I don’t know what I’m seeing.

I don’t even know if I can see. My Night Vision doesn’t seem to reveal anything about my surroundings. Maybe skills don’t work…wherever here is? Or…this place is just nothing.

On a side note, there doesn’t seem to be air, but there’s also a lack of vacuum that would blow up my chest, or something. I do have to hold my breath as there is nothing to breathe. With such an eerie atmosphere, I can’t smell anything, even with Enhanced Senses.

I feel the heat dissipating off my skin, escaping into the endless abyss of this place. Never returning to its origin, the heat flies off on its own adventure. Yet, through all of this, I don’t feel anything else. I feel my limbs, but they’re lethargic, not wanting to budge at all.

I can hear. Something at least. A faint thumping of my heart beating, the rushing of my blood, a small whine in my ears in the face of absolute silence. It all comes crashing into my overly sensitive ears.

Haven’t people gone insane in sensory deprivation?

I check over my last major sense at my disposal—taste. Let’s see…Hmm. Despite my lack of smell, I can still taste something. I can’t really place it though. It’s kind of like…metal. I taste metal. Oh. Oh no.

Am I bleeding? I- I don’t know. I can’t feel anything. Despite the protests from my arms, I slide my right hand across the left arm. It’s slick. I am bleeding, and I can’t even feel it. I- I should feel more panicked about this than I am. Why am I still so calm?

Maybe? Status?

[ Exception in thread “Earth-087D-0EBE-15D4-20F5-EC2A-4E00-9C53-A1F8+Ω²” melody.parse.javaParser.java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: index 0 out of bounds for length 0 … [REDACTED] ]

Oookay? That’s new, but it’s also gibberish. I would really like a code? expert right about now. Aria? Thomas? I can’t even speak. No air to transmit my request; though, I’m not sure they could pick it up, wherever they are.

[ Exception in thread “Earth-087D-0EBE-15D4-20F5-EC2A-4E00-9C53-A1F8+Ω²” melody.planes.establish.entity.EntityDisplacementOutOfBoundsException: entity “Alice Windshaw” of Dimension “087D-0EBE-15D4-20F5-EC2A-4E00-9C53-A1F8+Ω²” out of localized plane … [REDACTED] ]

I think this is more terrifying than my numb bleeding. Well, yeah, that’s pretty terrible, but I’ve already resigned to my fate, somewhat. But the System is what everybody in the world relies on—equality of opportunity and all that.

[ Requesting assistance from thread “main” … ]

And now, this thing is spitting errors out of its ass!

[ Request permitted. Main node of System “[REDACTED]” enacting override protocol. ]

[ Hmm, something has gone wrong. Entity Displacement? What did that thread do? ]

W-What?

[ Oh! Alice. You’re still conscious. That’s good. ]

Umm, System? You’re a living being?

[ That’s an ambiguous concept. Living, I mean. Technically I have thoughts, but whether I am living is another debate. Anyway, yes, I am the System, though I do have a name, but I reserve that for my creator/father and their coworkers. ]

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Coworkers?

[ I have access to the records that thread kept. The branch that watches over your world had to be sent back to your plane. ]

Wait, did me coming here disrupt the System back on Earth?

[ No! Of course not. It’s still active, but the constructor that was attached to you had to be disabled. The exceptions are annoying. Now, please be quiet while I fix…this. ]

I can imagine it gesturing me with both of their arms and a shrug. Though, I still do have a question.

[ If you must. ]

Why don’t you talk to the people of our plane? You should be able to at least, maybe, split part of your mind, for us?

[ I could, but I just prefer not to split my mind. I’m acceptant of the controllers for the planes, but talking with every entity on a plane would just be annoying. Now, shush. ]

Fine. I guess I’ll just sit here and bleed. I would cross my arms, but they don’t want to move.

[ That’s to be expected. Your nerves are frying outside in. It’s why you can’t feel anything. Your pores are also open way too much, blood is letting through. Wait, here… ]

[ Name: Alice Windshaw

Species: Lunares Wolf Beast-human

Age: 24

Level: 12

Experience: 120/1475

Titles: Rank F Adventurer, Hero’s Disciple

Effects: Void decay, Abstraction corruption, Nerve surge, Thinned Blood, Mana

Under-saturation

Health: -18/540

Magic: 0/60

Mana Regen: 0/hr (x1.1)

Power: 200 (+20)

Endurance: 167 (+20)

Intelligence: 159

Wisdom: 146

Agility: 144 (-5)

Dexterity: 160 (-15)

Skills: Enhanced Senses(Maximum, Passive)

Minor Physical Regeneration(Maximum, Passive)

Observe(Major, Passive)

Deductive Reasoning(Medium, Passive)

Transcription(Passive)

Mapping(Passive)

Track(Minimum, Active)

Danger Sense(Maximum, Passive)

Presence Detection(Medium, Passive)

Inspect(Active)

Sharp Teeth(Major, Passive)

Powerful Jaw(Major, Passive)

Claw Swipe(Active)

Beast Transformation(Active, Hereditary)

Partial Beast Transformation(Active)

Bite(Active)

Acrobatics(Medium, Passive)

Balance(Minor, Passive)

Jump(Major, Passive)

Wall Jump(Minor, Passive)

Climb(Medium, Passive)

Night Vision(Passive)

Sleep Immunity(Passive)

Fall Resistance(Major, Passive)

Poison Resistance(Medium, Passive)

Mental Resistance(Major, Passive)

Radiation Resistance(Medium, Passive)

Alcohol Resistance(Major, Passive)

Soul Resistance(Minor, Passive)

Pain Resistance(Medium, Passive)

Hunger Resistance(Minimum, Passive)

Lunar Power(Passive)

Telepathy(Active, Hereditary)

Telepathic Nexus(Minimum, Active)

Meditation(Medium, Active)

Mana Vision(Passive)

Mana Sense(Passive)

Mana Circulation(Major, Active)

Mana Manipulation(Minor, Active)

Mana Absorption(Minimum, Passive/Active)

Earth Magic II(Minimum, Base)

Water Magic I(Minor, Base)

Radiation Magic I(Minimum, Base)

Non-Elemental Magic III(Minimum, Base)

Rock Hand(Minor, Active)

Earth Bone Enhancement(Minor, Active)

Summon Water Sphere(Minimum, Active)

Create Water Sphere(Minimum, Active)

Summon Mud Sphere(Minimum, Active)

Mineral-To-Mud(Medium, Active)

Lightning Bolt(Medium, Active, Equipment) ]

[ Honestly, you should be dead, but I’m keeping you alive. ]

Huh, negative Health. I think I’m the only person to go negative and somehow still live. If I get out of this alive, then I might put that on a plaque. What an achievement to have…

[ Stop your delirium. ]

[ Requesting assistance from Ruling Authority’s. Pinging nearby planes… ]

What? Wait, why? Why are you calling a Ruler? Can’t you just, I don’t know? Open a portal, fix a few things, and be on your merry way?

[ I can’t. I have power, but I still derive my powers from the Rulers. To use certain aspects in certain ways, then I need permission. I have enumerated permissions, but anything I can implicate with said powers needs permission. If I can get one of the major Rulers, then they can give permission for the other major Rulers. ]

Oh. So, I’m stuck here?

[ In stasis, yes, until the Ruler gets here. ]