The void.
That's all it was, black emptiness as far as the eye can see. Wait no there are... dots? Floating around in the distance almost invisable in the inky black background.
WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE. A powerful voice reverberated from all around me. Someone likes their surround sound.
Before you crossover to your new home i will explain some basics to you. You are all from earth ruled by the god terra, who has grown bored of your little world. They were going to destroy it and start anew when i offered to take it off their hands. No need to thank me your love and devotion is more than enough. As for what I’m going to do with you all, I’ve chosen to bring you all over to my world.
Now for the rules of your new world. The laws of physics are the same ones you knew but they can be altered and bent ever so slightly. I won’t spoil that surprise for you guys. Lastly every significant achievement you make will be awarded with points, these can be used to acquire things from me, your new GOD. You can buy just about anything you can think of as long as they obey the rules of the shop. You’ll all learn those rules when you gain access to the shop
Now let's begin shall we.
Okkkkkkkkkkk… then that’s something, so I’m either crazy or I’m about to be transported to a new world. Loving my options here. First time I’ve heard of a god managing an item shop though… ha Owwwwwwww.
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ahhh god damn it my head feels like it's going to explode.
"Fuck my eyes", "I can't see", "what the fuck was that", a series of agonised grunts sound out from around me.
Already aware of the pain to come I slowly allow my eyes to open before the light hits my eyes and all thoughts of delicacy fades from my mind. “MOTHER FUCKING CUNT, WHORE”. Fuck it feels like I just poured gasoline all over my face and lit the fucker on fire.
“Oh my fucking god this is horrible how could anyone bare this”. Damn it was I turned into a vampire or some shit. This is a load of ball crap. I’ve never had a hangover this bad. Is this because I made that item shop comment? Fuck you too then God!
No I did not cause your headache little man.
You're just bad at dimensional travel and tolerating pain apparently.
A blue screen just popped up in front of me. Wait hang on my eyes are closed how can I even see it. I guess it's in my head? ahh this isn't important right now I got to get up.
I pry my eyes open, and the scenery comes flooding in. My hands are resting in the cold, damp dirt, and my head lays against the hard roots of a nearby tree. I tilt my head back, the sunlight streams between the green leaves and it temporarily blinds me. I bring my hand to my face, attempting to shelter my eyes from the sun when I suddenly hear a rustling noise nearby. Right the voices from earlier.
A few meters away are 7 other people 3 males and 4 females. So a group of 8, I guess everyone was split up into groups to help us survive. Problem is I don't recognize any of them, in fact if this is real where the hell is my family! Okay stay focused one thing at a time let's work out what’s going on.
I force myself to my feet slowly and almost collapse again as the blood rushes from my brain, causing me to drop down to my knees. I place my hand on my stomach and try to keep my breakfast, wait did I even have breakfast? ahhh stupid stray thought, with an effort of pure willpower I force myself to my feet and retain the contents of my stomach. Whatever they may be.
I take a quick look around but don't really know what I’m looking at it. Just looks like a bunch of trees in every direction almost all of them are covered in some sort of moss. I have no idea what type of tree they are, I’ve certainly never seem them before. They're tall with few branches like a pine but thick like an oak. That's about the extent of my supreme knowledge of Dendrology.
Ignoring the trees for now I take a look at the group of people nearby, looks like I’m the last one to get up and everyone is talking to each other. I approach the group nervously and call out, "Hey guy's, I don't suppose you kn...”.
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"Black void, message from some god about a new world and a killer headache, no we know as much as you do". Interrupts a short balding man with a grumpy look on his face.
"Oh figures I suppose, I’m Tommie, or Tom for short." I reply. Thinking maybe an introduction will get the overweight Grinch to calm down.
A tall brunette steps forward and offers her hand to me, "I'm Kat don't worry about him, we're all a bit scared at the moment".
With a sigh the bald man steps forward offering his hand, "Sorry, I’m Crawford". Followed shortly by everyone else stepping forward and volley of names coming at me. Todd, emory marisa, cassandra no cassie ahh too many names. I've forgotten the names already.
I return a polite smile to everyone and jump right to it, "Hi everyone, so I don't know about you guys but I’ve got family and friends I’d like to find, so have we got any sort of plan for exploring this forest"?
"Wow you don't beat around the bush do you" Responds a tall masculine looking blond man. You wouldn't think for a moment this man had any problem getting ladies. "We've only been talking for about five minutes and barely introduced each other; you're going to have to slow down". Continues Todd? That was Todd wasn't it? If I was going to get transported to a new world why couldn’t it just be me and a super model.
