On a makeshift raft, floating amid the endless expanse of the ocean, a young man lies seemingly unalive on a plank, the rhythmic sway of the plank seems almost like a lullaby concealing the changes in the world around him and the adventure he is about to embark on.

...

Amun opened his eyes slowly as the ray of light from the sun disrupted his slumber, filtering through the blinds of his windows.

'Did I forget to close my blinds?' he thought as he stirred around, and opened his eyes.

He expected the familiar sight of his room, only to meet with the blue skies above him.

'How did I get outside?' he thought turning away from the sun only to come face to face with water.

A surge of panic suddenly engulfs him, he blinks and then instantly stands up.

"What the hell?" he expressed loudly, scanning the horizon.

"Where am I?" he looked around and not only could he not find anything familiar but all he could see was water in every direction as far as his eyes could see, with scattered debris like barrels and boxes floating around and beneath him was a raft that looked like it was barely clinging on to life.

He was in the same clothes he had on yesterday, a polo top, jacket, trousers and socks but no shoes which didn't come as a surprise as the last thing he remembered was arriving from class yesterday and jumping on his bed to read some manga before getting up to make dinner.

He must have dosed off only to wake up and find himself here.

He looked around this time taking more details about his surroundings. He could see different things floating in the water. They were boxes, leaves, wooden planks, barrels, clothes e.t.c and in the middle of all this he stood in a plank that seemed to be on its last life built out of planks and ropes.

"Is someone playing a trick on me?" he pondered loudly

"No, that's not possible they'd have to break into my house" he expressed replying himself

He had no family or friends he could think that would pull this prank on him.

"Am I dreaming?" 

"No, it doesn't seem like I am," he said as he hit himself in the face

"Plane Crash?"

"No, I can't afford one"

"Alien Abduction?"

"don't be stupid Amun."

"Transmigration?"

"Too much Manga"

While he was trying to figure out where he was and all the possible scenarios as to how he got here an interface suddenly popped up in front of him. It was translucent and blue like the ocean.

[Welcome Player to Aqualize]

[Aqualize is a planet made 95% of water and 5% of land]

[The ocean is your location]

[The raft is your home]

[Survival is your goal]

[For more information, please access the player interface on the Z.A-Watch given to each player]

[NB: Put the watch on in order to use it, some previous idiots died because of this]

[Goodluck, you'd need it]

[Batch number 013,457]

Just like its sudden appearance, it disappeared. He looked around on the floor of the raft for the watch but found nothing, so he searched himself and found it in his jacket pocket.

It looked like a smartwatch with a screen and bottom to turn it on. He put it on and turned it on only to feel this prick in his hand.

"ouch"

{Welcome player 013/457}

{Register}

He clicked on the register

{How will the player like to give commands?}

{Voice} {touch} {Thought}

He selected {Voice}

{Register voice}

{Say HELLO AQUALIZE 5 times}

He followed the instruction

{Voice Registered}

{Enter code in case of a problem with voice recognition}

He created a code and entered it

{Enter player name}

{Amun}

{Will now proceed with downloading ZA version 1.0}

{Downloading... 1%}

[Welcome to Aqualize interface Amun, Say Menu to view the menu anytime you need to.]

'Menu' he said and a blue translucent interface appeared in front of him.

[Player info]

[Inventory] 

[Workshop]

[Chat]

[Market]

[Rules]

Version 0.15