"Wh... Where am I?"
Sora regained consciousness and found himself in a bizarre place, there was no telling where anything was but you could feel connected to everything. At this moment, he was having was felt like a fever dream on max, everything was hyped to its peak, new kinds of colors, unbelievable scenery, and time and space had no context of being here. He felt as though, by a thought everything can and would be possible for him.
Right now he could be said to be experiencing a high level of freedom that is true to he word, but the good feeling didn't last long though as his logical side which is connected to his human side came to being. ' How is this possible, why is gravity so non-existent, how does one's being gets connected to an entire dimension and still stay sane with this overload of information.
The more questions and logic he used to try to make sense of everything there more he felt as though his spirit body is getting bound by some invincible force which was trying to pull him out of his place. But at the same time there was an opposing force that kept him in this state of being.
"enough with the questions child, it was hard to get you here and I don't want a millennia worth of preparation go down in smokes because oof your inquisitive mind" A voice suddenly rang out in space. As if on command, Sora's brain went silent, all questions, thoughts and state of worry dispersed like an aftermath of a fire work. He then started to look around for this sudden voice that sounds a bit familiar.
Host take notice, A link has been connected to --------, please stand by.
"Again with this weird interface, how is it still here, isn't this my dream, how does it work even in here, that makes no sense, and is this those things they call lucid dreaming, feels a bit too real if yo ask me.
"Hello Child, This is not a lucid dream although you could call it that, but this is far more than that"
"Who said that and what you mean, 'far more than that'? Do I know you?'
"Ow it would appear that coming here might have done something to your memories, we just met few days ago, I'm pretty sure you also just got a notification about this line being connected by the system you have, and yes, this is the place you humans and other salient being come to visit when you go to sleep every night, though you might not know it, I'm pretty sure you have some sort of familiar feelings towards it, as this is where your spirit comes when you sleep and most importantly.... this is.. The afterlife, where the dead discard their fleshy bodies to take on their true form"
"Dead? True form? Spirit form? Lady... God... whatever you are what do you mean this is where I and everyone comes to when they sleep or die, are you... are you telling me that I am dead? How did I die, I don't remember ever experiencing anything that could bring death to me, I'm still young and quite healthy."
"Ow you'll find out soon enough and you might not like it, your soul is still trying to process everything that happened to you before it hands over the memories, You see, trauma is such a dangerous thing to experience when you are in a spirit form and it could put you in what you humans call hell, by trapping you in the events that took place before you died over and over again. And you my friend, experienced the worst of them all, which why I'm also here, to assist you and to also get you ready for the next step which will help you get to your body back on the world you came from"
"Wait, so I'm not dead?"
"No you are not"
Relief washed over Sora after confirming that the worst didn't happen but he couldn't get over what this disembodied voice said. 'Trauma and the experience I had?' Sora wondered. But before he fell deep into thoughts something disturbed his trail of thought. From a far a mountain covered by the haze of smoke came to being with a grand appearance. The majestic mountain looked so inviting and brought about a nolgastic feeling to him that he felt attracted towards it.
Looking at the distance he felt that, though far as it might appear, this the spiritual realm, there is nothing stopping him just blinking all the way to there. And before he could even try to do anything, he felt gravity acting on his body and he stopped floating and started falling downward.
"What the hell is happening why is there gravity and a hard surface here?"
"Welcome to your psyche Sora, I guess your soul is done processing and is giving you a trial to your memories from here to there will be a series of tests that will condition your mind and soul to accept the truth that is lying in that mountain, and the reason gravity, space and time exist now, is because you don't believe in a world where they don't exist, so here is a hard surface in space for you to walk through time"
"Uh-huh, well what a shitty time to believe in something like gravity"
From the moment he touched down he heard a loud growl from a distance, a breeze flowing through the rich vegetation, it was as if he landed in a jungle with trees so high, the light source from up high was blocked by the thick branches of the trees. Visibility was low you still see a far though but if something stood still it would be hard to make up.
"What with the forest isn't this supposed to be the after world or something?"
"those are created by your mind for you to better adapt to a familiar surroundings, be careful though depending on the level of trauma you experienced you might face some formidable opponents"
After listening to the disembodied voice's warning Sora advanced with a bit more caution trying not make noise to announce his location. Little did he know that his position was made long ago. Within the bushes not far away stood a four legged creature with a bit of torso sticking out in the middle it was kind of like a minitour but instead of the torso being at the front this one had it right in the middle, the legs appeared skinny but impossibly strong to support such weight, They are quick also making them good for reconnaissance missions, they have yellowish skin that look rugged and hard to piece with a normal weapon
The four legged monster was still as rock, the yellowish skin looked like rock under the shade of the huge trees, Sora was unaware that a signal was currently moving in all the corners of the jungle, pieces on the chess board were positioning themselves while the opponent was unaware the game was even being played.
"Well that odd, I understand that I am moving carefully as to not arose any territory monster but I doubt things should be this silent especially after your warning, but how is it possible that we never came across anything.?"
"Well I suspect that you are already made, and the enemy is setting up an ambush, By the way I never asked you this but do you per change know how fight?" you could hear concern dripping off every word
"Ask the person who has yet to regain his memories if he knows how to fight, that's a great question" Sora answered with clear sarcasm
"A soul doesn't need memories to know to do any action, everything you ever done in all your lifetimes is always with you, it is what human like to call Muscle memory while others call it mastery, Doing something so many time that it come naturally" The Voice quickly explained.
"Hey you know I noticed something about you, you really.... talk a lot don't you, it is as though this talking thing is new to you" Sora mocked the voices, while checking his surroundings, the place felt eerily quite for his comfort. "Well in an case, if what you said is true then we will find out soon enough because I think our hosts are ready to welcome us"
Chirrrrr!
Chrrrrrrr!
A sound like cicada hit Sora where he stood, the vibration of the sound left him disoriented, he froze where he stood unable to form any though.
Mental Disturbance Detected, preventive measure initiating.
While that was taking place, shadows started to appear from where Sora came from all his sides, they were closing in fast, ready to pounce on him , but just as they are a 2 meters away from him a loud BANG! was suddenly heard, followed by wave like pulse from within sora, the wave of energy continued on all sides like a water ripple till it reached the silhouettes, clashing with them and repealing them and sending them back 5 meters and more, the unlucky one hit the trees along the way and either had been squashed by the force or broken a bone or two, That burst of energy also jolted Sora off his confused state. "WHAt.. what the hell was that!!?"
Preventing measures have been successful, Host check body scan to see if any harm has been received
Sora was getting more and more confused for one, he didn't know he could do that and two, why is there a second Disembodied voice in his head, he heard it the first time regained consciousness but quicky forgot about it