"Well I already knew what story you would pick so let's get down to the rules," said the so-called 'god' now in an informative tone, "I will send you down as a newly generated character in this story with a whole new backstory and background. Your job is to become the main character by the end of the story. There are limitations set upon you. You are not allowed to hinder the natural progression of any of the other main characters of the story, those being the seven most important, Rex the main character, Julian the best friend, Lucius and Sylas the main rivals, and Heather, Vanessa and Adeia, the love interests. This also means you cannot take . If the main character of the story dies, you fail. If the antagonists win, you fail. If for any other reason the story cannot end, you fail. Failure means death."
"Well that's a lot of rules, do I actually get anything that helps me?" I asked, annoyed at the fact that this is the strategy I was originally planning to go for."
"Of course, let's move onto character creation." the 'god' said, now badly imitating a game's narrator, "I will give you three choices, your subject choice, your elemental affinity and one other character trait of your choice. First let's talk about which subject you want to specialize in."
This was going to be an important choice, as it would affect which characters I most interact with. Similar to most fantasy academies, the subjects were just combat specialization. When it came to combat, I considered either being an archer or a mage fighting from a safe distance, but my choice seemed quite obvious the moment subject choice was brought up."
"Give me a spear."