Preamble

Short Description: A teenage boy's life goes from awful to all-powerful in exponential steps, when he learns how to use déjà vu to merge his minds across multiple parallel dimensions. He gains mental and physical skills, confidence, girlfriends, lovers, enemies and power ... and keeps on gaining. A long, character-driven, semi-realistic story.

Story Codes: mf, mff, ff, inc, ScFi, ESP, cons, rom, teen, 1st, long, slow, humor.

Re. "ScFi": The core plot mechanism is a pseudo-scientific rationalization for a source of mental powers. Unlike most ScFi, this is not futuristic; instead being set in the present-day world. Your liking the sciences of mathematics, physics and biology would be advantageous. Some understanding of the martial arts concept of ki (also known as qi or chi) would also be helpful but isn't essential.

Re. "ESP": That acronym is usually interpreted as telepathy, of which there's almost none herein. But there's a great deal of Extra-Sensory Perception, as well as other extraordinary mental abilities. Readers who enjoy stories that feature ESP should enjoy this one (I hope; I'm not a mind reader).

Re. "long": Most novels are about 80,000 words long, with Lord of the Rings totaling about half a million. This story has 3.5 million of them.

Re. "slow": Seriously, it's VERY slow, as I don't know how to do millions of fast words. As one indication, the first of the many sex scenes starts at about the 65,000th word because the main character starts a loner and it takes him a novel's worth of text to get his mojo working. The pace of the story picks up, and by the end it could be called "action packed", but the end is a long way ahead of you.

Re. "humor": My good jokes are also about 65,000 words apart. But don't worry, I've filled the gaps with bad jokes; I can easily do millions of words of those.

Text Conventions

I have used some unusual text conventions so please skim the following explanations:

Indenting Long Speeches. In a written story a new paragraph usually indicates a new speaker, but sometimes one individual will be talking so much that their speech runs to multiple paragraphs. A common way of indicating a continuous speech is to leave the trailing quote mark off all but the last paragraph, but when I read stories I often miss that small indication and become confused over who's speaking. So this story uses an additional indication of a continuous speech: the first lines of the speech's second and subsequent paragraphs are indented. I wanted to use a tab for that, but Storiesonline strips those out so I've substituted something similar although slightly more intrusive. I hope you'll find the marker of a continuous speech helpful once you're used to it.

The Vertical Bar ("|") is used when two characters talk simultaneously. I put their speech on the same line when the simultaneity has some significance. For example:
"Shall we do it?" asked Tom.
"Christ yes!" agreed Dick. | "Hell no!" refused Harry. | "I'll get the Vaseline," offered Nigel hopefully.

Square Brackets ("[Text]") are used when the main character, Mark Anderson, wants to break the narrative of his autobiography in order to make a comment that is off topic or out of chronological sequence (usually about something coming up soon).

Double Square Brackets ("[[text]]") are for when the comment is from Mark Anderson The Elder; the hero at the time he is writing his autobiography, rather than his thoughts at the time being written about.

'Squiggly' Brackets ("{Text}") indicate a sound, e.g., "{Sigh}", "{Groan}" or even someone blowing a "{Raspberry}." I don't bracket it when the sound is onomatopoeic, e.g., "Oh", "Ouch", and "Argh". There's a special case with "haha" as it can be pronounced as written (as it often is when used sarcastically), or it could be sounded as genuine laughter. I treat it as onomatopoeic, writing "haha" to represent genuine laughter. For sarcastic mockery of laughter or someone acknowledging that a joke has been noticed, I write "ha-ha".

Less-Than and Greater-Than Signs ("<Text>") are used to delimit voices in the head, as per telepathy, e.g., <Mom's coming! Hide it!>

Horizontal Lines are used to denote a break in the text greater than a paragraph but less than a chapter. For example, a single chapter may cover a 24-hour period and have three major scenes separated by horizontal lines.

Single Caret on a line of its own ("^") is used to separate paragraphs, but not by as much as a horizontal line. They're used for several reasons: a shift of perspective within a scene, to isolate a multi-paragraph digression from the body of the text, and to separate items in a list where those items need multiple paragraphs as Storiesonline's rudimentary bullet-point system can't handle that.

Capitalization for Emphasis. I've capitalized words to indicate their being emphasized, rather than using underlines or bolds - it seemed a DAMNED good idea at the time. I've promoted "OK" to the status of an ordinary word, writing it as "okay" to avoid its looking emphasized, and I've slightly abused the normal convention to write times less emphatically, e.g., "4 P.M." becomes "4pm".

