(Author here. I'm gonna shorten One Above All down to OAA. Considering I'm currently writing this from my phone, I'm lazy and my thumbs can use a break sometimes.)
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(POV MC: IN THE VOID)
'Fucking Isekai!?'
"Hohohoho, why yes! I have found it to be the best option for those who do not belong to the universe they were born into." OAA chortled before he answered my thoughts again.
'He really must be the One Above All if he can hear my thoughts, because I don't think I'm making any noise.'
"Well of course I can read thoughts here, hohoho, it's my domain." He explained yet again.
"Now my boy, I want to ask you, do you want to experience happiness and joy?" He asked in Calm seriousness.
'...'
I was shocked, concerned and confused all at the same time.
'D-Do I even deserve to??' I asked in disbelief.
"I would say that you do, especially after spending 3 trillion years here in the void and not lose your sense of self. More than worthy, indeed." He calmly dropped that fucking reality bomb on me.
' 3... trillion... years... It did feel like a long time but I couldn't even fathom the passage of time.'
As I'm am having a mini psychotic break, OAA just snaps his fingers and we're suddenly at an elegant garden table with a cup of tea already in his hand. The universe defying aroma that flowed from the tea broke me out of my funk.
"ye- Yes I want to be happy." I say, and immediately shock myself with the sound of my own voice.
" Hohoho, don't be so surprised. I just wanted to give you some semblance of normalcy while you think about your wishes." He smiled happily.
'...I need to think about this for a second...'
" Do I get to pick where I go?"
"No"
" Why not? What if this new universe I go to tries to kill like last time?"
He calmly smiled, and simply said...
"Because I made it from a part of you."
"Won't that damage me someway? I had learned that the soul is the entirety of who people are, so whats gonna happen to me?" I starting panicking.
"Hohohoho!!! You forget who I am.... "
" The laws of all things are... how did they say it again?" He was genuinely confused and then focused seriously. Like the flip of a switch, he says," everything is my bitch, so I can do anything and everything I want."
'...true... it seems like he really is who he says he is'
"I think I'm ready then for my wishes. First, how many d-"
"Five" He says as he cuts me off mid question.
'Hmmmmmm...'
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After what could have been another eternity of thinking,(which was actually only 30 seconds do to OAA didn't want to spend another millennia waiting) I finally answer that I'm ready.
"Hohoho, well the anticipation to know you would wish for isn't gonna get any stronger."
I smile and say...
"Perfect recall, Olympian physique, a System, To be able to control my emotions without and drawbacks and the Death of the Wild hunt. I've played enough of the Witcher to know how much a Trans-reality army of psychos suck."
"...Wow... you really thought hard about this huh?" OAA was stunned by my wishes. Then after a minute he took upon a serious face and said, " I can grant the perfect recall considering it's a small upgrade from your memory skills now, the godlike physique will have to be a gradual gain so you're gonna have to work for that one. Fantastic choice against the Wild Hunt , however I won't kill them. They work for me, so instead they'll never be able to enter a universe with you in it. Emotion control is definitely a new one in my books, and I would very much like to see how that would go, so it will be more like occulmency for the Harry Potter universe. However, for the system... FUCK NO!"
"Wha- Why not?" I was legitimately curious why he was so against it.
"Systems are so damn cliché... Just like all those other fanfictions out there that have one, it's basically the same fucking plot line, over and over. Lucky guy a system, keeps getting more and more powerful, then they eventually become a God and then they practically disappear with their harem because no universe can handle the backlash of an anomaly that powerful..."
By this point I stopped listening because I didn't even want a system like that. I just wanted one to listen to music, so I don't have to go around with headphones anymore...
'...'
'...'
'...'
Damn, he much really hate systems... He's been ranting for almost 40 minutes now...
'...'
'Hmmm, he's so into his rant, he doesn't even realize I've been drink his tea. In my opinion, if was an actual God before, I know for a fact that he is considering this tea is still the perfect temperature and tastes like the sweetest starlight.
(A/N- look he's a fcking God, I figured it should taste like something completely unimaginable)
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" Huh... Huhh..." OAA finally finished his rant and was extremely winded for going at it for 4 hours. It was this moment that he realized I am just sitting here drinking this never ending cup of tea from the heavens.
"I take it that you appreciate, the taste of urine from a world eater as well?" He say with the most devious smirks.
Upon hearing this, I think I projectile vomited every drop that I swallowed. I don't quite know, but my soul wouldn't even survive long enough to reincarnate.
OAA begins to cantankerously laugh, like there will never be anything more funny in any universe.
"HAHAHAHAHAhahaha.." He begins to wipe away all the tears from his eyes, while about join my ancestors in death... Wait, I'm already dead.
I immediately realized that the strongest, most powerful entity in and reality played a prank on me.
"Hah... that's what you get for drinking my favorite tea without my permission." He says smuggly while taking another sip from the ever full cup. "Oh and while I was "ranting" I heard your counter for just a system for music... I accept this one."
"Cool" I'm gonna forcefully forget everything about that tea, and that awful "torturous" prank forever. "So question, can I change how I will look before going to this new universe?"
I always hated somethings about what I currently looked like.
"Hmmmmm..." OAA started to think about it. "Fuck it, why not?"
with the snap of his finger, a screen popped into existence right before my eyes. I was showing a full version of me and there were hundreds of different sliders, as though I was designing a character for a video games.
After roughly 30 minutes, I was finished.
I looked like Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7, except that my hair was still brown and that I made my eyes more golden, than hazel. Obviously I added a few more inches to a certain part of me. I know it's not always needbto be big, but let's face it, it helps.
OAA watched as I transformed and morphed into an auburn Cloud, then finally asked when it was all over.
"Are you ready to experience happiness and joy?"
I confirmed with a confident nod then he smiled. It looked like his normal, cheery smile, but there was something unpleasant about it.
Just as I was about to start backing away, I was engulfed by a blinding golden light. Just as I was about to pass through the golden light I heard him say something and my spirit dropped before disappearing.
"Hohoho enjoy you childhood this time!"
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There was no more light blinding every sensation from me and I looked around where I was. It seemed to be a smaller bedroom with instruments everywhere.
I couldn't help but feel my cheeks stretching as I was soon grinning like a crack head that found 10 bucks. I was gonna play each and every one of these instruments.
However, just as I was reaching for a beautiful violin, I froze. My hand was tiny. Stunned, I flexed all the fingers on that little hand and I truly realized why OAA said those parting words.
I rushed to find a mirror. Thankfully, there was a full sized mirror attached to the closet door. I looked like an 8 year old version of my favorite FF character with my hair color.
"Damn I look good." I said cheekily.
As I was admiring myself, I received an ear splitting headache.
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I was learning all the memories of this 8 year old body, and immediately shock set in.
"Still "mother" trauma, and affinity for music." But there was still the house in my memory that seems to be right down the street.
"The Dunphys?"