There are many ideas about what happens in the afterlife. Some believe that there are a heaven and hell, some say there's nothing at all. Personally, Caleb didn't have a clue about what happened afterward and he didn't exactly have the time to do so. No, he was busy working his ass off as a dishwasher for a camp. But, out of all the ideas that crossed his mind, he never thought that the afterlife would just be a chair. Just a swivel chair. So, of course, Caleb sat on it, seeing how it was the only thing that he could do at the time.
And so he sat there…
Just waiting for something …
Waiting for anything…
After waiting for what felt like weeks a block of text appeared in front of him.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DIED!
Caleb stared at the text, utterly speechless as his mind raced to try and find a proper response to it. "Thanks?" He finally said, not confident if that was the appropriate response to the text.
YOU HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED TO BETA TEST A NEW REBORN SYSTEM FOR FUTURE USE BY THE GREATER POWERS
Caleb blinked and tilted his head at the new information. "Beta test? Like a game?" He questioned, wondering more and more if this was even real. "This makes no sense."
WE SHALL SCAN YOUR BRAIN TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE, THOUGH PLEASE FORGIVE THE MILD DISCOMFORT
Immediately Caleb had the sensation of his brain vibrating violently, not his head, his brain. Needless to say, the text had been lying when it called the discomfort 'mild'. Then, as soon as it came, the vibration had stopped. Caleb winced as he held his head, panting softly. "Well, okay then, did you get the best results?"
INDEED WE DID! THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
"Thanks? Wait, could you please elaborate on what you're doing?"
WELL IF WE EXPLAINED IN FULL DETAIL ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, IT WOULD TAKE DECADES SO IN SHORT, YOU'RE BEING SENT TO A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE IN THE VAST, UNENDING, AND EVER GROWING MULTIVERSE WITH SOME INTERESTING…..UPGRADES
"What? Like The Gam-"
DON'T.
Caleb flinched and slowly nodded, not eager to piss off the omnipresence before him. "Stupid name anyway." He mumbled, shaking his head. "So, are we going to get to the good stuff or do you have any more information for me?" He asked, scratching the back of his head. As soon as those words left his lips a roulette wheel appeared in front of him.
TRANSFERRING INFORMATION PLEASE WAIT…
Slowly familiar words started to appear on the wheel, making up various pieces of media that Caleb had enjoyed and/or hated during his time alive. Various shows, anime, cartoons, books, manga, and even comics that he had viewed were there. Caleb's mouth slowly dropped his mind fully blown at the display. It was so unbelievable that he had to just stare and take in the sight of the whole thing.
SIR, PLEASE SPIN THE WHEEL
That snapped Caleb out of his awe, making him sigh and reach out towards the arm of the machine. Gripping it with an intensity that surprised even himself he pulled with all his might, making the machine spin so fast it was hard to discern what was on the wheel. It spun like that for a few minutes before starting to slow down. Caleb's eyes followed each choice as it slowed to a stop.
Naruto, Scoob and Shag, Critical Role, Spider-Man (2002)...
The choices went by and the wheel started to slow down, with the arrow seeming to point to….
Fire Punch.
"Wait! No! Please, not Fire Punch! C'mon just move a bit more…." Caleb begged, staring at the wheel as it seemed to stop at Fire Punch...before ever so slowly stopping at…
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demon Slayer
"YEAH!" Caleb cheered as he stood up and started to jump in celebration. "That's so much better! Thank you R.O.B! Holy shit! I thought I was done for!" A grin spread across his face as he looked towards the spot where the text will appear. "Give me the next thing!"
WELL OKAY THEN, PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR S.P.E.C.I.A.L STATS!
A screen appeared with all the stats set at their initial level.
