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In this story of youth From the eyes of a certain child The faith of kivotos Lies, twists and tangled upon Here lies another story A story of laughter A story of sadness A story of a girl Who stood against fate itself For the sake of their very own future
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Chapter 1 - The new student

Inside a moving truck carrying research stuff for a certain company, a single water filled tube is active.

Inside is a girl with long silvery white hair reaching past her shoulders.

The hair is wavy and loose with cool undertones.

Her eyes are open revealing cyan blue just like a clear blue sky.

Her body is that of a slender teen with athletic build that suits the need for fast movement based on the muscle build of her legs.

Above her head is a sinister looking halo.

It was a black colored mechanical gear sorrounded by something that resembles shards of a broken mirror with various sizes and angles.

Her pale skin shimmers from the faint glow of green from the working machine.

As if completely hollow, the girl doesn't blink nor move aside from the bubbles from the liquid inside.

Suddenly, as if a stroke of fate, the machine short circuits.

Followed by a series of electrical problems and finally exploded.

The truck that is currently en route to Kaiser pharmaceutical, exploded in the middle of the road.

Fortunately, today was heavy snowfall and the road are rarely used since the route is now inside Abydos high school.

A once renown school now slowly eaten by the desert.

Once the flames and dust settles, the girl inside the tube now laying on the snow slowly opened it's eyes.

"A..."

She opened her mouth trying to form any sound but failed aside from a single tone.

Still on the ground, she tried looking around only to find destruction, parts of the truck and machinery inside now scattered.

As if on cue, she heard footsteps behind the truck now scrap still hot from the flames.

"Senpai, is that..."

"Uhee... I wonder what happened here?"

Two voices echoed in her ears.

The vision she had still trying to adjust after finally seeing the outside world for the first time.

And when she finally saw the two approaching her with worried faces,

She finally collapsed.

Inside her head as she drift into consciousness, another life are slowly and surely unfolding by itself.

Year 1

A new baby is born. It was a female. Her name is Ella.

Year 2

Your parents bought you toys to play. You decided to grab the:

A. Book

B. Toy blocks

C. Toy gun

Seemingly confused, the first thing her instinct thought is grabbing the gun.

Year 3

Thanks to your nonstop playing with the toy gun, you gained Gun mastery (Basic).

Your parents gave you food to eat.

The food is sweet apple carefully cut and shaped into little bunnies.

Your reaction to the food is:

A. Laugh

B. Cry

C. Hit the table

Feeling unsure what to do, she chose the first one thinking food is food and it's her first time eaiting food aside from the liquidixture always fed by the man who watches over her.

Year 4

Due to your healthy food preference, you received a Healthy body this ensures that you will always stay healthy granting immunity to flu and increase resistance to other ailments.

Your parents brought you out of the house and have a picnic near the park.

You found little birds chirping around.

Your parents had fun playing with you cops and robbers.

You had fun.

Year 5

Your parents finally enrolled you into school.

How exciting!

Your cousin visits your family.

You finally found someone you can be friends with.

However, she doesn't like your toy guns saying it's not cute at all.

Your reaction is:

A. Shoot her on the head.

B. Compromise and play with dolls instead.

C. Tattle to mom.

Confused about human emotions, she decided to just shoot her in the head.

Year 6

Your mother got mad last time your cousin visits.

You received some slaps in your bum and some earful.

You gain Fear. You can no longer act impulsively Infront of your parents.

While watching tv, you saw a movie about aliens.

You asked your father and he kaughed at you.

What a jerk!

You saw your classmate Kyle drawing weird shapes in the board.

The moment your teacher arrives, he is already settled pretending he didn't know who drawn and is trying to blame you.

Your action is:

A. Tattle to the teacher

B. Shout at him

C. Throw a book at him

For the first time, she felt something tugging in her heart.

Is that anger?

She choose A for this one

Year 7

Due to your recent actions, your classmates especially Kyle started bullying you.

You gained Fear. You can no longer voice out or go against bullies especially males.

During your family dinner time, your parents asked you what you want for your upcoming birthday.

Your choice is:

A. Vacation to another country

B. Visit the Zoo

C. Go to the beach

Unsure of what to pick, she picked A.

