What does it mean to write a story? 
What does it mean to hold a dream? 
What does it mean to run from the past? What does it mean to run off the path?

You may be confused why I ask those questions but pause for a moment and think of the answer. 

You see the correlation? 

It is all a form of hope. The hope of changing your regrets, the hope of a new world, the hope of a dream. 

Isn’t that what it mean to be an author?

[ Choice 1: Complete the King's Mandate (B-level reward) ]
[ Choice 2: End the Age of Bravehearts (B-level reward) ]
[ Choice 3: Leave the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower (No reward) ]
"Make your choice, youth!"
The familiar fiery voice resounded in his mind as the scene before his eyes had turned completely still. The Absolute Choice had appeared once again!
However, Shi Xiaobai did not behave like in the past by looking at the three lines of black text immediately. Instead, he attempted to converse with the fiery voice.
"Where is This King's A-level reward?"
Shi Xiaobai was feeling rather stumped. He had clearly completed the Absolute Choice, 'Push down the raging Ka Xiaozi', but he did not receive the corresponding A-level reward. Shi Xiaobai had guessed that it was possibly because he lost consciousness rather quickly back then, and the reward was given out when he lost consciousness. Therefore, he did not know what he had received.
Now, with the Absolute Choice having finally appeared, Shi Xiaobai naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to clarify his doubts. It was an A-level reward! Shi Xiaobai, who had enjoyed the sweetness of countless rewards from the Absolute Choice, was fatally attracted to A-level rewards.
However, when the Absolute Choice appeared, time was completely still. Shi Xiaobai was also unable to move. He could not open his mouth, and he could only repeat his questions in his mind, in an attempt to converse with the fiery voice. After all, he made his choices with his thoughts.
However, despite how much Shi Xiaobai inquired, the fiery voice only had a single response.
"Make your choice, youth!"
The constant tone and the constant volume seemed like it was a recording on replay in his mind.
Shi Xiaobai attempted to ask several times, but the Absolute Choice failed to give him any answer, so he could only helplessly give up.
Shi Xiaobai could only cast his gaze on the three lines of black text.
The first thing he did was cast his eyes at the bottom.
"There is no gentle reminder."
Shi Xiaobai sighed. This kind of Absolute Choice without a gentle reminder and with three choices was the one he felt the most aversion to.
After carefully reading the three choices, Shi Xiaobai's mood immediately turned worse.
The third choice was very clear. The completion difficulty was extremely simple. He just needed to leave the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower, but there was no reward to this choice, so Shi Xiaobai immediately eliminated it.
The remaining two choices were headache-inducing because they were too vague.
Complete the King 's Mandate ?
End the Age of Bravehearts?
What did th ey mean?
Shi Xiaobai was left scratching his head, but he knew that both choices each had their inherent meanings. The truth contained within them was currently a mystery, but it would eventually be revealed.
The last Absolute Choice of preventing Ka Xiaozi from raging as well as pushing down the raging Ka Xiaozi were likely similar to the two choices this time. However, these two choices were even more confusing. Shi Xiaobai was completely without clues at the moment.
However, he still needed to make a choice and he could only make a random choice based on his intuition!
Of course, Shi Xiaobai, who had little immunity against the word 'King', did not hesitate and chose the first choice—Complete the King's Mandate!
...
...
What was the King 's Mandate ?
To Shi Xiaobai, there were too many possible answers, so many that there was no way to even filter them. Therefore, he could only temporarily put it at the back of his mind.
Time began to run once again. Shi Xiaobai's original line of thought had been interrupted. He had suddenly lost interest despite having wanted to inquire about the fourth story of the Hero King.
Shi Xiaobai tried to probe the three and asked a question, "What do all of you think is required to end the Age of Bravehearts?"
This question sounded somewhat baffling, but they were presently in a world on the seventh level which was the Age of the Bravehearts and Infernal King. The Age of Bravehearts likely meant the era of this world.
Pulp Farmer and company, who had studied the seventh level ahead of time, probably knew a thing or two.
Although Shi Xiaobai did not choose the second choice, it was best to ask in the event he failed the first choice. It was definitely important to save for a rainy day.
Sure enough, Pulp Farmer and company were left dumbfounded for a moment, but they did not question Shi Xiaobai for his inquiry. Instead, they began to fall deep into thought.
Moments later, Liu Yu was the first to speak. "The era of the world on this level is called the 'Age of Bravehearts'. Just like how our human world is currently in the 'Age of Heroes', it's because heroes have become a main theme of the era. Therefore, as long as the main theme of the era is replaced, it will result in the change of an age. However, Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, you are asking about ending the Age of the Bravehearts. If it's just ending it and not replacing it, it means to gradually let the main theme of Bravehearts disappear. In other words, it can be accomplished as long as Bravehearts are no longer the main theme of this era!"
With Liu Yu saying this, Shi Xiaobai understood some of it but Feng Yuanlin was confused by it. He asked in a baffled manner, "What does it mean? Make Bravehearts no longer the main theme of the era? Does it mean to kill all Bravehearts? Or is it about finding a method to repeal the titles of Bravehearts?"
Liu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Feng Yuanlin, use your pig brain and ponder over it. Why was there an emergence of Bravehearts? What is the reason for Bravehearts to be born?"
Feng Yuanlin scratched his head and after a moment of thought, he said, "If I remember correctly, the title of Braveheart emerged for those who enter the Infernal domain to kill the Infernal King? But what has this got to do with ending the Age of Bravehearts?"
"Stupid!"
Liu Yu said in a speechless manner, "You can't even figure out such a simple thing? Since the Bravehearts emerge in order to kill the Infernal King, wouldn't the existence of the Bravehearts vanish if the Infernal King is killed? If This Penniless Priest isn't wrong, the Age of Bravehearts would come to an end if the Infernal King is dead!"
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his eyes lit up. Liu Yu's logic sounded extremely reasonable. Since Bravehearts were the main theme of the era, the world's age was termed the Age of the Bravehearts. Then, diluting this main theme was equivalent to ending the Age of Bravehearts!
And since Bravehearts existed to kill the Infernal King, the meaning behind the existence of the Bravehearts would vanish once the Infernal King died!
To sum it up... One could end the Age of Bravehearts by killing the Infernal King!
At that moment, Pulp Farmer suddenly spoke up, "It's probably not that simple. The end of an era needs a catalyst and time to pass. The death of the Infernal King should provide the catalyst to end the Age of Bravehearts, but it will need a lot of time to diminish the main theme of an era. That is still an open question. Ending the Age of Bravehearts is considered quite an impressive feat, and by being able to accomplish it, one should be able to gain the assessment program's approval, but the amount of time required probably far exceeds one's imagination."
Pulp Farmer and company believed that Shi Xiaobai had asked such a question in order to find another way to obtain the assessment program's approval.
And it had to be said that ending an era sounded rather cool and bombastic.


