That time had come to an end. Both Destiny and Transmigration leaped towards the Hero's Quantum Signature. Instantly Destiny locked on to the Hero.
The two goddesses streaked through the Data-verse of Reborn towards the Hero's Spark. Destiny reached Dave as his heart gave out, and his Spark lifted out his body. Destiny gently took hold of the Hero's Spark and cradled it close to her.
Forty-two years of miserably watching Fate play with the Hero melted away as she held his Spark close. She would not sit on the sidelines this time. Destiny would give the Hero her blessing of Destiny to make Fate pay, and she knew Transmigration would give her place up to help.
"Hello?"
"Where am I?"
The voice came from the Spark, and it warmed her to the soul.
"I'm here Hero, It's me, Destiny. I don't have much time to explain. Just know I will find you."
My mind felt like a mess, and I couldn't feel my body when I heard that familiar angelic voice I knew so many times before. Destiny. That was something his previous life was missing, and what did she mean by, didn't have much time, and she will find him?
"Don't forget, Hero. This time it is the Random World Round. I, Transmigration, and Destiny will be born there with you, but it's all random. This time will be different. We both gave up our god status to help you this time. You will have to learn what that means, but you are not guaranteed an easy life this time. This Round, you need to beat Fate's Champion."
I wanted to scream. To shout about how this wasn't fair, then the old memories began to flood in—all the extraordinary times with Destiny and all their friends.
Instead of complaining or worrying, the Hero enjoyed being close to Destiny. Transmigration watched the new world materialize over the last bones, converting NPCs over to the new world's settings and laws.
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Reborn, a revolutionary system that lets children of the future live many lives. This game is not a system built for normal children or adults. Instead, terminally ill children with no hope of recovery receive a second chance.
When the children come into the game, their Spark or Quantum Signature merges into the world of Reborn. Unfortunately, this process kills the child's body, but the child gets to live eternal lives and random memory loss or wipes to keep the players from losing control.
Once in the game, no one from the outside world can interfere. The game is a one way trip to immortality.
Welcome to Reborn.
Chapter 2: Extrasensory Explosion
I hear the sounds of people moving and talking. What just happened? My breathing is normal, and I don't feel wet. What the hell is going on?
I open my eyes but immediately put my hand up to block the sun. The sun? It was just around 7 pm and already dark out when I stumbled into that back alley. This must have had something to do with meeting Destiny in that other place; my mind was still confused about all of this.
As my eyes begin to adjust to the light, I notice something that stayed in the same place no matter how I looked. In the top left-hand corner of my view is a blinking blue icon. I focused on it and discovered it was a blinking star.
Suddenly, I was distracted from the icon, something else had caught my attention. My hand was tiny, and suddenly I was aware of the rest of my shrunken body. What the hell? It wasn't even my skin color.
I had tan skin before, and now it was a pasty white. I look at the small hand and skinny arm attached to it and was not impressed. I stopped my eyes from disappointing me any further when I saw what I was wearing.
"Ok, what is going on here? None of this is making any sense," I spoke these words quietly and slowly, my brain trying to process all this, but it was like I was drawing blanks.
I took a deep breath. Alright, it seems that I have somehow got myself that second chance I had wanted. I can't squander this chance, and I will work hard at this new life!
I try to stand up, but it's like I don't know what I'm doing and I get tangled in my legs and fall on my face. Stupid, what was wrong with my limbs? It was like I had to learn how to walk all over again, even using my arms and finger took some getting used too.
At the end of the alley, I could hear two people laughing like crazy people. I looked up to see the two... Things standing at the end of the alley pointing at me doubled over. As I picked myself up with a bit more grace, but both lost interest and walked away as if nothing had happened. WAS THAT JUST A BULL MAN AND A BLUE JELLY MAN LAUGHING AT ME???
"All right, I can't just sit around when there is a whole new world for me to explore!"
I walked to the end of the alley, and when I got to the street, I stopped. Like a complete system pause in a game, but only for me. My mind does that thing to freeze all thought, diverting all power to comprehend what you are seeing. It's like when you see something that you can't believe it because it's just too unbelievable. The real issue was that everything was unbeleivable.
This place defies the law of...well I think it defied all of them. There were humans and demi-human, animal people, orcs, gnome, the Beetles, witches, wizards, lawyers, demons, androids, two for one BOGO shoe salesmen, more alien species than all eight MIB movies. And if that's not weird enough, none of the buildings matched up. It was like someone had picked one from every era that they had happened on and many that never existed in the first place.
