"You can use your Karma to help you in your next life, both good and bad." The incomprehensible being said to me as I stood in the white void.
"I thought there was going to be like, a Hell or Heaven to get into based off my life? So it's just straight from one life to the next?" I asked somewhat confused and stunned. I know my life was both good and bad but just to hear there isn't anything was more shocking than knowing I was going to live again.
"Well there is, as I said you use your Karma, you can spend it all and experience either or until you run out and have to be reborn again or save it and continue onto the next life or spend it. You have a fair bit to play with, both good and bad in your life. Do know that there is a conversion of 10 Bad Karma to every 1 Good Karma and 1 Good Karma is just 1 Karma, but the underlying currency is just Karma, neither called Good or Bad. So what do you want?"
"Anything?" I thought for what felt like seconds or even minutes as I wasn't told an amount I had only that I had a fair bit. "Could I have the body of Madara Uchiha?"
"Everything about him?"
"Oh NO" I almost yell loudly, "I just like his Physical appearance"
"Ah that won't cost you as much Karma as having everything about him. You'll still have plenty left."
"Then can I have the Transmutation Tablet from the Project E mod from Minecraft? With all the items from the mod and vanilla Minecraft items learned?"
"You don't have enough Karma for all the items, nor for a physical Transmutation Tablet."
"So your saying I have enough for some items and a non-physical Tablet?"
"You're, but that is correct."
"I'll take it." I state with glee ignoring him correcting me. I can get everything as long as I have enough material and the Tablet. "Can I choose what items? If so, I want the Tome of Knowledge and Philosopher's Stone."
"Done, if that is it, have fun, oh and you will be able to keep knowledge of your life. But this conversation shall be erased, as I don't like the Mini Multiverse beings bugging me, especially that One Above All as he so calls himself." The thing said in a scoffing tone.
"Yes I'm done, so wha-" My entirety feels a heavy pull as I fade into the white around me.
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My eyes open to a bright light above me. Everything feels a lot larger as previously I closed my eyes around doctors but now they seem so much larger, is this a joke?
"So they don't want the kid? Send him to the orphanage."
'Orphanage? But I'm in my mid 20's.' Then it hits me, I remember being in a white void or room between closing my eyes, I don't remember hearing anything, only saying a wish I thought was being caused by the medicine. 'So I did die but where am I now?'
"Send him to the Stark Orphanage, they should be able to help since they want to raise stock prices from Mr. Stark's death."
'Which Stark?' I think it's either Tony's or Howard's, but first WHAT?! I'm in Marvel. This is a blessing but a curse as well. Which Universe? If it's comics I'm screwed, I watched the old early 2000's Cartoons as well as the MCU but after the last Spiderman movie I stopped as they started to milk a dry cow (A/N Bite me).
I look around or try too but things look a lot less futuristic if this is around 2020. 'So it's Howard, I don't remember which year but it was in the 90's so I at least have time to grow up.'
Can't make other plans but can only survive till later. 'But where is my Transmutation Tablet.'
As soon as I think that I see in front of me a faint outline that looks like the HUD from Minecraft's Project E mod. 'Sweet so I can see it.' I take a quick look and see no one else is looking so I feel better. Though when looking at the big fat 0 next to the EMC value I feel less excited. Even less so seeing the Tome of Knowledge at over 50 Million EMC, or the Philosopher's stone at around 10 thousand.
"Will the Stark Orphanage take Mutants?" One of the younger nurses ask, least I think it's a younger one as she has a soothing voice.
'F*ck a Mutant? Is it from the tablet? Does this mean I'm in a comic book?'
"The gene is there, but there isn't enough to actually give him anything. It's like giving a person a Flu shot, the genes aren't active and even if they do it'll take a few decades to actually proliferate enough to give him powers." A more stern voice states.
'Still a guy good. Though I wonder if the inactivity of my genes are related to having no EMC value. Food for thought when I get older.'
"Just put on his file he is a failed Mutant, should protect the kid enough to not get dragged into whatever mess is being done but enough to let the government know he has Mutant genes." The stern voice states again. This time filled with a little more care and empathy.
'That guy doesn't sound bad but still scared the crap out of me.' I think as I feel drowsy.
'Growing up is going to be a pain in the ass, I don't remember anything on how kids develop. I hope there's a kid my age so I can follow them in developing.'
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The next few months mostly went in a blur for me. When I was conscious enough to feel hungry, or had wet myself I would cry out, and almost all other times I was either asleep or trying to figure out how to get EMC value. I remember that it means Energy-Matter Covalence but my friends would say Currency as it made more sense to us. But the Energy-Matter meant that it was only Matter and not Energy, which would have been great to use as an Ark Reactor would give large amounts of Energy constantly, however if I did have a Ark Reactor I would just drop the whole thing in if I can figure out how.
'I think it's been half a year. It was snowing and cold, warmed up and now it's cooling off again so that puts me into half a year.' I've been more active the last month or two with crawling around and did figure out how to deposit EMC into my "Mutant Power" as a technical term would be, or just my Transmutation Tablet, TT. I have to hold whatever I want to place into the learning slot or flames slot if I wish for it to be converted only. I always hated that function in the game as I've lost powerful enchantments before updates to have enchanted items still on the item. Going back into thought, I don't have to move it but just touch it, I don't even have to own it as everything I have been crawling around and touching everything which has been logged and its pitiful the amount of EMC I get.
