0.1 - Fractured memories

The smell of burning corpses, sounds of terror, the unbreathable air disappeared in a instant.

Sounds of waves crashing onto the shore, birds chirping away, rustling of cloth and leaves were heard.

A young man laid soundly asleep in a queen sized bed, before waking up in a rush. He heavily breath, hold his shirt where the lungs lie.

"..hah..hah.."

He breathed to catch his breath, his mind still in a spiral. He hesitated and looked with wary eyes, scaning the room he is in.

Wooden textures fitted for a beach cabin, see though curtains blowing in the wind from the opened large window. Dressers that match and a sitting arrangement in front of the bed.

The sound of a door opened as two people walked in.

"Good morning! Welcome to the Wonderstar Association!"

The woman in front greeted as she had a huge smile, she had a unique clothing style. It was between a modern style and futuristic. The young man couldn't describe it.

"Just... where exactly am i?"

He asked, being very suspicious towards the two who just sat beside the bed, more or less the woman. The man she was with stood behind her. He had a professional look with animal traits, quite like a fox.

"Wonderstar Association, a place where souls who got accepted through requirements to be placed under a system. You are now referred to as a "Host", and not the host of a talk show but a host who goes into a body of a being that has met with your systems requirements." The woman explained happily.

""Long story short, Host 903678, you are fully dead in your homeworld. Due to your death, your soul had binded itself with a system that is best suited for you."" The man spoke up. ""That system is called "Protagonist's Savior System", a system that has not been heard of."" He added.

"What..?" The young man was shocked.

"Your system will explain what it is and does, right now, we gotta bring you to your section and home." The women peeped up. "There are 6 sections; Destroy, Restore, Side, Resentment, Stream and Hidden. The last two was made 3 millennia ago."

The young man was about to speak before the other spoke.

""You belong in the Resentment section, if thats what your gonna ask. Resentment is the deepest part of your heart filled with one emotion that is locked before the death happens, and that resentment is brought up."" He explained before continuing. ""Majority of the hosts deal with one specific type but the rest deals with more than one, through, it is mainly negative feelings.""

The young man nods, still in disbelief. "How did i die? I can't seem to remember anything regarding myself... I can only see fragmented pieces of my life but not the full picture."

"Huh? That-" The woman was about to speak before her system cut her off.

""Vitals show as fine. Something must've hit on your head before death. I'll just scan and double check."" The man simply stated before the tablet in his hand went up, scanning the man on the bed.

"So, anything?" The woman grumbled.

""Hmm... Host 903678, Sylvain, has a prefect body regulation..."" The man responded before a small sound came from the tablet. ""Ah, indeed. Just before your death, you get hit in the head saving a young teen from a falling debri. So most of your memories have been fragmented during your transfer here.""

"Is there way to get them back?" He asked.

"You'd need to look for your lost soul shards, when a person's memories is missing those become shards of the lost soul. It is quite rare to have but thankfully you need to look for at least..." The woman explained, looking at the man.

""25 shards.""

Sylvain nodded, before getting up, he felt dizzy before it went away. The woman was holding onto his arm jusg so he didn't fall.

"Forgot to introduce myself, I'm Annabeth, this is my system, Vincent. I'm an expert class, Divine Power. Again, dont worry. Your system will explain it to you." Annabeth smiled as she began to drag him outside of the room. Vincent followed behind.

The next room was an open layout for a kitchen, dining and living rooms, with a chimney. They went past those and out the door. Being greeted by a strong wind, fresh scent of an ocean.

Sylvain looked over to the sun rasing up, a flash of purple for a few seconds and just a beautiful sunrise. He was surprised.

Sylvain entered a car in the back, Annabeth in the passenger and Vincent in the diver's. Vincent began to drive, as Sylvain saw other homes quite like the one he was in.

"This is one of the small beach side vacation homes. This specific area is for Novices like you who had just entered, in the past, hosts would've been spawned into a pure white space. Then that space developed to what you see now." Annabeth explained happily.

Sylvain nodded, what he remembers from his memories was him always appearing to help someone and sacrificing himself. But the less vivid memory is his death, he just barely remembers his world went into shit.

Human sized portals opened up, after sometime, those portals grew big and monsters came out. He can't remember anything else, though a young teen male's face appeared.

The screams of horror and terror from people and monsters were still piercing though his ears, it was unforgettable unlike his previous times. Those worlds were'nt his.

Sylvain soon saw 6 giant gateways past the city before him.

"The black is destroy, gold is restore, white is side, dark red is resentment, purple is stream and teal is hidden. They bring you to another world designated for the hosts sections." Annabeth mentioned, pointing to the gateways.

It took an hour or so to reach the gateway of resentment, they got out of the vehicle and into a train. Annabeth and Vincent scanned a card of sorts, while he just went though.

