40 Scary Truths
"I've got to say, why is making music such an idiotically hard thing to do? I had maxed out the songwriting skill, composing is included in in it, so why?" Jaemin almost smashed his piano to pieces after numerous tries of composing even a small piece of his own song. He was filled with so much anger, that he couldn't even continue right now.
He had finished his daily schedule of filming quite early today, so because of that, he was free for the rest of the it. Every actor had to have a bit of rest after all, even he had his limits.
Of course, he had a lot more endurance than the rest of the cast.
He was currently in Hong Kong, to film some scenes for The Thieves. The Moon Embracing the Sun couldn't continue filming some scenes that included him because of this, which is why he had to film more scenes before he went away to Hong Kong, and also when he previously went to Macau for the same purpose.
Aside from consuming a shit ton of alcohol to the point that he couldn't even walk straight anymore, music was the best way to spend free time for him.
It was really too bad that he was still seventeen right now, he wasn't of legal age yet. He had to wait two more years before it was time for him to drink.
Drinking wouldn't cause that much issues for him, he had the help of the System with his Health stat after all. Due to this, his tolerance would probably even be better than before.
That aside, performing music pieces on both the piano and guitar wasn't anything hard in his opinion, composing a piece he felt satisfied with though, was an entirely different matter.
He was currently about halfway, with the melody, let's not even get started about the lyrics yet, his brain would literally fry.
It was a very, depressing yet wonderful song. It didn't talk about love, or loss, or any other commonly used term. The best way to describe it would be, emptiness?
The great concept behind it though was the fact that anyone could feel different emotions when listening to it. They may be thinking about loss, grief, and a lot of other things. While some people probably wouldn't even feel depressed at all, they'd just feel amazed, or suprised.
Writing lyrics for this song would be very hard, since he'd want to stick with the concept he was currently going for.
Not a lot of people would decide to compose songs like this, it would prove to be almost impossible for them, since they wouldn't be as talented as Jaemin was. He was someone who had fully understood the art of composing, yet he still faced such difficulties.
Maybe it is that, even if he did max out a skill, it wouldn't mean that he could perform peak feats in that particular skill with ease, but only with effort?
It could be like this with the Martial Arts skill as well. He had maxed it out, so performing basic kicks and punches was nothing, but he hadn't tried to do a double backflip super kick or something. Which, in theory, should be possible for him.
"Maybe the System wasn't a 100% perfect after all", he thought
And also, why was he so incredibly mad after this? He wasn't a person that lost his temper easily, it was quite the opposite actually. Smashing his piano to bits wasn't going to solve shit, but he almost did right now.
"Just what is happening to me.....", he wondered
[ Ding! ]
[ Hidden issue discovered, explanation and solution will be required to prevent long-term damage! ]
[ Beginning to try and communicate with the host! ]
[ Host will lose conciousness during this process! ]
[ 1..... 2..... 3, Start! ]
"Wha..." Jaemin's head began resting on the piano, making it look like he had fallen asleep.
He felt nothing during this time, like he was really asleep.
It took about a minute for him to wake up, but little did he know, he didn't 'really' wake up.
He looked around for a bit, and he was in.... Space?!!!
How the fuck did he arrive in the middle of fucking space?! He tried standing up, which actually worked somehow, and glanced around some more.
He saw a ton of different stars, with a variety of colours, ones he had never seen before. It was very hard to describe, more of like a rainbow maybe?
Something hairy touched his ankle...
He looked down, and saw a very tall, and hilariously fat bunny.
"What the fuck...." Jaemin just realized that he was standing on something solid, in the middle of fucking space, with a fat bunny.
Okay, this was he most weirdest thing he had ever seen. Was he tripping or something? Did someone drug him?
He was awfully aware of his surroundings to be tripping on some poison or something, so he was really questioning what was happening to him right now,
He remembered that the System had tried to contact him, was it through this big bunny thing? Should he begin talking to it?
'No, no, no, Minjae, don't go that far....', he tried consoling himself.
Jaemin really thought he was crazy right now, he had never imagened he'd stand in space with a fat bunny. How come he hadn't already died because of the low temperatures, or the lack of oxygen?
"Yo, little human" The bunny began talking to him.
He froze, how the hell is a bunny supposed to talk!!!
