Nothingness, that's all there was when Alex opened his eyes infinite nothingness his memories are blurry and unclear but they slowly become clearer by the second he blinks trying to focus on them wondering how he got to this place.
"Oh, I died well thats something I suppose." He says to himelf as he rubs his head abit annoyed as he remembers that night.
It was a rainy day, He was relaxing in the passenger seat of his buddy's car scrolling on his phone he just tried to make some money donating plasma but he couldn't that day when he heard a tapping on the window. "Get the fuck out of the car!"
He looked over confused and was staring down the barrel of a revolver opening the door slowly as he stepped out of the car hands raised to his chest, "I don't want no problems buddy take the car, its not worth dying over man." Alex stated as the man grabbed Alex by the shirt and tossed him trying to catch his balence alex caught the gunman's jacket causing his McDonald's nametag to fall out of his inner pocket, Alex looked at the gunman and his eyes widened as the fucker leveled the gun to his chest. "W-Wait!" He shouted pleading, two gunshots rang out as pain exploded in Alex's chest the bastard double tapped him. Alex watched as the man hopped in the drivers side after snatching up his nametag and peeled out of the parking lot his hand reaching out for help.
He was left laying in that dirty parking lot as the rain peppered his face his last thoughts on his girlfriend of fifteen years blood pooling around him getting washed away by the rain, the last thing he saw was his buddy's Richard's face as he tried to put pressure on Alex's chest to slow his bleeding before everything went black.
"I hope they moved on without me, It would suck if they had their lives ruined over my death." He said with a sigh. "Oh they did child, Don't worry about that." A voice stated.
Alex turned to see a man standing behind him at least he thought he was a man, the figure's appearance constantly changing man, woman, multiple races. "Who are you?" He asked.
"Oh me? I'm God, ROB, lord of this dimension for a comic lover like yourself I'm the one above all in your universe." Their voice hurt Alex's head it sounded like the combination of every language to ever exist and ever will exist.
"My apologies, I forget you Dustlings cant comprehend my true voice." Their voice changed to sounding like a elderly gentleman.
"Dustling?" Alex asked still clutching his head clearly confused and dazes from hearing the true voice of a god.
"Yes Dustling from dust you are born and when I blink, dust you return. I am old beyond your comprehension, Anyways enough of that I want to give you a chance at a new life in a new world. Your life was full of misfortune and your plasma donation saved a very bright young woman who in turned elevated your species to the space age and helping billions of people in the process. Before you ask no I can't send you back it was your time to die I'd be violating a hundred self imposed rules besides your body is already dust." They stated.
Alex blinked rubbing his head before asking, "I see do I get to at least choose?"
"Sure, we will do it like this I will use your Karma to facilitate your Desires and transportation to a new world and I get to eat whatever's left to facilitate my own growth." ROB said.
"I suppose that's fair, Then could I be reborn in DC? With Gamer powers?" He asked.
"That will use all of your available Karma are you sure that's what you want their will be stipulations such as your memories being sealed until your 5 years old is this acceptable?" ROB suggested.
He nodded as he considered, "That seems fair to me but could we change it abit?"
They chuckle, "Sure why not whats the changes you want?"
"Split my interpersonal memories from my knowledge and only give me the knowledge and my original personality." Alex requested.
They tilt their head, "Why would you want that?"
"Well I want to be able to enjoy my new childhood and teenage years without being a fucking pedo, And…I don't want to be held back by the memories of my past life I only want the knowledge of my reincarnation and the advantages not everything else," Alex stated disgust on his face.
"I see, you know most who get this opportunity don't ask that, you know what sacrifice those memories to me and I'll grant you greater power." They hold out their hand and Alex places his hand on theirs.
"Oh right could you add all the music that I love so I can rediscover them," Alex asked with a smile. "Done, good luck in your new life." They absorb the memories and add something else to Alex before casting him through a multicolored portal.
*5 years later*
Alex woke with a thud as he was suddenly dragged out of his bed and hit the floor. His name is Alexander Hale, he's a orphan living in the ass crack of the US, Gotham city.
"Wake up brat! Go get breakfast and get to work!" A older man with a cane shouted at him.
Alex shot up from the floor avoiding a swing from the old man's cane and booked it before he caught a beating and sprinted down the stairs to get some food, Alex quickly scarffed down the cold oatmeal and bolted out the door into the cool Gotham air.
"Another day, Another pocket to pick." He complaned as he got to work begging for money whilr he scoped out a easy mark to steal from after a few hours he had managed to get a few tens and a lucky score from pick pocketing some lady when she wasn't looking, on Alex's way back home he jumped as a voice rung out in his head.
*Ding* The Gamer System has been activated, Happy Birthday Alexander activating data packet and unsealing memories.
