So I'm a Slime in Worm, So What?
I never would have thought that my love of helping crafting interesting stories would get me into trouble. Then again, I didn't really think that ROB's were a thing. Now I'm stuck in a world that could best be described as on life support with powers I have no idea how to use. Oh well, at least I'm hard to actually hurt.
So, I started this a while ago, but I recently came back to it because I was bored and this looked interesting. Before we start, I feel that I should warn you lovely readers that if your the type who doesn't like a lot of people getting empowered, you might want to avoid this one. Cus a lot of Worm characters will be receiving powers from Isekai protagonists. I currently have three planned at least. With that said, lets get started. Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Silence filled the meeting room as the video from Armsmasters helmet camera of the meeting with Rimuru and the Heberts finished playing. After a brief moment, all eyes turned towards the blue haired slime currently lounging back in his chair with a stick of candy between his teeth.
"So, any questions?" he asked.
"Oh so many," said Assault, getting an elbow to the gut.
"You must understand that this all does seem rather...unbelievable," said Piggot in her best 'I don't believe your bullshit' tone.
"I suppose I can see that and I'm honestly not sure how I can prove it more than I have," said Rimuru, "Taylor and I have already gone through the testing and I think we match up to what I said our levels would be at, right?"
"True, but I find it hard to believe that your powers come from this...ROB like you claim," she said.
Rimaru twitched slightly as his smile became a little fixed.
"That doesn't really surprise me," he said, "There is a reason why people in my situation tend to keep their origin a secret. The only reason I told you is because Taylor also got zapped."
Director Piggots face darkened.
"Is that so?" she asked a little tightly, "Well, can we expect more of these...ROB victims to show up?"
Rimuru twitched again.
"Normally I'd say no, but the fact that there are already two of us and you basically just challenged it leads me to believe that there probably will be more," he said, "And they will inevitably cause headaches aplenty."
As if on cue, Miss Militia twitched and put a finger to her ear.
"Yes?" she said.
She listened for a moment, before her face shifted slightly into a look of disbelief.
"Are you sure?" she asked.
She listened for a moment longer, then frowned and looked at Rimuru again.
"Does the phrase 'Eris stuffs' mean anything to you?" she asked.
Rimuru froze for a moment, before he swallowed and licked his lips.
"Ah, does this come from a teenager in a green tracksuit, possibly accompanied by a blue haired girl who claims to be a Goddess?" he asked.
There was a moments silence.
"How did you know that?" asked Miss Militia.
Rimuru groaned and dropped his head to the table.
"And this is why you don't challenge all powerful assholes," he growled, "Alright, lets go see what poor bastard ended up with Aqua following him around."
Greg Vedar was many things. Geek, social outcast...coward and hypocrite. The first two he was fine with, he'd long since accepted that he'd never be one of the popular kids, but the second two were both new and much more unwanted. He'd never really considered himself a brave person, he was more than self aware enough to realize that he'd probably never be the hero, but he did at least consider himself to be a decent person. However, that self image had been well and truly shattered today after he left Taylor Hebert trapped in her locker with excessive amounts of what he was pretty sure was actual shit without even trying to help her.
Oh, there was nothing he could really do to help her in the moment, but he should have at least got her out. But instead, he had turned and left with everyone else, rather than risk bringing the Bitches Three's wroth down on him. As a result, the one person in the school who didn't glare at him or treat him like scum had suffered for who knows how long before being let out, assuming Sophia had ever done so. Greg wouldn't put it past the track star to just leave Taylor in there overnight.
"You really are a pathetic piece of crap," he muttered to his reflection, "You should just disappear…"
"Oh no, please don't do that!" said a bored sounding voice from behind him.
Greg whipped around and found himself looking, not at his messy bedroom, but instead a vast, dark void lit only by a Magic Circle on the ground where he was stood. A short distance away there was a large, throne-like chair with a small side table where the person who had spoken lounged with a rather bored look on her face.
She was, to put no finer point on it, gorgeous. She had waist-long light blue hair partially tied into a loop with an H2O-molecule shaped clip, light blue eyes and a slim yet shapely figure. She was wearing a sleeveless dark-blue feather dress with white trimmings, an extremely short dark blue miniskirt, a green bow around her chest with a blue gem in the middle, a translucent purple underskirt and detached white sleeves with blue and golden trimmings, thigh-high blue heeled boots over white stockings with blue trimmings and a transparent pink scarf around her shoulders.
"Greetings, oh soul lost on the path of life, I am the Goddess Aqua," she said in a tone that suggested she really didn't want to be here, "You have been chosen by my Lord to receive his blessing and be one of his actors upon this world."