Did a bunny even have big enough vocal cords for that? Probably not! And he shouldn't even have the intelligence to even try and begin to communicate with him.
A System and experiencing rebirth was weird enough, and now he had communicate with a talking animal?
Just what is going on?
He tried responding, doing nothing wasn't going to help.
"Uhm, hello?"
"Why do you sound so fucking annoying, talk louder."
Oh my god... A talking, fat bunny with a short temper as well?
"I am 'The System' I am handsome right?" The bunny did a few poses that he didn't even know bunnies could perform. The bunny looked very... Strange.
"Yes.... Very." He couldn't help but chuckle a bit.
Knowing that the bunny was somehow the System made him a lot more calmer, this confirmed that he wasn't crazy after all.
But still, he was very suprised at the fact that the System was actually... A bunny.
"I normally wouldn't contact you like this, but the universe has left me no other choice. Some problems have emerged after a while that even I hadn't noticed until now."
Jaemin didn't dare to not take this bunny seriously, so he began listening attentively to it.
"I will only explain this once, so don't ask any questions and just listen."
He nodded in response, but he had one more question to ask, "Sorry I have one more question, is that alright?"
The bunny responded by saying, "Ugh, hurry please."
"Where are we right now?", he asked
"In your mind, this is just an imaginary space." the bunny responded
'Uhmmm, alright....', he thought
"Alright, uuhhhh, where to start. Ah yeah, the universe stuff."
"So, the universe doesn't really accept what is going on right now, it is resisting against you and me since we are basically defying it's laws. In the past, a function of the System that I had created, which is called: Reconstructing Reality was to make up a little for that. I can only explain this much, if I wanted to tell you everything, it would take days, and you probably wouldn't even understand half of what I said"
Hmmmm, he remembered that function. It suprised him quite a bit back then.
"Apparently, it wasn't enough. It had begun to affect me, and you secretly. This is also why I am in this sorry state right now..." The bunny wiped an imaginary tear off of his face, making a sorry scene.
What a weird bunny.... He had never imagened that the almighty System that was capable of doing everything he knew of was actually.... This.
"You are also affected, remember when you suddenly got very angry just now, and in the past with that instructor?"
Wait a second....
He was right!
"Yes, clearly.", he responded
"Well, that was it. Since I am basically taking the full force for you, only the remnants of the attack of nature were the ones you received, and not the other ones. This is only possible because I am connected to you through the System, be thankful you brat."
He wanted to probe into it further, so he said, "So how is it affecting my emotions?"
"Remember this, so that you can understand I made the explanation short. The seven deadly sins that you humans always speak of, it is a result of Nature. Nature is the reason why these emotions exist. And as you know, Nature is a part of the Universe, so that is why the Universe can attack you through the seven deadly sins, or to better describe it, Wrath and Pride in your occassions."
Jaemin realised the bunny was right...
His pride was hurt when the instructor hit him, causing him to lose his control. And just now, with the piano, he was filled with anger for no reason at all, they were both a result of wrath. The Universe was trying to make him a slave for the Seven Deadly Sins...
He hadn't felt Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, Envy or Greed acting strange yet, luckily....
He should really be careful in the future then...
"I will make a function that warns you in advance of when one, or more of the Deadly Sins act up, that is all I can do for the time being." The bunny looked a bit helpless, it seemed it cared for him greatly.
"Shit, we don't have a lot of time left. Anything you want to ask? If so, do it now."
He had, it was only natural.
"Why was I reborn, and why do I have you, 'The System'?" He looked the bunny deep into his eyes, begging for an answer.
This had bothered him the most in this new life of his, why did he get reborn, and with a system at that?
"I can't tell everything, since I simply don't know everything. All I know, is that I am assigned to a soul with an extreme desire, one so extreme, that it could cause unknown troubles. The rest I won't tell, since you won't be able to understand."
It was his extreme desire to become a k-pop idol....
How ironic.
"And wh-" He tried asking another question, but got interrupted by the bunny
"There is no time left, bye!"
And before he could say anything else, he blacked out.
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The bunny looked at the place where Minjae just stood, and said, "I am sorry Minjae. If I had told you everything, you wouldn't have been able to handle it....." The bunny then completely disappeared into nothingness.
