Open World

by BioQuill

Imagine a reality built to be infinite. Built to be explored and built to be dropped in from your home reality and Izikaied into a reality where all you know to be fiction is reality. This is a reality built for everyone to explore and adventure within. Explore, Adventure, Live.

5. Chapter 5: Fate

A month had passed since I became a hermaphrodite. I experienced my first… period. Pain sucked but thankfully the meds Marianne recommended worked beautifully while all my loves helped with the… overflow of seed. It was a very sex filled week, and thankfully no one got knocked up.

"Jeez…" I muttered. "Didn't expect that week to be…both pleasurable but also a pain in the ass…"

I finished up my Soldier classes and got to keep the weapons. It was fun and I managed one Rocket Jump. With that done I was preparing for my classes for Pyro.

"One thing I'm glad about is not seeing Three…" I muttered, not knowing what happened to the synthetic prick but not wanting to know what Katsuki might have done to them.

I was actually out with Cassidy today, she was… helping me with decisions.

"It amazes me how you can still be so embarrassed to buy undergarments alone." She huffed as we walked through the mall.

"When you've been a guy for your entire life and suddenly have to think of all the women's undergarments that doesn't involve…lewd things…it's hard…" I countered weakly.

"It's just some extra bras and panties. It's not like you're trying on miniskirts and tube tops."

"I know that but…still…" I said nervously.

She rolled her eyes as we entered the womans/hermaphrodites clothing section. Okay… hermaphrodites specialty undies for discreet genitals. One ten pack… next… bras. A C-cup large. Four more of those… huh, sports bras… could I pull that off?

I blushed as I shook my head. Thoughts like that pop in and while it's awkward but I do think I could pull it off… with the right outfit.

I also find myself thinking about my clothes a lot more.

"One thing I don't like about being a herm…is thinking about all the clothes." I shook my head. "Like, come on, I don't want to buy thirty different outfits and not decide on one for twenty minutes…"

"When ya do, it feels great though huh?" Cassidy said, giving me a grin and an elbow.

"I mean…a little, but I'd rather not annoy the hell out of myself when I'm just gonna grab whatever and put it on." I said nervously.

"Heh, you're still largely a dude up there." She said with a poke to the back of my head. "You'll learn to make those choices way quicker in your head over time. Now, onto something more relaxing and enjoyable."

"That would be preferable at the moment." I nodded in agreement. "What do you have in mind?"

"A relaxing ladies trip to the salon." She said as I paid for my things and put them away in my Assistant.

"Well…haven't been to a salon before." I brought up. "Heard it was a really good thing but didn't have the time so far."

"Then let's go so you can find out."

Cassidy brought me to a small salon in the mall. We got the full treatment of hair curls under that hood thing, nail cleaning and even painting, and foot baths also to toenail cleanings and paint.

I had to admit, it was weird having the workers clean and pamper me, but it also felt kinda nice.

When it was done my nails from fingers to toes were painted in a cherry red paint and gloss. My hair was cut to a bit below the shoulders, and was shiny, curly and rather bouncy.

"How is it for a former guy you rock looking sexy as a lady. Or, Hermaphrodite."

"Because I'm awesome?" I joked. "But I have no idea why I look sexy."

"So, how was your first ever salon trip?"

"Amazing." I said honestly. "I feel completely refreshed."

"So, anything you wanna get done or do before we head back?"

"Hmm…" I hummed, thinking for a moment on what I'd need to do before heading back home. "I'm not entirely sure if I need to do anything…"

"Hm. By the way, how many of the new loves have you been on a date with so far?"

"Well, so far I've been with Mike the Wind Fairy…then I had at least one date with that one Gaea Giantess…I think I'm setting up a date with someone else but…I have a lot to choose from…" I said, fearing I wouldn't be able to give all of them the proper time and attention they deserve.

"Maybe you should get an assistant. The helper that does stuff for you, not the thing we all have on our wrists."

"I mean…I have Sebastian but…" I started carefully. "He's probably really busy with other thing's going on."

"Why not see about some of the other Servant Classes you freed? They are still bound to you for a year and there were thousands of them, hundred of thousands of them."

"Yeah that's fair." I nodded. "Hopefully they're all doing okay so far."

"They are, I checked in with a few a week ago. So far they're just really happy to be put to work after being opened up."

"Fair enough." I nodded. "Glad everything's working out well, but wonder who would want to help me deal with…all this nonsense of keeping my life on track?"

"Probably a sub-class that can be of use."

"Sub-class?" I asked. "Don't think I've heard that yet."

"Well, you know how there are the three main classes of Prize Pod People? Lover, Ally and Servant. These three main classes divide into more specific subclasses. Such as Lover having Spouse and Children."

"Oh yeah, that makes sense." I nodded.

"Yeah. And in terms of subclasses the Servant class has the most. All ranging from extremely useful to… less useful. But you're in luck because we will be after one of those. All the ones that seem to focus more on organization, probably office work and general planning."

"Works for me." I nodded. "Best to have someone make sure I have a proper schedule instead of guessing all the time."

"Hmm… question now is, which to hire and where to find them?"

"And how much it'll cost." I brought up. "They maybe bound to me still but if we're hiring them then it has to be worth the time and effort."

"Well, that varies based on world, and local laws per settlement. I guess we can work that out when we find them."

Cassidy and I left the mall and managed to figure out where the more office worker type Servant Classes were. Apparently, Katsuki recruited them to help with her paperwork from her time walker job. Of which she has lots from also being a forced mayor of this city by the Time Walkers as punishment for breaking rules.

They all seemed fairly busy, and skilled.

As we were walking I accidentally bumped into someone pushing a cart full of coffee. "Oh, so- AAH! Mr. Boss, we, Mrs. Boss- David!" She stuttered as she frantically tried to clean up the now spilled coffee.

She was dressed in a white blouse, black skirt and heels and was some kind of cat-fox hybrid judging from her whiskers, fox like muzzle and ears. Her coat was largely yellow with orange for the 'hair' and tail.

"No no, I'm sorry miss." I said sheepishly, trying to help clean up the mess I helped make. "A lot of people are gonna be mad at me…" I said nervously.

"No, no one would be mad with you Boss." She said as she had four spilled cups out of the original nine. "Just have to run this back to the coffee maker in the break room."

"I'll help." I said, wanting to at least make up for the accident here. "Just need to...know where everything is around here."

"What? I mean, no, no that's not necessary Boss! I can handle it, after all, you're the Boss and I'm the servant…" She said with a nervous chuckle.

"One sec." Cassidy said as she pulled me aside. "Yeah, try not to do that often. I'm not saying that to be mean or anything but Servant Class Pod People have a unique… psychology amongst we Prize Won Beings."

"Is there something wrong?" I asked, slightly panicking that I was hurting the poor adorable hybrid girl.

"Well, it's kinda similar to why Lover Class, the Spouse specifically, have a hard time should their other they opened for reject or leave them. See, Servant Class have a deeply planted psychological need to serve their boss, master, whatever they refer to the one who opened them as. It's deeply rooted in their mentality that they need to impress their Boss, you, and will sometimes go to extreme lengths to do so."

"Oh...that's...that's a pretty heavy thing." I said nervously.

"Yeah, and that is why I tell you this now. Offering to help the person who literally exists to serve you is like an insult or telling them they're worthless without saying it. It's the main part of why Servant Class Prize Pod People get left with the Caretakers Guild. These people will literally do anything you order them to do, but they are super sensitive when it comes to how they believe you view them."

"O-oh…" I started, feeling like shit for hurting the poor girl. "I...didn't know…"

"I know, which is why I am telling you now, as weird as it might be, just give her a task or job and when she finishes it, say she did a good job. It will probably make her year."

"Alright." I nodded gently. "Still…it feels…kind of sad that prize pod people are just… psychologically forced into that bit…"

"It is a bit more messed up than most cases, but they are still people, and that issue only affects the Servant Class."

"Yeah…" I sighed out. "Well…hopefully I can make some amends with the poor girl."

I walked back over to her, the hybrid lady looking a mix of worried and nervous.

"What is your name and job?" I asked the hybrid curiously.

"D-Debby. I'm primarily for general office work from mail to paperwork and data archiving. Secondary in coding and tech support. I was late getting an assignment so I ended up part timing between Mail room and snack cart."

"I understand." I nodded, thinking about what I could say. "I want you to keep up the good work, cause even if you ended up part timing in the Mail Room and snack carts, those are important things to help keep everyone ready for anything." I said, gently patting the fox-cat hybrid's head.

Her smile grew across her whole face as her tail wagged happily. "Yes sir!" She said before heading off, way more happy than before.

"Adorable." I muttered with a smile. "Alright…so that's at least one thing settled…" I muttered, taking a deep breath and continuing around to find someone that can help me with all my daily planning and the like.

"Bet she'd let you rutt her if you asked~" Cassidy said with a chuckle.

"I mean…while that's true…" I started. "Wouldn't that…be taking advantage of them?" I asked nervously.

"Yes, and depending on local laws that may or may not be illegal. That being said, if you decide to date here, tread carefully, while people can have a happy relationship with their servant class, they can be quiet… obsessive and possessive."

"Then why in the world did you say that like it would have been an actual thing?" I asked quickly and worriedly.

"Well, she probably would have pet you either way." Cassidy chuckled. "The Servant Class view their Bosses like Gods sometimes. Keep that in mind when it comes to giving them jobs or orders."

"Still…" I said. "I don't want to take advantage of them…even as a boss or…something else."

"And that, is why they are often left at the Match Makers Guild. Lot of people view having a Servant Class as the same as having a slave, and a lot of people hunt or buy them specifically for cheap, loyal labor."

"Yeah…that makes sense…" I sighed out. "That's really depressing…"

"Sadly… but, better that they live and work here, simple work with simple lives rather than forced labor in factories or under some mad man's command. Say, why didn't you just ask her? She's cute, good at office stuff and is already doing grunt work here."

"Uh…yeah I really should." I said honestly. "And…alright, you can still date Servant Class right? Or at least, make an attempt right?" I asked nervously, cause Debby was really cute and looked datable…even though I had thousands of other boyfriends and girlfriends…fuck…

"Yes, but I recommend waiting on that til she's worked with you long enough to stop viewing you as some God and is viewing you as a person, otherwise she will go crazy."

"That's fair." I nodded. "Alright, so before she get's too far away…I also hope me saying 'here's your promotion, you're going to be my personal assistant' won't put her into shock…"

"I kinda expect her to faint." Cassidy said with a shrug.

After finding Debby again and telling her about her new promotion, Cassidy called it as after a scream of pure joy, Debby fainted. After she woke up we let her finish her stuff before… well, taking her home. She was excited to say the least and John was already programming her a room/office.

"This is amazing! I can't believe I'm in Boss's house!" She said as she looked around.

"... She's weird…" Luna said to me with a whisper from her seat on my lap.

"It's…technically not her fault." I whispered back. "She thinks I'm her Boss, someone super important as I'm the one who tells her what to do and the like…" I explained carefully to Luna.

"Does she only listen to you?"

"Well…she does listen to others, she's a worker…but my word is practically law to her." I said.

"Huh. So why is she here?"

"Because I need help keeping things in order, as well as have a schedule for myself cause…I have a lot of thing's to do and I don't even know where to start."

"Once my office is ready, I will get started right away sir!" Debby said happily.

"So, how much longer til your Pyro classes start?" Abby asked from her seat next to me.

"I believe next week or so." I shrugged. "Considering I was banned for a month it kind of threw me off on when certain things were happening."

"Awh, what a fun week that was~" Abby said with a grin.

"Yeah." I nodded. "Oh and by the way, I forgot to ask how Generation worked besides 'it doubles all my energies'...doesn't it work all the time or does it only work in hazard zones?" I asked curiously. "I don't think it was explained and…well I don't want to suddenly explode from too much energy."

"Well, from what I do know, it doubles all your energies, both in reserves and total amount every minute but only when you are in hazard zones." Abby said as she thought. "Aside from that I believe only like… five people are known to have it."

"Well…it is a Legendary ability so of course not many would have it.' I nodded. "Wonder if I can find one of them and they could train me to use it properly…or at least, not blow myself up."

"We can look into that later I guess. For now how about some exploring?"

"Sure." I nodded. "Got a place in mind or just pick a direction and start walking?"

"Maybe just a random direction. Change that up and kill some time." Abby shrugged.

"Works for me." I nodded. "Anyone else to tag along or just the two of us?"

"I… would prefer if I can stay in the office Boss…" Debby stated with some nervousness.

"I got a date with Hannah later so, can't." Cassidy said.

"Can I come?" Luna asked.

"Sure Luna." I nodded. "Let's go on an adventure."

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"Well, now I know what a Tyrannosaurus Rex's breath smells like…" Abby said as I was shooting off my Scout shotgun into the partial mush that was a T-Rex head.

"It smelled like death and rotten meat." Luna said nonchalantly.

"But one things for certain, this thing isn't rotting so who wants some T-Rex steaks?" I asked, not having tried dino meat before even with my dates so far.

"Well, we are here." Abby shrugged.

"It tried to eat us, but we shall be the ones eating." Luna said with a grin.

"Exactly." I said happily.

Carving up the meat was difficult, their hide is rather thick and tough but the meat was kinda like turkey. I managed to pack the rest of the carcass into my Assistant and Abby, Luna and I were off again looking around the nearby hazard zones. It was a nice, slightly dangerous family outing.

"This is nice." I said warmly. "Also, glad that the T-Rex tasted good."

"Wasn't bad. Now I can't stop imagining a whol;e T-Rex in a rotisserie cooker." Abby said with a chuckle.

We wandered into a small cave nearby, heading inside with flashlights ready as we looked around. It was fairly common looking. We came across an opening filled with a large pond and glowing blue moss and yellow mushrooms giving off a calming light and amazing scenery.

"Pretty!" Luna exclaimed happily.

"Yeah, this certainly is a pretty area." I agreed.

Abby went down, taking a sip from the water. "It's clean too. High in minerals. This place must be a Hideout."

"A Hideout? Like a Safe Space or something?" I inquired.

"Yeah, Hideouts are naturally safe areas in Hazard Zones. Enemies can't get inside and there's usually something neat in them. They're usually hidden all around the place, either in the sky, underground or in caves and such like this. Some are even just clearings in the woods or an oasis in the desert, things like that." She said, pulling a cup from her Assistant and drinking some more before handing the cup to Luna

I pulled out a cup of my own and gently filled it with some mineral water and drank it.

