Settling In The New World

Rio: "Ugh my head, Why is it always my head."

I slowly get up from what looks like a vaguely mattress-looking object.

'Oh, that's nasty. I can't even tell if this is a mattress or a bunch of soiled material made into a pile. I need to get up so I can stop touching this.'

Memories flood in.

'Okay, so I was an orphan in Hell's kitchen. At the age of 10, the orphanage tried to sell me to some gang. I ran away from the orphanage and have been living on the streets since. I found an old abandoned subway station to make my home. I also remember seeing Stark Industries in a newspaper once or twice. So I must be in Marvel but which one MCU, MCU/XMEN, Comics? Regardless I am not in immediate danger no one should know about this station. That being said I have a total of 2.47 dollars to my name so I need to secure food and money and renovate this place to be livable. Let's go to the library first and research where I am.'

I get up and go towards the tunnel I use to get to the surface. Once I get close to the surface I open my senses and try to sense anybody nearby. As I do this the System sends a message.

[Ding]

[Congrats Host On Successfully Crossing Over To The Marvel Universe. Most System Features Are Unlocked, Be Aware The System Cannot Place Any Large Objects For A Time While Inventory Is Being Sorted And Adapted To The New Rules Of Space.]

I stop before entering the surface.

'System what does that mean? Can I not deploy items from my inventory?'

[Ding]

[No, The Host Can Still Store And Redeploy Items From The Inventory, However, Objects Larger Than 5 Times The Host Cannot Be Deployed Until The System Reconfigures Spacial Laws To Not Alert All Beings Capable Of Detecting Spacial Disturbances.]

'Okay So I could Take out Droids Individually but I cannot deploy a Starship without being detected and likely killed. Can I still use the store and Gacha?'

[Ding]

[Yes The Host Can Still Buy Items From The Store And Use The Gacha. However, Any Items Over The Size Limit Bought Or Won Cannot Be Deployed And Will Stay In The Inventory.]

'Okay, How do I use the Gacha? And how do I get Store Points?'

[Ding]

[Host Can Buy Both Gacha Tokens And Store Points. Host Can Also Recieve Both Free Gacha Pulls And Free System Points In Quests And Gacha Rolls. The Conversion Ratio Of USD To Gacha Tokens is 10:1 And Store Points Are 10000:1. The Host Can Buy 10 Gacha Tokens A Month Each Gacha Token Is One Spin. Note Gacha Conversion Rates Change Each Month.]

'Got it so I need 100 USD if I want to buy out the Gacha Tokens for this month. Now I need to figure out what the date is as I apparently never cared about said info all I know is it has been 8 Winters since I ran away so I am probably 18ish.'

As I walk to the local library I get stopped by a mugger.

Mugger: "Hand over all your money and you won't get hurt!"

Rio: "You don't want to do this."

I use a Jedi mind trick and it seems to work as he relaxes a bit.

Mugger: "I don't want to do this."

Rio: "You feel sorry for troubling me."

Mugger: "I am sorry for troubling you."

Rio: "You want to pay me for my troubles, and go home and rethink your life decisions."

Mugger: "Here is some cash, sorry for bothering you, I need to go home and rethink my life."

He hands me 80 dollars in cash and walks away.

'I always wanted to do that, let's get going and see if anyone else tries to cause trouble.'

Turns out yes I was going to get stopped again. But I left that encounter 52 dollars richer so it was a win. I walk into the public library and look for a computer to do some research on.

'There we are let's see. Ok, so it is currently October 31st, 2005 so almost no time difference from when I left the last world. I need to buy the Gacha Tokens Today. I think Tony was kidnapped in 2008 and the Hulk happened a few years prior. Now is there an Xmen? Nope doesn't look like it, but there is a Wolverine as he is shown with the Howling Commandos. Therefore possible the X-Men could just be hidden but I doubt it as there is no Charles Xavier or any paper written by him.'

As I am researching I notice someone approaching. When I look it's just the librarian.

Librarian: "Have you found everything you need."

'I sense disgust and anger towards me, so she wants me to leave.'

Rio: "I am almost done I will be leaving within the hour."

Librarian: "I see, let me know if you need help."

'Such strong anger and even a bit of hatred perhaps, Stop thinking like a Sith that's not who you are.'

Rio: "I will do so if I need any help."

'Now back to what I was looking for ah yes, Wilson Fisk and Oscorp. Okay, both exist but no news of Spider-Man so likely doesn't exist yet. SHIELD has a public office in Washington DC so they exist. No Latveria and no F4. AIM and Hammer Industries exist. Many media companies don't exist yet so perhaps a money-making avenue? I can only find so much on the internet some will require more in-depth investigation. Overall fairly quiet at this point in the timeline. System use 100 dollars to buy 10 Gacha Tokens.'

[Ding]

[Done 10 Gacha Tokens Issued]

'Also use my 30 Stat point on Luck.'

[Ding]

[Done 30 points applied. Showing updated Status.]

