After seeing the reviews on this art piece, I decided that it was not good by Newgrounds standards since it has 2.5/5. So I post it here on my blog instead. Expect with more art pieces, as I am trying to get better, and you can expect photography on here as well, since that too is not allowed on the Art Portal.

If there is anything that I love more in my life is playing video games and writing fanfiction. I have just finished writing a fanfiction about my all-time favorite characters from the Powerup Fantasy series going through a journey, and I plan on making a sequel that I hope will be much better. Sure I should make more original characters, but with my characters, I just can’t stop along with those figurines that I have just bought today. It’s already 5:00 am, so I better go downstairs and make myself something to eat in the public kitchen. Have been experimenting with baking as of late, since I need better eating habits as I went days without food. 

Something just hit me now, as a thought occurred in my mind that I can’t leave my room. I realized that if I were to do so, then that means this house is no longer mine, and my landlord will kick me out! After all, I forgot to pay for my rent on time. Having to look for a place while homeless is a pain in the ass, so I have to figure out a way out of this mess. Sure I could order someone else to deliver something, but I am low on money at the moment, and I really want to get another job where I can work remotely. At this point I sort of gave up since most of those job listings are just fake. Why do they have to do this to me! 

As I have spent most of my money on toys beforehand since I have a bit of a shopping addiction, I ended up focusing on saving my money for when the next rent comes, along with what I owe. For now I think I will focus on trying to get another job.

After 10 applications, I was rejected from all of them. And it’s all because I don’t have “experience”. Like what the actual fuck! I can’t go and get that “experience”! Like where can I get it! Plus the fact that I had to get the job to get the experience and vice versa frustrates me! I still scrolled the internet and searched up for more jobs with my skill sets to see if there is anything that’s available. But here is the problem, after hours of looking up for anything that I could get, I decided to give up for the day. I checked my email to see that I have one notification… It’s from my landlord. I clicked on it to see what it is, to read the following:

Mr. Springdale,

I have not obtained your daily rent of $5,000 this month. If you don’t comply by the end of the month, I will remove you from your house. and the police will escort you out! You have been warned! This goes double if you leave your room!

-Blackrock

Great, now I am really desperate to get out of this situation. I can’t make that pay, even if I manage to get a job by today, I don’t think I will be able to pay my landlord back. In the end, I decided to call my sister to see if she has any money she can lend me. After some ringing, she texted me claiming that she’s at work. Then I decided to call my other sister to see if she’s willing to lend me a helping hand, and of course she is busy with her college midterms, and the same would be for my brother. No, I am all out of options, as I then slammed my hands on the table many times, as I decided to try getting in contact with a lawyer to see if I could get one to help. I still have my phone out of course, and I typed onto my keyboard to see if anyone is willing to take my case. I looked online for a couple of minutes to see that the fee of an average lawyer costs about $230 per hour. Why did I try this when I should have known a good lawyer is more expensive than a pot of gold. Sure, I could have one of those public defenders, the only problem is that they are absolute shit! Then I finally had an idea, and I took out a pen and took off the lid, hoping that I could push it into his eye.

A few days later, I was right at the doorway prepared to stab my landlord’s eyes. I am looking forward to doing this, just some payback for the money that he made me spend on just staying here. I stood there for a few minutes, but nothing came. I was confused, I thought that this time he would come over by now. I decided to check my computer really quick to see what’s the deal, to then find this out: he sent me a letter,

Mr. Springdale,

I am to inform you that I have changed my mind. You are allowed to stay here, but everytime you leave, I will be charging you another $100 each time you leave the house. In addition to that, I will be charging interest. So every month or so the price will go up by 0.8%. So do the math and you figure out what you owe! How are you going to get out of this one you slob! LOL!

-Blackrock

P.S. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that I know of your plan, so you’d better have a gun prepared, oh wait, you don’t have one! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Does this asshole really need to write down his laughter?! Now I am truly a hikikomori at this point! I can’t get out, and worse, I don’t think I will ever be able to pay off this debt! I should call my siblings again, but the only problem is that I have not been on good terms with any of them, and the only reason I have called is just because I was THAT desperate, and I was going to beg instead of asking nicely. I don’t know what to do, I prayed that I may have a solution, but nothing happened. I was afraid that I might lose my home and my stuff if I don’t do what I have to do. I still have to look for a job, but I CAN’T FIND ONE! I started to cry, as tears ran though my face as I laid down onto my bead. Then I heard a knock on my door, and I got up to see that it’s a close friend of mine, Mr. Wells.

“Hey Springdale! Just paid for your rent. I already had to deal with another problem where I cracked the screen of my console. Just hope that you are doing alright!”

The sight of him made me glad that I at least got to have one issue of mine fixed, but I am not sure what I should do?

This is meant to be a sequel to the Corruption of Reality fanfiction that I have written a while back. Sure this is bad, as this is basically my first draft and is poorly written like the story before, more as writing practice to get myself into the habit of writing everyday. And while it is bad, at least I wrote it without that abomination that I refuse to mention, because you all know what it is. Of course it's uncertain if I would continue this, as I got other projects to do.

Shaggy and Scooby Doo both went outside a portal along with Captain Falcon, Lum, Talbain, Mog, Sailor Jupiter, Glaceon, Nina and Isaac, through the Blue Falcon as it then lands on top of a cliff after some time, as Yukari Yakumo closes up the portal behind. Scooby and Shaggy were the first out as they were already afraid of their company going out to eat. In response, Captain Falcon called out to them saying they should calm down, as they don't know what's even out there, in addition to him reminding the duo that everyone else all worked together to survive the corruption. They both calmed down a bit, at least being glad that the Captain saved them when they were in another world chased by a demon serving a villain in an anime fantasy world. Isaac remembered that, as it was at Weyard, as all four villains he fought joined as one to rule the world. Lum was told that they could not save Ataru in time, and felt guilty for abusing him while she was corrupted. She considered herself lucky to be cured in the first place by Nina right before it became permanent. 

Nina comforted Lum, as she too felt sad for losing Ryu Bateson as he became a servant of St. Eva. Lum still felt depressed about this, in addition to losing her friends. Sailor Jupiter too felt the same way, as she, like Lum, was also cured by Nina, as she wondered about the rest of the Inner Senshi as Atsugessho clones, in addition to Chibiusa becoming Black Lady after the SCP Foundation Raid. Mog would come into the conversation, as he said that knew what it felt to lose friends, as before the Corruption even started, he would find himself the last of the Moogles after Kefka destroyed the world. Although he admits going through this a second time in some ways desensitized him. Yukari also felt said that she had to absorb Ran and Chen into her soul just so they won’t get corrupted, and went along with the corruption for the time being, as she could get corrupted herself, or mind controlled by the invading forces, and eventually, she decided to simply destroy Gensokyo just to prevent more suffering eventually, just when the whole multiverse collapsed after Tabuu’s defeat.

Talbain groaned, as he just said that he’s simply glad that he managed to get out of dealing with Pyron and Jedah’s world order. Mog and Nina told him not to be rude, as he should be thankful that he survived due to their help, as then Yukari teased him a bit about being grumpy, until Captain Falcon told the Gap Youkai to just leave him alone for the time being. Glaceon saw in the distance what appears to be a pink ball with feet, as he told everyone in the group through his cries that it’s coming. Although Shaggy and Scooby Doo both freaked out at first as the latter jumped onto the former, it appears to be Kirby, who was glad that Shaggy was about to make it out. The hippie was relieved, as he remembers the fight with Tabuu, as the Doom Slayer decided to sacrifice his life to simply weaken Tabuu, and create three artifacts based on him, and the other two through his willpower to spread across the world, and told Shaggy to run, and save his best friend. 

Captain Falcon was at least glad that they at least have connections to someone in this new world, although everyone else in the group was concerned about whether they should even trust this creature from everything they have seen. But then something emerged from the distance, a man in a hoodie, but he had a surgeon mask hiding his face with two cartoonish eyes and a Power Glove on his right hand. “Good, at least my final additions to the roster have arrived, and it’s a good thing you came there Kirby to greet them. It was hard introducing you, Lucario, Zero and Banjo & Kazooie to the rest of the group, as they assumed you were minions of Tabuu. At least having X there made a bit easier, and I hope it will be the same for this group. Good thing I have you Kirby to bring them here.” The masked man said. As usual Shaggy and Scooby Doo were frightened, as then Sailor Jupiter questioned who he even is, and if he even had connections to Tabuu, as Lum joined in demanding with anger where is her darling.

“No, I hate Tabuu and everything he stands for with my gut. I am Master Hand’s apprentice, as Kirby and Shaggy know who he is since they have contacted him since he told them about the corruption as a last attempt to keep Tabuu sealed with SCP containment. Of course, Kirby then eventually Shaggy escaped, and, I am not going to bore with the details, but Tabuu was destroyed by a group of fictionals much like all of all, and Master Hand saved them while they were trying to escape, and I would eventually make “Clay Models” of all of them, and eventually of Kirby’s group, then you.”

Mog got frustrated, as he then demanded to know how the corruption even started in the first place, and demanded to know what the “Clay Models” even are, and what he would even make them. Jon Talbain butted in too, frustrated that his life with the children was interrupted and why would this mysterious figure even need to make them.

“AWESOME! I knew, and was actually hoping that one of you would ask this question. I always loved making figures out of clay, and it was a hobby of mine. I was frustrated with myself thinking about who I should make out of clay. Dang, I should get to the point. Well, I made clay models of you, the fourth group recently, and the previous three groups. It’s doing this that saves you all from the Corruption of Reality, and the collapse of the Multiverse, allowing you an escape to material reality. All I have to do is wait for my mother to bake you in the oven, solidifying your existence and place in the material world. And something a bit irrelevant, but some Univeres never dealt with the Corruption, like the Warhammer Universe, where there are barely any good guys around, and for this reason Tabuu never bothered with them.”

The group just stared at the mysterious person with confusion at the last part, but understood about the clay models, it’s a huge part of how they survived in the first place. Lum right away wanted the figure to make a clay model of Ataru, as many other others joined, as Yukari wanted two of Ran and Chen while Isaac wanted at least his mom. 

“I know how you all feel, but if I did that, then I have to do it for everyone, and I have a life outside of making Clay Figures. Besides, I kind of want to make my own original stuff, as none of you are in the public domain in the material world I am from. Look, just make friends with yourselves, I have read it before, with at least the first two groups, so just make the most of it. Meet me at this address.” He said as he used his glove to summon a paper which he decided to give directly to Captain Falcon.

“You will meet the first three groups along with a talking train. I also made a clay model for him along with yours since he escaped with the first two groups from the collapsing multiverse. Yeah I am sorry this seems like a combination of weird, creepy and depressing to you all, but try to have some hope. It takes time to go through grief, I understand, after the explanation, you all can go to the monument that the other 3 batches have made and add your loved ones there. Gotta go now, I have other stuff to do. One more thing, you can call me the “Game Master” for the time being” He said as he left to handle other stuff.

Glaceon wondered how he’s going to live without his trainer, and how both Scooby Doo and Shaggy are going to solve anything, as that thought went away as they began to hunger for something to eat. Then Sailor Jupiter noted that they should go to the Train Station nearby, as Kirby himself noted it, as then Thomas arrived with the 2 and 6 cart from the NYC Metro at the station. Kirby led them there, as he would then explain the tank engine about them, and how they can actually be trusted. Thomas nodes with his face, and allows them into himself, understanding about the new arrivals and the fact that the meeting will take place for more info about their collective situation.

To be continued… maybe

This time I wrote a story that's supposed to be a "parody of a parody" based on my favorite Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment. While the first part is actually based on what happened to me, so it will be obvious when that changes, so enjoy!

