I looked at the lifeless eyes before me. They were filled with tears and emotional pain. Her mouth was still moving, trying to say something… and yet, she couldn't manage to do so.
Reaching my hand out, I tried to grasp her. Comfort her. Tell her that everything is going to be fine. But I couldn't. My body wasn't responsive. I can't move.
Then blood filled my entire vision. I couldn't see a thing. Red. Red. Everything is red. Like it should be.
After a few seconds of staring into the silent red abyss, there was a flash.
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I opened my eyes, staring into the ceiling. It was white and spotless, clean to the point where you could eat food from it.
I thought about what I need to do today. Visiting my parents. Honestly, I really don't want to do that, but apparently something happened and I need to come.
I sighed, thinking about all the mental pain this little visit is going to bring. Getting up from bed, I looked around my room. As messy as ever I see. There were clothes strewn around my wooden floor, a few cans of soda underneath my computer desk and my gaming chair seemed to have fallen on the floor.
Sighing, I got out of the room and into a 4 meter hallway. I went to the door which was right in front of me and opened it. After getting inside, I took a toothbrush from a shelf above my sink, sterilized it with some water and put toothpaste on it.
Since I was finished with my daily routine, I went back to my room and put the chair back under its legs. Sighing, I plopped down on the chair.
Damn, I really do sigh a lot. I turned on my computer and started searching games to play. I didn't find anything interesting on my 'Stem' account. I sighed once again. Seems like I need to find something new.
I took the time, scouting the internet, trying to find a hidden gem that can appease my great appetite for gaming, until finally, I found something interesting.
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It was a strange little game which was posted on a forum for gamers. The game was called 'Nareoi'. It is a little RPG with a player base of about 400 players.
From the description of the game, I found that it is a game set in a fantasy world. It has five main races , the elves, dwarfs, fairies, high humans and humans. Pretty generic and unoriginal, but still does it's job.
The game is set in the medieval era of Europe, again, really generic and uninteresting. But what is peculiar about the game, and the thing that especially caught my eye was the warning that was written to anybody trying to download the game.
The warning stated: 'WARNING: BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE GAME, PLEASE CHECK THAT THERE IS NOBODY IN YOUR HOUSE.'
Now, this sounds like a warning that would be placed in a 18+ game. And honestly, I don't care much. I could get some excitement, and that's all that matters in games.
And so, I clicked 'Download'.
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A few hours has passed of watching 'ITube' videos, waiting for the game to finish downloading. Time went at a snail's pace, and I was already impatient when there was a slight 'ding', indicating that the time has finally come.
I opened the game, and found myself in a normal video game menu. I clicked the 'New game' option and waited for it to load. A few seconds later, and a cutscene started.
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'Hello, hello! To the wonderful world of Nareoi!' said the voice of a young woman while the computer screen was displaying a planet, rotating in space.
'This is not your ordinary world… This is a world of magic, mysteries.. and blood.' The screen zoomed in, into the planet, and showed 5 different continents like a map. The most central continent was the smallest one, it's color was black. The continent to the right side of the map was the biggest one, it's color green. All the other continents were making a circle surrounding the small black one. The three continents were all yellow, and have the same size.
'Blood.. blood is everywhere. No one can escape it.' The woman bluntly said as the screen changed to a sight of a battlefield. Corpses were lying on the floor, weapons were embedded into the ground, and the blood. The blood was everywhere. It was an absolute carnage.
'This is not a simple and peaceful world. No, it is the world of conflict and battle.' The woman said in a sad tone. There was a picture of a peasant, protecting his daughter from a monster on four legs.
'But, there is always beauty to the horrible.' said the woman determinedly. The screen showed a beautiful forest, the morning shine coming through the leaves of large majestic oak trees, shrouding the forest in an everlasting shadow. The mushrooms and different exotic plants growing on the soil.
'This is the world of Nareoi. Do not let the abyss consume you.' said the woman in a robotic voice. The screen showed nothing but… red.
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I looked at the screen, slightly surprised. I wasn't expecting something so realistic looking. Honestly, I'm impressed. Now, this just makes me more excited to try the game out.
I cracked my knuckles and took a deep breath. Character creation, here I go.