A young girl opened her blue eyes. Before her was a table with two chairs, she looked around and saw the most beautiful site she had ever seen. An endless sea of stars and planets, all seem so close to each other that it would cause problems but there were none, the stars, while bright, didn't blind her or incinerate her considering how close she was.
Then it hit her, memories of her final moments. As she took the Honkai bomb up into the atmosphere where it detonated, killing her but saving the city.
"Please take a seat, Kiana Kaslana" A sudden voice said. She looked at the source and saw a man wearing a business suit and a complete black mask that seemed to absorb all the light. He sat at one end of the table.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
The man responded. "My name is William, and as for where you are, you are everywhere yet nowhere"
"Huh?"
He gestured to the other seat. "Please sit"
Kiana reluctantly sat at the table. 'Is this the afterlife' she thought.Ā
"Now, for why you are here. I work for The Company, an organization that stretches across the omniverse. You are here because you have been selected as a candidate as a contractor"
"The Company? Contractor?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing. It all sounded like delusions or a poorly done prank.
"Yes" He began going into further detail of what The Company is and what roles contractors play. But the more she listened the more disgusted she felt. It was nothing more than a glorified slaving operation that worked throughout the omniverse. The Contractors were to capture characters or complete missions.
"I don't want any part of this!" Kiana declared, but the man didn't react, she felt like the man was smirking behind his mask.
"I haven't even gone through the perks yet" A tablet appeared in his hands and gave it to Kiana. He began to explain how builds work. Choosing a world, creating a difficulty that would affect capture/selling price, origins, bindings and lures, heritage, talents and perks, and finally the waifu catalog that is their main selling point.
It was a tempting offer, but she wouldn't give in, until she saw it. Her world was listed down. She froze in place. Wouldn't she be able to see her world again? Her friends? Her father? Himeko...?
She looked up from the tablet and at the man. "What exactly would I be getting into?"
"Well, if you want the specifics of the contract" The man clapped his hand, and several piles of hundreds of papers appeared on the table. "This is the contract, feel free to read through it"
Kiana gulped at the site. She had to read through all of this? She didn't want to! She hated reading and studying even more! Yet she had to, so she reluctantly picked up the first paper in the stack before her. Even in death, she couldn't escape studyingā¦
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"Finallyā¦ doneā¦" Her head slammed on the table, she was mentally exhausted. She had been reading for who knows how long, but the task was finished.
"Wow, I'm surprised. Many wouldn't even bother to read through the entire contract" He clapped his hands once and the papers disappeared. "So?"
Kiana raised her head, determination in her eyes. "I'll do it"
"Great, now to create your build, please use the tablet"
She nodded and picked up the tablet once more. Her first selection was which world she would start in. Her decision was already made.
[Honkai Impact 3rd (Rating 8) (Targets 107) (Budget 955)]
The rating determined the danger of the world, targets were named characters, and the budget was the starting credits she would receive to make her build.
She went on to the intensity. Creating a difficulty for herself. A high difficulty meant that her starting budget would shrink but the rewards she got from capturing targets and selling would increase. The lower the difficulty, the more her budget would increase but the rewards from capturing and selling would decrease.
She began making her choices. She wasn't too sure what she was doing, she wanted a high but low level. She finished her selections.
[ Me and My Girlfriend(s) (PvE)(Team), Manual Connection(Leveling), Standard(Personal World), 50%/50%(Payment), Delayed(Worlds), Power Swap Banned, Standard(Bindings), Standard(Warranty), Hustle(Death), Only One(Heritages), Interest Enforced, One Each(Template), Is There Anybody Out There?(Pvp), Resistance(Defenses) ]
[Intensity (5) Budget (365)]
'I'll come back to this later when I've gone through everything else in case, I need to make some changes' She switched to the next category. Invasions and tournaments. She wanted to buy the [White Eye Orb] but it was 75 credits, she didn't know what the price of everything else was, so she skipped it for now. She also wasn't interested in tournaments.
Now for selecting her origins. As she read through the options, she chose [Substitute] this would mean she would reincarnate into one of the characters of her starting world at a time when they are alive and receive their memories, powers and skills. She clicked on it and typed in her name. [Kiana Kaslana (K423) T5]
She would reincarnate as herself from another world, or the same world but also not the same, maybe time reversal. Just thinking about it made her head steam up from comprehending this so she made her selection and moved on, she also left the archetype empty since she didn't know what to do with it.
She saw a list of patrons, each providing benefits and drawbacks. There was a warning about selecting a patron and decided to not have one. Next was bindings and lures.
She went with the standard binding of a company stamp. Then went to look at lures. Her eyes widened as she read the descriptions of some of the lures, especially the lewder ones. Her mind started to drift. 'Mei-senpaiā¦'
'NO! These aren't important!'
