A figure slowly crawls down from the ceiling, a mess of tendrils, flesh like wires that extend into a central body that hangs from the mass like puppet on strings, a golden ichor like substance drips from their stomach, which is torn in half. Despite the look, they don’t appear to be in any pain, as a creaking smile of sharp teeth waves at the camera.
“I must welcome our lovely viewers; I thank you all for tuning into my newest creation. A story for the ages that’ll be sure to delight. Of course, having just joined me, I am certain you wish to know who I am”
They motion to the camera, which trails after them as they move ahead, the sound of wires and metal clicking as the feed shows multitudes upon multitudes of frosted pods straight out a science fiction novel. The camera mostly however stays focused on them. They finally stop in front of a single pod, that’s clearer than the others.
“Allow me to introduce myself, my viewers. I am what you may call ‘The Gamemaster’ and this will be the first time that I am doing this sort of thing. Involving others in one of my games”
Their hands reach out, clicking buttons on the pod before it slowly opens up, revealing a man, with pale skin, and blue lips. His fingers are frostbitten, deeply black and purple, and while he is dressed in bandages, it is more than clear that there is a gash underneath them on his chest.
“This individual will be your proxy, the one who you view these worlds through. I have specially selected him because he is a willful individual. He will do well in adapting to the process laid out before him. I suppose I should explain our game though first, shouldn’t I?”
The Gamemaster lifts the damaged man from the pod, bringing him over to a table as the camera continues to follow him. Laying him down and taking out a few tools, beginning to carefully perform something upon him. The camera however stays focused on their face, sparing the viewers the gory details of whatever they’re doing.
“In just a couple minutes, our individual will wake up in his new home, we will call this the nexus. The nexus is an entry point into many other worlds, and you, dear viewers, are going to help him along. Through voting and commenting, you will shape his journey, for better or worse. He will be entirely at your mercy. Of course, he needs some level of agency. To be motivated., but you will see how that works when we come to it”
The camera pans down, revealing that the man now looks much better, a prosthetic arm has replaced one side of his, the metal clicking and slowly taking on a more flesh-like tone. In addition, a large glowing scar covers his torso, looking a lot less gruesome than it might be now, and more healed.
“A bear attack, in case you’re wondering my dear viewers. He was attacked by a bear during a snowstorm. That’s not what killed him though, after all, why fix a classic? He was hit on the road by a truck as he was stumbling across the highway, entirely unaware of where he was”
The Gamemaster grabs some clothes, putting them over the man and lifting him up, beginning to walk away, the camera moving to follow.
“Please excuse us for a commercial break, while I prepare things, can’t spoil everything now, can I?”
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The camera feed then cuts out just as they reach out, plucking it from the air.
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The commercial is flurry of images as an excessively upbeat woman speaks in the background with the same tone one would have when talking to a young child. Whenever the number would appear or be mentioned, the screen seems to glitch out before cutting ahead.
The commercial ends on a static filled number that can’t be made out, before the screen flickers, and the camera feed begins to come back in.
COMMERCIAL BREAK OVER
The camera feed fully comes back in, revealing the individual from before, sitting up on a bed in what seems to be a studio apartment. He shudders, touching his scar, checking his clothes, and staring at his hand.
After a couple minutes, he stands up, looking around, before walking up to a refrigerator, taking out a bottle of cold water and chugging it. Before coughing and choking, seeming shocked by something as he stumbles back.
The camera feed glitches momentarily, before revealing that a screen has appeared in front of him.
Basic Information
NAME: Mark Law (No middle name found)
Abilities
Death’s Struggling Claim: Your willpower is immense to the point of sheer absurdity, while this doesn’t help your physical durability, it helps your mental durability immensely. As long as your body held out, you could crawl your way to help through a blizzard while bleeding out from a wild animal attack, so long as none of those wounds were fatal.
Sheer Focus: In moments of great distress, time seems to slow down for you. This doesn’t mean you’ll be able to react any faster than normal, but it does mean you can plan a lot within a short amount of time. A time of great distress is defined as any point when you reasonably believed you will be harmed, the effect of the slow down gets more pronounced the more dangerous the situation. To the point where you could mentally write a speech if you were about to be shot in the head.
Quests
World One: You will soon be sent to one of three worlds, your goals will be explained once you arrive. Failure to complete any goals you’re given in the world will be treated harshly. Upon going through ten worlds, you’ll be granted the ability to return back to life.
World List
Jujutsu Kaisen/My Hero Academia/One Piece
After staring at the screen for a moment, Mark closes it by moving his hand, sitting down and looking around what he at first thought was his apartment. Despite the confusion on his face, it only lasts for a few moments.
“I need to get ready” He says, standing up, going into the closet and taking out an old school backpack, getting clothes and food he still has inside. As well as starting to clean and sharpen one of his knives to take with him as a weapon.
Text appears on the camera feed as he begins preparing, speaking to the viewers.
“His fate is in your hands, my dear viewers. Be sure to also let me know, what sort of, quests he should go through when he arrives”
What world should Mark go to first
