The man starts to pick up the things on the ground left by the monster.
“Agh...Nothing useful…” The man said and then looked at me.” What is a low level Dreamer like yourself doing here in the Blue Forest?” He pauses,”Don’t you know that only levels 15 and above are able to survive here?”.
“Dreamers…?” I responded in a low voice confused. The man starts to examine me.
“Yeah, they are people of this world like you and me there are millions of us, since this place is huge. This place is like a MMORPG game, you get on by sleeping and you get off by waking up… Of course its not as simple as that, but that is most of it.” He starts thinking but continues.”The Dreamers can complete missions and defeat monsters to level up.”
“Since you are a beginner you must not know the shouts of this game, go ahead connect by saying dream connect.”
I hesitate,”D-dream connect!” as I finished saying it, a huge word appeared in front of me, that said,”Welcome.” I look back at the man, and this time I notice something that wasn't there before. There was a green bar over his head with the name “Markus” over it.”Im guessing your name is Markus?”I ask.
“Just call me Mark” he responds with a smile on his face. “ now look at me and say Analyze”
I did so and to my surprise screen popped up, in front of me. I took a few step back but the screen still followed me. I begin to read what is on the screen.
Player InfoName:MarkusAllignmentGood 5%Level:18Class:BarbarianGender:MaleTitles:DeterminedFame:25-
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“Now that I think about it, you don't have the beginner armor and weapon... Boy, How did you get here?” He asks still checking me. “I dont really know… I just woke up here…” I respond.
The man thinks for a minute and says, “Well, it is strange for people get on at this time. They usually get on late at night when everyone is sleeping… Unless you are a very dedicated person who wants to get stronger. But you dont know how you got here… Did you sleep in the real world?”.
I think for a second trying to remember what I was doing before I woke up here, but nothing.
“All I remember is being in my friend’s car driving to a party.” I said while still thinking.
“The only way to get here is by sleeping or something of that source, but you didn't sleep… Going to a friend’s Party you said?” he asks me as I nod. “By any chance are you near Philadelphia?”.
My eyes widens, “How does he know this, is he someone I should know?” I think to myself.
“Do I know you?” I ask.
His thinking face turns into a frown.”Boy, before I got on this dream, I saw something on the news… A group of drunk kids, got into a car accident on the highway, some are in critical condition. they were in a 1997 Nissan Sentra”
My heart stopped.”No. No way! How?” Memories begins to come back. I start to remember, me and my friends driving on the highway when 2 white lights appeared out of nowhere.
Markus looked at me with a sorry face and says, “Well at least you are not dead, To be in this world you need to be alive in the real one. Come lets go to the nearest town and we can talk about this.”