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How long did Armand Leblanc sleep?

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To him, he felt like he was sleeping for days. He couldn't count how many minutes or hours had passed. He couldn't even rely on his memories to know what did he beforehand. Then again, it's mostly normal for him due to his special condition. Loss of time, memory loss, mood swings, and the feeling like he wasn't there mentally in the present moment... Dissociation was a pain for him to deal with especially when he had another personality living within him for about 20 years. Even in this never-ending darkness as he shut himself from reality, he could rest his eyes when his physical body could not. He was frustrated that it was his turn at the front, but if it meant getting away from his chaotic, yet monotonous life, he was willing to sleep within the recesses of his inner world in the form of a dark bedroom.

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Nice and quiet... Just the sofa chair he created, two bookshelves spread on both walls, a glowing holographic-like screen popping right in front of him...

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Wait... A glowing screen?

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Armand almost fell from his seat as he saw this sudden oddity with the words [YOU HAVE 1 NEW UNREAD MESSAGE] on the screen. He was aware of several objects created thanks to him. He had a feeling that this one might be created due to the recent video games he played lately. Seeing this, he knew he might talk with him once he fronts again.

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At least, that's what he thought until he saw the message on the window-like screen after tapping it out of curiosity.

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Armand's eyes widened in shock. "Alter Ego"? "Class"? This was a bit unusual as part of his imagination.

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Armand slowly backed away. This was not something he would come up with from his unconsciousness. Before he could react, another window popped up. This time, there were several choices below the prompt, two of them named [STR] and [SPD] seemed to greyed out.

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15 seconds?! How in the world could he decide on the choice he barely understands in a small amount of time?! He had a lot of questions running through his mind right now and there was no way he could believe all of this?!

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"...is this?!"

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Armand gasped. That voice... It couldn't be...

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"Monsters?! Are you expecting us to live like a video game and fight real-life monsters?! This is too much of a hallucinating joke!"

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Joke? It didn't seem like he wasn't making it up judging from his voice. But still...



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Just the prompt was enough to truly realize what was happening. Without any thought, he tapped [MAGI] and [DEF].



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Armand sighed in relief. He wished he could have ignored the window. Yet he had a bad feeling if he didn't. Now that the windows disappeared, he could take another rest on his sofa.
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But then, the whole world around him started to break like glass. And just as he could react...
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The inner world around him turned black.
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"...up! Come on, Armand! Wake up! We're in big trouble!"

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Armand slowly opened his eyes the moment he heard a voice similar to his own, yet they had a normal American accent compared to his French. As he did, he groaned and rubbed the back of his head. "I'm awake... Mon Dieu... Can't you give me a few more minutes?"

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"How could you sleep at a time like this?! Look around, genius!"

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Armand groaned as he stood up. But when he did, his drowsiness was replaced with horror as he found himself not inside his bedroom or a nightclub. But rather, in a gloomy city filled with old-fashioned buildings reminiscing of the Victorian era trapped in an eternal moonless night. "W-Where am I? Where the heck did that guy send me this time?!"

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"Does it look like I wanted to be in this creepy version of the UK right now? I'm in the same boat as you, Armand! How the hell should I know?!"

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He then froze upon hearing that voice again. It seemed like he was hallucinating from his drowsiness at first. But he recognized that voice. His voice. He didn't bother asking who he was because he knew he was the one who took over his body for the night. "A-Arsene... Is that you?"

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"What? Are you expecting a ghost or something?" The voice snarked. "But yeah, it's me. And before you ask... No, I didn't drag you here. As I said, I've also found myself here without any explanation of how or why. I'm more lost than you."

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"Then how..." Armand looked down after he scanned around the area. "This is all too much for me... There's no way this is real..."

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"Yeah... Sorry to interrupt your shock, but we have other issues to deal with..."

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Before Armand could say anything, he heard a howl from the distance. "W-What was that?!"

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As if it responded to his question, a holographic window popped up in front of the professor.

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Armand gasped after reading the contents. "Star? Clock tower? Death?! Don't tell me I'm starting to hallucinate again. Is this another one of my disassociation episodes?!"

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"Yeah, I wish... But no time for that! Duck!"

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As soon as he heard his call, Armand dropped to the floor just as an arrow flew towards him. When he looked up, he saw it stuck on the wall where he was standing against. "What is the name of..." But as he turned to the source of the arrow, he gasped as he saw an unbelievable, yet horrific sight. A small humanoid green creature with pointy ears wearing a black robe and a white mask that hid behind a wide smirk as it snickered at the sight of a human.

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"S-Sacrebleu! W-What in the world is that thing?!" But he was interrupted when a few more of the creatures jumped above the wall and fired their arrows just as he noticed them. Thinking quickly, he grabbed the lid of a trash can nearby and used it as a shield to block the arrows. "A-Are they firing arrows at us?!"

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"I doubt they're fakes and those monsters don't look like people in costumes either," the voice guessed. "What are you waiting for?! Run!"

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Following his voice, Armand didn't hesitate to follow his command as he screamed while the monsters continued firing their arrows and chuckling in glee.

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level

1

stats

POWER F/10 [break]
DEFENSE F/10 [break]
SPEED F/10 [break]
MAGIC F/10 [break]
VITALITY F/10 [break]
WILLPOWER F/10[break]
LUCK F/00[break]

cooldowns

Ego: Dawnstrike 0/2 [break]
Alter: Duskcutter 0/2 [break]
Ego: Lightbringer 0/3 [break]
Alter: Heartkiller 0/3 [break]

alter ego

Baton Pass ready [break]
Ego: Armand current [break]
Alter: Arsene [break]

items

N/A [break]

buffs

N/A [break]

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