Chapter 25 : Nelson Masters

Chapter 25 : Nelson Masters

3 Years 6 Months Ago

The East Empire

My name is Nelson Masters, I'm getting out of prison today. I can't say I'm happy about it. I had a lot of time to think these past 6 months. I started losing everything about 9 months ago, I must have pissed off the wrong people. 

My wife left me, but I mean.. I stared pushing her away when things started going south for me. Within 3 months I was bankrupt, I had lost everything, and to top it all off I was thrown in prison. Some of the bigwigs from the business world manufactured evidence against me and probably paid off the judge too. They basically got my business for free. Samantha had already left by this stage.

I got to thinking while I was in here, about how to get it all back. I then realized the only real power is the power over life and death. You can only go forward by collecting favors and having people owe you. 

I was weak, I couldn't protect what was mine. So first thing I'm gonna do when I get out is become an adventurer, those bigwigs will see no threat from me as I build my strength. 

I'll get every last one of them if it's the last thing I do. I'm not sure how yet. 

Priority number 1: gain strength. Everything else will fall into place after that.

I came to this world 2 and a half years ago. In my old life I was the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

I'd like to say I came from nothing, however I had a university level education, I started as a low level manager when I was 24. by the time I was 42 I was the CEO... Until I got sick that is.

I was hospitalized with Leukemia, I lost my position at the company about 3 months into my treatment. 

I just kind of lost my drive you know. I had some money saved up, but that's besides the point. 

I went to sleep that night in the hospital. 

Then I woke up here.

It was weird at first. The place I woke up in was strange, they helped me feel a bit better after I woke up dizzy then touched my temples, saying crazy stuff about 'Optical' and 'Initializing'.

After that they started pumping me for information. I know because we used to do the same back at the company. 

I held back and only gave them minimal information about myself and what I used to do for a living. I told them I was a student, studying philosophy. I couldn't think of a less useful profession. They basically kicked me out and I decided to play to my strengths and went to the employment office and got a job. I worked for a company that has general stores all over the East Empire while I learned a bit about how this world works. 

After 3 months I quit and started my own thing. I rounded up some investors from other local business owners I became acquainted with. 

I had the capital and started my own general store.

In 1 year's time business was booming. I had 8 stores in the East Empire, that's when I met Samantha.

She just had this thing you know, like the way she carried herself. When I tried to impress her with my money, she got pissed instead. I knew right then and there... 

But I digress. No use thinking about that now. I guess the guy I used to work for and a bunch of his friends in the government didn't like my meteoric rise. I was probably becoming a threat to his own chain of general stores. I started getting harassed by guards, certain laws where passed making the exclusive things I sold Illegal supposedly. My investors suddenly called in their debts early.

It seemed like only my wagons where getting searched at the town border, my employees got arrested.

I'm pretty sure they planted contraband. 

Assholes! There was nothing I could do. 

Within 3 months since it started, I wound up here.

I guess we'll see what I'll be doing next, but first I'm going to gain physical strength.