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.
“Fuck no" said the boy as he slapped the no button.
“The hell? Status Window?” Said the boy in bewilderment.
“My name isn’t Collateral Damage! What is this joke, you damn World!” shouted the boy, who we shall now know as Collateral.
“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:
“A new change?” Muttered the girl with straight brown hair. Squinting her brown eyes she hesitantly pressed Yes.
Hesitating yet again, the girl reached out and pressed Yes.
“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.”
“I… You... You f*cking World, is my life a joke to you?”
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.
“Wow World, I can see that your naming sense has improved a bit.”
“That was sarcasm”
“Shouldn’t you pay more attention to others?”
“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 was a rhetorical question World…’
…
“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.
