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Eɴᴛᴇʀ — Into an Isekai World

"Well I... forgot to bring my phone when I left today... Goddamnit..."

Mentally, Kai was a lot angrier with himself then he let on. What kind of teen leaves home without their phone? Even without reception, some music or something might've been nice! Well, maybe he could ask one of the others about it, but maybe a bit later.

Besides that though, he supposed things weren't too bad. The shrine wasn't as badly damaged inside as he'd thought it looked, and while there were a few holes in the roof, there was plenty of space to sit and not be directly beneath them. There was even a little area where the floor wasn't wood so they might be able to make a little fire! Of course, he wasn't sure if that was there originally or part of the buildings decay, but he wasn't going to question it. You had to be optimistic when you were lost, even if it's because of time space anomalies that left everyone involved completely befuddled!

"Anyway, you guys can take the stuff from my bento." He said, placing it on the floor. "I'm going to see if I can find a little bit of firewood nearby. Don't forget to leave a bit for the kami of the shrine so we don't all get our souls stolen!"

Despite his words, his tone sounded fairly optimistic as he walked out the door. Even though he was still kind of worried about that explosion before, he figured that, as long as he stayed close to the shrine, things probably wouldn't be too bad.

It wasn't until he'd been foraging for a little while though that he noticed something... Strange. Whenever he went to lift a piece of wood or something, he was, well, actually able to lift it. Now, Kaito would be the first to admit that he's not strongest guy around. In fact, over the last couple of years he'd actually have described himself as pretty weak. Here though, he was lifting some big ass pieces of wood with far less effort than a skinny little toothpick of a guy like him should've been able to!"

"Am I..." He began, his eyes wide with excitement. "Do I have superpowers?"

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@Prosaic
Aw, thanks man! I think Sage is pretty great too, and not just because he's so easy to come up with funny nicknames for... I mean, largely that, but I'm sure there'll be some fun banter later on even without that.

And Ghost Stories is awesome, it's kind of like deadpool but... Meaner? You gotta watch the English dub though, because that's where it's funny. The original version of the show was super cliched and boring, so when the owners sold it to the guys who did the dub, they told them to do whatever they could to make it successful, so those guys basically told the voice actors to improvise and say just about whatever they want, as long as the very basic elements of the original plot were included. It's basically an official abridged series, and it's one of my favourite shows because of it!

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"Woah woah, let's slow down a little, Negasonic Teenage Dickhead!" Alex said, raising his hands in a placating manner. "I'm pretty sure I apologised just then, and I was even so kind as to explain that it was the drugs screwing with my filter, not your insanely bullyable personality."

He quickly turned to Fay, who he knew wouldn't hate him enough to lie about it.

"I did actually do that, right Fay? Because I know I sometimes get my thoughts and words mixed up and just assume I said something when I didn't, but I'm pretty sure I did this time.

And then he turned back to Sage, a kindly, almost parental expression that was only... Oh, maybe ninety percent fake and mocking.

"I mean, listen. We've all been in your position. Puberty can be tough, especially when you have a complete and utter lack of social skills like you and I, but that's no reason to let it make things worse. Don't let your first period make you a monster, because as soon as you let that happen, then you give me the strongest weapon of them all... You make my jokes accurate."

And then he turned to Fay again, an apologetic expression that... might have been a few more percent serious than the one he'd used with Sage.

"And I'm dreadfully sorry Fay, I ignored your question before. But to give you a short answer, it very well may. Apart from going into anaphylactic shock if I don't get at least one death threat a day, the constant insults help keep my mind sharp, stop it from fading into mush like good old... I wanna say Robert? Which by the way, that was pretty fucked up. I'm sure that won't become a major plot point later on. But besides that, yeah, I don't have the character development to be nicer yet, or at least not without disguising it under numerous, meticulously personalised insults."

He looked to Tori, who had said something particularly inaccurate, and decided he was probably legally required to correct her.

"Ah, Vic, while on many layers, you may be right, there are so many others where you couldn't be more wrong. However, instead of gracing everyone here with one of my trademark lectures, I'll keep this one brief. True, I may be a miserable sack of shit with little to no reason to continue my life, but everyone else's life in this place is more miserably than mine, because I don't have to listen to myself talk. You're locked in here with me and all that shit..."

