Year: 1443
Month of bloom
Planet: Pax
Galaxy: LYRA
District 3: Action
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"ARGHHH I CANT BELIEVE WE'RE RUNNING LATE!" Rowan yelled as Onyx was around his neck.
"THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR A TIDY LITTLE BITCH!" Onyx yelled back.
He and Rowan had spent the night talking, telling stories and just having fun. They had passed out outside and once they woke up to the sun it was already pretty late. Onyx told Rowan to grab his stuff so they could run, but Rowan insisted on taking a shower and cleaning himself.
"TIME!" Rowan yelled as he was running through the forest desperately trying to catch the train to the central city. A clock showed up in front of him.
[ 7:32 AM]
"CLOSE!" he yelled and zoomed through the grass. The fact that the hill was going downward didn't help with his problem. Rowan, by now, started seeing the train stopped at the entrance of the town. Many people were in the middle, most likely seeing off Stephen and the other players.
Rowan ran faster, almost tripping over his feet.
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" Onyx yelled at him as he wobbled around Rowan's neck.
"SHUT UP BEFORE I THROW YOU TO THE WOARS!" Rowan yelled back.
"THE FUCK IS A WOAR?"
Rowan had reached the town just in time to see the other players get on the train. There were cheers everywhere, as the people waved and smiled. Since Rowan was late the cheers had died down when he got there.
It was deafeningly quiet as it seemed nobody knew who he was. He was wearing a cloak over the armor he brought from the Raven while his swords stayed on his back. It was a little embarrassing for the crowd to be this quiet yet Rowan stood tall.
"WOOOOO GO ROWAN ENZO!"
Suddenly a voice came from the left side of Rowan, seemingly cheering for him. He turned around to see who it could be only to find a small girl with a yellow hoodie who had a fin sticking out.
'Ah Raven!' He thought, giving a sigh of relief.
'His Advertising will do nothing for me if he isn't popular!' Raven thought, thinking only about the profit.
The other people must have felt awkward as they joined in on the cheering as well. There were a couple 'go get em!' And 'good luck!' As Rowan walked through the crowd. He knew he was getting used but was still happy at Raven.
Once he reached the train door, Stephen was the first person he saw.
'Eek!'
He thought as he quickly started using sen. To his surprise Stephen just grunted at him and walked away.
'That guy is so weird…' Rowan thought and didn't give it much mind.
He went to sit at one of the chairs whipping around his cloak. It made it extra hard for him to move so he didn't understand why onyx was so adamant on wearing it.
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Flashback:
Rowan was struggling to get on the armor and started to fight with the leg straps. As he flew around in the house, onyx was to the side puffing out smoke. He was so annoyed with how clean Rowan was. It pissed him off.
'Look that bitch being all pretty and clean.' He thought. 'I hope it was worth the minutes.'
Rowan could feel the glare behind him as he strapped on the last belts and went to grab his sword.
"WAIT!" Onyx suddenly yelled and started rummaging through the empty boxes in the closet.
"Now look at who's wasting time!" Rowan said as he put on the sword case. Onyx came back up, dragging with him a black piece of clothing.
"What is that?" Rowan asked.
"It's a cloak. I want you to wear it." Onyx replied.
"HELL NO! Do you know how hard it is to move in these clothes alone!?" Rowan asked, completely against the idea.
"FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER!" Onyx yelled back.
"I REFUSE! Why do you want me to anyway?"
"It's the last thing I have from my dad."
"OKAY! I'll wear it gosh!" Rowan said as he snatched the cloak from onyx and grabbed him by the neck. He then zoomed out the house as fast as he could.
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Present,
'I could have just tore it and wrapped a piece around my wrist or something….' Rowan thought. As he sat down, he heard a familiar voice next to him.
"Hey Rowan!"
He turned around to see the person he was least expecting.
"HUNTER?!"
A big, muscly man with red hair that was shaved at the sides and a mole under his bottom lip, was sitting next to him and smiling brightly.
"DUDE!!" Rowan exclaimed, being positively surprised by this situation.
"I Thought about what you said, and you're right. Honestly, I was given a second chance to reincarnate and live my dream life…..I shouldn't just waste it like that!" Hunter said, looking at his thumbs as he rolled them around each other.
"THAT'S SO GREAT! I'm so happy for you man!" Rowan said giving hunter a fist bump. "But wait. What about Lucci?"
"Well, he didn't want to do this but I was really committed, so we went our separate ways." A sad smile appeared on his face.
'There's not much Lucci could have done since Hunter has the body now…..so I'm guessing he's going to go and charge up his Ahi then get himself a body.' Rowan thought.
Onyx had taught him that once familiars fill up the bar with Ahi, they can get themselves a human body from the system. They get to customize everything! It does come with flaws though since they will need to maintain their Ahi reserve or they will revert to the animal form.
"O-oh by the way…" Hunter started looking over at Rowan's neck where onyx was resting.
'Ah he must be really uncomfortable….' Rowan thought.
"I'm sorry about how we treated you. Me and Lucci both." Hunter continued. "Lucci was having his problems and trying to cope with his loss. It wasn't fair to take it out on you though and I just believed what he told me. Sorry about that."
Onyx was quiet before he gave a little nod.
'Is he being shy right now?" Rowan thought as he snickered.
"I think he accepts." Rowan gave a thumbs up to Hunter and he gave a big smile.
"Oh that's great! I hope we can get along through the competition and both have fun."
"Yeah." Rowan looked out the window to still see the forest and greenery.
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Flashback to the night before:
"What exactly is our plan tomorrow?" Rowan asked.
"There's a train that goes around every district, making its stops at major towns and then heading over to the central city. Good for you, one of those major towns is right there." Onyx answered.
"Oooohhhh what other towns are there?"
"Well most of the towns are just places you upgrade yourself or rest. The city's though are more like sub genes of the district." Onyx explained. "Like the central city is where all the competitions are held while the city of 'martial arts' is a subgenre to action."
"Ahhhhhh....I don't really get it." Rowan said blankly.
'SmartDumb strikes again.' Onyx sighed.
"Anyway this town will most likely be the last stop, so will be heading straight to the central city."
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Present
The train was zooming at a high speed and not long after Rowan was able to see the city. The trees zoomed by and it was almost in slow motion as the train passed a barrier to reveal a huge city with huge buildings and bridges.
The scenery complelty changes and it was suddenly as bright as it could be. There was no sun but the sky was just very light blue. This was the closest Rowan felt to earth.
People were walking along the streets, living their everyday lives as the train zoomed past. A little girl looked up and made eye contact with Rowan before sticking up her middle finger.
'Huh!?' Rowan's head jerked back into his neck as he raised his top lip. 'The fuck she want?'
The train kept going, showing Rowan the whole city with houses and business and just....normal things. Everything was the same as earth except way, WAYYYY more advanced. There was a car with no wheels that was floating among the people and delivering vegetables.
'This is so modern!' Rowan thought as he looked through the glass. 'But at the same time humans do seem to have colonized this planet…..'
Rowan wasn't the only person who was excited. The people around him all focused their attention to the windows, also taking in the view.
"There is going to be a whole new batch of reincarnation." Onyx said. "This competition is going to determine who stays on the charts and who goes."
Rowan had checked on the chart for players and turns out right now he was placed at number 290, 456.
'Sheesh' he thought when he first saw it. 'I got a long way to go.'
Now he was surrounded by people exactly like him, also ready to fight for their spots at the top. He looked around at the peoples usernames, health bar, and level that was on top of their head.
Rowan was starting to get excited.