The Wild Ride [prologue]

The Wild Ride [prologue]

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>be Anon

>wake up in some kinda wasteland after a long night of heavy drinking at home

>you are all alone

>this is the weirdest fucking dream you have ever had, normally you just get gloomy dreams

>just roll with it

>you get up off the ground and observe your surroundings

>you're standing on a low hill in the middle of some plains

>endless tides of grass in all directions

>it looks like it was drawn, as if you're in some kind of a cartoon

>of course you wouldn't know, because you never had a TV and you never watched anything as a kid, so you're just guessing based off of what you overheard your coworkers talking about

>a calm breeze blows through the air, giving the grass the appearance of a green ocean

>look up, you could guess it's high noon

>fuck it, start walking in a random direction

 

>after hours of walking, you are faced with steep hills

>jesus fuck, how empty is this fucking place

>it's steep enough that you need to use your hands to help you climb

>minutes later, you're exhausted and want to just roll down the other side

>when you see it

>some sort of a village

Bloody hell, it's about time.

>pick up the pace as you carefully tread down the terrain and almost start running towards the village

>you're almost there when you run out of breath and decide to stop just outside of the village's boundaries

>you stand outside and take a look at the scenery

>it seems to be a bunch of near-identical wooden houses with straw roofs, although there are some larger buildings near the center of the settlement

>there are cobblestone roads separating all of these buildings and there are numerous trees and other shrubbery decorating the place

>you could even see the top of what looks like a giant tree above all of these houses

>check the sky

>probably about five in the afternoon, as well as a handful of clouds all over the place

>slowly walk into town

 

>after minutes of walking, you start getting an eerie vibe

>this place is fucking deserted

>great

>maybe you somehow managed to get yourself in a different country while you were drunk

>or it's just the dream

>yeah, that sounds good

>keep walking around the settlement

>it's bigger than you thought, it looks more like a town than a village, judging by the looks of all these houses

>you bet that around a thousand or so people live here

>while exploring, you managed to find a giant gingerbread house, man this place is weird

>decide to go to that tree you saw earlier

 

>it's a bit smaller than you thought, but there's some sort of a door and windows on the tree's trunk

>so is this some sort of a house? You don't even...

>upon closer inspection, you see that the door is roughly your height, if not shorter

>maybe hobbits or elves live here

>while pondering what kind of place this is while staring at the door, you see something move in one of the windows

>you turn to look, but nothing's there

>jaws.wav

>you hear some voices

>they appear to be arguing, while apparently trying to stay quiet

>definitely elves or some shit

>back away from the door and get a good distance from the tree

>you'd rather not get murderized by angry dwarves for trespassing

>get that felling that your'e being watched

>as you turn around to look at the houses, several windows have curtains drawn over them just as your gaze passes by

>better get the fuck outta here, you're getting antsy

 

>you're walking quickly out of the town in the opposite direction that you came from

>you have the feeling that you're being followed

>look over your shoulder, something hides behind a bush

>pick up the pace

>you get the feeling that whatever is following you is getting closer

>you hear some sort of footsteps behind you

>but they don't sound like regular feet that would probably don footwear as well

>sounds like... clopping?

>oh shit, you've got either a centaur or a minotaur following you

>NOPE

>start running

>hoofbeats grow faster and louder behind you

>looking over your shoulder every few seconds, nothing is there

>make a sharp turn to the left and hide in an alleyway

>you flatten yourself against the wall, holding  your breath as something small and blue runs past you in the street

>whatthefuckwasthat.png

 

>catch your breath as quietly as you can

>hoofbeats grow quieter until everything is almost silent

>you gotta get outta here, something's after you and you could guess that it's after your blood

>quickly check pockets

>wallet, carton of cigarettes, zippo, phone, and a switchblade

>you have no idea why you had a switchblade in your pocket when you were getting drunk in your own apartment, but whatever

>look at phone

>60% battery, no signal

>goddammit

>equip switchblade and cautiously peer out of alleyway

>coast is clear, carefully walk out of the alley so that your shoes don't make any noise on the cobblestone path

>the wind is rustling the leaves on the trees loud enough so that you would appear silent, but you sneak anyways just to be sure

>only a few more houses left and then you're free

>hear faint sound of wings flapping

>whatnow.png

 

>you head immediately darts upwards as you scan the skies

>all clear, you still hear that flapping though

>fuck it, just run

>you take off as fast as your smoker lungs can carry you, the houses in that goddamn place becoming smaller every second

>after a few good minutes you stop and sit down in the fields

>fucking fields everywhere

>well, on this side of the town there appears to be some mountains

>looks like there's some sort of a structure on the side of one, but you can't tell what it is

>fuckin'

>flick switchblade and put it in your pocket, equipping cigs and zippo instead

>cheap ass cigs, but they get you enough nicotine to get you through your day

>put one in your mouth and you flick the zippo, trying to get a flame

>please don't be fucking empty

>keep flicking

>you're so distracted with your miniature torch that you don't hear that flapping coming from above you until the last second

>look up to see something blue rush at you at high speeds

>everything goes dark

 

[end of prologue part 1]