1 The beginning
I see darkness, pure darkness is all I can sense as my soul roams through the darkness, with each second passing I lose my consciousness. But right as I was about to lose myself, I heard a voice call out to me
"Youngling I will let you live once more in the world you desire and with the strength, you desire, with one condition"
"What.....is...it"
With my consciousness almost disappearing, I spoke with broken sentences
"I shall remove most of your memories of your previous world including the knowledge of the world that you desire"
"I...accept..."
I didn't hesitate to answer
"Very well, may you live a long and happy life"
My consciousness began to return and I was suddenly shooting away from the darkness and going towards the light
"Wahhh Wahhh Wahhh"
"Congratulations ms, it's a boy"
"Aww what an adorable baby, you look just like your father"
"Does he? he looks a lot like you sweetheart"
"He looks like both of us then, now what are we going to call him"
"hmm let's name him, Octavio Bowlan"
"let's do that"
I stare at my new parents, who look down at me with a smile, I smile back at them while I was staring at them, a screen appeared in front of me.
[Greetings pilot]
'who are you?'
[I'm the system advisor, I give information about items in the store and advise you of the best use of an item]
'Do I get a starter pack'
[Yes but I suggest you open it at a later and get some rest]
'Right I'll sleep then'
I slowly drift to sleep with a defenseless face is shown and it showed my cuteness as a baby
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(Meanwhile)
"There goes the last soul"
God releases the soul towards its destination and watches it go off in the distance, watching it go with a sad smile.
"I guess it's finally time"
He looks down toward the Desert-like planet, Earth, which was once a prosperous blue and green planet was now blue and tan because of the careless actions of the industry.
God raises his hand causing all of the oceans to rise above sea level and become Tsunamis which began flooding the countries with water, those who tried to seek shelter underground were not safe as the water broke through any barrier that was put in place.
In less than 30 minutes, the world had completely flooded leaving no survivors, he left and went back to his realm
'I should wait a couple thousand years before I make the new human species.'
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(A/N: Year is 2167, 16 years before Mass effect 1 takes place)
(MC POV)
I wake up at noon and find myself in a crib by myself which I found strange since aren't parents supposed to watch over their child? Well, that's fine I need my privacy.
'Hey system wake up'
[How may I be of assisstance]
'Open starter pack'
[Opening starter pack]
[Pilot armor(modified)]
Flexible body armor that allows fast movement and offers significant armor protection and shields(not sellable or scrapable)
DP: 15
Shields:189
[Pilot Helmet(modified)]
Offers protection to the head and allow the use of a titan(not sellable or scrapable)
Headshot DP: 10
[Choose 2 of the four options]
[Enhanced body]
Your body develops faster, allowing you to have great strength and vitality at an early age.
Regeneration lvl.1
[Enhanced mind]
Your mind can understand and learn difficult subjects with ease and have a great memory
[Data knife]
Hack through firewalls and machines(craftable)
[Titan]
Calls in a titan with an Ai that controls the titan, it can be interfaced and controlled(requirement Pilot helmet)(Craftable)
'Woah a titan, let's get the titan and the data knife'
[I recommend you choose the top two choices]
'Why'
[The data knife is useful in most remote colonies but useless when attempting to hack the higher end security]
[As for the titan, It won't be modified so you would need to put in your own modifications but you are unable to do so efficiently since you are an infant]
'Right I guess I got too excited, I choose the top two options'
[Warning, there is...]
'Don't bother just send me my rewards'
[Acknowledge, implementing rewards...received ]
I suddenly felt pain in my body and mind, that I began to cry uncontrollably I heard footsteps rapidly approaching the room and my mom entered the room and she picks me up
"What's wrong sweetheart?"
"WAHH WAHH WAHH"
My mother tried everything she could to get me to stop crying but to no avail. The pain stopped after 30 minutes which finally relieved me of my pain and put me unconscious, she took me to the doctor worried
"Hmmm, I don't see anything wrong with him, are you sure he wasn't having a nightmare?"
"Doctor, He cried for 30 Minutes despite me cuddling with him, there's obviously something wrong"
"Haa fine, Let me take some DNA and skin cells I'll call you if I find anything abnormal
"Okay"
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I wake up in the afternoon and my body is sore, I looked around and saw my mom and dad watching me with worried faces, I smile at them hoping to lift their worried faces I was thinking in my mind.
'Hey system, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!'
[What was what]
'WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PAIN?!'