A world filled with heroes with superpowers. A world attacked by calamity fiends. A modern world filled with wonders and dangers.

Shi Xiaobai, a child from normal Earth, walked into such a world, proclaiming to be its king. But at the first signs of danger, he is forced to make a choice, one which he cannot refuse for time would repeat, making him face the choice again.

He is not humble nor is he modest, but neither is he delusional. Yet, the Absolute Choice seems to make fun of him. Will the joke be on him or will he laugh at his opponents? There will be many watching his escapades, and there will be some joining him in his adventures.

To see through the world and to grasp its truth, that is the destiny of the King.  

January 5, 2021
To the wind,
All this sitting around is making my ass sore.
I mean, I think that goes without saying, really, considering the fact that we've been here since we started on this trip. We're trying to reach the place as soon as possible.
It's funny, Jake seems worried about getting there as soon as possible. Is there something out here that we don't know about? Some sort of monster, maybe?
It's not unlikely, both me and May spent most of our time indoors, and I was the only one to step outside the building to raid the restaurant. That wasn't a long excursion either.
We have to trust him then, at least when it comes to what lies outside this car.
May's still keeping her distance from me, at least as far as she can stay when we're both in a car together. Still got no clue why. Hope one day I'll find out.
Not much else happened today. If something does, I'll write it down.
Joseph
-
January 6, 2021
To the wind,
Nothing interesting happens in a trip like this, huh?
Still, Jake seems to be even more worried. All that worry just ends up feeding my curiosity.
I want to know why he's afraid. What made him this way? Afraid of the outside world... or was it something else?
Maybe I'll ask him soon.
I just remembered, I was planning on contacting my friends online... and I just realised that I never got any of their social media accounts, and from what I remember, it was all weird names with nothing to do with their actual names.
Well, guess this is what I get for being so anti social.
Hope I get to see them again one day.
As for May, not a word outta her so far. She's still keeping her distance from me. I can't find a reason for it either.
Write again later,
Joseph
-
To the wind,
So, about May.
She's finally asked me for food.
Well, she's done it before, but just through her dad. Now she's talking directly to me.
Guess she's gotten over her fear of me?
What was she afraid of in the first place?
Anyway, she just talked to her dad for a bit and showed her book after which he said something and apparently that was enough to solve this.
I guess I'll never know the reason.
She still has her guard up, but I guess that's a good thing considering the current predicament of this world.
I imagine this world is total anarchy at this point, though Jake says that he believes that his leader's gotten somewhere with her idea of a city.
Sounds like a born leader, to me at least.
Maybe she'll have answers about what happened.
Can't wait to get there really.
Write again later... I can feel my legs atrophy.
Joseph
-
January 7, 2021
To the wind,
About the other guy, the one who's probably in my book, Mini J. He's been really quiet lately. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Still, it's been bugging me so I just wanted to put it out there.
In other news, we now have a gun.
I know, where the hell did I get a gun from in the apocalypse?
Well, there was a pile of clothes that looked like they belonged to a police officer. I saw them while we were taking a small break from the drive. Sorry to the policeman or woman who I got it from but I think that I'll need it more than you.
Sorry again.
Anyway, this time, May actually held a conversation with me.
Man, I forgot how much I missed having a full on conversation. So far, on this trip, it's just been, "morning," or "food please," or "water," or something like that.
Damn, we should be getting there soon right?
Later,
Joseph
- (AN: Another bit from Mini J)
Don't get your hopes up about getting there any time soon. They covered a lot of ground while beefcake over there was looking for his daughter. Might take the entire month to get there.
-
January 10, 2021
Good to hear from you again Mini J... not that happy to hear what you gotta say though. I mean, would it kill you to be a bit more positive?
On that note, can you even be killed to begin with?
So, we just stopped at a convenience store to restock our supplies. Can't go on a possibly cross country trip on an empty stomach, can we?
We got a couple extra bags to hold more food in too.
Lots of fruits and also some canned food along with a metric ton of water.
I swear, staying in a car for more than 24 at a stretch has really messed with my legs. They feel like jelly and I fell face first after getting out.
I even did those leg exercises I remembered seeing somewhere for long trips.
Anyway, now we're well stocked again, with an improved max capacity and a bit of stretching to keep our muscles from turning to mush.
One more thing. Jake's been agitated about us taking our time. It's like the thing is the sort of thing that's always following you then?
Maybe it's like the thing from the movie "It Follows"?
Like, that was a creature only you can see and follows you non stop with no regard for anything else from what I hear... never watched the movie myself.
But then that raises the question, how would being in a settlement protect from something like that?
Does this leader of his have a way to stop that?
Anyway, another day gone trying to catch up with a group we've never even heard of... hope this guy know where he's go.
Quia nunc vale,
Joseph
- (AN: And now, a segment from Mini J)
Really?
What's up with you and foreign languages?
Can it for a bit, will ya?
I mean, seriously, you don't even know all that much in terms of Latin. This is just one of the few phrases you know along with the little titbits you learned from the time you were interested in palaeontology.
Just say goodbye or something.
-
January 11, 2021
To the wind,
Alright man, what's up with you? It's my diary, you're just someone inside it.
(AN {As a WWE commentator} : What's this? Could it be? It's MINI J! *Theme music start*...
{He doesn't have a theme though... pick anything. As long as it kinda fits a book... now I try to figure out what I meant by that.}
WE THOUGHT THAT HE COULDN'T SHOW UP WHEN JOSEPH WAS USING THE BOOK! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THIS SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS?!
Anyway, here's Mini J)
I suggest you switch diaries then.
I can't stand another day of this BS.
(AN: Joseph)
Wait... hold on. What are you? How are you doing this? I mean, you're moving ink? Does it have iron filings in it that you can move around with magnetism? And the ink? Where does it come from? It there some in between the pages? Can-
(AN: Mini J)
Stop it. Now.
I just came here to discuss the terms of our cohabitation.
I live *inside* this book. I have no memory of anything before that and it's a pretty recent development too. Just came to when everything went to shit.
Anyway, all I'm trying to say is that you should stop writing shit I don't want to see.
Think of it as painting the wall with your life story.
I don't want to see that. Don't think that anyone does.
Any questions?
(AN: Joseph)
Ok... sure?
How will this be a diary if my life story isn't here?
(AN: Mini J)
...
Just go light on the details then, give them the summary.
(AN: Joseph)
But this is a summary. I'm leaving out a lot of details.
(AN: Mini J)
Why did I know that you wouldn't just go with it?
Just do as you wish, but if you listen to me, I'll help ya' out if you got any problems. But don't expect any divine intervention. Just a tip or two for a tough situation.
I'll take my leave now then.
(AN: Joseph)
Hey, does that mean you know something about what happened here on the new year?
1 hour of diary staring and no response. Guess he really did call it a day.
I guess I'll follow his example then,
Good night... or is it good morning? Nope, still good night.
Joseph
-
January 12, 2021
To the wind,
Well... the car broke down. Yeah, that sucks...
We're stuck to just walking all the way to the place. That or we need to find a new car that we can use. 
At the moment, we aren't too far from a city so we won't have the issue for too long. We might find a car there... maybe someone else as well. 
For now, we're gonna stay in the car. Tomorrow we get going and explore the place and see what we can find. That and try to find a car that we can use.
I guess I'm gonna call it a day here.
Joseph

