Wishes

Alex groggily wakes up to find himself sitting on a couch in a space of pure white with an old man with white hair and a white beard sitting across from himself.

Sitting up straight, Alex tries to make sure he's presentable for what he thinks might be next.

"Hello young one, yes you have died." The old man nodded with sage wisdom while stroking his beard.

Trying to remember the last thing he can remember... Alex was on a fishing vessel in the middle of a strong storm that was raging and got washed off the ship and drowned to death... He didn't remember saving anyone so he might just be fucked right now.

Alex "So what happens now? I don't think I did anything outstanding to go to heaven. Does this mean I go to hell??"

~~ "Well it's good that you've already worked out the death part but things aren't like that either. Although You can't be called a good person, Neither can you be called evil. In fact, I'm not sure if it's an error on our end or just your fate but you seem to have no negative or positive karma at all which should be impossible. Yet here you are all the more intriguing."

Alex "So... I can go to neither heaven nor hell, What now then? Limbo or the void?"

~~ "Well... no, We're not that cruel usually you'd go to heaven or hell based on your karmic value until your karma has been used up and then sent for reincarnation but seeing as you have no karma at all. I think all we can do is skip straight to reincarnation. But that doesn't mean we won't compensate you for said error as you've literally fallen right through our system monitors"

Alex "Compensation? Is this like those wishes in isekai and transmigrator novels?"

~~ "Exactly! I'll let you have 6 wishes as compensation for our error"

Alex "Well... That sounds good on my end as well... For my first wish, I'd like to have pure Elder Blood from the Witcher world So I'll be able to travel to other dimensions."

The old man presumed to be God nods and takes a sip of tea from a ceramic cup where he pulled from thin air.

Alex "For my second wish, I'd like to have the power of all the Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter's world without the actual items though."

~~ "Not a bad choice, Now even without the wand you'd still be able to cast magic with just your body as the perfect medium, and with the Elders blood although the main element is space and time... There's plenty of magic filling your body instead of needing one of those pitifully small wizard cores in your belly. Not bad at all young man."

Alex nods with a beaming smile in return. "For my third wish, I'd like to be able to fly, Very simple."

God nods in return with minor confusion. Flying isn't hard even without a wish... Is it a waste?

Alex "For my fourth wish I want an old ghost pirate ship that is connected to my soul and has the ability to take on any traits or powers I gain and evolve with them."

~~ "Ha! Not bad at all! This is definitely a first... But you'll need to pick a design for your ship as well."

Just as the old man finishes speaking, a holographic screen pops in front of Alex with various tabs of options to pick from. Not wanting to waste this opportunity Alex skims through the various options and takes parts from many famous ships seen in movies and anime and spends a good few hours assembling his ship's base form. The majority of the pieces are taken from the three more famous skips from pirates of the Caribbean, The Duchman, The Black Pearl, and Queen Anne's Revenge.

Mainly consisting of black fading spots and ripped-up sails. It was the spitting image you'd imagine from a ghost ship but just different enough for people to not realize he used a lot of already used pieces.

Inside one of the main halls, you could find the very same room Davey Jones had to play his organ music. On the floor above was the captain's lavishly decorated room, even with all the closets stuffed with nice clothes for many occasions. There was also a set of spiral stairs leading to the navigation room another floor above with many scrolls of what could be used for map making and a beautiful desk facing away from the window behind it.

In all the storage floors below the deck were full of empty storage chests and other containers for future use along with lots of the crews small rooms separated betweens halves where any male and female members would stay There was even a beautiful large Hot spring bath on each side where the water would be automatically purified. Connected to both sides was a shared cafeteria where all the crew could eat together and a lounge where they could play games and have other sources of entertainment.

Satisfied with his creation so far. Alex added the last features, The figurehead at the front of the ship and the flags at the top of the masts. At the front of the ship, many pieces of wood were jutting out and forming the image of a creature's jaws and teeth, ready to devour any prey in its hunt and the flag consisted of only a faded skull on a tattered black flag with fire in its eyes.

With a smile, Alex finally hit the confirmed button before a rumble was heard, startling him. Looking to the right he could feel his jaws drop as he watched the beautiful ship materialize out of a portal in the white space. Needless to say... It was both beautiful and menacing to look at. Even the old man was looking at it with admiration and appreciation for its style.

