Third time´s the charm… I wake up again

And feel horrible. Feverish and dirty

“What the heck happened?” I mutter while holding my head

I look down at myself and notice something´s strange

Not only am I sitting there cloth less but also on hard, rocky ground

Then I realize another strange thing

My body

My… body?

The hell? This is not my body.

I look at my arms, then at my legs and finish at my upper body

Everything is… small

What? Why? What´s happening?

For some time I just sit there, confused, my mind hopping haphazardly from one thought to the next

…

After a while I slowly but surely come to my senses.

So in summary, I´m apparently in the body of an around 10 years old kid and my now to shoulder reaching hair turned from brown to a deep black.

Or those are the changes I notice for now

At least I didn´t swap genders…

I touch my arms, then my face

Then I pinch my face

“Ouch”

As surreal as it is, I´m apparently not dreaming

But then, what happened to me? Where even am I?

I can´t think of at anything at all. I for real don´t have a clue

But what I have a clue about is that I´m starving

This hunger is driving me nuts. I´ve never woken up in this condition before

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Standing up I wobble my way to the only lightsource which I assume is the exit of this place

My entire body is instantly covered with goosebumps as the temperature drastically drops

I turn my head and to all sides see nothing but enormous trees

Then, as if it were clear as day, I suddenly remember what happened

I had been on my way to school, it was raining

The next moment I know I wake up and almost freeze to death.

Thank god I somehow made it to this cave

That explains why I feel feverish

The rain and cold really got me yesterday

Even now, although it stopped raining the temperature hasn´t risen at all

But I need to go out there, I HAVE to find food

Never before in my life was I as desperate

I don´t exactly know how bad my fever is at the moment and how bad it were to become if I wander around outside, I even feel like some plants could easily be covered by ice

But then again, I don´t know what´s worse

Wandering in a chilling forest while desperately searching for food I most likely won´t even find

Or starving to death.

…

“Haaaaa” I exhale loudly

I place my hand on my forehead to get an idea of how bad my fever actually is

“It´s hot”

“Current body temperature: 38.9 degrees Celsius”

Oh ok thank you

Wait what? Come again?

“Current body temperature: 38.9 degrees Celsius”

…?

Brain not working do

What is this? Where did it come from?

“Information can be attained through the skill [Appraisal]”

Oh my god it´s in my head help

Excuse me kind vocie, could you please kindly leave?

…

Hello?

…

I know you´re there! Talk to me!!

Oh no is that what they call schizophrenia?

“Mental state: Schizophrenia could not be detected”

There you are! Why didn´t you answer me before?

…

DAMN YOU YOU LITTLE PIECE OF---

No

I take a deep breath-

You said you could provide me with information right?

Answers to my questions count as information you know?

…

You´re really fucking around with me, aren´t you?

Fine, I give up

It doesn´t seem to be able to hold proper conversations

Not that there is anybody to talk to anyways

Whatever

As far as I see, I´m able to learn about my condition now

I have to be grateful for that alone

38.9 degrees is pretty serious, but during the talk I´ve already made a decision

Hunger prevails. I need to eat something, anything

The voice called itself “Appraisal”, right? Sounds useful for the search

The problem is if it really is useful, I have to figure out more about it

Okay let´s try this:

“Show me information on [Appraisal]!” I shout a little too loud into the woods

“[Appraisal] – active skill – Explanation: Ability to appraise and gain information on the target of [Appraisal]. This skill is also able to deliver information on the condition of an individual. Only can appraise targets in view.”

Ha. Ha ha. Thank god

I was so worried nothing would happen… I mean, about discerning what´s edible and what not of course

But if this works how I imagine it to then not only will my food-problem be solved, but many others too

And when I am back to full health again I will just search for some people!

Then I can reunite with my family and escape this crazy situation!!

“Ow ow my head” (Aria)

Got too excited there for a moment

For now I don´t even know where I am

If I changed bodies like this there is no way to tell what other surreal things may happened

Worst case I could be far away from any kind of civilization

And even though I have some help from this… voice, I could die off easily here

Although my chances are much better than they were a few minutes ago

Let´s search for food!

With that, I depart from the cave