[Status:

Name: Rio Magus Crepusculum

Age: 18 (Actual Age: 68)

Race: Alicorn

Title: Last Son Of The Crystal Imperium

Level: 5

0/500xp

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HP: 100 (Endurance x 10 )

SP: 100 (Endurance x Agility/2 )

MP: 1250 (Intelligence x 50)

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Strength: 5 (+50%) = 7.5

Perception: 15

Endurance: 10

Charisma: 5

Intelligence: 25

Agility: 20 (+50%) = 30

Luck: 40 (+50%) = 60

Stat Points: 0

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Showing Updated Skills:

Force Mastery lvl: 16/100

25/1600 xp

Decreases the needed energy to use all force abilities by 16%. XP is gained by using any amount of The Force. Higher levels allow the usage of high-tier force abilities. Grants the user force precognition and higher levels allow for further and more precise predictions and the ability to see glimpses of the future. Using the Force requires no special energy but will exhaust the user.

Mana Manipulation lvl: 9/75

5/900 xp

Ability to use mana to use spells and create new ones. Increases magic damage by 9% and reduces the cost of magic by 9% (max of 74%) This skill includes all spells and their mastery with only a few exceptions. Max lvl reduced to 75 due to Alicorn Race but will reward bonus when maxed out.

Damage Resistance lvl: 33/100

100/3300 xp

Ability to resist pain. Reduces pain by 33%. Reduces incoming Damage by 16.5% Will still allow user to feel when attacked.

Stealth lvl: 26/100

180/2600 xp

Ability to remain hidden when sneaking. Reduces the chance of being detected when sneaking by 26%. Increases the damage done while undetected by 52%. Obtained special technique at level 25 Muffled Movement: Your clothing and armor no longer make any noise when sneaking.

Weapons Proficiency lvl: 12/100

300/1200 xp

Users' ability to use all weapons. Increases damage when using weapons by 12%. Decreases the likelihood of weapon malfunctions by 12%.

Observe lvl: 17/100

100/1700

Observe allows the user to scan people or eventually objects to learn additional information that one could not immediately know otherwise. The higher the skill the more info that is revealed. When attempting to observe higher-level individuals one might fail unless one meets a perception check. Also, be warned no HP stat will be calculated for any being without a system and any stats or levels shown are not equivalent to threat level or ability to harm the host.]

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(Authors Note: I will only show skills that change so as to not bog down entire chapters with status.)

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'Neat a new perk for stealth I must have been training it in this body before my memories reawakened. I mean I do have memories of being great at sneaking around without being noticed. I think I have done all the research I want to do for now. I think I should go shopping with the just about 35 dollars I have. I should be able to buy a sleeping bag or maybe a cot but that would take all my money so I should stick with a sleeping bag or maybe just sleep in my astral realm. System can I enter my Astral realm without drawing attention?'

[Ding]

[Yes Host Can Enter And Exit The Astral Realm Without Being Detected As No One Can Perceive Said Realm.]

'Good then I am sleeping there tonight. Once I get my base more healthy and comfy I will get Riolu out of my inventory. I can't raise a Pokemon in squalor conditions or I would be a terrible trainer.'

I leave the library and start to walk back to my home or base whatever one would call it. It doesn't take long to get back as I wasn't stopped this time.

'Hmm, Happy Halloween to me I guess. I want to go redistribute some wealth so I can buy more Gacha Tokens tomorrow and roll 20 Gacha. It should be easy to gather more money to redecorate as there are plenty of criminals around.'

5 Hours later...

'Where's an Easy button when you need it as that was very easy. Everyone around here has a weak mind so all I need to do is mind trick them and they give me everything with no hassle. Let's see I got 911 dollars for 5 hours of work a bit ominous but that's 182 dollars an hour. Well, time to retire for the night.'

I will myself to enter the astral realm and when I open my eyes I see a field of teal and white stars. (See comments for Picture). I step onto what I can only assume is the ground in a place with no real up or down its hard to say. I start by imagining a bed made of clouds that I can lay down on. Then I imagine a fully stocked bathroom and a laundry room. I enter the bathroom to see if it is functional and it is. I then leave and put my clothing in the wash.'

'Perfect, Now I can clean myself as I smell like what I imagine a Bantha smells like. Now after this, I guess I should lay out a rough plan on where to go from here. I know I will need to get resources and allies. I must make sure to steal the Space Stone as I figure without that or the Time Stone Thanos becomes far more manageable. I mean the Soul and Mind Stone are basically useless against me and the Power Stone is out of my reach anyway. The only one that could be slightly problematic is the Reality Stone but I think I will be able to work around it or eventually become immune to it. In the short term, I need to make a company to make money and probably start hunting criminals to get some cash as I somehow doubt I will be able to sell all the gold I stole from the Twilight Universe without catching a lot of attention. The other materials are for R and D for any future products. Regardless I should retire for the night and draw Gacha tomorrow.'

I lay down on the bed of clouds and I have to admit this is the best bed I have ever felt.

'I can see why so many beings from gods to mortals use clouds as bedding if they can. I remember the quote "Ahh I see why you love these clouds so much very plush." I have to admit that is an understatement. Oh, here I go sleeping again.

And with that, Rio falls asleep but as he sleeps a wisp of black smoke leaves him and fuses with the astral realm, and the astral realm flickers black and then returns to normal as if nothing changed.

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Authors Note:

There you have it we have entered the MCU I just want to say there will be no massive amounts of Mutants in the story besides a few here and there as I think the MCU and X-Men Universes might be a bit too much for me to try and fit it in one book especially since it is my first book. Also, Gacha draws in the next chapter, leave any suggestions in the comments. I will be deciding what Rio gets with a random wheel generator with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions. In the meantime Ciao.