INCTINHA (Chapter 1)

[Sublevel 114]

Do you even lift?

Unknown being tries to understand environment and its current state more.

It can't see anything.
It can feel cold metal ground under him. It appears it is... lying. Lying on some horizontal surface.

It tries to... get up?

Carefully, it lifts.



And after some time, it succesfully stands on his bottom limbs.

Ugh.

It can feel small pain. Or not pain. Just... some discomfort in his body.

After discomfort is gone, being stood still again, trying to see or to hear anything.

He can't see anything.

He can hear... small flow of air.
Yes, he can feel and hear small flow of air.

Being makes deep breath.

It is good to be.
Be.. alive?

Yes, I'm alive.
But where I am? What am I doing here? And why?

However...
What did I expected to see or hear here?

I don't know...
I don't know anything...



WHAT SHOULD I DO???

[ENIHCAMBUS]

Command: Follow the small flow of air.

[Sublevel 114]

Command: Follow the small flow of air.

Unknown living being don't make any move.

It don't want to move anywhere.

What is placed outside area of ground where he stays?
What absolute darkness is hiding inside it?

What if it makes any move, something NOT-GOOD happens, and it won't exist anymore?



It starts to shiver of fear.

[Vortex]

Command: think of any happy thought to calm down. It looks like there is a source of light somewhere because part of the screen is a little clearer, see if you can inspect it.

[Sublevel 114]

Command: think of any happy thought to calm down.

What should I do?

What should I think about?

I have no any thought except standing still.

I have no ANY memories: not good nor bad, not happy nor sad...

The only happy in this situation is...
I'm alive? And still exist?..



...somewhere...



After some minutes of standing without any move, it calmed down.

I can continue to stay here for long time, but what next?

Maybe after some time something will happen, and change my current situation?
Maybe.. but to what side? To good or to bad?[/i][/b]

Creature shivers again.

Again... what can this darkness hide? Is anything else there, except me, cold surface, and weak flow of wind?



Maybe I will do something wrong...

but now I want to do something except standing in one place.
even if something bad will happen...

I WANT TO KNOW MORE THAN NOW. MORE THAN NOTHING.

it looks like there is a source of light somewhere because part of the screen is a little clearer, see if you can inspect it.

Being can't see any light. Pure darkness everywhere around it.

But he finally decided to make a move. In direction, where its eyes watching.

And creature carefully makes first step, into absolute darkness.

Low sound appeared when it landed its lower limb on the ground,and spread around creature.



Something told creature that it was itself who made this sound, who made this small... echo?

Creature makes another step. And more. And more.
Nothing changed. The same darkness everywhere. The same metal ground under it. The same echo sounds...

Until...



...its left upper limb touched something

[Vortex]

Command: check for any signs of danger. If it's all ok, continue carefully touching and inspecting that thing.

[Sublevel 114]

<sorry for delaying. Work, and then weekend outside of city.>

Unknown creature steps back, scared and prepared to meet something bad.

But seconds later, after scare is gone, being realizes it touched something familiar. The same cold, the same not-living surface... Something metal.

It finds courage to carefully touch unknown surface again and inspect it.



The same metal surface...
It seems it covers all left side of this... place. As it covers bottom of this place. well, at least, in area where I am walking right now...

But what is it?.. Where I am?



One minute later, creature decides to move forward.

Carefully, it moves through the darkness, following the metal wall, feeling it with its upper left limb.

Until...



...everything became lighter?

[Vortex]

is that a bunny? O_O

Command: check for the source of light.

[Sublevel 114]

is that a bunny? O_O

you will find out in next sequence.
:3

Command: check for the source of light.

Creature forgets about self-safety, and run to source of light, trying to leave the darkness ...

[Vortex]

hey, I said "check", not "run to" o_O

Command: try to escape from the anglerfish!