This world feels like a husk right now, an empty world like this one. Most of humanity is now gone. Only a few of us remain. Funny thing is, this diary I started was just a fun thing I wanted to do. I probably wouldn't have even got past day 2 under normal circumstances. Now, this is a memoir to those that would otherwise be forgotten. 
Proof that they lived. 
Proof that I lived. 
Proof, because one day, I'll disappear too and no one will remember the boy in the corner, especially if I die by *their* hands.
This is my story and the story of the people lost to the sands of time after the world collapsed. This is a goodbye to people I can't remember.

"I'm not sure if I can give that cave to you.. I need to talk to the mayor first alright?.. But can you tell me why you are willing to mine minerals there even though your life might be shortened because of the monsters living there? E-Ehem! My name is Frank, Frank Oga.. Flora's Dad" The vice mayor smiled as he offer his hand for a hand shake

Peter accepted the hand shake as he speak, "My name is Peter Saiga!.. You know.. I am also a father.. I also have a daughter and she's in a bad shape! She might die today or tomorrow that's why I wanted to-"

"-Work in the cave immediately so I can earn a huge amount of money to save my daughter" 

Frank closed his eyes for a moment before saying, "Just like what I said earlier, I can't just let you sell the minerals in the cave just yet because I need to ask the mayor first but.. I will help you save your daughter"

-Present-

Xerxes stared at them blankly as he speak "Oh.. So that's why you guys are so happy, Anyways, Look at the time! Why did it take two hours for you to tell me that? You can just tell me that the mayor helped you! Ugh.. Anyways, I am going to bed"

Peter and his men, Including his son went back to the cave they were staying in. Then, Xerxes went to his room to rest but.. Nao and Wane are there too.

"What the hell are you guys doing here?" Xerxes spoke after noticing the two jn his room staring at him

Silence took over the place, And after a while, Nao decided to break the silence, "So.. What do you think is the best idea Xerxes? Many of us chose you to be the leader of our class for the upcoming festival! A bunch of them voted for a cafe.. there are some who wanted to have a horror cafe.. some choose jungle to be the theme-"

"-While some of them wanted a beach theme.. Mostly the boys."

"I don't know.. What do you think? To be honest I didn't like any of these.. It's too common"

Wane isn't part of their class so he decided to leave the two in that room, He went back to his own room since his class is already done choosing a theme.. 

"Yeah.. I also think a cafe is really common! I heard class six and class nine are also planning to have a cafe.. So what do you say?"  Nao asked him while frowning

After thinking for a while, Xerxes answered "What about creating a bunch if games that they can play? Of course they will pay then if they win.. They'll recieve a price! If you're going to ask me for more ideas then I'll say..Hhm.. Role play.. yeah role play" 

"Role play?"

"Of course it will be hard, We have to create a lot of stories.. We need to gather people to watch the role play for free.. We can just earn money by selling stuff they could eat while watching right? We are.. Thirty two in the class right? We will have to devide them into different groups.-"

"-The first group is the performers! They will be the one acting and performing the story we created.. We will decide those performers after we create the story. Now the second group is the staff! They will be the one to arrange and make everything ready for the performers.. -"

"-And they will be responsible for the special effects and the costumes.. The third group will be the one to make the people intrested on watching the role play.. What do you think?" 

-Tomorrow morning, Homeroom-

"So I will leave you guys for a while so that you can continue planning for the festival" So.. The teacher left them to make a plan

-Thirty minutes later-

"So that's the plan.. Does anyone didn't like the plan? You can go ahead and tell me..  " Xerxes said with his smirk on his face making the others scared to talk

"No? Nothing? So.. Do you guys have any questions? If you don't then let's talk about the story.. I also want to impress the teachers so I want to include fighting and magic in the role play.. Special effects and props..Oh by the way, The last group will be the one selling food and stuff to the people watching" Xerxes continued

Kian, Who said nothing as he listen to Xerxes finally decided to talk, "Do you think this is hard? I mean.. There are only thirty-two students in this classroom including you and me.. How can we devide ourselves into four groups?" 

"Then, The group that is responsible of bringing people to watch the role play will also be the one responsible for selling. So that they can sell food while promoting the role play.." Xerxes immediately answered Kian's question without even thinking.. And it's because he knew that there will be questions like that so he is.. prepared.

Kian didn't know what to say because Xerxes solved it without even wasting a second! He didn't show how amazed he is when Xerxes did that but.. He really thinks his idol is awesome. "Wait.. What about the people that will act? They can't memorize all the things they have to say! And we can't just perform one story for a whole day!" 

Kian questioned him once again but.. Just like what he did earlier, He answered it without blinking his eyes "Don't worry because I'm not planning to make you guys perform the same story again and again! We will create two main stories and there will be commercials.. or short stories that will attract people" 

"You didn't said something about their lines and script! How can they memorize it!?"  Kian asked once again when he didn't get an answer about the script

"Don't tell me you haven't heard about lip sync?" Xerxes asked him with his arm crossed.

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❤UPDATE: IMPORTANT: Please please note that the book may contain alot of errors. Reason being I am just writing the story off the top of my head for fun basically. Secondly, I am without an editor and sometimes I lack the time to read over a 100 times, especially when I want to keep giving you guys swift and on time chapters. Eventually, I will go through and correct the errors, when I am finished with college that is lol. I am stating this because I see shades and comments about grammars when I have already warned that the book contains a few grammatical errors, we are all human! So if petty errors annoy you, then don't read lol❤
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Hey Guys!!❤❤
Okay, so I am so grateful for your support on my novels 'Coming Of Age' and 'Devil's Trap'. Thank you all so much!!❤❤
This is my new novel. I am not really a great author with a mind blowing vocab but I hope my novel makes enough sense lol.
*Also, novel may contain a few errors from time to time but I will read over and edit as I go along until eventually all the errors go away, hopefully lol*

