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00:00Do you know who this is?
00:04First year, nothing out of the ordinary. Orphan boy, no abilities.
00:12Come on, give me my book back. I'm gonna miss my bus. I'm gonna miss my bus.
00:16How much you don't know.
00:19We originals have a heavy burden that even you in your military might could never comprehend.
00:25There are abilities that are far darker and more dangerous than have been made public.
00:30Abilities that we're still discovering from books that have been lost to the annals of time.
00:35You think this boy has an ability powerful enough to end the world?
00:40Or end a war before it begins.
00:42I believe this Quinn Talon is hiding something.
00:45You can help me reveal it.
00:47Make his life hell.
00:49We'll see what it becomes.
00:51Hey Quinn! Hey, that's your...
00:55These kids treat me like an outcast.
00:57Talon was Talon! Talon was Talon!
01:01Because I don't have any powers and they all do.
01:03Those aren't mine.
01:05I swear they're not. They're not mine.
01:07Yeah, right.
01:15I'm gonna make these bullies pay.
01:17And this...
01:19Is gonna help me.
01:22Every kid at school who has bullied me and made fun of me,
01:26I will take revenge on all of them.
01:28But first...
01:30It is crucial that I open this book.
01:33It's my one shot at answers.
01:37Okay, so far no reaction.
01:43I don't know why I keep trying.
01:48Damn it!
01:50It's like my parents wanted to taunt me with an ability book from beyond the grave.
01:54They could have at least left instructions.
01:58What the hell is happening?
02:00Congratulations. You have been granted the vampire system.
02:13Hello?
02:21Upload complete.
02:24Ugh.
02:26What happened last night?
02:33Wait.
02:35No way.
02:37I can see the whole room?
02:39How? Was it...
02:41The book! It's gone!
02:43Think, Quinn. Try to remember what happened.
02:45Menu, menu, menu.
02:47Main menu.
02:49Who said that?
02:51What is all this?
02:53This thing.
02:55It's controlled by my thoughts?
02:59A skills tab?
03:01It's like one of those old gaming systems.
03:03Did this come from the book?
03:05Ability books can be absorbed for additional XP.
03:08So my parents did leave me an ability book.
03:14Yeah!
03:18But I don't feel any different.
03:20It just seems like an old gaming interface.
03:23Okay, if you're a computer, do you have any information about my parents?
03:27Systems are often disregarded as simple computers.
03:31But with the right user, they can become quite powerful once leveled up.
03:35Okay. Cool.
03:37I'll play your game.
03:39So how do I level up?
03:41Drink two liters of water.
03:45Two liters for five XP.
03:47That's it?
03:49I can definitely do that.
03:55My stomach feels like it's gonna burst.
03:57Challenge complete.
03:59Five XP points awarded.
04:01At least I know this system works now.
04:03Hopefully if I keep doing quests, I'll level up and get stronger.
04:09Quintalan?
04:11Hello.
04:12We've been waiting outside five minutes already.
04:14What?
04:15Don't play dumb with me.
04:17It's draft day, boy.
04:19Time for you to head to military school.
04:21That's right. How could I forget?
04:23The war with the Dahlke wiped out most of the population.
04:27Now, like every student age 16, I'm required to attend military school for two years.
04:33No one expects the peace deal with the Dahlke to last.
04:36Neither do I.
04:38It's so bright.
04:41What's happening to me?
04:43You okay, son?
04:45You're not gonna try to run, are you?
04:47Your stats are being reduced to 50% during exposure.
04:50Please seek immediate shelter from direct sunlight.
04:53I'm weaker in sunlight now?
04:55What kind of drawback is this?
05:01Keep it moving, recruit.
05:03Sorry. Sorry.
05:05You are no longer in direct sunlight.
05:08Stats have returned to normal.
05:11What a relief.
05:13That was torture.
05:14When is the shuttle arriving?
05:16ETA, 11 minutes.
05:18And keep it quiet.
05:20Keyword, direct sunlight.
05:24Another quest.
05:26At least this one's easy.
05:28I wonder what the military academy's gonna be like.
05:30Quiet!
05:32Whatever it's like, it's probably better than school.
