Chapter Zero - Look at me... I AM THE CAPTAiN NOW!!!

  "You there... yeah you, no not you you'll get your turn if you want it there's plenty to go around, there now that I've got the right person/person's attention lets have a chat... so you think you could do a better job with the story of the nightmare spell and earth? or maybe with the story of Sunless and Nephis? or maybe with the whole cohort? the whole world? well good news you have the opportunity to do so whenever you feel like challenging it, you know if you've got the time and stomach for it, still here huh? you sure you don't wanna see the original first? how about one of the others interpretations of it? no? still here? am I boring you? yes? no? doesn't really matter as I can't hear you I'm too busy talking with someone who actually wants to go there themselves and challenge this monster... with a little help from me of course if they want this world... they can have it as far as I'm concerned, all they have to do... is earn it... with effort, or resolve, persistence, or just plan wanting it bad enough to seize control themselves. or maybe Time or Fate will help, maybe they could enlist the help of their inner Desires, or maybe they're Fated to do so, maybe it's their Destiny to do so, or maybe you Dread it too much to try, maybe you don't have enough Hope yet?, not enough of the Dream? or of the Heart? well if you're still here that means you're fine with taking a back seat and only occasionally talking it out with the actors on stage and are willing to let another dictate your Fate... if after all this you're still here... then I think you've chosen your Chains rather wisely indeed... anyways on to the story it will all happen in due time.

  "so that was rather strange, guess all these stars are the nightmare spell then... do I have my flaw yet? oh I do can I see it?... hmm I can live with this... at least unless it ends up getting me killed... what are my attributes?... can I see them?... wow how fucking broken can you get... although the requirements seem to be quite steep... and I'll have to relearn the limits with the audience after it really starts!?... fine but what do i get in return?... oh ok that's a fair trade off... now I'm a little scared to ask... but what is my Aspect?... holy shit... and I thought the others had it good but holy shit this is fucking fantastic... okay I'm stumped what is the catch here exactly?... oh I'm not getting a choice in the matter since I already signed up? that's it? to amuse anyone who wants to read about my suffering and document what they want to know along the way? how is this a downside? ..."

  "Oh, it's sorta like having a job and I might have to deal with assholes? isn't this just life? I didn't get nearly as much agency in my life before this whole thing was set up, so this is honestly a breath of fresh air, alright I'm ready to begin whenever you are"

  Chapter one - New and Old

  I groggily begin to awaken from my first nightmare... that was truly the most harrowing thing I've ever experienced in my entire life I honestly thought the waking world help the greatest horrors and the land of the nightmare spell was nothing but endless combat... I severely underestimated how awful that would be... even though I knew I'd survive thanks to the help of my Patron... sometimes death feels like a mercy, sometimes like near the end of that trial... all my life flashed before my eyes and I Almost gave in... key word is Almost, I'm still alive... and now I need to see... who did I have to kill to enter this world?

  (You have slain sleeper Lost from Light, Your Shadow grows stronger)

  So... it would seem that I've killed the main character and taken his place... rather cliche but it works rather well.

  (you have slain sleeper, Changing star, your Flame burns brighter)

  Wait what? huh? what? what's going on here? idk what is happening here.

  (you have slain sleeper, Song of the Fallen, your sight grows clearer)

  ...

  (you have slain sleeper, Nightingale, your voice grows louder)

  (you have slain sleeper, Raised by Wolves, Your instincts sharpen)

  (you have slain sleeper, Rain)

  (you have slain sleeper,)

  okay I think I remember enough now to understand where i need to go from here i just need to ah right that's how I do that

  (Name:

  True Name: Vessel of the (?)

  Attributes: Foreigner?, Usurper?, Fool?, Lineage?

  Aspect: Defiled? Thief?

  Aspect ability: Pro?/Con?

  Aspect ability: Leader?

  Flaw: Fractured? whatever do you mean? I'm perfect and nothing can hurt me?)

  Alright I remember the important parts now I'm in Sunny's body as he's waking up and yet it's no longer his... it's mine now as is most other things of his... but I don't just want to experience the same things he did... right this is the problem... I have to make choices now... I'm the new main character and I only get one real chance to do this... well time to change some things before any of the important people notice me and I have to abandon all the people I care about just to change one small thing that they'd for sure change if they could... so let's see... I definitely don't want to be stuck with Sunnys body... at least not certain parts so I'll change those... and maybe make some new alterations... alright... I really hope this makes me happy... because turning back after this point would suck really, really bad...

