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……chirp……(bird noises)…..
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………CLAP………
I slapped the damn fly out of the way and covered my eyes. There was light in my eyes; I assumed it was daytime and turned over, covering my head with my blanket.
"This feels weird…" The fabric of my blanket was fluffy, yet this felt like leather. I decided to open my eyes. There was an abnormal feeling; "Why am I wearing clothes? I could have sworn I was in my PJs!" I said out loud with a very unfamiliar voice. "What’s up with my voice? It’s so deep and rusty, like a grown man."
As I looked down at my hands, a strong muscular physique had replaced my skinny, flabby arms. My beer belly was gone too. That’s when I finally noticed my surroundings. I was no longer in my room. What surrounded me now was a vast plains area, and I was lying under a tree. The fresh air filled my lungs with extreme purity, and I could hear the vast noises produced by wildlife, even a river flowing in the distance. I was definitely not in my comfort zone, and yet that raised a lot of questions like, for starters, how did I get here, and why did I decide to sleep under a tree?
After a small panic attack, I felt some kind of calming effect surge through my body, allowing me to focus once again and start analyzing the facts.
Facts:
- I went to bed and somehow ended up outside.
- This is not my body.
- I don’t recognize anything…
Truthfully, I was really lost on my next move. For now, I decided to head towards the river, as I heard somewhere that following them usually helps to orient lost travelers. I took a single step and fell. Seems like my sense of balance is off and something weird—referring to the step I took. I had left a sizable imprint on the ground, and now I was about 10 meters from my origin point. I was truly very perplexed. I assumed this body is faster than it seems, but that doesn’t explain that it’s not physically possible for a person to do something like that. This just raised more questions, not to mention the present problem, which was I still had no idea where I was.
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About 20 minutes had passed of me falling on my face when I finally mastered ish walking. Apparently, I had to actively think about walking slowly; it caused some issues, but after about 10 minutes, I managed to do so subconsciously. As I traversed through the open forest, I saw many things that honestly scared the crap out of me. For example, a carnivorous squirrel, birds with teeth, even a hog with spines on its back. The interesting thing was all these scary creatures seemed to be actively avoiding me for some reason. I started walking a bit faster because I got paranoid that something else was causing it, like a bigger beast.
As I approached the stream I had heard before, I realized one strange thing: I had somehow heard it from over 4 km away. I shrugged it off as it could have been that maybe I got lost and it was closer somewhere else or something. As I walked over to wash my face, I unconsciously splashed the water on my face, calming down and regaining composure. I saw the reflection. I screamed so loud I’m pretty sure the whole forest heard it. There was a demonic creature staring back at me, a humanoid wearing a suit with two sets of wings, a top hat, and red eyes and pointy ears. There was one explanation: I had died, and that demon was my torturer in hell….
Some time had passed, and I decided to look again. To my surprise, red eyes looked straight back at me, glowing with a wary mist-like effect. That was when I noticed it.
“It can’t be… this suit, this face, those wings… IT'S DESERTER!!!!”
I was staring into the eyes of my character from NWM. Hundreds of questions flooded my mind.
“How, why, where??”
After a while, I realized it wasn’t a dream since I had punched a tree and it snapped in half, correlating with how the game was except for one very important factor… IT HURT like a lot. Lost and afraid, I sat, analyzing my body. I had never had a strong body; sure, I was big but on the heavier side of things. Having a six-pack was new for me, not to mention this package was quite the looker. I think my main issue was controlling my looks; I could only assume that this place had people, and Deserter was an arch-demon, something a bit uncommon even in NWM. I couldn’t expect good reactions as my kind was kind of persecuted due to misconceptions by a few PKers (player killers), which was why I had a humanized form as an ability. Unfortunately, I had zero to no idea how to activate it, not to mention any other abilities Deserter had. Due to the strength I had previously shown a tree, I could only expect that I had all my abilities.
As I was contemplating this, I heard a scream followed by a loud crashing noise and a smoke cloud in the distance. Then another scream had the same effect. The scream was definitely human, and based on the crashing noise, there were only two options: one, something was fighting someone, and two, someone like me. I rushed over with extreme caution, as slamming my face to the ground was not pleasant. As I approached, I saw a glimpse of a person fly by me, crashing into the nearby trees. Smoke from the dirt and debris filled the surrounding area; all I could see was the outline of a humanoid creature attempting to stand as it turned towards me. All I saw was golden yellow eyes in the dust cloud, and a sense of fear filled me; just what was this inhuman creature currently looking at me.
As the smoke cleared, I saw it clearly for the first time, wearing armor-like clothes, a humanoid body with yellow eyes, a rim hat….
“Deset…er?”
“OVERON?!?”
I couldn’t believe my eyes that it was actually him! I wasn’t alone!
“Overon is that really you?”
A crying face looked at me as I said those words.
“Bro I’m—I thought I was gonna die (painful cries).”
“Calm down Overon, get a grip.”
“Bro where are we, and why are you Deserter???”
Before I managed to respond, a loud screeching noise was heard, leaving a ringing noise in our heads.
And then we saw it…