The wood flooring which is around 6 ft long or 2 m, and a foot wide gave me 0.06 EMC. I know by heart wooden planks are 8 EMC, the base blocks of dirt and cobble stone is 1 EMC and Iron is 256 EMC. The rest is a guess as I could always look it up but can't do that now. I think the base EMC value is converted over, so 1/0.05*8 is around 160, so 160 floor planks will get me 8 EMC. Not to mention the even smaller EMC values our toys have, the mini wooden blocks aren't any better than the flooring, the 4x4cm blocks are around .01. The only good thing is it's easier to lose a wooden block than part of the flooring. So my plan began by "Misplacing" the wood letter blocks when no one is looking.
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Most of the kids didn't like that the letter blocks would go missing and that the Director of the Orphanage didn't buy them new ones when they were all gone, though I did find it annoying that every entry on the Tablet would be different, different styles of all kinds of brands of the Letter blocks filled my Tablet so Pages would have to be tapped in order to find what I want. Thankfully the search function was still there. I found out during the past 6 months that my birthday was January 1st, it's 1993 so I would have been born in '92. So I'm a 90's Kid now, and know I have time to at least survive or even try to leave this universe before Shit hits the fan depending on what version this Marvel world is. Also, Finally got 8 EMC, took a little over 24 alphabet block sets, and I found a better way to make EMC. Bread. A slice of bread is 3 EMC! Wish I knew it earlier, but I can save up faster when the Orphanage starts to serve me harder foods. Though I can at most get 3 slices a day, breakfast and lunch would be the only time. Just need to see how much a screw or nail can get me, as a spoon is 0.006921 EMC, though I bet its smaller since nails will weigh a lot less.
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It's been another half year and they finally let me start eating sandwiches and toast, so that's already making back the EMC I painstakingly tried to get during the past. 9 EMC a day is pretty good. Since I can take other kids' bread when they aren't looking I can get more EMC a day. Not like they can find it on me since it's gone. Haven't made many friends as I find everyone snobby but they aren't even 2 yet so I am not going to judge too hard, I'll wait till they are older before I do.
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I did get a name, I know I had one but when the helpers just called everyone kids or children and never a specific name It was hard to figure it out entirely.
'Donald, or Don as I'll shorten it in conversation.' I found it out when a kid called me that.
Honestly it took me back, not because it was my past life's name, but that I never heard myself get called that, hell I even had to look at one of the helpers and ask what my name was. They did inform me that it was Donald, no last name as why would they bother. So the kid knew it only because he asked, and when I asked him, he didn't even know. So back to the helper to figure out it was Richard. He looked like he was going to be real chubby later in life, we are both 3 now and even I can run faster than him with him falling over and panting like an overheating dog. He knows almost every other kid, and helper, either by face or name so he remembers well but follows me around like I'm some sort of mob boss. I think it stemmed from me doing magic tricks of hiding his breakfast toast and making it reappear behind his head or something, that and possibly giving him extra food by spending a little EMC.
I won't complain as I plan to become some trader later in life, maybe even a Universal Trader as I can easily get items as long as I have EMC. With my TT or Transmutation Tablet, I can either make food, weapons or resources, maybe even magic if I can find it. Just means I need to go to Bleecker Street, don't remember the address but knocking on each door will eventually pull up someone wearing robes. But that's later in life. With Richard or as I'm calling him Rick, following me around I can have him be my contactor or helper to find possible buyers since he seems to be a very good people person. Maybe he's Fisk's son? They both are grossly overweight but pure muscle, though with a panting Rick I really doubt it. DNA testing will get better later in life so we can find out. I should have him run and work out more as we are kids, if he's going to be my ticket into the underworld later in life even if he isn't Fisk's kid, good muscle is worth it.
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So it's been a few years since I've been born, I'm in the 3rd grade and a few things have happened. I was right about Richard, freaking Fisk walked in when we were both 5 and adopted him, didn't know if he was doing it for a public stunt or he was his kid or just wanted to adopt someone and his physical appearance helped him score that rich life. Only when we both went to class a few months later that I saw Rick again and he dropped the bomb that he's his son. Talked about bad people wanting him so his dad put him at the Orphanage, which I see as either rival gangs at the time or political parties were trying to get some leverage on something but Fisk being the man he is decided to hide his son in plain sight. Plus Rick got stronger once I started to share more food with him and try to get him to be more active, so my ticket to some underworld channels is secured. Back to 3rd grade, saw Peter Parker, I'm not swooping in to try and friend him but sure as hell ain't gonna bully his ass. I might try to friend him when we get older as I can offer food or snacks since I know with Parker luck he'll need the money for food.
Gwen Stacey, Harvey Osborn and MJ are also here, but it's not the Redhead MJ but the Zenda one. Gwen looks similar to her Into the spider-verse counterpart while Harvey looks similar to the 2000's Marvel Animated Universe, Peter is a mix between the later MCU but also the Peter from the MAU, like if Tom Holland had a good haircut in the movie. Never saw any Ned or Ned like friends that Peter knew of, It was Gwen, Harvey and MJ who were stuck together with him so no room for me to jump into unless I force my way in or get invited into the tight circle they have. But I'm glad there's Osborn Corp along with Stark Industries as that means lots of weapons and explosives when I can get some. But right now in class, falling partly asleep is killing me.
*Ringggggg~*
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First time writing, and this is my own personal Story, so no translation.
I'll try to have at least 2 chs/week, will post before hand if I won't.
No P@t ron at the time as I am doing this in my spare time from work even though the plants getting shut down so might do one if enough people like it and want to pay up to 1$ a month or year don't know yet but have a great week yall.