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As the former clinician, turned mental patient, had begun to wonder just why it was that there hadn't been any sounds coming from just about anywhere, the ground beneath him would begin to shake. 'An earthquake..? Here? What in th-' Before the crazed young man could get the thought out, the pressure beneath him would pick up. In a matter of mere moments, Sami would find himself hurled to the ground and crouching for safety. While there had been many measures that he could take to try and ensure that he didn't get harmed by anything within the room that he was currently occupying, his mind had refused to allow him any free reign. Instead of thoughts of ways to secure his own safety, he would find himself ruminating on the various ways in which this could impact him. Perhaps he could escape from the confines of this psychiatric hospital? Perhaps he would die here? It wouldn't be all that difficult to imagine himself being crushed by falling parts of the building. One would think that these thoughts would horrify the patient but alas.. In this moment, there was nothing that would escape from Sami's mouth other than the sound of maddening laughter.
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After a brief amount of time had come to pass, Sami would come to realize that he was safe. In fact, despite the fact that the ground had just been violently shaking, it had almost seemed as though nothing had just happened. Was this perhaps another of the fables that his mind had chosen to create? Truthfully, the answer to that had been no. And the proof to this statement? Well one could assume that the massive obelisk had been a rather clear give away here. "...what in the?" Unsure of how to cope with what he was seeing, Sami would throw himself further into the confines of his own mind. Somewhere inside, there had to be an answer. Right? Right?! Well thankfully there was..!! Almost as though this situation had been torn straight out of one of his beloved light novels, Sami had begun to assume what was happening. These obelisks.. Either aliens were about to overtake the Earth or Sami was about to find himself dead center in a Manhwa. Not an Isekai situation, or even a reverse Isekai situation, but one where the world would find itself being rewritten. What other reason would there possibly be for such ominous things to appear? Well... Then again, the government is exceedingly sketchy.
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Samuel wouldn't have to wait all that long before an answer would make its way to him. Only a few hours after the arrival of these obelisks, reality would be overwritten by a being that had called themselves 'Earth.' Holographic display menu's would appear before various individuals, Sami having been included among those select few, and various restrictions would find themselves placed upon this newfound world of theirs. If this was going to be anything like the novels that he had devoted so much of his free time to reading, it wouldn't be long before monsters would be unleashed upon the world. That and well.. a Tutorial.
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Already having a gist of what was happening, the crazed man would allow for a soft smile to slip across his lips. For once, the voices were quiet. A semblance of control was had, that hadn't been around for two years now. In this moment.. The path that he had chosen to take was his own. With a quick flick of the wrist, Samuel would proceed to select the Warden option whilst speaking the name of the class aloud. "Warden..!! It's about time that I get back to the way that things used to be!! Ahahaha..!!" And with this a shining light, akin to the one that had appeared in the minds of billions five years ago, would overtake the man and transport him elsewhere. Off towards one of the numerous Tutorial Zones. For all intensive purposes, in the eyes of the newly dubbed Warden, a new world would now lay before him.
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Although it would take awhile for his vision to substantially clear away the blinding effect of the light, Samuel had found himself continuing to maintain this overwhelming sense of glee. He was now standing in a new land, that The Light that Crosses the Worlds has chosen for him to begin his journey in, and couldn't wait to get things started. Or so had been the case initially. Upon recovering his sight and realizing that he had currently been placed upon some kind of beach.. Well it was something. "Huh.. Not exactly how I imagined that this would go, if I am being honest." Unsure of what to do for this supposed tutorial of his, the young man would be left with no choice but to wander around. Their had to be some kind of clue somewhere. Some kind of objective. He wouldn't have found himself here otherwise, right? Thankfully it wouldn't be too long before he would come upon a teenage girl that was holding some kind of metallic box. Upon sighting them, a notification would appear before the mans eyes. 

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Things were finally starting to look as though they were kicking off. Now this was a tutorial!! One that he had aimed to clear and come out on top on. Just as he had begun to make his way on over towards the teenage girl though, everything would come flooding back to Samuel. The voices, the thoughts, the sounds, the crazed mania.. It was all here and already he had begun to feel overwhelmed. Whether the brief reprieval from this illness had been a parting gift from this Earth-Chan or not, he couldn't tell. Either way, there was only one viable option at his disposal at the moment. Retreat within the confines of his mind and allow for this other him to take back over. For the safety net to be deployed. And with this would come a heinous bout of laughter.

