20Yeah, a reboot... listen, I've got an awesome idea on how I want this to begin.
So I do hope you like it, it's inspired by some other works I've read.
This is gonna be fun to write.
A young man with brown hair wearing a black jacket with a white t-shirt, a midnight blue scarf with yellow triangles on it with red shoes completing the set.
Currently, he was on a rooftop bloodied and beaten. His body bruised by the beating he was given, his nose broken from being knocked out. His blue eyes glaring slightly through his black glasses at something.
In front of him were a group of people most would call... shady and a bit like a gang if you looked close enough. That was the something he was glaring at.
"Shouldn't have messed with us kid." The leader said with an evil grin
"To be fair... I didn't do anything." The young man pointed out even though he was in pain
His reply was a punch to the gut from one of the goon's which caused him to fall over slightly. It seems they took offense to that, for god knows what reason.
"You did do something, it wasn't following our rules." The leader said slightly annoyed at the comment
"What rule did I even break?" The young man asked annoyed and in pain
"When you're new here, you don't get straight A's or straight B's till the second semester. Makes us look bad since we're B and C averager's." A goon said while smoking a cigarette
That made the young man looked at them angrily, he got up and slowly put his fists up. Despite being bloody and beaten, he's still gonna fight.
"Your gonna fight us? Instead of giving up and following our rules, you're going to continue down the same path as before?" The leader asked before taking a drag of his cigarette
"I'm going to beat the shit out of you and then I'm gonna keep getting straight A's... because that's what I do. You're not gonna stop me from having good grades because it 'makes you look bad', you just don't want to look like the idiots you are." The young man said with a growl
"Fine, perish then." The leader said after puffing out smoke
The group then ran at him... the young man could have said he won, he really could have. But his ass got kicked hard, he managed to get a few hits in at least, so he isn't entirely pathetic.
His back was against the fence, he had no way to get out. He was trapped, like a rat.
"One last chance... stop getting straight A's, and you won't die here." The leader said with an evil grin
"...Go to hell." The young man said with malice in his voice
With one strong push from the leader, the fence broke and thus the young man was pushed off alongside it.
Time seemed to slow down as his life flashed before his eyes, his final memory him being pushed off.
'...Aw man, just when I was about to continue watching Fairy Tail and get the Fullmetal Alchemist Manga done... I was gonna buy a pocket watch from the show.' The young man thought
He then hit the ground, he felt his bones break, his body cry out in pain as it all went cold and dark.
...
Then he woke up on the same rooftop but the fence was fixed and it was... eerily calm. The sun was shining brightly and time has seemed to have stopped.
The young man slowly got up, his body feeling... light, very light. As in... like he wasn't bound by gravity anymore.
"The hell? Am I alive?" He asked no one in particular
"Sadly no, you've died." A voice said behind him
The young man turned around to see a man wearing a blue cloak leaning against the very same fence that he fell from, oddly enough, the man seemed trustworthy despite his appearance.
It's weird in... well, really anyone's appearance that some random man in a cloak seems trustworthy.
"So is this purgatory? I'd thought there would be a lot more office workers... and maybe a few demons, angels, other things here and there." The young man said
"No, I've decided that the Afterlife isn't really... befitting of a person such as you?" The man said with a sort of light tone
"Pfft, I'm not much. I'm just some random weeb that like anime and... doesn't actually socialize... plus I do have some anger issues to work out." The young man said, remembering that he still wants to punch the leader in the face
"Exactly, you aren't much... not yet anyway." The man said
The young man... looked at him confused, having no idea what he just meant by that.
"What does that mean?" He voiced
"It means that you won't be much until you're in a brand new world, a world where Magic's possible. A world of guild's and dragon slayers, the world of-"
"Fairy Tail?" The young man asked, interrupting the man
His interruption made the man sigh and looked at him seemingly annoyed by it (the man's face can't be seen except for his mouth).
"Yes, I was trying to hype you up but I failed... look, I'm just going to send you into that world in a de-aged body with the Gamer and six abilities of your choosing." The man said
"Huh... I'd have to say... Portal's, Alchemy from Fullmetal Alchemist, Shadow Clones, Persona's along with Social Links, Elemental Control, and the ability to create my own Magic and Skills." The young man said
"Huh, well I do understand the Alchemy abilities, Clones, Persona's, Elemental Control, and the Magic plus Skill creation but why Portals?" The man asked in a slightly confused tone
"...Because Portal's are very useful if you know how to use them." The young man replied with a small shrug
The man looked at him in silence before smiling with a nod.
