[Episode 1 "Awoken"]
With a light headache and a heavy body, Roen Evans slowly opened his eyes and faced an unfamiliar ceiling.
"Agghh!'
"Uughhhh....'
"Huuff...'
"Huuff.....'
He slowly got up, moaning in pain, huffing as he tried to stabilize his breath, he couldn't help but notice the absence of his right arm and had to get up using the other arm to help him balance.
"Where am I?" Roen Evans thought to himself.
He looked around in the unfamiliar place he was in, he couldn't help but wonder what happened before he lost consciousness.
The place was filled with beds covered in white sheets and bed rails to each side, ceiling with barely any light sources, and a ventilator next to him. The room had no windows or any other additional appliances and only one door to be found in the right side of the room.
[Am I? At a hospital room?]
Roen Evans muttered to himself, as he does not remember getting into any accident before getting knocked out.
"AARRGGHHH!"
He screamed as a sudden gush of excruciating pain rose in his right arm. Roen Evans felt despair as he noticed that his right arm was missing and a bunch of bandages were placed in his right shoulder.
The treatment must have been rushed, there were still traces of flesh that hasn't been covered completely, not that it mattered to roen, what mattered was the missing arm.
"No...no..no,no,no,no" Roen repeatedly thought to himself with an anguished look.
"This...this can't be happening." He muttered to himself while trying to grasp the situation that has befallen upon him.
"My right arm..aaAARRGGHHH!!". He slightly groaned from the pain he became aware of.
Roen evans slowly reached his right shoulder trying to grasp the feeling of something amiss-while shivering, he couldn't accept the fact that he had lost an arm. While trying to maintain his sanity, he slowly placed his hand on his right shoulder trying to get a feel for something he couldn't accept to believe.
Uurrghh...a sound of anguish left out from his voice, as tears started pouring down his cheeks. "Sniff...heurggh..."he left out a few sounds again while slowly wiping the tears from his face.
Roen Evans finally got out of bed after calming down, and walked towards the door in the right side of the room, but before he could reach out his hand to the door handle he noticed a few folded clothes at the top of a small greyish cabinet from the left side of the door. Out of curiosity he walked towards the small cabinet and took the folded clothes.
It was a pair of black pants, a brownish belt, and a dark greyish long sleeve shirt, Roen Evans looked at the clothes he was currently wearing-it was merely a pair of patient clothes from the hospital.
Out of comfort from his current attire he decided to change his clothing to the pair of clothes he had found using the only arm he had left. It was a struggle to wear the long sleeve shirt but he was able to wear them properly, after he had finished changing, he finally opened the door right in front of him.
What behold him was an endless corridor of doors, with only enough space from each side to open a door.
"D-306, D-305, D-304' roen muttered to himself as he scouted the surrounding area, the light was dim and only emitted a green light, the doors were made of dark oak wood and had a golden plaque with letter and number written on it.
[What is this place?]
As roen evans was lost in a deep thought, one by one the doors from his right both in his side and the other started opening.
'D-306"
'D-305"
'D-304"
'D-303"
and so on till 'D-250" has opened.
Different kinds of people came out of each door filled with confusion, anticipation, amusement and fear. Each one of them displayed visible expressions that were clear enough to be seen in this corridor with dim lights.
There's at least 56 people present in the corridor.
Roen evans was flustered with the sudden appearances of these people and quickly tried to go back inside the room.
[(Doors are unaccessible outside)]
"what?" Roen muttered to himself before trying to open the door again.
[(Doors are unaccessible outside)]
"again?"
[(Doors are unaccessible outside)]
[(Participant 307 has been given a warning (!))]
[(Participant 307 is not permitted to go back inside until the dream ends)]
He was taken aback by the sudden blockage of a floating yellow screen in front of him.
"Dream?"
"Am I dreaming?"
"There's no way..."
Roen evans was conflicted, the pain he had felt earlier was too genuine for him to be dreaming.
Filled with confusion, roen quickly averted his gaze towards his right, the same things seems to be happening to others who are trying to go back inside their room.
[What the is going on?] Roen thought to himself, as he tried to grasp the situation before him.
"AHAHAHAHA!!"
A sudden burst of laughter interrupted roen, the voice was loud enough to be heard across the corridor. Everyone present gazed at the owner of the voice.
A man in his early thirties with grayish hair and deep yellow eyes-that is wearing a dark coat with an old fashioned pair of clothes was laughing maniacally.
[Has he gone insane?] Roen thought so, while bearing a face of discomfort.
The man then stopped and looked at roen's direction, roen was taken aback and covered his face trying to avoid the gaze of this maniac.
[Is he looking at me? Why is he looking at me? Does he know me?]
[I don't think I've seen him before.]
