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

Taking regular breaks wouldn't allow an athlete to keep running indefinitely. Exhaustion would catch up with them eventually and their bodies would shut down and force them to take proper rest.

Mark remembered Ramsay teaching him that the Mind stat affects the speed at which MP is recovered and so he immediately understood why he would get a debuff.

Simply put, by continuously consuming his Mind Power he exhausted its natural recovery. He was tired to begin with, and without getting a good night of sleep it was only logical that the speed at which he recovers would decrease.

After learning that much one would think he would drop everything and get some sleep, but instead, Mark kept going, and by the time Lara came over the debuff reached -20.

The entire time Mark was hoping for it to be a mistake. Just when he thought he had found the solution to his Gold troubles, another rule revealed itself and forcefully slowed his progress.

A myth.