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Arc I
Chapter I
-loop 17-
Down in the deepest part of the prison, a boy was chained in his cell, with blood stains all over the room and in his clothes. His body was no better as it had many scars all over, some self inflicted, some by others.
He was down on the floor trying to sleep as he curled himself into a ball for warmth as this was one of those cold nights again. There was almost nothing in the cell other than a toilet in one of the corners of his cell. There was no bed, no blanket, no pillows, nothing that could keep him warm or give him a bit of comfort.
‘its cold…’ was all he could think as silent tears fell from his eyes as he curled up as tight as he could. ‘Satella, or anyone… please just make it stop… I don't want to be here in this hell anymore.’
“I can make it stop” A voice said, sounding distant and like a whisper. “W-what?...” Subaru turned his head to look around to find the source of the voice. “You want to be freed from here, right?” the same voice asked, this time sounding a bit more close to him. Subaru sat up, his back on the wall as he had his head low. “...Y-yes…” he said, his voice barely audible, his tone sounding tired and desperate.
“Alright then.” Fog began to engulf the entire room, filling every part of the cell. Subaru felt the chains in his wrist and legs gone, as he placed a hand on one of his wrist holding it. ‘Am I… finally free?’ he thought to himself as he looked at his surroundings as he was no longer inside his cell, and was in some shack. Getting up from where he sat he walked out the shack, looking around as he was in some sort of old Western town.
“Where am I exactly?” Walking through the roads he eventually found himself in front of a large gate with walls surrounding it. “Does the wall go all around the town?”
“Yes it does, boy.” Subaru quickly turned around to see an old creepy looking man looking at him. The man was wearing some old fashioned Western clothes as well as a hat the Cowboys in movies usually wear, as well as holding some sort of harpoon gun. “So you’re the one the Entity found the most interestin’ ” He said with a small chuckle and a smirk.
Subaru instinctively took a step back away from the man, he felt something was wrong with him, especially since he was the first and only person he saw since finding himself in whatever this place is. “Relax kid, I ain't gonna kill ya’ just follow me.” The man then turned back and started walking, gesturing to Subaru to follow along.
Subaru hesitated to follow the man but eventually did, as what else could he possibly do? He is in an unknown place, and just got freed from that hell of a prison. The worst Scenario that could happen is he gets killed and returns by death. ‘Is my checkpoint still at the prison? Or did it update when I got teleported to wherever this town is?’
Walking through the town, Subaru and the man found themselves in front of a place called, Dead Dawg Saloon. “Let's head inside kid, this place has the best drinks.” The man said with a smile on his face as he went inside, followed by Subaru shortly after.
Taking a seat at one of the saloons' tables. The man poured himself a drink, Subaru watched him carefully, still not trusting the man as something wasn't just right with him. “So… where exactly am I? And who exactly are you?” He asked. Being cautious and wary of the man.
“You’re at the Entity's realm, and for me the names, Caleb Quinn, or as folks like to call me, Deathslinger.” He says with a wide horrifying grin spreading across his face. Subaru felt creeped out and became more wary as he stared at Caleb's weapon that was leaning on the side of his chair.
“What's the matter kid? You scared?” Caleb asked as he chuckled to himself.
“Entity's realm?” Subaru questioned with a gone of confusion and a bit of fear. Caleb leaned forward putting his glass down and looked at him at the eyes. “This world is the domain of the thing we folks call, The Entity, an all powerful being no one can truly comprehend.” Caleb answered as fog began to slowly pour in the room. Caleb noticing first and smirks “Well, guess this is the end of our time. Hopefully I get to see ya' again.”
‘What did I get myself into now…’ was Subaru thought as he just stared at Caleb as the fog fully consumed the inside. Subaru blinked a few times as now he finds himself in pure dark void. Time passed as he walked through the void trying to spot anything else, while roaming around. ‘am I gann be stuck here forever?”
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“TURN AROUND CHILD.” The same voice from when he was in the cell said. This time it was loud as a volcano erupting. Covering his ears from the loud voice, Subaru turned around like the voice said, as what he saw was beyond anything he had seen. His eyes fully wide and full of fear as he falls down, backing up as fast he could screaming with primal fear.
“NATSUKI SUBARU, YOU ARE BY FAR THE MOST INTERESTING PERSON I FOUND”
Subaru then began to float up, rising and moving towards where the voice was, as he kept on screaming and screaming with nothing but pure fear, trying all he could to escape.
“LET US HAVE A TALK”
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End of prologue