Year 8

It was a short life.

During your flight, there is a terrorist hidden among the passengers.

The matter are not handled properly and all of you exploded midair.

Calculating score.

Age: 8

Talents: Gun mastery

Traits: Healthy body, Fear(Parents), Fear(Bully)

Congratulations for your first life simulation.

Choose two talent or trait to carry on your life.

A. Gun mastery

B. Healthy body

She looked at the choices and decided to pick the healthy body and gun mastery since she remembered the last thing is her losing consciousness. And there are no other options beside the two.

Congratulations for receiving the talent Gun mastery (Basic)

Congratulations for receiving the trait Healthy body!

Simulation chances resets **** every *****

Error!

System not working properly.

The mystic Deus Ex Machina lacks ***** to function properly.

Please do a ******* and ******* to properly bind the mystic to this body before it shatters completely.

************

Ending Simulation.

After hearing those mechanical words, her eyes finally gained light as she slowly opened it.

What greet her is the inage of a girl with glasses looking at her with a smile.

"Good morning. You are asleep for 2 days. Hoshino senpai found you in an accident. Can you remember what happened?"

The girl asked her in a low but soothing voice as if simply hearing it calms her heart.

However, she failed to remember anything so she can only shake her head.

"I see. That's too bad but it's alright. For now, welcome to our school Abydos high school. And I am Ayane, a member of foreclosure taskforce."

Her smile filled of innocence filled her heart with a sense of warmth different from ehat she felt from the simulation in her head.

She tried opening her mouth but experienced trouble speaking.

"By the way, may I ask for your name? It's hard to talk with you without knowing you see..."

No matter how hard she think, she can't remember her name.

The only think she can remember is the logo above the machine she is kept all the time.

4-r-14

Or the 4th generation of revolutionary super soldiers experiment made by Kaiser corp to go against the protective ability of halo present on the students.

This is done by forcefully implanting mystic to the body of a normal person.

And she was the 14th test subject in the said batch of experiment.

"Aria..."

Deciding to simply replace the numbers with similar looking letters, she go by the name Aria.

"Aria... That is a beautiful name. Can you remember where you are from?"

Ayane looks at the girl with a bright smile.

"Dark... Always... Inside... Liquid..."

The only words she can use to describe eith her limited vocabulary.

After all Aria, she is someone who lived her life as a test subject.

Ayane's brows frowned but she masked it immediately with a gentle smile.

"Got it. Please wait for a while, I'll bring a simple meal. Is porridge fine?"

Aria tilts her head since she doesn't know what 'porridge' is but she simply nod after thinking it's just a different food.

There, Ayane left the room.

Looking at her body, she noticed that she is now wearing clothes.

It was a sailor uniform typical design for abydos highschool.

The only difference is that the uniform are custom made with white and dark blue color paired with dark blue/black colored skirt that reaches above her knees.

Looking at the room, it looks like a classroom that is used as a room jusging from the chairs all placed around near the wall and the obvious bed inside.

They probably changed this room into a clinic.

The view by the window is clear which the outside is seen clearly.

Beside the bed is a small table.

On top of the table are a pair of tactical pistol with modern semi-automatic design with orange)brown grips.

And a pair of gloves with similar color to the gun's handle.

Just after Aria finished watching around, the door swung open and Ayane along with another student comes in.

This time, along Ayane comes a girl with beige cardigan, and long pale blond hair.

Her figure is stunning, tall height paired with bountiful asset and beaming personality judging by the huge smile on her face when she entered.

"Hello ★ Nonomi Izayoi here~"

"Nonomi senpai..."

Ayane looked at her with worry but Nonomi simply shakes her off saying it's fine with a smile as she sat on the bed beside Aria.

"I heard you are awake now so I am here to visit you. We found you unconscious outside you know? I am so worried."

Nonomi looks at Aria's eyes as she speak making Aria feel a little uncomfortable but she simply nod along.

"For now, please just rest okay? Let's talk more later. I'm just here to introduce myself and won't disturb you any more★"

Nonomi waved at her before leaving the room.

Ayane on the other hand sighed before settling on the chair beside the bed and started spooning some of the porridge.