Looking around I realise there’s someone from about every age group, a girl and a boy who look to be in their late teens, myself and the brunette in their mid-20s, a couple in their 30s and finally the baldy and a woman who looks to be in their early 40s. Although I’m assuming everyone here is in the same boat as me and knows no one here.
"Yeah sorry you're right. I guess if we’re stranded in the middle of nowhere, alternate world or not we should start by finding a way to survive. Can’t really say I have any skills that might be useful in the middle of a forest what about the rest of you guys?” I inquire. I’m a newly graduated University student the extent of my skills is cramming and drinking too much. Oh did I mention procrastination I scored 100 in that exam.
After a slight pause, the blone man from earlier steps forward. Taking a moment to study him i realise he's the most stereotypical hero type character you could come across. Blonde hair, with muscles on his muscles. “I used to go camping with my father and he had this stupid rule where you could only eat what you could catch. So I know how to hunt small birds using a sling, setup traps to catch small game like rabbits and skin them. He was paranoid about the government you know? Was always saying you had to be able to survive with nothing but your own two hands”. Wow just wow, what is that bullshit. At least I know who the hero of this story is. “Oh yeah and I also know how to fish barehanded in small creeks and rivers”. Continued the golden boy. Fucking cunt must swim through the mountain of pussy thrown his way.
After a moment of pause the 4th guy who’s mostly stayed quiet until now speaks up, “Well I don’t think anyone can compete with that”.
"I guess if there's nothing anyone else wants to talk about can we start talking about moving out to try and find other groups. Strength in numbers and all that you know". I reply keeping my tone as neutral as possible.
“What about that … place with the voice, did anyone else see those things in the distance” inquired the blond woman of the group, with the assets to go with the stereotype. If I’m right about those age brackets too it means the golden boy is one lucky bastard alright.
“You mean the other people”? Replies the eldest woman of the group, Jenni was her name same name as my sister. “At least I think they were other people, there was one near me a little girl that couldn’t have been older than 5. I hope she’s alright”. Damn all those things in the void were people wow I know there’s a lot of people on earth but it’s hard to really comprehend the real size of a number as large as billions.
“Wow ok that’s … odd, I’m not really sure what we’re going to achieve by continuing this discussion though. We’re just going to create more questions than answers. Why don’t we work out a plan or formation and head out like Tommie suggested”. Says Todd the golden boy.
Everyone looks around and shrugs, "We don't have anything besides the clothes on our back, so I can't imagine there is much to talk about as far as plans go" replies the balding man. After a slight pause he continues on, "I guess we could just pick a direction and start walking I mean it's not like we can get lost when we don't have any idea where we are".
After a couple of half-hearted mumbled agreement from everyone, the blondie with the muscles takes the lead and starts heading out. We all fall in behind him and start traveling in silence.
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About five minutes after heading out one of the girls starts screeching out, "Hey anyone out here", "HELLLLLLLLLLLO". What the hell I think to myself.
"Hey stop that we have no idea what's out here" calls out the brunette from earlier.
"What else are we supposed to do? We're stomping through some forest with no idea what we're doing. Besides animals are scared of loud noises". Replies the blondie with assets, probably the only assets she has judging by the way this conversation is going.
"Who said anything about animals? We're on another world, at least according to that voice in the void. We don't know what rules apply here". I butt in.
"Tom's right, we have no idea what this world is like and we should be careful until we have at least some idea" Says Todd. Before anyone else can say anything a roar filled with rage seems to come from all angles. The ground itself shakes. "RUN"!
Then the chaos begins, everyone starts screaming for a moment before bolting. The quiet guy of the group pushes me to the ground in his mad rush to get away. I fall face first into a pile of mud and barely have time to glimpse everyone bolting in random directions. That didn't last long, every man and woman for themselves I guess.
I take a quick look around and spot a small crevice in the ground that’s barely wide enough to allow me to crawl in. With a desperation spawned from fear I crawl toward the crevice getting myself caked in mud and dirt. Reaching my destination I turn myself so that my legs are facing the crevice. Then with a few grunts of pain I squeeze myself into the hole feet first and duck my head inside as trees in the distance start collapsing. Then something cold touches my left leg and the shock of being bitten spreads throughout my body. Fuck please don't be venomous. Then my whole body rapidly grows cold and I pass out. I barely have enough time to think “fuck I hate this world already”.