《The evolution of a box》 Awakening Ding] [Initialization of host¡­success¡­awakening] "Where the hell am I and¡­. Who am I?" John was very confused upon awakening. [Host is now awake, you are a cardboard box that is currently sitting in a storage garage] "A box you say? Who are you? And why am I a box?" [I am your system] [For information download+stats say status] ''status'' [Name: John Health: 5/5 Atk-0.01 End- 0.5 Chr-0.1 Dev-0.1 Evolution: 0/10 Skills: absorption, burnable body, absorption healing, defensive papercuts, weak digestion] Suddenly a brown cardboard looking box that was cube in shape vibrated. As it vibrated the lights in the garage turned on as the slight motion triggered the sensor. "Arrggg" John growled in apparent pain as it felt like his mind was being torn to pieces like a piece of paper in a shredder. It lasted approximately 5 minutes. "So I, a former serial killer that was just given his lethal injection am reborn as a damn box. Well that shit head of a priest can kiss my former ass because I did not end up in the hell he said I would." Upon coming out of the information download, John, regained his clarity. Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. "So how do I gain these evolution points?" [Kill things, be more intelligent it is the more points it''s worth, the more cruel The kill the more it can be worth, the more of a name or legend you make of yourself the more you can earn per year] "So you''re telling me that I can keep on killing and torturing in my next life? HAHAHA!" John was ecstatic because his favorite thing to do in life was kill things. In fact by the time he was caught in his previous life, had gone down for 20 counts of normal adult homicide while also having the cut up and butchered corpses of children ages ranging from 3 to 15 in a cellar under his house. "Now besides killing them is there a particular thing I need to do with them?" After laughing to himself in disturbing glee he had to question. [You devour, no devour no points other than those earned by reputation] "So what do I do right now? I don''t think I can move beyond vibration?" ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. "Nothing?!" Feeling frustrated with no answer John decided to just sit and wait till something actually did happen. And he wouldn''t have to wait long. Suddenly the lights turned off as there had been no movement for the sensors to detect. Plunging the garage back into darkness. _________________________ 5 hours later¡­.. *tap*tap*tap* *roll-Crash* Send me the garage door was rolled up flooding the previously dark space with light as the sensors detected the movement and turn the lights on. Actually paying attention John could see that he was in a garage lined up against a wall in a corner. On one side of him he had a sofa and on the front of him there was a table. That was what he realized, "Am I in some random dudes man cave?" Unfortunately he was right and yet wrong. The garage was not exactly a big one as it was only about 8 ft wide end 13 ft in length give or take a few inches. The walls went straight up to a flat ceiling the head but a single light bulb that was 12 ft off the ground with a ladder in the corner opposite him. Looking from underneath the table you can see not far in front of the sofa was a TV and what looked like a console. *Tap*tap*tap* more footsteps. *roll-Crash* suddenly the garage door rolled back down and then the footsteps occurred this time coming closer. *tap*tap*tap*TAP* What came into view was perhaps something that John found all the most terrifying and yet truly hateful. What kind of view was something that he would only consider a creature and something that he would brutally peel the skin off of and then cover and salt before grilling alive. It was a big buff extremely hairy guy in a sundress revealing everything to the world. "I will make this¡­this thing my first, victim. No not victim, Prey." Abilities and History "Of course I know that''s not possible, at least not in my current condition." John spoke to himself as he watched the creature. Suddenly the weird buff guy turned around to sit on the sofa giving John an angle that made him wish he could throw up. "System is suicide possible?" [No] With a soft thud the buff dude sat down and within mere moments afterwards turned the TV on. John had a view of the TV but decided to ignore it at he wanted to check himself out. "Ignoring my actually being a box, my ability to see is quite odd. I can see in all directions including the floor under me. Sight goes about 20ft before it becomes blurry. I wonder if I can¡­.?" Suddenly John decides to see if he can actually view inside of himself and surprisingly or unsurprisingly, he can! Unfortunately, he''s not exactly too happy with it. "I can stand the fact that I am a box but why did this ape put socks in a box!? Even worse there''s a fucking spider in it!" As if the fact that he had socks inside of himself wasn''t bad enough. He had a damn spider inside of him and it had made a web around the socks. [Start digestion?] "Status, skills expanded" [Absorption-allows user to absorb what they devour to gain enhancements, skills and eventually evolution Burnable body: body is weak to fire and will burn up extremely easily, weakness to flame +200% Absorption Healing: health and damage are healed thanks to materials you are currently absorbing This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Defensive papercuts: those touching your edges of your flaps or even trying to tear you open have a 0.8% chance to get a paper cut, blood that enters your interior will be automatically absorbed. Weak Digestion: whatever you designate as your prey will take extremely slight damage as if bathed in Acetic Acid until it dissolves, breaks, or just dies. Damage scaled due to Dev/devour stat. Only able to devour what is in your interior.] "Thanks but that is a lot of information to take in. And would I even gain anything from absorbing some socks and a spider?" [Try and figure it out dumbass] Suddenly John heard something very interesting to himself coming from the TV. "And so it ends an era of terror that was the man John Rose. We''ve gotten word that yesterday he was put to death via lethal injection and then buried in the rural cemetery nearby. Since then multiple people have come to see his grave and promptly also spit, piss, and defile it in all manner of ways. Our hearts here at the station go out to families of his victims including those of the parents of the multiple children he had slaughtered." John decided not to listen anymore as he realized, "I died yesterday?" And it was at that moment he had a bigger realization. "I died yesterday and these fuckwits are already disrespecting the dead? If only these dipshits realized that I''m not dead and that I''m actually still alive. Then again, that''s a good thing they don''t know I''m reborn since I''m pretty sure that while at least injection won''t kill me again somebody with some matches easily could." "And here is some live footage of John Rose''s grave site being completely defiled by what looks to be families of his victims. We have found some information that will help bring to light some of his past that we will share for all of you." "What exactly could they show off my history that is going to be shocking? Are they going to start with my mother? About how she was a prostitute that took any Tom Dick or Harry that came to her door? Or are they going to talk about how after I turned 12 years old I strangled her with a telephone cord after she "sold" me to a pervert for night just so she could feed her pill addiction? Aww don''t tell me they''re going to talk about Little Timmy? All I did was drown him after that little shit drew flowers on my door. His mother though now that was good lay. She screamed and she begged for me to stop which would have worked had she not been gagged. It''s so sad I had to get rid of her." "A couple of the things we have found include his mother about how she was a woman of the night. And according to many sources she did this only so she could feed him and raise him. Which she did for 12 years but unfortunately it seems she pimped him out and in return he strangled her to death. We''ve also found how anywhere he went there were many cases of rapes and children being brutalized but without anyone being found guilty. This is only a small part of what will be in a special coming out later in the week until then I bid you a good day." John was speechless for a moment. That was all they did? And it was such a lackluster way of saying what part of the childhood was? They didn''t even go over the gang that raised him. I mean sure they were all killed by him in the end but they did raise him. "Well then I guess it''s time I devour something and see if I can''t get any ability from something. Although I don''t know what a spider give me¡­. or socks. I swear it better not be a scent ability."