Where you are standing right now determines your future. There is an unbelievable amount of potential you can unlock by just being in the right place at the right time. This is the power of "Positioning", believe it! and if you close your eyes you will see lights flowing around you. These are possibilities waiting to be realized.
Grab them and they will come true.
5 PM in front of appartment 404 stands three gang members knocking loudly on the door "Open up or we'll force ourselves in!" Today is the day when the loan sharks will collect their money.
Across the street on a balcony of an empty building hides Snail Spriggan a simple highschool student. Young, unemployed and no skill set he is convinced tonight will be a cold night. "I guess thats it, I'm losing my appartment tonight".
Helplessly he watch as the men break into his appartment and take whatever belonging he had left. "Why... why... why me..." he knew there was nothing he could do. Reaching into his pockets he pulls out a couple of coins. It's just enough to buy a cup noodle for dinner.
Standing there he witnessed the sky turn from orange into black. Below him streetlights light shine like stars in the sky. But his hands, "My hands..." Snail looks down, It's shaking. Is it hunger? perhaps. But predominantly he knew this was fear.
Fear of uncertainty...
Fear that he will meet his demise once he steps in the light of the street lamps. He knew these loansharks were unforgiving, but in order to survive he had to borrow money from them.
Hours pass and the shivering intensifies "I need to eat soon..." If he wasn't already skipping meals these past days for certain he would have just slept away this hunger.
"I cant bear it anymore" he said to himself. And off to the convenience store he went not thinking of the dangers that lie ahead.
Sneakily Snail walked to the store avoiding open areas. He filled the cup noodles with boiling water but shortly after the sound of bells rang. Its the door opening, and walking inside are the gang that he is trying to avoid.
"It's him!" Shouted by one of the men.
Before even taking a sip of the noodles Snail ran outside the store barely avoiding the grasp goons. Not knowing where to go, he just ran and ran and ran. He ran until his legs gave out. Unfortunately his efforts were not enough to lose the pursuers.
At last exhausted and nowhere to go, in a dark alley Snail falls down on a pile of garbage bags. "Ah... right where I belong" He mumbles to himself.
Delirious and falling out of conciousness he can vaguely see a silhouette of a man closing in on him holding a knife.
"Snail common lets play!" What is that he thinks... it's a young girl's voice calling me.
"Snail lets play!"
"S-stella?!... Is that you? Where am I?"
Snail looks around and couldn't believe his eyes, he finds himself in his old village. "Wait whats happening, t-t-this is...why am I here?" His hands were small as if he returned to being a kid. And the town was everything that he had remembered.
It seemed like he was back in time. "Don't tell dad I asked you to go, I'm sneaking out to avoid doing my homework" Stella excitedly tells Snail.
In his mind he realizes: "Thats right... Stella's clan are the ones who run our village. Mother, Father, I wonder how they are doing. I want to see them."
Looking at a distance "Ah our house is that way"
Soon they found themselves in the playground where they used to play alot as a child. Such nostalgic feeling but for some reason something doesn't feel right.
"Is it the weather? I don't know...." It seems dark clouds are looming though as Snail is pondering about this.
Slowly the sky turns from grey to red, Snail realizes that today is the day everything fell apart. With a solid gaze to her eyes and a firm hand on hers Snail mutters "Stella I have to go home, something is happening in our town"
"Let me come along" She responds.
As the two head over to town they come across a hillside overlooking everything. "Look at the sky what is that?!?" She points up with her short stubby finger. An unexplainable being decends from the sky while all the villagers run amok in huge panic.
By the time the children got to town, everything was already burning. Houses smoldering, people both severely injured and dead can be seen everywhere, the streets soaked with blood. It's not the sights any child should ever witness. And in the center of it all The monster itself, bigger than anything Snail has ever seen in his life is standing right in front of his eyes. "Run!"
