.
From the day I decided to train to be a hero I was working for this day, if I miss it now I'll never get another shot at being baptized.
Upon hearing this she calls me a fool which takes me by surprise "a fool!?".
With one word she casts doubt in my mind, she calls what I've been working towards all my life foolish, as if every second of every hour of every day that I spent years training towards was a waste of time and my life.
We just met yet she behaves in a haughty way and talks like everything should be given to her on a silver platter before throwing away my dream like some expired milk.
"can you please just let me go?" I ask her as I feel my mental energy drain as I talk with her, the more I talk with her the more demoralized and discouraged I feel.
She keeps her tail tightened around me seeming to be thinking for a moment before asking me and surprising me "why didn't you kill me what I was unconscious?" she asks befuddling me.
"k…kill you?" I stumbly answer her, what's with that question? Did she want to die or something that she asks something like that?
"this was the perfect chance for any hero aspirant, to kill a monster like me" she continues without batting an eye or as if she didn't just ask something that would have shocked many others.
After pondering for a second on how to answer something like this and because I was at a loss for words I answer here "I didn't know if you were a good or bad person, I can't just kill you like that".
She sighs and closes her eyes in thought "you don't see all monsters as enemies?" she asks me.
"I mean there those who do" I answer her, but unlike others I don't see all monsters as foes.
"yet you want to be a hero, someone who doesn't want to kill every monster, why would someone like you would want to be a hero, whose end goal is to slay the monster lord?" she asks me with a focused look in her eyes "fame, money, ambition or perhaps power?" she continued.
"that's not the sort of hero I'm going to be, I don't even hate the monster lord, I just want to stop her from doing bad deeds" I respond to her remarks.
Humans and monsters don't HAVE to fight one another, in the end it achieves nothing but bloodshed and tears for both sides in exchange for things that can be gained without violence.
"…what?" she asks in confusion "I don't want to kill monsters or the monster lord, I want a world where man and monster can coexist peacefully" I respond to her with my most brave face.
If anyone gets in the way of this goal, be it the monster lord, the heavenly knights or anyone else then I'll defeat them.
"…you're an idiot" she retorts bluntly after hearing this which causes me to let out a befuddled squeak after hearing her, "why am i an idiot!?" who is she that after hearing this she just calls me an idiot? "all I want is for man and monster to-" before I can finish my sentence she interrupts me and farther pushes the seeds of doubt that has grown within me "believing in an immature view of world peace, with everyone living in harmony peacefully with no issues…." She remarks in a mocking way as if she didn't demoralize me enough with everything so far.
"what is it but idiotic?" she asks rhetorically as if she didn't answer her own question in a way that suits her worldview.
I couldn't find it in myself the strength nor the words to respond back, I could barely find even the power to struggle against the grip of her tail at this point, it all felt so meaningless.
"a child who doesn't understand the world he's living in…." she continued mocking me and smashing my ideals and beliefs, 'stop, please stop already' I thought to myself as she was lambasting my dream.
"monsters living hand in hand with humans?" she went on with it as if hearing herself talk and ruin someone's dream was a beautiful melody to her "when are you going to wake up from your dreaming?"
I tried to say something before she cut me off again "I understand…you still have the mind of a child" she chided whilst smirking, slowly releasing me from her tail and breaking me completely, I felt done at this point "what do you know!?" I yelled in anger "you idiot!" after giving her said insult for once I rushed back to the village in hopes of finally getting baptized.
Who was that monster? And who did she think she was?! I should have just left her after seeing that she had no injuries, ungrateful piece of shit, I tried to help her and what did she do? Make fun of my dream, tell me that I wasted my life and call me an idiot all while holding me against my will.
I quickly enter the village and head straight towards the temple in hopes of getting baptized, out of everything that happened today this is the one thing that can't go wrong, if I get baptized then I'll get to be a hero and prove everyone wrong.
When I arrived at the temple it was noon and it seemed that people managed to get their bearings together while I was away, I walk up the temple to be greeted by the priest there only for him to tell me that IlIas hasn't come today and won't baptize me before less then politely telling me to go away.
