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Where Am I (2)?

David's eyes opened slowly. His gaze met the sky, and he immediately sat up, wondering if he was still at the starting point. Fortunately for him, he wasn't.

He was at the peak in the desert, and the beast's carcass was fastly rotting. On it read an interface.

"Scorpo. Abilities — lethal venom

Reward — lethal venom (fangs)."

He looked at the fangs a few metres from him. He put a few facts together and realized they had killed him. He mentally scrolled for his regeneration and he had 9 left. He had nine lives and had just lost one for touching the fangs.

"I don't know where I am, or where I'm headed, but I'll be damned if I let something else with these get me again." He muttered and got up.

He stored the fangs and groaned. He was down to three Swords, and one axe.

"Stupid." He muttered, proceeding forth. Before him was what seemed like the end of the desert. It was connecting to a forest.

If there was anything in the forest indicating life, a way home or anything other than the vast emptiness of death, it would be progress.

He continued at a regular pace, with memories slowly returning to his head. His name is David Hart, he had just turned twenty one. His father was the head of creatives for the company he worked in, and he worked in creatives.

He remembered nothing more after that.

He stopped. Before him was the forest. It looked small from a distance, but in reality, it was vast.

"I hope this is worth it." He said and walked inside the forest.

At a far end stood a silhouette figure watching him. Interested, the figure kept up with him from the distance, and he, lost in thoughts, was oblivious of the figure's presence.

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David got to a clearing in the forest and settled down. It had probably been hours since he stepped in there and was hungry.

He looked at his options in the store and was frustrated, he needed food, not just fruits.

Without a choice, he picked a bunch of Bananas and began eating. He also took a pouch of water and drank quick, heavy gulps.

"Refreshing." He stated, a huge sigh of satisfaction escaping his mouth.

He heard a twig break and he suddenly selected his sword. It appeared in his right arm and he stood ready.

Suddenly, a little monkey ran forth and stopped in front of him. It looked surprised to see him, and he did too.

He took a Banana and threw it at the monkey. It picked it up and bit through it. Suddenly, a large mouth appeared from nowhere, swallowing the monkey.

David froze, that was horrific.

He heard a loud roar and a huge step resounded before him. He looked as a beast on two legs stood before him.

He recognised it, albeit from a movie he had seen as a child.

It was a Dinosaur, a T-rex.

He wasn't ready for another fight, and he wasn't outrunning this monster.

He made for inside the forest amidst the trees and bushes which constantly knocked him around. He hoped the T-rex was too big to follow and to his surprise, it was just crushing every tree in its path. He suddenly stopped. He was at the end of the road. There was nothing but a deep layout of trees thousands of metres below.

"Fuck." He muttered. He turned and made for another angle but was stopped by the T-rex's presence.

He wondered if he could just stab it with the fangs and kill it. The disadvantage, he thought, was his own death too, and he wasn't going to risk losing another life in a situation he had just began.

Determined, he gripped his sword and dashed forth. The beast attempted to bite him and he dodged around it's head, striking its neck with his sword.

It roared loudly and its tail struck David, causing him to crash into the floor. The force felt like he had been hit by a truck, yet he was alive. He stood and ran from it. He wasn't going to kill this thing without dying.

He stumbled onto a tree stump and fell, his bones sounding with a large "crack."

"No, no, no." He muttered, grabbing his right knee.Just when he needed to survive, he was going to die again.

"What the fuck is the use of this force resistance then?" He screamed. It still read at 100%.

The beast now closed in on him slowly. He held his breath, hoping it would lose its focus on him. It didn't.

Suddenly, its face was met with an explosion, throwing it off balance. Another explosion occured at its legs, causing it to fall. A humanoid figure, it's additional features hidden in the sunlight appeared and jumped on the T-rex. Instantly, it stabbed its eyes, then dug its sword into the T-rex's chest, killing it at once.

The figure got off the T-rex and walked towards David.

"Don't fucking come close, I have weapons." David threatened, pointing his sword at the figure, now revealed to be in a huge cloak, totally concealing their identity.

"I'm not here to hurt you." They said and he went numb, it was the first time he was hearing a human voice since he woke up in the nightmare.

"Who…who are you?" He stammered.

The cloaked figure removed their cloak, revealing thier self to be a lady with bright red hair, made in two braids. She was dressed in leather armour and had a quill of arrows on her back and her sword's sheath slung by her waist.

"Youmust be player one." She said with a hint of eagerness.

"Who are you?" He asked again.

"You're the player." She said again with a shriek of excitement.

"Player one, I am Colleen, and Welcome to the game. I know you have a lot of questions, but don't ask now. Come with me if you want to live and I may, or may not knock you out, given your reply." She said once more, and stretched her right arm towards him.