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"Is it night?" I mutter under my breath as I open my eyes, there is something strange about this place, the sky is completely black and white, maybe grey with some black clouds and some white clouds.
Not only the clouds and the sky, but everything in general has lost some color, it's as if the world were covered by a black and white filter, my mind takes a while to analyze this before remembering something important.
"Kaero, she..." I squint my eyes as I remember what happened, the dream, the turtle, the lake, Kaero, Is she dead?
I look around me in confusion, everything completely devoid of color, and not only that, I can't hear any sound, nothing, the sound has disappeared from this place.
"What the fuck is this?" I think to myself before I get up with difficulty, everywhere I look I can only see black and white trees, there was a big lake nearby when I fainted, but that lake has disappeared.
Where am I?, I can't help but wonder, but it seems like no matter what I do, I won't get any answers. The world has simply changed. Maybe I've transmigrated to another world again?
I don't know. Maybe walking will help me discover more about my situation.
Time later.
The landscape is the same, the black or white clouds move quickly, the leaves of the trees seem to move in the same rhythm, while the silence is omnipresent.
I try to talk to myself, but, it is impossible, no sound comes out of my mouth, I can only move my mouth without sound.
However, after walking without a specific direction for a while I come across something different.
Far away in the distance, at the base of a tree trunk is a little girl.
I narrow my eyes for a moment in distrust, my mind ready to go into combat mode. However, after a few minutes, nothing happens; the girl is still there, near the tree.
"Hmph, this..." I lick my lips with some distrust before approaching the girl.
The closer I get the more I can make out her features, her clothes, her hair.
She has a beautiful face that resembles that of a realistic doll, long wavy black hair, a dress that looks like something out of the Middle Ages and she doesn't move.
Her eyes focus on me as if she's watching me closely.
"What the fuck is this?" I ask myself before I get to stand in front of the girl, at first glance she looks like a hyper-realistic doll, but, something about her is different.
Before I can bend down to do anything the doll's mouth opens letting out a voice.
"Solve the problem, find the solution, find yourself, find her, the world must return, the world must return," a high-pitched and slightly pleasant voice comes out of her mouth.
A moment later the doll begins to age, her dress grows older, her face changes from that of a girl to that of a woman, then to that of an old woman and finally her body becomes a pile of dirt.
I stare at the small pile of dirt or debris the girl has turned into for a moment. Is this some kind of spell?
I don't know, but this girl's words may be a clue.
A small leaf hits my face waking me up from my distraction, something has changed now there are brown leaves of autumn falling everywhere like drops of water in a rain, the leaves move in a random rhythm as it falls.
Looking at the sky nothing has changed apart from the brown leaves that seem to be coming out of the tops of the giant trees.
"Solve the problem, find the solution, find yourself, find her, the world must return, the world must return."
Again that voice resounds, this time as if coming from nowhere specific, that, is it looking for me to do something, Solve some problem?
"The world must return, look for her...", I mutter to myself, but of course, my voice can't be heard so it's as if I'm moving my mouth without saying anything.
I have to find clues, find her, even though I don't know who she's referring to, and in the process try to, "Find myself?" That seems like crap self-help.
Once again, I walk off in a random direction, this time hoping to find another girl like that.
Some time later.
I'm... a bit tired, I'm a bit sleepy, I don't know how long I've been walking in this forest, there's already a thick layer of brown leaves on the ground and I haven't found anything yet.
Maybe I should rest.
The doll-girl told me to look for myself, to look for her, the world must return, but, What does that mean?
Squinting, I lick my lips before sitting down, leaning my back against the trunk of a tree.
For a moment, the image of Any waiting for me to come back flashes through my mind and I can't help but smile, that girl...
"Maybe I should, Find myself?" I... I don't know who I am, those dreams that seem to be memories of my past are something that until now I can't assimilate as if it were me.
Ferr, that boy, Was he really me?, I don't know.
Thinking about this I can't help but feel my eyes getting heavy, a smile passes through my mind before I fall completely asleep.
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'Error, it's a mistake, it was a mistake, you're a mistake, but still, you're here, tell me, boy, What's your motivation?, Why are you doing it?'
"Hahaha, maybe... you can come back, I mean, she wants you to come back, but, it's impossible, bro, you're a mistake."
I squint my eyes with some discomfort, my body feels sore, my thoughts wandering, by the way, What were those voices?
I open my eyes, I'm still in the same place, the world completely black and white, so many autumn leaves have fallen by now that I've almost been buried in them.
Gulping in some air, I stand up, scattering a large amount of brown leaves around me.
If this keeps up, I'm going to die of starvation.
I am hungry and thirsty, but, there is no apparent way out of this shitty place.
I squint my eyes with some discomfort before I start walking again with no apparent direction.
Time is passing.
"Time is running out, I feel like I'm getting old," A random thought passes through my mind, then my body trembles, unconsciously I feel a sadness and emptiness in my being, an instinctive fear of something permanent and powerful.
I look at my right hand with some nostalgia, Wasn't it just a few days ago that my hand looked younger?, wait, What the fuck am I thinking?
I smile, I'm thinking idiotically.
"By the way, I'm lonely," another random thought, this... this thought and that one keep playing in my mind without me doing anything, they're like other people's thoughts pretending to be mine, it's annoying.
Then, once again a strange sensation invades my body. I feel a bit cold even though the temperature is fine, my heart feels hurt, my mind is a little agitated, and a chill runs through my body.