Comments:

After reading several online stories in the ScFi and ESP genres, I became bored by repeated uses of the same few inexplicable and inconsistent plot mechanisms, usually gifts from aliens, magic, or implausible science. Short stories need quickly explained mechanisms so the fault was mine for reading too many of them, but doing so made me wonder whether I could invent a mechanism that was at least a little explicable and somewhat self-consistent. Then I got distracted and forgot to think about it further.

A couple of weeks later, into my mind popped this story's mechanism, the hero's character arc - I dislike stories in which the hero is always perfect - and much of the plot. I challenged myself to write the story in a way that made the mechanism seem plausible and which showed the protagonist's character develop. Those were my two primary objectives, above and beyond all other objectives such as entertaining readers. I wrote the story to challenge and entertain myself and for no other reason, so reading it is a different experience than you will be used to. Consider yourself warned.

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This story traverses multiple dimensions. They are meant to be similar to, but variously different from, my world, so I've sprinkled cross-dimensional differences throughout the story. If you encounter something in my story that makes you think, "Stupid author, that's not right!" then you've either hit one such deliberate difference, or the author has been stupid again. Please let me know if any particular instance of my stupidity is excessively annoying, so that later readers can benefit from the correction.

If you notice I've made any mistakes in describing the process of deflowering female virgins, my research would benefit from you sending me your of-age virgin daughters. I'm a very diligent researcher so I'll need several (just keep sending them; I'll tell you when to stop).

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The only aspects of this story that I planned for it to contain were pretty girls and having godlike mental powers, both of which I'd like to have some of (just two or three, to start with). Everything else that happens herein does so because the story drove it; not because it drove the story. By which I specifically mean politics. An important theme in this story is power: the hero's lack of it initially, then his having it in abundance and eventually superabundance. When the hero gains enough power, he necessarily bumps into "The Government". Another important theme is overcoming adversity, so I've cast the Government as an adversary. In stories of this type, the Government is ALWAYS the hero's adversary. This story is set in contemporary America to give it an air of realism, not to make "A Statement" about contemporary American politics or politicians. Trying to represent politicians realistically isn't one of my objectives - not even politicians try to represent politicians realistically - so don't get your political panties in a twist over my fictional characters' fictional politics.

I fear a negative reaction to my including politics as a plot device, but I have no such fear about my including murder, theft, under-age sex, anti-religious statements, or lying to mothers. It's ironic that politics is the least politic of all those - unless my mother reads this!

Your feedback is welcomed and appreciated, although not as much as your providing me with research assistants.

Legal Notices:

Copyright© 2008, 2009 by AscendingAuthor. All rights reserved. This story and all parts thereof is copyrighted by the author. It may not in part or in full be distributed, reproduced or used as source material without the prior written permission of the author. This story is for YOUR personal non-profitable reading pleasure only.

WARNING, this story contains graphic descriptions of sex involving adults and teens, including between siblings. If you find such material offensive, or if you're under the legal age required to read such material, STOP NOW, before you become a menace to society.

This story is fictional (unfortunately) and many of the beliefs and behaviors described herein are not practiced, advocated or condoned by the author (some of them are though, especially the good ones). Any similarity between persons and events depicted in it, and actual persons and events, is purely coincidental. Some major public figures might appear similar and have the same names, but they're ALL from different parallel dimensions so are of no legal relevance in the author's dimension.

The following lists - of characters, chapters and images - are provided mostly to help readers locate something they have already read. I recommend that first-time readers do not read them because they contain many spoilers.

Scroll down to view, or to avoid the spoilers: press your keyboard's "Home" key then click on "Next Chapter".

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List of Characters:

Each category has its own sort order; you'll work it out.

The Andersons

• Mark Anderson: The protagonist. He's not perfect, but he's learning.

• Steven and Felicity Anderson: Mark's parents. Jobs: supervises a lawnmower assembly workcenter, and technical sales support for medical equipment. Felicity wears the trousers in the family. Steven is social but laid-back.

• Carol Anderson: Mark's sister, 20 months younger than him. Plush body, passive and caring personality.

• Donna Anderson: Mark's sister, 33 months younger than him. Enthusiastic about and good at sports, direct personality.

• Ron(ald) Fisher: A Black, petty criminal in an LA-ghetto gang. Mark turns Ron's life around (sort of). Three years older than Mark.

