2 Tutorial

Everything dissapeared and only blinding white light remained. After a few seconds of being shocked I went into an alert state.

Seeing as I can still think I'm most likely not dead.

A ringing noise was all I could hear while a tingling sensation was present all over my body. In fact the only thing I could feel was the tingling sensation

Let's answer the most important question. Am I in danger? My sense of taste wasn't going to be very helpful and since all my other senses were currently unusable I tried smelling.

Meh, nothing. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best. Might aswell try to answer important question number two. What happened?

My sense of smell is still active however I can't smell anything meaning that there is no odor... In other words the air is different. Either the rifts did something and the air is now different with a side effect of odor dissapearing or I am in a completely different space. For now lets try breathing as little as possible.

Soon my eyes can see vague figures while the ringing in my ear subsides. As I wait for my body to heal itself I survey my surroundings while looking out for potential danger. My senses have now almost completely returned. I look at my surroundings once more.

I see a hundred humanoid figures not including myself. Me and ninety nine of the figures are facing a larger humanoid figure. As I focus on it I feel a formless pressure surrounding me. I feel suffocated yet I try to ignore it.

'FOCUS! One wrong move may result in your demise.' I tell myself.

The being seems to have noticed me staring at it as it suddenly seems more spirited than before.

"GREETINGS MORTALS, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE IS NOW PRESENT" it said. I could vaguely tell from it's voice that it was male. Now that I think about it it's strange how such a clearly inhuman creature could speak english. Not that this entire situation is very normal to begin with.

"YOU ARE THE SELECTED 100 HUMANS WHO GAIA, THROUGH VIEWING YOUR ACTIONS AND THOUGHTS DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, DEEMED WORTHY ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH THE TUTORIAL!"

Tutorial? Like a game tutorial? Of course I didn't say this out loud in fear of offending this mysterious yet powerful creature by interrupting him.

"What do you mean tutorial?" asked a brave guy. Well that was convenient. By this point my senses were already completely returned to normal and I could make out that this figure was indeed human. In fact every figure surrounding the large humanoid was human, or at the very least looked human.

"THE TUTORIAL WAS A WAY TO SELECT CANDIDATES FOR CROWNS! WHOEVER OWNS A CROWN WILL BECOME A MONARCH! A RULER OF HUMANS IF YOU WILL!"

"Hey! Answer me!" I sighed. Apparantly he wasn't brave, just stupid. Actually, he might be a mix between the two.

"UNLESS YOU WISH TO RECIEVE A PUNISHMENT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU FINISH LISTENING TO WHAT I AM SAYING"

"Fuck you!" Some looked at him with pity. Others looked at him with curious expressions. Most of them just looked like they would a clown, myself included.

The humanoid then saw that we were all paying attention and said "I SENTENCE YOU TO A MONTH LATE START!" After which he pointed at the idiot who promtly let out a blood curtling scream after which he passed out with bubbles of saliva forming around his mouth.

"EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL RECIEVE A UNIQUE GIFT ALONG WITH A SYSTEM TO HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING AND USING THE GIFT!"

"NOW YOU WILL RETURN TO THE VERY START OF YOUR JOURNEY!"

"GROW STRONG! THE FATE OF THE PLANET RESTS ON YOUR SHOULDERS!"

I need a drink.