[Seth POV]
"Mmph! Urgh!" I woke up tied to a tree and my mouth gagged in the middle of a forest.
'Everything fucking hurts, and I can't feel my legs, holy hell this is so uncomfortable!' I gritted my teeth; it was like my entire body had fallen asleep and I continuously hit that one uncomfortable spot that you have when your leg is asleep and you have to position it in the right way so it goes away, except I can't do that, and I just continue to hit it.
"Fucking hell!" My throat hurt and...eww what the fuck!?
It seems whatever body I was now in had been here for a long time considering the fact that I was sitting in shit and piss.
*Gag*
I felt like throwing up from the sight and smell, and my urge to get away only intensified, I hate dirty things, if a house is dirty, I leave, if a bathroom is dirty, I hold it, if a car is dirty, I walk.
I absolutely despise anything dirty or out of place, so the fact that I've been put into something like this, and I can't move is like the ultimate torture.
Then my ears perk up as I hear the sound of boots walking in the mud.
'Seems like the prologue is over, finally, get me the fuck out of here!' I celebrate in my mind.
"You're awake right?" The owner of the footsteps comes into view as she asks me a question to which I nod.
'She's pretty cute, is this game like a yandere horror game?' I examined her appearance, a cute brunette with green eyes.
"Every time I come over, you're sleeping. I'm surprised you manage to sleep so much."
'What's this bitch talking about? How long has she kept this guy here?'
"Seems pretty uncomfortable down there. But I guess you have nothing better to do."
'Wonder why.'
"Aw, what's that smell? It's awful." The girl winced as she glared down at me and the shit I was forced to sit in. "Don't tell me you..."
I laughed inwardly at her annoyed face.
'Feel my pain bitch, you're the reason I'm here like this, It's so fucking disgusting!' I couldn't help but curse in my mind, I'm a petty person, and the fact I'm in this disgusting space is really rubbing me the wrong way.
"Oh no... Was it really that urgent? You really couldn't wait for me to come back? I know it has been a while but..."
'I think I understand how it feels now to be a dog locked in the cage for the entire day only to get beat by your owner for shitting in the cage when they don't even take you out of it.'
"You didn't do this on purpose, right? To attract search dogs or something?"
'I doubt anyone cares enough to call something like that.'
"No. No, you wouldn't do that."
A light shines from behind the girl, blinding the eyes of a body that has gotten used to the darkness of the night.
'Police or does she have an accomplice?'
"Now we'll have to clean you up."
'We huh? Seems it is an accomplice.'
"It's getting real difficult to take care of you."
'I always had a small desire to be treated like a dog, just a weird kink, I've now woken up to the true reality of how dogs are treated.' I sniffled inwardly.
"I never signed up to be a babysitter. You make it very hard for me."
'Keep it in Seth, don't act out, she's a sociopath and you have no ability to fight back, it'd just be unnecessary pain for an idiotic reason... Deep breaths.' I closed my eyes and steadied my breathing.
"Ah well... Let's remove the gag, you know the drill."
'I, in fact, do NOT know the drill, but I can guess.'
The sociopath bent down slightly and reached for the gag, I could see she was still disgusted by the shit, but she was willing to go through some disgust to get rid of the gag.
'That feels so much better.' I moved my mouth around, opening and closing it, taking deep breaths, and cracking it by moving it left to right.
"The air is nice isn't it?"
'...' I didn't respond.
"Cold shoulder. Hm."
'That was a question? It sounded so sarcastic and rhetorical though!? Is she... socially inept?'
'What am I thinking about!? Of course, she is, she kidnapped a man for Christ's sake, anyone who'd do that isn't good with people.'
"I'd say that's better than the crying, we're making progress." She smiled.
'The original guy was crying? That's embarrassing, I don't wanna be known for crying after getting kidnapped, I must regain my dignity somehow!'
"Today we will skip the usual chores. I have a big surprise for you."
'A surprise? I fucking hate surprises.'
"I admit I let you stay here longer than planned, but... life's busy, you know?"
'Am I leaving here? Hell yeah!'
"As an adult, I have a lot of responsibilities, I can't just sit home and draw all day."
'Makes sense... I think.'
