Scenestitching...
Scenestitching...
Chapter 1.01
After Erin's sudden appearance startles a highly paranoid Dragon into teleporting away, she is left alone in the abandoned inn. Driven by hunger, Erin explores the surrounding plains, narrowly escaping a giant crab-monster before finding a mysterious blue fruit.
The chapter reveals the perspective of the Dragon whose lair Erin Solstice unexpectedly appeared in. Startled by the sudden manifestation of a human, the highly paranoid Dragon immediately triggered a contingency spell and teleported away to safety.
Shortly after his escape, the Dragon was contacted via a Message spell by a female correspondent, who had been alerted by the activation of his emergency wards. The Dragon frantically speculated about the identity and purpose of the human intruder. He wondered if she was a Hero, a Knight, an assassin sent by a Necromancer, or the result of a Gambler's chance, demonstrating his deep-seated paranoia regarding the world's various powers.
Meanwhile, Erin awoke alone in the abandoned inn. Driven by intense hunger, she decided to leave the relative safety of the building to forage for food in the surrounding grassy plains and valleys.
During her exploration, Erin encountered a massive crab-monster that aggressively chased her down a hill. Fortunately, she managed to outrun the creature, which eventually gave up the pursuit and retreated back across the plains. Resuming her search, Erin eventually discovered a bush bearing a mysterious blue fruit. Relieved to find sustenance, she picked the fruit and mockingly announced her acquisition aloud, imitating a video game system message.
Startled by Erin's sudden appearance in his lair, the highly paranoid Dragon immediately teleported away.
A female magic user contacted the Dragon via a Message spell after his emergency wards activated, prompting him to wildly speculate about the intruder's origins.
A massive, fire-breathing reptilian creature encountered by Erin in a cave, breathing violet flame.
aka Dragons, The Dragon +5
An ambush predator that disguises itself as a boulder and attacks with powerful claws and antennae.
aka crab rock-monster, giant rock crab +20
A young woman from Earth who stumbles into a fantasy world and takes refuge in an abandoned inn.
aka Erin, the traveller +64
Driven by hunger, Erin left the abandoned inn to forage in the surrounding plains and valleys.
While exploring, Erin was chased down a hill by a giant crab-monster, but she escaped when it gave up the pursuit.
Erin found a mysterious blue fruit and jokingly announced her acquisition of it by mimicking a system message.
A sweet, blue-colored fruit that grows on trees near the inn, serving as a primary food source for Erin and the Goblins.
aka Blue Fruit, Amentus +13
“I’ll die here if I don’t find something to eat.”
“Is this how I die? Starving to death because I can’t do a pull-up?”
“Just a coincidence? An accident? I don’t know, and I didn’t get anything to latch onto. Whomever it is, they’re gone. I—I shall be watchful.”
“Just so long as the grass doesn’t change color overnight, I might have a shot. Looks like it goes purple-orange-yellow and runs right next to the inn. So I can follow that back! Follow the purple-orange-yellow grass road!”
“This is why drapes were invented, you know.”
“Seriously? I leveled up? What is this, a game?”
“[Mysterious Blue Fruit acquired!] Dun dun dun dun!”
“It’s all hills and valleys! No wonder I couldn’t find anything last night!”
“That time again? Two hundred years already? I might as well. It’s courteous.”
“No. No it can’t be. But a—a Dragon and Goblins and now leveling…this is another world, right? One like Dungeons and Dragons? Or—or a video game?”
“This—really is another world, isn’t it?”
“Um, shouldn’t there be some kind of announcement?”
“At least, from strange young women appearing out of nowhere. She had to have been the subject of—of some chance. Maybe a [Gambler] or whatnot. Otherwise, I would be either dead or have been contacted by whomever it was. It cannot be Demons; they’re far too unsubtle. Who else? If it was the Quarass, I’d be dead. Djinni smell of magic. And that leaves…my kin, who wouldn’t do that.”
“Did I just level up?”
“Right, right. Let’s recap. I’m in another world which is actually a video game. And there are monsters in this world, and I can level up by doing stuff. I even get skills, and when I do, a voice in my head—no, more like a thought appears that tells me I’ve accomplished a task.”
“…I hate this world.”
“Got it. Message received.”
“Is—is that a tree?”
“Like hell it does!”
“I—hate—pull-ups!”
“Ow.”
“I’m tired.”
“Weird. Grey bark, green leaves, blue fruit. Who dropped the paint bucket on this thing? And why is it so…tough?”
“Are those…trees?”
“You…stupid tree!”
“What the…holy…crab?”
“Yep. Makes complete sense…”
“No. No!”