'Where is this?'
Extremely confused and now wide awake, I look around, in the very foreign room, I have found myself in.
I'm currently sitting on a worn ordinary bed, that's not mine, in a cottage like room, I've never seen before. A small kitchen in one corner, and a table and chair set in the other. On the table, of all things, is what looks like a seers crystal ball.
I have been staring for about a minute, trying to think of any reason I'm not in my bed, in my room, on my parents farm.
'Have I perhaps been kidnapped, but I'm not bound, unless the doors are locked, also who would go all the way, into the country to kidnap someone who 25, are their targets not usually younger women, I guess, I wouldn't know what such people think.
Can you even kidnap someone from their bed in the middle of the night without waking them.'
I shake my head and look towards the doors, one being beside the bed I'm sitting on, and the other beside the small fridge.
I stand, and try the door closest to me. Grasping the doorknob only just managing to realise it's won't budge, when a transparent blueish screen appears in front of me.
[System: '????' Is 0% unlocked]
I dart back, the screen vanishing the moment I let go of the door handle.
Wide eyed and confused I slowly approach the door again, the moment I touch the doorknob again the screen appears again.
I let go, it dissappears.
I touch it, appears.
'Am I dreaming... but everything feels real. It could be an very vivid lucid dream.
But no that doesn't make sense, since the more lucid the dream is, the easier it is, to realise it's a dream, since the inconsistencies, like furniture moving and colors changing, will stand out more.'
I look around the room again, no furniture has changed or moved from their original spot, everything looks the same as before.
'Let's check the other door'
I do so, and it opens normally.
My jaw falls, as i see trees, that appear to be 100th of meters tall in the distance, surrounding a giant glade with grass to my thighs and many flowers two to three times taller than me, spread sporadically around the tiny cottage, with only one room, that I just exited. Just imagining how whatever giant creatures that would live in such a place, would truly make me feel like a small mouse in front of a bird house comparatively. Beside the cottage is what looks like a outhouse, also a decently sized river seems to be going through this glade.
Though compared to the size of this place, it would most likely not attract any gigantic creatures, as a decent size river for me, would probably be nearly invisible for any such animal. That is, if there actually are giant animals in this giant forest.
Before I manage to get too lost in my imagination, the screen from before pops up again.
[System: Speak 'Main Menu' to start the Quiz system]
At this point I don't have the energy to react.
"Main menu..."
[PROFILE]
[SKILLS]
[SHOP]
[NEW QUIZ]
[SAVED QUIZ]
[HELP]
'...'
"PLEASE BY MY FATHERS ROTTEN APPLETREES, LET THIS NOT BE A ISEKAI SCENARIO!"
I take a deep breath, my eyes slightly twitching
'Isekai in real life are nightmare fuel... Also my home, my parents... MY DOG!'
Despite confirming I was not dreaming before, I'm now very much hoping I made a mistake. Feeling my heart drop, when everything still feels, as real and consistent as always.
Attempting to distract myself I try poking to screen on PROFILE, but my finger goes straight through.
'Voice activation maybe?'
"Profile"
[NAME: Anna Munk
AGE: 25
JOB: Quiz host
SURVIVAL ABILITY: F-tier (ordinary human)
REMAINING INVULNERABILITY: 365 days]
"Quiz host? Invulnerability? What does that even mean!"
'This doesn't look like those isekai Systems I read about in manga, with levels and other stuff, so maybe that means, I'm safe?'
Truly the definition of wishful thinking, considering the f-tier survival rating.
'It's not like I'm a protagonist like person. I'm not an orphan, down on my luck, hating reality and hoping for an escape. I wasn't run over by a truck either. I am pretty happy with how my life is, working on my parents farm and helping them manage it. A slow rewarding, if slightly lonely life.'
I sit down, leaning against the front door.
'Mum, Dad, i wonder have they noticed me missing yet. This place doesn't even seem close to earth.'
"Can I even see them again?"
I stare at the sky, my eyes blank and unfocused. I want to cry, but my eyes are oddly dry. Everything seemingly too nonsensical for my body to catch up with.
...
"I need help."