Taylor and Vortex Training Days! Munchkin Royalty?
Taylor and Vortex Training Days!
Munchkin Royalty?
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Timeline: Several years into the Training Trip
Taylor *taking a drink from her alcoholic beverage*: Fear me, for I am...I am...the Queen of the Munchkins!!!!
Vortex *taking a sip of his own brew*: Well, you are in the top five percentile at least.
Taylor *turns to Vortex, a wild look in her eyes*: No way! I can beat anybody and anything with bugs! I turned ants and bees into an army that can take down dragons! I dare you to top that!
Vortex: I'll admit that you are very impressive with your specialty. Your coordination is amazing and, in the world of superpowers, you are easily one of the best individuals when it comes to maximizing your ability to it's greatest potential.
Taylor *smirks before draining her drink*: See, I told you. I AM the Queen!
Vortex *smiling*: That being said, I have seen some reincarnation shenanigans that match or exceed your level quite a bit. It's not just about power with those people, it's how they apply their own knowledge. The results can get kind of insane.
Taylor *wobbling a bit, scoffs*: Yeah right, that is bullshit. Those reincarnating bastards all get some sort of Mystical Object or Grand Destiny that gives them a boost. I DARE you to show me anyone who can legitimately outdo my skills!
Vortex *smirk turns vicious*: Well, if you insist. Let's take a little journey tomorrow after you rest up a bit.
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Vortex: Ah, what a glorious morning! Can you feel that mountain air?
Taylor *wincing with sunglasses on*: Please keep it down. My head is killing me.
Vortex *increases his volume slightly*: But I would hate for the so called Queen of the Munchkins to miss my counterpoint to her claims!
Taylor *rubbing her temples*: Alright, so what are we here for anyways?
Vortex: Why don't you look at that chunk of the landscape and tell me?
Taylor:... Vortex, why is there a hole in that mountain range?
Vortex: This is the practice field of one Shin Wolford, a reincarnated office worker from an alternate Japan. His original world lacks superpowers of any sort, but his new life here introduced him to Magic. He was found as a baby in the woods and adopted by one of this worlds most famous magicians as his grandson .
Taylor: Okay, that is bullshit. He got a protagonist package that gave him skills and an instructor suited to maximize his talents. Not the same thing at all!
Vortex: Ah, but his grandfather did not teach him this attack. He developed it using skills from his previous life.
Taylor: What the hell did he do?!
Vortex: He wrote and edited grade school educational materials. Specifically, elementary chemistry books and other similar subjects.
Taylor: Elementary School Chemistry did that!?
Vortex: Well, the basics behind a hydrogen bomb are not that complex when you can shape elemental forces with your will.
Taylor: Fucking bullshit...
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Vortex: Ah, what a wonderful view! Just look at that field!
Taylor *looking a little green*: Why are we watching an empty field in a world that still uses horses for transportation? It is too fragrant around here.
Vortex *pats his student on the back*: Well, we are here to observe an epic battle between magical robots, Taylor! So sit back and relax.
*Cue giant battle between different types of fighting robots.*
Taylor: Okay, that was pretty badass. But what does it have to do with your argument?
Vortex *pointing at a small figure with extremely nice hair*: That is Ernesti Echavalier, the reincarnation of a Japanese office worker. He was reborn into a family of magicians, and has managed to produce multiple improvements to these robots, called Silhouette Knights, used to protect his kingdom from giant demonic monsters. Given that the improvements in their robot technology originally took hundreds of years between iterations, he is catching all sorts of attention.
Taylor: Okay, so what did this guy do in his past life that allowed him to come up with new magical weapons technology that revolutionized the industry?
Vortex: He was a software engineer and liked to build models as a hobby.
Taylor:... I'm calling shenanigans here. He got reincarnated into an important family with special training and connections. Just because he was skilled in his last life does not mean he maximized his abilities like I did! You are going to have to do better than this!
Vortex: Oh really?
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Vortex *nibbling on a cookie*: What do you think?
Taylor *eating her own cookie*: They are both pretty good. But what is your example here? I mean, yeah, a cookie competition is a nice break, but I thought you were trying to prove that there was someone better at maximizing their skills than me. And no more of this "born into special magical family lineages" crap. That's just cheating!
Vortex *gestures to a petite blonde in a large hat who is observing the contest*: Meet Azusa Aizawa, a reincarnated office worker from Japan. She literally worked herself to death, so when her guardian angel asked for any request upon her death and the subsequent rebirth, she just asked for an immortal body. So, her only unique ability is physical youthful immortality. She swore that she would live out her life pursuing rest and relaxation.
Taylor: Okay, that sounds reasonable. A little boring, but a nice little break.
Vortex: She is also considered one of the strongest, if not THE strongest, person on the planet right now. Her official title is "The Witch of the Highlands." The two girls competing against each other? Dragons that she punched out, who now want to be her students.
Taylor: Okay, what the fuck. I thought you said that she just asked for basic youthful immortality?
Vortex: She did, but on this world abilities get stronger the longer you work at it. She spent three hundred years around here, and had to do something to make grocery money. So she joined the local Adventurer Guild and did the bare minimun required to get money for food and to repair her house. The experience points kind of added up.
Taylor: What did she do? Kill packs of wolves? Slay minotaurs? Fight off bandits?
Vortex: No, she just killed maybe twenty five or so slimes a day? Rinse and repeat every day for three hundred years and it kind of maximized her power level. I understand that it was quite the shock when she was finally asked to check her stats at the Guild a couple of years ago.
Taylor:..fuck, fine you win. Reincarnation people don't play fair.
Vortex: Then I will consider this a lesson learned.
Taylor: But why the hell are all these people reincarnated Japanese office workers?
Vortex: Some sort of agreement with a new group of Japanese gods run by a fellow named Truck-kun. They were apparently formed from the prayers of salary men who were tired of their nine to five lifestyle. Reincarnation bullshit is basically their religious dogma at this point.