The Williamses

• Julia Williams: Mark's first girlfriend, 15 months older than Mark. Relationship with Mark: scarily intense, ultra-loyal, manipulative, bossy and submissive (all at the same time).

• Prof and Vanessa Williams: Julia's parents. Nearly a generation older than Mark's parents. Lecturers in Mathematics and Ethics.

• Andrew and Robert Williams: a.k.a. "The Boys". Julia's fraternal twin brothers, ten years older than her. Doing PhDs in Forestry Economics and Geophysics. Girlfriends: Sophia and Ashley.

Mark's Very Significant Girlfriends

• Ava West: Two years older than Mark. Joins with Mark and Julia after both her parents (Carson and Katie) are struck with cancer.

• Nevaeh Smith: a.k.a. "D-Cup". The same age as Carol Anderson. Very beautiful and exceptionally well built. A good, God-fearing Christian girl. Becomes Mark's girlfriend because God gives her to him.

Mark's Significant Girlfriends

• Alexis Joseph: Tough, rough, black jeans and T-shirt. Some tattoos. Likes it rough. Parents Ben and Vicky, ex-hippies.

• Carina Durham: Member of Pipeline Group 1A. That group's first date is in her home. Helpful. Virgin but well educated and good attitude from parents (Justin and Kirsten).

• Diana and Claire Norris: A Cutie and Duckling. Delightfully enamoured of Mark, obedient and innocent (temporarily). Easily pushed into sisterly threesomes with each other and Mark. Mackenzie Norris is their older sister.

• Katelin Eaton: Only likes "normal" sex. Into dance. Brothers: Don, Junior, Wayne, Gunner. Parents: Senior, Janet. Martial arts and macho family.

• Lily Cheng: Helpful liaison. Hong Kong Chinese. VERY impressed by Mark, so uses him to get what she wants.

• Pat(ricia) Osmond: Liaison. Very pretty. Gets pushed into a threesome with Lily and Mark that succeeds well. Nice enough girl, but relatively inexperienced with relationships and doesn't really measure up attitudinally.

Mark's Insignificant Girlfriends

• Adriana: A-List beauty at high school. Very beautiful and very fake. Thinks wheelbarrows are funny.

• Anna: Falls in love with Mark during Hot Tub Party. Virginal, silly. Out of her depth, left behind.

• Carly Pennington: a.k.a. "Klepto Carly" as a result of her trying to steal $80 from Mark. Is blackmailed into being a party gift.

• Chloe Moon: Failed girlfriend because of psychological problems caused by parents, religion and exceptionally large breasts.

• Cindy: Picks up Mark at the 10k running race, MS Animal Science (dairy), 22 years old when meet, walks out because Julia tries too hard and Mark is too young.

• Dakota: Short-term Liaison. Is fired when she tries to manipulate Mark.

• Laci Abbot: Hogs Mark's cock-time during Hot Tub Party. Has hots for him. Can't really keep up.

• Laila: Another short-term Liaison. Bi with lesbian preference. Has a regular threesome going with her 4-year older sister (Gabriella) and Hannah (a smart, humorous young woman).

• Leanna: Winner of the Aquatic Center RPS competition. Friend of Gina, an Italian (therefore a good cook and an enforced virgin).

• Linda Hogan: One of Julia's best friends pre-Mark. Doesn't have the drive necessary to earn a place beside Mark (in Julia's opinion).

• Mackenzie Norris: Won the quiz about Mark. Reasonably good looking and not totally repressed (did strip during Hot Tub Party, but didn't sit on Mark's cock). Too greatly programmed with her parents' attitudes. Selfishly possessive.

• Savannah Glass: Tall, attractive, Black girl. Arrogant, tries to be manipulative, believes she deserves the best, i.e., Mark and his wealthy lifestyle. Probably bi, but she uses sex so dishonestly it's hard to tell.

Ancillary Characters

• Annette Neumeyer: A Queen Bitch of high school. Unintentionally gives Mark the chance to be cool, starting him on his path to godhood.

• Roy Smith: A boss at the local DMV. Issues Mark with his driving license.

• Sensei Nigel: Aikido instructor. Short, elderly, English man. Wife is Edith.

• Logan: OSU (Oregon State University) computer tech. Helps with Mark's systems a few times.

• Soccer Teammates: Max, Logan (a different guy from the above), Jason, Tristan and Peter. The other team members aren't mentioned much.

• Robert Moran: DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Portland. Senior agent.

• Kyler Wright: Manager, DHS's Sciences & Technology Directorate, Washington, DC.

