The journey was stressful, as usual. The van sped along a deserted road at high speeds, as it was late and there was still half an hour to go to Thessaloniki, Greece. In that city, my friend Ale and I were doing our Erasmus program. A sweet voice from the middle seats interrupted my thoughts,

"Juan, do you agree with me, right?"

Don't be fooled by the sweet voice, I have no idea what she said but there's only one possible answer: yes, you're absolutely right. The pretty blonde girl with blue eyes looked at me from the middle seats, with a face that seemed angelic. Deceptions.

"We must be a united front!"

That high-pitched voice comes from my friend Dani, who is driving. Even behind his blue eyes and glasses, he can tell he's worried. He's 25, three years older than me, and a lawyer.

"Silly! Juan, we're your sisters!"

That simultaneous shout comes from the twins, Ángela and Carlota. Both study medicine and are brunettes with athletic figures. They also resemble me a lot. However, Ángela is very outgoing while Carlota is introverted and shy. Less so when she's angry, as is the case now.

"Juan, whose side are you on?"

A sweet voice continued the conversation. The girl looked like an angel, with blue eyes, an athletic figure, blonde hair, and a sweet voice. She's 20 years old and a singer. But don't be fooled by Bea's sweet voice. There's only one possible answer.

"I'm sorry, I'm with them."

All I know is that it's about Ale and Dani. Ale is a engineering student and is the co-pilot. Like his brothers, he has blue eyes and long, blonde hair.

"But do you know how long it has taken me to grow so much hair! I don't want to cut it!"

Okay, long hair for a short time. I'm sorry, friends.

Suddenly, I feel a kind of chill running through my whole body. I can't express that feeling with exactitude, it's like describing colors to a blind person. A blue square appeared in my vision, while I heard Dani braking quickly and a thundering noise outside, like a plane at high speed and a big crash.

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Mortal games of the gods (Stage 1)

Be thankful, tiny lower mortals.

I am the god of information, one of the main gods of this multiverse and the one in charge of welcoming beings from worlds advancing to Stage 1. Worlds advance to each stage according to the amount of energy/mana they have, and it's an inevitable but lengthy process. When they advance, each being can also advance stages.

As I said, your world has advanced to Stage 1. This entails great changes for all living beings on the planet. In this stage, meteorites will fall that can give you abilities. Yes, like a game, because we have implanted these ideas into your subconscious to prepare you for this moment.

Keep in mind there are several rules:

* In this stage, you can acquire a race and a class. Everyone starts as an awakeningless human without classes. To acquire them, you must approach the fallen meteorites. But hurry, the first ones will get the power but the rest will have to wait for their energy to recharge, although sometimes the meteorite disappears after giving its associated powers. To find them, it depends on your luck and ingenuity, as they fall "randomly."

* The level of your powers cannot exceed your level, and you can only level up if you have a class or a race with the same level as yours. Powers can go up to level 24. To level them up, you must improve your competence using said powers. To increase your level, you have to put the crystals that grow next to your heart next to the heart of other awakened beings. If the being does not have a heart, they will be in a random place.

* All classes and races regain x points of energy every ten minutes, where x is the level of the class or race. For every five energy points, you increase your level of competence by 1. When you level up, you recover all your energy.

* Each class and race has an associated rarity, which influences the strength of said power, but it's harder to level up. The different rarities, from lowest to highest, are:

* Violet - Inferior (Energy/Competence: 5 per level)

* Indigo - Common (Energy/Competence: 10 per level)

* Blue - Uncommon (Energy/Competence: 20 per level)

* Green - Rare (Energy/Competence: 30 per level) (bonus of 2 to each attribute gained with the power)

* Yellow - Epic (Energy/Competence: 40 per level) (bonus of 3 to each attribute gained with the power)

* Orange - Legendary (Energy/Competence: 50 per level) (bonus of 4 to each attribute gained with the power)

Additionally, I have bestowed upon you my blessing, allowing you to understand any language spoken or written. Don't worry, my blessing is special, you can continue to receive blessings from the gods. Although you still have a long way to go before we pay attention to you.

Good luck in the games, try to reach the next stage.

"Guys, this is weird. Do you see the same thing I do?"

"Yes, thank goodness I'm not the only one going crazy."

Thinking about what the red message said, indeed two long blue messages appeared.

"If you think about what the red message says, two blue messages appear."

“These hallucinations are well done.”

“Let's see, let's calm down. There are two possibilities: it's a joke or it isn't. We'll play along with this, and if it's a joke, we have another funny story to tell.”

“ Alright, so let's start looking for these meteorites. And how do we know where they are?”

“I think I have an idea, I said while looking back.” There were two orange glows in the sky and several indigo and blue ones.