It was really good. Back home a bottle of water like this would probably cost five or more dollars. We each had a few cups of the tasty water and I took the time to mark this location on my Assistant to remember.

Before we left I heard footsteps. Turning to the entrance I saw a man, or something, dressed head to toe in some kind of armor. I have no idea what it was made from, and the helmet was all some kind of metal with a single thin black visor for their eyes. He waved at us before heading to the pond and pulling a canteen from his own Assistant and filling it.

"Uh…hi there." I said carefully to the knight looking person.

"Greetings." He said. His voice was slightly muffled by the mask but he had a deep, gravely voice that sounded older than it was. "Surprised to see others here. This Hideout doesn't get much traffic."

"We didn't actually know this was a Hideout, just kinda stumbled into it after killing a T-Rex."

"Heh, fair. I found this place looking for gemstones." He said with a chuckle. His gaze seemed to fall on Luna. "Heh, hey there little one."

"Hi." Luna waved.

"I know a few versions of you. Never seen one as a foal though."

"Got her from the Matchmakers Guild." I mentioned, gently patting Luna's head. "Happy to be a parent for her…even if she's a little too smart for her own good."

"Heh, that's a common trend." The stranger chuckled as he put his canteen away. He stood up. "Nice to meet you David, Luna, Abby." With that, he quickly left the cave.

"Uh…" I started. "I don't remember giving him our names…now I know he knew Luna cause obvious but…what about the two of us?" I asked nervously.

"Meep." Abby said, falling down.

"Mom fainted." Luna said, stating the obvious in a rather adorable fashion.

"Yes…yes she did." I said worriedly. "Okay seriously…the hell is happening?"

Abby suddenly jumped back up. "Ugh, did… did that just happen…" She said. "Well, at least he didn't see me." She said, breathing a sigh. "Still, didn't say anything either. Shit…"

"So uh…who was that?" I asked Abby nervously. "And who was that? He also said your name so he knew you…"

That seemed to suddenly click in her head. "... Jack the Killer knows my name!" Abby screeched before passing out again.

I sighed out as I nudged Abby with my foot into the pool of water to wake her up.

She sank… Then splashed out. "Woah. Mineral rush. Also, Water Fairy, you're lucky I can basically breathe in it." She said as she stood up and shook off the excess. "And, to answer your Question. That, was Jack the Killer."

"And who is Jack the Killer?" I asked worriedly.

"Well, his full title is Jack the God Killer. He's a ninth generation member of The Family, and is ranked fifteen in terms of strength/power."

"Wow." I blinked in surprise. "That's pretty interesting…so he knew us because he had a high level Scan ability or something?" I inquired, thinking how he knew us was because of some ability.

"I have no idea, but that was awesome! You rarely see a member of The Family just hanging around here and in the common wilds. I'd expect to see them on a nightmare trip to Armageddon."

"That's rather interesting." I said honestly. "So begs the question, why was he just…hanging around here? Couldn't just be a coincidence could it?" I said, fearing that him being here could actually mean something completely different, especially since what I just got a month ago.

"No idea. But nobody will believe this."

"I mean…there's a way to literally show people our memories right?" I asked. "They couldn't also be like 'your memories are faked'...right?"

"You'd think that…" Abby said with a sigh. "These days if it's not Live Streamed there will always be doubt, and even then half the people will call hoxe, the other half indifferent, and a half percent will think it true."

"Well that's…kind of dumb." I frowned.

"Reality of unlimited possibilities means unlimited ways to lie and trick people."

"Right…" I sighed out. "Well that sucks…but also sorry for nudging you into the water."

"Meh, aside from being a bit wet, no harm done."

"Alright, so after that…event, where should we head off to after this?"

"No idea."

"Maybe we should head back home." Luna stated.

"Well, we did get some nifty thing's, plus we can share some of that T-Rex meat with the others, and I'm sure John will do something with the hide and bones."

"Probably. Plus we probably should get home before night." Abby added.

With that we went home. John took the hide and bones and Sabastian was preparing a T-Rex and noodle soup for us all for dinner.

Cassidy walked into the living room and collapsed on the couch across from me.

"Long day Cassidy?" I asked softly.

"My date with Hannah ended on a happy note." She said with a grin. "If you ever end up in bed with a gigantic lady, it's both amazing and humbling. Also kinky like you can not believe."

"Sounds like fun." I chuckled. "So, if you'd believe me or not, me, Abby and Luna all met Jack the Killer today by weird happenstance."

"Bullshit." Cassidy said as she sat up.

"It's true." I said honestly. "Honestly thought it was just random guy wanting to be a Black Knight type of thing, but considering how Abby fainted twice in pure awe of him…well I'll take her word for it." I shrugged.

"No shit. He's one of the handful of people in Existence to travel through the Asylum of Hell, the Omega Black Hole, and the core of Armageddon and make it through to the exit."

"Damn." I blinked. "That's a rather impressive resume…and he's only number fifteen in the power rankings? What the hell?"

"Of The Family, yes. It's not actually ranked by The Family though. It's based on recorded accounts of their battles and adventures."

"Wow." I said honestly. "To be that low…must have been one hell of an adventure for the other fourteen." I said honestly.

"I bet. So, T-Rex noodle soup… that's new."

"Yeah, we killed a T-Rex so we might as well use it." I shrugged. "Plus, it has some major bad breath issues."

"Yikes. Huh, I just realized something. Aside from Armageddon, what other planets do you know about?"

"Uh…" I started. "Not many other than me guessing 'hey, I've played this video game or read this book before'..." I said nervously.

"Hm. In that case, wanna hear about some of the weird ones?"

"Sure." I nodded. "How weird can they get?"

"Oh, oh they get weird. And we can start with the two most well known of these weird planets. Planet 34 and 69."

"Oh you've got to be joking?" I asked. "They couldn't have gone that obvious could they?"

"They did. Planet 34 is half giant sex shop, half brothels and strip clubs. Fuck even the dungeons are all sex/kink themed. Planet 69, now that's all basically a planet sized orgy of shameless sex and fetishes."

"And how has Slaanesh not taken advantage of that?" I asked, remembering that Warhammer Chaos God that was literally fueled and powered by people doing all sorts of lust fueled crap like that.

"I'm assuming they live there and oversee all the perverted mess those two planets embody."

"I wouldn't be surprised." I shook my head. "Alright…so honestly there's almost nothing that can top that absolute mess of worlds."

"Then you should travel to the planet often dubbed 'every child's paradise'. Candy land. An entire planet, made of candy, sweets and sugary drinks and foods. From the land to the enemies and dungeons."

"My teeth hurt just thinking about all that gloriousness." I joked.

"If you want to avoid some diabetes and tooth decay, then try it's less sugary sister planet, Buffet. A corporate owned planet where everything is basically the island in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Food of every kind. Oceans of sodas, lemonade and ECT. Volcanoes spewing hot nacho cheese or pasta sauce and the moon is made out of every type of cheese in creation."

My stomach growled in response. "I hope food's getting done soon, cause this is making me hungry."

"And you are a gamer, so High Score is a hodgepodge of every videogame in existence on one planet where dungeons put you in the role of the game protagonist and when you beat it, you keep everything you can carry. And in game companions are turned into Ally Class people over AI/Flesh Fabricated replicas."

"Damn." I said in surprise. "Amazing."

"And if you'd prefer some literature, then stop by Archive. A planet sized library literally connected to every library in existence and contains every book in this reality and rumors say more but nobody knows cause mapping that nightmare is trouble and a half even with an almanac of that planet."

"You'd think there would have been a book made to look around that place." I shrugged.

"And if books aren't your thing, then try out Cinema Central. Movie Theaters showing everything from brand new movies to older movies to new and old TV shows you can watch in binge session after season."

"I thought we were going to talk about weird worlds, not interesting worlds." I joked.

"Hmm… Oh, by the way, did you enroll Luna, Timmy and Tina in school yet? Cause there is one world that is literally a gigantic school. From kindergarten to college."

"Shit…I forgot." I said nervously.

"Hm. Well, I'm fairly certain you can enroll them late and it will be fine. Some people don't even enroll their kids at all."

"Really?" I inquired. "That's…surprising. Also I forgot cause…well a lot of thing's are happening and I'd like to…be a parent first before sending them to school's and the like."

"Huh. Well, in that case maybe you should wait until the new school year to enroll them."

"Yeah." I nodded. "That's probably for the best…jeez I have a lot more to think about and I already have too much to think about…"

"Heh, adventuring is one thing, parenting is another. But, all in all so long as they come out fine you did good enough."

"That's…all I can hope for to be honest…" I sighed out.

"So, aside from being embarrassed to buy your clothes alone, adjusting to being a hermaphrodite?"

"Yeah, surprisingly it's been going smoothly.." I said. "Thought it would have been a bit more…weird considering I'm now both but…it's been perfectly fine this past month."

"Heh, well glad that's working out for you. Also glad you finally stopped groping yourself when you think no one is looking."

"I did no such thing." I countered, blushing brightly at being found out.

"We all know, Abby thinks it was cute, and Marrianne said it was natural for a first time permanent gender swap."

"Fine…" I grumbled. "But I couldn't help it…imagine being a guy all your life and then suddenly sprouting these on your chest…" I said, lightly lifting up my new tits.

"Yeah, I can't relate." Cassidy stated plainly. "So, looking forwards to your Pyro Classes?"

"As long as I don't have to get high as hell to be Pyro that's fine." I said honestly.

"Why would you think that?"

"Pyro, at least in the game, saw a weird magical Candy Land whenever he set thing's on fire…either because he's completely insane or because their trying to have some mental disconnect to not see the horror's of murder." I said. "Never really explained and…well Pyro Land is also weird."

"Well, I think it depends on the pyro, but mostly it's their goggles. I think they're a Reality Perception Alteration item. Basically even though he's killing and slaughtering and setting the world on fire, to him he's basically doing the shit he thinks he's doing in his little fantasy world."

"That makes sense." I nodded. "Pyrovision Goggles were always the main way to go to Pyro Land."

"I guess so. They use a Flamethrower, shotgun and fire axe right?"

"Yes they do." I nodded. "At least, for their Stock weapons."

"And that's what you get once you finish your classes right?"

"Yes." I nodded.

"Not gonna buy the other variations or any cosmetics and hats?"

"There's a lot of cosmetics, variations of weapons and hats and…while I used to be into the Trading Scene for a bit, all that would be a pain in the ass to start from scratch, and I still need the money for all of this and supporting Candlelight's construction."

"Well, why not enter a tournament then? They give out all kinds of prizes, and if you wanna stick to the TF2 theme, then enter one where you can put your classes on the Soldier and Scout to use. There's always tournaments and matches where you can win prizes and money."

"Yeah…that's fair." I nodded. "Maybe I could…"

"You still have some time before your next classes. Let me see if I can find one that can work for you." Cassidy said as she began searching for competitions through her Assistant. "Let's see… There's a lot of options here… They all require an entrance fee though, but it's only a hundred rem. Winning team all gets paid but they get paid based on how well they do in the match. The least a person can win in this competition is two hundred rem, so basically twice the entrance fee just for being on the winning team. Losing team gets nothing."

"Sounds about right." I nodded. "Anything specific about these tournaments like handicaps or something?"

"Standard restrictions on abilities and such, no items allowed unless they are TF2 based with Heavy healing items and Medic items and ect. One of each class so you can either be Scout or Soldier given those are the only classes you have currently."

"How do they…keep my Generation ability in check?" I asked carefully. "Do they need someone specific to lock it or is the arena made specifically to stop that?"

"Huh… that could be an issue, but like everything in this reality there is an answer for that." Cassidy stated. "Mind bringing up your Skill Trees?"

"I should have thought there was an 'on and off' switch…" I muttered as I pulled up my Skill Tree and scrolling over to Generation.

Cassidy tapped on the ability. A small side menu popped up asking if I'd like to deactivate the ability. She tapped Yes and the ability went from glowing to a dull grey as the side menu asked if I wanted to activate it now.

"I really should have thought of that first…" I started carefully.

"Heh, a lot of people forget that this is a possibility. All abilities can be turned on and off from this little side menu, as well as upgrading their ranks."

"And I suppose Legendary Abilities can't be upgraded?" I asked, trying to see if there was anything else to Generation besides being toggled.

"Nope. They're the Max of the Max. Upgrading them would be kidna Overkill, but you never know. The Family and Mother are the only ones in this reality that can change that fact so, I guess we'll see what the future holds."

"Sounds fair." I nodded. "Is there any other Tournament style things around if I may ask?" I inquired.

"Yeah, there's always something involving tournaments, battles and competitions. It's how a lot of people who actively adventure show off their powers if they don't opt for the Live Streamer option. The best of the best get invited to special competitions with high stakes battles and amazing prizes. Some even get recruited to join the Mothers Sons or Daughters."

"Damn." I blinked. "Alright…so main problem, is that I'm trying to not draw attention to myself cause I'd rather not get assaulted like Midoriya and his girlfriend did from what I was told."

"Well, if you keep the ability off unless you need it, then hopefully they won't be able to detect it. In terms of what happened with him, they attacked her because Schrodinger's Cat wielders give off unique temporal signatures. Basically since even if they get killed, they revive instantly when not observed and can warp to anywhere so long as they aren't observed. In other words, all she needs is for someone to blink it to move out of their line of sight and she's gone."

"Fair enough." I nodded, sifting through my Skill Tree wondering if I can upgrade or learn something new. "Plus I might be able to get a fuck ton of skill points because of it to make myself stronger without needing Generation…I think…"

"Yeah. Tournaments give you the chance to win everything from stuff, money, Skill Points and ect."

"Nice." I nodded.

"So, want to try one?"

"Sure, I've got some time to kill, plus the extra stuff will help out in the long run if I manage to win."

"Cool. I'll send you the Tournament Application. This one will be basically a Full Dive type thing so once the Application goes through you'll be entered and your body here will fall asleep while your mind enters the Digital Realm and does all that until you exit when you choose."

"Who knew we were Going Digital here." I joked, thinking I'm the only one that would get that cheesy Digimon reference.

I received the application and filled it out. It was basic stuff. Name, TF2 class I'm entering as, and what Username I'd go as. Apparently that's an option. Huh… what name could I go by? Hmm… I'll use what I used to go by on Steam. I entered my old username from home. 'My Reference'. "People will either think I'm referencing Lord of the Ring's or be old enough to know the 'I'm Going Digital' song…either way it will confuse the shit out of people." I chuckled. "And I find that hilarious."