• Armani Phillips: Security Manger, Eclipse's (CIA's cover name) Fort Dodge lab.

• Seth Byrd: On-site boss of Eclipse's lab.

• Jonathon Winters: Washington DC cameraman. Gets the job of making a list of life-or-death importance.

• Paul Olsen: Head of Security for the Anderson-Williams household.

• Robert Mueller: FBI Director.

• John Pistole: FBI Deputy Director.

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List of Chapters:

Author's Preamble <-- you are here
Prologue
Introduction

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Part 1: My First Merge, to 2 Minds
Chapter 1: It Began with an Ending
Chapter 2: Arrival
Chapter 3: The Second Day
Chapter 4: Our First Day at School as an "Our"
Chapter 5: The Next Week
Chapter 6: The First Couple of Months
Chapter 7: The Rest of the School Year
Chapter 8: What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Chapter 9: Committing Suicide for the Second Time

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Part 2: My Second Merge, to 4 Minds
Chapter 10: Two's Company; Four's Even More Company
Chapter 11: Living in a Same-Sex Foursome
Chapter 12: Getting My First Date
Chapter 13: Back at School with Julia
Chapter 14: Planning My First Date
Chapter 15: Friday, the Day of My First Date
Chapter 16: My First Date
Chapter 17: Saturday Morning Lessons
Chapter 18: Well-Fucked
Chapter 19: Julia's Outpouring
Chapter 20: I Treat Julia as a Sex Object
Chapter 21: Monday Evening; Not Sore No More
Chapter 22: Long Running
Chapter 23: Family Dinner at the Williams'
Chapter 24: Old Swimsuits Are Best
Chapter 25: They're on to us, Guys!
Chapter 26: Educational Offer

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Part 3: Profound Aikido Discoveries
Chapter 27: My First Aikido Lesson
Chapter 28: Aikido Revelations
Chapter 29: Biff Number Four
Chapter 30: Biff Number Four; Aftermath
Chapter 31: Progress Report Meeting
Chapter 32: Quality Times With Carol
Chapter 33: A Nice, Relaxing Movie Date
Chapter 34: A Phone Call to Carol Turns My World Upside-Down
Chapter 35: Julia's TK Unveiling Plan
Chapter 36: First Explorations of Carol
Chapter 37: Carol Gives Me a Backrub
Chapter 38: I Give Carol Much More Than a Backrub
Chapter 39: Carol Continues to Show How Good She Is
Chapter 40: I Run Faster and Put My Foot in My Mouth
Chapter 41: Stereo Vision is Great
Chapter 42: Happy Carol, Curious Mom
Chapter 43: It Works Better in the Movies
Chapter 44: Showing the Renovations
Chapter 45: Sensei's Tests
Chapter 46: Not Cold Feet, Exactly

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Part 4: Our Marriage
Chapter 47: The Proposal
Chapter 48: The Proposal Explained
Chapter 49: Obtaining Parental Consent
Chapter 50: The Ceremony
Chapter 51: Carol's Deflowering; the Preliminaries
Chapter 52: Carol's Deflowering; the Act Itself
Chapter 53: You Can't Have Too Much Consummation
Chapter 54: Honeymoon Breakfast
Chapter 55: More About Carol
Chapter 56: Honeymoon Lunch
Chapter 57: Is No Sister Safe?
Chapter 58: Honeymoon Dinner
Chapter 59: Carol's Dream of Dying for Her Lord
Chapter 60: Are You Insane!
Chapter 61: Mansion Plan
Chapter 62: Nubbins Inspection
Chapter 63: The 10K Running Race
Chapter 64: Donna's Gift
Chapter 65: The Best Dress I Have Ever Seen in My Life
Chapter 66: Short Date with Cindy
Chapter 67: Mind-Games with Donna
Chapter 68: Exercising with Donna
Chapter 69: The Track Coach Can Take a Running Jump
Chapter 70: Carol Decides to Become a Lesbian
Chapter 71: Why Females Take So Long to Get Dressed
Chapter 72: More on Carol's Lesbianism Plan
Chapter 73: Julia Plans to Offer Herself as a Sex-Prize to Every Boy at School
Chapter 74: My "I Love My Sister Carol" Speech
Chapter 75: The Examiner From Hell
Chapter 76: Starting to Plan My Coming Out
Chapter 77: Less Than a Game of Bowling
Chapter 78: Educational and Mansion Planning
Chapter 79: "Donna's Ducklings" Named
Chapter 80: Repeating My "I Love My Sister Carol" Speech

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