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The Domains of the world are Air (Sky, Storm, etc.), Land (Rock, Dirt, etc.) and Water (Ocean, Sea, etc.). These areas are split due to the vast differences in Mana available at the different elevations. Moving between these Domains are almost entirely impossible and to do so will result in Mana under or overdose.
There is great tension between the Domains and each believes they (in short) are better than the others. Cooperation and discussion between the Domains are tense and terse. The Gods, Mana and living on the same planet is the only thing they agree on that they seemingly all have in common.
- An Introduction to Domains and its Peoples.
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Well crap, I must have looked like some horror monster during that crossing.
He looked through the pages, reading and viewing the different diagrams trying to make sense of it all, while he reads the family either watched on, had seconds or had quiet chats with each other. Abcier waited patiently for Michael to finish or to have any questions.
After twenty minutes Michael had read the binder cover to cover twice before putting it aside.
“Dam, this is some, heavy, dam!”
“Yes”, said Abcier, “I cannot relate, but I can imagine.”
“Have there been other crossings that caused this much damage before?”
“Only once or twice, a great rarity.”
“Huh, so that's where all my luck went.”
Falling silent once more, taking in all this information Michael felt that same damp appear once again, stopping him from despairing about his current circumstances, almost suggesting him to look at it as a new opportunity.
“So, what do I do now?”
Abcier pulled out two leather bound and thick hardcover books from under his robes. A red and a brown leather book.
“This is a book on the basics of Powers and Mana'' pointing at the Red one “While the other is an Attalrininw to English dictionary. Ask the Coan's here if you have any questions.”
He says, gesturing to the family.
“Study these, I will return in a month with more but for now I must also give you some further information before I depart. I cannot stay here very long.”
“Um, ok shoot.” Says Michael, running his hand over the leather.
“There are two things you must know right now, the first is that there are gods present in this world, they have given you the privilege of being able to commune with them at a future date. They only wish to talk.”
Other gods, Michael was a religious man on Earth so the news of gods on this planet, who wanted to talk to him in person was quite a shock and initially something he almost dismissed off hand. After all, to him there is only one. But he’s unable to ignore the possibility straight away, is it the same gods as back on Earth, different ones, his one? How would or should he talk with them?
Before his thoughts could gather further, Abcier continues.
“There is also, I'm sad to say, a group who are very interested in finding you. They are called the Institute of Applied Mana and Powers. A research institution that has existed for thousands of years, they have a large Outworlder division and unfortunately due to our history with OutWorlders there is a consensus that any OutWorlder that appears should be captured and secured so that they do not cause any issues.”
Oh great, now there's some randoms who want to find me.
“Great, the hell you mean issues?” Michael replied tersely before the damp settled him again.
“There have been OutWorlders in the past who have started wars, tried to take over governments, or just are unstable. It’s theorised that we get a new OutWorlder here every year and it's just they stay hidden or the Institute finds them first.”
“Then, what do I do? Leave, run?”
“Thankfully no, from what information I have because your crossing was so damaging the gods collected you almost instantly, so their detection network could not get a fix on you. They know you're somewhere in the Eastern side of the world, they just can't tell where.”
“I’m sure if you lay low for a time, create some Powers and join the Adventuring Guild then you will be able to live a somewhat normal life here.”
“And the Adventuring Guild will just take me in, no questions asked?”
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I must have hit my head while I crossed over, we got Adventurers as well?
“Oh they will definitely have questions, but they have acted as a foil for the Institute for quite some time. After all, legend goes that the Institute and Adventurers Guild was started by an OutWorlder.”
Ok so make a Power and become an Adventurer, is that what was mentioned in that binder. A Gifted Power?
“That binder says I have some Gifted Power that creates a System, can I access that?”
As if on queue a blue box appears, the text appears as some strange glyphs but are quickly translated into English.
Gifted Power: Body and Mind Protection.
Activate Main System by creating a Power.
Protection of Body - Stops injuries from affecting you and effecting others. This prevents injuries from appearing on the body and acts as a bio filter, protecting you and the planet.
Protection of Mind - Similar to Protection of Body, will protect the mind/brain from too much damage. Allows better understanding of languages, usage of Powers and Mana and foreign concepts.
