Denial

I quickly back away and look behind me, but there's nothing there. I look back in the water, and the same face looks back at me. Instead of my pale skin and wild brown hair, this face has caramel colored skin and straight black hair. Instead of my dull green eyes, snake-like yellow eyes look back at me. "Who..is this? Why do I look like this?" I touch the small scar stretching from my chin to my cheek. I inspect my reflection in confusion. "What the fuck?" Granted, this new reflection is quite pretty, gorgeous even. But it doesn't matter. It's not my face. I look closer and realize my ears are quite pointy. [Am I an elf..? But that's impossible! Elves don't exist.] I sit back and examine the rest of my body. My ordinary clothes are gone, replaced with medievalfantasy looking clothes. A tunic, trousers, boots, and a green cloak. Other than the strange clothes, I notice two things out of the ordinary. There's a large hole in my tunic that looks like it was stabbed through. Inside is a scar on my lower abdomen. It's looks as if I was stabbed in the stomach with some sort of large knife. There's a tinge of purple that reminds me of poison. "Well that certainly doesn't look healthy." I remark. It looks like its healed though, now just a fading scar. The other thing is a small satchel, which clinks every so often when I move. I curiously open it and find six bottles with multicolored fluids in them. There are labels, but I don't know the language. There's a small worn leather bound notebook, which I take out and open. Just like before, I can't read anything in it. I put everything back and ponder. "What the hell is going on? Where am I? And why do I look like this?" I suddenly regret not skipping school like I usually do. I had decided to come to class because it was a field trip and I didn't have to do schoolwork. Look where that got me. I sigh and make my way back to the place where I first woke up. Setting aside the weird hallucinations, it's likely that I was thrown out of the bus when it was rolling down the hill and that the authorities will come for us soon. I just need to hold on until then. I begin collecting sticks and leaves for shelter and deposit them in front of the large tree where I got my system. [I have faint memories of camping with my parents when I was eight or nine..other than that the only experience I have in the wild is bingeing survival manwha. I'll just have to try my best] I grab a bunch of thicker and sturdier sticks and lean them against the big tree. I drive them into the dirt a little so they're sturdier. "Hmm..this should be a good frame. But what do I put in between? Most of the sticks are too small.." I suddenly get an idea. I can use that moss! I crouch down and gather up large strips of springy moss. It seems to be of the same kind growing on the strange frog. [Maybe that's why I was hallucinating it.] I grab the few sticks large enough to use and put them in between the supports to hold up the moss. I gently drape them around the makeshift shelter. It looks somewhat wonky but it's enough to keep me warm. I run around collecting rocks and deposit them a few feet in front of my shelter.

I rearrange them in a circle. It doesn't serve much practical use as I've already cleared put all the flammable things around the place I'm using for a fire, but it sure as hell looks pretty. I gather small sticks and moss for kindling and place them in. [Now for the hard part] "How the hell do I catch this on fire?" I sigh and decide to think about it later. There's a more pressing issue that I can't ignore: Food. "I guess I could go hunt for some berries or fruit.. but how do I know what ones I can eat? Yknow what? It doesn't matter. I'll just go look for them and pick as many as I can find.

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Thirty minutes later, I'm back at camp. I plop down in front of my shelter and deposit my harvest on the ground. I observe it carefully. A small assortment of different colored berries and fruits sit in front of me.

"Now I have shelter, food, and a fire. I just have to wait for the authorities to come find me!" I settle down and make myself comfortable. This will be a long first night..