Once that was all filled out I waited until the confirmation was delivered. Once I got that I was waiting a few seconds. And three, two, one…

---

I found myself in the usual barracks of a map I recognized instantly. The ever iconic 2Fort. I was still me, but dressed in blu team with the scouts shorts, shirt, shoes and hat.

"Neat." I nodded. "Also 2Fort…these people do know what 2Fort does to people right?"

Looking around there were others all dressed in TF2 attire, one of every class was here. The horn rang and we got to work.

So far, this seems to be a standard combat so far. Got five minutes to capture the intelligence. Okay, the better I do the better my team does and the more I win so long as my team wins.

[i]"Alright, so the whole thing is about doing better…so should I just fuck with Snipers or try and get the Intel?"[/i] I thought to myself, wondering how I should approach this as I ran around the place carefully towards the Red base.

I started off via the sewers. The red engineer was set up here. Fucking-

"Need some help?" I turned, seeing the suit and mask wearing blue spy. They were a male and some kind of beastial, I think a ferret?

"Please." I sighed out.

"I can zap the turret. When I do, you rush in and take out the engineer." They stated.

"Work's for me." I nodded, readying myself to bolt in when they sap it. "Ready when you are." I said, keeping an ear out for any Pyro's or someone else that might come in.

They nodded, shifting into the red Demoman disguise and rushed into the Engi base. They managed to zap the turret. Once he did I rushed out and we gunned down the Engi and took out the turret, teleporter and dispenser. I reloaded my gun and the Spy and I were making our way up into the main part of the base. We managed to rush into the underground area, finding their Pyro here.

"Shit…" Spy said. "Think you can distract him long enough for me to get a back stab?"

"Of course." I said, pulling out my pistol and ready to take pot shots at them. "Pot shots from here, then they try and run at me and you back stab them when they too close?"

"Just keep out of reach of the fire." They said, shifting to become invisible.

"Fair enough." I nodded while going around the corner and firing my pistol at the Pyro.

They spun around and began to chase me. I managed to keep out of reach from them long enough to see Spy uncloak and stab their knife into the Pyro's back. Then again and a third and final time the Pyro fell. "Alright, let's move. Between Pyro and Engi the rest will be rushing this place the second we touch the intel."

"Oh yeah." I nodded. "Let's just hope they aren't turtling out of nowhere." I muttered. "Let's move."

Spy and I rushed in. I grabbed the intelligence and suddenly the alarms went off. We began rushing out of here. They're DemoMan tried to stop us but Spy's revolver and my scattergun made quick work of him. We rushed through the front where our Sniper took out their Heavy as he tried to fire at us. Once we were across the bridge and inside the base, we had a safe time delivering the intel to our room. Two minutes left and one point for blue team.

"Well, that went by better than expected." Spy sighed.

"Yeah." I nodded. "Only two minutes left." I said sheepishly.

"Looks like. Best get some more kills in so we can gain some extra money when the match is over."

"True." I nodded. "Plus…well it's 2Fort, so want to mess with snipers?"

"There's just the one but, sure." He said. "By the way, Logi_Page." He said, holding a hand out.

"Nice to meet you, I'm My Reference." I said, shaking their hand.

"Heh. Nice. Now then, let's go tease kill the red team." He said, pulling up his revolver.

"Oh yeah." I chuckled. "We're gonna have a whole lotta fun." I said, holding my Scattergun in glee.

Logi_Page and I managed to dominate the red team. I even got to blow their Medic into a free fall into the water off the bridge.

We won with Logi_Page and I in the top three. It earned me 2,000 rem. Huh, not bad.

"Outstanding." I chuckled. "Not bad for a first attempt."

"It's a good way to earn some spare cash." Logi_Page said with a chuckle. We were waiting for the match to start and were once again the blu team.

"So how long have you been at this?" I inquired Logi.

"Just the last two years. Decided to pick up this version after I started getting bored of the normal pc version." He stated. "You?"

"Just started today after two classes, cause well…I kind of need the money for many reason." I explained.

"Heh, fair. Lot of people make a living playing Digital Realm Tournaments."

"Makes sense, getting money from actually being apart of a game you play and enjoy?" I shrugged. "Why wouldn't you do something like that."

"Still taking those classes?"

"Well, I started a month and a half ago, did Scout and Soldier, then got banned for a month due to…outside circumstances, and then I'm starting Pyro next week."

"Nice. Word of advice, just use the basic mask. The one with the Pyro Land Goggles kinda… feel like a drug trip without being high. Royally fucked with me when I tried."

"Yeah I thought that would happen." I said nervously. "Thanks for the Tip."

"Don't mention it. Nothing against Pyro players or Role Players, but majority of them are… kinda nuts."

"Yeah…" I said nervously. "Spreading joy through murderous pyromania…that's not really a good combination…"

"Part of why I prefer playing Spy. Whole point is to not be seen or detected, and when you're a six foot five ferret, it's nice to be invisible."

"I was actually thinking about if you were a ferret or not." I said honestly. "Considering the Spy get up, I was a little confused on the finer details, but glad to know I was right on my first assumption."

"Yeah. My species is actually known as Electronian. You know those electricity gems around? Back before the Mother and all that, my species evolved on a planet that had the largest ever deposits of the stuff. We ended up being able to generate electricity ourselves."

"Okay, now that is cool." I said. "Thunder Ferrets…sounds like a weird spin off of ThunderCats and I am all about it."

Logi chuckled. "Well, that's a new one. Half the time most people call me a living take on buff Pikachu. And I've seen an actual buff Pikachu. An image that still haunts me."

"Pikachu is a Mouse, Ferret's are not mice, and Ferret's are adorable…uh…" I started. "Saying that in front of you sounds…weirder than it should all of a sudden I am sorry."

"Well, coming from anyone other than a cutie like yourself, I'd be offended."

I blushed. Cute! Wow… that feels… Nice to hear. Embarrassing, yet plesant.

"Wow…I've mostly been told I'm sexy but…hearing I'm cute is a whole lot different…a nice different."

"It's mostly the outfit. Simple shorts, shirt and hat. In a proper dress I bet you would look especially gorgeous."

I blushed a bit harder. Wow, he's flirting with me and… I'm enjoying it… a lot.

"And where did you learn all this wonderful flirting?" I asked, gently waving my hand in front of my face in a mock attempt to fan myself.

"Too many hours playing Spy and a rather casual sex life." He said with a laugh.

"Fair enough." I laughed as well. "First day of doing this and already made a flirtatious friend, what a wonderful time."

"Anything for a pretty face." He said with a smirk. "And a pretty face who knows how to fight is always good company."

"You tease." I chuckled. "And here I am, not even knowing what your face looks like behind that mask, oh the woes of a lady meeting a flirtatious spy." I sighed theatrically.

"Yeah. Too bad I can't remove this mask on the server. Or, other clothings~"

"Y-yeah…" I stuttered a little, annoyed by my female side being a little overpowering for this flectric fluffball. "Too bad…but also shouldn't it be 'this' server? Or is it just one unified sever?"

"I honestly have no idea. The way the Digital Realm works goes way over my head." He stated. "Though, I don't have to take anything off to enjoy this." He said, wrapping a rather large paw over my side and pulling me against him. Woah- He's soft, and under the soft fur, is rock hard abs! Kinda surprising I can feel all that through his tux.

"Whoa there my debonair ferret." I said in surprise, my head starting to billow with steam at how close I was to this furry stud…curse you female hormones! "But…this is nice…"

He sighed, letting me go. "Let me guess, relationship?" At my silence he sighed again. "Heh, sorry about that. I usually meet most of my… one nighters online, and you are actually really cute."

"I never said 'no' to any of this." I said carefully. "I have an open relationship that…one of my girlfriends would be super happy to have more cause apparently Harem Fetish's exist…" I blushed. "And well…it's not just the relationship bit that I'm nervous about…" I said nervously, not wanting to ruin our friendship and whatever budding emotions I'm having for him. "I'm sorry for making this awkward…" I sighed out, hating myself for probably ruining this whole experience.

"Hey, it's my fault for coming on strong. Part of why I play spy is that I enjoy faking the confidence. Pretty sure if it weren't for my hours of Roleplay as this french bastard I'd never have gotten laid." He chuckled. "I forget to tone it back sometimes. Gotten me slapped more than a few times."

"Now I never said that was a bad thing." I said, gently patting the ferret's head. "Just…well, being flirted with like that was a new experience all things considered, since I was mostly teased about how hot I was…and also uh…the other problem with me that isn't relationship wise is uh…" I trailed off, trying to figure out the right words so he wouldn't think I'm some weirdo or something cause, even if it's a wonderful and open minded world, Three was still a cunt that proved that wasn't always the case.

"Hm?"

"Well…the 'cute' me you see here just happened a month ago." I said carefully. "Well, at least for me being both genders, and honestly I felt more comfortable as this somehow…and when I've mostly been around my girlfriends and at least one boyfriend, my kids, or adventuring teammates…well I haven't had much of a chance to experience a stud like you flirting like the debonair spy you are."

"So? I've been with a lot of people. Men, wemon, herms. A Genderless person once. Nothing between the legs but, well I'll not say what we did in public. And if you're happy as you are now, then good on you. Your own happiness should be a priority."

"Thanks." I said warmly. "It's…a lot to take in, even after a month of all this…and you…well I'd honestly like to say I hope this won't be a one time thing…" I said nervously. "But that's all up to you at this point."

"Heh… honestly I usually keep it to one night stands cause the actual me is… a hardcore nerd and weeb." He admitted. "I can list off every Pokemon in every region and national Pokedex, tell you what Digimon evolves into what, and I've memorized the DND rulebooks like a priest the bible."

"I'm sorry, I thought you were trying to talk about your flaws, not seduce me." I teased. "Now…I will admit, I have absolutely zero idea about how the digital world works and if it changes how people physically look, I'm sorry if I'm assuming that…but a hardcore nerd wtih abs that feel like you can grate cheese off them is something a hardcore nerd like myself would love."

"Heh… actually by Electronian standards, I'm a runt. The average height for my species is ten feet and by comparison my body type isn't anything impressive. Part of why I moved away from my family and such. Being the runt of the family is… not very fun."

"I can imagine." I sighed out. "But let's not focus on that negative bit, cause you are a stud and a half my wonderful Thunder Furret."

Now Logi seemed to blush. From what small corners of their cheeks I could see from their Spy face mask. "Heh, thanks for that Reference. Hey, here." He tapped the arm that normally has the assistant to mine. My Hud notified me of a friend request that I immediately accepted. "Maybe next time we can meet up in a more… casual hang out server?"

"It's a date." I said warmly.

"Heh, great." He said, the horn signaling the match's beginning went off. "Well, think we can dominate them two matches in a row?" He asked, raising his revolver.

"Hell yeah." I said, raising my Scattergun and ready to dominate some fools.

This match, Logi_Page and I were getting a few killstreaks and dominations. We also got two intel captures after working with the others to force our way into the enemy base and set up a spawn camp for fun.

A few more matches and eight grand won in rem later, I bid farewell to Logi_Page. I felt… happy. A guy flirted with me, he was nice and it was overall a good online interaction. I rarely got those back home.

"That was nice." I sighed out warmly. "And I got a date, woo!" I cheered.

"Seriously?" Marrianne said as she entered the room. "Wow. Going from socially awkward to strutting your stuff are we?"

"More like an Elecronian Ferret nerd and I hit it off harder than I thought possible." I said honestly. "Also seriously…runt of the litter, six foot five, super soft fur and abs you can grate cheese off of…the hell?" I blushed at the description.

"Hm, yup. Sounds like a usual Electronian runt. If you saw the muscles the average Electronian was packing you'd drop your clothes faster than light speed." Marrianne said with a chuckle. "Did a check up for one before. Was not easy to keep professional on that one. When I got home, I took a four hour cold shower. And still climaxed nine times."

"O-oh…" I started nervously. "Well…I have my choice in Thunder Furret and I'm sticking with him."

"Well, best tell Debby. Her office was finished an hour ago and she's been typing and scheduling ever since."

"Right then." I nodded. "Hopefully she remembers to eat and drink, don't want her overworking herself."

"You might want to tell her to schedule that for herself then…" Marrianne said, taking my hand and to Debby's office/room. Opening the door there was paper and the sound of typing that you'd expect to hear from a cartoon. That's how fast she was typing words.

I lightly knocked on the door. "Hey Debby."

"Yes Sir-Ma'am-Boss!" She said as she looked up, slightly spooked.

"Have you remembered to take a break?" I asked first and foremost, wanting to make sure she wasn't hurting herself for work.

"Uh, I went to the bathroom half an hour ago. Does that count?" She asked with a straight face.

"Have you been eating and drinking?" I asked.

"I ate and drank before I started."

"And how long ago was that?" I asked carefully.

"Hour and a half ago."

"Alright." I nodded. "Just making sure you are taking care of yourself, as my secretary you need to take decent breaks for food and drinks, and to make sure you don't get injured alright?" I asked them simply.

"Yes Boss. Um, keeping that in mind, how long will my work day/week be in that case?"

"Well…that depends on how much you've gotten done." I said honestly. "Cause while I'd like to say the standard fourty hour, nine to five…it kind of looks like you were about ready to create an entire month's worth of scheduling in the hour and a half you've been working."

"Well, I've largely been working on digitalizing profiles of all your Lovers Classes, as well as Abby's and Marrianne's. Including all your Servant and Ally Classes, where they live and work in the city, finances, Marrianne's appointments."

I looked over at my lovely birb. "Hey, she offered and has been good at it." She replied with a shrug.

"And I've also been cataloguing all of your inventories from weaponry to raw materials within your storage and armories, and created a Project timeline from start to deadline for John."

"Alright…" I said carefully. "So, there's nothing wrong with a simple forty hour week, with breaks so you don't overwork yourself, as well as vacation days and holiday's." I shrugged. "And if you finished the work you needed to before the day's up, and I do mean [i]needed[/i] to finish, then you can clock out early depending on if you didn't forget to finish up another thing." I explained. "How's that work Debby?"

"I've already set up my schedule for the year based on that baseline Boss." Debby stated as her printer went off. "Forty hour work week, minus one day off a week and such leaves me with a six and a half hour work day. Seven if I am taking an hour off work for lunch."

"Yeah, that works." I nodded, more used to the 'eight hour a week, two days off' version but if she already had all of that settled then I'll deal. "So, I have a possible date coming up with someone."

"Someone… not from your Lovers Class?"

"Nope, someone I actually met in the TF2 Digital World." I said. "An Electronian Ferret to be specific."

