Coerced into Altruism in the Dungeon

Chapter 7

A/N:

Welcome all.

To chapter 7 of a story, surprisingly.

Anyway, apparently, it's harder to write a chapter when your main character is no longer in the throes of climax. And wow, that came out wrong. What I meant to say was that this one took me a bit to dream up, considering Alex is now open to more variables than the following: creepy dungeon forest, massive monster, and trigger-happy allies.

Now that he's free of all that, the possibilities are endless, so choosing a route I was satisfied with took time.

But enough about that.

Let's jump right back into this story's aim:

My OC scaring Orario straight.

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Coerced into Altruism in the Dungeon

Chapter Seven

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There were moments where Alex had the thought: wow, life can't get any stranger than this. There weren't very many of those moments honestly, but they still existed. Because really, how does someone even top spending the better part of a day inflicting bodily harm to the more morally bankrupt members of society?

The answer was that you couldn't.

Of course, Alex was promptly proven wrong when, on one Tuesday afternoon, he was not only universally displaced between worlds but also forced to fight a giant fucking xenomorph-esque creature, straight out of someone's Lovecraftian wet dreams.

But it didn't end there.

Oh no.

Because fast forward several hours, Alex woke up to something arguably even more ridiculous. And believe it or not, he actually wasn't referring to the brunette lady proudly revealing the character she had been roleplaying as. No, he was talking about what had happened after that.

"You want me to join your cult? Me. Of all people," Alex asked in the flattest voice he owned, pointing at himself.

"Yes!"

"Lyra, please let me do the talking. And you... I really wish you wouldn't call it a cult. But, essentially, yes. We would like you to join our Familia. As a provisional member even, if that sounds more appealing."

Or so Red explained with a healthy dose of her usual 'turn that frown upside down' attitude, which even in light of the last several hours, didn't seem to be at risk of running empty.

But apparently, they found out about Alex's chronic condition of being unremarkably human, and because of that, instantly saw fit to offer him a place in their group. Because that made sense. The strangest part was that they were acting like they were doing him a favor?

Though, that quest screen did make them sound like big shots in this world, so maybe this really was on the level of some golden ticket no one could even dream of receiving. Well, if that was the case, he supposed there was really only one answer to give in a situation like this.

"Hm. Okay. I'll join."

"Wait. You will?"

"Hell no. Did you really think I'd say that?"