Chapter Zero: Post-Prolouge (it'll make sense eventually).

"the things one does not know become stepping stones to the truth..."

-detilos the chronicler


*you suddenly find yourself in a destroyed city, there is no sound, it seems no-one is left*

*noticing a sound, you turn to find a middle aged fox walking towards you*

hello human, i apologise for bringing you here, but i need your help.

*you demand he send you home*

i can only do that if you help me, once you have done so you may return to earth. deal?

*you agree with him, then ask why his world is in ruins*

you're correct, my etire world has been destroyed, not just this city, but i will tell you some things, others you must read.

allow me to tell you how things used to be on my world...

By the way My name is Benson Palmer, i'm an anthropomorphic fox living in a world where "macros" (Giki) live alongside regularly sized people (Buki), my world is inhabitted by humans and "furs" alike, there are no macro humans by the way.

i am aged thirty years now, but the story you are about to read takes place five years ago, when i was twenty five. when i look back on those days now i recall times both good and bad, frightening times and happy times... and something about a mysterious...(i think it was shaped like a cabbage or something...) rock.
the story revolves around my life after i met someone who would eventually lead me to the truth behind my grandfather's death, which medical professionals never could explain, but even though i know the answer now, i still cannot believe it, five years later and it still confuses me.
maybe you'll understand it better than i did?
only one way to find out isn't there?

for context's sake i have no siblings blood related, and my foster family threw me out at 19 because i 'heard voices' or some bullshit, it was a lie you know, the 'voices' were coming from a living source-
but apparently no one could see them.
you'll encounter that source somewhere in my story.
i had spent the rest of my time until 25 doing research in old magic, yes i know, you're probably saying "magic isn't real" right now or something, but you're thinking about Earth aren't you?
my world is not planet earth, in fact, i do not know the name, that will be explained later.

the macros and normally sized population of my planet have shared our world since before time was recorded here, and unlike the way they are depicted on your world, our macros are not engines of destruction, they are just as civilised as us... maybe you... but we might be more civilised than you... i couldn't say.

i lived in a city called "buki bero" the word means "smaller haven" and buki bero is located on the continent Virada, one of three continents on my world, Virada has cities both "buki" and "giki" (giki means 'larger').
Gentiki is another continent, inhabbited by only "buki" citizens like myself, it has no "giki" population, gentiki is a very technological society.
Fira Deralo is the other continent, the opposite of gentiki, it only has "giki" population, the continent is covered in a dense jungle, but it's inhabitants are not savages. just to pop your stereotype bubble.
virada was originally where the humans of my world lived, but as of fifty years ago, it's a free country, where all three types of us live. 'macros' (giki) live near my city of buki bero, i live on the border between buki bero and giki kero (larger sanctuary), my friend you will read about is from bordertown, like me, but from the giki kero side.
i cannot say too much more or i'd give away too much wouldn't i?
well just one more thing...

if you read carefully you'll notice the name 'draco shay' come up a few times, pay attention to these times, they are very important to my present situation.
*an elderly tiger aproaches, he is wearing a tattered brown cloak*
okay ... time to send you back through the archive...

Read on.
Discover why my world is in ruins.
and learn my past.
then return and tell me what i need to know.
farewell.

*the tiger clicks his fingers and your vision fades to black, and when it comes back you find yourself in a spectral library*

*neiter Benson nor the tiger are anywhere to be found*

*looking around, you notice a book titled "the story of Benson and Kevin"*

*this is the story you were asked to read, the journey starts here!*

*you sit at the table near you and begin reading the book, starting with "chapter one: the wierdest day ever"*