Please note that this novel contains the following:
° Language (Medium)
° Mature Sexual Content (High)
° Violence (Low)
° Maybe just a small tip of Abuse (not much) (Low)
The beginning of each chapter will begin with a main quote and a theme song.
You guys don't have to listen the theme songs if you don't really want to but it will make the Chapters more intriguing because it gives you a chance to understand what each character is like.
Also, please note, very important: If you are easily offended by certain characteristics or behaviors please don't read lol, The main character is not your typical nice guy but he isn't a bad guy either, please bare in mind that he has an issue call "Sociopathy" which also means APD (Anti-social Personality Disorder) it does not mean he is antisocial he is just unempathic and cannot relate to other's feelings and emotions. He is guarded and come off as selfish and uses people to get what he wants. He can't help it. However he is the life of the party and is very charming and conniving.
The main female lead is shy and reserve and they are the complete opposite, however their world's will collide and we will see what happens when it does.
Also, please do not be offended by the contents therein, it's just fiction, none of the characters are real and it is just all in my imagination, so don't take it too serious lol. The places mention inside the novel is also not real.
As usual, the first chapters are trials, if I notice you guys like it, base on your feedbacks and comments, I will certainly post more!!❤❤

❤Author of 'Coming of Age' and 'Devil's Trap'❤
This Book Is Copyrighted Hence No Plagarism Is Allowed.
College is that place where you meet people and find yourself, your strengths and your weaknesses.
But shy first-year Harmony Skye never knew she would meet up on someone as interesting and complex as Blaze Xander.
He is charming, adventurous, crazy and the life of the party. Everyone warns her to stay away from him, because he's 'heartless' and only does one thing: 'Use' girls.
But what if she can't stay away? Especially since he has set his eyes on her? Everyone knows, anything Blaze wants, Blaze gets.

WARNING: Book Contains Mature Sexual Content and Language, small amount of Violence and Abuse. Read at your own risk❤❤

A/N: The book may contain alot of errors. Reasons: I am just writing the story off the top of my head. Secondly I am without an editor and sometimes I lack the time to read over a hundred times. Eventually, I will go through and correct, when I am finished with college that is :-). So if errors annoy you, don't read, save yourself the stress! I won't know lol❤
Lots of love!!

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Hello everyone! No, I haven't abandoned this fic. I'm coming here to say that I didn't write anything because of some fanfic I was reading, I'll leave a list with their names below.

I'm here to tell you that I'm already writing, so you can wait because I'll release the chapters in the next few hours, tomorrow at the latest. It won't take long for Loseram and his gang to leave the current world, so I would like to start receiving some worlds as suggestions. I have ideas for some of them but I would like to read your suggestions.

For the fanfics that have taken all my time:

Gamer of the Void by a-shifty-sword: this is on the fanfiction site. Story set in the world of DXD, so you can expect a harem. It's being updated every week or two(?) as far as I've been paying attention. This story gets the Uncle Dedao's quality stamp.

Resident Evil: Legacy by Wraith002: also published on the Fanfiction site, I haven't finished reading it yet, it seems that the story is not complete yet but it is worth the time to read it. Believe me, this fanfic has the quality stamp of Uncle Dedao.

Optimistic Game: Revised by Mirlnir: Also on the Fanfiction site. The story is set in the world of the RWBY cartoon/anime. A good read in my opinion. It also gets a quality stamp from Uncle Dedao. It is also being updated, so you can expect new chapters in the future.

Gamer of Blades by Sangai-Havoc: Fanfiction site (like most that will be present in this list). The protagonist is already in his second world, the story begins in the world of Hotd and is currently in the world of Harry Potter. Slow updates but with great chapters. Another story that receives the quality stamp of Uncle Dedao (I only give you good things, believe me!).

Faust: The Horseman Gamer " by Forzarismo: Also published on Fanfiction. This story is set in the world of Akame ga Kill, an enjoyable read with a very gentleman protagonist. Slow updates but with long chapters. It has a little bit of comedy but it is a dark fanfiction (? I don't know if that is the right word). This one also gets the Uncle Dedao's quality stamp.

The Gamer, Chyoa edition: this fanfic is on the Chyoa site. I received this story from a discord group. It is an erotica story, so no children please. This story does not receive a quality stamp from Uncle Dedao, it is only in this list because it is an interactive story, so you can write in it without any problem. You know what? Forget this story, I am not recommending it to anyone (only if you are a horny young adult...)

Resident Evil: Stay Alive by XxEnigmaxX: published at Fanfiction. A fun story of two brothers in the world of Resident Evil. It is funny so I am recommending it to you. Does it get a seal of quality from Uncle Dedao? A little hard to say for several factors but it deserves to be read if you like the genre.

Monkey in the Multiverse by Monkey_Godking: published here on webnovel. A good story with a crazy protagonist who is accompanied by his wife. This story receive a quality stamp from Uncle Dedao just because it's not a Harem story. Hypocrite of a person who writes a harem story? Yes, I write a harem story but that doesn't mean I'm a big fan of the theme.

These are some of the stories that I am recommending to you. Now, I will start writing again.



Thrown into the void he found himself in despair, from despair came acceptance, from acceptance came love. Now i'm married and i need to get stronger to stay with my wife. Traveling through the anime world to kill enemies and get stronger.
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One or two chapters a week.
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English is not my first language. Please be patient with my grammatical errors.
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I claim no ownership or credit regarding the existence of pre-existing characters, contents, or the cover.

I came up with the idea for this story when I was fifteen. It was originally a parody of the power rangers. Hence the groups, the colors, rainbows, and of course, somehow, people losing to an enemy that seems quite easy, but they win anyway, LOL.
But as the years went on I changed into a giant metaphor for my own life and my own issues. Here are the themes I decided to use to explore things that bothered me.
Abuse
I went through some tough stuff as a kid. No one really believed me, because you can never let go of family. One day I told someone and they said, "Why would anyone tell you this? If it was an abusive boyfriend, would they say the same thing?"
No, they would not. At least, thats what I hoped.
As I got older I was confused about how people viewed abuse... about how men were never seen as victims. I have never heard of men's shelters where they can hide from their abusers, but there are plenty for women. This doesn't mean that women can't be victims. I just find it so strange.
I used Ace's relationship with Candice to show how an abuser in real life acts. They hunt you down, follow you, and say things like "You're nothing without me!" She, is the representation of every abuser, everywhere. She even chokes him one scene, one of the biggest statistical indicators that an abuser will kill their victim.
Candice shows all the signs of an abuser: Putting down someone mentally, escalating to physical violence, and then ultimately sexual violence. Then she pretends to feel remorse, and the cycle continues.
Just like in real life, no one said anything to Ace about his clearly abusive relationship because they all thought: He was a man, of course. He could just leave! Yet Candice had twisted his mind into thinking he never could. It warps Ace's mind so much, it pervades all parts of his life. For instance, when he meets Rikka White, and she invades his personal space, he doesn't push her away.
He's afraid what people will think if he defends himself a woman, even though she's in the wrong.
Candice constantly makes Ace believe he's over reacting. It's called gaslighting. Its so ingrained in her, that when there is a fire raging, a giant Eldritch monster is burning, and a god tears through it, she tells Ace "Stop Making Everything About You," while he throws up from disgust.
 
