The first thing the soul saw when it opened its eyes was an old man looking at him with a tired look on his face and, oddly enough, a very familiar truck that somehow looked embarrassed?
'Hm... The last thing I remembered was getting hit by a truck after pushing my friend out of the way...' Looking the old man in the eyes, he spoke with a resigned voice. "Let me guess, I got killed by him." The soul said while pointing at the truck before looking back to the old man. "And now you have to reincarnate me with a couple of wishes?"
The man looked surprised for a second before he sighed and said, "Yeah, something along those lines. You have 1 wish, so choose wisely."
Thinking for a moment, the soul spoke, "How about a system?" The God looked at him expectantly for a moment before asking, "Do you want a certain kind of system, or are you gonna make a custom one?" The soul looked at him with a bored look before saying, "As long as it has a World Hopping function and I can go to anime worlds, I mean a template system would be interesting but honestly, I don't care what it can do or what kind of system it is. Surprise me."
God blinked at him before grinning and taking out a notepad and starting writing. After about 15 minutes, he looked up and asked, "Do you mind if I erase all of your personal memories?" The soul shook its head as the God went back to writing.
After another couple minutes, he nodded his head before closing the notepad and looking at the soul and snapping. The last thing the soul saw before its vision faded was a devious smile that spread across God's face.
~Transition~
'Ugh... Where am I, and why is everything wet?!' Thought the previously dead dude as he came to in a damp and dark place. He tried to move or open his eyes but found that he couldn't. He was about to try and open his mouth, but before he could, a girl's voice sounded in his head.
[Initializing System... Complete! Hello host, and welcome to the Unorthodox Template System! Do you have any questions before we start the tutorial?]
'Yeah, I have a few questions. Firstly, who are you and why are you in my head?"
[Who I am doesn't matter. As for why I'm here, God sent me here to observe and manage the development of your system.]
'What do you mean by "development"? When you say it like that, it almost sounds like the system isn't complete.'
[That's because it isn't...]
'Wut?' He would have blinked dumbly at that if it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't move his body. Sounding slightly exasperated, the voice sighed before continuing.
[Because you said, and I quote, "Surprise me." God took that as a challenge, so instead of just picking some random template system and duck-tapping a world Hopping function on it as he'd normally do when someone asks for a template system, he decided to make something unique...]
The voice took a break in explaining long enough for him to digest what she had just said before continuing.
[What God did was take the most basic of template systems before stripping it down to a skeleton and designing an entirely new system. Taking several elements from a variety of other systems and making it to where the system can evolve to take on certain aspects of those elements depending on the user.]
'So basically, he created the first ever self-building system.'
[Correct.]
'That I can understand, what I don't understand is why you're here. No offense.'
[The reason I'm here is to make sure that the system doesn't accidentally kill you...]
'Oh... So basically, you're a game dev, but for a system.'
[Pretty much, Is that it, or do you have more questions? ]
'Last question where am I.'
[The only thing I can tell you right now is that you're in your mother's womb. Anything other than that you'll have to find out on your own.]
'Well, at least that explains why I can't do anything.' He thought before remembering something the voice said before 'Oh yeah, didn't you say something about a tutorial?'
[Yes, I call it a tutorial, but really, it's just you rolling your first template.]
'I see well then proceed.' After saying that he heard the distinct sound of a headset being set down before hearing someone standing out of a chair and walking away. Everything was quiet for a moment as the footsteps stopped before he heard a grunt of exertion accompanied by muttering that sounded suspiciously like, "Why is this stupid thing so friggin heavy?"
These sounds continued for a good 3 and a half minutes before they stopped, and he heard panting as the headset was put back on he heard a sound that anyone who has ever seen the Wheel of Fortune would recognize. After several seconds of spinning, the wheel stopped, and the voice spoke.
[Congratulations, you landed on a good one!]
'Who did I get?'
[You got... FIND OUT NEXT TIME!!]
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And that's the end of the chapter for today, so now there are a bunch of questions, and I would love to see you comment your guesses down below!
Who's his first template!? (Hint: They have red hair.)
Who is his mother!?
What world is he in!?
Will I be lonely for the rest of my life!?
FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON DRAGON BALL Z!!!!]