Journal Entry, September 21, 2026

I have no fucking idea, that putting my gaming device onto the slender square table right near the doorway next to a plant was a good plan. My mother warned me an accident would happen, and it did when I was walking around, and I accidentally tripped on the power cable, and suddenly, the top screen of my device broke. I have no idea of how to repair any electronic, and I was afraid that I might fuck it up. It’s already bad enough that I have ordered some repairs for the lower side, as the shell broke, and the right screw is now worthless in holding in the console along with the fact that I even got a cover shell that did not even do its job right. Yeah, I could get someone else to repair it, but I can’t wait that long since I already wasted so much of my life in a shitty school, of course that’s a different subject for a different time. 

I don’t want to go too deep into this story, because it leads to a situation that many would not even believe is possible, or at least the people I used to know. I would go outside on the same day to a retro game store way at the tip of the island of Manhattan to see that they have none of the types of handhelds I have, nor do they do repair to it, or anything related to it at all. It was a bummer and a waste of time, since I got a strap bag for the console there, along with a game that I now have to move the save data on digitally before actually getting the game. On the same day, I decided to go to a game store to get the replacement handheld from there, only to find out it was $500 to get the version I wanted. So I had to dip out, and one more store nearby was already closed, or was closing, so I had to leave, and maybe I will go back there tomorrow.

I went to sleep early since I wanted a better screen and to transfer all of my data onto my newer console that I was about to get. Once it’s morning, I was able to go to the last store, and I would buy a console on impulse for about $325, tax included. As soon as I got home, I decided to figure out how to start the process. I had to take a break to make myself a quick lunch and to hang out at a friend’s house for a while since I have not seen for a while. After I went through the whole process of transferring everything onto my other console, although with certain games, I had to find a different way to bring them back, and I can only bring back some of them, and of course I was stupid enough to delete save data for a certain game, so I guess that’s that. I decided to tinker a bit with the code, and I went outside to take some fresh air, and I went to Astoria to hang out with a friend, since he has gotten a new fighting game I would like to try for myself. Of course I don’t intend on ever getting it, so I went there for a bit, plus it’s been a while since we hung out.

On my way home during the nighttime on the subway, I was a bit tired, so I decided to just relax and put my feet onto the seats. I was on my phone looking at the news on social media, because, well I don’t trust the mainstream media since they often lie about what’s going on. While I was doing that, just one stop away, two cops went up to me. “Hi there, we just want to have a word. Get off the train so we can check you out” One of them said. I have an intense hatred of cops, and I always mock them, but I complied anyway, well because I just don’t want a hole in my head. I missed my train, and I'm going to be home late thanks to these assholes. I did not say anything since I was so intimidated with both the social, legal and physical power they have over me. “Don’t worry, you are not in trouble, we just pulled you off because you should not have taken up multiple seats, that's all.” WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! THOSE ASSHOLES PULLED ME OVER ALL BECAUSE I TOOK UP MANY SEATS! That is the stupidest reason they pulled me off! There was literally nobody else in the cart, I was the only one in there along with one other guy who just didn’t give a shit. I should have said ‘Am I under arrest’ or ‘Can I have a lawyer’, but I was so afraid that this did not come to mind. And of course getting angry would lead to a nasty situation on my end. “Do you have any identification with you? We would like to see that.” One of them said, I had to take out my wallet, and I gave them my disabled metrocard at first, but they rejected that, until one of them saw my Medicaid card. They just took it right out of my pocket, and we had to wait for about 5 minutes for it to be processed through their machine, and I would get my card back once the process ended. “Alright then, carry on, just don’t do it again.” They said as they left the station, and now I am just plain angry that I have missed the train, and I am going to be late going home. 

Once I got home, I just decided to continue working on my modded game system, as I would eventually find some weird program online that I did even know existed within the modding community, and I would check in the message chat to see if anybody even knew what this software was, as apparently, I searched it once, and there is barely any search results related to it. Nobody had any idea, and all of them told me not to even install in the first place. Although I should listen to the experts, I was very curious to even know what this software even does. I installed it into my Handheld, and soon enough, it brought me to a screen where I tap in any date. I was uncertain of what to make of this, so I decided to tap in a random date being June 12, 1620. I pressed start, and a whole bunch of sparks started to fly off, and I still had the system on my hands, and a flash appeared. I blinked, and the second I opened them, I saw that I was in some sort of psychedelic hole with colors that I can’t describe, which could cause the human mind to explode, but I would say they are bluish-reddish with a bit of yellow. With all of this seizure inducing lights, I was overwhelmed. 

Thankfully it was just 5 seconds, as I would find myself in a forest, as if the software itself was some sort of magical device. No, I refuse to believe that such a thing is even possible. How can something like this even act as some kind of teleportation device! I was so scared about what happened, like how I was going to get food or where I would sleep during the night. I was glad that it was still daytime, so I decided to look around, and walking across a river, I would just find more woods on the other side. I walked for a bit to see that there were actually a few ships, and there were Gallons and a few rowboats. I might in the revolutionary time in this country. Oh… I don’t think I had a teleportation device. I think the app must have been a TIME MACHINE. Great, now that I am stuck in an era where electronics don’t even exist, and worse, the people here will be suspicious. I decided to take a short walk to try to relax and think of a way out, and soon enough I got bothered by a fly that won’t leave me alone. I squashed  it by chance, and dammit those bastards are hard to kill. Then sparks can come out of the console yet again.

Journal Entry, Date Unknown

I thought I was going to be stuck in the 15th century forever, to then see that I was right where I was last time. I guess all of this time travel stuff was bullshit after all, since I did have some shrooms just to calm myself down right after I broke my console. However a series of beeps came along, and came the announcement right out of my laptop, “ATTENTION MR. WELLS! IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR ASS OUT OF YOUR HOUSE AND GO TO WORK!!! It’s not like the stock market is going up any higher on its own!” The woman on the computer said, and I could not believe who it was: It’s that ugly woman that I used to bully back when I was back at middle school. I never knew that I would end up under her authority. I pinched myself to make sure that it was real, because I was really hoping this was some kind of nightmare. But I felt pain, so I think I should just do what she wants out of me. Now that I think about it, I DID remember killing, so maybe that tiny minor thing must have caused this massive change in the first place. Well I can’t go back now with her there, so I guess

“SIR YES SIR” I yelled out once he got off the intercom, and took the subway onto work. Once I was on, it was cramped as hell with people pushing each other just to get to their destination at their jobs. So pretty much, nothing’s really changed except that I am forced to go to work everyday through legal force rather than simply just through simply having to pay rent. After that I just sat in my cubicle just editing some boring design documents. Just like that boring part time job I had. Of course once I was alone of course I decided to go online and search up pornography of my favorite fetishes, something that I want to get out of, but hey at least it’s better than doing this bullshit every hour with no breaks. Eventually, through the intercom came an announcement, “Attention all employees, it’s time for the annual icebreaker game! This is to increase productivity and create a greater family!” the voice said in a nurturing, yet kind of disturbing tone.

We all had to play this game, and God, do I have to tell you how much I hate icebreakers, since they are so childish, and I will never understand why careers even do them in the first place when they don’t lead to anything actually productive. My boss started the game, and she was none other than my high school guidance counselor Elyssa Anders. She’s just a massive bitch since she forced us to do pointless things here and now in this timeline. “All right, I can see that productivity is low in this sector. Sorry for the inconvenience, but since some people here were either too busy doing their work or focused on catching other moochers. We have been letting a few through the strainer as of late. The point of this program is to catch those few who escaped our notice.” she said. Great, I think I am fucked, and I don’t think the consequences are going to be good. I have to look for some kind of excuse to get out and use that time machine app once again. “Alright Pizzo, you go first, tell us what were you last doing?” 

“I was counting all of the profits from the last semester, so we can make sure that we can reach record heights this and future semesters.” Pizzo said so smug and proud, and gosh I already want to punch that stupid goober in the face, and he’s another dork I knew back in high school. 

After a while of everyone telling their pointless actions, it would eventually reach me, and as Elyssa looked in my direction, she soon asked me the question, “Mr. Wells, I see that you have something to share. And you better have something this time, as this is your last strike! So do you have anything to share?!” She yelled in an annoyed manner. I was petrified, as if her voice had the same effect as Medusa’s eyes, shivering in cold fear. I looked up porn, and now I wish I at least did a little bit of work so I can come up with a good lie, but I can’t. I guess I should tell a bad lie and hope they will be fooled by it at first so I can buy some time to go to the bathroom. 

“Well, I was um… Calculating the numbers in our trans-galactic strategy in how we could send some supplies to Uranus because we could fight against them terrorist aliens trying to destroy our kind.” I don’t know why I was thinking that, as I don’t believe that humanity in this timeline actually went off to space, and everyone in the room all started to laugh at me in a mocking tone except for Elyssa who was not amused by what I have to say.

“Mr. Wells, do you think this is funny?! From that ridiculous story, it’s obvious that you didn’t do any work at all! I bet you have been wasting your time looking up those illegal sites, have YOU!!!” Yeah, she seems mad, like mad mad.

“FINE!! I WILL BE HONEST HERE YOU CUNT! BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?!! I DON’T WANT TO WASTE MY WHOLE LIFE DOING USELESS SHIT LIKE THIS! I WANT TO PLAY AMAZING VIDEO GAMES, AND I AM NOT HURTING ANYONE WHILE DOING IT IS THAT A PROBLEM?!!!” I yelled out in anger, as the whole room just stood there in shock. Elyssa was already mad at me, and at first I thought she was going to yell at me, but she said in a calm yet clearly furious tone, “Listen Wells, you already crossed the line enough already, and now I think it’s time that an order for some rehabilitation is now in order.” I do not like the sound of that, but I decided that I have only one option, RUN!!! I tried to sprint right out the door, and right away I was grabbed by all my co-workers. I had one of them holding me from behind, and , as Elyssa then said “Wells, you really think we are letting you dash off, especially since your job is the most crucial part in this business. You already let off many people with your internet browsing, and THAT’S what's actually a waste of time!”, then the police arrived on the scene. “Security, this is the slacker who’s been doing time theft.” She told them both, and they looked exactly like the cops who stopped me at the subway back at the original timeline when I had gotten the new game system.

“Look, we mean you no harm, all we are going to do is to simply just disconnect all of your emotional connections, so you can become a better worker.” One of the cops said. Yeah, that does not sound good. I bashed my head against the co-worker holding me, and I right away grabbed the closest chair and bashed them at the others so it would be easier to make my getaway as I then threw it at her. 

Once I made my getaway, the cops of course did exactly what they were trained to do, and more joined in along with their dogs. I was making through the hallways, and at every turn I was always being cut off by cops. Then I saw that there was a bathroom that I could lock myself in so I could get enough time to activate the time machine. As I made my way there as fast as I could, they all found me. However I managed to get myself at least to a straight hallway with all of the cops behind rather than from all corners. “GET BACK NOW, YOU SCUM!!” One of the cops said, as now they are right on my tail. I have to think fast before they apprehend me, but then I found in my sweater pocket that I had a can of cola and some popping candy, combine them, and then I can actually create a super drink to give me more energy! Man, that was smart, so I quickly opened both products, poured as much pop candy as I could into the cola can, and once it seemed like it was about to explode, I drank it! Now I can move much faster, and I avoided all of the policemen! I locked myself in the single room toilet, opened up my game console and put on the same setting. I just hope that I can actually get a better future this time around, because I do not do anything like my original timeline or something worse!

Journal Entry, 2nd Time Travel

Now I am back in the 15th century, right back in the natural environment. I am starting to actually make the connection that maybe the fly that I killed might have caused the whole world to have this obsession with pointless work that benefits no one. I can’t think about the danger I was just in, I have to find a way out to at least to have a somewhat better future, or present to be more accurate. I decided to just go for a walk while keeping an eye out for any bugs or plants that may or may not be poisonous. I would actually soon encounter a trio of hunters with their rifles up at my face. I was not expecting to meet anyone at this time, having a heart attack, as I then fell my ass on a pile of flowers. “Tell me boy, who are you, and what is that thing?” The man said with his bearded face in a menacing tone, as from the looks of it, I can assume that must believe that I am a wizard, obviously as he never saw a handheld electronic ever in his life. But I have no time to respond, as then the device just zapped once again, and it brought me back to the present. 