Gregs jaw dropped. Was this what happened when Capes got their powers? If so, it wasn't that surprising that no one wanted to discuss it. Claiming to get powers from a literal Goddess wasn't exactly something you claimed if you didn't want to get labeled as a dangerously delusional madman after all.
"I...you...why me?" he asked once he'd got his shock under control.
Aqua snorted.
"Hell if I know," she said, her haughty and elegant demeanor vanishing as she lounged back in her seat with an air not unlike a bored teenager, "I have no idea what my boss is thinking bringing you into this whole thing. At least the others are interesting, you're just a boring NEET with nothing good going for you at all."
And just like that, all of Gregs awe at the situation vanished in a puff of smoke and what little self worth he'd managed to gather went with it. Apparently even the Gods thought he was useless.
"But I don't get much say in this, I'm just supposed to give you the options for moving forwards," said Aqua, "So lets get this over with so I can go back to watching Anime. The new Konosuba adaptation is coming out today and I don't want to miss the premiere."
She cheerfully ignored the incredulous look Greg sent her way as she waved a hand and suddenly the darkness vanished, revealing a huge room full of weapon racks, armour stands, bookshelves and tables, all full of all sorts of weapons, armours, books and other, more esoteric artifacts that ran the gambit from sci-fi to Fantasy. Greg even spotted a few Lightsabers and what he was pretty sure was a Zanpakuto or two among the artifacts on display.
"You may choose any one thing from this room," said Aqua grandly, "It shall be the bases for your power. What you do with it will be up to you. Hero, Villain, Rogue, Monster, or even just return to your normal life. Choose wisely."
She flopped down in her seat and pulled a pack of crisps from somewhere.
"But choose quickly, I have other stuff to do."
Greg ignored her as he dove into the collection with the eagerness of a consummate nerd.
Fifteen minutes later, he was incredibly annoyed and still none the wiser as to which to pick. While he had a lot of choice, that was actually part of the problem. There was to MUCH choice. With so many awesome powers to choose from, he simply couldn't decide what to go with and it didn't help that Aqua hasn't shut up the entire time, constantly trying to hurry him up and making jabs at his general life choices and interests, which was especially irritating because she also kept talking about the games and Manga she could be enjoying if he wasn't taking so damn long.
Finally, Greg had had enough and, after taking a deep breath, he turned back to Aqua.
"Alright, fine, I'll hurry up," he said, "I can take any one thing I want from this room, right?"
Aqua sighed and licked her fingers.
"Thats right, now hurry it up please. Not like it'll make any difference…"
Greg took another deep breath.
"Fine then, I pick you," he said.
She blinked, then sighed and waved a hand. Everything in the room vanished and a new magic circle appeared under Greg.
"Alright, stand in the Magic circle and...wait, what was it you picked again?"
Before Greg could respond, there was a flash of light and a humanoid figure made out of what appeared to be space appeared.
"Excellent, request approved!" said the newcomer.
"Wait, WHAT?!" shrieked Aqua, "B-b-b-but…"
"Mr Vedar's request complies with the rules of this choice," the figure said with a slightly demented grin which looked remarkably odd in the otherwise dark body, "Don't worry though Aqua, I can manage without you!"
"N-no, there has to be a mistake!" yelled Aqua, dashing to the edge of the circle and banging on the solid wall of light that now surrounded it, "Y-you can't send me with him! I'm a Goddess damn it!"
"Nope, all perfectly within the rules," said the figure who was now holding a book that looked like it could be used to beat Leviathan to death with, "Do try to have some fun in the Human world!"
He turned his eerie gaze on Greg, ignoring Aqua's screaming protests.
"Just so you know, Aqua was always one of the choices and comes with a powerset of her own," he said, still ignoring the Goddess as she started screaming more, "Once you arrive, head to the PRT and ask for Rimaru. Tell him that 'Eris stuffs' and he'll be able to help you figure out your new skills."
Greg blinked, still rather confused as to what was going on.
"I...um, thank you?" he said.
The figure laughed.
"Oh don't thank me yet," he said, "Your power set will bring you far more trouble than any of the others I plan to hand out, but that just makes this fun for me. Have fun with your Gods blessing in a wonderful world!"
Before Greg could respond, there was a brilliant flash of light and he found himself stood on the sidewalk across the street from the PRT building. For a brief moment, he thought it had all been a dream of some kind, but that was well and truly tossed out the window a moment later when the blue haired Goddess he hadn't noticed stood beside him suddenly grabbed him by the collar and started shaking him violently.
"YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE YOU LITTLE BASTARD!?" she screamed, "Out of everything in there, why did you have to pick me?! Now I'm stuck here and I can't go back!"
She collapsed to her knees, bawling her eyes out. Greg just stood their awkwardly rubbing the back of his head as he felt the judging looks of the passersby and tried to figure out what to do.
