Once upon a time in a land far far away. There was a boy stuck in class. The boy sat in the back row of the class and silently took down notes whenever new material came up.
And every now and then, he'd look up to his left and look out the window, and daydream.
Not to mention that his startling green eyes dulled whenever he looked out.
"What a boring class" he muttered to himself, "I wonder when it'll end?" Taking a glance at his watch, it read 1:17 PM.
"Damn, this is going to take a long time, eight more minutes, huh."
Taking his time, the boy slowly started to pack up, when he, once again, glanced out the window. But, something was wrong. The sky was...
Cracking.
The skies split and then a massive glowing meteor came screaming down. No... It wasn't a meteor, it wasn't a meteor because it was floating in the air. It had stopped moments before hitting the ground.
And then the Meteor cracked.
"Hey guys? Do you see that?" the boy asked.
"What? See what?" asked a classmate.
"The Meteor, don't you see it?" said the boy pointing out the window.
Just as the boys classmates noticed the oddity, something flashed into their line of sight.
Hello to you sentient and non sentient beings! Be honored that I, “World”, have decided to pay your puny little planet a little love. So if you would please accept this new world, please hit the yes button. Yes/No
“Fuck no" said the boy as he slapped the no button.
Wow! You and 145,234,234,231 others have decided to press the “No” option. For this, I, World, shall curse you! For being unwilling to change with the times, I curse you to become an “Unchanging One”! Even as an Unchanging One, I, in my benevolent greatness shall allow you to access your status window! Be glad!
“The hell? Status Window?” Said the boy in bewilderment.
Status Name:Collateral Damage
Species:Unchanging One Level:- Titles:“Cursed by World”
Health:- Mana:- Health regen per second:- Mana regen per second:-
Strength:10Dexterity:10 Vitality:10Endurance:10 Intelligence:10--
“My name isn’t Collateral Damage! What is this joke, you damn World!” shouted the boy, who we shall now know as Collateral.
Wow Collateral! I didn’t expect you to curse me again! For this great show of love for me, I shall give you a little information on what your race has as small little perks. As you will have seen, there are levels, and there are going to be skills. Too bad for you though, you didn’t decide to change so you can’t learn skills, you can’t earn skills and you can’t level up. The good thing about this is that you will never feel hungry, you won’t have any desires, you pretty much can’t die, and you never age! As you have seen, your HP and Mana gauges are just nothing.
“Those benefits sound a lot better than those skills…” The boy muttered to himself.
Looking up, he glances around the room to look at the others in his class, some are enveloped in a white light, while some are enveloped in a dark light, only he, is awake.
Collateral’s friend: Amy’s POV:
Hello to you sentient and non sentient beings! Be honored that I, “World”, have decided to pay your puny little planet a little love. So if you would please accept this new world, please hit the yes button. Yes/No
“A new change?” Muttered the girl with straight brown hair. Squinting her brown eyes she hesitantly pressed Yes.
Congratulations! You and 238,193,209,209,159 others have decided to change with the new world! As a sentient resident of this new world, you will be allowed to be remade into another sentient being of my choice. What is my choice you ask? I don’t actually care, so it’ll be by chance. Just note that being rolled as a human is also a chance as humans are, after all, sentient, unless you so choose to disagree. Roll the dice of fate? Yes/No.
Hesitating yet again, the girl reached out and pressed Yes.
Wonderful! You and 1,459 others have rolled for the species: “Mana Eater”! As you are a new resident, you won’t understand your new species, so I’ll help out a bit, you no longer rely on Health to live, but you draw your energy from mana. When the mana you have runs out, you die. So be careful of your mana usage. Also consider the fact that your species doesn’t actually have a physical body, you can look like whatever you want, although that will take some time to get used to. As a plus, because you depend on mana, you are ageless, but you can improve, so rejoice!
Considering the fact that a friend of yours has pressed the No button, you two will be forced into the same party that can't be dissolved, why? I felt like it. You can think of this as being made a pair, although other people can join this party, you two will always ALWAYS be in the same party. Have fun in the new world! Best regards, World.
“Ah?” said the girl after reading the barrage of messages. Pausing a moment to take in the information, she looks up and notices that her friend is already awake.
Narrator POV: No but really, it’s World.
Now I suppose this is when the boy and girl go out and explore the new world, but since I, World, want a bit of fun, I made it so that everyone but the people who pressed Yes, can view their status. That’s right! Only the people have who pressed No can view their status, harsh? No, of course not. The best I can say to them is, deal with it, I’m World the most awesome thing there is.
