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He imagined what a stronger and more confident version of himself would have done in those situations. Sometimes he couldn't decide what was worse, that the people at this school could be so cruel, or that he just stood there and took it.
The four basic elements, as well as light and dark, make up the available affinities in the world.
“We are each a side of the dice that is a traveler's mind. Desire, Confidence, Passion, Acceptance, Happiness, and Peace. The lines between us are often blurry, but those lines can be drawn nonetheless.”
“Something monstrous and beautiful. Terrible and mesmerizing. Destruction and creation. Alpha and Omega. They seem to be opposing forces, yet the concert of the two brings true power.”
“Welcome to your new home. Welcome to the Twilight Throne.”
He decided right then and there that the first thing he was going to buy when he finally had some money was a better internet connection. He could live without furniture and on a ramen-only diet, but he needed more bandwidth.
“A person gains or loses affinity based on whether they behave in a way that is consistent or contradictory to each affinity. For example, you gain dark affinity if you act on your desires. If you resolve quests in a way that is consistent with a particular affinity, you may receive bonuses to that affinity. I expect this is what happened with your particular quest.”
“My name is Jason. And this...” The zombies beside the player rotated him to look at the dark walls that stood nearby. “This is my city.” In response to his words, the undead that lined the walls roared in triumph. The zombies turned the player back to Jason, whose shadowed face now hovered directly in front of him. He held a blade to the player's throat. “I have a message for everyone watching this. Do not fuck with the Twilight Throne.” Then the knife slid across the player's neck, and the screen went black.
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