Just when Alex thought everything was going to calm down now, he saw a tether begin to form from his chest that leads deep into the heart of the ship followed by the most magical feeling he's ever had, Like it became a part of him... Maybe like another limb? But even that's too vague of an explanation.

With the formation of the connection between him and the ship, Alex could both see and feel the ship starting to evolve with the wishes for power he's already asked for... First was the Elder's blood... Alex could see small veins sprouting all over the ship like the roots of a tree and they gave a subtle glow of power that beat and faded along with the rhythm of his heart. In the places where lanterns were placed, once the veins reached their location. the fire quickly changed color from your regular fire to an eerie light green fire. The same could be said for the flag, Once it reaches the flat all the way up the mast... The color in the skull's eyes changed from orange to green to match the rest of the ship with a glow that would terrify any would-be foe

The next big change to the ship was with the wish for the power of the deathly hallows from Harry potter's world... Although not as obvious, Alex could feel the change and the power it held... with the ship now being a part of him he just realized as he was looking at the 24 cannons facing the side he's on.

Looking back to the old man to see if it was ok. He was already giving a small nod to confirm it was ok to give it a quick test.

Alex gets up from his seat and makes his way to a good angle to watch just as the ship starts to float about a couple of feet off the floor. This was the flying, right?

Taking a deep breath, Alex focuses his intent on the spell and imagines the effect with determination before yelling when he feels right about it.

Alex "Bombarda!" From the 24 cannons on the side facing his shots with a deafening sound followed by a blast off in the distance where the spell hit, the cannons are basically powerful wands as he suspected.

With 24 cannons on each side, 4 facing the front, and 6 hand swivel cannons mounted on the railing around the top of the ship, it was a force to be reckoned with.

With further investigation, it seems anyone would be able to fire them manually. as the ship was connected to himself as the magical power source he could also fire them automatically it seems. Be where would the fun be without crew to operate them with you?

With another thought, the ship vanished from view. as he expected it to. with the power of the Deathly Hallow invisibility cloak. he wouldn't have to worry about people spying on him too much.

Sitting back on the couch. He feels absolutely thrilled with the new adventure that's about to start.

~~ "Did you forget already? You still have 2 wishes left to ask for" The old man reminds with a grandfatherly smile.

Alex "Oh yes, Thank you! The next one is. I'd like for whoever is standing on the deck inside my ship to be immune to environmental damage. So if this ship was to dive in the sea, they could still breathe and be on the ship without getting washed away and that would also include situations like if we were in outer space."

~~ "Oh my, that is a good one! you'll definitely need that."

Alex "And lastly for the final wish, I wish to change my body to the form I want."

~~"No problem, and you can pick your starter set of clothing to go with it"

Another window pops in front of Alex, showing a picture of his current self. A bit of a receding hairline, Average height, Not too strong either. Overall average I guess.

But this time it didn't take nearly as long as it did with the ship,

The face was both masculine with a sharp jawline and strong bold brows and feminine with his sleek features and smooth face. With bright green eyes and long black hair that was smooth and silky enough to make any woman jealous. Altering his height to a rounded off seven feet, he didn't go for bulky muscles but for compact and sleek muscles like a cheetah ready to pounce on its prey. and lastly spiked his body's natural regeneration abilities. Not sure how strong that is now but it will surely be useful later.

With the clothes, he just picked some comfortable but good-looking clothes, Just for comfort, he picked some black jeans with one of those puffy white shirts and a long black overcoat. Although the innerwear was nothing fancy, Since he's going to be the captain he decided to make his overcoat a bit more stylish to fit the position, With a deep black coat, with green and gold trim.

Matching his shoes with his coat, he picked comfortable modern basketball shoes with the same color theme as his overcoat for comfort and style.

Finished with the final check and clicked confirm and only then noticed his point of view had changed to be quite a bit higher than before. Was he changing during the whole process? Well, it doesn't matter now.

Alex "I believe I'm ready now!"

~~"Indeed you are my son. Now good luck on your journey and have fun."

Just as God finished saying his farewell, Alex's vision went blurry and dark.

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Waking up an undetermined amount of time later, Alex finds himself slouched at his desk chair in the Navigation room of his ship in a groggy state of mind...

It only takes a few moments of looking around at his surroundings to realize he's arrived at... wherever he is.