"Mr. Brill Insanity please lie down and get yourself comfortable"
Is that what they call a reclining chair? or a slanted single bed? I wonder if its as comfortable as they make it sound on TV.
"Yes, Doctor"
"Now, why don't we start with an introduction? can you introduce yourself and tell me why you wanted to have this session?"
"Okay, I'm Brill Insanity,someone referred to as a one-man locust swarm, living siege weapon, sleeping volcano, and crazy irrational destroyer. I want to gain clarity, please help me doc."
Now that I said that out loud, it feels like I feel heavier than usual. I really did destroy a lot. I haven't even figured out why I came to this world till now.
"That is quite a lot of title for one person. Also you have a pretty unique name."
"We did a bet in college to change names and I am part of the losing side. I also have a friend who changed his name to Jack Pot. Last time I heard he married someone named Honey and won the bet earning him $200,000."
"I see, anyway what clarity do you wish to gain? What do you want to see?"
"I want to know why I'm here and what I need to do from now on."
"Why don't you tell me from the start, what changed and at what part, you felt lost?"
"At the start eh, The start is too abrupt so let me start before things changed. It was a calm yet crazy afternoon. I was dried under the sweltering sun, it was a test of endurance that me and my fellow comrades needed to endure so we may obtain access to another world."
Right, it was that, the line for the new game of PXBOP 460, Monster Banter 4: Ace Ultimate. If only the limited edition "Attorney Tiger" doll can be bought with the online order. After I went home and plugged it in, I started the long process of playing it all night.
It was a great game, I can't believe I got sent to this world without even finishing it. Ah, I used to be that kind of guy. Work, buy games and play them until I fall asleep then continue to work. The best way to spend your life. I moved to a different country so my old friends won't bother me.
My parents are already retired and enjoying life in a countryside. Only child, Only Best. No girlfriend to annoy me in doing stuff that only she enjoys. It wasn't like I have been like this since the start, I did enjoy stuff like those when I was young but when you become an adult the meaning of different kind of relationship changes in tone.
"Ah, I started rambling Doc, where was I before I trailed off."
"No, its good, Continue, let it all out"
"Okay, So after being an adult and breaking off troublesome chains that tied me down, I went from job to job until I found one where I need to put the least amount of effort with great pay."
I did a lot of jobs and somehow won the lottery and managed to buy a house that immediately paid in full. I don't have any appliances though. In the end I still needed a job so I became a bookstore attendant.
I wanted to be a cashier at a game store but gamers tend to easily get along especially when they like the same genre and I don't want to be attached to another chain. I don't hate books but I won't get caught up over it.
The bookstore I work for is a small shop dealing with best sellers and a fancy smancy cafe. I'm glad I am only responsible for the books. Still to think a lot of elitist, food picture taking, selfie generating smogs appear in the store is enough to put me off befriending anyone.
That is good. I only need the money, arranging books and cleaning up doesn't take much of an effort. I just tune out people and their voices so everything is good.
"I think I got sidetracked in the middle of getting sidetracked?"
"Don't mind it and continue. I am starting to get a grasp on your personality, please continue."
"Anyway, I spent my life like that."
Right, everything was calm, static and sufficient. Following through that life, I should have saved enough money so I could coast through into retirement in about 30 years.
*haaahh* to think it would change in a blink of an eye...
In the middle of a game too. The game was great, dual audio is a great option. The tutorial is minimal too so I could jump straight to gameplay. I'm too impatient for those sort of things. I'm a rush player, heading straight to the objective bringing forth unstoppable might.
If I can't then I will grind, converting hoards of monsters to exp until I can just destroy everything in my way. However, to think there was a big info dump in the mid-point. I can't skip it since it seemed like I would be given a choice afterwards. A choice in how my power would change, in who will follow me, who will become my enemies, and which class/job advancement would be available to me.
I love games with job/class advancements. Thinking I could evolve my power, access new skills gives me great satisfaction. I would have replayed the game a few times just so I could build a perfect build. Since there are different classes and different branches of those exist. I would have replayed the game a lot of times.
TO THINK I WOULD BE TAKEN BEFORE I MADE MY CHOICE.
My surrounding was filled with bluish light, before I knew it I was naked and lying down inside some kind of magic circle. There is a wall surrounding the circle and in front of me is a small open door where I could see a young man playing those one of those old games in front of a box TV.
