"…It's a windy day today." As my eyes met the sky, I whispered to myself.
I noted the scratchy feeling of the grass stabbing into my back. It felt as if I was naked.
Ignoring said feeling, I tried to sit down but stopped due to the sudden pain felt near my chest and temple.
Blue strands began flying around as the wind picked up again. Hitting my face once or twice was not enough as it began suffocating me, getting stuck on my nose and eyes.
Fighting the painful sensation, I sat up. With new visions, I made a new mental note… this was not my house.
The usual sight of a white ceiling did not greet me, neither did the warmth of a blanket. Instead, the bright blue sky and the coldness of the wind had taken over my morning.
Chirp Chirp
My ears twitched due to the sudden loud noise of birds chirping. Glancing over, a few black birds were resting at a branch of a tree. Feeling my heart thumping loudly, I wonder what this feeling was.
Instead of annoyance due to the noises, I'm feeling quite calm instead. What was it… nostalgia?
Am I feeling nostalgic right now?
I know that I may not have had the greatest past but I've never experienced this kind of emotion before.
Putting that aside, I finally decided to take into account my lack of clothing. I don't remember ever sleeping naked before.
Plus, something is weird.
Slowly getting on my feet, I glanced down. Instead of immediately seeing the feet, an obstacle had entered my vision instead. It's a mound made of flesh… wait a second.
A mound?!
Bending over, I looked at where my 'brother' was supposed to be.
It's… Not there!?
Instead of my 'brother' something else was swinging behind my legs.
"Argh!"
I pulled on it as a sudden excruciating pain appeared above my hip.
Sitting back down again, I began rubbing near the rear of my backbone…
This is quite unfortunate… In spite of the questions lingering near the back of my mind, I know that no one would be able to answer them.
How do I know?
I don't know.
How do I know if I don't know?
That's the thing, I don't know.
…Let's just put these episodes aside for now. First, I need to figure out where I am and what had aspired leading to me stranded in what seemed like a forest.
I've been seeing this same scenery for a while now which has led to me being able to make out some details of this place.
To make sure I've got the details right, I stood up again.
The unusually tall view did not feel right.
The weighted flesh on my chest did not feel right.
The loud noises in my ears did not feel right.
The scenery did not feel right.
…The lack of a little brother did not feel right.
"ARGH!"
My thoughts were cut off when suddenly, a jolt of pain enveloped my brain, causing me to scream out loud. For the third time, I fell on my rear again.
What the hell!? How many times do I need to feel pain?! I just woke up, for god's sake!
Despite cursing god relentlessly in my heart, all that came out of my mouth was screams of pain.
After a while, the pain subsided.
"Hah… Absolutely ridiculous…" I lamented my fate, yet again.
I know I might've not scored high during my exams, but even I have common sense, no matter how little they are.
At first thinking I've been castrated… But there's no lingering pain. I'll just leave that option for later, as long as the scenario I'm thinking of is not confirmed yet, I will not make a conclusion.
In the worst case scenario… I got a chill just thinking about it.
But now, I need to get my priority straight. Clothing, right, I need some cover ups right now to protect from the cold.
I can see the sun going down already despite feeling like I just woke up a few minutes ago. Maybe that sudden pain had taken such a toll on me that I didn't realise I passed out?
Anyways, this is quite a problem now. I doubt that I would be able to walk around like this. But seeing as to how I haven't met any other individuals, could I be stranded somewhere?
If so, that could be a difficult scenario to handle. I remember seeing a survival show back in the days, I do wonder if i still remember them to this day?
Right, from what I remember…
Taking a few big rocks I found, I made giant SOS letters on the ground. After finishing, I looked around for any usable materials or supplies to be used.
Collecting some dry branches, I piled them up a few metres away from the SOS.
Now I've got firewood if ever needed. I think I need to start collecting leaves now…
What a pain, how did sleeping in my apartment lead to me collecting woods and leaves?
"Sigh…"
Of course a sigh would inevitably come out in such a situation. After all, what else could be done?
"After all, it's not like I have a phone on my person…" Cutting off my thoughts there, I dare not delve deeper into the reasons.
Speaking of which, I think I've got everything I need for survival now.
Would be quite a shame if something were to happen now.
RUMBLE RUMBLE
"Ah?"
No way. Wait! I was just kidding!
Ignoring my pleas, the rumbling sounds were soon followed by a giant earthquake covering the entire land.
Bracing for impact, I tried holding on to the closest tree to my right in vain.
"The weather forecast didn't say anything about an earthquake coming in anytime soon!?"
As a loyal believer of drinking coffee in the morning, I refuse to believe the forecast I've been watching everyday failed to notice such a massive earthquake.
They had such accurate predictions too!
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"Fuh…fuh…" It finally stopped, after what felt like an eternity, the earthquake finally calmed down.
With the sun already set, only darkness could be seen now. While waiting for my eyes to adapt to the light, I started getting worried about what to do in the near future.
How should I approach this scenario? My hard earned SOS letters and the piles of leaves and branches practically flew away from my grasp. I really wanted to just sleep right now, but my stomach is not letting me do so at all.
The rumbling being felt from deep inside might be even stronger than the earthquake just now.
Another issue…
Licking my dried lips, I realised how dehydrated I may be. Of course I did realise this a while back but so many things had happened I had no time to take into account what to do about the food and water situations.
How unfortunate.
If this was a dream, please wake up already, me!