I opened my eyes, to which I was greeted with nothing but complete and utter darkness. It was strange. I felt as if my eyes were open and yet it looked as if they were still closed. I blinked a couple times to confirm my suspicions and the scenery remained the same. 

Eventually, after staring into the darkness for quite awhile, I began to see a white dot in the distance. The dot began to grow as it came closer and, although it took me a while to see it, it looked like a man. No, it didn't just look like a man, it was a man. He looked to be tall and lanky, wearing a full-white suit with a black tie and black belt. Every step he took seemed to be taken with a grace I had never before seen in my life. He had a stone look on his face as he was looking at me as if he was staring through me, looking at something beyond me. When I stared at his eyes I saw a black silhouette of myself staring back at me. I tried to open my mouth to speak to him only to discover my voice was not there. 

The man sat down at a desk that I had not seen earlier. The desk was pitch black but his almost glowing white suit allowed me to see its silhouette. I tried moving forward to confront the man but found that I could not move. The man took out something that seemed to be papers from out of the desk and set it down. 

"Final Judgement: Purgatory," spoke the man. 

'Final Judgement: Purgatory?' I thought to myself, wondering what that could mean. I came up with many ideas of what was going on and at the same time many questions also popped up. Is that God? I'm dead right? Why Purgatory? I don't remember being particularly good or bad in the short time that I was alive. However, before I even got the chance to answer any of my questions, my consciousness fades. 

error...error...error #%^@*

...cannot undo...

Rebooting...

Gr@nt1ng Guid3 a$ Comp3ns@ti0n

3... 2... 1... 

When I awoke, I witnessed one of the most surreal scenery I had ever seen in my life. The ground was black, although, suffice to say, not as black as wherever I was before, it was more similar to coal in both color and texture. There was ground where the sky should have been and by simply looking straight ahead I saw what should've been the sky. However, rather than being blue, it was grey. There also didn't seem to be anything similar to the Sun here so I wonder how this place receives light.

'Is this Purgatory?' I wondered. Snapping myself awake from the amazement that I had lost myself in, I tried to get a grasp of my situation. First, my name is Cain and I went out for my morning run like I usually do. Then, I was kidnapped. I got to admit, I probably should have seen the signs. I mean the car was following me for quite a while and I was pretty suspicious of it. Well, nevermind that since I'm dead and all now. My parents should be able to take care of themselves. I hope they don't miss me too much. I mean after all I was planning on moving and leaving them after I graduated. I just didn't foresee that this was how I was going to leave them. Well anyways after all that, I was shot and then I met God. I think? Finally, he sent me to Purgatory for some reason and now I'm here. 

'Why am I so close to the ground?' I asked myself. As I tried to stand up and found out that I couldn't. My legs were gone! My arms were as well! What the!

Congratulations! You have discovered [Cain]! 

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[Cain] is a [Debreater]! 

'Woah! What's this?' I said as I looked at the floating, glass-like screen that had appeared before my eyes. 'Debreater?' I had so many questions and no answers. 'What is a Debreater?' 

[Debreater]

[Physical Traits]: small, hairy, black, has two small white eyes, round

[Description]: Debreaters are small creatures that live in Purgatory feeding on the small debris that float around using small mouths that they have on their hairs. They are mainly ignored by the bigger creatures who live in Purgatory but other smaller creatures tend to hunt them as snacks. One of the weakest creatures in Purgatory.

'This thing answers me!? That's helpful.' Hmm, so you're telling me I'm this thing called a Debreater. Okay, okay. WHAT!! You expect me to take that lying down(I mean I am lying down but that's not the point)! Not only that but there are also bigger creatures here as well as creatures that want to eat me! I don't know if this is either really cool or really not cool. I mean I'm dead right? I can't die again, right? I should calm down. 

A couple minutes later...

Alright then, now that I've calmed down a little, what else can you do blue, floating, glass thingy. As soon as I said that something pops up in front of me.

[Menu] [Character] [Skills] [Inventory] [Quests] [Achievements] [Help] [Options]

'Oh my god! It's a game menu in real life. Woah!' I stand(not really cause I can't stand) shooketh as I stare at the menu. I very quickly press [Character].

Name: Cain Lee  [1] Race: Debreater (???) Age: 15 min Health: 100% Stamina: 100% Mana: 100% Strength: 101 Vitality: 103 Defense: 101 Agility: 112 Intelligence: 1539 Wisdom: 1203     Points: 100

 'Holy Cow! Is this real! This is pretty cool!' As I think to myself. I eventually lose myself in looking at my stats, 'Are those high or low I wonder. They look pretty high.' Also, I wonder what those question marks mean.  

Due to me being so distracted, it surprised me even more when I finally realized that there was something that was casting its shadow over me. When I finally turned around, I saw a big black dog looking thing drooling over me. The dog had four completely white eyes, two being on each side. 

Congratulations! You have discovered a [Purgatory Hound]

'Shit'