October 25th, 1996
General POV
Over the top of the Tower, Desmond was meditating mid-air. At long last, it was time to begin his training. He was in a trance, organizing & outlining everything he needed to learn. Jarvis & Friday wouldn’t help him this time as they were focused on the javelin project with one of his clones. Another reason is that he wanted to use the massive amount of points he had now. Between the DS, games, movies, and shows, he had a lot more than usual this past month. What made his point count massive was the release of Harry Potter. The book kept getting sold out as soon as it hit store shelves. It actually outsold every other product he had on the market, including all other merchandise. The book had only been out for a little over three weeks, coming out earlier this month. Desmond felt like he had won the lottery the last time he checked his total.
Desmond decided to use them all in one go getting his training going. He stayed motionless for 5 hours before opening his eyes.
‘We're good to go. I now have way more respect for YouTubers like Comics Explained. Going through every little detail of how powers work from fiction is a pain in the ass. All of my masteries barely let me understand how everything works. My theory of Power Augmentation is the most promising. If this works, it will change all my future fights if I’m correct.’ Desmond thought. He took a deep breath & called out to the system.
[Host has selected the following skills and equipment:
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Master Game Designer, Master Virtual Reality Creator, OASIS Blueprints & Source Code, Virtual Reality Headset & Gear - James Halliday (Ready Player One) 20,000 FP
Superhuman:
300 Greed Island Cards, 50 G.I. Rings, Experience, Mastery, & Understanding of Nen: Killua Zoldyck, Gon Freecss, Zeno Zoldyck, Bill, Morena Prudo, Biscuit Krueger, Knov, Kite, Illumi Zoldyck, Hisoka Morow, Razor, Morel Mackernasey, Kurapika, Chrollo Lucilfer, Tserriednich, Silva Zoldyck, Ging Freecss, Machi Komacine, Knuckle Bine – Hunter x Hunter Verse 4,975,000 FP
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Nuclear: (Doubled)
Energy Absorption, Transference, and Redirection, Power Replication, Power Augmentation - Mindy Sprague, Draph, Paulette Hawkins (Heroes) 7 million FP
DNA for the Five Basic Natures, Yin & Yang release, Random Chunin Uchiha (Indra Chakra), Random Chunin Uzumaki (Asura Chakra), Basic Ninja Tools & Blank Scrolls – (Naruto) 10 million FP
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All for One – All for One (My Hero Academia) 20 million FP
Absolute Negation of anything spawning from selected universes.
100 million FP
The host has 170 million available points. Commencing purchase.
All items placed into Hypercube
5 million FP remaining balance]
Desmond felt a euphoric rush of information come into his head. He spent the next couple of hours sorting through all the information. A while later, his other self flew up to him.
“You know, when mom told me to get help sometimes, I don’t think she meant it like this,” Trey said, facing Desmond.
“Who better to help than someone who knows me best,” Desmond responded with a smile.
“Narcist,” Trey said at his own shamelessness. He hesitated but went forward with a question that was on his mind.
“Are we sure we want to do this? If our theory’s wrong, you’ll die. It seems unfair that you die for something we both had a hand in.” Trey expressed. Desmond shook his head. He looked hard at his original body before giving him some harsh words of advice.
“This is why I cut off our connection when I meditated before. You’re too sentimental, not looking at the bigger picture. You treat me like a brother instead of the clone that I am. You have been influenced by that body of yours more than you think. You have an adult's tendencies, memories, and mentality, but your brain is still fundamentally that of a six-year-old. You don’t notice it as much because you're enjoying your time making stories or hanging out with our family. I’ve had to stay vigilant on my end so we never lose those who are precious to us. We can’t afford to be so weak the next time Darkseid or someone else shows up. This experiment, if successful, will give us an ace in the hole for future battles. I’d happily give my life in the pursuit of us becoming more powerful. I have no fear because I know you can create another me who loves & wants to protect the people we care about, just as I do. Save the mushy lovey dovey crap for everyone else,” Desmond chastised him. He took a deep breath to go over their theory one last time.
‘Well, excuse me for loving myself. I never had a brother before & he’s felt like the closest thing to one. I don’t know If he realizes that most of the time are connection is barely on. He’s been running as an independent version of me since the Baymax reveal. Damnit, the messed up thing, he is right. If it were a choice between him or my family or friends, I’d choose them without hesitation. Beyond damnit, I need to get strong enough, so I don’t have to choose between one or the other.’ Trey silently made another rule to create option C when the only options presented were A & B. After making his new rule, he waited until Desmond was ready.
Desmond opened his eyes, nodding to Trey. Trey’s hands glowed yellow with power reaching for Desmond’s shoulder. Desmond felt a surge of energy run through him as soon as they connected. He screamed in agony & bliss, struggling to control the power.
“Ahhhh!” Desmond kept screaming as the power surged through him. He looked like he was at his limit. Trey seeing this was about to pull back.
‘Don’t! We can do this!’ Desmond telepathically yelled at him. Trey, encouraged by his words, poured everything he had into his Power Augmentation ability.
“Gahhhhhhhhh!” Desmond yelled even louder. His energy hit a breaking point shaking the air around them. Desmond’s entire body glowed white right after a pop was heard.
KABOOM!
A small town-wide explosion rang off in the air, sending Trey flying face-first into the Tower Plaza of the Tower. After a moment of regaining his bearings, he looked up to see Desmond. He was nowhere to be found. Panicking, he began to use all his senses to look for him. Trey looked for ten minutes before feeling a tug via their mental connection. He followed, finding Desmond in a crater of blood. All his bones were broken, along with him bleeding out from his ears & nose. Desmond kept calling out telepathically, trying to ask a question.
“Shut the Fu** up! We’re never doing that again. You'd already be dead if it weren’t for our healing factor. You're still worried about the stupid experiment. Focus on not dying first. You can ask if it worked after I heal you.” Trey yelled, shutting him up. He used his telepathy to knock him out completely. He created shadow clones to carry him while using his healing to get him to a stable condition. He’d do everything he could to save him.