[“After trying to much, I cannot deny this for now. I can only accept, that they are frozen and will not be coming back, for now. I can try more things in the future, but I have to survive first”]

[“I should be able to do more things with this, warm feeling, than just pull things out of this frozen state. Maybe, since I can pull in more warmth from the world- this stuff is like magic particles from tv. Maybe, I can control it, pull it out of me to do more things”]

And thus, Jimmy began experimenting with what he could do. His schedule went meditating till exhausted, eat, and experiment.

First trying to pull out anything from his body, it did not go well the first few times. Spraining his left wrist, the “mana” as Jimmy decided to call it, just exploded in a small mess.

[“Gotta focus, maybe I need to control it more than just, pushing it out of my body. N*r*t* used his Sh*r*g*n by forming his ch*kr* into a constant spinning ball…. Maybe something as stupid simple as that would work…”]

After some attempts, it was an easy success. With further experimenting, imagining what the final product must be would grant a degree of success, and further imagining how to do so, greatly increased Sh*r*g*n like results.

[“What can this do?”]

Pressing the now dubbed “Mana Ball” onto the wall, a small pop was heard, leaving some small ashes on the wall.

[“Is this worth anything? I can just wipe off the mess on the wall, and nothing even happened…”]

[“Wait! If I can pull in mana from the outside world, into my body, maybe I can pull that into Mana Ball – making a bigger explosion, possibly freeing me!”]

Struggling for hours, Jimmy was incapable of just taking mana from the air directly into a Mana Ball, exploding every time.

Going back through the process to figure things out, Jimmy realized it. Mana went into his body, THEN it became usable.

[“What if, I temporarily put the mana into my body- but immediately put it to use? Would that be too OP? Sound impossible, I mean… I would become invincible… Mwahahah*Cough, cough, cough*”]

[“*crmphh*, wow. How do voice actors pull off that voice- anyways”]

Practicing as he said, he pulled in mana to his hands, and the immediately out into the mana ball- [“Success! And look how huge it is so quickly, wow”]

Jimmy throws the ball at the wall with a loud BANG. Forgetting about all the past accidents, he gets blown off his bed onto the ground, black soot covering everything.

[“Aww man, still not even a dent, and now a mess to clean up. Mom will not like it, if I left this”]

After cleaning, Jimmy goes to sleep and repeats his repeating schedule. Sleep, meditate, eat, experiment, repeat. Eventually, finding his meditating not going anywhere, his whole-body seams to have been filled to the brim with mana, that it feels like it only leaks out.

[“Time to give it another try. I have become stronger than before, and if I can pull them out of their frozen state, maybe I won’t have to leave…”]

Giving it one last hoorah, Jimmy pulls on his younger brother- focusing, mana spreading throughout his brother, it quickly dissipates, and Jimmy lets go before passing out.

[“I kinda get it now… Their bodies are absorbing all the mana. Maybe I don’t have enough yet, since even with the surrounding mana, it did not even move a strand on his shirt, or maybe… no one can ever pull them out.”]

A tear falls down his face as he pulls out his notebook, writing all that has changed to this point.

[Rule 5 – Pulling too much mana from the body, will cause someone to pass out. Note: Try not to use it all, maybe death comes later]

[Trick 1 – Instant Recycle: By pulling in mana from the outside to my hand and then instantly putting it to use, I can use potentially infinite amounts of mana]

[Ability 1 – Return to Life: By injecting mana into objects, they can be unfrozen. Humans may need massive amount, as attempting causes me to pass out]

[Ability 2 – Mana Ball: By pulling mana out from my body or the air, and spinning it fast, a Mana Ball will be produced]

[“Alright. So. As far as I am aware, it is up to me to save the world! I am the main character, and I will be more powerful than anyone in history!!”]

[“…”]

[“But I first have to get out of here. I am down to a pack of crackers, and they aren’t even animal shaped”]

An empty bag ready, Jimmy stands there at the door, hand on the doorknob. Forgetting it won’t just turn, jimmy fumbles for a second

[“Stupid me…”]

With a small face slap, glad no one could see or know what just happened. Jimmy focuses hard, using Return to Life on the door and just the door, imagining the hinges and the lock all working again- it opens.

Right in front of him, the freedom he has been yearning for, for what could have been months at this point. From the gaze of the now open ‘prison bars’, Everything else is just as frozen as he first saw it. Way in the sky, a plane and some birds just stay there, not even falling down.

[“Who goes outside to just see the small marvel of planes frozen in the sky?”]

With a solid attempt at breathing in the fresh air, nothing.

[“Where is it? Why?! Just give me SOMETHING!”]

He kicks the ground at the rock…

[“FfffFfffffff! Fhoooooooo”]

FORGETTING that even the rocks are frozen, our Jimmy has to sit and take a rest, not even 2 steps from escaping the house.

[“Alright. Lets not be stupid anymore, and be glad no one can still watch me right now”]

Walking down the street, passing by some people walking their dog, shows Jimmy how much more was taken from them. Hoping to at least enjoy the dogs fluffy looking fur, Jimmy instead pokes his hand on the now sharp needle hair sticking out everywhere

[“OOwwww, where has my luck gone”]

With a sad face, Jimmy continues on, despite such ‘horrendous’ events. Facing the local gas station, he is glad to see at least one frozen person

[“I am glad to see you kept the door open for me, thank you mysteriously kind stranger”]

Faking a hat tip, as he ducks under the person’s arm to squeeze into the gas station, he begins taking food, water, and some bandages with Return to Life, filling his rations and prepping to explore his town.

Behind the counter sits some kind of shotgun. Picking it up was easy, it was already loaded- video games seams to served him well.

Jimmy grabs several shells that were sitting nearby, pocketing them. Staring down the sights, flipping safety off, Jimmy gives a test fire, slowly pressing down till *click*

[“What, you don’t even work?”]

*click, click, clickclickclick*

[“Fine, I will leave you back with your owner…”]

Putting the shotgun and shells back. On his way out, looking at the owner

[“I thank you for your donations- they are going to a good use”]

Jimmy continues on to now explore the town. Maybe there is a sign as to what happened or how to fix everything.

House by house, most of the TV’s that were on, had the same picture – a device over the hole in Yellowstone…

[“So. By my hard working deductions… It must be that device that cause it. It fired down, my ears shot up, and everything froze. So… Awh man, I gotta go to Yellowstone now. That is so far, I think”]

Going house to house, Jimmy found some things here and there, some snacks, and a weird but helpful neighbor who had an odd obsession with medieval ages- a sharp metal sword and sheath.

[“Seams strong, sits in my belt well. Maybe I will have to hunt with it, maybe I will have to protect myself from others- are there even ‘others’ out there?”]

Now standing in front of the library, disgust on his face remembering the books he reread so many times, it was time to use gain some more information.