Seems exactly like I left it, and I just hope that I don’t have the intercom telling me that I am late for work. I decided to go outside so I could find out what happened, to then see that nobody was in the streets. I thought this looked a bit peculiar, but then I made one sound, and soon a whole hoard of zombies came out of nowhere, from every corner. “HOLY SHIT! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!” I yelled, as I went to my apartment, and used the time machine once again. I hate getting those seizures a third time, but if it means getting another future, then so be it!

Journal Entry, 3rd Time Travel

I went back again to the same year, and this time, I encountered those hunters yet again, and this time, there are more this time around. They all surrounded me, as they all are now more angry than ever, and now I wonder, how do they remember me, and why am I even here in a few seconds forward, like does the time machine even check the exact seconds? Never mind that, I have bigger issues here. The leader with an angry expression, the man from earlier , moved forward. “Now tell me this again, boy, and I will ask you one more time. What is that thing?” He said menacingly, and they all pointed firing squad style. I do not know what to even say with all the pressive of so many guns pointed at me, but I sneeze without covering my mouth, right at the leader. Soon enough with it hitting the lead hunter, he sneezed, and collapsed. 

“SORCERY!! THIS GUY IS A WITCH!!! LET’S KILL HIM!!” One of the men screamed in terror, as he too sneezed and collapsed, and the rest followed, and even the rodents, squirrels, rabbits, deer, birds and even the trees all started to die off in a quick manner. I gulped really hard at this turn of event, here just praying that the consequences won’t be that severe. 

Journal Entry, 4th Time Travel

I would find myself in front of a nice fairy tale castle just like a certain place where the mouse hangs out. Like wow, I was not expecting that. I decided to go in there to see it has all of the nice features that one actually has. With a pseudo-medieval aesthetic, a maid came over to me and gave out a letter, “How you do fair master, are you taking the ferrari to your brother’s funeral?” she asked. Then a princess would come down, and man was she so hot and beautiful. “Hey Mr. Wells dear, I can assume you prepared to head out right?” The princess said. So I have a hot wife, nice house and car, my brother dead, AWESOME!!! It looks like I have actually hit it big! Like who knew actually causing a pandemic could give me such a good future? 

“Cool! Anyways, what’s the latest video game release?” I asked, but everyone just gave a puzzled look. 

“I am sorry, but what the fuck are video games?” She wondered. 

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” I screamed once again at the top of my lungs, as the hobby does not exist in this future, so I rushed out the door and used the time machine once again. It may seem great, but the lack of games is a HUGE turn off.

Journal Entry, 5th Time Travel

I will just get to the point, as this is just getting tiring already. I went outside to the streets, as this timeline was the same as it was back with the second and third attempts, but I would end up encountering an army of military clad men in a futuristic style. I guess I am back in the same situation again with the hunters in the 1620s. “Mr. Wells, you are in violation of the Time Code Number 247, altering the timeline to fit your selfish needs! We order you to give up your Nintendo now, or face prison time up to 20 years!” The leader with a green visor and shiny navy blue armor said as his platoon. I panicked, but I held the handheld frim in my hand. 

“FUCK YOU ALL! MY HANDHELD IS MY MOST TREASURED FRIEND, AND I WILL NEVER LET YOU HAVE IT!” I yelled out. Suddenly, a blast from the sky emerged, and it came from some weird cloud-like creature, as it was laughing while it killed them in agony. With its massive eyeballs, it stared at me, as it grinned. I ran right away, as lightning tried to hit close to me, and the cloud even tried to drop blobs of corrosive acid onto me. I was lucky that I dodged every single one. I took cover inside an abandoned store, and I found an AK-47 lying around, a lighter and some oil. I picked them all up in case they may be useful at some point. Since I ran from that cloud, I might as well check out this future I saw that the skies were dark and twisted, rainbows were monochrome, tornadoes were yelling, rain of acid, plants made of flesh were at every spot and various monsters, just all of this looks like the kind of thing you would see out of a Mad Max movie, but Lovecraftian in nature. I would see some punk raiders yelling, but as the aliens like those in cartoons. Yeah, I’m so out of here.

Journal Entry, 6th Time Travel and beyond

You know what?!! At this point, I am PISSED. Like I have now gotten the TIME POLICE there to stop me from changing the future!!! My original timeline was SHIT, and I already had to deal with all of this CRAP!! SO I WILL JUST DO WHAT I FEEL LIKE DOING! I used the AK-47, and since I decided to go back to June 5th instead of the same year, I have a little surprise for those hunters. If my knowledge about this time period is correct, New Amsterdam should still be a small town, so I should be able to get in there and start a mass shooting. I was able to pass the wall of the city, and once I was in, some of the people stared at me with suspicion due to my mannerism and clothing. In this poor, almost medieval town, I fired flying metal balls of death, piercing through the flesh of the hunters. I would then grab the can of gasoline from my pocket, throw it at a house and light it on fire, appearing to be the house of one of the hunters. It would spread and burn it down to the ground. Good, because I hate those assholes for stopping me, and I hope I at least get a good future out of THAT! You may say that’s too extreme to get revenge on a few ignorant people, over the top or whatever, but if you are in a situation just like mine where you could get killed at every possibility, you would do anything to hopefully get a better future!

Now back at the present, I see that the future was not any better, because IT’S SHIT! And I mean literally, literally SHIT, as everything is made out of POOP! Except for the seas and rivers, which are PEE, and the air, which is FART! With the air unbreathable, with the worst smells combined, I could not even attempt to describe what it's like. This is just getting too weird for me.

The next future I got was just a whole world of sea, where I landed on an iceberg, with just the ocean for miles. 

After that, I found myself in a land of candy, you know like in a certain board game. It looks nice in principle since I can eat everything, but I don’t want cavities, and I already had to have a root canal once from eating too many gummies.

Now I find myself in a world where every woman is “beautiful”, with huge asses and huge boobs while their waist is as thin as a stick and having faces more makeup than skin. Much like those reality TV show hosts that are LAME! Then I got those beastly men with eight packs acting like they are cool, but they are the lamest shit ever. NEXT!

In the next future, I found myself in a circus tent, to then go outside to see the whole world to see a whole city that’s entirely a carnaval, and with buildings so colorful that it seems like it all can be seen for miles. I saw that every single person I have met was a clown, and they were also FEMALE as well. I walked down the streets, and everyone stared at me with evil red smiles. They soon all took out pies from their colorful hats. “Don’t worry human, soon you will understand the joy of being silly.” One of the clown girls said. I hit the time machine without a second thought.

Then I went to a future filled with fabric, as if it’s a dump for clothes that went out of style, reminding me of why I hate the fashion industry.

This is just getting really old, really fast. With this amount of absurdity going on, that has no logical sense in what I perceive in reality in combination with the constant seizures I keep getting, I feel like it’s a matter of time before I start to lose my mind! I would then go to a world where the apes have taken over, and then to one where this one man, being my principle from my late elementary years, is the ruler of the entire world, and then to one where living, humanoid eggplants rule. Now I am feeling like God is real, and he’s just being an asshole who’s putting me through this by his own twisted pleasure. Or I could just be in hell, and I must have done something really cruel to end up in this situation. Then again, I did kill those hunters back at New Amsterdam, so maybe I do deserve this.

Journal Entry, 64th Time Travel

With all of this insanity, the fact I still found time to write this in my journal, and recorded the timeline results just like the first one was a surprise for me. Maybe I can keep this so I can learn to take care of my stuff. I see that I have a much nicer apartment. It’s clean, well organized, the computer is compact, yet powerful, and in one shelf, I have all of my favorite characters of all time, all 27 along with some game consoles, other models, and below I have models of may favorite architecture masterpieces too like the Pyramids and the Hagia Sophia. Heck, I even have a nice view outside of the river, where it’s just endless woods. From the looks of it, it seems like my ideal future. All of a sudden, my phone started to ring, picking me up and being surprised. I then picked it up, to see if this timeline has a catch. “Hello, who is this?” I said nervously, as this phone was just there, and the fact that it came from this future, I want to make sure it was safe.

“Hello Wells, I was wondering when are you coming to the Halloween Party? You are already about 10 minutes late. I was getting worried!” A sweet feminine voice came from the other end, and I don’t seem to recognize the voice from anyone I previously knew. 

“Okay, I will come right away, sorry that I had got myself caught up with something I just invented today.” I replied back, I mean it is technically true.

“Sigh, caught up yet again in another one of your inventions. Could you be a bit more careful? Remember the last time you tried to invent a nuclear powered robot, and it caused damage in the downtown area?! Just get here now, and be careful the next time you create something new.” She hung up the phone. I guess I will give this timeline a chance, because from the looks of it, the woman seems to be someone who cares. I went out to say bye to my parents if there were any, and both of them said bye,  and they both said bye back, and with their usual voices, as I saw through the door that they are human and watching a movie. That’s a good sign at least.

I went outside to see that there’s a game store right next to my house, and they are selling the same exact game console that I have! Well that’s another plus in this future! At least I get to play video games on my favorite handheld. I rushed to the train rather than check out the store, and I would put my legs onto the seats, and seeing everything, it seems like I am in the future, just like in my favorite science fiction sitcoms. There were not many people, but what I saw was a bit weird let’s say and leave it at that. Two actual human cops would come by, and I thought they were about to lecture me, but they just said hi and went about their day. What a relief, I thought I was going to be more late than I already am.

I was able to at least get to my destination, and once I entered the house, I saw a woman who seemed to be wearing a vampire custom. I was out of breath, and I ran up to her, held her and yelled “WHAT COLOR IS THE SKY?! WHAT ARE DONUTS! ARE THERE VIDEO GAMES, AND ARE THEY BANNED?! DO WE HAVE HEALTHCARE?! DO ROBOTS DO ART?! TELL ME!!” I was panicking after my long journey, and I was desperate to know what the hell happened.

“Mr. Wells, are you alright! The sky is blue, donuts are still around, video games are as popular as ever. We have free public services, as you should know as you took the train. And no, robots just do menial labor, they don’t create anything. Are you okay?”

“Sorry, I had a long day working on my most recent project.” I said, yeah, those were all obvious answers, but I still was anxious with all that crap thrown at me. You can’t blame me for being worried about nothing can you?  “I will try to relax and enjoy the party, but hey you and everyone got nice customs, almost as if it’s real!” I said, and dammit they were.

“Um… We are actually demons, are you sure you are ok?.” Then I looked around to see that she was actually a vampire, and other monsters that I would see in movies, books and fantasy RPGs were there…

… Ah, what the hell, I always wanted to be friends with monsters anyway, and since this timeline has so many great things, I could just repair my game system at the store nearby if that accident were to repeat. I would go to the bathroom, and delete the time machine software, as I got a feeling that I would no longer be needing it. It’s been stressful, so I guess I can have a better time with some new friends.

THE END

Another story that I have wrote as commentary on what's happening today. As usual, giving feedback would be appreciated.