[Pilot, you disregarded my warning earlier, it was not my fault]
'Fine, just make sure to tell me right away if there is a side effect'
[Acknowledged]
'By the way, is there a stat display'
[Yes, Do you want me to display your stats]
'Yes'
[Octavio Bowlan]
Abilities: Regeneration LVL. 1
STR: 1->5
END: 1->3
DEX: 1->2
AGI: 1->2
INT: 10
LCK: 67
BIO: 1
'Shouldn't I have higher stats because of my enhanced body'
[Pilot, you're still a baby]
"what's the average stats of an adult?"
[An average adult human has around 30-35, regular soldiers have around 40-50, and top soldiers are between 50-65. This does not include genetic enhancements or cybernetics
'Hmm? what's BIO'
[That's what this world calls Biotics, Information about it is limited but from what I know, you can manipulate Mass effect fields for both attacking or defending]
'Ohh and how often do Biotics appear'
[Unknown]
'Hey Imma name you Howard'
[If you say so]
For now, I have to play the waiting game and learn everything I can while I'm here.
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(3 days later)
(Amanda Bowlan)
*Ring Ring Ring*
Amanda's Omni-tool began to ring, she answers it immediately
"Yes?"
"Hi Mrs. Bowlan, I'm Dr. Hodes you visited me regarding your child"
"I did, is there something wrong, tell me, doctor, I want to know"
"Calm down Mrs. Bowlan, I found nothing wrong with your baby but I did find something strange"
"What?"
"I suggest we talk in person"
"Right, I'll meet you at the clinic"
Amanda quickly gets dressed and swiftly leaves the house, leaving Octavio with her husband, Jacob, to watch Octavio. She came home an hour later, with her facial expression changing constantly but she never said anything.
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2172
(5 years later)
Well 5 years went by and I'm no longer a pooping baby, I now walk so I get a certain amount of freedom, nothing interesting happened over the past five years but my parents left.
It wasn't the typical abandoned child route but they left because they had to return to the fleets since both of them were Alliance Military so they packed my things up and we left Earth, my dad left to their fleet so I went with my mom.
My aunt was a scientist in the colony of Eden Prime when I heard the name I felt as if it was familiar, when we landed I was hugged in a tight squeeze
"Ohh my goodness you're sooo adorable, Hi I'm your aunt, Angeletta"
I stood there and let her hugged until my mom pulled her off me
"As she said, she's your aunt, she will take care of you while we away, Take care of him Angeletta oh and get him books"
"Why he's too young to even like books"
"Wrong, he does for some reason anyways we must leave so take care of him"
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(Present)
That's what happened it's been 3 months since then right now I'm in a makeshift school since there aren't proper schools but I never participated in their activities since my intelligence is higher than an average teenager's. I was researching about hacking, Vi, Ai, and the such since those were part of my little project that I was planning to do soon, though I was thinking mainly about the data knife since according to Howard the data knife's purpose was to rewrite code to help me. An example would be if I hacked a mech while I was fighting it would attack with me, so I wanted it to do that and extract information.
Another problem that I'm running into is that I need materials, asking for materials as an unemployed 5-year-old would be as stupid as a clown teaching math so I have to find it myself though I have a solution for that.
(a few hours later)
'School' ended and I swiftly left to my aunt's house to 'borrow' her omni-tool and then headed to my secret base, my base was located underground and I found it on accident when I fell through the hole while I was exploring.
It had some metals that I had taken from nearby construction and a makeshift furnace I made from rocks and some cement, and a hammer, I lit the furnace with matches and put sticks to get it ready, after a while, I put the coal in and began placing the metals in, first I put platinum since it would be the knife, the platinum wouldn't be fully purified though so the data knife would only be temporary. After the platinum was heated up enough I put in the iridium and began to shape the platinum into a knife which I failed a few times.
[Pilot you're still not hitting the platinum with enough force]
'Yeah no shit'
"Haaaa one more time"
*CLINK**CLANK*CLINK*CLANK*
[Pilot, the iridium is almost ready]
*CLINK**CLANK*CLINK*CLANK**CLINK**CLANK*CLINK*CLANK*
*CLINK**CLANK*CLINK*CLANK**CLINK**CLANK*CLINK*CLANK*
"Haa, haa, haaa"
I put the hammer down and quickly took the iridium out and began the process again but this time I made it into a string that would attach to the knife. I attached it to the knife as the finishing touch.
'Howard tell me does it work'
[Scanning....complete]
[Data knife(partial)]
Extract information in lightly protected electronics
[Although the knife doesn't function completely it can still allow you to hack through most electronics here in the colony]
"Good, I'm going home"
I climb out of my manhole and saw it was night so I began walking home silently, I opened my window and sneak inside without alerting my neighbors, I laid in bed and slowly let myself fall asleep, what I didn't know was that 3 days had past, I missed school, and my aunt was angry with me.
