I awaken from unconsciousness to find myself floating above a white platform. A set of stairs lead up to the platform and below the platform there is an empty white room with 20 doors along its walls. ‘Where am I? What happened to Bill? The last thing I remember…’ In that moment it all comes back to me. “BILL!” I scream out unable to control the tears that flow down my face. ‘Why Bill? Why would you do that for me? We only just met yet you gave your life to protect me.’
After awhile I am let down from the beam of light that had kept me floating in the air, as I am let down I fall to my knees and bury my face into my hands. I stay like this until I can cry no more tears. ‘I won’t forget what you did for me Bill! Never! I won’t let your sacrifice be in vain. I will live, not only for me, but for you too Bill.’ After I make my pledge I head to one of the doors, mentally exhausted from what has transpired these last couple hours.
When I placed my hand on the door knob a mechanical voice sounded in my head. ‘Please imagine a room.’
“Who said that.” I say as I look around the room. After looking and finding no one I try to open the door again. ‘Please imagine a room.’ The mechanical voice prompted.
.’Where is that voice coming from?’ I look around again and find no one, again. I then look at the door knob. ‘Well it did speak every time I tried to open the door. Maybe I should listen to it.’ As I place my hand on the door knob the voice rings again but this time I follow its instructions. I imagine my dorm room with my bed, dresser, desk, desk chair, computer, bookshelf and bathroom. Then I tried to open the door for a fourth time and it finally budged. What greeted me was an exact replica of my dorm room that I imagined, except there was one more door. ‘I didn’t imagine that.’ I went to the door and tried to open it. ‘Please imagine a basement.’ The mechanical voice said. ‘Interesting, I wonder what the purpose of the basement could be? Wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. How could it even create this room from my thoughts?’ It was at that moment I realized something. ‘ Why am I not in any pain?’ I look down at my side and pull up my shirt only to see my injury is gone. ‘How? This is so confusing. Wait, there is an even bigger question. How did I even get here?’ It was at that moment that I noticed the black watch on my wrist.
‘What is this? I don’t remember having a watch like this.’ The black watch was made of a black metal and I could see no noticeable breaks in its surface indicating a clasp to keep it on. Where there would normally be a clock the black watch had a screen, like an apple watch. I pressed the screen and it turned on. I looked at the screen.
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Stats
Points
Enhancements
Mission
‘What does this all mean? I guess only one way to find out.’ I clicked on the word stats.
Joshua Peterson
Intelligence- 115
Mental Capacity- 106
Cell Vitality- 95
Reaction Speed- 92
Muscle Density- 90
Immunization Strength- 94
‘Is this some sort of joke? This is an rpg status screen. Why would the watch show this to me. Unless these are my stats? Damn I feel like an idiot for not realizing it immediately. Well, this is me I guess. It looks accurate to me at least. Considering I’m not the most physically gifted of individuals.’ After looking at my stats for awhile I clicked the back arrow at the top of the screen and clicked on Points.
Points- 990
Ranked Rewards
D- 0
C- 0
B- 0
A- 0
S- 0
‘I wonder what these points and Ranked Rewards are used for? Why do I have 990 points? That seems like an oddly specific number. Wait, maybe those points were used to heal me. Now that I think back to it when I first woke up I was floating above the ground in a light beam. At the time I was too confused to think much of it but now. Well, I’ll look into that strange light later I need to check out the other menus now.’ I exited out of the points screen and clicked the Enhancements screen.
Enhancements- None
‘This just keeps getting more confusing.’ Seeing nothing of use on the screen I exit out and check the final menu.
Missions- None
Time Until Next Mission- 9d 22h 45m 37s
‘What does it mean by missions? Looking at the time I only have less than 10 days to get ready for it. What will happen after the 10 days are up? The more I learn the more confusing everything gets.’ I take a seat at my desk and put my head into my hands. ‘I wish Bill was here. He’d know what to do.’ With that thought tears begin to stream down my face. ‘It’s all my fault.’