I was at a protest with many of my closest friends, on the warm sandy beach of Cape May, with the waves going nearby and a salty yet nose bleeding breeze, as all sorts of plastic waste are over the beach. A huge building with smoke chambers releasing gray smog into the sky was turning the sky into a depressing color of a light ash gray. Me and many other people have been seeing that the factory was releasing waste not in the form of green gunk that you’d see in cartoons, but a weird plastic liquid that looked slimy yet thick in a bright purplish color that can’t be found anyway in nature dumped into the sea, changing it’s very color from a clearish blue color. There I was with a sign saying “DOWN WITH PLASTICS!” as I got frustrated with how the beach was ruined. I used to go there every Saturday, although I hated swimming, I loved the atmosphere. I hung out there with my friends and went on the boardwalk every time hanging out at the shops or playing at the arcade. We would sometimes even do dumb shit like playing pranks by stealing the lifeguard’s megaphone and yelling out sharks to see everyone panic. Ahh those were good times, now ever since the factory opened up, everything has been going downhill. I kept yelling chants with my friends and the rest of the crowd, until I saw that a limousine would drive by the entrance, as a middle aged man wearing casual blue jeans and a light blue shirt came out. He has light beige skin, brown hair slick, and filled with spray and grease, and looked as hard as a diamond, and a face that all the ladies would fall for despite his age, with makeup making it smooth, much like an actor on set. 

He was on the stage, as he went to the entrance of the factory facing towards all of us, with a microphone in his hand to say a speech, “Hey people of Cape May! As a member of the community, I hear your concerns. However, you all know that we are among the poorest communities in the city, but the truth is we need to do whatever is necessary to build it up by gaining the profits that I, I mean the city needs so we can make this a better place. There would even be better jobs for all of you people, and best of all, they would have high wages and great benefits!” We were pissed off, because none of those jobs were meant for us, with the requirement being a PHD just to become a janitor for some idiotic reason. Plus we are in the middle of a HOUSING crisis, not a job crisis! 

“FUCK YOU BEFF MICHAIS!!” A friend of mine in the crowd said as she threw a glass bottle which the cops caught right in his hands. He was about to command the others to beat us up, as they all took out their buttons and tasers, but Beff held them back to then continue, “We could make all of you the exception, and I mean we do need more woman on the workforce, as we have been lacking in diversity. So those opportunities can be for all of you!” He said, as then he got a singer out, who was none other than pop sensation that blonde, hideous Tanya Smith, who is a corruption of what a woman is supposed to look like, with her oversized ass and boobs and a curvy and tiny belly the size of a penny. She looks more like a caricature than an actual human being. I hate that dumb bitch, and I always hated her music, but now even since she decided to become a spokesperson for Dinalo Enterprises, who Beff Michais is the CEO of I hate her even more than ever. Unfortunately, a bunch of my friends with me have been corrupted by her shitty music, despite that though, she was able to enchant them with her voice, singing a song to calm them down, and I will just explain the lyrics in my diary as in a nutshell telling the whole crowd that they are ugly, and they should just accept that they are inferior. You know, those kinds of things that are supposed to destroy your self esteem. At first I thought everyone was about to get angry and start to beat her up, but then she said, “Sorry that I have brought up all of your disgusting appearances, but don’t worry about that! I have this whole makeup brand that can reshape your face in a certain mold! Best of all, it’s all for the low, low price of $100 a pack! Come get yours while supplies last, and use it with the sludge and you will become even more sexier!” Tanya Smith said, as then all of the girls all suddenly were convinced so easily that they started to go berserk with their money out as they all rushed like a herd of cows to buy that cream. I was just there in complete shock, as how could everyone be that stupid and so easily convinced to buy into that scam! They were fighting over the cream just like on Black Friday, except this was two days after Black Friday. Seeing that most of my friends were fighting was disheartening, becoming the greedy consumers they opposed. I just don’t get how Tanya Smith was able to convince them about this bullshit so easily.

I decided to stand up to the crowd with clenched fist and gritted teeth, with me yelling at the top of my lungs to all of my friends saying “HEY!! WE ARE SUPPOSED TO OPPOSE THOSE PEOPLE! NOT BUY INTO THEIR BULLSHIT! IT’S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH TO EVEN USE THOSE PRODUCTS!!!” I tried my best to convince everyone, but instead everyone decided to boo me instead, as both Beff Michais and Tanya Smith grinned at me, with hostile eyes, as if they saw me as a threat. “FUCK YOU!! FUCK YOU BOTH!!” I yelled to both of them as I gave them the finger, but then the whole crowd started to all gang up on me physically, as one punch after the other was pounded onto my body. With strikes feeling like actual metal on me, I only managed to escape and barely survive once all the crowd had gotten bored, “Ha! Later loser, we have places to be at! Those clothes aren't going to buy themselves!” One of the people said as she spat on me. They trample on me, viewing me as nothing but dirt, and it was not the end, as I would end up losing my leg as the limo Michais was in drove over my right. 

A day later, I had a cast over my leg, and now I owe the hospital $50,000 for sawing up my leg since it caused an infection. That alone is a whole separate issue, but I am not concerned about my own health. What I am concerned about is my community having to deal with the harm that the sludge may have in the future. I decided to head right out, although going on crotches is hard as fuck and I abhor them, but I can’t afford the wheelchair, so that will do for now. As I was trying to go outside, a doctor saw me in the hallway trying to get me out, he would come up to me and grab me by the back of my shirt, “Excuse me, miss I do believe that you are not ready to go outside. We just need to improve on your face before we let you go outside.” He said. The last sentence sent a chill down my spine, as I am now suspicious that Dinalo must have bought the hospital. I didn't say a word, as I decided to hit him with one of the crutches and proceed to move as fast as I can with them. “STOP RIGHT THERE UGLY CUNT!!” He yelled, as I soon decided to steal a wheelchair and zoomed to the exit as fast as possible while avoiding any workers, “GUARDS, CODE RED, I REPEAT, CODE RED!” I was able to get out of the door as fast as possible, but I would hide behind one corner in the white and clean hallways of the clinic, to see that there are still guards in one corner. Like shit, why the fuck are there guards in the hospital? There are just receptionists are the front, and many security guards who do surveillance, but this much is just fucken insane! I however noticed a room to my side as I saw that there was a clear window and a sign that says “Plastics Development” Just when I thought that today could not get any weirder.

My curiosity got the better of me, as I decided to enter the dark room, where just enough light was there to see in a dimly lit fashion. I walked to see the hallways of what appears to be a bunch of organs inside of tubes. But to see that they were increased in the same exact purple plastic liquid was what shocked me. I took a look at many organs, although I found that there was a pair of testicles there, and the look they had were they glowed a strong light green as if it seemed hypnotic, despite the fact it’s just a bright light. I decided to look closer at the balls to then see that there were apparently a few specks of dots. It sparkled like glitter, and I saw a microscope next to the tube, and it was the same for every single tube there, which I can assume is to save time to just look at what's in the tube. I decided to look into the microscope to see there being many particles that seemed to resemble that of the various depictions of viruses that I saw, except that they actually have the Dinalo logo of that of a Unicorn. I stopped looking and I later saw the tubes had hearts, guts, stomach, then I saw the brain, as the pink substances are actively being eaten alive by leeches, and certain portions of the brian are being eaten alive by the parasites from within. I don’t think I really need to look into the microscope, because just seeing that made me lose my appetite. 

Already I wanted to know why the hell is a lab like this in a hospital, and I already believe that there is a connection between the purple sludge, how my friends quickly changed and my situation that I am not allowed to leave, since I did not want to get a change in my face. Wait a minute, is sludge an ingredient to plastic surgery? Well, I knew that looking at all of those organs there was a mistake, as soon enough the guards caught me red handed. “THERE YOU ARE!! Looks like we got ourselves a runaway whore!” They grabbed my arms, but I took a while to see that these guards are actually the SWAT TEAM. This does not look good. I was brought to a room nearby with the same dark atmosphere, except that it has a tube, and I saw Beff Michais there, along with a fashion model who’s known for absolutely nothing, Park Poodaisyen. Great, she much like Tanya Smith is just another shitty celebrity with a cult fanbase, and she has huge boobs and ass, skinny waist and a face that’s more makeup than skin. She is the most hideous woman I ever saw, and I don’t get who the fuck would even be attracted to her. “Here she is, when do we do the advanced plastic surgery?” the guard said. 

“Just leave her here, and guard the entrance from the outside, just don’t let her out of here” Michais said, as those who caught me left. “Looks like we got the only one who did not fall for the influence of Tanya Smith’s jingle” Michais said, as he smirked on his face. “We will have to do the purple sludge influence then, if she was able to resist the spell we put into her song”. Listening to the idea of being dunked into sludge was something that I am terrified of, as I saw from the organ lab, I quickly went to the door to see that it was locked, and I kept banging on it as a way to get out. 

“Give up Lucka, you already are trapped. Come along now, we will fix your body and put you up to perfect shape, and all the men will love you.” Poodaisyen said, as she has been condescending. 

“Bitch, I much rather die then turn into a copy of you! Why the fuck are you trying to create those microbes, and forcing this piece of shit lifestyle!” I demanded as I was angry over the fact that the whole purpose was to create all of this junk just to eliminate what they view as hideous. “Just why the fuck are you doing this, you already have more money then you know what to do with in a million lifetimes, so why don’t you just be satisfied!” I then said to Michais. 

“Oh please, I just want to create a certain world. Sure, I am in it for the money, but it’s not my motivation, it’s Michais’s. Mine is to create a whole world where every woman is exactly like me, into hypersexy fashion models. Your town of Cape May was lacking in that, and I was hoping that I can actually help, after all, New Jersey is already a shitty state, and I want to improve it bit by bit, starting the penises of the man here who are not horny or aggressive enough, so we start inserting the plastic sludge into the balls, causing them to lust after sexy ladies like me and become mindlessly aggressive and competitive. I don’t need to explain about the woman.” Poodaisyen said, as then a tube opened up, preparing to encase me in the sludge. “Well then let’s get this over with then” I managed to barge hard enough on the door to let myself out, and the guards were beneath it. I ran out there, now with many guards after me. I got outside the specimen room, while crawling on the floor as fast as I could, getting onto the wheelchair they left out. I zoomed right past many things, now with many guards on my tail. “DON’T THINK YOU CAN HIDE! YOU MAY RUN, BUT WE WILL GET YOU EVENTUALLY!!” Poodaisyen said in the intercom. I have to think up a plan, and right now all I have for escape is to take multiple opioids at once. Let’s hope that it doesn't come to this. 

I managed to finally get out right through the entrance. Damn being in a wheelchair is hard enough, but with my broken legs, I don’t think I can steal a car, and they have vehicles, so I have to think of something fast. Then I turned my head one way to see that the guards were still on their way, so I quickly hopped onto my wheelchair and saw that I was on a hill, and Cape May was only a ride away. I decided to let gravity do its work and hope that I don’t end with worse injuries. Thankfully, I was okay when I got down with a stroke of luck that I didn't get injured.

I would then make it to my town, as air is murky, and the purple sludge replaced the water. I saw that the streets were torn up, with potholes and glass windows that looked like they were shot. Almost no one was there. I strolled my wheelchair to see if there was anybody there, but one wheel broke, as it crossed over a pothole. I turned around and I would see a bunch of mutated men with mass muscles, as if they were taken by steroids and their faces were beastly, as their faces were overgrown with ugly beards taking up half their face. I made my run, by making the use of my undamaged wheel. I was able to throw them off, as I threw my shirt and bra, and those savages went for that, so it seems like they track more by smell then they see. I was in a corner, seeing what my town has become, I don’t want to live anymore. I took out the opioids, and swallowed them at once, and I just hope that I die soon, because if this is how the world is going to end up, I don’t want to live in it. 

I may actually start posting my stories on Royal Road soon, including the ones here. I have to say this, as they don't allow plagiarism, so I am doing this just to get out of the way. I will be posting a new story soon enough.

Continued from the last post since I reached the maximum amount of characters I can put into a post.

“We had a deal that you must give up anything that’s a burden, which is almost everything. I will allow you to keep one thing. So choose wisely, and don’t go for any electronics, the last thing we want to be tracked down. You would know more about this world soon enough, and believe me it’s not one where you want to meet your enemies again” SHIT! Now I can’t play Powerup Fantasy 5 anytime soon, and I was just at the good part when the action was about to begin. Since I can choose only one thing, I saw that I got the novel adaptation of the 5th game while looting a store. I got more for collection purposes, but since I can’t play the game, I will have to read the book. I picked it up and put it in my bag, and I hope that I get to finish this book before it gets destroyed or the Roman will force me to give it up.

