(It's been a little more than half a year since I wrote the first 2 books for Hero of Naught.  I've grown some and have now recovered enough to finally begin the rewrite both you readers and I have been waiting for.  I'm going to clear the first 8 chapters of Slime Dungeon and rewrite them as well, but I plan on concentrating mostly on this story while editing the first book in TSD for publishing.  Thank you to my 4 patreons for their patience, as well as all you readers out there.

I'm back)

Also, should I delete the old chapters, move them to a new story heading, or leave them here?

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"What do you want to be?"

In a space of infinite blue, an angel floated off the ground as she stared down at the person in front of her.  While her question was inviting, her countenance betrayed no indication of real interest as she awaited the answer to her question.

The person in front of her wheezed softly, taking in the air as if he were a drowning man.  His one good eye glowed with anger as he hissed out his answer.

"Someone who can take revenge on everything they hold dear."

The angel tilted her head and looked into the distance as if seeing into the future.  She nodded once and gazed down at him.

"Understood; your answer has been logged and stored for future usage.  You will now be taken to the beginners town."

"Welcome to Everlife, and may your heart find all that it desires."

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"And that class, is the end of your final lesson.  It has been a pleasure teaching you this year, and I hope all of you have a wonderful summer."  The pleasant looking old man on the screen smiled to his class as the bell rang.

"Thank you for your guidance Ai5."  The class chorused back happily, than everyone jumped up and ran for the door.

The old man chuckled as he watched the students disappear into the corridor, than turned to smile at the last student in the room.  "Student Platim, I hope you have a good summer as well."

The remaining student finished packing his things and smiled at his synthetic teacher.  He was a smaller boy for his age, with short brown hair and brown eyes that glittered with mischief.  He wore the standard slack and blazer uniform, but with a turn of his wrist the clothes changed into a more casual jeans and t-shirt.  He clicked his tongue as he gazed at his teacher.

"I told you sir, it's Plat, not Platim.  Platim is too weird of a name."

The old man chuckled, "And I tell you, the name parameters cannot be changed once I have downloaded the student identities into my memory matrix.  I'm so glad I chose human development as my vocation; it's quite amusing watching young ones perform the same actions and expect different results.  Why, it is the very definition of insanity."

Plat rolled his eyes, "Whatever you say Artificial Intelligence 5637485 of . . ."

"The old man winced and pleaded, "Alright, I concede your point for the day.  Anyway, don't you have some appointments to get to?"

Plat nodded and slung his backpack onto his shoulder, "That's right sir.  I hope you have a good summer as well."

The old man snorted, "While summer may be fun to you humans, for A.I.'s like me it's a bore.  I can't wait till I get to teach the next patch of youngsters next year; it'll be a great help to my thesis."

Plat nodded and waved back as he exited the room, the monitor shutting off behind him and interrupting the old man in the middle of his rant.  He hurried out of the school and headed toward the nearby park, which was directly across from the school building.  He ran out to a small group of teens who were huddled under a tree.

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"Oy; hey there guys!"  Plat called out happily, "Dia, Reva, Henry!"

The trio turned and smiled just as happily as they saw Plat running toward them.  When he reached them, they exchanged high-fives and laughed together in excitement.

"Yo Plat, we've been waiting!"  Dia leaned down and picked Plat up in a massive bear hug.  Unlike his three friends, Dia was very tall and wide for his age and was a decent athlete on the field.  He often expressed himself loudly and didn't put as much thought into what came next.  He was very sweet and loyal, however, and always had his friend's back when they needed him.

Reva giggled as Plat struggled to breathe.  "Dia, you'd better let him go before he passes out.  Ideally, I'd like to start the summer with all three of you instead of two and a corpse."  Reva was the only girl in the group, but there was no way she would be called feminine.  She played sports as well, but preferred the track and field to playing with a ball.  Sh was also in the top 25% in the grades, making her the smartest in the group as well.  Today, she had two ponytails instead of her usual one on the back of her head, making sure the wavy hair would not be mistaken for pigtails.  Combined with her ebony skin and purple eyes, Reva was a welcome member of their little group.

As Dia released Plat from the obviously friendly hug, the last member walked up and clapped his hand onto Plat's back.  "My main man; how is it going?"  Henry smiled and embraced Plat in his own hug.  The two had been friends the longest, going back all the way to the start of middle school.  Henry was average height, with an easy going grin and a face most girls described as "lazily handsome".  He was pretty popular with many of the social circles in the academy and often went on dates.  Still, he always prioritized hanging out with the group and making sure they all had a great time.

Plat smiled cheekily and pushed Henry back.  "I'm quite surprised to see you here Henry; didn't you have a date today?"

Henry coughed awkwardly and smirked, "Well, let's just say I hooked her up with a man she wouldn't mind seeing."

The other three groaned at this.  Henry had the annoying tendency to play match maker whenever he grew tired of the girl he was seeing.  It was annoying because the girl involved often didn't realize she was being "let go" and they had had to make a few get away's from angry girls; which, while amusing, took up a lot of time while Henry tried to reason with her.  Even with his playboy nature well-known, girls still tried to make him theirs and thus the cycle continued.

"Are you sure she won't mind this time?  Last time, it was that girl from the tech department and she chased us with her new auto-lock on ink missiles."  Reva complained, "My favorite outfit was ruined when that damn ink rewrote the program; now the outfit has permanent ink stains."  To illustrate, her clothes shifted into a casual shorts and blouse outfit, but stained black with ink.

Henry nodded, "No worries, this time the girl just wanted me to help her get with another guy; no ink missiles, girl volleyball team ambush, or yoga pretzels this time."  He quickly changed the subject, "Anyway, we're wasting time here.  Let's head to the Game Station."

Dia rubbed his hands together in excitement, "It's finally here isn't it?  I've been waiting so long for this."

"Me too," Reva agreed, "It's finally time and just perfect for starting the summer with."

"Let's go then!"  Plat declared, taking the lead, "To the Game Station!"

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A little shorter than the normal length, but it's getting a little late :p