Thunder rumbled as the skies opened. Rain poured down on the town growing thicker by the second till the sheets of rain became a continuous stream of water distorting the town's look.
"Ah, man," says a boy staring out the window.
Another boy approaches him and asks "What are you sighing about Will?"
"It's raining super heavily Greg. It's gonna be annoying at the end of the day when we have to go outside and board the buses" replies Will
"I don't think the rain will last that long. Heavy rain usually lasts under 2 hours if I remember right." says another boy walking up and taking a peek out the window"
"Bro," says Greg "No way buddy is gonna scientifically calculate how long the rain is gonna last by how much it hurts to get hit by the raindrops."
"We can throw you outside to see then." replies a fourth kid playing games on his computer."
"Nah" replies Greg "You'd be better for it Oskar, your skinnier and don't have padding against the rain."
Oskar opens his mouth to retort but a loud BEEEEEEEEEEEP interrupts him as the school bell rings and the four of them rush off to the last lunch.
After they each get their lunch, the group sits at the far end of the cafeteria and begins eating when. SPLAT!
The four of them look up and see a kid named Ray with a face covered in mashed potatoes. Ray angrily swivels around and spots a kid with only a couple of fries on his tray suspiciously holding in laughter.
"JACKSON YOU LITTLE BITCH!" screams Ray as he throws a bag of carrots that nails Jackson in the head.
Behind Jackson a girl named Bindu who was a friend of Jackson, though as she reached into her backpack and pulled out a binder the only thought in her head was excitement for the fight rather than concern for her friend.
"Oh shit!" remarks Ray before dodging the poorly aimed binder that hits Veber who was playing with a small Rubix cube.
In retaliation, Veber throws the mini 10x10 Rubix cube he was playing with at Bindu which shatters into pieces on impact with her arm causing her to retreat to the hallway.
"FOOD FIGHT!!!" chanted the photography group as they similarly exited the cafeteria. Instead of retreating they set up their cameras to capture the action as students flipped tables, readying themselves for the fight.
As Jackson charged Ray with a carrot he swiped off Bindu's tray the lunch ladies sighed and slid down their shutters but not before putting out a sign saying 7 dollars for a new tray of food.
Immediately a group of seniors drag over a table in front of the lunch counter and begin buying food and pelting others with it. Oskar and Will grab their food as Greg and Alvin flip over their table and retreat into the corner they dined in before several apples pelt their location.
"What the fuck" says Greg.
Oskar looks over at him and asks "You that worried about not being able to check on The Potato Dragon channel?"
"Nah" replies Greg "Just ate a lot of my food already so that's not a lot of ammo." he continues.
"Bro," says Will.
"No wonder you're this thick," adds Alvin.
"Bro you take the whole ass lunch to eat one meal and dip it in 10 packets of ketchup." retorts Greg.
SMACK! A glob of mashed potatoes hits the wall behind them and the boys quickly return to their senses and focus on the environment in front of them.
"Got a couple of people cowering to the left closer to the lunch counter," says Alvin peeking over the table.
Oskar peeks over as well and remarks "Damn the entire track team is huddled up around a pillar with upright tables and pelting everyone. A bunch of the nerds literally have made a fort out of tables and backpacks"
"Which sides are they on through?" asks WIll
"Um," says Oskar "The track team is in the middle and the nerds are in the other corner away from the lunch counter."
Greg grins "Perfect! None of them are in our way so it's just a matter of sneaking over there." he says
Alvin shoves the table to face left and the group crawls towards the lunch counter and drags the table along with them.
As they move they encounter the other students and subsequently acquire them and bracing their tables along which builds a long defensive line once they reach the lunch counter. Food rains at them, most hitting the table or flying over but a few splatting the members of their wall.
"Alvin!" yells Greg.
"Yeah!?" Alvin yells back.
"Me, Oskar, and Will are gonna try to counterattack them could you try to get those guys to build some sort of fort?" answers Greg as a war cry rings out and a group of students rush up to the lunch counter and bring two tables along with them that they stack together to hide inside.
Immediately all attention shifts to them and Alvin begins ordering his group "Form a wall with tables on the outside and then move an upright table into them then secure it with a table closing the hole. Throw another table on top for places where we want to be able to stand you got me?"
