A/N: Hello and welcome to a new story of mine inspired by Bronz_Deck' Chaos Gacha. as some of you may know i posted the first chapter of my first story on this site a few days ago, and first of all i just wanna say i'm not dropping it! but as i've been trying to write it for the last few days i have struggled to write more than a few paragraphs, So as i wait for my stupid ass brain to kick in and tell me what to write i thought it would be fun to try writing something with a format i am very used to. I have been a fan of Bronz_Deck for a while, i have even read his old gamer storys. (still kinda mad he dropped the jjk one). but his Chaos Gacha™ holds a special place in my heart among all system stories for how simple yet crazy the format is, and he has even said he's fine with people using his system aslong as you give him his credit. And while i have been struggling to write chapter 2 of my other story i am glad to say this flowed like nothing else, it was pretty much non-stop typing until it was time to edit. I'll stop my rambling here but if you like this story and you haven't already please make sure to head over to Bronz_Deck and check out his stories, he is a much more experienced writer than me so you will definitely enjoy them. i Hope you enjoy!
Chapter one –
In a blink I was standing in the middle of an alleyway just to the side of a busy street. Car engines roared as they sped past.
'Where the hell am I? just a second ago I was…' a moment passed as I listened to the sound of a passing conversation struggling to remember what I was doing before I got here. 'Wait… what the hell was I doing?'
'Why can't I remember? It should be so simple.' My breathing started getting heavy, speeding up with every breath.
'I'm standing in the middle of an alleyway; I had to have got here somehow. I should just figure that out first... Why can't I think of anything!? I can't have just spawned here!'
The passing cars seemed to get louder, almost overwhelming now. My eyes blurring, I can see a blurry figure standing at the opening of the ally. I think I can hear them saying something 'are they talking to me? I can't hear them; everything is just SO loud.'
'Where even am I? How did I get here? Who is even talking to me?' suddenly a much more pressing thought occurs to me 'W-who even am I?' I leaned against the wall trying to catch my breath, i hold up a hand to the person in front of me who seems to take it as a sign to go away as they leave soon after.
I blink 'did the alley way just get way darker?' I must have blanked out in the middle of my panic-attack because suddenly the bright blue sky that had just been above me was replaced with a sparkling night sky.
'I'm not panicking anymore? I guess it's all out of my system for now.' I decided despite my exhaustion since I'm no longer panicking, I should at least get out of this ally.
As I walked down the emptier and much quieter streets, 'less people and cars since its night-time now I guess.' I pass what appears to be a shop window and look at my reflection hoping to at least know what I look like.
But strangely, the man in the mirror looks unfamiliar 'Great. I don't remember anything and now I don't even remember if this is even my face.'
After staring into the window for about 5 minutes and probably making myself look like a massive weirdo to anyone inside who sees me, I note a few key features I seem to have.
First of all, what jumped out to me was my hair, which seems to be a shade of green 'viridian.' the word pops into my head out of nowhere How come I lose all of my most important memories but still remember the exact name of a random shade of green?' Despite my missing memories I'm 99% certain I didn't have hair this colourful before.
Next, I note my red eyes 'what? no exact shade for my eyes? Just my hair?', again I don't think those were there before either.
I guess I am around 6ft tall 'any way too precise measurements to give here brain? No? okay then 6ft 'something' it is', I was wearing a blank green shirt 'different shade from my hair but I have no idea which, was my hair a one-off?' along with grey trousers and shoes.
I realize I never even checked my pockets this entire time and quickly rummage around in them. I find a crumpled sheet of paper and nothing else. 'Finally, Something!' looking around I saw a bench not too far away in what looks like a park across the road and decided to sit there before looking at it.
I un-crumple the paper to find the following words, ''Hello #####!'' I look away clutching my head as a pang of pain followed by static goes through my head when I tried to read what might be my name. when I check the paper again the name has been replaced with gibberish.
''You have been randomly selected to be my entertainment!'' 'Huh?' I was going to react and start rambling out questions, but I remember earlier, where I had a panic-attack and decided to read the rest first.
"You have been dropped into a world of your choosing! and make no mistake you did choose this!'' 'Huh?!- no, no not yet. Wait until you've finished reading this before you react' I tell myself but my grip on the paper tightens.
"Who I am doesn't matter, neither does what I am! Nor how I did this only that I can and more importantly did!" I take a deep breath and steady my breathing before continuing.
