Soon others started pouring in. There was Anmol, his childhood friend. Sid, whom he met online. Deepraj who was an engineer and Saksham’s dad. Lastly there were Emma and Felix, they were siblings and also from the same collage.
After inviting all of them inside Tobi started to serve the food, soon Emma came inside to help him serve.
They started eating after that and talked about different things. Conversations went from food to politics to old memories. Tobi smiled inwardly at this. This was the only thing he missed during his seclusion. “You didn’t invite Ralph?” asked Deepraj suddenly. “I did actually, he was just busy with his job” replied Tobi. “yeh He rarely gets a leave from ASS” said Sid grinning. Everyone starts laughing at that. “But seriously everyone, what does he do at Ascension Secret Service” asked Anmol. “don’t know man, he’s pretty tight about it.” replied Deepraj.
“leave itt, we’ll call him later” interjected Freya. Everyone moved on from that topic after that. Dinner ended after everyone finished. They decided to watch a movie after that.
Late into the night when movie was about to end Tobi felt a tug in his chest. He ignored it but soon he felt it once again, and again, and again. “Amm, guys is anyone else feeling this.… pull” Emma asked noticing displeasure on others faces. “yeh it is getting faster” replied Tobi.
They looked at each other in utter silence while the feeling of uneasiness in their mind got stronger. “If this is not a dream then I think I should not drink from now on.” commented Sid. “CUT IT, be serious” shouted Anmol. “Not like it is goanna achieve anything, chill out Anmol.” said Deepraj.
And suddenly everyone’s sight went dark. In this darkness Tobi could see a golden silhouette of a human and then he was back in his house with the tugging feeling gone. “Sentients of the planet Earth.” said a voice in his head.
“I go by the name of Thierri, a master of $#^&$^ magic.” Said the voice in his head. “I hope everyone is able to hear me, if not please do make sure to spread this massage far and wide among your race. Your world lies on outline of mana and a mana wave will be reaching your planet in five centuries which will deconstruct and reconstructs everything on its way to a molecular level.”
There was a long pause, and the voice started talking again, “I have been tasked by the Voice of Reality to extend its reach to you. Because once the wave reaches your world, most of the life will perish.”. Tobi’s heart was thumping loudly, he wanted to scream but he could not. Something was compelling him to focus on the voice in his head.
The voice continued, “very soon the Voice of Reality will be able to reach you and you will be given a choice to either trying to survive in world already integrated with mana or spend your time on this planet in peace.” the voice let out a audible breath. “now that my task is complete, I will move to a personal business.”
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“you humans seem like an interesting kind. Therefore, I extend an offer to any of your kind to seek me after you have established yourself. Please do remember my name, that will be all.” The voice concluded.
Tobi and everyone else slumped back wherever they were. Tobi was feeling drained after the voice or Thierri stopped speaking. For the first time in his life he felt old and weak. “SOOO, what do you guys think of this” asked Freya. There was a pause then Deepraj said, “I think if what that guy said true, its pretty cool, I always was a sucker for a fantasy world.” “really!” Anmol said raising his eyebrow. Tobi was surprised the he didn’t push it further, maybe he also liked it but didn’t wanted to be obvious about it.
Emma said after a while, “Then are we going to stay or move the world.” “I still think I am high or something” replied Sid. Tobi looked at his face for a while and said, “why don’t we sleep on it.”. he didn’t think he would be able to sleep after that but he could not be bothered to talk right now.
That night he fell asleep as soon he reached his bed and slept like a baby.
Next morning Tobi woke up feeling better then ever. He checked his display and it was 10 in the morning. He decided to go down to prepare breakfast for everyone. When he reached the lobby, he could see Deepraj and Felix on couch with pillows on top. “oh, I forgot to give them blankets.” he said.
He ignored them for now and went straight to the kitchen and started cooking. Soon he was joined by Anmol. “I don’t think it was a dream then” he said. “well all we can do is wait now.” replied Anmol. “any ideas you got if this is all true” Tobi asked. “It doesn’t sound that bad to be honest and Emma and Deepraj were very excited for some reason.”
“We’ll talk about this after the breakfast” continued Anmol. Tobi just shrugged and continued. Meanwhile Anmol went to wake everyone up. And soon breakfast was ready and everyone ate in silence after greeting each other.
After a while Felix finally spoke up, “any thoughts, guys.”. “As I said earlier, I am all for it”, said Deepraj. “yep, me too!” Emma said smiling knowingly. “well then any of you heard the Voice of Reality that guy mentioned?” asked Sid. “nope” said everyone else in unison.
“So just to make sure we have all decided to go to this new world, and are not saying this due to some peer pressure.” asked Anmol. “yes man, don’t be so serious, live a little”, said Emma rolling her eyes. Everyone chuckled at that.
“I checked my display earlier” said Sid. “People are going wild out there, and still no comments by the government.”. “well after the unification they have been control for so long, that this might have circuited their brains.” replied Anmol.
Everyone settled down after that. Most of them started watching news and calling their family. Tobi went back to his workshop and started making some plans for a building and that’s when he felt another tug on his conscious, then some words appeared in his mind.
*%$#&*)(&)(*&)(*^&&&^%%%$$%
It was gibberish at first but soon it stated to make sense. Words became more readable and with a mental ding a screen appeared in his mind.
System Integration Complete
Voice of Reality integrated as a system due to native preferences