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Initiating ParallaxSystemBootup.....
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''''What?''''
I say as a purple screen appearsin frontof me.
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<td style="text-align: center">Startup sequencecomplete.</td>
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Welcome to Zarathustra
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''''Zarathustra..?''''
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<td colspan="2">Soul Check......Passed, Mental Check........Passed, Physical Check.......Passed</td>
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Character Creation Initiated..... Please select a race from the following options.
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<td style="text-align: center">Aaxte</td>
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Bural-Spirits , powerful and prideful they are often found amongst their kin in the wild.
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Abaasy
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Long livied spirits of the dead become Abaasy, feasting on blood with Iron teeth.
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<td style="text-align: center">?b?d?</td>
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Guardian Forest-Spirits that protect all life within their forests.
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<td style="text-align: center">Adar Llwch Gwin</td>
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Birds of Prey said to live Thousands of years & be highly Intelligent.
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<td style="text-align: center">Adlet</td>
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Possessing the lower body of a wolf and upper torso of a man they are a powerful Demi-Human Race.
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="2">More</td>
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''''......I get to pick what I will be?''''confused as to what exactly is going on I stare at the ''screen'' for a moment.''''Well it''s game-like at least, that will help me get the hang of it better.''''I try to reassure myself as I begin scrolling through the Racial options Onscreen.
''''Does this mean that I died for the first time?'''' I wonder out loud as I have never seen this screen before & I don''t believe that I was some weird half-wolf hybrid thingy in my life.
''''I wonder if this means that reincarnated people live on Earth?'''' I can''t help but chuckle at the thought of some of those old legends holding truth to them.
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Warning irregular energy readings...Data corrupted.....Anti-Vi%&?&?￡$°§§§.....System Reinitiated.
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''''Wait, what!?'''' I stare for a second realizing that I can no longer select any other Races and can''t scroll anymore.
''''What the hell just happened?'''' still astounded whilstGray Soul as my Race. ''''Bullshit. Absolute bullshit''''
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Racial assignment complete.....processing.....confirmed...Please specify additional Information from the following options.
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''''So it''s like an RPG?'''' Isay as a new screen pops up in front of me...
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WARNING...Do not overexert the Soul when placing modifiers.
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<td style="text-align: center">-Active abilities-</td>
<td style="text-align: center">-Passive abilities-</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">-Traits-</td>
<td style="text-align: center">-Physical Modifiers-</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">-Resonance-</td>
<td style="text-align: center">-Genetics-</td>
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''''-----wow this is really game-like, I am gonna be so dope in my next life''''I say ecstatically as I begin looking through the screen.
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-Active abilities- These Abilities are triggered by expending mana or by physical action.If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.
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<td style="text-align: center">Abase</td>
<td>Inflict mana & stamina drain.(???????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Acidic Rain</td>
<td>Produce Acidic rain over a certain area. (Possible evolutionarypaths)(?????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Arreita</td>
<td>Freeze your enemies in place and damage the muscles in their body to weaken them.(???????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Asei</td>
<td>Corrosive fire magic of the Ansiod which both burns and dissolves whatever it touches. ( Brown Flames)(?????????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Awezu</td>
<td>Nature magic of the Luzan, this is a unique magic that changes depending on the user.(??????????)</td>
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''''Well, this is going to take forever'''' I say out loud as I begin scrolling through another set of thousands upon thousands of options ''''Does make you wonder how big this place is going to be.''''
After what seemed like an eternity, I finally had something I was satisfiedwith.
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-Active abilities- These Abilities are triggered by expending mana or physical action.
