“How was daycare today Sasha?” A young man of about 19 asked a little girl walking beside him as they walked into a ramshackle apartment that appeared to only have a few of the modern conveniences available. The apartment had two rooms, a living room combined with a kitchen. The living room only having a rug on hardwood floor and a sofa with a small wooden table in front of it. The kitchen appeared to be slightly more used, and had more conveniences such as a blender or a microwave.
“It was really fun! We played house except I had to play dad because Sarah was mom and it was really unfair and then she made me clean the house while she bought a dog and then I didn’t want to play and then I got tired so I took a nap.” Sasha burbled out while jumping around the room.
“I can see that you took a nap” laughed Daniel as he gravitated towards the kitchen. “Now what do you want for dinner?”
“CAKE!” Sasha screamed, jumping from the sofa onto the ground.
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“I want more chicken.” Sasha demanded reaching across the table for the plate with chicken only to be intercepted by Daniel’s arm.
“What do we say?” Daniel demanded with a glint in his eyes.
“Please give me some chicken or I’ll scream.” Sasha stated staring her brother down with a knife clenched in her fist.
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“It’s improvement” Daniel grudgingly admitted while getting another piece of chicken.
Due to a recent hostile takeover of your universe, mana has flooded into the system, this has afforded the chance for (8) sentient biological species and (1) sentient AI species the chance to access the SYSTEM!. Another minor side effect of the recent hostile takeover is that you are all the legal property of the Axlians. Now, a word from your new Overlords!
Greetings puny mud-monkeys! It pleases me to say, as representative of the Axlians, that your race has been chosen to entertain our race! Unfortunately, because of your weak “biology”, only eligible “adults” will be able to participate. All children will be taken care of in preparation of being able to participate in our entertainment later. Teleportation will commence in ten-
“Daniel! What is this?” Sasha fretted with rising panic, jumping out of her chair and rushing over to her brother. Daniel reacting by grabbing her and pulling her into his lap.
Blue screen: nine
“What’s going to happen?” Daniel whispered to himself
Blue screen: eight
Sasha turns around and buries her face in her older brother’s shoulder
Blue screen: sevensixfivefourthreetwoone
And just like that, reality changed.
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Efficiency Test Activated
Trees are swaying in the wind, birds are making their nests, predators are hunting, and prey are hoping that the predators won't hunt them. In the middle of this forest, a portal opens, several animals nearby are driven insane by the mere presence of the portal. A man is dumped out unceremoniously before the portal winks out of existance as fast as it opened.