This type of text is for when a message from one person to another or a group is sent or if there is a world message sent to everyone. If there is more than two I'll put their names next to their message.
'This is for when a character is thinking to themself, namely the main character.'
"This is for when characters are talking normally."
This last one is for when there is a letter being read or chant said for a spell.
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On a busy market road you can see a bustling crowd. Among the crowd you can see a young man running around from shop to shop laughing as he grabs what seems to be ingredients for a meal.
'Babe, I'm almost done shopping for dinner. When will you be off work?'
'I'm about to walk out of the building, do you miss me that much baby?'
He laughs as she call him baby as she only says that to tease him.
'Yes but I have a surprise for you when you get home. Hurry home and be safe along the way, there have been an alarming rise in hit and runs along with crazy accidents.'
She sends a thumbs up and he continues shopping.
As he stops the shop owners converse with him before he again runs off. The young man in high spirits quickly gathers all he needs. Why is he in such high spirits you may ask? He's about to propose to the one he loves. Quickly he messages his girlfriends parents remembering that they were to come over for the announcement.
'Are you guys on the way?'
'Yes, we just got caught up with something. On the way now.'
For the next few minutes he cheerfully makes his way through the wine store. After he gathers a few bottles he pays and starts to go home. Out of nowhere he then stops to briefly stare at a message received on his phone. Next all of a sudden his bright smile drops as he sees a news headline about how a woman was caught in a hit and run.
At that time he gets a message from his future in laws that makes tears begin to stream down his face.
'She was hit by a bus with malfunctioning brakes, at this moment we don't know if she will live through the night. Hurry to the municipal hospital!'
Running off with tears rolling down he rushed to the hospital they said she is staying at dropping everything he had just bought. Ignoring the people he is passing, he pushes through hoping for the slightest chance she may survive.
'No please! Not when I was about to propose to her!'
He runs through many streets ignoring the lights changing to yellow and angry drivers honking at him as they are forced to wait for the light to change.
Then he arrives across the street and looks both ways before he starts to cross. Making his way out of nowhere a delivery truck appears and hits him as he's about to finish crossing.
He then breaks out of the daze being hit brought him he tries to get up ignoring the pain.
"Celeste, I'm coming."
"Oh my god! Look at that man!"
As he tries to move you can see a growing puddle of blood. Many people crowd around him and try to help as the nurses and doctors rush out after hearing about him.
Then he grows weak with the rush of adrenaline beginning to dissipate. As a crowd continues to grow around him you can see more pedestrians, nurses, doctors, and even the parents of his girlfriend running towards him.
'I feel cold.'
He smiled towards them and pulls out the ring he bought for her struggling to keep his hand up.
"G-g-give this to h-her. Okay? If s-she makes it, I want her to k-know i l-love her."
They grab his hand and start to tear up nodding their heads.
"The doctors said that she can pull through, but you need to survive too. If not for yourself, then do it for her!"
"You two actually made me feel like I had parents I could rely on. M-My mother died when I-I was young. I w-won't even get into it about my d-dad."
They both start to cry as his voice grew weak, a sign that things do not bode well for the young man.
He lays there staring at the sky as it started to rain. The doctors try all their best to stem the bleeding while his in-laws call to him hoping for his life to be saved.
Staring down to him crying as his consciousness slips away they promise to give her the ring. He smiles and closes his eyes for the last time.
Elsewhere in an alternate universe…
"Noooooo!"
I sit up in a rush with tears falling down my face. As I cry a woman rushed into my room.
"My baby Alexios, are you ok?"
I look up to her and the dam bursts. She hugs me as I'm crying in her arms trying to speak.
"I don't know mom, I feel like something has been ripped from my heart. It hurts so much mother!"
I feel my mothers embrace get slightly tighter and I can feel tears fall onto my head. I continue to cry in her arms and eventually calm down with her caressing my head.
"My son, can you tell me what has you so riled up?"
I go over my dream or at least what I remember of it, not sparing any details as I describe it. After I finish it she gives me a good pat on the back.
"Good thing it was just a dream. Right, get ready and dressed for school, breakfast is ready."
I get up as she leaves and dress my self in a simple blue polo shirt, black pants, and grey sneakers with matching socks. Then I go to the my bathroom and fix my hair. As I do so I notice a glowing blue streak of hair, as I touch it my hand feels like electricity passed through me.
"Again, what does this mean?"
Then the color changes back to my natural brown hair and I then collect myself. When finished I grab my simple black backpack and quickly get to the kitchen noticing my father is already there.
"Hey dad!"
"Alexios, good morning to you. Ready for the weekend?"
"What's that father?"
A glint appears in his eyes as he smiles like I asked the best question.
"Blacksmithing!"
"Dear, you and our son will have shut yourselves in that smithy if you ever had your way."
I laugh with my father as my mother tries to reprimand us and then I have a serious look on my face as I remember the hair thing.
"My hair was glowing blue again."
