Boredom

Throughout the day, George and Georgia were nonsensically playing games near-constantly. This brought many an expression of confusion or outright dissatisfaction to the faces of Nikki and Robert as they watched their homosexual son have the time of his life with a seemingly VERY heterosexual female, who happened to share a name near identical to their son's. Not to mention that they had observed that George had passed out cold last night, yet somehow, this woman magically appeared in the morning. (Funny pun.)

Regardless, they did their best to support this strange relationship, even if their son was repeatedly saying-

"WE. ARE. NOT. DATING. S T O P."

"Okay, it's whatever you say it is, George. We're just saying that IF you were to engage in a heteronormative relationship with this wonderful girl, we'd find it a tad weird, but support it whole-heartedly."

"Oh my god not you too..."

"Too? Did you introduce this young lady to your Aunt already? And what about your friend, Mary? I thought her mother wanted you two to get together since her boyfriends are all shit. Are you telling me that you swerved on your best-friend for- I'm sorry... I'm really speaking out of turn here. My point is we love you."

And just like that, Nikki left their strange son alone. The weirdest note was that he was constantly shirtless, all the time now. It was cute, and frankly he had a body that could pull it off, but it was still strange. So many things seemed different with George compared to what they had been before he left, that it constantly startled Robert and Nikki (his parents) from the get-go. His demeanor had completely changed, instead of a neurotic yet creative and wonderful boy, their son had transmorphed into a strange calm and level-headed individual who seemingly used logic and facts in-order to define the greatest methods to every degree of madness. It was impressive, and they were always willing to support their son, but if they didn't know better... It was as if he was possessed.

+System, how the hell do I get out of this mess? Seriously I- I can't take any of this shit anymore. If I hear my dad say "If you're into ladies now" one more time I'm gonna kill someone.+

-Suggestion: Murder could progress host's relative skills as well as magic affinities, and thusby could be-

+NO! That is NOT what I meant!+

-Suggestion: Specify carefully on what host desires from the system from here-onwards.-

And just like that, the conversation in his mind was over. And god, it was not any better than his parents or friends.

It'd been about a four hours since they got up, and he was constantly pondering the best method in-order to get out of the mess, thinking about every step on how he arrived here... Then it hit him.

+System, could I manage to go back to Purgatory the way I came? And if so, would that be able to reverse what happened?+

There was silence within his head as the system was seemingly undergoing calculations, before it answered monotonously:

-Answer: Host could indeed functionally fuse with Host's Parallel via Etherization, as well as obtain further advancements on skills and magic. However, chance of success is relatively only 70% as compared to previous methods explored by system and Host.-

70%? That's not too bad! Definitely could be worse...

+System, how do I "Re-Etherize"?+

-Answer: Host's existence must zero-sum, resulting in the host's physical and spiritual bodies being segregated into magical particles. Magical particles, nicknamed Ether, make up the entirety of Purgatory. This is likely the cause of current catastrophe relating to Hugh Everett's Many Worlds Theory.-

Somehow, George actually... Understood all this mumbo jumbo and jargon. How's that possible?

-Answer: Host's Supernatural Awareness has been synchronized with System's Capabilities in-order to synthesize a [Lost Art]. Data being Found on [Lost Art]s...-

Apparently he'd grown stronger?

-Answer: Yes. [Lost Art]s are skills, abilities, spells, and techniques that were either non-existant before creation or have long been lost to the depths of time, and thusby have been forgotten. Or, for lack of terminology in current encyclopedia and dictionary database: Lost. System is now updating statistics sheet.-

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[George Taylor]

{Deceased}

[Possessed by: Levi Alveister the Tenth, "Leviathan"]

-{Possessor Status:} [Seven Great Demon Lords, Sin of Envy]

{Soul} [70% Host, 30% Possessor]

[Skills]

-{Tier One Magic}

--{Lusterious Teleportation}

--{Pheremonic Manipulation}

--{Shapeshifting}

-{Novitiate Demonology}

--{Black Magic}

---{Black Magic: Envy}

----{Spell: Creeping Chaos}

-{Survivalist}

-[Lost Art] {Ether Awareness}

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+{Ether Awareness}? Is that the [Lost Art]?+

-Answer: Yes.-

+What all does it do aside from give me knowledge I didn't know?+

-Answer: All beings, living, dead, undead, human, demonic, holy, etc... Are made of Ether. Ether consists of the spiritual and physical energies within any specific being, and can even be attributed to organisms who generally consist of low mental capacity. In-fact, many organisms such as coral with incredibly low mental capacity are actually loaded with immense spiritual ether. However, things such as Inorganics or Corpses give off more Physical Ether than Spiritual Ether. Using Spiritual Ether intensely, an organism can survive in any environment or state of being, such as petrification. On the other hand, a being using Physical Ether would be an effective warrior, being able to shrug off hits with ease or decimate opponents like "War Gods" from religious texts. "Magicians" and "Sorcerers" of this dimensional plane are known for using science and technology in ways that baffle those with lower mental capacity. However, this also requires an immense spiritual ether which is thusby converted into physical ether. In-short, Ether in both states can be conferred as energy. Physical, and Potential energy from Physics being a good alternative or substitute. However, system reminds host that the proceeding statements are primarily dumbed down for sake of easy comprehension, as the details of Ether is enough for even advanced Warlocks to be completely baffled by.-

"Woah."

"Huh? What's up?"

"I'm... I'm a fucking Mage."