Pov: Serne

  As the being speaks, they spout some nonsense about us all being hero’s.

  The person, apparently a high priestess has summoned us and given us the ability to speak their nguage.

  Her spell or something searched countless worlds for the highest potential stuff.

  This is some weird stuff, being summoned to another world to save it? Whoever heard of something so absurd?!

  I doubt I’m a hero, I’m probably here because of some dumb shit Asterios did.

  What is he even the god of? Dumb things?

  That’s not a very good joke, but it’s kind of accurate.

  What was that portal?

  Did he specifically set this up? Because if so, then I’ll teach him, god or not.

  I’m just so angry.

  One event after another, I’ve barely had time to think over the past couple years.

  Where was he when I was rotting in a prison? How about when they attempted to cut me open for months on end?

  I don’t know how I didn’t go utterly insane!

  Maybe that’s another thing he did to me!

  I just thought of another joke at his expense. Asterios? more like Ass-terios.

  At least this time he tried to go get some advice from someone who could help him.

  Maybe I should be more thankful for him helping me get out?

  No, he got me in there, it’s the least he could do to get me out.

  Now, time to get my aptitudes tested.

  Pov: Serne

  My aptitudes are high, but only in two areas.

  Magic resistance and durability.

  They are actually amazing, probably due to whatever Asterios did to me.

  The test left a strange taste of metal in my mouth.

  After the test, I met with the commander of the entire military in this pce, along with 3 others.

  Two are hero’s, one is a healer, and I’m supposed to do something else.

  I’m not sure what, their descriptions are vague and contradictory.

  My job almost sounds like a spy, or a decoy.

  I would go somewhere and be there to alert someone if something suspicious happens, as illusion and mind magic will not work on me.

  I also would function as the st one standing in an important meeting if I truly am as durable as they think.

  After the meeting, I went to have some dinner in a cafeteria.

  It was bnd and strange, but filling.

  Then I went to my room, and now I’m here.

  With Asterios in front of me giving me a piece of magic bark.

  I say “Hi Serne” to him, and then sit down on his bed next to him.

  He just stares at me more.

  This is quite reminiscent of when I first met him, only without me being nude.

  I hand him the bark and say, “this is an apology for screwing up your life, I know it probably doesn’t make up for it, but it shouldn’t hurt.”

  He looks at me funny when I say it shouldn’t hurt, but then he reads what I have carved in the bark.

  “Gift from the god Asterios to Serne… what is this?”

  I reply to his question, “a magic piece bark, I gave it many special properties! Trying eating a piece of it.”

  He looks at me, and perhaps I should find a more creative way to describe when his attention shifts to me.

  Then, without further question, he bites down.

  And, nothing happens!

  I didn’t make anything happen when he bites it.

  Oh, that might actually hurt, it’s indestructible.

  Well he’s also, so it’s like an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force.

  Anyway, he continues to try to nibble on the bark, I should probably stop him and show him some real features.