"So I'm going to get a game interface?" Kendrick asked. This seemed too out of this world, and this was after seeing those so-called Nightmare gods...
"The Nightmare gods love for their pieces to battle in tournaments, arenas, and special events, We Horrormancers fight in these, like games, but let me tell you it isn't a game... Unless you're into life and death fighting," Val said grimly.
"Are all the games fought in life and death?"
"Well Ken-bo, it is and it isn't. Most of the games we take part in are with the rule that you can concede at any moment. If you concede, the opponent is required to stay his hand or his Nightmare, lest he suffer a punishment. Now the 'isn't' part is where they kill you fast enough or in a way you can't shout you concede."
"So people die all the time and no one cares...?"
"Well, yeah... Not everyone is special like you." Val said with a laugh.
"Special? How?"
"Are you kidding me? How bored do you think the Nightmare gods are? ...Actually don't answer that... You met with all five of the Nightmare gods, right?"
"Yeah, there were five there..."
"First off... You're still alive... You weren't part Nightmare at that point. Even with the Nightmare gods restraining their power to the max, it should have been enough to cause your brain to bleed, but here you are..."
"So what does that mean?" Kendrick asked hopefully. He always wanted to be the main character of a game!
"Means that you have some serious mental fortitude. I can't say that I know anyone besides you that has done this, but at the same time, I don't know everyone's background. I don't think it's one of those things you go around shouting."
"Yeah, but does that mean it gives me an edge?"
"What... Oh, yeah dude! Remember what I told you about being eaten by your Nightmare? Well, you have to be physically strong to fight off the damn thing if he gets the idea to test you, and lastly, you need to have a higher mental fortitude or sanity to summon more powerful Nightmares."
"Sweet... So I can summon some high-level Nightmares now?"
"First off... Slow down, dude... If you want to summon a High-level Queen rank Nightmare on your first try... Go ahead, but the thing will eat you and go rampaging..."
"So I have to be strong to fight what I summon?"
"We can get to this later, but long story short, you have to go to where your Nightmares reside and subdue them to summon them. If you fail... Well, you die, in most cases."
"I got a question?"
"...You've asked me a bunch of shit, and now you have a question... What is it now?"
"What good is being a Horrormancer?" Up to this point, Chi yang had promised him everything he wanted, and the Nightmare gods promised him, so now he wanted to hear it from Val... Val seemed to be so far the only guy that might be laying it on the line.
"What good?" Val pondered for a few moments. "Well... Is there anything you want?"
"Everything... I guess..." Kendrick looked away.
"What the fuck kinda answer is that... Everything... Why not just ask to be a Nightmare god, while you're at it..."
"Can I do that?"
"ACK! NO! Well... I don't think so... The Nightmare gods are formed by the fears of all the sentient beings in the Omniverse... So I don't think it works that way. Are you one of those dunces that got lured into this because you were promised, sex, wealth, and power?"
"..." Kendrick kept looking the other way.
"AHAHAHA! YOU ARE! I CAN'T BELIEVE I FINALLY GET TO MEET ONE!" Val was bent over laughing at this point.
"Meet a what?" Kendrick looked back over to see Val laughing until his sides hurt, as he began a coughing fit.
After a few moments, Val started to calm slightly, "A shameless honest guppy!" Val gave a few more chuckles.
"What the fuck is that suppose to mean?!" Kendrick was angered with his face slightly red out of anger, but also a bit of shame.
"Don't take it to heart kid, but I got to tell you... You're the most honest person I've met so far on a person to person basis. Most people will spew some bullcrap about wanting the power to protect his people, or wanting to bring peace to his world, or feed the little children, or hell... There was this one dude that said he wanted to get power to save his best friend from dying to fatal illness in his world, only to later let him die to marry his wife!"
"Let... let him die?"
"Dude... Don't let the sorcery shit we do fool you... With the technology the Nightmare gods have... There isn't a mortal illness they can't cure... That dumbass wanted power to get the woman he wanted. He was just being a hypocrite about it."
"Then why did you laugh at me?"
"You have no idea, how hard it is to find someone like you that just says..." Val made a mocking voice of Kendrick, "I want Everything!"
"Too funny, man. Haha, too funny!"
"Well, what did you say you wanted?"
Val stiffened up... "Ah... I'd rather not say."
"Wait... are you a hypocrite, Val."
"Like, nah dude... Just you know everyday reasons to want power. Saving the world and stuff like that." Val's brown face had started to darken as he was reddening from shame.
"Wait... Are you the jackass that let his best friend die?" Kendrick asked in astonishment.
"What?! Nah, man! I wanted to save the world, and help puppies and shit. I didn't even have a best friend; the guy was a jack ass anyway!" Val started to spill some truth.
"Ah, Well I get it. With a noble reason like saving the world, who has time to steal his best friend's wife."
