As soon as I fall asleep, I wake up with a jolt. My body feels sore and everything hurts. I push back my confusion in favor of making sure I won't die, and check my body. What I find is more confusing than everything else so far.
My body changed again, but still female. Last time my body changed, I became shorter, but now, I am taller than I was in my original body, and much more... Developed, then before. Still not particularly big, but definitely noticeable. I looked like an older version of the me from before I fell asleep.
Looking around, I find myself on the top of a large hill, with nothing but a grassy field in every direction. Looking up, I see that it's currently night, but a large blue moon is in the sky, lighting up the area well enough to see.
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Choose [Dream Interpretation]!
Main Story (Active)
POV (Inactive)
Interruption (Active)
Event (Inactive)
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A screen appears in front of me, but it's different from the ones before. It looks more... Intelligent? That might not be the best word for it, but that's what it looks like.
The screen is a solid color of dark blue, with the characters contrasting as a bright white. I try to get more information, like I did with the skills and stats, but nothing happens. With nobody around to explain anything, I am forced to make yet another uneducated decision, and hope for the best.
With two of the options "Inactive", I only have two choices. "Interruption" or "Main Story". What either of these mean, I have no idea, but I would think it would be smart to start with the Main Story.
I Give the mental command to the screen, and it fold into itself, before making a bright flash, blinding me. Before I even realize what's happening, I feel the floor give out from under me, and the sensation of falling overtakes my body.
My eyes snap open to the sight of a cloudy sky, with a bright sun setting in the distance. The realization that I'm falling comes a few second later, and I twist my body to look down, only to see nothing.
The ground is so far down that I can't see it at all. I may not be too good at physics, but I know far sure that a fall from this height would kill anybody. Trying to suppress my panic and fear, I try to find anything that might help me, but nothing but blue skies surround me.
Taking a closer look, I notice that my clothes changes as well, becoming a set of tight fitting leather armor, the kind you would see in fantasy stories. Hoping to find something, I check my pockets, but those are empty too.
With my speed picking up quickly, and nothing on hand, I go to the last thing that Might be able to help me.
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Name: ??
Age: 24
Level: 5931
Stats:
STR 6490 DEX 4264 CON 5041 MP 10000 LK 0 INT 9362 (limited to 8)
Class: Advent Collector
Curse: Forced Collection
Skills:
[Redacted]
Advent:
World Core
Hell's Blade
Sun's Fire
Whetstone Of Heavenly Blessings
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The list at the end goes on and on, with strange but powerful sounding items. With my INT stuck at 8, my brain is faster than it was before, but much slower than it needs to be for what's happening right now.
Speaking of stats. What the fuck? What kind of monster has this high of stats?! 10000 MP?! Over 6000 STR!? I don't know if this will be enough to survive the fall, even though my stats are ridiculous.
Looking through the "Advents", I try to find something that might help reduce the impact.
"Come on! No levitation potions, or wings, or anything?!" The ground finally comes into view, along with a few other things in the area. With no point of reference, and nothing to stop my fall, I try to see if anything on the ground might help.
To the "north", assuming the sun is setting in the west, is a massive mountain range, reaching well above the clouds, and further to the sides than I can see. To the south is an open field of grass, with trees scattered about.
The west is a huge forest, which thins out as it gets closer to the south, but reaches up into the mountain range, before continuing on beyond what my eyes can see. To the east is a tower, Which looks like a mix between man made and natural.
The outside if it is black, with streaks of gold running through it at seemingly random. While I take in my surroundings, I also continue to look through the endless list of Advents, and I get lucky enough to find something that might help.
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Scroll of Return
Returns the user to the place where the scroll was activated. (3/3 uses)
(Activated)
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Hoping that the energy that is making me fall won't be teleported with me, I close my eyes and activate the scroll. A nauseating feeling washes through me, but passes quickly, and I find myself face first on a cold tile flooring.
Standing up and brushing the hair from in front of my face, I find myself in an empty café, with lights on above me, and old looking chairs and tables neatly arranged through the room. The only thing missing is the people.
The entire place is eerily silent, with no sound except for my own breathing. Looking around, I see that nothing has any sort of dust on it, and I don't smell anything going bad, so it seems that there were people here recently.
I start walking around the room, and calling out to see if anyone is still here. Even though I expected it, the lack of response is still unnerving. I look in the back of the café, I find a stock pile of pastries and coffee grounds, with old fashion coffee makers sitting on counters.
Looking up, I notice that the lights aren't powered by electricity. If they were, I would expect to here sounds from it. The light is also very stable, being perfectly spread out in each of the lights, and perfectly bright for the possibility of a casual mood, or a romantic mood.
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Act 200 (Fallen) Completed!
4 hours removed from current sleep cycle
Rewards will be added to [Floor Achievements] upon returning to [Dungeon World]
3 hours remaining in sleep cycle. Required time for new Act: 5 hours
Returning to [Dungeon World]
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