05:36Warning. A foreign substance has been detected.
05:40Activating oxygen reserves.
05:42What?
05:43Your resistance to the substance has increased.
05:46Approximately 30 seconds of consciousness remaining.
05:48What's going on?
05:50Don't fight it, son.
05:55What the hell?
05:57Rise and shine, maggots!
05:59You spend the next two years of your miserable lives here,
06:02so you better get used to it.
06:04Once you've been tested,
06:06it will show a number representing your corresponding power level.
06:09Power levels range from 1 to 8.
06:14Hey, I wouldn't do that if I were you.
06:16Huh?
06:18The harder you tug, the tighter it gets.
06:20You ever see someone on the street without a hand?
06:23That's the price for running.
06:25Thanks.
06:27Once you've been tested, it will be displayed as a number
06:29representing your corresponding power level.
06:31Power levels range from 1 to 8.
06:34I think I could get at least a 5.
06:37What?
06:38I heard no one's ever gotten higher than a 5 on the first test.
06:41Well, except originals.
06:43You know, people who don't need ability books for their powers.
06:45They're just born that way.
06:47Yeah, I know what originals are.
06:49Okay, hotshot.
06:51I was just making conversation.
06:53I know. I'm sorry.
06:55So, name, ability, favorite color.
06:57Next group.
06:59Quintalent.
07:01Hey.
07:03Peter Chuck.
07:05Hide me.
07:07Hey, knock it off.
07:09Thanks, bro.
07:11Ever try lotion?
07:13Layla Monroe.
07:17And Aaron Healy.
07:19Finally.
07:21You five will be today's final group.
07:23Good luck.
07:25So, Quinn, right?
07:27Name's Vorden.
07:29What's his angle?
07:31Why is someone that looks like him being so nice to me?
07:33Use of foreign ability detected.
07:35What did you say your ability was?
07:37First ability attempt blocked.
07:39Ability blocked?
07:43Warning.
07:45You are being hit by direct sunlight.
07:47All stats will be reduced by 50%.
07:49First time teleporting?
07:51Second ability attempt blocked.
07:55Don't touch me.
07:57Look, I'm pretty strong, so if anybody messes with you,
07:59I just put them in their place, you know?
08:01Vorden.
08:03What's up?
08:05Vorden.
08:07Vorden, very nice to meet you.
08:09Hi, Vorden. Nice to meet you.
08:11Maybe he's just friendly with everyone.
08:13I hope I don't look as nervous as him.
08:15I definitely look more nervous than her.
08:17Cool box. What's inside it?
08:19Ow, ow, ow.
08:21What gives?
08:23Line up. Side by side.
08:25My name is Jane, and I will be in charge of testing today.
08:27Once you have finished your trials,
08:29I will be adjusting your wrist devices
08:31to match your
08:33decided ability levels.
08:35But before we get started,
08:37we have a couple things to take care of.
08:39Quinn Talon?
08:41Their records show I don't have an ability.
08:43But do I have an ability?
08:49Whatever this system is,
08:53my parents kept it secret for a reason.
08:57Standard issue Earth abilities.
08:59I can't.
09:01Pardon?
09:03I don't want it.
09:05Would you excuse me for one moment?
09:11Talon Quinn won't take the book.
09:13How do you wish to proceed?
09:15Hmm.
09:17No abilities, no parents,
09:19no connection to Pure either.
09:21Let's see how he does without the help of military assistance,
09:23shall we?
09:25Understood, sir.
09:27My apologies.
09:29Please, await further instruction.
09:31Phew.
09:33That was a close one.
09:35All right.
09:37Testing will begin.
09:39In groups of two.
09:41First up, Erin Healy
09:43and Layla Monroe.
09:45Good luck, babe.
09:47Send that pretty little face my regards.
09:53Whoa.
09:55She has ice abilities.
09:57What's the matter with you?
09:59Stop touching people without their permission.
10:01Stop touching people without permission.
10:03Hey, that's what you sound like.
10:05If you are not Erin or Layla,
10:07please move away from the immediate area.
10:09I'll try to go easy on you.
10:11It won't be a competition.
10:13We do this in twos to save time.