He seemed too absorbed playing to notice I appeared behind him. The game seemed familiar, it probably was that game about the jumping slime to save the chocolate ice-cream from the flame ball spitting ninja armadillo. Super slimeo was the name, I think.
"ah, uhmm, exc-"
"Welcome Traveler. Please listen to the following tutorial. You have been chosen to be sent to this this world bec-"
*click*
As the small steampunk style mini robot, that appeared in front of the wall, was in the middle of its explanation the guy playing the game pressed a big Red button near the TV making the magic circle flash. The next thing I saw was a dense forest and a wooden chest in front of me.
"So this is the start?"
"Yes Doc, this is where it started for me in this world."
"It is pretty alarming when your situation drastically changed like that. For what to do I think finding a way to live and survive in this world would suffice right?"
"Yes, at the start that is what I thought too with no explanation, no aim and nothing I can do to return I just want to live a peaceful life, or so I fooled myself."
"The situation got complicated eh, since you were summoned by someone with a supposed purpose I can't absolutely define why you were sent hear unless the being that summoned you talks about it. However, gaining clarity is easier since you only need to review the events that happened in your life. Why don't you tell me about it."
"Yes, lets proceed where I left off, inside the wooden chest was some clothes, a short sword, an ID and a bag. I guess that's was my starting gear."
Yes, with those items, it marked the start of my rampage.
Some paragraph spacing would be nice in the first half.
Also, weird way to introduce the op-ness of the MC.
Finally a feedback!! :D
Thank you
I wanted to re-write this prologue so it would probably change by the time I hit volume 3. I will remove some of the op-ness since the story changes as I write it. This prologue was my basic setup on where i wanted to go but it changed as I started writing.
The spacing will get better, it was a mess before with basically 1 chapter = 1 long wall of text.
Its my first story so I hope for more feedback however small it may be.
@70th_Food_Envoy spacing helps with the reading experience, usually people don't really like books because they are uncomfortable and is easy to get lost on where you read the last time, so spacing helps you distinguish which paragraph you were at and what sentence you were at whenever you get a little bit distracted, and its also not as overwhelming as per see, these 3 huge paragraphs, and people do not want to be overwhelmed while reading.
For what to do I think finding a way to live and survive in this world would suffice right?"
I have an idea what this is supposed to mean with context, but it doesn't make any sense.
The difficulty with therapist scenes is licensed therapists generally have a good bit of post secondary education and that generally means they have a more expansive vocabulary than what I might consider average. The therapist and the MC appear to have the same level of vocabulary here (I assume the same as the author) and I'm not buying them as a therapist.
On that note, the MC says they are looking for clarity. That's effectively a meaningless term. If he came to the therapist with a goal (clarity) it would make sense for the therapist to quantify that goal early. The therapist later says he only needs to review his life to find clarity. The therapist can't be sure they know what the MC means by clarity, and we readers can't know what either person means by clarity. It makes the whole conversation next to meaningless. The whole conversation reads like what a person with no therapy experience thinks a therapy session looks like.
The game was great, dual audio is a great option.
What does this mean? Why is the type of audio mentioned? Why do we care what kind of audio the game had?
"ah, uhmm, exc-"
Needs a capital letter.
Yes Doc, this is where it started for me in this world."
Does the therapist take him at his word that he is a world traveler? Are world travelers so common in this world that a stranger would believe someone who claims to be one? If not, wouldn't it be prudent to explore more rational options for him thinking he's a world traveler? I can't imagine playing into a patient's (probable) delusions is a great way to start therapy.
The situation got complicated eh, since you were summoned by someone with a supposed purpose I can't absolutely define why you were sent hear unless the being that summoned you talks about it.
Here, not hear. That's a bit of a convoluted way to say 'If you want to know why you were sent here, you would have to ask the person who sent you.'
However, gaining clarity is easier since you only need to review the events that happened in your life.
Yeah, I don't buy it.
I guess that's was my starting gear."
That, not that's.
ETA please put spaces between your paragraphs and between speakers. It makes things easier to read. Nobody wants a wall of text and this is close to that.
I'm glad mc has an ID.
That's what worris me the most for isekai characters.
How do they suppose to live without any information and identity?
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