Candice makes Ace believe that he can never say no when someone wants to do something sexual. So he goes along with her, he goes along with Chad, and he goes along with Titus.
Like all victims, Ace can't leave. He comes up with all kinds of excuses. "She's having a hard time," or "I did something wrong." They go through around 3.5 thousand time loops, and each and every time he goes back. Until Ace asks for help, he never leaves her. Most victims, just like Ace go back to their abusers, because their minds have been forced to believe that there is no other way, and that is farthest from the truth.
Ace finally leaves Candice when he meets Ibis, and he learns about what a real loving relationship is. No one is hitting each other, or putting another down. Ibis worries about him, and she doesn't show affection when they're alone as a manipulation tactic.
I think maybe there are more male victims because of the perverse mentality of men always having to be strong. Which leads me to the second theme in my story.
Toxic Masculinity
Now, when I talk about toxic masculinity, I don't mean the dumb nonsense on tumblr. I mean, the kind of things that men do to themselves. Women do it too! Women put all kinds of strange beauty standards on themselves, judging others that don't fall in line.
Men however, are focused on strength.
It is proven from various social observation studies that people are more willing to accept someone's sexual orientation or gender identity if they conform to gender stereotypes. It doesn't matter that Casey is transgender, because he acts like a masculine man! Levi is paranoid that someone will think he's different and weak  if they know he's attaracted to Ace, even though he's six feet and four inches tall, and could probably kill someone with his bare hands. No one really cares that Ace is bisexual, but he's worried people will percieve him as weak, if he likes men, and equates that with being a girl.
Which is another entirely worrying thing in of itself.
Candice notices his complex about his height, and how he worries about being different because he's an immigrant, and she uses this to prey on him. Ace is so focused on proving that he's a real man ™ that he can't even notice what she's doing.
 
Gender and Racial Stereotypes
Shit, I had fun with this one. There are so many stereotypes I was tired of in media, I decided to mock them.
Candice mocks the stereotypes of oversexualized and angry black women, and Mary Sue mocks the stereotypes of a strong independent woman who doesn't need no man. Mary Jane, Mary Sue's daughter, is five feet tall, and is so strong she accidently breaks people's bones when she's happy to see them and gives them a giant hug.
None of the women in my story are physically weak.
Fenton mocks the stereotypes of Asian men. In so much media they're protrayed as side characters, or weak and effiminate. Yet he has his own personality, and isn't afraid to stand up to Levi, who at the begining of the story is twice his size. Fenton isn't feminine at all, and even if he was, it wouldn't matter. I was tired of seeing characters who's personality trait was HELLO, MY NAME IS BOB, AND I AM GAY!
I was also tired of how media protrays all women as a group of people that need to constantly be lifted up. It's wierd. In first world countries there is a lot of gender equality, so yes, in those areas I find it strange. I can understand in other countries with developing social issues it would be necessary, but in Western nations, I don't think that's the case.
More women go to college now than men. Women are now slowly outpacing men in several intellectual fields. Yet there are still t-shirts that say Girls Can Do Anything! Yes. They can. I think it's a little insulting that people keep making these. It's like telling them, "Well, you can't do anything, but this t-shirt will make you believe."
I wanted to create a fictional society where women were physically stronger than men. Women are more likely to have abilities than men. The Regal Empire is a matriarchial society, ruled by an Empress. I wanted to show that women can be just as evil as men. They aren't weak, or evil because they're women.
They're weak or evil because of their choices and personality.
 
Aeris manipulates her son. Candice abuses Ace. Mary Sue is seen as a hero, even though she's a walking Deus Ex Machina, and does nothing on her own! Everyone thinks Delilah is some kind of woman pushed down by Maximillian, but given the first chance she would kill him.
I also used this chance to put in a ton of gay characters. In the story the Neuman gland, which gives them their abilities, pushes up against the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland controls seconday sex hormones, and some think it even effects sexuality. So I used this to explain why so many astrals are gay, LOL.
Originally, the only gay character in the story was going to be Fenton. When I wrote the characters about a decade ago(and forgot about it, lmao), a friend of mine was upset that I turned Fenton, then currently their favorite character, gay. I asked him how it affected his personality? He was still hard working, nosy, and willing to tell his best friend the truth whenever he did something wrong.
He couldn't answer, but continued to make insults about the gays, and how they can destroy the world.
So then I made gays that could literally destroy the world.
The tears of homophobes give me strength. I've seen what they cheer, and I am glad to bask in their hatred. I will dance as they scream about the children, and then I will proceed to sing over their angry shouts as they talk about Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve.
 
I also wanted to show that someone can be an asshole and be gay. Why the heck is every gay and transgender person on TV nice? Levi is super gay, and still an asshole. He's a bully, he's priveliged, and he looks scary. He knows it. Levi uses intimidation to get what he wants, he taunts and threatens others, but that doesn't mean he's an asshole because he's gay.
He's an asshole because he's an asshole.
Sara Slater is transgender, and she's irresponsible because she makes bad decisions, not because she's transgender.
I was also tired of all gay people being protrayed as having purple hair, being loud and obnoxious. Some of the most boring people I know are gay, lol.
 
Family and Men, and Feelings
One thing I noticed as a kid, was when I was with my father, people would assume he was babysitting me. It was wierd. When I got older, people asked if I was his younger sibling. Granted, I'm an inch taller than my father, but still. It was like people totally refused to believe a man would want to spend time with his kid.
So I wanted to make a world where that wasn't the case.
Tyreceus sacrifices a lot for Ace. He loves him, and lies to him to protect him, as a lot of parents do. He's judged harsher by others because he's a man, as the scene where they arrive at Earth shows. The old woman thinks he's a negligent parent.
Tyreceus complains that Ace doesn't come to visit enough, because he genuinely wants to see him more often, and spoils him so much that when he dies, Ace doesn't know how to take care of himself.
I also wanted to showcase men having feelings. Why can't guys cry if they're sad, or angry or hurt? It's normal, but so many people think guys can't do that. Everyone cries in my story. Men, women, everyone. It's a natural human emotion, especially when faced with trauma.
Over the years, the aspect of men and their kids has gotten a lot better since I wrote this story ten years ago, but its still not where it should be in my opinion.
 