If you’re wondering why I’m talking to you, well. Because I’m going to go visit your world as well! So have a little faith, and wait until this story is complete.
Actual third person POV: For real this time.
“Did you get that weird notification Amy?” asked Collateral.
“Yes, I did… I heard you pressed the No button?”
“Yeah, I’m in a party with you.” the boy said shrugging. “And this may seem a bit weird but… My name changed, the new name is Collateral Damage”
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“That… That seems like a joke to me…”
“It is a joke, that damn World.”
Oh gosh! You cursed me three times! As a reward, I’m going to give you more curses! Have fun!
Gained Curse: “The all Seeing Eye”
“I… You... You f*cking World, is my life a joke to you?”
Congrats! For cursing me for the fourth time, I’ll give you a little hint about this cure. You can’t turn it off. What does this mean? This means that you will always know what the person you’re looking at is thinking, you will be able to tell how their feeling, and other fun stuff.
The boy glances at Amy.
Name: Amy
Race: Mana Eater
Level: 1
Emotions: Fear, Curiosity, Affection
“I could get used to this”
“Get used to what?”
Thoughts: Get used to what?
“Ah, nothing.”
“If you say so.”
Thoughts: You damn idiot, just tell me what your thinking!
“I sense a great disparity between what she’s saying and her thoughts…” The boy muttered darkly to himself.
“Would you guys like to party up? Partying up sounds like fun” A voice says.
Name: Random Dude
Race: Half Orc Half Mana Eater
Level: 1
Emotions: Anger, Jealousy
Thoughts: You damn bastard, you can’t keep Amy to yourself!
“Yeah… I really do sense a great disparity in thoughts…” Once again, muttering.
“What’s that?” Said the other boy.
Thoughts: What a wimp, I don’t see what Amy has to see in this guy.
Yes, I agree Random Dude, I also don’t see what Amy has to see in this guy.
“Wow World, I can see that your naming sense has improved a bit.”
Why thanks Collateral Damage.
“That was sarcasm”
I know.
“Shouldn’t you pay more attention to others?”
I am, when you get as awesome as me, you can split your conscience, oh wait. You can’t cause you’re an Unchanging One! Nyahahahaha, oh, that’s great. Also, you look like you’re talking to yourself
“Oh damn, right.” Said Collateral. Looking towards Random Dude he says, “Yeah sure, you can join the party.”
“Thanks, I wouldn’t want to be on my own, I wonder if the government knows what’s going on?”
Thoughts: Now I can protect Amy’s chastity without fear!
‘Why are you worrying about that in the first place’ The boy thinks in his head while raising an eyebrow, ‘and dude, I thought we were friends! Was the only reason we hung out together because of these thoughts?’
“I’m sure that the government knows what’s going on, I’m sure they’ll issue a warning or something really soon.” says Amy.
“Hey! I don’t have cell reception” a voice cries out in fear.
Looking over, Collateral sees a girl staring down at her phone.
Name: Some Girl
Race: Half Elf Half Troll
Level: 1
Emotions: Despair
Thoughts: MY FOLLOWERS!!!!!!
“Without any cell reception, I won’t have data and I won’t be able to update my blog! Noooo! My followers will hate me… *sob*”
…
…
After a moment, the girl’s friend walks over and starts to comfort her.
“Let’s ignore them shall we?” offers Random.
“Yeah, that seems like a good idea. So, what race did you guys get?” Asks Collateral
“I became a Mana Eater, I’m technically without form and I can live for, pretty much eternity.”
Nodding, Collateral glanced at Random.
Nodding at Collateral, Random said, “I’m a Half Orc Half Mana Eater, what this means is that although I have a physical form, I can dematerialize for a short while. And I don’t have the benefits a full Mana Eater would have, but I can live for a long time and Mana can sustain me for a very long time before I’ll need to eat again.”
‘Hmmm… Half Orc Half Mana Eater huh… I wonder what happens when you make a Half Unchanging One Half Mana Eater?’ Thought Collateral.
That’s a very good question my friend! What happens is that we have an Unchanging One that can use mana, but still can’t level up.
‘That was a rhetorical question World…’
Too bad, I still answered it.
…
“Alright you guys, let’s wait it out for the government shall we?”
“Hey wait, you didn’t tell us what your race was!” said Random.
Thoughts: You think you can hide from me?
“Oh me? I’m just a normal human, I’m not like you with big creepy fangs and sh*t”
“Oh”
Thoughts: So he’s just a normal human? I guess he rolled unfortunately.
Alright everyone, I assume you’re all used to your features? No? Too bad. I’ll begin changing your world now, so have a nice little sleep.