“Good choice, now since that’s the only luxury item you will have for a long time. So make use of it. You know about the story of Pygmalion do you?”

“I do, I was lectured actually by a frog on how I should always travel light, and he mentioned”

“He makes a good point, it’s not good to be a hoarder especially with life on the line. You know that I was a soldier, and on the battlefield you only got your weapons, armor and ration, and the fact that I had to pay for my armor puts any luxury off the table. Just try to not make the same mistake again, and focus on researching about the Chain Reaction, and how at least I can get back to my own time” Well, I am starting to see more on how Doo-pe is actually right about hoarding, and I don’t think I will attempt to do the same thing again, unless if it’s really good. 

“Well I do have questions for you, first how did you find me, second, who are these “evil woman” you speak of, are they hot, and how do they know about me?”

“Okay, first things first, you should have asked me who I am, and I can tell you have not talked to many people. My name is Severus Traianus, but you can just call me ‘The Roman’ as most people do. Also, from the second question, I can see that you are a total ‘simp’ as the fact it’s so stupid. Yeah they are seductive, but their beauty is both irrelevant and subjective. At least you were a bit suspicious about them knowing you, and that is not a question I can answer. They were mysterious, and I did try to find out more, only to get four steps back from where I last started. Best to stay away from them, and I only did it to find you, and somehow they gave exactly where you were, and I rushed there while avoiding anything that comes my way.” That’s right I am a bit horny. I always wished that I had a girlfriend, but I barely got the chance to even talk to one, and my high school was shit, since it was mostly just boys, and the only girls that are there are either too stupid or plain hideous. They were shitty people anyway, so I didn't miss anything while many of the men were fighting on Valentine’s Day. Just wished I went to a better school. But thinking about those women just made me drool when the Roman mentioned that they were seductive, so maybe they are hot. 

“We better get to sleep early, I got news that a turf war may be coming here by 2 in the morning, so we got to leave before we get caught up in it. Believe me, this city is not where you want to be, especially with what we dealt with the ghouls, now go to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow, as we have to be in another city up north” Great, I hate going to sleep, and I was up all night playing video games, but if the news were true, yeah I think I will listen to him for now. Hopefully the city has some hotels, because sleeping in a cramped room with a man in his 40s is not desirable for me.

To be continued...

Well, I posted the second part, just leave me some constructive criticism as always.

The next chapter in my story, aka a sequal to Not Alone with Monsters. I have not decided a title of the whole story yet, but I have an idea. So here it is:

I decided not to have breakfast today since I wanted to start playing Powerup Fantasy 5 as soon as possible. Once I started the game, I saw graphics that although had characters appear in sprites, they and the whole world was in great detail, and everything. I was enmeshed into the city of Dustirali, a city of factories that produce products that are made just to be thrown out. The protagonist was an industrial worker who decided to raise arms against his boss after being treated like shit, as he started rebelling by organizing a union where many of his co-workers decided to demolish the power plant under threat that if they don’t get better wages, they will blow it up. Already I love this game, and I even heard that other protagonists from the last 4 games will appear at some point in the game. I played until I got up with the first boss, who happened to be a huge computer system that overproduces electricity. By the time I was about to fight it, I decided that I should head outside to find out more of what’s going on in this strange new world.

I packed everything I needed into my backpack, especially the cards the frog says are more powerful than any weapon. Yeah, of course the village I was in was not inhabited by humans, and I am the only human, while the guard happens to be a mutant who just looks human. This was interesting, but I have no interest in THAT! Everyone else is actually a bunch of talking animals, mostly made up of only predatory animals like dogs, wolves, bears, eagles and the like. I never really talked to anyone yesterday, so I don’t really know much about their way of life. I went to the lobby, too, and found myself surrounded by those talking animals, especially the younger ones who all came up to me the moment they saw me like a sore thumb. I really did not want to talk, especially yesterday with the whole Jullvex thing, and the ghoul that puts terror under my skin. Of course none of them knew that I was not in the mood since they were all oblivious to my facial features saying the opposite.

“How did you survive, I bet you must be able to kill them with one strike if you have made it this far!” One dog said.

“What did you eat? Some leeches, how did they taste?” Another bear asked.

“I wonder if you ever made it out through sheer luck? After all humans tend to be weak, since they all died off” a tiger stated.

I was annoyed with these questions, so I walked away, trying to ignore them all, luckily the frog from last time came along with the guard. “Okay, everyone, leave the human alone. He has no desire to talk to anyone. Now leave him be.” The frog said sternly, enough that the children walked away, and decided to play tag with each other. 

“Thank you for clearing off those children, that means a lot to me” I said to the frog, “Anyways, you never told me your name when we first met, are you Doo-pe, the very person that the guard had mentioned?” I said, I mean it is obvious that he is the frog, but I alway like making sure this is the case.

“Yeah, I am Doo-pe, and we should discuss something. For starters, you claimed that you moved here with all of your stuff that you’ve brought from your house right?” The frog said.

“Correct, I wanted to move to a luxurious house since I assumed that I had everything to myself, so I got everything, stole a car and drove all the way to this location. Is there anything wrong with that?” I asked Doo-pe, I mean I love my possessions, and I would actually die to save my game system since it has all my favorite games and save data that would take years to get back. However, Doo-pe smacked his face, and gave an intense glare. 

“You. Are. A fucking moron Springdale. You should have been suspicious the first moment you noticed that no one’s around. As far as you know, every person you ever knew could have been abducted by aliens! To be honest I am shocked that you were lucky ENOUGH to move here successfully. Next time, TRAVEL LIGHT!!!” The frog said in a tangent, God, that was annoying. I hope I can go out now, but Doo-pe was not finished with his lecture, so I guess I had to hear more. “Look, I know you love your possessions, I mean we all do. I love my gun collection for example. However, I gave most of them up except for my favorites when I was pursued by a group of hellhounds. I never knew what happened to the guns I left behind, and I don’t think ever will. Don’t you know the Greek myth about Pygmalion who is also obsessed over his statue much like you? As a result, she came to life as a bickering woman!”

“Yeah, I know that myth, and I thought it’s just about how we should not go after porn, but I never thought about it that way. It was nice having this talk, but I’m burning daylight and I want to go out, I gotta go now…” I said, but Doo-pe still refuses to let me go. He still had a stern look, and he crossed his arms, meaning that I will have to stay here a bit more, just when I hope he will be finished. Okay, as much as I appreciate Doo-pe for saving my life, but I really want to get out so I find out how 

“I only have a few things to say before I let you go. First of all, when you were at that mall looting any objects, you should have some caution. You should have listened to the ghoul’s warning first hand. But since you went into the game store and got that copy of Powerup Fantasy 5, you put yourself in harm’s way. If I was not there in time, you could have been turned into just another Jullvex to be killed on the spot. Again, I said this before, but it needs to be mentioned again since you seem to be suicidal enough to throw your life away for stupid shit, TRAVEL LIGHT. In a nutshell, carry only necessities, including food, water, medicine, a weapon and a few tools like a lighter. Nothing else. We will be leaving soon, so be sure to get back before sunset. If you don’t make it, then we are leaving you behind. We will be up north right in the former city of Toronto. You can’t miss this building by the way.”. Doo-pe finally concluded. I was able to leave, and man did that last forever, I thought that would never end. 

Walking across the desolate streets, and the roads do seem to have a whole lot more weeds growing on the pavement from the last time I saw them. Now I am starting to see how much of an idiot I was for not paying attention to my surroundings, so I must have lucked out from not being attacked. So note to self, don’t do that again, or else you won’t be lucky. I walked to a library, hoping that I could find some newspaper articles about what led to the event. I went into the library, and the lights are working as they normally would. Now I think about, who’s keeping the electricity going? But that’s another mystery for another time, and I want to focus on how the Chain Reaction happened. I saw that the books were in an orderly fashion, like they never were removed. I saw a graphic novel adaptation of the first Powerup Fantasy game, but once I turned the pages it crumbled up into dust. Great, I was hoping to reread that, but it seems like there are “book eaters' ' out there that some of the residents warned me about, but they do collect whatever information there was in there, so maybe I can consume the comic that way. I used to go to the library to read some comic books from before whenever I couldn't buy them physically or find them online. I used to remember when there were more people here on the computers typing stuff out, but now those days are just a memory. 

Enough about distant memories, I had to find anything about the Chain Reaction, what happened, and what led to it, and who caused it for what reason. I decided to head right to the newspaper section, to actually see Newspapers from the New York Times still in good condition. I saw that the latest was from 2050, so I took that copy. At least the book eaters didn’t get to this one first. I read the volume to at least get an idea, as the last time I remember, the Chain Reaction must have happened 1000 years ago, and the last time I was around when people are alive was in the year 2018, just when I last slept and woke up here. I decided to see if there was a 2018 to jog my memory to see the current events of those days. I didn't find anything, so it’s safe to assume the book eaters got to those first. I just read the 2050 version to find out that there apparently was a war between God and Satan right here in the paper, except they are not called “God and Satan”, but compared to them for sake of convenience I guess since Christianity is the dominant religion, well at the time, I don’t know about now.

Basically in a nutshell there was a war between the mighty "Friend of Freedom” taking on the form of a plant-like monster fighting off against a “Red Ghost”, the embodiment of tyranny and authoritarianism. From what I can read, those two gods fought each other for about 20 years, to the point that their fight has almost destroyed the planet. Apparently though, the article states that the Red Ghost was killed off for good while Patrilbe, the name of the “Friend of Freedom” has made the world for Democracy. I don’t understand why the article would even say something like that, as from what I have seen, everything is destroyed, and humanity is practically extinct, and why would a supposed God of Freedom allow something apocalyptic to happen in the first place if people can’t enjoy their newfound freedom. Then I remember this was written back in 2050 as shown by the date, so something must have happened in between then and now, and I think I should try to figure out what happened in between. I refuse to believe that a democracy would even fall like that. As I quickly wrote all the important details down, I turned my head slightly to the left to see some familiar green slime. I could continue, but that would prove I’ve learned nothing from what happened last time, so I ran out of the library right towards the exit without a second thought. So I guess finding out about the past will have to wait.

I managed to get at least 20 blocks away from the library. I just hope that the Jullvex aren't on my tail this time around, because dealing with them is the last thing that I want to do. Since I can’t go to that library, I will have to think of a different plan on how to even start to look for information. Plus the sun seems like it’s about to set, so I should get back to the penthouse before Doo-pe leaves me behind. I heard from him that it gets really dangerous when it’s dark, as apparently most monsters are active during the night and that the Jullvex, Ghouls and the various Demons that I have encountered are not the only threats that exist, according to the dumb frog. In fact, I was actually pissed off when he started a society and base in the penthouse I own. I was there first, and the nerve of him kicking me out of the penthouse. To be fair, he did save my life when I made the mistake of focusing on taking a copy of PF5 when I should’ve waited, but damn I could not control myself as I waited for years for that game to come out. I was wondering about why Doo-pe saved me anyway, and what his motivation was. As far as I know, he could have done so just so he can show off that he’s a hero. I still ran towards the penthouse, but already the sun was setting, as I just spent all day focusing on running away from monsters while I barely got anything except for an idea of how the Chain Reaction came to be.

Right now I have to get to the penthouse, and as I ran with my, I would eventually find out that nothing was there in the place of the house. So I guess that Doo-pe and the community have left without me… GREAT! Now I don’t have a home, and all my stuff is gone with the apartment complex. What am I going to do now out at night with various monsters? Now I really wish I could stay home and play Powerup Fantasy 5. At least I didn't take the Switch with me, but I have to find a way to get to the penthouse, and I remember that Doo-pe said he has plans to head towards former Canada, so I guess I will be going there. I just need to survive from here on out if I want to reach the penthouse’s location.

