The world went dark and I felt like all the fibres of my body were being pulled and pushed apart, it didn’t hurt mind you, time seemed to pass slow and at the same time it felt like it only took a second for everything to happen, and then as quick as it started it finished and I was there.
Where is there you ask me? No fucking clue. But there I was, in all my glory, I had chosen the Extreme difficulty against all my good judgment. I wondered how many people would choose it and If I would come across any of them… Looking at the screen it made me somehow hopeful, the risk seemed high but the rewards seemed worth it.
I dismissed the window quickly so I could look around, scared something would jump on me or worse, looking around I was in a glade, a clearing in the middle of a forest, all I could see around me were trees and they didn’t seem that alien to me, they were all tall varying from 45m to 65m with long branches, as trees tend to be, the leaves were of a blueish ton. Well I guess that was a bit different…
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It seemed to be around 11 am as the sun was shinning bright in the sky, the weather agradable, not too hot nor too cold, with a nice breeze coming through the forest, glancing around made me realise I was wearing something different to what I had been wearing, instead of shorts and a loose t-shirt, I was wearing a loose white cotton shirt, and the same material of pants with a sandal. Very odd.
Apart from the trees and the weird peasant clothing, there was nothing in the clearing but a big triangular black stone, as I’ve touched it a screen appeared startling me.
Looking at that, made me think two things, one was that I didn’t have much time in the Safe Zone and I would have to eventually find somewhere else safe to stay, the second thing was, I would have to leave the clearing and fight whatever was out there. I felt troubled and confused, I sat down looking around and I couldn’t see any creatures, or anything for that matter which was reassuring, because I had absolutely no idea how to fight or anything to fight with. That’s when reality hit me, I started thinking things through, I was in an Alien Planet as far as I could tell, no one around, no idea what to do, I shouldn’t have chosen this difficulty, what the fuck have I done, I’m no hero, I’ve got into fights before but they weren’t life threatening.
I started feeling a sense of impending danger, my heart started pounding faster and I was sweating profusely, then my hands started shaking, I knew what was coming, I was having a panic attack…
After 20 minutes passed, I started feeling slightly better, while I lied down in fetal position on the ground I heard what seemed to be stream of water coming from behind me, at last I had water nearby.
I sat down and my brain started working again, sluggish, but my thoughts started coming back to me slowly after a couple minutes of deep breaths. I was aware I was in a safe-area but realization really came to me that I was protected for at least a week so I shouldn’t have to worry for now and I felt like I somehow had overlooked the triangular black stone and it had more to offer.