System Interface:
HP - 50
MP - 50
Map Mode - Tap to show map of immediate surroundings.
Auto Translation - The ability to translate the spoken word, does not translate written language. No languages/words have been learnt.
Settings
“Woah dam!” Michael yells quickly when it surprises him, it quickly closes.
Mentally commanded blue boxes, a proper system! Open sesame!
The window appears again, a smile spreads on his face while reading the information presented, maybe this presents an opportunity. Michael has read many fictions in his time that have that LitRPG like system.
If I could do something similar within the rules of this world, then maybe.
Abcier looks on at Michael while he waves his hands through seemingly thin air, a blue box only he can see. The Coan’s look toward Abcier a bit concerned but he waves them off.
“Michael, can you hear me?” Asks Abcier.
“Oh yes, Hi, sorry.” Michael says, dismissing and summoning the window a few times before it stayed closed.
“I think I will leave you to it, I will come back in a month but for now think upon what I have said, look within yourself and try to understand your new reality. And may I be the first to say, Welcome to the Domain of Land.”
“Thank you Abcier, guess I'll see you then. Cheers.”
Smiling and having a quick chat to the Coan’s family and Dr Rath he leaves. Leaving a lot to think about.
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It’s late evening while Michael takes a break to walk along the beach, Michael having spent most of the day reading through the dictionary and having the Coan’s enunciate the words helps the System pick up and translate some words but at the same time it's hard to concentrate.
The books Abcier left behind and the ones the Coan’s have painted a pretty picture of the world. Other worlds, magic, gods, Institute, Adventurers.
What to do, what to do.
Maybe that’s why all the Isekai fictions he’s seen or read involve younger kids, they just jump right into it.
Looking up he can see a galaxy of stars and a crescent moon, a bit smaller than Earth's moon back home, but aside from the sand beneath his feet there is too much difference.
An idea for a Power came to him over dinner, the book left behind by Abcier about Powers says that a Creation Power, a Power someone creates from scratch is something imagined. For OutWorlders it's easier due to some technical rules about imagination.
In other words, the fictional magic from Earth can be brought it into this world if an OutWorlder can visualise it enough, day dreaming is easy enough to do but.
“What do I do, what path do I take?”
He asks, looking up to the stars, searching for an answer. The damp he’s felt over his mind moving further away as he tries to search his thoughts, always present to come back if he starts to lose it.
A sleepless night now awaits him, sitting on the beach, hearing the crashing of waves, the chill of the wind and the brilliant light show above.
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Days have passed, nearly a week and a decision has been made. Lying in bed waiting for the sun to rise, a conviction settles into place. After all this thinking, the answer is simple really.
“I’ve got to meet with these gods, but I can’t ignore my own religion. I don’t know if these gods are real gods or just some… other thing. So, vs staying here and not getting answers to a bajillion questions and being undefended or staying alive and potentially finding a way back. There’s really only one option.”
I need to be true to myself, and if. No, when dammit, when I get home I can ask the ones who know best if I have taken the right path.
Now it is time to work on my magic, my Power that will take me home!
“I wonder, how hard would it be to recreate the Force?”
Or better yet, Psychokinesis at a massive high level. Incorporating aspects from the Force, Mob Psycho 100 and maybe more.
Leafing through the books, the glyphs are still basically impossible to read right now but from discussion and notes mana needs to move in a set pattern when you “cast”. The job to do is to visualise as many aspects of how it should work and potential upgrades down the line.
“The big thing right now is training, I need a set of training wheels that I can create and use but won't be a detriment for the future.”
Another similar Power would be Alchemy from Full Metal Alchemist or hell Avatar element bending, but are they too similar?
Actually, if I have all three I can do a lot. I can cover everything.
Psychokinesis to cover biological or living, moving people out of the way. Precise movement, like a scalpel.
Avatar bending for raw material movement and generation, move tons of material.
Alchemy from Full Metal to create between simple and complicated items, shaping, movement. Between small and medium and more precise changes, like on the scale of physics or chemistry.
There’s a synergy between the three, if all three work together I bet they would work together well.