"Please help us... Please..." It was familiar voices screaming in agony Snail could hear begging for help. Auntie baker, whom he thought made the tastiest bread in the world. Uncle blacksmith, whom he thought made the coolest armor in the world. The smiles that they once had will never compare to the anguish that was seen on their faces on that day. One can never forget this kind of trauma.
Screeches from the monster was so loud that whomever hears it falls down on their knees. Thunder continues to resound in the sky but it does not compare to the sounds of the earth each time the monster moves.
"Snail I'm scared.... let's find somewhere to hide" Stella clings her arm tightly on Snail. Inside the armory they went and under the table Stella hid "Hide here for now Stella" Snail said.
On a stand there was a decorative armor set for children that Snail had always admired when he was a kid. He knew it was time to put it on.
"Stay right here and don't make any noise"
The view was horrific as Snail exits the blacksmith, most capable men has already been wiped out in battle. There were only two people left keeping the monster at bay. The village chieftain and the village priestess, Stellas parents. From afar it seems thet they are also badly injured, it was clear to Snail that they were fighting a losing battle.
No matter how much Snail forced himself to move, his legs would not cooperate from the sheer terror of the situation. It is when he locked eyes with the monster. Without any warning the beast hurdles right into him at lightning pace. Before he knew it he was already thrown into the sky and slammed to the ground.
"Come here, your fight is with us", called the chieftain. And so luckily the monster got lured away.
Not long after the Yurica family butler appreared looking for Stella. Almost losing conciousness Snail could only muster to move his finger pointing in the way where Stella is.
Snail could only stare at the sky, he is unable to move. He only hopes that he will also be rescued.
But nothing...
Hearing footsteps slowly fading into the distance he knew..."They left leaving me to die"
"Wait where am I"
Out of nowhere Snail finds himself standing in a dark space filled with an immense number of flying lights. It seems everything is suddenly calm. "What is this..." He asks himself. There are countless scenarios playing simultaneously inside each orb.
It felt like he is standing under a great wisteria tree witnessing flowers fall down to the ground.
"But what if I touch it?"
In a particular orb Snail sees a great battle has been fought but in the end the monster has been felled. "This one perhaps..." he stretches out his arms to reach the orb and...
...Grasp!
Sverely wounded and have already lost an arm, the chieftain calls the priestess "I'm at my limit, there is no way for us to defeat this monster. There's no other way but Stella..."
The priestess nods and understands the situation, "Dear lets proceed with the inheritance ritual"...
On the brink of despair, when all seems lost, when heroes are torn down. This is when miracles happen. "May you have a great future Stella... We love you..."
Suddenly lightning strikes Snail, but because of the body armor he was able to survive the strike. "Gaspppp!" In his hand Snail has been holding a steel rod and is now overcharged with electricity which can pierce through anything It wants. He could not believe his eyes, now his body is flowing with adrenaline and can move despite all the injuries. Finally his mind filled with rage for the destruction of everything he loved. Snail threw the lighning spear as hard as he could to the monster creating a shockwave that rips through everything it touches...
"Thats right I have that power"
Slowly regaining his conciousness Snail can see the gangsters slowly walking towards him. "Don't worry if you have no money, you can pay us using your organs." Their knives reflect light to my Snails eyes, "It's like a beacon..."
"I need to get back to that place"
[Firetruck]
"This is the end... I cant move..."
The gangsters started to laugh menicingly as they approach, imagining how much profit they are gonna make from selling Snails organs to the black market. "Hahaha-haha-ha-ha" They even started to do tricks with their knives.
And as the gangsters draw closer a familiar sound is heard. It's a Siren.
"Shit the breaks on this thing is malfunctioning..."
CRASH!!
Snail opens his eyes and sees the three gangsters sandwitched between the firetruck and a wall.
"Gasp... W-what happened"
Moments go by until the police arrived, "So here are the victims, four people are injured including the fireman who was driving the truck. Hmm is there anybody else in the vicinity...?"
"I guess not.."