I looked at the cards the frog gave me, and they were exactly like those typical playing cards you’d find people playing solitaire or whatever. I looked at the designs to see if they are anything like the Bicycle brand that I normally see whenever I am in game stores looking for any miniatures I should get. Ugh, this brought me back to when I often can’t decide on what to get, just a part of myself I hated. To be honest, I never really cared about these cards or the games that are played with. But to see them with a unique design, looking nothing like the cards I normally see whether they'd be the default or simply themed around pop culture or anything else, but with a almost default design, but it does feature certain symbols showing off certain actions, with the number and typical symbol to the side which there is one off. Well I can’t spend all day detailing the designs, I have to go. 

I walked across the Time Square area, just north of the neighborhood where the penthouse is, in the Upper West Side. I never mentioned the city of where I lived while writing, so I might as well give it off, and that I used to live in Harlem, a neighborhood I’m not exactly fond of. I don’t want to get into my past, or why I dislike Harlem and by extension this whole city, but I want to focus on the present. As I was walking up Columbus Circle, I thought about going into the mall right over there and getting some supplies from the store underneath the building, while building a base to fight off against whatever, but I realized that doing so might attract attention, so I decided to run towards the park, and I hope that I can quickly build a camp to spend the night.

However, as soon as I took one step into the park, I was all of a sudden ambushed right out of nowhere by a gang of teenagers who appear to have pale gray skin, and teeth with all incisors that would even put a dog on edge. The way they dress looks so damn tacky, with all black, with a hint of blue here and there, and every one of those creatures just wears skinny jeans, even the woman. Great, now I have to deal with getting attention from monsters. I was hoping that I was going to get lucky again, but I had my hopes up too high. I took out my knife, but none of those creatures flinched, coming closer to me. They looked so damn creepy with their human-like appearance, and soon enough a familiar face came, I don’t have to tell you who it was, and what those things are.

“Well, well, well, you must be the stupid little fucker I last saw while we were both at Target. I was hoping that I would get to eat you dumb bitch, but certain circumstances stopped it. But now since we don’t have any Jullvex around, we finally get the chance to finally eat a human once again, after all the disgusting demons we had to eat.” the bald ghoul said as he licked his lips. This is unnerving, I tried to run away by running past the ghouls, since I need to get to Toronto as soon as possible and try to find some car or bus that has a key in there so I can go much faster, as then the speed of the ghoul prevented me from even doing so in the first place. I was held with his right clawed hand on my neck, held onto the ground. I was panicking at this very moment, and I tried to stab the ghoul, but two other ghouls held my hands back onto the ground. They kicked the knife out my hand and threw it off far from where my hands could reach. “Nice try ******! Like we will ever let you kill me! Listen here, we have every right to do whatever we’d like, and since you are weak, and working with demons to unjustly control us. Nice try, maybe you should tell your masters THAT YOU’RE CRINGE!!. WAHAHAHAHA” All the other ghouls followed, but what the fuck is this guy even saying?! I don’t even serve anybody, or even know anything about this new world. Aside from knowing about Doo-pe and the village, then sure. 

“Hey, why don’t we eat him right now! I always wondered what human flesh tastes like!” a ghoul said. 

“Not now, we should cook this human first before we eat him. For all we could know, he could be carrying AIDS, and end up getting mind controlled by the masters he’s serving.” Oh boy here we go with this mind control bullshit, although I am aware I am in a different world, I still can never believe that literal mind control exists, but I will save that for another time. Right now, I am about to get cooked, and it would be smarter for them to eat me right now, obviously I am not telling them to do it, going against my best interests. I was tied up in some rope, as they then took me into the mall, and up on the second floor. I was too busy looking for a time to escape from the room, as I did not pay attention to a single word those ugly parasites were saying to me, as I was too focused on the task at hand. Of course I am not a fighter, only fantasizing about being one whenever I get into Powerup Fantasy or any other RPG game. I was then brought to a clothes store, where another ghoul was there preparing the pot to dunk me in.

I was taken to the closet and locked in there, to prevent escape. “Don’t worry human, soon your ugly mug will be gone from this world, so we can finally have our meal of a lifetime!” the female ghoul said, as she closed the door and locked it. Great, I don’t think I will ever be able to ever escape without noticing, but I won’t give up. I have to find out about the Chain Reaction and what caused it. I had no knife left, but I know somewhat how to untie tight knots. I was able to successfully take it off, and opened the door only slightly to see that the ghouls are too busy yakking about some useless crap. I slowly opened the door without making a creak. I slowly walked, taking advantage of their talk while boiling the pot. I walked until I was just at the entrance of the store as I then made my run. By that point, all the ghouls collectively noticed me, and they gave chase. I ran across the marble floor, but those ghouls were so damn fast, and I got creative, by going down the upwards escalator, hoping to use their speed against them as I jumped down using the handles as support. Luckily it worked, as some of the ghouls had got their feet scratched and their skin removed. I made it to the bottom without the same happening to me, but the leader and some of the other ghouls were not as dumb, and they went an alternative route, and I ran the other way, but I only got surrounded by the rest. 

“THAT WAS A DECEPTIVE TRICK YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT, BECAUSE OF YOUR LIES, YOU KILLED HALF OF OUR FRIENDS!!” the led ghoul said to me. I really did not give a shit, as these fucks literally tried to kill me. 

“Heh heh heh, calm down dude, it’s not a big deal, I mean you can make new friends somewhere else Dank Edgelord? I mean it’s not like they provided anything useful to the world.” I said in a joking manner out of pure rageful impulse, regretting it, as the ghouls then got even more pissed off when I said that statement. One of them would then rush towards me with their claws out, as the leader screamed, and told me “HOW DARE YOU, IT’S YOU WHO IS USELESS, WASTING YOUR LIFE PLAYING STUPID VIDEO GAMES!!” The leader, or the Dank Edgelord as I like to call him said in a shrieking voice. Wow, I was expecting a smug response, not this. He rages as loud as a beast, charging right towards me, many others followed his instinctual orders. Just as the ghouls were about to maul me alive, a spear came flying from the distance and pierced the Dank Edgelord in the eye, spraying out liquid red as roses.

“Hey, you shouldn't throw a tantrum whenever someone decides to stand up for themselves.” a man said in the distance, with heavy armor, not like that of a knight, but rather one of a Roman Legionnaire, specifically one from the 1st century, as his helmet shows his face, with only the sides covered by metal and a blindfold over his eyes. He wore a red tunic and leather boots, and appeared to be middle-aged. He’s much like a JRPG hero, so I hope I am saved.

“OH LOOK, A ******!! MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS YOU DRESS WEARING ***! GET THE FUCK AWAY, OR WE WILL DO THE SAME AS WE WILL TO THIS SHITSTAIN!” Dank Edgelord said once again. 

“Umm… yeah, I’m only doing this to save that moron, as I heard that he somehow has information I need, or at least could help. Just let him go and I will spare all of you.” The legionnaire said stoically, as if he wanted to focus on a task at hand.

“HA! SO YOU’RE THREATENING US WHEN YOU ARE JUST A WEAK AND PATHETIC HUMAN LIKE THIS PIECE OF SHIT?!! OH MY I CAN’T HOLD IN MY LAUGHTER!!” 

“Alright then, I warned you” The Legionnaire said, drawing out his sword and shield from his side and back respectively, as all of the ghouls except for the Dank Edgelord charged at him. He first stabbed the closet one right in the gut. He quickly turned around, to see another ghoul to which he slitted its thought, and bashed another with the shield and forced his sword into its skull, and took it out to spill out some stuff I feel uncomfortable explaining. I can tell that he’s a well disciplined warrior, doing what needs to be done and focusing on the task at hand, as he was able to then quickly kill the remaining 4 ghouls in a single strike in the form of a spin much like Link’s iconic attack. I am not sure of how that would work in real life, but he managed to somehow pull it off, so I wonder if he really is a human like the ghoul mentioned. Speaking of humans…

“Hey, be lucky that I saved your life. If I didn't come, you would have been eaten alive. Come on fellow human, let’s get out of here before we have to deal with the ‘Dank Edgelord’, or anything else” The legionnaire said to me. I followed him, and just like when Doo-pe saved me from the Jullvex, I don’t have a choice. At least I have found a human, but I do wonder if what the ghoul said was false, maybe there still are humans.

“Oh yeah, I should mention that humans pretty much are a nearly extinct race. They either were killed off, mutated, left this planet through spaceships, or were assimilated by various creatures. Let's say” Great, with what is familiar to me gone, I am starting to realize that I don’t want to live in this world. At least back at my shitty life in the 21st century I did have to deal with being a target from anything, just at my typical everyday boring job typing on a computer doing pointless work. 

“DAMN YOU, DAMN YOU!! YOU STUPID, RE****** HERO HAVE KILLED ALL OF MY GROUP. I AM SO PISSED OFF THAT I WILL MAUL YOU TO BITS!!!” The Dank Edgelord yelled as he rushed forward, but with ease, the legionnaire just dodged, and the Dank Edgelord gritted his teeth. At least the attention was away from me, but then the ghoul noticed me, and gave off a nasty grin.

“QUICK, USE YOUR CARDS! SWITCH TO USING ANY ACE TO LAND A BLOW AGAINST THAT BASTARD!!!” I did as the Roman told, as I quickly drew out an Ace of Hearts and casted a fireball landing onto the Ghoul, as then he burst into flames. “Now let’s get out of here before that fire cools off. It’s not going to last forever!” I was not sure, but with the fact that this guy has more experience than I do, I decided to follow him out of the mall, and crossed along Columbus Circle, and finally entered Central Park much like my original plan. However, as we entered Central Park, not surprisingly, we encountered more ghouls, and not just them, but the very weak demons that Doo-pe told me about along with zombies and others that I don’t have time to mention. This is going to be one long day.

“Okay, how are we going to fight against all of those bastards!” I asked, as I started to become even more nervous about dying.

“Calm down, I got a plan where we avoid combat as much as possible! Listen to everything I say, you’re important to me and my quest right now. So it’s in my best interest that you don’t get hurt!” He said as he took my arm, and barged through a group of zombies with his shield, and saw a now abandoned horse with a saddle and stirrups eating some grass. He hopped right on, with me on the back, as then the legionnaire whacked the horse, galloping away from the monsters. “We are going to stop off at a camp I set up in the park as a place where no one would dare think to look. It may be daunting, but be brave. Quick reminder that I am only saving you because you have vital information.” Great, I don't need another reminder that I am only useful temporarily.

After a few hours of riding, we eventually made it over to the castle in Belvedere Castle, looking over the lake, overtaken by algee. “Wait, your base is this castle? Won’t that make it obvious?” I said, because that thing sticks out like a sore thumb.

“Of course not you idiot, my base is actually right over here.” The legionnaire said as he touched a certain stone, after he put on a plastic glove, a hidden door opened. “Come on now, before any more monsters find us!” I nodded my head, as I followed him in. The hideout he has is claustrophobic, to the point that I can’t stand all the way up, but it was minimalistic, as all there was is just a backup and a sleeping bag. 

“So what do you want to know about? You said that you want me alive do you?” I asked in a stern manner. I don’t trust this guy, as if he’s like that guy from that Spanish book about a crazy man who thinks he’s a knight, although this one thinks he’s a Roman Legionnaire. I just hope that he does not accuse me of being an uncivilized barbarian who eats babies for breakfast.

“I heard from a group of women wearing dark dresses who said that you exist, and are from the 21st century. I myself, as you can see, am from the 2nd century, as I was a soldier in Trajan’s army during the Dacian War. I woke up in a field after an intense battle to have no idea of where my army was, and I assume you have the same experience. I would like to know how you ended up here in this place and time, and what happened during the Chain Reaction?” 

