You slowly open your eyes. You are greeted with unnaturally dark trees and a green sky. It seems like you are lying on the ground.

… 

You attempt to raise your upper body. You breathed in heavily as you closed your eyes and moved your head slightly down.

“Oh?”

You hear a voice. You quickly raise your head and see someone standing.

They are wearing a plain white shirt, plain white pants, and black shoes. They have dark purple hair and very pale skin with some shade of purple. Although they are far away and you are still trying to focus your vision, it seems like some mist, which shares the same color as their hair, is coming out at the end of their sleeves. You dare not to question that, not now at least.

“Seems like a new person has been transported in.” They say with a straight face as they stare at you dead on the face.

…

“There’s a town nearby, maybe you can get help from there,” They point to the left. Without anything for you to react, they left.

…

You stand up and look to where they pointed. They said there was a town if you went that way.

…

Before you start your adventure, you look around your surroundings.

…

Everything doesn’t feel… right.

You feel this dreadful atmosphere as you observe. Like earlier, the sky was weirdly green, not the usual blue. The trees are dark, but as you look closely, they seem to be coated by some kind of dark green jelly-like substance. With caution, you avoid touching it. You look at the ground and see the same kind of thing splattered all around. You would be careful, they look weird and out of place.

…

“But I didn’t come here only to be intimidated by some odd things.” 

You start moving, confident that you can get somewhere.

…

You walked for a few minutes, thinking you could reach the town. You begin to think you are actually lost and the person earlier was just leading you to nowhere.

…

However, not all hope is lost as you begin to see tiled rooftops and stone fences. As you walk out of the woods, you are greeted with a village full of active people. Though the weird substance is also splattered around and the villagers don’t seem to strike a concern.

Your new objective is to ask. 

You step into the area and see a village girl facing the other direction. You walk closer and ask, “Hey, can I ask for some help?”

…

No response.

“Hello, uh, can I ask for something?”

Again, no response. You think it is weird, they’d usually answer after being interacted with.

“Excuse me, I’m asking here.”

And then, “Hello,” she was still facing the wrong way but she seemed to answer.

Getting that response, you said, “Yes. Uh, can I ask where I am?”

“Hello. Do you need something?” The village girl didn’t answer your question.

Confused, you repeat yourself, “Yeah, can I ask where I am?”

“Hello,” She repeats her words.

… 

Suddenly…

“Hello. Hello. Hel- Hello. Do you- Do you- Hello. Need- Do you- Some- Hello.” The village girl’s head starts twitching.

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You step back out of confusion. You see the nearby village people turn around slowly. You observe that something is not right about them… all of them are covered by the substance you saw from the forest. They start walking to you, reaching out their hands to you.

The village girl also starts to turn around and see her face disoriented from the goo. She twitched heavily while also repeating her words. You start to realize, you don’t think they’re safe to be around. 

The other villagers started speaking in the same manner, as the village girl slowly raised her hands. 

“What in the world is going on?!” You say out of fear.

…

You feel your right hand being grabbed. You look quickly, thinking you have put yourself into danger.

“Quickly! Follow me!” You see a girl as she holds your hand.

Panting heavily, you say, “Let’s go!” as you prepare to run. She tightly pulls you away from the village girl and starts avoiding the villagers in order to find a safe place.

You see a house with an open door. You both got in and instantly shut the door. You place yourself at the door to form a barrier.

You try thanking the girl, “Thanks, who knew what could’ve-”

“You shouldn’t touch anything! You shouldn’t have talked to them!” She interrupts you as she catches her breath.

Once again, you are confused. You move away from the door a little bit as a precaution.

You try to reason out, “Wait, here me out!” 

…

You take a good look at the girl as she looks at you. Her height resembles that of a middle school girl. She had a white loose ponytail and a red beret hat that goes well with her red and black dress and brown boots. She was also wearing a medium brown side pouch. 

You thought she was familiar.

But you regress, “I just got here.”

For a bit, the girl stays silent. “A reincarnated? No, I think a reincarnated person wouldn't look like a grown man, unless?” The girl says as she puts her finger at her chin.

You simply didn’t say anything, letting the girl process.

…

She faces you and asks, “How did you get here?”

“Well…” you stutter, “I was transported here.”

“A summon?” she whispers.

“Who did you see first when you got here?”

“Well, there was someone who was wearing full plain white clothes, pale skin, and purple hair but they seem to be very emotionless and also have some purple things coming out of their hands.”

She responds, “Them…? Well, I know that they have summoned someone before, but why would they summon you, let alone during this time of the year.”

“I don’t think I was summoned here, I was simply taken into this world,” you clarify.

Surprised, she says, “You mean as gods got you here?”

“Yeah, let’s put it that way…” you nervously grin.

…

Seems like her emotions have changed to a more joyful note.

“I cannot believe it, gods exist! And they’re here to save this world!” She gleefully exclaimed.

You are still confused as to what is going on here, “I still have no idea what’s going on.”

“Ha? I’m pretty sure the gods would provide context,” her face changes to an unhinged one.

“Haha, yeah, the ‘goddess’ didn’t really tell me anything,” Your grin extends.

“Well, if that’s the case I’ll just have to put it simply…” She breathes heavily and says, “This world has gone downhill.”

…

“Look! This is not the best place to explain. We need to get out of this village first!”

Though you didn’t get the right answer, you took her warning. “Alright, what do we have to do?” you say.

“Move out of the door,” she instructed and you follow..

She opens her palm and points her hand to the door. You see light slowly coming out at the end of her arm.

It looks like she was charging up a fireball.

“Wait!” You said in concern, “What about the villagers?”

She sighs, “These people are beyond saving.”

…

You feel a shiver out of that response along with even more confusion, but you stay silent.

And then…

Boom!

She shoots a giant fireball to the door, creating a big hole in the house. Anything that passes the fireball has been turned into ashes.

She faces you and says, “Let’s go.”

You nod.

As both of you step out, she points to an empty path for the both of you to escape to.

…

But someone holds your right arm.

You quickly look and see the village girl you’ve met before tightly holding your hand.

“I-I haven’t help-helped you! You!”

You threw your left hand to her face and pushed her away, throwing her to the ground. You see your arm covered by the substance and put your left hand to it.

“Hey!” The other girl was away from you and in front of the forest, calling you out to follow.

You ran as fast as you could, ignoring the fact that you touched something dangerous.