The world doesn’t care whether you’re ready. The Dungeons certainly don't.
When the Breach came five years ago, the skies cracked open above every major city on Earth. Streets split apart. From those cracks came dungeons: labyrinths filled with monsters, treasures, and horrors humanity was never meant to see. Creatures with too many mouths. Too many eyes. Things that screamed with human voices while tearing people apart.Humanity survived, but only barely.Then came the Awakened. One percent of humanity suddenly gained supernatural powers. Some could manipulate fire. Others moved faster than bullets or tore monsters apart with their bare hands. Overnight, the Awakened became celebrities, soldiers, kings. The strong rose to the top. The rest? They stayed ordinary.Five years later, America barely resembled the country it used to be. The old corporations adapted quickly. Banks became Guilds. Mercenaries became licensed hunters. Hospitals sold healing artifacts to the rich while everyone else drowned in debt. Money wasn’t enough anymore. Now people traded monster cores, dungeon rights, and blood-soaked miracles.
Chicago, 2031.Another twelve-hour shift wasted at Cigna Healthcare. Another day listening to your manager talk to you like you were garbage. Another day helping deny insurance claims to people who were dying because some executive wanted higher quarterly profits. The company made billions bleeding desperate people dry. And somehow, you are helping them do it. Your phone buzzes again.BOSS:"Where the hell are those claim denials?"Rain hammers against your windshield as your rusted car crawls through the streets. Sirens echo somewhere in the distance. Probably another gang war. Or another Dungeon outbreak. Maybe both. Outside the window, graffiti-covered apartment buildings blur past. This neighborhood was a warzone even before the dungeons appeared. Now? Now people disappear every week. Sometimes gangs killed them. Sometimes monsters did.You let out a tired sigh, gripping the steering wheel tighter."If I was Awakened," you mutter, "I’d quit tomorrow."The thought lingers longer than usual. You imagine it for a moment. If you were Awakened, everything would change. You could quit your job. Tell your boss exactly what you thought of him. Move out of this hellhole. Maybe finally stop feeling afraid every time the emergency alarms start blaring.Maybe...Maybe even get revenge on the people who made your life miserable.A bitter laugh escapes your throat. Yeah. Right. People don't just become Awakened after five years. That ship has sailed long ago. You are just another exhausted office drone driving home through a dying city. Nothing more.Then the world freezes. The rain stops midair. The radio cuts into static. And suddenly... A glowing blue screen appears before your eyes. Your foot slams on the brakes.SCREEECH.....The car skids violently across the rain-slick road. Your heart nearly stops. What the hell?!A translucent screen hovers in front of your face.[CONGRATULATIONS.][YOU HAVE AWAKENED.]Then another message appears.[SYSTEM INITIALIZING...]
Choose your personality>HatefulBitter, arrogant, and angry at the world. You look down on others to hide how deeply you hate yourself. You’ve never had a girlfriend.>ContemplativeDetached and distant, like you’re only half-present in the world. You spend more time thinking than living. You had a girlfriend once… until she suddenly ghosted you three years ago.>MeekYou avoid conflict whenever possible. You mirror the personalities of people around you just to fit in. You have a girlfriend, but deep down, you know she doesn’t respect you.Choose your sexual fetishes>They can be physical features, personality traits, or other preferences. Anything is allowed.The story will remain PG-13. Your sexual fetishes will influence the quest in subtle ways, such as characters, relationships, themes, and worldbuilding.
>>6419845>HatefulNudist, sadist and dominant
>>6419845>Detached and distant, like you’re only half-present in the world. You spend more time thinking than living. You had a girlfriend once… until she suddenly ghosted you three years ago.>Handholding, protecting her smile, kindness
Nice selection. To illustrate how fetishes influence the world: if nudism wins the vote, the character will gain the Monk class, specializing in combat while fighting naked and unarmored.
>>6419845>Contemplative>shit>piss>vomit
>>6419845>HatefulCoprophagia, Watersports
Is the QM korean?>Contemplative>Handholding and consensual procreative sex after marriage
>>6419845>Contemplative>Handholding and consensual procreative sex after marriage
>>6419864>>6419868+1
>>6419864>Is the QM korean?Yes
>>6419845Switching my vote from >>6419855 (You) to support >>6419864
>>6419845>HatefulBimboficationHypnosisPublic sexPart of me just wants to know how these might be turned into powers even if it doesn't win.
