I was technically seeing things in his perspective . His eyes were my eyes and his body was mine, only difference was that I couldn't control any part of it . Sometimes I really do hate being a disembodied soul .
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[Haven . Get up . We are in danger . ]
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With those words, he finally started to show some response . His eyes opened as he drank in the scene in front of him .
A classroom, people on the floor, sleeping?
There was a man standing, smoking a cigarette . A sword was strapped across his back, in a scabbard seemingly ready to be pulled out at a moments notice . He was leaning against a pillar, chairs and tables were scattered around him .
I could tell that we wouldn't really hold much of a candle to this guy . He exuded a faint sense of pressure that seemed slightly overbearing . When our eyes met with his, I felt that he would dismantle us as easy as he would snap his finger .
Haven couldn't sense this but he knew to be wary . Only someone who has experienced death like me would be able to tell with a glance .
The dangerous man broke his gaze away from from ours and started staring at his watch . Haven seemed to realize what he was doing and did the same to his own .
5 . Orientation - The first player to explain to the New Players the inner workings of Missions, Exchanges and how to return home . 100 Points . ]
[Penalties: Negative Points/Death . ]
1 . New Players - Negative 1000 points for killing a New Player .
2 . Spoiler - Negative 10 points per Sentence .
3 . Main Character Deaths - The death of main characters reduce points .
[Total Score: Pending . . . ]
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Haven: . . . Well . . . this is a problem .
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???: You're awake . Good . You seem quite calm in this situation and that's quite a good attitude to have . I'll explain everything after the rest of these newbies wake up .
Haven: (slightly panicked) Explain everything huh . Erin, what should we do?"
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He was worried that we would perish in the first mission itself . In all honesty, we were probably F*cked .
Thinking about it for a moment, I did my best to calm him down .
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[Haven . You need to listen to me very very carefully . This guy has, at the very least experienced a singular world in God's dimension . His abilities may are most indefinitely vastly superior to our own . Tread lightly . In the original novel, the main character's strength stagnated by a huge margin until he met his clone . If we don't want the same fate of multiple team wipes, we have to become very, very strong . ]
My knowledge of the novel had been partially imparted onto him . He knew the risks and problems that the original protagonist had to go through in order to gain power and was very apprehensive about committing to the same ideals of strength .
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[Haven . I am here with you . No matter what happens, no matter who it is we face, we will defeat them . Do you understand what im trying to say?]
Haven: (muttering) I hope you're right, Erin .
[Calm down . It isn't as bad as you might think . You deal with the mission as you see fit . I'll compile a list of tasks that we need to accomplish within this mission . ]
Haven: Sigh . Alright . I understand . "
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Erin knew what he was doing . He who had been in a multitude of lives had enough experience to get them out of this shitty situation . Or at least, make it less shitty .
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???: Listen up!
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The man called out, interrupting Haven's inner conversation with me . Looking around, we noticed that the other people were already awake .
All of those who were awake were slightly panicked and some seemed a little angry at where they ended up in .
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Businessman: Who are you? What's going on?!
Tattooed man: What the f*ck? Who are you people?
High school girl: W-where are we? Who are you people? Oh my god, you . . . you kidnapped me?"
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She seemed to be trying to hide her body from view .
I doubt they would survive long if their attitudes are like this .
I doesn't matter anyway . Strength is all that Haven needs to work towards . I, will naturally help him overcome any odds and tribulations that he goes through .
Two minds are better than one, or so they say .
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Tattooed man: (pulling out a switchblade) You guys are looking to die huh?!
???: (amused) What?
Tattooed man: Im from the Jimmy Gang! You wanna pick a fight with me . Ill bring all my boys here to rip you a new one!
???: Hehe, Hahahahah!"
Tattooed man: HUH! You wanna fight too?!"
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The man with the buster sword merely took out a pistol from his back pocket and pointed its muzzle at the tattooed man .
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Tattooed man: Y-you . . . gun!
???: You wanna try me punk?
