Ch. 2 - Pocket Universe

[A/N: What's up guys! I'd like to thank you all for the nice words that some of you posted on the last chapter. It means a lot to me knowing that something I've created is being appreciated. Special thanks to: CERTIFIED_SHOTA, MBkid123 and SamuraiRei for donating Power Stones. I very much appreciate it. You can donate them if you want, but feel no pressure to do so. I am already thankful for you taking the time out of your day to read my story, so the Power Stones are just a bonus. This chapter has a large info-dump, so let me know what your thoughts are about it. I think that the system I created for his pocket-universe works well, but let me know what you think! Thank you for reading, have a good day! BTW, I'll start placing a word counter at the beginning of each chapter for reference, the A/N's will count so I'll try to keep them short. This one's huge already but oh well.]

[Last chapter: 3174 words]

[This chapter: 2980 words]

*gasp*

With a loud call for air, Gabriel woke up in an unknown place.

Confused and dizzy, he stood up after some time and started to look around his misterious surroundings.

Beneath his feet and surrounding him was a beautiful patch of green grass that emanated a smell of untainted nature. Looking around, he could only see grass and small trees, but looking behind his back, he saw a small wooden shack.

"Just where am I?" He questioned himself.

As he walked in the shack's direction, he noticed something that went over his head earlier. There was no sky! It was just a black void!

But, even though there was no sky and it seemed that there was also no sun, the planet was still enveloped in light, as if a star was illuminating it.

"Oh, so this is a dream." He concluded.

It was only natural that he would think that. If you woke up in a unknown place with a black void as the sky and no sun around but still having light, what else would you think?

Reaching the wooden shack and patting his clothes to remove any grass that was stuck on it, he opened the little shack's door and walked inside.

*creak*

From his observation of the shack's exterior, it appeared to be a small 15x15 meter house with a tall ceiling. It's exterior looked almost like the ones from an abandoned hut you'd randomly find in the forest.

Looking around the empty squared inside, he saw something that resembled those small machines that had countless small bouncy balls inside, and that when given a coin, you'd get a random bouncing ball in return.

A little to the left of this machine was a 27'' television on top of a simple wooden table with nothing on top of it besides the television. The TV was on and had several lines of text displayed on its screen, so Gabriel walked up to it to find what it was all about.

"What's up ding-dong! You died! And it was completely in vain since the person you died protecting is immortal, LOL! BTdubs, I'm Lucas, you can call me God. That old mailman called Jamie is my father, the former God, and the one you died protecting. That bastard grew bored after countless eons of being the all-mighty so he gave me, his second creation, all of his power. It's sucks if you ask me. I mean, to start things off, he could've given it to Jesus, right? But then, he gave it to me. Without even asking if I wanted to become God! What a cunt, right? Being God is so tiring man, but I can't give this power to anyone else because it's too much of a responsability, and because there are no candidates! I could give it to Jesus, but that guy is a walking pile of garbage. He just goes to worlds with primitive civilizations and become their Messiah, then dies crucified a while later by the very people he became the Messiah for. When off-duty, he just lazes around in Heaven, eating pizza and jerking off. Although I wished the Old Man had given him his power first, I understand why he didn't. Ah... life sucks man.

"On a more important note, due to your heroic and selfless action protecting my dad and dying because of it, he asked me to help you out a little, so I, the beautiful Lucas, did just that! You must be thinking something along the lines of "Am I dreaming?" or "What is this place?" or "Lucas, you beautiful God, teach me how you became so cool!", so I'll give you the answers. First: You are not dreaming. This is now your reality. You can slap yourself in the face or try to fly if you doubt me. Second: The place you are in now is your own pocket universe. You can exit it and enter it whenever you wish, with just a thought. The place you are standing on right now is your own tiny planet, called 'Tiny Planet'! It's a small planet with a 5km radius. It's a bit weird because there are some spots that the climate is tropical, but 10 steps ahead it's snowing. Make good use of it! Also, your universe is completely empty besides Tiny Planet, so that's why the sky is dark and there is no sun. Don't worry about the boring things such as gravitational pull, light without the sun, and stuff like that for now. I'll handle it.