"I see." She said, typing on her computer. "What was their Username, gender and height, ect?" I told her all the information I know about Logi_Page, and she typed everything. "Alright then, I've found his Digital Realm profile page. Logi_Page, age 302, has 9,601 games on his Digital Realm Profile and Lives on the planet Triton 0. You said you wanted to go out with them again soon?"

"Yes." I nodded. "He said whenever we meet again but…well might as well see how soon."

"Right. Well let me just message him." I held back a yelp. A few awkward minutes later Debby spoke up again. "Alright, the next time you two can meet again is in the Digital Realm game world, Paradise Beach. I've already purchased that game for you and your meet up is scheduled for next friday."

Wow… she is good.

"Debby you are a lifesaver." I chuckled. "Good job."

She squeed.

I chuckled as I left her to her work.

I spent some more time relaxing until dinner. Once I ate the T-Rex and noodle soup, I headed to the room where I laid in bed with Abby, Marrianne and Mike. We were all in PJ's. Though Abby's were more akin to Lingerie but they hid enough skin to leave some imagination.

"Thunderstorm scheduled for tomorrow." Mike sighed as they hit the bed.

"Is it a bad thunderstorm?" I inquired.

"Nine hours of downpour, high wind with loud thunder and large lightning." Mike sighed. "They need it for the new farmland that was just set up. Everything from wheat to corn, apples, ect."

"So the weather patrol works with the farmers for ideal crop weather?" Abby asked.

"That and it helps keep the nearby forest project lively."

"They're making a forest next to the city?" Marrianne asked.

"It's also gonna be a park and campgrounds."

"Neat." I nodded. "So Marrianne already knows this, but I got a date scheduled soon." I said.

"Really, with who?" Abby asked.

"An Electronian Ferret, screen names Logi_Page." I answered. "And even though he's said he's the runt of the litter…he's my Thunder Furret."

"Daw, our horny little David has a crush." Mike said.

"It's not my fault he flirted his way into telling me he's a hardcore buff nerd." I said sheepishly. "But…yeah, I found myself a date and…I still have so many others to date…"

"Owe, and our baby herm has grown into a mature adult." Abby said, hugging me tight. "And to think, barely a few months ago I swiped your V-card."

"Yeah." I said, hugging Abby happily. "And it was worth it…and I'm glad to have all of you, even the other lover's that I haven't fully met yet…cause I know it means that all the crap I'm doing isn't just for some weird fulfillment fantasy…that I'm going to be doing all this crap for people I care about, and have a wonderful family to come back to everyday."

"Awe. You cheesy dork." Marrianne said as she also gave me a hug.

---

Today my Pyro Classes start, tomorrow my date with Logi_Page. So far Debby has been an excellent secretary. From my social life to work and family life, she's organized everything.

I sat waiting in the classroom of the others taking the Pyro Class. There was a faint smell of gasoline in the air, but not enough to be nauseating.

"Alright…so this is why I need the gas mask cause this might smell horrible today…" I muttered.

After a few moments Red and Blu Pyro walked into the classroom. As well as a third person that looked to be a fairly normal looking guy. "Greetings Class, This is Red and Blu Pyro, and I am Ken. I will be their translator and interpreter."

"It's nice to meet you three." I said politely.

Red Pyro said something in their muffled mask talk.

"Red says 'Today, we learn about Equipment. Starting with the fireproof suit and mask you'll be required to wear during the combat portions of this class." Ken translated for us as Blu Pyro pulled up a projector, turned the lights off and began teaching, Ken translating after one of the Pyro's finished talking.

It kind of caught me off guard how much like an actual class this was. Compared to Scout and Soldier, the Pyros we're actual teachers. When classes ended for today I was given a mask and suit, fitted to my size and was recommend to wear it around to get used to the movements.

It was rather heavy, and the mask while it let me breath fine gave me some tunnel vision because of how the goggles were shaped.

"Tunnel vision is a bit of a problem…" I said, though my voice was muffled from the mask.

The suit was heavy, and a bit restrictive. Moving I noticed my normal running speed was pretty bad. Moving my arms wasn't easy either. All in all I'm amazed how seemingly easy the Pyro can seemingly move in this.

[i]"Alright…so being a Pyro is a lot harder than I thought…"[/i] I thought to myself, trying to get used to how heavy and bulky this suit was.

I took the suit off after about two hours of wearing it, and needed a shower. They do not breath.

"Few times I will openly admit something doesn't work as clothing…" I muttered. "I know it's fireproof but damn…"

Ever since changing into this form and body I've also enjoyed my bathing more. Let's me self perverse in private~

After an enjoyable shower I got dressed for the night and waited for Sabastian to finish dinner. We were all in the living room, watching cartoons with the kids and more or less just being lazy.

After dinner I read Tina a bedtime story, tucked Tommy in and put Luna to bed last since she had trouble going to sleep at night. Which made sense.

Once all the kids were asleep I returned to my room where my loves and I had some lovely bedroom fun before I fell asleep and entered the Sleeping Realm.

Once there I ran into DJ. "Hi David." The pupper said as she walked up to me.

"Hey DJ." I said happily, kneeling down and petting the good pup. "How've you been?"

"Been having fun with the kids." She admitted. "That aside, I also joined the Isekai Guild."

"You did?" I asked in surprise. "That's great news, how is it over there?"

"Kinda depressing honestly. Half of the time they talk about missing home and family, the rest they complain about The Family or are in some self help therapy groups. They took ending up here really hard."

"Ah…" I sighed out. "I suppose that's understandable…being taken from your home, friends and family with nothing to go off of…" I shook my head. "Hopefully things get better for them…maybe I should also join them and try and help out where I can?"

"Sure, if you want. They have an office nearby. I just came from there, come on."

I followed DJ through the roads to the Guild's office. It wasn't anything fancy like other guilds I've seen. It was actually rather mundane and plain. Entering was just as oddly dull. There was the usual secretary desk, and some assorted tables where people sat and seemed to be talking or eating and drinking.

I walked over to the secretary desk. "Hello?"

"Hello, and welcome to the Isekai Guild. Are you an Isekai?"

"Yes I am." I nodded. "Been an Isekai for a while now."

"Alright then, Assistant please?" She asked as I gave. She scanned it and after typing a few things on her computer printed out a fresh Guild Membership Card. "Here you go. This let's you access all Isekai Guild locations and events." She said as I took the card.

"Thank you." I nodded, pocketing the card. "Question, what does the Isekai Guild do? I've heard a few thing's here and there, but what is it really about?"

"Mostly it's where the displaced can get together, help support one another and if they're lucky meet someone from their home reality. We've had a few lucky people meet others from their world. Some even knew the person by a miracle."

"I understand." I nodded. "Is there…anyway I can help people around here…adjust as it were?" I asked carefully. "I've heard a lot of people here are…struggling, to say the least."

"That's up to them. Half the people here just come here for the free booze after their day jobs. The other half come to plot sneak attacks on members of the Mothers Guilds and The Family."

"And has that…ever worked?" I asked carefully.

"Fifty fifty." She shrugged.

"Surprised." I said honestly. "And has that ever actually…accomplished anything? Like at all?"

"If by that do you mean it fuels them to try again and get bolder and borderline insane, yes."

"I meant more…does it actually fix whatever they're pissed about?" I asked. "Cause it kind of sounds like they're just…lashing out in a depressed fueled rage rather than anything else."

"That's exactly what they're doing and they do not care."

"That's not going to solve anything and actually make things worse for them." I frowned.

"Yeah… they don't care. Honestly I'm just lucky most everyone here is the 'get drunk and bitch' group."

"Well…" I sighed out. "Sooner or later they're gonna have to move on from bitching and getting drunk…if that shit didn't work back home it won't work here."

"Try telling them that. Most of these guys here have already been here for over a century and they keep doing the same thing."

"Talk about the definition of Insanity." I frowned.

After that I walked with DJ around to get a look at all the people here. Most were human with a few groups of Anthros and other species around. Most everyone here was just sitting at a group table talking about something or just sat and drank in silence.

"Told ya. Depressing." DJ stated.

I frowned. "There has to be someway to get people out of this depressive state…" I muttered worriedly. "Cause this…I understand being depressed about being taken from your own but…damn."

"Well, only thing I can guess is that they already had families and such when they were taken." DJ said.

I sighed again as I looked around. Turning I spotted something I didn't expect. It looked like some weird Japanese arcade machine. A guy placed his assistant under a scanner and it seemed to make a loading animation before flashing a large red X. The man in question sighed, as if he knew that was coming and went back to the bar.

"Hey." I said to the guy real quick, walking over to him. "What's wrong?"

He barely glanced at me before chuckling. "You must be new here." He said, taking a sip of his beer. "That there is The Locator. It's some thing that uses some magic science crap to find other displaced people like us, but from your own world. Two hundred years and still just me…" He huffed, drinking more of his booze now.

"Who are you waiting for?" I inquired.

"Anyone. Just… to not be the only one from my earth here…" He sighed, looking down into his half empty beer bottle.

"Well then why are you drinking when you could be doing more productive things while you wait?" I asked.

"I work, I pay my bills, and I end up here where I drink and try that machine every night for the last ninety years." He grumbled.

"You need either a hobby, a date, a better job, or all three." I frowned.

"I literally build planes for my hobby, Fuck you, and I'm alright with my job. At least it helps me feel some bit of normal in this crazy reality."

"Alright, it's a start." I nodded. "So what caused you to be homesick?"

"When I arrived in this… whatever this place is, all I had was the clothes on my back and the items in my pockets." He said, reaching into one and pulling out an old leather wallet. He reached in and pulled out an aged photo of an ultrasound. "Was a week from meeting my daughter. Now, I've lived for two hundred years… no idea if she's alive, dead… hating me for vanishing and… never being there for her and her mother…" He sighed, putting the photo and wallet away. "For all this place can do, it can't give me the time I lost with my family back…"

"Have you...talked to a Time Walker about this" I asked nervously, now understanding how bad it could get. "I'm so sorry sir…"

"Heh. Time Walkers… they just talk and talk but can't do anything." He huffed as he downed the rest of his beer. The bar had some mechanical and large robot bartender that took his empty bottle and gave him a freshly opened one. "I know some people have moved on, but I can't. Others take their griefs, rage and anger out on The Family and The Mother's Guilds, but I can't do that either. Time Walkers always tell ya to wait. So… waiting drunk helps pass the time better than waiting sober."

"Well...if you found your daughter here...what would you do first?" I asked.

"... Cry. First off. Means I'm not alone… then worry. Child or adult… her mother would be alone… and… I don't know what after. She might hate me, wondered about me, end up like I am now. Downing enough bottles of booze to die from alcohol poisoning several times over and… mourn what's lost… I won't lie, this place is amazing… but the… pain, loss and grief, the questions… I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy."

"You said you build planes right? Like Aircraft or actual pocket dimensions?" I asked. "Ever flown a plane before?" I asked, trying not to get down and help the poor guy.

"My dad was a pilot. Got to ride with him a lot when I was a kid. It's why I applied til I got hired in private airport working on repairing and maintaining the rich people's private planes. Few were nice enough to let me fly and ride in theirs. When I got here, after figuring shit out, got myself one of those Manufacturing machines and built all my planes from parts I made myself. Nothing fancy like the shit they got here, normal stuff you'd expect from back on earth."

"Gotta start somewhere." I shrugged. "Better with something familiar than something foreign, then you can start getting crazy."

"All that fancy space and magic crap goes way over my head. I'm happy building normal planes and such. Even sold a few."

"Just takes time and effort is all I can say for figuring out magic and space crap." I shrugged. "But hey, that's good to hear, you've got a good thing going for ya."

"Yeah… You should do try that machine. Might get lucky."

"Might be...but honestly it wouldn't bug me as much if I wasn't lucky." I shrugged.

With that, I left the man to his beer as I headed over to the strange machine. Looking it over, it was built kinda like a DDR arcade game, only minus the dance pad.

"Think anyone from your earth will be here?" DJ asked me.

"I doubt it." I shrugged. "But honestly...with how I've personally experienced this world...I haven't been hurt by my existence here."

I held my Assistant to the scanner. Once it was scanned the screen made that looping loading animation and after a few seconds, turned into a green check mark and have a soft ding noise.

I was surprised to say the least. The display then showed two pictures of me side by side. One as I am now, and one as I was when I arrived. It then showed me three sets of pictures.

First was of a man, maybe early twenties with the before showing them looking sleep deprived and miserable. The after picture showed them dressed in plated armor with their hair cut short and looking well slept at least.

The second was a girl, Philippian and dressed in a fancy school uniform with straight flat black hair. The after photo was like looking at a different person entirely. She wasn't even human anymore. Now she was a rather… sexy anthro cat person with yellow fur and stripes of purple and black dressed in what I assume is leather or spandex. Or both.

The last and final person was a teenager with dirty red hair, green eyes and a rather freckled face. He was easy 6'3 and his after photo showed he looked more or less the same.

"Huh...right then." I shrugged. "Nice to know...also no idea who those three people are."

"Still, it's impressive that there are three other people from your earth out and about." DJ stated. "That one guy had none."

"I mean...does this honestly change anything?" I asked, which made me feel like several people suddenly started staring at me.

DJ just shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not. Everyone here would kill to know they aren't the only ones from their worlds here, even if they never knew the person from when they lived there."

"Yeah." I nodded. "But...this is still super depressing…"

"Maybe give it some time before looking for them. After all, they seem to all be doing well for themselves. That chick has completely embraced this reality it seems."

"Which is good for them." I nodded. "Maybe it's because of what I've personally experienced that…knowing there's other's from my world doesn't really mean entirely that much." I started. "Or because...I didn't really have much back home to consider…"

"Well, in any case you might wanna download their data anyway. You might wanna meet them someday."

"Sure." I nodded, downloading the three's ID numbers real quick.

"Hmm… wonder if that will work with me?" DJ said as she looked at the screen.

"Well, let's give it a try." I said honestly.

I picked DJ up and helped her hold her Assistant to the scanner. The machine loaded and after a minute, gave the same green circle and ding noise.

"Really?" I asked in surprise. "Well that's interesting…" I said, now feeling a bit nervous that she might want to go back to her original owner if they were here.

The machine then displayed four dogs. All were small and one even had similar colors to DJ. "... David… I know three of them…"

"You know three of them?" I asked curiously. "Where did you meet them?"