Tattooed man: You! Wait till I get out of here-
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Bang!
A gunshot rang out . The tattooed man fell down in a heap, his head sporting a new hole .
Everyone held their breath in fear .
"The next f*cker who speaks, I'll shoot your goddamn brains out as well . You understand?"
Everyone nodded in fear .
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Haven: (Sighing) He had it coming .
[Indeed . ]
Haven: This guy isn't very stable either . No patience, shooting him in the head, killing him rather than the foot or something . Should we avoid him?
[I wouldn't recommend that action . At the very least, these people seem much more willing to comply . This is the beauty of power . ]
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The man walked over to the guy's dead body and picked it up with a single hand . He threw it to the back of the classroom where it landed with a thud .
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???: This is not a game . No one kidnapped anyone and no one is going to f*cking **** you . " The last comment was directed at the highschool girl .
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She could only whimper in fear .
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???: Take a look at your watches . They are the missions that God had sent us to complete . Each of you received some sort of prompt right? The "want to know the meaning of life" bullshit? Yeah . That will bring you into parallel dimensions, creating scenarios and objectives for you to complete .
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The man let that sink in for a while before continuing .
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???: As you can see, each mission will award you 1,000 points and side missions will grant you extra points if you continue . This is a relatively easy setting compared to the ones that I have been in before . It would be in your best interests to wrack in some points for your survival . "
Pig tailed girl: These points, what are they used for? They can't just be for decoration right?"
???: Points are important for upgrading yourself . When a mission is complete, the survivors will be transported into god's dimension . There, the points can be exchanged for superhuman abilities like flight, speed, strength etc . Anything is possible if you have enough points and ranked rewards .
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A fat man holding a briefcase scoffed at his explanation .
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The dangerous man glanced at him and smirked .
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???: You are welcome not believe the bullshit spouting from my mouth . I don't f*cking care, just know this . If you survive the mission, ill let you become my comrade . So try not to die .
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He glanced over at someone trying to open the classroom door .
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???: Don't bother . It wont open until the actual mission starts . There's some sort of protection field over the entire classroom . Unbreakable .
Unkempt Youth: Interesting . . . hey tough guy, I'm curious, if we complete this mission will we get the chance to go back into the real world?"
???: Yes, you do . It costs 50,000 points to go back . Before you even think about it, its going to be very hard for you to save up that much points .
Unkempt Youth: Hmm, why?
???: Simple . The more points you choose to save, the less likely you are to survive a harder mission . Points are built to upgrade you . God doesn't want you to escape . He wants you to evolve .
Unkempt Youth: Evolve? What do you mean?
Oops, I spoke too much . Survive this mission and I'll explain more . "
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The dangerous man shrugged .
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???: (slapping his forehead) Haha, I completely forgot! My name is Yukio .
Haven: I'm Haven .
Unkempt Youth: Jax .
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The blond biker waved . He looked to be around 24 years old?
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Izumi: My name is Izumi Touka .
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Came a voice from behind us . We turned and noticed it was the pig-tailed girl .
Yukio: Haha . You guys seem like a fine bunch . Tell you what, as of now, you are all prime candidates for joining my team . What skills can you contribute?
Haven: I have knowledge of this plot and I've learnt a little martial arts .
Jax: Im an engineer/mechanic . I've got some fighting skills that might be useful . Not sure HOW useful I'll be but at the very least I wont die so easy .
Izumi: I've been studying medicine under my uncle and I know how to treat wounds and the like . Im not too bad at operating technology as well . . .
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Hm . . . she was insecure about how she could contribute huh?
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Yukio: Eh, usefulness can be developed . Haven, you have knowledge of the plot right? Give me rundown about what'll happen . I've never seen this . . . High school of the dead . It's something to do with zombies right?
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Haven: Yes . The whole premise is based off on zombies . There is one thing which worries me though . The mission on the watch says altered story plot . In addition to Runner zombies and Evolved zombies? There were none of that in High School of the Dead . Which probably means that my knowledge might be screwed over .
