Marvel: Quest System

[Welcome to the Party System!]

[This system will allow you to add 5 members to your party, who will be able to gain vast benefits!]

[Benefits include 150% stat growth rate, and the ability to use stat and skill cards!]

Stats? Skills? What are those? Wait. Don't tell me that my system had something like a status window the entire time. "status!" I yell into the air. And of course, a blue screen appeared in front of my face. Fuck! Why didn't I think of this?!?!

[Status]

[Name: Alex Lee]

[Stats]

[Strength: D+]

[Agility: D]

[Durability: D]

[Skills: None]

All my stats are DD.??? doesn't that seem a little... low?

[The stats in this system are judged from a scale of F-S.]

[F: Nonexistant]

[E: Low Human]

[D: Average Human]

[C: Peak Human]

[B: Low Superhuman]

[A: Average Superhuman]

[S: Peak Superhuman]

Ohhh that explains it. So I'm pretty much a slightly above-average human right now? Damn. I'm so low on the list. I've got so much to work on if I have to fight the Chitauri in a year!!! They're like mechanically enhanced aliens so their stats should be at least C+ at the minimum! And there are millions of them!!!

As I was deep in thought, marvelling (a/n haha get it cuz marvel ha... mb) at my status window and trying to make sense of the implications, I barely registered the world around me until-

"Uh... dude?" A voice snapped me out of my trance. I blinked and turned my head, only to see Peter Parker looking at me weirdly.

"You good?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You've been staring at nothing for like... five minutes straight. Are you okay? Did Flash hit you too hard or something?"

Oh. I realized I had been completely zoned out, standing there like an NPC doing their idle animation. I forgot that Peter was here because I was too preoccupied with the revelation of a status window. No wonder he looks concerned. Who in the middle of a conversation and just stares off into space for 5 minutes?

"I-uh, yeah, I'm good," I said, shaking my head to clear it. "Just... thinking of something. Ya know? "

Peter didn't look convinced. "Right. Well, if you start glitching out again, let me know."

Great. I haven't even been in this world for a full day, and I already look insane. Right. On that notion, I should- "Hey Pete, wanna join my party?" I blurt out.

"W-What? What party?" Peter suddenly looked really uncomfortable. 

Oh right. Just because I knew this guy through comics for all my life it doesn't mean that he knew me as well... To him, I'm just a random guy that he met about an hour ago. Well, that was creepy. Must've sounded like I was inviting him to the Diddy party or something. "Okay- that didn't sound like I wanted it to sound. You know I'm like RPG video games there's like parties that take on dungeons together? It's something like that. I guess you can call it like a superpower I have."

"A superpower? What?" Peters's face is going through so many emotions right now. Surprise, confusion, suspicion, amazement, I can't even name it all. "So- What does joining your "Party" do? And superpower? Those are real?"

"Here. I guess I'll just show you." I invite Peter to my party. Just then, I can see a blue screen appear in front of Peter's face. Whoah, since I'm the owner of this system, I can see everybody else's system tabs as well! Cool!

However, for Peter, it was not so cool. "Shit!! What the hell is this?!?!" Peter yells in panic before stumbling back straight on his ass.

"That, my friend, is a party invitation. By accepting this, you'll be able to grow at 1.5x speed, and you'll get a lot more perks in the future."

"A-and why are you giving this to me?" stuttered out Peter, staring at me with wide eyes. As if he forgot something, before I can even say anything extra, he quickly accepts the invitation. He probably believed it the second he saw the system, and wanted to take the chance to grow stronger before I could take back my words.

"Nice choice! Why I gave this to you, is because I saw the ambition in you. When you asked if I could train you, it felt like your eyes were saying that no matter what, you're going to get stronger."

Peter stares at me for a second before his brows furrow. "Wait, wait, wait—what do you mean you 'saw ambition' in me? Dude, we literally met about an hour ago. You don't know anything about me."

Crap. He has a point. I look like a lunatic right now, don't I? what if he reports me or something? If he reports the system, Shield might get on my ass... Fuck.

"Uh… you're right. That was kinda dramatic, huh?" I rub the back of my neck, laughing awkwardly. "Okay, fine. To be honest, I just think you're smart and have a lot of potential, and I figured you'd be a good person to have on my team."

Peter's expression shifts into something unreadable. His fingers fidget at his sides like he's trying to process everything at once. "So… you just walked up to me, out of nowhere, punched Flash in the gut, and now you're offering me a stat boost like some kind of RPG protag?"

I didn't think this through. After only seeing Peter in the comics and movies being a cucked and being a dork I forgot he's like- a real person in this world. And also a genius. "...Yes."

Peter blinks and gives me a dead stare. "That's the most insane thing I've ever heard."

I shrug. "Well, welcome to my life. So, what do you say? You already accepted, so no take-backsies."

Peter hesitates for a second, glancing at the blue screen still floating in front of him. Then, with a deep breath, he squares his shoulders. "Alright. I have no idea what the hell I just got myself into, but if this can actually help me get stronger, then… I guess I'm in."

[Party Member Added: Peter Parker]

I also forgot he's a little high schooler. Damn, when he started asking me questions and stuff I thought I was cooked.

"Try saying "Status". It'll show you your stats and stuff. Like an RPG." I say to Peter.

"Status!" Peter shouts eagerly forgetting he's still in public. (a/n MC acting like this wasn't him at the start of the chapter)

[Status]

[Name: Peter Parker]

[Stats]

[Strength: E+]

[Agility: D+]

[Durability: E]

[Skills: None]

Oh. I also forgot he's a really nerdy high schooler. I sigh. Training arc, here we come!

(a/n oh right I forgot to mention if we hit like 50? power stones I'll double upload. or triple upload. as many chapters that I have already completed. I currently have 2 extra chapters as drafts.)