After hearing his words I feel like something metaphoric break in me, I fall to the ground without the strength to even shed tears at this point, my mind goes back to everything that monster said and then to how the priest said that I won't be baptized before coming to a conclusion: I can't be a hero, if it's not the lack of baptism then it's that monsters words and the other way around…not that it matters now, I begin to walk slowly like a shambling corpse back to my house not even responding or hearing what people are saying to me.
When I enter my house I'm greeted by Lou and behold the very monster who broke my dream and might be the reason why I wasn't baptized….not that it matters anymore, being angry at her at this point wouldn't matter, it won't make IlIas suddenly come down from the heavens to baptize me and make me a hero.
She begins talking to me, however I can't be bothered to listen to her, she goes on about how what I said interested her and how she followed me by scent and that she's a traveling monster or something like that, she said something about food or something and I give her the dried meat I had, not that I would need it seeing how I wasn't going to leave this village anytime soon, she near instantly eats what I gave before making more remarks that I didn't bother to listen to.
She goes on about blah blah blah I'm idiotic and blah blah blah that's a good thing and saying I should be grateful for her "comforting me" as she says but at this point I honestly couldn't care anymore, my dream is gone now, both metaphorically after her less then gentle remarks towards my dream and literally gone seeing how I wasn't baptized and will never be, she then has the audacity of asking if I won't give up my dream, I sigh as I don't have the strength to yell at her or be angry and just ask her to leave….not that I can force her but…..at this point I can't find it in me to care anymore.
She looks at me with surprise and makes a few more mocking attempts to get me to try and be hero but after seeing my lack of response she gives up and finally leaves, if she got in undetected then she'll have no trouble leaving this village not that it matters anyway.
I sluggishly make my way to my bed before taking a look at my surroundings seeing my house, I feel all my bottled tears finally let loose as I get in my bed and quite literally cry myself to sleep.
After falling asleep I find myself in a strange world like the vision of IlIas I had this morning nut unlike it there were no white fluffy clouds of heaven or shining rays of light or even IlIas herself to give me guidance, instead I found myself standing atop wet ground with indiscernible liquid beneath me with the world around me being filled with darkness.
