Happy Halloween!
[A/N: This is an AU, so there will be certain things that work differently than they do in the canon of the Grand Order of Destiny. For example, most machines in Chaldea need to be operated manually or at least need to be monitored by a team, however, in this Chaldea the vast majority of systems work automatically, requiring only minimal external intervention beyond the initial input.]
[ A/N 2: Depending on the reaction of the readers, I may or may not continue this story.]
[A/N 3: you think you saw something that shouldn't work, or that is simply against the Fate / Grand Order plot, remember that this is an AU and that there is a good chance that it will be an intentional change, and this can be explained later.
These changes can be a turning point in the story or simply a side effect because of the change in the plot.]
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I woke up with the feeling of hard and cold ground on my face, dizzy with ears ringing, I felt a twinge of pain in my head accompanied by the hot and somewhat sticky sensation in the back of my head,
I pressed my hand against it, feeling something like liquid, and brought my palm to my face.
My eyes widen slightly with dark crimson blood, my blood dripping.
with shabby legs I get up and look around, then I realize that I am in a place I did not recognize.
Looking a little further, I came to the conclusion that I was in what was probably an infirmary, but ... the place was completely destroyed as if a hurricane was going through there, stretchers, curtains, and medical instruments were scattered everywhere, completely ruined. She could also see some exposed wires that were sparking, indicating a possible fire.
But in the front there was a huge hole in the wall that led to a poorly lit corridor, the debris on the floor next to that wall indicated a possible explosion, she deduced from the angle of her vision that the force of the explosion had pushed it to the other side of the room towards the opposite wall, this explained injury to his head as well as the loss of his memories.
Leaning on the wall, she looks to the side and realizes that there was a huge window overlooking an isolated region, with snow that went beyond her field of vision at a distance she could distinguish contours from what should be mountains.
There was a snowstorm outside, she felt lucky because it could very well have been thrown through it when she heard the explosion. If the glass doesn't kill itself then the storm would have.
It was then that she saw her reflection.
Upon a more detailed inspection of myself I find in the woven pocket of the lab coat that I was wearing a badge with a strange symbol, declaring myself as a 'Chief Nurse' of a 'Chaldean Security Organization', that name alone sent signs of alert in my head, yeah I didn't know why.
Another thing that made me uncomfortable was the name described in the identity because that name gave me an ambiguous feeling as if it both belonged to me and not.
Kishinami Hakuno ...
Now things are officially getting weird.
Mine was awakened from my deep reflection by a sharp pain in my head, reminding me that I was still hurt.
Searching the place a little more, I found the items needed to perform first aid, and after treating my wound I decide to leave the infirmary because I saw no sense in staying there.
Passing through the hole I find myself in a long, futuristic-looking corridor. On the wall opposite the room I just left, there is a symbol identical to the one on my badge
That's when I realized I was completely silent.
There was no one in sight...
So I came to a terrible conclusion ...
Where is the team?
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During my search, I noticed 4 things after walking for 20 minutes.
The first was that the infirmary was not the only place destroyed.
The second was that this place was much bigger than I thought.
The third was that I was the only survivor of the explosion.
The fourth and that there was a lot that my body could take.
The sight of the victims' bodies in the debris was too much for me, the sight of the first body crushed by the rubble was enough to make me vomit.
After leaving this one, I look for survivors.
But...
I only found other bodies and each one was worse than the other.
Day 1 :
After what seemed like hours of searching, I was unable to find any survivors, so I decided to do three things. The first would be to locate the bodies and provide adequate assistance to the victims.
The second would be to find out more about the installation I was in, and why it was so important.
The last one was about writing everything in a diary.
The reason for this is twofold: the first is to not forget anything important and the second is to make sure I am not going crazy.
Someone has to doubt his mind after finding himself in an abandoned facility in the middle of nowhere, after all.
To summarize after getting my bearings and leaving the place I was, I looked for survivors for a large part of the facility, using a floor plan I found to prioritize the places I thought I was most likely to meet other people.
Facilitated by the pleasant revelation that my badge seems to grant me access to all the doors I have tried to enter so far.
This was due to the fact that the system recognized me as the only one with the highest position.
It was because of this that I discovered that the wristband I used had a GPS and vital signs detector.
It was also how I discovered that more than 200 of these bracelets were offline.
After not having been successful with this for several hours, I tried to do a brief survey of the places I thought I would need most to support myself and find out information about that place.
In addition, the medical box (or as it is called when it is part of a research center), which I found was one of the five existing in Chaldea, and mine was the closest to one of the canteens. from what I discovered there was a canteen, as well as a large kitchen and storage room with a wide variety of foods.
They had also stocked up on medical supplies, equipment, and books.
Although not many of the supplies are recognized, I knew that my chance of survival had increased so I just had to be cautious about using these supplies.
This would also include, in retrospect, Amazon foods.
Many servers and console rooms are scattered throughout the building. They seem to operate the facility, to provide an IT infrastructure that many research institutes would undoubtedly be envious of.
The last important thing I discovered was a library that seems to be divided into several parts, depending on the purpose of the books.
There is a General section, which appears to contain books detailing general knowledge that you could find anywhere, literature from antiquity to the present day, as well as any books that did not fit into the other sections.
The technical section has several topics ranging from "basic user knowledge" to "system administrator" and "latest IT research".
This section is the one that I had the most difficulty understanding, the more I needed to learn since the installation was in urgent need of maintenance and I was the only one to have to do this.
The research section is probably the most cohesive, as it appears to be comprised of books from all types of research fields that are practiced here, from mathematics to biology, and more.
The last section, however, is the one that got me thinking.
Magecraft. This section may be the largest here and, in fact, it seems to contain books that talk about all the ways of the occult and the supernatural. My first reaction was to assume that someone had a little fun and renamed their Fiction section; however, the General section also appears to contain a good number of works of fiction.
I also looked at several books, all of which were academic in tone, as if they were actually written with the assumption that the reader will study and research them, lacking any narrative that would be expected in fiction.
I was very tempted to take a closer look at this section, but I realized that there was a lot to be done and that I also needed to research the rest of the installation, so for now I would not move this section. After all, books will not leave here.
With that in mind and knowing my obligations, I prepared a list with 5 objectives.
1 ° Search for the installation.
2 ° Study the manuals.
3 ° Perform maintenance.
4 ° Discover Chaldea's objective.
5 ° Find out more about Magecraft.
After writing these goals, I went out to continue my research and found that the elevator was still working but was unable to open the doors on some floors. I believe that some rubble would block the doors, many rooms and rooms in this immense building focus on all kinds of strange research.
I just took a quick look at them, I felt that I would be at great risk if I got too close, in addition, some of this research was extremely unethical.
Reminder: get rid of the contents of rooms 226,281 and 356.
Reminder 2: Wear armor and a flamethrower in room 356, I don't know what that thing was, but I believe it's alive ... I can still feel youreyes in my direction.
After running back to the room that belonged to me, I decided to stay there and after taking care of my injuries, and before I know it I fell asleep.