"Grewdsa dersq...." I'm sure smoke was forming at my ears at this point as words failed, and I felt drool forming in the corners of my mouth.
Slapping my cheeks good and hard, I wiped my face off after my brain caught up with the sensory overload and turned around. I went and sat down at the place I had been sitting before, because holy shit, where the hell was I? Sitting down, I inspect myself, no shoes on, and wearing that horrible burlap sack with a hole in it that I had noticed earlier and just denied its existence until now and string around my waist.
What the hell was this shit? The second-hand clothes that had been wearing before death were a lot better than this used potato sack! Was I to suffer worse this time?
"Ugh, my brain," I say to myself, rubbing my pounding temples.
The blinking star catches my attention again, and I've noticed that it always stays in the same spot no matter where I turn. Looking at the icon, I move to touch it, but my finger can't reach it. I try a couple more swipes at it, but still nothing.
"Oh great, this is just par for the course. I bet it's something cool and I'll never be able to open," but an explosion of screens invades my view and cuts my complaints off, making me push against the wall.
Three alerts pulsate in the shape of blue windows, and the first one reads:
WELCOME TO THE RANDOM WORLD CHALLENGE!
The Random World Challenge is a race to the top! You and your team will compete against another team to reach the final round. The last one standing wins the next world choice, a wish, and an advantage for the next game.
Random World Challenge is a combination of all worlds and creatures. The NPC's are randomized, and their quests will be varied. To make it to the next round, you must gain experience through NPC and World quests. World quests will be given to you during special events, and they will come via message.
This round, you have been given two blessings that will help you advance in the random world.
The first is Transmigration, this allows you to retain and regain your memories from your past lives, and you also receive a guide, Trina. Trina is a Pack Faery and will help you this round.
The second is Destiny; this will see random acts to help the player get closer to his goal and ultimate reward. Destiny will be waiting for you in this world. She is waiting for you, Hero.
"So it all was real, and I did get to spend time with her. I would be against another team so I would need to find her and others. "
absently looking at the bottom of the message.
ATTACHMENTS:3
1.Extra burlap sack
Wait a minute...
2.Extra s
tring
Is this some bad joke?
3.Trina
Oh? Trina, what is this? So I did get something useful after all! Maybe, really, can't be much worse the first two disappointing items, and she is supposed to be a guide! Let's see now before it worked when I said open, so...
"Accept all?" I say as more of a question than a statement.
Another pulsing blue bar pops up.
ITEMS ACCEPTED
Access your inventory to use these items.
This heads-up-display was the kind of stuff from video games in my previous life, and I was getting excited. A game like this, with the blessing I have, could mean endless possibilities. There were still two more alerts on my HUD and I would get to them, but I was still lost it the potential of my new life.
Chapter 3: AVATAR
After I finished my little day-dreaming session, I started to focus again. I wanted to close the message that I had open to see the next one, and the message window closed, leaving the other two. I was surprised by how easy it was to do and how convenient it was not to talk the commands. This navigation system was going to be very useful in the future.
It would have been awkward to have to talk out every command I needed to use. That would have been double in a crowded room, but I pushed that thought aside now. I focused on the new window, and I started to read the next message, narrowing my eyes.
RULES AND CONDITIONS
Anything goes. Each chosen must compete till the last team is standing.
Woah, that is intense. So this is some two-way royal rumble in random land. The thought makes me chuckle, and I closed that alert. I couldn't help feeling excited, my previous life had been just one thing after another, and this was my chance for payback.
I hoped some of the players responsible or involved with my past injustices would be here. I wanted to get even with them and the one who planned it all. That window closed, and I looked at the last one left in my display.
SAFE AREA
This 6x20 Area is a player safe zone. There are other zones, but they are rare and inside dungeon areas only. Each player only has access to his or her location. While in this zone, you are invisible to dangers in the world.
As I closed the last alert, I sighed. That should have been the first alert or the second, but not the final one. At least now, I could concentrate on what I was doing, but what was I supposed to be doing?
I decided opening my inventory was the best place to start. It was a simple grided screen with five blocks that appeared in that pulsing blue color. Three slots had items, and I selected the Trina Fairy.
The image fell off the grid and hit the ground, making a white cloud of smoke. Small coughing sounds were coming from the cloud that swallowed me. I tried to wave my little hands to clear the smoke, but it filled the alley, making me start to cough.
"Jeez, do they need to be so dramatic?" said a small female voice.
Soon the smoke cleared, and I could put a face to the voice. I was pretty surprised, and I'm sure my little kid face barely hid my excitement at seeing the small female fairy.
