Warm. That was the first thing she felt. A soft warmth that enveloped her, like a hug. She was in someone's arms. A boy. He was… fragile. She felt it.
She opened her eyes. Lights. Drawings floating in the air. One shone brighter than the others. She touched it.
Something. A tickle inside. Like when… when? She didn't remember. Only the tickle. And a voice. Kill. Strong.
A big, furry creature snuggled close. It wasn't scary. It felt… good. She touched it too. Its fur was soft. Another creature, small and green, fluttered nearby. It wasn't scary either.
The hologram shone again. Another tickle. Stronger. The voice again. Level. What was a level? It didn't matter. It felt… better.
Now, the hologram showed something different. An image of… branches? Roots? She didn't know. But it felt… familiar. Like something she had seen before, but didn't remember anymore.
She touched the image.
A new tickle ran through her, more intense than the previous ones. This time, she didn't just feel the tickle. She felt… outside? Like the room was… breathing? The air felt… heavier? She didn't know how to explain it. She just felt it.
The big, furry creature moved. It snuggled closer to her, trembling a little. The small green creature hid in her hair. They were… scared? She didn't understand why. Nothing bad was happening. Only… Vital Flow.
The voice, again. This time, it said something else. Residual Energy. What was that? She didn't know. But when she touched the shiny stone, she felt something… leaving? The creatures. Something going inside her. Like… eating? But not with her mouth. With… her whole body?
She didn't like it. The creatures looked… sad? She didn't understand. She didn't want them to be sad. But the voice said Strong. And she felt… stronger. A little.
She touched the shiny stone again. Another tickle. Again, something leaving the creatures. This time, the tickle was… faster? Stronger? And the room… more alive? The crack in the wall shone brighter. And now, there were also… flowers? Small, white ones, growing out of nowhere.
The crack in the wall grew bigger. It wasn't scary. It was… pretty? It shone with a soft light, like… stars? She didn't remember the stars, but the light felt… good.
The boy looked at her. His eyes were… sad? Worried? She didn't understand. She felt good. Stronger.
She touched the shiny stone again. Another tickle. This time, she felt something strange. Like… something moving? Inside the wall. Like the wall was… growing?
She looked at the wall. Yes, it was changing. The crack spread, and small… branches? Roots? grew around it, shining with the same soft light. And also… more flowers? The white flowers multiplied, covering the base of the wall.
Dungeon. The voice, clearer this time. Your dungeon.
Mine? The girl didn't understand. What was a dungeon? But the voice felt… kind? Like it was giving her… something?
She touched the shiny stone again. The tickle was the strongest of all. She felt the energy entering her, like a… wave? That ran through her from head to toe. And the wall… the wall changed even more.
The crack spread even further, and the… branches? were now thicker, stronger. And the flowers… the flowers were now many, covering a large part of the wall. Some even started to climb across the floor.
She looked at the boy. He was looking at the wall with wide eyes, as if he were… surprised? She smiled at him again. He still looked… worried.
She looked at the boy. He still looked… worried. She didn't understand why. She felt… good? Stronger? She didn't know the word. But she felt… different.
She touched the wall. Where before there was only stone, now many… branches? grew, with small, shiny leaves. And the flowers. So many flowers. White, small, soft. She touched them. They felt… alive?
Dungeon. The voice, again. This time, it sounded… happy? Your dungeon. Strong.
The girl smiled. Mine? The word still didn't make much sense. But the feeling… the feeling was good. Like… this place? All of this? was part of her.
She looked at the boy. He was still looking at the wall, with wide eyes. She reached out a hand and touched his arm. He looked at her. His eyes were no longer… sad? Now they were… bright? Like the… stones? from the hologram.
She smiled wider. He smiled back. This time, his smile was… bigger?
The girl looked back at the wall, the… branches? the flowers. My dungeon. She thought, even though the word was still strange. Strong. That she did understand. She was strong. And this place… this place was part of her. And she would protect it.