Okay, with this question, maybe he is not like that crazy Spanish guy after all, but already I was struggling to answer it, “Yeah sorry but I am just as much at a loss as you are. I woke up in my apartment to see nobody there, and I decided to fuck around to do stuff I would not be able to do in a functioning society.” I replied, then the Roman smacked his hand into his face.

“Great, I was just at a quest in the north right at the Irving City, then I had those women get information they needed for whatever horrible plan they wanted to enact, and now I have wasted my time saving a moron who’s on the same page as I am. I was really hoping that you know at least SOMETHING about those details, the very information I need to get back to my own time with my friends! Great, I guess I will have to get out empty handed, while not getting one step closer back to my era! It’s bad enough that I have to walk in an unfamiliar world where I have to learn a new language and the culture!” The Roman yelled at, pissed off that he can’t continue being on the battlefield fighting against the “Dacians” or whatever they call them. 

“I am sorry about that, but complaining won’t make it better, you know. As I too am on a quest to find out what the hell happened with the Chain Reaction! I just can’t find anything out with monsters chasing me around, and you’re not helping with shaming me! I just would love to play Powerup Fantasy 5 on my Switch at my home” I yelled back, the nerve this guy has. Yes I get that soldier probably wants to get back home, but I kind of like this chance of pace, as I said to him that since I don’t have to work, I have a whole lot more freedom to do as I pleased.

“EXCUSE ME! I have been out in this crappy future and unfamiliar environment for about 3 years everyday having to fight against various monsters and hostile forces, looking for a way to travel back to my own time! I suspect that Rome lost the war that I fought, probably leading to this, and the fact that you are obsessed with a video game is not going to help you out as with any other luxury!”

“Alright, fine, I don’t want to argue with a cranky soldier! Let’s just stop fighting, I mean this is taking us nowhere. I did actually find out more information about the Chain Reaction, do you want them?” I said, I bet the Roman would like to hear the little information I have to say, because he would find this interesting.

“Go on then, I’m listening, but if it’s something useless or I already know, then you’re out of the hole. I should tell you that I work alone, as any partner I have have either died or betrayed me” Here goes nothing then, so I explained to him everything I read in that newspaper back at the library about the war between the Red Ghost and the God of Freedom, but that the latter was presented as a hero, and it all happened in 2050.

“Interesting. I never have thought that something that comes right out of the Christian religion could actually have an element of truth to it. For my whole life I thought it was just pure rubbish made up to destroy the empire, then again it did succeed, as those fucken Goths used it to destroy everything!” He yelled out frustration, “Only if I was there to help out in the Dacian war, then the Imperium would have never collapsed!” he yelled out.

“Hey, how about we work together, we both have the same interests. Or similar interests to be more accurate, there is a limit to what one person can do, and I have a history major from college, so I can get more details on what led to this event and how we got here in the first place” Now that I think about it, I kinda am going on my own JRPG adventure, despite the fact that I am technically useless except for the fact that I only have cards, but I can get better. I even have the Legionnaire, which could be the warrior in my gang, although with the lack of humans, I wonder how far it will go.

“Fine, I will travel with you. But with a condition that you don’t do the same stupid shit you did when you woke up. I see that you have a backup with you, so let’s look through it, and see what you have that could or could not be useful.”

“Um… fuck it, just look through it! I need you anyway, so just look through everything here” I said, so from the look of him, I think I will be forced to give up some things, I just hope though that it won’t be something like the Limited Edition Powerup Fantasy Coin I collected at a game store on , which was the first thing he looked at after dumping everything out of my bag. He looked at it for a while to make a decision, to decide:

“Trash” he stated, and he would later look at my other stuff, taking a look at my pistol,

“This is not going to last long, and will have no effect on most creatures, trash”, then my Lego set “Trash”, my umbrella “Trash”, an action figure of a certain bat superhero “Trash”, a pack of gummies, “This is contaminated with several poisons, and even if were fine, it still would not be a good idea to eat, trash”. He would go on to do this for another five minutes, labeling everything I got during this trip as trash, with the exception of my journal, the cards and a pack of sardines, but he said they won’t last long, so I will have to eat them up. I was annoyed and worried about leaving everything I have collected over the course of today behind, as my body would start fidgeting over this thought. 

“Can I keep some things, I don’t want to leave behind all my treasure, I spent all day collecting all of that! I want to make today memorable!” 

To be continued on the next post since there was not enough room.

The names Johnson Springdale, just another average dude working a boring minimum wage job. I just woke up to check on my alarm clock, to see 9:00 am? Agh, I hate getting up in the morning, and going to sleep always annoys the hell out of me. As I stretched and forced myself out of bed, I decided to go to the bathroom and take a nice hot shower to wake myself up. Yes, I fucking know that cold showers are better to wake up with, but I can’t handle the cold, a large reason why I wish I could just move to the tropics. But enough talk about the tropics, I want to see what’s on the news. Maybe they are giving Powerup Fantasy 5 some DLC. I don’t have the game, but I have been saving up my money for a while just so I can get it along with the Switch, since it’s a console exclusive. However, recently, many people in the government have been fighting over this proposal if they should spend money on building some stupid monument to honor a man who I personally believe is a piece of shit. They could be using that money for better infrastructure, not having to deal with leaks, but nope they have to build a worthless monument, but I wonder how the bill is going.

I got up to make myself four slices of toast, and took out my phone to see what dumb shitshow the circus our society is involved in yet again aside from that monument. However, as soon as I tried to search up the news, I found out that I had no internet connection. Really, WHAT THE HELL! I thought I had paid for the internet this month, and I got nothing! I see that I still have water, and the electricity is still on, but no internet? Is the landlord preventing me from using it due to my late payment this month? Seems like the kind of thing he does on his first strike before going onto water, electricity and finally eviction. At least he does the bare minimum by issuing a warning unlike the others who go right to eviction.

I decided to give my landlord a call through the landline, but I got no answer. I was starting to get pissed off, so I went downstairs to his apartment to only see that he’s not even there at his office flipping through a stack of cash. Just an empty apartment. Goddammit! He must be at some strip club, as he often does, rather than actually taking care of the building. Then again even if he was here, he would tell me to leave him alone, and he might have hung up if I did call him. For this reason, everyday I fantasize about stabbing him whenever he comes into my house. Of course I don’t want to be chased after by the law, so I just deal with his shit until I can find a better place. 

I would later decide to check on my neighbors, as I knocked on their doors to get no answer. I decided that I should just head over to work, as I have to get there by 11:00 and it’s already 10:30. I already don’t want to be late, with my boss being much worse So I just packed everything up, and headed right towards my work. As I was on my way, I began to notice that no cars are moving on the streets, or even any people. This started to feel weird, as this is usually the most busy part of the city with all the interesting shops. I just walk to work, as it’s just a couple of blocks, and the fact that the public transport just terrifies me with the fact that a lot of violent crime happens there. But without a sight, I suddenly had the urge to do something that I never had the guts to do before.

“HELLO!!! IS ANYBODY HERE, I WANT TO SEE IF EVERYONE IS STILL HERE!!!” I yelled across the street wondering if there’s anyone left. This actually felt so good, as I never yelled that load in a long time, for reasons that are too traumatic for me to get into right now. I tried to see what happened, I did have the thought that everyone is playing a trick on me, or if it’s like that Johnny Bravo episode where he thought that time stopped. I decided to do something I would not be able to do. And this was breaking a window of a car, and stealing something. So I went to the military antique shop where they sold all sorts of weapons, and of course the old cranky clerk who’s usually there with the lack of a left arm and an eyepatch was not there. So I was able to take the Viking axe, and ran all the way back to my apartment building to realize that my landlord’s Ferrari is still there. I threw the axe against the front window, as the car emits an alarm. Nothing happened, except of course for the smashed car. I was expecting my landlord, an officer or someone else to get pissed, but nothing happened. I only have one conclusion for this, and I think it seems epic. I started to laugh loudly, then I busted out “I am alone, I AM ALONE, AND I CAN DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT!!!” I was bursting with excitement, as I had no idea what to do with this freedom, then I knew exactly what I had to do as a lightbulb flashed above my head.

I first decided to vandalize a billboard right near my office where I used to work. It was just another stupid Hollywood Superhero movie, God how many of those movies do they have to make, it’s just getting repetitive at this point. I drew some mustaches, clown noses and devil horns to make the character look silly, and I even wrote the line “DEATH TO THE GOVERNMENT” in bold red letters. Since I have this world to myself, I could at least get a bit of revenge against the leaders who been fucking with people like for many years. But with them gone, what are those fucks going to do about it? Put me on death row? I doubt THAT! 

Later I decided to head to the arcade to see it still works, but then to only remember that there still is electricity. I guess climbing onto a billboard and focusing on not falling could cause one to forget something that simple. I decided to play some of my all time favorite games, starting with King of Dragons. I played there for a few minutes after taking the quarters from the vending machine by taking off the screws. I played other games, but I grew bored after a while, and I decided that I should do some looting. I mean, I should have done that first thing, and while I am at it, I think I will move into a penthouse! I hate how my apartment always has leaky faucets, and of course my landlord refuses to ever call in a plumber. 

I took as much as possible, including some groceries like bread, meat and bananas to my new penthouse. For those of you wondering why food is one of the first things I take, I HAVE TO EAT YOU KNOW! I would later bring all my stuff from my apartment over, just one game console with pre-downloaded games, and a couple of books and 32 figurines. After taking some food and bringing everything to my new house, I decided to head over to a huge mall. I looked at every store, with a backpack to carry everything. 

I decided to head into Target to see for a general selection, and maybe I will get more food, and see if I see any furniture that I can bring to spice up my apartment. As I was walking along the food aisle to get some groceries, since I wanted to eat, and I was planning to get something easy to cook, like a microwavable cup of ramen. I soon heard sounds of metal cans hitting the stone floor. I ignored it at first, as I assumed that I must have been hearing things. It however continued, and went on for a few minutes. I was starting to lose my mind, as I decided to exceed with caution. Fortunately I looted an antique pistol from that store and some bullets. I think it could be somebody else, but that’s impossible. Everyone is gone, but then I realized something, what if I’m not the only one left, but rather I am one of the few that’s left, or a part of a minority that survived. I went to the aisle and I heard the noise to notice that indeed there were cans on the floor. I walked with my gun out, I turned around right to my back as I thought I heard footsteps in the distance. I was starting to lose my mind, and to be honest, I kind of knew that was going to happen to me eventually. However I assumed this insanity will come over when eventually I will start speaking to inanimate objects and seeing hallucinations. Just hoped that the short term fun of doing whatever with no consequences would be worth dealing with what solitary confinement does to a person. 

I walked and looked back and forth still looking for any signs of whatever the hell is knocking off the cans. I looked to one side while hiding in one corner of the shelf, as I pointed my gun in the distance. I just saw more shelves with merchandise. I went out still with my gun to search for what’s happening. 

“YOU! GET OUT OF MY MARKETPLACE!!” This voice came out of nowhere, filling me up with goosebumps. I turned around to see a skinny man with skin so pale you could assume he never went outside his whole life, and the fact that he has a long tongue and teeth so sharp puts me on edge. I pointed my gun right away, and took deep breaths while looking at this hideous abomination, that it really needs a haircut, it covers up his face, then again, I don’t want to see that thing’s face.

“Look, what the fuck do you want?! I just want to go by day, and get what I need, that’s all! SO PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!!” I said in complete fear and anger. I was at a complete edge, and I am not even sure if I was seeing a human, in fact I don’t even think I have ever seen this creature before.

“Ahh, so you’re a human eh? I thought your kind was dead ever since the “Chain Reaction” happened.” This creature said to me in a tone that makes me feel uncomfortable, as if he’s condescending me. 