"It's hard out there for us normal people."
'I have no idea what even to say to that, that has to be the most outrageous thing a kidnapper has ever said in history, but I'll let it slide.'
"Luckily my living conditions changed... so guess what!"
"I can go with you to your house." I 'guessed'.
"Wha-? Y-yeah, I didn't think you'd actually guess." My kidnapper smiled wryly. "How'd you even figure that out?"
"Common sense," I responded simply.
"Makes sense."
"Well, aren't you happy!? It'll be dry and warm. And not only that!"
She paused for a second.
"My attention will be fully on you! All day. At least for a while." She said excitedly. "Isn't that great? I'm sure you're thrilled to get away from here."
"yaaayyy," I said with the best monotone I could.
"I can't help but feel that was sarcastic." The sociopath narrowed her eyes at my tone.
"You're mistaken," I responded without a worry in my voice, as if I wasn't saying a complete lie.
"..." She stared for a few seconds. "Alright."
"Oh! By the way, do you feel any pain anywhere?"
I deadpan.
"A better question is if there is a place where I don't feel pain."
"...What happened to you? You're so sassy, and you're responding a lot more without looking at me in fear and trembling." She looked at me in surprise, seems the original wasn't very good at adaption or reading people.
Luckily for me, I'm the exact opposite.
"Do you hate the change?" I fueled her yandere energy as she blushed from my pitiful look.
"I... I can't say I hate it." She bashfully twirled her hair like an innocent maiden.
'Unstable girls are all easy as long as you know what they want.' I smiled inwardly.
"Ahem. I'm sorry about keeping you here in the cold for so long, I just couldn't help it with my circumstances, but I can change that now, you'll warm up once I get you inside and I can give you some painkillers."
'Upgrade.'
"It looks like you only have frostbite and it'll heal by itself."
"You're pretty lucky now that I think about it, you could've been eaten by an animal."
'...'
"Haha. Just kidding, I don't think they eat humans alive."
'Tell that to the guy in Frozen, I think he'd love to hear about how those wolves wouldn't have picked him apart piece by piece if he just said "I'm alive!".'
"Anyways, I'm just going to put these on. For safety reasons." She wrapped a blindfold around my eyes and tied it tightly, so tight I might have an indent on the front of my face.
"I know last time has been difficult with 'traveling' and I apologize for the bruises... But I got some help this time so everything should go smoothly."
"We'll see each other in my room. Play nice, alright?"
With that said she grabs me by the collar of my jacket and just drags me through the mud.
Hurts like a motherfucker, but my respect for her just went up a bit, I don't know what it is but the way she's dragging me just seems cool as hell.
Finally, we stop and I hear the sounds of a car running, and then the sound of a car door opening accompanied by the sounds of boots coming towards us.
'Here's the second one.'
The accomplice comes over to me and grabs me by my shoulders and I guess my original kidnapper goes to open the backdoor as that's what I hear, but before they can put me in, I speak up first.
"Could you guys, y'know put me in the trunk, I don't want to be in the backseat when I'm dirty like this, it just rubs me the wrong way."
They all stop for a second, most likely stunned by my suggestion, what kidnapped person do you know that would volunteer to go into the trunk? Well, no one since I doubt, you'd know anyone who's been kidnapped, but still.
"Uhh, sure I guess." After a few seconds, a masculine voice responds from above me.
'That confirms that.' I had a guess that the accomplice was a man based on the feeling of their hands holding me, but a guess based only on that isn't very solid.
For the rest of the ride, it was just silence and the sound of the road, seems like no one was in the mood for small talk, but I felt fine except for the disgusting feeling of my clothes, but the warm air in the car was a lot better than the cold of the night.
[Achievement: Prologue Complete]
[This isn't really an Achievement, but I felt pity so here ya go spare change for the homeless]
[+1 AP]
[+ 5 GP]
'Very funny.' I wasn't actually being sarcastic either, I chuckled a bit at the notification, and the extra note at the end made some of my nerves disappear as it gave me some insight on the God who brought me here, meaning I can make jokes with him without being struck down by Heavenly Thunder.
'Well, I've got the time so let's see here what's the status he's given me.'
