Zander's life had always been a little off. He would constantly find himself in locations that he shouldn't have feasibly been able to get to. When he was seven he ended up in the next town over. When he was 9 he was found 3 states away from his foster care home. As he got older he would end up in random building with no recollection of how he got there. By the time he was 17 he had gotten used to it. He had stopped by a convenience store on his way home from work to grab a drink and some snacks. It was when he was about to be home that it happened, he fell unconscious for a moment and when he opened his eyes he was elsewhere.
Zander stood up surveying the surroundings. A vast field of slightly luminescent scarlet colored glass. A few trees scattered about broke up the monotonous red of the grass, though there wasn't much else to see. The glowing red fields were a sight to behold for him, albeit confusing. These weren't sights he was used to in the states, but he was used to ending up in weird places and just figured he was in some natural wonder. The only thing that confused him was the lack of any human presence. There were no roads, nor buildings around for as far as he could see. The only reason a landscape as beautiful as this one wouldn't be monetized would be because of dangers.
Doing a quick 360 to see if there was a direction that would be better to head towards he saw saw a forest densely packed with trees. It appeared to be around a 2 hour walk from where he was standing, and he quickly made his way towards it. He luckily still had his grocery bag from the store which had 3 bottles of water, a package of teriyaki beef jerky, and a chocolate covered granola bar. It wasn't much but at the very least he should have enough to find a nearby human settlement to bring him home.
~2 hours later
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Zander felt exhausted. The sun beat down on him unrelentingly. He was still only halfway on what should've been a roughly 2 hour walk. He felt like he had been walking forever, but his phone told him it was still under 2 hours, just at the 1:50 mark. He had eaten the granola bar as a snack earlier, but it wasn't enough and he was seriously regretting skipping lunch today. He vowed that once he got back he would never skip lunch again.
~1hr30m later
He had managed to arrive at the start of the forest. The sky had begun to darken around 30 minutes prior, and there wasn't much light left. He checked his phone, Only 56% battery, and still no reception. The possibility that he was not even on earth had crossed his mind a few times and was growing even more likely. The trees grew an odd hue of blue, and the grass grew red. The lack of cell reception when most places on earth now had it was another red flag. The fear of that shook him greatly, if he was no longer on earth there was a very slim chance he would survive with the materials he had. He was running on an empty stomach and only had a pack of beef jerky to eat, not to mention he was down to one and a half bottles of water. He thought, and he thought and he thought, but it didn't help so he pulled himself together because he didn't have much light left and he at least needed a shelter before dark. He gathered up as many sticks as he could, weaving them in a basket pattern as a sort of makeshift wall. By the time he had finished this one there was only the dim light of the moon, which turned out to be green. Definitely not Earth. Propping his phone up against a tree with the flashlight on he continued to work. He didn't want to waste his battery this early, by it was necessary. Constructing two more makeshift walls he placed the corners against the other wall corners and leaned them against a tree. Getting underneath his creating, he realized that he had wasted the last few hours and these did nothing for protection against wind, water, or anything for that matter. He was immensely hungry though, so he ate half the bag of jerky and fell into a deep sleep.