""This systematic approach is to ensure people to dont go on the wrong train. Each train goes to a different section. As you are a Novice, you get it for free, but the moment you become a mediocre rank, you gain an ID pass to get though."" Vincent explains as they went to the front of the train.

The train obviously had traincars matching the ranks, and since the two were experts, that got into the second traincar with Sylvain.

"There is no Novice section on here, so you can sit anywhere and the stuff is free for you." Annabeth mentioned as they sat in a seat.

The train began to move as they were the last people aboard.

It took 7 hours, just to get to the area Sylvain now lives in. Out on the country side, near a livily forest area, with a dark cottage vibes. This world, Radia, had a steampunk Sci-fi theme.

Everywhere they went, was steampunk. Even the house had the same vibe. A dark cottage yet steampunk Sci-fi.

"This is where you will live from now on, as you rank up, your home will too." Annabeth said her goodbyes before waving, Vincent bowed before following after her.

Sylvain stood there, looking at the woman and fox man who got into the texi left. He looked to his new home.

He sighed as he walked down the pathway and entered the home. Inside was a blank sheet, no furniture or anything regarding to home decor.

Execpt for a little aquarium placed just beside a door. It had a sea creature inside.

Sylvain decided to look around, the kitchen is separate from the dinning and living room. A fireplace in the living room. On the doors was a small bathroom, fitting a single sink, toilet and standing shower.

The other door brought him to a master bedroom, and that had it's own suite bathroom and closet. The bathroom fitted two sinks and counter space, a toilet on its own, a bathtub and a standing shower.

The bedroom itself had enough room for a kingsized bed, bed side tables, dresser, and a small sitting area.

He stretched before looking to the aquarium. A brown sea bunny was looking directly at him before disappearing. Reappearing beside him in a young female body, with the same animal traits it previously had.

""Hello, I am the Protagonist Savior System, PSS-903678. I am your system from now until you choose a rebirth cycle after completing the master class's enigmatic rank."" She greeted with a bow.

"Do you have an actual name like Vincent?" Sylvain asked.

""All hosts name their own system!"" The girl smiled.

Sylvain thought as he placed his hand to his mouth, the other under his elbow. He thought thoroughly of a name that matches her.

"Vivi, short for Vivienne." He calmly stated, proud of his decision.

""Entering name..."" She paused before smiling happily. ""Name has been entered!""

"So... what exactly do you do, and what are the ranks?" Sylvain asked.

""Ah, Vivi's programed to help the host "save" the protagonist of the world. By save, it can mean anything regarding to the resentment. Most bodies will not be in contact to the protagonist as such, you will have no choice but to get in contact to them. The protagonist varies from male or female."" She responded with ease.

"So basically... self sacrifice in different means to protect the protagonist against their enemy..?" He questionly confirmed.

""Yes! Although you are doing so, dont think dying is the best option. Not many would die in the place of the protagonist."" Vivi confirmed.

"Ranks?" He asked again.

""Ranks are divided into 6 class; Introductory, Advancement, Mastery, Expert, Executive and Genesis. Each class was 3 ranks while Mastery and Genesis has 4."" She explained as there was a screen that popped up from the air.

A white screen with dark red wording with Host Ranks at the very top. It only showed 3 of the 6 classes.

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{Introductory Class}

Novice «3»

Mediocre «100»

Proficient «9K»

{Advancement Class}

Impressive «10k»

Top-notch «100k»

Legendary «900k»

{Mastery Class}

Extraordinary «1M»

Ultimate «10M»

Unique «100M»

Enigmatic «900M»

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""Vivi can only show these three due to the fact host need to make a choice on rebirth after finishing your 900th million world."" Vivi mentioned.

"H-How long would this take?" He asked.

""Almost a millennia, after this was a regular situation. Almost 3 or 4 millennia give or take depending on how long it will take for getting a world."" Vivi responded.

"Huh?"

""The first 3 sections have a constant stream of worlds to complete, while the last 3 have a inconsistent of worlds. Resentment is hard to find, Stream requires views, Hidden is difficult to find."" Vivi confirmed.

"So it will take close to 3 to 4 millennia depending on the situation of the system, which is required to do certain functions?"

""Correct! Ours would be 2 millennia surprisingly, due to the fact their is hundreds of protagonist getting bumped off their roles or some sort of situation is making it difficult for them to move on."" Vivi smiles.

Sylvain nods, understanding his role. It was basically what he was doing when he suddenly appeared to a completely different world and helped someone achieve their goals.

""Host! You should say menu!"" Vivi suddenly said.

"Menu?" He was genuinely confused, before a familiar white screen popped up.