"They lived with me!" She said. Her nose first pointed to the dog with gold brown with silver/blue fur wearing a pink bow. "That's Milly! She was the oldest and always grumpy." She then moved to the second dog. She looked a lot like Milly did, just darker fur colors. "That's Kamela, her daughter and who always played with me." She then pointed to the third dog that shared similar colors to her. "And that's my dad, I only met him a few times before but I recognize him. They all lived with me back on my world. We all lived with the same family."

"That's great." I said with a smile, looking at their 'after' pictures to see how they've been doing so far.

They looked pretty much the same. Not too much different aside from a haircut on Milly.

"Well, want to go see your family DJ?" I asked my good pupper.

"I… don't know…" She said, looking sad as I put her down. She sat down and looked at the ground. "They might not react well to seeing me…"

"Why's that?" I asked nervously.

"Well… back home I… died, before coming here. I died in front of them…"

"Oh…" I started, kneeling down and petting DJ. "But…wouldn't they react happily with seeing you alive or react weirdly thinking you're a zombie?"

"I… don't know…" She said, looking sad as she looked up at the pictures on screen. I gave a look to the fourth dog. They were a very fluffy flat faced breed with largely white fur and brown spots. "I mean, how would you react to meeting someone you saw die in front of you?"

"I'd be shocked as hell to see them again." I admitted. "But…I'd be happy to see them again…and also wonder how the hell they came back to life?"

"I… guess… Strange that they all ended up here though." DJ said. She gathered the Data on her fellow dogs before we headed off.

That guild was… upsetting.

"The hell did I get myself into?" I muttered bitterly, hating how depressing this entire guild was…I mean it all makes sense, people miss home for one reason or another and are just thrown into a place they really didn't want to be in…but to just wallow in self doubt and sadness like this…

Then again… I wasn't much better. I spent most of my time back home working and spending my time alone and by myself. Heck, since coming here I've gotten better. Socially, mentally… sexually I fucking evolved. Coming here was the best thing that could have happened to me.

"Sometimes things are different for different people…" I muttered to myself, wishing these people could see the world and have fun in some way. "Well this sucks…"

"Well, what should we do now?" DJ asked.

"Well…let's go somewhere that's a bit…less depressing shall we?" I asked. "Any places you wanted to go DJ?"

"Well, after the Isekai Guild I thought I'd check out some things around here."

"Sure, we have enough time." I said, looking around for something to do after all…that.

DJ and I walked around the roads of this section of the realm of dreams until we came across an arcade. It was filled with cabinet titles, both of newer games and old classics.

"Thank you Arcades for still being a thing." I said with a smile.

I managed to find some games DJ and I could play and we began to play. It was simple fun and by the time we finished we had won a few stuffed animal prizes.

We sat to enjoy a snack and watch a large floating TV in the sky.

"This is nice." I said warmly, enjoying the new Spider Man No Way Home movie.

"Adding Spiderman powers to the list?" DJ asked.

"I mean, Spiderman has all the positives from a spider at human size." I brought up. "So maybe if that's feasible without it...getting weird."

"You can get all the variations and gadgets." DJ said simply. "Or a Spider Pig."

"Fantastic." I chuckled. "Well, rather go with the vanilla power set...then need to learn the Spider martial art he made with Iron Fist…"

After the movie I walked along the roads of a nearby par , DJ held in my arms as I pet her.

"Hey, David?" DJ asked me.

"Yeah DJ?" I asked my familiar.

"Do you ever think about your earth?"

"Sometimes." I said honestly. "Hard to not think about it sometimes, but half the time it's when I'm comparing my current life to the one I had back on my Earth."

"What was it like?"

"Eh, boring." I shrugged. "Went to work, played video games, just normal thing's you do in a world without all this."

"I mostly remember bits and pieces. I wasn't intelligent back home, so my memories are mostly just what my old mentality treasured most or what was helpful in some way. I don't even remember voices or words since I wasn't able to understand much of languages back then."

"Did you remember being called a good pupper?" I asked.

She chuckled and nodded. "Yes. My boy called me that all the time."

"That's good, cause you're a good pupper." I said happily, giving all the attention to the pupper.

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My next Pyro classes had us learning about our weapons. Seeing as Scout we primarily use a Shotgun and Soldier has it as his secondary, the Pyro teachers desired to skip that and focus on our Fire Axes and Flame Throwers.

It was here that I learned that a Fire Axe is a lot heavier than movies and videogames make it look to swing. The Flamethrower was a whole other monster. In total, with a full tank it weighed fifty pounds. Add that with the heavy and limited mobility the suit and mask five and It's honestly a wonder that might as well be a hundred.

"How the hell do you move in all of this so easily?" I grumbled, even with my strength being higher this was still a pain in the ass.

Red Pyro said some stuff that their interpreter translated. "We've worn these outfits, lifted these weapons and never take them off. Like any regular exercise, it takes time and hard work and eventually you build your muscles and strength to the point where they are easy to lift and move. With Abilities and Skill Points, their weight will even be completely negated. After the classes when you take these all home, you can try and modify them to be better however you like."

I nodded. "Yeah that sounds about right." I took a deep breath. "Again, thanks for being…well, more involved in your teaching then the other two so far." I said, wanting to at least show that I do appreciate the effort the two Pyro's are doing here.

Blu spoke something and again the interpreter did his job. "While we can't talk clearly or even remove our masks, we are not entirely the insane people many think us to be. While it is true, we do see the 'Pyroland' that is only when we turn our flamers on and begin to set fire to the world around us. Fact is, we are actually rather intelligent and self aware of our actions both in and out of our 'Pyroland' trance."

"Makes sense." I nodded. "Gotta know what you're doing when dealing with stuff like this…also I think from the comic's you managed to create a rather successful business when you 'retired' from mercenary stuff…if that's at all true."

Both Pyros spoke something. "It depends on which reality they originated. For us, it was." Their interpreter translated.

The rest of class was learning how to carry and operate the Flamethrower as well as swing the axe. When I got home… I was exhausted.

Tomorrow's class started with a quick refresher. We relearned everything from the suits to the weapons and where to begin a combat course. This one starting off with the ever iconic TF2 targets.

We each ran three courses. One for the Flamethrower, one for the shotgun and one for the axe. We also had to run it in the suits.

It was tricky but everyone managed to make it through and finish their courses.

The next day we were learning about Air Blast. Practiced with tennis balls and other thrown objects. This one proved rather tricky but I was able to airblast little over half of what was thrown at me.

On the final day of classes we were going into a Live Fire arena battle. I did… fairly alright.

Sniper got me a few times and a sentry station once. All in all, it was alright and my next classes, The Demoman, was in two weeks.

I sighed happily as I placed the Pyro gear and weapons into my slowly growing collection/Armory.

"Another class done, six more to go." I said with a smile.

"Um, Boss?" I turned seeing Debby there. "Your date with Logi_Page is in four hours."

"Shit!" I yelped, not knowing where the time went. "Uh…wait, no I'm going to the digital world…all the…nonsense here shouldn't affect being there right?"

"Do you mean time wise or?"

"I was meaning needing to do a whole lot of…prep for our date." I said sheepishly. "Like what Abby would do to me to 'pretty me up' for my date today…"

"Um, Boss, you just need to do all that in the digital world. It won't take much time at all given the temporal differences."

"Okay thank god." I sighed out thankfully. "Thanks Debby."

"No problem Boss… um, will you need any help? The… misses informed me you sometimes need guidance or context to things."

Hearing Abby and Marianne referred to as my Misses… honestly made me feel nice. They're always keeping an eye out for me.

"Please." I nodded. "I'm still…new to all of this, even after all this time." I said sheepishly.

"Alright then. Let's take this to my office and I can help you better understand the Digital Realm." I followed Debby to her office. She sat at her desk and I sat at her guest chair.

We both logged into the digital world and I was surprised to see I was at a lovely beach. I was still in my normal clothes and all around me we're others, some in normal clothes, some in swimwear… some naked. "Welcome to Paradise Beach Boss." Debby said, also in her normal suit and such next to me. "This is the digital world where you and Logi_Page will be for your date."

"Sure picked a great place for a date." I said, trying not to look at the naked people at the beach.

"Come. Let's discuss the basics." She said as I followed her. My eyes wandered to a few nudists of various species and genders…

Eventually we moved from the beach to a cafe in this place where we took a seat and two iced coffees appeared in a flash of blue pixels at our table. "Alright, the first thing to keep in mind is the temporal differences. You know that every world in the regular Physical world goes by the same time. Day, night, month, year, day, ECT. It's the same on every planet."

"That must have been a headache and a half for all the Time Walkers." I pointed out, not even wanting to imagine how the hell they managed to keep every world on the same time frame when some might have stronger gravity or the like.

"Well, here, Time works differently. While every world and it's related servers run on the same time, compared to the Physical realm. Time passes much faster." Debby stated, tapping her assistant as she pulled up the clock app. There were three clocks. One says Physical realm. The second says Sleeping Realm, and the last says Digital Realm. The Physical and Sleeping Realm clocks were perfectly synchronized, save for it looked like they were not moving. Meanwhile the Digital realm clock ticked on as a clock should. "In here. Time moves faster. One hour in the digital world is one minute in the Physical and Sleeping realms. Typically."

"Damn." I blinked in surprise. "That's one hell of a difference."

"Given how much time people spend playing video games normally, this allows them to play for what they will experience as hours and waste less time in the Physical world so they don't dehydrate or suffer malnutrition. In the event they still do, the Assistant's safety feature will auto eject them from the Digital Realm."

"Yeah that's fair." I nodded. "Best not to get too…into the digital world when the physical world is just as great."

"Now, keeping that in mind as of now, if we were to wait for your date with Logi_Page in the digital world, the four hours out in the physical realm would be eight months in here."

"Jesus hell…" I said breathlessly. "That's…a long ass time."

She nodded. "That's why waiting outside of the digital realm would be best. Most meet ups recommend entering at the minute your meet up is meant to happen or a minute before so the longest you wait is a day or two in here. That aside, while you can feel and experience everything in here no different than you can in the physical world, you can taste, drink and even use the bathroom if you want but it effects nothing in the physical world. All items you get here remain as Digital Realm Items unless you have a conversion machine set up that can turn it into a physical item."

"Fair enough." I nodded. "Thank you for explaining all of this Debby, it's a real help."

"My pleasure." Debby said with a nod and smile. "Keeping that in mind, I also should tell you about how other things work here. As you can imagine, the vast majority of the digital realm does operate similar to the Physical realm. That being dungeons and such. However, rather than safe zones and hazard zones, each world and it's servers all have servers for those looking for adventure and those looking for casual fun."

"Makes sense, gotta keep thing's designated in this mess."

"That being said, the Digital Worlds all work on a basic Leveling system over what the Physical realm works on. Unfortunately, your abilities in the Physical world do not transfer over to the digital world and or vise versa. Each digital world keeps track of the profile you have on said world. For example, currently you are level one with no abilities. However, on a Digital world where you spend more time on their servers, you could be level fifty or more. These levels and abilities are all often unique to each digital world and can only cross exist if you set up your own private digital world."

"That's really cool." I said in amazement.

"Also, while what happens here doesn't affect you I'm the physical world, a person can still have a life here, family and children included."

"That's nice." I nodded.

"The digital realm is home to countless beings who live within it, from birth till madness. They can also enter the Sleeping Realm as well as the Physical realm but that takes some doing."

"Huh, that's really cool." I nodded. "It's own world filled with its own people."

"Yes, and beings born into the Digital Realm can visit the Physical Realm using several methods. One is by using an artificial body, another is with a special variation of the Conversion machine."

"Conversion machines?" I inquired. "What, is that a machine that let's people live here permanently or something and vice versa?"

"Yes. It's a similar method to how the Assistant stores physical objects into digital data and information. Of course, data that's it's own world and data that's just mindless information are two different things."

"Of course." I nodded. "Jeez…you know, I was originally joking when I made that Digimon reference but…come on."

She chuckled. "In any case, using the Assistant to enter the Digital Realm is a method known as Piloting. Much like the method some digital beings use artificial bodies, the Assistant generates a completely digital body that you pilot by diverting your minds senses into the digital construct body. In other words, it's Full Dive but a tad more complex."

"Sounds about right." I nodded. "Jeez, this got really deep really quickly."

"Well, in any case you can set up your Digital world body and log back in for the date."

"Sure." I nodde. "How do I do that? I don't remember there being a…'character creator' here…" I said sheepishly, going with the whole 'Full Dive' bit with the 'character creator' thing.

"Well, first you need some money, which yes the Digital Realm also uses Rem. Then we do some shopping and test some outfits on you and maybe some makeup, new hairstyle and once you're looking ready we log out then you log back in in a few hours Physical Realm time."

"Goodie, more clothes shopping." I sighed out. "This is gonna take a while."

"Do you not enjoy it?"

"Clothes shopping is nice sometimes but…it can be a hassle, and it's my female and male thought's arguing with each other sometimes, like 'no I don't need five bags filled with clothes when I'm just gonna wear the same shit' to 'oh this outfit would look incredible on me'...it's a little annoying sometimes." I said sheepishly.

"Hmm. So you'd like just one outfit? If you'd like I can find you an outfit and bring it to you?"

"That would be great cause…well I'd be there for hours waving harder than a Richter Scale in a 10.0 Earthquake.." I sighed out.

"Hmm… Alright then. Let me just give you a quick scan to gather your size and… I will be back." With that Debby ran off.

I sat and enjoyed the iced coffee. It was pretty good.

"So excited for my date…let's hope I don't accidentally screw this up." I muttered.

It was a few 'hours' by digital world standards when Debby final showed up. "Sorry for the wait boss. The malls were tricky to navigate but after all that searching, I found you the perfect outfit for your date later." She said with a smile holding a paper store bag.

"Thank you Debby." I smiled

I took the bag, it turning into blue pixels and went into my Assistant. Debby then showed me how to use it to change my attire and once it was equipped, I saw myself in the cafe windows reflection.

It was a two piece swimsuit. The top was a thin tube top that hugged my chest firmly and was kept up by my knockers, showing enough cleavage to definitely show off my chest but still hide the nipples and underboob. The second piece was a mix bikini bottom with a longer half mini skirt covering mostly my right hip/ass cheek but showing off my left hip. The top was a red and yellow floral pattern color with the bottom being blue and red.

"Nice." I said, blushing a little bit at how good I looked in this bikini.

"Now all we need is a some hair and make up treatment and you will be perfect!" Debby said. She lead me to a salon where, unlike in the Physical world I just stood in front of a mirror and swapped through options that my hair changed to. Video Game logic haircuts really. Debby had me settle on a long, curly look that bounced a bit as I walked. For make up, simple black eyeliner and red lipstick. I have to admit… I'd Fuck me. I would happily tear my own clothes off and ride myself silly.