“What the fuck is the Chain Reaction?” I asked

“HA! I should have guessed that you were oblivious enough to have no clue of that important event. I mean it took place 1000 years ago! Eh… Never mind, I don’t want to waste any time telling you a history lesson.” The humanoid said as it soon leaped at me with speed that should be impossible for any creature to go. I was lucky that I dodged right at the nick of time, and quickly shot my gun. All I did was wound the creature, and it seemed like he did not even get a scratch. At least that gave me enough time to escape and maybe think of a plan to either flee, or fight that thing if I have to. 

I avoided that creature by sheer luck, and now I am thinking that thing might be a ghoul, you know from a horror movie? I decided to get some beer, take off the lids and make molotov cocktails just in case I run out of ammo, reminding me that I may need a new gun. I listened for any sudden movements, and once I heard footsteps, I paid attention to all possible directions, and once the ghoul jumped right at me, I shot a few more bullets at its chest. 

It’s still going strong, but it leaped onto the top of the shelves, and I had no idea why it did that, so I got prepared anyway in case it tried to leap directly on top of me.

“Heh heh heh. Well it was nice fucking with you little of shit. But I have to go now, since the Jullvex are coming. Don’t worry though pathetic human, they will give you peace, AS A PART OF THEIR HIVE MIND!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!” the ghoul laughed as it jumped into an air vent, but not before it knocked down the shelf so I can’t do the same.

Great, now I actually have two problems, one to escape from whatever the ghoul warned me about through ridicule, and second to figure out what is going on, and how did I somehow live for a thousand years and not even age a bit. Just more mysteries I need answered. And from the absurdities, I should probably prepare for the supernatural judging from what’s happening. 

I ran out of the store with my loot, with plans to head into my penthouse to turn it into my personal fortress to defend against whatever is out there. I ran out of the supermarket, and I looked into my pistol to see that I only had 2 bullets left after I used the rest to subdue that ghoul back there. I saw some green slime in one part, and it looked so squishy. Although I was tempted to touch it, as I put my hands closer. However, I decided against doing such a thing once I realized that doing so would have effects that I do not want to know. 

I walked across the mall hallways, and I spotted a video game store. I would see a game that I have been wanting for a while now, which was none other than the one on the top of my wishlist, Powerup Fantasy 5. It’s pretty much your typical pseudo-medieval fantasy JRPG, but with amazing characters, and each game actually has a different setting each game, and yet it all takes place all in the same world. So it does not necessarily take place in a medieval setting, as only the first game is like that. Been playing since the first game was released on the SNES, and played every game after. Heck I am surprised the publisher and developer just focus entirely on this series without any spin offs despite the amount of money they could have made doing other stuff. And that’s just 5 games to boot! Since this game is in HD and on all consoles, I decided to take it and the Switch since I intend to play when I am on the move, with all the danger and everything. I took the game into my bag, took the Switch out the box and put it in a Mario themed case, and there, I was ready to get out of this mall, as all the slime was starting to move and gave me the creeps. Fortunately I am not carrying much stuff, so I ran right outside the store. I realized that I should not have taken that detour and maybe find a better time to get that game, as then the slime I saw piled up into one section, and it formed into what appears to be a humanoid shape resembling that of a young woman, along with more slimes forming making up many humanoid shapes of various groups of people of different features. The first to form was their leader, and she gave off a caring smile, and yeah, I don’t trust these creatures no matter how friendly they seem. 

“Hey human, looks you were just in trouble with that ghoul. You’re lucky that we made it here on time. Since you are safe now, and soon you will become one with us, a part of the Jullvex, our whole family.” Yeah, I am starting to cult vibes from hearing this slime woman speak those lines. Damn, I wish that I had waited to get that game, or have it been the first thing that I got since the supposed “Chain Reaction” happened. Ah well, live and learn. 

“Uh, sorry, but I don’t think I really am that interested in being a part of a family. I mean I will have to be involved with obligations when I could just be playing video games, especially the Powerup Fantasy games. And if you excuse me, the fifth entry isn’t going to complete itself” I said to the Jullvex, as I walked backwards slowly, getting ready to make my run.

“Well, we are not the kind of family you were thinking of fleshing, rather we all look after one another, and we will protect you. And in addition, the conversion will give you immortality and become whatever you’d like!” the Slime woman said.

“Sorry, I don’t want to live forever, seems kinda overrated. So I will simply just go and focus on completing Powerup Fantasy 5 for maybe 10 times since I heard the story was good. Bye now” I quickly ran, as the way these slime people were talking, it almost seems like a cult. 

Of course, I should have not said that, but now they are desperate to save me from my supposed “brainwashing”, and it seems like they won’t take no for an answer. I don’t want to go into detail of what the creatures were saying to convince me, but it was in the lines of having “eternal happiness, and part of a family”, you know, usual cult stuff.

Damn, for creatures made entirely of slime, those bastards sure are fast, I tried to get them off my tail, as I tried to creatively create an escape route while in the process, but of course doing this the last minute is never a good idea, and now I knew why the ghoul escaped in the first place. Whatever these slime people are, I don’t need any estimations to know they are powerful. As I made my escape to one corner, and while those creatures were faster than a human, and I was lucky I did not get turned as I was writing this in my journal. 

I was out of breath, and I was really hoping that I had escaped those creatures, but I found out that I was not paying attention to where I was running as I did not focus on where I was heading, to see I was at a dead end. Shit, this is not my lucky day. I turned around to see the Jullvex woman along with more of her kind surrounding me. I saw that there were at least 7 including the leader herself, and they were all women like her. To be honest, the leader was smoking hot, I would actually be smitten if she was actually a human, but I am no simp, and I made a promise to myself that I won’t join any cults. I took out my pistol, and shot a few rounds, to see that the bullets had no effect. Ok, seeing that there are bullet proof creatures creeps the living shit out of me, and seeing there is no way out, I took out a knife thinking that I might have to commit suicide if what they implied about turning into them is true. As I was about to slit my own throat, as I was in complete panic, the leader dropped it out of my hand by expanding it’s limbs and smacks it away.

“Well human, we don’t want you to end your life when it’s just beginning do we? Suicide is not a joke, and we will take care of your mental wellbeing.” She said in a stern voice sent chills down my spine

“LEAVE ME ALONE! IS IT A BAD THING THAT I WANT TO PLAY POWERUP FANTASY 5 IN PEACE!!” I yelled as I was in complete panic, already surrendering, as I saw no way out but to become yet another cult member, and a monster. The woman ignored my cries, as she gave a warm smile, as her minions came to me. I was already turning to God even though I am an atheist, praying that he would send someone to help me, but it’s hopeless.

That’s what I thought, as out of nowhere, a spray of fire retardant went into the Jullvex, as they’ve been slowly freezing into statues that are just as lively as the Romans made them. A frog came into the scene, and he was humanoid, had red lips like that of a woman, while wearing a military outfit that reminds me of what the Soviets wore. The frog gave off a smug look in his face, as if he’s a troll accomplishing something funny yet pointless, and his appearance reminds me of a certain character.

“You’re lucky that I came here right at the nick of time, now come with me if you want to live with your sanity intact, or alive. Either way is fine” the frog said. I don’t want to have to team up with something that does not make any sense whatsoever, since everything I saw today came right out of a fantasy story like the very JRPG I love. But with the situation at hand, I don’t really have a choice. 

“Alright, fine I don’t have any options. I will go with you, just please don't betray me or do any tricks” I said to the frog.

“I saved you didn't I? Don’t worry about me betraying you, we have to get out of here now, before those jellies break out of their prisons!” The frog said, going from smug to serious, as his face now says it all. 

“Anyways, that pistol is not going to cut it. Here’s a better tool, a deck of cards. Sure, you don’t know what they are, but believe me, they are good weapons better than anything you ever knew of. Now let’s get out before we get assimilated!” The frog yelled, after he gave me what he said in the quotes. Yeah, I have no clue about how game supplies are going to help me, but at least I get to play games when my Switch is out of battery. I followed the frog out, running away from the frozen Jullvex. 

As we were running, I asked the frog “Why don’t we break the ice sculptures? Won’t that kill them?”

“No time for questions, just follow my lead right now, and I will get you to your penthouse. I have made a survival area there, and turned the whole building into a ship. I found out once I went in there and saw it’s in best. Now let’s get back to our escape from the mall!” The frog said, getting slightly annoyed. 

Yeah, I don’t think I want to bother him anymore. I don’t know how he knew where I lived, or why he decided to have a commune in my building, but I should not ask more questions, as he might just abandon me. I followed him to the exit, onto the street, I saw that there was a jeep that he went on. I was about to run right to it, but he dragged me into the sideline. I don’t why he did that, but it seems like he’s about to…

“Shhh, and don’t write, this is not the time.” The frog said as he took my notebook while I was writing. So everything from there on out is written after these events. I didn't realize why the frog pulled me onto one corner, until he took out a grenade, and threw it to one side. An explosion causing rubble to go all over the place. Then a bunch of lizards, goblins, imps and other demons considered weak in most fantasy stories came out. 

“Here’s the keys!” The frog said as he handed me what’s needed to drive that jeep. “Now get out, I will handle these monsters. Just focus on leaving here alive, don’t worry I will catch up to you later, now go to the penthouse!” He yelled. I did exactly what he wanted me to do, as I got into the jeep and left without him. I drove off to my penthouse, and I heard that the frog said he converted the whole building into a ship. I decided to head right over to the society that’s made of others like me, and I saw that everyone is actually stationed everywhere, well, I mean the building is just twenty stories, and I made my base on the top floor obviously, since I assume the penthouse will give me some sort of protection just in case if this sort of situation arises. I saw that the building was much like a village, except it’s one whole building and that apparently everyone’s apartments function as their own huts. I went inside, as I put my gun away. I never knew that the building I chose will have a community, but hey it’s better that way I guess.

Well, back to my story rather than explaining about the situation, I was greeted by one of the guards who wore a similar style of uniform to the Frog. He appears to just be an ordinary human being of an African American appearance, a no nonsense look with a shaved head and 

“Hello, I am just another survivor who made his home here before this tribe of yours made it yours. Could I come in since all my stuff is in here, and I made it here first” I asked, and I have a feeling that I should have been a bit more polite, as that came off a bit rude. 

“Oh, you must be that loser Doo-pe told me about, well come right in. Oh yeah, you may need to move all your stuff from the penthouse, as that’s where the controls of the ship are. So Doo-pe told me that you will be right below him on the 19th floor. Just do so before he comes back, or else everything there is his” The guard said as he allowed me into the building.

I guess I have to start moving, at least it won’t be that much of a hassle as all I have in the penthouse is just my game system, controllers, and 3 boxes of toys and figurines. I already have a T.V. and furniture in my room, so this Doo-pe guy can have it. Now I am wondering, is this Doo-pe guy the guard mentioned actually the very same frog who saved me? I have more questions than ever, but I am more interested in what the hell happened, and how I even ended up in the situation. I wondered about this, and I wrote all the crazy shit that happened today, and I could do some research, but of course as I tried to leave the building, the guard refuses to let me out, as he reminded me about the Jullvex, and that Doo-pe has plans to leave this city along with the building. So I guess I will be playing Powerup Fantasy 5 while I am waiting for the okay to head out. But now I want to figure out how the Chain Reaction happened, and what event caused this chain of events. I will have to some research, I want to play this game I have been waiting for so long ever since it was announced, but speaking about Powerup Fantasy, the plot about the Chain Reaction, and that I woke up thinking I have the whole world to myself reminds me of what happened in the last entry of the game, where the protagonist like me also finds himself in weird circumstances, except that he woke up in a field to be found by a couple. It’s sort of the same, but it’s not.

I will have to end this blog here for now, but I really hope that I won’t have to deal with anymore monsters, but I have to be realistic, that’s not going to happen with the state of the world, so I think I will devote my life towards finding out more on the Chain Reaction, what led to the event, and what happened in between now and then.

A story that this time around is about a hermit who's just living by himself.

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