She blows at the spoonful gently before feeding Aria.

Aria's eyes widen when she tasted the food for the first time.

She wonder how did she able to taste the food in her dream if she haven't eaten that kind of food before.

Ayane smiled seeing her enjoy the food.

Then ayane continue feeding her until she finished the entire bowl and finally tuck her in back to rest.

Aria rested again for the whole day.

At night, the simulation in her head began again.

Year 1

You are born in the year 2008

You are a boy

Your name is Arron

Year 2

Your parents brought you to the doctor for clinical purposes.

Once the doctor approach you while holding a syringe, your reaction is:

A. Cry

B. Smug

C. Poker face

Not aure what pokerface means, Aria decided to go for the smug.

Year 3

Surprised by your reaction, your parents realized that their son is a brave one.

Obtained trait Brave. You are not afraid at the syringe. You won't be inflicted with fear.

During one of your playtime with your father, you found a dinosaur with a broken leg.

Your action is:

A. Repair it

B. Throw it

C. Ask father for help

Aria choose the first option.

Year 4

You realized that you have a gentle hand while you are repairing your toy dinosaur.

You gain trait Gentle hand. Your hand are more meticulous and can handle work that requires light and careful touch.

You finally started going to school.

Year 5

Your parents brought you for lunch outside.

Inside the restaurant, you are asked by your mother what do you want to eat.

Your choice are:

A. Pizza

B. Vegetable Salad

C. Surprise me!

Aria found a weird option.

Not sure what surprise me means so she chose the Pizza one.

Year 6

Due to your preference with food, you gain a trait Fat. You easily gain weight.

During Physical Education class, you are tasked to run 5 laps around the basketball court along with all the boys in your class.

Somehow, you gain a weird camaraderie with them.

Gain trait Friendly. You can befriend others easily.

Lost trait Fat. You no longer gain weight easily.

Year 7

Your school begun their school festival.

Your class are looking for participants for various events.

You choose to join:

A. Basketball

B. Singing competition

C. Theater play

Aria saw in the simulation what is Basketball and she is quite interested in the game so she decided to join Basketball.

Year 8

Due to your perseverance and teamwork, your class won the basketball tournament!

You are crowned as the mvp!

You gain trait Famous. You are now a well known student in your school.

You gain trait Iron will. You simply refuse to give up.

You gain trait Fit. Your body is now considered athletic.

Year 9

Your mom brought you out for shopping.

The mall is near and your family have a car which your mother can drive.

Your mom asked you what are your thoughts about the way to the mall.

A. Via Car

B. Via Bus

C. Walk

Aria choose via Car.

Year 10

It was a short life.

You are known as a campus star after the tournament.

You are known as a friendly classmate that is easy to approach and fun to be around with.

On the way to the mall, a rampaging car clashed with yours resulting in instant death.

Your mother survived but remained heartbroken for a long time blaming herself for your death.

Ultimately dying as well from guilt.

Calculating score.

Age: 10

Traits: Brave, Gentle Hand, Friendly, Famous, Fit.

Congratulations for finishing a simulation.

You may choose one trait to carry over to your life.

A. Brave

B. Gentle hand

C. Friendly

D. Famous

E. Fit

Aria go for the Fit option.

Detected Healthy trait already exists.

Healthy can be combined with the trait Fit.

Would you like to proceed?

After thinking for a while, Aria decided to agree.

Healthy and Fit combined successful.

New trait Perfect body obtained.

Your body always remain at it's perfect state. Pushing yourself pass your limits.

Simulation chances resets **** every *****

Error!

System not working properly.

The mystic Deus Ex Machina lacks ***** to function properly.

Please do a ******* and ******* to properly bind the mystic to this body before it shatters completely.

************

Ending Simulation.

Once again, Aria opened her eyes and it was now morning.

Her gaze found it's way to the window where a girl is standing.

Her gray hair in long bob cut gently sways as the air coming from the open window blows.

Her wolf ears twicthes from time to time.

Her mismatched eye color looks oddly weird yet fits well.

As she noticed Aria's gaze, she simply nod and spoke.

"Nn... Your awake. How's your body?"