Notlimah
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Prologue
🕑 Added 2021-08-13 18:41:01 +0000 UTCThere was nothing ever particularly special about me. I led a relatively normal and ordinary life up until my death. Have you ever woken up from dreaming and thought am I still dreaming? That’s how it started for me. I was on my way home after a long day of work. Dusk had fallen and the sky was turning when I hit the ice. I must have driven past the slow down sign 1000 times before and as usual, I did. Hitting the brakes as I came up to the corner. Unfortunately, that is when I hit the ice. The car spun. Like the ice I froze unable to move as the car careened out of control. Pushed into the side of the car I felt it shudder as it pressed through the barrier before flipping off the side of the road and over the side of the cliff. It was a long way down.
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Drifting out of the depths of unconsciousness, I think I’m alone tuntun, tuntun. I can feel my heartbeat as if I’m underwater tuntun, tuntun. We all die alone, the thought comes unprompted tuntun, tuntun. But it turns out I’m not alone, lub dub. My heart is racing but it keeps time with another.
Lub dub,
tuntun, tuntun, tuntun,
lub dub.
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Once more from the pit of oblivion, I think therefore I am, tuntun, tuntun. My heart beats therefore I’m alive, tuntun, tuntun. I have no pain so either I’m injured beyond belief and sensing or . . . I’m fine? Have you ever woken up from dreaming and found yourself unable to move. That’s what seemed to be happening here. I just need to wait. I would either awake or fall back into nothingness.
Lub dub,
tuntun, tuntun, tuntun,
lub dub.
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Slowly swimming up out of my stupor, I open my eyes but all I can see is an orange glow. Waking to the warmth I seem to be floating and can hear more than a heartbeat. I am surrounded by sound. A humming fills my head and my heart beats in time. The notes rise and fall, the lullaby already unknowingly remembered, soothed I once more fall to sleep.
Ding. Sentience recognised. User interface enabled.
Level 0 Experience: 0/100
Health: 10/10 Stamina: 10/10 Mana 10/10
Vitality 1
Endurance 0
Strength 0
Dexterity 0
Senses: 0
Mind 44
Clarity: 0
Magic: 1
Skills
That’s new. Am I awake or am I still dreaming?
