I didn't know how long has it been that I was here, in this emptyness.
Am I dead?!
That was all I could think of.
I was floating in the emptyness that was too dark to make anything visible to my eyes beside my floating body.
If this is death then it's too cruel to happen to me at this age...!
I even lost my memories and couldn't find out who I really was...What if it's all over?! Was this all?! I'm gone without fixing anything?! What did kill me?! I can't even remember where I was and what I was doing before I end up here because everything feels vivid.
I was lost in my thoughts and couldn't tell how long has it been that I was in this vacuum until I could finally see a ray of light coming closer to me, It felt so familiar that made me want to chase after that small light.
I could tell, it was guiding me without saying anything.
“What are you?!”
I wanted to know what this light tried to show me but I didn't get any answers from it.
That light started to get bigger and bigger and devoured the darkness that I was drawn in and before I notice, suddenly I was in a house that felt so warm and familiar to me, as if I was there before.
I could see a women in front of me looking at a photo board that was on the niche with her teary eyes. That room had a big window that was allowing the sun to warm the flowers of the carpet that had those beautiful pink roses all over it.
It all felt familiar and relaxing...but where did I exprience this?!
This woman didn't notice my presence yet...so maybe this is all a dream!
Suddenly a man came into the room, I couldn't see his face properly because the dream felt so blurry. But based on that woman's expression it looked like she was terrified of that man's presence there. As long as she saw him entering the room she hugged the photo board in her arms and started to shout at that man with her shaky voice.
“First Ruka now Taio, I can't let you have Taio this time.”
“Ryo wasn't even your child, you witch.”
Then the man slapped the woman on her face. The photo board was dropped off of her hands because of the force that man used against her.
I tried to help the woman by reaching out to her and stop the man from his next attacks but this was just a dream so my hands and my physical appearance was unknown in this world. They couldn't even see me so it was a waste of my time. I could just stand there and watch the whole thing, just as useless as a bug.
“Why...why are you doing this?!”
“...”
I couldn't hear anything more than this short conversation. I only heard those few lines and suddenly those two people and that carpet or the room itself started to get invisible to my eyes. It was as if everything started to fade away and disappear with no trace.
Who is that woman? And who is that guy?! Why am i seeing this dream?!
As that scene was disappearing, another one appeared in front of my eyes. As if that dream was changing to another scene that was completely different. I was in front of the same woman that I saw in my previous dream. It looked like she was talking to me directly this time but I didn't have any control over my body or actions and it looked like I was in a younger age with a smaller shape because everything in that place looked ridicilously big in my point of view.
“Taio, please...take care of this.”
She...knows my name?! Who's she exactly?!
After she said those words to me with the same sad expression from the last dream, she did put a necklace around my neck that had a round plaque with a smaller round black gem in the center of it.
“Don't lose it...please!!!”
What is this...This necklace, her voice, this house, that carpet and that photo board from before..
They all look so familiar.
The very moment I started to question those dreams that were messy but organized at the same time I got dragged to the darkness that I was in before again. This time something about that vacuum place looked quite strange. It felt like I wasn't alone anymore because I could sense another presence there.
“What are you?! Show yourself.”
Now I even have control over my actions and can talk freely...!
In the silence that I was searching for answers and waiting for that person's presence to show itself to me, the air in that darkness started to get colder.
Why is it so cold suddenly? I can't breathe...!
And that was when a very big creature showed itself behind me, with it's big teeth and eyes full of death threats.
I was taken aback and flipped on the ground as if my knees lost their strengh out of shock.
I was taken aback and flipped on the ground as if my knees lost their strengh out of shock.
Then I lost the control of my body again. I started to calm myself down by reminding myself, “Don't worry, this is just a nightmare.”
I started to slap my face to wake myself up but then I realised “Wait, Right...I think I'm dead huh...”
Everything started to feel even more miserable the moment I considered being dead as an option.
“You're not dead.”
That big monster talked. But was it to me? Since I was talking to myself about being dead...!
If I'm not dead then it's all a dream?! But why does it feel so clear?!
“Human, How dare you step into my inner soul?!”
Huh?! That thing talked again? Their inner soul?! What does it mean?!
The air around my body started to feel even colder, I covered my hands and squeezed my arms towards my body to lessen the coldness but it wasn't enough at all.
That monster started to get bigger and bigger, It was as if just like how that light devoured the darkness, That monster in the dream was trying to devour me too.
Even though I knew it wasn't reality I got scared and tried to escape it but no matter how much I ran away from it, that thing never got far from me. I was stuck in the same place no matter how much I ran.