"You're Trina?" I asked excitedly.
"The one and only! Welcome to the new world. My job is to help you along the way with understanding this new place. I will also be your pack!"
As Trina finished, a backpack five times her size appeared on her back from a cloud of smoke. This accessory made the cute fairy look ridiculous, but the weight didn't seem to bother her. I also noticed that my transparent inventory grid had gained fifteen more slots.
"So, do I have stats or a character sheet?" I ask, thinking about games I had the chance to play in my previous life.
"Oh, yes! You can open it to see your stats and skills. There is also a MAGIC book to show you the spells you have learned. Just think what you want to open, and it will appear."
Well, this seems pretty basic so far. Let's close my INVENTORY and tried to open my equipment, but nothing happened. The grid closed, but no new screen appeared, so instead of asking, I ran through a list of names until I stumble onto AVATAR, and another screen of me appeared. This mirror-image was my first time getting a look at my new self.
My avatar's hair had mud in it, but I could see dirty blonde strands through the dirt. I was not very impressed with the look as small kids go. The sac I wore was in the chest slot, and the string was in the belt slot. Both had low durability, but they were above half.
"Well, I didn't start with much."
"Trina tried to tell you that it would be all random, but cheer up! Destiny is on your side this time, and you're going to beat Fate this time! With Trina's help, it will be no problem!"
"What do you mean, you told me? Are you one of the goddesses from before?"
"Yup, that's me! I look different normally, but my true name is Trinity, the goddess of Transmigration. Though in this world, we appear different."
"So, do you know my name?"
"Woah Woah, Woah, Trina can't tell you that. Unless you can remember, only the gods know those, and I'm not a god right now, just your partner! Let's look at your stats. Maybe there is a surprise waiting there for you," Trina spoke hopefully, but she looked a bit apprehensive.
"True, let's see if I have some unique passive talent or a cool skill. Maybe my stats are jacked!" I scrolled down past my view of the dirty child I was and looked at my stats.
I hear Trina let out a sigh beside me, and I started to scan the page. As I reviewed everything, my heart fell from my chest to my feet. Well, so much for that dream, and what the hell was that name?
LEVEL: 1
HP: 10/10
MANA: 5/5
NAME: Snaggle Tooth
AGE: 7
CLASS: Street Urchin
STATUS: Hungry
WEALTH: Non-existent
HOME: Do not have one
STRENGTH:1
CONSTITUTION:1 (+5)
COMBAT:0
SPEED:1
???:0
MANA:0 (+0)
???:0
???:0
ABILITIES
SKILLS:
Dammit, what kind of cruel joke is this? I was just broke and beat down my entire previous life, and now I was looking at a blank sheet. No Skills or Abilities, no boosts, nothing. Were there going to be people waiting at every turn like last time? Was this just going to be an elaborate repeat of my past life?
"Cheer up. Trina thinks this is all for a reason. Don't be sad. Destiny gave you her blessing, and it's one of the most powerful ones you could get. So don't give up yet. Destiny has a funny way of guiding you to the exact places you need to be at the right time."
"I guess so. I was hoping for too much and got those dreams snatched," I laugh as I stand back up.
To hell with Fate, I will make it to the top, and I won't let anything beat me down this time. Not even this ridiculous name, it felt like Fate's last grab to do something to bother me.
I lived my last life as a poor and defeated soul. I'll find you one day, Destiny. Until then, I, Snaggle Tooth, shall make my way in this new, disjointed world.
Poor Man Reborn: As Poor Kid!
Chapter 4: First Collision With Destiny
I stood up again and dusted my sack off; I wasn't going to let this bag I was wearing or my blank AVATAR get me down. I had this of system now, and even if my stats were crap, I could get better. Now, I had a chance, an edge on my last life, but how to use it? I looked at Trina, and she waved me forward.
"Ok, so we gotta find a quest," Trina explained to me as I walked toward the opening of the alley-way.
"How do I do that?"
"That's a good question. I think you have to look around and find someone that needs help."
"You think? I'm just supposed to walk around in my cute little sack and adorable dirty face and as if anyone needs help? I NEED HELP! Aren't you supposed to be my guide?"
"Yes, for your functionality! But I'm just as lost on the actual people as you are. Let's go take a look, and maybe we
will find someone that needs our help."
As frustrated as I was, it wasn't like I had much of a choice, so that's what I did. I took the first real steps knowing that I had destiny on my side this time instead of Fate. I bravely walked onto the street full of hopefulness for my new future.
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