I lay awake on the fresh green grass patterning the forest between the trees and bush, pondering life while looking up at the night sky, about how much light pollution there is in the large cities, and how it's impossible to see the night sky past all the high-rise buildings. I'm glad I came camping, some would say I'm a fool for camping alone with nothing but a backpack of supplys and a tent, not including any kind of food. I would say it is worth it, without a shadow of doubt. Sure, I may have been hungry and had to wrestle a bear to eat for dinner, but it wasn't all that bad, all things considered. People always called me a martial arts freak and I didn't really understand why until I felt the smile on my face while thinking about how to redirect a bear's paw and use that inertia to throw it on the ground before mercilessly slaughtering it. The roasted bear was nice though, could use a little salt but what can you do?

Before I could grab the next skewer on the open flame, my mind was intruded and interrupted by the most divine voice speaking in a language I have never heard, but could understand, and it whispered right into my mind,

I felt my mind contort, and my body warp and transmute against itself in a way that did not feel like any kind of way, like a bizarre mix of pain and warmth, destruction and recreation and when it stopped, I found myself in an unfamiliar geographical landscape. Blue grass littered the area, no trees to be seen with the naked eye and it was only the blue grass along a slightly hilly landscape. Around me were ten other people, who I have never seen before we seem to have been chosen at random from across the world. Before we could try communicating to eachother, a beautiful statue made of marble with silver hair and eyes descended before us. The statue moved, as if it were a mechanized version of greek statues, and it opened it's chiseled jawline and spoke to us in the divine language.

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"Welcome humans, we realize you are the dominant species on your planet, and because of that you will be the race that gains The Awakening of all those on earth. I am an envoy of the universe itself, tasked with giving information to newly awakened races. I have no name, but if you must refer to me you can call me The Milky Way, or just Milky for short. I would reccomend preparing your mind, because I will telepathically deliver The Awakening to you, as well as the knowledge a beginner should have in this new world." and as the statue, or Milky, said this, he performed a large sweeping motion with his arms and a magical dust flew out from his arms covering the crowd of people.

Mist soon covered me, as I was in the back of the group, and when it reached my face and I breathed it in, only to feel a pulsating, hurting feeling in my head. I could feel each bit of information enter my head like a computer downloading a file. Each word I could feel scrape agains my mind as it embedded itself into my brain. I gasped for air, only for none to find its way to me, and I clutched my throat falling to the ground being unable to catch any air. As swiftly as the feeling came, it slipped away just as felt and I had to take a moment lying on the ground, arranging my thoughts and what information had dug its way into my head.

I knew what was happening, I knew I gained the knowledge to speak divine, and so did everyone else judging by everyone around me also being keeled over and holding their throats or heads, I think a young boy passed out and was currently drooling on the ground.

Milky talked to us again, "Now that you have the necessary knowledge to survive, you will be putting it to the test. This area is a tutorial dungeon, and here you will gain practical experience and you must clear it to be put back on your home planet Earth. Good luck".