And that was when I finally woke up in a warm, familiar room. The coldness was gone, the darkness was nowhere to be seen, I felt alive again but my head felt heavy.
I thought I was in a better condition so I sat on the bed and tried to remember the reason that made me end up here.
Yeah...That giant outcast attacked me.
I could remember every little detail from before but still not the memories that I lost before waking up in this zone.
The doors of the room I was staying was wide open so I think they might have heard a sound from me when I woke up because after a few seconds everyone entered the room with happy faces.
Arima Arata, Rokoro, Toma and Asuka started to talk with each other, the very moment they saw my face.
I started to slap my face to wake myself up but then I realised “Wait, Right...I think I'm dead huh...”
Everything started to feel even more miserable the moment I considered being dead as an option.
“You're not dead.”
That big monster talked. But was it to me? Since I was talking to myself about being dead...!
If I'm not dead then it's all a dream?! But why does it feel so clear?!
“Human, How dare you step into my inner soul?!”
Huh?! That thing talked again? Their inner soul?! What does it mean?!
The air around my body started to feel even colder, I covered my hands and squeezed my arms towards my body to lessen the coldness but it wasn't enough at all.
That monster started to get bigger and bigger, It was as if just like how that light devoured the darkness, That monster in the dream was trying to devour me too.
Even though I knew it wasn't reality I got scared and tried to escape it but no matter how much I ran away from it, that thing never got far from me. I was stuck in the same place no matter how much I ran.
And that was when I finally woke up in a warm, familiar room. The coldness was gone, the darkness was nowhere to be seen, I felt alive again but my head felt heavy.
I thought I was in a better condition so I sat on the bed and tried to remember the reason that made me end up here.
Yeah...That giant outcast attacked me.
I could remember every little detail from before but still not the memories that I lost before waking up in this zone.
The doors of the room I was staying was wide open so I think they might have heard a sound from me when I woke up because after a few seconds everyone entered the room with happy faces.
Arima Arata, Rokoro, Toma and Asuka started to talk with each other, the very moment they saw my face.
“You're finally awake?!” was what Rokoro said with a wide smile and Asuka replied immaditually, “But his hair...It's still white...Is this still the same Taio?!”
“Hehe, If it's that thing again then we're all done for." Toma was enjoying the situation and as he was making jokes over my condition he was also eating his stupid snacks that he always had around.
I wanted to respond to them and assure them i'm fine and back or even tell them about the dream that I just had but I wasn't quite sure to tell them because of two reasons.
The first one is, I remember before getting attacked by that giant outcast I saw it...
Arima's indifferent face.
Yeah I'm sure I saw it for just a second. As if he was anticipating that moment. Do they know? Maybe they're all in the same boat but if that was the case then they wouldn't get so shocked in the first place.
And above all, I'm sure Arima could handle that attack and get me out of that outcast's space. I mean After all, he's someone that they claim as 'strongest' in this group.
“Taio's so shocked guys, stop surrounding him and let him breathe.” Arima grabbed their hands and distanced them from my bed to give me some space.
But is it out of his goodness?! He's worried for me?! I don't think so...
“Hey Taio, say something. We're getting worried.” Rokoro looked the most sincere to me at that moment compared to the other ones.
“I'm...”
No. I'm not gonna judge them yet and just act as the same Taio they know until I realize what is and what isn't, but for now the main problem or the second reason why I can't organize my thoughts is...
These strange digital boxes above their heads...
What the hell are these things?!
I started to see them the very moment they entered the room. And they're all different in two aespects.
For example Rokoro's...
[HEALTH: 56%/ MANA: 34%]
Why's he so short in life?! Compared to the others that are all above 70%, Rokoro has the lowest one in this section.
[HEALTH: 72%/ MANA: 36%] for Asuka.
[HEALTH: 75%/ MANA :33%] for Toma.
They're all below 40% in the mana section even with all the powers that they have...!
And about Arima's...
I'm kind of shocked.
Because no matter what, the box above him is unreadable!
[YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PLAYER YET.] It says.
And there is a little note under his box that also leaves more questions for me.
[To unlock this player, you have to gain at least 10 zone gems.]
What is a 'player'?! They're just humans...
Is this a joke?! Am I still dreaming?!
I slapped on my face with my hands again to make sure I'm awake. But it was all real, I felt the pain of the slap and unfortunately everything that I was witnessing was in fact in my reality, the reality that no longer felt like one.
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