A tendril slides its way across my eyes opening them to the morning sun it's almost becoming a ritual for this to be how I am awoken in this new life of mine.
It's been a week since I came to this fucked up world which I used to know as Marvel, reborn into the body of a D&D character which I made when I was younger.
I rise from the bed moving across my room to take in the appearance which is slowly becoming natural to me, the pale gray skin and silver hair the greatest changes to get used to. Changeling the race I chose for my character a Fey capable of shapeshifting quite a useful trick especially for disguising the previously mentioned features after all humans in marvel don't take too kindly to my type, Mutants that is after all what better way to force my adaptation into this universe than to have me hunted down for my first week until the Xavier institute found me and took me in.
As I'm taking in my appearance a snaking tendril moves my hair into Witcher style of ponytail a funny contrast to my inhuman appearance after it finishes it slides down my body into my open left hand forming a gauntlet around my hand and halfway up my forearm taking on a leather like appearance.
A gift my mutation/system had imparted on me a mimic truly the most versatile monster a tamer like myself could ask for, that's right when I arrived here in marvel I awoke a system which has taught me how to tame monster from D&D alongside giving me access to said monsters it started me out with chompy here as a bit of a starter gift.
' Status '
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Name: Alexander Harlock
Race: Changeling
Class: Monster Tamer
Spells:
Toll The Dead
Spare The Dying
Mending
Command
Abilities:
Bond
Vessel
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Over past month I have learned three cantrips, a level one spell, and two class abilities my system has taught me, bond allows me to bind monsters to myself while vessel allows me to create a magical storage device for my tamed monsters all of which will prove useful for what is in store for me.
' Countdown '
[ 23 days 16 hours, till first invasion ]
[ reward: class ability and additional system function unlock ]
Every month this universe will be faced with a invasion and I've been tasked with stopping these invasions and controlling the monsters whom come with each invasion. It's why I agreed to come Xavier School for gifted youngsters so that I could learn to fight and also build up something of a party to help me stop these invasions as they grow stronger.
*Ding*
[ Task: Excell in today's combat training session]
[ Reward: based on performance]
The Task function of the system is a basic quest system whose primary goal is to grant knowledge as a reward for the challenges I face or expect to face never giving more than knowledge from the universes beyond this one.
I make my way through the halls of the school slowly making my way down towards the basement where the danger room is located, the classroom where the combat training takes place.
As I enter the danger room I am greeted by quite the sight, one man fighting off three younger mutants while two are already passed out behind him I see two people standing off to the side observing the training I approach the two while admiring the capabilities of the danger room as it mimics a city environment for the current training.
" Mr. Harlock it's good to see you settling in well, is today when you are to start your ability assessment with Logan? " The man who greets me truly lives up to his codename the blue fur and animal like appearance a sharp contrast to the white lab coat and black and gold bodysuit
" Dr. McCoy it truly is great here, but yes today I'll get to show what I know as well as learn from professor Logan. "
A smirk plays across the goddess before me as I refer to Logan as professor find the word out of place for the man currently fighting with five total students her ebony skin being a beautiful contrast to her pale hair .
* Bang *
I look back in time to see Logan slaming a kid whose body was covered in rocks into the pavement ending the training the as he points his claws at the downed boy. As we make eye contact he motions me toward him.
" So your the new kid the professor was telling me about, says you have quite the potential. Show me! " with that he rushes towards me claws extended
I raise my left arm energy coils around it as a bell chimes to someone of his like him a cheap trick but enough to slow him for a second as I rush to meet him
Logan Stumbles necrotic energy eating at his right leg his body quickly fighting it off. " Your first mistake is not keeping your distance! "
His claws lung at me slow enough to give me time to dodge while we are fighting his goal to to teach me not to hurt me so I take the generosity back stepping and bring my hand above my head.
My left arm writhes as the gauntlet transforms into a battle axe I grip onto it bring it down with all my might it embeds itself into Logan's shoulder quickly meeting the immovable force that is Logan and his skeleton.
I pull back but not quickly enough as he grabs onto chompy hold it in place " Nice trick Bub I guess you are more than just a ranged fighter but you have a long way to go before that'll work. "
The only thought that greets my mind is 'S**T' as he grapples me and slams me to the ground like the previous students " 10 Laps around the school then you can head to the cafeteria. " is all I can process as he leaves along side the other Professors.
A tendril quietly fixes my hair as I lay on the ground letting my new reality sink in as the danger room powers down and the city fades back to just a normal room.