Being born on September 21st, 2004
My mother had told me that it was painful for her to give birth to me. She was rather young, but it was somewhat common in 2004. I asked my parents why my mother's birth was painful. I was told that she wasn't given an epidural anesthesia since it costs $1,000, and my father could not afford it.
The fact that it was painful for my own mother to give birth to me would simply be the start of a long, painful journey I would soon endure. My birth was only just the start of it. As if a battlefield of endurance had begun, my life started right there in a hospital.
[Character Profile:
Player #0
Name: Damien Xhao
Age: 0
Cause of Birth:
Given Birth Without Epidural Anesthesia (Rare)
Astrology sign given at birth: Virgo Sun
Status: has been born.]
This would be labelled rare, as only 1 in 100 people would experience it. Using the logic of a gacha game, which is considered gambling, this is the system I would use to write my book.
[Supporter profile:
Name: Damien's Mother
Given birth at age 20 (uncommon)
Status: A newborn mother.]
Based on the standard gacha game systems I'm familiar with, I consider a 10% chance uncommon. 10% can be seen as 1 in 10 situations. Gacha game systems sure are popular in this world. I played a lot of them. They would always use statistics and have a pity system. I played a lot of them in this world line, so why not make a story using the logic of a gacha game?
Around 3 years old, I had gotten sick with something. My mother didn't know what it was, and she was panicking that I might die. She went to multiple doctors and hospitals. Then she went to Huntington Hospital, which finally diagnosed me with an autoimmune disease. My mom no longer needed to panic about what was going on with me. Perhaps I was supposed to die a couple of times from such an illness.
[Character statistics:
Name: Damien Xhao
Age: 3
Diseases:
Graves' Disease (mythical)
Regression Ability Unlocked (mythical)]
Who knows what was supposed to kill me for good? This world sees me as someone who isn't supposed to be born. Whenever I tell doctors what my autoimmune disease is. They get really surprised and shocked. My mother told me I was a special case. Researchers wanted to do multiple lab blood tests on me to figure out what on earth was happening to me medically. Apparently most people get diagnosed with Graves' Disease at young teenagehood or young adulthood ages. On the other hand, I received such a chronic illness at the age of 3. A very rare case to occur; something like this was never supposed to happen the first time. This was a huge metaphor for what I would become later in life.
Graves' Disease is somewhat of a rare condition to have, but the fact that I specifically got diagnosed with it at age 3 is why I labeled myself as a (mythical) Graves' Disease haver. I only met one other person on Reddit who got this chronic illness at such a very young age. I got nerfed by God by getting a chronic illness that is an autoimmune disorder.