10:15It literally is not a competition.
10:19This test will measure your combat prowess.
10:21Use whatever tools you have available
10:23to decimate the targets.
10:25Three,
10:27two, one,
10:29start.
10:41What's she doing?
10:43She's telekinetic.
10:45Telekinesis is normally considered weak,
10:47but maybe when paired with a beast weapon,
10:49any power can be strong.
10:55Whoa.
11:11She's a beast weapon too.
11:13Damn.
11:15This next test
11:17will gauge endurance.
11:19We call it the blade test.
11:21Try to avoid getting struck.
11:25Blades?
11:27Are you scared?
11:29No.
11:31Don't worry, they're just
11:33simple holograms.
11:35Three, two, one.
11:55They're moving so fast.
11:57Is it possible to dodge them?
12:01Guess they weren't holograms
12:03after all.
12:05Time. I have made my decision.
12:07Leila Munro,
12:09you have been awarded the rank of a level two
12:11ability user.
12:13Respectable score for a first try.
12:15Level two?
12:17Congrats on your win, princess.
12:19Again, not a contest.
12:21Erin Healy,
12:23you've been awarded the rank of a level five
12:25ability user.
12:27Only the third person in history to do so
12:29on their first test.
12:31Congratulations. Five.
12:33That's it.
12:35I guess neither of them are happy with their scores.
12:37Next two up,
12:39Vorden Blade.
12:41Get ready to watch me blow the Danes out of the water.
12:43There's no way he's that strong.
12:45Quintallen.
12:47What?
12:49No, you can't test me. I don't have an ability.
12:51I don't have the ability book.
12:53My commander has instructed me to test your mettle
12:55regardless.
12:57They're making an example out of me.
12:59If you aren't Vorden or Quinn, please step aside.
13:01You two, get in position.
13:03Don't worry, Talon.
13:05I'll make sure to go easy on them.
13:07It's not a contest.
13:09Well, if you, it isn't.
13:11What?
13:13How am I supposed to hit those targets?
13:15All stats are reduced
13:17to 50% in the sunlight.
13:19This idiot
13:21couldn't really be strong.
13:23Could he?
13:31I thought it might be different here.
13:33But it's more of the same.
13:35I'm still a loser.
13:41If only there was a little shade.
13:43It can't be.
13:49Ice abilities?
13:51He also has ice abilities?
13:53What are the chances two people
13:55in the same class have such rare gifts?
13:57That's why he kept touching them.
13:59Nice to meet you.
14:01I'm Vorden.
14:03Nice to meet you.
14:05He was sampling abilities.
14:07Please, thank you.
14:11I really couldn't have done it
14:13without you in particular.
14:17Enough.
14:19Get ready for the blade test.
14:21Three, two, one.
14:23It was nice knowing you, Talon.
14:25I'm sure we would have made great friends.
14:27Come on, system.
14:29I know you can do more than this.
14:31Help me out here.
14:33All stats are reduced
14:35All stats are reduced
14:37to fifty percent.
14:39My parents wouldn't leave me this book if it was useless.
14:41Come on.
14:43Am I about to die?
14:45Fuck.
14:51Time.
14:57Enough.
14:59Vorden blade, level five.
15:01Quint Talon, level one.
15:05Oof.
15:07Sorry about the frost, bro.
15:09It's okay.
15:11Thanks.
15:13Told you I'd protect you.
15:15Maybe he's not so bad after all.
15:17You didn't try to take my ability that time.
15:19Respect.
15:21You know, no one's ever figured out my trick so fast.
15:23So is that your ability?
15:25No.
15:27You were pretty surprised when it didn't work.
15:29Well, credit where credit's due, right?
15:31Yeah.
15:33There's no ability book that teaches copyability.
15:37You're an original, aren't you?
15:43This building was constructed
15:45to honor the lives
15:47lost in the great Delqui war.
15:49This is where the tour ends.
15:51Great time to get to know each other a little better.
15:53Better use of your time.
15:55After all, you are
15:57classmates now.
15:59We'll break a bit here.
16:01All stats are being reduced by 50%
16:03during exposure to sunlight.
16:05I should have figured we weren't going to be friends.
