5 Excitement

You'd think I'd have more to say being in a new world and all… but my next few days were actually pretty peaceful. I'd wake up, talk to other indie devs and gather more potential future releases for my website. Then I'd go help at the soup kitchen, upon doing so I'd find some odd jobs that would give me more funds. After that I'd help Peter with his homework, if he wasn't fighting crime as Spiderman. High School work is difficult sometimes. Swear they change how it all works every year. Still Peter is mostly smarter than me, just needs a bit of guidance sometimes. 

Besides that my FV was rising at a rapid pace, I broke a million after only a few days. Meaning I had a steady source of foodstuffs and other things. In that case, was I making more games? The answer was, yes! I just wasn't releasing them just yet. I had a sequel to Half Life and HALO ready already, both reimagined into my own vision. I could have stayed true to the originals, but I had no belief I could do so and keep the feeling of the original. So I didn't, I cut out annoying parts of the missions and reworked the normal maps to make it easier to navigate. 

Besides that I started to spend my FV, I spent a lot of it on increasing my own strength. I was now three times stronger and more durable than the average human. I could have saved it for purchasing rewards for my players, but I kind of wanted to enhance my own abilities so I'd have less risk of dying. 

Now to what I am doing now? Well, currently I'm provoking fate. I'm hanging around a party for Tony Stark. Just relaxing on the bench. Not sure what the celebration is for, I just know the teenager currently parading around as Iron Man is enjoying his rich lifestyle. Yes, Tony Stark is only eighteen years old in this universe. Problem is, Obadiah is practically the same as the one in the Cinematic Universe. Even when listening you can tell he's plotting against Tony, he treats Tony as if he were a child in front of others, undermining his authority and acting like he knows better. Problem is, this is so obvious that I can tell as an observer what he is doing. I mean if you watched without knowledge you'd think that Obadiah was the real person in charge. I mean, in a way he was, Tony Stark didn't have as much power as they were supposed to even though supposedly they already took control of the company.

I mean, I don't really know what I'm going to do besides just sit here and look pretty. Thus I played with the virtual version of the System and was watching some video on this world's version of youtube. Fairly relaxing things to be honest. I honestly expected my normal life to be more exciting with the extra strength and such Yet instead it's as If nothing strange is happening. So when you hide most of your power life is pretty peaceful if no one drags you into their problems. Meanwhile I am here provoking fate just by sitting on a bench next to one of the most popular high class parties around.

Invoking story rule due to plot at some point I should be pushed into interacting with Tony Stark… and there is the opportunity. Tony Stark getting kidnapped. I get up and access the shop menu. Quickly purchasing a Stealth Boy from Fallout I immediately use it and approach the van that the teen was getting pulled into. I tagged it with a tracker, also purchased from the system shop. Before backing away. Willing to bet 10 bucks it's an Obadiah plot. Regardless I moved back and watched the Stealth Box break a moment later. With the kidnappers none the wiser. I hope. After that I purchased a drone and went into my space to program it quickly. Then I sent it after my prey. I chased the van down to an abandoned hotel. I only had around eight thousand FV left to spend. What can I buy to help me out. Call of Duty Heart Beat Senser sounds perfect… alright I have no idea how to use this. What else can I buy? I have a ton of options. I could buy the stun gun. But I run a high risk of accidentally murdering someone. Maybe it's best if I go the sneaky route. I purchase an invisiblility potion from Skyrim. The one from Minecraft is several times more expensive. 

I take a swing. Oh God that is freaking vile. I feel like throwing up. Come on, get your head back on straight. I carefully navigate through the guards. Being as careful as possible not to "interact" with people. Because this potion wasn't modified to be a prize it follows the exact rules as in-game. Meaning I only have to open a door or pickup somethi- thwick.

That was only an inch from my head. This knife was an inch from taking my life away.

"Huh… Thought I heard something." Thump thump thump. I pulled out a silenced pistol straight from the shop and shot the bastard that nearly killed me. Who proved he wasn't a push over when he jumped back into cover. I pick up a chair next to me and throw it at him. Super strength for the win. I hear another knife whack into the chair. Four knives to be exact. How many throwing knives does this guy have. 

"A mutant huh, haven't had the cha" boom!

What you think I was going to hold back? I have enough points to buy enough weapons form a small army. Much less a couple explosives. RPG go brrr. 

"Crazy son of a!" BOOM. 

I don't really know how to reload these things so I am basically purchasing a new RPG for every rocket. Much easier that way. I feel a knife impact my RPG this time. I smile as I pull out a bulbous device. I cast bubble shield! I watch as dozens of knives impact against the yellow bubble. Man I was splurging points huh. Luckily I am not really here. The shield sputters out as the ground beneath it collapses. I feel the impact of the knives hit the holographic body before I lose connection to it. I dipped right after the first rocket. My goal was to save Tony after all.

"Who are you."

"Call me a concerned citizen Mr. Stark. Come on. Let's get out of here before they realized they got duped."

We leave the room. Next to the door is two corpses. Well, they might be alive. But I hit them hard. "What did you do to cause then to panic this hard?"

"Generous amounts of explosives. Course that wasn't enough though. Had to use a holo body to distract the knife guy." 

"Can you get me to a phone. I can save us that way."

I satellite phone from my store. "Will this work?" 

"Where did you even pull that out from?!" 

"Who the heck knows. Pretty cool though right?" 

"Yeah, now gimme that. Hey JARVIS? I need the Mark 5 now." 

"You gonna go iron man? Cool."

"Come on out Stark."

"Crap, it's knifey MC knifey."

"What?"

"Dude has an insane amount of knives. Plus he can tell where you are from sound. Speaking of, bubble shield go!" I see four knives collide with the bubble shield. "See?"

"Alright, then what is this?" 

"Bubble Shield. Pretty cool right? It's from a video game."

"You serious right now?" 

"Ofcourse I mean, we are face right now till it runs out of power. Or the ground collapses beneath us. Either or. Regardless we are safe till your armor gets here. I am running out of the stuff required to do this."  Bubble shields are expensive. On top of the RPGs. I spent nearly five hundred thousand points. At least I learned the system can be used at range though. Which was cool.

"So there is some sort of rule in your ability?"

"Need a special type of energy that grows over time. It's currently growing pretty slowly so I recommend we get out of here soon. I'd rather not run out."

"Agreed." Then a suit of armor comes barreling through the wall. I grabbed the bubble shield at the same time summoning a dresser to block the knives the sound of this telling me that was a good idea. In a mere moment Tony had put his armor on. 

Then he was off. I took out my invisiblility potion I hadn't fully finished off yet. Huh the taste kind of grows on you. Still terrible though. At least I am a invisible enough for now. He rams the knife guy while I take off. He should be good from here. No reason to stick around. 

That was exhilarating. I hop into my space while invisible. Before hopping into my bed. On the ground is the discarded equipment I purchased. Will have to clean it up later. 

What to do now? I think I will sleep. Relax from such an exciting day. At least now I know I can invoke comic rules of causality. Course it could be a coincidence.