Anime and Manga Stereotypes
Tetsuya turns into a catboy. Johnny gets big like a kaiju. Harmonia is LITERALLY A MAGICAL GIRL! Her power is love and she has a magic wand! She even dresses as Sailor Moon for Halloween! Everyone acts innapropirate in mangas during serious situations, but when protrayed in a book, it just makes them look like assholes. Making fun of anime and manga is great :D
 
Overall Theme: You Decide Who You Are
The overall themes for the volumes will be about how someone can decide who they are. A lot of people believe because of their status, lack of money, or how they look they can't decide who they are. I believed that for a while too. As I got older, I understood that I could decide who I am within the things I could control.
Tyreceus wanted to become a man who could protect his son, and didn't want his family's crimes to define him. He does! On the opposite side of this, Levi lets his family define who he is, by letting his father choose who he dates, hiding his sexuality, and copying aggressive actions his father does.
Throughout the volumes, the characters get older and try to decide what kind of person they are, outside of their family. It was part of what influenced the story's recurring themes about blood.
 
"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." Originally means that the bond between soldiers is stronger than family ties, but was turned into "Blood is thicker than water." People can create their own bonds, and they're special because it's a choice. People feel compelled to be with family because.... well... it's familly!
So I wondered, if blood was truly more powerful, if your birth and genes defined everything, even on a cosmic level, could people be able to define themselves outside of familial relationships?
So I wrote this story.

200 years in the future Earth is inhabited by aliens. After being colonized by the Regal Empire and gaining independence, Earth now has hybrids called astrals.
They have a range of abilities, from boring, useful, silly and reality-bending. Ace has the most common ability of them all: teleportation.
Ace tries his hardest, but his hardest is never enough, and is always worried he isn't as strong as everyone else, trying to prove he's a hero and a man.
One day he finds a magic watch. A watch that hates him.
His dreams of becoming a hero will finally come true. Sadly he is too focused on winning and never learns.

This is a story about horrible people. Ace happens to be one of the least horrible of them all.

This is a story about stupid people. Ace also happens to be one of the stupidest of them all.

There's a worldbuilding book: https://www.webnovel.com/book/galactic-myth-magic-and-more_20628599405143305

DISCLAIMER 

This chapter will talk about sucide, scary things and bad language if you or anyone you know is going through depression please do not read this chapter and talk to someone about your depression or suicidal thoughts also all Charaters belong to Jordan Underneath himself i am not stealing his content or characters it is just a story so please do not take this story, this fanfitcion or what I say about it too personally or too seriously Thank you. 
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Jordan was playing "I'm scared" and he was trying to open a treasure chest but he needed a heart in order to open it, a skeleton with black right side hair just like his said "i have a heart, do you want it?" "Ew, no" Jordan replied and then Skele-Jordan threw his heart at Jordan's face and laughed.

"So, who remembers "I'm scared?" Jordan asked to his audience of followers, the video was silent for a moment then Jordan explained a bit more of what "I'm scared" was "You know, I'm scared? That sort little hour long indie horror game from 2012 with the cute pixlated art style. That makes creepy files on your computer while your playing it and terrorises you with a creature named "White face." Suddenly Jordan remembered a moment when he confronted White face "You know what, White face? You're not scary!" White faces face started to glich out as the sound he made was ear crippling "Oh god!" Jordan exclaimed. 

Soon enough White face grew at a huge rate "OMG he's Godzella!" Jordan said and he did his Godzella impression afterwards "so it turns out "I'm scared" was actually remade, it was re-realised on Steam in early 2016 and it's a much longer game now." "With more rooms, more puzzles, more story and more spooky pixlated things to chase you down hallways." "By breaking your ear drums with stupid loud noises." High pitched noised started coming from the dark hallway in "I'm scared" "warning: p-please don't play this game if your ears are very sensitive or if you don't want to loose the ability to hear." 
"Actually if there is something that i didnt like about the original "I'm scared" it was definitely the presence of loud, noisy, and earshaddering sound effects." "I'm not a fan of jumpscares generally, especially not the kinds that blair out high pitched audio chiming in unexpectedly after a total empty sclience."

"I mean that's NOT SCARY! That's just fucking annoying and sadly "I'm scared" does have that, it has a little bit of it but not a whole lot of it."

"Aside from a couple jumpscares, the original "I'm scared" was originally a really cool game, made by the developer, "(italian name of gaming company here)" in 2012, "I'm scared" was a big title in the industry a few years back, pretty much known as the game that popularized "pixel horror" and it made it kinda a thing for their to be these horror games with simple basic pixel art graphics and it used them to it's advantage "I'm scared" proved that any game could be scary with the right design, the right mood, and the right touch of sound, sights and eerie little dark ideas" "Basically the game took place in a house and it starts out in a bed which has a bloody wardrobe in it and a locked door with the word "EXIT" in all caps if you try to open the door, the game would say "i need a heart, in order to open it".

Skele-Jordan said "I have a heart, do you want it?" As he yanked out his bloody heart smiling mischievously, Jordan looked at him with utter disgust "Ew, no" he said but it was too late because Skele-Jordan threw his heart at Jordan's face, Jordan closed his eyes tightly as the heart bumped into his face and fell to the ground all the while, Skele-Jordan laughed a little. 

After this, the game would get you, creating files and opening up files without your permission then next time you open the game something totally different will be happening, you would be chased by whiteface through a parking or you'd be exploring in different houses with many rooms and white face will be watching you. 

         ALWAYS WATCHING YOU 

Like I said, the original game wasn't very long it was only ten minutes to an hour but if there's something that i really like about it, it was pretty damn uncomfortable to play, for how silly and how short it was i remember being surprised by just how suspenseful the game managed to feel.

Mostly thanks to the weird, unpredictable disgusting sound design. Skele-Jordan heard some of the sounds from the game and said "i think it sounds nice.." Jordan replied "I think you need to get out of my video, because I don't want you in my video." Skele-Jordan said "I want you in MY video~." Jordan said "get out" while Skele-Jordan said overdramaticly "OOHH! GET OUT is that what i should do? GET OUT?! Alright then, I'll get out see you later, Jordan." Jordan just looked on with a face so unamused and tired of the skeletons shit as Skele-Jordan said "oh wait i don't know the way out, and you don't know the way out ethier~" Jordan just stopped looking at him and pushed his hair back with his hand "BUT AT LEAST I HAVE A FUCKING HEART!!" Skele-Jordan screamed.

"Now when i first heard that "I'm scared was getting remade honestly i didn't like the idea i thought the original "I'm scared" was pretty much perfect the way it was, it was a free game you can share with anyone, it was creepy and effective and in my opinion, it was just as long as it ever needed to be." "If (insert Italian name) was really going to expand on the game and make it longer, change the ending and everything and add things to it then i was pretty sure that he was gonna ruin it or edleast ruin the charm of it, ya know? But you know what?" Jordan said 

"After playing it, not only do i think the "I'm scared" remake is better but i can't even picture playing the original anymore."

"So the remake starts out with this title screen which at first i didn't like because well "I'm scared" was creepy here without a title screen but hey, i do like the new weird theme song."

Skele-Jordan looks upwards into space as the creepy weird theme song plays in the background. 

"After the title screen the game pretty much starts out as before, you actually don't see any of the new content until you reach the end of the original story so it's more like an expansion pack then a remake and with the end of the original, you come across a long black room with a whole lot of empty space inside, and at the end of the room you suddenly find a chair, a noose hanging from the ceiling and white face himself, floating in the air and looking very happy to see you." Jordan said 

"Then you kill yourself and that's it, that's how the original game ends you literally in game just kill yourself. See i always assume this game was just about some demented person running around there house and then hanging themselves after going mad from depression or something or maybe white face IS depression i mean every time you end up going outdoors in this game you end up back inside the house, just walking around in the basement and it's very psychological and weird but now in the new game, that room is just the beginning." Jordan said 

WARNING THERE WILL BE SPOILERS 

"After killing yourself, you really start to end up in surprising new locations like an abandoned grocery store, a subway, garden maze and even a dark machine room with pipes, hands and moving walkways tearing up into black nothingness. You also encounter new identities aside from white face like a puppet face monkey, a hourglass body-looking woman that follows you and the woman seems to be everywhere in the game actually." Jordan said 

"There are photos of her on the wall, she chases you around all over the place and you even come across her grave stone at one point what does it mean? I don't know maybe you killed your wife and buried her in the backyard and that's why you're going crazy, you monster." Jordan said 

"One thing that I really adore about "I'm scared" besides that it's a completely new game, it still keeps the tone of the original alive and kicking every second, despite of all the new areas to explore you still always end up back in your house as if you never left and never will leave also every time the game shuts down on you or does something odd you still feel the need to check your desktop to see if white face has left you any new text documents or other random files, the game still messes with your head a lot trying to trick you and deceive you in any situation it possibly can." Jordan said 

"There a ton of cool new puzzles that'll make you think outside the box or outside the game itself most of the time like in one puzzle the game left me a text app that i had to conceive the vault in order to figure out where where to go, in another puzzle i literally remember having to alter something on computer settings just to get passed it, it's a little annoying and a little gemicy I'll admit but it still a neat idea when it comes to the concept of meta horror, certainly not what you see every day also while the game still will have a certain jumpscares it also has a ton of new creepy moments that are legitimately unsettling like the hallway of paintings." Jordan said 

"First when you walk down this hallway you see black paintings but when you go into the hallway a second time, you see this "mmaaahh! Scary painting ladies! That live in paintings.. please don't take me to your painting world, ladies i don't want to live there with you.." Jordan said as he asked the women in the painting not to take him." Jordan said 

"And the suspense, the suspense when nothing happens! Why is nothing happening?!" Jordan asked sarcastically 

"What is this, what is this? What am i looking at? And why is NOTHING HAPPENING?!??!! I'm scared! That's the name of the game, play it it's worth the four dollars you should play and play it all the way to the end so you can reach the achievement of "secret ending" Thank you and good night." Jordan said 

Skele-jordan said playfully "I'm Jordan and I review video games on YouTube for a living mmhaha!"

Famous YouTuber, Jordan Underneath has been reviewing horror video games on Youtube but little does he know that he will soon release a plethora of secrets hidden deep within his own emotions.

