Essence of theEverhood

Drinking from this large mushroom-shaped bottle labeled Everhood, you felt you’d done the weirdest trip of your life… and it is just getting started!

• One-time appearance- huh? Oh… You don’t have a form. You’re a Soul now… I guess? The color of your Soul is your favorite color.

• You may inhabit a physical body modeled after your own desires or not; it’s your choice, really.

• A Metaphorical Machine of Reality is now embedded in your very Existence known only as Everhood. As a result, you have become something greater. You have become a Being of Light.

• As a Being of Light, you no longer possess any biological functions. You may choose to partake in satiation or sleep, but they are no longer needed.

• Your stamina is immense to the point that you can fight countless people in a single journey of saving the world without rest.

• You are able to absorb attacks that aren’t outright lethal. You will gain a mental image of a bar. It currently maxes out at 100 absorbed attacks, but will grow over time or whenever you store the attacks over the limit, in which the limit increases by 1% value of the exceeded absorbed attacks.

• You can enhance your attacks with the absorbed attack through different stages.

• A Light enhancement would consume 10% of the maxed-out stored attacks.

• A Medium enhancement would consume 25% of the maxed-out stored attacks.

• A Heavy enhancement would consume 50% of the maxed-out stored attacks.

• You will gain indicators on what is lethal by the attacks having dark colors emanating from them.

• You hold the abilities and skills of every single character that exists in the world of Everhood.

• Much like that depressed blacksmith, Evren, you are not only godlike in the arts of crafting and smithing but also in the art of dancing… somehow.

• You may use these skills to create the perfect vessel for you, should you not accept having an initial vessel earlier.

• You may be able to create Save Points. Don’t question why they look like an antique light post. I don’t know why as well.

• You have access to some sort of storage space akin to a pocket dimension. However, this storage space is more like the inventory from video games.

• It has an auto-sorter and a sapient mind of its own. However, due to its low intelligence, it might give you the item that you need right now rather than the one you want.

• You have the power to force people to fight in a rhythm-like “game” played in reality, similar to what the Canon Everhood inhabitants are known to do. Be warned that a really skilled foe can take you down.

• Now for- My, my. What do we have here? Who the hell are you? I am Shade. The Root of All Evils. As you can see, this Essence has some of my Essence as well. Thus making you a Root of all Evils as well. Thus, making you somewhat a sibling of mine.

• As my Sibling, you are able to switch to your Dark Being mode. Doing so will allow you to absorb what may otherwise be an unblockable attack. However, this mode has a cost. The more you use it, the less overall stamina you will have. In gameplay terms, you lose 5% max stamina per second. The cost can be mitigated through training, but conflict would always be a better approach.

• During your Dark Being mode, you can transform into anyone or any role you desire and have their powers. However, your shadow will always reflect what you are. Where your shadow’s eyes were are gleaming with the color of your soul, and the shadow’s teeth will always be visible and glowing white.

• Or you may, as an option, imitate what my other half and I have done. Much like how God separated Light from Dark, you may separate your Darkness to form a new entity. This twin of yours shares everything you have, even Essences.

• The only downside to this option is that they are as sentient as you, so they might disagree on what you will do due to them having the same morality as you.

• Now, for the crème de la crème, you have your own Cosmic Hub. It has all the amenities you may find in Everhood and its 2nd iteration, even the Hilbert Hotel and the Challenge Room. However, there are some things you must know. The Hub is empty, for it is up to you to find people to live in there. The Challenge Room only shows the enemies you have fought before in their fully unleashed potential. If they gained something new, you have to fight them again before the Challenge Room updates them.

• Optionally, you may have access to the entirety of the soundtrack of Everhood, its sequel, and its future sequels. Yes, you may use the soundtrack to annoy the shit out of people. But nonetheless, they are good music… unless they hate techno.

• Optionally, if you have the Transfer Student, you have done the impossible and conquered the End of Time. You have gained the power unlike any other. Some say it's the power that will destroy everything. Some even say that this is the Mantle of the Anti-God, the Singular Ending for All Reality. This power is now yours to behold. What does this power entail? No fucking clue. But Time seems to be something it rules over absolutely.

• The Everhood Machine is upgraded with the Metaphotical Machine from your Essence of Transfer Student in order to become the Pataphorical Machine. Reality, concepts, Essences… All of them are always second to you. Even the ESSENCE BYPASS would be outright nullified. Better yet, you gain an upgraded copy of the ESSENCE BYPASS, and you BYPASS their BYPASS as a result.

• This Essence can’t be destroyed, erased, forcibly changed, removed, or stolen. Doing so will outright force an unwinnable battle against you.

• Fanwank responsibly… if you want to be a little bitch like Riley. However, fankwanking irresponsibly is quite respected.