A series of nods and yes's ring out and the table and they begin moving, sorting themselves into the corner with a tunnel to the lunch counter
"GLORY TO THE LETTUCE LEGION!" screams a group of students who slam into both Alvin and the other groups' forts.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" shouts back Greg as Alvin and the others begin pelting the UN team with trays of food. Will and Oskar manage to set up a supply system through the tunnel to the lunch counter and manage to ally with the other group to defeat the UN team.
PWEEEEEEEET! A whistle pierces through the commotion of the cafeteria and everybody pauses their fighting.
A series of groans ring out through the cafeteria as everyone begins moving back tables and people who retreated outside begin bringing in mops. "Man," says Greg "Just as we were winning lunch had to start ending"
The rest of Greg's group sighs in unison as all begin to clean up. The cafeteria was cleaned with the remaining minutes of lunch and the students left, some happy with their victory and some angry at their loss but their classes went on normally.
The world outside their classroom however raged and poured. A warning was sent out to those within the town to go out in the heavy rain but mysteriously the school never recieved those messages.
At the end of the day as all the kids began leaving school Greg, Alvin, Will, and Oskar met up in the library.
"Hey," says Alvin waving at the rest of the group coming in.
"Yo," says Greg, throwing his backpack on the floor.
Will and Oskar carefully set their bags on the floor and stretched out on the chairs before Oskar asks "So what are we planning to do today?"
Alvin answers "I don't know but we're still planning to go to MgRonalds after school right?"
"Course! We gotta celebrate the Potato Club's 3rd anniversary. What are we gonna order tho?" asks Oskar
Alvin shrugs and Will says "Probably a burger for each of us, chicken nuggets maybe, and I don't know ice cream?"
"Yeah" replies Greg "Not really anything else you can eat at a MgRonalds. Anyways Alvin, have you finished editing the presentation yet?"
"Oh shit not yet," says Alvin as he scrambles for his computer the rest of them groan and they pull out their computers as they start to work on.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip. Later at the MgRonalds Will is sipping on a local drink when Oskar asks "Hey Alvin, how well did you think you did on the history test?"
Alvin leans back confidently and says "I think about the Roman empire every waking moment, I betcha I got 100"
Greg sighs and tells Alvin "You should stop reciting random ass memes in your speech."
"It's pretty stupid." chimes in Oskar
Alvin leans forward and says "I'm about to commit arson and give y'all third-degree burns."
Will snorts and a loud honk sounds.
"Damn Will I didn't know you were that loud." laughs Greg.
They all laugh and look out the window where they heard into the pouring rain as a truck swerves on the slick road and barrels into the store they were in cutting off their luaghs in screams and a dive for cover.
Darkness swirls around them. They can hear nothing, see nothing nor feel anything until *click* A warm light floods the room and it is revealed that the figure is a skeleton in a suit.
He stares menacingly at them before saying "Well I was trying to think of a skeleton joke but I don't have the guts for it" and shrugs as a drum set sounds in the distance.
All of them grimace at the pun except Will who lets out a giggle and Andrew chuckles "Tough crowd huh? Anyways you guys must be confused about what's happening and where you are. . . I'm Andrew by the way and I'll answer any burning questions you have at the moment ."
The four hesitate and lock eyes before Will asks "Did we die from the truck crash?"
The others protest and offer arguments before Andrew stops them and says "Will is correct. You all are currently dead." which stops them and brings them to stare at Andrew in dead silence.
Eventually, Alvin breaks the silence and asks "If we're dead is this like a waiting lobby to be reincarnated, or what is going to happen to us?"
Andrew laughs and says "No. Souls are usually wiped of their memories and reborn into the world. However this is a rare case when a god's negligence causes a death we then compensate the soul. In your case there's a bit of a problem in another world and thus we're giving you the option to go there and solve it. It's your choice either way"
The group look at eachother and huddle together as Oskar starts off saying "Just peacefully being reborn sounds easy and a lot better then having to survive in some other world."
Greg reels back looking offended before arguing "Dude it's an isekai. Lifes gonna be fucking great with a harem and op powers!"
Alvin then pipes up retorting "Hey. Before any of this shouldn't we ask how the world is then? I don't wanna get stuck in something like Deceased space with necroformers etc." Everybody nod in agreement before turning to Andrew sitting on an orb portraying a planet mostly composed of water.
