Light.
That's the first thing I see upon awakening, not a flailing, not raika ripping my face off, not even Liam shaking me awake like that one time I got slashed across the chest by buffalo in Africa and had to go to hospital.
There was only light after the dark.
That's all I saw... until my eyes adjusted and all I saw was a dirty alley and a pile of junk next to me.
I try to stand, but the second i do, I fall over, my balance completely diffeent like I had a third leg, then the sound hits me, louder than anything I've ever heard in every direction. A vendor selling food, two people talking about their finances in a nearby store, the hundreds of Stomping feet in every direction. It's to loud. Why can't it stop...
And it just did, it just stopped. But... why does everything smell so fucking bad, BO, Shit, Rotting food and thousands more enter my nose at the same time, surrounding in this alley.
This alley.
It must be the problem, I need to get out, but i cannot walk, why, I look down to see my legs... and a tail, a black feline tail sticking out the bottom of my back, about as long as my leg
'What the fuck is happening' is the only thing I can formulate in my brain for 5 seconds before panic fills every inch of my body.
'Did someone fuckiny experiment on me!?' Is the next thing I can think, why else would I have a cat tail on my arse. Then I realise thar my hearing and smell might be related, I quickly reach to my ears, and they fell... normal, human. That leaves... I angle my eyes down, and I can't see my nose, I quickly reach for it with my hand and all I van feel is a small outcropping where it was, that feels wet, it takes all of a second before I can smell my hand, which just smells of whatever the floor is made of in this alley.
I quickly rise to my feet almost falling over again, if only i didn't have a fucking tail then I wouldn't have... but then I didn't, I felt it happen, my body changing, it takes a minute, but my tails gone, and now I have something on my head again, I quickly feel up and find fucking Horns, curved Horns. And then my nose starts to change, returning to normal as I feel my skin thickening. I see what the problem is now. I focus, and then I feel the Horns receding and focus on my hand. Which promptly turns into claws. Then it all comes together.
Raika
The Red
The Black
The Wait
The up and down
The wall
The Movement
And Now.
I had died, went to some kind of purgatory, for some reason didn't go to heaven or hell, met what was probally some kind of higher being which had sent me somewhere. I quickly walk to the end of the alley, where the street starts. And before I can even exit, I see it, a fucking tower taller than the empire state building and with all kinds of engravings and I can't even see the fucking top because of how cloudy it is. 'What the fuck is going on' 'where the fuck am i' 'what is happening to me'
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I've been here for hours.
And the only thing I've learned is that this is some sort of judgement.
I didn't deserve hell, but I wasent good enough for heaven, so I've been reborn or recreated or some shit with some kind of curse. For some reason. Probally to fully judge me. The only way forward I see is to be good enough for heaven.
At least there's some salvation, with the few peaks I've taken in to the street I've seen quite a few things and came to a few conclusions.
It's some kind of medieval fantasy city of some kind, I mean seriously there are people walking about with Armor and swords and shit.
And, secondly and most importenly, there's diffrent sapient species.
The main ones I've seen are-
Humans, plenty
Short people, dwarfs probally
Elfs of some kind
And most importantly;
Animal people
This is important because I've spent my time in this alley well, learning what the fuck is up with me. And what I've realised is, that I'm some kind of fucked up shapeshifter. I seem to only be able to do 2 changes at a time, but I've found a way to escape this without looking like some freak with goat Horns and a cats nose. Disguise. If I just make myself look like the furrys ill blend right in, so after watching for a while and closely dodging encounters with some children walking though the alley unsupervised. The easist disguise would be some kind of sheep people
Sheeple?
And that's what my current appearance looks like, someone with sheep Horns and long ass fucking hair, I mean seriously, every single one of them have hair that goes atleast below their elbows and from all the men I've seen not one was bald.
And so, with my Disguise in place I quickly walk out, full of confidence, and by that I mean looking at the least threatening person I can see, who i can talk to without looking weird, a human women standing behind a fruit stall, for my first interaction with the people of this world.
"Excuse me, would you happen to know where the library is?" I ask in my most polite voice possible, which, for some reason actually sounded polite?
"Oh, sure, it's just down the street and arround the right corner" she replied in a calm voice while smiling, I quickly thank her and walk away. Now your probaly questioning why I'm going to the library.
What? Your not because the answer is fucking obvious? Yep, because what else was I going to fucking do when all I have is some fucking basic ass cloths, a pouch of money that I don't understand, and in a completely unfamiliar environment.
What? You didn't fucking put that together? Well, your a fucking idiot with no survival instinct then.
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"Entrance will cost you 5,000 valis to enter" the fucking garden gnome infront of me, tells me possibly reasonable prices.
"How long will that get me inside?" I ask, honestly unsure.
"Till you leave" He said before looking back down at his book about... 101 ways to get more active in bed. OK I won't judge because that's kinda sad.
"I quickly look in my pouch, seeing 1 black, 3 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze coins in the pouch. Just guessing, I grab the singular black coin, hoping its enough. He looks up from his book again and then faster than I can see the coin is gone and in its place is a gold coin and a green piece of paper. I quickly decide to just go in and figure shit the fuck out.