NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1: Meeting... something?
In the darkness of space, a lone soul drift, yet to awake. The soul looks like a small atom compared to the vast universe surrounding it. The soul starting to wake "Where... where am i?" The soul spoke unaware it was being observed.
The soul tried to turn its head to look at it's surroundings better. But found it had no head or body for that matter.
While it was trying to understand what was happening. Something spoke to it "Now what have we here?" As the soul watches something that can only be described as a gigantic humanoid figure slowly lowering what seemed to be it's head to look closer at it.
The soul, utterly confused tries to comprehend what's currently before it. But just as the soul tries to remember anything about itself. It's assaulted by a flood of memories of who he is and where he came from.
He was an ordinary 15 year old kid as far as he was concerned. He was from a planet called earth and was born in a country called America. He was a major comic and anime fan.
But for some reason he couldn't remember how he died or his name for that matter? Maybe he got hit by the famous Truck-kun. As he tried to remember more, his entire being started to crack as it seemed like his soul couldn't handle the memories of his death.
The being seeing the soul in pain extends what seems to be it's limb and holds the soul.
It brings a wave of relief to the small yet bright souls existence. It says almost laughing to itself "Any longer like that and your soul would have shattered into a million different pieces" it smiles in an almost sadistic and terrifying way only for it to vanish without a trace.
The soul finally started to understand who it was or who it used to be. The soul speaks finally addressing the being in front of it.
"Hello, I'm... wait what's my name? Why can't I remember my name? Doesn't really matter anymore does it? I'm dead, don't really need it anymore." The being chuckles to itself, it's previous display nowhere to be seen "Well that's an interesting look on your situation."
The soul confused asks "What do you mean my situation? All I can remember is sitting at home then that excruciating pain earlier." The being said "Oh, it's nothing, just like I said a moment ago, your soul almost shattered. Not that big of a deal." it made it seem like it wasn't a problem.
"Hold up, doesn't that mean that i almost died, again?" For some reason he didn't seem afraid at the prospect that he almost died for a second time now.
The being who was just watching the souls reaction began to speak "Yes, you almost died a second time but that doesn't matter. What matters is why you are here and what we are going to call you?"
The soul was still very confused but was also curious as to why it was there "So does that mean you know why I'm here?" The being tilted it's head in confusion and smirked "Nope" The soul looked at the thing in exasperation. Coming to the realization he still didn't know what he was conversing with.
But ever time he tried to understand anything about the being Infront of him he would fell that horrible pain again. He stop trying and decided to just ask what did he have to lose he was already dead.
"Then if you don't know either can i ask a few questions?" all he really wanted to know was why he was even here. The being looked at him and said "Why not, i haven't conversed with anything sentient in eons. You can ask 2 questions."
"Why only 2?" he asked it. "Is that one of your questions?" it asked him with a smirk. He looked at it in annoyance. "...No." he sighed and thought for a moment.
"Ok, first question. What are you? Or at least what can i call you?" The being was quick to respond "I am something of an infinity being. One of the first to exist across all of time, space, and reality. And for what you can call me, my name is #%#$%##%$#$"
Once the being spoke, all of reality began to shake. The mere words it spoke held the power to destroy anything and everything. The soul screamed in excruciating pain upon hearing its true name.
The being realized its blunder and waved its hand as energy surged from its hand and enters the soul to alleviate its pain. Mending any damage caused to the soul from its words.
"My apologies, i forgot my true name could kill weaker beings. For now you can call me... Apeiron, yeah, that name shall do nicely."
After recovering from the pain of what he heard. He looked at Apeiron in both fear and shock at the fact that this thing, this being could probably erase him from existence with no effort. But he was also intrigued as to how they have met and why?
"Ok then Apeiron, ill make sure to watch my behavior." he said with a smirk. Apeiron just sighed and said "That is not necessary. I haven't talked to anything in so long i no longer care about such formalities. Also i have told you what to call me but what shall i call you?"
The soul didn't know what to say it didn't remember its name "I'm sorry but i don't remember my name for some reason."
Apeiron squinted what seemed to be eyes "It seems some of your memories are scrambled, especially your name. It seems when you were alive you hated your name so much that after your death you subconsciously repressed it. you might remember it in time or maybe not"
The soul confusedly asks "Then what's my name? You're an all powerful and all knowing being right? You should know right?" Apeiron stares blankly at him and tells him "I could find out but you will probably feel that pain again and most likely explode." Apeiron starts to reach his hand to extract the souls name from his subconscious.