Stunned they then give each other a look that says a lot but to me not much.
"We will tell you soon, it's related to your heritage."
I nod my head and eat as my plate is given to me. Eggs, pancakes, bacon, and hash browns! I devour my food surprising them with how quickly my food evaporates.
"Thanks for the food mom!"
I get up from my chair, place my plate in the sink, and then head out to teleport circle for school, Lux Academy.
As I step inside I hold my breath as I feel the familiar sensation of space warping around me while I'm taken to school. I step out of the circle after I open my eyes seeing the familiar structure and a new batch of system holders that have awakened.
'I can't wait for when I awaken mine.'
I head through the main gates with all the other kids that have started to appear next to me. Then as I get up to the main entrance I see my friends Silvaria, Kayde, and Arya. Though I noticed Kayde is still a bit scared of me when my hair had electrical properties a week ago.
"Hey guys! Silvaria how's your father?"
"He's fine, right now he's still looking."
"Ok, Arya what about you? How was home?"
"Stressful, being part of a noble family is nothing but trouble despite the perks."
"Kayde? What about you?"
Silence, he just stared at me mumbling something and then runs off to the school.
"Seriously? I'm being nice here…"
Silvaria pats my shoulder as Arya follows him.
"It'll be fine, just give him some time. By the way, we are supposed to have our awakening ceremonies tomorrow, excited?"
I nod my head excitedly and we both run inside to our class. We arrive to class A-1, where kids that have great grades in the final year of 8th grade stay.
I sit down with Silvaria next to me, behind us is Arya and Kayde. In front of me is my bullies who keep quiet as Silvaria give them a glare.
One tosses a note to me, it reads:
If Silvaria didn't like you we wouldn't be here like this. If you leave her then we will forget our grudge, as she belongs with Ghildor of House Visarys in Yggdrasil.
I sigh and give Silvaria the note and the kid that threw it at me pales in fear.
'You did this to yourself…'
Before anything could happen our teacher arrives on scene and sets the stage by talking about the fallen kingdom Olympus.
"Can anyone remember what they've read on this subject?"
Silvaria raises her hand so fast I didn't see it move. She gets chosen and stands up ready to speak about said kingdom.
"Olympus was much like Somnus, it was a kingdom that resided on a mountain that was also on a floating island. Around the edge of the mountain resided the kingdom which comprised of Many deities, mostly minor gods with one aspect attributed to them.
At the top of the Mountain was a large Parthenon where the 12 Main gods resided with one ruling over them all.
There was Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hera, Hermes, and Hephaestus. Each god had their own aspects of divinity, usually something important to either nature or all races as a whole.
One day though, it just vanished to gods know where. All that exists is speculation. Some even say that there are those that carry the blood of one of the twelve Olympian Gods and Goddesses.
If there is any truth to such claims though it remains unknown."
The teacher then claps to Silvaria's answer.
"Great little speech, you never cease to surprise me."
Silvaria proud sits down and I pat her back for which she gives me a beautiful smile in return.
"Now class, let's get started discussing the System. The system was given to all sentient creatures of this world by Gaia herself. It was a way for all of us to get stronger against the ongoing fight against the rifts.
The system not only helps anyone grow their abilities far faster than without it, you can also use it to help increase your base attributes.
When you open the system it looks like so:
System Name: N/A
Name: N/A
Race: N/A
Strength E- : ♢♢♢♢♢
Vitality E- : ♢♢♢♢♢
Intelligence E- : ♢♢♢♢♢
Wisdom E- : ♢♢♢♢♢
Dexterity E- : ♢♢♢♢♢
Skills: N/A
Now it looks like this and when you get a point to upgrade a stat the diamond becomes solid. Then when you fill it up you go from what ever stat grade it's at like E+ to D-.
It's that simple and whatever skills and everything about you will be on the Status board.
Any questions so far??"
Silvaria raises her hand faster than the others in the class.
"What do the stats represent?"
The teacher smiles as if she was hoping for that question.
"Strength increases your physical prowess and don't worry you will not become a hulking mass of muscle, after a certain point all it will do is essentially make your muscles more dense.
Vitality will increase your defensive properties, which is how much damage your body can take before it can't take anymore. It'll also increase the strength of your bones and organs so that your dense muscles won't kill you.
Intelligence will give you an increased prowess on your more magical capabilities as well as slightly increase your thinking speed.
Wisdom is what helps you retain your knowledge better as well as helps you regen the energy of your body whatever that may be based on your system.
Dexterity, this one is rather simple. It helps you run faster, get better reflexes, and I'll help you with your growth. Namely it'll help some, not all, grow and get taller.
Ther is also rumors of two hidden stats, they are Luck and Charisma. What these do none know but speculate since it's non quantifiable at the moment.
Anything else to ask children?"
We all raise our hands as we all get excited to finally talk about this and we spend the rest of class discussing this, our excitement palpable as we wait for tomorrow.