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# The Facility

## Introduction

There are three species in this story: Humans, AHAPs, and Fungal Overgrowths. Humans, on Earth, have a small chance of being born with magical abilities, though, almost none of them know how to use said abilities. AHAPs, on the other hand, always possess and are decently skilled with magical abilities and are slightly more durable than humans, although they have lower punch and grip strength. These AHAPs also exist on an unknown planet that they have pronounced as "Ay-hap", hence the reason they are called the AHAPs. This planet is like Earth, but with more magical resources. The Fungal overgrowth species, who live on a barren planet, also possess magic, along with greater durability and strength, albeit slower movement.

AHAPs, with their very resource filled planet, are skilled with resourcefulness and eventually develop space travel. Humans, however, desire more materials. This leads them to also learn space travel. Due to the difference in intelligence, logical thinking, and friendliness of AHAPs compared to humans, they manage to achieve space travel far before humans ever do. (In our time, around the 1800's.)

Volcanic and Wind, two AHAP brothers, become the first of their kind to reach space. In space, they encounter Mist, a Fungal Overgrowth who was searching for materials. The three form an alliance to survive, with Volcanic eventually deciding to construct gravitational platforms (GPs), using materials from nearby stars and other empty planets. Due to this, the GPs are usually very dark with 1-2 stars being the only light sources and rocks from meteors and space debris littering the platforms. These platforms become home to bipedal alien-like animals, who form gangs and bases on the GPs.

Volcanic and Wind are seen as renegades for breaking the AHAP law of not speaking with alien species. Consequently, they are permanently banned from returning home ever again. Seeking to improve their situation, Volcanic devises a plan to build facilities and recruit AHAPs and humans with potential. Mist likes the idea, and agrees to help. Their intention is to convert specimens (bipedal alien animal things) into better creatures, assuming the process is painless and morally acceptable. (This is where Volcanic is shown to actually be very dim-witted.)

During their journey, they encounter an AHAP named Mr. Nyx, who had mysteriously appeared from what seemed like nowhere. Mr. Nyx offers assistance in exchange for a rare material, Matter, but his request is denied, leading to his anger and eventual departure. The trio faces aggressive specimens along the way, prompting Volcanic to have the idea of converting them into more positive entities. They acquire basic armor and weak weapons as they progress.

An invisible being, referred to as Hoster D/Astral, joins the trio. They form a team called the Hosters, with Volcanic as Hoster A, as he likes fire magic and is also very hot-headed, Mist as Hoster B, for his mysteriousness and short fuse, Wind as Hoster C, for his constant progress and kind yet dangerous nature, and Astral as Hoster D, for his love for the unknown and overwhelming power. Together, they engage in battles against specimens, gaining experience and learning from each encounter.

Some time passes.

Volcanic and Mist enjoy the thrill of fighting, getting materials for Wind and Astral, while Wind and Astral focus on crafting armor sets for each other. However, Astral betrays the group and joins forces with Mr. Nyx, who adopted the name Glitch for his static-y eyes and unexpected powers. Astral and Glitch discover their shared similarities in being ERRORs and form an alliance. Oddly, they also seem to recognize each other, even if they have never met before.

## Phantasmal\_Treachery.mp3

Astral suddenly ambushes Volcanic, Mist, and Wind. Before Volcanic can ask Astral of his intentions, the fight is started suddenly, with Volcanic being the first to go down to Astral due to his weak stats. Mist puts up a powerful fight, but eventually dies to Astral as well. Wind, stronger than Volcanic and Mist, manages to nearly beat Astral, but is also struck down in a sudden twist. After a long period of time passes, Wind wakes up, barely alive. Wind manages to get Volcanic’s “Hailinin Serum,” also known as a “Green Needle,” and heals himself with it. Wind then manages to recreate the serum and revives his two friends just in time, unfortunately leaving scars on both of their backs.

Glitch informs Astral about an imminent Omniversal Destruction event. Astral participates in a battle at the colosseum, witnessing thousands of Hellbent specimens with their own goals and lives (Hellbent specimens are purple/silver color schemed specimens that are Hellbent on becoming God, believing that the only way to is to kill and beat the Queen). When the Juggernaut appears, Astral steals the kill from an unsuspecting Hellbent and absorbs the Juggernaut's power. He confronts the Queen and initiates a harsh battle, and wins with relative ease due to his magical abilities of manipulation, which perfectly counters her necromancy. After Astral finally strikes the Queen down, he takes her crown but fails to realize the crown wasn’t meant for him. Due to Astral being invisible and “partially loaded,” he glitches and distorts from the crown as it breaks into pieces and disintegrates, resulting in a transformation that destroys Astral completely and turns him into a whole new creature. Astral becomes the Ex-Hoster, a threatening presence with a deep red-pink aura signifying his presence.

