The Beginning
[The screen is black]
??- It's been 500 years since the world changed... It was the time of World War 1...
[In a battlefield]
An army commander- Destroy them!!
A subordinate- Couldn't you think of something else to say, sir?
Army commander- Well... Why don't you say it?
Subordinate- You're the commander for Christ's sake!
Army commander- Umm... Then I hand the commandership onto you...
Subordinate- I'm pretty sure that isn't a normal word... And... That isn't a normal thing you can do...
Army commander- Well... Nothing is normal in a battlefield... You might see a person floating... Is a person supposed to do that? No... But they can...
Subordinate- Like that's gonna happen...
Army commander- You never know...
Subordinate- Oh... I know... It's impossible...
???- Everyone! Stand on guard! Someone is floating!!
Subordinate- I don't think it's the time to joke Henry!
Henry- I'm not joking! Look out!
*A screaming person comes flying at them*
*They duck, trying to evade that attack*
Subordinate- This isn't real... I must be dreaming... It's time to wake up... *takes a gun out of his pocket and tries to shoot himself in the head*
*The bullet stops mid-way in the air*
*The commander has his arm towards the direction of the bullets*
*The subordinate looks at him*
Commander- What is happening?
*The commander looks at the subordinate's hand*
*His hand was emitting a flame which was slowly melting the gun*
[Pause]
??- The thing you saw just now was my form of the first instance of an ability being activated... This thing called ability is something which suddenly appeared in this world and changed the course of history... The nations had to stop the world war because of this weird situation... There were just too many variables... Both sides had people with abilities which made them literal monsters... Well... We've been stuck in a cold war since... The League of Nations was formed in order to deal with this cold war situation but the terror still lies inside people's hearts... In addition to the horrifying weapons, the world now holds multiple espers... 99.98% of the world is made of espers... The western espers fight with firearms as well as their abilities while the eastern ones treat this power like magic... Like something God gave them... This made them stop caring about science and technology for some reason... I don't know why... I don't like studying History all that much... Oh well... Back to the point... Some people have great abilities while some have some weird abilities... There was this one guy... Who had the ability to make his hair grow faster... He did go down in history as the man with the longest hair... But his ability was useless at best... There are many weird and useless abilities out there... Like... The one my mother has... Her ability is to get glimpses of different dimensions when she sleeps... And... I'm telling you... Some dimensions are weird... Like... Very weeeiiird... One day she woke up screaming about a dimension which had parasytic hamsters who lived in people's butts and controlled them... And... She was horrified... And... Due to that... I can never look at a hamster in the same way...
*The sound of a clock striking is heard*
Well.... I'm gonna get ready for school now...
[The screen lights up showing a bedroom]
So... What kind of school can you see in a world as weird as mine? *Starts putting books in his bag* *picks up a book saying maths 11* Oh wait... That belongs to my senior... I don't remember why I took it... I don't like maths much either... I'll have to return it later *finishes packing the bag* So... You might be surprised to see this... But... The world is dark... Really dark... *Opens the curtains* *From the window some buildings are seen which are very high and the sky is dark* Well... There was someone in history... Who had the quirk to create permanent dark clouds... Which will never rain... But he'd have to collect moisture for that... So... What did he do? He went around the world collecting moisture for 50 years... And... Ended up using that to cover the world with a layer of clouds... Though it looks like this, it doesn't rain that much... So... It's better to not carry an umbrella around... You don't know when it'll rain either... The sky is always dark... *Opens the door to his room* Oh well... Time to start another boring day... *Goes out of the apartment* *Starts running down the stairs* You know... It's hard living in the 12th floor... It takes a lot to go down... I know that an old couple lives on the floor above mine... And... I don't even want to guess how many days they need to get to the first floor... *An old man comes sliding down the railing*
Old man- Gotta live my life to the fullest!
*He turns around and goes down another floor, sliding down the railing*
??- Umm... Okay...? So... That's how the people who live on the floors above me go down... I'll keep that in mind... I don't think I can manage sliding down the side of the stairs... *Gets to the first floor* *opens the door and gets into a world, full of tall buildings and a dark sky* Oh well... I forgot... Today is Monday... The rickshaws don't run today... I gotta walk there...
*A black car with golden highlights stop beside him*
*The door opens and a gourmet boy comes out*
Gourmet- Well... Seems like you're in a pinch...
??- Kazuto-senpai!
Kazuto- Well... I was supposed to pick Kaori... But... Seems like you're in a pinch as well... Come in...
??- But aren't you dating with Kaori-senpai? I can't just walk into your date...
Kazuto- Well... If you want it that way... You can go there, walking... But if your crush ignores you because you're smelling, don't come to me, crying like a loser...
??- Now that you put it that way... I am compelled to take the ride...
Kazuto- Well... She would just ignore you anyway... We're treated like traitors here... So... I don't see any point in you tagging along...
??- Well... I'm gonna stay here anyways...
*A girl's voice is heard*
Girl- Oh, Haisha... You're tagging along?
Kazuto- Yeah... I tried to get him to walk... But he's just too scared that he'd smell when he reaches our destination... And... He won't go away... Guess I can't just throw him out of the car...
Haisha- *in his mind* Yeah... My name is Haisha... Pretty girly right? Yeah! I know! It literally means loser... Even I don't know why my parents thought it would be cool to call their son a loser...
Girl- Haisha! Haisha!
Haisha- Oh... Kaori-senpai... Sorry... It wasn't my fault... I didn't want to get in at first...
Kaori- What? What happened exactly?
Kazuto- Seems like he's talking to the readers...
Kaori- Talking to the readers?
Kazuto- Yeah... It's because of his ability... He has the ability to talk to people from another dimension who are "reading" what's happening in our world through him... He is probably narrating something...
Kaori- Wait! What?!
Kazuto- Yeah... He broke his connection with the last dimension so... I guess... It's a new beginning for him... He'll have to explain everything that his happening to the new readers... So... He's gonna space out a lot today...
Haisha- Sorry for that... I was just telling them the meaning of my name...
Kaori- Okay! That's a weird ability! Well... Let's get going... Why are we still talking here...
Kazuto- Seems like I dodged the bullet...
Kaori- What bullet?
Kazuto- Well... Let's not talk about that...