1 Fate/Ordinance
I awoke, half asleep, as I stumbled out of bed and quickly put on my clothes before swiftly heading outside as I realized I was late again, really, what a typical day in my life.
Having just graduated from university at the age of twenty-one one and moving to New York City from the capital I now find myself searching for employment, yet so far I've had no luck in this and sleeping in late is a habit I really should have left behind after graduating.
Moving towards the door I opened it and passed through whilst gazing out upon the skyline which I had by now become accustomed to…wait,
'…'
'…'
"That wasn't there yesterday"
Proclaiming this absentmindedly whilst staring at a single building that drew a stark silhouette Against the brisk morning sky with a single name emblazoned upon its wall before hurriedly shutting the door, my breathing now rugged and perturbed whilst attempting to convince myself that I must have seen otherwise, yes, it must have been my mistake. I thought as much whilst resting against the door of my apartment…wait,
'…'
'…'
"This isn't my apartment"
Proclaiming this absentmindedly as I stared at the room I found myself in, sparsely decorated, with
no memorabilia and only the bare necessities within its four walls.
"this can't be real"
Thinking back, last night I had returned back to my apartment and then, then… nothing. Furrowing my brows as I struggled to grasp the memories before realising that no matter what I can't remember anything after that point until now, it had just been another normal day like any other,
searching for a job in that concrete jungle outside my doors and then this happens?
Bracing myself, I slowly turn around and face the door which now seems so large in my vision and reach for the handle before pulling it open ever so slightly and staring outside at the building belonging to the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist Tony Stark from the Marvel universe.
Once again pushing the door shut and taking out my… the phone from the coat pocket and opening it to search the internet for relevant information, quickly images of a man who looks exactly the same as Robert Downey Jr. in a mechanical suit flying across the city, a shield bearing patriot and a hulking green monster among other individuals are plastered across the web with events from the cinematic universe of my world that I was fairly familiar with like the battle of New York city
seemingly being real events that occurred here
"this must be the world of the MCU but how did this happen, is this real even real?"
'I don't think, I want this'
Even if this is real, even if its reality, it's not mine, I don't belong here.
But…
Even if that's true,
I'm here and I'm alive, I don't know if I can return home and I don't know if I want too so while I'm here I suppose, if I'm allowed to this time, I will live my life the way I want too.
My shock quickly turning to excitement at being in a universe filled with superheroes before I realised,
"I think, I'm just as helpless here too though"
My brief excitement turning to resignation faster than you'd think, but in the silence of my mind I thought, just for a moment that I heard something or someone but the feeling quickly vanished like Leaves in the wind.
'if only I could be more than this, I don't know what id do or who I'd be but given the opportunity I want to be someone in other's eyes, a hero'
I'm aware of it, I know I'm hypocritical and flawed but still, my desires from childhood, if they could just be realised…
No
Even if this is another world, firstly I'll see what has changed compared to my original world and most importantly who I am…wait,
'…'
'…'
"do I still look the same as before?"
Stumbling into the bathroom I find myself in front of the mirror and staring at a face which is not my own, It was a fact that the one in front of me had hardly an outstanding feature on his face, but was one that aptly complimented his dark eyes and Black hair which seemingly fell into its own style upon his waking up, falling lazily on either side of his face, framing it.
"well, I'm not exactly dissatisfied with this, at least I seem to be taller now compared to yesterday"
With this much I moved towards the door whilst walking outside and shutting it closed behind myself before moving towards the stairs that led to the bottom floor, passing by a few individuals who greeted me with a curt nod which was briskly returned. Strangers until the very end.
Well at least this much has remained the same as before.