While struggling to understand the reason of the man's gaze to him, roen looked up after noticing a yellowish light reflecting on the floor.
A huge bright yellow screen has popped up in the centre of the corridor where the people are standing and a systematic voice echoed through.
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[(Doors are now unaccessible inside)]
[(The Dream will begin soon)]
[(All participants shall participate)]
[(Those who shall not, will be penalized)]
[(The remaining participants that are not present in the corridor will be executed)]
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"BOOM!'
"WHOOSH'
"KAASSHINGGG!!'
"AAARRRGGHHH!!'
"GAAAHHHHH!!'
"AAAHHH'
A sudden loud noise of explosion, loud screaming and shaking of the ground startled everyone.
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[(All non-participants has been removed from the fable)]
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Everyone was shaken of what just happened and panick followed everyone after the sudden burst of loud explosion and screams that could be heard inside the closed doors.
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[(Dream "The endless doors of the lonely corridor" has now begun)]
[(Selecting fable)]
[(Fable has been selected)]
[("Fable 1: The Comrades of Doors" will now commence)]
[(Error: Difficulty will begin shortly)]
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The yellow screen announced.
"WHAT WAS THAT!"
"I HEARD A LOUD SCREAM FROM THE DOORS BESIDES ME!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?"
"WHERE AM I?!"
"WHAT IS THIS PLACE!?"
Exclaimed by the panic-confused crowd.
The unknown place and presence of the yellow screen, the corridor that cannot be determined, and the unrealistic event has made people panic and be consumed by fear.
"Calm down everyone."
The maniac man from before spoke.
"What do you mean calm down?"
"Yeah! How are we going to be calm after getting abducted to wherever this is!?"
Uttered by the crowd.
The maniac man then uttered "So what? You think screaming is gonna help?"
The crowd fell in silence.
"You heard those explosion, and felt the shake that came along with it."
"Whoever abducted us, clearly has grenades and will not hesitate to use it."
"If you wanna live stop screaming and use your head."
In that moment the maniac seemed more rational and calm than the rest.
A few seemed to be confused of what the man has spoke of, but decided to adjust alongside the crowd.
Everyone then decided to calm down and think of the situation they are in.
"This is similar to videogames."
The man beside roen muttered.
The man felt cringed for a moment.
Roen's attention averted from the crowd and switched to the man.
"Videogames?"
Roen asked.
"Yeah, like those games with systems."
The man answered with an awkward look and tone.
"What's a systems?"
Roen asks in a confused look and tone.
The man was taken aback by the question and asked-
"Have you never played videogames before?"
Roen then answered with a serious tone "no, I have no idea what that is".
"Did you grow up in the mountains?"
The man asked.
Roen confused with the random question answered "No".
The man seemed puzzled after hearing roen's response.
The man's expression made roen looked at the him properly, due to dim green light he had to squint to see the man properly who is rather vague due to the conflicting hue of colors.
The man had black hair and deep eyes, features that roen has never seen before.
[Is he perhaps a foreigner? This videogames or systems must be something that has only developed in their country]
[After all, I have heard that the far east is more advance in their technologies than our country.]
[Does that mean I'm currently in a foreign land?]
Roen thought to himself.
The man laid back on the door behind him and crossed his arm before asking-
"Hey, what year is it currently?"
"Year? It's currently 1898, why?"
Roen answered.
The man then said "It's 2024 for me."
"What?" Roen said in a confused tone and a look full of doubt.
The man clicked his tounge and muttered "This is so cliche".
"He don't know what videogames are and he doesn't know what systems are too."
"Even if you came from a remote land, there's no way a person wouldn't know those things"
The man then gazed at roen with uncertainty.
"Are you also perhaps illiterate?"
The man asked.
Roen was offended by this rude question.
"I'm not, but I have not gone to a school."
"Still, I don't think you should ask something like that to someone you've just met."
Roen said in a serious look and offended tone.
The man looked at roen with a slightly shocked expression.
The man then averted his gaze and wore a troubled look.
"My bad."
The man uttered.
Roen looked at the man with an angered look.
[What does he mean my bad?]
"I think I deserve an apology."
Roen uttered with a serious look.
The man looked at roen with a puzzled look.
He then faced roen properly.
"I apologize." the man said while scratching the back of his head.
Before roen could say something, the yellow screen have announcedsomething again.
[(Selection of Difficulty will now commence)]
[(Selecting difficulty)]
[(Difficulty has been selected)]
[(Nightmare Difficulty has been Selected)]
[(Due to the conflicting themes, the fable will be adjusted)]
[(Fable 1: "The Comrade of Doors" has now been changed to Fable 1: "The Foes of Doors")]
[(The fable will now begin)]