"So….. I died, not surprising though I knew I shouldn't have followed my brother's friends not like I had any other choice" the glowing blue soul said with a sigh while facing the humanoid ethereal figure that looked vaguely female that sat behind a desk.
"no shit, you knew they took crack and other stuff but you just wanted to prove you weren't a pussy but guess where that led you? your body's currently being fished from the lake and let me tell you something; it's in more pieces than a jigsaw puzzle....that got thrown into a wood chipper. And that means more work for me. Besides the other sectors need someone so imma skip the necessary shit and send you over to a random god/deity for reincarnation" she says while typing away on her desktop.
"So don't I get any boons or blessings? I mean I'm getting reincarnated right, don't I get anything" Richard asks expectantly since he has read so many fan-fics and novels about reincarnation he was hopeful that he'd get to choose his boons.
"Sorry kiddo but with your fucked up way of death, you won't get that chance. Your boons would be chosen by your god/deity, it is your fault, not mine. And besides I'm just a secretary" she replies with a smirk before clicking a button on her desk which makes him teleport to another place entirely, after recovering from the minor dizziness, he turns to ace a creature that seemed totally out of fiction.
[ A.N: please note I'll be using the 'they/them pronouns for Arceus because it just feels right]
It was a white, equine Pokémon with an androgynous appearance. It resembled a qilin or centaur with a gray, vertically striated underside. The striated pattern has similar recurrences on the underside of its mane, tail, and face. It also has four pointed feet that are tipped with gold hooves. Its long mane jutted away from its head, and its face was gray, with green eyes and red pupils, and a green circular pattern below its eyes.
It also has a streak of gold coloration on its head and ears that point upward. Its neck was fairly long, with two pairs of extrusions to the sides, and a flap-like feature on the neck's underside that is colored white like much of the body.
It also has a golden cross-like wheel attached to its body by its round abdomen.
The wheel also has four jewels attached to it. The pattern of striated gray of its underbelly resumed past its waist. Its limbs have gray undersides and extrusions at the tops of the legs. Its tail is fairly like its mane in terms of shape and coloration.
Despite its quadruped appearance, it seemed to be capable of flight.
"aaahh it's Arcues," he says as he runs towards the famed Pokemon God with excitement.
"Oh....I didn't expect you to react this way, you're quite different from the other souls" they say when the orb 'runs towards them with awe on their face.
"Woah, I can't believe you're real, what's with your voice," the soul asked after calming down.
"yeah, I'm real and I've always sounded like this," they say with a voice that sounds both masculine and feminine.
"Okay, now that I'm here will I get anything special?" he asks as he 'looks' into Arceus
"no, not really. I want to choose you to be a proxy for me" they say
"I don't understand," he says after calming down
"Well, I can't always be in every universe so I want you to be my proxy. I'll also give you two things of your choice and a percentage of my power to do what I need you to." they begin before continuing
"All you need to do is explore your given world for signs of any group that have I'll intentions to the world"
"I'll do it" he agrees readily
"besides it'll be way better than nothing right?" he adds
Arceus nods their head in understanding before speaking up "Okay, that's great"
"so what's going to happen now" the soul asks while 'standing' in place
"Now, you'll receive my powers so just relax," Arceus says as he closes his eyes.
Then a total of eighteen motes of light appeared in front of Arceus. Each light particle had different colors, one looking as black as night while another looked like a miniature sun. Then they started spinning rapidly before colliding together.
Instead of the explosion that the soul expected, the light particles just fused and then turned into a white orb before it floated into the soul's core. "warm.." he murmured before 'facing' Arceus
"Okay, for my first wish, I wish to be able to duplicate with an upper limit of ten thousand" Arceus nods. Then the soul continues "Then my final wish is to get to make my own body"
"why that for a final wish?" Arceus asks with genuine curiosity lacing their voice.
"Well, you see, since I'm going to be your proxy then shouldn't I be more Pokemon-like?" he replies with a slight chuckle.
"Okay, I'll grant it" They say as a screen appears in front of the soul.
The soul 'looks' at the screen and notices that there are various body parts and color palettes to choose from. After a while, he begins to choose what he wants.
He began by choosing the lower half of a Lucario, then he chose the upper half of a midnight Lycanrock, then the arms of a Braixen, then the head and hair of a Hisuian Zoroark then the tail of a dusk Lycanrock.
After he had chosen his preferred parts he changed the whole color template to a light creme, except for the hair which still had the Hisuian Zoroark colors of white and red on the tips. [A.N: someone should please try to draw this. Need a cover)
'Clicking' on the *done* button that was at the bottom of the screen, he turned to Arceus who nodded before saying "I wish you luck in your journey" Then he made him vanish from the white space.
"Hmmm.... Maybe I should have told him of how he would be reincarnated" they muse to themselves.
"Oh well, it's not like I change it now," they say while shrugging.
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Meanwhile, our mc opened his eyes to see that he was heading towards the ground from a very high place in the sky but could only say one thing "FFFUUUCCCKKK!!"
Then he blacked out