Andrew notices them staring and shifting to attention says "Well ready for the next stage of your life?" with a beaming smile.
"Actually" begins Will, "Could we get some information about the world first?"
"Sure can!" responds Andrew cheerfully.
Will nods at the others and Oskar steps up to first ask "Is the climate there nice? I mean like, is it livable and not like a desert or constant hurricanes?"
Andrew snaps his fingers and a globe appears slowly spinning in place as Andrew points towards a small continent and answers "You guys will be reincarnating here within the Orten kingdom. Up north the climate is quite mild like what countries in the mediterranean in your world experience. The south is more temperate and snowfall will occur."
"Will we be able to recognise each other after reincarnation?" asks Alvin
"Well." begins Andrew tethering his hand in a 50/50 gesture. "You won't be able to recognise each other since you're not gonna retain your memories and you'll change appearances and ect. However as we've nerfed reincarnators following that incident we will alter fate to allow you to meet again and regain your memories.
The boys discuss among themselves and deciding that all their major questions were answered and becoming impatient of staying still for a long time decide to present their answer to Andrew.
"Yes we are willing to reincarnate" answers Greg
Andrew looks at them all and says "Good choice, now follow me over to the chamber."
All the boys stand up and stretch before following Andrew who walks over to an ornate door that opens at his presence. As the boys follow Andrew through the door they see a hallway lined with doors covered in various imagery and a strange text none of them could read.
They continue down the hallway eventually reaching two massive doors and Greg pipes up to ask "What are those giant doors for?"
Andrew turns around and informs Greg "Those are the doors leading to the summoning room where us gods cast down miracles from, they have existed before any of us gods appeared to manage this space"
"So any ideas on who made the door?" asks Greg
Andrew shakes his head "We gods aren't entirely sure ourselves, it is simply known that one day they popped into existence and so did everything. I believe in your world the phenomenon is known as the big bang. It is how all worlds are created.
Alvin then pops another question "Cool so like the doors opened and everything flowed out of them?"
And in response Andrew shrugs and says "Who knows, no one was around to witness the creation of the universe and while the doors here do connect to different worlds these main doors always simply lead to the chamber which changes depending on what we need of it."
Andrew then goes up to the doors and knocks before opening it and after receiving no answer yells "Natalie where are you!".
Upon his call, a woman draped in a shifting cloak seemingly twitching and moving on its own walks over and asks "So these are the heros to save this world huh?"
"Hey they asked me questions about the world before diving in so they seem to have at least some sense about them" replies Andrew
Natalie smiles and says "Good, good so who's going to go first"
The boys look amongst themselves before Will timidly raises his hand first Natalie smiles and comments "Going first takes much bravery. And doing so for your friends makes it all the more impressive. Come and we shall send you on your way."
She leads Will over to a circle in the middle of the room and then stops him with her hand before drawing her cape over him and softly chants "Fuanqarnează" and the cape comes down alone.
After that, Natalie opens her eyes again and now asks "Who's next?"
Greg and Alvin both raise their hands at the same time no longer afraid after Will went first.
Natalie smiles and says "Well sending a pair could help increase the chances you find each other. May you two reunite your group and lead them to glory" before drawing back and as they step forward the room fills with light and the slight sound of chanting is heard before the light diminishes and Alvin and Greg are nowhere to be seen.
Oskar hesitantly steps forward into the center of the room now all alone and upon seeing his hesitation Natalie tells him "Do not fear, for fear pollutes one's mind to never take chances. And fate will take that fear into account to send you somewhere chanceless. Do not be afraid to take a leap."
And with that Natalie sweeps down and kisses Oskar on the forehead enveloping him in light before she quietly sighs "Fuanqarnează"
Andrew looks over at Natalie and she meets his gaze before asking " Are you sure this will work out better than the last few?"
Andrew shrugs "I do not choose who dies. I can only manipulate them after dying and these four died due to one of our kind's mistakes so I granted them a second chance seeing how they seemed to be a decent sort."
Natalie sighs and replies "You did not answer my question."
Andrew does not reply but looks at the map that appeared floating in the middle of the room after the quartet reincarnated as four swirling lights travel across it landing in individual locations.
He then too sighs and says "Well let's see how things unfold this time."