The soul backs away in a cold sweat and yells "NOPE, never mind, ill make a new name. I never want to feel that pain again." The soul calms down and starts thinking of a name.
After a few minuets he finally comes up with a name he likes "What do you think of Cyrus?" Apeiron thought for a moment and nodded "That will suffice. So, Cyrus you have 1 question left. What would you like to ask?"
Cyrus knew what he wanted to ask "For my last question i would like to know what will happen now. Are you going to kill me, send he to hell, or something along those lines?"
Apeiron was shocked "What reason would i have to kill you. I was thinking of reincarnating you into a world of your choice but if you want to go to hell i can send you there. Its not that bad of a place. Well, depends on what pantheons hell you want to go to."
Cyrus quickly spoke "No no, no no no. I would rather be reincarnated then go to hell."
Apeiron smiled and said "Ok then, i will give you some wishes as well to make things more interesting. You will have 5 wishes. You can choose what world you will go to, your appearance, and race. As well as the time period without using one of your wishes." while he says this he has a weird smirk on his face.
Cyrus sees the smirk and asks "Wait what do you get out of this?"
Apeiron Smiles even wider and says "Its for my own amusement. I haven't had anything to do for trillions of years. Ever since those lower tier gods came into existence and took responsibility for all the different aspects of reality that i used to govern. I'm still the highest form of authority in all of reality but they made my job easier until i no longer needed to look after anything. Which at first was nice but it gets boring doing nothing for eternity. So this will be some nice entertainment for awhile."
Cyrus nodded in understanding. What Apeiron said made sense, it would be boring to spend all of reality doing nothing but watching others do everything you used to do.
Apeiron continued "So make your wishes but remember this, if you wish for something to strong for your world i might say no or give you a downgraded version of the wish."
Cyrus began to think what he should wish for and what world he should travel to. He was kind of obsessed with a TV series called Arcane when he was alive.
So he will go there and having some crazy fun with his favorite character Jinx. Maybe something more but who knows what could happen.
But for his wishes he didn't really know what to wish for. After 20 minuets of thinking he came to a decision on what he wanted his wishes to be.
He looked at Apeiron and said "For my first wish i want the power to create anything if i have the right amount of energy and when i say anything i mean anything. Similar to my first wish i want the power to augment anything. For the last of the powers i want just like the first two wishes the power to destroy anything."
Apeiron gave it some thought and said "Your first and second wishes are easy to grant but they will have a decently high energy cost. As for your third, its a little more complicated but to offset that, its energy consumption will be astronomical huge. What about your last 2 wishes?"
Cyrus sighed, of course, nothing comes with easy requirements but its better then not have it at all. He began to speak again "And for my forth wish i would like a system. Mainly one that tells me my states, abilities, and inventory as well as having an analyses function. I don't really need mush else from it besides those. And for my last wish i want my own personal dimension that i can access at any time. I would also like to allow whoever i designate to enter it at will as well. I would also like to be able to customize the terrain. that should do it for my wishes."
Apeiron gave the last two wishes some thought "Those are also acceptable. Where do you want to go and what do you want to look like?"
Cyrus was happy that all his wishes were excepted. All he had left was to determine his appearance, race, and where he will go.
Cyrus was wondering what he should be. What would give him the biggest advantage while he accumulated energy to use his main powers. He remembered a species from comics back on earth, symbionts.
They could absorb biomass and convert it to energy which would be useful and as long as he got rid of the major weaknesses it would be a perfect advantage.
Cyrus found what he wanted to be "Alright for my appearance i would like to be handsome 12 year old with dark white hair and dark purple eyes and i would like to be half human half symbiont. While my symbiont will be black and dark purple. For the world, i would like to go to the universe of arcane one week before the main plot starts where they rob Jayce."
Apeiron smirked at his choices and said "That was a good choice being a halfling. It will give you more options for your development. Alright then, if you have chosen everything ill send you on your way. Oh yeah, i will also give you a gift when you get there. Once you get there check your system out, see ya." and Apeiron waved his hand and Cyrus was sent into a hole in space.
