...Gradually...I feel my body responding to me...
…Slowly...My brain...I feel my senses coming back to me...
...Why am I... So sluggish?
...My eyes...Are they working properly?
…!!!...
…I slowly look around, but all I can see is a never ending abyss. I start to panic right away since I have no idea where I am. I can hear the increasing soft beats of my own heart echoing in the darkness. I can't see anything in the vast emptiness so I don’t know if anything is wrong with my stiff body. Wait! Why should I be worried about my own body? There shouldn't be anything wrong with it last time I checked. I know my eyes are working properly because I can feel myself blinking as I try to look around. I try calling out to anyone or anything in the silent void, but my mouth doesn’t respond to my thoughts.
“Where am I?” Bit by bit I realize that for some reason I am confined in a small space of some sort. I tried to move around a bit, but nothing worthwhile comes out of my actions. I discover rather quickly that I am floating freely within the dark confinement. To be more exact, it feels like I am floating in some sort of liquid like substance... “Huh? What is this feeling? It’s...like…is this feeling coming from inside my mind or brain? Hmm. How can I…umm…know these things. I am pretty sure...I never…damn! It’s hard to describe this sensation. Wait! What is that…transparent screen doing inside my mind?”
A screen pops up in front of me, but I get the feeling that the screen isn’t in front of me, rather it feels like it is inside my mind. “I have been...born? What are these Stats and skills? What Special Skill is it talking about? I am not familiar with those words. Wait?! I know words? How do I know words? This is so confusing. Why do I understand…things? It feels so...random. Just what the hell is going on?!”
“Huh? What is loading? My name…? So it is Malas? I am Malas…just Malas and nothing else? Should I be complaining why it’s so short and dull? How come I can't create or pick my own name? That is really unfair. What world? Nothing is making sense here. I am getting more confused by the second. WILL SOMEONE JUST TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON!?...I think my heartbeat just increased even more."
“So Race…is that what I am supposed to be? I am a Lizardman…no…I am an Arctic Drazilcin. What is the difference? What is a variant? Hmm…Special Stats…I guess that is a good thing? Damn it! Why am I slowly accepting this weird situation? It seems so natural that I know this stuff. Déjà vu? Wait how do I know what Déjà vu is?” I start taking a long deep mental breath to calm myself down. "All I want is to leave. Is that too much to ask? Can I leave this place? WAIT! WHAT DOES A DRAZILCIN EVEN LOOK LIKE?!”
“Ok…So those are what I am guessing...are numbers? Countdown for what?! That doesn’t sound good at all. Wait a minute! I can leave here? Finally! ...I feel like I am missing something important…whatever. Come on Malas. You’re the one that wanted to leave, so let’s get MOVING! Hmm…Why do I get the feeling that…what was that skill again? *Random Luck*? Why does it feel...like that skill will bring me more trouble than I want?”
I start moving my body with seriousness effort, trying to escape the invisible shackles of my imprisonment. While wiggling around, I notice suddenly that I can move my own body with ease. There ahead of me in the distance seems to be a crack in the darkness. Light slowly filters through the crack and I waste no effort trying to move towards it. I begin to hear various crackling sounds all around me as I press on. I stop caring why I knew strange words, and various things for some strange reason. I just painfully accepted the mysterious knowledge.
“No! I can’t be distracted at all! I need to leave before the countdown finishes. I have a bad feeling in my gut…If I don’t escape on time...something bad is going to happen to me. I don't know why I feel so desperate to leave. I JUST NEED TO LEAVE!!! WELL, FREEDOM HERE I COME!!!...wait…what is freedom?”