Fortunately, that question was answered for him as a hesitant looking woman with a PRT lanyard approached with a Trooper a short distance away.
"Ah, is everything alright here?" she asked.
Greg opened his mouth, but before he could respond, Aqua shot up, face irate, and jabbed a finger at him.
"NO, this moron just ruined my life!" she yelled, "Now I'm stuck in this hellhole and…and…"
She broke down sobbing again. The woman turned a confused look on Greg, who shrugged helplessly.
"I have no idea," he said, "But…the person who sent us here said to ask for someone called Rimaru Tempest at the PRT building. He said to tell them that 'Eris stuffs'."
The woman started at him for a moment longer, then glanced back at her escort. He shifted slightly, then nodded.
"Well, Miss Militia just confirmed that Tempest knows what hes talking about," he said, "Come on you two, lets go find out whats going on."
Greg and a still sniffing Aqua followed the man into the building, just as the lift doors opened and a blue haired girl walked out. She paused at the sight of them, facepalmed and muttered something that made the air around her turn briefly blue, before plastering a smile on her face and approaching.
"So, your our Kazuma for the evening then?" she said, "Let me guess, Greg Vedar?"
Greg blinked.
"I…yes, how did you know?" he said.
"I'm psychic. Anyway, I'm Rimaru Tempest, nice to meet you. Now, lets see if you actually have Kazuma's powers or if you just have the upstart knockoff ball and chain as your 'gift'."
Aqua visibly twitched and fixed the other bluenette with a killing glare.
"Upstart knockoff?!" she spluttered, "I'll have you know, Konosuba released a full 2 years before your origin did, you stuck up slimeball!"
"I might be a slimeball, but at least my intelligence isn't in the negatives."
Rimaru ignored Aqua's insulted squawking as she turned her gaze back on Greg.
"Alright, lets see if you can use Kazuma's powers," she said, "Steal is a good place to start. Lets see if you can use it on me."
"Um, O…K?" said Greg, now utterly lost, "How do I…"
He trailed off as the knowledge of what Rimaru was talking about flowed into his head. Despite himself, a massive grin crossed his face. While not truly mind blowing, the fact he now had powers was such a rush, he couldn't help but feel giddy. He took a deep breath and held a hand out towards the nonplussed looking slime.
"Steal!" he commanded, channeling his new Magic into the command.
The power build, but just before he could release it, the doors opened and a loud voice cut through his concentration.
"Hey, we're looking for someone called Rimaru Tempest?"
Without thinking, he looked over, just in time to see Glory Girl, accompanied by a brunette in a witches outfit walk into the building. He had just enough time to think that the new witch girl was cute before the spell went off and, in a flash of light, a small square of silky fabric appeared in his hand. He blinked and looked down.
"Whats this?" he asked, unfolding it to reveal a pair of lacy black panties.
There was a moment of complete and utter silence as the entire room focused on the 'treasure' he'd stolen.
"Welp, I don't know what else I expected to happen, considering whos involved," said Rimaru as she quickly backed away, "Godspeed, oh noble Hero."
Greg frowned.
"Wait, what do you…"
He was cut off by an aura of absolute murder settling over the room. He slowly turned to see that the witch was now slowly walking towards him, cracking her knuckles as lightning and the screams of the damned echoed around the lobby.
"Alright, now thats over with, lets move on," I said, completely ignoring the pile of tenderized meat that had been Greg a moment ago and was now being poked by a curious looking blonde who could only be Glory Girl, "Did someone say they were looking for me?"
"Yep, that'd be us," said Glory Girl, finally boring of her game with Gregs quivering remains, "I don't quite get the entire thing, but Amy had a weird dream last night and woke up with completely new powers and a note that said to find Rimaru Tempest at the PRT building."
I had to use all my bodily control to keep my eye from twitching. Of course Amy would be one of the ROBs victims, who else would it be? On the up side, that was one less thing to worry about.
"Alright, lets hear it," I said with a sigh, "Whats her shtick?"
"The ROB said something about her being a Witch of the Highlands," said Glory Girl, "I'll let her explain once she gets back from the toilet."
I frowned, but before I could properly register that, the door to the ladies opened and a demon stepped out.
Ya know what? This has been sitting in my drive for long enough, lets end it there and get it posted.
So yeah, Greg is Kazuya, complete with Aqua. I almost feel sorry for the guy, but he really was the only option for that mess.
On the other hand, Amy gets to be Azusa, with everything that comes with it. EVERYTHING. She also scares the absolute crap out of Rimaru because of all the slimes that went into powering her up.
Honestly, not much more to say really. Don't forget to leave a review on the way out!