As I walked forward trying to make sense of this dream or vision I heard the constant noise of rattling chains while shadowy disembodied arms held by chains floated around me trying to grasp something, a few of them caught me by surprise and for a moment I panicked only for them to let go and continually make grasping motions for something….what they're trying to hold I can't tell.
As I continued marching forward….i think? I saw a strange figure ahead of me, a being incased in what seemed to be a combination of metal, cloth, and most morbidly flesh and held by numerous chains that extended from it towards the ground and the sky.
"g̶̘̲̪̻̗͕̝̈̇̉͗͗̆̈́͘̚͝ŗ̵͙̦̮̜̋e̴̡̲̠͔̮͉̊̈́̿͜͝͝e̴̡̞̬̞̒͗̎̈̒t̶͎͆̇̎̿̍̓͋̕̕i̶̝͓̰̹̪̱̦̲̫͇͛̔̃͊̏n̸̰̟̫̆̍͌̈́̔̾͝͠g̴̡͎͎̪͑̔ͅs̸͔͒̏̋͂̈́ ̸̘͍͈̤͕̥̺͋̔́́̇̈́̎͂͜c̴͙̙̪̏̔̆̓͌́h̴̹̯̪̄̃͊͑̊͒̌̕ị̴̢͇̱̼͍͖͕̬̅̂̋͑͌̓̒͋ͅl̸̛̹̑͛̾̿͘ͅd̸̡̺̥̯͈͚̫̺͇̭͋̋͒̊̀̂́" I felt the being say to me rather then hear it talk to me "um hi there?" I responded not being sure who I was talking if this wasn't some sort of dream
or rather nightmare "w̵̧̻̪͉͈̹̞͓̜̻̾̌́͆̐̇͝͠h̵̡̛̜̠̙̓̉̆͆̏̍̚̕͠ǻ̵͉̟̺͇̤̘̣̲̑͒̔̃͆͘͜͝ͅt̶̢̖̼͙͚̙̰͓̪̿̔̉͂̿͝ ̴̡̢͚̮̳̟̞̗̀̈́̈́̅͐͗̈̽̕ͅͅc̴̜͓͙̎͂͋̊͊a̷̢̱͚̹͈͑͛̉̿̋̕ừ̷͕͕̬̹̰̠̤̈́̅̃̈́̅̅͜s̸̻͈̯̊̍͋̄͒̏̚͜͜è̴̺̱̰̤̯d̷̰͔̝̺̫̉̀̏͐̃ͅ ̵̟̱͖͔̘͊̀s̵̨̭̳̤̣̼̳̭̍̉͜ͅu̶̧̝̦̘̩͛c̶̛̮͋̊h̵̩́́̇͌̿ ̶̱̓͊̋͌͑̕̕d̷̰͕́͐̆͑̓̅͋̾͘͝ī̴̛͕̀̾̀͂͠s̸̨̡̱̪̥̻̝̃̈̾̒̓́͌͝͝ͅm̵̧̞͚͛̅̍̅̈͜a̴̘̣͖̩̭̍̅̄̈͆̽͒͆͐y̵̟͐̈́̏͆͘͜?̴̡̟͙̯͓͙̥͙͌̒ͅ ̷͕̿ŵ̴̦̫͉̯̲̯̥̾̃͂̃́͛h̴̛̦̮̱̻͔̥̹̟̮̊̀̋͂ỳ̸̖̣͕̩͕̻̜̺̝̪̏̎̌͋̆̚ ̷̦̚s̴̲̬̳̤̃͠ȗ̶̡̢̳͉̒̄̐̓c̵̛̹̈́h̵̛̰̘̘̞͕̽͑̈̃̆̈́̾̚͝ͅ ̶̫̭̮̺̀̓͜ͅs̶̭͕̭͙̽o̸͖̠͓͇͖͕̐͐̏̓r̷̡̘̲̥̭̬̫̳̓̈̇̉͂̉͊̀̈ͅṛ̶̊͒̀̄o̵̝͔̊̅̇̉̄͐͆̂̚ŵ̵̛͚̠̉͒͑̈́̄̃̂?̵̧̲̩͔̠̯̼͍͚̔̈́̑͗̕ͅ" it once again made me feel it asked this rather then outright talk, I remembered everything that
