Looking through the screen some of my questions are answered. I don't see anything I can use, so I try to go back through the door. As soon as I touch the handle I reappeared where I was standing before I left. 'Looks like the first time I entered was special.'. Remembering why I left, my head shoots to the right, where there is a large bush.
Slowly, I creep over, careful not to make a sound. I jump around the bush and lunge over, grabbing something. 'A rabbit?' It's a dark grey rabbit with grey eyes, seemingly harmless as it tried to escape. I was about to drop the rabbit, when a spear came straight in front of me, almost hitting the rabbit.
"Damn" I hear a voice say. I look over and see a girl, with pink eyes and dirty hair, masking the color. She is wearing a small skirt made from hide, and her whole body is dirty and slightly bloody.
Panicking at the sudden appearance, I jump back. "What do you want?!" I yell. "That damn rabbit! Been hunting it for days!" She yells back. With the rabbit still in my hands, I notice it's fur start to turn black, perfectly matching the trees. I squeeze tighter, realizing how hard it would be to get food here.
I walk over to her, cautiously, and watch as she pulls out a small bone knife, drooling while staring at the rabbit. When I get close enough she eyes me warily, before stabbing the rabbit through the eye. See the blood almost reaching me, I drop the rabbit, making her panic from what could be an attack.
Calming down, she asks "Where did you come from? I've been here for months, with no one else" She has an oddly high voice, not too high though, and from up close I see she is heavily muscled. "I don't know. I just got here fr-" it try to tell her about the room, but my mouth stops moving, breathe stuck in my throat.
She eyes me before saying "Since you caught it, it would be unfair to not share. Come" She starts walking off, grabs her spear, and walks deeper into the forest. We walk for a few hours in silence, and reached a small clearing. In the middle was burnt wood, and a few logs across the ground, like a campsite from earth. "Where are we?" I ask, drawing her attention. "The Black Forest, obviously. How did you even get here without knowing that?". I look at her, confusion clear on my face, as she starts to skin the rabbit.
See as I'm still confused, she elaborates further,"This is the Continent of Efto-site, we are in the middle. The entire forest is walled off, so only special attack teams are let through. My team got killed a few weeks ago from a monster attack. The only way to leave is by killing enough monster."
Learning that she is from a team of professionals, and not a random forest person, my anxiety is relieved, and I take a seat on a log. Seeing me naked, she grabs a spare skirt and throws it to me. I get dressed quickly, embarrassed that I was naked in front of the girl. Looking around, I ask "How many monsters are left?" Considering a special team got killed, I didn't want to stay here for two long.
"Before my team died, we got about 1000, so about half. With just us-can you fight?". She stops mid sentence and asks. "I don't know, I don't remember much before the rabbit".I answer honestly. "Hmm". She contemplates for a few minutes, before say "If you can't fight, than at least a year before I kill the remaining 1000". Shocked by this, I stare at her confused, before she finishes preparing the rabbit. She expertly cuts it, lights the fire, and starts cooking. After eating, she sleeps and asks me to watch for a few hours. 'If she was alone for so long, she probably didn't get much sleep'. I stay up for the night, wanting to test a theory.
When she wakes up, she stretches, and I mutter, "Return". I wake up on the floor of the room again and start to stretch as well. I stay there and plan my next move for almost half an hour, before going to the door again. I noticed that I was still wearing the skirt in the room. When I returned, she was still in the same stretch, seemingly unaware that I was gone. 'So time stops?'