The world opens to those that take it... those were the last words I remember before the world turned into darkness. Alright, lemme backtrack just a little bit. About 3 days ago I started noticing something strange about my senses... it felt like I was sick at all times without the runny nose and annoying counter parts of being sick. Then I got an extremely troublesome migraine, this was the worst my head has ever hurt and I used to go to raves! Anyway, after getting to the hospital it seemed as though the pain would never end and they eventually started putting me on some pain medication. Boy did that give me some relief... unfortunately it wasn't enough relief as my brain now felt like it was splitting into two. So I pass out for about a day and when I wake up the craziest thing happens. The doctors don't know what the hell is going on and are just saying that since my vitals are normal I should be good to be discharged. I mean who gave you your degree. Luckily I was able to call out of work for the next week so I didn't have to deal with any lame excuses of human beings, both customers and employees. So I decided to do what anyone would do in this situation, get wasted and forget all about it! Sooooo maybe just a few shots later I find myself barely able to stand up in my tiny little studio apartment barely holding myself up enough to get into my tiny bed, and that's how I spent my second day leading up to my "death". Ok, I woke up maybe a little later than I should have the next day, turns out that it was actually my friend's daughter's birthday... great. Alright so I'm getting a call from him while barely holding the volcano coming up from my stomach at bay and he starts yelling at me. "Why should I have ever expected you to come to this, you know what it's probably better that you won't come to the birthday anyways. After all you'd be a worse influence on the kids than me! Ha, my wife would never believe those words. Don't bother showing up." And then he hung up on me, not even letting me say a single word (or excuse). Like jeez my bad that my life's falling apart huh. Then I spewed all over the new phone I got. Like at this point God's just playing some crude joke on me right. So I get to the phone repair place, and then the migraine starts again. Ok what the hell God, recalling this is just some crazy joke I mean you just have to laugh at the ridiculousness. So the employees take me back to the hospital and they try to diagnose me again. Turns out this time it might just be an unknown form of brain cancer! Ok so I basically just have the worst luck right now surely karma is going to help me out in the end right, wrong! I eventually passed out again but right before completely passing out I hear maybe not even sound but a thought that comes into my mind in someone else's voice saying "The world opens to those that take it"

Wow! This guy's great, I just can't tell what he's thinking at all. Or if he even has thoughts! I wonder what test I should give him, perhaps I could give him a second chance at life... hmmm maybe in that unstable world. Yes! Do it! I will! What other tricks could I give him? None! He must prove himself worthy! Yes he must prove that he is more than a failed specimen. I'll send him to world 32b... we'll see how long his soul lasts there!

The world's pretty dark right now and not just metaphorically like I have no access to my senses. It's a very strange out of body experience, almost as if you were immersed in a pool of water with no way out, or for that matter. Welp I'll be damned there's a bit of light peeking out in this puddle like area, well here's to hoping for better! As I got closer to the light it seemed to almost melt away my skin and make it harder to even feel as if I'm human. Then all at once my senses returned ah but they seem to be in disarray because of the coma. When I finally regained my senses and composure though... I didn't actually find myself in a hospital. Strange, I don't remember there ever being a place that is still modeled after the renaissance period. Maybe this is a dream, yes it's a dream to keep me company while I'm inside a coma in the hospital! Alrighty where's that red ball so I can finally start changing this world to my satisfaction, after all I'm more of a sci-fi kinda guy.