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Upon watching as this girl before him would transform into that of some kind of goopy slime, Samuel's eyes would shoot wide. The smile that had dawned their features would continue to grow as he had begun to close the distance between the two of them. "Oooh~ Interesting, Interesting..! How did you do that?! Do you already understand how to make use of your abili-" It was then that a sudden though would bloom within his spectacularly twisted mind. "Oh..!! I know. Uhh.. System!" After having spoken the word aloud, there was simply no response. "Er.. Status?" Yet again, there would come another attempt. If this was anything like the light novels that he had gushed over, there had to be some way to call forth the screen that he had seen before. "Menu?" And with this, a holographic screen would appear before the man. From what he could see, there had been various channels in which he could choose from: stats, inventory, messages, etc..
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Rather than focus on the task at hand, Sami would focus on the screen before him whilst waving his hand on over to the girl that had currently been in the form of a slime. "Hey, you, girl. Come on, focusssss. We have to try and figure out how our classes work before the big bad monsters come and eat us~" As he would speak about a fate quite possibly worse than death, there had been a measure of excitement to be found within his voice. It was almost as though, throughout this entire situation, he had been having fun.
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Having decided to take the time to read over his own class and it's abilities, Samuel would come to more or less understand his Warden class. From what he could tell, this class of his had allowed for him to remain safe. Safe from the world that had tried to hurt him so often and from the effects of his mental illness. 'I see... So the more that I build up my Willpower, the likelier it is that I can overcome this sickness? Earth-Chan has truly blessed me.' Once he had come to understand exactly what the system had been offering him in return for having forced this fate upon their world, Samuel would begin to nod to himself. He would than lean on over towards the slime girl whilst extending his hand out to whatever form she had currently found herself in. "I'm Sami!! It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, hunter. I hope that you are prepared to push through this tutorial with me because it is rather unlikely we can come out alive on our own~ So what's your class about, hmm?"

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A few brief blinks would be offered to the slime girl as Sami had begun to look between her and the crab. Was she.. really scared of that thing? If that had been the case than it was going to be real exhausting when the two of them had encountered an actual monster. A minotaur, a golem, or even a harpy. Any of the usual things were likely to be far more horrifying than this little thing. "Are you.. Yeah? You think that this tiny little crab is a big ol' monster?" With little more than an ounce of effort, the man would begin to lean over and just kind of nudge the girl in the direction of the crab. "Come on. You can handle a regular ol' crab. I have faith in you." A few more nudges would occur before his arms would slip beneath the slime's form and pick it up in one of his hands. "You've got this." He would than toss the slime on over in the direction of the miniscule crab.
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Once that was said and done, Sami would return to inspecting his menu. In a flash, he would filter through the various options offered by the system and would proceed to send Pori a party invite. Honestly, he had hoped to further understand his capabilities in a manner that would allow for him to understand just what exactly he had to do here. How could he ensure that he would never end up within the confines of such desolate walls again? How could he acquire this fortitude? Well this would all come in time. There was still a little over twelve and a half hours of time before they would have to escort this cart of theirs to the desired location. "Well I suppose that we should get a move on, Pori. Come along, once you stop playing with that thing. And don't forget to accept that party invite. Better for us to stick together overall. For the time being at least."
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Samuel would than move on over towards the hand rail of this cart. No part of him had wanted to put in the effort to lug this thing across the land.. Even with that being the case though, it was exceedingly unlikely that Pori would do so. With how much she was already complaining about being hungry, it was clear that he was going to have to put in some work of his own. "Let's goooo~"

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Although he couldn't exactly deny that watching the fight between the slime and the crab had been interesting, especially considering how akin to a certain game revolved around monsters in pockets this had been, Sami had known that he would have to push on. "Good job not getting eaten. Much impressed. Only a little disappointed by the fight. You've got it next time though..!" With the slime girl now back beside him, Sami would decide to head off towards the mission directive. It wasn't all that far away, given that they had only been about fifteen meters away from the location, so he didn't exactly mind dragging the cart. Well.. That isn't true. He had minded it greatly. In fact, no part of him had wanted to carry this cart initially and now it had a runt on it. Just what would he do here?
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Not really left with any options, the former clinician would simply sigh. "How about this.. If you keep acting as a shield, to get in the way of any monsters that may try to harm me, I can assure you that I'll feed you at some point. Ah. And this also extends to moving this cart for me. What do you think? I'm sure that I can find some lolipops somewhere! Or cake. Whatever it is that you're smelling with them strong ol' sniffers of yours." Taking into consideration that they could at least try and feast upon the crab that she had just maimed, Sami would proceed to drop the bar that he had just been holding and would instead pick up the crab and would look it over. Whatever that child of hers had managed to do to this thing.. Well it was probably still edible.
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"I'll even show you how to cook so that you aren't starving all the time. Sound good? Hmm? Hmmmm?~" Regardless of whatever answer Pori would give in response, Sami would shrug and proceed onwards. They had been hoping that Pori would do as they were told but there was honestly no telling with this child. "Come along now, friend. We'll complete our task and get somewhere safe. Then we can eat." For the time being, the carcass of the crab would remain within their grasp. It was finally time for them to head out and try to turn this mission in. Of course there is no telling what fates would await them down this path.