To spice things up a bit, I added that machine over there to the right of this TV. That machine has 100 small pills inside, and every one of them, when digested, gives you a random ability. I decided to call it the Ability Machine. It can be the ability to fly, the ability to manipulate fire, the ability to control electromagnetism, whatever. But, to use that machine, you'll have to spend what I gracefully decided to call 'Tokens'! "Well my dear handsome Lucas, how can I earn Tokens?", you may wonder. Well, I'm glad you asked! To acquire Tokens you'll have to complete missions across several of what you call 'fictional' universes. They aren't fictional at all since you'll be travelling to them, so if they're fictional it means that you and I are also fictional! That'd be a real mind-blower, huh. These missions will appear randomly in this screen, and will usually not have a time limit, but some special cases might do. When given a certain mission, you'll gain the ability to travel to the mission's world and complete it there. Tokens will be given upon completion, increasing if you manage to complete a few secret quests inside the missions! Besides the secret quests, the amount of Tokens gained does not change according to the time taken to complete the mission or anything like that.

Tokens also have another use, and it's the major one. You will use it to upgrade and increase your universe! There are several ways you can upgrade it, such as increasing the universe in size, buying planets and galaxies, and a lot more. With due time, your tiny pocket universe will be busting with life and creations, so get excited! Another thing I forgot to mention, the Ability Machine costs 1 Token per use and the ability you may gain from it will last 24 hours. There's another option that costs 25 Tokens that gives an ability which lasts for a 30 days or 720 hours, and another that costs 100.000 that gives you an ability that lasts forever. The pills inside the machine will refresh every 24 hours to give you a fresh supply of juicy superpowers.

To help you out a little, I gave you 1 free Token. Your first mission will be arriving soon, so settle in your shack first and do the things necessary. When the mission arrives, you can take as long as you need to start it. "Thank you, my abnormaly handsome God!" you say, "No need to thank me, little one." I majestically reply. Anyway, have fun ding-dong! Bye-bye." The TV displayed a ridiculously large wall of text.

Reading everything, Gabriel's emotions started to become a mess. He was dead? He died in vain? His own universe?

"........WHAT THE FUCK?!" He shouted after he finished reading what was on the TV.

'holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit, I'm dead?! What about Aunt Anna and Uncle Mat? What happened to them?' He was freaking out.

He sat down on the shack's wooden floor and went into deep thought. Tears dropped from his eyes as he thought about everything he left behind as memories of his last day alive began to return to him.

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An hour later, he had regained his composure a little and began to think rationally about his situation.

"What a weird day.... So God is real and he just helped me.", he said in disbelief, "Alright, I need to organize my thoughts. To start things off, I died but I'm alive. I have my own universe now and I can upgrade and expand it. That machine there gives me a random ability for a price. I'll receive missions and by accomplishing them I can earn Tokens and spend it however I want... well, that's not bad at all!"

Cheering up due to his current situation, he calmed down. He was still worried about his aunt and uncle though. He at least wanted to know if they were alright.

"LUCAS THE GREAT HAS COME WITH ANSWERS!" A loud voice with a gospel-like 'aahhh' behind came from the TV.

Startled by the sudden voice coming from the television, Gabriel hurriedly looked at it.

On the TV's display was another line of text. This time it was a simple and clear one. It read:

"Anna and Mathew are completely fine. Very sad because of your death, but fine."

With a sigh of relief, Gabriel smiled at the news he just received. A huge weight had just been lifted off his shoulders.

Glad with the new information, he walked up to the TV to see what more there was to it.

Touching the TV that still displayed the line of text, the screen changed to one that showed the following:

-Current Mission: None.

-Tokens: 1. (lmao you're broke. -Lucas)

-Shop⏬

-Universe Information⏬

-Universe Grade: Complete trash. Worthless. Disgusting waste of space.

"Well, my universe grade sure is bad huh." Was all Gabriel could mutter.

Completely ignoring Lucas' little message to him, he became curious about the Shop function displayed on the TV, so he pressed his finger on it and the former display was gone, instead replaced by dozens of item listings available for purchase.

[Name: Trash Home Starter Pack]

[Description: A 3.000 sq ft fully furnished home with 5 bedrooms, a large living room, a big kitchen, 7 bathrooms, and 2 floors.]

[Price: 2 Tokens.]

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[Name: Endless Faucet of Water]

[Description: A faucet of water which has an infinite supply of clean, drinkable water.]

[Price: 3 Tokens]

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[Name: SCP-662]

[Description: A small silver hand bell that when shaken, will summon Mr. Deeds. Mr. Deeds is a short well-dressed Caucasian butler with a british accent and very polite behaviour. He will misteriously appear from the nearest area not within line of sight, ready to fulfill the bell holder's order. Mr. Deeds is able to get and do whatever the bell holder requested with some limitations. How Mr. Deeds manages to materialize, create or retrieve whatever the bell holder requests is unknown. Example: Bell holder asks Mr. Deeds for a large cheese pizza. Mr. Deeds will then walk to the nearest out of sight location and appear not long after with a delicious large cheese pizza.]

