For a moment, everything was white. Then, it went all black. Suddenly, My eyes were forcefully opened, revealing harsh sunlight and a green meadow, with a straw practice dummy in front of me.
After getting my bearings, I looked at myself, wondering where I was. To my shock, I looked nothing like my usual self. I was shorter, my hands were smaller, and I was also holding a sword. Suddenly, I heard a voice from off to the side.
"Davis, what's wrong? You suddenly stopped swinging your sword... Davis, why do you look so confused?"
I turned to look to see who was speaking. There, standing about 10 feet away was this young looking girl, maybe 13, with black hair and blue eyes. She was staring at me with a worried look.
Knowing immediately what was going on, being the person who watched too much t.v all the time, I decided to try something risky. I adopted a look of panicked confusion, like I was just kidnapped. Then, discretely bringing my sword to my head, I knicked my forehead slightly, just enough to draw blood. Finally, I dropped my sword slowly, and acted like I was sick.
"Wha-? H-hey, I don't feel so..." I said, pretending to swoon slightly. I noticed my voice was higher and younger sounding Then it was normally. Using all the best acting I could, I dropped to the ground, making sure to hit the ground face first. It did no real damage, I barely even felt it, but to anyone looking, it would seem like I just collapsed for no apparent reason. To sell this lie, by cutting my forhead, I could make it look like I hit my head hard enough to draw blood.
I was hoping with everything I had that this new world's people weren't super resilient and that this would look normal. My prayers were answered.
"Davis? Davis! Mom, Dad! Come quick, Davis is hurt!" The girl yelled, looking panicked.
'So, I now know for sure that I am this Davis. Who is this girl though? Is she supposed to be my sister or something?' I thought to myself, trying to quietly asses the situation.
A moment later, two people who I assumed to be her mom and dad came running. I couldn't make out their faces, but I was able to hear them enough that I could tell they were panicked, just like the girl. The presumed father came up to me and slowly turned me around. I couldn't tell what exactly he was thinking, for I kept my eyes closed. I did however hear his gasp of shock and horror, so I attributed that as him seeing the now smeared blood on my head.
"Davis, can you hear me? Do you need help?" The father asked worried
'What kind of movie cliche question is that? Is this was a real accident, if course I would need help!' I thought, but obviously didn't say because I'm not an idiot. Either way, that question was perfect for the next step of my deception. I slowly open my eyes, like I was just waking up from a very long nap. I looked at the man, pretending to be confused.
"I- what? Who are you... Who's Davis?" I said, looking as confused and pathetic as possible. Viola, my two step plan to playing an amnesiac. Now, I just need them all to buy it.
The man looks at me for a moment with face full of fear. Then, his look morphs into a face full of despair. He knows instantly that I don't recognize him in the slightest, so he's forced to believe that I really did get amnesia and that I am unable to remember him. That's all true of course, but not because of amnesia. Either way it seems like my plan worked. Now, I can ask stupid questions I would normally be able to know if I was actually Davis. I could learn about the world at my leisure.