{Plop!} A skinny man of 23 years old suddenly appeared above the ground in the middle of a forest, falling on his posterior. Who is he you ask? He is Gary, He is the main protagonist of this little story and he is ready.
"Hoo yeah boy! Let's start this ride STATUS!" Yelled Gary.
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STATUS
Name: Gary Harne (Human)
Level: 0
Class: na
HP: 90/90
Mp: 60/60
STRENGTH: 8
DEXTERITY: 9
ENDURANCE: 8
INTELLIGENCE: 11
WISDOM: 9
CHARISMA: 7
Skills:
( [Clone])
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"Alright! Level 0 sucks but okay! [CLONE]".
[Cloning...error! level too low]
"Dang, guess we are doing a {weak to strong}. Well this just tells me what to do first, yup fighting!".
Gary, finally taking notice of his surroundings, found himself in a forest, deeply filled with trees. Not a human (Earth human or OLOP human) in sight. Even if there was one, Gary doesn't know how to fight, he's never even been in one. Well except for verbal ones over the internet but nobody counts those.
However Gary's fortune counterbalances his lacking skill in combat, as he found a stick, a GOOD stick. It was a perfect size for our..hero?
"Alright world show me what you got!" (Gary)
Ask, and you shall receive, A goblin that has been hearing Gary's shouts of enthusiasm since he arrived emerges from behind a tree and is primed to fight for the tasty human flesh that Gary contains.
The goblin was of your typical design, green skin here, long nose there ugly face here, grotesque peni- never mind that last bit. The generic goblin ignored Gary's wandering stares and charged at Gary mouth opened to bite that human flesh.
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"Yaggh gaarr ssh GAR" the goblin hissed at Gary causing him to die, Or that's what the goblin expected to happen. Unfortunately for him Gary had owned a cat before and was not scared of the hissing, so Gary took his chance and smacked down on top of the goblins head. Ever the cautious one Gary further wailed his stick on the already dead goblins head.
" I knew this was a good stick." Exclaimed the prideful Gary for picking such a resilient branch.
[level up!]
"Finally! It took long enough, [Clone]".
[Cloning.....complete!]
Gary felt like he was bloating up. Something akin to when he was last at his grandma's place, and the feeling was only rising. Fortunately it wasn't uncomfortable, it was a pleasant feeling for Gary as he felt something awaken within him.
After the five minutes, there was a poof sound and a pick cloud to accompany it. Now there were two Garys, they looked completely alike, except one was naked.
However instead of happiness the OG (Original Gary) was feeling a bit unwell, no it was not due to the fact that he was seeing himself naked, nor the existential crisis involving who's the real Gary. It was a more of... a magical kind of feeling.
"..Status." (Original Gary)
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STATUS
Name: Gary Harne (Human)
*Level: 1
Class: na
HP: 100/100
*Mp: 00/65
STRENGTH: 8
DEXTERITY: 9
ENDURANCE: 8
INTELLIGENCE: 11
WISDOM: 9
CHARISMA: 7
Skills:
( Clone,)
*AP: 1
*SP: 1
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"Woah, it must be my low mana power. Does the skill take all my mana or does it just cost exactly 65? But that was the same amount of mana that I had at level 0 why did it work only now?" asked the Original Gary.
" I might have an idea, show status" Said the naked Gary.
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STATUS
Name: Gary Harne (Clone Tier 1)
Level: 0
Class: na
HP: 50/50
Mp: 35/35
STRENGTH: 4
DEXTERITY: 5
ENDURANCE: 4
INTELLIGENCE: 6
WISDOM: 5
CHARISMA: 4
Skills:
( Clone)
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"So you're me but have half of my stats? Am I that weak?" said Original.
"Not exactly, I am a clone for sure I don't know how. But I know that I'm not the original Gary. My guess is that it Must be a safety measure, also yes I do have half your attributes and all of your handsome." said clone naked Gary.
" Interesting, it did say i was too low level. Hmmm half of zero is zero so maybe the skill can't make something that doesn't exist? Well that's a theory for later. Good that we don't have to worry about identity crises about who's the real one." said Original.
"Well that's easily solved if we just kill the other one.." said the copy.
"....." (both Garys)
"Ha ha ha " both laughed at the same time, it was weird to hear them in sync together.
"Yeah yeah, TOWN'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US- HA ha ha ". One of the Garys said causing an outburst of laugher for a while in the empty forest.
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"Anyway how does it feel to be a copy, besides being cold." Asked Original.
"Hmm not that much different actually, I have all your memories, or at least I think I do. I don't feel any weaker than before we split even though I now have half your strength." (Naked Gary)
" I see, well this world has a gaming system so I'm sure some wibbly wobbly magic's going on behind the scenes fixes stuff like that. Like your Mana pool isn't exactly half of 65 so something more is going on , anyway for sake of clarity I'll call you Gary 1." Said Original.
"Okay and yourself?" said Gary 1.
"OG or Original, seems fitting, also the author already did it so yeah." Original.
"Alright Mr Snowflake, now what?."
"Mw ha ha ,my dear self you know the answer, Now we Conquer the world!"