Nomanalive

How long can one ignore the voices in their head?

Nine years. To Mark, that was the limit. 

For the majority of his life, Mark White has been fighting a constant battle for his sanity. The voices in his head pushed him toward madness one whisper at a time, and the music he used to ward against them was gradually losing its effects. 
As his mental state slowly deteriorated, Mark spent more of his time working on a game he had been developing and lamenting his lack of romantic experience. 

One night, the voices dealt him a powerful blow, bringing their battle to an end. To his surprise, Mark won the battle, but that came at a great cost.

The voices might have disappeared, but a visual hallucination arrived to replace them, taking the form of a character from his game: Maids VS Apocalypse. Little did he know that the real apocalypse was already coming for him.

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Maids VS Apocalypse

Mark's eyes were wide open as if he heard something shocking. There was nothing difficult to understand about the concept, it was just that he never looked at it from that angle.

'So it's like moving the level cap but for stats…'

"Now, what do you think would happen if you tried to expand that limit without reaching it first?"

Mark kept his lips tightly sealed, not falling for what he thought was a trap. That earned him a frown from his superior.

"You can answer questions, you know? Just don't ask any."

Mark raised an eyebrow before his eyes drifted down. After a moment of thought he looked up and voiced his conclusion.

"The whole thing would hurt like hell."

"Well yes, but also no." Ramsay shook his head. "It would still hurt even if your stats are maxed out, just not as bad."

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