Weird no matter how hard I try there seems to be no hope of ever changing this world to my liking, what if I chose to do something smaller though. Perhaps I could make myself stronger and maybe even give myself the hair that I've wanted since turning 25! As I made an effort that almost sounded as if I was having trouble on the toilet, I realized something very weird... I couldn't see anymore and all the feeling from my face had gone blank; perhaps I'm already awake! However it seems that isn't the case as my hand made its way closer to my face it finally touched hair, quite a bit of it actually. Soooo I guess there is a limit to how much I can change in this dream- no world. After a little more thought this is probably one of those right! I'm reincarnated into another world after facing the inevitable end of my first life. Well that seems pretty damn sweet, but there's an issue with this theory. Where was my conversation with the goddess that would bring me to this world to save everyone! I mean seriously what kind of screwed up crap is this! Well, enough complaining about that it's about time I fixed this hair problem. Hmmmm, if I was able to imagine myself with hair perhaps I could do the reverse? And kablamo, just like that I'm bald again! Aghhhh, I guess I'm cursed, maybe I'll just let it grow out. After all I have a new body which means that there's a possibility I won't go bald in this life! Wait what about the strength that I imagined, I went over to a tree and smashed it in. Or so I thought until my fist sent out a shrilling cry towards me reminding me of my stupidity. Damn, that hurt. What if I do it while imagining that I am strong though? As I pondered this and threw another punch the tree actually had a dent in it! Yay, maybe I can just play minecraft on peaceful mode in this world... that'd be kinda nice. Anyway now that I've figured out the limits of what I can do to some extent it's time to go shock the Adventurer's guild with this God given talent! One small problem with that, I'm in literally the middle of nowhere. I mean there is a shed next to me and a beaten path/road near it but realistically I'm not fitting inside that shed. So maybe it'd be a better idea to just build a house or something for the night. Eh, I'm kinda lazy so veto on that thought. Maybe I could just burrow myself under the ground kinda like a diglet! As they always say laziness is the mother of invention... or not this is less comfortable than a dinner with my new girlfriend and her family. Maybe I'll just sleep on the floor, and what do you know it's actually pretty damn comfortable down here. And for some reason a little bit cozy. Well no use thinking about it, time to hit the road now that I know where I'm sleeping. Soooo which way to go towards the mountain or the river, probably to the river since there's usually more cities on rivers. And about 4 hours into this wonderful road trip without a car, I hear a wagon behind me and boy are they speeding, best be glad I'm not a cop. Welp time to show off the skills I learned from that one robot that got beat up in philly! I put my thumb up and hoped for the best, and what do you know it actually worked out. They slowed down and glared me right in the eye. OOOH that is one deadly scare right there, I might've pissed my pants if it wasn't for the fact that I didn't have pants making my little monster not even a monster anymore. They eventually started talking but damn what is just me or were they talking straight gibberish. Like I had absolutely no clue what they were saying and then it hit me, we can't understand each other because I'm from a different world. Well this might make things harder, so I decided to do what my gut was telling me. Get on the damn wagon! It was actually quite comfortable compared to walking in broad daylight but damn was it a dizzying experience once they started going again. Oh and after they were yelling at each other for a little bit the younger one came up to me and handed me some clothes... still with that hateful look in her eyes. Like come on you can not hate someone this much without knowing a single thing about me. Anyway we finally started heading for somewhere anywhere but here. So I decided to grab as many zs as I could while in this rickety piece of crap. Then for some reason we stopped and they started yelling at me to get up, I barely knew what was up and what was down before we got out of the carriage. Then I realized why, there were a few absolutely grotesque looking jumbles of flesh that maybe you could classify as living. From the looks of it they seemed pretty damn hostile and we were gearing up to take down these wretched things. So I weighed out my options

Option 1: Run away as fast as I could. This one seemed pretty attractive at first but if those things are fast I'm as good as dead.

Option 2: Let the man and his child take care of it. By the looks of it they're prepared to die so most likely without my help they are as good as dead. However this means I could then kill the monsters, take the man and his child's stuff and be the happiest man alive! Except for the ever increasing guilt, so maybe this was also a no go.

Option 3: Fight with them, it's the least I could do for how much they've done for me and since I'm most likely going to have to fight these things anyways, it's probably a good idea to get recognition for it as well.

Alright so it seems like the 3rd option is the best possible choice, now that I've figured out what I'm going to do I need a weapon and a lot of balls, both of which I seem to be lacking in. I can at least feign balls if there's logic behind it but I definitely can't feign a weapon so while looking around the carriage for one I find that even the child doesn't have a weapon meaning the only one is held by that man that can't even hold it without shivering. I imagine myself faster and stronger than ever before and run over to grab the sword. Right as I grab it, relief seems to flood the man's face. I'm glad I can help take the stress off his shoulders if even a little bit before we all die here like some animals. But I'm definitely going to die trying! The one in the middle seems to be the largest as well as the one staying behind so I'll go for that one first and then take the rest out while they are confused from the leader being taken out. Simple enough plan, now to execute it...

I run over to the monster and begin cutting, not sure where their weak spots are so I just cut whatever looks big and fleshy. But damn is that a bad decision or what, before I know it I'm covered in this rancid juice, what I can assume is their blood. Oh boy this is how it's going to be, huh? At this point I don't even care, not like these are my clothes anyway. So eventually I notice the creature isn't really moving anymore and everyone around me including the monsters are looking at me with utter disdain. Might've gone a little overboard with that kill, whatever it works for me since the monsters are still in utter shock so I move in for the kill on each of them. Making sure that all of them are never going to move again or live for that matter.

Whew, with their blood all over me and my strength draining from my arms I go back into the carriage. As I'm about to slip back into a deep sleep, I hear the one sound that can wake anyone up from a bad day, a bottle opening. As I walk towards the man and the child they immediately stop chatting and look up at me, curious as to what I'll do next, their eyes no longer filled with hate. Right as the man begins talking I grab the bottle from his hand and shotgun it like nobody was watching. And then the man begins laughing, I'm not super sure what he's talking about but he seems to be having a good time so all's well that ends well right? Well boy was I stupid because the next thing I know I'm back in the carriage still covered in that rancid blood. This time though I noticed something, there's a lot of people buzzing about with their annoying voices. As I barely crawl out of the carriage I see the man and the child walk up to me with smiles on their faces. They then hand me what I could only assume is currency in this world, hmmm, looks like 3 silver and 80 bronze. Going by normal standards this wasn't a terrible amount but still quite a hefty amount to just give to someone, especially when I just stole their alcohol. But maybe I was overthinking it so I accepted it with graceful arms at least as graceful as a hungover half naked guy could get. And then they got into the carriage... awww perfect now I have a place to stay and people to call family. At least that's what I thought until they literally started shooting me out of the carriage. Come on man, the least you could do is get me some information. But this was good too, I finally got to go and shock everyone at the adventurers guild!