"What the.." A lance of pain shot through his skull as 26 years of knowledge and information of his past life was injected into his brain all at once. "Fuck...I was reborn in Gothem!" Alex held his head as he slid down the Alley wall having a mild panic attack as he wondered if he was in the dark multiverse once he calmed down he focused on this system. "How do I get this to work? Uh Open Status?" A bright blue holographic screen appeared in front of Alex's face displaying his full status.
[Status]
Name: Alexander Hale
Race: HomoMagi
Age: 5
Class: N/A
Level: 1
Exp: 0/100
Hp: 50/50
Mp: 100/100
Sta: 70/70
[Stats]
Str: 2
Agi: 7
Dex: 9
Vit: 5
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 6
End: 7
Will: 12
Luck: 1
[Available Points]
0
[Skills]
Gamer's Mind
Keeps you calm live life like its a video game
Immunity to mind control immunity to trauma
Toggle [ON/OFF]
Gamer's Body
Your body behaves like a game character's
You cannot be crippled in any way
Hunger / Thirst is represented by numbers food and drinks can heal you or restore fatigue
Wave magic [Lvl 1]
The ability to manipulate Waves from water to electromagnitism [note: ROB blessing]
[Quests] !
[Shop]
[Music]
[Crafting]
[Spin]
The crafting, shop and spin tab was all grayed out, he tapped on one with his mind curiously.
*Ding* Crafting unavailable no available blueprints
'Thats a thing I suppose' he scratched his head thinking he started to wonder what he should do next when a notification popped up infront of his eyes.
*Ding* New Quest
Starting your journey
Leave the orphanage and set out on your own either by getting adopted or finding your own hideout and working from there. [Chain quest]
Rewards:
100 USD in cash
New skill
New item
Legal documentation
Failure:
Continued Exploitation from Orphanage staff
Possible death
Conscription into gang life
Accept?
[Y/N]
'So either I leave or stay' He considered his options and noted the wave magic 'I could use this to help me steal more money or even better stuff to sell there is the matter of my race as well to consider....' Alex accepted the quest seeing he has nothing to loose and stood up dismissing his status. 'Better then getting beaten again.' He started to walk away from the orphanage his aim to find a old abandoned building to hole up in or someplace to make a safe place for himself as he walked around Gotham he noted its architecture and the overall vibe of the place while he tried his best so keep out of sight.
*Ding* New skill unlocked from repetitive action
Stealth [Lvl 1]
Become the unseen man
5% increased chance of being unnoticed when attempting stealth
10% increased damage when in stealth
1% critical chance based off luck
'Oh damn that will be useful as hell in Gotham, I'm gonna abuse the fuck outta you' Alex dismissed the notification with a thought as he noticed a broken drain hole cover with claw marks leading up too it in a alleyway. 'I am not going in there, no telling who might be inside.' He quickly moved away he eventually finds a abandoned church building close to a convenience store and not far from the Gotham library.
Alex decided to stop wandering he picked up a stone and cocked his arm back before throwing the stone and busting out the low window in the back and he snached up a second rock to clear out the rest of the broken glass so he can open the window's latch he struggles to reach it due to stubby five year old arms. 'Curse you tiny arms!' He hooks the latch and got the window open after struggling for awhile before he climbed inside after dragging over a trashcan because tiny legs too.
*Ding* New quest
Scout out your new hideout
Rewards:
Not getting kidnapped
New Item
100 EXP
Failure:
Kidnapped
Accept
[Y/N]
He accept the quest and looked around for anything he could use as a weapon, his eyes falling on a long sharp bit of glass and the old furniture, Alex grabbed a smaller peice and walked over to the couch and carefully used it to cut away some cloth he he could use it wrap the glass shard so he doesnt gash open his hand trying to defend himself with it he grabbed the cloth strips and carefully wrapped the thicker end of the glass with the cloth until its easy to hold without cutting himself. Alex carefully examined the shiv to make sure he couldn't cut himself, once he was sure he wouldn't hurt himself with the shiv he nodded with satisfaction and looked up to see a notification appear infront of him.
*Ding* New skill unlocked
Observe [Lvl 1]
Study any object to learn its history and what it is
*Ding* The crafing tab has been unlocked
He paused and went through his notifications before using Observe on his new shiv.
Crappy glass shiv
Crappy glass shiv created by the host to defend himself from threats likelihood of hurting himself quite high
+5 damage
+35 damage + Bleeding status should shiv break inside of the target.
Durability [10/10]
'Thats abit evil.' He got his new weapon ready shank someone before he went to search his new hidehout for any current inhabitants not finding anyone, he makes sure to shut the window and clean up the glass on the ground and barricade the doors by slowly puching furniture infront of them using a plank for leverage.
'Home sweet home I suppose.' He said to himself, "Heres to the start of a new life." He slowly closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep right as the sun went down.