16:07The rules here
16:09are the same as back home.
16:13Level threes
16:15vie for the attention of the fours and fives,
16:17and twos pick up the scraps.
16:19Everyone wants to move up
16:21and I'm at the bottom again.
16:23Alone.
16:25Or maybe not.
16:27It's just a level, right, man?
16:29Can't let it get to us, you know?
16:31Right.
16:33Thanks.
16:35You were great back there, by the way.
16:37Training on the test with no abilities?
16:39There you are!
16:41Hey.
16:43Dude, all of a sudden all these students
16:45wanted a piece of me?
16:47Totally lost sight of you.
16:49Oh, oh.
16:51I've been here the whole time, man.
16:53Yeah, well.
16:55Let's be here together.
16:57Yeah.
16:59You too, sad boy.
17:01You can hang with us.
17:03Me? Really?
17:05Yeah, unless you're too cool to hang with us.
17:07A level five befriending two level ones?
17:09He's like no one I've ever met.
17:11Alright.
17:13Let's see what room number I get.
17:1523.
17:17I got 14.
17:19Yeah.
17:21Yo, Quinn!
17:23What room number did you get?
17:2523.
17:27Cool.
17:29Fingers crossed we get the same one, alright?
17:31Yeah.
17:33See ya.
17:35No way!
17:37I'm in room 23.
17:39We're neighbors.
17:41Hey.
17:53Hey.
17:55What room number did you get?
17:5723.
17:59You're gonna trade with me.
18:01What?
18:03Why would I do that?
18:05Hey!
18:07Don't forget to wash your hands.
18:13Do you really think it's gonna be different
18:15from the crapples we came from?
18:17One can only hope, right?
18:19Yeah.
18:21Yo!
18:23Guess who got room 23?
18:25Same as Quinn.
18:27Wow.
18:29What are the chances?
18:31Yeah, it's like fate wanted us to be best friends.
18:33Right, buddy?
18:35Yeah. Fate.
18:39We should throw a party in here.
18:41Tonight.
18:43Yeah.
18:51Do you know who this is?
18:57There he goes again.
18:59Mr. Popular.
19:05Cool.
19:09Hey.
19:11I, uh,
19:13just wanted to say I thought you
19:15did really good in the field today.
19:17You know, a lot of people say that telepaths
19:19are actually, like, really weak.
19:21But I thought you did really good.
19:23I thought you really did.
19:25Telepaths are weak?
19:27God, I'm an idiot.
19:29I should see what Peter's up to.
19:33First year.
19:35Nothing out of the ordinary.
19:37Orphan boy.
19:39No abilities.
19:41And yet you'll notice he refused to take
19:43the standard ability book when offered.
19:45You can bump into me like that without saying sorry?
19:47I'm sorry.
19:49I can't hear you.
19:51Peter?
19:53Hey! What's going on?
19:55There's much you don't know.
19:57We originals have a heavy burden
19:59that even you and your military might
20:01could never comprehend.
20:03Hey!
20:07There are abilities that are far darker
20:09and more dangerous
20:11than have been made public.
20:13Abilities that we're still discovering
20:15from books that have been lost to the annals of time.
20:17What is this?
20:19Another prompt?
20:23You think this
20:25boy has an ability
20:27powerful enough to end the world?
20:29Or end a war before it begins?
20:33What are you going to do, level one?
20:35You think you can do better than this twerp?
20:37I believe this Quintallum is hiding something.
20:39You can help me reveal it.
20:43Initiating power run.
20:45Do you want to find out the hard way?
20:47You have received another
20:49daily quest.
20:51Oh!
20:55I need to run. Find Gordon.
20:57He's only level two. I can take him.
20:59Make his life hell.
21:01Make him suffer.
21:03And we'll see what he becomes.
21:13What's gotten into you?
21:15I think I found
21:17an easy way to level up.
21:21Ha ha ha!
21:27Let me have him.
21:33Let's do this.
21:35What powers has Quinn unlocked?
21:37And what will he do with them?
21:39What secret
21:41is the book hiding?
21:43And why is the military
21:45after Quinn?
21:47Will Quinn finally be able to
21:49take his revenge?
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