Cyrus was startled as he felt like he was falling for what felt like eternity. After falling for who knows how long he falls unconscious. He wakes up on one of the bridges that connect piltover and zaun. It was about 4 am and there was nobody else around.
Cyrus looks like a young 11-12 year old with dark white hair and deep purple eyes. He is wearing a black trench coat with a hood to hid his face. Cyrus starts to wake up as his head is in pain with him having crossed dimensions.
He looks around trying to find out where he is 'Ok, this is a good start if i want i could go to either Piltover or Zaun. But the obvious choice is zaun, that's were all the fun happens. I have to go check out the undercity and find the last drop'.
Before Cyrus could move very far from where he first appeared. He was interrupted by a screen appearing Infront of him.
<[-----------Home-----------]>
States screen
Inventory
Abilities
Dimension
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He spoke in his head 'Open states screen'
<[----------States screen----------]>
Cyrus ??????
(Has yet to choose last name)
Health: 100/100
EP: 0
Strength: 20
(Muscle power and muscle density. A regular person has 10)
Dexterity: 20
(Speed and reflexes. A regular person has 10)
Endurance: 20
(Muscle stamina and mental fortitude. A regular person has 10)
Intelligence: 20
(Effects memory as well as mental strength. A regular person has 10)
Defense: 20
(How much damage you take. A regular person has 10)
Resistance: 20
(Your immunity towards foreign substances and statues effects. Such as Heat, Cold, Hunger, poison, etc... A regular person has 10)
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Cyrus was surprised and confused as to why he was weirdly powerful for a 12 year old. But he wasn't going to complain at having a good head start.
After looking at his stats for a bit he opened his ability panel.
<[------------Abilities------------]>
Creation: EP cost 100-10,000+
(The ability to create anything you can imagine, as long as you have enough EP)
Augmentation: EP cost 100-10,000+
(The ability to augment anything, as long as you have enough EP)
Destruction: EP cost 1000-100,000+
(The ability to destroy anything, as long as you have enough EP)
Biomass manipulation: No cost
(Able to manipulate biomass to take a symbiotic form. As well as create extra limbs that can be turned into different things. Able to absorb and store biomass from other organisms)
<[---------------------------------]>
Cyrus was slightly annoyed at the EP cost of his main three abilities. But he was still happy at having them as they would be his foundation for his future endeavors.
As he was thinking on how he would reach the last drop he heard a voice in his head "One last thing. I said i would give you a parting gift and i keep my word. That was all i needed to tell you, goodbye Cyrus."
Once Apeiron left Cyrus felt a strange feeling in his body as energy flooded his body.
[EP gained +1000]
Cyrus smiled, Apeiron has done so much for him and he will be forever grateful for this second chance to live. He will live this life however he wants and live it to the fullest. He starts to make his way into Zaun from the bridge.
He goes to find the abandoned house with the lift that will take him down to the undercity. He found it without much trouble, just getting lost a few times.
As he rides it down he starts to think what he should do before the plot starts. As the lift reaches the bottom he spots a blue haired girl being chased by some random thugs into a random ally.
He pulls his hood up and follows them into the ally. He sees the girl throw a small object behind her while she runs.
It hits one of the thugs in the head and falls to the ground with a click, but nothing happens. It just makes the one who got hit even angrier.
When nothing happens she looks sad but keeps on running. She makes a wrong turn and the ally turns into a dead end. She tries to look for a way to escape but there is none.
One of the thugs slowly approach her and say "That hurt you runt. Now, you and that sister of yours probably have some nice things Vander gave you, hand them over."
The girl, panicking as she is trapped with no way out yells "HELP, ANYBODY PLEASE!" But nobody bats an eye as this is a normal occurrence in the undercity.
If you can't protect what you have it's take by those who are stronger. Cyrus who has been tailing then the whole time finally recognized the girl as Jinx or who she is right now, Powder.
Cyrus, deciding not to care about the potential consequences of what he is about to do to the plot. Steps out from his hiding spot and says "Hello everyone, what are we doing? Wait, are you going to fight? I want to join."
As Cyrus finishes talking he rushes one of the 4 thugs that is closest to him and punches him square in the face as hard as he can.
The thug is sent flying a few feet before hitting the floor unconscious.
Cyrus shows a wicked smile and says "Who's next?"