p r o l o g u e
[ The world has strayed too much from God's plan. Therefore He will take action and offer humanity one last chance to redeem itself before He will cleanse it Himself ]
Those were the written words everyone across the globe saw at the same time ahead of them. Some thought it was a joke, others blamed it on the stress and exhaustion, but everyone faced the consequences of the words the very next moment. And then panic met worry and anxiety while anger and confusion bustled through the sea of people finding themselves in an entirely different place in the span of mere seconds. Crying and shouting took place amongst the minority of the people upon seeing the luminous figure above their heads. An eerily beautiful entity which held a disgusted expression upon seeing the humans, his sets of wings fluttering gracefully before looking down on the waves of souls under him.
" Silence. The mouths that dragged His name through dirt have no right speaking. " His voice was as melodic as an orchestra playing their most soothing song, making everyone's hair stand on its ends. " This is the Tower of Sin, a befitting place for the corrupted souls to begin their journey of gaining the right to be forgiven and ascend the Tower of Virtue " The entity never revealed himself until the end of his explanation that he carried on with the same tinge of annoyance and disgust as he showed in the beginning. Vanishing from their sight immediately afterwards. Leaving the humans perhaps just as confused as he found them.
Moderator. Was how everyone thought of him in shared silence as a window screen opened in front of all of them. In front of each toddler, adult and elderly without discrimination. Fairness falls short when you put the terminally ill in the same boat as the perfectly healthy, and remains unseen by blind eyes filled with selfishness.
[ Mission : Reach the top of the Tower of Sin within the allocated time to be saved ; Failure to do so will result in your soul being beyond forgiveness and will dissipate from the carcass that is the human body, resulting in an immediate death.
Time : 1.460 days ]
At the sight of the semi transparent screen, and after all that had transpired in less than 10 minutes, many thought they were dreaming. That perhaps they went crazy. Few were the people that could discern the situation with calm. And even fewer still those that decided to take action right away and separate themselves from the herd of disbelief and uncertainty.
But there she was. Orin. A small adolescent, who, without any parent by her side, began striding across the overpopulated area where everyone was presumably put by the moderator. A slight smile of satisfaction on her face as the thought of the sinners getting purged sat in her mind.