Moving on to Heritages. She saw the many different options she could choose and the many perks and long descriptions.Ā
'Next!' She skipped it. She could always choose it later.
Talents and Perks. Now she was excited, she could strengthen herself greatly. She skipped rides since she was never one to drive, though some of the vehicles listed did shock her, mainly the spaceships.Ā
Demiplane and Dungeons. She chose [Pocket Space, Pocket Apartment(x2), Sweet Home, Armory ] Now she would have an inventory like in a game, a home she could go to at anytime and an armory which held weapons, armor and ammunition that she could use at anytime.Ā
Now for choosing talents. [ Body Tune-Up, Soul, Athletic, Martial, Psychic, Talent Sharing ] These talents would give her a great boost in her growth, and with [Talent Sharing] she could empower her allies as well.
Moving on to defenses, she went crazy with spending her credits. [ Body(x2), Mind(x2), Corruption, Possession(x2), Destiny, Stress(x2) ] These defenses would safeguard her future and after obtaining more credits she could enhance them. Also, her retinue or those she had stamped would also receive these defenses as well.
Moving on to the other tab, her eyes landed on [Sexual Calibration] and [Fertility Calibration] Lewd images entered her mind, she started to drool.
"Heheā¦ Mei-senpaiā¦ Wait, No! These are useless as well!"
In the end she had only bought a [Green Eyed Orb] This would give her access to a place meant for contractors to relax or do business with one another.Ā
She went to Waifu Perks and saw there was a perk for her [Void Drifter] Reading the description, she could assume that this was what would have happened to her if she had survived the bomb.
"..."
She moved on, the companions tab. Where you could buy "Waifus" either used or new. She clicked the search bar and started typing. She knew she wouldn't like what she would see but still needed to know. Entering the name [Honkai Impact 3rd] A list of names and pictures appeared, most were unfamiliar, but she saw very familiar names and faces. Herself, Mei, Bronya, Himeko, Theresa and even her own father and mother. She was even more disgusted and angry, knowing that other versions of herself and her friends and family were bought and sold like commodities.
She clenched her fists, threatening to break the tablet, but surprising the tablet was very strong. Yet an idea entered her head, her mother was dead, butā¦ couldn't she bring her back with this? It wouldn't truly be her mother, butā¦
She left the companions tab, an overview of her selections appeared.
World Name: Honkai Impact 3rd
Rating: 8 (365)
Difficulty: [ Me and My Girlfriend(s) (PvE)(Team), Manual Connection(Leveling), Standard(Personal World), 50%/50%(Payment), Delayed(Worlds), Power Swap Banned, Standard(Bindings), Standard(Warranty), Hustle(Death), Only One(Heritages), Interest Enforced, One Each(Template), Is There Anybody Out There?(Pvp), Resistance(Defenses) ]
Origin: You as Kiana Kaslana (K423) (Substitute) of T5
Bindings: [ Company Stamp ]
Lures: No Lures
Other Controls: No Other Controls
Heritage ( Your tier - T5 ) No Heritage
Ride: No Ride
Home: [ Pocket Space, Pocket Apartment(x2), Sweet Home, Armory ]
Talents: [ Body Tune-Up, Soul, Athletic, Martial, Psychic, Talent Sharing ]
Defenses: [ Body(x2), Mind(x2), Corruption, Possession(x2), Destiny, Stress(x2) ]
Misc: [ Green Eye Orb ]
Generic: No Generic Perks
Waifu: No Waifu Perks
Remain Credits: 32
She finished her build, and the tablet disappeared. Her attention was brought back to the man who sat in silence the whole time.
"I hope you are satisfied with your selections, I wish you luck in your next life" He snapped his fingers and Kiana disappeared.
The man loosened his posture, no longer acting professional "Finally, to think this would last 100 years. I'm glad I brought this mask so I could watch anime and the contractors' combat streams while waiting. Now then, who's next on the list?"
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[A/n] I ended up reading a Waifu Catalog story which led me to the website which led me down the rabbit hole. I was writing a RWBY Waifu Catalog story when I got the idea for this story and started writing. This story will also give me an excuse to finally finish the Honkai Impact story mode which I have been avoiding for years.
For now, the story will mostly follow canon with some changes and some timeskips. During this time Kiana will be going to other worlds to complete missions, doing PVP with other contractors and befriending some.
If you have any ideas on what Kiana should do, please comment, it will be helpful.Ā
If you're interested in the specifics of the perks that were chosen, you can go to the Waifu Catalog website. The descriptions were long, and I didn't feel like writing all that down or copy/pasting. I did write this chapter at 3am so I was tired at that point. The website also provides a very very very long list of rules and mechanics.
Byebye~