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Now that the two had come to an agreement on who would be pushing this cart along the way, Samuel would go about opening his status menu once more. After having selected the inventory submenu, Sami would proceed to chuck the crab carcass within it. Just as he had expected would happen, upon performing such an action, the carcass would disappear within the holographic screen itself. "Right!! So I suppose that we should get a move on now. You must reaaaally be craving that oh so scrumptious cake after all~" The two would than begin to proceed along the beach, hoping to achieve this objective of theirs. Before they could fully make it down to this point though, a sudden thought would creep within Sami's mind. 'Oh. Wait. Does she really think that this is a dream? That would be nice, I suppose. Than again, what a horrible twist of fate that would be. Even if the risk of dying is higher in a setting such as thing, the only way to become a protagonist and enjoy life on your own accord lies before me.'
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Spinning about on a single foot so that his gaze could lock on with the slime girls, Sami would allow for his smile to continue to grow. By this point, the curl of his lips had begun to find itself just beneath his eyes. If he were to continue to smile any further than he had, it was entirely likely that his mouth would fall off. "Wait!! I forgot to mention something to you, Pori. This isn't a dream. If anything, it would be faaaaar more likely to consider all of this a nightmare~" His head would now begin to tilt off to the side as his gaze would remain firmly fixed upon the teenage slime. "Only the strong can survive in a world like the one that we are heading into. Even coming out on top in this tutorial is going to be difficult."
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He hadn't exactly been trying to scare the Pori with this speak but it was something that was needed to be said. If she had allowed herself to believe that this new world had been a dream, it would become an unlikely reality. This is her new reality. The reality of everyone that had found themselves experiencing, if they had been chosen by the light. Even if he wasn't all that sure about how he should feel about this girl, it was far safer for the both of them to understand what exactly was going on. "We'll get through it though~ We don't really have a choice. It's like that show.. Y'know, the one where those people got stuck inside of a video game! If you die in the game, you die in real life."
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The fact that Pori had begun to walk away as easily as she had, despite the fact that she had been so keen on devouring some cake for herself only moments ago, had been entirely too confusing. Was following what this voice had been telling her really all that simple? Not that he couldn't understand where it was that she had been coming from. The voices in his head had quite often led him astray with compelling words. In fact, they had more often than not attempted to bring about his downfall. But this wasn't one of the voices that only he could here. No, this was one that Pori could here. One that she would give in to... Was this perhaps an individual that was manifested by another of his powers? That didn't make sense. Not after how extensively Sami had checked his class features.
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Hoping to discover just what had been going on, Sami would attempt to stop the girl from leaving. He would do as much by reaching out to grab a hold of her wrist. If he could stop her from heading off than perhaps he could get some kind of clue as to what happens? While this had been a thought that had prompted him to act initially, Sami simply didn't wish to lose one of the only other people that were around at the moment. The first person that he had spoken to, in over a year and a half, that wasn't an orderly or a member of the psychiatric staff. Despite her many uses overall, it was simply pure selfishness that had resulted in Sami opting to try and keep her here. "Hey.. Why are you just headin' off? We've got to stick toget-" Much like what had happened with Pori, a wave of energy would begin to wash over Sami. Unlike with her though, whatever strange ability or effect that was trying to overtake his mind.. Well it simply wouldn't work. 
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Under the impression of the fact that this newcomer had meant him ill, the system would immediately begin to place the conjurer of the aforementioned ability as one of Sami's enemies. Upon this occurring, the escaped patient's eyes would find themselves lit aglow. A piercing and vibrant blue set of eyes would find themselves whirling around until they had settled upon a man in a black suit and a top hat. The smile that had normally been placed upon the young mans lips would begin to twist and grow ever further, a sickening smile overtaking his features and replacing the previous one. It were almost as though a truly maddening aura had found itself seeping from every pore upon the mans body. "Well what have we here?" "And why are they trying to harm us?" "I hate being hurt.. I can't stand it anymore.. Make it stop.." "WELCOME~"
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Given how frequently they tend to run from their problems by sinking further and further into the confines on their mind, Sami would accept accept the prompt without a second thought. Unlike what normally happens though, a physical manifestation of his mind palace would now begin to appear all around him. Granted, this had all been in his mind, but it were to happen nonetheless. Surrounding him had been that of a grand library. One whose halls would extend far beyond any point in which the eye could realistically see. Amongst the rows and rows of bookshelves that had encompassed this area, there had been various individuals or unfortunate appearance. Three of them, at the moment anyways, could be seen from where he had currently been standing. And who were these three, you ask? The physical manifestations of the voices that have haunted him for the last year and a half... "Well it's about time that you showed up. Honestly, we have been waiting for you for what feels like ages now." "It's much like she says kiddo. Not that it's just you that we are waitin' on, of course." "T-the bad man is here.. Why did you bring him here? Why can't you do anything right?!"
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It wouldn't take long before Sami was capable of understanding exactly what was going on. As far as he had been aware, this was quite likely to be the effect of his core ability. The ultimate defense against mind and soul intrusion. The one that would forcibly bring the psyche of another into his own mind, so that he could act as the warden himself. This much had been easy enough to piece together but.. Where exactly was the invader? With little more than a thought, the tall man in a black suit and a top hat would appear. He was bound and gagged at the moment, a psychiatric straight jacket currently prohibiting him from moving whilst a gag had just as easily been placed within his mouth. From what Sami could see at the moment though, something was off about this individual. His features had shifted and contorted.. It was honestly not feeling as though it were all that realistic. Another side effect of the schizophrenia. "Well what are you waitin' for, kid? Get on in there!! Show him whose who for invading our mind like this!" "It's your fault that here is here, after all. Even with these powers at our disposal, we still can't change our fate.. We'll be stuck like this forever!" "Perhaps not forever.. but long enough."
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All that Sami had wanted to do at this moment was scream. At the man whom had dared to try and invade his mind, at the physical manifestations of the voices in his head, and at himself for allowing himself to become this kind of person. One that is truly broken on the inside. Shattered with no signs of repair. Both thankfully and unthankfully, it wasn't really something that he was going to need to do. As he had thought about wishing to scream at them all, the three manifestations would simply do it for him. Yelling at him. Berating him. Tearing him down in various ways in some breaths whilst actually genuinely screaming in the next. These psychological torments would accompany both individuals that had been currently trapped within. Perchance such a thing would change as Sami got stronger but as of right now? Well right now, he was as subjected to the punishment as the intruder.. The intruder that had simply been standing there now, outside of the mind palace. 