"I see, go now and fight monsters." The man said waving his hand slightly
The young man suddenly fell asleep, not realizing when he's arriving or where he's going.
All he knows is that he's got powers now... at least.
...
The young man woke up to find himself... in a foggy area? He has no idea where he is. A menu then pops up in front of him.
The menu looks something very similar to something out of RPG Maker. Specifically the Ace version, he doesn't see very games made with that.
[We haven't given you the tutorial, since you haven't played too many RPG's in your past life. You're going to get the FULL tutorial, annoying right?]
"Kind of is. Wait can I speak to you both physically and mentally?" The young man asked a bit curious
[Yes]
"Since no one's here, I'll just speak out loud." The young man said
[Makes sense, now to explain your stat's and how they work, that's the most important part of all of this]
The young man then realizes something important.
"Wait... am I in a sort of... Persona 4 situation? Like I get my Persona here or something?" He asked a tiny bit afraid
[Yes, though here's something different. There isn't going to be a Velvet Room for you, rather we've developed something different for you to access with a new keeper]
This caught the young man's interest rather quickly.
"What's it called?" He asked curiously
[The Emerald Chamber, it sounds a bit like the original but different]
The name felt a bit more suiting, plus it was the young man's favorite color. I mean, it is a pretty calming color in his opinion.
"Fucking neato my dude." The young man said casually
[It is 'fucking neato' as you plainly put it. Now let me show you your stat's]
A new menu then appears before the young man, showing him a question mark for his profile and his name was under it.
He glanced over his name since he already knows it and continued down.
[STR (Strength): 10]
[MAG STR (Magic Strength): 15]
[CON (Constitution): 20]
[DEF (Defense): 20]
[VIT (Vitality): 25]
[MAG DEF (Magic Defense): 5]
[SPD (Speed): 20]
[AGL (Agility): 20]
[EVA (Evasion): 25]
[DEX (Dexterity): 20]
[CHR (Charisma): 5]
[INT (Intelligence): 20]
[WIS (Wisdom): 15]
[LCK (Luck): ?]
That last part confused him, why is his Luck a question mark? He then sees a button labeled {Help} at the bottom, the young man presses it lightly.
The help button doesn't need to be pressed too hard, now should it?
[Strength is what makes your Hits harder and heavier things easier to lift]
[Magic Strength makes Magic attack stronger]
[Consitution is what makes you endure more along with how much longer you can run]
[Vitality is what makes your health go down slower when it comes to status effects]
[Defense is what makes hits less effective]
[Magic Defense is what makes Magic attacks less effective]
[Speed is how fast you can run]
[Agility is how high you can jump]
[Evasion is how fast you can dodge]
[Dexterity is how fast you can hit and grab]
[Charisma is how convincing you are]
[Intelligence is how much knowledge you are of Combat among other things]
[Wisdom is how much smarter you are in Magic and Alchemy]
[Luck is a constantly changing factor that never stays the same, is luck in real life]
The young man nods slightly, getting this a bit more. He guesses that Luck is a question mark is because that he's in a dimension where the concept doesn't really exist, ergo there isn't a value to put in. He then looks back at some of his other stats.
[HP (Health Points): 150/150]
[MP (Magic/Mana Points): 100/100]
[SP (Spirit Points): 100/100]
[AE (Alchemy Energy) 100%]
He is slightly confused by Alchemy Energy before realizing something, Wisdom mentioned Alchemy meaning that Wisdom is tied to it. If he has higher Wis, that equals more uses for Alchemy.
If he were to make a spear out of metal, it wouldn't take too much but a cannon would take a lot. There is an exchange of energy based on the knowledge of it, the more knowledge about it equals less energy use/per use.
[By figuring out how AE and Luck works, you've gained 2 INT and 2 WIS]
The young man looks at the menu with a twitching eyebrow. Is this really occurring for him now?
"I've always hated that part." He said to himself
He sighs and waves the menu away, looking around the foggy area. Before trying to explore, he knows that he needs to go through this area in order to find his Shadow... or something.
He has no idea which Persona gaining system this is but whatever it is... it might not be good considering he's seen most of the Persona series.
He's only seen Persona 3, 4, and 5. Along with the re-releases of those games, his pool of knowledge is a bit small.
Later
After a long while of walking, he finds... well, himself standing there. He already knows what this means and would rather avoid a fight if necessary.
"Hi." The young man said
The other version of the young man turns around, revealing he has molten gold eyes rather than blue eyes like the true young man.
"Do you think this new world will change anything?" His Shadow asked
The young man does not respond, rather keeping a stoic look. He knows what to do here.