Meanwhile, the remaining trio of Hosters, Volcanic, Mist, and Wind, regroup. Volcanic focuses on creating new weapons and armor with his newfound knowledge from Wind’s notes and the surplus of materials from his and Mist’s battles, while Mist hires employees for his Facility. Wind joins Mist's team as a JASU, or Janitorial and Sanitation Unit, as Wind decides that being a hoster and owning a Facility is too much to deal with. Volcanic hires a crew to work on his Facility, allowing him to work on his own projects and relax, eventually becoming very lazy. Tragedy strikes when Glitch orchestrates a Raid of Revenge, where a large group of Vengeful specimens (Vengeful specimens are orange/gold color schemed specimens that are incredibly powerful and ruthless) attack an area, leading to the death of Volcanic's employees excluding one of his MCT and his ACT. Interstellar (the MCT), hid well enough to survive, and Sky (the ACT), wasn’t at work that day. Grief-stricken, Volcanic undergoes a dark transformation, becoming cold and masochistic. Sky returns to the gruesome scene and quits on the spot, returning to his old job.

Glitch, believing he hadn’t done enough, remains unsatisfied with the heartbreak of Volcanic. Meanwhile, Volcanic seeks to recruit more members for his Facility by hiring new employees. However, he can only find one person at a time. Enter Altair Gray, a man from Earth with untapped potential in fire magic. Who, later on, will be known as the main protagonist of the story.

As Volcanic attends to searching for and hiring recruits, he plans a visit to Mist’s Facility, unaware of the impending tragedy. In a sudden ambush once again by Glitch, Mist is struck down by a chain through the chest. This sight breaks Volcanic.

## Stages\_Of\_Grief.mp3

After a long battle between Volcanic and Glitch, Volcanic emerges victorious, leaving a permanent glitchy hole in Glitch’s lower left abdomen. Glitch despises the Hosters more than ever before for this.

Returning to his duties, Volcanic assists Lava, settling him into his job with Interstellar. Meanwhile, Lava and Interstellar work together while Volcanic pushes through his laziness to complete the piles of other work alone, tirelessly working to keep things running smoothly. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes again when a Hellbent specimen interrupts Lava when he’s leaving after a long day of work one day. This causes the Hellbent to ram Lava into the back wall before running into the Medical Room and mauling Interstellar. Lava looks up to see the mauled and bloody barely-breathing body of Interstellar, being dragged out of the building by the Hellbent, hoarsely screaming at Lava to help him, before Lava blacks out.

After this incident, Lava is left to work alone for years, slowly descending into madness due to the isolation and monotony of his job. Eventually, Volcanic manages to expand his crew again, hiring a large group of new employees such as Dust the junior ECT, Sky (who returns after quitting due to despising his old job again) the senior ECT, Cloudy the senior ACT, Burn the junior ACT, Spacey the senior JASU, Starry the senior AOU, Earth the junior AOU, and Magma the new junior MCT. However, a JASU position remains vacant, as Wind is unable to fill it, opting to work in Mist’s clean Facility instead. Due to this, Volcanic assigns additional responsibilities to Spacey, who becomes incredibly proficient as a JASU, with this being the catalyst to Wind and Spacey becoming very close friends.

As Lava finds solace in his friendship with Magma while working on specimens, Volcanic's laziness returns, leading to a lack of help for any employee. After some time passes, and Spacey’s constant complaining of an overload of work stopping him from hanging out with Wind, Volcanic looks for a new hire, finding a very skilled employee wanting to fill the role. This new employee’s skill is unmatched. Fire joins the team as the junior JASU. Fire then rarely shows up, but is very fun and skilled when he does show up.

The story unfolds further, with Glitch successfully stealing blueprints during Lava's lone watch one day as Volcanic reluctantly left to teach Cloudy how to battle specimens.

## Fire\_Sale.mp3

The tension between Lava and Glitch intensifies, and the narrative continues to delve into numerous events and the interactions of side characters, evoking a sense of unease and bittersweetness. The story, far from reaching its conclusion, encompasses a story of major events that shape the destiny of these intertwined lives, species, friends, and enemies alike.