HeartRate: Monster Edition

[plotrevised]

Monster: DemonAngelOuterGod???

Physical description:
- white coat. yes, he always wears it (it has nifty infinite space pockets, stays clean, and adjusts to his excessive body bits)
- 6 large wings--black with sharp single claws for one pair, softly glowing and radiantly white for the second pair, as for the third pair...... man, hard to say? they LOOK like feathers but what a weird movement, almost like they weren't feathers but tentacles? nah, has to be feathers.
- large single curled red demon horns
- dark claws for fingers
- halo or some kind of aura just kind of hovering around
- difficult to look directly at because brain screes with Fear Of Something Beyond This Universe but if you can manage to get past that it seems like a human-ish face? well, ignoring the demonic and angelic attributes

Size: human sized? though there's the impression of Bigger Than He Appears. it's probably just the wings' spans. they're lorge.

Powers:
- Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint: able to either predict the movements of, read the thoughts of, or possess the body of a person depending on the level of Understanding he has for their character. the more he Understands, the closer he is to being able to hijack bodies for the POVs (no i mean...)
- Bookmark: able to gank abilities of people depending on the level of Understanding he has for their character. the more he Understands, the higher the level of the skill he can yoink
- SpeedReading: it's literally what it says on the tin, he reads superfast
- Stigma: Sacrifice's Will: ... not relevant here yet. requires a party. or companions. don't even worry about it, it's fine
- a few other goodies that are not applicable to this scenario

Any other notable info: looking away from Kim Dokja just makes your brain just kind of fudge out the details of his features until they are just void space. There Was A Hole Here Once except faces.

Reference image(s):



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I also personally like how these set of wings in art look but shruggo.

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Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World [mild headcanon] [cw: suicide attempt]

[plotrevised]

A young Kim Dokja, small and almost appearing to be the size of an elementary school kid, awakes in a hospital room. His arm is in a cast, and he's covered in bandages and bruises. There's an IV drip hooked up to his arm, but he doesn't seem to register that as he recalls what happened to have brought him to this point.

[the video decides it's time to do a ~flashback~ in that fun ~flashback~ format!]

Kim Dokja, covered in bruises already, is in a classroom hiding away from some bullies. This is clearly a very common thing in Kim Dokja's life because while he cringes at the sounds of said bullies voices, he doesn't cry. He stays quiet and as small as he can get to avoid detection.

Unfortunately, that day is just one of times when Kim Dokja's bad luck got worse.

The bullies were clearly going to reach him and his hiding place soon. Kim Dokja looks numb with the knowledge that there will only be more of this.

[another brief ~flashback~ to a grainy 1st person POV image of the silhouette of a man raising a fist toward the POV person while the silhouette of a woman tries to intervene]

[another brief ~flashback~ to a less grainy 1st person POV image of a woman maintaining an even expression from behind the window, dressed in a prisoner's uniform, never saying a word]

[another brief ~flashback~ to an even less grainy 1st person POV image of seeing a book and its title Underground Killer being held by falsely smiling adults holding a camera and a microphone, waiting expectantly]

[another brief ~flashback~ to an even less grainy 1st person POV image of being in the middle of a circle of children laughing, mocking, kicking, hitting]

It's probably not surprising at all that he works to open the window as the bullies draw nearer.

And, as they start to make their way into the same room he's hiding in, Kim Dokja starts to climb through the window--really, it's more that he takes flight out through it. Away from the bullies and into the air.

It's questionable if he even registers hitting the tree on the way down.

[the ~flashback~ ends with Kim Dokja being in the hospital with his bruises and broken arm. it's clear that the tree had broken his fall enough that he'd survived the fall completely.]

There's clearly been no visitors for this child as he lies there in the hospital bed. No cards, no flowers, no well wishes of swift recovery. Only a nurse that tries for what could be a called a kind smile as she helps him maneuver out of his bed and encourages getting out and about. To help with the healing process.

Kim Dokja mechanically goes through the motions, having no real incentive to do much more.

He finds himself waiting his turn to use the computer that's in the recreation room. The man in front of him, wearing a fedora, tips his hat to him as he leaves the computer open.

Kim Dokja idly scrolls through the internet, not expecting anything, but still... somehow desperate in his search. He types words into search bars, finds links of links of links until he stumbles across a title that seemed to encompass what he's trying to look for.

Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World by tls123

A webnovel. Only a few chapters out, so far. And not poorly received for the time being.

He reads the summary--a Regressor in some apocalyptic scenario of games. It seems very typical for this particular genre, but he finds himself clicking in to read the first chapter.

There are three ways to survive the apocalypse. Everything is fading and becoming unclear now. But one thing is certain. If you're reading this, you will survive.

These words seem to reach Kim Dokja in a way hardly anything has since he can remember.

Somehow he ends up devouring the whole of what's been out to this point.

He reads the Regressor Yu Junghyeok's trials, the story beginning on his third turn after a disastrous second turn. He's ruthless, he's psychotic, he's absolutely insane and uncaring for those who have betrayed him before. Yet, somehow, Kim Dokja found him to be a relatable protagonist. Or at least, one he could see himself wanting to know more about.

He leaves a message for the author, almost shyly telling them how much he enjoyed the story and asking when the next chapter would be out. If they had a schedule or something like that for the posting. He doesn't think to use an online handle, just putting in his actual name "Kim Dokja".

It does't really seem to matter that much when his name "Dokja" can literally be read as "Reader" and "Kim" is a very common surname.

More importantly, the story does continue. While he's recovering in the hospital.

While he's introduced back to his distant family members.

While he's talking futilely to his mother in prison who never responds in kind.

While he's hounded by people about the book his murderer of a mother published about the death of his father.

While he's bullied relentlessly at school.

While he pulls the short straw and is sent to the front lines during his military service.

While he fails his entrance exams for university and ends up at a third-rate university.

While he fails to get anything more than a contract job with a small subsidiary of a large corporation.

While the numbers of readers dwindle down down down until only one remained.

With Yu Junghyeok experiencing the continuous deaths and regressions and hurt and hardship and despair along with the revealed moments of crushing hope, almost senseless determination, aching want to see the end of the Scenarios along with his companions, and the willingness to sacrifice everything including himself to achieve this, the story continues

But also, so does Kim Dokja.