"What else matters is that if you had all the answers and secrets of this world in your head this would quickly become oh so boring, So! I had the brilliant idea to remove your memories of this world and even who you are. After all, wouldn't it be much more exciting if you used this chance to become someone else entirely?"
Strangely I wasn't too upset about losing my memories after reading that. Instead, what felt like excitement spread through my body like I was possibly looking forward to the opportunity to start over as someone else.
"Now don't worry I didn't exactly send you off with nothing. After all, if you died before you even had the opportunity to do anything I wouldn't get anything from this. I gave you a version of something that has been gaining some popularity with other beings such as myself, It should be quite useful for you no matter what you decide to do from this moment on. It's called The Chaos Gacha™"
'Okay what the fuck is The Chaos Gacha™? "
Before I could really question anything, I heard a loud DING! Sound in my head followed by a voice and a floating screen saying:
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[Chaos Gacha Online]
For your tutorial you have a choice
Which of these options would you like as your starter spins?
[ A – 2 RANDOM GOLDEN TICKETS]
[ B – 3 RANDOM SILVER TICKETS]
[ C – 4 RANDOM BRONZE TICKETS]
Please select your preferred option!
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I'm not sure what this is or what the hell is happening, could I please just have an explanation please!
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Explanation: Random Tickets
Tickets are what allow you to roll the Gacha they align with. While there are multiple types of tickets, the Random Ticket is unique in the way that they can give you any type of reward from the Gacha while other types of tickets will only give you rewards that are the same type as the ticket!
I hope this explanation was sufficient!
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Okay I think I get it now, so do I just press the choice I want? The golden tickets probably give better rewards but there is only 2 of them and I need as much as I can get right now. While there are a lot of bronze tickets they probably won't give me anything good, So middle option?
I lift my hand a with a finger select the Silver Tickets.
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Selection confirmed rolling ticket
[Spiritual Interaction]
|Uncommon Ability|
You are able to interact with the spiritual world and so are your abilities. Your perception extends down to the level of souls and spirits as well.
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The ability to interact with 'the spiritual world'? what the hell does that mean? Does this world have supernatural threats I need to be worried about or is this a wasted ticket?
Whatever, I'll worry about that later, Next ticket!
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rolling ticket
[Caveman]
|Uncommon Trait|
Unga Bunga. You are a caveman at heart, giving you enhanced physical strength and endurance. In addition, you are skilled at wielding blunt instruments and toughing it out in the wild.
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Unga?! Pain pierces my entire body as it is transformed by my new trait. Once the pain passes, I am amazed by the feeling of my new body. My muscles have expanded and gained some decent definition 'Holy shit, my trait gave me abs?' it made sense but still surprised me.
After I regained my wits, I read through the description of the trait. Enhanced strength, endurance and it even made it so I know how to fight! Well fight like a caveman, I would still get my shit rocked by an actual fighter but with my new body I should be able to hold my own now!
Last ticket GO!
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rolling ticket
[Edna Mode]
|Rare Skill|
Incredibles - You are not a simple fashionista baby, you are THE fashionista. You are a master of designing clothes and costumes; if someone needs a costume, they come to YOU. Your skill in creating costumes can be compared to a Tinker even because you are just THAT good.
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Pain once again coursed through me but this time in the form of a headache that forced me to sit back down from where I stood to admire- I mean TEST my new body, yes test not admire or anything like it.
Once the pain stopped and I wiped the blood that dripped from my nose I realised all the knowledge I had gained, while not immediately useful gave me a few ideas on what I could do from now on. Even if this world didn't have things like superheroes, I could definitely make some money as a tailer if nothing else.
With my new useful trait and skill, alongside my less immediately useful ability I sat on the bench and began to plan my Next steps.
'Oh wait' I thought to myself, 'I still don't have a name yet do I?' I didn't exactly know anything about myself to help pick a name. 'hell the only thing I know about myself for sure is that my hair is the shade of viridian. and I mean, I can't just name myself after a colour, that's ridiculous!' as I thought that to myself and chuckled to myself I realized.
'F-for some reason t-that doesn't actually feel that ridiculous.' I still wasn't just gonna call myself a shade of green but maybe a name inspired by it wouldn't be so bad.
'Ridian, yeah that's sounds like a name. probably.' But despite my doubts over the validity of the name I just came up with, something about it felt right in a way I couldn't explain.
"Alrighty then!" I stood up as the sun dawned over the city and stretched while being hit with the first light of a new day. after hours of sitting on a cold bench in the middle of the night it felt great to work my muscles. "From now on my name will be Ridian, Wish me luck world because I'm gonna need it!"