[Price: 30 Tokens]

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[Name: Mana Filled Planet]

[Description: A customizable planet with an abundance of magical energy called Mana. The planet may be customized to fit the owner's wish, such as having a size of up to 100.000km in diameter, already be filled with wild-life upon placement on the universe or no life at all, custom-made climates and continents, and more.]

[Price: 480 Tokens]

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[Name: Trash Time Accelerator]

[Description: A small pocket-watch with an ancient look. Made from an unknown material, the watch has the ability to increase the flow of time in a 5 meter radius around it, activated by a button on its top. When activated, the time within the radius will increase to a 8:1 scale, meaning 8 hours inside is only an hour outside its range. The watch must be placed on a surface before activation, and when activated, it becomes impossible to move it and remove it from the surface it's on. If the surface the watch is on is destroyed or moved, the watch will simply float at the exact position it was in. The watch's effect will remain for 6 hours outside its radius, corresponding to 48 hours inside. After the effect has ended, it enters a cooldown stage of 96 hours.]

[Price: 110 Tokens]

These were just a few of the things that Gabriel's eye landed on. The store seemed to have basically anything that he could think of and much, much more. Everything that could be of use to him and his universe was there. He even saw a bike that could ride on air!

"Wow! There are some very interesting things in this Shop. Most of them thought to be simply impossible to exist... But, most importantly, I need to find a way to farm Tokens.", Gabriel said to himself, "God Lucas said that I can gain Tokens from doing the missions, but there must be a way for me to still acquire some. If not, depending on the missions' rewards, it'll take ages for me to be able to buy the more expensive things on the Shop.

"I still have the one free Token that He gave me. I need to use it wisely. I won't spend it on the Ability Machine since with one Token, I'll get an ability that lasts 24 hours, so I should save it for when I'm in a mission and need to have some ability to help me. Let me see if I can find something on the Shop that can help me get some sort of passive Token income and that only costs 1 Token."

Another useful thing that Gabriel found out about the Shop was that there was a Filter. This filter could be used to set a custom price range, a custom type of things that will show up, and also a Recommended. As the name implied, the Recommended tab displayed the items that would be most useful to Gabriel and his universe at the time. There was also a Search Tab that seemed very useful to search for specific items.

Setting the Filter to the Recommended type, Gabriel started to look for something that helped him Token-wise.

[Name: Trash Token Fabricator]

[Description: A small, palm-sized glowing white ball that will produce 0,25 Token every 24 hours. At the end of the 24 hour period, 0,25 Tokens will be available for collection. The Token Fabricator does not produce on an hourly basis, only after the 24 hours are over will any Tokens be collectable. There are no limits to how much Tokens the Fabricator can hold when not collected.]

[Price: 1 Token]

"Yep, this is the one." Gabriel immediately bought it after reading its description. The Trash Token Fabricator was the first item on the Recommended list, so it was obvious that Lucas meant for Gabriel to buy this first of all. If he didn't, then, well, he'd have to wait for his first mission to arrive before earning more Tokens.

Moments after he had spent his one and only Token on the Fabricator, it appeared in front of the TV, on top of the same table the television was on.

It really was just a small, 4'' sized white ball that emanated a fairly bright white glow. On it's front was a small display that read:

[0 Tokens]

And on top of this small display was a button with the word 'Collect' on it. Gabriel thought this small Fabricator was pretty straight-forward.

Deciding to just leave it at the table it appeared in since there were no other tables in the shack, Gabriel started wondering about something.

"Ummm... There were a couple of items on the Shop that had 'Trash' before their names. Must mean that there are versions of those items which are better and more efficient, but also more expensive. I wonder how much the best Token Fabricator can produce.... well, no need to wonder because I can just check it." Gabriel chuckled at his thought process.

Once again going to the Shop on the TV, Gabriel used the search tab and typed 'Token Fabricator'.

Scrolling down through the various Fabricators that appeared, the list ended after about 10 of them.

[Name: Godly Token Fabricator]

[Description: A small, palm-sized glowing golden ball that will produce 10.000 Tokens every 24 hours. At the end of the 24 hour period, 10.000 Tokens will be available for collection. The Token Fabricator does not produce on an hourly basis, only after the 24 hours are over will any Tokens be available. There are no limits to how much Tokens the Fabricator can hold when not collected.]

[Price: 1.000.000 Tokens]

Shocked at the huge price tag, Gabriel quickly closed the Shop so as not to get unmotivated from the insane price. 'Holy Jesus, I still have a HUGE road ahead of me...' he thought.

[A/N: BTW, give me some ideas of stuff to put on the shop and maybe a price for it. It would be nice if the item had some ability.]