The Wilds she defeated earlier, Katrin noted, remained still as she dashed past them. The Wilds that came by whom she hadn't met before, however, were a different matter.
     "Scrap!" Katrin panted, running as hard and as fast as she could, zigzagging to avoid a Fin Lizard's firebolts. "Scrap, scrap, scrap…"
     The Fin Lizard watched her go, seemed to laugh at her, with its forked tongue wagging at her back, and went on its merry way.
     Katrin arrived at J-Knight Desert Outpost panting and exhausted. Recently relocated exactly at the fork in the road between the plains and desert paths, it was all but emptied except for two familiar faces.
     "Hi, Katrin…" Maggie said, looking just as tired as Katrin felt. "How come you're arriving from that side? Everyone else is fighting Frenzieds over at the east."
     "I'm on an Investigation. I need to get to Forest Village." Katrin gasped, leaning back in the rest area under a big, open tent in the center of the outpost. 
     "Don't take that road." Maggie advised. "Take the long way around. It's safer."
     "You think?" Katrin shot at her, looking at Mika, the last Comrade she had left standing. 
     "Your other Comrades died, didn't they?" Maggie sighed. "You better stay here until they recover, Katrin, then call them to meet you. As you are, you wouldn't even make it back to Hot Springs Village."
     Maggie, Katrin realized, was absolutely right. She was usually too pessimistic for Katrin to agree with most of the time, but in this case, there was no doubt that Katrin would die before reaching her home base.
     "Katrin…?" the other person at the outpost was Aoi, who had been Chief Breeder at Riverside Comrade Home before Riverside Town was destroyed. Now she, too, had joined the J-Knights, like many other survivors of the Green Men attack. "Are you all right? Where are all your Comrades?"
     "It's a long story." Katrin sighed, leaning back. "The short of it is, they died their way back to Home Base because I tried to fight a Wild at the edge of the Forest of Legends."
     "That's suicide." Aoi said. "Even I have trouble with just one of those."
     Aoi was a Purple Badge, like all the Breeders in the Comrade Homes that Katrin had ever seen. Katrin glanced at her Blue Badge, a whole rank lower, and figured, {I'm lucky to have gotten away alive.}
     "I thought you were taking up farming." Aoi added. "That's why you haven't been helping us with the Frenzieds."
     "I…" Katrin trailed off. "Well…"
     "Don't get me wrong; farming is good." Aoi said. "I'm not saying you should come join the battle, because in a short while, this entire region is going to need food desperately. What you're doing is dreadfully important. But you've been bonding Comrades suited for farming. They're not too useful for combat, especially in places like the Forest of Legends. Your theme is one of the last I'd pick for a Traveler."
     "I know…" Katrin sighed. "But…"
     "Kat, you need to choose." Aoi told her firmly. "If you want to farm, and only farm, then a mix of all sorts just to keep a farm running is the thing for you. But if you want to do investigations and to go through dangerous places, if you want to be useful as a Detective Knight, you're going to need to make up your mind."
     "What do you mean?" Katrin stared. "I was doing fine as a Resident Knight!"
     "That's because most of your work had to do with reporting incidents and helping out with the smaller annoyances here and there. You never had to go far from your Home Base or deal with anything too dangerous." Aoi said. "I've only just joined the J-Knights, but even I understand the difference."
     "In short, Katrin, if you want to be a Detective Knight, you'll need to give up farming." Maggie told her.
     {Give up farming…?} Katrin quailed at the thought. {From the first night we joined Dreamworlds, I began farming with Edward. Easy jobs on the farm was our first source of income as Travelers. Edward offered me and my Comrades place to stay. I just kept going…}
     She remembered now. Colin had declined from the start.
     {"You can stay, Katrin. But as for me… I am a Traveler."}
     Colin had understood it from the very first night. He'd bonded a Lynxmouse to help him find food and scavenge, something a Traveler would find useful. Most Farmers tried their best to get rid of Lynxmice.
     Mika peered up at Katrin with soulful eyes. That Lynxmice Colin bonded was Meek, Mika's mother. If Colin hadn't bonded her, or brought her to Satrox, Mika and all his siblings wouldn't even exist right now.
     {And as a farmer, I should be getting rid of him and his mom.} Katrin realized. {The bears Colin gave me would be less useful as well. The most they can do is serve as guards while they eat a whole lot. And what's a Desert Wolf like Junrei going to do on a farm? He's okay at digging, but I've got moles for that, and they dig a whole lot better.}
     {What have I been doing…?}
     {Colin…}
     He'd known it from the very beginning. Everything he'd done, he'd done with the Journey in mind. Even while she was busy planning next week's crops, he was seeking for answers, trying to find out what the Journey was for, and what the Journey's End was about. He sought his purpose on this world and found it. 
     "But he's become a Forester. How does THAT figure into reaching the Journey's End?" Katrin asked out loud.
     "Huh?" Maggie blinked. "What are you talking about?"
     "Katrin?" Aoi asked. "Were you listening?"
     "Uh… sorry." Katrin said. "I was thinking about… Colin."
     "You mean the issue with the Purple Heart transfer?" Maggie shook her head. "I didn't know Foresters had that kind of power."
     "What are you talking about?" Katrin asked.
     "You didn't know? It was an official J-Knight notice! Every base and settlement should have got it by now." Maggie said. "Colin's moved the Purple Heart from the Dark Forest to the Spike-back den at Lost Paradise."
     "He's moved what …?" Katrin blinked.
     "That thing you need to touch to reach Purple Badge." Maggie wagged her finger at Katrin. "He's moved it out of the Forest."
     {To reach Purple…?!} "Wait… if he's moved it… then he's definitely…"
     Colin was definitely Purple Badge now. If a Forester could command the Forest Wilds, then reaching it should be no problem at all.
     {Was that his plan from the start?!}
     {He's gone ahead of me… so far ahead of me… he's totally left me behind…}
     Katrin screamed her frustration at the ceiling of the tent.
     "COLIN!!"
***
     Katrin stared at the floor of the Desert Outpost for what felt like an hour. She sat, and she thought, and she didn't move an inch.
     At last, she raised her head and glanced at her watch. She called all her Comrades to her, then looked around a while.
     Maggie was gone, probably off to fight the Frenzieds some more, and Aoi had returned to that circular tent. It was like a mini Comrade Home, Katrin remembered. After joining the J-Knights, Aoi had kept her ways and became a Breeder Knight. Her job was similar to being a Comrade Home Breeder, except that her breedings were much more specialized and she did a lot more traveling.
     She looked up when Katrin approached her. "Have you decided?"
     "How do you choose?" Katrin asked at last. "I mean, you said it yourself. This region's going to need food…"
     "You can't choose like that." Aoi said. "Kat, forget what this region needs. There are other farmers, other ways to deal with such. Focus on yourself. What do you want to do?"
     "I…" Katrin paused. "I just wanted to have fun. Play with my friends. Enjoy my dreams."
     "And what is fun? Where are your friends?"
     Katrin sighed. "On the Lamico Continent."
     At least, those were the ones that she knew where to find. She had other friends too… but not on this Dreamworld.
     "And what is fun?" Aoi repeated.
     "Farming had been fun, at first. Just feeding my Comrades had been great fun, the first night. But at this point… nothing seemed fun any more. Everything's so…" Katrin trailed off. "Frustrating."
     Aoi laughed softly. "Then I think it's time you changed what you're doing, don't you?"
     "What do I do with my farming Comrades?" Katrin asked, with a groan.
     "Transfer them to Edward." Aoi advised. "I've got a couple of Comrades here you might want to bond. I was aiming for a very specific set of breeding, and these are two of the early parents for the second generation guys I want. I didn't want to let them go, but they seem restless for travel. First, however, I need to know your theme."
     "My theme…" Katrin thought of that. "You mean my Comrades should all be of a certain kind so they get along better, right?"
     "Right."
     Katrin thought about it. "If I transfer my farm-types to Edward, I'll be left with two bears, a wolf, a cat, a dinosaur, and two lynxmice. I can't find any theme in them."
     "Well, you can try for bears and wolves… they're sort of related and share a lot of common traits. Or you can go for cats, since your lynxmice are half-cat, in theory. You can even do away with the whole lot and start a new theme."
     "Colin gave me these Comrades." Katrin remembered. "How can I give them away?"
     Aoi paused. "All of them?"
     "What do you mean?" Katrin blinked.
     "Colin gave you all those Comrades?" Aoi pressed.
     "Well, Mika was a newborn Tame when Colin gave me his mom, but yeah."
     Aoi thought about that. "You know… that can be a theme in itself. It's remarkably specific."
     "But it's also going to limit me to getting Comrades from one person." Katrin pointed out. 
     "True. And Habitats is still an issue." Aoi said. "Katrin, if you want a strong theme, you're going to have to make sacrifices. Other than giving away Comrades that don't fit your theme, that's the only way I can think of."
     "And I'll need to wait four nights for them to recover." Katrin muttered.
     "He doesn't have to Transfer them to you, he just has to give you Tames and let you bond them."
Katrin thought, {this sounds like a good excuse to stay close to him all the time…} But it still irritated her. {I don't want to be dependent on him for everything!}
     Aoi wasn't done yet, though. "I can just imagine the two of you walking into a Comrade Home together, and he'll have to buy all the Comrades you want for yourself. It'll be like shopping with your boyfriend."
     Katrin's eyes went wide. Very wide.

In Dreamworlds, a telepathic network where billions of dreamers share their dreams, a freak accident steals a boy away from his family for several hours. 13 year old Colin awakes with no memory of those hours, but in Dreamworlds, the scars he still bears prove that something had happened.

His father brings him and a select group of friends to a new Dreamworld the very next night - the one Dreamworld in all the Network that allowed children to roam free, obtain a sort of power, and face the responsibilities involved. A Dreamworld where children Travel with and care for animal Comrades, a Dreamworld meant for children to grow and mature without parents looking over their shoulders all the time.

There Colin explores friendship like he never had before... and finds that it could be the only thing he could count on to protect him.

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