The first thing I felt was weight.
Not the crushing burden of existence—though, given the circumstances, that would've been fitting—but the literal, physical weight of a body that hadn't been there moments ago. Muscle, bone, and something more hummed beneath my skin, a coiled dynamo of potential waiting to be unleashed. I flexed my fingers, watching as pale strands of wheat-gold hair fell into my vision. My bangs were dense and fluffy as I noticed my hair reached below my shoulders.
The second thing I noticed was the noise.
Golden reeds no longer surrounded me. Instead, I was in a bed its soft blanket with with some not too detailed grey leaves as patterns and white as its background. The mattress beneath me was was soft and was molded under my weight, the smell of lavender filled my nose. I had incense burning on a table nearby. Pale morning light filtered through sheer curtains, casting elongated shadows across the matted floor. My hands—Arthur Leywin's hands—gripped the duvet, knuckles white.
TOAA hadn't skimped on the details.
I exhaled sharply, rolling my shoulders as instincts—Arthur's instincts—flooded my mind. Every movement felt precise, lethal. I could feel the aetheric pathways in my core, dormant but alive. And beneath that, something older, stranger: the thrum of a Sequence 3 pathway's power. I'd chosen Visionary. No corruption, no whispers—just pure, understanding, I could feel all my senses were heightened I could see the most minute detail in every object and I could feel the countless sleepy mind around my neighborhood.
And then I felt Shanks' Haki.
Arthurs or rather my body was so accustomed to the moving of metaphysical senses that on instinct I activated basic armament haki along with observation haki, which I slowly dumbed down as the visionary pathway already gave more than enough observation skills for more than a life time. Although I kept the Basic armament at bay.
I realized today was Friday and I only had class on Monday to Thursday, Friday was holiday, I was near the end of the semester only had to walk in the last few days and get my masters degree.
I was 20, in this body and he was a genius for his age nearing completion of a masters degree; which would normally be completed at around age 24, so he was younger by his peers but not by far.
Looking outside I saw how curious a nation outside of my hometown was, I saw light snow cover the streets I saw people walking in chilly daylight, it was serene quite a difference from where I lived in Singapore.
It was more urban, and a nice breath of fresh air compared to the usual beating sun or endless amounts of rain. I sighed noticing my voice was as deep as its always been.
"Interesting I sound like myself instead of the Audio of Arthur I had expected."
I look to my door at the other side of the room walk towards it walking past a gaming PC and across shelves with fake plants atop it.
I open the door to the apartment-
-Time Skip-
I decided to wander the street looking around for anything to do, using the Sequence 6 Ability of Psychological invisibility to wander the town, in fake jeans (Long blue pants made of silk that look like jeans but are far more easier to move in and far more comfortable) and in a long white Shirt that seemed to fit my robust yet lean body perfectly, with a blue hoodie fitting the same color as my pants, which hid the muscle in my arms.
Although I look ethereal in beauty I still prefer to just be passed by like any normal person, The air was cold but fresh, as I wandered around I decided to stop by a coffee shop, using the sequence 7 ability of Placate I made sure to make them think I was just a normal customer.
As I ordered a coffee and sat down I looked around, the coffee shop was cozy with large windows peering into the outside world, it was all so surreal using supernatural abilities like this.
Deciding I've gotten enough of a view I put on my 2nd earphone and muted the rest of the world and looked at my phone and searched online. It was December, 2009, on the 11th
The X-men exist but they're generally kept out of public view and are mainly maintained by hiding most of their information, mutant are generally neutral, with the religious ideologies rejecting or accepting them.
Some have accepted them as people and some have labeled them as swindlers that will take their jobs. It was all rather disgusting, people priding themselves on being equal to minorities but suddenly being against mutant when they are the biggest minorities of all, it was difficult to read to say the least.
I thought about my powers as a Sequence 3 I could create a memetic virus that removed or even lessened mutant hate but I wasn't sure that was what I wanted, should I change all of humanity or would that take away their free will, could it be altered into something else more horrid by someone else?
I wasn't sure, and telepaths could most likely sense it, and if not that then the ancient one might stop me.....
So many complications with changing the world for the better.
Honestly it was difficult, I could interfere but if someone caught wind of it and altered the memetic hazard they could do so much more damage by altering it.
I sighed it was difficult to think about. But I wanted to check something I combined my Observation Haki with the powers of my sequence 5 Dream walker abilities to see how much of humanity's mind realm I could see.
Then I could feel warmth I could feel a fire unlike any other, the Phoenix force, even from Switzerland I sense the heat of the Phoenix within Jean grey and it was contained using good will and a promise, no doubt Professor X's good will and his promise of protection but I could see it, the protection crumbling from the might of the Phoenix, its flames dark with immense bloodlust the Dark Phoenix was growing more and more defiant against its prison.
It was subtle so much so I realize Xavier never could have seen it but with my future vision and my Hyperperception to detail from both Observation Haki and the Visionary Pathway I can tell the ever so slight change in its size from the present compared to the size of its future.
It was dangerous, I should inform the Professor so he could help Jean control it. Before the Dark phoenix arises.
Shutting off my phone I decided to go back home and create a Virtual Persona that would help me attend the rest of school and help me finish. school and create 12 other persona's to work in jobs.
I began doing the math in my head the annual sallary here was 70,320 CHF, converted that's 65,398 USD. times 12 that's... HOLY SHIT I CAN MAKE 784,776 USD A YEAR BY DOING NOTHING.
IF I GET A HIGH PAYING JOB I CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE WAIT A SECOND. "Cough Cough, let's find ourselves a job that I can do."
Barista should work just fine as long as I use visionary pathway to make sure no one connects the dots.
I'll make sure to set myself up and then go to Xavier, A year should do.