  Alright now I'm done changes things from the original to better suit my tastes... and then there's my real flaw to consider... I really really hope I'm making the right choice here... alright I'm finished now and nothing's gonna stop me now...

  As I open up my eye's I see someone I've only ever read about... boy do the words on a page not do the effect justice... awakened, and master's especially are really something special, there she is Soul Reaper Jet... since I know what to look for everything is rather obvious the attributes the flaw the aspect and power it's all laid bare before my eyes... and other things... man this is gonna get annoying fast, I bet I'm partially regretting my flaw of choice... but then again no one else gets to pick so what am I complaining about?

  Anyways it would seem that something that's not changing is the fact that I've ben staring at her for an uncomfortable long amount of time and she seems to have noticed (quite think of something fast)

  "Ugh, you, nice, look, there, scary, pretty, lady, strong, deadly, much rare,"

  she seems genuinely confused and entirely unsure as to what to say... to the point where she does not speak for (4:47(that's not helpful)).

  "Is this normal for you? or did the spell mess you up that badly? it's really hard to tell"

  The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.

  "Yes and no"

  "Right, I should really be more specific, shouldn't I? but I'm sorry there's so much going on here that i have no idea what I should ask first... can you at least tell me your name? introductions seem like a good start i think if you just keep throwing random babel at me, we will get nowhere fast"

  She points to Herself then Me "Jet. you"

  "I'm, a, little, lost, right, now, call me, ugh, brrrrrghn, no wait!!, ugh huh, whatever, oh right, just call, me, call me, call me, call me, Sylvie, " wow talking is so fucking hard... what the hell kind of flaw was this again and why is my name messed up none of those syllables strung in that order make my name... what the hell is wrong with me... oh wait I know what's wrong it's mostly my flaw interacting with my power in strange and unique ways... this is gonna be a looooooong road to the top, I can just feel it now this is a real slow burn... will I be able to beat the original story in anything at this rate?

  "I've been very patient with you, you know up till now... but in all my long years I've never experienced more pain in my entire life combined then the time I've spent with you by your side, that was painful for me, how the heck did you make it through all that?"

  "I, DO, NOT, KNOW."

  "You know I've been watching over you since shortly after you fell asleep... and I saw alot of things I never thought I'd see... so please I'm beggin you I'm just dying to know... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED THAT CAUSED ALL THIS MESS"

  For the first time since I've woken up, I pull my eyes awake from Master Jet... and h-o-l-y c-r-a-p the scene around us is rather disturbing, messy blurry blobs of flesh all around us in strange configurations I recognize no one else but her... no wait those are probably either police officers or dormant beasts and there's the guy who welcomed sunless into this place... yeah he? is a little familiar I can pick him out... they don't seem like an enemy... (NO ONE HERE NEEDS TO DIE) ...

  "What's going on here I'm not entirely sure... why don't you share how you see it and we can compare notes on what's happening, because I'm a little confused myself."

  "Well according to my own eyes and memories as well as the testimony of those who are still here when you entered this building you introduced yourself 'Sunless' or maybe sunny? and now? shortly before? waking up I saw something that I'm pretty sure no one has ever survived in the history of the entire universe, and now you're giving out a different name? and you look... let's say you're very different then when you came in... do you even notice the difference? I'm pretty sure that I've only ever heard of masters going through something similar I don't want to pry but the fact is the government is gonna know about this one way or the other this is too out of the ordinary to keep covered up... even with our resources... so we need to know how you'd like us to spin it I'm sure I could convince these officers to keep everything, from before hush hush... but no way in hell are we going to be able to hide this in the future... should it happen again?... so, what is going on here"

  "You've been being vague... very vague about this whole thing... but fine somethings aren't supposed to be talked about while others... yeah okay how about you and I have a full-length chat? in private to get this story straightened out? ..."

  "Agreed"

  Some amount of time pass' by, everything's still a blur to me but that will fade with time and effort... i Hope... anyways sooner than later I'm alone with Jet...

  "I'll start I guess, since you seem to be having trouble focusing on anything but me and my voice, so I'm just gonna come out and say it you're entire body looks... well where you quite so... ahem pretty? before? because based off of what my own memories are telling me... i kinda thought... but you also seemed to be from the outskirts so maybe... it was a uh... lack of resources? that ugh caused a small delay in getting you where you were supposed to go? you know I'm normally better about this, but I've never even heard tall tales of such a thing happening before so uhm... though given the limited number of awakened let alone masters... it's not like this thing couldn't happen to a sleeper... so uhm am I mistaken??? on my assumption as well as the sworn testimony of the officers? cause I mean it's not like we thought to check in... on that beforehand... also uhm what is happening to me? and the officers? is this your aspect? or maybe your flaw? attribute? because I know for certain I'm normally more confident... and I know these officers should be better than this..."