That made me blush imagining Logi doing that to me… I really am a pervert aren't I? Heh, guess Abby rubbed off in me in more than just one way.

"Ah the wonders of Horny…" I muttered to myself. "Wonder what Logi will think of me here like this?"

"Only one way to find out. Let's log out and when your date is ready you'll log back in and see his reaction for yourself." Debby said.

We did just that. I have to admit, was a little sad to not be in that sexy outfit but, wearing it, seeing myself and some mental images I can't quite get out of my head gave me an itch I needed Mike and the girls to 'scratch' properly.

That was a fun way to kill three hours. After a nice hot shower to clean off the mess I still needed to kill another hour. I went over to check on the kids in their playroom. Tina was playing with Legos, Tommy was drawing and Luna was playing her Gameboy.

"Hey kids." I said warmly. "How are you all doing today?"

"Papa!" Tina said, jumping up and giving me a hug.

"Hey dad." Tommy said.

"Hi. Um… actually, do we still call you dad or… mom? Or what?" Luna asked.

"Dad's fine." I said honestly. "But you can call me mom if you want, either or is fine."

"I guess dad still works, given what I hear mamma Abby and Marianne say." She shrugged.

"In...what context?" I asked carefully, hoping to god she hasn't heard certain things from us.

"That since you got your new body you've been more experimental in bed." Luna said nonchalantly as she kept playing her game.

"How do you experiment in bed?" Tommy asked.

"And why do you do it since you got this new look papa?" Tina asked.

"You two will learn when you're older, and you are...not supposed to know that." I said. "How do you know those things?"

"A mix between curiosity and picking up bits and pieces." Luna stated as Tina and Tommy just looked confused.

I sighed, but accepted that Luna is just gonna be too smart for her age and possibly own good. And she's only five. I'm honestly scared of what she'll be capable of learning when she gets older.

"Alright…" I took a deep breath. "But it looks like you're adjusting to playing video games Luna, and what were you two creating?" I asked Tina and Tommy.y.

"I'm trying to draw our family, but Mamma Marianne is hard…" Tommy said, showing me the childrens picture. I could make out Abby, given the blue, me, at least a funny stick figure me, and a purple mesh of what I assume is Marianne given the small wings and what looks like a beak.

"I'm just stacking Legos to see how tall I can make them go." Tina said as her small tower of Legos was about half her height at the moment.

"Wonderful." I chuckled warmly, glad to see the kids being happy kid

Hm. Tommy Is ten, Luna five and Tina four. Tina should be in Pre-school, Luna in Kindergarten and Tommy should be in the fifth grade too. Well, guess I can have this talk now. I do still have forty minutes and it can hopefully ease them when they do have to start.

"Hey kids, what do you think about going to school?" I inquired.

"What's school?" Tina and Tommy asked.

"It's where Kids go to learn things to help them as adults." Luna summarized.

"Pretty much." I nodded. "Plus you'll also meet kids your age and make friends and have fun...hopefully."

"How often will we have to go there?" Tina asked.

"Average Is five days a week for eight hours." Luna stated.

"Yeah, but you'll learn important things...and if not then you'll at least meet new people and make new friends."

"When will we have to go?" Tommy asked.

"Uh…" I started, not entirely sure. "Debby?" I called out.

"Yes boss?" She said, suddenly appearing behind me.

"Did you already plan out when these three will start school?"

She pulled up her Assistant and it displayed a large monthly calendar. "Given they are Prize Pod in origins the protocol is a bit different than standard enrollment. I've called and scheduled for an examiner to arrive and test them so they can best determine what classes they will go into. Given Luna and Tina's ages I'm not expecting them to need to be placed in… catch up classes, however with Tommy he might be put into those classes. It will all depend on the tests the examiner gives. Once all that is done you'll fill out some basic paperwork and they'll begin school in August."

"And...what month is this?" I asked, having done so much and letting the days go by I forgot what month it was.

"June 18th." She stated.

Huh. Was already late July back on earth before I arrived here. Guess there is a time difference between back there and here. That means… I've been here for about three, almost four months so I either arrived in either late January, or early February.

"Neat." I nodded. "A lot longer than I thought honestly."

"The Examiner will arrive by the first of July." Debby added, taking her leave back to her office.

"Cool." I nodded. "So most likely you three will be in School by August."

It was getting close to my date, so before I left I put on The Magic School Bus for them. I couldn't think of many fun educational shows for kids and this was the first to pop in my head. Once they started watching, even Luna, I headed for the Living room where I sat on the couch and re-entered the Digital Realm.

I was back in Paradise Beach where I was last and back in my sexy bikini and makeup. I blushed a little as I made sure nothing changed while I looked myself over then got the message from Logi.

[Logi_Page: Hey Reference. I'm here. Where are you at?]

[My_Reference: I'm at the Paradise Beach Cafe]

[Logi_Page: Sweet! I'm not too far away. I'll head over now. Be there in a few.]

I tried not to giggle like the half girl I am and instead sat at a table. An iced coffee materialized on the table like before in a flash of blue pixels.

I wonder what he'll be wearing. Probably simple swimming trunks… though part of me hoped for something… smaller… or nothing…

I tried to shake that off. Damn it, keep it together David. You are an adult. You can date someone without it turning into a passionate night of lustful rutting… damn it! If I make it through this date without it ending in sex, it means I can connect with him more than Physically first, and when I do I will march back home and let Abby, Marianne and Mike rutt me senseless!

… I may have a problem…

"Hey, Reference!"

I looked up, smiling and… sweet… sexy… ferret man…

What I felt under his suit back in the TF2 game was nothing compared to seeing it in person. He wore simple red swimming trunks, but his muscles… despite his fur they were on full display. His arms and thighs were as large as my head. He had an eight pack! And his face! His face while clearly having a few ferret features did look largely human and… his face was so cute! It was all soft and round and sweet looking.

This might be way harder than I thought… woah, Debby was right. Everything going on down there feels just like in the Physical realm...

"Hi." I said, trying to get my mind out of the gutter that was this adorasexy ferret. "How you doing?"

"Good! Good… wow… um, you look… hot…" He said. That did make me giggle a bit. God I am becoming such a girl… "So, ready for our date?"

I got up and practically hugged that… huge… muscle-bound arm...

"Yes, yes I am." I said happily.

With a blush and smile, Logi led the way as we walked down the road. "As you can guess, this place is primarily for relaxation and fun. Hence the free coffee at the cafe there. Majority of people that come here come for the vacation experience when work and such get stressful. I'm in that group too honestly." He said with a chuckle.

"Really?" I asked. "What do you do for a living?"

"Heh, remember when I said I knew the D&D rulebooks by heart? I work in a printing factory that publishes the D&D rulebooks for every edition. From the very first to the newest versions."

"That sounds like a hassle and a half." I said honestly. "Probably a bigger hassle than what I have to do."

"Heh, I mostly just transport the finished books to shipment and packaging. And, if the power goes out for some reason I'm also the backup generator." He said with a chuckle. "Can get hectic on the holidays though."

"I can imagine." I said. "Reminds me of my old job back home, working at a Supermarket, was the worst on the holidays." I shivered at the memories.

"Oh I avoided customer service jobs at all costs. I can not deal with idiots." He laughed. "So, I was thinking we can head over to a nearby pier, they have a carnival built on top of it and the view from the Ferris Wheel is really nice. Wanna start there and then maybe enjoy the beach at night? There's a lot of bioluminescent coral and sea creatures in it that make it all just… heh, romantic…"

"Sounds very romantic." I said warmly.

We walked to the carnival docks where it was rather busy but still enjoyable. The first thing Logi and I did was play ski ball in an arcade. It was nice to do such a simple thing. Neither of us were very good at it but I didn't care.

The next was a ring toss where I won a stuffed Penguin and Logi won a green cowboy hat. We had a laugh with that hat.

We went from game to game just having fun and I was taking a break on a bench while Logi was getting us drinks. I kept thinking about all my new feelings… how he makes me feel… I'm happy but also rather confused…

With Mike, it was different because I was mainly male and felt awkward about dating another guy. I got over that after becoming a herm but... With Logi, I want to be the girl in the relationship. Or at least I feel like a girl with him. With Mike, I feel like me. With Abby and Marianne, despite my additions I feel like a man with them...

"Jeez…I didn't expect a new crisis in mind…" I muttered worriedly. "What the hell am I going to do?"

"Kiss him~" I looked around me for that voice. Okay… the- "Down here." I looked down, spotting two rather familiar faces. They were both me. One was me purely as a female, leafs covering her tits and crotch while the other was my old male self, his crotch also covered in leafs. "Hello!" The female mini me said.

"Yo." The male mini me said.

… I think I snapped...

"I'm…suddenly hallucinating." I said carefully. "Me being stupid horny over that fluff ball, and me being confused on how I should feel is making me snap finally…who knew?"

"Oh it's not that bad." The female mini me said. "Besides, you technically haven't snapped, you're just stressed enough that we were able to materialize as hallucinations."

"Ignore her, she isn't that helpful." Male mini me said. "Firstly, given our looks you can refer to me as Adam and her as Eve, just to avoid confusion."

"Alright…so what the hell is going on?" I asked carefully.

"We come from your Subconscious Realm!" Eve stated.

"And yes, that's a thing. It's where personified aspects of yourself exist in a reality we can live and operate in from within your head. We are real, we are parts of you, and we can only become visible to you in times you'll need us. Sort of like that Angel and Devil on your shoulder but in our case it's feelings/emotions and desires." Adam stated.

"So…" I sighed out. "What do I do? I don't want to screw this up…I'm having so much fun, I'm super happy to be with Logi…but I'm worried…"

"About?" Eve asked with a tilt of her head.

"Well first of all, my problem with me being…stupidly horny." I said nervously. "While I've explored that…I don't want to have that to take up a lot of what I do…then there's me…being confused about feeling like this….I don't know how to explain it…"

"I believe I can." Adam said. "Firstly, it should come as no surprise to you that I am in fact the oldest of the two of us." He stated. "This dumbass didn't show up until you drank the gender bend potion, and then only became a resident after you drank the hermaphrodite potion. As you can probably guess I am the personification of all your masculinity. Being the oldest I am also arguably the more mature. The same can't be said for her though. Despite her being mentally… there and such, she's still young. In her short existence the only things she's experienced from your newfound feminine genitals and hormones is sex and lewdness."

"Okay yeah that makes sense." I nodded. "Okay I need to tone that way the hell back then…oh dear I didn't think that would have done some bad things…"

"Well, it is and isn't bad. Much like with me, you have to embrace her more. Sex and all that is fine, but she needs to mature and you constantly surprising her doesn't help. Have fun, get hurt, grow. Eventually she and I will be on the same level and you'll have a much better control over your libido, well, save for Period time but that's biology's fault. Point is, you are happy and enjoy being treated like a girl, so stop overthinking it and embrace it. Yes you can and likely will get hurt. You've been lucky so far and Logi seems like a safe bet for a first time embracing Eve here but just keep in mind you might not get so lucky your next date outside your Lovers Class."

"I know…" I sighed out, which that thought kind of sucked no matter what gender I really was cause Logi's just…such a great guy all around, I enjoy being with him…hope he's enjoying being with me as well.

"Now then, I recommend you actually follow Eve's advice and kiss him after the date ends. It will help build her and you emotionally and just, well, hold hands, hug, cuddle. Just save sex for like, the third or fourth date. And in-between dates with Logi, practice being a woman with Abby, Marianne, Mike or your other yet to be met Lovers. I'll still be here but if you want to really own this both genders thing, you gotta embrace Eve, your female side, from time to time more."

"Alright." I nodded carefully. "This is just…brand new…you'd think I'd have gotten used to it after a month…"

"Getting used to your body is one thing. Getting used to your emotions, feelings and new mentality is a whole other thing." Adam said with a smile.

"Hey, I got you your Sprite." I looked up, seeing Logi there. I looked down and Eve and Adam were gone.

I took a deep breath, smiled as I took my Sprite and began to sip. Alright, Adam is right. Time to stop overthinking and worrying, just embrace what happens and resist sexual urges til date three.

"Thanks Logi." I nodded. "So, what do you think of our date so far?"

"I'm having fun." He said with a smile. "My usual dates don't usually get to be this long."

"That's weird, what happens to cause that?" I inquired.

"Heh… well, like I said before, I've largely just had some one night stand flings and, well most of the time once the meal or walk or whatever is done it's bedroom stuff then wake up alone. Part of why I kept that Spy persona so much is… well, waking up in an empty bed after a one night stand does hurt. Sure it's fun while it's happening, but the after kinda… feels lonely."

"That's…terrible." I said sadly, knowing full well the feeling of waking up alone. "Well…I'm here to change that."

I leaned against him, pushing all the sudden naughty thoughts away. Eventually Logi wrapped an arm around me. His fur made me feel so warm. I imagined cuddling up with him in a tent camped out in a snowy forest and he'd keep me all warm…

I sighed contently as we sat there like that for a while. "Oh crap, we're late." Logi said as he sat up and slightly startled me. "We're gonna miss the best part of this place. Come on, we need to get to the Faris wheel." He said, grinning as he picked me up.

He jogged down the dock with me in his arms. My blush was crimson but I enjoyed the princess treatment a lot, saying nothing as I kept my smile.

It didn't last sadly as we arrived at the ferris wheel and got strapped in. The sun began to set, and about halfway up it went down and the moon began to rise.

When it did, the ocean came to life. Colorful fish and plants, coral and algae all lit up in a rainbow of colors that, in the reflective moonlight made it look like the moon's reflection was a second sun. Not as bright, but just as beautiful.

"Whoa…" I said breathlessly, my eyes wide at the beautiful view of the ocean.

"The first time I got this game and entered it, the reviews all said to check out the ferris wheel after sunset. I did and once I saw this, I knew this place was where I'd always come to relax and enjoy beautiful sights." Logi said, looking over and down at me. "I have a lot more just as beautiful as this… I hope you'd be up for us… sharing the experiences?"

"I'd love to." I said immediately. "I want to be with you Logi…through thick and thin." I said, wanting to say so much more but not sure what to say or how to say it.

He smiled, looking like he wanted to scream in joy but held it in. He composed himself some more before speaking again. "If you'd like, maybe we can know each other a bit more." He said. "My name, my actual name, is Vais."