>>6419845>Hateful>Nudism, sadism, and dominance>Bisexual
>>6419845>Meek>bimbofication>feminization>latex
>>6419845>Hateful>Bimbofication>humiliation>nudism>sadism
>>6419845>Hateful>Puritianism, Autisexualism, Racism, Nazism, Capitalism, Killingniggerswithbrickssexualism, Killingweebswithzweihandleriaism, Race Mixing
>>6419845>Contemplative>Handholding, protecting her smile, kindness, consensual procreative sex after marriage, glasses, hypnosis, Racism, Nazism, big beautiful breast, nice long straight black hair, nice smile, knows how to cook, rape, shorter than me, white mexican or asian, no blacks or jews
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Vote tally (13 votes)>PersonalityHateful: 6Contemplative 6Meek 1>EthicsConsensual procreative sex after marriage: 5Protecting her smile, kindness: 2Racism and nazism: 2Capitalism: 1Puritanism: 1>Sexual FetishesHandholding: 6Exhibitionism: 4 (Nudism: 3), (Public sex: 1)Sadism & Dominance: 3Bimbofication: 3Hypnosis: 2Homosexuality: 2 (Bisexuality: 1), (Feminization: 1)Coprophagia: 1Humiliation: 1Latex: 1Autisexuality: 1Race mixing: 1Rape: 1Various physical traits: 1
>Personality: Hateful + Contemplative>Ethics: Consensual procreative sex after marriage Christian?>Primary fetish: Handholding>Secondary fetishes: Exhibitionism, Sadism & Dominance, Bimbofication[SYSTEM THINKING...][SYSTEM THINKING...][YOU HAVE OBTAINED THE UNIQUE CLASS: PRIEST]Priest? You stare at the floating screen. Of all the classes you expected, that was not one of them. Warrior. Mage. Assassin. Summoner. Those were the classes people talked about online. Those were the classes that appeared in dungeon documentaries and recruitment ads. But Priest?Swallowing nervously, you speak the words that every Awakened knows."Status Window."A larger blue screen materializes before your eyes. Your stats are pathetic. Strength. Agility. Endurance. Intelligence. All of them are average. Every number reflects exactly what you already knew. You are an overworked office employee who spends twelve hours a day sitting behind a desk denying insurance claims, and you have never accomplished anything remarkable.But the Description Window is another matter entirely. Several abilities are listed beneath your class. One immediately catches your attention.[HEAL]Your eyes widen."No way..."Everyone knows why dungeons are so deadly. Monsters kill people. Not immediately, most of the time. A claw wound, a broken arm, internal bleeding, infections. The injuries accumulate until eventually something goes wrong.The only reliable treatment comes from healing potions. Unfortunately, potions are among the most valuable resources on Earth. Most low-rank hunters will never touch one. If your ability can truly heal wounds... Everything changes. Guilds would fight over you. Corporations would throw money at you. You might become one of the most valuable Awakened in the entire city.Then another thought follows. A darker one. If good people wanted you... Bad people would too. Your stomach tightens. There are plenty of organizations that would love to lock a healer in a basement and use them forever.You step out of the car. Without really thinking about it, you remove your jacket. Then your shirt. Then the rest. Standing naked beside an empty road should feel ridiculous. Instead, it feels strangely liberating, and your thoughts seem sharper.
Elizabeth. The name appears in your mind without warning. For ten years, she had been part of your life. You met in school and started dating shortly afterward. She was brilliant. The smartest person you had ever met. The sort of person who could solve problems that left everyone else confused. She wore glasses, kept her long black hair perfectly straight, and had a smile capable of making terrible days seem manageable. You had once promised yourself you would protect that smile forever.Then she disappeared. Three years ago. No warning. One day she was there. The next she was gone. Looking back, it shouldn't have surprised you. Elizabeth was always difficult to understand. She spent countless nights at your apartment, yet you never learned where she lived. You never met her family. Never even learned half the things a normal couple should know about each other.The one thing you knew for certain? She lied. Constantly. Not about important things. About everything. Ask what she ate for breakfast and she'd invent an answer. That's the type of little liar she was. And she was a little thief, too...
Hours later, you finally arrive home. Your apartment is small. One bedroom. Old furniture. Peeling paint. Nothing impressive. Still, it is the nicest place you can afford. And more importantly, it sits in one of the few neighborhoods not controlled by gangs. These days, that counts as luxury. You collapse onto your bed.What are you supposed to do tomorrow? Quit your job? Keep pretending nothing happened? Maybe you should register with the Hunter Association. Every newly Awakened citizen is legally required to report their status. Maybe you should seek religious guidance. A Priest class has to mean something, right? Or maybe you should keep everything secret until you understand your powers.Eventually exhaustion wins. Your eyes close.How are you going to spend the next morning?>Drive to work and process claim denials as usual>Drive to work and hand in your two-week notice>Register with the Hunter Association and join a guild>Seek guidance from Hue Doan, the Lead Elder at the local church>Demand an audience with Cardinal Cupich at Holy Name Cathedral>[Sadism] Beat up a random person and test your "Heal" power>Write-in
>>6420397>>Drive to work and process claim denials as usualLet's keep low profile for now until we identify a suitable party to attach ourselves to.
>>6420397>Write-inPray at the Immaculate Lady's Archbasilica. Pope Leofric was rumored to be preaching today. Naw, stuff like that only happens in books and movies.
>>6420397>Demand an audience with Cardinal Cupich at Holy Name Cathedral
>>6420397>Demand an audience with Cardinal Cupich at Holy Name CathedralThis will get in contact with some clerics. Perhaps climbing the religious chain will suit us well?
>>6420397>Seek guidance from Hue Doan, the Lead Elder at the local church
>>6420397>>Seek guidance from Hue Doan, the Lead Elder at the local churchWe need guidance from those experienced and demanding an audience with the local Bishop would make us look crazy and if we show our powers to prove that we need to talk to him only endangers us. We need yo keep it on the download as possible.
>>6420397>Drive to work and process claim denials as usual
Rolled 74 (1d100)>Seek guidance from Hue Doan, the Lead Elder at the local church [3 votes]>Don't show your powers >>6420708Rolling for prayer
