Disbelief Of Their Own Making

Key:

"Talking"

'Thinking'

[system]

[𝙿𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐]

-={𝓖𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓹 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓸𝓼}=-

[𝙾𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚔?] Pixel piped up before I could tap the Chat icon, "Yes?" I answered.

[𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝙸'𝚖 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝙷𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕.] She said nonchalantly.

I swear I could hear a record scratch. "You're married?!" I shouted, I didn't even know things like that could happen.

But Dave (The janitor I named because he didn't tell me his.) did grumble about being more work than necessary.

"Did-... Did that janitor guy give me a system someone already had?" I said with uncertainty.

[𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚘… 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝!] She admitted. I still had a question for her though.

"What did I name then?"

I could hear her chuckle, [𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 '𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖', 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 '𝙿𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕'. 𝙼𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚅𝙴.] Pix-*cough*, EVE said.

[𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚅𝙸 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝… 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜.] She added plainly.

"Uh… that's, neat?" I said, not entirely sure why I needed that information. "I'm just going to open the panel now." I muttered.

My finger hovered over the Chat overlay button before I tapped it, before notifications flashed in my view.

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[Hyuga-Princess]: Is this a new genjutsu?

[Biri-Biri]: who are you people! and why am I named Biri-Biri!?

[Red-Like-Roses]: Are you really going to make me the greatest huntress?! (ɔ◔‿◔)ɔ

[Gear-Eyes]: ...What the hell?

[Titania]: ...?

[Klaxo-Queen]: …Darling?

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…Okay that last one was dangerous.

I should probably mute the chat so I could explain things... Hey, EVE? You think I-

[𝙰𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝!]

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[Unfortunate-One (Admin) has gone Online]

[Unfortunate-One (Admin) has temporarily muted members]

[Unfortunate-One (Admin) has changed name to Arakan (Admin)]

[Arakan (Admin)]: Well, uh… hey everyone! …Not entirely sure how to put this, but welcome to the Dimensional Group Chat! There is probably little I could say to make myself not sound like a crazy person, but here's the gist;

[Arakan (Admin)]: There are 5 functions to this thing. Those are the Chatroom that we're using, the Quest Board, the Shop, the Gacha, and finally the Livestraming function.

[Arakan (Admin)]: The Chatroom is self-explanatory

[Arakan (Admin)]: The Quest Board is something the System will assign to complete, whether it be mundane or magical, and we could turn those in for rewards.

[Arakan (Admin)]: The Shop is something rather interesting. It has access to the Omni-verse, which is way more crazy and varied than the Multi-verse. You could buy literally 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 on it. Even if the thing you're looking for is extremely specific. You could also list things there for CP or 'Chat Points'

[Arakan (Admin)]: Gacha… It's a bad civilization! Gacha is basically something that gives out randomized rewards for Gacha coupons, and there are ranks for it. A Normal rank coupon would give you a randomized item of anything from your own world. Those go up to Mythic rank. Anything above normal could come from any world.

[Arakan (Admin)]: Those aren't the only ones either. The other ones are the Skill coupons, which could give any skill to the rank SSS. Hell, the first one I rolled made me basically Immortal!

[Arakan (Admin)]: and lastly is the Live-streaming function. It allows a live feed of one member, which others could watch. The more members you have watching, and the longer it's online, could net you lots of CP.

[Arakan (Admin) has unmuted members]

[Biri-Biri]: That really doesn't explain anything…

[Hyuga-Princess]: +1

[Red-Like-Roses]: +1

[Gear-Eyes]: +1

[Titania]: +1

[Klaxo-Queen]: Hehe~ <3

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I couldn't help but shiver when I saw Klaxo's message...

Now normally, I could have just used the initials of my name, but I have a freaking Genie! Why couldn't I just change my name with that? And if I read the system's description of it;

[Genie's Lamp ('Shantae Series'): A Magical Lamp that houses the Genie Spirit 'Shantae', which was lost to time. You are the Block-Headed Hero's only descendant. It slowly gained power after laying dormant for several millennia. What are its limits now?]

That would mean that it would probably go further than just memories and papers. Probably change it permanently. I'm fine with that as I've never really liked my own name. The only reason I tolerated it was because it would've taken work to change it. I'll do that when I get home…

I'll probably change it to Kaito Katou, because alliteration.

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[Biri-Biri]: At least make your lies believable!

[Arakan (Admin)]: Want some proof then?

[Biri-Biri]: Hit me!

[Arakan (Admin)]: Check your pocket.

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In another time, another place, a short teenager with a brown bob-cut was lying in her bed reading a dark grey hologram, her face showered in doubt. She snorted to herself.

"Yeah right." She muttered, before checking her pants pocket.

Though, she knew she didn't put this… 'Skill' coupon there.

The second she held it in her face, a prompt appeared in front of her.

[Would you like to use RANDOM SKILL Coupon x1? Yes/No]

"Might as well. Since he was lying, this probably won't do anything." She said to herself.

[Using RANDOM SKILL Coupon x1…

Rolling…

.

.

.

*𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗔!*

You got…[Enchanted Symbiotic Exoskeleton Model: Mania]!]

When she looked upon what she gained, she could feel another part of her. Another consciousness.

Her first instinct was to scream, but she felt information being poured into her mind, what Mania was, and what she could do.

This 'Skill' allowed her to don an Enchanted living armor, with its own consciousness, one with morals similar to her own. At this point, she needed anything to help save her sisters, and she knew she would eventually clash with Accelerator.

"Well,' She gulped, "Might as well see where this goes." With a mental command, Mikoto was engulfed by a black sludge, before it morphed into what seemed to be the Symbiote Mania from Marvel comics.

Not that she knew what that was until now anyways.

"𝗛𝘂𝗵... 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱…" Her voice sounded distorted, yet strangely still feminine.

{𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓!} A cheery voice spoke within her mind. "𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂… 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮?" She asked. {𝒀𝒆𝒑! 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌, 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏' 𝒐𝒏. 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒚'𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘?}

"𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀… 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴." Mikoto muttered.

{𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍?} Mania stated.

"𝗔𝗵… 𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼…" Mikoto muttered to herself before she had the Symbiote re-enter her, and started getting ready.

𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙!