The Arrival
In a dark and dusty alleyway, a bright blue light appeared. In it, a man fell to the ground with a loud thud. The man stood up and the portal quickly vanished. He looked around wondering where he was. The man wore a white robe, with a symbol in the back, stitched in golden thread. He had white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes, he held a blue scepter in one hand and a wand in the other. He looked at the scepter and it started glowing until it vanished.
The man started walking, his footsteps echoing throughout the alleyway. He looked around as if mesmerized by the place, his white robe hitting the dusty floor.
The alley itself was like a maze, there were no sound and hardly any light. The man took a turn and then was met with with a dead end, so he went back and took the other path. After a couple of minutes of walking he arrived at another turn, and then another, he clicked his tongue in annoyance and continued walking.
He was now walking for probably, ten minutes, each turn getting more and more confusing. When he arrived at another turn, he halted, finally done. He raised his hand and started mumbling something.
His hand began to glow and a huge flame erupted from it. The flame was huge almost reaching the towards the roof of the building, the man was shocked about this and started mumbling something. He took out his other hand and began to grasp at the flame until it started to die down. The flame shrank until it became the size of a coin, like a light of a candle. The man mumbled again and the flame glowed and started to fly.
The flame zipped around all over the place, like a dog that has been allowed to go outside. It started circling him and then went off to a certain direction. The man smiled and followed the light, it made countless turns until it stopped and dissipated.
The man stopped walking, he began to hear the sound of a bustling street. The man gulped, clearly getting a little a nervous. He took a deep breath, exhaled, and then began to walk.
He was then met with the sight of various people walking around. Almost all of them seemed to be heading somewhere, while there were still others sitting at benches. He went out of the alleyway and some people stared at him. The man ignored this and walked away.
Some people staring, others just sighing, meanwhile the man was to busy looking around to notice the stares. The man was surprised, the sheer size of the city was amazing, there were buildings managing to reach high up into the clouds. There were also giant moving pictures on the building, showing people and objects he had know idea about. And back on the ground, he saw what looked to be a road, but instead of carriages, he saw moving chunks of metal running around. The man was left awestruck at the wonder of the city, and had not notice he had bumped into someone. He looked towards the person and saw a man in some sort of uniform and a badge.
"Sorry, didn't mean to hit you" The man said, while looking at the oddly dressed guy.
"It's ok" the guy said "Off to some cosplay event or something?"
"Excuse me?"
"Are you going to a cosplay event? You look like one of those anime characters"
"umm....yeah" the man was not sure about this, but he just ended up saying yes.
"ok, just be careful next time" the guy waved at him and walked away. The man smiled at the gesture and continued to walk.
He passed by various shops, stores, and restaurants. The man was completely dazzled by this place, he looked around some more, but then realized it was getting dark. He looked around, wondering if there was an inn somewhere.
He wandered around until he stumbled upon a massive building, in front of it was a sign that said, "hotel" and "Vacant rooms" after reading the latter he decided that this must be the inn.
He walked in and was in a giant lobby, there were tiled floors, marbled walls, and giant pillars. He then walked towards the woman Infront of the desk, who was busy looking at something.
"umm..hello" the man said, the woman looked at him and smiled.
"Good evening sir!" she said with glee "are you looking for a room to stay in?"
"yes..." the man said, looking emotionless.
"We have many vacant rooms here sir, how long will you be staying with us?"
"just a night" the woman nodded and started touching some sort of machine.
"that would be $408" the man was silent for a moment, until he took out a piece of gold.
"do you take gold?" he asked nonchalantly "I'm sorry sir, we do not" the man was then silent.
"sir, if you can not pay, then I can not give you a__" the woman paused, her eyes glowing.
The man was staring at the woman, eyes too was glowing , "I would like a room please" he said, his voice echoing in her ears, as if forcing her to comply. After a couple of seconds, the woman smiles and hands him the key.
"That will be all sir, thank you" she said with a smile, although her eyes looked lifeless. The man nodded and headed towards the elevator.
He stopped in front of it and saw a glowing button, without thinking he pressed it and was startled when the door opened. He walked in and began to inspect the room and saw there was a panel filled with numbers, he looked at it and pressed a random number, all of a sudden the doors closed and he could feel himself being lifted up.
The door opened to an empty hallway and the man peeked his head through. He saw that there was a sign that said "4th floor" as if a light bulb shone, he immediately understood, he looked at his key and saw he was in room 303 6th floor, he pressed the number and again the doors closed. He felt he was lifted up again, he was quite surprise by this, but started getting used to it.
The door opened and he walked out. He was now in a hallway with a door on each side, the door had a number on it, so he looked for the door with 303. He found it and went in, he looked around and saw it was a big room, with a bed, table and even a bathroom. There was also some weird device mounted on the wall, but he ignored it.
He jumped to his bed and let himself sink, he sighed and stood up removing his robe. He was now wearing a white long sleeve shirt and some light brown pants, he took out his wand put it on the table. He waved his hand and a suit case appeared in front of him. Inside were clothes, books, and a picture. He stood frozen for a moment and then took out the picture. In it was him and two other people, a man and a woman, he closed his eyes and put it in the bag.
"I'm sorry" he mumbled to himself
After a couple minutes of silence, he then got up and went towards the bathroom. After trial and error, he finally managed to get the weird item working, and a stream of water was released.
After bathing, he got dressed and sat in the bed. he looked around and started talking to himself
"This is a very weird place, but it seems to be in peace. The people were fine, they seemed to be happy, this might have been a good idea after all. But I have to learn about this world (maybe there's an adventurers guild nearby), get some money and a place to stay permanently."
He opened his bag and took out the picture of him and two other people. He looked at it and smiled.
"I wish you were here, this world seems like the perfect place to rest. I wish you guys the best of luck back there"
He sighed and returned the photo, he turned off the lights (which took him a while to understand how to operate) and went to bed. The memories of his world replaying in his head: the war, the plague, and the monsters.
He sighed and thought this finally might be the end of it all, he can finally rest.