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Immortal NPC

When Ethan died, he expected either an afterlife or nothing at all. What he didn’t expect was waking up in Eternal Dominion, the most popular VRMMO in the world, but not as a player. Instead, he’s stuck as a nameless NPC in a medieval high-fantasy world filled with dungeons, guilds, and legendary heroes. That would’ve been weird enough, but there’s one problem. The game hasn’t even launched yet. Even worse, he hasn’t just woken up a few years before launch, he’s thousands of years in the past, back when the events of the game’s lore were still unfolding. He’s in the age of legendary wars, fallen empires, and forgotten gods—an era players were only supposed to read about in history books. At first, Ethan thinks it’s just an elaborate backstory running on AI scripts… until he realizes something terrifying. The NPCs aren’t just scripted, they’re alive. They have real thoughts, real emotions, and real fears. And the world itself? It’s not just code. It bleeds, it evolves, and it remembers. As an unkillable anomaly in this living, breathing world, Ethan has all the time in existence to do whatever he wants. Whether it’s trolling ancient heroes, gambling on wars that haven’t been written yet, or taking naps in dungeons before they become raid bosses. But as history approaches the era players will one day enter, Ethan starts to notice things that shouldn’t be happening. Events are shifting. Unwritten dangers are emerging. And something, or someone, knows he doesn’t belong. Gods, developers, and power-hungry rulers alike demand answers: Who is he? Why can’t he die? And why does he know the future of a world that was never supposed to be real? Unfortunately for them, Ethan has only one goal in mind— Live as lazily as possible, forever.
Butterboy5253 · 774 Views

Massé Life

I used to be disenchanted of my own hands. Not in some weird psychological way—though maybe it was psychological, who knows. I mean literally afraid that my hands would betray me at the worst possible moment. Which they did. Constantly. Job interviews, presentations, first dates. Anytime people were watching and waiting for me to perform, my fingers would go numb and my brain would just... shut off. Like someone pulled the power cord. I called it ATSM—Anxiety That Stiffens Muscles. Stupid name, but I'm a programmer. I like labeling things, even when I can't fix them. The worst part? It killed my one real passion. I used to love billiards. Was actually decent at it, back in college. But after... well, after something happened that I don't really want to get into right now, I couldn't hold a cue stick without falling apart. So I did what any rational person would do: I gave up. Got a safe job, worked long hours, convinced myself I didn't need hobbies anyway. That plan worked great for about fifteen years. Then I made the mistake of running my mouth on TikTok, challenging the Queen of Nine-Ball to a match. Because apparently when you're having a midlife crisis, the smart move is to embarrass yourself in front of the best billiards player in Southeast Asia. This plot is about what happened after that. It's about meeting people who refused to let me quit, learning to fail in public without dying, and discovering that sometimes the only way forward is to go back and face the thing that broke you in the first place. It's also about billiards, obviously. But mostly it's about being brave enough to suck at something you love, in front of people who matter.
unghoangphidang · 7.3K Views
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