"That's a good name." I nodded. "My name's David…but…maybe I should think of getting a new one? Cause…well this doesn't look like a David anymore does it?" I asked, motioning to all of me and thinking about my name.

"Don't." He, Vais, said as he took my hand. "I want to get to know you, every part of you, and even though your name may not sound appropriate, it's yours. I'll love it as much as I'll love you."

I blushed, giggling a bit before throwing caution to the wind and pushing myself up enough to plant a kiss on Vais fuzzy lips. He was clearly surprised, but didn't fight it as he held me gently and kissed me back. This was a whole new emotion I was feeling. Something completely new and different. Something born from my female side. I don't know what it is, but I know I like it, and I want more.

[I]"This is incredible…"[/I] I thought to myself, wrapping my arms around Vais and just feeling…warm and safe in his big fluffy arms.

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When our date ended it was only a few minutes past when I first dived in. That whole time difference thing is gonna Royally mess with me. Before I could even get up, Abby pounced me like a cat. "Yes, yes, yes, yes you kissed him!" She cheered.

"Heh, guess I owe you then." I turned to see Marianne sitting on the couch next to me.

"It was…amazing to be honest." I said honestly. "It certainly is….helping me get in tune with my new female half that's for sure…and it just feels amazing."

"That, David, was how Love feels as a woman." Abby said. "And yes, feeling love as a man is different from feeling it as a woman." Abby stated.

"Yeah…I wouldn't have had a weird hallucination explaining that there was a difference." I said honestly.

That earned a chuckle from the two. "Also, Jesus Christ is he hot!" Abby said.

"I'm amazed you held back so well." Marianne said with a chuckle. "He's a looker, nice and not too big so he won't accidentally split you in half."

"Well…I didn't want to rush that." I said honestly. "He's had too many one night stands or flings…I want to take this nice and slow, enjoy every moment with my Thunder Furret…and then by the third date ask about him plundering my magic cavern as it were."

"You do know that the average male Electronian male penis size is eight to ten inches long and two to four inches thick right?" Marianne asked.

And with that, my mental undressed image of Vais grew that part of his anatomy to the now more possibly accurate size and set a fire in my crotch that will take Genderbent Abby, Marianne and s till male Mike to put out.

Needless to say, we did not sleep that night.

The next morning I was nursing my sore but satisfied pelvis in a hot bath.

"I'm gonna need to get my libido under control here…" I muttered.

I soaked in medicine oils Marianne said would help with my soreness and restore my strength. It smells like mint.

I sat in the medical bathtub for an hour before I began to finally feel better and climbed out to dry and get dressed.

Okay, so today is just more work, so off to Katsuki's office to get the job then get the payment. After that, pretty much… should check with Debby for what I need to do next.

"Alright, time to head off to Katsuki's office…" I muttered, starting to stretch out a bit before I start running to her work. "Wonder what they've got in store for me today?"

I activated my Speed Force, the Super Power helping me to run from my house to Katsuki's office in a matter of minutes. Upon arriving I spotted the Time Walker at her desk, a pile of paperwork on her left and a smaller 'Done' pile to her right. "Morning." She said with a yawn.

"Looks like you are…not having a fun time." I said carefully. "How you doing?"

"To be honest this isn't the worst punishment I've been given so, could be worse." She said. "Anyway, here for your work assignment right?" She asked as she reached into her desk and pulled out a document file. "Here you are."

"Thank you." I nodded, taking the file and opening it up real quick to see what's going on. "So what's on the agenda today I wonder…"

I opened the file. Wait… what?

I flipped through the pages. I recognized all of these… I immediately looked back up at Katsuki. "It's partly my fault. Three has always been a vindictive little shit." She sighed. "After our 'talk' I found out he joined Void, the top Villains guild. He dropped those monsters off last night and those freaks only ever spawn on Armageddon."

Now I'm pissed. He brought SCP monsters into my city...

"Well, if he wants a fight, I'll most certainly give him one." I growled. "So, how the hell do I manage to kill like…half of these things?"

"Majority you can't. All you can really do is recapture and toss them back onto Armageddon. That being said, a Friend of mine from the Heroes Guild is here to enroll you. Since Three is now officially a member of the Villains Guild, only a licensed Hero of the Heroes Guild can combat him."

"Okay…so considering who I'm up against…" I started. "Is it SCP 999? The Tickle Monster?"

"Ha! No. And if you find that blob of jelly let me know. He's been on Armageddon since day one but nobody has ever found the poor thing." She sighed. "No it's someone much more close to home."

The door suddenly exploded and the wind force knocked me on my ass. "Fear not! For I am here!"

"All right it's All Might!" I said, looking up to see the hero in all their glory. "I now…remember what me and Tomura talked about…shit…"

"Hence why he's here for you and not Izuku." Katsuki said. "Hey All Might."

"It's a pleasure Katsuki! Anything for an old war buddy!" All Might said with a two finger wave/Salute.

"Really now?" I asked in surprise.

"Yup. He was in the War for Freedom with me and a lot of others. We usually meet up a few times a year to catch up and talk about life and such." Katsuki said.

"Fantastic." I nodded. "So, you want to recruit me into the Heroes Guild because Three's a cuntwaffle?"

"Language young lass! Or, would you prefer lad? Katsuki told me you're both so, that usually confuses me." All Might said.

"It's alright, but you can do either." I shrugged, getting up and dusting myself off. "So how the hell are we supposed to capture these things? In some cases they could literally phase through thing's, teleport, or other such nonsense?"

"Well, first let's see what this scum has let loose on this fair city." All Might said, picking up the file and looking through the documents. "Hmm. SCP 682, 173, 106, and 076. Huh, he managed to gather a lot of heavy hitters."

"Now that begs the question, what version of 173 is it? And also the fuck is Abel doing with them?"

"For Able you'll have to find his coffin, and for 173… no idea. Good luck with that." Katsuki said.

"God help me…" I groaned. "So I have to deal with 682, The Old Man, The Statue and Abel…goodie."

"Fear not young Lass, for I am here! To help!" All Might said. "Now, where were these monsters last seen?"

"173 made its way into the sewers. 682 is napping in a park after eating fifty people. Able was last seen fighting the entire police force downtown and the Old man is still an unknown."

"Well…" I started, bringing up my skill tree and reactivating Generation. "Gonna be beating the shit out of a concrete peanut, an edgelord, an old acid man, and one pissed lizard…what, is it Tuesday already?"

"Thursday, actually." Katsuki said.

"Before we begin, young lass, David, you must enroll with the Heroes Guild, Trusted Justice!" All Might said while striking a pose.

"Neat." I nodded. "So how do we get that whole thing set up?"

"The first step," All Might started before he pulled out a sheet of paper from his Assistant. "Is to fill out this Application."

"Fair enough." I nodded, taking the application and pulling out a pen, reading over the application real quick.

Name, age, sex, address. Basic Application. Hmm, Hero Name? I get a Hero Name? Sweet!

"Oh God, what would my hero name be?" I asked, already trying to think of a good hero name. "Hmm...I got it." I said happily, writing down everything for my application in glee at being a new hero. "And done." I said happily, handing it back to All Might.

He looked the paper over. "Hmm. Kindling Eon. I love it! We'll work on costume designs later." I get a costume!? "Right now, we have vial monsters from Armageddon to capture!" All Might then grabbed my arm and launched himself, dragging me through the roof and up into the sky where we soared for a while before landing oddly fine atop a building.

Fuck! That was cool!

"Now then, which of these beast's shall we tackle first?"

"Hmm...well which ones closest?" I wondered, looking around carefully for the SCP's.

"From here, 682 would be closest." All Might stated.

"Goodie...so all we need is enough tranquilizers to knock out the entirety of Las Vegas on a caffeine binge, and a lot of corpses if we want to capture him." I said carefully. "Or beat the shit out of him hard and fast enough that he can't regenerate and will be knocked out so he can be locked up."

"We'll need some gear. Luckily I have just such an item!" All Might said, pulling out what looked like a glowing rainbow puzzle cube from his Assistant. "Back before the war, Freak Inc, a company owned by one of the founding members of The Family, used these special Prison Cubes to capture especially dangerous beings. Even admins would have a hard time breaking out of these."

"I see someone also watched Hellrazer." I commented. "Alright, so I know 682 is one of the toughest beings in the SCP Lore…but how strong is it here?"

"I'm willing to bet even a punch from me might not knock the beast out. Usually the people who travel to, explore and live on Armageddon largely avoid the areas these monsters choose to dwell in. We'd just need to keep it still for the prison cube to suck it into the internal pocket dimension to trap it."

"Alright, so give me just a minute or two, then I'll cave in it's skull." I said. "Cause Generation is apparently one hell of an ability."

"I'm fully aware, but you have little training and use with the ability. It's why Katsuki asked me to help train you, seeing as One for All is a lesser variation of Generation."

"Really?" I asked in surprise. "I thought it was just a compound ability that can be transferred to others?"

"Yes, but the baseline power that was added to it was the Stockpiling quirk. This Quirk alone allowed the user to generate large amounts of Kinetic energy, however when it combined with the Transfer Quirk, and other Quirks, each Ability acting like a furnace One for All uses to harden and strengthen each ability to their maximum potential. And beyond."

"Huh…that's really cool." I said honestly. "Alright, so how should we do this considering I'm…new to Generation?"

"Firstly, Generation is like my Quirk, it builds up energy but unlike my Quirk you are unable to properly store it. If you don't release it, you'll explode! Meaning the more energy you're producing the more you must also use in your attacks. There are a few ways to bypass that little thing however."

"How so?" I inquired. "Cause exploding is not something I'd like to experience anymore than I already have."

"A simple but tedious method is to hook up an energy battery onto you. It can easily absorb the excess energy, but you'll fill it up in no time. Another is to have an ability that can help you transfer excess energy to an ally, but that takes a while and the person you transfer the excess power too might not be able to handle it, and explode! No, the safest and most effective option, is literally staring you in the face." He said with his iconic laugh.

"I need One for All or the Furnace like ability that comes with it?" I asked, trying my absolute damndest not to geek out at all of this.

"Exactly. It has been proven and shown that despite not being a Legendary ability itself, One for All can affect Legendary Abilities just as well as all other abilities. Which brings me to my real reason I agreed to mentor you…" All Might started, his iconic smile falling as his form proofed into that smaller, skinny shape. Uh oh. "I've honestly lived longer than any other All Might should have. Most around these days were born after the war. I'm the last of the old generation All Might's. From before the war." He said with a sigh.

"I don't like where this is going…" I said nervously, fearing All Might was either going on a retirement conversation or…something worse because of how somber this conversation got.

"She broke a lot of rules, but I can't blame her for it. She had just lost her best friend… she didn't want to lose the hero who was training and mentoring them both." All Might then lifted his shirt. No injury. "She rewound time for me, reverting me back to my prime, and managed to get all her friends from UA… to pass One for All Along. The more vestiges, the more furnaces, and the more power I could utilize. In short, she was ensuring she didn't lose anyone else important to her. After the war, one by one, Madness took all her old friends and family. It's just us two… and soon, she'll be alone…" All Might said, looking me in the eyes. "Madness is coming for me. Katsuki told me herself. I have two years."

"I'm…so sorry." I said sadly. "I…is there anything I can do to help?"

"Yes. Carry the torch." All Might said simply. "Katsuki told me… about your future. She knows so much that she can't say, but she told me I can trust you as my heir. So, I will. I'll train you to best utilize Generation as is, and when you're ready, you'll receive One for All."

"Thanks." I nodded. "I won't let you down."

All Might smiled after hearing that. He then went back to being his buff Hero Form. "Now then, let's go deal with this reptile, shall we?"

"Yes we shall." I nodded with a smile, ready to kick some ass and prove I'm worthy of All Might's trust.

All Might grabbed my arm again and with another leap, launched us towards the park.

Upon landing I saw the various large puddles of blood and some limbs scattered around. I don't see 682 around. Must be hiding.

"Alright, so where the hell is our lizard hiding?" I wondered, looking around carefully.

We didn't have to look far. The reptile was sitting atop a large rock nearby, blood cakes it's lips as it seemed to be basking in the sun. It took a long inhale. "Ahhh. Such sweet simple pleasures." It almost purred as it turned and looked at us. "My my, you two are different from the rest of these worthless entities. I can sense your power."

"Then you know you're going to have to be sent back right?" I asked.

682 growled at hearing that. "You will have more luck actually killing me, than sending me back to that hellscape planet." He said, turning his body and began walking towards us.

"You'd be surprised." I said simply, readying myself as fire appeared around my fists. "By the way, since I have you here, have you seen 999? I might as well ask before beating you."

"Not since long before this reality existed." The Lizard said, quickly rushing at us faster than I expected something on four legs like his could move.

All Might met them head on, a strong swing punch that broke the sound barrier hit the reptile in the jaw. Still, despite that it swing its tail into All Might's side in an attempt to blast him away.

All Might kept a grip on 682 however, and dragged him along as the force pushed them both across the ground, uplifting earth and trees.

I was in awe. It was like watching two Titans clash… and it was.

I rushed in, feeling Generation already double my energy twice as I ran full speed force at 682 and blasted it with a massive fireball.

"But I'm in this fight to." I growled, using my newly quadrupled stats to good use, trying to deal as much damage to him as I could while All Might held him.

Despite this, 682 quickly began to heal and mutate faster than I was expecting. His burns healed and his body began to thicken as his hide became tough and thick and soon also became covered in scales that were rather glossy. The fire no longer effect it as it clawed at me. The scratch along my leg tore my pants leg apart and left a massive gash in me. I immediately got back, casting and pouring all my excess magic into my healing spell.

All Might continued to punch and kick, each attack creating sonic booms with their impacts yet still 682 was holding steady. Worse, it seemed to be quickly adapting to All Might's hits.

I thought back to all my abilities, thinking about what I could do to help bind it so we can capture it…then I remembered something. "Oh yeah, I have Earth Magic…" I muttered, bringing out my Starlight Keyblade as a little magical Focus as I spun it around and stabbed it into the ground, channeling my empowered earth magic into the ground as it shook, weird stone like chains imbued with what light magic Starlight could add in and my own inexperience lashed out and started to wrap around and impale 682, trying to wrap it around fast. "Don't know how long it'll last, capture him!"

All Might rapidly brought out the Prison Cube and opened it. 682 screamed profanities that ranged from insults to death threats as it was sucked in. Eventually the beast was completely absorbed by the cube and it closed and locked itself.

"Alright, one down." I nodded. "How you doing All Might?"

"I have to admit, that beast was a challenge. Also, congratulations." He said, giving me a thumbs up.