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Yukio taps his chin for a moment .
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Yukio: It doesn't matter . At least we'll have a slight template to go over in case shit hits the fan .
Haven: (shrugging) Alright, here's how it goes . The story starts with a disturbance during class time . A person tries forcing their way into school grounds through the front gate . Well, I say forcing but all the person was doing, was sort of just banging his head on the gate . You can probably guess, that person was a zombie .
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The three of them nodded to show they understood .
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Haven: A few teachers noticed this and one of them goes to grab the guy to push him off the gate, or to scold him, I don't really remember exact details . Anyway, he gets bitten by the zombie and screams out in pain or something . I think, within the span of 15-20 minutes, he turns and starts biting others . This starts off a chain reaction within the school .
Jax: I see . . . then what'll happen to the main characters?
Haven: Takashi Komuro along with Rei Miyamoto and Hisashi Igou will try to escape towards the roof of a building, im not too sure which one it'll be though . "
Izumi: Hisashi Igou? He's not listed as a main character?
Haven: That's because he'll die off quite early on . He'll get bitten by a teacher while saving Rei Miyamoto . Later on, Takashi will kill him when he transforms .
Yukio: I see . What about the rest of the characters then?
Haven: Hirano Kohta and Saya Takagi will be trapped in a classroom where Kohta and Saya will find a gas operated nail gun . Kohta will add some modifications to it and then start his killing spree with the makeshift gun . I should probably mention that he's some sort of gun fanatic .
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They each nodded once again, listening to every word my host is saying . Damn, I would have really loved this reincarnation if it wasn't for the Gods dimension part .
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Haven: Saeko Busujima, a kendo practitioner will save the seemingly airhead nurse from being killed by the zombies in the nurse room . They'll all meet in a hallway of some sort and then, Takashi will act as bait, where they'll find that the zombies only react to noise . I don't really remember but I think the zombies are all blind .
Yukio: (Muttering) Blind zombies . . . it will make the mission much simpler to complete .
Izumi: Not necessarily . We don't know how strong the runner zombies and the Evolved ones are . Seeing how they're worth a lot more points, I'd wager they are gonna be a problem . You're probably the only one who can take them on, Yukio, assuming of course that you have special powers?
Yukio: Hm . . . we will worry about them when the time comes . Haven, what happens next?
Haven: The main characters will find a bus to get on . They'll escape the school with another teacher . I don't really remember but he was supposed to be some sort of bastard . Rei hated him and the rest of the cast will too, sooner or later .
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A countdown had begun .
Jax: It's starting huh?
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The countdown, in no time at all ended . The moment it did, a few of the people in the classroom rushed out .
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Jax: Did they just . . . ?
Yukio: Leave them . Those idiots didn't believe me . It's expected that they'll die before even realizing what I've been trying to say .
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He glances at each of us before stopping at Haven and Jax .
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You both have some skills in fighting so I'm going to give you weapons to protect yourself .
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Yukio points towards his ring .
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Yukio: This is a hammer space . It can store objects and the like .
Izumi: Wow . This God's dimension is really that amazing huh?
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Yukio nods before pulling out two double edged long-swords . He hands them to Jax and Haven and looks over to Izumi .
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Yukio: You don't have the muscle mass to handle the swords . You might f*ck up pretty badly . I would like to give you my gun, but I need to see your potential first .
Izumi: (slightly angered) What? But . . . wouldn't it be better if I had a weapon to at least defend myself?"
Yukio: Like I said . Prove your potential .
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She glared at him but relented when he wouldn't budge .
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[Haven . ]
Haven: Erin? What's up?
[I have an idea of what we could accomplish to become stronger . ]
Haven: Okay . What's the plan?
[We are going to follow what the protagonist of Side B did . Save Hisashi . ]
Haven: (frowning) Wait . Side B? That was a fan-fiction . It might not be the same way the dimension operates .
[No . The dimension WILL operate very close to what Side B's was . ]
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