happened today and feeling desperate for some reprieve told it everything, "ḩ̷͉͕̝̩̻̥̪̎́̾̅͋͝m̶̌̈͒̽̓͛͘ͅm̸͔̙͇͖̩̖̱̓̐̐̐̽̿,̸͙͔̠̘̰͙̀̆͋͋̀̀͗͠ ̸̢̜̞̒̃t̶͖̩̯͍͐ḫ̸̍͛̓̊͠ạ̸͎͚̺̘̫̭̺͖̋ţ̵͕̩̤̤̳̞̲̐̅́́̂̆ ̷̹͓͍͓̹͓͕̱̖̌͐̌̅͠͝ͅí̶̺͉̥̤̣̥̻̟͌̈́͑͂̚s̶̲̰͒ ̵̨̱̬͈͔̄̀̏́͊̀́q̸̙͖̙̹̟̰̫̠̼̙̐̆̃̀̓̚͘͠͝͠u̵̻͉̠͉͚͙̽̏́̀̈́͊̎̔͜i̸̧̨̜͍͙̯̘̼̞̫͐̓́͂t̴̅́͜e̴͕͉̻̜͈͉̙̊͆̍̎̐͂̿̚͠ ̸̣͎̟̦̫̏͒͛̏͊̑̒͜t̵̙̱̘̪́͘h̶̨̢̯̉ẻ̶̬̳͉͕̲ ̵̛͇̦͆̊͗͊̃͐͘͘͝p̵̗̙̯̻͗͑̐̍͐̊̀͋r̶̰͙̓̓̚͝ͅe̴̡͚͚̹̻͎̳̖͌̍͝d̶̫̞̍͌̉̀͘̚i̶̦̬̙͚̬̯̝̙̬̙͒͂͌̾͌͝c̴̡̦̯̒̈́͜͝͝à̸̬̖̭̥̳̯̼͐͝m̵̮̜̭͖͚̩͔̯̞̯̓́̃̋̿̇̈́̓̅͘ĕ̵̡̝̞̹̘̙͉͖̍̊̿̕̕͜͝ͅṅ̴̪̫̩͍̠͚̺̋͜͜t̴͙̯͇̭̩̼̏̔̆́̈́̃̉̀̆͝ ̷͍̪̱͎͎͖͓̏̈̔̈́̓̇̎͒́͝ͅẙ̸̜̼͋̉͆̈́̏ò̵̰̙͓̰̱̻̼̰͐͗͒͂̈́̚̕͝u̴͖͉̇̅̌̈͆̽̿'̶̢̳̿ͅv̶̡̡̲̹̘̤͐̌̈́͗́͝͝͝ĕ̸̛͇͍͓̈́̈́̈́̾͛̓̕͝ ̴͕̞͍̱̭̜̥̾̑̌̎͒͘f̷̱̭͂̔̌͂̋̏͜ò̶̧̮̠ữ̶̙̯̰̖͉͓̳̫͛̓͝n̴̩̍̀͌̓̐ḓ̸̛̺̺̔͋̋̇̇̈͆͗͘ ̶̢̧̬̣̠̯̒̓̏̀͘ÿ̷͇̥͉́͐õ̶͔̌̅̐̕͝ų̷͎̣̪͛̿̋̋̏̄̾̕͝͠r̸͖͖̱̄̕s̶̢̪̗͍̟̳͍̓̎̿̒̅̃̚͝ͅȩ̶̢̺̜̰͍̠͚͛̃̐́̾̔͛̄ĺ̶̥̩̻̅̏́̃͆̂̽͝f̴̛̝̯̍͐͐̉̐̏̋́͘ ̶̝̪̯͔͚͍͔͍͕̱̑̈́̊͝͠͝i̵͍̞̪͔̝̥̮̲͌̐̓̏̿ň̴̛͉̗̌̔̽̿̅ͅ,̷̻̥̱̤̝̠̞͓̅̍ ̵̟̤̼̥̤͊̀̾̃̽̽͊
̴̤̣͍̦̱͑̔́͛
̶̫͐̒̿͋̈́̾͛̂̌͋w̴̤̯͍̲͓͈͙̦̔̓̋́̓́͝͝ḧ̸̳́̽̾̒̉̄̒̚͜͝͠ą̶͖͕̔̀̆̈́̍̾͂͊̽͘t̴̘̤͌̈́͌̃̐͘̚ ̸̧̙̱̍̕i̵̫̝̩̥̍̌̑̃͝͝f̶̢͖̞̣̬̋̀̋͋̿̑͆ ̸̧̥̰̟̞̤͔͆̾͐̾̐̑̊̌į̷̨̢̥͈̩͖̭͇̍́̕ ̴͖̙̝̭̇c̵̝̣̭̘̻̹͔͍͓̀ơ̶̡͔̫̣̯u̵̯͙̗̪͙̤̭̯̻̪̽̍͑̽͂l̶̜̘̦͍̤̱͐͂͜d̴̨̧̧̦̟̗̲̂̆͋̈́͝͝ ̴̼̟̣͉̱͓̖̋̏́̅̉́̍ö̶̡̰́̓̽̾f̷͕̗͗ͅͅf̸̯̬̀̇̈́̔̂͊é̶̮͈̰͇̎̎ŗ̵̖̜̠͔͉̝͈͇̦͗̏͑̿͗̂̚͝ ̸̬̻̳̮̿̇̽͛͌͆̋̎͠ą̷̧̭̪̞͔͎̰͖͊ͅ ̷̮̎͗̆̏̓s̷̰̟͓̺̬̣͎͔̜͗͂ó̴̡̪̭̰̖͍̞̅̉̽̊̎̂ļ̴͓͖̰̤̇͋̃ů̷̧̢̞͎̝̭̠̾̔̒́͝t̸͎͇̦̟͔̖͋͑͂̏̚i̴̘̞̬̼͈̼͎̝̙̯͛̃̿̈́̕͘͠ṏ̷͖́̑̈́̔n̸̢̮̼͔͎̹̤̅͆̒́͑̃͜ ̶̢̢̖͔̼͇̻͕̭̇͗͆͂̈́̚̕͜͝t̴̛̤̆͛ơ̷͔͕̱̻͓̐̇͋̃̈́̾̈͘͠ ̴̡̢͕̖͙͍͚͉̼̀͜ ̴͙̦̍̿̏͒ȳ̸̦̖̭̲̣͋̊̓̅͜o̶̧̨͍̬͚͈̠̠͑̒̀̀̐̃̎̏̃̏u̸̧̞̻̺͓͐͘͘r̸̬͑͐ ̴̳͔̖̆́̓͝m̷̖̻͔͒̏͑̎͆́̀̅̑͘ị̷̪̪̻͉̜̩͕͚̍̃͝s̷̖͖̓f̷̧̛͉̼̣͈̳̮͍̮̲̔̆͋̈́̈͝o̷̧͋̎̓͋̏̈̿̓͝r̶̢̢̛͎͙͎̮͍̄̌̈́̔̑̅̚ť̵̞̝̼͔́̍̂̂̊̌ų̷̡̟̪̫̹͉̰̠̪͊̔͂n̵̳̘͒̿͋̂̓̿̏̍e̷̯͒͋̈̒̔͋̃͊͠͠?̷̧̭̉"
It replied after hearing my plight, inspite of everything that happened today I held some semblance of hope that a higher power would come to my rescue, be IlIas or in the very unlikely and frankly heretical likelihood that some other god or goddess baptizes me.
"really? Can you do it? Can you really help me?!" I asked/yelled at it not caring at all about anything else at this point, if this wasn't some dream….if this was indeed real and a vision from some other god or entity then there was an actual chance I can be a hero!
"y̴̛͙͆́̾̃̅̕e̴̫͙̭̼̙͑̊s̴̨̲̮̹͎̳͍̺̰͊̒͜͠ ̶̢͕͙̩̖͎̣̿̏c̸̜̟̯̼̦̘͂ͅh̵̻̣͖̰͕̙̔̃̽͝î̷̬͚̱̹l̸̡͓̜̪̳̦̈́͌̈̂̾͆ͅd̷̢̛͍̥̙͙͓̈́̃,̶̨̪͖͂̉̂́̈̃̽̄̃͜ ̴̢̛̻͔̉̚̕s̸̰̪̙͔̮̻̀̓̈́̾̏̒͘ẖ̷̙̣͙̻̖͐̈́̈o̶̲͖̜̝̩̦̣̞̮̍̃̾͛̈́͋̕ṷ̵̧͚̗͈͖̘̝̱͍͌̅l̵̡̼̮̞͈̫͕̜̞͛̿̾̈́̃d̶̰̰̟̑͊̏̓́͊̇̎ ̵̠̫͛̍͆̄̅͒̂y̶̝̪̞̘̰̺͓̬̅ͅo̶̢̘̲͔̽́̿̒́̎͒͛̐ữ̵̧̛͈̟̫̯͎̙̉̆͑̎̓̒̓ ̴̤̒̾̍͝d̶̲̻̟̱̎̽̾͐͝è̶̠͙͉̈́̐̒͝s̶̢͇͕̘̼̲̣͉͐̌͝ḯ̵̡͈̙̹͍̣͈͈͚̙r̸̡̧̘̖̱͕͙͖̆e̴̹̟͎͓͑̾̌̌͋̈́̽̆͝ ̴̡̳̣̺̰̒͐̾̍̋͗̔ī̶̻̓̈́̍̓̕̚͠t̶̨͕͉͔̭̺̏̒̎̆̃͝ ̸̞̥̚͝i̵͚̮̯͍̖̬͆͒̀̐̃ ̵̨̫̦̞͍̊̌̓̌́ċ̷̘̺͗̓̃͘͝a̸͕̪̞̐͊̏̚͝ň̷̙͓͇͓͇̔̂͑͝ͅ ̵̥̘͙̣̓͗͋̈́́̈́͊͗̕̚͜g̷̨̮̰̝̅̉̋̋́͝͝r̵̺͖̲̖̝̩̱̜̙̃̏̿͝a̶̢̳̐̈́̉̎̇n̶͓̝̳͕̬̳̿̍̏t̷̪̞͒̓ ̸͈̠̮̻̮̤͔̳̰͌͊́̀͊͒͝ỳ̵̨̻͕̜͈̻̰̭͖͍͑̔̏̅̋̾͠ô̸̝̩̌̉ừ̸̝̮̬͇̯͉̥̹̱̽̇́̀̈́͘͝͝ ̶̧̜̪̫̰̯̤̗̭͝t̶̢̤͎̲̰͓͎̱̼͐̾̉̋̅h̸̢̍̾ë̵̤̰̙̙̫͕̲̰́̈́͗͐̅͛͝ ̸͙͉̤̲͓͉̦̀̐p̴̲͚̱͈͇̖̀̆͒͝ơ̴͍̞̼̳̖̖̑̏̊͑͆̓̓͊͜w̷͇̖̙̙̻͐͆͑é̴̢̛̬̦̻͕͉̹̞͆̌̂̈̍͑͝r̶̛̝̩̮̲̅̀̎̀̆͒ ̴̤̀́t̴̢̧̻̱͓͉̤̃̈́̒̓͝h̴̳̼̖̝̄̄ă̴̻̗̥͎̲̩̎̄̓͘͝t̵̝̕͝ ̴̻̭͈̫̮͒̈́͜y̸̨̢͖̫̋̂̀́͗̄̕ǫ̵͔͔̫̝̉̓̐͐u̵̯̖̞̖͙̤̽̔̾̓̒͌͂̒̚͜ ̸̘̦̪̱̣̗͔̜̆͒̊̕͠ͅṣ̷̗̻͑̄̉͋͋̐̄͘͝e̷̢̎̾̉̀̈̑͌̎͝e̴̯̮̖̪̙͖̪̩̓̒̍͜ͅk̴̘̺͍̭̟͔̉̐̐" it answered to me, I couldn't help but feel excited inspite of a small voice in the back of my head
warning me…I ignored that voice "ĥ̴̛͕̋̍̐͛̊̒̊ȏ̷͍̬̱͉ẁ̷̜̫͎ě̸̼͉̺̤̻̠̝̺̞ͅv̸̨̤̼͇̟̻̞̠̓̋̌̾̏é̴̢̦̤̖͙̉̏̐̂̚̕͠͝r̵͈̐͑̏ ̶̧̛̼̣̱̼͎̯̫̐́̾̍ỉ̴̛̼̖̖̩̎̉ͅń̴͚͒͒̽̓̿̒͝ ̶̝̗̞̖͔͌̃͂͋͌̐͗͘ę̴̨̛̣̮͚̖͇̘x̵̡̡̞̥͈̔̎̆̄̋̚c̷̰͔̲͗͆̊̓͜h̷̢̢̨͙̫̘͇̠͖̀͐͒̋͑͆͝͝a̷̢̨̯̦̝͌̀̓̇̌̌̿͝n̶̡͉͇͚̬̜̖̥͌͑̌́͝͠͠g̴̤̩̻̠̥̈̋̓̄̚ė̶͇̳̙̼̰͎͖̼̦̥͊̉͠ ̸̧̥͚̼̙͊͋͂̍̃͝f̶̬̩̝͖̤̓͑̂̌̇͐̃͌̓͜ǫ̶̤̝̒̆̓͌͐͠r̶̺̆̔̌̏͑͗̂̅͐͝ ̷̡̮̗̻̳̠̺͔̽̓̒̆͗̂̀ţ̸̼̘̜͖̽͝ḩ̵̯͉̼̮̪̮̬̓͒̓̄͘ͅi̶̯̙͓͍͙̫̼͆̔͂͜͜͜͝s̸͓͎̤͘ ̵̧̬̪̜̭͂̃ṕ̶͇͈͊ő̸̰̀̆̔̃͒͝͝w̴̢̙̰̞̳̳̙̰̞͇͊͂ẽ̵̗̦̹͚̲͔̣r̷͚͕̱̬̜̙̝̼̆̐̀̈́́ ̷̡̼̘̼̳̥͚̟̄͑̃͂i̶̪̤̙̳̇ ̵͍̘̠͍̫̞̓̆̀͑̌̂͝w̵̼͔͑͊̆̈́̓͆̅ȍ̵̼̱͔̖̗̺̦̻̜͗͒͗̋̌̎̆͋͝ͅṷ̸̧̠̺̦̱̭͍͖́̓̈͐̔̂͘l̷̡̡͙̳̮̪̠̠̥̦͆͛̑́̕ḑ̴̻̹̲̰͌͋͗͋̅͜ͅ ̵̡̩͖̹͚̍̈́̒̏̋h̶͓̹̻̫̳̤͖̄̍̏͊̉̌̓̊͘͝ͅȧ̶̳̝͎͖̤̱͔̤͚͔̈́v̸̢͙̭̘̓̉͑̄͘͝ê̴̝͖̄̓̔͌̇̋͝ ̸̛̠̰̬̥̮͎̙̠̃̊̍̔̋͂͜ͅȳ̸̦͚̹̪̞̱̍̓̊͗͜õ̷̪̉̑̆̾͆͠u̸̮̙̲̟̺̹̎́͊͗̕̕̚͝ ̸̼̳͇̤̦͚̏͌͑̈́̐̎͝a̵̛̖̭̯̞̹͍̤̐͋͋̀̽̆͊̚c̵̢̪͓̪̻̜͙̭̭̄̃̇͋̉̏͂̈́̊͝t̷̛̟͈̖̮̘̝̮̱̠ ̵̛͇̦̖̟̝͙̤̎͒̈̄͌́͊̚͘ì̴̞̻͍̫̲̌n̸̛̼̪̭̪̳̱̦͍̑͑̎̈́͑ ̴̛̩̬͙̘͑͂̾̑͝͝m̶̫͈̩̼̿̎̽̃́y̸̯͔̫̘̘̼͎̞̑̂̆̏͗̕ ̷̭̺̞̪̥̮͆̅̌̆̀͊̈̉͘͜n̸̢̟͕̑̌ą̷̨͚̝͔͕͔̹̰͛̌́͜m̴͈̉͋͒e̵̢̤͚̻̗̠̪̞̪̚ ̵̡̹̳͋͆w̴̘̞̙̜̩͎̳̮̗̹͛̅̇̂̑̚͘h̵̘̘͈̥̟̝̰̠̓̒̏͜͝e̶͍͎̰̳͇̝͊̋ǹ̴̢̮̺͙̖̓͐́̎̏ͅ ̵̨̢̨̰͈̭̟̙̳̅ͅi̶̦̠̗̬͗͛͑ ̵̣̝̦̱̻͔̬̉̆̅̕a̷̡̗̥̹̹̜͚͋̔̀̅͒͝ş̴͚͈̘̳̊͝ͅk̶̛̩̪̖̀̒̇̃͒͑̀" the strange being continued.
