Chapter 3 Start_Up 5002

Initializing Subject 5002

Remesias’ consciousness begins to awake. He floats in a boundless sky, feeling the freest he has felt in his life. He ponders if this was how it feels to be dead.

A darkness envelopes him, and he steps onto a surface, finally feeling some sort of direction. He looks around to see the darkness manifesting pillars.

Remesias senses a presence above the pillars; he sees only silhouettes, yet feels an inexplicable connection. A strange kinship, that he couldn’t explain.

The beings spoke to Remesias.

“You are the 5th I guess.”
“Yeah, it has to be, there is only 4 here.”
“The system never did explain this part to us”
“…”

“Wait you all you can speak?! Who are all of you?”

“Who wants to talk? 4th why don’t you explain it to him”

“Fine, We are the previous Generation Monomorphs… well copies of them.”

“Copies? The previous Generation? You all found Z-caches too?”

“The hell is Z-cache?”

“We all acquired this through our own means. It doesn’t really matter though, we are what we are”

“I see… so then what is this suppose to be? A celebration for the new generation?”

All the beings chuckled, as a screen popped up in front of Remesias.

“…what exactly did I just become a part of?”

Gifts of the Past:
The objective of growth comes in many forms. However, to reach the pinnacle one must learn from the past to truly achieve something greater then themselves. This space is for the User to learn from the past Generations and grow beyond them.

All the auras of the beings began to resonate.
“There is only one objective-”
“To learn-”
“And evolve.”
“We are the users of Darkness”

A new message pops up before Remesias

Choose a path of Darkness
With knowledge of the past, the system has created paths for the User to use and grow
Become One with Darkness
Use the power of Darkness

The screen began to glitch, with one of the being speaking.

“Actually System, I am going to decide for him.”

“Decide for me?”

“Yes, me as the 4th am allowed to interfere a little more than the previous. The name’s Nu. I’m the pinnacle you have to achieve.”

“Okay Nu, then can you explain what is supposed to happen?”

“The system creates paths for you to take and explore so it can feed it into our Darkness database. However, from my experience the most important thing to do now is grow quickly.”

“I see… Darkness Database?”

“There will be a lot to learn kid, and you’ll have plenty of time with the system to do that. Anyway I’m going to end this tutorial with these words so listen up. The truth of this system is that it adapts to your mind. You must have an open mind to grow beyond yourself. So be curious!”

Remesias, taken aback, bows in gratitude towards the previous Generations.

“Thank you!”

The space begins to collapse as new screen message appears:

Path of Darkness: Become One with Darkness
Terminating tutorial
Initialization complete
Subject 5002 ready to embark