Strength - 5
Perception - 5
Endurance - 5
Charisma - 5
Intelligence - 5
Agility - 5
Luck - 5
Points Available: 5
"Oh, so that's the kind of system I'm working with, alright cool, all the other ones are too complicated. I like this, simple yet effective." Caleb hummed with a smile before he started to read each description, with each one being roughly the same, though Perception didn't affect Energy Weapons. "Makes sense, it's not like feudal Japan has that kind of stuff." He thought aloud, immediately putting five points into Intelligence before starting to think about what else to increase. 'If I decrease each stat by one I can have another skill that's ten, but I don't know which one has the most benefits. There are perks to help deal with this sort of thing, plus the stuff I wear could be a major boost as well ...damn I hate this kind of stuff sometimes.' Caleb thought with a deep sigh, looking over the different stats before he looked at Endurance. 'Pretty standard stuff, Survival, Unarmed, and Breaths ...wait a second.' Caleb looked back at Endurance, his eyes wide. "Endurance affects my ability to use the Breaths? Okay so bring Endurance to ten. Now, is that all?" Caleb looked over the rest of the skills before deciding to decrease the rest of the stats that weren't Intelligence and Endurance, bringing up his extra points to five. 'Okay so...I guess Strength so I can have a strong slash.' And so, Caleb brought up his Strength to a strong nine. So in all, his stats were…
Strength - 9
Perception - 2
Endurance - 10
Charisma - 3
Intelligence - 10
Agility - 3
Luck - 3
Points Available: 0
"I hope that Perception doesn't bite me in the ass," Caleb muttered with a sigh before pressing the OK button.
NOW PICK TWO TRAITS
And Caleb was faced with another screen with all the available traits, some modified to fit in with the universe he would be sent to. Scanning over them he picked out Small Frame, wanting the bonus to Agility. Looking over the rest of the traits he froze at the last one.
Breath Of The Sun Descendant
You've been lucky enough to be born with strong genes, making you born for demon-slaying.
When activated you gain +50% damage and +75% critical damage to all demons though you get -2 to all S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Caleb didn't mind the big penalty and immediately chose the trait. "That's gonna be way too useful in the future." He grinned with glee, thinking of the multiple possibilities he could experience with this. With that he pressed the OK button, immediately being shown another screen with a list of skills.
PLEASE TAG THREE SKILLS
Looking down the skill list he saw that strangely enough, Guns was still there, which makes sense if you think about. "Genya did use a full-on shotgun so I guess that's still there. Oh and Energy Weapons is replaced by Breaths, guess that was an easy fix. Okay, so just gonna tag Melee Weapons, Speech, and Breaths." Once he did, he looked at all the skills and nodded in contentment with his choices.
Barter
10
Breaths
39
Explosives
8
Guns
12
Lockpick
8
Medicine
24
Melee Weapons
37
Repair
24
Science
24
Sneak
12
Speech
25
Survival
24
Unarmed
24
"I guess all that's left is to pick a name." Immediately after he said that the screen changed to an empty text box, asking him to enter a name. Now Caleb wasn't quite sure what his new name should be since he wasn't quite well versed in Japanese names. So he thought hard and long about it, pulling forth all the names he'd heard from various types of media, hoping to find at least a decent name. "Hm, how about this?"
Hinata Mori
"Good enough I'm not gonna waste any more time on this thing." Caleb sighed before he pressed the OK button for what he hoped was for the last time. After that, nothing happened, which confused the hell out of him. "Isn't this the part where I get myself zapped into the world or-" He couldn't finish his words as he just disappeared, like that, just gone in a moment. But before he did disappear he could've he saw a glimpse of the text that had helped him through the process saying two, last words.
GOOD LUCK
Listen, I'll be the first to admit. This is a very cursed fanfiction that was born from the dark pits of eternal damnation that is my imagination.
After all, who'd be crazy enough to combine two things like Fallout and Kimetsu no Yaiba which are on two COMPLETE sides of far away spectrums?
Me.
I'm crazy and this fanfiction is proof of my madness.
But just because I'm crazy doesn't mean that you can't give this a bit of a chance. Though I'll have to warn you, I get a bit ...iffy with my writing.
BUT
I still hope that I entertain you with this clear self-indulgent piece of insanity.
If you liked it, that great!
If you didn't, that's also great!
Please let me know your thoughts, they are greatly appreciated, even if you completely tear apart this thing with harsh words.
So with that, have a good one everyone