It was a vibrant morning in Unitas City. The sun is shining down over the vibrantly colorful buildings. People begin to wake up and prepare for the coming festival. Meanwhile, a young man is lying in an alleyway. He lies there with a blank look on his face until suddenly he shoots up screaming.
“FUCK”
The young man clutches his head, seemingly in an intense amount of pain. A few minutes later, the young man try’s standing up. He leans on a wall for support. Gradually the pain he felt before begins to fade and as his eyes adjust to the sunlight, he can finally get a good look at his surroundings.
“Where… Where the hell am I?”
“Shit, I can’t remember anything. The last thing I remember was me and Mark going for another shot at the bar.”
Suddenly, the young man clutches his head once again.
“Damn it, this headache is killing me. How much did I drink last night? I gotta call Mark. Where’s my phone at?”
He reached behind himself and into his pockets and found a smartphone, which he quickly turned on.
“Whose phone is this? Shit, it doesn’t matter. I need to call Mark right now to find out where I am. "
Just as he goes to enter his buddy Mark’s phone number, he receives a call from an unknown number.
The young man hesitates for a second, but eventually decides to pick up the call.
“Hello is this Aster Reece?”
“Yes, it is. Who’s asking?”
“My names is Arlekino and to put it simply. Mr Aster, there has been a mixup during transfer.”
“A mix up during transfer?” Asks Aster.
“Yes, indeed, I can explain. However, before we do that, can you please describe your surrounding Mr Aster?”
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“Um sure. Hold on a second.”
Aster walks outside of the alleyway he’s in and looks around.
“I’m currently on a sidewalk on harbinger avenue next to a big river and several colorful shops”
“Alright, I’ll be right there Mr Aster.”
Beep!
“What the hell? He hung up on m-”
Suddenly, a bright light spews out of the alleyway.
From this bright light walks a tall man who looks like he just came from a carnival. His hair is teal, and he's dressed in a blue and purple cape, red and gold undershirt, black pants, and a tall dark blue top hat with feathers and emblems.
“Greetings Mr Aster. I am Arlekino and I will be your escort. Now then, do you have any question"?”
Aster stays still for a second, completely shocked by what happened before snapping out of his stupor.
“Um, yeah, I got a few questions. Where am I? And how the hell did you just do that?”
“Well, you are currently on the duelist planet, more specifically in Unitas city. And about how I did that before I simply summoned a portal and came here.”
“Wait, wait a second. What do you mean I’m on another planet? How the hell did I get to another planet?”
“Hmmm, it seems your memory still hasn’t come back. Hold on a second”
Before Aster can even react, Arlekino pulls out a long stick from his sleeve and sticks it into Asters’ head
“OWWW WHAT THE FUCK MA-”
Before Aster can finish his sentence, he feels an intense discomfort as his memory comes back to him.
“Are… are these my memories?”
“Indeed, these are your memories, specifically the memories before you died”
“Wait, I DIED?”
“Indeed, if you continue looking at you memories, you should remember.”
“I’m beginning to remember a bit. I had just won a local Yugioh tournament and then me and my buddy Mark went to a bar to celebrate and then we got drunk. We left soon after and started walking around until we got to a bridge and I started leaning on the railing and then—”
“And then you fell. Right down into the river below where you died.”
“I died? No… No, I couldn’t have died and even if I died, that still doesn’t explain how I ended up here.”
“Well, you see, Mr Aster, you were lucky enough to get chosen to reincarnate with your memory and because of this, you are now the chosen one of this world.”
“The Chosen One? You're not making any sense.”
“To put it simply, Mr Aster, we have tasked you to be the savior of this world.”
“Savior, I don’t know what you're talking about, but what about my mom and sister? They rely on me for income. They will become homeless without me.”
Don't worry, Mr. Aster. We'll keep your family safe. However, we should go soon since the natives here will start moving soon and they mustn't know about us. Now then, follow me, please.”
Arlekino then walks into the portal he came from motioning for Aster to follow.
Aster takes one last look at his surroundings before stepping into the portal, which then closes, leaving no trace that anyone was ever there.