I was confused at first until I looked down at my Keyblade. Starlight was gone. Now in my hand was gripped the massive and rather iconic, Ends of The Earth Keyblade.

"Okay…now that's cool." I said, looking over my brand new Keyblade. "Wonder why that happened? Sure I was using a powerful earth spell but…didn't think this would happen."

"No idea. Keyblades are sentient beings, despite being weapons. They choose their master's so, maybe Katsuki can explain more. Personally, the majority of that stuff went over my head." All Might admitted with a slight chuckle.

"I mean…it's Kingdom Hearts in general." I chuckled, loving the game series but the plot and other such things were really weird and confusing. "But welcome aboard Earth, let's go do more monster hunting."

Nodding, All Might super jumped us over to where Able was. Like 682, he was extremely lethal and from what I remember a master in sword and hand to hand combat. When we arrived we saw some police keeping heavy suppressive fire on Able, who in turn was effortlessly and flawlessly deflecting all their firepower. It was keeping him in place but he wasn't getting hit either.

If I'm being honest, watching Able move like that is incredible.

"Damn, didn't think he'd move like that." I said honestly.

"His eternity alive, fueled by rage and hatred has given him the skills of a master swordsman. Those runes along his body probably add to his already incredible skills. Fighting him won't be easy…"

"We can do this." I nodded. "My Generation's been going up steadily, so hopefully I'm strong enough to just knock him unconscious right now." I said, looking at my HUD and double checking how many stacks of Generation I have so far.

"I'm not so sure. Your quick thinking helped us capture 682, but you can't rush headfirst into a fight. Despite your growing powers, this… man, like all the beings similar to him is not to be taken lightly." All Might said.

"True…" I started, thinking about how to capture him. "Well, right now he's literally unable to move due to the heavy fire…but we don't know how long that'll last sadly."

"Hmm. How fast are you when using your speed force?"

"Pretty fast, but most likely a whole lot faster with Generation if that's how it works." I said honestly. "What's the plan?"

"Well, normally Speedsters using Speed Force, after working and building their speed enough to the point their perception of time around them is slowed, they can enter something called Flash Time. Basically, you are moving so fast, everything around you appears to have stopped in time. Able is clearly fast, but I doubt even he is that fast. If using Generation can help you achieve this state of speed, then you can absorb him into the cube before he even knows what's happening." All Might said as he handed me a Prison Cube.

"Alright." I nodded, as I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the Speed Force in me, hoping to get to this mythical 'Flash Time' and get Able out of here.

As I focused, I heard the world around me. Noise began to slow into deep vibrations of sound and finally it all went silent. I opened my eyes, looking around and saw as everyone and everything seemed still.

I turned to Able and was shocked. Despite being 'frozen' his after images were still present and it showed me full well just how fast, and dangerous it would be to have fought him head on.

"Right…" I said carefully, as I started to move quickly to get to Able and lock him up before this ends so I don't either become Swiss Cheese from heavy fire or murdered by Able.

I ran over next to him. Taking a good look at his face as I began opening the cube. He seemed… annoyed, bored even despite what he was doing.

I opened the cube and thankfully it worked without issue, Absorbing Able and once it locked itself back up, I ran back over to All Might and tried to power this down.

Slowly everything began to return to normal and soon It was. The police stopped shooting when they saw Able was missing.

I handed the cube to All Might. "Impressive. Heh, Katsuki was right about you." All Might said as he gave me a pat on the shoulder.

"Thanks All Might." I said warmly, glad to help out and prove I'm worthy. "Alright, so last up are 106 and 173, which one's in the sewer's I believe right?"

"173, yes. I am worried about 106 especially however. We'd need to trap it before it can have a chance to drag us into it's personal torture dimension."

"Yeah…but thankfully there's at least a positive when hunting down that old bastard, and that's looking for weird decayed splotches around, cause those normally signify he's either around or can spawn there." I pointed out.

"True. Alright, let us head for the sewers. At least 173 won't be too difficult. So long as we don't blink at the same time."

"Okay, so at least it's the angry peanut and not the revised version…" I said nervously.

"The main issue will be keeping it in a line of sight. Not too many lights down there."

"Well I can keep a light cause of my fire magic, plus I can summon some fire spirits to act as lights that I learned from my Skill Tree." I said, still thanking all the TF2 stuff with Logi giving me enough Skill Point's to do stuff like that.

With a nod, All Might and I made our way into the sewers. It actually didn't smell bad down here. Thankfully. We kept an eye out both in front and behind us. Not knowing where 173 was is nerve wracking.

Soon enough though, I heard it. The sounds of concrete dragging along the ground. Increasing the size of my fire, I soon spotted 173. The sculpture was facing at us, it's creepy spray paint face looking directly at us.

"Creepy!" All Might Declared as he quickly opened a Prison Cube and trapped 173. "But at least that was easy- Look out!"

I tried to run but felt something grab my arm tightly. Turning, I saw the wall covered in black muck as the Old Man stared at me, a huge rotten toothed grin on his face. Oh Fuck he is so much more terrifying in person!

Before I could pull away, he dragged me in. All Might called my name but I was already dragged in.

I feel for what felt like a long time before crashing on some stone floor. Ouch… owe.

"Alright...ow…" I grumbled. "Now where the hell am I?"

"Surprise surprise. The orphan doesn't know anything." That voice… I jumped back up, spotting Three standing at the other end of this… floating floor in the void. "I do hope that fall hurt."

"And the fuck are you doing here Three?" I growled.

"Oh, waiting for my new pets to drop you here." Three said. His mask and all that was fixed and he spoke in an even tone so I couldn't read his expression.

"Ha, that's a laugh." I laughed. "Look at you, needing others to do your own work, and here I thought you were a bitch before, now you're a cowardly bitch." I shook my head. "And you're even scared of little old me? An Isekai you think is lower than garbage? That's even funnier!"

They didn't react. Rather, the Old Man appeared next to him, a chair appearing for Three as he sat down. "Did you know, back before the war, Generation, Copy Cat, Loop, and Consume were the most powerful, and most broken abilities in all creation?"

"Yes." I answered. "I don't even need to know the history of the abilities to know they're broken as shit, and I'm pretty sure there wasn't a limit to these or some unnecessary 'I explode if I don't use energy' restriction to it." I explained simply. "I'd have to be dumber than you to not understand that basic bout of logic." I said, ready to start breaking shit here if need be.

Again, no reaction. Somehow that's more unnerving than actually being inside 106's pocket dimension. "I suppose you'd rather me get to the point. So, here it is. Katsuki told me about you and the other Orphan's future and fate. Now, even I know better than to argue against that Temporal Entity, but at the end of the day… I don't trust you or the other Isekai to be these heroes you're all predicted to become."

"I mean, you're a racist, bigoted bitch to begin with so there's at least problem one." I frowned. "So is there any other reasons you don't trust me and the other's or is that about it?" I asked, trying to think of a way to get out of here cause as far as I know 106 is the only thing that can get me out of here.

"I have witnessed atrocity after atrocity." Three told me. "I used to work for people that make this old man look like a goddamn slime from Terraria." Three said, as he lightly tapped the old man's face…which didn't cause his hand to rot away and the old man flinched at the simple action. "I threw away all of that, so I could do better for the world, to help the Time Walkers and The Family do right for this world, to get rid of the taint that was my…former employers." Three said honestly. "And when I look at all of you, I see people that…don't understand." Three shook their head.

"Understand what?" I asked worriedly.

"This world may seem like a Paradise to you, able to do wondrous feats you only thought was in fiction, find love, start families, be a hero, do what you always wanted to do…" Three shook their head. "I was born to this world, I fought for this world…and you all understand nothing." Three told me. "The reason why I hate Isekai's, is because you don't truly understand anything, and it's those insane lunatics in the Isekai Guild that are one step away from ruining everything this world stands for!" Three spoke, their even tone showing a hint of anger. "I don't hate Prize Pod People, I actually feel sad for them all…previous work has turned that old hatred into a habit." Three said. "But the point of it all, is that you all believe this is some Paradise, a land free of worry, a land of plenty and fun…but it's a cold, dark world when you step away from your comfort zone, it's a harrowing selfish land that breed's Madness when you're by yourself…" Three told me. "Isekai's don't, and will never, understand the truth of this world…"

I…honestly didn't know what to say, as I was completely floored that this person that I thought was a complete asshole…was just so upset that his hard work felt…less than what it should be. "I…"

"Save it…I've had to kill enough of your kind that joined Nexus when I ran from those assholes." Three answered. He then took a deep breath. "But, enough about my past. In the end, you're just a child playing with forces and powers you can't even be bothered to comprehend. So, if you will see me as the bad guy. Then I will be. I don't trust you to be able to save anyone when you'll be needed, but if I must, I will give you the experience you will need. I'll make myself the thing you fear the most so that when the real monsters come around, you won't bat an eye at them."

"And then I'll save you." I said without thinking. "I may not be able to stop your anger and hatred towards Isekai's…but I can at least prove we're better than what you've seen." I said, trying to activate my Flash Time and try to figure out a way to get out of here.

Three was quiet for a while. He then stood up, and before I could blink was holding me by the neck with one hand. He raised me up and tightened his grip. "I don't need saving. But so many will. You save them. That's how you prove your point." He squeezed Tighter. Harder…

Crack!

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I woke up back home, respawned and grasping at my neck. That… was… unpleasant...

"And Katsuki expects me to beat him?" I asked no one in particular, rubbing my neck carefully.

I laid there on the bed for a while before getting back up and heading to Katsuki's office. I told her about everything that happened and when All Might showed up, 106 was gone.

"Damn." Katsuki huffed. "I'd be impressed he managed to control an SCP like that if I wasn't so pissed…"

"I…honestly didn't know…" I sighed out, even though I was mad at Three I couldn't help but feel sad for the guy.

"Heh, it's a story and a half on him and I." Katsuki said with a laugh, leaning in her chair and looked up. "Like many, he was born to Nexus. The pre-War Nexus. It was all he ever knew and all he was ever told to believe in. He was a Time Runner. Speedsters specifically built or bioengineered for running through time. All for the sole purpose of fighting we Time Walkers. All across time and space Time Walkers and Nexus Time Runners left corpses on both sides."

"Oh no…" I said, wide eyed in horror at that sudden revelation.

"Yeah. They were dark times. Heh, pun not intended. We met on the battlefield. Some backwater planet shortly after it became habitable. Orders were to kill all Time Runners on sight. So I did. But, Three was the first ever Synthetic Time Runner I'd ever seen. Seemed more worth while to bring the corpse back to HQ for examination. They fixed him up, but removed his arms and legs. He was still Nexus at the time and for a long while he was questioned, interrogated and a few attempts to hack him were made with little of value obtained."

"So…what made him want to join up with you and the others?" I asked.

"Funny enough, me. After about four month of more or less silence he said he'd talk to the one who killed him. I was brought in and we talked."

"The power of friendship knows no bounds apparently." I said honestly.

"Heh, it didn't start off as Friendship I can tell ya that. He told me that, in Nexus, the dead are those who did not believe enough in their cause. Basically, the dead deserved their death. Having been brought back, he questioned himself about that."

"Fair enough." I nodded. "Considering what he's been through…yeah he'd question a lot of things."

"After a while of him being fairly corporative I was able to show him life on our side of the front lines. Then he met my friend Izukie."

"Oh?" I inquired. "What happened there?"

"A few awkward situations led to a mutual interest, led to some romantic outings, and became love. And then marriage."

I wanted to feel happy...but I kind of knew where this might lead. "And...what happened to the happy couple?"

"The war raged on… and Izukie… died in combat." Katsuki said. "... Three and I dived completely into the war after that. There's enough blood of Nexus bastards on us to fill several oceans. We didn't stop until we stood with The Family as we finally killed the maker of the Machine. After… we drifted for a while… I worked, and he wandered."

"And now he's…like this? Angry and bitter about everything?"

"Wouldn't you? We all lost someone in that war, he finally saw a reason to preserve existence… and then she died…"

"Yeah…" I nodded. "I…I would be angry and bitter…" I sighed out. "I…wish I could help but…he snapped my neck in response, telling me he'll be the monster I need to face the other monsters…"

"There are two sayings that exist in The Family. First, Men don't kill Men. Monsters Kill Men and Men kill Monsters. Second, To kill a monster, you must become a monster. Two sides to the same coin of being a hero. Three and I know this well. He'll be your monster, until you're more of a monster than he is, more than any threat that can or will appear."

"Good lord…" I muttered bitterly. "That…sucks."

"My advice. Keep growing that family. Their love and company will help keep you from losing yourself."

"Well…I don't know what I'd do without them for a start." I said honestly. "Just…wish people didn't have to be traumatised by…" I trailed off as my eyes widened. "Oh shit, what happened to everyone? Are they okay? Please don't tell me those SCP bastards cause Permadeath because of where they originate from…"

"No, no! No. Just spooked people is all. Some trauma and bad memories but therapy will help with that. Honestly the only one that did serious damage was 682. But all those people respawned. Spooked and a bit jumpy but fine."

"Alright thank god." I sighed out thankfully. "And…was the mission a success or failure? Cause I couldn't capture 106, but we managed to get the other three." I asked, knowing I really shouldn't be focusing on the job considering all the heavy shit with Three and other things but…well I need the skill points to make myself stronger and the money to support my family.

"Well, three out of four isn't bad and given all that happened. I'll just take out some so I can say I paid ya per capture." Katsuki said, messing with her Assistant as suddenly I got a notification.

[Rem Balance Updated!

Transfer from Katsuki Bakugou complete!

+750,000 rem added]

"Damn." I said in shock at how much money that was. "That's quite a bit of money."

"People don't want to deal with those things on Armageddon, you handling them here is part of your job, and now that you're part of the Heroes Guild you'll also get Skill Points and such for your labor. You can talk with All Might about details."

"Yeah…" I said carefully, rubbing the back of my head as mine and All Might's…important conversation came to mind real quick. "A lot of things to talk about there."

Katsuki nodded and with that I went home. I needed to relax, so I got another hot bath ready and began enjoying the soak.

"Good lord…" I sighed out. "This…is one heavy day…"

I sighed out as I just sat in the hot water, occasionally moving to scrub myself. When I finally felt done with my bath I got up, dried off and just put on some underwear and a sports bra and jumped in bed.

"I'm done with today…I just need to sleep…" I grumbled, sadly not having a cuddle buddy right now, but I just…need to process, wrapping myself up in warm comfy blankets and trying to drift off to sleep.