《Observed Oddity》


 Are you a Boy or a Girl?

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    <td style="text-align: center">Welcome to Experience!</td>


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    Huh. This is certainly new. A screen pops up in front of my incorporeal form in what I can only describe as a void. I can''t feel my body but that has been the case for what has felt like a few centuries. Iv''e had enough time to just float around so any development at this point is very much welcome.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Experience is your personalized judgement. Your own life is measured and will be used as points for improving your next form of existence.</td>


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    Judgement? Well as long as I''m not going to hell like so many others have said in my past life then I don''t care what you call it. Not having to spend a lifetime as an animal with a human consiouness would be preferred though. Let''s hope for the best.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Your worth is now being measured. Please wait...</td>


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    I''ll admit that while this is starting to seem like the start of my next great adventure beyond the infinite unkown, it could do without the subtly terrifying text. Only a few seconds passed before the next blue screen showed me the results of whatever Experience gave me.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Overall Stats</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">81 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Overall Karma</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">36 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Achievements</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">20 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Physical Age</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">19 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Mental Age</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">72 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Spiritual Age</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">191 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Talent</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">69 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Subtotal Points</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">488 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Modifiers</td>


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    *(Short-Lived [+46]: Adds points equal to the amount of years left in lifespan)


    **(Chronic Depression [x6]: Multiplies points by the amount of areas in your life affected by this life-long challenge)


    ***(Depressing Death [x3]: Multiplies points by 3 for having a depressing death)


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    <td style="text-align: center">Total Points</td>


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    534 x 6 x 3 = 9,612pointsThe author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


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    I vaguely remember feeling very cold all over before taking a very long nap. Probably a lonely death, which I''m begurdgingly happy about since that past suffering is most defintely my ticket to a happy second life. Past-life exploitation bonus, get!


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    <td style="text-align: center">Choices</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">World Change*</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points [Current: Dying Earth]</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Race Change*</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">100 points [Current: Human]</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Sex Change*</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">0 points [Current: Male]</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Name Change</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1 point [Current: Stevan]</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Experience Boost</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Base Stat Boost</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Psychic Talent</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Luck Boost</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Past-life Memories</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points [Current: 19 y/o Human Male]</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Similar Face</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">100 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Physical Boost</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">1,000 points</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skills*</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">100 points each</td>


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    The entirety of this scenario so far has been building up excitment in my bored soul but the moment I saw the option to change my world I knew I was starting to rush myself just to be closer to fulfilling some of my fantasies.Experiencehad truly been made for me. I expanded the choices and saw what worlds I was offered for simply knowing about their potential existence. Zombies? Too unsanitary. Fantasy? Maybe. Superhumans? Yeah, fuck no. One Piece? ...though I appreciate the offer I find myself fully aware of what this option means. I scroll down some more to find exactly what I was hoping I could choose.


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    You have chosen World type: Pokemon


    Modifying System....Modification Complete


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    After changing worlds I continued to use my available points quickly to start my new life already. Keeping what should stay the same and taking what were essentially cheats was simple but I struggled to decide how to use the last of my points among skills. I looked through all the was available and finally settled on what I hoped would be assets to my survival. The blue screens disapeared again but a new one came back quickly asking me a "System Mandatory Question."


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    <td style="text-align: center">Are you a Boy or a Girl?</td>


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