[Status:]
[Physical Attributes: Below Average](0/20)
[Energy Reserves: Empty(0/10)]
[Talent: Average]
[Identity: The Main Character of "Nothing Special"]
[World Gift: None]
[Retained Skills: [Awareness 3], [Empathy 1], [Calm Mind 2], [OCD 3]]
[Game Points: 5]
[Achievement Points: 1]
'Can I get anything with the skill points I have?'
[Store:]
{Smooth Talking 1 - 10 GP}
{Gaslighting 1 - 20 GP}
{Adrenaline 1 - 40 GP}
[Sorry, these are the only things you can buy rn]
'Damn, I'm broke broke, welp nothing I can do about that, I'll just take a nap.' At least that's what I'd like to do, however, the nauseating smell, the fact that I was still in extreme pain, feeling uncomfortable as hell, and my entire body feels as if it was asleep just wasn't gonna work.
'Now how are these skills.' I clicked on my [Retained Skills].
{Retained Skills: [Awareness 3], [Empathy 1], [Calm Mind 2], [OCD 3]}
[Awareness]: You have a heightened awareness of your situation and the space around you.
[Empathy]: You have an increased understanding of the emotions of others and yourself
[Calm Mind]: You can think calmly under pressure
[OCD]: You can notice minor things out of place
'Sounds about right.'
In the end with nothing I'm able to do, I just reread my status and information over and over.
****
Finally, after hours of constant mental agony, we seemed to have finally arrived as the car had stopped, followed by the sound of opening doors, and then the light of streetlights seeped through the blindfold and into my eyes as they open the trunk and take me out.
Once inside they set me down a little softly, unexpected of them, but I guess I seemed like more of a willing kidnappee that they would give me the respect I so deserve.
I hear the word of thanks before a door is shut and her footsteps near me.
Then I'm once again blessed with the sense of sight.
The walls of the room are painted red, pretty unique I'd say, at least I've never been in a room painted that way before. But other than that, it's pretty normal, a normal desk with a gaming chair and pc, paintings and pictures hung above the pc, a black bed hidden in the corner, and a normal lamp to serve as the only light source right now.
'At least it seems my kidnapper isn't swimming in money if that wasn't already obvious.'
"Hello again! Welcome to my room." She greets me with an excited smile, she seems to be looking forward to this whole thing.
'Is she hoping I'll fall victim to Stockholm syndrome? Well lucky for her I sure as hell would... if this was a normal situation, if I wasn't in a multiversal game show I'd definitely stay here, but since it is I'm gonna have to move on.' I wipe a mental tear from my eye.
"Aah~. All alone. In my room. I'm glad."
"It looks nice, doesn't it? I cleaned everything for you."
'Thank you, it is pretty tidy, appreciated.'
"Maybe I should have done that after you came, your smell is going to linger, but oh well, I'm not going to do it twice."
'Y'know if you had one of those systems where it tracks how much a person likes you, you'd see a plus 10 right there, that laziness it almost brings a tear to my eye.'
"Take it all in! No rush."
This time I show an outward reaction as I look around with an approving nod.
"I see that you like it!" Her smile widens at my reaction, visibly pleased at both my approval of her room and the fact that I actually made more effort to interact with her.
"I'll bring you some food right now! And after that, I'll get you all clean and warm!" Feeling validation in her actions, my kidnapper went to prepare food quickly and with a new feeling of adrenaline.
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That's the end of the first chapter of Seth in his first world.
This is a game world called Nothing Special about some Twitter artist I think who got kidnapped by his fan, I found this on YouTube cuz of a Youtuber named ManlyBadassHero, I've always wanted to do a small fanfic on it cuz of the ending, so I figured I do one like this.
This world won't last more than like 5 chapters and that's like the maximum really, but a lot of worlds in this will be pretty quick since he'll in the end be a normal person, he'll have plot armor sometimes, but in the end he's just not as protected from it, the only way he'll really survive in these worlds is from his growth in experience and skills.
Welp that's all I wanted to say bye bye.
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[Next 3 Worlds]
1st: Saiko no Sutoka - Game
2nd: Silent Voice - Anime Movie
3rd: School Bus Graveyard - Webtoon