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Even with the prompting that Pori had been trying to put out, there was simply no real way for Samuel to hear what was going on. For him, there wasn't exactly anything goin on on the outside. No, his mind had psyche and been entirely sealed away within his mind palace at the moment. That being said, it wasn't as though Sami was free to do what he had wanted in here either. Not now. Not with the way that things were. Even if this ability was created by Earth-Chan to ensure that Sami had remained protected, there was no protecting oneself from the voices. For this reason and this reason alone, Sami would simply have been found curled up in the fetal position whilst allowing for the voices to berate him. If he could throw himself even further into the confines of his mind than he would but at the moment, this simply wasn't viable.
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Over the extending course of the time that this ability was active, the manifestations would only grow worse in their actions against the suit clad man. Or werewolf? Whichever he had truly been. One of the manifestations would stand off to the side and watch as another would physically assault this individual. The third manifestation would simply curl up next to them and speak their fears into existence. With each doubt that had overtaken the man, another physical representation would appear. Soon the room that they had been in was flooded with these manifestations and their voices would all coalesce into a mob of rioting cries and shouts. Once the ability had managed to reach its limit though, the link between Sami and the man would cease to be. The glow that had encompassed his eyes would fade away and the regular hue of his eyes would regain their color. This had taken a lot out of the both of them.. and Sami was quite honestly entirely too drained from this. 
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"..we need to get this damned cart over there.." Aside from perhaps physical attacks, there wasn't exactly much that this werewolf like individual could do to them. Whatever charm he had placed upon Pori previously.. Well he simply wouldn't have enough willpower to properly employ it. Pair that with the effects of the maddening aura and it was quite unlikely that the man could perform any sort of magic at the moment. "...you hold him off.. I'll try and get this thing over to the quest location." 'Yes, Sami, be sure to get this done soon. Otherwise, we shan't see you again for quite some time.' 'Not like we need him here.. He'll just ruin everything again. Like he always does. Like he did with father.' 'Live or Die. Who cares? As long as we are here, we'll find a way to thrive.' "Shut up! I'm trying to focus.."

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