'Do things for it?' I thought for a moment 'what could such a being want from me anyway?' would it want me to do something bad?...I'm probably overthinking this, if it was trying to make me things like worship it or betray IlIas's commandments it would have said so, it likely just wants small favors here and there occasionally.
"I accept" I replied to it's offer with resolve, after everything that happened since this morning I finally get a chance to be a hero! I won't squander this opportunity I'm given.
"VɆⱤɎ ₩ɆⱠⱠ, ł ฿Ɇ₴łɆ₲Ɇ Ʉ₱Ø₦ ɎØɄ ₥Ɏ ₲ł₣₮, ⱠɆ₮ ɎØɄ ฿Ɇ₵Ø₥Ɇ ₳₦ Ʉ₦ĐɎł₦₲ ₭₦ł₲Ⱨ₮ ₳₦Đ ₣ØⱤ ɎØɄⱤ ł₥₥ØⱤ₮₳Ⱡ ₴ØɄⱠ ₮Ø ₣ØⱤɆVɆⱤ ฿Ɇ Ʉ₦₮ØɄ₵ⱧɆĐ ฿Ɏ Ø₮ⱧɆⱤ₴" it replied after hearing my answer and for once I could feel it's voice with more clarity then before.
From the trapped beings body shone a red beam of light upon my body and as it hit me I could feel myself feeling lighter then before, more….liberated, as though something or some sort of limit has been removed from me.
"thank you! Thank you so much!" I thanked it with tears in my eyes, I felt myself flood with joy from this, I could finally be a hero, I could stop the monster lord, I can do what you asked of me mom….
It didn't replay, as if saying that there is no need for thanks or words and in a sense it would be right, I shouldn't thank it with pointless flattery but with actions.
I felt myself waking up from this vision before I panicked realizing I don't even know the name of the one who saved my dream from the abyss of despair, the one who gave me the chance to correct the sins of my father and make my mom proud.
"wait! You didn't tell me your name!" I yelled/asked in desperation.
"m̴̻̖̮̬͍͐͑̾̌͠y̶̡̗̟̰̠͖̣̰̰̋͑͑̂̆̈́̃͛̍͘ͅ ̴̨̨̬̟̜̇͗̈́̀͠͝n̵̢̗̹̭̭̜̑̂à̸̗̖̰̮͓̪̾̑̏m̶̨̩̙͙̙̻̋͌̓̓́͝e̷̼̭̰͇̩̻͓̲̟̓̓̀͆͜͠?̸̨͔̘̩̤̩̖͚̣͑͂̾̀̌͛̆͛ ɎØɄ ₥₳Ɏ ₵₳ⱠⱠ ₥Ɇ...The Chained God" it replied to me one final time before I woke up, each word it transmitted to me heard more clearly then the last before I finally heard it, the chained god eh? Worshiping other gods other then IlIas is forbidden but he never asked me to worship him, not to mention that he helped me at my lowest point and not IlIas, after seeing him the name seems fitting considering how trapped he looked, why would anyone chain such a nice and benevolent god I don't know.
Look out world luka the hero is coming!
AN: and that is chapter 1.
Hope you liked it, please share your thoughts in the comments and if any of you happen to know who this chained god is (someone from dnd lore who I and my buddy changed somewhat for our campaign but still close to the original) then don't spoil it for others please.
Just as a heads up this fic will feature multiple timelines like paradox but mostly stick to 2, the first being the one with our squad which will meet luka and alice later and the second timeline being the one where alice for once will see a bad end because she said some mean things to luka.
And I'll say it once more that paradox won't be included because I haven't played it yet though I'm planning to.
This time I'll try to not abandon this fic and update this thing actually (probably not consistently but I'll try to get there) and we'll definitely will get to see in this fic the monsters for once regretting their life choices and getting their comeuppance or properly atone for their crimes (I see you alma and erubetie).
I'll try to update this once or twice a month, hopefully this I will be able to do.
See you next time and hopefully I'll make this fic stay and not abandon it (and pay respects/not piss off the fandoms my setting included or the mgq fandom).