Strange beasts and monsters... secret treasure hoards, undiscovered wealth, mystical places, unexplored frontiers.
"The mysterious unknowns" ... there's magic in such words for those captivated by its spell.
They are called "Hunters."
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March 3, 2013 11 PM
"I'm getting sleepy. Should have bought coffee in the gas station earlier."
My name's Silver Curtis, I'm a truck driver. Today's my 25th birthday but my manager called me for a same day delivery. I should be on leave but my co-worker called in "sick" for the day. Yeah, right. If I know, he just wanted to ruin my day.
Unable to refuse, here I am going 160 in the highway where I have driven hundreds of times in the past 2 years hoping to deliver these tissue papers by 11:59 PM. Seriously, who would order this much of tissue papers at 8pm with a same day delivery premium!
Drowsy as I am, i played my favorite band in the stereo.
"It start's with, one _____.
I don"t know why.
It doesn't even ____ how hard you ____
Keep that in ____.~~"
I sang along as I rock my head to the beat to keep me awake. Knowing I'm nearing the hill i slowly lift the gas pedal and stepped on the brake gently.
Hmm. I stepped on the brake slightly further.
Hmmmmmmmm. I released and stepped on the brake a little heavier this time.
(O.o").. i stepped on the brake furiously!!!
"Noooooooooo. Why is this happening to me!!!" I shouted as the truck crashed on the railing and fell to the cliff.
"Booooom"
I opened my eyes and find myself sitting in an all-white room. A table in front of me and a young blonde man around 20 sitting opposite biting on the eraser of his pencil. On the wall is a logo with "Truck Soul Delivery".
"FINALLY you are awake! There has been a mistake. It shouldn't be your time yet." He says.
"Excuse me? What do you mean it isn't my time yet?"
"It means you should have lived for another 50 years in your little apartment as an otaku waiting for one piece to end only to die 1 hour before the spoiler of the last chapter to hit the site."
@_@ "One piece will take another 50 years to end? And if I shouldn't be here then why am I here?"
"Your co-worker should be the one scheduled today. As my first assignement with truck soul delivery, I planned how he will go very meticulously for today. I planned it on your birthday because you will be on leave so I went to Amazon and ordered 1 million dollar worth of tissue paper on same day delivery."
"Never would have I thought that you will be the one driving instead. This is a mess. I'll get fired on my first assignment."
"I know, I'll deliver you to another world and.. and then I'll drive a truck on the room of your co-worker." He muttered.
"Really? I read so many transmigrator novels to know where this is going. I want to go to the one piece world!" I hastily said.
"You pleb! One piece is too perfect for you to destroy. I'll send you somewhere else."
"Noooo, please let it be one piece. It's my favorite manga!" I begged.
"How about.... No. Bye! Bye!"
"Noooooo~~"
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March 4, 2013 8 AM
"This is your morning news. In an unfortunate accident, a truck fell on a cliff last night while going 160 on the highway what it looks like trying to finish a same day delivery. The driver Silver Curtis is currently missing and the authorities are trying to locate him. The rescuer said that chances are slim but they will try their best. On a separate accident, his co-worker also died last night in an unusual accident with a different truck with an unregistered company called "Truck Soul Delivery". For some unknown reason he was struck by a truck on his flat on the fifth floor. According to witnesses they saw a young blonde man escaping from the scene of the accident. The police are now looking for him and the owner of the truck company."
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"In the new world"
March 3, 1993 11:59 PM
"Noooooo~" i shouted, the next thing I knew I'm in the middle of the night in a burning village. Bodies lies all over the place. I could feel my hair standing.
The only sound I can hear is the sound of burning huts. The smell of iron and smoke permeated the air and led me to a coughing fit and teary eyes.
I looked around and found one distinct characteristics of the corpses. Everyone have their eyes gouged out. (O.O)
"This... this..." I closed my mouth in a hurry and ran away crying to the edge of the town and to the forrest. I don't know what's happening at the moment but one thing I'm sure. I don't want to be caught by the one who did the massacre. And I'm not sure why, but my tears won't stop flowing.
I ran and ran and ran some more. I ran to the last of my energy and blacked out.