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Within a pitch-dark ally way, the sound of hard rain pouring down was the only sound that could be heard all around.
In a corner, between two overfilled dumpster bins one could see a small figure of a pale young man crouching down back against the wall with his head between his legs panting hardly.
With an oversized pelt coat being the only protection from the hard rain, only tight-fitted gym clothing could be slightly recognized underneath.
As if his thin body wasn't proof enough of the hard life he was living, his eyes looked like someone not longing for the embrace of this world, but yet was Holding On by a thin thread.
With the rain showing no signs of slowing down, Troy pulled the bread from the worn-down pelt coat he had moments ago almost lost an arm to steal from the bakery store around the corner.
This was his first meal from morning and probably would be his last considering his condition.
Without the slightest hesitation, he shoves it into his mouth.
'At least tonight it's still moisty warm and tangy...this will have to do for now', Troy thought as he gulped down the last of the bread.
As if to never let it slip his mind for an inch of a second there was a countdown timer showing in his field of view regardless of how dark the ally was reminding him of the dreadful unknown ahead to come.
[User is awaiting to enter the Void]
<< '19' '18' '17'...>>.
"Find him! He couldn't have gotten far. That half-dead sewer rat! Stealing day after day from me, today will surely be his last!"
A loud voice could be heard from around the corner of the ally closing in on the dumpster bins.
With nowhere to go Troy knew this time, he would be fuck. well, that's if he didn't know he was going to disappear any moment now into the Void.
[User is awaiting to enter the Void]
<< '11' '10' '9' >>.
"There he is! Behind the dumpster!" one of the guards shouts as to signals for the others to surround him.
"Finally! You disgusting sewer rat, today will certainly be your last!"
The owner of the store shouted as he appear arrogantly from behind the guards like a predator closing in on prey they already know that was doom.
A devilish grin materializes on Troy's lifeless face as he said his last words. "They aren't that good"
And just like that, Troy vanishes into thin air.
[User is awaiting to enter the Void]
<< '2' '1' '0' >>.
The guard's eyes widened in confusion.
"Who would've thought a sewer rat would also be chosen, well it's not like where he's going is any good. May he never return from the void."
Just like that, Troy was gone.
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[Welcome to the Void]
The familiar sound of the unknown voice whispered into his head waking Troy to his senses. He was surrounded by utter darkness in a space by himself.
"Uugh! My head hurts, where am I?" Troy thought as he slowly try to stand to his feet.
"Is this the void?" with no knowledge of where he is, Troy focused on the glimmering light in front of him.
[User Status is being appraised by the Void]
[User will be given a final appraisal once returned]
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Within the glimmering light, Troy could see information about himself that he wasn't even aware of.
Troy was left on the doorstep of an orphanage with nothing but his full name on a pendant which he never takes off.
After being kicked from the orphanage his life mostly revolved around stealing to survive, and he was a very good one too.
Playing video games was a luxury for those in the upper society and not for people like him from the very bottom, if it wasn't for that fact he would realize these game-like mechanisms.
Otherwise from glancing over his stats, he didn't put too much effort into anything else, Afterall he was not sure where he was.
The familiar voice resounded in his head once more.
[User will be transported to the 'Uncharted shores']
[Good luck traveler, May you return from the Void]
With that, the huge expanse of darkness disappeared.
*Splash*
A stinging sensation burns his eyes as realizes he was next to the sea laying on the shore near the ocean.
"Water? Where am I anyways?"
Even though it was nighttime, Troy scan his surroundings with much attention to detail as much as he could while he tried to make it further away from the ocean shore.
Something didn't feel safe about this water, and he wasn't going to lay around to find out.
At least not right now.
However, he was stopped in his tracks by what he saw next in the distance Infront of him...