"By your lack of response, I think yes. I doubt anything will change, we were a weakling in our last world and we'll be a weakling in the next." The Shadow said
"...I get that you think... I understand why I think this also." The young man said in a calm tone
His Shadow looks at him shocked, not expecting that reaction.
"Yeah, we were weak and things might not change in the next world... but that's what hope is for right? Your my negativity, my lack of hope, my... weakness as you might call it. Sure, my positivity might be a weakness... but we don't have to let it be that way." The young man said in a sort of inspirational tone
He then sticks out his hand to the Shadow with a friendly smile which caught the Shadow off guard slightly.
"Come on... let's go and light the world ablaze with our power. Because Thou art I." The young man said in a confident tone
"And I art thou." The Shadow said in the same tone
He then takes the young man's hand with a nod, blue flames appearing around them.
"We are one and the same, the Fool Arcana." They both say at once
The Shadow gets engulfed in the flames and then turns into a card, on it is a man with a bindle traveling with a dog by its side with the number zero on the bottom.
It's very similar to the actual tarot card from the actual deck.
"...Neato." The young man said looking over for a second
The card disappears and a door opens, he nods to himself.
"I'm guessing this is the next tutorial." The young man said with a sigh
He then walks into the room, appearing on the other side, he found himself in a field with a Straw Dummy in front of him. It looks very similar to the dummies from Fable.
A menu then appears before his face yet again.
[This tutorial will teach you how to use your portals for combat purposes while using your Alchemy, Clones, Element Control, and Persona. You'll pick up Ability Creation (that's what we're labeling it as now) later]
The young man nods to himself, he walks towards it. He is a couple of feet away from it, a good distance to practice his new abilities and learn them.
[First, your Portals. You can open two at a time with a third being only for access to your personal base. You can open on access portal and one exit portal. The usual stuff]
The young man opens a portal beside him and punches through it, his fist then hits behind the dummies head through another portal. He then puts his hand back, shaking it off slightly.
He may have Gamer Abilities but he can still feel pain somewhat, plus those dummies are tough to punch despite being made of straw.
[Next, Alchemy. You can create basically any type of weapon as long as you know what it's made out of and what it can be made into, meaning you can't turn lead into water but you can purify water. Get it?]
"Yeah, I do. So... is there anything I can use?" The young man asked
A stick then appears near him, he sighs and picks it up. Turning it into a sharpened wooden sword, not much for damage but it'll work.
He slashes the dummy a couple of times before stopping, he puts the wooden sword away into his inventory.
[Seems your getting the hang of it, now for your clones. Currently, you can only make two, which is enough to cause some mayhem. You need to train up your mana as it costs fifty per clone]
"Fifty per clone? Jeez that's expensive." He says
[It has to be for balancing, now make a clone]
The young man makes a clone beside him, it looks exactly like him. He then points at the dummy.
"Punch it a whole bunch." The young man commanded
The clone runs over and punches it a couple of times before stopping, it disappeared into smoke.
The young man nods as another menu appears.
[Now for Elemental Control, basically use any element that you can use and it'll make it. Currently, you can only use Fire, Water, Earth, Air]
The young man sighs annoyed at this, he's not limited but he still hates the small number of elements he can control.
He then creates a gun out of Wind, he aims it at the dummy and fires a couple of times before stopping.
[And finally, your Persona. It's who you are basically, it's what allows you to basically use powers unseen. Your Spirit is what allows it to use these powers. Meaning the more you use them, the more exhausted you'll be]
"Makes sense, so wait... what is my Persona?" He asks
[Your Persona is King Arthur, he is the Hero of Camelot]
The young man nods, he looks at the dummy as a card appears in his hand.
"Persona." He said
He then breaks the card, summoning a warrior king behind him. He is clad in silver armor with a red cloak around it, he has a gold crown on his head. He has a brown beard with his hair being like a lions mane. He is holding a silver sword with a gold hilt and a black grip, there is a cross for the pommel.
"King Arthur, Zio!" The young man yelled
King Arthur lifts his sword and a bolt of thunder strikes the dummy, burning it slightly. The Persona then disappears with the young man sighing soon after.
"Okay, so are we done with the tutorial?" The young man asked
"Yes... wake up." A voice says
The young man passes out, the world going black around him.
Small cliffhanger, I know, I've decided to leave it off here for some suspense.
Now I do have a plan, and you'll like that plan considering what I have thus far.
Plus, I'm going to do some many anime references here, it won't be funny.
At least I get to do this over in a real way, not like I did with some other reboots (some that won't be mentioned here for the sake of my sanity).
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.