  "that's a lot to take in at once... but to answer as best I can... I'm not exactly the same person I was... uh before I came in here I am the one who chose to come here I chose to share that name I do lack many resources and now I need fewer than I did yes you're being affected me but probably not in the way you think also your eyes probably weren't deceiving you but I'd need more details on what Exactly you mean if you want an Honest answer"

  "You know what good enough... I know enough about how bad some flaws or nightmares can get so I won't pry any further... y'know you're actually kind of interesting I was just planning on helping you a bit but now you've got my undivided attention, I'm going to check in on you up until your return to the dream world let me take you to the academy and we can discuss some more things along the way"

  And many topics were discussed, some token beats used for the purpose of covering my bases so I could not fuck up the main story in the wrong way... (if only there was a way to know what that conversation was like huh? maybe waiting long enough and it'll get added? nah that wouldn't work) ...

  "Alright, i have work and other appointment to hold to... but I'll definitely make time for you... in fact I'm sure you'll be dying to get rid of me before you know it... well I'm sure you're already dead tired as is so I'll give you a break for now you much be running low on energy after all you've been through recently... so I'll let you get to your (New?) orientation now because I'm sure you're still totes lost from plot right about now, so anyways on to your school life arc hope you make tons of ... (friends?)...

  On the Previous Episode Shadow Slave Abridged our Hero the (Insert Title here) Chapter Zero - Look at me... I'm the Captain now - some Random Smuck @TM decides to play a game of pretend with the only person who can stand their overpowering presence... themselves, meet the cast... Starring ME: Author And Main Character of this Low Budget Production where the only real slavery going on is the loss of money from not working on something else more productive, MYSELF: An Amazing writer, Director, creative coordinator, Voice Actor, Actor, Friend, and over all Person, I: The cause of all future, past, and present delays, this mad Prince, Skinwalking, Dread lord, is Slaughtering the swarms of fan letters that definitely exist already and aren't a figment of my imagination, Devouring like a Mongrel Beast the approval of complete strangers Without a regard of being called a Vile Thief of the Avian persuasion, so let me weave you a tale that shall take you straight to the river's estuary and back to my timeline of things

  On the Previous Episode of Shadow Slave Abridged: Episode 1: Blatant self insert, has a bad dream, Blatant self insert, sees bad things... Blatant self insert:kills things, ... Blatant self insert: expressess themselves through violence and Betrayel before they could do the same to them, Blatant self Insert:,... is a slave in a real? or fake with real world reprecussions? situation does bad things in a bad situation.. gets rewarded beyond their wildest expections with one strict drawback and a few looser ones, then proceeds to fuck shit up in every interpretation of the word for over 2000 chapters of which i have read well over 1600 in a world where everything that can go wrong will, and everything that can go right also will... in essense it's a person with the power of god and anime on there side or in other terms author fiat and the rule of cool trying to marry/fuck/kill everything in the world that matter to them, a coming of age story a romance novel and a harem and divine comedy in one... you'll love almost any way you look at it... but please look at mine at least at some point and you know interact with me over it so i don't lose motivation to finish it quickly... but be warned i'm not likely to have a consistent schedule

  On the Next Episodes of Drag-oning on on and Shadow Slave "that by the time i'm done the originally work might actually finish and you can go back to what you actually wanted in origins" Abridged. our Blatant self insert @TM Who definitly isn't a bargin bin shadow monarch or a bargin bin son wukong or a Bargin bin Copper salesmen, seeks to catch them all by expanding their harem? (wait what do you mean they barely talk to anyone or expand on them at all for awhile? what do you mean they talk to universally hated people 1 of whom gets a redemntion arc and the other gets to "Fucked up in all kinds of ways" do you mean in a fight? sexually? in character developement arcs? as in tragically dark? What is this???) or Stds(what do you mean the main character hasn't actually tried to seduce anyone for over a thousand chapters? this is marked romance yeah? do they at least date? not officially? what does that mean? ), or maybe the best way is to say the main character collects everything either like an excessive hoarder or a video game character or a video game play collects trophys.

  And before you ask no i don't really Need any of this i'm perfectly happy doing this all on my own... that being said just like romance or danceing it's FUN to do it with more ??????? involved.