"Yeah, man. So I need to let you rest a bit more to start your integration. When you complete that your system will auto-boot. Don't play with yourself at that point, and just call for the nurses... They will contact me. I'm going to grab something to drink."
"Oh hey ,Val! I have a request and one more question before you leave, man."
The door slide open, and Val turned just before walking out the door to see Kendrick, "Yeah Ken-bo, what cha need?"
"Tell the nurses to send me another shot soon as they can, I think this shit is wearing off."
"No problem. What's your question?"
"How was your best friend's wife?"
"Bell? She's great! In fact, I'm going home right now to..." Val stopped himself in mid-sentence, while looking at Kendrick, his face turned pale.
"You know... You're a jackass... Anyone tell you that?"
"I don't blame you, Val."
"...What?"
"I don't know ya best friend... He might of been an abusive asshole to his wife... Maybe it was a good thing you didn't save him... Hell... Maybe he was the Emperor of your world, and was some terrible ruler. So you did save the world by letting him die, and rescued the queen."
"You know... I... Dude... You're fucking scary... And I don't say shit like that lightly..."
Val turned and quickly left.
Kendrick chuckled a bit, before thinking [Crap... He might not get that shot for me now...]
Kendrick took a wild guess and thought he might be the asshole that did it, as it was a very specific example, and when he asked Val about it, his reaction was terrible.
He was trying to be positive with Val, and not trying to judge him for letting his best friend die of illness. He even used a ridiculous example of a tyrant king, saving the world, and rescuing the queen. He used this example; because it was the only way he could think of that Val could save the world and cuck his best friend in death... But unknowingly Kendrick had guessed the truth, the absolute truth.
Kendrick laid on the bed, which was surprisingly comfortable. He remembered when he had his tonsils removed, the bed in that hospital was basically a rock, the food was terrible, and the service sucked. Hence he hated them just on this basis, and then on top of that, the Hospital was an old hospital that had a creepy atmosphere. Blaah.
After entertaining his thoughts for a while, he would occasionally look up at the drip tank to see the eyes of many, now, smaller blobs looked back at him. This creeped him so much, but the drugs they gave him did wonders. The problem now was that the drugs started to lose their effect. Now with an hour or so had passed, he kinda wanted to rip the IVs out again, but he stayed his hand.
Right when he was about to actually rip them out again, the room door slide open, and in walked two different nurses. Unlike the blond haired ladies before, these two had raven black hair. They still didn't look like twins, as like the other, they had different faces, but like the other two they had the same height and build.
""We've come to give you your next shot, per your request Mr. Cain.""
"Yeah, seriously... I need that. I'm about to tear these IVs up."
""We have to administer this in your right arm. We can't let the Nightmare solution and the shot immediately combine.""
"Wouldn't it combine in my body?"
""Don't question the sciences.""
"Ah, Okay... Isn't that a big needle to use for this?" Kendrick was on edge for this... He hadn't mentioned it until this moment but needles bother him as well. One of the reasons he didn't like the IV... That and the little black monster blobs in it.
""We can distract you, if you would like.""
"That would be great!"
[Anything to take my mind off this creepy shit... Is everything going to be creepy from now on...? It's been one long creepy pasta ever since I crashed my car... Ah, man... My car...]
Kendrick was lamenting over his vehicle, while the nurses split to the left and right of his bed respectively. The nurse with the shot went to his right and the other nurse to his left where his IV was located.
He looked over to the nurse on his left, as she unbuttoned the first three buttons on her uniform, showing off her ample amount of cleavage, as it spilled forth. Kendrick was slightly amazed that her uniform was able to conceal so much. He didn't even know the nurse had such boobs that were this large... Just what kind of uniforms did these nurses wear...? He thought that they were flat breasted ladies... There was nothing wrong with this, as he believed in justice as much as the next anon, but... surprising!
""All done.""
"Huh?"
Kendrick looked to his right and seen that the syringe was empty, and gold salve was wiped onto the bend of his elbow. He looked back to his left, and the nurse had already buttoned her uniform back up.
""Let us know if you need anything else.""
"Hey, um... Can I ask something?" Kendrick tried to catch them before they walked out.
""No, Mr. Cain. This hospital does not provide those kinds of services.""
"What? No! That's not it. I wanted to ask how long before I'm done here."
""Oh."" Both nurse lowered their heads, before answering, ""You should get some rest, you have a total of about five hours left before integration begins. At that time, we will send Mr. Wyrd to oversee you."" The duo completed their explanation and quickly scurried out.
[Well... That shot's kicking it. I should get more of this stuff. I need to ask what it is... If I can get money, sex, and power... I should be able to get drugs, too.]
Kendrick entertained the idea of getting more of these drugs. When he was back in his world, before coming to all this. He was on several anxiety meds. If he hadn't been scared out of his skin multiple times, he would of reached for his meds, but now he wondered... Where the hell was his clothes and phone???