I’m putting together a team…

The next morning he woke up to the smell of toasting bread, after heading down he found Melissa had already started some breakfast with some eggs spitting in the pan and toast cooling in the rack.

She seemed to be looking directly at the side of the fridge with a glazed look in her eyes.

"Hey, good morning"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah… breakfast"

She lazily waved a hand towards the food cooking and spoke in a monotone.

"I remembered you saying about bread so… I like bread"

"You doing ok champ? How's the new day look?"

"Yeah, I mean, Yeah"

She seemed to shake herself back to her senses and looked at the food.

"Hey what do we do about a fridge there? I mean, all of us. I guess you can just send one there but everyone else I mean"

"Well I'm hoping the storage panel keeps things fresh and unless I send over a generator I don't think a fridge would work there. Because of electricity you know?"

"Right"

"As for everyone else, if I don't get God some energy to play with I think they'll have bigger problems"

"Zombies…."

"Hey, snap out of it. There's three years yet. I'll set up a base we can bring them back to, I'll get skills to go help them, and by then it'll be different. As for you, you can stay here in my house. When it gets closer to the time I mean, that way as soon as you transfer over you'll be in my camp, you won't have to worry about rat skins by then, and I'll transfer your bed over the week before"

"Huh? No I'll come over early like you said, I need to help"

"You're coming?"

"Of course I'm coming! It's the fate of the world! What am I going to do until then? Wait to get eaten by space monsters and build a company that will be gone in a few years' time? What would be the point?"

"Well sure but, I thought you wanted to enjoy your time here while you have the chance, you know, the dentists and the bartenders"

"It's a magic game world, did you even look for healing potions in the store? And as far as bartenders are concerned make sure you bring Sarah over within a year and everything top shelf she's got. Oh, and that young guy she just hired, just imagine him with magically enhanced abs"

"Hey focus! First off, yes to Sarah, second off, I'm building my utopia here, I'm only taking women"

"No! The abs though!"

"And you have to dress skimpy, so sayeth the herald of God!"

"You mean Hermes"

"Too cruel, what will you choose? Weren't you Bootiellus in the last game we played?"

"Uh, I don't know, probably not that though"

"Well, you're going to have to be the person to explain what's happening to all the world leaders and everyone else when the time comes so no pressure on the first impressions"

"Won't that be you?"

"I've got the 10x levelling thing, I doubt I'll have time for politics, too busy zipping around like superman."

With a mock swoon from Melissa they continued talking about it until it became frivolous and something less world changing, the reassurance of how long she had left before she could come over seemed to help and Daniel found himself feeling a lot more in control talking it through with someone he could trust completely.

When he dropped her off it was already late morning, she took him up to her bedroom before he left and started rummaging in her jewellery box.

"Here, the ear rings are clip on."

"erm, thanks?"

"You're going to try accessories when you transfer aren't you? You said you thought your clothes would transfer with you, these are the most valuable pieces of jewellery I have, buy me a magic swimming pool"

"You sure?"

"What possible use am I going to have for fancy jewellery in either a world I can't get back to or a world where apparently the only human who can even visit prefers my sweats to my dresses?"

"Fair enough, if this works I should be able to equip one to each accessory slot but in case it doesn't I'll send the fanciest piece over now"

"Cold"

"But you said…"

"Well sure but have some consideration, even the vet takes them out back first! I don't want to see you pawning my babies!"

"Wait or they animals or babies in this analogy?"

"Both! They're baby animals! Just take them and go you jerk"

"I'll use the money I get from sacrificing your pet children to get you whatever toilet comes after crude on the list, only the not the worst for you from here on out"

With some enthusiastic finger guns he left her to unpack and make whatever preparations she wanted to while he headed home to eat anything but meat for dinner.

"At the very least I should give her some space to enjoy this world while she can."

Ripping the reality she was so attached to from her was more depressing than he thought and he was not looking forward to doing it a few hundred more times to people over these next few years.

"Of course it would hit her harder, this is a dream come true for me, kind of, but it must be horrifying for anyone who actually likes this world"

Rolling the jewellery around in his hand he imagined how much easier things would be if the free transfer for clothing and accessories worked. Then thinking of Melissa and Sarah he thought there could be a bright side to it not working too.

"I am not a good saviour am I, focus it up!"

After eating he had an hour before Tom arrived, he found himself strangely nervous and giggly.

"It's not like it's a date, why the hell am I so jittery, this is his dream, he's gonna lose his shit"

After getting some music and snacks ready he thought there was a good chance he'd need the spare room and got it ready.

"Maybe if I show him how good a host I can be here he'll have more confidence in my colony - dumbass"

Berating his own nervousness like this he was relieved to hear Tom at the door.

"Hey mate, get in here, you good?"

"Hey, yeah I'm good mate, what's going on? You got something planned?"

"Something like that, there's, er, there's some things I wanted to talk to you about, I think you're the right guy to be coming to with this"

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