He turned back to Sage when he spoke again, a twinge of actual responsibility daring to try and poke it's head up.

"Now just hang on a moment there Elliot Rodger, I know you're the closest we have to the plucky teenager of the group, but if you think you'll be able to talk to the guy after he's been taken away by the guards, then I've somehow been giving you too much credit this whole time. At best, they call you a retard and turn you away without beating the shit out of you. At best. Besides, we probably won't even have to do anything. In comics, this kinda shit usually works itself out."

Immediately after finishing that last sentence, he turned to look at Kennedy.

"And before you say something like "This isn't a comic book, this is real life", I want you to A; think about how many shows, movies and comics say that exact line, word for word, and B; notice the fact that we're in a government facility designed to experiment on innocent prisoners with superhuman powers, so, you know, it's not even a very original one! It's basically X-men!"

However, before he could continue, he paused.

"Oh, but I interrupted your anniversary speech! Sorry about that, let's hear it before someone else starts saying something retarded instead of me and Angst Hiroshima hogging it all."

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So I just saw Deadpool 2, and I was struck with both delight and horror how similar I made Alex to Wade. Now I'm tossing up whether I should make him more or less similar, because all or nothing, am I right?

EDIT: Oh, I should probably put in this disclaimer as well, I actually made him with the anime Ghost Stories as my main inspiration. Deadpool wasn't in there originally.

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@Prosaic
My phone is old and crappy, so I can't actually use discord. Actually, I struggle to find things it can do these days...

Eɴᴛᴇʀ — Into an Isekai World

I'll try to make a post tonight.

Breaking the Sun

Might try to get a post out tonight, bask in everyone's love for Alex.

Supernatural Schools, SWAT Teams and 1x1 Craving Advert!~

I too, would be interested in a supernatural school story, and I even kind of have part of one if you're interested. That being said, a school/supernatural version of your second scenario also sounds interesting if you decide mine is rubbish.

Naruto: The New World [High-Casual]

Well, that was a short, crappy post, but I don't have much time on the computer, and typing it on my phone… I think I would've rather killed myself with how its been acting up recently.

Naruto: The New World [High-Casual]

@Savato
Again, Tsubaki was mostly silent as he observed the mud creature. He knew he couldn't trust his eyes, just like when they were attacked by the wolves, so his plan was to do exactly what he did then, and wait to see if he could get it to come to him. Back with the wolves, it had been pretty simple. Wait for them to get within a couple of metres of him and then bludgeon them to death with his staff. Easy peasy!

The mud monster was a little smarter, and just threw a rock at them. He barely had time to react however before Nagi got pissed, shooting lasers at both the boulder and the monster itself, and while the rock did explode, the mud man barely seemed phased, flickering around the battlefield.

"I don't think you're doing anything, Nagi!" He called out, sounding almost lazy, as he watched more mud simply fall back into the places where it had been blasted away. However, despite his tone, he was also on edge, all of his senses focusing on trying to catch the creature when it inevitably flickered into close range.

And then, like he expected, it appeared directly in front of him, and he began to jump back and form hand signs.

Which was when he got hit in the back, sending him flying forwards. While initially stunned, he quickly recovered, seeing the trees he was currently flying towards and realising he needed a way to land safely. Thinking at a mile a minute, he summoned a shadow clone, throwing it to the ground a little ways ahead of him. As soon as it hit the ground, it used Earth Flow Wave to summon a wave of mud to catch him. It hurt, but he managed to manoeuvre himself to land on his feet, keeping it from being too bad. Seeing that Nagi had also been thrown by the creatures swings, he had the clone manipulate the wave to catch her as well, while he used Hidden Mole to try and make her landing softer, in the unlikely scenario that she didn't land on her feet.

It was at this point that he had an idea. His chakra nature was earth, after all, so maybe he'd be able to tell where it was by focusing on the vibrations in the earth when it stepped. And then, he remembered Nagi's lasers, and the seeds of a plan began to take shape.

"Nagi, how hot can your lasers get?" He asked, his brow creased in tension. "Because I don't know for sure, but with my clones help, I might be able to trap it in earth walls. If I can do that and leave a tiny opening, and you can get enough heat inside, it might work like a kiln. We might be able to bake it until it hardens too much to move."