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⟨Main⟩

⟨System⟩

⟨Stats⟩

⟨Inventory⟩

⟨Store⟩

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""Then just say what option you want.""

"Main." He calmly stated as the screen switched.

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{Main}

Title: –Processing–

Name: Sylvain

Duration: 23

ED: Stellarius, Seraphis 16, 4724

Height: 8'5

Class: Introductory

Rank: Novice

SP: –Processing–

Skills: –Processing–

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Sylvain was about to say something before Vivi explained.

""Duration is age. ED is short for Existence Day which is Birthday. SP is short for system points, that is the currency here."" She happily stated. ""It is the 6th cycle, Stellarius. The current date is Seraphis the 16th in the year 4724.""

A second screen popped up showing the date and time.

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Year 4724, Stellarius

12 Month, Seraphis

16th day, 16:23:03

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""This is the Astral Calendar! It constants of 13 months and 28 days each.""

"Huh. That's cool. System." He stated as the calendar was removed and the first screen changed.

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{System}

Name: Vivi

Host: Sylvain

Type: PSS-903678, Protagonist's savior

Section: Resentment

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"Oh, its just you." Sylvain looked through, "Stats."

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{Stats}

Stars: 0/3

Luck: F-

Charm: F-

Intelligence: F-

Strength: F-

Agility: F-

Endurance: B-

Beauty: B-

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"Uhh..."

""F- is the poorest thing, but it'll approve depending on what you need it for. B- is a the lowest excellent."" She responded. ""Stats can grade up, Skills can level up. Just as they can star up.""

Sylvain nodded, remembering the gacha phases he had. "Inventory."

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{Inventory}

Awakening Package, Introductory Starter Item Package, Introductory Starter Skills Package, Introductory Starter Home Decor Package

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"Hmm, packages?"

""Uh huh! These are starting packages, as the name suggests, it's to help you get started! Just say open and the package name.""

"Open Awakening Package."

{Awakening Package}

>You have opened the awakening package<

>You have gained 30,000 points<

"Open Introductory Starter Item Package"

{Introductory Starter Item Package}

>You have opened the Introductory Starter Item Package<

>You have gained Novice Health pills x100<

>You have gained Novice Cleansing x100<

>You gave gained 3 Star Meal x10<

>You have gained Drink of choosing x10<

>You have gained Materials of choosing x100<

>You have gained Weapons of choosing x3<

>You have gained Indoor clothing set choice<

>You have gained Outdoor clothing set choice<

>You have gained Amour set choice<

>You have gained Empty Backpack<

Sylvain was shocked at the notifications, he was impressed by it all.

""Health pills get rid of injuries, Cleansing pills get rid of impurities, 7 items of food choices, a choice of drink, a choice in crafting materials, a choice in weapons, a choice in both indoor and outdoor clothing sets, a choice in amour, and an empty backpack." Vivi explained. ""Of course you can save the stuff you dont need.""

"Open Introductory Starter Skills Package"

{Introductory Starter Skills Package}

>>You have opened the Introductory Starter Skills Package<

>You have gained 4 skill choices<

>Please chose now<

A small screen appeared in front of him divided into Survival, Combat and Utility; only showing 10 choices each.

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{Survival Skills}

Foraging

Hunting

Shelter Building

Water Purification

Universal First Aid

Herbal Medicine

Healing Techniques

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Crisis Management

{Combat Skills}

Hand-to-Hand Combat

Weapon Mastery

Defensive Techniques

Offensive Techniques

Martial Arts

Strategic Planning and Tactics

Battlefield Awareness

Strength Training

Endurance Training

Situational Awareness

{Utility Skills}

Acting

Persuasion

Tool Making and Repair

Map Reading

Cartography

Star Navigation

Cooking

Food Preservation

Gardening

Tailoring

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"Damn, gotta pick 4 out of 30..." Sylvain began to think which is better. 'At least two from combat, 1 in survival and utility... I'll just go with my gut feeling.'

"Water Purification, Weapon Mastery, Situational Awareness, Cooking."

{Skills selected}

>You have selected Water Purification skill<

>You have selected Weapon Mastery<

>You have selected Situational Awareness<

>You have selected Cooking<

He nodded with his decision, all the other were good but he felt the need for these.

""Host can get more from the store, single skills cost 100sp each. Package skills cost 10k sp each, and special costs 80k to 800k sp."" Vivi responded.

"That's expensive..." Sylvain was dumbfounded. "Open Introductory Starter Home Decor Package."

{Introductory Starter Home Decor Package}

>You have opened the Introductory Starter Home Decor Package<

>You have gained Novice Furniture set<

>You have gained Novice Lightning<

>You have gained Novice Decorative Items x10<

>You have gained Novice Wall and Floor set<

"Nice, I can at least make this homely now!" Sylvain smiled widely.