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<td style="text-align: left"> --Selected Active Abilities--</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Duga</td>
<td>The Blood of your enemies makes you stronger.(??????????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Awezu</td>
<td>Nature magic of the Luzan, this is a unique magic that changes depending on the user.(?????????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Casilte</td>
<td>An ancient magic using runes carved into the skin, used by a Race of hyper-intelligent beings called Alenas.(???????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Razua</td>
<td>The singular Being of Ember, created to be Edis''s first flame. (?????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Kaze</td>
<td>The wind is your will, shape it & use it for your own power.(?????????)</td>
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''''Well that should holdme over, I don''t think is should add too many, It would just get confusing,'''' I say as I press on the next category for my abilities.
Of course, I ignore the fact that I have no Idea what any of them really do..''''They all sound dope though''''
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-Passive Abilities- These abilities are always active and are directly linked to chosen Actives.
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<td style="text-align: center">Adaptation</td>
<td>This ability is seen in Neban Hounds, who evolve according to their diet.(????????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">One with the World</td>
<td>Children of Nature always have a strong connection to her, no matter where they go. (???????????????)</td>
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<td>Along with the power of runes, the Alenas had a strong natural affinity with raw mana, allowing them far greater control over magics.(???????????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Ember</td>
<td>Immunity to all forms of fire & flame were part of the Being of Embers nature.(??????????)</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Flames Nature</td>
<td>It is said that the Being of Embers Flames began as but a spark from the skies. (???????????)</td>
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<td>The wind is responsible for many natural processes & is always in constant motion, those with a strong enough connection to the Wind take on some of its nature. (??????????)</td>
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''''Well, I might not get to choose but those seem pretty good,'''' I say as I read each one. ''''Not like I know what any of this does in the first place''''
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-Traits- Traits cannot be chosen & are given according to previous choices and racial attributes
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<td>The Power of your Soul can not be contained in a normal vessel, a lesser God of nature has gifted you with some of the Traits of an Angel so that you may walk the world.</td>
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<td>May you never be alone again my child. (??????????????)</td>
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<td>The Body and the Soul are far closer than normal, the body begins to take on the Souls Traits. (?????????????)</td>
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<td>Warning Data-Overload, Status; Critical....Admin System Override; Error 42..... Force Reboot--Failed..... Force spawn......Successful.....Spawning Entity....</td>
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''''This is just stupid!!...'''' Is all I manage to get out before an Intense and violent pain envelops me, seemingly crushing my body, cracking me skin and shredding my insides.
I can''t even scream as an Immeasurable amount of pain strips me ofmy senses(Other than pain obviously), my mind seems to be at a brink, a precipice of...something.
Then I knew no more.
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-Rossa
A siren whirled as red lights flashed brightly against the cold metal walls, the sound of footsteps echoing as people ran about, frantically trying to repair the system that this..this being had broken.
''''Who are you!?'''' Still transfixed on the Image before me, I try to think of an explanation on what I have just witnessed. Something that shouldn''t be possible just occurredwith a low tier Soul, not only that but it was only a human in its last life, so there should be no residual power at all.
''''WHAT ARE STANDING AROUND FOR!!? COME HELP!!'''' a co-worker shouted at me.
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''''Ughhhh...my heeead'''' I can''t seem to think straight and my head feels like it just might break, ''''I feel so...strange..'''' I sayto myself as I try to open my eyes,''''Why does everything hurt so much?'''' With quite a bit of effort, I manage to open my eyes.
I seem to be laying against a stone& looking around, I also seem to be in some sort of forest with tall and lush, green Trees filling my vision.
''''What..what happened to me?'''' I speak soundlessly against the cool breeze that sweeps through the trees.
I lift my hands up to reassure myself that...I...I stare at my hands in wonder, they''re not any larger or smaller nor are they different in color or in possession of more fingers, but there are a dark brown ridges running along where the bones in my hand are, a trace along them with my finger reveals that these strange ribbed-like plates are truly part of my hand and not some strange residue.
''''They sort of feel like petrified wood...yet I can still ''feel'' through them....how strange'''' I say out loud, lost in thought.
Strange as it is, it is mine and I had better check on the rest of myself to be sure nothing else is strange...